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- If as a i as of i ' . re be se 56. 'PRICE FIVE CENTS SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 7; 1926 -1 fa CO id h. t i It 9 J6. 1 l, i 5 I -4 i l i 1 4 '( . II ME RELIEF DT YET SEEK r ' ; - - .: " . 1 -'. ' 1 J. - r- ' povernment end Trade Un ions Insist on Own Terms, ; k, Still Far Apart t V BALDWIN' IS IMMOVABLE premier DecUres . Great Britain W1B Eater Iato fego (kdeni as Long h k " . ' Strike Tst ltfNDCWr. May : As sociated Preijs.) The British gor ernment ftnd : the ', trades nnion congress are still fsr apart. Neith er has shown sins of giving war in the general strike entering upon ItM fourth day. that has caused the greatest industrial up heaval the British Isles hare erer experienced. Premier Baldwin still insists the general strike orders must be withdrawn before he; will enter Into new negotiations. The labor leaders reply with an emphatic "no" to such a condition but de clare themselres ready to go Into conference with the - government With a free hand. - v Adjournment of parliament to night until Monday removes an other possible source or appeals lor peace. The prime minister haa the backing of the house on the measures undertaken to con-- trol the strike situaUon. A labor ' amendment seeking to modify , a clause in the government's bill for tie protection of property was de feated by large majority. ;' Exemplary conduct on the part . of the strikers is again called for : by thehI6n IeadetsAhd they are f obeying orders in a rather unex VTOcted way. tornfy at two -places ' xLj Scotland, haire any serious dls- orders occurred. X, There hare been (Continued, on paga , 7.) ASTORIA MMl Hs FRED tOKONTER IS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES OF PEBJTJBY t : ASTORIA. Ore.; May S. (A.P.) i County Coroner E. - B. Hughes, 'charged with perjury in .connec tion with returns made as to ex penses at the If 24 election, was freed in the circuit court yester day when Judge J. A. Eakln. pre- elding, ruled that the state had not proven that: Mr. Hughes had - sworn to the election expense re turn document, which was used as the basis for the case. ' State witnesses testified that Mr. Hughes had signed the state- xnent in blank .and that it had been ' later filled out by his as sistant, Judge Eakln held that under the circumstances no oath had been administered. The information .which led to ; the indictment . of Mr. Hughes was sworn to by W. C. A. Pohl, democratic candidate for the of fice of coroner, .at the 1924 elec tion and a business rival of the coroner.- r Thursday ' In Washington Salary - increases tor federal judges were voted by the senate. Farm relief debate continued In the house at a night session. r The dim radio control bill was approved by the senate interstate commerce committee. , . ' - ! Secretary ; KelTOgg . denied :ref porta tha 'Ambassador Coflier at Santiago, C&fa had resigned. ' . 'House, leaders agreed" to defer jB&tton on .bills to carry out . Ger- . jnan-American claims awards. . " ' Commissioner Flummer attack fed sale of the American-Oriental liners betore :a senate', commit fr s Methodist n!ccopal bishopa r congratulated President. Coolidge - on the strccesi of hi& administra tion. - . - I The ouse ordered -. lnvestiga-, tlon ' , of impeachment charges' aglanst Commissioner Fennisg of the District of. Colutatia. i A v V-rf ; An adverse .report on the pro posed Virginian-Norfolk & West- -ra Ttilread csrrtr was ile V ' f atef state "tCLHaefceT tOx ... .U - ' U LEST WE FORGET It Is cttstamary each year, on the Week before Mothers Day, for the American, War Mothers to sell; carnations, the emblem of motherhood and the official flower of the organization. The Salem camp of American War Bloth- ,' era -will observe this custom on Saturday, TMar Si the i proceeds to go for the relief of World war Veterans. . This is a most commendable cause, and I trust that all I the people of Salem may cheerfully assist in this worthy undertaking. Lei's do out bit , j I ! . ' r ' i j JOHN B. GIESY, Mayor. Barbed Wire Is Protect Enjsrl Entanglements Appear on Hoods of Buses to Prevent Hooli gans From Smashing Engines; Many Are Injured in 1 , Mob Fights on English Streets ' ' LONDON, May 6. (By Associated Press.) Motor bus with barbed wire entanglements on their: hoods appeared in the streets today as an answer to hooligans who have been stopping buses, uncovering,. with sledge hammers and stones. It is expected that the barbed wire will hold off the attackers until police can arrive. The General Omnibus company of London, said that 80 buses were in operation today, 47 of which were damaged in street distrubances. It is expected that stronger police pro NEW LEADERS APPOINTED BY OREGON CLUBWOMEN MRS. J. G. FRANKEIi, POKT LAXD, 'IS: PRESIDENT Annual Convention of Women's : Federation at La Grande Is Closed LA GRANDE, Or., May 6. (By Associated Press.)