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SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, r OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1926
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pr.ICS FIVE CENTS
iEfflitl
STAGE BATTLE
6ngressmen"Who Delivered
Speeches on Prohibition
Listed to Hearing
LEAGUE ACTIONS PROBED
Senate 'Investigation of Pennsyl
TADia Primary . Campaign
Expenditures Takes
on New Aspect -
WASHINGTON. Jane 17. tBy
a aorwiated Press. I Names of
several conneumen and senators
who have made speeches on prohi
bition at the request of the Antl
Saloon league and who were paid
their "expenses and sometimes bn
nivnrarIum"wenrinto -the record
of the senate campaign expendi
tures committee tonight as dis
closed by Wayne B. Wheeler, the
league's general counsel. ,
The recital came after-5 a day
of grilling at the bands of Sena-.
tor James , A. . Keed, - democrat,
Mtaannrl. chairman of the commit'
tee and who cut tonight's session
snort, oecsoK, u nuuu
the -committee understood that
Mr. Wheeler was;"not in the best
of health.? :y':v I '
The barraee of questions that
heean at the morning session con
tinued unabated tonight however.
as the senator sought to learn 01
the inner workings of the league
an d their relation to the recent
Pennsylvania primary. Senators
named by Wheeler as having ac
cepted invitations from the league
to speak on prohibition in Tarious
nrt of the country were Jones,
Mln trill tnati . . Waihliteton. and
Wilits and Fessi republicans, Ohjo-
ii . ho 11 mm Senator RobinsonrTe-
publlcan. .Indiana, also hadmadB
a speech on request from his own
ThA congressmen named'" were
Upahaw, democrat, Georgia, Coop-
r, republican,,. bm; ca
rfmocjrat.' Kentucky -and Lowry,
t MlaiilsalnnL
The nigh aposue ana me nu
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Free Cabin, Free Lunch
Compeiitioii Is Denounced
Theory of Free Auto Camps Is Bat Treni Towards Pateni-
. alism,- Writer Says i Established , Business War- -:
ranted in Charging: Reasonable Price
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Declarincr that the theory of exoloitine auto catnps is on
a par jvfth the paternalistic scheme of furnishing a "free
lunch, free laundry, shoe shining, manicuring, merchandise,
and roGeries."- and that such competition is undermining: the
-prosperity of fine hotels, whose "lack of accommodations'' are
deplored, W. U. uuioertson, proprietor oi xne noiei oewaru,
Portland, replied' to comments recently made here by Irving
Vining, president of the state cnamDer 01 commerce, m ine
following letter, yesterday :
My Dear Mr. Vining:
A friend of mine has mailed me today copy oi paper con-
taining an account of your recent
visit to Salem, in which is quoted,
What Are You
Going To Be?
Herewith, The Statesman be
gins a, series of Interviews with
-menandwomenwho have. at-.
tained.- prominence in tneir
t work . In Salem, addressed to
students who are wondering
what trade, profession, or busi
ness they should enter. Crafts
men, professional , men, work
men in all lines of endeavor
will speak to you daily telling
what reward you may expect If
you enter their field.
What:ihail 1 be?
A doctor, a lawyer, a merchant,
an engineer? , a .
Within' tbis City nunareas.oi
students, and now. graauaies,,re
trying to figure out what occupa
tion they should enter in order to
SEARCH MATiOra
FOR WJUHDEHEH
Seattle Girl, 22, Suffers lij
describable Fate at Hands
of Slayer i)
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DESCRIPTION BROADCAST
Police of Entire Unhed
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Killed Girl 1!
Rtatfs
"not only is the auto park unat
tractive to tourists, but there is
no hotel in the city, where they
are assured of getting the best ac
commodations, Vining stated."
- I do not know how frequently
you have visited Salem, but am
sure you will find a brand-new
hotel in Salem .called the New Sa
lem hotel, with large roomsi new
furniture, spacious halls -'and
everything of the ' latest modern
design. Without desiring to start
an argument with you, 1 am sure
that however true your criticism
may be of the auto park, (with
vehicn I am in no way familiar) 1
am sure that you did an injustice
to the people of Salem, and at
least two hotels, the New Hptel
Salem and the Marion hotel.
