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I 1 1- H - -.j.Vs - , ,'V iwi. . . .. SEVENTY-FITTII YEAR .sin-- "SAVEii; OREGOKTHURSDA MORNtNG. ILAJlck III 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS 3Yte ffig; Bonus ;e ! Qp iff Me Statesman SuMii Contest the Comifig Saturday Nigh s Eositivelu 3u I f i . V i LEAGUE PARLEY ;r. i; : ' ' -' '''i"ri.- -" ? 'i v Preliminary Reports That Accord Was General, Con- tradicted by Stand, 4 ' . BRIAND IS-LOOKED! TO French leader Thought ,Allo to ; Save Situation; Brazil, Spain and 3apan Are Now ; llapsins Back-u.'; ! '.' ; -. ' ' ' .' '-"'( . . - ..i .. . 'L-:.-:'--r j. . . G ENBVA, March io.CBj As-BocIate3.Press.)--Tha crlsia3Q the affairs of the vcouncil "of (he League of Nations was considered critical fate' tonight." Contrary to the somewhat rosy, reports giv en out by some of the members that the situation was "ripening toward an accord" reliable infor mation Indicated :that three 'mem bers of the council, Brazil, Spain and Japan, declioed oday it the unofficial meeting of J the council to say that they wotald vote for the election of Germany ias a permanent member ' ' The' ; greatest gloom prevails among all the delegations, and it is thought that only the master hand of Briand can save the situa tion, which, in view4of many of the leaders, threatens the very existence of the league itself. Afranio Mello Francp, of Brazil, informed the council that he had explicit instruction from the pres ident of the Brazilian republic that if he Voted In fayor of giving Germany a permanent seat he rt simultaaeo!unIy' ,Tote- Brazil y)e priTHege.,; ". . ,f & .irdlng to one 'report Mello Franco ! told . the council that If Brazil was not accorded a perman ent seat now she would withdraw from the league' bud WQuld i veto the election of Germany while she (Con tinned tl (tl 8.) DISCARDED STILL F0(JND DISCOVERED Ef WELL TJXDER SIX FEET OVS, WATERf -' " ,. iJ - ' ' 'I A discarded 3 5 t gallon moon shine still was disqovered Inear Fairfield Wednesday : by j Hoy Bremmer, "Marion. county deputy sheriff. The stljlfhad peen thrown in a well and was under six feet of water when found. Tw barrels of mash 'were found pear the scene of operations although no liquor was in evidence,., , . , t A report that r istill waa In operation had been -received from a passerby who. had., happened upon the" plant : ant Monday, two men running away after they ere discovered. t The J evidently' re turned yesterday m'd iti an effort to hide the traces .of the liquor plant, threw the still -in the -well. SALEP4 GUArp IjNIT ?B? ALL VALLEY TOWS; PLACED IX FIRSTj HATTALIOyj.. n "' The designation , of . the Salem unit of the National Guard has been changed from F to Company B, It was announced Wednesday. The P o r 1 1 a n d unit formerly known as Company B, has been changed to F. H h The new order places all the valley towns in the First Battalion of the 162 Infantry, Portland com prising the Second Battalion. 1 ' Captain Paul' F. . BnrrJs is (now in charge of the . Salem guard which : ranks sixth ' in the state. The local t unit ( Is - "Completely equipped and .practically p tq full strength, wjth room onlytforflve or six recruits. , f ? - Who's Who 'ft Salem Public iSchoofs ' ; Gertrude - Anderson - Gertrude Anderson, . teacher of the fourth and fjfth graces at Richmond .' elmenlaryXI Ecfiopi; Three years in;sajei achppl ;vsj tem. Four ' anid Qn&Mlt rar? teaching experience. ; Graduate of Oregon Normal . school.7 f Extra work at 'university r; California. Actively Interested In art work. Had charge of the poster work in a recent music contest, her poplls winning all' the'priics." - Dark Criminal Record Prohibition Is the Country's A' certain little pink document is being circulated in Salem Drtmotinsr the so-caUed Oresron poration's "wet", meeting set Salem armory. .