- The Oregon Federation of Women's clubs closed its annual session here to day with election of I Mrs. G. J. Frankel of Portland as president for: the coming year. Mrs. Frank el received ) 113 votes "to 74 for Miss Grace Chamberlain of Ash land, the only other presidential candidate.. ; The Bend: delegation formally invited the women's clubs' to hold the 1927 convention in the central Oregon city.UThe executive board will decide upon the next "conven tion, city at a later' date. Other officers elected were: First vice president, Mrs. George T. Cochran. I La Grande, with 145 Votes, to the 38 received by Mrs. A.- E. Ivanaoe, also of La Grande. Mrs. L. E. Bean of Eugene. retir ing second vice president, received a few votes for this office, al though she had not been nomin ated. "; . Second vice president, Mrs. A. Y. Myers, Marsh field, unanimous; recording secretary ,-Mrs. C. N. Bll yeu, Dallas, unanimous; treasurer. (Continued on page 7.) : i f I i ii in r - f i' i THREE i CONVICTS TAKEN 4 KILLERS STILL AT LARGE; POSSES ARE OUT STATESVILLE. . HL. May 6. : Three of 'seven criminals who yes terday killed a deputy warden, wounded : a guard and a trusty, and' escaped f rom the new state prison here, tonight were "back be hind .prison bars. A fourth was in Streator, 111., hospital, be lieved to 'be mortally ''wounded, and, armed posses combed coun ties. In northern Illinois'. for the other three. The trio, , Walter Stalesky, .Robert Torres ahd Gre gario Rizo, Were questioned to night by an assistant state's at torney, Ralph Austen. A grand Jury will Investigate the "prison break.:'. U Prislja official ineiuding Warden John L. Whitman, have .been sub poenaed a have also C H. Jen kins, director Of 3ubl!e safety and Wlll"Jorrin. head" of the irardon ahd parole boaH, . MRS. EVA HODGINS IS ILL HhOTJND -inriNo: UNcoxsoors, COXDITION CRITICAL Mrs. Eva "Ilodglns. 2 eTTJorth CocBmoreial s4reetr-waf eund 4y ing unconscious in her home last night, . : i : ! 1 f- : ' r I ' ' She was taken to a local hos pital where physicians said she was suffering from a stroke. Her condition is declared to be critic al. She was unconscious early this.morniBg. I .: T.VjV - ' Oscar Hodglns ' first knew ? of his Wife's illness when-he -return ed iome. ; No one i able to say how long she had been, lying un conscious. ; They have no ? chil dren. t ' MRS.' DODGE, TO .MARRY - JbETft Off, Mich. tJa 6.-Mrs. Horace K. Loda-'widow of the automobile manufacturer.' will be married here Saturday .to Hugh Dllimanlf fomaet actor 1 of -Jew , rg-xntn amd Palcx Bach, 4 'sw'ft vprft f nfnrwf Used to ish Motors the engines and, smashing, them tection will be available tomor row. I 'The j buses have .been operated with volunteer crews, carrying four or five men apiece in addi tion to a policeman. -Many youths in plus fours and college blazers were among the crews land were- especial targets for taunts from the strikers pick ets. The college men however, went about their business collect ing fares as part of a serious duty to which they .are devoting them selves in the crisis.' LONDON, May 6. (By Asso elated jPress); Two. noted' streets in the southeast - of London were in turmoil of excitement tonight owing to strike - clashes. Several persons were injured and taken to the hospital. New Kent Road and Old Kent Road were the cen ters of the trouble,' the origin of which is obscure but the center piece. o tlrae,vwas -biasing motor car. """ The- two roads run through a poor district , and were packed; with people during the ex citement ahd when the motor car went up In flames scores o mount ed and foot police started to clear the jam, there was' a wild rush. In which numbers' were hurt. MIDDLESBOROUGH, England, May 6. (By Associated .Press.) The police . tonight had to use their clubs against a mob which stoned and tried to hold up a passenger train and refused to disperse. "The station master and a police sergeant were badly in jured. ; After much . disturbance the mayor and municipal councillors addressed the crowd which was pursuaded finally, to disperse. LONDON, May 6. (By Asso- (Con timed cm pass S.) - . 