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SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., AUC. 4,
(By, Associated Press.)- Preal
j dent Coolldge does not belleVe Va.$
time bag come 'for nim to take .a
-. tajid 1a tine antnracite altnatlon. j
.Despite, the, break neotia-i
tions at Atlantic City between op4
, erators,, and miners: orer a sew
wage scale, he still la hoping thai
an agreement will be reached In
time to aYeft suspension of opera-)
tions September 1. , " I
, ATLANTIC CITV, N. J., Aug. 4;
:(By A"oclated Press) . Th4
anthracite wage scale negotiations;
were, broken off at i 6:30 ,0'ciock
; tonight, . :c;;'v ,. v ... 1 7 ;
The motion to adjourn sine die
was proposed by C. , J. Goldenj
president of district 19, i United!
Mine .Workers, was seconded ' by
several operators - and passed by
the Joint committee. ' Thev retort
ed they were In complete disagree
ment on the miners' demands and
,that farther, negotiations appeared
useless. :;;'J:x ) "-'fy j
, sohn It. Lewis, president of the,
United Mine Workers, submitted a
reply to the letter he receired yes4
fterdayt from Sanruel D. Warrineri
chairman of the anthracite oper
ators' conference,' in - Which1! the!
, miners' leader said in part; :. j
"Th9 mine workers' repreBentai
,tiTes deeply regtet that s the ah-
.thracite operators have seen fft ta
pubUcly announce their refusal ti
negotiate- upon basis xf Jact!
.Public - statements of Mr. W. W
Inglls. and yourself obriously pre4
elude, any; agreement. The public
advertisements of, the antbraeitq
operators, giten out while the ne-
KOtlations were' in progress ' de-
monstrate that the operators, doi
noti propose to make ' any ' con-
s tructive proposition toward the
success of the conference. . With
these, facts - in mind ' th ; :mfn
workers' representatives are of
the jlfdgment thatMt is ! utterly
futile to continue; further In these
wage scale negotiations." ,. ; ,
; The operatora went into fa sec
ret caucus for fifty - minutes and
upon their return they asked Mr.
Lewis:. "Are we. to understand
from your letter that In view of
our opposition, to an increase In
wages and the check-off you .re
fuse to continue negotiations?'
5 Mr. Lewis answered yes, accord-
(Coatiaafd on t, 5)
BORDER FORCE ENLARGED
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? FIRST ' MOVR TAIU2X TO PRE
VENT LIQUOR SMUGGLING
: WASHINGTON, A.ttS.V4-(By
Associated Press.) As a first step
in a concerted effort to1 curb liquor
smuggling over the Canadian bor
der, assistant Secretary Andrews
today ordered transfer from the
prohibition, unit to the ; custom
service of all authority over the
Canadian border patrol from the
Detroit river to Port Huron.
Customs Collector Ferguson at
Detroit was directed to augment
his force immediately and then to
.make a complete survey of the en
tire 1 territory to determine the
number of men, fast launches and
automobiles that will be required
to close up the avenues through
which liquor now is rsachlng this
country from Canada.
Mr. Ferguson will make bis re
port tq Mr. Anderson as epeedily
cs possible and reorganization
work will then be carried oat.
PARK BEARS DESPERATE
FOOD SCARCITV CAUSES ANI
MALS TO UPROOT TREES
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo..
Aug. 4. (By; Associated Press.)
