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SALEM, OBEdON.:WEDNEBGAYt HOENING DECEMBER 30, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DISSISSI08DEIE0
"SPECIAL FORD
EliJSTEIfJ THEORY IS
INCOME TAX TO ADD TO !
SCHOOL REVENUE ASKED
FLOODS SWEEP EUROPE
9. PRINCIPLES 6F
JOHN L McNARY TELLS
HilTHii
TURNS WEIRD MYSTERY
DAMAGE REPORTED HIGH
OFGREATiOREGONIANS
IMPERILED BY TEST
EVOLIIIIOI) OUTLIO
BE
PLANNED DIN NER DANCE FOR
STATE TEACHERS., ASSOCIA
TION FAVORS NEW PLAN
1923 WILL BE KNOWN AS THE
COL. JAMES NESMTTH AND O,
VALLEY MOTOR MEN
GREAT FLOOD YEAR"
H. WILLIAMS NAMED
fused
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Charges, of: Oil Land Con
spiracy Halted by ;Aetion
.;' ot bupreme Court
SENSATIONAL CASE ENDS
Court Holds That Charge Against
Montana Senator Failed to
.: . Prove Violation of
, Federal Law
: 5VASHINGTON, Dec. 2 9. ( By
'Associated . Press. j The prosecu
tion Ql Senator Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana by the department of
justice was halted abruptly today
in the District of Columbia su
preme court. S , it
; The indictment returned here
against the senator alleging an
oilland conspiracy was dismissed
on, .the ground that it failed to
charge violation of the federal
statutes.
Previously Mr. Wheeler had
been, acquitted by a jury in his
own tate of the charges brought
against him there.
Unless an appeal is taken in the
case Jiere the decision today ends
the prosecutions started in 1924
VVaucting the sensational investiga
J4 tion !of the administration of the
fdepartment of justice under Har
y. M. Daugherty.
.. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (By
Associated Press.) The tax re
duction measure now "before con
gress was described as "one of the
worst attempts at class; legislation
that has- been offered since the
passage of the Fordney-McCumber
tariff bill," In a epeech ly Senator
Wheeler, democrat, Montana, to
night at a dinner concluding a
tariff conference called by the peo
ple's s reconstruction league. Sen
ator .Wheeler, whose demurrer to
the oil and gas permit conspiracy
indictments brought against him
here- had been sustained by the
District . . of . Columbia supreme
court only a few hounr before the
"dinner,- received an ovation upon
vs his appearance as toastmaster.
The federal trade commission,
i- the1 tariff commission and the in-
I terstate commerce commission
I . were declared by Senator Wheeler
tc be the agencies "packed for the
1 beacfit of the special interests."
Z ' Addressing the conference today
Senator Capper, Kansas, asserted
wthat farmers of the west "were
I !- .Justified in their demand for
changes in the tariff law. Saying
be had voted for the Fordney-Mc
Cumber tariff measure while op
posed to many of its features, he
; held that "taking It all In all the
iarmers nad the short end of a
protective tariff," under that act.
"There is a growing feeling in the
west hel continued, "that there
must be, a readjustment of the
tariff,; and this is taking definite
forni In what is known as tho Mc-
Nary-IIaogcn plan
f
FORMER OUTLAW TAKEN
"PAT" , CROWU, K1DNUPKR,
ARRESTED FOR VAGRANCY
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-T(By Associated,-
Press.) -"Pat" ' Crowe,
5T, former outlaw, who in 1900
with "Jim" 'Callahan, kidnaped
Eddie Cudahy, 16 year old son of
tbe Chicago millionaire packer,
and who received a ransom of
950,000 when tbe boy was re
turned .unharmed, was given a
uspended Bentence on a charge
I Jp3f vagrancy when arraigned to-
flay, in the Essex Market court
rgwHe was. specifically charged with
a. pegging' in a subway.
I! Vs ; Crowe held up the. SL Joseph
f atd Council Bluffs railroad train
near. stJ Joseph, Mo., many ,years
ago.. JIo and his confederates se
enred 92,t00, and a reward of
$50,000 was at that time offered
for him ,"dead or alive," ,
Crowe told reporters he had dis
sipated the proceeds of his esca
pades on "wine, women and
Bong;"Vttiat he "had done time
in Missouri : penitentiary for his
part In J a railroad robbery and
subsequently reformed. .' Reduced
now to .beggary, he said, he pre
ferred to , beg rather than steal
and that accounted for his pres
ent pHshL..v'., -
. BORAH IS, GUEST . .
