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PRICE FIVE CENTS - i ) I a: FFIG STOP I Police to Watch Movement I'. tU.Sr:."-fjL .?tia...l"fU - r V. of Cars, Penalties Will I Be Apblied PLACED Danger Signs to Top Yellow and Black Striped Pole WB1 Be Placed; 1U11 -Enforcement ; Ta'Follow Rigid enforcement of the new through street - i ordinance early next week, was forecast by W. S. Xow," street commissioner iwho de clare most of the yellw and black striped "stop street" posts have been placed, with warning signs mounted before i the: end of the week. The ordinance jwas city council the last passed by meeting in 1925. with the object pt speeding up traffic through the center of the city and at ! the same .time, minimizing the danger ef acci dents. ' M , "Strict enforcement! of the or dinance is the only way in wh,ch this result can bel; obtained, de clared Mr. Low. ' - i i Signs to surmount the warning posts, which are yellow with black stripes, hare been; delayed, or the police- - of Salemi ' wduIA hare checked up on traffic movements already. ; Shipment ofj signs .had been delayed somewhat, bt their immediate placement la certain.' i . Streets declared to be through streets in the ordinance 'are as follows: Portland Rjoad from north city limits to the; south line sf Highland avenue; Fairgrounds Road from Highland j avenue to the west line of Capitol street; It extended; 'Capitol street from Fairgrounds Road to the south !ine of Court street ;jdourt street from the east OfhSlof f Capitol street to the west; line; of 'Church street; State street? from the west line of Church street. If extended; and Commercial street from the south line of State street to the south city limits. j j Under the newt ordinance no vehicle Is allowed! to turn In the middle of the block. Cars must go to the intersection before. turn ing around. This applies jo every street within the city limits. Cars, may, however, turn tq go up an alley or to enter a drive way. Another notable section: of the ordinance provides that not more than two persons ! more than 12 years of age, or ope person over and two persons unde that age, in addition to the driver, shall ride in the front seat of any motor vehicle. This applies to ; coupes and roadsters as well is to tour ing cars. Arrests have already been made in keeping With this order. HONOR DEAD CARDINAL THOUSANDS PAY TRfBtTK TO PRIMATE OFjBEIIUM BRUSSELS, Jani (A. P.) .Belgium paid tribute today! to Car dinal Mercier, primate Of Belgium and Archbishop of jMallnesl King and peasant marched humbly in the cortege that carried all that was mortal of thelbeloyed' prelate through crepe-darkened streets to the great metropolitan1 cathedral of St. Gudule, where Jn a great national service thjsy testified to the love and veneration they hole' for him. It was a ceremony of pomp and solemn! grandeur, but one in which the lowliest jof the Belgians had a prt. j Two bun d red thousand Belgians lined the funeral route and bowed! as thr plain oaken coffins nrnionnte( with Its simple miire of gold, wat carried to the cathedra1 1. j T RAIDERS UNSUCCESSFUL j- j-- r..' TOUR OF WEST! CQASt RUM . ROW SAID UTAVj SAN PEDRO, C!.. a. v.Y. Federal and n. 28 county bf- fleers who two day ago left for raid i on outhern California" rum r,ow and San 31enintej Iland. returned empty handed. Af(er sighting -i fetcbal .alleged liquor ships . and capthrinlg none of them, "because they were far enough at sea to be beyond Amer ican' Jurisdiction, the. dryjraldert firctjr their efforts toward the Island, which ha4 been "reported to reaerai .isnu , " -." paradise. -' The place was; search4- roxa one end to the other. Newspaper men who made the trip saia not TBI TOBEFOBCEfl i i i l Terrific Gales Heroism Raging Atlantic and Brave Seamen Break Even in (Desperate Fight for Mariners' lives ; 25 Men Saved in ThiriH- ihg Rescue, But Same Numoer .Go to Death NEW YORK, Jan. 28.- (By Associated Press.) The sea and human heroism have broken even in the latest renewal of their age old battle. J .('''. The President Roosevelt, her funnels belching defiance of the gale she has fought for four days, has resumed her way to Sherbourg tonight with the whole crew of 25 men from the battered and helpless' British freighter Antinbe aboard. Their rescue was a seaman's victory. ; .