i 4 I -
- . - T f
5 :
k. - -"V ' ,i I I 1 i 1 i A. Jk. ' i Jk. m i I "VJ
r
V,.- ' . -5- w
SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
i SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Projnisefl Crime 'Exposure
SPECKEEIIS
DEE PLANS
COL. COOLIDGE SINKING
SALEM HI FIVE
Attracts 300 to Armory
i w i i i ' ' X k ' '.:,v i iV- , s
-, 1 -l t i.:
Hen's bi T0rTitoTy,w"Rearics H- S
1 trtKlucirtg Judge W. N. "Ualexis fis principal Speaker .
'S "V.
at Referendum ftleet .
1 - I
- ill r i no
iinnrrumn nnnu.
BR1
I Jil l VIII III I II II
BEiCllTllEF
l
f Is...
ri-
5;
Kane of Justice of Supreme
4 I -;! i .
w . ... I . ..' !
t;ouais suggejxca in-j
y iWdof .VCimaht ! :
MOVEMENT 1$ LAUNCHED
SXcCaqaant's JCQmlnticm Injected
by Beato Ja41olMT Com- i
- mttte; CooUdj e- - f fi'
1 jminl Action j !;
Xorta that the i senate judiciary
committee had returned anS id
Terse report on President Cool
idge's Bominatiatf of Wallace! A(c
Camant of Portland aa a judge, of
the .Ninth circuit court, a pioire
ment was launched here teday to
hare President pooli3'ithdrkw
the nomination of Mr. McCaJljant
and recommend tothe aenate4 the
selection of ' John ' I. I(and.' J ustice
of the Oregpnr supreme courts for
the posiuon. ' - a : I
f 4the national comrentlon At .whlcb
m r : . 1-
1 4 iPresIdent Coolidre was- nominated
'fjf for Tice oresident. -Prior to com
ins io iMiem juaiice nana urea
at Baker.
. 1 : fir
WASHINGTON,
March 11.
! ( By Associated Press. )
-President
Coolidge lost ground today In his
battle tor. senate ,'conflrmatiou of
a Judicial, appointment for. Wl
lace - McC&mant : of Oregoa. -
launched the hief executive Loa
his jaatlona political 1 career 1 pj
placing; his .name 4n .nomination
for the -Tice presidency in 1920
With three ; members yet ' to be
heard i fromi the, senate judiciary I
' eor vtw yoted .19 "to-8 -r against
a."i9ykble report on the nomina
tion v WcCamant, . who' now f is
' senrinjr'On the Ninth circuit bench
under m recess appointment .made
last summer. QX-tii three com
mitteemen yet, to rote,, one isjcer
tain to cast his "ballot -agaEst . con
firmation.. 4 - ; : ; !
Uirofficial accounts were .that
Senators Golf, Ernst and Deneen,
rotlng for McCamant. Thoee; bp-
tkuiinr warn rnalrmaif rnmmlni
nd Senators Bbrah and Means,
republicans, and thi seren demo
crats on the! committee. J I !
With such) an OTerwhelmlns: Tote
in the- committee, administration
leaders generally conceded that
there was little hope that the sen
ate would act f arorably. ' Some
hare suggested that' the president
withdraw the nomination, but; the
White House has announced that
Mr. Coolidge will insist on senate
action. Senator Johnson, republi
can, California, initiated the fight
on Judge McCamant.
s!
RURAL BUREAU TO MEET
chamber; . OP COMMERCE
GROUP TO CONFER TUESDAY
: I r n
A meeting of the rural depart
ment of the Salem Chamber j of
Commerce will be held 'next
Thursday eyening at; 8 o'clock1 in
the auditorium of the chamber.
Prunes , wrlll be the , principal
tooic of discussion " Prof. "Walter
j Sheldon Brown of the hortlcul
k turn) ifenarf rriaat it flrcrnn 'Aeri-
- --
A valtural college will be present to
f f explain what the college is plan-
ning to do i in the way of 'expert-'
f "mentine to find out the way to in
crease the vitality of prune'trees.
