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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1926)
J' C23b S 'L'O'bQGObudQ, h'LJQ 'GQHuQP 0'uQ ' b?3 7C "DJzZOGL'J dvr irr-Y-FiFrn ye ait - SALfeM, OREGON. .TltURSDAlT MORNING, JANUARY 23," 1926 ? PRICE five ce::t3 1 ' V'- 1 1 OKUIUHIT Incinerator Urged; al Meet i ing of Mayor: anH dity " Scavenger Men ' - WIRE INSPECTOft SURGED t r Slem Faces iro paBger," la Sntfmrnt of Council Committee : And Electricians 'at ' V. ' v, Conferenco I.. r ! . Shall Salom eontlnne to hare the unsightly dump on North 17th street, or shall $.n Incinerator be Jastalled! This Kas thi question eliciting special Interest at a con ference held last . nrght , between layor J. B. Giesy and the scav enger men of the city. . j: Mayor! Giesy declared! himself ' to be absolately dissatisfied - with ta - resent manneii In - -which! Salem's garbage is disposed with, j -"To say the tastj" said the mkyor, "the present icondition Is one of the wors meiacea to the city's health we i are j facing. To sajy the most, there s a isolation to the problem, land jit we don't talce it, we have j no one tb blame ' bnt ourselyes. . - J r'j . ;Wliat Salem needs: is aa Incln- ' erator. Plans as ! disccssed: at ,the meeting of 'the Bcarengera"- would .tare the dump- mpTetl to a, place more distanr from thecit'y.; Here there would; be, an iqcinerator to tike care of the.refuie.:';?"--v . :"We most change; sooni The pf esent - dump ' Is . becoming! oyer- f illed. This Is a, .matter that: Is' ur gent. We must; attend, to? It at once before the dump: becomes so much orerfilled that Ire will hawe difficulty in working it tb the lerel of the ground. H- !': -l: "The scavenger men are inl faror of an Incinerator, They realise t&e unsanitary condition of the present dump They are eren wil ling to go most of the way them- eelres in building; the Incinerator. t "Ai It Is, the city dump is poth- lng but a rendezvous for rats and flies. The time to act ! Ja now. f It is understood thej matter will be brought 'Hp before -the i next meeting of the'cfty cbuncll.f It Is also likely that, the Question; will be referred to the cit xonlng and planning commission." ' 1 " (Continued m pug 2 NON-SUIT MOVg OEWIED C.tXBY SCHOOL W fiCED' FOR LIBEIi BY XTAC1IER V OREGON CITT.I Jan. 2T. (By Associated Press. j, Motion for non-suit ; was denied . In . Circuit court today In the; second day of the : suit brought by . Rosamund Ljee Shaw SamuelBon, ex-school ; teacher at Can by, Or.i against the Canby school board on grounds of :bel, resulting front her dismissal i ti the teaching, $taff following sed unbecoming conduct on - part as a' teacher in marrying , of her pubusatmri:: The defense -mored for m non it on grounds that' insufficient , idence had been ' introduced in the case to warrant jits being, giv in to a Jury, and on thf further iiSr certain charges of misconduct tremises that the.hpard, M mak- against Mrs,;SamuelsnV hadj done so In good faith an4 acting &s an especially priTlleged i todr In pur suance of . Its' dutiesL The- case will be continued "tomorrow. 'I v Li J S DEATH MARS .BIRTHDAY TVVO OF TRIPLETS BORN YES- r? TERBAY IX5SE BTRrGGLB - nHrhtened : "early ! Wednesday corning by the arrival of triplets, pair of sadness settled over. the ousehold of Mr. an4 Mrs. CharleB .ndall, 119S Trade street, yester ay evening when twd ot the ba '.The babies were all girls and qlched a total of i ten pounas were born near Scio where rs. Tlndall" was ii visiting her rle Mr. and MrsliTlndaU have . unn. BobbT. who is 2i years No anxiety is1; felt for the ;r lzI tit E-ryivir L -le, RichmbMMns Music Tt scnooi rnze, o ,-.-r Poster Honors Go to ffnira anil H. IStiff Awards Held Pending Grade ' 1 . Finals rfet for Friday ati, O'clock -. y . Richmond shfel will be awarded the portable Victrola as the result of its" team's high; rating In the Music Mernory testa which Bave been conducted inVthe fourth, fifth and sixth trades 6f Salem schodl during the past weeks; -'fudges' an nounced yesterday. 