-Driven by an aonarent scarrit
of other food to Increase their ef-
iorts to find ants,.bears have vir
tually uprooted an entire tract o
if
timber 14 rn lies north ot Wood-
lawn Park in the Pike national
forest. News 'of the bears' fforn
reached here throneh th ff
of the, assistant supervisor of the
iorest Kates Kelthley. . ,
r Keithlcy said he found that
' log3 had bpen rolled for great dis
tances, that the ground hid hern
d-i tsp around the rc - '3 of trce3
and 'bark of -the 'tree rippi to
i"rei3. Keiihley sail hs never
. B-ca.s::ch s;-3 vf a Cy:rcr.ita
F'rc'i ty 1 - irs for f 1 la VM
MTJILLAfl PARTY SET
r- UP.AIR BASE IH ETAH
EXWn)lTl6k TO AnCTlC 5IAK
1 ; IXQ RAPID PROGRESS " ;
Two Airplanes Put' Ashore and
; : Asscniblrd; Trips Inland
fev, ii ; ,TovBc Made ';; :;
; WASHINGTON tAug.4(By
Associated Press ) .-Safely estab
lished at y their - base Vat Etah;
Greenland the '- MacMlllan Arctic
expedition t is making rapid pro
gress in its plans for exploring by
air- the unknown 4 regions of- the
north. :- 'trz-x'i'
t-i Two of the naval -airplanes car
ried northward "by the exploration
party: had been put- ashort yester
day i One of them engaged in a
successful test flight, immediately
after being assembled. , .The other
apparently?had a: breakdown but
the garbled ' radio message ..' re
ceived today by the navy depart
ment .did nottindicate" apyserious
damaged U"; . tV y.; : ' . - y ';;;. r;
Messages filed from the expedi
tion today confirming the launch
ing of the; third plane, and. giving
Other, details,.; were . received to
night by .the National Georgraphiq
society. One,. ' signed . .by Com
mander. MacMillan'and relayed bv
Arthur A. Collins, an amateur op
erator ,at ' Cedar Rapids, , Iowa,
said; ; ; . J1 yVV.lT.V ZP,
-14 "All planes assembled and ' two
are in the water, moored at Etah.!
'Conditions are fine for flying.
There is no wind, a glassy sea,
very little drift" Ice and a rising
temperature. It was 40 Fahren
heit yesterday,
"In a successful test flight yes
terday, the NA-2 piloted by Lieu
tenant Schur ancLlhe NA-3 piloted
by Lieutenant Reber had Com
mander Byrd and myself ' as pas
sengers:' - .-,-!'.; ' 'iyi'':;iy
i - "Wo will leave for a Tillage 2 0
miles to the north- within a few
hours to test-compasses, study ice
conditions - in Smith . sound and
supply Eskimo women with skins
j-out of which to make clothing for
the aviators. . ; o, .. , - y :
.' "Our,. third plane, was launched
from the; beach tonight.; Both the
Peary 'and the. Bowdoin ,men in
fine condJtion'r .Tsk i
: A second-message . f rom May
nard: .Owen. Williams ot. the Na
tional. GeorgTaphic ? society: staff,
relayed from Greybull, Wyo said:
i "The tNA-2, piloted by Schur,
with C o m m an d .rJUacMillan!
aboard, hopped off at 8:55 yester
day 'evening and-landed at 9:20
alter a 'flight among the Little
Auks of the- cliff between Etah
and the Greenland ice cap. - Com
mander i MacMillan, who intro
dttced electric lights, telephone
and motion pictures and radio to
the . LEskimos. aroused .- wonder
about Smith, sound, when his .yel
low backed third, with the': red;
white and blue tail, roared into
the air." . . ,
TAMPERING IS CHARGED
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UNDERBOARD JURY WORK-
IXGS HINTED AT TRIAL
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LOS, ANGELES, Aug. 4. (By
Associated Press.)-? Whisperings
of jury tampering floated about
the court . room here late today
where three 'men are, on- trial
charged with-consplring Jojcidnap
Mary Pickford, screen actress, and
hold her for $200,000 ransom'
The whispers of the affair em
anated from the chambers o
superior Judge :' Victor McLucas
after attorneys for the defense had
retired to his chambers to protest
they said. , against.: the . act of I
Juror whom they declared dropped
a newspaper dipping concerning
the trial in the hands of a former
wittees while the panel was leay
ing the jury box yesterday. J'
The defense attorneys; said the
court had announced an invest!
gation. : . ;;.,y':" i;';-y 1.
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
REPUTED MILLIONAIRE SAID
7- TO HAVE MISUSED FUND 1
PITTSBURG, Aug. 4. (By As
sociated Press.) John A. Bell,
former president of the Carnegie
Trust company, reputed million
aire coal operator and financier
was charged with embezzling, ab
stracting and wilfully misapply
ing 1800,643 of the bank's funds
and credits in an informatioa filed
late today before Alderman Pat
rick Cawley; .The suit contains: 14
charges. ; Cawley said he would
hold a hearing. Friday. The Car
negie Trust, company : was closed
by the state banking deDartment
in -April and toon thereafter two
other Bell banks, the First Nation
al of Carnegie and the Buretts
tojrn National, closed by action of
tneir respective board3 of direct
.ors.
