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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS'
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Rescuers;
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Wpmeri Crry Wet and Dry War to White Houset I Q "" f Pj ; 1
One Mirier Found Alive
If
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Present Confusing ' System
tlust .Be Junked jiioW,
or Remain,. Is Claim :
ACCURATE CHECK-UP DUE
.r, .. -
few Insurance Blap ' Would be
Rendered TJselesa ilj System
Changed Later, Brings
Issue to Head
- With the alternative, of rennm
bertng houses in Salem's residen
tlal distrlet within the immediate
future, ? or - all owing the present,
ehaotie, method o; house designa
tion td-eontinue in force for a long
period of years, residents yester
day- were endorsing5 the proposal
to inaugurate 'an. Intelligent . sys
tem, treaght forward at the cfty
council;. meeting Monday.
Necessity; for Immediate action
la seen by the fact' that an accu
rate check and! tabulation of the
number of every house in the city
Is about to be made to furnish data
for an Insurance map which furn
ishes the basis of insurance rec
ords.. - , ,.-, .v , . ;..
For a period of J 1 years Salem
has found iti insurance may un
changed, and In that - time - new
sections and . blocks , hare been
opened up, throwing the old system-of
numbering lata the classi-
. llcation of antiquated relics of the
past. Af::-:-' :,--'.'y.J'
, William H. Schaeffer, insurance
surreyor representing the Sanborn
Map company, of San Francisco,
points .but the futility of accurate
ly' checking up on the .houses , in
, 'the city in case their numbers are
ft-jj changed In the near future,
- rttult that tn newaaade
ij;thareby.rendefe4:fantt
q" fcAdtonce -;
expected to see serrice for a period
of some 20 years, and should not
be drawn unless it is to remain
accurate for some time' '
' Under the 2 present system of
numbering, no great confusion is
found within the business district.
North and South , Commercial
street, .-and Church street, are de
- k dared to be in good condition. As
: one goes east, howerer, the present
house designations becomes laugh-
i East of Twelfth -street; -where
the first house should be 1200,
the number is 1100.. Going fur
ther east a, person would come to
. the 2.000 block. Continuing, one
block further east one discorers
the 1900 block when, the 2100
WILLIAM ftf MUrtffflY Dlfe
VQUTLAKD TttAXh JtjLS
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PORTLAKD. caprfl 0.-By
Associated Press.) William" Mc
Murray, for many years general
, passenger agent In - Portland for
the Union pacific systemrdied at
his home here lata this' afternoon
after a lonr lUnessv , 7- . ..
Last week be tendered Ills resig
nation on account of fllhelth. ,
Mr. McMurray was born in Ire
land ln 18 CO and 1&1S87 came
to the United States and entered
the serrice; of the Southern Paci
fic as a shipping clerk in San
Francisco.
In recent years ; was Influential
In starting the, growing of flax in
the Willamett ralley.
Tuesday--.
In VVarhiatca
Reconsideration -'f the senate
protest over the Dollar, ship Md
was blocked ; by- Senator DU1.' , t
-..-':: 'jw
Indications were 'A given - thkt
President Coolidge opposed - fed
eral r isorshio of 2 motion r plo
turesi
n
an ' Medical association
astQ.- supreme' court to
re
movet -V strlcUont ; on physicians
' Churchmen and Jaity continued
their 'testimony favoring prohibi
tion before the senate liquor com
mittee. ,-. . ' .
. i '
Federal financing or five west,
enT' reclamatioj; -projects Jwaa re
jected in .house consideration of
the Interior snpply.bill. ,.
" ? ' .
- Opportunity tor the house - to
rote on both the Uaugea and Tin-
:her farm relief bills was decmea
Calls of Entombed Men Grow Weaker; Crews Striving Fran-
i ticalty , to Remove Debris From Passage ; Groans
Heard as Second Slide Occurs
; v . -- V - v .-..,-.. . a . - .
. SACRAMEKtK;;CaL, ADril 20. (By Associated Press,)
Rescuers when but. a short distance from the imprisoned
workmen - In f the Feather river power company's i tunnel at
Backs Mountain, were 3riveh back five feet at 10 o'clock to
night by a small slide that occurred in-the tunnel, said a dis
patch to the Sacramento Union.
lAfewseconds before the.slide occjirred the workers heard
groans believed to be those tf several men.
