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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAK
; SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1925
PRICE FIVE. CENTS T
J' :i "il .
4
STUDENTS PaSTURE
IPKBYTEST
Number in Grade Schools
! Needing Special Help Cut
7.9 Percent Since 1914-
TEACHERS' ARE PRAISED
Examination Show Percentage
Higher Than Last Jane, Dae
to Sickhesn and Pupils
. : " . Front Other States
Effect of training in health in
Salem grade schools is shown in
the first complete report of the
"posture test," Just completed by
Miss Grace Snook. Due to the
large . number,, of pupils entering
Balem schools this fall and to
sickness, the number ' of pupils
needing individual help in pos
ture, 'with ; its important bearing
upon health, is greater than at
the close of school last June, but
lower than in fall of last year.
Importance of this work Is
shown, however, in that the check
made last November showed 34.9
per cent of the 2034 children en
rolled In the grade schools in the
first to sixth grade inclusive were
found to have some muscular de
fect. ; The check in February last
showed' the percentage cut to 16.9,
and ! further reduced to 5.6 in
June. ' '!',.:: i
The report in full, with per
centage of students needing help
, in each school, follows:
"The first posture check for
the school year has just been com
pleted bv Miss Grace Snook. The
results of the first check are high
ly satisfactory. . and; j j shows the
good jwor'kf that is being done by
the grade teachers. Due to the
large number of pupils entering
Salem Bctiools this fall and 'sick
ness, the per cent or pupils nead-
ing individual help in posture Is
greater than it the close of school
Mast June. , "--:T --'' '
"Four posture tests were given
last year and in November, 1924,
34.9 per cent of the 2034 children
enrolled In the , grade Bchoola In
the first to sixth grade inclusive,
were found to have some muscu
lar defect, such; as shoulder wings, j
short pectoral muscles, flat chests,
found shoulfieTs.-Teak -abdominal
nuscles, protruding heads,! pro
nated or supinated ankles, etc.,
which needed, special attention
Due to ' the cooperation of the
teachers, this percentage was low-
ered to 16.9 per cent In February,
1925, then to 10.9 per cent in
April and. to 5.6 per cent In June
wbien school closed.
- Tie result of the first check
lust completed shows an enroll
ment of 1012 girls and 1026 boys
or a total of 20S8 pupils in the
eight grade schools of Salem. Of
this number 259 girls and 292
boys, or. 551 pupils, or 27 per cent
seed individual attention In pos
ture training. This is 7.9 per cent
less than the check last November.
"This fall we had 248 children
In the IB grade who are attending
school for the first time. There
' are '346 "pupils enrolled from-lA
: grade to sixth inclusive who have
not attended' Salem schools until
? this fiH. r. These children "are
from various parts of the United
States and Canada. We have many
from California and several from
Texas. New Mexico: Arizona and
New York. '
- "The following will show the
schools,' number of pupils and per
cent ot children needing Individ
ual posture training:
i OarHeld, 298 pupils, 50.9 per
Veent; Englewood, 255 pupils, 22.5
ner cent; Park, 294 pupils 25.5
per ' cent; Highland, 25 6 pupils,
25.7 per cent: Richmond, 279
pupils, 27.5 per cent; Lincoln, 826
: pupils, 31.5 per cent; Grant.' 290
nunlls.- 32.4 per , cent: 'Washing-
ton, 4 2. pupils, 40.4' per cent.
"The following are" the number
of new ' pupils that have never
fceen in Salem schools until this
. fall: ' , , vf
' "Garfield 94 Grant 94. Lincoln
83,-Richniond 83,, Park 75, High
land ,72, Englewood 67, Washing
ton, 26. :
OLD QUERY IS ANSWERED
- i
PYSCHOLOGISTS FIND WHY
WOMEN KEEP YOU WAITING
-. BALTIMORE, Dec. 9. (By As
sociated Press). The old ques
tion "why does a woman keep you
waiting?' ha been solved, Johns
Hopkins' university pyschologists
announced. A series ot tests have
shown, the announcement says,
. that women as a rule show nearly
100 per cent error in estimating
time. - Men show an average for
AK nr rent- error.
