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, i. I r i ' -' t ' 4 J '. ... . 1 .. -. . ... , SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR , . SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESpATTMORNINGJlAY" 571926 J : - PRICE FIVE CENTS Ski- Vili ... t 1 v i I in-sri " h-nV' i -s r w if iv"- "Si i 'r-v ri ' r-n 1 1 "'- j Li i il i-Oi ! 1 (fvJ f I'.) o) e m "( m J c: d) - c o J ( l.'v ! I i i i -! k A 151. 4 IT ! i. i. ;inM-; I 8 oa: S 'i 5i ' ; ," s - 1 , - ' i ; . !.'. .. 'I .-. . . -' I - ' - - ' I - . - : . "... " . . ...... . ' . . J , . . ..' . -. j- T ' V T" (I STRIKE STliLLS ! '( ALL IfJDUSTRY Cenefal' Halt Called; Thpus ?ands Are Milling About Streets of Cities BOTH SIDES HARK TIME Jio New Negotiations Opened . by ' : Either Side; Government -Does Not Intend to Call , ? Mass Meetings ; MOSCOW, Slay 4 (A.P.) The Red labor International has lamed a proclamation feigned by General Secretary LosoTsky and reading' la part 'aa follows: "The straggle has begun. Mil lions of the English ' proletariat 1 bare arisen as one man ' against i -kbVpIoltera.i;0vy.'-r 'V f- Fadng the derelopment of ' this gigantic struggle when for the first time in British history class arises against class all dif ferences among the workers must be sunk. All - workers, regardless of factions,' must stand with ' our -' struggling -brothers and gire them full and unqualified aid.';.-,'. " if ' Xot one ton of coal for Eng-. ' 'ladt AU U-eountries - beyeotS British coal orders and refuse to deliver any foreign' merchan-' dlse to fcnglandl r Vage merci less fght against strike, break- L6NDON, May 5.- (By Associ ated ;- Press.) At midnight, the - general strike had .been ' in prog ress 24 hours and had stalled' lae great bulk of the country's. Indas- ' tries. So vast Is the- movement and so many are its ramifications, no single definite development can be observed. - London and some of the other great cities present the curious aspect of many. thou sands of persons and conveyances in aimless motion, with an almost total snspenslon of work, except in vital services. I There have been no new. negoti attons, so far as the ; pablia is aware, seeking a settlement of the strike no : move to this 1 end on ltbea side. That the, government jfloe-i not propose to Initiate hew. parleys is obvious" from the Btate meat contained in its official hewa paper.' the first' number pt yrhlch was ' Issued 1 3 Tuesday jghtjth strike leaders have! mfle no'move, and tlte next step is with them.J ;t ; Although" heitW"xxtehis from one. end of the country -to the other, the people, aside from certain inconveniences, have not even begun to feel its real effects. The government and leaders iden tified with the most, important in dustries operating separateljr; hut in ! some ' cases together, have al ready set up machinery for sup plying the populace with those things absolutely-essential tor its existence. It would appear as If the governmentwere settling down to a long fight.; It is offici ally asserted that the tleup ismot r,V Important as long as the strike ini ' l .. fVai fTia Mn. ! pie are : arouBtngr" themselves to U help the government keep, things (Ooatiaaa on ptf .), In Wailnnston The Rebate began t in , thVouse on three widely divergent farm relief measures. -, .4. A cruiser was ordered to Nic araguan waters to protect Amer ican interests there.-. .. . , f President , Coolidge held the p-rnMtn situation :rine -for call- K A third Hague conference.. ' .igf .:-;5 house replied ' to Ju'dgd rThe English's ' impeachment answer, terming 1t irrelevant and imperti- nent. 1 - ... ! novernment officials 1 were silent on the British strike, Amer ica Federation of Labor held the Salem's Musicians Unite May Festival ' 4 . t Jf Public 1 School ( Chorus,' Salenr Boys' Chorus, High School . -t Chorus; McPowell OuVCivie Qub, Sacred Heart and Schbbert Octette' Listed ' Under the auspices of the Music Teachers' association of Salem, national Music Week will be observed in Salem with a community concert to be given this evening- in which 365 of Salem's home talent musicians will appear., ., The organization with the largest number to take part in the program is the public school chprtis of 150 vwces,; under the direction of Miss Gretchen Kraeraer. The second largest organization is that of the Salem Boys' chorus of 90 voices, directed by. Dr. iL.C. Epleyi' "fyrJi ' vi-p-: . Under the leadership of Miss, Lena Belle Tartar, the Salem HYDE PARK CAMP OPEN WARTOIE SCENES REVIVED V AB RELIEF CREW WORKS (By the Associated Press) LONDON, May 4HuU, tents, and ' all kinds of portable buildings are springing up like mushrooms j in ' Hyde Park, which is the center for the dis tribution of food supplies dur ing the general strike. Lorries come and go with a rush char acteristic; of war. days. There is an air of suspense and hurry everywhere. , . ' Where soap box ; orators spoke . formerly on. .evenings, and Sunday. afternoons, within the shadow of the park's great marble arch, there is now an enormous, stack of milk cans. The park, which occupies 3 4 acres has been closed to the public and its arches are guard ed by bobbies.'