QTJINCY, Cal., April 20.
DEBATERS START WEST
OPi THURSDAY MORNING
CROSS - CONTINENT CLASH
' ' DATE NEARING RAPIDLY
Announcement of Chaperone to
. y 'Accompany Locals Expect
"? ' ' 'ed Tomorrow
At 4 Salenu . ; JVIass., tomorrow
morning,, the team of high school
debaters who will debate the high
school team in this city will board
train, for the west,
ii Such announcement, . made
Tuesday,' brings home with clarity
the 'fact that the cross-continent
debate is only two weeks and two
days in the distance.
Tomorrow : night the ; debaters
will arrive in New York. They
will reach -Washington. D. C, Fri
day morning, and will leave the
nation's j capital Saturday . after
noon. ' At 9 o'clock Sunday morn
ing they , will arrive, in Chicago.
' They will leave Chicago at mid
night, :rriv!ag ' in Denver, Colo
rado, i Tuesday 4, morning. , They
will arrive in San Francisco Sat
urday afternoon. May) 1. -Then,
at 7:40 p. m. Monday,, they will
leave the" Golden Gate for Salem,
Oregon,, t arriving - here at : 3
oclock Tuesday evening, . May 4.
' Ample provisions . are ' being
made by j- the Chamber : 6t ; Com
merce and by the various service
clubs of this ; city t ta -ahow the
Salemites of the Atlantic coast
every hospitality. .
' . Plans announced .Tuesday re
veal that the local end of the
' rv ' (Coatlr.Bd b pas S.
HEART ATTACK IS FATAL
ItoRY i KILMER, 60, FOUND
.'. DEAD IN HOTEL. BOOH
Wedged between the dresser
and a trunk in a local hotel room,
the body of, Henry Kilmer. 60. was
found, early Tuesday morning, aft
er he had been dead for at least
12 . hours. Death is thought to
have been due to a heart attack.
Kilmer had bjeen In 111 health since
nis arrival at the hotel on April 4,
those who, knew him here say.
When' he failed to appear at the
accustomed time Tuesday morn
ing, hotel attendants investigated
and finding the door locked.
looked .over f the transom. The
body was doubled oyer, indicating
that the man had .been Tstooptng
oyervfo3r semetuing'.Qn the floor
when e alckjanj ; ;
-jrne aeaa man nas a son Uving in
Portland,! and v.he -has bneen hoti-
tled. hAit autopsy. will heheld by
Lloyd -Tr- Rigdon, county coroner,
this morning.' . , .
Artillery unit raised
COAST ORGANTZATIok PCT OJC
REGTMENTAIi STATUS
The Oregon Coast artillery has
"been advanced to a regimental
status, according to a telegram re
ceived kt. the offices of the adju
tant general Tuesday. The new
order, haa resulted In several pro
motions, among; Oregon officers. .
Major Duncan Ferguson,. Jr.1,
wa promoted to ihe rank: Of lieutenant-colonel
and assigned to the
command of, the -coast artillery of
Oregon. ' ..He la located at Marsh
field. , , :. ;-Xv :,;
S; Captain 1 Clyde ;Ai Malone of
Ashland v was promo tedU to major
and. assigned to the first battalion
of ' the -coast artillery. .Captain
Clarence , Collins of Albany - also
was promoted . to major and has
been assigned ' to command ; the
second battalion. ; , , . .
KILLED :IN( AUTO WRECK
CAR V CRASHES ;J3fTO S GUARD
, RAILING ON HIGHWAY
LONGVIEW, April JO. (By,
Associated Press.) C. V. Peter
son,. 41, conductor on a'Longview
Portland "and? Noilhern ', -railway
work: train, was .killed'.whett- Jiis
automobile struck a railing along
the Pacific ; highway five miles
north jot' Castle Rock. The accl-:
dent la unexplained Peterson was
returning home alone, from- a. fish
ing trip.: It is believed he puf-
:r:3 tv?7j't : ....