One ' test ', had the Subjects sit
still for a minute and a half and
then estimate the time. Women'
estimates ranged from a few sec
onds to - ten minutes. The most
Incorrect estimate by a man was
3V4 miauteSj
BABE BORN IN STREET
GIRL MOTHER REFUSKn AD
- MITTANCE TO HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, Dec. 9. (By As
sociated Press ) .i A baby girl
was born In the streets of Seat
tle today because there was no
available room for the mother
In the county hospital. Mrs.
Frank : Benson, 17 year old
half-breed Indian girt,: : after
being refused admittance to
the county hospital, attempted
to walk to the city hospital,
but the stork overtook her be
fore she reached her destina
tion. ' - - ' ,
Mrs. Benson failed to make
clear that her's was an emer
gency case when she applied at
the hospital, attendants said in
explanation of thelr action.- -
Both mother and child are
doing well, despite their or
deal, it was reported later at
the city hospital where they
were taken. Mrs. Benson's,
home was in Hugo, Okla., near
the Choctaw nation. She came
here several weeks ago to seek
work.1:' - - - - h'- -
LINEN MILL MACHINERY
. PROBLEM FACES BOARD
EQUIPMENT ORDER WILL. BE
SEXT OUT THIS WEEK
Day Is Spent Inspecting , Possible
Rites With No Decision
Forecast I
Directors of the new Oregon
Linen Mills, Inc., with the assist
ance of J. H. Black, eastern linen
expert, and Hamilton Oliver,' rep
resentative 1 Of - the largest' textile
machine manufacturers ' W the
world, have been working days
and nights this week in an . en
deavor to determine the location
of the mill, and to arrange for the
starting of construction.
: Several " sites are , being ' ' con
sidered. None has yet been se
lected," nor is likely' to be this,
week .. Several ' sites ? along- the
iver bank, as well: as various
places farther east have been of
fered. ;
Location inland will do as well
is on the river bank, it is said as
In either case a - tank will nave
:o be built. The committee yes
terday visited the various sites of
Tered, including the grounds ot
he state hospital for the insane,
n which a well has already been
mnk.
Matter of purchasing machin-
3ry is one of the most important
Mnfronting the board of direc
tors. .The idea now is to study
the raw material Vwlth the view
of deciding on the best equipment
to be used.
'No two flax operations are alike
t is said. - Local conditions make
a large difference in the type of
machinery used. Oliver is help
ing In volving this problem. - He
sold the entire equipment to the
Miles Linen Mills of Salem.
It Is probable that fhe'machin-
ery will be ordered this week. At
least, an outline will be made as
to the best machinery adaptable
to the climate of this section. It
is thought urgent to purchase the
machinery as soon as possible, as
it takes some time for: the ma
chinery to arrive. J 'V "
Mr.'.Biack;? who grew up In the
linen Industry in Scotland, and
who has been in the business in
the United States r for fifteen
years now being looked upon as
one of the best ' linen ' men - in
America,: first became Interested
- (Continue a pt $)
CONTAGIOUS CASES GROW
THIRTEEN REPORTED, ILL IN
FIRST THREE DAYS
Thirteen cases t contagious
disease have been reported to the
Salem city health office this week.
Five are smallpox, 'five are diph
theria. " There is one case each-of
nneumonia."' scarlet fever, and
chickenpox. '". .- J:"'fr -:j' "
SmaUpox cases r are: Howard
Maw,-2 185 North 4th street, a
pupil at Highland school; Barbara
Roome, 985 North Summer street,
a pupil at Grant school; Frank W.
Cheney, 777 North Capitol Mreet.
Mrs. I G. C, -Wolf, South 19th
street;,; and' JV Greenbaum, 2359
State street. ; ; ' ; i -'
Diphtheria 'cases reported are
Merle Plank and Lusyette Plank,
both Of 744 .Chemeketa Street
pupila" at- GSM ield i school ; . Vera
McCune, 245 South 22nd street,
student at Parrish r Junior high
school; George W. Thompson,
2266 North 5th street; and Earl
Johnson, 2199 Broadway street.
pupil at Highland school.
