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Newspaper Page TextI V V- - t k f r - i ... SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY-MORNING, MAY 18, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS , - I. 1 1 11135 DISPUTES xJO OPEfJ TODAY : v.- Geneva Council Delegates ' F.f eet to - Discuss: Reduc ton 6f World Armament . VIEW GERMAN POSITION Right to Greater Standing Army "if Neighbors Refuse to Dl arm. Is Contention of . dermal; V . 'I s - GENEVA, Mar 17. (By Asso ; t elated Press. )- Will Germany, de mand the right to a greater army I If her neighbors refuse to disarm. Is the Question pat at Genera on . the ere of the great International i f effort to J-educe world armaments:' !. For tomorrow with n American delegation collaborating will ""be it held tbe, opening, session of the 1 preparatory commission on dis I armament which Is ' expected to t probe- the entire' complex prpb- , I lem of armaments, land.-sea, and air and if possible prepare an ex- act agenda for, the' later lnterna ? ' tlonat 'onfeenea,t:" a!-44 Jr". 1 1 ; . i Hugh 4 S' ; Gibson, , minister to ' j Srltxerland, ,i chairman. -.ot the rV JUnerl51f delegation.. while Count I t V9n BeVfctorff former ambassa- " dor at ishIngton will speak for ' Germany . : ? It is reported that Count -Von . . Bernstorff will ask that Germany 5 be freed from the reatricUTemlll- tary pblfgttions of the treaty of I Versailles and that Germany be I permitted such, armament strength ! as her position warrants, proTld f ' d the nelghborins' states, espe , xlally Francer decline toxut down their armaments so as to be rea- . eonably, proportionate .to these of ,Tne -preliminary . confertawr to- furrow, which will bejittendel by fAcltil delegate for twenty ;coun r f it Is primarlty weakened by the "defection of Russia, '.which has" assigned as the rreasm for refus ing. to cooperate the : fact -.that , Switzerland ; declined adequately to apologize for the assassination of M. VoroTsky and the subse quent acquittal of the assassin Conradi,.x , S . . Thla absence- la certain to tem per the enthusiasm of Russia neighbors to 41aafn, and particu larly Poland, where Marshal PCsudakl U pictured as ambitious to maintain strong and ef f ectire fighting strength. - , , ti , . Another element which" has en gendered pessimism oyer the out . come of the deliberation is the recent Russo-German treaty, from which the allied powers ref d Ger many's Intention as a future mem ber of the league of nations coun sel to obsenre strict neutrality In connection with any outside con flict with Russia.,; v The treaty has increased the . (0atUve4 oq pC 7.) PASS COAST GUARDT BILL TPOULD BUILD 10J?EWXTJT- TERS ; ; ASK : f 9,000,000 - v ' .WASHlNGTpN, xaay ; I?. -iyj Associated? Press, j a dui io au thorise an I appropriation ,4f -19; 000.000 for, 10 new coast guard cutters was .passed today., by. 'the bouse without a record vote,, The easels would - be used - against mm smngglera and for other du ties of the coast guard. ii, i- ; i ' '. President v Coolidge returned .' Xrom Williamsburg, Va.- - .i J I The "administration, prohibition ; enforcement Bill was reported to the senate, .' ' lr " " ; -i The rerlsed- Johnson-, reterans AMI was passed by the house. - ' :Tfie- conference: report-on the rsl5,000,0tO publle buildings bill was adopted In .the senate. ' P "thV senate passed' the bill to uteTlate water- right charges on fv$ederal Irrigation .projects. r -i t T--y-.:r'1-1 '"i Construction of 10 coast guard tntters would be authorised under a bill passed by the bouse. y : I The McKlnley antl-lynchlng bill ' r failed to obtain a farorable re- , port lif the senale Tadlcla'ry1 com''' REWARD HIGH BIDDER GOVERNMENT BTIIvL - HAS $100 TO GIVE AWAY - WASUIXGTOX, May if. - (By Associated Press.) Comp troller JlcCarl has established; what Is believed to be precede ; ent f or the execntlre branch of ttxo goTenunent v'. in directing that a v federal contract, - be awarded to the; highest bidder, despite ; a potentJUl . saving of $5,000 by accepting: the lowest . bid. For the erection of Jt craa lte monnment at -the grare of lientenant John Fitch, Berolu tknary InTentor and soldier