f . ' . . ; i. : i . j' ... . ; . t 'A u 21 EKTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS Sin TT n w y 9 TO BLAST AREA Dazed Refugees From Little Towns in Jersoy;6o Back to Ruined Homes 3 TOWNS DEMOLISHED Many Buildings Torn to Pieces tThei Arsenal- Explodes; Be- . ,r 'wfldered ' Exiles Seek Possessions 1 DOVER, N J.. July 13. (By Associated Press) All roads in Jersey's shell shattered are to night led back to the abandoned homes of Mt. Hope, Hibernla. PIckatlnny and' the smaller com munities nestled along the nar row ' hillside roads and eTery ve hicle carried worn-out refugees returning; . In fixe trucks, under - the can vas covers of the motor transport service; in private cars and in chartered buses, whole families, bewildered by three days of dated exile, found themselves going back to their broken little homes abandoned in .hurried flight from the terrors let loose by Saturday's arsenal explosion. They knew that . in nearly every case all windows in their homes bad been shattered by the first warning blast. Many, knew that walla of their homes had caved' in, that sheds had collapsed and floors had dropped into cellars. Tew had made exploratory visits in search of possessions and realized the ruin to which, they .were return lag. But like the peasant population of the great war, the destruction of their homes was not enoneh to keep them away, and this after noon wiin tne coming of General Drum's official declaration that ft was now safe to permit the passage of civilians into the pa trolled sections a - few miles aHund the arsenal in every case tk7 refugees asked anxiously to he f A Von kAfna All afternoon the Red Cross workers relief headquarters in Morristown at the United .States hotel were kept busyJoadlng their three days boarders Into the odd and various conveyances that car ried them. From temporary shel ter In the rectory of the Redeemer church, from the American Legion rooms. Market street mission and from the Women's community club loads of women, children, boys, babies, went out. The task at Dover was completed earlier in the day. The last few days of shelter at Morristown had been a dizzy round of caring for the homeless and bewildered for the workers pf the Red Cross and the Ameri can Legion, marvelously aided, safd tt. C. Jeff era, treasurer of the Red Cross; and service officer of the legion bjr warm hearted ness with which an entire com munity had come to the rescue of a people who touched their hearts. Ever sine the first clumsily established headquarters in the armory which Saturday night's frightened arrivals" turned' into a bedlam., people of every class and nationality have come to help, (OoaUaaed m afe i) Raymond Kupp of Portland was fined $1? and James Hickey of the same city paid a fine of S25 in the justice court here Tuesday when they appeared following their arrest on charges of speed ing. M. Brown .of , Portland, arrested by Capt. Kenneth' Bloom of the state traffic division, on a charge of operating a car without pos sessing a drivers license, will ap pear in the Justice court this week for hearing. - Herbert Jewel of Portland was arrested last night by local police officers 'on a charge of speeding. He was released on $10 bail. Ruth Taylor of Salem' reported to the local police that her car was Involved in an accident yes terday at Nebraska and Capital streets. No details were given in a-pport. v .. -oyd Larson forfeited $6 bail Eerday by no) appearing in po lice court to answer a charge of speeding. A. M. Stewart of Route 2, Sa lem, was fined 15 In police court yesterday on a , charge of driving ith four persons in the drivers' "eat. . . , v ;ws 5 Albert Hamilton 'of Route 8, Salem, was fined 15 in 'police court yesterday on a charge of speeding. ; Cars driven by S. A, Hughes of Salem and IV iUtchle of. -Kelso, wash., collided at Church .: and CotUge streets Monday, according to reports turned in to the local police. No details of the accident "ere given. J-w.ct , Owen. Catterman of Highland reported to the S-lli-t police yea- r Today's Reasons For Driving Carefully Dr i vers Held Is Prosecution Weak? Facts Only Wanted as Problem of Many Arrests and Few Convictions Draws Attention of Citizens Who Seek Reasonable Protection Are the police of Salem