Mere brick i)and mortar do not
make a reasonable llrar an.( sides no hotel could nay dividends
the same time to spend tneir "es . modern. hln price of
in work that will be Interesting.
s For every . yoting man and every
young woman who is wondering
what occupation tney snoma un
dertake, there are many more
anxious . parents seeking to guide
their children in order tnat eau
cation may equip them to earn a
living in the world.
Few questions are more im
portant. How many, students decide on
one occupation or another .with
anv real idea: of what peculiar
abilities are required-tor success
HOw many of tnem
in that line?
niiot tho nrOhnhilitles Of re-
. . mi n m I " " , .
enemy oi VOBatfBi.i"u
. . r m tA.-m ..mai thA nar-i "
1A'
!. to face today across the nar
row, strip of a committee table in
the senate investigation.
. wavne B. Wheele,r--glera
counsel of thaAott-Baloon league
occupied "ihe. witness chair. -Senator
James A. Reed Of Missouri,
.famed as a cross elamlner, faced
Sm-with a fife t questions. ,
For an hour and a half in the
forenoon, and afcain tonight the
battle of legal wits Went forward
as the fierr Wissoutlan has his
chance at Ust,to Ciquire Into th
activities of the leftgue f InanciaV
political and legislative.' - ,
The dry leader gave freely of:
the information at his command,
Including his age and his salary ,
J 8,0 00 a year and agreed to
f arnish such other tacts as the
committee might desire.
Mr. Wheeler was called as a
witness in the senate investigation
of-- the $2,000.00av Pennsylvania
republican primary, 'but during
the first encounter? that subject
was touched upon I only once or
twice and then byHhe dry leader,
who exnlained that he. had not
equipped himself With certain in
Td what extent is their decision
ruined by the, actual facts? And
how tmany of them enter a profes-
catise they5 have a half-hearted
notion that the work would be in
teresting?
The number - of persons who
start in, one line of work, and
later turn. to another, frequently
paying ulte a "penalty for their
false start, proves that too few
students and young people have
kny -adequate notion of what the
price ;of success is In the work
they select. r .
How can these students and
these parents be aided in finding
the answer to these questions?
That there is no "royal path to
success" is obvious, but the ex
perience of men and women who
have achieved some attainment In
their, work is the most valuable
guide tbat can be secured. ,
Within Salem are great num
bers of men and women who have
spent their lives, with distinct
success, In the various occupa
tions and callings which you are
formation because be did not as- feonsidering now. These persons
surne that it touched upon th 5would be glad to talk with yon per-
primary
Onlv occasionally was there the
touch of fire the crown, had ex
pected when these, two opposite
on the prohibition question ctfm
to grips. Senator Reed was slow
and suave in propounding his1
questions, and Mr. Wheeler was
prompt In his replies, which were
given in almost a conversational
tone of Toice.
During most of the examina
tion, the anti-saloon league lead
er sat well back in his chair with
his hand at thi side of his face.
Senator Reed sat erect, sometimes
chewing on his inevitable cigar
and again holding it in his right
hand as he made gestures to em
phasize his questions.
The Missourian lost little time
in making it clear that he pro
pose to inquire fully, into the ac
tivities1 of the Anti-Saloon league
by eliciting from Mr. Wheeler the
names of the officers who could
furnish the facts a to receipts and
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(Cstta4 PS
sqnally, but they have not -time to
talk to ail ;w ho should care to
ll8leh..
Consequently, The Statesman
wiU print neach day an interview,
atf dressed to the parents and stud
ents of Salem, telling in detail
what peculiar abilities they, have
found Important in the . calling
they have entered, and showing
what the average person may ex
pect In the way of reward for their
services.
. Parents and students of tbis
pection -cannot afford to miss these
interviews. Watch for them dally
w The Statesman.
price
building, and compete with ' the
auto carapa, giving ajway the ser
vice, or charging; 50 cents to $1
tor a iamiiy occupying a canin ana
giving them free garage in ad
dition.: . .