EXCITEMENT 1SRINGS DEATH
CLEVELAND, Au. '4. Excite
ment bocanse Eddie Anderson w as
knocked down by Tcte Samirnto
ia their f 1, t tflnSIit cauir i the
suIJ.a death at OIyr.:iic arena of
Jn-crh Callihaa,- a fricn 1 ct An-
-..- - r-- 1 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.' AUGUST 5. 1925 ' . : ' ; : 7 ; T : V
SOIIDIIIIl,..
m wa rot
Warrant Issued for Arrest of
Martinez Chemist, Miss
ing bmce Blast
VICTIM SAID MURDERED
Police Say ' Chemist Killed "Man
; and Bnrned 'Body in Attempt '
'to 'Acrount :. for Own.
; . . Disappearance -
MARTINEZ.'. Cal.. Aug. 4.(By
Associated Press.) A warrant
charging Charles Henry Schw'arti,
vice? president andgenerarmana
ger 'of the Pacific "Cellulose com
pany, with the murder of' an 'uni
dentified nan whose charred body
was: found in the j ruins of ' the
cellulose nlant at Walnnt: rtrov
last Thursday, was sworn out here
lalet today and signed by County
Detective Clyde-Laird
has jbeen missing since the eiplos-
jonana fire Thursday' night and
officials are convinced thatf the
charred body is : : not that - of
Schwartz.;--1 ' -x -4 '
'-The warrant; Issued by Judge
F.-L. - Glass of Martinez,, charges
"Leon.. Henry Schwartzoff, 'alias
Charles . Henry Schwartz,' alias
John Doe Stein,' with the murder
"on or f about Julyy 3.0 'V .of one
"John .Doe, a. human being.'
Schwartz's. true name is said to
be Leon .Henry; Schwartxhoff,. ;
Issuance of the murder warrant
followed hard on the unceremoni
ous: appearance at - his usual
haunt today of , "Portuguese"- Joe
Rodriguez, laborer, who a major
ity of the investigators previous
ly had .expressed j themselves as
satisfied he was the alleged mur
der victim. . Rodriguez said he
had been,staying at the home of a
jH-other, Frank Rodriguez, in Oak
land, for. several days, and knew
nothing of . the. furore stirred up
by his unexplained, disappearance
from his, usual. haunts , . -
The charred' body Is still await
ing identification; was forwarded
to San Francisco late today ' and
will be preserved f in the county
morgue there pending further in
vestigation. . I y . . j --
Mrs. Schwartz remains firm in
her assertion that the body js that
of her missing husband., --
f v PLOT SAID ABORTED 1
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PRAGUE. Czecho - Slovakia,
Aug. .b.--(By Associated .Press.)
-rThe, police assert they have dis
covered a plot to assassinate pres
ident Massaryk ' by order of the
Moscow Internationale and have
taken . into,, custody ;.Dr, Houser,
secretary of communist party, and
a p communist J - writer named
Stastny. y - :fj y ' : )
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CORPORATION SEEKING
.T0 MODIFY VDRYMAW
ARTICLES FILED BT GROIT
OF PORTLAND MEN " '
Purpose 0 Advise ,: Public,
."Evil Effects" of National
y Prcliibition Act '
of
Seeking" a modification -of the
present . prohibition ' laws, '' the
Oregon ; Prohibition ' Referendum
corporation filed articles of in
corporation,. Tuesday. ' .The cor
poration has no assets or property
and only the good will of Its mem
bers. " Revenue ". will be ' derived
solely by donations, and there is
no membership fee, ' , , t t.,
.The corporation has as its pur
pose the development of the phys
ical and 'mental: capacities of , the
members and for the promotion of
better acquaintance and closer. as
sociation between. Us. members for
trie purpose. ot enacting. and pro
mulgating a law for. a referendum
on the national and state .prohi
bition, act and .to take such steps
that the voters of the state , of
Oregon and the, United .States be
fairly and justly advised as to the
evil effects, of the 18th, amend
ment to the constitution and. that
the true conditions be. set forth
to the members .and the. public at
large," the articles read. . ; v.
