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-Mere He!i3---Is -Readied - -:m : ;&e---&cgaabsrr j 4 l 1 -! if ? - J f v J f - ; , i : - SEVJOTY-SIXTH YEAR salem oregon; Saturday morning, june 26,! 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS -. - I c i ? V v i i ; - - - - ; LEVEES BREAK; Worst Catastrophe of Kind in Century Strikes Ger- man Nation LOSS:SAlDuTREMENDOUS Fifteen Killed, Property Loss Es t imated at Thirty Million Dollars; ; Army Drafted for Relief Work . k MEXICO CJTY, June 25. -(By Associated Press) ---The flood toll at Leon in the state of Guanajuato has reached 100 known 'dead and may reach 1,000,' says a dispatch to El UniTersal. One fourth of the population Is homeless and destitute, the streets are still flooded and property damage is estimated at four mil lion pesos. -:. Troops and relief workers are oa the way. .Hun dreds of -families hare taken re-: f uge from the floed water of the Gomez rirer in the hills about Leon. Children' have been shel tered in churches. ; ,BEItLIX, June 25. (By Asso ciated Press.) Fifteen dead, es timated dam ago of S30.000.000 to crops and property, and lQO.'JOO acres "of tultlrated land under water," throughout Germary was the 011 otlbe floods tonight. The country la- suffering ; . from - tne worst catastrophe of this 'nature in' a hundred years. Twenty thousand members, or one-fifth 'of ' Germauy's ' regular army,"" hare been drafted into the relief Berrice. -Alofcg the Elbe and - Oder rirers" TorTiundreds of miles, every able bodied ciTilian has been called out to prevent further breaks In lerees, pear Halle; inhere yf'-aeverai- VUlages .are! ntireiy sur ,oundetl by water and ' airplanes parachutes, Four persons -were drowned today, two farmers near Perlebog and a man' and girl sear Essen, whose cacoe was caught in the swirling .current of the Ituhr river. . ' - Near "Frankfort, on the Oder river',, a dyke was broken through by , the J torrent today, 'flooding more than 3,000 acres of farm land and mining the harvest. ' Although the Elbe river dropped n llttln nABr M?ehnrp. .another and more perloug rise is looked for. This would endanger, railway communication with Berlin. Bea con fires were made ready on the ; " hjnstdes of the Kibe valley, in northern Prussia, to warn the low- land inhabitants if there is a break iu the dams. Saxony is the hardest hit. Damage estimated at $18,000,000 has been caused there jitid the farmers are panic stricken. , , The state and federal governments are organizing food relief expe . V.dltlon3 and plans are under , way . i t affording financial relief. The .national. railways have hired 8000 . additional . track-walkers lo pre- Ani tirvata Pvtva ffiin,rta eianil , at the railway bridges. , Republican senatorial campaign plans were discussed at a White House breakfast. i.. .- .. The house adjourned because of the death of Representative Fuller of IUlnoia. ; " V- t; -3 ; - President Coolldge endorsed the Fess bill ; to render financial ' aid to farmers' cooperative marketing bodies. : , ' . 4 -...... ' ' '' ' . - - ' Senator Watson ; Indiana, of fered a - resolution to sidetrack farm . legislation in favor ot war veterans rehabilitation bilL s Your - Vacation ; At the eoast, in the moun tains, or with friends, will be more interesting and you ; will enjoy, it better if. you are able to read, the home town news in your home paper daily.; The cost Is small- about two cents a day. j ' ' v Before leaving on yonr vaca tion phone 533; Circulation De partment; or mail a postcard giving I old " and ' new addresses and paper .will - be mailed promptly , to address given. ? THE OREGON STATESMAN ' ' .Friday ,. Jn Washinglpp Senate in Quandary Over Question of Farm Relief Supporters of McNary Measure MoVe to Table All Farm Leg islation After President Coolidge Throws Support ' i to and Endorses Tincher Bill - . ' i : WASHINGTON, June 25.(By Associated Press.) The senate was thrown into a quandry1 today; over what, to dp about farm relief after President ,.Coolidge had formally en-; dorsed the Tincher credit bill and supporters of the defeated McNary iheasure moved to lay aside all agricultural legisla tion and proceed to other business. - At the same time the democrats began an agitation for a reduction in tariff rates, which they charged were responsible for the farmers condition. 