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' SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OEEGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1925,
PRICT3FIVE CENTS
CHEMISTS DEATH BEING
UNITED STATES IS SAID j
TAXPAYERS SAID HELD
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PACIFIC COAST DEFENSE .
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PROBED BY AUTHORITIES
FAR BEHIND IN PROGRAM
UP BY ENGLISH TRUCE
AUGMENTED BY BIG GUNS
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QUESTION EXPECTED
COIITIS DISKED
VICTIM OF EXPLOSION MAY
FUL.fi STRENGTH SAVl IS
LLOYD GEORGE CRITICIZES
HUGE 14 INCH MODEL WILLI
HAVE BEEN MURDERED
URGED FOR PROTECTION
COAL MIXE SETTLEMENT
BE SENT TO BAN DIEGO
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GODIFjlES
OIL 1SE APPEALS
LOCISH BEETS,
FOB AGCEPTA31E
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-Judge in Teapot Dome Trial
Alleged to Have Made,
4 04 uisimci errors
EVIDENCE SAID QUASHED
Exclusion of Evidence Declared
Erroneous; Reputed. Errors
Are Said to Hare eBar- :
' ) - lug on Case -
Coroner Prohibit Burial Until I
- Clues Hare Been Thorough
ly Investigated
Quality of Experiment -Land
Is Passed Upon by Wash
ington Expert ;
! Other Powers Far Ahead of Amer
ica i Ship Building Pro
gram Is Report . '.-
Premier Baldwin Accused
Hating Been Coerced by
Miners and Owners
of
Makes Inspection of
I Soil Types I
; CHEYENNE. Aug. 1. (By
The Associated Press)- The gor
ernment filed its appeal In the
Teapot Dome haval " oil reserve
case today. : The appear contends
that Judge T. Blake Kennedy of
the United States district court
for Wyoming erred in virtually
all conclusions set forth inhis de
, cree dismissing the government's
suit for ' annulment of the lease
held by the Mammoth Oil Com
pany.? '
t The petition for appeal to the
eighth circuit court - of appeals,
which was allowed by Judge Ken
nedy,'! nets forth in detail sixty
tour alleged errors by the trial
Judge1. ; .. . "';'.".', , .;' a
i The first fourteen errors ' as
signed to the court by govern
ment j counsel bear, upon- Judge
.Kennedy's 'judgment concerning
issues of the suit. . The next fifty
Involye the exclusion by the court
"of testimony and exhibits offered
by the government and objected
to by the defendant, Including the
court's refusal to compel M. ,T.
Everheart to testify. Everheart
la a son-in-law of Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior.
The 'evidence, the exclusion r of
, whlch the petition for appeal as
serts was erroneous, relates to
. certain liberty bonds which the
government charged found their
way from Harry F. Sinclair, pre
sident. Of the. Mammoth Oil com
pany lb Fall, then secretary of the
interior, pursuant to cvlluston and
fraud j allege In the granting of
This "testimony aad. these exhi
bits have to do with purchase by
, the Continental fading company,
Limited, of Liberty bonds, which
are shown later to have been in
(the possession of Fall or Ever
heart j( correct). The government's
contention was that certain of the
. bonds' passed Into possession of
Sinclair and went from Sinclair to
iFall 1 'or Everheart.33)bunsel f or.
the Manmoth company objected
to the admission - of this evidence
MARTINEZ, Cal., Aug. 1. (By
Associated .Press.) After more
i8 SfS&.K SEVERAL FARMS VISITED
wwbacs) ' woe. VAasvaoy uiuvu , tj
criminologists and chemists, no
definite proof has' been obtained
to identify the victim of the ex
plosion in the laboratory; of .the
Pacific Cellulose company at Wal
nut Creek, or to determine; wheth
er the death was an accident or
murder. However, Mrs. Schwartz,
wife of the Berkeley chemist,
maintains . that the dead man is
Charles Henry Schwartz, her hus
band. ''-'''ii'lhi
Statements of Dr. E. W. Merri-
thew, 'county physician," made af
ter a second autopsy on the body
that' fractures in the dead man's
skull had probably been caused by
his being struck from behind with
a blunt instrument such as a ham
mer has revived the theory of
murder after the belief had ! be
come dominant, that the first
theory of an. accidental explosion
was correct. i- i
Throughout ! the investigation
Contra Costa officers have wav
ered between the conflicting theo
ries, being obliged to admit that
the case is one of the most puzzl
ing that has ever confronted them.