(By Associated Press.) After
being buried with flve.fellow, work
ers for three days beneath a slide
in the . Feather .'river x tunnel , on
Bucks mountain, Thomas McDer
mott was rescued alive and appar
ently uninjured at titH o'clock to
night. t Rescue workers entertain
d hopes of reaching the other men
within few hours. .'MeDeriott
was rushed to a nearby bunkhouse
where ne was put to bed in; care
of a nurse. ; His life, had;-been
saved by, timbers which protected
him from the slides ivv 1
The rescue crews hearing voices
in the slide late this afternoon and
this evening .were able to distin
guish the voice of James McBrlde.
They had not been able to locate
him In the debris, and the digging
operations were necessarily Blowed
down to prevent possibility of
striking the buried men. i
The voice of James McBrlde, Im
prisoned in the tunnel, was grow
ing weaker tonight, the rescuers
said. ; His , voice ' was still heard,
but so muffled and subdued that it
was diffcult to ascertain its loca
tion, r
Earlier In the day,, when the faint
"yoo hoo". was heard In the shaft
by A. C. Richardson, . member , of
the wrecking- Arm ' handling the
tunnel work,, which halted rescue
operations for a moment while he
(Comtiatiad on par 8)
HERRIN ELECTION QUIET
NO UPRISINGS ' MAR BALLOT
f IXQ IN ILLIXOIS TOWN
HERRIN. IltrAprff ?0.--(A.P.)
-In one of the 'most peaceful
elections ever to he .held , In this
faction-torn city, ' three ahti-klan
and . one klan . : candidate were
elected to aldermahlc offices to
day. . ..-
Infantry of the lUonols national
guard with drawn :. bayonets,
guarded each of the four polling
places but tonight not a single
untoward Incident was reported
as a result of the day's polling.
Completion of the Herrin city
council, as a result of today's
election will be klan tomorrow
votes; antl-klah. including Mayor
McCormack six votes. One seat
will be vacant due to the death of
AIdermanmSisemore, klan leader,
one of the six men killed in' last
Tuesday's clash here.
"..Previously the councilmen had
been divided four klan and as
many antl-klans. .
POLITICS
ROCK IS
Terrific Quakes Shake KIN
auea District;; iJelrtipt
idg Mkuria Loa
:REW OUTBREAK -FEAHED
Lava Moving Towards llamtog
Pit, Geologist ; Declares
Shock indicates; , Blaona
Flow Subsides
iHILO. T. II.. Anril SO.-TBy As
sociated . Press.) Terrific ;,earth
o. aakes shook the district of . KiJ
auea. the famous volcano, an an
nex, on the 4 ;00 0-foot --level ot
Mauna Loa, which has 'been , in
eruption for a week past, at 5:10
this afternoon. They caused "enor
mous avalanches in ; Halemaumau
(pit of everlasting Are) which is
nearly always active following an
eruption on Mauna Loa. .
Guests in Volcano House on the
mountain, were badly frightened.
Prof. T, A. Jaggar, director of the
observatory, says the tilt of the
quake indicates moving lava to
ward the pit. "
KNA, T. H., April 20. (AP.)
The wrath of the Goddess -Pele,
apparently appeased by. the sacri
fice of the ancient village of Hoop
uloa, the lava flow from Mauna
Loa - today - was a rapidly cooling
fire-studded mass. It was more
than sufficient, however, to block
movement of automobiles over the
government road . which it had
burled deep in slag where It cross
ed to the sea. : ,
A glowing sky before dawn neat
the source of, the flow threatened
further activity othe goddeBs;of
the volcano, but Islanders . gener
ally, believed that. Pejee had, tern
porarily vented her displeasure.'
Excursionists from other islands
to view the. river of Are warmed
their feet .on lava 20 feet deep,
sniffed the all-pervading sulphur
fumes, and departed.
The fate of ten or fifteen fam
ilies who lost their homes at Hoop
uloa has not been determined.
Some refugees are housed at , the
village of Milolii; others in tem
porary shacks north of the flow.
The sky continued cloudy, with
smoke and steam from the cooling
rock stream making the air murky.