1 , . Prizes in the postfer contest were varaea. uj uoronv nal fiffh o-mriP Richmond seconds Lcota" Harland, fifth grade, Richmond; third, Wayne Doughton, Bixth grade, Rich mond.! Honorable mention wa?' gfvenVada Wintermute NEW SUBSCRIBERS ARE DEFfNEOP BY STATESMAN HOW TO GET MOST VOTES IX i . AUTO CONTEST TdLD Enter Now, Ust of Ctowlidates Will Appear Ut NeW ucn- day's Issue Many of the candidates do not yet seem to, understand Jt what cdnstlttites a new subscription and wfaat Is an old one. i , V- This' is a very important detaiC and you should ask each sub-. Beriberi when you secure jthe sub scrlptlbn f whether 'he : hjaseve taken the paper before, and f he has taken it on the date of the an' nouncement of this contest. ' A new subscriber is one who was' not taking the papej on the day this contest was announced, if he was ' taking it at that time through a city carrier and paying by the weet. It is Just the same. and he would be an old fubscrib- er. This is very important, so in the future be eure to .make rjthis idis tinction plaln.-v;;: .J- - The contest editor A win ? have votes counted, and the entries list ed so it will be possible to publish the first list of votes In Sunday's paper, f If you nave been contem plating entering this contest, "and desire your name on this hrst list, you' can telephone your name to the Contest Editor this jevening, and thus be sure to get your nom ination in the first list sinday. Of course you can enter; the eon- test any time, but there isj no time like the present. The earlier start you get the easier it. will be for you to win. . ' I As soon as you get in ithe con test you will be surprised to see t t CoDttanid ea pg 3.") ELKS! FROLIC TONIGHT t , ! ALL, EX-SERVICE MEN! IXV1T- ED FOR ENTERTAINMENT All ex-service men, including the AR'S,' Spanish War jVeterans and : members'.' of j the American Legion, 'either the Capital Post 9, br. nearby posts, are" Invited to at tend the Elks entertainment to night, at Elka Temple'. Members of. the OAR! will . be entertained I nthe Elk fining ball at 6 o'clock when a private din ner will be served. . : i. - Feature of the entertainment, which begins at 8 o'clock,' will be an imported card .Including the Harmony: Trio j rroni " SeattleV two comedians, a black face comedian. three dancing girls front Portland. L a opaiusa aDcios sin m Jones, who will-offer his, mono logue act, according to announce ment; made last night Jy Paul Stege. Other members -of -the committee on entertainment' are Lloyd Rigdoh and - John Sleg- mund. ! - - SEAMAN ,DltS ; Iff BLAST PREMATURE -EXFLOSlON OF GUN HURTS EIGHT MEN , v- i- :t si' ' SAN ; DIEGO, Cal., JanV, 27. (By Associated Press.) -One blue Jacket was ' killed instariUy, one was' Injured so seriously; that . he Is "not expected to survive, , and seven othevmembeni of! the for ward four-inch gun crew5, of -the destroyer Farragut,- received min or burns and braises as j a result of the" premature explosion of the gun during battle j-torpedo ; prac tice off; Point Loma todax. The dead: - Otis Lloyd Boger, seaman first class, 27 years old. Boger's parents reside at ' Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. - . The Injured: : Joseph i Becker, chief boatswain's mate: both eyes burnedout, arm'and leg b'roken coring Richmonof Students : ; Moore's - Music ; . . r-" - th - rrsa,' Engfcrweodi First rraae,"' tsngrcwooai t hrW receive ptites of ;"$ 5,: $ 1 and t in Victor Red Seal; record Judges were. Mrs. .Monro w Gilbert ani Mrs. R Ov- -Barker; ' j k Partial iann'ouncentent l or prise wiriners wae -made Yesterday af-terhooni- followlnri the Tirit pre liminaries on - Thursday . and Frt-: day of last week when approxi mately tBO students participated ana loiitrwmg me ;si uduuuhbu Tuesday, which were to have been' the finals.. Because of the unusu aBy keea "competition t however, the final contest? in . . which tCIO children from: each of the ahree grades will ie entered for individ ual honors will take place. Friday, at 9 a. m'.,' In', the high school auditorium.