i Mrs. Schwartz again -examined
the body today, in the presence of
LOS ANGELES. AUg. 1. (By
Associated Press.) W. B. Shear-
er,rformer. United. States naval of
ficer and advocate of a navy up
to full strength under the 5-
J. W. Timpfcon, Representing theratj0 of tn9 Washington arms Urn
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company,
Matter May Not Come Up at
Next Meeting; Some Mem
bers Are Present
LONDON, Aug. 1 (By The As
sociated Press) "A . successful
holdup of the . community" - and I TRi A I
es which former Premier Lloyd
George today applied to the truce
between coal miners and mine
MAY BE G
Other Points on Coast Will
Protected by Ordnance,
Officials Say
Be
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Confidence UJEpre$$ed
That Bill Will Be Passed,
at Next Session
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (By
Associated Press). The long de
layed project of strengthening Pa- liiruC ; ADC PYP.rl ANGED
Ific coast defenses by. placing a
number of the most modern long
itation treaty, tonight made public owners, the government's part la I
figures which he quoted as having P"cnnas wwm, tne. ministry
uiuib mauie luaa yrauie. i
Premier Baldwin's critic accuse
received from the navy depart-
Adherents of I!ck-In System Are
Willing to Try Other Meth
ods; 7 Cities Favor the
Head-In Parking
Sugar beets grown m the Salem
district this year as an experiment
to determine the adaptability of
local soils have .made a . satisfac
tory, development and are ! of ac
ceptable ality, was the pronouncement-
yesterday ; of j J. W.
Tlmpson. Washington manager of
the Utah-Idaho :' Sugar company,
who v;a in Salem -yesterday.
While here he visited five of the
sugar Wet tracts in this district.
In company with local men who
have been instrumental in ; secur
ing tests '' of i the possibilities for
the industry in this district Timp
son visited the ; farms of! F. A.
Doerfler of Macleay, G. A. Russ of
Gervais, Royce Allen and C. J.
Stupfel,'1 both living on route 9,
and M. R, BHren of route 8.
Beets were inspected that have
been grown on the hilly land about
sheriff's officers and declared she I Macleay, : Howell P tairle! soil,
was certain nf hr Identification, beaver dam land around Lake La
ment revealing America's wfeak-lhlm of havinr submits n
ness.ln light cruisers ana juosian- clon not onl Jfom the minerg aBd
In - this she ' is supported by
Eduoard Dumball of San Leandro,
a family friend, and Dr. Alfred
Ruedy of Oakland, family.; doctor.
Heavy insurance carried j "by
Schwartz; a breach of promise re
cently laid1 against him, and lis
discovery of a compound for the
bish, the general soil in' the dis
trict north" of Salem on the Stup-
fel place, the 'sandy soil on rural
route S, and river bottom soil on
the river road, and all found 'of
acceptable quality. j
No predictions were made by
Timpson of what course would be
manufacture of artificial silk are taken by the company .with refer
other factor entering Into the case ence,- 0 extensions : into this dis
whieh are helng given considers- trict, and 'it jvas intimated that
Hon by the authorities in I an at- none would be forthcoming under
tempt to arrive at a solution. ? a further careful survey by the
' Sheriff Veale and District I At- company. Tests made last year of
torney A. B Tinninr declared that Deets grown in this district by the
the developments today failed to comPany 8QoFe,a sugar content
establish the Identitv of the corns I oi upwara irom n per ceni. a
tiating Secretary of the Navy Wil
bur's-recent declaration In favor
of Immediate construction. of a
number of vessels of this class.
Shearer, said that the. official
figures which he had in his pos
session showed the following
standing of the three major naval
powers: -. : T ' !
