V - . ... 3, ' -" t - - i -M mil .' ' - i I'" SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR k f SAIJZIrOIirGOJ-TUESDAY HORNING, APRIL 20, 1926 ; . f ; . ; r- LOWCE FIVE CENTS' "A J ' ' II I p lf",,Ml'Pyi"i"'y"""f?yf HI I ) M 1 ' II W Bi I . II. I.I. I I A - !L f r A V. ;i i' : -, V , . . i U , . 1 u-JI l . -UJ ; L -4f.t..-LrJf.; mrl , , , . ; j. i ' . .. . 4 ; ? , r " . j - . . - "" - , " - - jl ' ' 1 -, " " ' i L ' ; I-;-..' -i - . ' . . '. . , . : 4 m - . "ft EASY BilLDT, !,.. ".,- ITEOSIII 7 , .- V : t j President Ccc!!dne Makes PleafcrEYcrycne.to Exl-: ; ercisa Franchise PAR SOCIETY ADDRESSER atlpflai UxecutlTe Declares Sjrs " tern of ,OoVernment Iinperflec I By KeVettee'Jp'CMt V .-' : xunot - WASHINGTON.' ApTU 19.-r(By AsBOciated Press. )--dt4zenlx!p in America U not ' prorate enterprise : bnt public tunctlox' President Coolidca c aald ? In n address j'to nlCht before the thlrty-fif Ui con- cress ot -the national society of toe Daughters, of the';-American ReTolatioa dnrinf vnlc be nrged the people to exercise a great in terest In their groyernment by go- V ' Ins to the polls 1 on election day. "The whole ' system of toTern r meat, asserted Crests on the bal lot box. - Vple&s dtlzent perform : 'their duties .there, such, a :system of Korernment ia. doomed to fail' i . Making a passing reference to law obserrsnce as it relates- to the . t duties of citizenship ; the presl- AitAA ht It MBat bei denied ;U tXCt511 pleaJot and glamor ot 'P1!.. fe the jnoral sense is' some- ' 1 ' "It cannot bd dlajktedt, be said; 'that , in too naay anarteri there is a lack of reTerence for author ity and of obedience to law.; Such occurrences are sporadic and pro duce their y&wit - remedy. When 'society finds 'that its lires and property ate in peril from erll does they will be anick .to organ- ; lie in parties for their protection. i That cannot fail to t done in our Own conntry. for out people as a ; whole are; thorouly law abid- . ; tag." .; r-' - The president held bowerer - that- It was not in Tlolence and crime that the greatest - danger tles for these' erlls are Quickly, ap . parent and could be suppressed. A lar more various danger, he said, lurks in the shirking of those je ? ; sponslblllties ot cltlienahip where . the eril may not be so noticeable . but Is more .insldaous and ' likely , to ba more detastating. - The address 1 was delirered on the annlTtrsary; of the battles 'of Concord and Lexington and.after referring' to theform of goyern- ; meat set up as a result of the rero- lutlon Mr. Coolldga aaid: ' ; . It- we are to keep our repre '. i Isentatlre'torm of gorernment and e i . - ' i (CoBtlaa4 frost pkgs 8) The Italian debt settlement was debated in the senate. J -. - The drys presented another list of witnesses opposing liquor law modification. y n administration asked' for further laws to ; lighten proUbi tlon. enforcement! John Philip Sousa outlined bis copyright troubles before , a Joint congressional committee. ; . '. - - 0 , i- - Attorney General, Sargent anT ftonneed the gorernment speui S 81,312 In prosecuting Senator ."Wheeler. . t .' : . y. ' j Secretary Jardtne adrqeated ' and the corn belt delegation op posed the Tlncher farm relief bill. t ' ThA senate asked tne snipping 5 fcoard to hold up sale of the aa . mlral Oriental line to the Dollar interests. : v 'yx ." ' The Daughters of the American ' IteTolutlon ' opeaed their conrcn; ? tlon' and were addressed by Pres ident CoolIi.sa. " Notllicallon was giren that the i United States would not particl - pate In the' Genera conference for iiisr.nsslnz wcrli court reserra- J. noonday i I la WcsHaston Molten Stream Pele, :Goddesd of ' the Volcano, Is Unappeased;, Native Town j Destroyed -Despite Sacrificial Of ferings of : , v Hawaiian; Eruption Continues; " ' ,11110, T. H., April 19. (By Associated Press.)