A case of pneumonia was re
ported from 1450 North 17th
street. Elisabeth Weiss ot 215
East Lincoln street, has scar
fever.Tbe case of chickenpox
reported is that of Phillip Brown,
945, Summer street, a pupil at
Grant schooL ' ;
STATE TAX VALUES
FflH 1SZB RELEASED
Marion County Listed
at
$44,781,877.57; Polk
$14,206,352:59,
25 MILLION INCREASE
Assessment .Summary Shows $25,-
636, 82.3 Increase Over Last
Year, State Total Reaches
$1,08437,018.91
Taxable property in the state
of Oregon, including that equal
ized by county boards ot equali
zation, and the utility properties
equalized and apportioned by the
state tax commission. Is" $1,0 84, -
618.91 according to the assess
ment roll summary for the year
1925, which was completed here
last night by the state tax com
mission. It is upon this figure that the
state tax levy for 1926 will be
based, after being equalized by
application of the tax rates of the
various counties. The , assessed
valuations for this year show an
increase of $25,656,882.30 when
compared with those of last year.
The summary shows the as
sessed valuation of the counties,
exclusive of utilities, as $929,
483, 911.20, which is an increase
of $19,058, 120.88 over last year.
Valuations of the public utilities,
as fixed by the state tax commis
sioner aggregate $155,053,707.71,
an increase of $6,598,761.42
over last year.
It was announced last night
that the tax levy would be made
at a meeting of the state tax
commission which has been called
here for Friday.
The first column of figures in
tbe following summary shows the
(CTontinoed on page 3.)
HIGHWAY BRIDGE OPENS
HARRISRURG UNIT NOW COM
PLETES HIGHWAY ROUTE
. The new $200,000 bridge form
ing the last .Willamette river
bridge unit ot the Pacific Highway
will be thrown open to traffic to
day, it is announced by State En
gineer Roy Klein.
This new structure is of steel
and concrete and required 18
months In construction. There
are three spans of 180 feet each
forming central units, the total
length of these being 540 feet.
Over 1,000 feet of trestle work.
was ' required for the approach,
making the entire length nearly
1600 feet.
The bridge, one of the largest
in the state, replaces the famous
old Harrisburg ferry, terminating
a service of nearly 50 years.
' Traffic experts estimate that the
Bridge will "speed up" traffic oh
the highway and will greatly stim
ulate routing of cars on the east
side of the river.
'' " ' '. i FAMOUS AMERICAN MYTHS
I " " v T
.THERE. A.NT' V V rXjfV
NO SAHTY CLAUS , UvaVAG j
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
FOR 1927 ARE LISTED
COOLIDGE DECLARES MINI
MUM COST HAS BEEN FOUND
Estimated Expenditures Will Run
to Nearly Four Billion, Budget
Shows
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (By
(Associated Press.) Government
expenditures for the fiscal year
1927 were estimated at $3,896.
207,921 in budget figures submit
ted to congress today py President
Coolidge who ' declared that the
minimum cost of running the gov
ernment had about been reached.
The estimate represented an in
crease of $160,083,326 over the
funds appropriated for the current
fiscal year, and the executive sug
gested that the normal expansion
of a growing nation would hence
forth involve added expenditures
to keen the government's mach
inery in motion. Despite the in
crease in the total estimates, the
budget figures showed an antici
pated surplus for 1927 of $330,
307.000 and an estimated surplus
of $262,041,756 for the current
year. L
While estimates for most of the
government agencies disclosed
about as many decreases as In
creases, compared with current ap
propriations, numerically, the post
olf ice department and the veterans
were given important increases in
the amounts which congress is
asked to appropriate for them. ThS
postal service was estimated to re
quire $103,808,148 more than it
had this year, while the veterans
bureau was accorded an increase
of $53,265,00w. Much of the ad
den for the post office department
was attributed to the payroll in
creases while growing require
ments under the soldier bonus law
(Continued on page 4)
JURY PROBE DEMANDED
JUDGE ORDERS RHIXELAXDER
CASE INVESTIGATION
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. Dec. 9
(By Associated Press.) Inter
est in the Rhinelander marriage
annulment case which subsided
following a verdict last week fav
orable to Leonard Kip Rhineland
er's mulatto wjfe, revived today
when Supreme Court Justice Mor
schauser ordered a grand jury in-;
vestigation of alleged tampering
with the jury. "
The investigation was ordered
after Frederick C. Sanford, one of
the jurors who heard the case,
had reported that he had been ap
proached by three citizens of
Yohkers during the trial. One of
these citizens who he named as
having discussed the case with
him was Dr. James C. Bennett, an
eye specialist of Yonkers.