. Irishera-areHiCh goodUwork-k ers that lack, of transportation facilities is not proving such a hardship to them as it would to continental dwellers. In tact the opening day of the great strike provided a lark for many of the younger folk, who walk ed niiles to and from work. Their appetites stirred' , be cause of this butdeor exercise,, clerks and shopgirls flocked into lunch rooms and tea shops substantially increasing busi ness. - Chorus girls who dance tonight reached the theaters early :'. and were served with supper brought in from nearby restaurants. " They were to be .taken home after the perform ance in special automobiles. The ' vice chancellor of Ox ford university issued a notice that ' under ! graduates should come immediately with the college-authorities in regard to aatlonar Bervicet Leave of ab sence will be granted to all un dergraduates hot taking the examinations this term.' Large numbers of students have left the university since the strike began."'' .,s.:; : , DELAYED BLAST IS FATAL MARSHFIELD MAN DIES, AN OTHER BADLY INJURED r? MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 4. (By Associated Press.)- One man was, killed and7 another .seriously hurt by the explosion of a delay blast la the quarry of Hauser Con struction company on Coos river about 8. miles from Marshfleld this : afternoon.: ' Ray Myers, 34, was killed and Fred Ward was badly crushed by rockC Meyers and family came here from' Yaki ma.' Wash. Ward has a wife and two children at Seattle, v ' The Hauser' 'Construction com pany is engaged In quarry rock for a Jetty at the; entrance to Coos bay.i-fVj:3-A :! r , PAWNED HEAT FIRE KILLS UNIDENTIFIED . MAN DIES AS . FLA5IES GTJT HOTEL PORfLAND,: Ore., May 4.--(By Associated Press.) -An un identified man, believed to be a transient, was burned to death In a fire that gutted the interior of the old'Burnside hotel at second and Barnside streets-here -today. Damage was estimated at $12,000. The fire Is believed to have been started; by men engaged in melt ing canned heat.:"' ''?.?,j ' The building j part of which has been torn 'down to make' room tor the approach to the new Burnslde bridge across the Willamette" riv er, was vacated -several days ago High school chorus of 40 voices is on" the 'program for several" num bers. . ; Other 'organizations on the program are: McDowell elub,; SO voices, 5 to be directed by W.'iH. Boyer; the Civic club, with W, H. Hobson of , Willamette university with. 24 voices, Prof. E. W, Hob son of Willamette university direc tor ; 'Sacred 'j Heart Academy j or- chestra, with 16 pieces; the Schu bert Octette, with Miss Miaetta Magers, leader, and the dancing class of Mrs. Ralph White. T t During the early " part of I the program, . beginnings at 7:30 o'clock there will be several selec tions by the Cherrian band, under the leadership of Oscar Steelham mer. ' . The evening's program, follow ing several selections by the Cher rian band will begin with the en trance of the Willamette univers ity May QueenMiss Myrtle Jensen and her two maids, Miss , Hazel Malmsten and Miss -Jessie' Pyhos. The queen and maids ' will be 'es- NAME TWO INSTRUCTORS MASSACHUSETTS I AND OKLA HOMA MEN COME TO OREGON EUGENE, May 4 (A.P.) Two new men have been elected to teach at the '. University of Ore gon for,' the, coming year,, it was announced ' today by James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the ' col lege of literature, science and' the arts.- Professor Harvey G. Town send of Smith .college, North hampton, Mass., will teach in the philosophy department, . while . J. K.' Horner, of the University ., of Oklahoma, one of the best known debate coaches in the middle west, has accepted the position of . as sistant professor of English. He win handle' public speaking work- ALCOHOL ISN'T THE TRUSTEES SAY Final Decision Postponed Pending Return of Bishop ; ' W. 0. Shepherd FIERY MEETiNG STAGED Dr. G. O. , Oliver Leads Fight to Keep Institution for Salem, 1 '' Joined By Students ' '''and Alumni '3 .