at Jiardstown, KjTk, the.top bidded, the Preuley Xeland company of New York at f U.9O0 will be .awarded the contract, because congress decided ' that f 15,000 abonld ;- be Spent. The war de partment, which baa super? J- slon otthe work. Is worrying over how the $100 balance can be spent, ao that the law may sbe' fnUlUedjrrl'i - POLISH CRISIS BELIEVED WEAR; VAR SCARE OVER POSTS . IN NEWLY FORMED CABINET ARE DECLINED Those Receiving Appointments Declare Government 'If ot Stable Enough KATTOWiTZ, Upper SUesia, Poland,' May 17. (By Associated" Press.) The provincial assembly of Polish Silesia today voted dis approval " ot the coup d'etat by Marshal . Pilsudskl. The socials' toted Its support of Pllsudski's re gime. - "j. ' . WARSAW. Pland. Mar 17.4- (Br Associated Press.) While there is an -outward calm In the Polish capital, a complete settle ment, of the i situation brought about byousting' of President Wo jclechowskl and the Witos gpT ernmentby Marshal Pilsudskl has by ho means been reached. -There. Is s difference of opinion on the convening of the national as Bembly, for, the election of a new president and Premier Bartels is havinsr sbme difficulty with his cahjnfju Xor annoaorf, that Count Skrxynski has" declined to accept the post of foreign minister on the. ground ) tnat ne aoes no consider Pllsudski's position stable tnnn rh t thtk nresent time. It is r ' . r reported General Dowbar Musnickl refuses to accept the new, situation ana , continues io marcn on. w ar saw at the head of his troops.. , -Several regiments which were summoned from Posen to aid the Witos' government still .are lined up about 10 miles west of War saw facing the capital. All V tempts of the-Warsaw government to Induce them to jeturn to their garrisons have-, been futil. It Is asserted that the present conges tion, of trains from Warsaw pre cludes their transportation to Posen. x CHERRY FLY TO BE HIT GROWERS MEET FOR CONFER ENCE ON PEST TONIGHT Cherry "growers of this vldhlty wlR, meet thla evening In the audi torium of - the Salem Chamber, of Commerce. ,-' George H." Graben- horst, president of the local cham- ber,' will preside, i It is about time for the cherry fly to, make Its appearance, ac cording to specialists, and - it ,u the. ohject'bf th meeting to have tWa r rowers organize in a fight to stamp out the pest before It gains headway, .!.'' Prof. C. t -Long, horticultural specialist of 4OAC, and' W. : I. Teutsch, representative of the.col lege'a exiension .department, will be the principal speakers of the evening. 4 " s ; ' ' ; I ' An' Invitation has been extend ed to all cherry growers, and. a nromlse has been made ; that ' the proper method of spraying will be explained in detail. ' ! Canneries throughout the val ley have made It known that cher ries not sprayed will not be accept able. . . ' 1 GETS 3 YEAR SENTENCE tMPERSONATtNO OFFICER CHARGED SPECIAL AGENT PORTLAND. May 17. (By s sociated .Press) Three years at McNeil Island a fine ot $1000 was the sentence Imposed by Federal TnWVa wnivevton today on J; .' J. Shodgrass, contlcted recently? on . jnar?a of lmnersonatlng a fed era! officer, i Xnder the name ot 3 3. Carr. finodgrass was em ployed as special prohibition agent for county --f officials ,:ln onnthfti-n Ore con ln-i U24 J and while a" engaged, was alleged to h swindled " Mrs. Blanch I Meeker of Medfora-ourfef aa an- LIUESLEY SEES BEFOBlMEi Candidate for Mayor iFaVors v City ttanaer or toW. rnismon tiovernmeHt PLAN IS WINNING FAVOR City Manager Plan Adopted by 801 Cities in less Tban'SO Years ; Found Practical " In Application T. A. Idvesley, candidate for mayor of Salem, put forward in his ' official program a proposal tor the creation of a city manager or commission form of . govern ment as one of the objectives of his administration in. , case' .he Is elected. That proposal has brought forth strong commendation.' ! t Originating less than a score ef years ago, the. city manager form of government has ."spread to In clude, 361 cities and towns, com prising more than 5,000,000 per sons.' " These municipalities ' range: In 8fie from Cleveland, , Ohio, W Me Cracken, Ksas.WIth 4 9 1 popur ls'tloV at ihe ' last - census. ' Only a few of , these cities haviifg adbpi ed .the plan have turned back to an older form of municipal govern ment according tov a. survey . re cently' cdinpleted by ' .Walter J lint- scheck, director of the, public, aer- vice Institute of ; Kansas j City, which' has just adopted the plan. ""For some time tne proposal to change tne government of the city of Salem along the. jnpre progres sive business lines incorporated in the commission or city . manager plan has gained lncreasng popular ity, and comes up favorably as an issue on Friday." i - i Mr. Livesley Is a man of sub stantial business Interests which. while . not Interfering with his duties as mayor for one term. would, nevertheless, tend to. give him a free hand in preparing for a change from the present system of mayors to the more business like form of government. Friends of Mr. Livesley point out that while he is equipped to give the city a good administra tion as mayor, he is equally capa ble of paving the way for a. con crete proposal for the adoption of a city manager or commission form of government ' at a future date-. i . . f i' jU- -- - -4 '4 r .- - - - - - - i . I t - . -4: ' ' ' ' ''J ' ' i V " ; : w - : - . . .. 5 : .-. ..- ...... -;.-s i- I 1 '-t.. ; . ' -V ' h : j 1 ; ; T OPEN HOUSE DRAWS THOUSANDS OF GUESTS APPROXIMATELY 1500 IN SPECT BUILDING MONDAY j Athletics Feature Reception This Evening; Programs to Contlnne Approximately : 1,500 persons filed past . the receivers', line ; in the new YMCA building Monday evening, for the first evening's program in the week of festlvi ties which opened on Sunday . Members of the board of direc tors, business , men and' their wives, -formed the receiving, line, where visitors were met by feuides and conducted through the build ings - The Cherrian- band played In the gym and Willamette Uni versity girls glee club sang. The program for- this evening will lake place In the lobby, the gym an, d the handball courts, tie entire building again being opfh for inspection. 1 A large delega tion from Portland will : conie down : for the evening,, staging athletic; exhibitions and' contrib uting to the music. ..The prf-gram- opening at 7:30 follows: ?; Volley ball, Portland t vs Saleih, two out - of three I games; -1 Hand ball, alngles and, doubles, on two courts. Piluso Pyramids, a, team presenting tumbling, will offer an exhibition. The " young men"a 'di vision, led by E. J. Hodges, of Portland, with 16 leaders, will ex ecute marches, whels and Calis thenics. This will be accompan ied by parallel bar work.. A hock ey game, lacrosse and other con tests will be staged, A- T ;: . Robin Reed,; contender for tie national wrestling champlonsh p In his weight, and Instructor :t 0. CLwIll present two-teams' ; n wrestling matches of 15. mlnnt ta "each.. - , ?, 4, . ' The Portland glee club will fur nish music. . r 1 Jkfore; than 1,Q 00 persons were present at the opening of the for mal dedication week on Sunday, Dr. Carl Gregg JJoney, delivering the main address. The Big ParatJe" A Salem man" siidT; after s?e Ing the . Big Parade picture at the.Helllg last night, that it is the greatest war picture ever made - in the history of the world. It is a real war picture, with the. actual scenes of the World war. This Salem man says that if. every one In this city and the country, around Salem can get the Idea of the greatness of this picture, the Hellig will have packed houses this after noon and.4 evening, and tomor row afternoon and evening. ; 'He . says that not a man or woman who' saw the picture last night but! would be glad to give the testimony v which he gives in the above words. JHE ADMIRAL'S SALUTE LEGAL TANG LE - -1 - VETO . f..