Occasionally the sUn sent a beam
through the darkened day.
.HOTEL MEN MEET
EUREKA, Cal., April 20. The
owners and managers of the prin
cipal hotels and . resorts in nor
thern California and southern Ore
gon met here today to discuss ways
and means of stimulating tourist
travel over the-. Redwood highway.
MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS!
I I vs - i i i il l
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White House is one of battlegrounds! In. wet and dry war raging
from the "Women's Law Enforcement League" Is seen calling on Mr.
about stricter enforcement Tot Volstead -Set. In the group are Mrs. H. W. Peabody (left of. president),
of Boston, national chairman: Mrs. William L. Darby, (right of president), of Washington.. D. C,, and
other leaders in the organization.
"SNAP OUT. OF SLUMP"
SPEC KEENE'S SLOGAN
FAVORITISM TO PLAY NO PART
IN TEAM SELECTION
Spring Football Practice: to Start
May 24, Summer Work Is
Outlined
A hearty endeavor will be made
to help Willamette university
"snap out of her athletic slump"
next fall, according to Spec Keene,
newly elected director of athletics
for the university. He addressed
approximately 30 seniors and ath
letes at Eaton Hall Tuesday night.
Spec is to be boss. Only in this
way can his work be effective, he
declares. Spec asked the athletes
for cooperation and declared that
strict - discipline, : will. . be, main
talned. f
He will take charge of athletics
and of physical education, consid
ering them on an equal basis.
On the athletic field there are
to be no fraternity cliques or
clashes. Men will be chosen for
the team on the basis of merit
alone. . t
Starting May 24 Keene will
hold two weks- spring football
practice. During the summer va
cation, athletes will be detailed
work to do to keep them in train
ing for the fall's football. Each
football 'man will be required to
take and use a football during the
summer.
DIES' IN FLAMES
WHITINGS, N. J., April 20.
(AP.) Harry Orsley, aged 65, of
Forked River, tonight was report
ed burned to death when a forest
fire overtook his motor truck.
WETS. DRVS CLASH
IN LIQUOR DEBATE
Stormy Session Held by Sen
ate Committee; Postpone
ment Overruled
WASHINGTON, April 20. (By
Associated Press) Stormy scenes
and some startling revelations re
garding dry law enforcement
marked the sessions today of the
senate prohibition committee.
As the drys approached the con
clusion of the presentation of their
case there was a frequent out
cropping of an under-Burface bit
terness with. Senator Reed, dem
ocrat, Missouri; the one wet on
the committee of five, standing as
the central figure in the contro
rersy. Outvoted continuously by his
dry colleagues. Senator Reed took
to the senate floor his fight for
postponement of the bearings un
til after the vote tomorrow on the
Italian debt settlement but with
out avail.
Returning then to the commit
tee room, the Missourian again
facedbjections by those in charge
of the case for the drys to the
consuming time with which cross
examination of their witnesses
and finally objections were raised
by members of the committee to
certain lines of cross examination.'
Senator Reed then was cross
questioning Fredrick C. C. Baird,
prohibition administrator for the
western Pennsylvania district who
disclosed that while now on the
federal payroll at 1500 a month,
he still , is drawing his regular
salary as traffic director ot,ihe
Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad, a
subsidiary of the United States
Steel corporation. Mr. Baird said
he- had been recommended for the
federal position by Judge Elbert
(Ooatinued a pr
TEXAS IS STORMSWEPT
TWO CHILDREN KILLED AND
PROPERTY DESTROYED
DALLAS, Texas, April 20. (By
Associated Press) A violent wind
and rain storm stretching across a
wide area of southwest Texas to
day and tonight took the lives of
two children, caused property
damage, -wrecked a freight train,
and left 7 ' streams flooding the
countryside.
; Two international bridges at
Eagle Pass on the r Rio ; Grande
were swept . away in i a . 10-foot
rise within - 30 minutes H while
flood conditions, were in prospect
further upstate tonight as a gen
eral , four-inch " rain fed the
streams. t .r-:'' J
tk Susie Wilson, 4, and Rosie Wil
son, , :were drowned, .on -a;jranch
in the Sweetwater section, after
water ? sweeping'1 down a Gulch
drove them and their mother front
a storm cellar. One of the girls
was drowned in - her . mother's
arms, while the body of the other
was found today half a mile away.