- ; ;'.' . A few hundred miles to the north and west, bits of wreck- -f age on the still turbulent Atlantic ELKS VETERAN EVENING ENTERTAIN MEIT ?IS GAY LARGEST CROWD SINCf: TEM- PLE OPENING ATTENDS Vaudeville Acts Iiring Applause Prom Ouets, Mnsie Scores With Hit' Dancing the Charleston, steel guitars and accordions all went to add last night to the experiences of the brother Elks and their guests, the world war veterans of Salem, at the program, staged in honor of the later at the Elks' temple last night. " j ; Such a crowd has not been seen before since the new" home has been occupied. The auditorium, where the stage is located, was jammed to overflowing) and all the exit room filled. In addition to this the lodge room was filled to capacity, the doors there also being filled. When an act was finished in the auditorium, it was rushed to the lodge room. And the actors seemed to enjoy it! Not to men tion the audience or rather the audiences. , . j Perhaps the most popular act of the evening was that presented by Usaie George and Davy Jones. First; the two of them ang a character song. Then Davy Sang MYou Tell Her. I Stutter," -in such a .way that- the audience was in laughter from start to finish, Even the clock was stuttering when he finished. .. ; . .. 4? -.. . Then the two of .them Ishowed the Elks and -the 3 veteran just how the Charleston should- be done, or rather, as lassie pot-it,' just how the Charleston j should not be done. Lissie warned those present to guard themselves care fully when the dance was Started. (Con tinned on pf T.)j CONFESSES KiLLING VyiFE SAYS HE CHOKED HER WHEN SHE HIT HIM WITH SHOE NEW PHILADELPHIA Ohio, Jan. 28. (By Associated Press.) -Nearly two months of constant subterfuge "were wiped out today when' Harvey Haver,' 41,j New comerstown, mail carrier, ad mitted he" choked his wifetb death on December l and cdnceaed her body in a well four muea away. Shortly after he had confessed to Prosecutor James If at rick, Coroner J. S." Lewis, and heriff George W. Stuckey, Havr was arraigned, pleaded not gttilty, con tending lie had acted In self de fense. . Haver's plea of self defehse was in accord with his confession in which he said he had" choked his wife after she hit him with la shoe. RUSSIANS MOCK TRIAL TAKE-OFF OX TENNESSEE EPISODE TO HE HELD ' " i MOSCOW, Jan. 28. .(By Asso ciated Press.) A bitter and un restrained satire on last sum mer's evolution trial in Dayton, Venn., in which the principals im itate "the appearance, manners md grimaces and characteristics f various animals will be; repro iuced in Moscow" next j week. Nearly all the outstanding inci ients ot the famous Tennessee .rial-are reproduced. . j A monkey sits as judge while uther : characters , include j a pig, laboon, a .turkey and other an jfials.l .The authQr.mak.es, xl s&i re on the trial a medium tor :rev jjutionary propaganda. Tho play :s intended to show" the hopeless lisparity between capitalisiic doc trines and the ""pure sciences,": as represented by communism. r. BREWERIES TO BE RAZED - ... , 'i i :, ' j - EQUIPMENT OF FIVE PLANTS 18 ORDERED DESTROYED - f CHICAGO, Jan'. 2 8 .(By Asso ciated! ,Press.)--J,ede.ral TJudge Seorge ACarpenter today ordered the immediate destruction! of .the equipment of five- hmweries" val ued: at. $250,4)fl : John .j Ctos, deputy United States 'niars.hal will begin destroying - the equipment And Man's Pitted inBattle gave evidence of the battle the sea won. They are all that is left or the Laristan,' also'a British freighter, which went: down with Her captain 'and 25 men. The Itoosevelt completed her victory early this morning by the light of a moon which fcamo out propitiously during a brief lull in the 90 ntile gale. An open boat from th Rooeevelt, c.ortimandexl by Chief Officer Robert Miller, took off the last-13 ' men of the Antinoe. , . Tley were exhausted' from hun ger and battered by ; the waves. Earlier, Captain George' Fried of the Roosevelt -.had wirelessed of the rescue of the first 12 men of the crew but s4M the others had to be left aboard ' "because