, Incorporators . are , C. . W. Sterl
ing W.; D.. McMillan, w ,T. B.
Compte, Frank Schegel and John
C. Shillock. all of Portland.
C00LIDGE TO BE UPHELD
WORLD COURT RECOMffiNDA.
TIONS WILL BE FAVORED
WASHINGTON,., Aug. 4. (By
Associated Press.) . Predictions
that President Uoolidcte's world
court, recommendations Will be ac
cepted by the senate at its next
session ., were made today by;two
Prominent members of the senate
committee on foreign jrelations 4
Senator "Lenroot, republican, Wis
consin, and Senator Swanson of
Virginia, the ranking democratic
member.
. ; Both, however, voiced warning
a. a .
inai concessions 10 lrreconcliabJes
probably would lead to defeat of
the ; world court.---Neither- men
tioned names,' but their statements
were coincident with dispatches
reporting the visit to Swampseott
of Senator Penoer of Pennsylvania
another member of the committee
who was a bitter opponent of. the
league of nations
, Senator Lenroot,-who was one
of the mild- reservationists in the
league of nations (fight, sees -in
the world court fight an organized
effort to misrepresent .-the situa
tion of the senate. The oddou-
ents knowing., that ratification can
not e defeated .by direct vote are
attempting, he declared, to create
the belief that, favorable action is
possible only through compromise
with them, knowing, that, should
a compromise be effected the dem
ocrats would rote against the res
olution and defeat !lL i
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FAIRYLAND UNVEILED TO
LITTLE' BOHEMIAN GIRL
QUIT FOR CHILD TO ADOPT
ENDED BY MILLIONAIRE
Edward A. Browning Turns Over
all Wealth to Make Little
Girl Happy 7
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. (By the
Associated Press,) - Before the
dazzled eyes of 16-year-old Mary
Louise Spas, 'only daughtefof
illiterate - Bohemian ' parents, was
unveiled today a vision of modern
fairyland. - 5'-':";".'
j The AlUum wno rubbed ,the
magic lamp was Edward A Brown
ing, millionaire realtor, -who saw
in her the ideal girl he sought
for adoption into his palatial home
at Kew Gardens; L. I as sister-
companion for his other adopted
daughter., Dorothy, Sunshine
Browning. : . y'-- .
! His three weeks' quest, in which
he received 12,000 letters from
little girls 'all over the country.
ended today when he filed adopt
ion papers. Her newyname
Mary Louise Browning.
Mr. ;Brownlng refused to give
the address of the girl's parents
He said they came from Prague,
Bohemia, 15 years ago, when the
girl , was one year old, and that
they were very poor. Mary has
gossamer curls and dancing- blue
eyes.
. To the small army of reporters
who found her today in her hew
daddy's office, . she . said she felt
"like Alice in Wonderland, about
to receive all the happy things I
have dreamed about." -
She exhibited a pearl braeelet
and -necklace Mr.-Browning1 had
given her. ,. , , . , . , y .r
' -Tomorrow the girl . takes her
first step into her new world. Site
will be taken on a tour through
exclusive women's shops to select
a fitting wardrobe.
She' will have her choice of any
car on the market. '
THREE-KILLED IN' CRASH
APARTMENT HOUSE FALLS;
BODIES FOUND IN RUINS
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 4. (By
Associated Press.) At least three
persons were killed and : several
iniured in the rains of.. a two-
story brickr- store and apartment
building which collapsed here late
today. Besides the three whose
bodies were recovered three others
were missing tonight' and believed
to be in the debris.
' The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Holliday, 19 and 7 years old;
respectively, and William Banks.
a negro, were taken from ' the
ruins tonight., ' - 1
u The building fell . when work
men who had been making repairs
on. the. first, floor, .removed sup
ports.,.,.. ... .