Prof. C. E. Schuster, also 6f the
horticultural department of the
college, will report on the ex
perimenting already done. , H I
k HAZEL. BROWNE ? I
- , Haiet Btowne, teacher of Eng
lish at the Salem high school; Six
yea ib, in the Salem school system
Graduate of Reed College at. Port
land.! Summer school sessions at
the University ! of Oregon. I ,Waa
honor student I at Reed college
Has coached class debate, and1 a
number of plays for - the high
' school- Marked for, her ability to
'cooperate with students and to get
their : unanimous response - for
Who's Who
Salem - Publio NSclioWs "1
' . , - r - i
, . . TMaurttara" 1 .' '. '
. .1 : - i - --.. .I; '
1 Salem's interest in the vitaT
Volstead act was aptly Illustrated last niirht when a .s.oaht .300
persons gathered together in an amused igrpup.on. one", side
of jth expensive aiem x ;
i One half of that number were obrious curiosity feeekers,"
one quarter -were distinctly dry, leaving the remainder con
scientiously wet.' ; . v
i in au, mere may nave Deen juv. ;
.Only the ight bef orethe main floo of the armory nd
GENERAL BUTLER DENIES
hOSrtlTAt-lty IS VlOLAtEO
gIMPILY POWOWEJD ;JRE5UIA-
I nONS,w OFFICER ; SAYS
Guests Declare Colonel Williams
JXm XaL Intoxicated at
!l ' Pinner, "''
t,OS ANGELES, March 11.
(By Associated , Press. ) A rlgpr-
oua ' denial ' that - he - committed a
breach: of hospitality In bringing
charges of intoxication and df con
duct unbecoming an officer and .a
gentleman, -against! Cel. Alexander
Williams was -made here tonight
by General Smedly r. Butler, com
mander of the United States Ma
rine base at San Diego.
fit was all according to naval J
regulations I simply followed,
naval regulations," ne , declared.'
The case Is almllar .to hundreds
fhajt occurred in the paat jandwere
regarded as erery day Incidents.'
The ; officer, who a ahort time
prior to the . tecnnical arrest oi
Colonel Williams had been a guest
in jthe latter's home Insisted that
he 1 was not . accountable to any
rpies of hospitality, in that "the
unfortunate j Incident t the alleged
intoxication qf CoL-Williams) oc
curred in a public hotel .where he
was not ,a guest xit this of fleer."
Earlier in .the dfty General But
ler Issued -a fprmal .written state
ment in which he said that Col
onel Wllllamf was. not arrested In
his own heme, but nade no allu
sions to aval regulations prompt
ing the action. ; , i 4
SAN JIEGO. March 11. (By
Associated Pre83.J--r Although the
impression-among; nary aud -marine
'officers -today was that the
court -martial -of Col. Alexander'
Willianis of "the marine corps.
by : Brigadier General
Smedley D. Bytler, with In toxica
Vtuntaa on pmif 4)
RESEMBLAtiCE IS NOTED
MXSSIXG 'VALET - THOUGHT TO
MA.VE BEEN 'KILLED
I THOMPSPNVILLE, Conn., Mch.
1 1.- By Associated Press. Re
cently published, pictures, of Ed
ward f. .Sands, missing valet of
William. , .Desmond Taylor, slain
Los Angeles motion picture direc
tor, strongly resemble an unidenti
fied man- buried : in Warehouse
Point jlate in ; February, 1922, was
the opinion expressed tonight -by
John E. Mooney. undertaker of
that place. A nation-wide search
has .heen made for Sands in con
nection wiib the unexplained mot
der of ! Taylor. -Undertaker Moon
ey .aid that the body of the uni
dentified man was found in a snow
bank in ajnold soon after the znur
der 4n Los Anseles. . - :
Im Dressed with the resemblance
at thai time, the undertaker com
municated with J. M. . Ellis of
Warehouse Point; then a member
of the state police and a finger-
print, expert Inspected ,the body
on two occasions before it was
buried. Nothing came of this -in
vestigation, Mooney . said..