-. - It' Droves interestinsr. though amusing reading to all save tht small group of t'alarmists" foolish enough to believe the message carried in big black type at the head of the handbill. it reaus; , : . r "Prohibition is the! country's worst menace." ' Speakers witf be "Judge W. N. Gateris and others." The Wet? The United : States is "dry", not only Jegally but byjnorarconviction. Amer ican ' sentiment is not downtown sentiment, nor club 'sentiment, nor blind pig sentiment, nor news paper sentiment; it is home sentiment, and workshop sentiment, and store sentiment, and school sentimen. and church sentiment. You must find the people's sentiment where the peo ple live, and they don't live dqwhtown. ' Newspa pers -are , made do"wntown and read in the residence sections; If they were made In the residence set tions they would be "dry''. The American home is "dry" and the American nation gets its tone from the home, not the "wet newspaper. GAS PRICES ADVANCED TWO CENTS A GAIXOXIX- CREASE 9IADE IN SEATTLE , SEATTLE, --March lD.-rt By Associated "Press. ?-The Associat ed!: Oil company announced here today that gasoline and engine distillate will advance two cents a gaUon in Seattle tomorrow. Gas pline will sell for 22 cents a gal Ion, a two cent state tax included, and engine distillate a' fuel tor boats, at 17 He. ; . "'':; , The hdvance was confirmed by the Union Oil company. The Standard. Oil company. stated it had expected an increase." - T j "Shortage of crude oil and a limited supply of gasoline with which to enter the heaviest de mand season. was the, explana tion, given by the Union company tot the increase. $AN FRANCISCO, March 10. T ie Standard Oiljcompany of Cali fprniatodar"; announced' anJn crease of 2 cents, gallon in the pfSceof f gasoline, and graduated increases in f.he . price' of refined crude oil ai all points," effective BQt-IB PJ.0T PURSE ASKED GOVERXpR TO1 ITRGEi GRANT '.Cp 5QO.Tf.dET FACTS - J' , . . m n , '- T -.1 " - F" . ' Goyerjibr ;P i e r c e Wednesday Bent a telegram to Bend in which he said he would recommend to ttei;i92ZilegIslature the payment of a reward Jn the amount of ?5 00 for information leading 'to the ar rest and conviction of the person or persons who last loaday dyna mited an apartmenL house In Vhicb C. C.; McBride, A? "P. Mar riott, state prohibition officer, .and Mrs. Marriott were making their home. 4 f r, ' . The house - was, wrecked and Miss. Alice Bush, a telephone op erator, suffered serious injuries." j William, . S. w'Leyena, state pro hibition r commissioner," is how at Bend conducting an investigation of the dynamiting.' r;-;. DISPLAY FROLIC READY tirotrsANDs of out-of-town GCESTS RE EXPECTED 'With new stocks in . order, and exper(. window-;, trimmers ready ! With plans for tne xmi. Annual Pfing ;yindow Display week he- winning on Tuesday, ,nexi ine city is prepared tct welcome and enter alngue.stis from' 'out-of-town who are expected nere py mousanaa on the first evening. -' -.' .1 ' :"r: r ' : J,t GooJ weather, gran ted,; an elab orate ' out-door automobile show ind'itVle Ispiaf 5 will mark ; the I pft gvenihg'p lestlvities,. leading up to , tne judging , 01 winaows. Following the:4ir8t: part of the progrfm, theSalem Ad club- will play hosTn the Ajmory where a seven-piece.orchestra has-been en gaged to play , for a - free public dance,, ftj;., .L . - f i Worst Meance,? Pink Prohibition Referendum Cor for 8 "o'clock this evening in the . " - :' - , v , v. . , nanuDiii remarKs ib . auii darkest criminal record" Is now be ing made, and promises that. the 'notorious 'violations; of the con stitutional rirhts of the people will be exp :sed." Admission,' It seems, is free, and "ladles are es pecially in vited.; ' I Apropos of th present chatter about 'prohibition referendums" (which,-by the way, are betng con ducted only by papers which were obviously wet in policy long be fore their editors suddenly discov ered the "public's extreme desire to express Its opinion' on this mo mentous question") comes a de tached survey of the attitude of the nation at large. This survey stands in sharp contrast with the excited urgings and .gesticulations of the alarmist wets. 