WASHINGTON, ..Dec. . ;..29.-
(AP-rrChalrman Borah of the
senate foreign . relations commH-
f3 was-a dinner guest tonight, at
ne White House. V
CHERRY TREE BLOOMING
WATERLOO. N. Y.. Dec. 29.
(AIYJ Surviving a temperature
nging from 15 below Saturday
iht to "zbto tontrht; & rherrv
tre is in bloom on the farm of
Johu Michaelson. It blossomed
H &9.r9 Iruit ihe past fumci.
Unknown at Detroit, Wllmot Will
Answer Forgery Charge in
Eugene
V -
W, W. Wilmot, claiming to be
supervisor of the "western divi
sion of the public relation depart
ment" of the Ford. Motor com
pany, was arrested here last night
by Deputy Sheriff Burkhart and
being held in" the county jail
for Eugene officials on a forgery
charge. A telegram received by
the Valley Motor company here, in
answer to a query, discredits Wil
mot, says he is not connected with
the Ford company and declares
that no such department mention
ed by Wilmot exists. Wilmot is
said to have cashed a check for
1165 with a Eugene hotel. The
check was made out on the Ford
Motor Company of Detroit.
Wilmot Attracted attention here
Monday, when he approached Mr.
Phillips of the Valley Motor com
pany and declared that he, had
made arrangements for a banquet
for the 42 employes. The banquet
was to have been served at a local
hotel and was to have been .paid
for, Wilmot said, by the Ford
company. Wilmot outlined -ar
rangements for an elaborate din
ner and dance. He left Salem
Monday afternoon telling Mr. Phil
lips that he was going to Drain
and that he would return the next
day and complete preparations for
he banquet. Phillips became sus-
dcious, chucked, and found that
Wilmot went only as far as Cor-
vallis. A short time later Wilmot
called up from Corvallis. told
Phillips he had been to Drain and
that he would return to Salem at
once.
The Salem company then began
making inquiries and determined
that Wilmot was apparently un-H
known on the coast. A telegram
to Detroit brought forth the state
ment that he should be discredit
ed and that he was not connected
in any way with the Ford Motor
company.
While in Salem, Wilmot visited
newspapers t and made., arrange
ments for full page advertisements
as publicity for a series of indus
trial motion pictures he declared
would be shown at local theatres
later in the week.
He also made a rrangements for
securing a five-act vaudeville pro
gram from Portland, to furnish en
tertainment during the "banquet.
He is said to have informed them
that if they "filled the bill," he
would engage them for several
v.eeks, intimating that he intend
ed putting on banquets in a num
ber of towns.
wumot sun declares ne is an
official representative of the Ford
company. A woman traveling with
him, admits that she is not his
wife and says she met him in Cen
tralia and Chehalis.
Wilmot will be returned to Eu
gene this morning, officers say.
CONDITION UNIMPROVED
COL. JOHN COOLIDGE ILVS
i' IOST USE OF LEGS
PLYMOUTH, Vt., Dec. 29.
(Bjr, Associated . Press.) Colonel
John C. COolidge, the president's
father, was "very, very comfort
able," his physician reported late
today. Colonel Coolidge sat up
tn his wheel chair for half an hour
and was apparently not fatigued
by the exertion. Butjie had lost
the use of his legs through faulty
circulation, and his physician. Dr.
Albert W. Cram of Bridgewater.
said , the prospect of his ever re
gaining the use of the legs was
remote. s .
The defective circulation, Dr
Cram explained, has prevented the
proper amount of blood from
reaching the' nerves in the parts
affected, and., the result is a "sort
of paralysis." The? ailment is not
to be attributed to the "heart
blocks" from ; whieh the colonel
I has suffered and which -caused his
serious illness several weeks ago
The poor circulation. Dr. Cram
aaid. is due rather to old age,
lowered vitality and other causes
not reaauy anaiyzeu.
MAN KILLED IN WRECK
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PORTLANDER, 40. IS -VICTIM
OF AUTO ACCIDENT
TILLAMOOK, Ore., Dec. 29.