AUTO THIEVES TAKEN
ASHLAND. April 19. (AP.)
Everett-Rhodes, 16, of Los An
geles, was shot in the left leg, and
with three companions, captured
tonight after a chase by city and
state police a fewi miles south of
Ashland, .' The- four- youths were
held on charges of auto stealing!
,". Forestry of ficials - plant 150,
000 pine sedjlnea on Joha Day
in Washington IsA. delegation
Coolidge to urge him to . .bring
TINY (FILIPINO FIGHTER
DIES FOLLOWING BATTLE
SENCIO,! LITTLE FLYWEIGHT,
VICTIM OP BLOWS
Cerebral
Hemorrhage Causes
Death; Gruelling Punish
ment Taken
MILWAUKEE, April 20.- (By
Associated Press. ) Clever Senclo
the battling mite from the Phillip
pines liesj dead tonight, the victim
of gruell ng punishment adminis
tered by Bud Taylor, Terre Haute,
Ind., aspirant to the bantamweight
championship in their furious 10
round cc ntest fought here last
night. j
Sencio died.' alone In his hotel
room, from cerebral hemorrhage
as the "result of the, bout. The
little Filipino flyweight was still
on his fet . when -the bell ended
the contest, but in need of sup
port to help him from the ring.
He was immediately , taken .to a
hotel, where physicians said his
condition! was not alarming, and
his handlers, thus assured left
him to Eleep.
i A window washer, looking Into
Sencio's rooms a few hours later,
found him lying dead in his bed
in a pool of blood.
No legal action will be taken
against Taylor, District Attorney
Eugene jWlngert said. He de
clared ti?at boxing was legal In
Wisconsin, that all the rules of
the law had been complied with,
that both boxers had been pro
nounced (physically fit by physi
cians examining them for the ath
letic commission and that "Sen
cio's death was Just , one of those
unfortunate things that may hap
penJnanjr'sport:";:' . .,
s The tragic ending of, last nights
bout was the ' second & fatality
among Taylor's opponents, in the
ring.. Fankle ''.iTerome , a i New
York bantamweight died two days
after. his! contest with r Taylor" In
New York a year ago. Jerome at
that time was knocked down, his
head crashing against the floor
of the riBg with such force that
a hemorrhage developed.
Frank Churchill, Sencio's man
ager, aald today that.he will im
mediately give up managing, box
ers, as . encio'a death was the
third tragic . ending to Filipino
' -j h - . ;
; CCqaUnoed n Vf 4.) !
EU GEN GU N HERS SCORE
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM MAKES
i , NEAIt-PERFECT 8CORB '
'BUG EN
E, Or., April 20. (By
AP.) Eugene high school rifle
team today ahot almost a perfect
score, ; 24 f of a, possible 2S0,on
the indoor gallery range against
Company C, 1 6 2nd infantry, the
local national guard; unit. - The
troopers scored 232. .Those on the
high school team .and their re
spective scores follow: .Wilbur 5 0 ;
Brechtel 5 0 ; Jeff eries 60; KnoWles
49, and Skeythe,49. ,,.
WlLLSELL OREGON LfNE
BIDS TO jBE ADVERTISED FjOR
i"
J ORIENTAL FREIGHTERS "
I WASHINGTON, April 20-(By
AP.)Tbe shipping board decided
today to sell-the Oregon-Oriental
line operating but of Portland, to
the Orient, and directed. President
Crowley. 4f the emergency fleet
corporation to . advertise f or,bIds.