'This reas oned treatment of the problems of prohibition is herewith reprinted in full from a recent copy of the Dearborn Independent. j ; ( Every little while' there Is a flurry about prohibition. It would seem to be the livest and most im portant question of the day, if one were to udge by the ''quantity', of printer's ink given to it. It would seem also to be the chief topic Of conversation in church, legis lature, theater and university; to read the news items of the daily papers. King Tutankhamen was almost aa alive for a short time recently, and bv the feame means, j When one travels.: among the people not the downtown class, not the club class, 'not the local pol itieiaiw. nor .v aarx! ass . that judges the American - people by a minority of degraded individuals 4 one gets quite a different view it the 'question.'-' There 'are prob ably one hundred million 'people In the United States who go from day to day without the slightest consciousness of prohibition as a debatable problem certainly it is hot the all-absorbing topic of their conversation: Liquor may be kensed in the theater, the legis lature, the newspaper it is not sensed at ali in ' the-millions of homes which comprise our country:'-.: . .- - '' jj 'Thts false atmosphere of ind portance is created, by men who live in a limited environment, who know1 "the crowd but not the people." Newspapers are especi ally illustrative of this fact. They are made downtown, but they are read out in 4he residential'sections and In the suburbs; and the difTer ience between downtown; where f'the 4rowP Is and' the residence (Cos tinned OA-par G.f.riA. The who ! f . -.-:.. ' I F?ATs! What no we c' HOLDING FLOOR Both Houses of Congress Are StirrpfJ by pjscussjo ; of Prohibition , SCRIPTURE IS QUOTED Introduction of Wine Recipes, Scripture, Poems and Gen eral Criticism Occu ' pies Senate-' WASHINGTON, Marc 10. (By Associated Press.) The pro hibition question agitated congress again today with discussions in both, the senate and house, punc tuated by bitterness and laughter. Centering on the value of a newspaper poll in progress on the question of modification, the day brought forth introduction of a resolution calling for a nationwide referendum on modification, Scrip tural quotations, references to George Washington's beer recipe, a recipe for a Manhattan cocktail, a lengthy poem entitled "Ode to a Cherry,' criticisms of the activi ties of enforcement agents, per sonal exchange between Senator Bruce, democrat,' Maryland, and Senator Glass',4 democrat; Virginia, another difference over senate rules' between' ' "Vice President Dawes and' Senator Reed, demo crat, 'Missouri,; and mention of the cost of the Congressional Record. The house expended approxi mately three and one half hours (Contimned ton page 8.) D'AUTREMONT IS SEEN? ;'-':, v ... -i TRAIN BaJn'DIT IS THOUGHT SPIED IX REDDING ! REDDIXG.rCaL, March lO.- (By Associated. lfeBs) A man believctf"t6 be Roy D'Autre wont, (oner of three brothers who are' wanted for the hold up of a Southern Pacific train near the4 California-Oregon Hue On 0ctober 'li 1023, and the murder of four trainmen, was said by thi police to have vis ite4 Redding yesterday. Police Officer Dartd Pickings said thai he had -happened upon the suspect In", a restaurant and when the nian saw him he rush ed from the "place, leaving his meal unfinlshel and escaped. Ife, is supposed to have left the town on a freight train. r-- i - dances must pay the MAKE THIS WEEK YOUR ' PRIZE WlNNING WEJEK NO " R E A L LT SYSTEIATIC 1 WORK HAS BEEN DOXE YET A Tliorough, House-to-House Can- vassfls Necessary, Per- sonality Wins HONOR ROLL, TODAf Mrs. Ralph. Skopjl. . Mrs. H. B. Hayre. Mrs. Mary Regirabal. 1 2 3 By Auto Contest Editor ... The race for the $125 Atwater Kent radio comes to a close Sat urday, March 20, at 8:30 p. m. There are many- of the can didates even in this race now go ing on. As the special prize-race progresses from day tq day there are about five or? six who are so close together tha$ there can hard ly be -a' ho ice of winners. When it comes1 to the final night. March 20, I am wondering who it really will be.' 