. . . . - - - ' .- ,- - j,'- i ' - ' - - . - , . . SEVENTYrSIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1926 STRIKE CALLS Seething Surf Battled COUNCIL QKEY! FARMERS BAND Atlantic Coast Debaters In Lives WillReach Salem AREIDERED KJGE iL STREET BUSES - - - Coast to Coast Debate Will Take Place in Armory, Friday Night, Salem, Oregon; Squad Detrain in Massa chusetts Tuesday as Plannedl Tsfc ot Yiklnks of IT. S. Sea Service ReUted by Crew; Coast Guard and Lighthouse Men Rescued After Being . Beat About on Jagged Rocks JOUS Strugglefor Today ' ' ; ' : f ft. r t 11 f ml PI Every Uot in City; Will Be . Checked, Each Building to Be Designated . UNITED SUPPORT GIVEN Garlmse Committee Indicates Re port Will Soon Reveal Ade quate Solution of City's . Refuse Problem An ordinance-. correcting, tbs city's . noose . namberinc system was passed by tbe city council at It meeting- Monday night with out a dissenting rote. The ordi nance baa the approval of the post omce antnormes, the city en gineer, the chamber of commerce, insurance . - - men and several others actively Interested. unaer tne new system, every lot In the city is to be numbered accurately. Under the provision of the ordinance, the city engineer Is Instructed to draw up a map of the city and; guided by the ordi- Every house must hereafter i P , have the right number, according xo tne revised system. The cen tury system Is used; that is, there are 100 numbers tot each block. The numbers are governed north ' and soath from State street and east and west from .Water street. It Is the duty of the. property owner, under the prdlnance, to see that the right . number Is on his lot. If the wrong number. Is -used, it Is the duty of the .chief, of no lice and the street commissioner to notify the mrsou"tar bis nrrnr- er wrong-. If . he -does not 1 clj tip in S 0 days after the notice, m liable to a fine of not' less tL 2; and not, more than SI 0. Eactfc week In which he ignores the notliication. Is construed as a separate misdemeanor; and fines levied accordingly. , The measure was declared an emergency, and will be in effect as : eo6n as the mayor shall approve Of It. , ; i ,; Alderman W. H. Dancy stated that the garbage committee hopes to report In the near future that they have consummated- a deal whereby the city's garbage shall be amply taken care of. , . The ' council voted at'' the re quest of Mayor J. B.: Giesy, to hold a band concert and to turn on the memorial fountain in Wil son park In honor of the IO. O. F. members, who will meet In this " city May 24 and 25. Oscar Steel hammer,' director of the municipal band favors the concert.' , , " - Quarters of the city's firemen - were ; branded "congested' and t lacking In facilities by .Alderman W..H. Dancy. .. The-conncll voted itorinstrucf thebtid.ihgT 'cammit "tee to see that' proper kitchen and dining room facilities are provid--." ed at once, and to purchase a gas : . stove to take the place of the lone . gas'plate upon which firemen now are forced to cook their meals. ' The Improvements will cost about ' 25ft.. . " Chief Harry Hutton will attend the state fire chiefs' convention to i be held in Corvallis the latter, part of this month. He will have his ,f . expenses paid by the city. .The : state forestry, department lo put on a school of forest fire fighting. (OoUB a pacer tL). - Monday; Ih Waskinston . The sale of Admiral-Qriental tine wtan'qulred into by a senate coi"tee. ..(. v'-"-i iJadge English of Illnlois de hied impeachment' charges at the bar of the senate committee. : Congressional Immunity was In . yoked br Representative Xagnar .dla In declining to. testify before -- fin Indianapolis grand Jury - -.,if jf-f ' the Haugen farm re : llu)(jl I la announced by Rep WfJ' -V Blney ot Illinois, hawi v a special democratic ? farm group. ' - . . . ' : .. The Boulder canyon project was . bpposed by Chairman .Maddeq of ' the house 'appropriations commit tee and endorsed j by- Secretary Vork. . " '. v.t . Limitation of treasury depart jnent's power, in designating fede ral buildings, were agreed to at a : SAN PEDRO, CaL; May 3. (By Associated Press.) This is a saga of the Vikings of the United States coast guard and light house services. Its theme ia a battle of bare hands and bruised bodies against a piling surf and jagged rocks ' and the bare hands; American hands, won. . t The story of the struggle yesterday off South Point, Santa Rosa Island, came to -port today by the 'coast guard craft 254, which also brought here for hospital attention two members of the crew of the lighthouse tender Sequoia. A surf, 10 feet higher than REPUBLICAN POLL LIST OUTNUMBERS DEMOCRAT WOMEN PREDOMINATE PROIII niTIOX P4.RT1T TOTAIi! 