-- BUI Increasing Commission er's Salary Must Be In troduced Aain ATTEMPT TO PASS FAILS With .Possibilities of Two-Thirds Ballot Lacking, Ordinance Is Tabled, Bringing Legal Tangle , Aldermen who, at the council meeting Monday night, sought to defeat ..Mayor J. B. Giesy's, veto of the ordinance granting. . the street commissioner a raise in pay from the first ot the year are the victims of their own motion. This revelation 'was made just after the council meeting upon an examination of the city's laws 'by Mayor Giesy. ; The, opinion that the motion, had automatically sus tained the mayor's veto was con firmed by Fred Williams, city at torney. ..After the mayor had read his reasons for vetoing the ordinance. Alderman W. W.' Rosebraugh asked how many ; councilmen It would take to override the veto. He was informed . that it would take a full two-thirds of the entire council. Thereupon Alderman Rose braugh moved that the matter be laid on the table, until the, next meeting of the council. He gave as his reason that the council was not fully represented at the met ing. Apparently the matter had been merely postponed. But. an exam ination of the city's code brings out the following: "Upon the first meeting of the council after the. return of. an or dlhance from. .the mayor', the bill Is again put upon its passage, and if two-thirds of all members, of the council vote in favor of the bill, It shall become a law without the approval of the mayor, but "not otherwise." Y That phrase, ."upon ,th- first meeting" after the return of an ordinance, means that the ordi nance involved must be acted upon in that manner. In any other case the veto is naturally sustained. because of the words, "not other wise." ; ' : - As far as the ordinance Involv ed is concerned, it is definitely de feated. The only recourse alder men who wish to press the matter have Is to bring in a new ordi- (Coptinoed from pr 8.) 4- i .-.- .-,.,',, -.,, i - -j jl-trr i- ... . Beginning, with .this Issue, The-Statesman publishes the second of a series of . four .articles treating, in a. comprehensive manner, the Issues of the city election to .be held on Friday,. . May 31. No attempt Is made to impose opinions upon voters, but facts will be presented in a manner which will aid Individ ual readers in forming their own conclusions, i The first measure you will find orj the ballot when you go to vote on Friday, reads as follows: K . "Shall the Common Council of . the City of Salem, Oregon, be authorized and directed to levy for. the years 1927, 1928 and 1929 a tax of three-tenths (2) of a mill upon .all of the taxable nrooerty within the vide money for the support, the City Planning and Zoning Sunday morning thla , paper asked the question "what will the taxpayers of Salem receive in re turn for the 3 mill tax levy, if voted, for support of the zoning commission?" Am a result of that story, the following letter and article ex plaining In some detail the objec tives ot the commission has been submitted, for publication. It ap pears - here, . without change. , ex actly as submitted, and is. placed prominently on this page In keep ing, with this paper's policy of just and equitable treatment of - all questions involving the expendi ture ot public money. May 17, 1926. ; Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Gentlemen: On behalf of the Zoning commission, I respectfully submit to you herewith a state ment of the views of the members of the Salem Planning and Zon ing commission relative to the ob jects and fuctlons of the com mission. All ot the members of the com mission are very busy persons who are, nevertheless, willing to de vote any .reasonable amount of time to the. commission's activi ties, and on the basis of .a conser vative estimate, they will collect ively DONATE to the city a min imum of 1 5000 worth of their time dutins. the next three years, provWed. the balance ot the'cltl Kens are willing to contribute $15 000 in cash as their share Of the expense of carrying out the work of the commission. Technical help and advice must be purchased by the city, under the direction of the commission, as .may be dictated by the best Judgment of the members of the commission, and the citizens are asked to trust the commission as they do their city council, to spend the funds thus provided to the best interests of the city. Reference . was. .made in your edition of yesterday morning to a sum of $3000 to be spent an nually as a salary for the Zoning commission's secretary, and $2, 000 to meet Incidental expenses of the , commission. The proposed measure making a levy of .3 of .a mill for the city Planning and Zoning