The -whole theorjr of free auto
camps is but a drift towards pa
ternalism, and can have no justifi
cation. You could just as well
Justify a free lunch, free laundry,
shoe shining, manicuring, mer
chandlse,.' groceries and. "other
things. It is a mistaken Idea to
attempt to tax the public to f urn
Ish free to travelers the service
Ihatpermanent, estabIi&Jis4Ju&i-.,
ness is warranted" in charging
reasonable prices for, just as any
other business.; I, realize full well
that a lot-ofleoturers and instruc
tors who have no business experi
ence and are not In Couch with real
business conditions and have no
responsibility at stake, think that
there should be a tourist hotel at
every turn of the road, find a fine
tourist hotel at about: every mile
post. The full answer to the
question whether that theory is
sound is to try to finance any .por
tion of this with the bankers or
any other financial institution. In
other words, try to get people en
gaged In the hotel business to put
their m6ney in these enterprises,
and you will find at once that the
accommodations for the traveling
puDiic is really much overdone in
all tho laree cities. There, are
only a few days at he very peak
of the season when there is any
chance of lack of accommodations,
even when we have conventions
here. ..''. t .
As a notable instance-of this fal
lacy, there is at least one fin4 ho
tel on the Columbia highway, al
most new,; worth about $450,000,
that has not been able to ' meet
the interest or installments cm the
mortgage; and the public press is
carrying this week an account of
tne ioreciosure proceedings of one
of the finest residential hotels in
PREMIER IS DISMISSED
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POnTTGAl, IS IS THROES OF
POLITICAL UPHEAVAL "
Thuriday
In Washiriffton
Adjournment of congress was
tentatively fixed for; June 28. i
The Illinois' project in the riv
ers and harbors bill was defended
before, the senate commerce com
mittee., . : ' . - f ' -
With Wayne B. Wheeler on the
stand, the senate campaign com
onlttee inquired Into Anti-Saloon
league activities.
xr Department of justice policy to-
jCA rd recent oil : mergers was as
sailed ia the house by Renresen
v tatlve Connelly of Texas. . .
, Discussion of the McNary farm
. bill continued In the senate with
Borah of Jdaho and Ransdell ' of
,' Lonisiana, 'lining- up 'with oppon-
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LISBON. Portugal. June 17
(By 'Associated Press.)' Another
political upheaval the ' dismissal
of Premier Jose Meades Cabecadas
and General Manuel Oomes da
Costa stanned the capital, today.
General Gomes . having relieved
Commandant Cabecadas of the
premiership ordered his soldiers
to occupy all strategic points of
the city. This precaution was taken
in spite of the fact that Command'
ant Cabecadas accepted his dis
missal without offering resistance
because, he declared, he wascon
vinced the, new government also
was purely republican
SALEM GeTSCOflVENTIOrj
PARENTS AND - TEACHERS TO
v MEET HERE IN OCTOliiK
- PORTLAND, June 17 Uy As
sociated Press) The - annual
convention of the Oregon congress
of parents aad teachers ..will be
held in Salem next Octoberit was
announced today by the executire
board of the. state parent teacher
body. ' The! Invitation to taeet In
Salem I was I extended by O. V.
White of Stayton, president of the
XTarlon cttuhty counca"oX' Parttit
Teacher frioc;?.!!
SEA1TLE. Jun&"t7. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Police throughout
'.heUnited States had been notifeed
tonight to watch for a man who
tin hour and a half after Miss Syl
via L. Gaines of this city, 22 years
old. left' her home last night fr
a walk, vaii seen " following "hi"4
Her bodv. in indescribable conda-j
tidn, was found ten hours after tie'
5 i
man was seen. fi
The body of Miss Gaines, who
graduated from Smith college,
Northampton, Mass., last year, was"
discovered in a grove of alder trei
on a knoll beside Green lake, fn
the northern part of 'Seattle. f
Police of the nation were asked
to look for a man described by Mr,
and. Mrs. F. S. Stokes of Seattle.
The Stokes, who live just off the
lake and near the grove, were
strolling at 9:30 in the evening
when they met Miss Gaines, whose
home was a mile south of th6
lake, roughly a mile and a half Ji
diameter and circled by a trail.' 1
Soon after Mfss Gaines passed
them, about 100 yards from the
grove, the Stokes met - the man
Mrs. Stokes expressed the opinion
that "that man is following that
girl," and she and her husband
J hen made mental note of his ap
pearance. The Stokes, from Her
description, expressed certaintjr
that Mies Gaines was the girl they
saw. j
The giri's father, Robert Gaines.
is a veteran of the world war, and
Is . in a disabled condition, attrib
uted to shell shock. Her uncle,,
William A. Gaines, is chairman of
the commissioners of this (King)
ityj- - '
Robert Gaines told co-em pi eyes
this morning that his daughter
bad been missing all night. Per
sons acquainted with the girl went
to the morgue then, but they de
clared the mutilated body was not,
ners.