.rW. H.. Fisher, foreman of .the
repair. work, was rushed to a hos
pital, and four negro workmen
'were'injuredi
FORTUNES IH FUEL
SPEiT HEEDLESSLY
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Motorists Waste Four Hun
dred Million Gallons Year j
ly, Is Claim ;
GAS SAVING IS URGED
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Shortage of Supply In Fnturi Is
Feared; Pollution of Air j
. Declared Responsible
m for Dlnese
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LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4 (By
Associated Press.) Prof. Andrew
Silverman. - head of the depart
ment of chemistry, University of
Pittsburgh, today told the division-ot
Industrial and engineering
chemistry of the American chemi
cal, society in session here, that
lazy automobile drivers are caus
ing an annual gasoline loss in the
United. States of 400.000,000 gat-
lone, it!
This laziness by permitting en
gines to "Idle" while automobiles
are not In motion is costing the
nation about $273,000 'daily and
180,000.000 yearly, Professor Sil
verman, declared.. . .. yy. ;. ,- j
ite urgea legislation, nom fed
eral and state, to put an end i to
the waste and advocated, that all
vehicles, under the law, be. equip
ped with self starters, thus giving,
me indolent driver no excuse for
permitting his engine to idle. ! i
The Pittsburgh chemist said:
"In the Interest of fuel conser-i
vation and health protection from
the .poisoning of the air. the .law
should require that all car be
equipped with self-starters and
penalties should be Imposed On
violators.; ! ! f i
"To furnish a conservative lap-
proximatlon ot the monetary loss
and the extent 'of air pollution a
national purvey was made. iThe
average parking period each j day
was fixed at one hour as a result
of extensive study by experts.;!
'"Taxicabs and trucks are-the
ehlef offenders. It is not sur
prising that the idling-of the for
mer while waiting for passengers
and the Idling of the latter while
making .deliveries runs the annual
waste in the. United States up to
$80,000,000. - j
"The estimated annual average
gasoline waste per taxlcab is 33,
and per truck I36.2Z. It is prob
able that these figures are too-low
and that the loss is much greater.
"The carbon monoxide involved;
assuming one hoHr of idling per
car each day, is 804.60S.000 cubic
feet yearly in the case of taxi
cabs, and trucks 257,864,120,000
each year. -4 1
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JAIL' 'SENTENCE GIVEN
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WAREHA3I SENTENCED TO 10
DAYS AND FINE OF $iOO
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Ten days In Jail and a fine of
$100. This -was the sentence of
Police Judge Mark Poulsen' Im
posed -upon David L-tWareham.
whose appearance in police court
yesterday was the second in two
days for violation ot the. city pro
hibition, ordinance. On Monday
Wareham. was . fined $10; ifor
drunkenness; yesterday the same
charge was compounded with one
of driving his car while. he was
intoxieoted. , -j -j i
Police arrested Wareham Mon
day night after a chase, that led
to a side road on the Polk county
side of the Willamette. Wareham
had crashed Into another car with
his machine in Salem about 10:31
o'clock and driven off without
stopping to estimate the damage
to his victim's car. Police! were
notified and Night Sergeant Ed
wards started Jn, pursuit.. -Wareham
raced over the Marion-polk
connty bridge, turned to the left
on the Wallace road and then
abandoned that road for another
leoding to' the river. His flight
was halted abruptly when hl.1 ma
chine crashed into a ditch. ; ! .
- Deputy Sherirf .Inlah tr Polk
county, who lives near the, place
where .Wareham storped his; tar.
was notified and placed Wareham
under arrpst. Later he was taken
to thf Salem side of tbo inter
county bridge and turned over' to
local police.
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KERR IS- IN HOSPITAL
PRESIDENT OP OAC IS STILL
ILL FROM ACCIDENT
SEATTLE. Aug. 4. (By'Anso
ciated Press). W.-J. Kerr, presi
dent of Oregon Agricultural col
lege at COrrallia. Ore., was in a
Seattle ho."pUal. tonight recovering
from Injuries be received in an
automobile 'accident to j'cars
ago. j "
President Kerr was fortriTl In
a fiofpIU! in Portland Ir.t in
a L:ovci it . .Ulo bo thut 1c
r:.' 1 a -r f. ri t'.s '3
PAPER MANUFACTURING
PLANT IS COMING HERE
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WESTERN 1APER CONVKRTINO
FIRM INCORPOR.TES
Construction .Work on Division
Street Site Will Begin ia
Near Futon
Construction of the $200,000
factory by the Western Paper Con
verting company will begin in the
near future, it was announced yes
terday after articles of . incorpor
ation had been filed with. the state
corporation department. . . . -The
plant will be located on North
Front, the building to be approxi
mately 100 by 200 feet, and cost
between $35,000 and $40,000.