United States, 1.31; Great Brit
ain, 5.06; Japan, 3.00. 1 ? . '
He pointed out that after the
Washington treaty no limitation
had been placed on building of
light cruisers, of which class of
vessels, he said, the United States
held nine, aggregating 67,000
tons; Great Britain 47, aggregat
ing 223,530 tons, and Japan 18,
aggregating 91,440 tons.
The three nations, he declared.
had the following additional light
cruisers building or provided for:
United States one of 7500 ton
nage; Great Britain ten. aggregat
ing 94,850 tons, and Japan? ten,
aggregating 79,563 tons.
"The grand total of ships in the
water, being built or provided for.
United States 10; Great Britain
57, and Japan 28. is ample proof
of the wisdom of Secretary .Wil
bur's program for at least 22 new
craft of this speedy, hard hitting
type, Shearer concluded.
the trades unfon congress, but al
so from the mine -owners. It 'JS
alleged that Winston Churchill,
chancellor of the exchequer, in
trying to protect the taxpayer, at
tempted to get the -mine owners
to agree to a profit of -four pence
a ton, but after a Jong and stub-
torn fight he eventually had to
concede them a profit" of fifteen
pence a ton. The government'!
critics also contend that the terms
of the truce will add to the cost
of coal to the taxpayer. Mr. Lloyd
George today put forth the argu
ment that it will be Impossible to
limit the government's liability
under the subvention plan or te
prevent the extension of this plan
to other suffering industries.
The collieries at Blannavon it
Monrouthshire, have reopened af
ter having been s Idle for three
months. They employ 2,000 men.
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NATIVE SON LOST; MAD
OA LIFORXIAN SAYS HE WAS
MISDIRECTED TO RESORT
MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. 1. T. L.
Pajouse of San Rafael, Cat., re
ported to the chamber of com
merce this afternoon that he was
misdirected, by people of Grants
The possibility that action! by
the city council on the question
of automobile parking might! be
delayed for another, week devel
oped yesterday when Mayor; Jphn
B.-Glesy declared he would pro
pose continuance of the question
until' all council members 'could
be present at a meeting. Alder
man W. W. Rosebraugh and pos
sibly others will be absent at the
meeting Monday night, he de
clared, and he for one is willing
that the question of bead-in park
ing should be put 10 a vote until
all members could register their
vote. Rosebraugh left the city
yesterday for a five-day vacation
in southern Oregon. I
The Importance of the problem
and the fact that the last vote
taken by the council pertaining to
the question resulted in the close
count of 7 to 6, is the basis of his
opinion, the mayor declared, j With
the Informal statements in the
last few days of several council
men who personally favor back
In parking to the effect thai they
would probably vote to give the
new plan a trial. Indications1 were
yesterday that the change will be
made when the matter finally
comes to n vote. '- , ; -
One additional letter . was Re
ceived yesterday by Paul Johnson,
ehalrman 'of the- police committee,
range rifles at selected positions
is approaching actual accomplish
ment. ; The war department is conclud
ing arrangements by which one of
the post war 14 inch coast artil
lery models, mounted on a rail
way carriage, will be sent at an
early date to a base in the Los
Angeles, Cat., coast defense dis
trict, probably In the vicinity of
San Diego. ' Other big guns are
expected to be moved gradually to
west coast points.
The rifle and carriage destined
for the San Pedro vicinity now Is
Mexican Sitaatloa Said to be Be4
terj (. Rubber Growing in .
Hawaii Declared Jlar- ,1,
ket Solatlom
.SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. Aug. 1.