they were too weak 'to risk jumping into the sea." Captain Fried had stood by the Antinoe since Sunday. , Early this morning he got a "blinker" code message from the 18 Jeft aboard saying. the ship was listing ,50 de grees and could not stay up much longer. ' -t Though the gale had.1 abated a little, heavy swells ;were . running and the waves were high. Never theless the Roosevelt 'launched its sixth lifeboat, It succeeded. A little later her, wireless oper ator sputtered a' message. td the home office of the United States lines saying they ..were 1 ''on the way to fJherbourgv again" regret ting the loss of two of the crew who were drowned In? an-earlier attempt to reach ;tle; Antinoe, add leaving the freighter still .afloat a serious menace toj, navigation. The general 7 manager of the United States lines ' in j New York immediately . seal the captain a message, of ' congratulation. - So did Captain Ptti-rni f from London.-.;- Captalh, Greblg was in comfcahd of , the , President Hard ing a sister shlp of. the Roosevelt, two month ago when :she effect ed a similar rescue of the captain and crew of J the Italian Steamer Ignazio Florio. '. .-V X I CORPSE FOUND-IN: RIVER BODY OF UNIDENTIFIED MAN FOUND NlARl lOUTLAND PORTLAND Orel.'P Jan. 28.' (At P.)-i The; body of an' uniden tified man was found in the river here today by a nlanrworklng on a log' boom. : Thef ;6r,"oner'8 office declared the bodyjhad been in the river for about two weeks. ' 4 There were no Siglif of violence except a red. welt; oh -the, back of the neck, which': nilght.lvave been caused after-the body wd in the river. ' . JOIN GDfJTEST "Does Time Mean Money to You?" Asks Statesman I Prize Editor TURN LEISURE TO MONEY Semi in Your Name Tolay and be On First List. While Oppor tunity is Greatest, Ari Mst Authorities Ity Auto foil lost Editor The race for the many valuable prizes has practically just begun. No one has really Htarted in earn est1 as yet. It is now everybody's race. Why not enter yourself or the name of a friend and take home one of the valuable prizes offered by The Statesman. Who wouldn't want one of them? - Ask all your friends to save th'eir coupons for you. They all count toward winning one of the prizes. The old expression, "Time is Money," "tan be proven to every one's satisfaction by stopping to consider : the advantages now placed before every person in the city of Salem and the surrounding country. The fact that in most bring many more people to realize cases time is not money should that "time could be made into money" by entering The States man's big automobile voting con test and winning one of these wonderful prizes. ... A Dodge Sedan, the first grand prize; second, a Chevrolet touring car r third, a Ford touring, and fourth, an electric washing ma chine, and several prizes in gold. In fact; there, are 14 prizes in all.; The winning of the first prize of the contest would be well worth (Continued on page 5) LINER OLYMPIC IS SAFE SOS -RADIO MESSAGE ERRON EOUS; SHIP UNINJURED NEW YORK, Jan. '2 8. (A. P.) The White Star liner. Olympic con tinned her way tonight across the stormy Atlantic, uninjured by the storm and unaffected by an erron eous radio report that the liner was in distress.1 MAY EXTRADITE WOOD SON OF MAJOR GENERAL WOOD WANTED FOR CHECKS i WEST ; PALM BEACH, Fla.. Jani 28. (A. P.) Preparations were in progress tonight by Sher iff R. C. Baker and private detec tives to ask Cuba to grant extra dition of Osborne C. Wood, wrfnted here on a charge of issuing $.'5,4 00 in worthless checks.! SO FA'R'S WE'RE CONCERNED Forty-eight Nation Members of World Court Must Ac cept U. S. Conditions OPPONENTS ARE HOPEFUL Anti-Court Group Still Holds Hope Tliat American Reserva lions Will Not Meet With Favor WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (By Associated Press.) Another step along the road leading to: Ameri can membership in the world court was taken today with the official notification of President Coolidge of the adoption j of the resdlution of adherence with res ervations by the senate. This event was without formal ity. Edwin P. Thayer, secretary of the senate attached the official seal to a copy of the "resolution