, - For some time it was uncertain
whether. the plant wnuld.be lo
cated in Salem. Longview or Van
couver. Wash. Am available; site
was donated by the Oregon Pulp
& Paper company, through which
the Division street . mill creek
ditch runs. The new concern was
hesitant in accepting the offer, as
it was estimated that the cost or
filling the dkeh would run around
420.000. The final obstacle was
removed by - action - of the city
council Monday night when a plan
for filling the ditch was approved.
Tire cost - is estimated around
$1500, to be naid by the new con
cern, and if more money, is needed
the Chamber of Commerce will
make up the deficit. Dirt from
streets that are-being graded will
be nsed.
Products to. be manufactured
by the - industry . include paper
specialties of various kinds, and
the labeling of paper containers of
all kinds, a printing department
to be added for this work. -. .
- , The incorporators , are E. A.'
O'Neill. F. W. Chausse and Lloyd
uienes
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MAN CRUSHED BY TRUCK
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PASSENGER DIES AS RESULT
OF GRABBING WHEEL
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug.
4. Ernest Green, milk truck driv
er, was killed when a truck lurch
ed off the pavement and turned
over on him on the Interstate high
ways five miles south of here today.
John Reeves, driver of the truck
ia fn a hospital suffering from in
juries. :
k According to witnesses. Green
grabbed the wheel of the truck
when he thought Reeves was about
to collide with another machine.
Reeves held to the wheel In an at
tempt to right the machine, while
Green Jumped and the truck top
pled over upon him. Death was
instantaneous.
FLOOD DANGER IS OVER
WORKERS DROP EXHAUSTED
AFTER FIGHT WITH WATER
EL PASO. Texas" Aug.. 4.
'(By Associated Press). Farmers
who have been fighting the Rio
Grande flood since Sunday dropped
Exhausted' into. sleep this after
noon as the ; eresV passed Tornfllo,
Texas .The greatest Cow passed
Fabens this-, morning. , , , .. j
'-Soldiers., under - Major A G.
Rlxon are resting in their camp
near , Fabens after having worked
since 1 a, m. today. Reclamation
service and county forces have
been reduced to. patrols and offi
clals believe the danger from fur
ther breaks in protective works is
past. ., . . . . , . . v .
s Five thousand acres is regarded
as a conservative estimate of the
farm land under water and the
damagevwill run near $400,009.
Some of the land which is under
but a few laches ot water will be
drained as the river recedes with
out damage to crops, he said.
RA IL-4.! ERG ER .IpAVO RED
PRESIDENT SAYS CX)XKCILIDA.
TION WOULD CUT RATES
. SWAMrsCOTT,, Mass.' Aug; 4
1 (By .Associated Press.) Sola
Hon of the transportation problem.-President
Coolidge believes,
would be greatly facilitated" by
voluntary . consolidaUon of rail
roads. -
A to the agricultural situatio!
which, in bl mind, is linked with
the railroad rate question and its
one of the greatest domestic is
sues -confronting Hhe administra
tion, he intends to. await furthe
advice from' the agricultural com
mission before formulating- hi
recommendations ta conKress. Thi
vjew of the. rf'ident'wJth rrclrd"
to, transportation as outlined to
day at. White Court Is that whil
he. belieres legislation probably U
Ecrcsry to UUt the railroads
shippers and the public, he Is o
the op!sioaat3.Ltirn2la th!;
desirable U consolidation
v. ati::; slpply t:::.:;at::m:h
v;cTo::iA. n.. a. au-..4a
city waterEh-i arour. I U.he r -! -wa
report?.! la dir.rs.r lo'.iy ! a
fc rr fire -which I a I d - ,:
' 1 -" T ' I : - ' w f ' r ' '
men nvs cziirj
coffiinEEFiir.s
S, P. i!I KG dL.:
Chamber Commerce Group
: Giving Much Consider- '
atiorvto Resolution
-i' n -,-. - . ' .-
ACTION IS 'PROTESTED
Public Service Commissloa Raises
Voice Against It Adoption ;
Deci&lon i Is Not Yet " ;
'. 'Announced
A special . committee - of . the
Chamber ot Commerce, sponsoring
a resolution favoring the position
ot the Southern Pacific In the de
velopment, of south-central Ore
gon, met at the Chamber of Com
merce, rooms last night to further
consider the, matter. .