- ' T ' ' r Ranking of schools In order, as announced y -Judges yesterday,' were' Rlchmbnd with a. -score of M; out oft a : possible 1 op OJaec-; ond, Garfield, scorefi927; third. Lincoln, sdore 659;" fourth,' Park' score 719; fifth Highland, score 6 1 2 ; : sixths En gle wood, ; score 486 and seventh. Grant, score 436. C The Music Memory contest has been sponsored i by Woo re's Music house and H. L. f Stiff Furniture store, under "the 'supervision of . .. .... fCoatissM a pas .) ' CALL SPECIAL ELECTION .1 , ' i rr-r ' 8ILVERTON TO VOTE ON. RE FUND OF ' 825,000 BONDS! :'. if s - v y - - v',iv V SILVERTONx Jaiil 2?.-.(Spe-clal to The Statesman. ) At a special meeting of the city 'coun cil of Silverton it was decided to hold : a special bond election on February 8 to vote the refund "of $25,000 of: serial- bonds due jin 1930. ) ' ;'v ; '. These bonds ' are to ' be' adver tised and bids will :be' open ' on February 9; provided the election carries. The bonds will & 5 per cent semi-annual serial bonds, be ing redeemable $2500 yearly, be ginning on March li 1937; ln 1936 all other outstanding serial bonds will have been paid 'up. VSCOUiil F Ml DIE Premier Is Victim of Attack - ot Influenza; Cabinet , Has Resigned DEATH I WAS UNEXPECTED Prominent Figure In International Diplomatic Circle Stricken : i ' '- ; " i i ' in Tokyo;, Successor. I--SouBha ; '. ! T v.V. . . . : .'- ii . v . . ,- ....... :-. " TOKYp, Jan. 27.- (By ,Assc- ciatedrPres8.lt -Viscount TKato, the premier. Is dead. . - According to the Japanese news paWra the premicr",died early to- May. The entire cabinet assembled at;ine official residence ot tne pre mler and' later tendered' itW resig nation. ' There is' .much specula tion as to who -will be the -new premier...; ' " VV " ' . The diet has adjourned: ' ." ' Early today members of the im perial family sent wine to the of ficial -residence .where the death took place. . This is the invariable custom .in Japan when death is, imminent. . - . fv ;. , ' " The imperial physician was also dispatched to the, premier's bed side. . , j ; : : Viscount Kato was taken ill last Saturday! with Influenza. . .While hi TrbysiciahB said hiseonditnC?; was not serious they were watch ing him closely and would not, per mit him to attend the session "of the diet. t- On Tuesday, in view of the; liklihood of, hie-prolonged ab sence, from the diet, the cabinet appointed R. Wakatsukl minister of home affairs to' act as premier temporarily. The latter is lead; er of the Kensekai party; ' MINER SHOT TO DEATH , DAWSON, Y. - T".. " Jan; 27. fortally wounded by gunfire when he emerged from his barricade yesterday to get a bucket of snow, John Smith, Sulphur creek miner who has i been 2 holding; a posse at bay since Saturday was found dead in his cabin today. Smith ' shut himself up when constables' tried to .arest ' him for - shooting - at a neighbors , ' FIGURES DO NOTLIEY PEUDLERS tlffll RULII ISSUEI Svveeping Application Incfi ,4- cateri in Opinion! of At- torney General EXEMPT LIST IS SHORT $y Millc, Wood, Laniidrr, Bakrry and Salesmen s Delivery Cars ' Operatins Beyond Five li!e 'Limit Inclnded Sweeping application of the "peddlers' license law" to news paper, milk, wood; lanndry, bak ery and salesmen's delivery : auto mobiles with primary exemptions only cars used : by automobile salesmen and physicians- in calling on the sick, was made, yesterday, in as opinion handed down by At torney General -Van Winkle. , : . ;The law requires all motor ve hicles operating five miles beyond the