5 '! - ' ; : 5 The outcome of this triangular controversy was problem- H1SII ' MT. HOLLY. Ji. JrWlien William llinkle tirajl 14 yert old he began to, take an active part in fighting firea. That, was bak in 44. Tcday Hinkle at 96, is without doubt ' the oldent active fireman in the country. He has : eea fire fighting equip ment evolve from the primitive backet brigade and hand pump to the modern motor ized apparatus. But no matter how fancy" the eqaipment, Hinkle gets the . same thrill out of fire fighting. And he tever miss e a. , They simply don't ?HUy nnJesa Hinkle is on duty.. - .T, W TORK.There use dto bo a . good joke about the man who was so absent minded ha misplaced a basa , dram. .Then they changed the story to one about man who lost an ele phant. Kow, hcVever, the version of " the atory niuiit "Cae: for William O'Donnetl, .'of .'Bridgeport. Conn.,, mis . placed his sightseeing bus in New York the 'other day. Some youngsters, it aeems," were-playing with it 'At any ,rata, Mr, O'DonneU. frill be careful if his bi whita bus the naxt time he v.yiit New. York- . - BLOOM1KGTOX, 111. Abolish the . gang and pay particular attention to second-generation Americana. If i : America were to .observe these gen eral rules,, ac cording to Prof. Frederick M. TO rasher of IUi no i a Wesley an University, crime , W CB IU UKTfU. Lgraatly." Prof. r rrt i .- j .nruner BHraiea crime in the alums and gang-town of Chicago and emerged from hia studies with the eon tic t ion that lit is th.ffang spirit, 'which urges boys on to daring erimea. And. he mrt)TftHrlirDia'it found, most of the yrmng criminals of today are. Am erican bora of foreim-bnrn rrent. He urges a curb on imraigratioo, and early cultural, training of immigrants. ' . . WICHITA, Kans. An old timer in Kansas political and military histdry is returning to public life after as at 4 tempt ' to go into' 1 retirement: Gen. Charles. I. Martin is the gentleman. His is a Ions and useful e a r e r Which atarted when Martin joined the famous Twentieth : . Kan- , aana under Puns ton in tho Spanish-American war. ' He emerged a ma jor. During the .World - war ho served as a brig- dier general rn the general army, staff at Washing.' ton. He has prac ticed law in most ef the . state's court and before - the aupreme court and now is a candi date on tti republican ticket for the of i ice of probate Judge of Sedgwick t county, rne of the best offices in the state. Unless there is an. unexpected . de.ao ratic ldlid, Jen.- Martin will - be elected.: , FIRE WORKS SALE TODAY MUST NOT BE SHOT OFF TJX. TU MONDAY, JULY S i v. I:, - I . . i . I t. L .s s, V ; 'k . iV : i -1 ( L - Salem youngsters may , begin hoarding their - supplies of :r fire crackers' and other forms of, pyro technic ; devices today, according to an order 'issued Friday, night by Mayor John B. Giesy, authorizing the sale of fireworks. ; The noice makers mhy be Bold today and un til the evening. of July 5. . If No firework of any kind, how ever, may be set ; off I until . the morning of Monday, July 6, ' the order r states, and the celebration m ust cease - on - the night j of that day.--Hl:- i , JParents are earnestly urged to caution their' children against set ting off fireworks in places . sur rounded -by. dry grass or near, any inflammable r material. The : fire hazard. at the present . time, it-is said,-necessitates, the use of ex traordinary caution - in -this re epect. -; - ; i1'.'