--'-. PORTLAND, May 4. (ByAs-l sociated Press.) The trustees of the Kimball school of theology,', Methodist' . Institution, 5 tonight adopted a.' resolution . affirming their; jireirious decision to-remove Xhe .school from ' Salem, Qre.r to Seattle in 192?.:. The opinion pre vailed,; however, i that a final de cision will not -be reached; until the return to the city of 'Bishop William" O. . Shepherd to whom both sides of the 1 controversy areJ appealing for support. , The meeting was an excited one, with spokesmen for faculty, alum ni and student body vigorously opposing the proposed move .to Paget Sound. Dr. G.' O. Oliver, Vice president of Willamette uni versithdTTreKaed theTtftmnl representtttives made - 4 . strong pie 'tor peeping the school , at " He pointed out that the (Coatinned n pt 6.) C0NT jPASS TRAFFIC 3 HEAVY SNOWSAIL TO , HALT ' CARS OVER CASCADES EUGENE, Ore., Mar 4. (A.P.) Heavy, snows in McKenzie Pass today failed to impede auto and stage traffic -Officials of the Ore gon : stages Inc. announced here tonight upon tthe return of the Eugene-Bend stage bus from the eastern city. D. J. Johnson, driv er, stated that the big snow drift at the west side " of the summit was practically gone. ONLY THING THAT HELPS i. " Jv - y : rf SALEM, MASS., - j jipssii-. ttm id .-iYi ---- X -Vi i - M" : i li : J.r v x':-- This picture of the eastern high school team, taken during their stop in Washington, D. C, shows: left to right, back row A. E. McDonald, Representative Andrews of Massachusetts who presented the debaters to the president; William R; Barry, associate principal of the school they. represent, and; Wil liam; A.. Tracy, captain of the team. Lower row Helen Schortell, Barbara 1 Poor. Jennie 'Pitcoff and FrancesLetteney. They are shown wnite House, iney meet local nign oundintheir"na,tiVfcftv?,l'M,''"r AMERICANVOUT OF JAIL CHARGES OF INSULTING MUS SOIdNI PROVE FALSE ROME, May 4. (By Associated Press.) John Adams Abbott of Boston, who had been held in jail here for the last week on a charge of Insulting Premier Mussolini, was released today by order of an investigating magistrate. Abbott immediately, returned to his hotel and- after .removing a week's growth- of ' beard, " spent the" re mainder of the day at the Ameri can consulate discussing the situ ation with his uncle, Samuel Ab bott, former director or'the Am erican Academy here. The magis trate ordered Abbott's releases - FILL UP ASYLUM DEBATERS REACH here' Just after leaving an audience with President Coolidge at, the. scnoot debaters nere on JTMay " ' ' Vanderbilt;to If Newspapers Fall Flat . . Youthful Publisher Declares Necessary- to Protect Employees and Investors Who Place Confidence in Him' NEW YORK, May 4. (By he has to move out of his rooms at the Mayfair house, and start work at the bottom of the ladder as a reporter, Cornel ius Vanderbilt, Jr.; declared-today that the people who "be i: i r i-r ' 1 xl; t ? t . lieved in him, whether employees or inves paper enterprises, will bei paid. He declined to make any 'statement regirdinc: the receiv ership of his Los Angeles' 'paper," and the suspension of his ban inrancisco paper but declared it will ta to make me-give . up -a life's work I went into because I love it." Itk wasJ disclosed that- General Cornelius Vanderbilt, father of the 28 year old "publisher, at no time had made any demand' forthe 11.080,000 represented by demand notes for advances by the- Vander bilt : family to the publications. Young . Vanderbilt, however, said recently the family had decided to withdraw its support. "I may have to start again at the bottom, asking city editors for (Qob tinned on page 8.) , TORNADO RIPS ORCHARDS TREES. BUILDINGS ' DESTROY- :ED; 'AS'PUXKEL'APPEARS. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4. ( By Associated. Press. ) A - strip of Clark county's finest prune or chards was'laldwaste by' a small tornado 'which swept a path about eight miles long north of this city today. Trees were uprooted, many buildings .were- demolished,' V un roofed or torn from their founda tions by the freak stdra.Y' ' While the surrounding .country was enjoying fine weather a black funnel-shaped ' cloud ! ' swooped down, and :,within six minutes spread a - ribbon ? of ' -destruction about two hundred yards wide be tween Vancouver and the' town Of Orchards. .'-. - '' 'Damage was '"-confined : to "de- fstruction about twohundred yards wide between Vancouver and the town of Orchards.