Confidence that the senate at
Its next session will agree to Am
erica's entrance Into the . world
court with reservations acceptable
to the other powers, was express
ed by Senator Pepper, republican, ,
Pennsylvania, on his arrival here
at the army service base at Aber-jiate today to be a week-end guest
deen. Mr. .The gun Is tne largest Qf president Coolidge. The sen
mobile weapon in army service ator nude this prediction to news
and. with its carriage, weighs 340 papermen after he had paid his
tons. f respects at White Court. He said
The railway trucks on which It that while his visit was purely so
wili be moved across the continent cial. he ' undoubtedly would ex
are constructed with 1 4 axles each, change views with the' executive
- Ordnance experts point out that before continuing his Journey to
never before In the nation's trans- his summer home in Maine, on the
portation history has a movement world court and other issues,' ln
of such compact weight been at- eluding the anthracite situation1,
tempted from coast to coast. ' , although he had not doe so when
They see Jn Us trip a severe test Interviewed. .
of .. transcontinental facilities.1 in- Prior to-the arrival. of Senator
eluding roadbeds, bridges, tunnels and Mrs. Pepper at. the summer
and locomotives and expect to White House the president nad
gather valuable data bearing on James H. Sheffield, ambassador, to
transportation problems and fu- Mexico, as a luncheon guest: and
tare movement -of heavy ordnance had received Representative Un-
in connection with national de- derhill, republican. Massachusetts,
fense projects. who. reported on his trip to the
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armi vuKiaecrs are makiat i vncut,
survey of sites near San Pedro,
and when they have finally, select
ed a base for the gun it will be
I started. away from Aberdeen.' Ne
route will be selected for the ship-
It Is understood that the presi
dent has been Informed that re
lations between the United States
and Mexico hare Improved since
the recent exchange of notes be
AGED WOMAN SENTENCED
i JAIL SENTENCE " TH REATENED
FOR LIQUOR POSSESSION
as that of Schwartz, and they for
bade the burial of the body pend
Uxg trtherlnTestigttioTr-'
marketable percentage. .Tracts
i were planted this year from seed
farntehtrthr5?ta-TaimT6Tn-
I pany and distributed Jo. .16 grow-
YAK1MA, Wash., July 4I.
When Mrs. Anna Menard, 7 years
old and mother of . 19 children
era who made annlicatlon for it I Pleaded guiltv before Justice B
UKY Ali r HI SAILl KILLK through the local chamber of com- F, Young this afternoon to a
merce. 1 Each plot this year con
talned abont-two and a half acres.
TimpBon's firm now operates 14
sugar beet plants, each ranging
in value! from $750,000 to $1,000,
MAN SAID SHOT WITHOUT
CAUSE OR JUSTIFICATION!
HAVRE De GRACE, Md Aug.
l.A coroner's jury late 4his, af
ternoon found that John Blongore
had been "shot and killed with
out justification or cause by Pro-
at th trial on the around that i hlbltlon Agent Joseph A. Ferber-
It related to transactions between I snaw and it was the intention 'of
parties other than those Involved I th BaW Ferbershaw to kill him."
In th annulment suit. Judge I erDersnaw, connected with the
Kennedy sustained the objection. Washington prohibition enforce-
Everheart when called by the meni trice, was spirited out of
Eovernment to testify concernlnr I town by deputy sheriffs and held
the liberty bonds, which' found w"hout ball in the Hartford coun
ty jail at Belaire. i . I i;
uuongore was Za years old. a
member of j the Sixth field 1 artil
lery and a World war veteran. ?He
leaves a .wife and ; two-year-old
child. cyr; ,: ;'WM.
After he was arrested by the
prohibition agents Buongore made
a break for liberty and ' dished
down the street Ferbershaw and
Morgan pursued him two blocks
through St.' John street which was
thronged with a Saturday after
noon I crowd of people. Ferber
shaw called to. Buongore to stop.
and then opened fire as Buongore
continued dodging down the main
street. Five shots were fired., the
Jury found, two bullets striking
Buongore. one after he had fallen.
emersnaw ; and Morgan com
mandeered an automobile and
took the wounded man to Havre
de Grace hospital. He was dead
when they arrived. . s
The shooting, threw the town
Into a frenzy and excited crowds
were gathering about two prohi
bition - agents when Ferbershaw
was placed under arrest. Deputy
bneritf Dewey Bowman, who aid
ed In taking Ferbershaw to Be
lair, expressed belief the enforce
ment officer had been removed
from Havre de Grace jost in time.