- ' ' - 2 ' - ' '- atical when the senate recessed to night with the leaders of the three factions determined to press their issues." ; "? The , situation ' offers a threat even to the house cooperative mar keting bill, to which , there had been scant opposition. , After con ferences today-the western propo nents of the ' rejected? McNary equalization fee measure lined up in opposition to the cooperative marketing proposal which has Sec retary Jardine's, endorsement! on the ground that it was a 'make shift plan" and would be charged to the account of farm legisla tion. ; ; ' , " . . ' . Developments : came thick, and fast duiing the day. They "started with a breakfast- conference at the White House with senate lead ers who" urged President CoOlidge to Seclare publicly, for the Tincher plan which has been offered in the senate y Senator Fess, republican Ohio Later ; the president called in Secretaries Jardlne and Hoover for advice and sent his secretary, Everett. Sanders, twice to the csap itol to confer with administration leaders in the senate. . Soon after the president began hia conferences, the various sen ate factions started caucuses in ante-rooms that continued through out the day. The result was that almost sim ultaneously with the issuance by the president of a formal state ment 'advocating passage of the Tincher bill. Senator Watson,5 re publican,, Indiana, offered a mo tion to lay aside any, more farm legislation, and Senator. Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic lead er, prc3sed-hU proposal to have the tariff reduced. This was a i signal for an out- (Continued . on page 7.) ONE FATALITY 1H WEEK 8SO MISHAPS REPORTED TO ACXIDEXT COMSUSSIOX Only one fatality due to indus trial acedents was reported, to the state Industrial accident commis sion for the week endng June 26. A. , McCulloch, Astoria windfall bucker, is reported to have lost his life through an accident. A total ot 856:. accidents ; were ' re ported for the weekr of which number 733 were subject to 1 the provisions of the workmen's com pensation act. WHEN THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY SETS THE EXAMPLE YOU CANT BLAME 1 CHE CHILDREN ; ' j0 FOREST B lit RUllUGItD Emergency j Call - Issued for " Fire Fighters in Klamath -; Falls r District- -ji FLAMES FANNED BY WIND Forcible Conscription -of Men to Fight Conflagration May be " Necessary, Reports ' Indicate KLAMATH FALLS;. Ore, June 25. (By Associated"; Press.) A large crew of men were fighting tonight to control a forest fire of serious proportions? which is, do ing great damage . in a .virgin stand of yellow pine .timber, 15 miles southwest of here. The tim ber is owned by the Weyerhaeuser Timber company. The fire, whipped by a brisk breeze, spread rapidly before daylight this morn ing. """?- " An emergency - call ' for fire fighters "was dispatched,' and all through the night, taxis were rushing fire fighters from Klam ath Falls to the fire line. Huge columns ot smoke- rolling up from the timber-carpeted mountains testify to the size of the blaze. A second emergency call for fire fighters Was Sent in from the fire line this morning. It is predicted that forcible con scription ot men to fight the con flagration .will be .necessary. The fire is said to have started in Puckett's logging camp in Bear valley, five miles southwest of Keno. When the heat rose to 97 (Continued on page .) INCOME TAX BILL FILED TOTAL OP 28,206 NAMES AP PEAR ON NEW MEASURE The public service league spon soring the state income tax bill with property tax, offset yester day filed its completed initiative petitions with Secretary of State Kozer. The petitions contained a total of 28,296 certified names or nearly twice as many as are-required to place the measure on the ballot. Initiative petitions must be completed an filed with the sec retary of state before midnight of July 1 to Insure the measure a place on the November ballot. Nine snch measures for which bal lot titles have been prepared by the attorney general, 'are still be ing circulated. PORTLAND-MAN CHOSEN HEAD OF OREGON ELKS JOSEPH P. RIESCn ELECTED AT ETJGENE CONVENTION ! Other Of fleers Elected by Lodges Baker ITiU Bo ext Con- vendon City EUGENE, Ore., June 25. (By Associated Press). Joseph P. Bleach,' past exalted ruler of Port land lodge 142, was elected presi dent of the Oregon State Elks' as sociation at the final business ses sion of the. ninth, annual state convention here today. Mr. Riesch was first vice-president -of the as sociation this year. " " Other officers . elected follow: First vice-president C. J. Grabb, Baker; Second vice-president, F. H. Hart. Medford; third vice president, Perry O. Delap, Klam ath Falls; treasurer, Herbert Bus terud, Marshfield. A proposal thai the secretary be elected instead of appointed by the J president was roted