By.4 Associated Press.) R. M
Briggs, 40, of Torttand was in
stantly killed, and Harry Black
also of. Portland was seriously In
ju red today In an automobile acci
dent on the Roosevelt highway
about 35 milea south of here,;
According to reports given
County Coroner Hankie and Dis
Jrict Attorney ' Barrick wh in
vestigated the accident, a roads
tejndriren -br -Briggs -plunged ver
a 4 0-foot embankment, crashed
Into a telephone pole at the bot
tgnj agd yfiUedvsIf Jta a Held
on
Relativity May Result
From Observations
ETHER WAVES DISCUSSED
Scientist! Declare Recent Experi
ments May Result in New
Conception of Light
Wave Theory
KANSAS CITY J Mo.. Dec. 2S.
(By Associated Press. ) Observa
tions, extending over five years at
Mount Wilson observatory in Cal
ifornia have led to conclusions
that way modify the famous Ein
stein theory of relativity.
Dr. Dayton O. Miller, professor
of physics at the Case school of
applied science and president of
the American physical society de
scribed the experiments before the
general session of the American
association tor the advancement of
science annual convention here to
day. They Indicate he said that
ether drifts vith the earth at the
rate of approximately 10 kilome
ters per second.
To account for his observations,
Dr. Miller declared it was neces
sary to make two assumptions:
irst, that there is a constant mo
tion of the solar system with a
velocity of 200 kilometers per sec
ond or more toward the middle of
the constellation of Dragon; sec
ond, that in effect, the earth drags
the ether.
Einstein, Dr. Miller said, based
similar elements of his theory on
ether drift experiments conducted
in 1887 at Case school of applied
science in Cleveland by Prof.
Michelson and the late Prof. Ed
ward W. Morley of Western Re
serve university, which produced
negative result. The experi
ments which sought to reveal
whether the motion of the earth
through space affected the velocity
by light, were renewed by Dr. Mil
ler at the Mopnt Wilson observa
tory, -".fr r'""Z-
"The general acceptance of the
theory that light consists of a wave
action in aluminiferous ether," Dr.
Miller explained, "made it neces
sary to determine the essential
properties "of the ether, which
(Cantinuri CQ pl(e 3. N
LABOR PROBLEM GROWS
GREAT INCREASE SEEN IN
UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Dec. 29. (By Asso
ciated Press.) There was a sud
den and remarkable increase in
the number of ' unemployed . in
Germany receiving relief during
the early weeks of December. On
December 1 the number was 672,-
000, and on December 15 it had
mounted to 1,057,000. .
Modification! of Views
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Fifty Per Cent of Revenue Would
Be Vted for Education in'
Oregon
PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29.
(By Associated. Press.) A state
income tax from which 50 per cent
of the derived revenue shall be
used for education in Oregon was
favored today, by the Oregon State
Teachers association in session
here. A committee will confer
with the Grange and other state
wide organizations which foster
the tax revision to draft a bill to
be placed on the ballot at the No
vember election.
The Income tax was the only
one of four initiative measures to
increase school funds, drafted by
the committee on legislation, to
receive the support of the associa-?
tion. The' defeated recommenda
tions were for a severance tax, a
tax on the destruction of natural
resources; an inheritance tax, rev
enues from which were to be plac
ed In an irreducible school fund
and some pliase of a luxury tax of
which 50 per cent was to be placed
In the current school fund.
Dr. Hofner Rainey of the Uni
versity of Oregon was one of those
opposed to adopting the report of
the legislative committee as a pro
gram for action.
C. C. Chapman, editor of the
Oregon Voter, told the teachers
that an enemy of their program
"would only have to take its text
end drive through it all the auto
mobiles and chariots he wants to,
it is so wide open for criticism.
An epidemic of protests follow
ed Mr. Chapman's speech, several
stating that teachers should not
allow someone from the outside
to come in and tell them how to
handle their own affairs or to die
tate with the stand they were to
take on matters in which they
were primarily Interested. One of
those who spoke in favor of the
income tax was A. C. Hampton,
superintendent of Astoria schools
and a member of the legislative
committee and the textbook com
mission.
Mrs. Suzanne" Homes Carter,
county superintendent of Jackson
county was elected . vice president
of the association to succeed Dr
J. S. Landers, president of Mon
mouth State normal school, who
will automatically succeed to the
office of president. C. A. Rice, act
ing superintendent of schools of
Portland, and J. O. McLaughlin
of Corvallis were elected to sue
ceed themselves as members of
the executive committee.
IDAHO UNIVERSITY WINS
KELLOGG, Idaho. Dec. 29.
(By Associated Press.) The Uni
versity of Idaho trounced the Kel
logg town basketball team 37 to
17 heretonight. The victory was
the second in two days for Idaho,
which defeated the Wallace All
Stars last night.