Writer is fiaiiE Vicriw
XEWS man .ox aix riKixiox is
KUXED BX 4BOPELLQlt ,
JTAIBBANKS, s Alaska.. March
il.-i (By AssocQclated . Press.)
Palmor Hutchinaona hews writer
of The North American Newspaper
Alliance, accompanying atf Arctic
expedition o CUtaJn C,Qrge'H.
Wilkins, was killed here today
when j a propellor of . an airplane
cnoppea urougn , nis oouy. . . .. h
' Despite shouts of warning J)y
companions '; Hutchison ;. wJked
Into the whirling propellor -of the
big three engine -ship" potrplter
which Captain WUklns plans -to
fly over the Arftic wastes from
Point Barrow to .-Spitsbergen. The
blade came down on .Hutchison's
shoulder, slicing through his-body,
The accident happened after the
Detroiter and the Alaskan, a single
engine plane, had beep cbrlsteped.
Their motors had been started -for
the first time. . , " ---.
issue txf inodification of the
; "
tne balcony aaa oeen- crsuwnea ,oy
persona . interested enough to pay
good money to see Aiy-, Taylor
Ugh Phil -Bayes. , s ;
, iOnly f ew weeks irlier, 1,500
persons h ad "been interested
enough to .come out Ja K driring
rain to hear. Jv touPiOf; old men
piayfthe scags of their -fathers.
One thousand, seren hundred per
sons returned for the second, eve
ning' of ula -rash toned ,-Bif ? -r
' And the armory was papked to
capacity when John Philip' Sousa
came with hia- band. - .
' But lasi night, there were only
300 ! persona interested enough, to
come out to hear the "notorious
violations of , the constitutional
rights of ther jpeople .exposed,
. "Heil'a dry tewlt6ry, but heav
en's wetVdeclared H. H. Stallard,
m anager jot the "Oregon Prohlbi
tlon Referendum Corporation, in
iu ft k 1 n ; introductory f .remarks
prior to introducing; -Judge W- J
Gatens, speaker of the evening.
: Mr.s Stallard cited the Bible in
an attempt to prove the statement.
High Mghts of his .Ulk follow:
"Prohibiten .has destroyed the
constitution aui disorganized our
social system. . - iti tv
The prohibition -bunch ' have
buried the constitution from POO
end to the other.; They ,are, seek
ing to Intimidate you; they t
tempt to terrorise ...ypuj they would
make you afraid .to mpve. ,
'There' are': thousands and
thousands of persons who would
have attended this meeting 4fithey
had not been ;" afraid -to come,
aaid, the v would. bef BpteQuomA.
afraid hey would IKspotted.
"Working - together they hae
killed "practically all tho -personal
liberty glve.j -you -byvpi tonstltu-
tioni No-country can stand when
ts moral -foundation is all out of
line.' " - :
People who drlhk are the most
advanced In the world. The
American people wattt, light wines
and beer. If they want something
stronger, -they're oihg to -have it
We'll have Boston tea parties
right, here in Oregon,; . .
And while he talked the audi
ence of less than S00,. laughed.
and whistled, occasionally ap-
(Ceo tin (ad m vf.9.)
1 ! U-X, U COULD pot -j Cr,A
.Mi , I OUT A LITTLE M Bo0Y, yV&7
New Willarnirtte Director t)f
Athletics Presented to
Tournament Fans
DRILLEt) ROOK ELEVEN
Fresbjnan Football .Coach At. Col
lege Unanimously Chosen
PoUawing Uthbnn's
ReconUnestdatfon
Spec Keene was introduced be
tween halves of the Grant-Medford
game Thursday night as the new
director of athletics at Willamette
university. Spec comes to Wil
lamette from Oregon Agricultural
college where he has been serving
as coach of the freshman football
squad.