-rThe native village' Hoopuloa lies under 50 feet of cooling lava to day, desp.ite the sacrifices of Hawaiians tp,Pele goddess of the volcano. The villagers off ered pigs,, herbs and distilled .liquor to Pele, bt the molten rock stream fjom Mana L6a rolled over the homes of the hundred inhabitants. , , A' .1 '' '1 "Some of the residents fled, in canoes to the. sea. i Others, warned by the clouds of smoke and steam had time 'to drfve flocks of t sheep to other villages, i A f ew jsaved some of their - ' TRAFFIC POLICE UrGED : ; iri busiwess sect tori DOUBLE I PARKING , MENACf! IUEXD TO WARRANT AC3TIOJI ' - i. - City CoRncllmes Discuss Problem t of Shopper Congested i ? District V Tbat the congestion at the In tersections ot. State and Commer cial streets and at SUte and lib erty streets Is serious enough, to demand the attention of traffic of ficers.' at least between 4 ' and 6 yclock ln: the aflernoon was the contention made at the city coun cil meeting Monday night by;Al derman M Dancy. ' Alderman E. S. Pnrrlne brought up the matter of congestion, I re-' marking that there; should, be some remedy tor double parking. He stated- that a car double park ing ln-; the business section will hinder tvo or three cars regular ly parked from tearing the-curb. ' Alderman George Thompson aak. whaJUhJSjahopper, waa to do If he or she could not double para. Ho declared a shopper would hare to park bla car flye blocks from the business district and: tote his groceries; that distance, because during the day such a thing as parking space is practically, nUMn the business section. s "The whole trouble comes from extending the parking limit from one hour, to two hours, declared Alderman Dancy. : 'fWe should go back to the old system of one hour parking. . , , Herchanta are taking an unjust (Coatiaacd mm pt S) CHARITY CARNIVAU SET CXJUNCTIj ENDORSES STREET SHOW. TO.HEXPPOOK Permission to use Church street between . ' Court and-State streets was granted to the Asso ciated Charities of Salem by the city council at Its -Monday night meeting, - Harry ilevy explained to, the council : that the - association Is sorely in need of funds to jrellere worthy .cases.. He' explained that the Browning amusement ; com pany. will -guarantee the associa tion. $200 net out of an amuse ment carnival as was held at the same location; last year. ' There will be a ferris wheel, .merry go round and. the. trimmings as In last year's carnival. The council, besides granting permission for the" benefit, voted to grant the amusement, company a license and to refund the' fee. The Associated Charities will get percentage of the receipts, but byithe guarantee can receive not less; than 9200.' This Is said to be more than 'was netted last year as the association's share. auiLDina week: opens APRIL'S HOME CONSTRUCTION . i - TOTAL IS RISING Six building permits were Issu ed Monday from the office of, city recorder... - Lawrence - Schnuelle took out a permit" to construct a one story dwelling at . 1620 Cen ter street at a cost of. $2300. George Thomason was Issued a permit to bund 'a one story dwell ing at 10 70 Tlr street, -to cost SI 4 00. i H. Snook received a per mit to erect a one story dwelling at 365 Owens street at a cost ot $2200. i ' ' Nora ; L. Anderson took out a permit ..to'. construct" a twq. story dwelling at 1491 Court street at a cost, of $6500.. A permit was given jo Mrs. Maria F Roberts to fepalr for $700':thf .fene ;stor7 dwelling at 1196 Court street R. C. Churchill took out a permit to build a oner story dwelling at 835 North 20th street at a cost of oiRccIt i I Village In Ruins smaii oeiongin gs. ; ? t Ab the red - hot i lara poured through the rlllage, it set fire to thej. S buildings and , corered. the iruinsiu.The beach' where the. na tlres hadJaunched .their fishing boats,; was oyered t'by1i smoking rock. '-j From, the se arose; clouds ot 'steam and. a