TAKING NO CHANCES
Warm Winds Cause Rapid Melt
ing of Snow in Central and
Western Part
PARIS, Dec. 28. (By Asso
ciated Press.) The year 1925
may still be remembered in his
tory as the "great flood year" in
central and western Europe if the
warm winds which have swept the
highlands and caused rapid melt
ing of the snows do not give place
to colder airs soon. Already there
have been many lives lost in Ru
mania . and Hungary, while vast
sections of France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Germany, Austria
and Czecho-Slovakla are inundat
ed. The weather predictions
point to continued warmth and
heavy rains. The most alarming
conditions are reported-from cen
tral Europe. Torda (Thorenburg)
Rumania, has been swept by a
torrent of 'overflowing waters that
smashed bouses by the score. Di
rect reports from Torda report the
loss of hundreds of lives along the
Rumanian frontier, with the wa
ters sweeping bodies and debris
through the streets. In the Bekes
district of Hungary more than
100,000 acres are covered with
water; the ' situation is growing
worse. Between Vesztoe and Ok-
any, tne nuge masonry dams are
threatening to give way and the
whole population has turned out
in an effort to avert disaster.
An ice Jam has added to the se
riousness of the situation in the
Theiss river, near Tisza Dada, and
sappers have been carried to the
scene with dynamite to blast it
and allow the water to escape.
.The river Sajo likewise has
overflowed its banks and is men
acing the entire Borod district.
At Cluj, Transylvania, 50 houses
and factories 'have been destriyed
by the torrents. Throughout Bel
gium there are serious floods. The
Riverside quarters of many towns
are submerged and people are
abandoning their houses. Naviga
tion has been Interrupted on the
Meuse. .
r.The rise-in the-waters -of the
Rhine and Moselle ' is becoming
most disquieting. The Rhine Is al
ready, over its banks at Kruese
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FOG HAMPERS SHIPPING
COAST BOATS TIED UP; MIST
IS AID TO HOLDUPS
- SEATTLE, Dec. 29. A dense
fog hanging over Puget Sound
and the British Columbia coast
since Saturday halted shipping and
aided holdup men today.
Three vessels, the. London Ship
per, Kingswood and Siam City,
anchored outside of Vancouver
harbor, waiting for the mist to
lift.
Eleven persons were robbed in
four hours on the streets here last
night.
Traditional Theology and
Modern bcience Are baid
irreconcilable
THEORY DECLARED FACT
Evolution Has Taken Place Be
side Law of Gravitation,
Professor Declares to
Assembly
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 29.
-(By Associated Press. ) Two
new principles in evolution today
were announced by Henry Fair
field Osborn, research professor of
zoology at Columbia university,
coupled with the assertion that
traditional theology and modern
science are irreconcilable, and
that "evolution has taken its place
beside' the law of gravitation."
Dr. Osborn is president of the
board of trustees of the Ameri
can Museum of natural history.
The principles were developed
through the science of paleontol
ogy. The first proves that evolu
tion works through an unbroken
rise in new and useful character
istics in animals and plants from
generation to generation, not as
Darwin thought, by chance vari
ations. The second shows that
these characteristics "from the
beginning" take a line directed
toward their future fitness and
not as DeVries thought by sudden
changes in structure. ,
Paleontology deals with the
interpretation or the fossil re-
remalns of life. America leads
all nations in their science, he
said.
Dr. Osborn spoke at the dedl
cation of Yale's new Peabody mu
seum of natural history.
Professor Osborn also for the
first time formulated into what he
termed five "laws" the ideas of
evolution which he claimed are
generally accepted by scientists as
explanations of the way new spe
cies come into existence. He sum
marized them as follows:
. First, the principle whereby
every animal fits Itself to new
modes of lifo by modifying' its
own structure and activities, al
tnougn tnese modifications are
not inherited, as supposed by La
marck, do mark out the future
course of evolution so that each
animal helps to shape the destiny
of its race.
Second, the principle of devel
opment of special organs through
use, the degeneration of organs
through disuse, and maintaining
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AVOID CABINET CRISIS
RADICALS ACCEPT ULTIMA
TUM DELIVERED BY BRIAN D
PARIS, Dec. 29. (By Associat
cd Press.) Premier Briand today
avoided a threatened cabinet
crisis by boldly declaring that the
resignation of radical ministers
who threatened to leave tho gov
crnment if M. Doumer's financial
plans were adopted would be ac
cepted "with regret, but without
despair." His plain intimation
that the departure of former Pre
xnier Herriot's friends would not
be allowed to disrupt the cabinet
caused a. sudden and complete
transformation ot the situation.