commission's f und- does not stipulate how the approximately $5000 which the levy will raise, shall be spent, for the reason that np one can tell at . this . time In detail what the necessary items of expense will be, on account of the unprecedent? ad nature of the work In this' city. XfAn near as the commission can determine, at this time,. It will probably employ an ENGINEER at a- salary of approximately $250 per month to do the .preliminary engineering work, and after he has completed this task, a highly trained and' specialized expert, at a mnch higher salary, Vwlll prob ably be engaged tor a few months to round out-and complete the Work of the first, engineer. It will also probably be necessary to employ a draftsman and a steno grapher, at least for, ajart of the (CoaUa4oa,pf 4.). , FIGHTER GOES BANKRUPT TINT HERMAN HAS ASSETS OF 1S TElLS COURT PORTtANJlMay 1.7(By As sociated iLFress.)-ifa-Oscar Koch, alias Tiny Herman" as the peti tion states,': professional heavy weight boxer formerly ; of Astoria; filed a voluntary petition of . bank ruptcy i in the federal district court here today. The action was close on that , in the state ' court In which the local fistic favorite's exoinanager ; attempted. .to . collect money; alleged ta.be. due hlnu ; Tiny listed liabilities of $3, 2 4 1.1 7i , which: included a Judge ment secured by Jack Lewis : ot Omaha, his former manager,- for $2,223.92. The only other large account was $540 which he states was .owed to his present handler. Bobby Bvana. Assets were placed at $135, of which $125 were listed 8 Clpthia. ; ' . j ' m City of Salem, Oregon, to pro maintenance and operation of Commission." If yon votes "yes" on .this measure you have concented to be taxed approximately $5,000 a year, for three years, a total of $15,000. j Sunday you were asked It yon tnougm you wouia gee your mon ey's worth. Yon are asked again today. . ,. . . .... When. you . go to. buy a hat, a home or an automobile, yon make certain, in advance, that. you are rattine value far the money, vou spend.:, You do not buy, merely because the clerk has something to sell. So with ' a , tax nroiect. You do nojt . vote, "yes" Just , be cause tne measure appears on tne ballot, , I . Zoning commission , members presented their case before city council meeting on Monday. Anril 19. At that time, the commission officially made known the use to which this $5,000 yearly, for three years, would be put, if granted by yon,- ... At that time spokesmen for the commission, presenting their case before city council with .the re quest that the. tax levy be placed en the ballot, declared $3,000. ot the $5,000 yearly Income would be used to ,pay an official whom the commission , calls, an "engi neer,, who would be expected to spend, approximately three years on the project.' The remainder of the annual Income, it was stat .4 lhat timeJwotOd Je. ased jto meet ''incidental; expenses. " The issue which yon face in a vote for or against this tax Is not "shall the city vof Salem be roned!" , Rather it is a case of "shall the city of Salem authorize the expenditure of $15,000 to find (0eoUav4 oa pgt i.) SIX KILLED BY AUTOS DEATH TOLIjI FOR NORThI WEST OVER StJNDAY IS HIGH POHTLAND. Maj J7 (By Ii sociated Press.) -. Automobile fatalities- in the Pacific north west over the week , end , reached a total of 'Six in J-eports yesterday and today. Deaths Included: Dr. Frank Deerwester, ex-member of Belllngham Normal school facnl ty. r killed . when automobile plunged over bank , , .Kirt Baxter, 30, of Durkee, Ore.. kiUednear Pleasant Valley, Ore., in auto wreck: j . - Unidentified man killed near Tacoma. i j ' . Edward Travis Jones, 47, killed neat Walla Walla. ' . , , FranchK B. Beougher, six year old daughter of F. B. Beougher, killed in Albanyi Ore. Four year old girl killed in Se attle by gravel truck. ' ' ': 1 MERCED., r.ai m.i t- Associated , Press. ) Misa Irene Madison. 