roar ike the ex haust' ot a' thousand locombtlres a the lara ''formed a new prom ontory on the ocean bed. : ' Thousands "ot spectators f com. ing .by a'tttomobllea orer th orr ernment road which encircles the iskn4 of Hawaii iWlthessed ithe scene Others from steamers, a half : mile ' offshore, . watched - fire and water meet. -. ' ' - -: : Orerhead were army, airplanes endeavoring to." photograph .the phenomenon V for. sclpnce Profes sor Th6mai, A, 'Jaggar of the Ha waiian 3 rolcano obserratory hav ing requested their aerrices. The efforts of the aerial, photograph ers were 'little -'successful tor as they circled in stiffling heat; 3.000 feet above the river, of fire their riew was obscured by.huge clouds of smoke and steam. Occasionally they saw: flames leap through the smoke, as forests . rand native houses were .destroyed!" .- s. ' The flow, which' halted for-; a time Saturday nlgbtwbett.Tloopu- loa was i destropsdWin creased In volume . Sunday. The watching crowds surged dangerously close, but were drirea back by -police. Others, eluding the police, leaped CELERY SEASON HEARING LABISH PRODUCT TO BE ON JfARKETAVTTHIN IQ DAYS Lake Lablsh celery .win be on the market within the next: 10 days according to f a : statement made -Monday : night by Roy Fukuda ot : the Labish Celery Union. : .. - ' A new store and service station has been constructed on the High way. The season sol far la de clared to be exceptionally favor able, and In r advance ; ot other years.' 7' : ; ; - jack in the ballot box -v-'i-0 - -'- - -1 jt"' .. " . ' , " ' "-". I - jf- V " MYSTERIOUS U MPyf i t - , - - V f - . Pi lflrW!"r'W mwm Portland, Silverton, Dallas, Albany Delegates Here f. ? for Evening" ." k UNITY OFiMSTSvSHpWrl Class of 250 Join ' CwpUal Post, 'Bringing Membership Total '. :' "to 825j Program. Endi- ;'?'.:r jtb) DanW';',y :'.' J ArrtrJng.in a, special, train from the north, delegates of Portland post! American Legion, headed bf Commander Joe Freck, Leland Gil bert, executive secretary, and the post drum corps. Joined command ers and delegates from Bilverto'iL Albany, Dallas and other nearbj posts . In the : Initiation of a class of 250. new' members "of Capital post No. 9, American Legion, to the armory Monday night. ' Jt V Capital post " membership now totals 825. ' - ' Portland Legionnaires, arriving! at 7530, were met at the station; by CapiUl post fife and drum corps? and local members,! who escorted: the visitors to the alem armory . (CoBtiaBd a pax 6) ROAD ELECTION CALLED GltXNDROX ER PROJECT UP TO VOTE Governor Pierce . Monday signed a proclamation calling a special election 'on. May1 21 to rote on the question of creat ing what would be known as the Grand' Ronde-Salmon rirer highway Improrement 'district. ? The district would ; comprise approximately V 2 0 0 sections of land In Tillamook," Yamhill, Polk and Lincoln counties. In erent the district Is created bonds in the amount of $125, 000 will be roted for the con struction of a road from Grand Ronde to Otis, on. the route of the Roosevelt Coast highway. Construction ' of this road would reduce the distance be tween .Toledo', and "Portland & miles and between Salem and Otis approximately 20 miles. JACK IN THE BALLOT BOX LEG : United States Will Hof Par ticipate In Court Con- f erence in Geneva POSITION IS OUTLINED 'No Useful .Purpose Wosld Be ' Achieved by- American Dele' gation. President Cool- "' . idge States WASHINGTON, April 19. (By Associated Press) The league of nations' Invitation to", participate In the world court conference in Geneva next September was de clined 'formally today by the Unit ed States. . .. v . An ackowledgement which was cabled by Secretary Kellogg to Alan F. Winslow, -charge of the Berne legation, for transmission to Sir Eric Drnmmond. secretary ot the league, said It did not seem "appropriate" for the American government to be represented. : It invited attentlph to the league's circular to the 43 court protocol signatories asking them to Indi cate to the United States the dif ficulty of treating the senate res ervations by direct negotiations. - ,'It would seem to me,n... said Mjr.