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SEVENTYSIXTH YE AR SALEM,' OREGON, SUNDAY 'MORNING, APRIL 25, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS. lAFUZHD fihlfJGS RELIEF Applause Breaks Out as Cur tain Falls on Senate In- ! vestigation : CLOSING HOURS HECTIC JTeta Declare No Hope Was Ever Held for Immediate Modifica tion; .Tighter, Enforcement Urged WASHINGTON, April 24. (By Associated Press.) -Amid4 bursts of applause from the ' partisans and slghs.of relief from senators, the flna curtain fell today on. the colorful ' prohibition, drama -which has been, staged for three weeks before a senate Judiciary sub-committee. A. . : The senators, several of whom frequently assumed the leading roles, .retire now, to the wings to discuss alike, the I fate of. the pro posals of the wets to modify the .Volstead act and the- propositions of the drys - to put many , more teeth into that law. The wets never entertained any hope of immediate victory In con gress but assert they hare accom plished their purpose of giving the facts about prohibition to . the country. The drys believe they have had the better of the argu ment and will get enacted most of the- bills they sponsor. As the closing scenes of the drama fol lowed In quick succession, there was a tightening of tension which was not lost upon the crowd that filled the big marble room In the senate office building to which the hearing was transferred, for what Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri, the wet prosecutor de nominated a "Roman holiday." Senator Reed was on hand for the morning act to continue, his merciless grilling of witnesses tor the drys and to battle with his colleagues. But he did not return for the afternoon session which was given .over to final arguments !WJUwWayne B. Wheeler, general coons'-1 lor the Anti-Saloon league appea ag for the" drys and Jullen ! Codm4ro& Boston closing for the wets. -i ,-' i ConceJedly -both; appreciated the value of the publicity Mr. "Wheeler contenting- himself for the most part with a legal argu ment instead of taking up his time flaying the wets as he had done la the advance copy of his address Which was released to the news papers before he spoke. . Mr. Codman. announced at the outset that he, had released his address to the "fourth estate' and would reply to the contentions of his opponent that the Volstead-act could not be amended to permit the return of legal intoxicants Without an amendment' of the 18th amendment. There was some display of feeling between Coun sel, Mr. Codman objecting to Mr. "Wheeler's generalization that all the wets sought was a return of 'jboote with a kick In it." Mr. Wheeler did not retract, but he did say that when he, refer red to the "liquor, interests"" he, did not mean to. Include all of-those seek ing amendment of the Volstead law. , The Anti-Saloon league counsel contended there should be no sur render to the "lawless" element on the prohibition question and that it was the plain duty ot con gress to put on the statute books laws which would enable the fed eral government In i cooperation with the states to. make prohibi tion effective. On. the other hand Counsel for the wets said his side had presented a "mass of evi dence" revealing conditions and the auestion was whether the law makers were to tackle It as "real men" should, or shunt it to one side for their successors to wrestle. with. Before the counsel got under wit General Lincoln C. Andrews, the dry enforcement chief reiter ated emphatically that in his re- rent testimony - before the com mlttee he had not meant to advo cate a change in the law to permit the sale of non-lntoxicaung peer. ' Replying to Senator Reed, Gen eral Andrews said. he did not now mean to change his testimony which was In reply to a hypotneti cal auestion. He added that at that time he had stressed the dan sera to enforcement o; the saie ox beer. - - ; Saturday In Washington l Senator Ashnrst attacked the Boulder Canyon bill in the senate. ConH-' : al leaders conferred Srlth j u . atVlCoolidge on the legislate urogram. t ,i ? rwfeinn on the new - French 'debt offer was deferred , by the, . , j. v- - 'American ueoi commwiw. - rv I ' ... : i- . , ... 