Both Dr. Bennett and Sanford
were subpoenaed to appear before
the grand jury tomorrow.
Sanford said that none of the
persons who talked with him
about the case had spoken in fa
vor of Rhinelander or his wife. I
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This pathetic picture first appeared in "The Inland Printer" of December, 1903," It was executed
by F. S. Manning. Since then it has been reprinted innumreable times all over the world because of
its appeal. .
This is a picture.
It must not appear in reality.
There are Salem homes unable
to furnish the joys to which every
child, born in this good land,
nourished on the alluring ro
mance of holiday visits of good
hearted spirits, has a right to ex
pect. Santa Claus must make all
calls. No stockings should be al
lowed to hang empty.
To meet this need. The Oregon
Statesman Associated Charities
DEBATERS BREAK EVEN
U OF O AND OAC TEAMS DIS
CUSS CHINA QUESTION
University of Oregon affirmative
team today won the unanimous
decision of the judges in the an
nual debate with Oregon Agricul
tural college here, and the nega
tive team from the university lost
the decision to the college at Cor
vallis by a unanimous vote.
The question discussed was
whether or not the foreign powers
should immediately relinquish all
government control in China ex
cept that usually exercised over
consulates and legations. -
The Oregon affirmative team
consisted; of Benoit McCroskey of
Sajem and Beryl V. Ludington,
who wou from Frank Despain and
Mark Evans. The Oregon nega
tive team that lost at Corvallis
consisted of Jack McGuire fand
Herschel Brown-
The Empty Stocking
Christmas Cheer Fund is being
raised. Food and money contri
buted for this use will be placed
.in the hands of experts and dis
tributed with full wisdom.
Christmas will be fuller when
each shopper knows that some
humble ' home has been made
happy by a small cash gift. Send
gifts now, that those in charge
may undertake definitely the
pleasant duty of investigating and
determining the calls that should
AUTO DEATH TOIL HIGH
13.7 IER 100,000 ARE KILLED
IV MOTOR CRASHES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (By
Associated Press.) The 1924 mo
tor accident death rate for the
United States was placed by the
commerce department today at
15.7 per 160.09 of population,
compared with 14.9 In 1923, 12.5
in 1922, and 11.5 in 1921.
The figures were compiled from
.data covering 88.4 per cent of the
population of the nation. Deaths
numbered 15,528, while in 1923
the total was 14,411, and in 1922
it was 11,666. The total did not
include deaths from crossing ac
cidents, which added 1532 fatali
ties in 1924.
California's motor death rate
was the, highest among states for
1924, being 32 per 100,000, al
though the actual number of
deaths there, 1254. was smaller
than the actual number of deaths
in New York or Pennsylvania.
Wyoming's rate, 27.2 per 100,000
was next highest, followed by
Florida with 22 6; New Jersey,
21.7; Michigan. 21.2; Delaware,
19.8; Connecticut, 18.4; Washing
ton, 18.2; New York, 18.1; Rhode
Island, 17.9; Oregon, 17.3. '
North Dakota's death rate was
lowest, 6.6 per 100,000 of popu
lation. APPROVE PERSHING PLAN
TACNA - A RICA COMMISSION
SETS HEARING FOR DEC. 16
ARICA, Chile, Dec 9. (By As
sociated Press, y- The Tacna
Arica plebiscitary 'commission to-day
approved General Pershing's
motion for fixing-the -dates for a
plebiscite. The commission re
jected the Chilean motion and the
Chileans will appeal to the arbi
trator, President Coolidge. --
General Pershing's ; motion
named January 15 as the date for
the presentation of the election
laws; February 15 for the begin
ning of the registration ; - March
15 for , the ending of registration;
three weeks more for appeals and
the vote to be taken April 15. .