-Sftllogg;.rto-'be a matter of regTBt If the council of the league should do "anything to' create the Impression that there are substan tial dlfficultiesln'the way of such - $ t ( 0oBtinae4 oa pass 5J : I' RECORDER BILL IS LOST FILED TOO LATE TO APPEAR ON MAY 21 BALLOT . Because the ordinance; was In troduced at too late a date, the matter of i making the office of city recorder appointive instead of elective will, not come up before, the people on the May primary baUot. . . : .City Attorney , Fred Williams gave the . opinion that the ordi nance is a charter, amendment, and that such an amendment must be filed at. least 60 days 'before' it Is submitted, to the people. Still iW"ater Navigation ,1 - Move Seen As Objectiye Congressman Hawley Asks i Item He Included lit. Pending River and Harbor Bill Calling: for Estimates of . ' I Cost and Means of Improving Channel- " The Statesman of' April 10 contained an editorial article a carbon copy, of which was sent to Congressman W. C. Haw; ley, asking him to advise the proper Course to begin a cam paign for still water in the Willamette river from Salem to Portland to give Salem water connection with the wo? 1J ports,' with only an economical transfer, to and from ocea going ,vessels m the tharbbr of the metropolis, saving even harbor charges by, having the river bdats or, barges transfer their cargoes direct, and the ship cargoes unloaded to the river barges and boats in the same l ! ' i manner. . . ; , r ..: Congressman Hawley i .did not even wait to give advice. He act ed. " . The foUowing : paragraph in a letter- received by the editor of The Statesman from him ' yester day. dated at Washington, D. C, April '14.' shows what he did, "right off the bat: " T hare read' with Interest this copy of the editoriaL I am 'ask ing .Congressman Crumpacker, who is the Oregon member of the committee on rivers and harbors, to- have Included? in the pending river and ' harbor bill a survey of the Willamette river - between Portland and. Salem. This is the first' step under existing law. I think, this surrey will be agreed to. Then when," it is " being' made we can submit to the engineers' pro posals' for the improrement,' in cluding locks, wing dams, etc j ' ' That action is characteristic of Congressman Hawley. ; He Is not at any time asleep at his post. He has never been. In all .the years of his service as representative ot the Flrst Oregon congressional district. And be has always got ten results; He has always been oa the 3ob.and JxeiBtands out-in the halls of the national law mak ing body-4lt waaysfaid a year or two ago, by a man who knows, that he Is among the, first fifty of the great workers and members of influence In the lower house. ( ' Congressman Hawley will bare the help of Congressman' Crum packer, and of Senator- McNairy, wno are concerned ln the cam paign for still water navigation from the Willamette river to ocean going vessels! ' 1 j This campaign should hare, and no doubt will hare, the support of the people ot Eugene, Co rrallls and Albany, and of all the other cities and towns of the Willamette valley, and' ot 'the people on the lands In this yaUey. If we can get still water from Salem to Portland, with two sixteen-foot dams, r-with locks. It is likely .that Eugene can get still water to Salem with a half dozen such -dams and locks, 'and per haps less, than slx.. . A far, risloned, man In Salem said yesterday that this would do more than any other one thing to wards getting new . factories In Salem.v The same thing would be true of the 1 pper rirer towns and cities. ; t . ... ;.j ''.For