boundaries of any incorpor ated town or. city in the state to pay an annual license M per cent in excess of the regular fee for this class of commercial vehicles. The law was enacted at the last session of the legislature. ' Salesmen who sell merchandise from a price list,' even though their operations are limited to transmitting such orders to the place of business of their employ- - CoBtf6e4 oft tre S): LI ME PLANT OPENING MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZE ER TALKED BY BOARD t The state lime board, at a meet ing Tuesday, considered the open ing op and development of four lew lime deposits. The lime would be . used in the manufacture of fertilizer. w One of the deposits is located eight miles north of Silverton, in Marlon county; another near Dal las, and the third on Marble mountain, in southern Oregon. Another deposit is near Gold , Hill, not far from the state lime plant. - The board has not yet determ ined whether the state lime plant will be continued at Gold Hill or moved to another location. : Senate Votes To Adhere Long Struggle is Closed When ... -i to Be1' Aceeptable'by;Iidehf ''CCdge;. ''-''.: . . WASHINGTON Jan. 27. (By Associated Press.) Ad herence of the United States to the world court with reserva tions was approved tonight by the senate, 76 to 17. The vote brought to an end one of the bitterest fights the senate has had since the memorable struggle over the league of nations. .Mrs. Wood row Wilson, widow of the war president, sat in the gallery with rapt attention, as the senate cast the vote giving its "advice and consents to American membership in the court set up under the covenant of the league which her nuioanu nrougnt duck irom 1'aris apd which the senate rejected on March 19, 1920. i . ,f - . . . ' Operating under the drastic clo turVrtile limiting debate, the sen ute worked far past its usual . hour ot adjournment in. order to reac the final vote. 'There were five hours -of debate and ; then a rapid fire ot.roH calls oa which every reservation pressed by opponents or court was rejected by over w helm ing majorities, . -The final roll call came sud denly after Senator Johnson, re publican, California,: had -made a dramatic lAst miaute appeal for rejection of the resolution of ad-'j hesien. Party lines disappeared' in the voting. 40 republicans and 36 democrats casting their ballot for adhesion! and 14 republicans, two democrats-and the ooe- farmer-labor member "voting in -the negative.' ' : The-resolution of ratification, offered by Senator Swanson, dem ocrat,' Virginia, contains hot only the Hardin gHughes-Coolidge res ervation's, but declarations of "pol icy worked out by friends of the measure which reassert the sov ereign rights of the United States;. J These ; reservations ' are known to, he 4 acceptable to .President Cooiidge , but before this country has its signature officially, affix ed to the tonrt protocol and stat ute they, must be accepted, through an exchange of notes by the other 48 nations already mem bers of the court. ... The salient features of the res ervations are that the United States is to have no legal relation to the league Of nations; that It may withdraw from the court at Its will and that the tribunal shall not, : without5 the consent of this country entertain any request for an advisory opinion touching any dispute or question' in which the United States "has or claims In terest." Not since the closing days of the league fight have senate gal leries been crowded as they were today, Both Vice President Dawes who presided almost continuously throughout the seven hour ses sion and guards' had difficulty in restraining" thf crowd's from dem--onstrations as the. debate proceed ed. Many of the spectators took food with them and, stuck to their seats . from noon until 7 p. m. 1 hey listened to three' hours of speech making . for'5 and against the court and then" stfw. the pro ceedirigs livened upwithr 5two hours of cross-fire dtocussion on the first of the opponents' treser- ( rations. ",' ' Vi-v- -.prX : The first of the imven-roll calls taken before th isue finally was decided began at Bp. hiV" Besides roll calls on six, reservations viva J voce votes " were.