1 H1FFS REFUSE TfiEATY TE1S Settlements ; of ; Moroccan War Faili French and Spanish Unite Forces PLAN COMBINED ATTACk Riff Delegates Carry Word Back to ChlefUan i 1 10,000 Soldlert Lined jTJp Against f Tribesmen OUDJA Morocco, -May tf. (A.P.) The negotiations for set tlement of the war in Morocco have come to an . end , and Jthe Spanish and French governments will again take up arms against the warring tribesmen. Eighty thousand French troops are lined along the Ouregha riv ers facing the north, and 30,000 Spaniards stretching to the south from Melilla nearly to Sidi Bour- okda and facing the west, are pre pared to march forward within a few days with the purpose of con vincing Abd-el-Krim, the Riffian- chieftian, and his 30,000 warriers. of whom 8,000 are regulars that the terms of peace offered to him at : Camp Berteaux on April 18 were right. land , that he was wrong in refusing them after three weeks negotiations. The three j Riffian - delegates have , returned to Temanslt, the present capital of the Riff to car ry the message of war to their chiefi j 5 The general feeling here seems to be-that France and Spain have shown much patience in dealing with the Rlffians i nthis serigs t)f discussions.' ""Abd-I-Krrm alone has failed to make any conces sions. The conclusion is drawn that war lis necessary for. him to maintain his hold on the tribes; peace would see him returned to the rank of a caid. CHERRIES MUST BE GOOD CANNERIES TO BAR ALL WITH MAGGOTS THIS SEASON Salem canneries have announc ed that they will accept no cher ries this season infected with the cherry maggot. As a result of the announcement a meeting of cherry growers will be held here May, 18, with experts in attend ance from the agricultural college and state experiment stations. The growers will discuss means for ridding their cherries of the mag got which has appeared In this section of the state. SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT! Coast to Coast en M Salem, Oregon, Debat ers Work Out in Fi rial :Preparatibn for Contest. SALEM, Mass., May 6. At 8 o'clock Friday evening I o'clock Pacific time the high school de bate team of this city will face the . students from the Salem of the west, on the eve of this Sa lem's 3,00th, anniversary of Its founding. 1 Coming as the outstanding fea ture of the celebration here, the local high school auditorium will be filled to capacity, seating ac commodations obviously inade quate to hold the throng that is eager to enter. Interest in the -debate here is well Indicated by the spaee given the meeting in ; papers of Salem, and Boston, though the contest here will be inconclusive, coming, as it does, four hours earlier than the one Friday night on the Pa cific coast. At the conclusion of the debate here high school students plan to stay up awaiting first reports of the outcome of the contest in the west, which may make the meet a tie, a double victory or a double loss. Salem, Oregon, debaters have been shown every courtesy since their arrival in the east. This morning the visiting team was conducted about this historic city, taking lunch with members of the Kiwanis club. In the after noon they were taken to Lexing ton and Concord by a caravan of automobiles. A dinner was given in their honor at Hawthorne Inn tonight. Homer Richards, member of the visiting team, was entertained by Maumkeag, local chapter of De i-Uolay. Richards- is member of Chemeketa chapter De Molay, Sa lem, Oregon. He presented the local chapter with a gavel fash ioned from Oregon Oak. The Maumkeag chapter in turn pre sented him with a gavel of ma hogany. Members of the visiting' team practiced late tonight in the last preparatory period before facing the local high school team. Each member was in good health and spirits, very little fatigued by the traveling of the past days. WILL RETURN BABE NEW YORK, May . (AP.) Baby Guy Stillman, storm center of the Stillman divorce fight, will