General Pershing's motion be
gins with a long preamble in
which it is charged that Chile has
not fulfilled the requirements of
a free plebiscite, has unlawfully
administered the territory, violat
ed the award by refesing to carry
out the ruling of the commission
and otherwise, rendered the hold
ing of a free referendum impos
sible. MAN BROKEN ON SHAFT
CIX1THEVG CATCHES ON SWIFT
TURNING MILL WHEEL
SEATTLE, Dec 9.--(By Asso
elated Press). Thomas Castro,. a
workman 23 years old. was killed
here today when a shaft in a clay-
drying machine caught his cloth
ing and whirled him around the:
apparatus. ;
be filled on that gay day when
Santa Claus comes j down your
chimney with gifts and happiness
for you.
" Look at this picture,
It. must remain only a picture.
Give to The Statesman Associ
ated Charities Christmas Cheer
Fund at once.
GIFTS "
Acknowledged . . .$11.00
Cash . . J. ........i.... ; 1.00
Anna S. Kantner 1.80
BOB PRICE IS SLASHED
PRICE REDUCED TO 23 CENTS;
NECK SHAVES FREE
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec 9.
(By 'Associated Press). To
make ;it easy for Bellingham
bobbed haired women to keep
their locks trim and . neat, anion
barbers tonight voted to slash the
price of bobbing hair from 50 to
25 cents.' And to make it still
easier they decided to neck shave
fair customers for nothing, any
time they' feel disposed to grace
the barber chair. It used to cost
25 cents. The action followed an
unauthorized.-cut.. -by 'one union
shop of neck shave from 25 to 10
cents. The union then decided to
go one better, and also took away
the union card of the shop which
led the way,
BOYS MOVED TO SCHOOL
First removal of . boys to'the
new building? of the state indus
trial school for boys near Wood-
burn took place yesterday when
15 of the oldre lads were lodged
in quarters there.
The boys,: under supervision,
will build a thousand feet of re
inforced concrete walk and aid In
the task of preparing for the re
ception of-the main group of 191
boys early In January. y :i
New Walks will join adminis
tration and service buildings to
the cottage dormitories. The
walks will form service routes for
distribution of food from the cen
tral kitchen to the various cottage
dining rooms, f The .working "crew
going on duty tomorrow is com
posed of boys of high school age
and - over and will- be- augmated
to ' form ' a crew of . about 25,
Superintendent L. SI. Gilbert an
nounces. . . ' , j
- a nrteen . acre garden . tract
forming a part, of the school's
large- acreage is being specially
plowed and sa joiled for a gar
den tract. Orchards ? and other
tracts, will be given this special
cultivation as win ter I farm work
progresses at the institution;
HUBBARD BOY. IS INJURED
BOY; 18, MAY DIE AS ' RESULT
OF AUTOMOBILE CRASH 1
Hrought ;to a local i hosnital
where it is said he has a chance
to recover. Leland Carl, 16, of
Hubbard is hoverifig between life
and death as a result of an automobile-
accident on? the Pacific
highway at 1 0 o'clock Wednesday
morning. ;
Young Carl was injured Vhen
a roadster he was driving left the
highway and turned "com'pletely
over In the ditch and then righted
Itself. ; The . accident happened
about a mile north of Horaesho
park. - ' v-v--.-.-.