1043 Included In, Major Parties Eligiblo to Vote at May Primaries Registrations for Marion county for the primary elections total 20, 20?, according to figures given out Monday by TJ. G. Boyer, county clerk, following a compilation of reports taking , in all voting pre cincts in the city. Of this number, 11,671 of those ' registering were men and 8536"were women. A total of 15436 registration blanks were made ' out by those voting the .republican ticket, against 6413 favoring the policies of the democratic party. In the republican ranks, 8723 men regis tered and 6414 women are listed. Male registrants in the democratic party totaled 2450, and females 1756. i ' The only party In which women voters outnumber the men is In the prohibitionist ranks. In this group -only 58 men registered, against 184 women, a total of 464, s ' i ' " Only, those registering as either republicans or democrats will be able to vote at the primary elec tion, other than in the city con- testF so the two eld-line, parties are named in the ballots and as the election is strictly - of a nominating . nature. Eliminating ' these registering in other parties, only 19,343 are elig ible to yote in the main primary election. In the class of those not able to vote are the ones who re fused to give-their party politics when registering, and were con sequently classed as "miscellane ous, or . this number 37 were men and 30 women, a total 61 67. A table showing the complete registration for Marion county fol lows:' Male Female Total Repnb. S.723 6,413 15,186 Dem. S.450 1,756 4,207 Prog-.-: . 4S 23 . 71 Socialist 75 22 7 ProhL 68 . 107 165 Independent .... 280 1S4 44 Misc. 37 30 67 Grand total....ll.iU 8.536 20,207 SALMON FISHING SLOW STRIKE AND LACK OF FISH . CUTS DOWN INDUSTRY ? ASTORIA. Or., Mar 3 . (By the Associated Press.) Lack of fish In the river, coupled with the flsh- ermens" strike now in progress, has cut returns from the opening days of the Colombia river salmon fishing season to a minimum. The strike being waged by the Columbia, river fishermens" union to obtain 14 cents a pound for raw fish Instead of the packers oiler of 13 cents a pound has swept the river almost" clear of gill net boats of which ! about 1500 are normally on. the river, at this time of the year- GOLD TO BE DUG IN, SAND PLATIXU5I, ALSO, BELIEVED PRESENT. ON. BEACHES I - Gas Moser, " Portland attorney, and. Chas. Hall, banker of Marsh field, spent Monday in Salem con ferring with members of the state land board with: relation to exe cuting a contract authorising the establishment of, a, plant in Carry county for the extraction of gold and platinum from beach sand.- : ; It was said that the process adopted by, the company repre sented by Mr. Moser and Mr. Hall has been tried out In Josephine county and was fauna to ne suc cessful; Promoters of the project recently .Incorporated In Portland. WOULD.RESERVE TIMBER BILL , CALLS FOR ' RESERVA t HON BY GOVERNMENT - , l - "-"'i'; -f.: -'WASHINGTON, May 3. (By Associated Press) yReservation by the government of merchantable timber on" all: tribal lands withm the Klamath Indian reserva'tion, Oregon Js providedlliL a bill as passed by the bouse today and ordinary, was tumbling against the rocks of South Point yester- day wben the Sequoia's whale boat, nine' men aboard her, : put off to re-charge a beacon on the point. Five- men were landed and the remaining four anchored their whale - boat outside - thai breakers. Two anchors and a line ashore held the whale boat, but four great waves poured over her in rapid succession, she was. cap sized and Boatswain D. Araroff and his three seamen Were thrown overboard. , ? In the surf that hammered the rocks they fought for their lives, each man for himself. Azaroff was swept into a rocky cove where he could scarcely get a fingerhold on the cliff. Comb-' ers pounded him about like a cork and his head ras badly cut. Seaman Midgett was carried 300 yara.3 up toe .coast line, got a foothold in spite of 'the battering surf and twice was swept away. Both times Mate Brodie, who had landed with the shore party of five, jumped into the sea and dragged Midgett to his precarious hold on the rocks. The seaman was seriously cut from head to foot and possibly injured - inter nally. Aboard the Sequoia Captain J. A. Sellman saw the plight of his .men and sent word to the C. G. 254 for help. The 254 was an chored at Johnson's lee i lying in wait for & rum smuggler; but she gave up that scent to hurry to the rescue. . The 254 Is a smallish craft her self and .the boats she carried In board are. merely ; cockleshells. But that failed to daunt her com mander, Boatswain L. H. Wil liams. He launched: the dinghy, man ned it himself and made nine sep arate trips through the, boiling surf. Each time he came back with a man, four from the whale boat party, five from the shore. Today the CG-254 ran into San Pedro with Azaroff t and Midgett and landed them , for hospital at tention. Surgeons said they would pull through despite the terrific beating received between the hammer of the waves and the anvil of rocks. Williams and-the little 254 are back on the job tonight at John son's lee watching for that rum smuggler. Cars Will Be Taken Off South Commercial-Fairgrounds Road Run $25'- LICENSE FEE -SET Ordinance Passes Without Change Following Long Debate, Passenger Charge and License Debated After a protracted and - heated discussion lasting nearly an hour, the city council Monday night sealed finally the fate of the street cars on the South , Commercial street-Fairgrounds Road run. Per mission was granted to the Salem Street Railway company to aban don its tracks on the run and to substitute for'the cars street buses. In spite of the long period con sumed to decide the matter, net a single change was made in the ordinance as it was submitted to the council. Two changes were sought; to leave the annual license per buss at $50, the same as paid by the street cars, instead of reducing it ta $25, and, to eliminate section i, which specifies that the company shall charge the same fare as on the street cars. In defense of move to leave the license fee at $50. Alderman Hal Patton pointed out that: the buses will be under: the same -franchise as that under which the cars are run. The franchise calls for a $50 fee. He also pointed out that the company,', now that : it , is to. run buses, wiirnbTonger pay for the upkeep of the road bed on which it runs or for - the bridges over which it operates. As for the specified clause that the same fare should be- maintain ed, Alderman Patton declared that by passing such a clause, the city virtually commits itself to the 7-jcent fare. People are beginning to agitate for a 5-cent fore, Pat ton contends, and the city should not declare itself for a higher rate. The council went into the com mittee of the whole, and while in such session, passed an amend ment bringing the fee back to $50. Several aldermen, led by Alder man W. H. Dancy, objected to the amendment, however, and the re port of the committee of the whole was rejected. , Alderman E. B. Grabenhorst suggested that an ordinance cov ering all the lines in the l;ity should-be adopted instead of an (Continued on pass 5.) " THE GREAT BALANCING ACT! Pool Representing 100 Tons of Cherries Formed, 300 Set as Goal SIX CENTS NOW OFFERED Every County in Valley Represent' ed at Meeting, Crasado Against Cherry Fly WiU Open at Once- A huge cherry pool, formed by local cherrymen to get a higher price for their cherries than can- nerymen have offered so far, and a Willamette valley-wide crusade against the cherry fruit fly were the two developments of a meet ing of cherrymen. held Monday afternoon at the chamber of com merce rooms. In spite of the fact that the pool was formed only Monday, 13 cher ry growers have already signed, representing 100 tons of cherries It is estimated by these that the pool when complete wil represent about 300 tons. This .will take care of practically all of the cher rises in this vicinity besides those grown by farmers who sell to co operative canneries. Only 6 cents per pound has been offered by independent canneries. The cherry crop this .year will only be about 50 per cent normal. At such a price as that laid down, cherry growers assert, they can not make a living income from their crops. Their avowed pur pose in forming the pool is to urge the cannery men to pay prices that they consider at least will be fair. Last year, they maintain, with a better crop, they received a bet ter price; about 7 cents. The (Qontitraed on pag 3.) FRAUD CASE TRIAL IS SET ENA M. HARPER AND O'BRYAN PLEAD NOT GUILTY LOS ANGELES, May 3. (By Associated Press.) Ena M. Har per, under federal indictment on a charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in connection with the proposed colonization of the island of Palmlti, Del Verdi, off the coast of Mazatlan, Mexico, entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned here totday before United States Judge McCormick, and trial was set for October 5. W. H. O'Bryan, who was jointly Indicted, made a similar plea last week. Members of the Salem, Mass., debate team will arrive in this city this evening; at about 8:30 o'clock Ion the Shasta limited. During their stay in this vicinity .they are to be entertained extensively. On this day, when the eastern team is arriving here, tne local team is reaching Boston, at noon. Yesterday they visit ed Detroit, where they were taken completely through the Ford factory Tonight they will be met by Salem, Mass. Rotarians, who will conduct them to the scehe of the east ern end of the debate. The debate Is to be held this Friday evening at 8 o'clock. After Jhe various and sundry rum ors and reports and veiled inti mations, the Salem armory has been definitely chosen as the scene of the debate. The last heardof proposal to' use the Hellig has fallen through because of its limited seating capacity. , Another matter now definitely settled, with but four days re maining until the debate, is the selection of the judges. They will be Miss Cornelia Marvin, state li brarian, Prof. E. 7. De Cou, head of the mathematics department at Oregon university, and Dr. Fred erick Bare h told, head of the Eng lish, department at OAC Govern