The father then went to the
(Continued on ' pr .)
(Continued on paga 2.)
BROWNS JBOUND OVER
ARRESTED ON LIQUOR CHARG-
. ES; AWAIT GRAND JURY
William' and Joe Brown, both of
Broadacres, were bound over to
await the action of. the Marion
county grand jury when they ap
peared in the justice court here
Thursday on charges of posses
s ion and sale of intoxicating liq
uor. They were released on bonds
of $1,000 each.
The BroWn brothers were ar
rested June 10 in a liquor raid in
which John Kaboris, one of the
liquor dealers, was shot to death
by O. C. McBride, a state prohl
bition officer. McBride was clear
ed by a coroner's jury, who found
the shooting justified.
In the same raid, Jim Angefus
another of those - charged with
liquor violations, was wounded
and Is now in a hospital. His
brother, Chris Angelus, is being
held.
11 c sVemo
Greater Portland - Willam
ette Valley League Clubs
Near Break up
NEW SKED BRINGS PEACE
Rupert Declares Albany - Salem
Games July 4 and 5 Unsati
factory; JNew Agreement
Is Reached
A complete break-up of the
Greater Pbrtland-Willame'tte Val
ley baseball league was narrowly
averted Thursday night when rep-1
fesentatives of the two upper
teams and the two lower teams in
the league clashed in what seemed
to be a battle to the finish. '
Just when the break seemed
Inevitable, the heads of the teams,
got together, ironed out the rough
spots, and mapped a schedule that:
leaves the league stronger than it
Was" before. 4
Ilad the break occurred, the
league .would have gone out of
existence for all time. This was
the unanimous . opinion of the
managers. By removing sore
spots, the league will be stronger
this year with the prospects of
being one of the best bush circuits
in the northwest next season.
The near break came when
Manager Rupert of Albany assert
ed that he would like either one
of two things; a revision of the
schedule to include a split season,
or the privilege extended to Ful
ton and WOW. clubs of withdraw
ing from the league.
Biddy Bishop of the Senators,
declaring that the. race between
Salem and the Cycols is too close
for a split season affair, stated
that should the split season be
adopted, Salem would withdraw
from the league.
Should the split season be
adopted, the first round of play
would come to a full termination
with next Sunday's game. Salem
is only one game behind the
Cycols. Cycols play Albany, and
Ralem would have no more chance
athecycDls tn'tirerTirsr rcrantt
The leaeue leaders would oe de
clared, victors and the second
round would start with every
team-ha vine an even break. Win
ners of the first and second legs
would clash at the end of the sea
son for the championship.
Following immediately upon
the wake of the split season tilt
came the news that Rupert had
informed Biddy Bishop, manager
of the Salem Senators, that the
mmoa between the two teams
erhoduled for July 4 and 5 would
have to be called off.
The old feud between the two
vallev teams gained the tore
ground and for a few rounds Rup
ert and ' Bishop held the floor.
Presently Manager Spec Burke of
the Portland Cycols suggested in
as much as the meeting was sup
posed to be a league meeting, that
managers get down to league
problems and leave Salem and
V (Contigned on pare 4.)
DEMOCRATS TO CONFER
COUNTY OFFICERS TO BE
NAMED AT GATHERING
Death Toll Is Heavy in )
Railroad Catastrophies
Fifteen Bodies of Men, Women and ChUdren Lay in Morgue
. as Result of Crash; Six Deaths Are Listed of . ;
Burning of Coach at Xos Vegas
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Summary of recent Railroad casualties :
Six killed, including twd children, when tourist keeping
car of the Union Pacific railroad burns at-Crystal, Nev. Cor
oner's bluest is started. . , . .
Fifteen men, women and chCdren' killed at BlaJrville,
Penn intersection when two fast Pennsylvania railroad' pas
senger trains crash. Fourteen morel in hospitals, -fire in
critical condition. i
G. F. Allison, Portland, conductor, killed when train runs
over. him. , , j ' . -'
Engineer killed, fireman injured When special train la
derailed at Bonn ers Ferry, Idaho.
.