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.Carl was rushed to Salem where
It was determined, that he V But
lering from 'isriuwl, caest Injuries,
Senate to Complete 0 rganr
ization-BeforeXntenng
Into-Discussion t
HOUSE SESSION LENGTHY
Representatives Work Until Dark;
Coolidge Recommends In- ,
crease In Budget. Over
Last. Year
WASHINGTON.! Dec.1 9. (By
Associated Press, 1 i-4- The " house
plunged jforwara jtoday with the
tax reduction bill, while the ten-
ate marked time to permit the dis
position Of final details of organi
zation.' - , - ' - - : '
An atmosphere of mld-sessioh
activity pervaded the house which
worked until dark. ' - -
Before resuming debate on the
revenue measure. It received the .
budget message jf President Cool
idge recommending an Increase In
next fiscal year's appropriations of
1160,000,000 oter this year.
While bills continued to pour
into the hopper, many proposing
to carry out nronosala urred bv
Ihe president' in his message read
to congress yesterday, some of
the house- earn m 1 tt oa - vm al.
resdy at work whipping the meas
ures into shape. Chairman Mad
den of the appropriations commit- .
tee promised two supply hills next
week which leaders said would be
taken up immediately upon pas
sage of the tax bill. ..
A large representation of mem
bers listened' attentively today to
four hours of debate on taxes (n
the house which' Included the first
assaults on the nonpartisan' bfll
drafted bv the Win "nA moan a
committee to slash the federal tax
burden by f 325,000,600 next year.
Representative Rainey- of Illinois,
a democratic taemher of the com
mittee, declared he would not sup
port the measure '"unless materi
ally changed." and with Repre
sentative Httll of Tennessee, an
other democrat ie member of lie
committee,' urged a: lessef redac
tion in the surtax tates and elim
inatien of the provision to Increase .
the personal : exemptions from
$ 2 5 0 0 to $ 3 5 0 0 for married' per
sons and from ft,000 to $1,600
for single persons.- Instead, they
would repeal all of the war excise
taxes - and special levies and on .
various forms of business which
they declared were purely -, war
taxes.'., v . 'i ,-' i ,
Other members of the commit
tee, including Representative
Hawley, Oregon 'and Mills, Kew
York, republicans, and Dickinson.
democrat, Missouri.' came to the
defense of the measure. ' Each 'ad
mitted he was not In adcoird with
every "provision 'offhe hBl," bat
they endorsed It "in. Its entirety'
The passage bf the measure el-
most wlthdufchange is practlcilly
assured by the ehd of next week
because of 'the M-pattlsad' nun-
port, "i Chairman Smoot announced
today he would eall5 the i aenate
finance 66mmlttee together Janu- -
ary 2 to begin work-on "it - A re
port Of the measure to the senate
by January 15 was set as the goal
for his committee by Mr", fimoot, -
who said this would give t every
opportunity : to the senate to act
on it and permit 1t to' become law -
by : March 1 - In nccordance with 1
the desire of President Coolidge;
f Enactment, of, the till by ' that
tlmewill permit iaJcbme taxpayers
to take; advantage !6f the proposed
cuts in these schedules when- first-
Installments' fall d n-March 15. -t
COMPROMISE BILL FILED
OLYMPIA, Dec . (By. Asso-
c-iaiea - xressi. -i ne compromise
reclamation bill was signed by the
presiding officers In the house and
senate today ; and transmitted to
the governor's office:
METEOROLOGISTS HIT
AGED INDIAN 8AY3 WEATTN
ERMAT JfOTtT TO BNUFFi
GREAT PALLS, Mont., Dec.
9. (By Associated Press.)
Widely heralded prognostica
tions of two years of continu
ous i winter made .by, some in
ternationally , known long dis
tance weather forecasters are
disputed by .Buffalo Roller, 90
year lold Chfptewi tribal wise
man of the plains.
'Twb 'Indiana' ' while bunting
stumbled" ens A nest of rattle
snakes -front which they es
xaped ' after" defending them
selves with stones; - ' i
s t Rattlers are ' uncommon la
December in Montana. Asked
for van explanation ot their
presence,'Buffalo Roller said
"-Earth eap" "hot. Warm
"winter come now. Next yeir
oe drr-7 -'r-'.
: f .Udntana;'ls enjoying "Indian
summer' weather. '