w"It Is our firm conviction that
duplication of operation over .the
same rails .(so-called common
users), or lines paralleling one an
other is an economic waste when
the traffic will not over-tax the
facilities of. one .railroad," the
resolution reads... .
"Whereas 'the. Southern Pacific
immediately upon removal of legal
obstacles commenced, ' and - have -
continued,, active construction of
the so-called Natron Cut-off. in ac
cordance with their promises to
the citizens of Oregon, and
"Whereas this construction to
gether with contemplated line con
necting the so-called Natron Cut
off, the Oregon-California Ml East
ern railroad and the Nevada-Cali
fornia-Oregon railroad will fur
nish a direct route between east
ern states and south, central. and
western Oregon, therefore, be lt.y
VKesolved, that the Chamber of
Commerce 'of . Salem. . Oregon, ex-
nrju its confidence in the inten
tion and ability of the Southern
Pacific to , adequately . serve and
develop the territory Its construc
tion program penetrates and be it
further resolved we oppose dupli
cation of expenditure and opera
tion in territory that Is, or will be,
adequately served by one line, and
be it further resolved that future
railroad construction should be
directed -to the opening of new
territory In our productive state.
. It is. proposed, to send copies of
the resolution to the ICC and th
public service commission ot Ore
gon. . , ' " . .... ...... ... ,
Interested parties on both Bidet
of the question appeared be'or
the special committee," which was
appointed by the board of direc
tors, with Scott Page as chairman.
Highly commending the action
and speaking in favor of Its.adop-.
tlon were A. A. Mickel, district
freight and. passenger agent, and
T. L. Billingsley, superintendeat
of the Salem. Street Railway com
pany, both officials ot the South
ern Pacific, and Trank Dackebach.
' Protests to the resolution -were
voiced .by Bed .Forbes, secretary
of the public' service-commissloa,
and Max: Page.:, y - ,
No action was taken on the res
olution last night and further con
sideration la, being made.ty the
committee before it Is ready to re
port to the board of directors. ,
U. S. AIRMEN TO SERVE
SEliTN YANKS VOI.UNTi:i:r. TO
enter i :ii:.rn unit .
PARIS. Aug. 4 (By Assortat '.-d
Press.)-Eeren American av: iters
who have volunteered' for trr1ce
to the French forces ia Morocco
will take oft in planes tomorrow
mornlnr from th Lthnnrmt .
drome. Eh will be acrorr.z: 1
by a French pilot.
The Araericarn are Col. Chirij
Sweeney of S;i 'ar.; . Ll"-t. X
Charles. Kerwood of rhi:.ile!;h:a,
Austen-parkf-r of Hel-?r.a. ::ort.;
-Grontilla rolloct cf
York, and C-i;talr, V. C. G - v-;:i
EcHea of Miami; R. If. 1;. v, r.r
of Fond da Lac, Wis., a:: 1 Art: r
IIoMea.
Th-Ir route i!l . f. r.--. r
bourget -f the :-!ri f.;r 'r -near
Marsri::.-$ lt- tv--.ce t-' -
ceiona, A!!-;rfi and .Mala?;. i: -and
then acr'---i ihe Me'itfrrs--to
Tangier- ari r.lt, wvre
expect to land ca Friiay.
NAVY .TILL P.lf ;ld
LO NDO N. A r. . A . r. r S
dated Press). The bujAdr
mons tonight finally adc;tr 1
govemn?nts naval e-tlrUta
cludlng tta r.-Trara for t - 'r
structlon ct r.c - -bill
was r a 5 0 1 t y a
to 1:Z.Jt:'1 - :!.,;!- y -
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