BLASTS SHAKE
CITYiOELD
Five Dynamite' Explosions
Wreck Business Bldck
in Los -Angeles
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 1?.-,
(By Associated Press) The brok
en forms of 15 men, women and
children, '11 of them passengers
lay in morgues in Westmoreland
county towns tonight, mute testi
mony of-the wreck of two fast
Pennsylvania railroad passenger
trains, the Cincinnati Limited and
the Washington . Express, near
Blairsville intersection last midnight.
Fourteen others, a majority of
them passengers, were in Johns
ton and iLatrobe hospitals, bearing
the marks of the appalling disas
ter. Five were in a critical con
dition. Many others, lees seriously
hurt,, when the limited ploughed
into the rear end of the halted
express, were able to continue
their Journey on special and regu
lar trains.
At the scene of ihe crash wreck
ing crewS continued throughout
the day the work, of clearing the
main lines and replacing more
than 100 feet of rails ripped out
when the limited, hauled by two
giant locomotives, cut its death
dealing path into the express
sleepers. The two engines were
. (Continued on page 3.)
LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 17
tBy The Associated Press.) Ex
amination by physicians of the
fragments of bodies . from . the
wreckage of the tourist sleeping
car of the .Union Pacific, railway
which biirned at Crystal, Ner., to
day, showed that six lives instead
ot- five jwere lost, including two
children, one about six years old
and the other about 10.
' There! was no evidence to indi
cate who the' sixth person might
have been. In a casualty list made
public yesterday five persons, all
adults,- Were named. They were
W. H. McCteery, Riverside,, Cal.;
Mrs. Ji B. King. Drummond;
Mont.,. J. H, Guthrie, en route;to
Minneapolis; Mrs. Ellen M., Green,
and Lydia Hall, both of Redlands,
Cal. .
The coroner's Inquest .into, the
tragedy . started today but after
the Questioning of several witness-
es, most of. whom . were railway
employes, recessed until tomor
row fn an ef fort "to obtain the tes
tlmoneyj ofJ.G. Kiug,on of the
Injured! passengers whose wife
lest her life in the fire. King
was taken on to Salt Lake City
(Continued on pc 8.)
PAPAL LEGATE RECEIVED
BY THRONGS IN CHICAGO
CARDINAL BONZANO BRINGS
WORD FROM ETERNAL CITY
Great Joltit,nde Welcomes Cbnrch
Dignitaries to Eucharlstlc
'Congress
A meeting of the Marion coun
ty democratic central committee
has been called for the county
court house at 2 o'clock, Saturday,
June 19. Officers will be elected
and plans laid for the fall campaign.
Harding. Memorial Gets Under Way in His Home ToWn
CiM:rS V S ,?v - '
Vice President Dawes played the principal part In the services at the laying of the Cornerstone of
the fSOO.OOO Harding memorial at Marlon, Ohio, Memorial Day. . In the smaller picture Dawes is shown
delivering the mala address. Larger picture, taken just before th cornerstone laying, shows, left to
right? vDr, G. Trliardinr; fathet 1X the late prcsldelit; Tic President Cfcarles -V; Dawes," with Xfqwel,
CHICAGO, June 17. (By As
sociated Press.) Carrying a mes
sage from the pope of Rome,
Cardinal Bonzano, papal legate to
the twenty-eighth international
Eucharlstlc Congress arrived here
today, and was greeted by a mul
titude of more than 200,000 per
sons, who jammed and crowded
along a three mile stretch of
Michigan Boulevard In their en
thusiastic reception.
A din of locomotive whistles,
automobile horns, military bands
and church, bells and.other noise
making devices augmented, the
cheering thousands who gated
upon the smiling face of Cardinal
Bonzano and Cardinal Mundelin
who greeted his guest. They rode
side by side in their robes of of
f Ice to the home of the latter and
to the Cathedral of the Holy Name
through milling throngs where the
vicar of the pope made it evident
that all the glories and splendor
which he has met since his arrival
in this country last week was ho
more than trifling. For, entering
the cathedral he knelt in prayer
of thanksgiving for his safe ar
rivals
The red special which brought
Cardinal Bonzano and eight fel
low cardinals from New York was
accorded perhaps the greatest ova
tion in the history of the city.
