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SEVENTY -FIFTH YEAK
SALEM; OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1926
"i PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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
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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
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SaJsm-Pubfio? Schools"?
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,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
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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
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AMERICA SAID BULWARK
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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
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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
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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 $2S0O0d,Od0
under a bill introduced today by
Senator Brookhartv republican.
Iowal'-. ? '. '
The fofganization would be or
ganized to purchase- all exportable
surplus crops at a five year aver
age cost of production plus five
per cent profit. Losses from ex
port sales would be apportioned
among the farmers. " .
THREE
Mexican Situation Taken Up,
Full information Sought
by Congress
FIRM STAND IS TAKEN
Sheffield's Status to be Detenu.
iried; Reason for Delay of
Results of Parley Be
ing Sought
WASHINGTON, March 6,
(By Associated Press;) The
clouds of international dissention
over the new Mexican land laws
appear to be drifting away, but
the outlook ; for peace over the
Mexican situation in congress is
not so rosy.
' Without much, debate the sen
ate adopted today a resolution
asking the state department
whether any objection from Mexi
co was delaying publication of de
tails of the diplomatic exchange
between Washington and Mexico
City, new apparently approaching
an amicable conclusion.
. At the same time Senator
King, democrat, Utah announced
he would ask for considerable
more lisht on the situation, in
cluding the question whether
American Ambassador Sheffield
has been thrust aside by the state
department and whether the de
termining force in the negotia
tions had been former Ambassador
Charles B. -Warren whose nomina
tion to be attorney general was
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BTnZ2ATO"iTO'$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
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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
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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,
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LEGION GOAL IN SIGHT
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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
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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
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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
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:, , Secretary Work proposed a ten
year reclamation program.
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President Coolldge again urged
that government expenditures bo
held down. ; ' '
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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. '
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. President CoolIJa ked con
gress for, $IO,000,C3) to ! t
American ahlppiajr . crerct.-.rs ! i
meeting unfair foreign tor:
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Saturday
In Washington
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