1 Reiteration that he sought no tnftdincation of prohibition laws was made by Assistant Secretary Andrews. '. . - w ' w - - -r r .. T.niHataHnn ; increasing ' Spanish War pensions -was referred; to the budget director,,, "by; Pretsldent coUizz 300 Local Singers E Festival PrpgramMay 5 Willamette University May Queen and, Consorts to Be Pre sented to National Music Week Audience, at Cele bration set for Salem Armory With more than 300 home singers taking part, and in -addition, the Cherrian band of 27:pieces, the. concert atthe armory on the evening of Wednesday, May 5, promises to be one of the outstanding musical events of the year, i Observing national music week, seven or more civic bodies have agreed to take, part in the concert, bringing out their full membership! in order that the music loving public in Salem and vicinity may become, better acquainted with the progress being made, in Salem musical circles when it " comes to singing. SOLDIERS CALLED IN TO STOP CALCUTTA RIOTING HUNDREDS OF MOSLEMS AND HINDUS ARE INVOLVED Street Fighting Breaks Out "When Crowds Meet With Various Kinds ot Weapons CALCUTTA, British India, April 24. (By Associated Press.) Three more deaths occurred today in a recrudescence of the rioting between the.Moslems aqd Hindus. The worst of today's troubles took place in Mecua Bazaar' street, where 500 Moslems, armed with pick-axes, clubs, swords and stones, parading to the accompani ment of. drums, clashed with a similarly armed crowd of Hindus, who gathered at the other end of the street. The fighting lasted for an hour, with a furious interchange of blows . and missiles. The police dispersed he rioters with the fir ing of blank cartridges. The houses of a number of Hindu mer chants were attacked, one was set on fire and shops were looted. In Canning street, a Hindu was killed by a crowd of Moslems. Two other Hindus were found dead in the street from dagger wounds. Two police sergeants and one con stable were badly wounded in their efforts to quell the disorder. Tonight the city presented a de serted appearance, the police hav ing advised the closing of all shops but- solitary cases of assault and looting were reported. Two arm ored, cars patrolled the disturbed quarters. ' One . hundred Gurka soldiers have arrived to assist the police in maintaining order. ESTABLISH AIR RECORD SEATTLE PORTLAND FLIGHT MADE IN 59 MINUTES PORTLAND, April 24. A flight from Seattle to Vancouver, Wash., across the. Columbia from Port land, was completed today in 59 minutes, at a speed of 175 miles an hour by an army pursuit plane piloted by Lieut. P. K. Matthews. The ship, which is the latest word in. army, pursuit models, is a Boe ing plane and is equopped with a Curtis CB 12-cylinder, 500 horse power motor. It is designed to reach a speed of 300 miles an hour when engaged in aerial combat. Equipment of the plane includes two Browning machine guns. MAN, TRAPPED IN SHAFT RESCUERS WORK TO EXTRI CATE MINER FROM TUNNEL IRON RIVER, Mich., April 24. -(.By,. Associated. Press.) Res cuers continued, tonight their ef forts to free Felix Norman, im prisoned by a cavein at the Robes Mine near here , last night. The rescuers have been able . to carry on conversation with Norman, and the head and shoulders of Matt Coronski who was killed in the earth collapse, are visible to the workmen. Norman said he is getting plenty of air and feels all right. His foot is caught in. the rock, he said. Rescuers were within six feet of the imprisoned man late today. AIR MAN MEETS DEATH FLIER KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES FROM BOO FEET ANAHEIM, Cal., April 24. (By Associated Press.) Ray Freeman, 25, an aviator of Long Beach was killed instantly today when the airplane, in which he was flying. at an. air meet at Brea near here fell 500 feet. Colonel William Mitchell, former air of ficer,' was a spectator at the meet but did not witness the accident. Advance tills .distributed by the Brea air . club in, charge of, the meet stated that Colonel Mitchell would fly the machine during the afternoon. CAN RESTORE PANCREAS NATURE REBUILDS GLAND, SCIENTIST DISCOVERS CHICAGO, April 24--A.P.)