down: Baker will be the convention city in 1927, it. was unanimously voted by the association. ? The new board of trustees con sists of Judge W. A. Ekwall, Port land; Edward J. Catlow, Bend, and Robert Hunter, Corvallis. The Doernbechern hospital for children in Portland will be aided by the Elks of the state by each member donating $1 . every year on his birthday. The association voted unanimously to equip and care for the fourth floor of . the hospital. .Approximately $18,000 a year will be raised by the lodge. Dr. Richard Z. Dillehunt, head of the hospital and dean of the .Uni versity of Oregon medical school was here this morning as a special guest and told of the needs of the (Continued on page 2.) VOLCANO STILL SMOKING SEVERAL VENTS APPEAR IN SIDES OF MT. PAVLOP SEWARD. Alaska, June 25. (By Associated Press.) E. I. Gar dett, John W. Eddy and Joshua Green, all of Seattle, who arrived here yesterday on their way home from a $0 days hunting trip on the Alaska - peninsula, reported that Pavlof volcano which three yeata ago Christmas exploded at the base, was still smoking. Pavlof is west of the Shumagin islands, 4&0 miles southwest of here. ' fTom where the party was camped on the Bering sea coast of the peninsula, the crater, which is on the side of the mountain. could be plainly seen. Below the crater a highbridge leads down it.000 feet to a tableland where the hunters established camp for 30 days. Several vents appeared at intervals, on the side of ' the peak which emitted steam and smoke. The last opening. was ap parently At the base of the moun tain. The hunters expressed the opin ion that the peak was cracked by the explosion. FLAX PULLERS HUT Hot Weather. Ripens County Acres,. Machines Unable to Handle Crop EXTRA HELP CALL ISSUED Workers . Requested to Register . With Chamber of Commerce and 'Y" Employment Bar- . . .. . 3 eaa for Assignment The hot weather of the past few days has .hastened the ripening of the flax crop in a number of dis tricts, and there is a hurry up call for men and women and boys and girls t.o pull flax, especially in the small fields and the remote ones. .-There will be about 2500 acres to pull, and the six pulling : ma chines, belonging to the state are getting to work, also the seven machines belonging to the gTow ers. The . two machines being brought from Canada for the Stayton district have passed Min neapolis. It Is eight days by freight from there to Salem,: and the machines ought to be here and In the fields by a week from Mon day; some days later than they were expected. This will make fifteen flax pull ing machines at work in the dis trict; but the early ripening of the flax will call for haste, and there will have to be a lot of hand pulling. Any one wanting to pull flax may register at either the T" free employment bureau or with the Salem Chamber of Commerce. The price for hand pulling is as usual, 120 an acre. .Through arrangements between the employment bureau and , the Chamber of Commerce, growers In need of help are asked to phone in their demands and hand pullers will be assigned as fast as calls and help can be connected. Of the 2500 acres in flax, the majority, has ripened within the past i Yew days, throwing the peak load Into a shorter period of time than has , been known in the in dustry in past years, making the burden greater than can be han dled by the machines. State prison officials report re ceipt of the first load of flax for the season yesterday morning, nearly a month earlier than usual, with several other loads coming in during the day and harvesting of the crop in full swing throughout the Salem district. ' The product this year is said to be of an un usually good quality and a large crop. TRAIN BANDIT SAID HELD SUSPECT ARRESTED IN SEAT TLE FOR PORTLAND CRIME , SEATTLE, June 25. (By As sociated Press.) Detective Dan iel J. McLennan, of the Seattle po lice department, tonight declared a man he arrested was James R. Rogers, 25, one of four songht as robbers of a money wagon : in Portland, Ore., April 18. PORTLAND, June 25. (By Associated Press.) James R. Rogers was indicted by the Mult nomah county grand jury as one of five bandits who after cow ing an armed guard with revolv ers, 'robbed a Portland Electric Power company -pay truck of ap proximately ' 116,000 here last April 19. , SOMQj WRITER : IS SUED IRVING BERLIN SAID TO HAVE ; PLAGIARIZED WORDS NEW, TORK, June "25. (By Associated press)." Irving Berlin, song - writer, was charged with plagiarizing, the words and title of the song AU Alone In a suit for an; accounting brought ' today by Abraham Brown. 