the. benefit of any one who may : hare missed - the . eBitoiial article referred to, under the head ;' ". : . " "' ' f (Ooatlnn a pg S) i PRISONERS GET COURSES WILL BE. TAUGHT TRADES JSk' FEDERAL' GO VERNMEN'T ; i ? Correspondence courses for pen itentiary Inmates hare been Inaug urated at the prison here, pnder the supervision of federal'au thirl ties, 1 it was' announced -yesterday by W Golden, ' deputy warden. Foriftohie time ' experiments have been made with, federal sup ervision:; ,bf educational workv In reformatories and penitentiaries with the result that the placing ot a teacher, within the 'institution has been foundress ftffectlTe than the typical correspondence course. All prisoners are eligible to take this Instruction by mall. -J Blanks hare been " furnished all prisoners. Those desiring to enroll giro their name, ge, occupation before Im prisonment, number of years spent in school and state .the.tr Ado they would ,; like i to learn, hey are' also asked to check particular courses of study among whit a are reading, writing,r.arlthmetic, hLs tory, bookkeeping, poatry raising. dairy . farming, truck gardening, shoemaking,: , cooking," baking, laundrying,' tailoring, electricity, machine work,' wood work or printing. - N; .According .'to, .Deputy. . 57arden Golden the blanks will be sen at once and. correspondence courses will be creaed Within the next fw weeks, " - : ' ' . ' MILITARY TRIAL CLOSED; NO VERDICT IS RETURNEI? CIRCUSLSTANCES POINT TO CONVICTION OF WILLIAMS ' Procedure Is Said to Be Courte ous Way of Informing i Defendant , ... - MARINE BASE, SAN i DIEGO, CaL, April 19. (By Associated Press.)-! Colonel " Alexander S. Williams today drank the, dregs of the cocktail he. offered to Briga dier General Smedley D. Butler last month' when the ' military court trying him on a charge of Intoxication preferred by the' gen eral . adjourned today under cir cumstances leaving no doubt as to his eonVictlon." 1 ' " " While the, .court made no.com mepror announcement, other than that it f had ; adjourned. : the," clrj cumstances of . its adjournment were a teclt admission that It ber Uered ihe colonel guilty of ap pearing drunk In the public rooms of the Hotel Del Coronado. the night he gare a dinner party , tp honor of General Butler. Offlcira familiar with court matrial procedure explained as the court departed tha( adjourn ment wunouc aeiuuce announce ment ok acquittal is a military court's courteous way of Inform ing a defendant he has been con victed. I Findings and recommen dations ot the court will be sent direct to the judge jidyocate. gen eral, of j the navy at Washington and communicated by him; togeth er witU I his recommendation for sentence to the secretary of the nary. .The rerdict is expected to CniBttd from pr , ' SHIP 7 f - SALE IS HELD UP SENATE V: PROTEST HEARD; ? sURGE THROWING OUTBID ,-V'T i T i J , j f .WASHINGTON,-. April i9- i CA.p.)-M3al of the American- Orient mail a line of R, Stanley Dollar was held up today by a senate " resolution of protest. Chairman 'O'Connor of the ship- ping ooara was preparing t sign the vhlll ot sale when the resolu tion of Senator. MpNary, recom mending Dollar's bid of J$ 4,500,- oeO i bej 'thrown out. was .passed unanimously. The' chairman said he would - withhold; bis signature untu tne snipping Board, had con - The Resolution set, forth that It was the sense of the 'senate that the sale should be stopped, new bids called lor,: or' ships allocated to persons interested, in the north west, rrhe Shipping Board was charge4 wttt. accepting the Dollar bidwhen it had a larger bid, but refused to open it. Later Senator McNary said-W.:B.Bener'replre- sentingf - Portland and Seattle fi nanciers: bad; v offered 'V 1 100,600 more for the ships, than Dollar. but tnat tne board refused to con sider the, offer because It came in late.:- TELIBLORS ROCK AZORES BUILDINGS 1 DESTROYED BY TI1JKEJ3 VIOLENT SHOCKS ' LONDON, April 19. (By As sociated Press. -Earthquakes re curring- with Increasing' riolence bareT'dpne. much-damage to nous- es, aal ;other property In; the Azoresf says a Lisbon dispatch to the Dally Express. These violent shock $ were felt i yesterday after a, series of earth tremors. Great excitement prevails.' 