-r Nature, can reouua tne, pancreas the organ chiefly affected by bia betes, after it has been destroyed, Theophile Grouer, of the Univer sity of Chicago, announced today. His experiments were conducted at the University under. the direction of -Prof. R. .Bensley and reported (the isstituie pj tx&lzp ' ; As a special inducement for those who are interested in the May Day observances of Willam ette university, arrangements have been made whereby i the Univer sity May Queen and her consorts will be introduced to the audi ence that evening. National Music week has been observed in Salem for several years, but according to plans an nounced, the program to be given Wednesday evening, May 5, will exceed in general interest and numbers taking part, that of any former year. Groups cooperating with the women who are in charge of mu sic week include the Salem Wom an's club, music department of Willamette university, the Salem Arts league, the churches and the Cherrians. Harley O. White, King Bing of the Cherrians, will order out 30 or, more Cherrians who are to re port for service that evening to make themselves useful, Just as they have in past years at the annual music observance at the armory. The following choruses will take part in the evening's pro gram: Public school-chorus of 100, led by Gretchen Kraemer. The Cherrian band of 27 pieces with Oscar A. Steelhammer con ductor. Sacred Heart Academy with a chorus ot 16 voices. Schubert Octet, directed by Minetta Magers. High school chorus of 40, di rected by Lena Belle Tartar. McDowell cluBdf'30 ladies' voices, directed by, W, H. Boyer of Portland. 1 Salem Boys' chorus of 90, un der the leadership of Dr. II. C. Epley. Civic chorus of Willamette uni versity, directed by Prof. E. W. Hobson. As usual with the concert at the armory in observance of na tional music week, there will be a nominal admittance charge to defray expenses, as the women who have devoted their time to arrange the concert are not espe cially burdened with money. KOREAN PRINCE DIES SEOUL, Korea, April 25. (A. P.) Prince Yi Wang, former em peror of Korea, died today. IONS ASKED to my STOKE Granite Will Be Placed in YMCA Building at Friday Afternoon Service OFFICERS MOVE IN MAY 1 Tentative Date for Opening to Public Set as May 9; Delays May. Necessitate Fur ther Postponement The cornerstone of Salem's new YMCA building will be laid next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The state lodge of the A.F. & A.M., of which Judge Percy Kelly is grand master, will conduct the cere monies, approximately a half hour in length. A solid piece of granite from Iowa will be used as the corner stone, which is to be finished to harmonize with the remainder of the exterior. There will be a cop per box placed inside containing records. Ceremonies will be the regular ceremonies of the lodge. The same order was executed by the lodge when the cornerstone for the Port land East Side YMCA building was land. Officers of the local organization will move into the new building on May 1. The building, will not be open to the public, however, until the dedication exercises are held. These will not take place until the contractors are entirely through, and the last piece of furniture is In its place. The ten tative date for the grand opening has been set as May 9, but it is probable the middle of the month will be closer to the date. The present site of the YMCA, on the northwest corner of Che meketa and Commercial streets, will be vacated May 1. Operations of the organization, as far as mem bers are concerned, will be sus- (Contiantd on Pt 4.) 3 PROFESSORS RESIGN FACULTY MEMBERS TO AS-J SUME DUTIES ELSEWHERE EUGENE, April 24. (By As sociated Press.) Three members of the University of Oregon fac ulty have resigned to accept posi tions in other institutions, an nounced Dr. J. H. Gilbert acting dean of the college of literature, science and arts. They are Dr. Peter Campbell Crockatt, professor of economics for nine years at the university. Dr. Glenn E. Hoover, also ot the economics department and Alta Cooney Hoover of the English de partment. Dr. Crockatt will teach econom ics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dr. Hoover has accepted the post ot Professor of Economics at Mills College In Oakland, Cal., and Alta Cooney Hoover will become a member of the English faculty I at Mills College. I PITY THE POOR FARMER! RESCUE PARTY LEAVES TODAY Second Division of Wilkins Party to Search for Miss ing Explorer NO MESSAGE RECEIVED Three Motored Detroiter to Take Air Today for Rescue Flight Over Frozen Arctic Circle FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 24. (By Associated Press) With captain George H. Wilkins still not heard from after an absence of nine days, the second division of the Detroit Arctic expedition plans to hop, off from Fairbanks for Point Barrow tomorrow, the North American. Newspaper Alli ance said today. Major Thomas G. Lanphier, second in command to Captain Wilkins, ordered the move, and the three motored Fokker plane Detroiter, was pre pared for the flight today. Mem bers of the expedition hope to find Captain Wilkins in Point Barrow when they