6 Brown -charged that the words of the Berlin song ; were v almost identical with the lyric of a song he had written and Showed to a Berlin agent,' , Be demanded - an injunction restraining sales of the Berlin ' song, nullification ot ' its copyright "and asked compensation by payment of such profits as have accrued to Berlin from the song.' ., - : : ; ' ; COLP PIXALS POSTED SPOKANE; June .2 5. -Dr. O. P. WUling of Portland and ' Forrest V4tson, Spokane, win meet in the finals of"5 the' Pacinc-northwest amateur golf championship ' over the Spokane Country dab tomor row. ' - - ' -..--,: " IIARK! NAf lOnrSI BIRTH jh-i it; v , -, , i j Patriotic observance of , at least a part of Monday, Jane 2jl, the. opening of American Independence week, is urged apoa all ' ciUeas of Oregon 4 by Governor "Pierce- In a proclama tion issued yesterday. ' -( The ' praclamation does not designate .the, day as a. holiday in Oregon bnt merely asks that ,"all civic, J fraternal ad reli gious - organizations cooperate with, all citizens:. in observing this commemoration, "Insofar as possible refraining from un necessary labor and . devoting, at least avjart ot the day to patriotic "observance" of .. this most important event In Amer lean history." STATE INSURANCE ACT DRAWS NEW INDUSTRIES "WORKIHEN'S X)OTENSATI03f LAW POPULARITY GROWS " Large Lumber Operatives Seek Protection Beginning; With V Jnly 1 ' : Following experiences of from one to five years with: privAto casualty Insurance companies a number of large industries In Ore gon are returning to the work men's compensation act' with the beginning of the new fiscal year on! July 1, according to a state ment Issued by the state industrial accident commission yesterday. Among these . Industries, which Include some of the largest lum ber operations in the state, are the Oregon-American Lumber Co., of jVernonia; Pacific Spruce cor potation, Toledo; Whitney .'com pany, . Garibaldi; Bowman-Hicks Lumber company, -La Grande and Wallowa, and the Prouty Lumber Cot, Warrenton. irhe statement of the commis sion shows that for the first five months of . this year ending May 21 the volume of industrial activ ity in Oregon under the protection of the workmen's compensation lav increased nearly , seven, per cert over the same period a year ago. i The. total days workmen were employed, as shown in the report, were i 8,846,559 during the five month period , this year as com pared to 8,29 5,572 , tor the same period a year ago. . In the, same period ! this year tJere were 10, 99B . accidents ret. Nd . to ' the commission asTt-. Mto 10, 149 last year, li. aaa ctvnear ly eight per cent. " 'pt3 - 5 the commission duringH " , iod Increased from I.O t $99,872.2 or"more tha. pej cent, , , 74? PROBE CITY'S CONDITION GRAND JURY TO DETERMINE PORTLAND CRIME STATUS PORTLAND, Or., June 26.- A jgrand jury next week will , be gin an investigation to -determine whether Portland city officials are "particlpatng in corruption" as charged in a letter from - Rev. Clement G. Clarke, of the First Congregational chorch to the Port land: Ministerial association. Mayor . George . L. Baker today called upon District Attorney My ers to summon the grand Jury and declared that Rev; Clarke's charg es were libelous If not' true,' and If they .were true the city official should (be;Jailed. r. . 'Mayor Baker suggested that an attorney be named for Rev. Clarke and that the attorney general be invited to. participate fn the grand jury's nivestigatlon. - He stated that he had not answered previous Charges by the minister j because .the latter's campaign is not. based on j npright .or .honest motives,',' but that "the time, has come when he Should be forced te . prove the public statements he, has made,.' The .'mayor; preferred to ;Rev; Clarke's recent; campaign against gambling. . , -4X .