:'Juy L. Rathbun. resigning coach
at Willamette, Jintroduced gpec to
the i audience as "the man who
will -direct the affairs of the state
tournament for next year." A
spontaneous volley of cheers re
sponded to . the Introduction.
Spec Keene waa formerly coach
ed by Rathbun, and was heartily
recommended for the position by
him. ' " A
"I know of ;ho man who would
be better for Willamette than
Keene," declared Rathbun, "under
existing .conditions. It is with
wholeheartedness I -have recom
mftnded hhn ... f or; the position.. It
was largely through Coach Rath
bun's influence j that Keene was
picked or. the position." i , v j
"i Keene . was , recommended : tor
coach; by the permanent athletic
. ,t .... , .
V4!
iiaS. PATTERSON bEAD
J ,. i. i
MOTHER OPi STATE SENATOR
DIES IX INDEPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE. Ore.. March
11. (By Associated Press). -
Mrs. P. A. Patterson, 85. mother
or State Senator I. L. Patterson,
and pioneer resident of Oregon,
died at her home here today.
Mrs. Patterson was born in
Missouri in 1841 and crossed the
plains to Oregon in 1853 with
her parents who first settled in
Benton county, Oregon. She was
the mother of 10 children, nine
of whom survive.
THE CRITIC!
(Reprinted by Request.)
Dispute Arises In House In
. volving Jurisdiction Over
Columbia River
EXPERTS ARE CALLED IN
Advocates and Opponents of Pro
, posed Longview-Ralnier Proj
c ': ect Advance Pointed
Argument?!
' WASHINGTON, March 11.
(By Associated Press.) A dis
pute involving the question of
state, federal or local jurisdiction
over the Columbia river developed
today in a hearing by a public
commerce sub-committee on ad
visability of constructing a toll
bridge connecting Longview,
Wash., and Rainier, '. Ore.
. Proponents of a bill by Rep
resentative Johnson, republican,
Washington to grant consent of
congress to private interests to
construct the bridge urged the
project as a necessary link in the
coastal highway system. Oppon
ents, appearing at the end of an
all day session, asserted that the
structure would interfere with
ocean commerce and destroy com
mercial prosperity of the Colum
bia river valley.
- The opposition centered about
the contention of port of Portland
Officials that with the expenditure
of $22,000,000 on river improve
ments, the city of Portland should
have a voice in deciding on pro
posals that might interfere with
the chief commercial interests of
that t region. Representatives
Crumpacker and Hawley and re
publicans, Oregon, urged that an
other site be selected and that the
contracts not be granted to .pri
vate Interests.
At the end of the hearings, it
was decided -to call Major General
Harry Taylor, chief ;Of army en
gineers, before' the subcommittee
to' decide the .question on .which
the .'controversy of the day
hlnged-whethey. the .bridge
height as specified in the proposed
contract will give clearance ; to
oceangoing, vessels carrying on .a
river commerce.
Johnson appeared in favor . of
(Cbot!amd on pas 6.)
PLYMOUTH, "tM March 11.
(By Associated Press,)- A dose
watch was being kept tonight at
the bedside of Colonel John C.
Coolidge, father of the president.