'The results accomplished 'are wonderful. Not a candidate on the large list but advanced his or her various total toward win ning a point. , In the second place, the special prize r ace shows a game of cross question on the part of the can didates. In nearly every Instance ,the leaders in the city secured the 'majority of their . subscriptions .from outside of town in the coun try, right under the nose of the country candidates. And the out-of-town candidates did the same thing. They came in town and secured subscriptions right In front of the city candidates. That shows that not a single candidate in the contest has made a syste matic effort to win as yet. It Shows that rather than make a systematic effort to convass the territory as it comes along, they are jumping along and grabbing subscriptions here and there with the result that a lot of valuable times. Js being spent in jumping from orie territory to another-' This' weeTt Is the i.r6al test -of- etrength, so: you should go at it 4 ' . : . ' f Cnnlmaen an par 31 SOVIET SELLS CLOTHES i - - -; n 121 CORSETS - AND 600 PAIRS SHOES GO BEGGING LENINGRAD, Russia, March 10. (By Associated Press)-: Tne local soviet authorities continuing their liquidation of the properties of the czarist regime, have placed on the market 124 corsets and 600 pairs of shoes once worn by the ladles (of the imperial court. About ' one tenth the original prices are asked, but' so far there have been no takers, since the ar ticles are at least 20 years behind the styles. The corsets date largely from Victorian times, while the shoes were stylish during, the earliest years of the present century. fiddler BE SviRt AND -rrit. US TO vote Tomorrow E. C. UTIEf) First Christian Church Pas tor to Preach First Ser mon March 21 PRESENT WORK LAUDED Ruiit Ponca City Congregation From 30Q to 12Q0 Members Dring Five Years Ser , Vice There With a record of building his church in Ponca City, Oklahoma, from 300 to 1200 members in his five and one half years' pastorate there, Rev. E. C. Whitaker, called to the First Christian church. Salem, recently will arrive hereon March 19 and will preach his first sermon on Sunday, March 21. He will undertake the duties relinquished by Rev. J. J. Evans, now in charge of church work in California, with headquarters at Los Angeles. Respected as' was Rev. Evans, his successor seems well fitted for service here. The following letter has been received from the board of the First Christian church. Ponca City: "Brother E. C. Whitaker has been pastor of the church for the past five and one half years. Dur ing his pastorate, the church has grown" from 300 members to 1200 members. "The former small 1 frame (Continued on pag 6.) AGED HERMrrlaURDERL RECLUSE, 70, IS KILLED BY1 BLOW FROM HAMMER TACOMA, March 10. (By As sociated Press.) Sherman Tay lor, 70, a religious recluse, today was found murdered by an un known person Who killed his vic tim with one blow of a hammer. Taylor lived in a'small shack in a clump t)f brush a short dis tance from the home occupied by his widowed sister-in-law, Mrs. E. E. Taylor. T When Taylor failed to appear on time for breakfast she went to his shack and found him dead, his body, with a large hole crushed in the back of his head lying across the bed. Taylor's own hammer, stained with blood, lay on the floor.'