- tad oh several others and they, went down under i (Continued oi paf e-5 J , PLANE ENGINE f TESTED NEW MOTOR 18 SAID' GREAT EST ADVANCE IN HISTORY- WASIltNGTON, Jan. 27. (By Associated Press. Development of a new "lair plane engin br the Packard Motor . company of De trolt. was announced today,by the. navy department as "among. the most striking engine development of modern ;:tImes.'t:;vr-'.T i?:;. ; ; Orders, already haVe been placed by the navy for "7 4. of the motors. "Described as a great advance ove the Liberty motor to the- develop ment of which the Packard com pany was an outitandlng contrib utor, the navy announcement said "It develops half again, as1 much power ' as the Liberty when BUb Jected t tests that - have in- the past rendered Liberty engines un fit tor' further running;" , .1 The newj motor -develops 200 more horsepower and weighs ISO pounds less than the Liberty mo tor. - ' - , .- -t 'Designed as 450 horsepower en gine . at 1800 rpm, If, developed during a 60 hour tesi with throt tle wide open, 600 horsepower at 2500 rpn. . . -. t - tj.W ':- , Senate Votes 76 to 17 to Ap STORM CENTER OF ARMY HANDS ,1N RESIGNATION COLONEL WILI JAM MITCHELL 'TO TERMINATE CAREER Air Service Officer Said to Have Entertrd Contract for Speak ing Tour ' '' ; ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. ( By Associated Press.) Colonel Wil liam. Mitchell- resigned 'from Ithe army today and, unless " the first impulses of war " department f of ficials are overturned the resigna tion will be accepted. ; : ': - Some techinicanties t may 'stand 2a the way, but those under whom the air service of fleer, has served seem' disposed to let no minor-considerations ; interfere with his ! ex pressed rdesire - to terminate! on February 1 , . his stormy career "as a military man. . . . - - A He probably will go on the lec ture platform, to continue his pro gram for greater development of aviation. ' It was as a part of this 'campaign that he jnade the jub ic: 'charges of :maIadralnlstratfo which led to his court martial con viction b charges: of Infringing teUftary discipline. f - The sentence of five years sus pension pronounced" by the court martial had been approved ' two lays' ago; by President Cooiidge. The' resignation was sent early to-day to Brigadier General Samuel D. Rickenhack, ".commanding: the District of Washington wh orefer red It without comment to the ad jutant general -of the army: The latter; transmitted if to the tvav secretary's office. If merely sdid "I hereby . fender my. resigna tion as an officer of the United States army to take effect Febru ary:!, 1926.'i ': .-:i; : ' 5j:; .. As , the brief letter f progressed I (Contind paps a.) ' : NEW BUILDING PLANNED . i f ii.: asf -.- WILL ORDER ADDITIONAL MA " - -. CH1NERY SOON ' .. - Plans for an extensive addition to the plant of the Oregon Pulp and Paper Company's holdings were' indicated last nlfht by Man ager C F. Beyerl. I ; - j A new, building. probably to be 130- by 200 feet; will be erected to house new equipment, one unit' of which will be a 136 inch Found enier machine for converting pre-' pared stock into paper. The new building will he one story, conform to the general type of the present plant, and extend . out over Ithe creek, i Plana are only tentative and -montha will be 'required to complete details: : j I 1 Major' F.W. ,4 Leadhetter, new "controlling owner, .wfti leave on Wednesday for an extended trip abroad.