1 SAI DIEGO,! April 19.(Cy Associated Press) A slight earth quake jwas felt Jn, San '.Diego tnd vicinity shortly after 1 o'clock this" morning. . ' The tremor vas brief ,nd was so slight tftat most Cia Dj2-aia dii est tc;I It. 0 ran a m " i1' - .' . -V. . . . il-r- M Three Uill Levy to. Provids $5fO0a'Annua!Iy to Ap-V pear oh Ballot 5 RIFT NARROWLY AVERTED Ordinance Providing Funds Frorx WbJch' Secretary-Engintct' " ; . Wonid be Paid, Wins In Stormy Debate ! :Vl h It appeared as though a, break between the' city council and the city zoning and, planning commta slon was Inevitable at. the" council mating Monday; night, when the ordinance creating, a '.J milt'levy t for the maintenance ot,the'' com mission 1 waa". reported. baQk from the ordinance committee with it a recommendation ' that it r4q ' not " pass. ' ' : . '' ' " 't -i . But after member of, the corai mission had been' heard, from" and the : project explained, "the; report ot the committee' was; rejected as.2 later when the ordinance came up for passage only two' alder me a, Ellis Purrine knd J; IL Galloway, roted -against It.' "i-; , The matter irill now be placed before the, pepjjle. on, the ballot in th May. primary for acceptance or rejection." The S. min lery would provide thocomril3si6n with;. sr proxlmately 5,00o a yea to carry on Us work. ' The ordinance pro rides that this lerybe' made fori - (0Biias4 o pat 5)j - Pitt jf4iqq Trjpori local head" of ' salvatiojt army to Attend course : ' Ensign Allen Pitt, In charge of the local Salration ' Af my in " Sa lem, has been selected by division headquarters" to represent ' this secUon' Of tho Northwest ! In " a summer training camp to ba held ia London, England. He. will leave todayv: fc- .vv'"ii-a : ; Mr. Pitt's appointment came aa a complete surprise and is in rec ognition Of the' quality of his' ser vices here in Salem.0 In corartny " witht so tne-A 2 0 "Other rsalratloa" . Army workers from the States In will: ship from New York, t summer school 'in England be!r t made np of distlaigulsbed wort. from' all countries In which anr:7" activities are being ' carried .J H Es, 'expenses will ,be. pi i by , the -Armjr,v;and -durlag; hu :?, .Mrs.-"itt will reciala ia char herel Fcl'owir-3 tLa . f-rr. 'r training, be will resune'fci3 Iwcrlc here;, :t FAvoaSR&fijunoEmn PROPOSED KEW SYCTZT.I i THROUGH 2ND EXABIXQ ;'A hew numbering system for Salem, was ;, recoranend0 last ,,nlsht by .a special ' coranlttee consisting or,cotiEcnmen, cnam- bfr 6 1, commerce men! :rs and I reaests.te men.".'; ' "' I a 6rdlnanco;.creatipg ' '.the .. rw system was Intimated. when ti.3 report o f -the special committer a was adopted. ' '. An attempt was made to bus- g pend rules and carry the mea- I ure 'through Its third reading, j But the. rote of Alderman C. O. ' Engstromragalast ; suspesEl- a i prevented the ordlnanca frc -reaching Its .third reailrj nights '.;-"'-. ';"; v ; -i !By the new . numbering .srs tem streets would be huxnberc 1 . east and west according to t!r 'r distance , from the "jlrzr a; I north and south' accord: r to their distance from Etata t r-ct. V Wna., II. Schaefer, ,1.5 re to work out a new insuran:3 r:sp for the city told the "co-inc"-J men It has been over SO ye"s ' sinee an Izsarazce map. wa.3 made here. , A ew elition Is j to be made .imsaedlately, an 2, ' he said, .unless, ti,3 new err era of nunberizs ia alerted t tors' the IzT.zz'zr: ct the rr. It".wm.prohat!y..,t3- 23 -yc more before the numtcrlr c be corrected.