. Police were unable to as cribe any motive other than rob bery on a suspicion that the aged recluse had, money or valuables concealed about his shack. He bad nothing of the kind, bis sister-in-law said. ' ' EIRE SWEEPS HUGE SHIP ..,;, - )CBAN LINER IS GUTTED; LOSS OVER OXE MILLION 1 U X. . j , NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 10. f By ' Asspciated Press.) Fri ; swept 'through ' the palatial tlnited States liner America today as she lay at her berth at the SjafiT-of - thej Newport News ship bnil'ding and' dry dock- company, gutting three decks and damaging thefsVTh loss was - estimated bijreeh ."one to ; two million dol lars; "but n'ol loss of life resulted flthd&gh 230-members cf the crew tt'ero aboard, when the fire started J The"AmericaT'which registers 21,000 tona, had' just been , recon ditioned throughout at a , cost of approximately halt a million dol iars' and was to have been deliver cdi ttJ her rownera tomorrow to leave -In tthe ''alternoon for; New York. She wafc tq haveisailed from iCew York Warch 24l'and 500 pas sengers had ""been signed for the trip. fj, ' ;M-' -iV COAL MINE JS. SEARCHED RESCUE .CREWS SEEK FIVE I ' 3iE Hfisixo rx; shaft ; ' ECCIES. W Va-.; March 1 10.-; I ByJ Associated Press- Officials of the state department of mines and of the Crab Orchard Improve ment company, w'ith volunteer workers :were i tonight gradually forging ahead in. the tedious .task 'it penetrating the 'distant work Inia of the No. 5 mine of the Craa Orchard compaay In an effort ta o'cate "two of the five men still uut accohnted for, and' who,; It is be lieved,' may be found aliye. Twenty-nine - men were brought out ative vyrbije fourteen' bodies have been recovered., . . ' ' KW P ASTOH fN ':' PREG0N RANCHER WON; j DIVORCE, ASKS REWARD CYRUS 8HIPMRV OF RIDDLE SUING FOR $ 1 00,000 Mrs. Catherine Thorne Said To Have Promised Reward - If Successful CHICAGO. March 10. (By As sociated Press). Mrs. Catherine Thorne, widow of William" C Thorne, " former vice 'president of Montgomery Ward r & Co., Is charged with having offered $100,000 to a man who could ob tain a divorce' for ; William C. "Billy" Camp in a declaration filed today in the $100,000' jsuit of Cyrus R. Shipman against Mrs. Thorne " ' ' ''; Vs Mrs. Thorne married Camp less than 1Q days after he was di vqreed from Mjis.; Ellta 'Proctor Otis Camp. 'k noncommittal prae cipe In - "Shipman ts suit has been on file for two years. " Shipman, formerly a: rancher of Riddle, Ore gon;' charged" that In '1918 Mrs. Thorne agreed to give nim 1,000 sbarep' of class - "A" preferred stock of the mail order firm to obtain, a divorce for Camp-i - t- ' - Mrs. Camp, who now- lives in Pelham, N. Y.,' and 'was 'lonce a well known actress, had filed suit for -divorce in New York asking $1,000 a month alimony but did not press the ,' action.' Shipman said he went to New York and ob tained an ' alimony settlement whereby MrsJ Camp was) to re ceive 200 a month. The alimony, he. said, was to be paid by- Mrs. Thorne to Mrs. Camp and was guaranteed f or six , years J by the American Surety company, by a bond of $15,000, The Cimp.di vorce was signed in, June., J99, and soon ' after Camp and I Mrs. Thorne were married but Ship man said he has never been abl to-obtain be stock, , o A few days ago a deputy sheriff filed an affidavit declaring: he had been . unable to. obtain j service upon Mrs. Thorne when 'he went1 to her homo, to serve notice of the suitJ: Mrs. Thorne. filed Jan ' an swer denying she attempted to evade service. The case is; set for trial April 1. Less than two andl a half years after she -niarrled Camp, Mrs. Thorne filed suit fpr1 d ivorce charging he had ' been guilty of misconduct ' with "John ny" Walker, a motion picture act ress,' who she 'claimed Camp had installed in a home in Hollywood. Cal. --.-c? r ; -f . :.-y. - v f ?:- ' : On the day Mrs. Hhorne was granted her decree. Camp married Mrsl'" Walker with whom .she' Is said to be now living! In Beverly1 Hills. Cal. V , . j THYE PEFEATS KArlASICK pOrtl.xi wrestler! w;ixW 1 -from "russian liox' " . l-: -' T r;r.r:i.-sirt1r rj'-:f 1 ' PORTLAND, Ore.. TVIareh ,10.4 ( By Associated Pressl ) Ted Thye, Portland light heavjrweight wrestler, ' won ' two - out of three falls 'from Al Karasick. of Oak-' land, here tonlghtf- KarasIck took; the fiwt; fall pi Jive ipfnjites four seconds with a reverse headlock.' Thyewon the second in-:35. sec onds with "a wristlock arid head scissors and the third In 1 8 v min ifies with a wristlock, V. ; v . -. j - ...f, ;. ry 44- -ri ri PETITION' 11 ciRCULATEi ASKi IXG HIM TO EXTER RACE i y-.