The 'Oregon . Oriental line is a
Weight; . service operated " for,, the
shipping , dard by the Columbian
Pacific Shipping company.
fThe date for receiving bids on
lie reiftkera gsi tstz i-
CJash Restricted to! Mayor
; ality and Four Council
fnen; filings Show .i.:-
CANDIDATES ! LIST SHORT
Last Chance for City Declarations
County - Records Continue
Open to Candidates for
One Bfore Day
Personnel of the city, adminis
tration for the. nexwo years will
be definitely determined Nat the
primaries on May 21, It "was re
vealed last night when time for :
filing declarations of . candidacy '
closed, showing that ifc ho 'instance
have more than two persons Tea-
tered the race: for, the Same office I.
in the city government. . ' t ;
Candidates as' shown "on;, the
books of M. Poulsen, city recorder,
include the following; -
For" mayor T. A. Livesfey and
Earl-Race. ; ! ; :r, 1
For recorderMark Poulsen.'
For treasurer C O. Rice;
For alderman, - ward 1 L.1".J. r
Slmeral, R, A. Harris;, ward ,2,
W. W. Rosebraugh; ward 3,Baal
V. Johnson, , C.f S. Parker; ward
4, Sr E. Purvlhe; ward 5,-B.1 F.
Brunk, Orville4 Oglesby;'- ward , .
Watson Townsend,. Chris J. Kow-:
its, and. ward 7 H, M. Hawkins. r ;
With time for, filing closed, op-
position in 1 the coming city eleo
tion has developed pnly over the
future mayor, and aldermen from
ward 1, Ward 3, ward 6 and ward
6, no new candidate havings do- -clared
for the office of , city re
corder or that efeity treasurer
. Had three eandldatea declared
f Or any of the city offices, the- f ay
primaries would have served only -aa
an elimination conteat thevflnal
decision of ; the,-people being .ex
pressed at the general election la
November- v . y
Campaignlag during , the : next -.
month will center primarily about
the 'office of mayor, with the -expectation
that councilmen will be
alllgned to soma extent- with pna '
of the two factiohSr winning', of
beingLdef eated with their candi
date. ; .:t
While declarations for city offi
ces closed last x night candidate
for county offices have "one. more
day In which to.have their. names
placed upon the official, tallof.;'
On this list, 1 . republicans and
two democrats!: have filed for the
officer, of -precinct .committeemen '
for Salem, and the . ist 1 for', the ; t -county
4s as yet;iacompletr ' . '
; up tut jiastiAiga7nere-.were
two candidate for count edntmii-' 1
sioner f or Maj-ipn CQfi7kvk JEt
Smith of Sti PauI," incumbeet:and
John M. Watson of Turner,.,. Z;-,
' Three men have declared for the..
-mb ' m . j . 'SHI i 'w. '
XT' ruTn IDIf SAatk f.nmrnaiL -
ciai, for, Salem districtr-Webb
Hasklns. f or SUverton; and W. C.
Miller lor,, Woodbnxn
GORTMAKER BREAKS ARM
FALLS AGAINST BfACHIXE, IB
: BUSHED, TO r HOSPITAL
Henry Gorfmakeri employed! WT
the Oregon, luip fe ?aper. company
plant, vwaa injured late Tuesday
afternoon,, when . he fell .against
one. of the machines and suffered .
a broken rm;;. itiz':.'.'
He was, given, Immediate, first -aid,
treatenintand was rushed iby
the Golden ..Ambulance o'taV local
hospital where he received atten
tion. L X-ray plcture4 ,wero taken, ,
bit hospital yauthof Itlea atatad'"
they : elieed no other? Injuries
VEOfl IS'HURT4im7RECK; t
SO SERXOrS INJTJRx RECEIV
ED. PnXSXCLlXS BAV-
..-..4- rj 1 '"r- $ -.- . 'j, i- '
" PORTLAND, AprU 20. By - ;
Associated Press.) JobEi B. Taon, .
former sUte . highway, , eommis '
sioner suffered cuts about ,t ,
head today .when, his automobile -.
was struck . by ..another-, raacfcf s 5
Physicians said, ha aa not terl-
BUTCHEKJOPISJUriEll
PORTLAKD K: WIFE KILLER 13
SENTENCED TO, PEATII -
, PORTLAND, 'April 29. (0y A.
p.y John -Butchck; "convicted of
sJayiBg his wife - with .a small ax ,
at their home January ! 11, was
KPtitenced today to fee tacged tt
the state penitentiary Friday, Je
4 Motion for a new trial W3 1 -
river, .