be i brought from Mrs. James A. Stillman 's camp at Grand Anse, Canada, to live with his reunited parents in this city, Mrs. Stillman said today. Evening Debate Teams Are Due To iiid New Salem's High School Student m of East's Three Hundredth Annivercary SALEM, OREGON,: DEBATERS IN EAST r I r 1 . "r!Z:' Salem, Oregon, high school debate team, which faces Salem, Mass, in the east at 8 o'clock tonight (4 o'clock Pacific time), in the first high school trans-cOntinental contest ever held. They, are pictured here as they departed for the Atlantic coast. Top row, left to right r Homer Rich ards, captain; Miss Hazel Browne, coach and chaperone. Lower, left to right : Margaret Pro; Gaynelle Beckett. r BELIEVE DETR0ITER CAN BETAKEN THROUGH PASS HOPE HELD THAT WILKIXS AND PILOT WILL SUCCEED Failure of Other Fliers Said Due to Unfamiliarity With Country FAIRBANKS. Alaska, May 6. (By Associated Press.) Although Major Thomas G. Lanphier and Sergeant C. M. Wisley failed April 26 to fly . the Detroiter, a thre engine airplane of the Detroit Arctic expedition, over Brooks range to Point Barrow, it was the hope here tonight that Capatin George H. Wllkins, leader, and Lieutenant Carl B. Eielson, pilot, will accomplish the feat. Use of the Detroiter for a flight into the Arctic wastes was made necessary today when the Alaskan, a single motored plane, was wrecked in a take-off. It was pointed out that a divide called Anaktuvauk Pass, and approximately 2,000 feet above sea level, lies in the moun tains a little west of. a direct line to" Barrow, and that it-is easily wide enough for a large plane to fly through. " , This divide is known to Wilkins (Continued on , pas 3-) SANTIAM HOLDS WEALTH H. P. COLLIXS DECLARES ORE WORTH EXPLOITING "If we had the Santiam 'mining district in New Mexico or Arizona, we would have big -mining camps there," declared, H. P. Collins, consulting engineer and; mining geologist, who - addressed Marion Polk1 county realtors at their luncheon - Thursday. Mr. Collins is inspecting the Santiam district, and believes that it should be de veloped.. : - i Mr. Collins, who. is;etnpIoyed by the Lots LarsonMlning com pany believes there are invari able deposits of copper, xinc; and lead in the Santiam country. . . The hardest thing to - contend with' in mining the Santiam dis trict ' is ' the, - vast amount of tim ber, inclosing the mines. PIERCE REFUSES DEBATE DECLINES MRS. WEBER'S PRO POSAL OF CONTESTS ; Governor Pierce has - declined to enter, a series of debates sug gested in a public letter prepared recently by . Mrs. .Louise Palmer Weber, candidate for; gubernator ial; honors' in opposition to the present" executive at the primary election. . This was announced in a letter to Mrs. Weber Thursday by WA Dalziel. private secre tary to -Governor Pierce. -. ; ; Mrs- Weber suggested that the debates be held in Portland and Courtesy; of The Oregonlan. YELLOW POSTERS FLAY DISMISSAL OF STUDENTS PACIFIC UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PLASTERED WITH PAPER Reprints of So-Called Obnoxious Article'! Are Scattered . About Grounds FOREST GROVE, Or., May 6. (By Associated Press:). Yellow posters bearing the. text of an ar ticle entitled rin Defense of Neck ing,"; appeared on the campus of Pacific university today and caused a sensation equal . to that of yes terday when the issue of the col lege paper, Containing the article, was suppressed, : the editor ' and makeup man expelled, the assist ant editor suspended and the staff ot the publication dismissed.: - At a meeting of the student body shortly after the posetrs were -discovered, DrJ F. J. Dobbs, v presi dent of the college,: appealed to the students to stamp out the "encouragement of beastlallty.. An investigation of the ' origin of the posters was ordered. .... vThe" posters were found pasted on buildings:; and . sidewalks. - Be-, low the "defense ot necking" ap peared the following: ;. -4 ''For reprinting this article from The New Student which copied it from the "Vagabond ' a college paper, three, of our ' fellow , stud ents seniors, were booted out ot school. - Is this in keeping with the 'high Ideals and broad minds program we have heard so much (Oontisa! . n pr 8.) ,' ',' ' JA1 LEPl F0 R B AD CH ECKS FOR3IER OREGON STUDENT IS ' HELD IN PORTLAND M -H PORTLAND, May 6. Charles L. Towne, until a few days ago a snIorf at : the University ? of Ore gon, was held tn jail here tonight on charges of passing . worthless checks. His baO was se t at 1500 which he was unable to furnish. ' k WOMAfriHURT 'BY AUTO POLICE SAY DRAKE ON MA CHINE WERE DEFECTIVE ! PORTLAND, May . (By As sociated .