Crles of "lynch him" were ring
ing in the ears of the sheriff as he
rushed the prisoner from the ex-
charge of illegal possession of. in
toxicating liquor; she "was fined
$25 and sentenced to serve 30
days in the county jail. ;;, -
Justice Young said the sentence
000. Their latest plant, j estab-l would be suspended provided Mrs.
lished t at,-Belllngham, . Wash., is
one of those valued at a million.
ARM NEARLY RIPE
MEDFORD, Aug. fl.-General
picking , of Bartletf pears ! in the
Rogue Hlver valley, will; begin
about -August 10,? according - to
fruit men, owing to market condi
tions in1 the east. ; i
Menard pays the fine before next
Wednesday. Nearly 100 bottles of
home brewed beer were found in
Mrs. Menard's home by the county
and city dry squad when they
raided it Friday night.
' Mrs. Menard told the officers
she was a nurse and said her pa
tients needed her attention. .On
her promise to appear in court
they did not at that time; arrest
her. V r.
Pass n,tbe route to Crater Lake-, I reporting the policy of Great Falls. I ment, however, nntll after the twe the two governments Dls-
and that "until I have written In
formation that this has been elim
inated, will ask the California
Automobile association to bulletin
their members." Committees from
the civic clubs of both cities will
meet early "next "week to discuss
the problem.
Palouse claims that he was ad
vised to turn off at Gold Hill to
reach Crater Lake. - He was un
able to . find his Way through, a
maze of country roads and reached
Medford finally. Instead of Crater
Lake.
Mont. "In the business district,"
wrote Marcus Anderson, chief of
police, "we park 45 degrees head-
In. We' hare very few; accidents,
and those we have are carelessness
on the part of the party backing
out and not' paying any attention
to traltic." The letter was re-
gun's destination Is decided. . Offi-I counting reports that be might
cials of the . quartermaster gen-1 feE on account of ill health, the
eral's office and the federal traffic ambassador said he expects to re-
board will plan the movement, ; I inn to - nis post in Mexico city.
aooui &ept. i. ,
RAIN DAMAGE ENORMOUS Hi Would not 'EK:fo7
ldenennene fop nnthr 9nft un
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celved In ' reply to query If rom P"0 VlEi PROPERTY LOSS IS j advocated strengthening the hand
SohnsoJ ; M3B;iBf.J.Ci?SS 8A,D OVER F0UR anLLIO!f , of OoTern0r Gen1 n
BOY IS RIVER VICTIM
. ST. ! HELENS, Or.. Aug. 1.
Edwin Mattson, 17. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Matt Mattson of War
ren, was drowned about noon to
day at Columbia beach near Co
lumbia City, while swimming Jn
view of a party of Warren,- Or.,
Sunday school pupils who were 1 0id daughter of Mr. and Mrs Earl
picnicking at the resort. The body
was not recovered.
their way. into his possession, de
clined to testify, asserting to do so
would I "incriminate" him. The
Petition for appeah assigns error
to Judge Kennedy's decision be
cause the witness was not compell
ed to testify.
On February 26, 1925, 11 days
before' the date for trial of the
suit. Judge Kennedy denied a peti
tion by Counsel for the govern
ment for a nostnonemAnt nf th
trial In order that the government
might iprocure the depositions of
31; S.' (Dsler of Toronto, Canada,
and others, concerning transact
ions of the Continental Trading
company, Ltd. The government
contended such evidence was es
sential to prove the government's
.charge that the negotiations and
consummation ot the Teapot lease
had been marked by collusion and
fraud. Denial of . tha petition
was an error the petition for ap
peal, asserts.
GAMBLING IS ALLEGED
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BETTING SAID EXTENSIVE AT
: COAST BASEBALL PARKS
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QUIT PUMPING AND PATCH THE HOSE!
