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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1926)
- irf". Jin Sr. w ; SEqTIOJV ONE Pages 1 to 8 4f -'i THREE SECTIONS V 24 Pas; SEVENTY -FIFTH YEAK SALEM; OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1926 "i PRICE FIVE CENTS iSssls HciitDM Seniors.TaJceFirst Honors. , SETJATE BEGINS sue SAID State Tournament Opens ; Thursday, Saleni Strong Decisive Victories Promise Stroni for 1926 Title; Other Teams to Arrire Wednesday as Oregon Sport Press Turns to Classic FREEH CRISIS In 18th Annual Contest UPSETS LEAGUE Armory Is Filled to Capacity! as Capped and Gowned Singers v Take Victory; Juniors, by Their Record, Most Now Flange Into Mill Stream I rf9?rt ft - TO OLEAR HAZE 'SOPH Eft IAN' r r I I J i 1; Seeks to Place Additional Names on Aspirants List for City Jobs EARL RACE CAMPAIGNING Ralph Thompson, Harry Hawkins Refuse to Consider Bun ! ningt J. B, Giesy Re- i mains Silent , Neither .Ralph Thompson, nor Harry Hawkins will be candidates for the office of mayor of the city of Salem at the May election ac cording to definite 'announcement made Saturday. . ! ' t Mr. . Thompson, had been urged to enter the contest by the busi ness Interests, of . the . city and probably would have consented to make the . race, had It not hare been for personal Interests requir ing; his attention. - He has aerred as a member Of the city ' council lor several years, and in this ca pacity waa favored with a num- ber of important committee as- ifnmenU. At the election two years ago Mr. Thompson was a V candidate for sheriff. s Mr. Hawkins, in a atatement issued Saturday, said he appreci ated the- honor and confidence Im posed In him by his friends but that he could not make the race ..because of business reasons. ; "My business is demanding; practically all of my time said Mr. Hawkins, "and In... event of election as mayor It, would be necessary for me to neglect "either W ow business or that of the i .t ! , ) Hawkini Intlmaied that he u .. . m . - , wv uuv ee aa verse to j making the race for councilman or some 'other office which does hot re quire the time necessary In hand ling the affairs of mayor. t The only avowed candidate for .the. of flee of mayor at the present time Is Earl Race; former city attorney. Mr. Race released his announcement several weeks ago, and since that time has been campaigning quietly among! his jfriends. - . t j. i There is a possibility that John 'Giesy, incumbent, will seek reelec tion for a third term. Although ;he has not yet made any formal announcement- friends i of; the mayor said he was watching de velopments closely, and that he twould throw his hat in the ring j before the end of March if at all. Chief opposition - to Mayor Giesy, : if any, will be on the j grounds that he has held the office ! for .two terms. " Because of , the . prospects of rapid development here during the next two. years the ' business interests .of the . city are .taking imore than usual interest in the . municipal election. They are urg ing the election of men to. office who will stand for expansion i rather than , the approval of , a narrow policy which would prove ; expensive-to the city 'in the end,- EXPLORER SAILS AGAIN ANDREW'S SEARCHS FOR PREHISTORIC DATA VANCOUVER. B.-C, March 6. (By Associated Press.) Roy Chapman Andrews, New York 'ex- ! plorer, sailed from here tonight ; on his third expedition to Gobi desert in Mongolia to seek traces of prehistoric man. . On . previous ; expeditions for , tbe: American -museum of natural history, Chap t mat and his f eilbw" explorers found fossilized, skeletons of din ' osaurs and iheir egga and other extinct animals. Andrews -arrived ; In Vancouver t only a short time before the ves- .selisalied. lie is w oe joinea m i ChUia by the remainder of the ex- nedltlon r A", v i f . i ; xir .. ' I SaJsm-Pubfio? Schools"? 1 rvtststtsd" ,i tjtiorenco Mjm.m A , ; . v Florence- Lake, teacher o the 'f- sixth .grade at Highland eleraent- anr school. Four years in Salem ? school system. Five and one-half vears' teaching experience. Grad nate-of Oregon -State normal, and 'sunimer school at University of Oregon. Comes frota family; of teachersr 'Is'tavorite of boys and girl? in phyaicaj education, work. Seniors of Willamette university took first honors and the large cardinal and gold pennant at the j,8th annual Freshman Glee, held Saturday night at the Salem armory.;; ;, ; Stately though they appeared In their black caps and gowns, the seniors did not even attempt to stifle their shouts that acclaimed at once their approval of the judges' choice. sophomores were accorded second place, iresnmen tnira, and the juniors made it twd years straight in winning fourth place. Dr. James T. Mathews, iUP AS TIME SLIPS BY COMPETITION CLOSE Foil THE PRIZE RADIO OFFKRINQ .. Candidates Who Work Xow De clared to Be