arrive. He hopped off nine days ago for that destina tion in the single motored Alas kan. Radio operators with the expedition : in Fairbanks believed for a short time today they had received a faint call from Captain Wilkins, but no message followed, and. they later were inclined to credit the calls to stations too dis tant to be heard distinctly. They received a message today from Alexander Malcolm Smith, in charge of the Overland party saying it had reached the polar sea and hoped to arrive in Bar row by Wednesday. HURT IN AUTO SMASHUP BROOKS SCHOOL TEACHER RECEIVES HEAD WOUNDS Miss Letta Nyhart, school teach er at Brooks, received a bad scalp wound when her. car collided with a stage at the intersection of Brooks Corners Saturday after noon at 5:50 o'clock. Latest re ports from the Salem hospital to which she was rushed, disclose that her condition is not danger ous, and that she is resting fairly comfortably. Her car, a sedan, was totally wrecked, according to the report. Miss Nyhan attempted to cross the intersection, but was struck by the stage beore she could do so. TO ERECT HOSPITAL EVERETT, Wash., April 24. (By Associated Press.) Decision to erect a Lutheran hospital at Astoria, Ore., was reached at a business meeting today ot the 34th annual convention of the Col umbia conference of the Lutheran Augustana synod which has been in session this week at ion Luth eran church here. Close Scrutiny Is Given New French Debt Plans f Changes in Proposal Will Be Necessary, First Investigation Indicates, Total of French Of fer Said to Be in Prox imity of Seven Billion WASHINGTON, April 24. (By Associated Press.) France's new proposal for settling her $4,00,000,000 .war debt to the United States was given formal and official scrutiny today by the American debt commission wtih indi cations that changes would be necessary to assure its ap proval. Taking up the offer as the possible basis for an agreement, the commission discussed it for an hour and a half and then decided to meet again on Monday. While some mem bers believed the resloution undoubtedly would be necessary, the fact that Ambassador Beren ger exceeded the best offer made by the unsuccessful mission of Joseph Caillaux last year reacted well with commissioners who are hopeful of a quick and satisfac tory conclusion of the negotia tions. Immediately on conclusion of the commissioner's session today, Senator Smoot of Utah, one of its members, went back to the cap itol and called up the Belgium debt agreement and by doing so brought into action Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, who renewed his attack on both the debt com mission and the administration; Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, and others who opposed the terms, they said, the commission had allowed at the expense ot the American taxpayers. It was generally understood that the total of the French of fer was in the proximity of !, 000,000,000 including interest payments over the 62 year period. This is almost SI, 000, 000,000 higher than the Caillaux proposal. Some doubt existed in the com mission, however, on the advis ability of accepting an initial pay ment of only $25,000,000 as against the $40,000,000 annual first payments at the time offered by Caillaux. The French argument is un derstood tor be that the deprecia tion in the exchange value of the franc makes it more severe for France to meet its first payments now than would have been the case last year. PORTLAND PIONEER DIES DONALD MACKAY BUILDER AND LUMBERMAN PASSES PORTLAND, April 24. (By Associated Press.) Donald Mac Kay, 84, pioneer Portland builder and lumberman, prominent in Masonry and many years active in public life, died today at his home here. Mr. MacKay was born near Woodstock, Oxford county, Can ada, on Christmas, 1841, the son of Mr! and Mrs. Angus MacKay, who had come to America from Scotland, where the clan MacKay held an important place in Scot tish history, 11 years before. In 1885 he went to San Francisco remaining there eight months be fore coming to Portland, then a city of but 5000 people. For a number of years Mr. Mac- kay engaged in contracting, and constructed many large buildings, the last being the Portland hotel, erected in 1889. Mr. Mackay was one of the or ganizers ot North Pacific Lum ber & Manufacturing company in 1882 and was for many years its president. He served a term as state representative, two terms as state senator and was for many years chairman of the city and county republican central commit