or Walter M. Pierce will preside, as originally planned. But a few hours of inertness will be experienced by the visiting debaters. They will be entertain ed this evening at homes of var ious prominent Salemites. Wednesday morning, enjoying the hospitality of the Salem Lions club, they will motor to Toledo, where they will indulge in a trout dinner. They will then be taken to view one of the largest saw mills in the. world. Thursday morning the Lions will escort the debaters to Corval lis to view the Oregon Agricultur al college. It was at first planned to take them also to Eugene, but this was abandoned because of lack of time. Thursday afternoon the girl members of the team will be hon or guests at a tea, to be given at the home of Mrs. Frank M. Brown at 664 South Commercial street. The affair will last from 4:30 until 6:30 o'clock. A program will be given, and an orchestra will furnish the music. The girls of the senior class are giving the tea, led by Miss Dorothy Robnett, niece of Mrs. Brown. Friday morning at 11 o'clock the debaters will appear before the students . of the local high school in an assembly, at which they will be duly received. Friday afternoon Is devoted to rest. The debaters will group with their coach and will not be disturbed. Friday evening then will come the actual debate, which has been anticipated for nearly a year. The eastern end of (he debate, because of thei difference in time here and back east, will be held at such a time that the result of the debate will bo known here before this end of the -debate is started. Hence, all will' hinge on the outcome off the local debate. 20 "INJURED Ifb CRASH e .? - jr. - 1 i J - - THEATER , CEILING FALLS ; A WILp RUSH FOLLOWS WILKES BARRE, Pa., May 3. (By Associated Press) Twenty persons were injured, several seri ously, either by falling debris or in a mad rush for safety when a section of the ceiling of the Savoy theater fell today. The accident occurred when the theater, one of the largest movie houses in the city, was only partly filled. The section which fell was 45 feet wide and more than 50 feet long , and '- weighed approxi mately 41 tons. . Charged electric wires were car ried down; by the debris and seve ral persons received severe shocks and burns as well as lacerations and bruises. . City officials expressed the opin ion that the collapse was caused by the vibration of a large electric motor beneath" the stage, used to operate the organ bellows. WAGE QUESTION LOOMS PORTLAND CONTRACTORS DE CLINE TO HONOR PLAN PORTLAND, May 3. ( By As sociated Press.) Portland . build ing contractors today declined to submit their differences with the building trades 'over a wage in crease to the - state board of con ciliation for arbitration v ' The contractors suggested that the question be put up to a com mittee composed of one represen tative of the- laborers, one from the contractors' and a neutral man agreeable to both sides. ' The . unions Involved In the wage dispute hid asked that the board of conciliation be' allowed Cause of Coal Strike WHY BRITISH MIXERS HAVE LEFT Til KIR WORK LONDON, May 3. (By As sociated , Press. The actual position in disputes as between the government and miner is: The miners leaders contend that the . men should not be' asked to accept reduced wages, and lengthened; hours until the; government has taken steps to put 'into operation the recom mendations for! the reorganiza tion' of the mining industry made by the royal commission. Estimate by impartial ex perts said the ; miners' wages vary from 75 shillings ($18) weekly for the; highest paid skilled workers; to 45 shillings for unskilled men, and, in ad dition, the men generally re ceive gratis supplies of house hold coal. ; The commissions report, al though it did not precisely ex clude the possibility of longer hours of work, emphasized the hope that such lengthening would not be necejsary, because in the commission's opinion, longer hours won Id bring in creasing ; unemployment and probably would cause an exten sion of hours of work in the continental coal fields, thus in creasing competition and thus leaving the situation as bad as before. 1 r J Up to the present time tho government . lias only - made promises of putting the com mission's recommendations in to effect, but no step of any kind to tliat end; has been taken in parliament, j RAIN BRINGS FARM JOY MILLION DOLLAR RAIN BRING OPTIMISTIC GRINS The tlme-honofed phrase, "a million dollar rals," could be apt ly applied to the( showers Salem experienced Monday, In the opin ion of farmers and fruit men in this district. While yesterday's rain helped greatly, another day of gentle precipitation would' be welcome,' it is said. Half an inch of rain fell during Monday after noon and eveningj While Willamette valley farm ers are rejoicing over showers, As sociated Press reports from New Orleans, La., report that officials estimated yesterday that several hundred thousand dollars worth of property damage Was