on Way to Auto Victory (By Auto Contest Editor) Evelyn Beath holds first place for the radio prize. Gritting their teeth with a de termination, the candidates In The Statesman's' "Everybody .wins Something" $3000 grand prise campaign are today going at top speed, to capture the . leadership for the coveted prizes. It Is entirely probable that the winners of the big, handsoiue automobile will be determined on March 13, the close of the second special prize offer. J Each candidate Is striving now to out-distance his or her rivals and to accumulate a Sufficient number of votes to be the undis puted leader in the race for the cars. Competition is growing more keen as the final hour, of the second big vote period draws nearer. No stone is being left unturned by the candidates "who are planning to get hold of every possible subscription before 8 o'clock March 13, the second vote period close. -, So tar the big race is close as closer M candidates could possibly run Today it is anybody's race. The best way to insure a lead at the end of the second big vote period, Saturday, March 13, at 8 o'clock is to hustle out and get a few1 good subscriptions. fA five year subscription means 270,000 votes. The big subscriptions are what eouht fastest new. Candidates are again advised not to overtook the opportunity of the "second payment ' plan." Short subscriptions taken early in the campaign may now- be extended and the additional payment apply on the present vote schedule, also on the 100,000 extra vote, offer. Thousands of votes may be ob tained by carefully going over the territory previously covered and Including subscribers who only signed up for a year or so to ex tend their subscriptions another yearor even to' five years. The campaign is close. Some one, certainly, will pull out in (Continued oft pe S.) ' -. - - ARNOLD FUNERAL TODAY FORMER RESIDENT OF SELVTJR CREEK FALLS PASSES Samuel T. Arnold, for over 30 years, a resident or the saver Creek' Falls section, died Friday in Grants Pass, according -to word received here by ? relatives. " Mr. Arnold was 67 years of age. Mr. Arnold had lived in Grants Pass for two years, moving there from Redmond, in eastern Oregon, where he had lived for four years Before going to eastern Oregon he had lived in the Silver Creek Falls district for over 30 years There he operated a sawmill and hotel. He was a pioneer in road development in that section of the county. Me was a native of Ohio. " "Mr. Arnold was an uncle of Walter S. Lehman U. J. Lehman and Mrs. Eva Case-, all of Salem, and was well known here. - Funeral services wHl be held in Grants Pass today. i I ' ?, ii'i.i i ' ':i X, . r 6 AMERICA SAID BULWARK i p-w . . a , i SALVATION OF WORLD AT STAKE, CLERIC iSAYS - ATLANTIC CITY,, March.. 6:. (By Associated Press,) w-V'Tbe American people are; the' result of an amalgamation which' God has prepared to wage a great campaign Dr. R, J, Wade of Chicago, execu tire secretary of the . world service commission of the Methodist Epis copal, church.4 said tonight, - FINANCE BILL PASSED "i : ,-"-': ' ,. i ..' i?-1' ' WASHINGTON March (By Associated , Press). --Without record vote the . house today passed a bill, appropriating $80,- 000,000 for; the state. Justice commefce and. labor departments for! nearly 35 years head ..of the matnematics aepsrtment at ine ment of awards and the presenta tion of the pennant. : Following the custom which was set at the first freshman glee 18 years ago, and which has been changed hardly . a dot since, the seniors were the first to present their song. Prolonged . clapping was the homage paid their somber black. Juniors followed. Then "the so phomores. And finally; the fresh men. Each class was received en thusiastically by the audience, which packed' the house io capac ity. In fact, not only was every seat taken, but standing room was filled as well. After the four classes had "done their stuff," they settled back in their chairs and awaited nervous ly' the decision ef the judges. It was at this juncture that the good old custom was in its prime. First the seniors sang, VOur chance looks slim tonight, Our chance looks slim; The sun goes down and the moon comes up Our chance looks slim." Following this, the juniors sang our chance Is slimmer tonight." Sophomores retaliated with "We don't have a chance tonight . And freshman, bringing up the rear, admitted to the audience that We had our' chance tonight " In a tone that seemed regretful. Enthusiastically the audience greeted this outburst, as have the audiences for the other ' glees. Followed then the singing , of all the songs in tlw Willamette T'epet toire result of the 18 years of glees, -sl.iilt The audience joined the stud ents in standing while the classic (Conttaoed mn pmf B.I FARM BODY i ADVOCATED national Cooperative as sociation BEING URGED WASHINGTON, March ? $. (By Associated