In a magnificent setting at the
cathedral of the Holy Name, the
formal welcome of Cardinal Mnn
delein constituted ' the first rites'
Incident to the eucharlstlc cere
monies.
-Throngs said to be ten deep
wnicn lined the route of the pro
cession from the station swept
through the police lines at several
points, halting the column until
pathflnOlng machines could nose
through the surging mass of
humanity.-
Squads of motorcycle police
surrounding the legate's car were
unequal, to the "insistence of the
enthusiastic groups who pressed
forward to touch the scarlet robes.
Many dropped to their knees in
the street for the pontifical bless
ing - ' i '
BODY IS WASHED ASHORE
f , ,, ,4 :4
CORPSE MAY BE THAT OF BlRS.
MCPHERSON, BELIEF
MARS H FIELD, Ore., June 17.
(By Aasdciated Press.) A body
clad dnly ln a green bathing suit
was found on the beach north of
Coos Bay this afternoon. The body
was In such a decomposed condi-
tionnnat It was impossible to de
termine the sex, bat the coroner
expressed the opinion - that the
aeaa 'person, was about ' 3 5 years
s The coroner said the onlv noi
Bible means ,ot .laentlfication was
through , fillings la teeth of ' the
lower Jaw.- He Is conUnuing his
examination nnder the belief that
the. body5, blight. possibly be that
of Aimee Semple McPerson. miss
ing i,oa Angeles evangelist. . .
END (jF DEATH PENALTY
QUERY RAISES ISSUES
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PETITIONS PRESENTED IN 1024
MAY BE VALID
At tomey . General . Promise Rat
ing on Placing Question ;
on Ballot
Whether petitions circulated in
the year 1924 requesting that the
question of abolishing the capital
punishment law, in Oregon be re
ferred to the voters at the follow
ing general election, can be accept
ed by the secretary of state and
used in referring the question to
the electorate at the general elec
tion in .November of this year, is
the query. that has been referred
to the attorney general for con
sideration. .
The pettions were submitted to
the state department by Lettle
VeatchjGood, secretary and treas
urer of the Progressive Civiliza
tion league, with headquarters in
Portland.
The I attorney . general said he
had not yet had time to give the
question consideration, but prob
ably would prepare an opinion
within the next few days.
.Under the provisions of the pro
posed constitutional amendment
sponsored by the Progressive Clvil-
ization league, .'life imprisonment
would be the most severe penalty
imposed ifl this state. -
PORTLAND MAT1 CHOSEN
. - MASTER OF AF & AM.
PORTLAND. June 17. (By As
sociated , Press.) -Edgar H. I Sen
senlch 'of Portland was advanced
to grand master of the grand lodge
of Ancient,. Free ,and Accepted
Masons' of Oregon at the second
day's session of their 76th annual
meeting today. Mr. Sensenich
succeeds Grand Master Kelly of
Albany. j- c
. All other elective officers Of the
grand lodge were advanced accord
ingly, Robert S. Eakia of La
Grande . becoming -deputy grand
master; Rex Wf Davis of. Albany,
senior jgrand warden; , Milton L.
Meyers, of, alem, junior; grand
wardefl, and John L. Galther of
rend senior grand deacon, f
John B. Cleland of PorUaad was
re-elected grand treasurer and Dl
Ruf us Cheney .was re-elected grand
eecretary. John, B. Cleland was
re-elected f or , a five-year term on
the jurisprudence committee, and
Louis G. Clarke was re-elected tor
a like term "on the Masonic - aad
Eastern Star home committee, f -
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Til LIMITS IS ixTENDED
VETERANS GTVEN ADDITIONAL
, 's' .XBAR FOR INSURANCE 1
134 STICKS ARE FOUND
tJneiploded Charges Said . Suffi
cient to Raze District; Two
Smspects Being Held v '
by PoliCB
LOS ANGELES. June 17. (By
Associated Press). Two toen
Were arrested today in connection
with a fuccesslon of five dynamite
explosions which . wrecked a thea
tre and business block on the east
side here, V- .
One of those. held on suspicion
la William Graham, born in Russia
but a British subject, whose real ,
name Is William Graciebsiy. i., v
The second suspect was Ellas
Elsenberg, sewing , machine sales
man, who it was said, had threat
ened; Graham, bat who. was re
leased after two - hours . question-';
Ing. . - : - . . .