caused by a record breaking rainfall there dar ing a. 24-hour period. The total precipitation for Sunday and Mon day was 9.08 inches. More than a score of worshippers in a church were maroojied for 16 hours until removed on a raft; AGED MAN HANGS SE DESPONDENT AND ALONE, DE CIDES LIFE: USELESS j , ' JEFFERSON, May 3- D spondent and alope,". Matt Slgea suhi who for 30 bears has. lived on a farm near Greene's. bridge, decided life wasn't worth while, despite last Sunday's sunshine. So he picked up a rope and went into the woodshed., -A f - ' . He was found hanging, shortly before noon. He; "was 83 years old, -was born inl Germany, and had passed 55 years of his life in the -.counlyr ' He (had no' known relatives in this country. Funeral services wilL be- held here .at LI o'clock Tuesday norning with in terment in Jefferson cemetery. No Inquest will be held. ! ? f!' - WILKiNS TO I GO HQRTH 500 MILE FLIGHT OVER ARC TIC IS TO BE MADE . ; f FAIRBANKS. Alaska. MaV 3.- ( By Associated - Press. ) Cap tain George Hubert WHMmC, leador and carl B Eielsoh. arlator of Use Detroit i Arctic ; expedition pre pared here today t or a JUght of 500 miles over the'Arctlc ocean.!: The expedition Was organized to search for i land : fin ; s the '? Arctic ocean, and March 31 Wllklna and Elelson flew north: 150 miles from the edge of North! America going further than any f recorded : peno-f Organized Labor In Great Britain Calls General Strike at Midnight PREPARATIONS ARE MADE Five Million Men. Are Backing Coal Miners;' Government ' Prepares for Distribu tion of Food . LONDON, May 3. (By Asso ciated Press. ) Organiied labor of Great Britain is in revolt. Fire million -men. are backing up the miners demand for .what they consider a Bring wage and proper working conditions. ' At midnight a general strike of the industrial workers became' effect throughout the country. ,:.i The widespread demonstration, will, unless speedily terminated, ' cause untold suffering, ' with .. the loss of millions in money. The last hours before the gen eral strike call j went forth were anxious ones. Thousands of citi zens: assembled in parliament square and the adjoining streets, while within the house,, ministers of the crown and former minis ters; representing labor, battled in support of their respective conten tions. ' Premier Baldwin criticized the labor leaders, on the ground that, in . ordering . the general strike, they 'were threatening the basis of 'orderly! government, and were nearer, to proclaiming civil war than Great' Britain had for centuries. ...,..r., Winston Cbnrchlll, chancellor ot the exchequer asserted that if thii conflict were fought out to its conclusion, it could only mean th end of parliamentary government or its decisive victory. . - From a kind of apathy the peo ple of Great Britain and , partic ularly of London, central point .of the struggle, turned to anxious speculation as it became apparent that the negotiations, for a settle ment were to fail for -even the lowliest citizen - realized.; what, a widespread strike .of this.- kind meant, with stoppage . of railway and transport , services, the cessa tion of all building operations, the possible supension of shipping a breakdown of the distribution of food supplies,- the , rationing . of fuel and light, suspension of the rnewspapera and Interference wltb all business. r .- The government has made prep arations, backed by . thousands- of volunteers to continue whajt -.are . distribution v of, food., bread- and known as the. vital services; , the j tC6btiAad 9mrpg V.) 11. V? AUTO -CRASH-IS FATAL VlCmi,? 82, DD3S WnEX TWO CARS COLLIDE "Ji I v : T , BEND, Or., May 3. (By Asso ciated Press.) Walter Crosswhlte 32, died early today as a result of injuriea received In an automobile collision 24 hours earlier' on The Dalles-California highway, a mile north ot Bend. He suffered in-; ternal injuries fractured skull and both ears were torn -offt -' There were four men -In the , two cars which collided, . George - Klbbea was seriously injured. . The others escaped with scratches. . STAGE WORKs HURRIED 20 MEN NEEDED To 'sHIFT ' SCENES IN REVUE .. , i - ' . " . f ' Some conception ot the vast amount ot work entailed in the staging of a production such as tho "Scandals,' coming to. the Heilig theater tonight, can be gained by knowledge, that while spectators-are viewing the ac tion, 20 ' men are 5 scurrying about behind the drops prepar ing, for- tho" next 'scene, " Ten men, skilled-in scene shifting, are carried by the company, and these will work with the regu lar crew of ten employed by the Salemtheater. x "ll'i , There are nearly 100 people In the company coming here In the - "Scandals.'' , , Filly : take tart in the chorus. .' A symph ony orchestra composed of 15 pieces accompanies the "com pany on its tour of the country." . .Two baggage cara are needed to transport the scenery and special equipment, --and the com pany moves in -two Pullman cars.- ' -; , -- to aetys St2 31sp.S - y v