- i' r. ??a v. TWO KILLED IN CRASH AUTO - S TRUCK -BY TRAIN; U THREE 9THERS MAY. DIE v . . SIOUX CITT, . Ia., June 25- (By Associated Press.) i-Two "per sons were killed and three others probably fatally injured late 'to day when en automobile "bearing a plcnie party was struck bt a Chicago, Milwaukee " A 8 1. Paul passenger train af a grade cross ing in South Dakota; near Sioux Cit. The dead i 1 M. Stoe&ter, 45,r and Porterfield Sleeser,. 16, both' of Sioux City. - ' ' TOUTn KILLED IN DIVE' PORTLAND, Or June i5 By Associated Press. ) An. unidenti fied youth about 18 r 19 years old was either killed or drowned this afternoon when he :!dited head first upon a submerged pil ing In a slough near the interstate bridge here. .The swimmer's skull was fractured. .....- OFFER 1 0,000 FOR RIDIPEBS ; ':i--lA-J. Arrest of ' Alleged :Capt6rs; of ; ; Mrs WcPhersoh Is Con-a diti oh of Reward . WOULD CLEAR .MYSTERY. Lea- Angelee Newspaper PosUOf -fer; Long Search, for Cabin jn, 3Iexbpo Fails te Pro-s , ' &vu& IlesttlU - t i LOS ANGELES, Cel., June 2 5. f ( By Associated ' Press, ) The Lbs Angeles Examiner tonlght'of f eTed "af 210.000 "cashl Veward ; for the -arrest and prosecution: of. the two men and ? the I woman whom Aime.. Semple Mcrherson asserts) kidnaped ner and held ) her pris oner. ; . . . . ; : f- t , The reward the newspaper said had been' posted: in an effort to iear up the mystery surrounding a the .evangelist's case.' An addi tional reward of ? 1,000 was' of fered for the' discovery ot ,tha shack, presumably on the Mexi can side ' of v the' international boundary line near Agua Prleta, in whjch Mrs. McPherson says she was held captive. ; ;',f'",," :.'...:.-' The. Examiner is carrying a spe cial . dispatch from .Tucson, Arls., (iuotlng H. A, "Coadros,, secretary? of the chamber of commerce there, to.' the. effect .that two men resi dents of that city, gave a woman closely, resembling Mrs. ' McPher son a "lift" in an automobile "three or four nights ago." .'v An effort to identify the evan gelist as the woman will be mads when the train carrying her, from Douglas to Los" Angeles passet through :nere. , ' ', i Ti ., t Condros said the two men told him the following story: . . They were t driving east from Tucson, "which ii in the direction of Douglai and Agua Prieta, when; they overlook a woman walking in , the. same direction.". They offered her 'a ride and she got into the car. Noticing a resemblance to the mis- Bing pastor, they asked her. if she were Mrs. "McPherson. She. neither confirmed 'or denied it. ' - When they said .they would take her to the police station bhe begged them ' Hyto. and got out of the car. tAS, Ariz., June 25.- Police tonight expressed,' t t a cabin sighted by a V -,. ""s afternoon. po slbly'v. VT one tn which Aimee W "rson says she Wag' held 'ik. " '., '1 ' O. A.' Ash,--, - said a posse which! he ' -aCed : Mrs. Mcpherson's v. 1 0 miles south from when stopped . by daraw that the trail would be In the morning. ' ;: ' ' Mrs." Mclherson, when . she ceived, the report,' "said the wa j "highly elated" over tna, find and that, aha believed 'at ' last they are on the right track.";" DOUGLAS,1 Aria., V Jnne 25- . tBy Associated" Press. Almee Semple McPherson, Lbs Angeles , evangelist,' failed In her Quest into the caeti-mesqutte covered desert lands' -of 4 Sonora, Mexico, to find the cabin where she declared she. was gheld t captive K. by kidnapers. Three times during the day, the first time ! immediately j at dawn.' Mrs. McPherson at the head.. of,, the investigating party 1 trekked through.- the i vast " waste lands in this ! vicinity -in .search for the rendervous.of her alleged captors' and . thrice aha . returned . to; Doug- -las, reportfng; her inability to rec ognize, the territory or any of the 1. (Contiavad aa para .. To Our Heailers ; ; f i j v "The 'Statesman1 carriers will call to make their monthly col lections today, r., .-:"'; f . Your newspaper boy is Just starting in business for himself. This ia his first effort to learn business and his success or failure depends to a; consider able extent, on your. good will and cooperation. 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