The radicals accepted the fi
nance minister's measures without
a dissenting voice and the decisive
issue between the government and
the coalition of the left, which
seemed imminent for the past ten
days, has been put off at least un
til the regular session of the
chamber on January 12.,
"The spirit of Locarno has been
introduced into the cabinet," was
the way M. Briand described his
victory over the recalcitrant min
isters after the meeting. There
was a disposition in political cir
cles, however, to regard the pre
mier's success as temporary. The
radical ministers. It was argued in
tho lobbies of the chamber had
been outgeneralled.but not sub
dued. They preferred to remain
in the cabinet rather than furnish
a chanco for the "head of tho gov
ernmentio enlarge his maojrlty iu
the chamber by putting represen
tatives of other groups in their
places.
HUGE METEORITE FALLS
FLAMING MASS SEEN. SPEED
1NG THROUGH SKY
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 23. (By
Associated Press.) What believed-
to have been a huge
meteorite sped . through the sky
and fell near . Kingsmere Hills,
near here, tonight. The Rev. E.
O. : May, Angelican rector at
Chelsea, Que., and other residents
of the district said they saw the
naming raass tall
Governor Presented With 'Picture
of Self and Grown White
Faced Calf
John H. McNary told Salem Ki-
wanians at their luncheon Tues
day noon cf two of "Oregon's
greatest men." These he named
as Col. iames w. iNesmith and
George H. Williams, both of whom
have been United States senators
from Oregon.
Colonel Kesmith was born in
Ireland of Scotch parents. He
was reputed to love his friends
and hate his enemies. He was
noted for his wit.
When only a child he crossed
the ocean with' his parents and
settled in Missouri. He came to
Oregon with the famous Apple
gate party in 1843. He became
a lawyer because he had shown
wit as a lawyer; in a moot court
held on the nights ot the tedious
journey overland as a form of en
tertainment. His wit and clear
ness of judgment appealed! to his
friends, who . persuaded him to
set up his shingle" when he ar
rived in Oregon City.
Williams was the first man from
the Pacific coast .to be elected to
a cabinet position,' having been
named as attorney general by
President Grant.
An interesting revelation of
petty jealousies among ladies of
state was ..made by McNary in
relating the way in which Wil
liams was defeated in another
nomination for a cabinet position.
At that time ethics in Washing
ton required that wives of cabinet
men should pay first visits to
ladies of the senate -wives of
senators, was all that meant in
those days. Mrs. Williams could
not see it that way. She called
a meeting of the ladies in Wash
ington and endeavored to have
the ethic ruling changed.
. But the senators wives were
hot in favor of her proposed
change. -She, however, was stub
born, and refused to-pay "the first
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mt Mckinley erupts
STEAM AND SMOKE SEEN:
SHARP QUAKE FELT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 29.
(By Associated Press.) A large
volume of smoke and steam was
plainly seen here today issuing
from Mount McKlnley. 100 miles
north ot . here and the highest
peak on this continent. Reports
were received that smoke has en
veloped the far side of the moun
tain. ,
The vapor seemed to come from
the peak with .little force behind
it, drifting slowly . away north
east. A sharp earthquake was
felt here last Tuesday.
McKinley is 20,300 feet high.
The next .loftiest peak of North
America is Mount St. Ellas, 18,
024. St. Elias li 300 miles east
of here.
Mount McKinley, which is described-
as an extinct volcano, has
never erupted in the knowledge
of white man, but Indians of the
region tell of days long ago when
the mountain belched flames and
smoke. The peak, which rises al
most from sea level, is almost in
accessible because of the enormous
glacial fields which surfound?lt
The south peak, the highest point
on the mountain, was scaled for
the first time by Archdeacon
Stuck and Harry Karstens In
1913. Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
whose announced "discovery" of
the north pole is generally discred
ited, also claimed to have ascend
ed Mt. McKinley. Other explorers
have declared his claim sfraudu-
lent. : I
DIALECT IS LONGHVED
QUAINT SPEECH TO ALWAYS
LIVE IN LITERATURE
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.- (By Asso
rted Press,) Ms of quaint di
aloct expressed by Characters in
James Fcnimore Cooper's "Leath
er Stocking Tales" will bo alive
when "so V your old man," and
other current bits of slang are
dead and buried.