- Press. ) M rs. .: .; Mary ScbJengar Was seriously Injured today ; when siruckJ by ; a I- truck driven by 'j. W. Watson, while crossing a atreet. WaUon was arreeted on charges of reckless driving. 'Police said the brakes on the truck "were defective.' TI3IBER DEAL MADE . - BEND, May 6. -(AP)- Brpoks Scanlon Lumber company today announced t the purchase of 12, 000, acres of Pine timber located 30 miles north of "Bend fron the Tonight Debate Starts in Arm ory Here at 8 O'clocli TonigK t, R ecor d v Gate Seen. Because of the demand tor seats at the debate this evening, it Is anticipated that the local Armory Will be packed ? long ; before the hour of the debate, 8 ofdock, ar rives. .''! .- '- Governor Walter M. pierce will preside. Arthur, McDonald, it Is understood, will respond to ' the gddress of "welcome, and will oc cupy a seat on' the stage, as alter nate, r It will be-the first. time. in the history of the local school that such a procedure has been; toi- lowed.' :i V'- :' ' it'" t ;i. Members oC the ; jTlslting : team will attend' a Special, assembly of the ; locs4 high . school's I student I body this morning, and will .. be called upou foir a few words. This will be their last activity .before the debate. .The' afternoon will be spent in resting for the con test.:,: .'-r-, - Members , of . the local team, Winston Williams, Harold Tom llnson and - Edith , Star re tt, will also rest this jafternoon. In spite of, William . Tracy's declaraUen that such a send off was given the t eastern team that they couldn't posiibly lose, members of ' the local team are Intent on up holding the highest standards of the west in s struggle that will bid , well in wresting, -victory from the east. - Upon the shoulders of Dr. E. E. De Cou, head,1 of .the mathematics department of. University of Ore- gon, Cornelia 'Marvin, sUte Ubrtr ian, : and Dr. BerchtoldU. head 'of the English, (department at Ore gon Agricultural college, will fall the responsibility vof making the decision,-hTr . -Though tho outcome of the de bate in the (east will be known here ; before jthe- -local ' speakers take the floor, no announcement of the Massachusetts results will be made by this paper until the judges decision is rendered here, , because of the- obvious, affection news of 'colleagues' victory or; de-, feat wouid 'hive upon both te&ms. ' Three members of the visiting team,: Coach, William, Barry, ' Ar thur McDonald ahd'Barbara Poor, were taken to Corvallls yesterday, to view OAC. ' They were lunch eon guests Of the COrvallis Lions, club, which held their meal a day earlier to entertain the " visitors. The Other "members of ' the team remained in jSaWnt, "resling. v . William Barry, eoach was guest of honor at a'tah4uet given by Elks last night, taking the part of Loyal Rjilght In the v services. . During the evening he made what Is declared to be one of the out standing talks ever, delivered here. The lodge . rooms, were , tilled : to capacity .for j the. .evening. -f- v- , COLLEGE .ISBELlTTLED PRESIDENT CX)LE2IAN , DIS. COUNTS EDUCATION VALVE .VANCOUyER, . B. C, May . (By Associated Press.') -Norman C. Coleman; president . of Reed college, Portland, Oregon,; today advised Vancouver Kiwanians not to give the r sons a college ed u- cation.' , "If you fathers are thinking of sending your sons to college," he said, "don't do it. 5 Young people are now overrunning institutions ot higher education. : Thousands are now . in 1 colleges where pre-; viousry there "were only .a. few hundred. It is too easily assum ed that college is a good place for anyone. There are 600,000 Und ents in the Colleges of . the United States and many of them are only wasting their time." ; ' ; Telephone ' Service for' , - - Classified ' Advertisers w. Anyonei may phone - his Classified Ad to The States man.' Please do it early for ' the Sunday paper Friday, if . possible; by, Saturday, 7. p. ' m., at the latest. .. ; Call 23 and ask for an ad Maker. t A.-ii 4 0 4" " f "if w r - " Classified '' ' ;; - . Ads - . -T