arrestinsr innocent persons, and charging them with driving while intoxicated? If so that fact should be brought out. Is the city attorney failing to prosecute persons against , whom the, police have good evi dence? If so, that fact should be brought out. On June 1, Mrs : was arrested on the charge of driving while intoxicated. That arrest was made seven weeks ago. According to report made out by police officials, at request of those responsible to the people for law enforce- ment, this woman has not been Facts, Only, Wanted i : COLUMNS OF STATESMAN OPEN TO FRED A. WILLIAMS Fred A. Williams, city attor ney, under fire for - what is termed feeble enforcement of law, knows he has a chance to present his own case in the columns of this paper. When his prosecution record was first being Investigated, a represent ative of this paper, sitting in Williams' office, said: "If we print any statement concerning your record which is not fact, and not fair, we want you to know that the col umns of this paper are open to you. If the printed stories are unjust, say so and you will get a square deal That offer Is again renewed. Fred A. Williams, for whom The Statesman has a friendly feeling, personally, knows his own explanation of his record will be published if, and when, he cares to offer it. Police are unjustly accusing persons of driving while intoxi cated, or the city attorney's record in connection with those cases is open to severe criti cism. Which is true? LAND GRANT BILL SIGNED MARION COUNTY TO GET AP PROXIMATELY 840,000 WASHINGTON, July 13. (By Associated Press.) -j- President Coolldge has. signed the Oregon California' land grant! tax bill, it was learned today in advices from Paul Smith's, N. Y., where the chief executive is vacationinfi. The measure, which was passed in the closing hours j of the last congressional session, would auth orize the government to pay to the 1 8 Oregon counties and one county in Washington taxes; which they have been unable to collect since 1916 on land which congress took away from the Southern Pacific railroad and. which has been in cluded in a land grant. The bill would reimburse the government for about $5,000,000 in taxes advanced to the counties out of money derived from the sale of the land. Marion county should receive approximately $40,000 and Polk county approximately $165,000 from the measure in refunds to Oregqn counties in place of taxes which, would have been paid by the railroads on 'the revested grant lands, with the provision that 40 per ceni of the money shall be set aside for school and road districts and 60 per cent go into the general fund of the county, j Polk county expects about $60,090 for roads and schools. WORKERS' NAMES GONE i TRANSIT COMPANY REMOVES 688 FROM ITS PAYROLL NEW YORK, July 13. (By Associated Press). r Officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit company erased 688 j names from their payrolls today. They an nounced that as far as they were concerned, the subway strike was all over. j The strikers had been given up to noon today to go back to work on penalty of losing their jobs permanently. Some i took Advan tage of the offer, butj the majority stayed oat in the hope that they might still be able to enforce their demands for higher pay. "l The. strike began ast Tuesday ancl on the first dajf eut subway service- down s two thirds Since that time service had steadily- im proved, according to I company re ports, until at the present it is virtually back to normal. r i ' ' - i . CHILD DROWNS IN LAKE FALL FROM PIER; FATAL TO - THREE-YEAR-OLD TOT : j SEATTLE July IS. (By AP.) John Stuart Knowles, age 3, was drowned when he fell from a pier into Lake' Washington here today. . ! ' COOLIDGE LAND3 BASS PAVt SMITH'S; Ni TJtLly 13. President Coolldge today added & small mouth baas weighing 114 pounds to his piscatorial trophies of this summer. His decision' to go -flshin' apparently was a sud den one, the start being made-just before darkness fell over the eur- Unjustly, given a chance to clear her name by being acquitted by Jury trial, and charges brought against her by police have not been followed by prosecution In court. As far as police records show, this woman and the charge placed against her, have parsed into, an cient