- No business significance is attached to his departure: No change in the type of paper pro duced is contemplated. -. VVIDOWREFUSED CUIM WbM&V WHO POISONED HUS BAND SUES FOR INSURANCE . . SEATTLE, Jan. 27. (By As sociated Press-. ) A verdict order ing payment- of insurance policies of - Hugh: Plumley but specifying that; Mrs. Ruth Plumley, j his widow, J be excluded, from the beneficiaries, was returned by a federal court . Jury. here today. Mrs. Plumley;'. who ; is serving a life ; sentence In ' the penitentiary for poisoning' her husband, was suing for payment, of the policies. BUDS AGAIN DEFEATED PORTLAND, : Ore., Jan. 2T. Calgary buried Portland under a pile of rubber, pucka in tonight's ice hockey 'game here.1 The Rose buds lost 9 to 2, their defeat -.being; the worst -any team in the league has suffered Ihli siaacp. 25 LOST l.UEt British Ship Loses in Tv.o Day Bat With Terrifb . Atlantic Gals STORM WORST IN YEAR3 Heroic Rescue Is Made When 12 3fen Are Snatched Front Death ; - Leviathan Battles Gales COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 7. (By Associated Press.) An SO.i call from the steamship Olympic was believed to have been received over'a radio act here tonight. . Major TV. D. Dooley of Chicago, former aviation otficer.-decotled a message addressed tb station NA.-, Arlington, which he said read: "Seventy mile an hour gale. Rough Sea. Stand by. t Water in after bulkhead. Main set out of commission. ; Usinjr . emergency. Bound for England.' ; The message came clearly. Ma jor Dooley said, ami was sicij "Olympic.'4' l - - -. NEW YORK, Jan! 27. (By As sociated Press.) -Death" prowled : the waves tonight and reaped a human harvest, but; 1 2 jnen vt ra snatched: front Its 'grasp"by U I la w seamen who had repeatedly ris'.: : t their lives for humanity's sake. In the worst storm which has' raked the Atlantic in years, the British freighter Laristan broke up after a two-day battle against the elements and went down with; a crew of 25 men. f -' s The liner Bremen which answer-. ed the Laristan 's SOS call and fcr. I stood by In the hope -of being atle to offer assistance, gave up he-a when after losing --. sight ot tLi freighter, it came upon ' widely strewn wreckage which It assumed was all that was left of the Laris tan. " ' f "- '' " - ; - Heroic' efforts of the crew cl the President RooseVelt, however, were successful today in savins the lives ot 12 men from the sink-- (Coatinned oa pC 2) CANNERY PACK RECOHD ESTIMATE PUTS YEAR'S IN CREASE lOO.OOO CASES The . canneries 7. of Salpn packed more cases of fruit anJ vegetables last year than they put up the year before . How many more? - Perhaps 100,00d'cases more. The exact figures! cannot - be had; they may never be had. "But" the number of casts packed 'In Salem last year wa3 about ' 900.000; and that was about 100,000 more than for 1924. " V ; '; V" ' "5 The total for Marlon coutt; lasf year was about a mil' cases. -' " . : Multiply 24 canshy 90 0,0 0 0 cases, or by a milion cases,. and you have a good many cans, don't- you? '' For "the millicn cases you have 2 4,0 d 0,000 car. -and that is about a third of a'l the cans used- in the- Pac'f;: Northwest for fruits and vege tables., A few years ago, it was' about 60,000,000 cans an nually. But the number h&s moved up; so has the propor tionate number to the who! 2 packed in Marlon-county. The 100000 cases incre; . for last yea over the year te fore was made up princljsily la strawberries, -loganterri3 zzl prunes. - - " It is .likely that -the tct; : 3 for the wbole Pacific Northwr t may be given out soon; la C : inite " numbers of iases ' a ' cans; but' ft is not likely th .t the Salem pack will be ev -made up definitely afed effia:: . The six Salem canarr: 3 1 r pfety well cleaned out o: t: - -old stocks of fruits tv.i - -tables;. A- .'!. -a .who cagLt t have some idea cf this yesterday th at Le r.ct V they.had triors thsn tr -----thirty cars en L . I r tho whole ill c .... . . .-.