- - ' EUGENE GETS HEAVY RAUJ FALL"" OP. 1.40 INCHES. CROP BENEFIT REPORTED "i ', EUGENE, May (By . Asso ciated Press. ) -The total' precipi tation from the time the storm be gan yesterday noon until 8' o'clock tonight-was -1.4 0 inches, accord ing ta-the weather observer here. ATI crops are benefitted; . SALEM, OREGON nignvtbe 300th anniversary: of the Courtesv ofTb riroennian . Pay Debts, ;:;-:-. He Will Begin at Bottom if Associated iPress.)r-Even if tors in his news- Ice more than this STUDENTS TO GET HONOR XOisnXATIONB 3IADE FOR AN- InUAL ALBERTS AWARD I Margaret Pi-o, Bernard PlaxSel and Heh?tf - Krueger have been the factulty of the Salem high school to receive the Joseph Alberts award for this year. The election, at which the students vote, prill be held May 21. .The award is made to the stud ent "of the sebior class who has made the mostlprogress during the year In attaining the Ideals of character, service and wholesome influence. The award consists of $25. , i-.r, r A similar ajward is made each year at Willantette university. Jo seph Jl. Alberts, local banker, is the donor of the award. FIRE INSUkAfiCE GROVS O; ; 1 " : STOCK INStTtANCE TOTAL i . PLACED !AT 6SS,9eSS ( i ', . -T : I. . Stock fire' insurance ; In force in the state of -Oregon December 31. 1925; totalled $83,96S. 868. according' to : a, report' prepared here Tuesday iff. Will Moore, state Insurance commissioner. tThls Is an increase' ot $55,350,662; over the year 1924. The Insurance com panies received-:- premiums ot J8,90f,73i -; and. paid 'losses amount to $4,063,967. A prem ium tar of 1207,297.82 was col lected -by the:- Insurahce depart- ment. I MAN IS FOUND IN RIVER - , . . ; - . ; t r WIIXAMETTE1 VICTOI BK ?.LIEVED TOlBBJOHN LAKE PORTLAND j May 4. (By As soc iated- Press. ) A ' body o f ' a man believed to be John Lake of Roseburg, wasi found' In the Wil lamette,' river ;here today, - IY OR OFFERS (Elf TO SflLELI Station Filled as Representa tives of East Arrive in 2:- j 'Capital ? City GREETING "SURPRISING If Local; Student Body . to Wire En f couragement to ' Western . Team, Arrived in East;' . ' Miss Pro Writes i ; More than 2,0 00. 'high school' students, university 'students and townspeople were at the depot last nightj to welcome the Salem, Mass., . debaters 7 when' they " descended from j the Shasta limited. :' -;-' ; '. Guns were fired, shouts were raised, and high school songs were sung as the train came to stand still S V. y,:, : .,:) ? i. , . ., . t- ' "Rear car!" the shout rang out, and a wave ot students stampeded v in thit direction. ' For a few tense moments the debaters failed to ap pear. ! Then shouts , disclosed that they lhad detrained. .., . ;., , v - r Mayor J. B.; Giesy was among the first to extend the visitors a hearty .welcome, surrendering. , to themjHLhkey to theity..Ueav 4 ber jbt the local Lions club were' . od hand to escort the debaters, as ' soon as the crowd would permit, to this home of C F. Giese.' r - At; the station also were J; Q Nelson, principal of the local high school;- George Hug, superinten dent jot schools; Orlando H. Horn ing, coach of debate for the, local school ; Cecil Edwards, A. 'S. B. president, and the three debaters who jare to represent this city in Friday night's debate. . ; ; Included In "the ; Salem, Mass part are William' H. Barry, coach Helei. Schortell, ' assistant coach and ehaperone; Arthur. McDonald and William Tracy, captains, and (Continnad ei ;( S.) . LIST TRANSPORT PROFIT ANNUAL REPORT FILED IN I COM5IISSION OFFICE V i l Operating income from the Ore- gon lines of the Oregon-Washing- . ton Rallroa4 . & I Navigation . com- t. panyji during'4 the ; year 1.9 25 . to-r tailed 4,423,7? tif Recording tq ( the annnual' report of the corpor-j; ation filed in the 'offices of the, f public service commission . hero Tuesday.' -The intrastate earnings of the company were $4,067,960.39, while 'the - interstate earnings ap portioned to the Oregon lines ot the corporation were $14,223,- 629.6,8. . The operating: expenses, both were Interstate and intrastate, $1$,868,800.32.. r -z The operating-income showed a slight increase' when compared with that for the year 1924. taces 'Are our today CX5UNTY ' HALLS FILLED AS ANNUAL PAY3IENT DPCNS i I A line ' of taxpayers formed in the county court halls Tues day! as hundreds of Marion county . people ' rushed ' to' the county treasurer's office to pay thej first- Installment of taxes, duel !today, May 8. - Up until closing time, the line showed no signs of diminishing. - After to day" the mounting penalty will be attached. to the tax levy. - -' Much contusion, delay and crowding was eliminated by the fact that many people had ap plied for their statements dur ing; the 'past month; and tad forwarded their taxes by mail, .O had paid in person. "L The de lay ' in -line results, from the necessity of Issuing statements, entailing much work and time. When- the statements have al ready been secured, merely the simple formality of passing tha 'check over the counter la cecca- "saryvv,:;-.;. . '-.v'.: .- j: -