tees. PUPILS COMPETE FRIDAY MARION COUNTY DECLAMERS TO MEET AT SlLVERTON On Friday, April 30, the annual Marion county declamatory con test will be held in the Eugene Field high school in Silverton, with representatives expected from each school tin the county. The contest will start at 8 .o'clock. This year two divisions will be formed, one for the high school and one for the grade pupils. High school students will deliver ora tions and grade students recita tions. Gold, silver and bronze medals wiU be. awarded in each division. Floyd Massey, of ; Stayton won first place in the contest last year, and Fern Andrews ot Gervais was second. CANDIDATES CERTIFIED COUNTY CLERKS NOT1F1KD OF NAMES FOR BALLOT The secretary of state Saturday certified to the various county clerks in Oregon the candidates whose names wUl appear on the official ballots at the primary elec tion to be held May 21. The bal lots, tunder the election' laws, are printed under the direction of the county clerks and are. distributed among the voting precincts by the sheriffs. CHICAGO LOSES SLEEP 843 YEARS "WASTED" BY DAY LIGHT; SAVING PLAN CHICAGO, Aprtt 2 4. ( By AP. ) Chicago lost about 342 years of sleep -tonight,, The loss of slum ber was due to the ninth annual advent of daylight saving time in the city and suburbs, where three million people set watches and clocks Ahead a hour each. PORTLAND SEARCHED FOR FIVE WHO ESCAPED JAL COUNTY CONVICTS AT HILLS- BORO OVERPOWER JAILER Two Believed to Have Jleen Given Ride to Portland; Posses Sent Out HILLSBORO Or., April 24. (By Associated Press.) Two of the five men who escaped in the jailbreak here last night are in Portland or have been there and gone on in' the Opinion of Sheriff Reeves, who was informed by a? motorist late today that he had taken into the city two men whose descriptions tallied closely with two of the fugitives. The motor ist declared that he did not at the time he picked the men up, know of the jailbreak No clews were available here tonight as to the whereabouts of the other three men who fled after beating Henry Hickox, and lock ing him in a eel' bound and gag ged. Posses continued the man hunt throughout the day. The prisoners who got away are Arthur Dykeman. Joe Forrest, Miles Rymel, E H. Campbell and William E. RiceL Five other pris oners refused to participate in the break and remained in their cells. Dykeman was brought back from Chicago two days since on a charge of forgery, while Rymel was waiting to be taken to the penitentiary to j serve a term for forgery. Forrest was captured a month ago after being at liberty since January, 1925, as the result of a similar Jail break. According toi'the story told by Hickox, the Jailer, he went into the cell where the five men were kept together to get a Suit of clothes from pne of them. As he unlocked the door, he said. Rice Jerked it open and knocked him to his knees, and then all five of them Jumped on him. He was knocked out, and when he recov ered he found himself bound and gagged and bound. The five men took Hickox's keys and made their way out of the building. STATE DRY! REPORT OUT TOTAL OF 465 ARRESTS MADE DURING. YEAR 1925 There were a total of 465 ar rests for violations of the state prohibition laws reported to the state prohibition department dur ing the year 1925, according to figures given, out here Saturday by William Levens, state prohibition director. t A total of 74 stills were confis cated and fines were collected in the amount ot $65,151. Jail sen tences aggregated 14,694 days. Approximately j 25,800 gallons of mash and liquor were destroyed. The officers confiscated 21 cars. Mr. Levens Said that while the reports received at his office did not cover the i entire state, they indicated thatr every effort was being made by the officers to en force the prohibition law. LAVA STREAM CONTINUES flow prom: mauna LOA IS ROLLING DOWN HILLSIDE HILO, T. H.J April 24. (By A. P.) A stream of lava 250 feet wide, juggernaut of the goddess Pele, rolled slowly today from the, volcano 'Mauna Loa toward the seaside village of Honomalino, only a mile away. Household goods with horses and cattle were removed from! ranch houses and the village. f Honomalino is close. by the ham let of Hoopuloa, destroyed a few days ago by a volcanic flood. LENIENCY RECOMMENDED CANADIAN OFFICIALS INVES TIGATE PAMPHLET CASE VICTORIA, j B. C, April 24. (By Associated Press.) No sym pathy for ruin running, hut ad miration for heroism. Attorney General Manson of British Colum bia explained today, motivates ef forts to obtain from the united States . leniency for . Captain Ro bert, Pamphlet, rum runner of Vancouver, B. C, and of the schooner Pescawha. MERCURY HITS TOP, SAtf FRANCISCO, :- April 24 Climbtng to hew heights -for' the year, the temperature reached . 