(K printed y KiBst) .1 ' 1 ; , 'r :
removal of the Judicial svstem
DETROIT, Aug. 1. (By Asso- from politics,' and asserted thai
elated Press). Richard Krell. 25. America should encourage devel
and Thomas Springer, 69, are dead opment of Industry In the Islands,
and property damage estimated at Enough, rubber, can be produced
$4,000,000 has been reported as a there, he said, to supply the world,
result, of the heaviest rain which The Massachusetts representa
has visited Detroit since the:es tab- tlve also urged strengthening of
lishment pf the local weather bur- the Hawaii defense, and criticised
ean. The bureau reported 4.71 conditions at the army post on
Inches of water fell during 18 the Islands, asserting that the bar
hours, racks were In a disgraceful state.
Property damage Include the Senator Pepper was of the opin-
washlng out of miles of creosote 'on that the senate in reaching a
Late last night the three-year aDd Cedr block dlarup- compromUe on . the world court
nun 01 service ior aooui 4,uuv I -uu v vue resolution. ourer
telephones and the flooding otent in 'its terms from any yet pro
cellars of business houses, fac-1 Ped. He said he believed the
torles and residences. ; Much of8lte nd been .wiped clean, open-
the damage 'was reported fromin tne wy lor a new proposal
parking plan used there. Replies
from 18 cities on the, coast has
shown, opinion divided among!
them as follows: For head-in j
parking, '7; for parallel parking.
6;-,. for back-In parking. 4j for
center-of-the-streef parking, 1. j
CHILD HURT IN FALL
YOUNGSTER IS UNCONSCIOUS
FOR SKVKILL HOURS !
'Associated Press.) Police and
Pacific Coast league officials,
working in cooperation today took
what Uhjy described as the first I .
fjuiwf ra iep iowara oreaamg up
an extensive ring of "big league'
baseball gambling. PI AYMATP K I I I Q ;RflY
1 tai a - a a
( ' I '. Although no arrests were made.
i 1 the third base side of the grand-
? stand t Washington park was
t raided during today's game and
about 20 suspected betters and at
f );ged gamblers were taken to the
I . bffic ot Harry A. Williams,
i league president -for questioning;
; A number of the men upon admlt
' ting -their operations,, were barred
ifrom I further attendance at the J
beseball games.
i BctUng at the park at Jllmes
runs as high as $7S.'O06 a game.
baseball ! officials assert. Today's
kct ion-followed neatly" a "month of
investigation. Police say that the;
yagraijcy, .ordJnance.wjillhensed !
In taking steps against future of
fenders.
LAD, PLAYING WITH REVOL
VER, FIRES FATAL SHOT "
YAKIMA, 'Was"h., Aug. 1. Ray
mond Weaver, s 1 4, - was . shot
through the heart and Instantly
killed early tonight In JToppenish,
when a revolver being twirled by
Trnitt Long, 1 S,r- was accidentally
discharged, i "Raymond lived ; In
White Swan and Truitt, in Yaki
ma. Both were visiting In Top
penlsh and with other, boys were
playing -ia-tho yard of-a-friend.
Truitt was showing how. he could
whirl a shlx-shooter on his finger
when a carlrldge exploded" and
killed his playmate.
. f d 1 a
Headrick, despite the endeavors
of three physicians,' had not re
covered consciousness from a fall
from the back steps of the Head
rick apartment between 4 and ! 5
o'clock in the afternoon. ! The
apartment is located on Center
street between- Church and Cot
tage.'. Mrs. Headrick ,ls known In
musical circles as Mary Talmadge
Headrick' and Is prominent in or
chestra work,
suburbs.
KELLY ARRIVES SAFELY
TRIP OF 530 MILES MADE IN 3
HOURS, 20 MINUTES
EL PASO. Texas, Aug. 1. (By
Associated Press). The crest of
the . Rio Grande flood waters
reached El Paso shortly after 11
o'clock tonight and it was expect
ed it would take about three hours
to pass. The levees are holding
satisfactorily and the danger Is
now considered over.
that would avoid entangling alli
ances, receive senate approval and
prove acceptable to other nations.
Rather than to proceed with the
adoption of resolutions setting
forth the position of tHe Ameri
can government. Senator Pepper
said It would be wise for the sen-
(Contid mm par )
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ETAII IS REACHED
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VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug, 1
Oakley G. Kelley flew to I San
Francisco and back here . today.
arriving at Pearson flying field at
6:15 'p. m., five frours and 30
minutes out of San Francisco.