Jr. Albert W. Cram, liis physician,
who arrived earlier in the evening,
expected to stay until midnight
and possibly' all night. Dr. Cram
did not add to his previous state
ment that the colonel was weaker
DOES YOUR TIME MEAN
MONEY? If So Act Now
SEND IN YOUR NAME AND BE
ON THE PKIZK LIST ' "'
-- nir in -
You Can Make It Pay You Well By
Entering JXhia Circulation
Contest
HONOR ROLL TODAY
1. Helen PhUlips.
2. John II- Fee. Jr.
3. Mrs. Leo Gronke.
By Auto Contest Editor
The old expression "Time is
money" can be proven to every
one's satisfaction by stopping to
consider the advantages now
placed before every person in Sa
lem and the surrounding terri
tory. The fact that in most cases time
is not money and that it is left
for a few to make use of their
spare time, should bring many
more people o the realization or
the fact tht.'tlme could be made
Into money" by entering the
Statesman's big circulation con
test and wja&Iag the $1115 Dodge
Sedan, , which' wiir be awarded as
the grand prize of the contest, the
Chevrolet Turing, the 'Ford Tour
ing, .Electric Washing Machine;, or
one of the other valuable cash
prizes.
The winning of any one of these
prizes would be well . worth any
one's spare moments. A Dodge
(Continued on pa;e C)
Thursday
In Washington
France reopened debt .funding
conversations.
The 1343,000,000 army bill was
passed by the senate, j.
m -,,'.-.- . ,"
. The senate ordered an invest!- i
gation.of the tariff commission.
. r The house accepted the senate
amendments to the Muscle shoals
resolution. " ,
., ' i. .,.., m -.v
Attorney Generar Sargent -was
inclined .to ; oppose amnesty for
Eugene V. Debs.-.
V;.'-. . ;; ; .. j j .. : ,
I Secretary jjardlne 'was accused
by Representative Kincheloe, dem
ocrat, Kentucky, of 'rabbit track
ing" on farm legislation.
The senate "iudlclary committee
voted . against - the .nomination of
Wallace McCammant of Oregon,
to. be .a federal circuit judge. ,
.A resolution 4for withdrawal of
American recognition from Mexico
was "introduced by Representative
Boy land, democrat, New " York. '
in an asnal, but it was evident
that he was alarmed.
Dr. Cram .notified the president
by telephone tonight that through
his physician. Major F. Coupal,
that Colonel Coolidge was losing
ground. A force of men was
working at the snow filled road to
the railroad station in Ludlow in
anticipation ; of President Cool-
idge's coming here. At present
there is -only, a one-way passage
through the snow. j "
BOTTOM DROPS OUT OF
RIVER; CRATER FORMED
;;: ; -''' .7 ' ; ( , r.
PIT WITH DIAMETER OF 300
' FEET LOOMS SUDDENLY j
No Explanation -Given of Phenom
enon; Sulphur Fumes Now :
Surround Crater
SHARON; SPRINGS, -Kansas,
March 11. ( By Associated Press)
The bottom continued to drop
out of the bed of the .Smoky Hill
river : near here -and tonight the
ground was still sinking although
its motion had' slowed 'up some
what. A hole slightly over 300
feet in diameter has formed in the
river bed since -yesterday morning.
Its depth is not known as it is
partly filled with water that had
rushed in when the -crater began
forming, but some estimates run
as high as 500 feet.
The cause ' of the phenomenon
remained a mystery - tonight, Al
though many theories had .been
advanced. R. C. Moore, state-geologist,
attributed if to under-!
ground, caverns left when a strat
um of limestone had been dis
solved. This, it 'Was pointed out,
however, does not explain the pe
culiar edor; of sulphur that .many
have noticed around the crater
One theory that has been advanced
is that it is an old volcano show
ing signs of life. ;.' j
The yawning crater is drinking
tvontiane4 on- pag Z)
WRINKLES GIVE CONCERN
"TIRED BUSINESS WAN, SEEKS
"PLASTIC SU1-GEON
CHICAGO. March 11 (By As
sociated Press. --Chicago's ""tired
business men" make up forty per
cent of the -clientele- of plastifc
surgeons. Dr. Leon Bufourmen
hel, sent to - America by 'the
French government to study Am
erican beauty parlor methods, has
discovered. ? .. , '
"In France," said the--doctor,
".women take advantage of this
great jiew art. "Bat the men, no.;
They do not worry about their
own wrinkles." ..."