8 5 here today. v JThe warmest April day In the history of the United States weather bureau records here was In. 1888, when thermom eters registered 88 degrees. - " j , - ' v- .. RESlSrSSAY Salem Heights Rises In Pro ! test at Proposal, to Put i Garbage There PADLOCK ORDER ISSUtD Quick Developments Bfark Barur day Following Annouiu cutuut of Option Held on Aban- doned Quarry Site r ' As an aftermath of the recent acclaim and clatter which marked the "exposal" f of conditions pre vailing in the old city dump, ad vocates of a new city dump,' who fondly, believed they had found the ideal spot in the form of an abandoned Salem Heights, quarry, Saturday made the disconcerting discovery that their solution, is no solution at all, and that the fu ture garbage mecca of the city is both uncertain and unwanted. Following - the. announcement Saturday morning that an. option had been secured - on the War ren Construction company's quar ry, one thing was adequately driv en home. Strenuous protests, will be raised by any section on whom the "city cleansers" endeavor to foist, the white elephant. Immediate and active protest marked the short hours of Satur day, made by South Salem resi dents who declared they would have none of the city dump. De velopments can be summarised as follows: 1. Charles Speaker, local rep resentative of the Warren Con struction company went to Port land, where officials are declared to have given orders to padlock the premises and fight any. at tempt to use the property as a dump. 2. Albert Richard Wet Jen, Or egon author, consulted his attor ney on possibilities :o securing an injunction to prevent location o the dump there. H. S. Gile, resi dent o Salem Heights, did like wise. Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, coun ty superintendent o schools, con sidered-similar action. . . ' r 3. Contention was raised that location of the city dump near the Salem Height Community House and within a quarter mile of the Salem Heizhta school house directly affects the health of cer tain residential and business dis tricts. Those were Saturday's high lights. New developments are expected Monday. The proposal to locate the city dumping ground near the Salem Heights community house and within a quarter ot a mile of the Salem Heights school house, has also involved, the matter of the health of certain residence and business districts in Salem, accord ing to those who are familiar with the drainage and seepage from the proposed dumping ground just south of Salem, Where it is proposed to locate the city, dumping ground Is an old (Ontlsnal a tifi 4.) SLAYERS FOUND- GUILTY LOGGERS ARE CONVICTED OP ' ASTORIA, KILLING . 1 ASTORIA. April. 24. (By As sociated Press.) Elmer and Matt Lumber, Aberdeen loggers charged with second degree murder in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Pearl Vargos, middle aged negress nere eoruary . is, were found guilty, of. manslaughter by a jury in j tne , circuit court mis afternoon. The. jury; deliberation inTm1 a 3 XL hnnr nArlnd. Trial of the case occupied 10 days and was reaturea ny continual wrang- ueiense. Attorney, u, w. tto.Dison, was granted 20 days to. file a mo tion, tor. a, new traj, INITIATION:';. HELD-- HERE A SO M1CN JOIN ORDER- , More than ISO- members of the Plfl WnndmBn Lib aawlntlnB. a fraternal and , insurance organi zation, gathered in. Salem Satur day evenlna- for a. combined state meeting . and initiation. Thirty candidates were initiated Ot this number 16. live in Salem. State Manager L. D. McFadden of Washington, and F. A. Beard, head of the organization In. Ore gon, attended the meeting.. ' The initiation was followed by ban quet. - . : v t CATHdL10;;W0MEfl- MEEt MRS. GERTRUDE1 KEBER-. OF MT. ANGEL PRESD3ES Y ; ASTORIA, April 24. (By As sociated Press.) The annual eon f erence of the state court ot the - nanrtitar' at - America was held at the Hotel Astoria this . afternoon with Mrs.- Gertrude Keber of Mount Angel, presiding. ii.tv -tiHiliiui aMfnn the X1 1. 4Ub , iuniuv. delegates were entertained at a dinner this evening. Tomorrow they will be taken on scenic auto yides about ' the county - and the ..Kiinn Miipluda with-a din ner at the Hotel Gearhart - . V 4 - J '. "1 ... 'J i . -