" So declared Dr. Louise Pound
ot the University of Nebraska, and
editor of "American Speech,"
speaker today at the annual meet
ing of the Modern Language as
sociation of Chicago.
.Dialects she said, la deliberate
speech while slang Is but tran
siont in standard usage. She stat
ed as super archaeic but still liv
lag expressions "git" for "getv
','how be you" for "how are yon,"
. a ; i . . .a a m, ' '' ...
ana usea to -com a' for "was
able tb." .
American - literature. Professor
Fred L. Patton of Pennsylvania
State college said "cannot help
but be great for literature Is
reflection of life and the story
of development of America is the
greatest ronianr in the world4
Markle Plan for Settlement
of Anthracite Coal Strike
Is Rejected
OPPOSITION EXPRESSED
Representatives of Mine Workers
Declare They Will Continue
to Oppose Arbitration
Agreement
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (By As
sociated Press.) The. joint con
ferenpe of minera. and , operators
adjourned at ' midnight without
agreeing on a plan of settlement
of the anthracite strike. ( ..
Adjournment was taken until 1
p. m. tomorrow when discussions -will
be resumed on various plana
of settlement
conference.
submitted to the.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (By As
sociated Press.) The plan of set
tlement of the anthracite strike
proposed tonight by;i Alran Mar
kle, chairman of the joint , wage
conference, .was opposed: by the'
mine workers on the ground that'
it contained an arbitration feat
ure. The miners stated they were . ..
as much opposed to arbitration to- :
day as they were lour months ago
and will continue their opposition. "
AH the various peace plans of
fered since the suspension began
September 1 were placed before
the joint conference and discus
sion of them continued tonight.
The principal points in the Mar
kle plan were: .
The contract and working con
ditions which were operative up
to the time of calling the strike
shall be continued for one year.'
Creation ot a fact finding com
mission consisting of three oper-
ators, three miners and three im-,-'
partial citizens; representing the
public, the latter ; to be selected
by the president of the "United -
States. Adoption of the principle
of collective bargaining "resting
upon reason and not endurance."
Provision that the award of
the anthracite coal strike coin -mission
and subsequent agree -
ments be ratified an& continued
until September 1925, subject t '
renewal every 10 years thereaf
ter. ' ;! ';i ''I--- -
Selection of a firm of reputable
certified public accountants with
authority to investigate ; ahd re
port promptly on every phase of
the industry. This: committee
of nine shall meet as a whole to.
reach' an agreement as to wages
and possible changes in the con- '
tract. The public representatives
shall not be entitled to vote un
less the operators and miners fall
to agree. i jM V .
Then a majority vote shall rule. :
Should the committee be delay
ed in fixing rates through unfore
seen circumstances until1 after
September 1 in -any year ' there
shall be no lockout or strike. Any
decision rendered afterwards shall
be retroactive as of September 1.
WHEAT PRICES BOOSTED
NEW HIGH LEVEL FOR SEA
SON REACHED IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. (By Asso
ciated ! Press.) -Wheat prices
soared to a new high level for the
season on the board of trade, to
day after reports that flour prtees
had. been boosted past the flO a
barrel mark. ' J . .
! During the late trading a
spirited fight between longs and
shorts developed and prices Were
shipped about at a mad rate with
the- rates soaring to new high
peaks during the last minutes of
trading. - Late trading also de
veloped strength in the corn mar
ket T - ri '
Wheat went up 1 3-4c to l-2c.
May closing at 11.83 1-2 showing
mo greatest gain, corn showed
a rise of . -I1-8C to 4 l-8o and
oats were also up slightly at the
end of the day.
FATHER ; SER0SK1 HURT;
LEO IS BROKEN LV HEAVY
FALL FROM A LADDER
Tather jCharles Seroski. priest
Of the Catholic church of Gcrvais
ustained a broken leg when he
fell f rom a ladder Tuesday even- '
lug. .He had been working la the !
tower of the, iharch.s and., was
descending ,byt means of ladder.
He slipped whea but three wmngs
from-the Hoot, tk fall resulting
in -the broken leg. m
( father SeToskf was brought to :
Salem by the, Colden Anjbulance
of i this city,, and taken to the Sa- '
lem hospital where he is bein.T
taken care of. Last report from
the hospital la tbat his injuiy in
gainful but not serioys,