Police and fire department in
vestigators found -184 unexploded
sticks - of d)ynamite and gasoline.
and oil planted throughout the
building after the first live blasts
had wrecked the place ahd rocked '
the entire - neighborhood, -y. They
declared it a miracle that these
had not added to the disaster ana
taken scores of lives. . , . ? ..
Graham,-- the i first suspect ar
rested,' was proprietor of a candy
store In . the partially destroyed
building. In his store were found
8 8 . nnexploded l dynamite sticks
and; f uses,; while the place had
been saturated with -gasoline. .
While today's blast was being
Investigated at ; the . scene, ' word
cacde from Redondo Beach that, a
cache of ' one hundred sticks of
dynamite had been , unearthed
there-in it location apparently used
for manufacturing bombs: ,
This possible ancle of the ex
plosion- also is being investigated.
Detectives expressed the opinion
thafcths.jplrt:wlUi.thA'T&uUvt ;
grudge. ' Graham had, made .him
self unpopular in the neighbor
hood, they say, by his quarrels
with. neighbors. 'Whether he did
this purposely or was the Tictim
of circumstances, the - police . are
seeking, to determine.. - When -the
series of explosions occurred about
4 o'clock "this morning, scores ol
windows ill the locality were shat
tered, chimneys rocked 'and sleep
ing , citizens ... suddenly, roused,
dashed into the. streets terrified.
Police . and firemen rbped off
the 'area about -the - destroyed
building, and plunged - into the
wreckage tQ. Investigate, returning
with the 184 nnexploded sticks of
dynamite which were snatched
from the path of the flames: ..
GERMAN BAfTISf S KLtCT
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CONFERENCE ' OPENS HERE,
CONTTNUES TTLL SUNDAY
Annual Pacific coast confer
ence of the Germah -Baptists
Opened Thursday on the -cainpus
of Willamette university. The con
ference will continue ' through
Sunday evening. Oregon', Wash
ington; Idaho and California ,are
represented at the conf erehce.
-Officers were chosen'-tor ths t
coming - - year. - Following were .
elected: Rey.' O. .Schrtedr of '
Anaheim, Cat, moderator; Rev. J.
Kraft of . Portland, rice fnbdera
tor; CH. Edlnger of WascO, Cal.,
first clerk; F. Buierman of Staf
ford, second clerk; Rev. G.
Schunke" of Salem, treasurer.
In the morning session taming
of committees, . brief religious '
services and election of ; officers
were featnred -:
- Addresses by several of ths
delegates were delivered tn the
afternoon. . In - the evening a
religious service and song service
were held. - . ir'-v.'
ROAD PAVING JO START
MARION COUNTY COURT PLAN
- NING FOR TEN MILES
Instructions ;bave just been re
ceived from the Portland office
of the U. S. -Veterans' bureau au
thorizing reinstatement, of jwar
time insurance , by ex-service men
until July 2, 1927, according ;to
an announcement made by-' Ken
neth LL CQoper,reglonal manager
ef the bureau.; .July :2, 1926, had
been "sef by congress .as the tits a
limit; for both, reinstate tieat and
conversion. of war risk Insurance
but the new, order extends the
time' one year.
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Preseni plahs ot the Marlon
county courtjcalhr for the con
struction ot ten miles of county
paving this year, it was announced
ThUrsdiy. Besides ;the . outslda
work, several Jobs will be done in
the city of. Salent. Work is to
start July 1.
Three miles 'will W paved on
the Mehama road from the end
of itne paremtnt to ithe Hehana
bridge. Anott.er three mile stretch
will .-be v surfaced ott the " Scotts
MUls road front the Pine Tree cor
ners to Scotts road. : . .
. The first link' ia the "Million
Dollars Hijrhway". in the : Lablfb,
BectioU win be opened during the
rummer whea.abost a mile fead a
half wrlli he "paved froa trooki to
Bingham corners. . - ' -
Two ,'and , one-halt felles' -ff oa
lbs;Mt. Ah !-Wood burn road to
Monitor,. will "alBo te surfaced.
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V DENVER, Colo., Jnce 17. (By
Assoclttd Press) II art? II. r0j
ers,'B.tt(frney'of Eah Ant. - Tex
as, tomorrow "will be lsstallsd &s
presiieat otTiOtary IzIitzzUzzW