Keller's flying time from j the
Golden Gate here was five hours;
and 10 minutes, as he stopped 20
minutes at Eugene, for gasoline.
' Kelly left here this morning at
5:15 o'clock and - reached I San
Francisco six hours later. I His
time for the flight south Included
a ia mmuie stop ai Eugene ror
' WASHING. Anr 1
WILL SHIP RUBBER OUT Associated Press). The MacMil-
lan Arctic expedition reached
EXPORTATION FROM FOSSES-1 Etah, Greenland, at 9 o'clock to-
SIONS IS AUTHORIZED
LONDON, Aug. 1 (By The As
sociated Press) The colonial' of
fice, announcement yesterday that
permtssrjn would be granted for
the exportation from Ceylon', the
federated Malay states and the
Straits settlements, of 76 percent
of their rubber production, is held
to prove that the British govern
ment, has not modified Its views
regarding automatic operation ot
the Stevenson rubber scheme. This
night after its long struggle with
the Ice In Melville bay.
NAVAL BAKE INSPECTED
i
luei. on tne .return trip Kelley Tew Is that the Stevenson nlan.
left San. Francisco at 12:45 p. m. within theenmin.ir mnth.
lod will provide the market with
$ BATTLE, Aug. 1. Rear Ad
miral Lather E. Gregory, chief of
the bureaa of yards and docks of
the United States; navy, arrived
here ,today to lnpect the Puget
Sound naval station at Bremer
ton. Wash. Admiral Gregory Is
on a tour of, naval .stations in the
United States and Hawaii.
The flight was made by L. T.
Kelley to get 600 - rolns. - newly
minted In honor of the Vancouver
centenlal exposition. ! j
The air line distance from here
to San Francisco Is 550 miles.
1
surnclent supplies of . rubber
without recourse to any exception
al relief such as has been suggest
ed by rubber Interests in the Unit
ed States. The' government view
seems to be that the present rub-
ASHLAND MEN ARE HELD oo i temporary sad
win. gradually subside; hence the
POSSESSION .OF STILL. CHARG, JoyerBment far the present wll
ED AGAINST TWO , I Jlcpntent Itself with watching the
situation carefully. I the rubber
MEDFORD. Or Aug. 1. Don-1 market here the prevailing opln-
aid stonenresker or Ashland, near ""m "t American consumers
here, charged with possession of a themselves are much to blatoe for
still, was bound over to the grand having failed to take advantage
Jury this morning under bonds of of the cheap prices prevailing Jn
f AAA V. T ' . . . tll "
,vvv. ne wa arresiea netri I't-iiii.
Toadstool rocK'lst the Sisklyous
while attempting to remove1 the! t
sini. ,'Fiohebrc'aker' Is . member
ot a well known Ahund family, ji:am J. Cochran, prominent Wash
ana wag reieaiea tue rir?t or tneimgion correspondent, died here
week on a liquor charge for lack tonight after a long Illness.. He
af Tldeace.-i Jack Durando - of had chargft of pusllcity work fof
Ashland Is alo held on the same the democratic party in the 1920
charge, under ,$5,000 bonds, ; " campaign.
NEWS WRITER, IS DEAD'
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1-Wil-
IS "SAX". IMMORAL?
Police Officers. Clash In Defin
ing "Indecent )lnslc,
WASHINGTON, Aug. -1.
(By- Associated ; Press.) The
effort ot the Washington police
to define "indecent music" so
they can prohibit it .under a re
cently discovered statute, yield
ed an opinion by vone otficlaf
today that "any music played
on a saxaphote Is Immoral.
The authority for thla asser
tion was Sergeant Rhoda MUli
ken of the Women's bureau.
She Immediately was coitra
dlcted by Officer Clarence Tal-.
ley- who having jsst taken up
saxaphpne piarlng, reached thlg
conclusion: -'
"The saxaphone is elevating
and reepecUble, - if treated
right,"
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