Press.) A "farm ers' "national cooperative associa tion would be created with, an appropriation ' oth $2S0O0d,Od0 under a bill introduced today by Senator Brookhartv republican. Iowal'-. ? '. ' The fofganization would be or ganized to purchase- all exportable surplus crops at a five year aver age cost of production plus five per cent profit. Losses from ex port sales would be apportioned among the farmers. " . THREE Mexican Situation Taken Up, Full information Sought by Congress FIRM STAND IS TAKEN Sheffield's Status to be Detenu. iried; Reason for Delay of Results of Parley Be ing Sought WASHINGTON, March 6, (By Associated Press;) The clouds of international dissention over the new Mexican land laws appear to be drifting away, but the outlook ; for peace over the Mexican situation in congress is not so rosy. ' Without much, debate the sen ate adopted today a resolution asking the state department whether any objection from Mexi co was delaying publication of de tails of the diplomatic exchange between Washington and Mexico City, new apparently approaching an amicable conclusion. . At the same time Senator King, democrat, Utah announced he would ask for considerable more lisht on the situation, in cluding the question whether American Ambassador Sheffield has been thrust aside by the state department and whether the de termining force in the negotia tions had been former Ambassador Charles B. -Warren whose nomina tion to be attorney general was i CoattBOl on pas S.) BTnZ2ATO"iTO'$TRAH$ NO ONE INJURED WHEN TRAIN LEAVES TRACKS ASHLAND, Wis., March (By Associated Press.) The Northern Pacific passenger train bound from DulUth to Ashland was derailed in a blizzard fifteen miles from here tonight. Another train leaving Ashland is attempt ing to plow through the huge snow drift to take the pasengers to their destination. No one was reported injured. ST. PAUL. Minn., March 6. A blinding snowstorm swirled over southwestern . Minnesota tonight as other parts of the state report ed a continuation of the storm that started Friday. Many points reported a cold wave with the mercury dropping steadily. The storm brought as high as eight inches of snow in some places. O'CLOCK AND ALL'S "SWELL"! Poli Negri Announces Trial Engagement" With Ru dolph Valentino GREAT LOVE PROFESSED Actress, Acknowledging Herself "Connoisseur," Says Perfect Lover of Silver Screen "Supreme Man" " LOS ANGELES, March 6. (By Associated Press. ) Pola Negri announced today a "trial engage ment" to Rudolph Valentino and rwill marry ' him at the end of a four months test separation if their love remains the same, the Los Angeles Times says. "I say he is the supreme man," the actress said. "Believe 'me, I have had experience enough with men. I am really a connoisseur with men. But this is-my great love affair. I am so eager to test it by separation, the supreme test." Miss Negri declined, to call the arrangement an ordinary engage ment. "Engaged? I do not like that word," she declared. "It sounds like a business agreement." "I love him very deeply," she said. "He is the supreme man he is perfection. But I take mar riage very seriously. If I am ever married I am sure it will be for all time." She said that in the event of mariage neither she nor Valentino planned to forsake their screen careers. Only the arrival of child- fren would cause her to leave mo tion pictures, she added. "W'aflaa -lie'gTfprans to go to Berlin for the double purpose of making a picture and of applying the time test to the mutual love of Valen tino and of herself. ! FIRE DESTROYS! MANSION t--' i V' " ": i - WORKS OF ART, VALUED AT A MILLION, ARE LOST -NEW YORK. March 6. (By Associated Press.) Fort Tryon Hall, a $2,000,000 mansion on a rocky promontory on the northern end of Manhattan island, was de stroyed by fire today. .Firemen carried Mrs. Cornelia Partos, with her six-year-old daughter Irene, both ill with -pneumonia, from the smoke-filled house. Paintings, statuary, tapestries, and antique furniture valued at $1,000,000, were destroyed. (By Bob Bishop) Three teams have given off icial ' notification of being eligible for the state tournament and will arrive here Wed nesday. Baker high and McLaughlin high of Milton Free water will represent their respective districts. Salem, the third team, won the district championship from West Linn last night and will again participate in the meet in an attempt to repeat the victory of last year. The locals look good and are given chances of placing high. . Nine teams will play this year, no team coming from Port- ianu aue io a coniuct on tne scnea ules of the Ffose City teams. The games will start Thursday after noon and will continue morning, afternoon and evening through to Saturday night. The semi-finals will probably come off Friday evening or Saturday morning to give the winning teams a rest be fore the