-4 " , y: ' Petitions were-placed lnclrcu-; latlon j,nere Wednefeday j' urging T'A' Livesley, prominent l'ho deaiervjjto i. make i-.tbf i race fqi mayor of Salem at the next munir cipal election; Mr. LIvesley has not yet giv$n any Intimation as to whether he would, accept the of: flee even though he Is assured of slijht opposjtion. - - ' - '.' STATE'S PREP STIRS TO ii: Annual Tournament Opens at 3 Tpday hen Raker i; -' apd ftstoHa Meet 3 '1 i SALEM $ rACf FRIDAY Schedule ts Redrawn, Leaving Po sition of Many-Teams Un-! ' .... .. . .. .. f . , , . changed; Climax Comes ". ' - V, " ion' Saturday . . - By Don Deckebach 'Oregon ' high school basketball stars go into action tod a.y in the opening of the annual spring tourl nament at 3 p. m. when Baker and Astoria open -in the first play of the series on Willamette floor. -' ' r. Local interest becomes focussed' tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock when Salem high school players take on j Hillsboro stars, i From then pn until the climax Saturday evening, games are separated only by hours. t. j , .,: All drawing "and preparations are now definitely fixed for the tournament. -, After a recommen dation of the board that the sched ule should be re-drawn, doubt as to the team o play Grant high of Portland was put aside. ' f - The'second draw was performed" by Baker, and was witnessed by the . five coaches of teams now in the clty.-.-vt -I.;-," j-;., i! .v. An incident in the drawing that brought comment was the fact that six teams Salem, Baker, 'Hills' boro; Eugene, ' The paces' and ' A s toria -again drew fhe same, op ponents as in the first dray, while Grant will play Medford. and Mc Laughlin --and Marsbfield , Will' tangle. . ' ,.. . ,. ',' . '' The other regular flight will continue as before. Last ye at Medford also played the Portland team' in the first round. , " T ' , The schedule of games as ar ranged now to accord with the last draw are as follows: ' , ." ' , Baker and Astoria will meet lu the opening game at t P mi, today;'- the : McLaughlin-Marshfield bout will come at 4 p. ro.; "ledford and Grant wilf ' open he evening game at 7:30 and the last Thurs day game will be between Eugene and The Dalles. Salem 'will 'play ftiih&oro tomorrow it 9 2 p a. . m. All teams wjsre expected in by last night. The 'Dalle came in yesterday morning. .". . , j The local team a record pis year v (Coatlaa4 a pip 7.)V " ' ' , v ...... COL; C00LIDGE IS BETTER ...... . ,. '.r.v PRESIDENT'S FATHER ISj IM- Rfyixp, PIIYSICIAXS SAY '. PLYMOUTH,, Vt ? 'March 10 (By Associated Press.) Improve ment In the condition of Colonel John CCooiidge,, father "ofj the" rederiC was reported ! tonight, br.' Albert W. Cram, the colonel'a physician said that pain inj the lower afcdqmen had subsidedi the patienj tas; yery eopif6rtable," and there was no immediate cause for-alarm':' . Tte doctor did, not come, to Plymouth' today,; confin- ing' his; watch oyer Colonel pool tjlgelto ffequent telephone all3. He will visit him tomorrow; 'In the last four; days", Colonel Cpoiidge, ijl fqr several mbqth.? and with his 'legs paralyzed by a" heart. affection,' has had consiuer ble'more painj Dr. Cram report ed, arid his appetite had not be-on op' tp the usual standard, j Eyt sedatives helped to remove Lis discomfort, and, today the arje tite was improved. ' Wednesday In Vciliintcn Prohibition was debate ! id Lot a. tbe bppse and senate. - 1 ." " .. i .. . , i -7-, f - . j . The senate agricultural con rr. It tee favorably ; reported tlx tzirx and tores try measures. ' ! ' .; . , - i':'.--. - . . !.'..." - The honse agricultural cor.r-'u tee; continued; its hearing cn t' j crop surplus .-pretlem. ' f The : Chicago ' sanitary d!s water diversion casa waa cr; inhe supreme ccyrt. tr . Rppominatloa cf Hunt of-Iowa to U.a ppmtnLisIcin was ccf T, 1 )