30. w- v - vowvyi AU Merced hotel April 22 from Marsh- '; was xuiea In a motor car accident nunr . . - - v, UAO uivt B ing when the carl in which she waS wiin a i male companion overturned. . I ,, - . PICKFORDS TO SEPARATE AND IdARIJ arrjiER HAVE AGREED TO PART 1 J btLTWOOBi CaWMay 17 (By Associated i Press.) Jack Pickford, motion picture actor today-announced thnt ia mnA VU wife, Marilyn Miller, actress, have separated. He j said that F they planned no divorce and no legal separation. Miss, Miller had previously admitted the separa tion. ..- j t ."We mutually 'agreed tn arateVthe screen actor said. "I saw Marilyns la New. York and had .dinner with her. We came to an agreement to liv uniN. ly, "There are I no hard . feeling. ana-mere wiu.be ro divorce or legal separation action; bo far as Pickford arrived hew tmm ; v Yorkv-Saturday .and yesterday gave a house warming for motion picture frjsai ' RflCfY ISUlfJOS ATHORTH POLE 1 . ... -. . , . i- ' . 1 Explorer Find ho Land Oth er Thdn Barren Craigs; Question Settled i NOME RECEPTIOH COOU Residents " Are Plqnedl Because fcirlziblo Chosq Teller In steady of Following 1 Flight Schedule V NOME, Alaska; May'17. (By Associated Press.) -Lincoln Ells worth of. the Amundsen-Ellsworth trans-polar expedition told The Associated Press here, today, that he saw; much open water at the north pole . when he and - his 17 companions passed; over It 'last Tuesday night in the dirigible Norge.. i ?: :-. :- 1 ;.. This Statement by Ellsworth provided an answer to' a question that has puzzled geographers' and explorers tor many years . and which was not completely , settled with the - visits of Commander Peary and Lieutenant Commander. Byrd in their trips to the pole be cause . of . the ' limited ' amount 'of area viewed by them there. "Mr." Ellsworth said that rockv islands were seen by his party at tne poie nut tnat tbese. could hardly be considered land. Mr. Ellsworth aaid .' he . unf telegram to President Coolidge In reply Jtoi one, from the president congratulating him 'and his asso ciates oh .their attainment ot the farthest! north ppizjt of .the earth. The Sxplorer said ha drotmatf an American flag at the pole,, mak ing the third time the . colon of ibTJn1tfetf State hadbetn placed there, Peary and Bvrd havlnsr nr. yiously placed them there. f ; The (Norge. was being dls mantlad'at Teller 7 K TMioa rtfts- west ot here, where it landed last Thursday jnight,: ending Its flight from RtilflherBB .rVttnnal VTm- berto . Nohile,, ot . Italy. designer and builder of tha bllmn. waa in. perrislnk the-dismantling,' ,( t xwo ether members of the ex pedition! besides Amundsen and Ellsworth were here awaiting .a steamer to the states. , These are Capteia 1 Oscar -Wlating and Lieu tenant Oskar Omdahl. ; . ' t k .The , fotir arrlvAd i Thar (n launch froni Teller yesterday., m Despite the ( rather chilly, recep tion accorded the four explorers Because of their, failure, to land here instead of at riiav r-n- worth, the only . American In the expedition, eaid today he was en joying, himself..; Ha .br a trnical American: eniova fronilar iit am ' Is well, imown here. ; . , c ti Ellsworth - came to Nome In 1913 and was associated. with ,in attempt to extract gold from gold hearing sands In this secUon. The four man tt tofnt log .cabin which has been named "The Explorer's Club ot Nome." The explorers said thav alant litUe on the flight, . ,They said the blimp's gondola was too small to permit the men to lie down. , GAS PUMP', BILL PASSED SANCTION i OF. COUNCIL MUST ' BE SECURED FIRST t An ordinance provldlne that all service! stations - and all cumns used for; selling gasoline, or water' and compressed air devices must be approved by . the council, waa passed last -night-at the regular -meeting jot the city council.' , Alderman George Wenderoth. Author of the bin, explained that under the present system the service-stations have to have a permit to build on private property while there is no ordinance requiring' permits I for the construction ot Damns on' the cltv'a nronertv. or along the curbing. ; lie stated that it is bnfalr toeauire the ap proval,; of the council on all such projects Veteran bill passes REVISED JOHNSON MEASURE favored nr HOUSD ' " WASimTGTONV Hay l?v(Ey-' AssoclaUd Press.) The housa to- &T nnSsizsously passed the re-" vised j ;jbhnso'n ' till ' to proriJe f3O,C0O,0C0 over, the Eext tliree years for ill ct 27.0C0 dlsalled '