finals Saturday night. The seating capacity of the gym will not be as large as last year as each individual seat has been en larged to give the fans more room! Those who get season tickets will have the same seat through out the tourney. Reserved seats for separate games will be on sale the day before the game is to be played. Tickets can be obtained at Anderson's, Hauser's or the gymnasium from now on. Saturday evening two games will be played to determine firsts second, third, and fourth places; The silver trophy presented by the Thos- E5. Wilson Co. is a regula tion size basketball suspended on a backboard as if going through the basket. Prizes will also be awarded for second and third places. Interest is running even higher than in previous years and season tickets are going fast. Local fans are enthusiastically backing the local squad to take the champion ship for the second successive year. GIRLS WIN MARKETS WELLESLEY students clean UP OX EXCHANGES WELLESLEY, Mass.. March 6. -(By Associated Press.) Wel- lesley girls are playing the stock market, but it is with! theoreti cal money. So far gains have been greater than losses, but all the students have netted has been the experience. Professor Law rence PL Smith started the specu lation when he theoretically gave each of the 52 members of his class in financial organization of society $25,000 to invest in cor porate securities, stocks or bonds. The girls were to trade between February 21 and May I, and on the' latter date they were to aver age their gains or losses. The rules allowed them toi play the stock exchange or curb market of any city. I , The class was active during the recent drop in the market, the plungers selling short while the conservatives held on grimly. At present the total gain is $14,000 while the losses taken amount only to $660. 77 HOME PERMITS OUT , . 1 " i BUILDING' ACTIVITY MAY SUR PASS PREVIOUS RECORD , Average of a home a -day is be ing better; than maintained, ac cording to the figures in the city recorder's office up to date. The first week in March proved no exception, j Nine permits for the the construction of dwellings have already been Issued this month. representing a total Investment of $29,100. During January, 39 permits for a total of $104, vuu were ias:en out. In February 29 permits were taken put for a total of $86,750. This makes,; right up to date, 77 permits already this -year for a total of $220,500. Thus, it la apparent that the home a day record Is to be bet ter than maintained, and the total investment, for the year bids weli, if the present fate, Is maintained; to break last year's record. . Harold II. Smith " took -out a permit from the office of the city recorder Saturday to construct a two story dwelling at 1115 North Capitol street at a cost of $5000. YOUTH y IS RENOUNCED ARTHUR LOPEZl NOT JTHEIR SOjf FRAJUERSl jjECIiAtUS i NIOBRARA, Neb.. March .4- ( By Associated Press. s Con vinced that their. son, j Arthur Fra2ler, died in France - Tand .is buried in J, the' , hillside cemetery near here. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Frailer have renounced ! Arthur Lopei, the youth who for more than two years they have accepted as Jhelr bor, - VETERANS OF FOREIGN -AND CIVIL WARS JOIN 27 G. A. R's. MADE HONORARY V. F. W. MEN Formal Initiation Service Follows Banquet at Fraternal Temple Twenty-seven members of the Sedgwick post number 10 of the GAR were initiated into honorary membership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Marion Post, at the McCornack hall Saturday night. Long form initiation was held for the admission to the Marion Post of the following: Paul Wal lace, Captain Golden of the peni tentiary, II. E. Sammons, ' Ole Thompson, C. E. Hultenberg and Comrade Moyer. ' Entertainment for the evening started off with a banquet at the Fraternal temple. There were 125 to be served. Comrade Henry O. Miller made the speech welcom ing the members of the GAR to the banquet and into the Marlon post. ' Several members of the GAR were unable to come because of illness, .but every one who was able was present. Members of the Marion post called for each of the civil wa r veterans by auto, , . -i , !c . -' I i. i , . , Continued. a pc & -4" LEGION GOAL IN SIGHT I SPECIAL 3IEETING IS CALLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT Local Legionaires are urged by Commander Mackenzie to be pre sent at their meeting place Mon day night, March 8, when ah. Im portant special meeting of Capitol Post will be held. The member ship campaign started last Thurs day by thej local Legion post has met with satisfactory results thus far. The district In the vicinity of Salem' has been thoroughly can vassed and more than one hundred new members have been added. Beginning Monday the different membership teams will concen trate their efforts in the city and every eligible man will be given an oportunity to affiliate with the organization. Those who have been engaged In the canvass for members state that it Is compari- tively easy to secure the member ship of veterans when the past acomplishments of the Legion lh the Interest of all World war vet erans Is explained. Commander MacKenzie stated Saturday that the goal of 1000 members .for Capital Post will be reached be fore the campaign doses. . 