done on parchment and dispatched it to the White House by special messenger. Under the law, Vice President Dawes did not have to sign the copy. From the White House the res olution was transmitted to the state department which now takes up the task of addressing the forty-eight nations, members of the court that the United States is ready to sign with reser vations and of inquiring whether those nations approve of member- (Continued on page 5) HIGHWAY GRAFT CHARGE " MANAGER OF TEXAS COMPANY INDICTED AFTER PROBE AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 28. (By 'Associated Press. ) In the midst i of 'civil proceedings ta which the state of Texas seeks to recover from the Hoffman Construction company nearly half a million dol lars in alleged excessive road con tracts, F. G. Hoffman, vice pres ident and general manager of the concern, was indicated today on a charge of perjury and swindling in connection with a state high way surfacing contract. Capias for his arrest was served while' he was eating dinner and he was released, on bond. The grand "jury reported to night after weeks of investiga ting the state highway depart ment. The investigation has caused one concern the Ameri can Road ? company -to confess judgment of $600,000 in excessive contracts on state highway pro jects. A. week ago proceedings were Htarted against the Hoffman Construction company. Old Fashioned Will Compete- for Honors Salem Lions Club Sponsors Test to See if the Beauty of Last century music Has Died Under Feet Grown Old, Dancing to Their Strains ' 4 ' " i t-rt. . ; .- ; ' ,-.;: Wanted : Old fiddlers. I ' The call was sent out yesterday by the Salem Lions club in an attempt to locate as many crafty musicians as possible, for competition in the "Old Fiddlers' Contest,"-to be staged in tne Armory on the night of February 5. 5 f ' At that time, the one-steri and fox trot.' the Charleston and other forms of exercise will give way to the stately dances of our fathers and grandmothers,' as far back as any living fiddler can remember. - If there is an old fiddler who first picked up the bow in the days when Lincoln was a back woods lawyer, he is wanted. If there is an old fiddler who has played before those early groups of pioneers whose grim lives were brightened by his mel odies at the end of a hard day's labor, he is wanted. The longer his memory, the more agile his bow, the greater the demand for his music, that night, when Salem will join in an experiment to se6 if the beauty of those old favorites, "Juanita." "Seeing Nellie Home," "Silver Threads Among the Gold, "Alice Ben Bolt." "Way Down Upon the Swan-ee Ribber." and "Old Black Joe" , has been trampled to death under the thousands of feet that have grown old dancing to their strains. 0 On February 5, the "Old Fid dlers' Contest" will take place, with three prizes offered. $25, $15 and $10, with decision to be returned by verdict of the listen ers. All profits from the enter tainment will enter th?e Lions' Charity fund, to be used in meet ing requests for aid addressed to that organization. Fiddlers wishing to enter the contest are asked to notify George C. Will who will provide informa tion and accept entries. An en tire orchestra will play, following the contest, for the audience, which, that night will dance noly the steps used by our mothers and grandmothers. Will the old fashioned dances ever come backf Is the pace set by jazz, short haired girls and rosy faced youths too fast for the melodies of our childhood? Salem is going to find out. . The Sunday Statesman, a few weeks ago, printed a picturesque account of ft similar experiment that took place in Detroit, when only the old dances were used, the old steps stepped. Announce ment of an old fashioned program, by one of thd leading schools, was met with . tolerant amusement. The night ot the dance the hall was packed. Adjoining towns sent their delegations, and grand mother fend granddaughter step ped to the old stately measures. ' Know any old fiddlers? George C. Will, in the name of the Lions .club Charity fund wants to learn ho they are. ARMY AIR CORPS ASKED NEW BUREAU ' WOULD HAVE I STATUS OF MARINE CORTS WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. A. P.) While the house military and naval committees continued hear ing on aviation questions today, the subject was discussed briefly on the house floor,' and two billf lifere introduced. One presented jby Representative Wainwright, re publican. New York, a former as sistant secretary of war, at the request of the military committee ill create in the army an air cprps with a status some what similar to that accorded the ma rine corps in the navy, j The other measure, sponsored by Representative French, repub lican, Idaho, chairman of the na val appropriations sub-committee would provide for naval aviation pilots who would be designated as flight ensigns. DEPUTIES ARE ELECTED EPISCOPAL CHURCH CLOSES MEETING IN PORTLAND '? I PORTLAND, j Ore., Jani- 28. (A. P. ) --The-Episcopal diocese of Oregon,'' closed 'Its annual conven tion here today with the 'election of deputies to the provincial nod, to be held in May At' Long Beach. ; i Aj,. ,:,t ;'V ? Rev. Mr. Chambers, Rev. Thom as Jenkins, archdeacon' Jay Claud Black and Rev. Mr. Simraonds, clerical delegates; Rev. F. C Tay lor. Astoria; Rev. Alfred Lock wood. Rev. W. B. Hamilton, Med fprd, and Rev. J. A. Cleltand, Ore iron City, "alternates? Dr. H. "C. Fixott, dean " Vincent, J3r, Wilson Johnston and Blaine B. Coles, lay delegates; C. D. Porter, C. N. Hug gins, and Alfred Be van, Medford, alternates. s";v ' ; ; 1 IN. P. TO BUILD " . YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 28. (AP.) Intention of the Northern Pacific Railway company to erect a $4 0,0 00 freight depot and pas Banger , station i at ' Wapato, . near here, became known today, - Fiddlers PLAN TO POSTPONE TAX REDUCTION'lS DEFEATED SENATE liEADERS OF ROTH PARTIES REJECT PROPOSAL Stormy Debate Opeut When Sen ator Norris Makes Move for Postponement ' Hfe, WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -r-(By Associated Press.) Proposals to postpone tax reduction beyond March 15, when first tax pay ments on 1925 Incomes are due, were rejected today by both re publican and democratic leaders as the senate began consideration of the revenue bill. In the stormy debate, which in volved a fight against 'the pro posed repeal of the inheritance tax and publicity of income' tax re turns, Senator Norris republican, Nebraska, suggested that the date of first payments be postponed un til April 1. or that refunds be made later and full payments made March 15. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee in charge of the bill opposed both proposals, declaring refunds would be impossible, since 2,300,000 persons' would be relieved of all taxes by the bill and the government needed the revenue by March IS . to meet $600,000,000 in! short term obli gations, s. - Senator Simmons of North Car olina,, ranking democrat on the committee supported .this view, as did others of both parties who, as sured their support for early pas sage of 'the bill. ' -I; ' - vr; . i Senator Norris lost little time in . launching his fight against proposed repeal of the Inheritance tax and the (publicity provision. He was supported by Senators Howell of Nebraska and Lenroot of Wisconsin, , republicans.. De fending provisions of the commit tee bill, Chairman Smoot set Feb ruary 10 as the dead line -for final passage if tax reduction is to be assured by March 15. ... MEANS TO BE RELEASED former investigator is to " Appear before' jury 1 t NEW YORK,' Jan.28.f(By As sociated Press.) 'A writ' of habeas corpus, calling for the re moval of Gaston! B. Means from the federal prison -at ' Atlanta to appear' before the 'United States grand jury investigating the trans fer of .the American Metals Com pany from German toiSwiss own ers in 19 21 was signgd today by Judge Thomas D. Thatcher J , Means at one time thief Inves tigator for former Attorney Gen eral.; Harry Daugherty, is serving two years for conspiracy W ob struct Justice" He was Called as a witness in the first inveatlaation last Octqber :into rthe T,Oqo,000 stock transfer of the metal com pany and the alleged distribution of approximately 9390,000 In Lib erty bonds between "former' Alien Property Custodian,. CoL .Thomas IN. MtlletrVJohn T. Kinr. former national republican committeeman fiODY NOT IDENTIFIED BIYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE IS NOT CLEARED'UP ! 