FIRE LOSSES $435,965
MONTH'S PARTIAL .TOTAL
LISTS FIFTY ONE BLAZES
i ' Fire losses In -the -state -of Ore--
gon, exclusive lof Portland, during
the niotith of -February aggre
gated, 443 5,9 6S.K 5, according to a
report -prepared -Thursday by Will
Moore state -fire marshal. There-
were a -total -of 61; flres reported.
.14 of which -were farm dwellings
and contents.' . - " ' - '
-1 The- thoBt disastrous -f If e waa -at
North Bend where a mill was de
stroyed with a loss estimated at
$300,000: v --i 1
Locals Open With Hillsboro
' Tossers at 9:30 In
AVillamette Gym
SECOND GAME PROBABLE
Upsets .Mark Opening Day of State
Basketball Tournament; Dope vj
Favors Chance- of '"
- i . - -Locals. ' - v !-:
By Don Deckebach :
' -' Salem high school basketball
players will be seen in action ia,
the state tournament for the first
time this morning at' SO o'clock,
when the local five : ta kes on the
Hillsboro tossers. In the final
games of .Salem's regular sched
ule her scoring machine func
tioned accurate and ' fast. The
team ranks among the strong
est contenders for honors. ; . j
The - turn of things yesterday
made the fans' realize, anything
may happen., . Astoria, beat' Baker
and . McLaughlin whipped Marsh
field in the last few seconds of
play. The Astoria-Baker upset
was not expected and the locals
may have to step to get by the sec
ond game if the first is passed ia
safety. .. : j
Today at 10:30 a. m. Astoria
and McLaughlin will meet, with
Astoria holding a slight edge. , t j
In the evening at 7:30 Grant
and Eugene will trussle. This
promises to be a ,i;al .game and
the outcome 4s blank .as far - ai
dope goes. ' Salem high will again
go into action tonight, if sbv
wins In theondng jga'me, against
the winner of the 10:30 Astoria
McLaughlin game.1 From presenf
indications there is little reason;
why Salem should not reach the
finahvand if -ahe does,' -Eugene. or
Grant will possibly be iier oppon-J
ent. . - - - . v - T" - , r ,
This afternoon will be spent on
the iSecond -series) ;The' 2ip. in,'
game -will "be played by Marsh
field and Baker, the 'outcome not
doubtful, while the next game will
be -the Medford-The Callea bout,1
with Medford .the favorite. At 4
p .m. the losers of this morning's
game will -play again for honors,
COLEMAN IS ELECTED '
, BEND, Ore., March 11 (AP)'
W. J. Coleman was elected toi
the Bend city council tonight suc-i
ceedlng Kenneth -B. Well who reJ
signed. . - .. . . -. . .- ' A'- '
N ' STOKES TO "WED - Vj
.'-.'. : - - ,. -a:.. f
NEW Y6RK. March H.-Jarnta
Graham .Phelps Stokes,' who io&4
tained a divorce from Rose Pastor
Stoke.8, noted'ocialUt worker, cii
Sept. 17, 1925. today obtained ' a
license to marry Miss Lettlce Lee"
Sands.' 33. r ilr, Stokes gave his
ago ;as 53. . ' , - '
First
In Sport
Nezcs Always
Two expert writers arc
covering the state high
school basketball -'tourn-:
.ament at Willamette uni
versity - for Statesman
.readers. - . .' , - .. : .
Don - Deckebach
' Editor -.-of the Clarion
p r e s e nts "authoritative
. signed .stories daily, ; i
William Warren
iOTiQS.c. gipwlede rc-f tha t
j same has revealed'
in the Statesman's spcrt .
' s u p r emacy thrcr hcut
; the season gives addition
al protection.. ,
Rccd'tlidv' -
i . Every :D;
-ft
t
t.1
tasks assigned.' - i i.
Se:
sy s w