1 WHITE TO REPORT EAST RRIGADIER I GENERAL TO GO TO FORT ILEAVENWORTH War department orders were received Saturday directing Bri garied General George A. White to report to the army command school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan sas. General White said he would leave, for .Leavenworth as soon as he has completed plans for . the summer .training camps c The secretary of war has as signed the Oregon official to com mand the staff course for gradua tion In higher tactics, following a year's preparatory course .- General White .was designated to represent' the Forty-first , divi sion of which he is .the senior brigade commander..; lie will re turn: from the command school in time for thej federal field training camp of ' his brigade: at Medf ord in June and the artillery camp at Fort Stevens , during the same month. BRIDGE BILL: COMES UP COLUMBIA RIVER PROJECT IS r WASHINGTON; March 6.1 By Associated Prcss. ) Representa live Hill., democrat. Washington, introduced a bill today to author ize construction, of a bridge over the Columbia river at a point with In one mile upstream - and one mile ddwnstream from the mouth of the Entiat rjver, s ( Briapd's Ministry Crashes; Financial Questions Re suit in Overthrow BREAK STIRS i GENEVA Excitement and Dismay Results on Eve of International Ne-' gotlatlons; Briand to. Attend Meet f PARIS, March 6.J (By Asso ciated Press) . Aristlde Briand's eighth ministry - succumbed at dawn today to what! the premier called "incompatibility of political temperament" of the groups which since the success of the radical socialist coalition in the elections of 1924 have governed France.'!' ;- . ( j , " ,; ; .- j That ' incompatibility, which manifested Itself particularly in financial j questions whenever the chamber was called upon to vote new taxes, waa no secret, but the overthrow of the government was a surprise, because one thing on which all the groups in the cham ber had agreed was! that j there should be no cabinet crisis now. i Briand's eighth ministry, which In thought not to be his last, came Into power In November 27-28, and continued its existence a little over ; three months,' while the average life of a French cabinet is nine months. GENEVA, March 6i (By Asso ciated Press). A bomb exploding in the corridors of the palace of the. league nations .could hardly, have caused more excitement ae4 dismay than the 'sudden downfall today of Arlstlde'Brfahd's "govern ment In France on the eve of next week's International 1 negotiation! . on which in a sense the future ol the league depends. !' , The dismay was increased by the early report that M. Briand (Continued on paga 6.) ' , h: ": U- , . BOMB SET IN THEATRE MANY SAV) FROM 'DEATH .WHEN BOMB ISi FOUND t MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. March r (By Associated Press.) Pa trons of the Wonderland theater here were' saved from possible in Jury or death tonight when a bomb, discovered in the rear of the picture screen, was hurled from the building to explode in an alley. About 200 persons were in the theater at the time. When hurled into the alley, the explod ing bomb shattered scores of. win dows and damaged ' several sur rounding buildings. ; This is the second; attempt to wreck the theater. About . four months ago a bomb was found In the ticket office, after the place had closed, in time to prevent its explosion. ' ' , The senate debated relations with Mexico. . . ; i - . ml :, , Secretary Work proposed a ten year reclamation program. , : . , President Coolldge again urged that government expenditures bo held down. ; ' ' - j The labor department decided to appeal, the case of the Countess of Cathcart. J Senator Robinson;! the demo cratic floor leader, Introduced a resolution for a tariff commission investigation.'. An Increase in the tariff on butter from 8 to 12 cents a pound was ordered: by President Cool- ; Idge. AaUy:y ;,;,' j u n Chairman II a u ge n rrr-iicte l tbat a farm relief bill alors Hnfri urged by middle western farmers would be approved, Ly the Lou: s agriculture 'coir. i ill; o. .The , house'- debated prolibition while its ways tc 1 'means com mittee considered cr-:ti. r a Ecp arate prohibltioa I Jr ; va U t! s treasury. ' - -., 'm : . President CoolIJa ked con gress for, $IO,000,C3) to ! t American ahlppiajr . crerct.-.rs ! i meeting unfair foreign tor: : -...; . ... . .. 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