1 v 'vv yt,:: , j,.,. .'-'' SEATTLE,' Jan. 28. (By Asso ciated Presa.) -Otis Wright j of Seattle tonight asserted . that a body found floating ; in Puget Sound January 11 was not that of Herman Scheck,-. former , cement worker of tbls". city. .'Scheck Ured at WrlghfS home hero and dlsip peared December g1 after he an swered a mysterious telephone Call. ...( '.' -" I ' i .,: J' r-t r- i .hi.. M- FR0NK HELD-IN CHICAGO -..'.s- ...... , -- . LOS ANGELES" BIAN ARRESTED r FOR EMBEZZLEMENT CHICAGO, Jan. 20. J. K. Fronlc, nought throughput , .the country on e charg of cnibexzle tnerit of - 300,000 ; from" iJbs Anireles banks was arrest eil here toda'.? IIo waived extrmTl! and I Will be trtnrned to Call r; ui ii, ti:o detective bureau said ' ' FURIOUS GALE t 1 - . s : : 'j i .. Pacifjc Hit by Heavy Storm; ' Warnings jPosted From - Reyes to Puget Sound TERRIFIC WINDS FOUGHT Heavy Vessels laltl Tremendous Seas; Hmniler Craft Sent Hcurring to Nearest Harbors SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28. (By Associated Press.) Heavy gales are sweeping the North Pa cific ocean tonight and storm warnings' have) been posted from Reyes to Puget .Sound. ' The storm area is widespread and vessels fci the northern and middle steamship routes on the (coast are fighting tremendous seas . and .terrific winds. Smaller shipping is harbor-bound by tgbe disturbance. The United gtates, weather bu reau here tonight issued a fore cast that the Pstorm would con tinue for the next 36 or 48 hours and would swefp south of the Te- bachapi mountains. , The rainfall has been general throughout northern and central California, while rains and snows have fallen inf Washington and Oregon. . . Rain wept over the Sac ramento and lower San Joaquin valleys and iisj bearing to the north.. ' f " . ' y Heavy snowfall occurred in the Siskiyous and. " Sierra Nevada mountains. I At Summit ix, inches of-snow was recorded, f above .Dunsmulr . five inches, McCloud four inches, and at Truckee three Inches. The snow changed to rain today noon. but at night the weather became colder and snow fell again. At Willows, Cal."", 1.50 Inches of rain-Jell during the day. The rain was weicomedf by stockmen, . as' the pastnrage was becoming low. The. rain fall in San Francisco today measured .98 inches. Dr. O. H. HeCke, director of the state department of agriculture at Sacramento, - declared the down pour would bec.f inestimable ben efit to the farmers and orchard- iSt8. ' 7 1 Y'.jS ' ' ' . i CHICAGO, Jan. iS. (By the Associated Press.) King Winter reigned tonight over land and sea. defying efforts to alleviate the suf fering he caused. - Borne on ;tbo wings ' of n 40- mile gale front Canada, sub-zero weather settled over the middle west last night, remained today, and gave indications of staying a while "longer; " ' " while the middle west shivered simultaneous Storms off the At lantic and Pacific coast endanger ed shipping and delayed fast. At lantic liners. Two tugs' were ic e bound in Lake Michigan off Mus kegon harbor,' and it was feared that seven men would freeze to death if not rescued.' One of that number who made his way to shore over a. jjnile of treacherous Ice said they were without food dr. fuel. . . I ; la 'Chicagof firemen answered t Continued oa pce 6) SEEK - TO RECALL MAYOR BEND EXECUTrV'E AND SLX AXJ)ERMEN! ARE ATTACKKI) J s BEND, Ore.j; Jan. 28. Petitions asking the recall of Mayor K. II. Fox and the Six city councilman were filed with the city recorder today. More than 800 names are contained on ieach petition. This Is tbet second time recall petitions have been' filed within the last Ix; weeks.' : f-' ; i - HOME : : A real home is tone? that belongs to yon, not just a house you? happen to be liv- , log in foi :awhile. If you want that real hone, better make np your mind to buy now.' Prices are un usually favorable and terms are easy as rent. . ':;:-".";;v; i ' Classification 63 "Real t,- ' tate--ia' I ' STATESMAN . CLASSIFIED 1 ADS f . See Page 7 a.drop.of'Uluoras.0UXML r , - imX ' " ; i'- . , . ' ' - . . ' r V