history, while Fred A. Wil liams, city attorney, pledged to prosecute violators of the law has sat in his office in the United States- National - Bank building, and let the clock tick on. "Why? Special police reports list the following 11 arrests on charges of drunken driving, with the dis position of the ease: January 16, , was ar rested on a charge of drunken driving, -fined" $150. (The sen tence for drunken driving is $100 fine and 60 days in jail.) January 21, , was.ar- rested on a charge of drunken driving, forfeited $500 bail. (Bail required of persons released un der charges of drunken driving is $500.) February 17, , was ar rested on a charge of drunken driving, tried once", with, the "hung" Jury, three to three, dis charged. Fred A. Williams, city attorney, has never brought the case to trial since. February 27, , was ar rested on a charge of drunken driving. Though the arrest was made 19 weeks ago, this case has never been tried in court.- (Youth of the accused person", it is un derstood, is advanced as Justifi cation for failure to prosecute, though police records show no disposition of the case.) March 10, , was" ar rested, charged - with drunken driving. Records show he was fined $50. (The penalty for a person guilty of driving while in toxicated Is $1JD fine and 60 days in Jail.) March 27, , was ar rested, charged with driving while (Continued on pass 8) LA FONTAINE DENIES ACT PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SELL ING LIQUOR CHARGE Ben La Fontaine of Hopmere was arrested Tuesday afternoon by C- C. McBride, state prohibition officer, on a charge of sale of In toxicating liquor after, McBride says, he purchased two pints of moonshine from him. Arraigned in justice couit here. La Fontaine entered a plea of not guilty. Ball was set at $500 by Breizer C. Small, justice of the peace, and La Fontaine was un able to furnish It. He Is now in the countf1 Jail. . ' i i mm TAXHECKLESS DRllERS, PLEA Make Every traffic Viola tion Boost Next Year's Fee is Suggested PENALIZE RECKLESSNESS P. R. Harrild, Salem Contractor, Would Shift Traffic Offi cers' Pay Onto Drivers Who Need Them Amendment -of the existing state traffic laws which would reduce annually .the cost of motor vehicle licenses issued to persons who comply strictly with the traffic reg ulations and add : to the cost of licenses sought by drivers who vio late the traffic code, is being ad vocated by P. R.: Harrild, promi nent Salem contractor. "A subject in which every Am erican citizen is or Bhould be, in terested is the degree of safety with which a motor vehicle should be operated on the public high ways, together with the best meth od by which traffic violations caused by careless or incompetent drivers can be reduced to a mini mum fi read a letter prepared by Mr. Harrild yesterday. "In my opinion the following plan would secure the best re- (Continnad on pmg 2.) ASK BOARD FOR $25,000 MONEY FOR JUSTICES AND CLERKS SALARIES NEEDED The state emergency board which meets in special session here today will be requested to authorize a deficiency appropria tion of approximately $25,000 to cover the salaries,of justices and clerks of the state supreme court during the last five months of this year. The deficiency appropriation is necessary, it was said, because of salary increases for the justices and their clerks by the last legis lature and the failure, of the legis lature to authorize a correspond ing advance in the amount of the biennial allowance for the depart ment. !" FIRE LOSS IS $513,690 THREE INCENDIARY BLAZES REPORTED IN JUNE Fire losses in Oregon exclusive of Portland during the month, of June aggregated! $513,690. ac cording to a report prepared here yesterday by thej state fire mar shal. There were a total of 4fi9 fires, of which three were of fan incendiary origin! 4 J it' WOULD ABANDON AGENCY EXPRESS COMPANY WOULD DROP STAYTON STATION The American Railway Express company has petitioned the public service commission for permission to abandon its agency at Stayton. WHILE THE ! SUN SHINES! N.y.,VrtI MtMiUf.'' .- -Xwii Jt."f i I Br, 4t Till I I LINEN INDUSTRY TOUR TO TAKE PLACE TODAY EDITORS AND BUSINESS MEN TO SEE FLAX PULLED Publicity for Enterprise Assured as Moving Picture Men Are Booked An excursion of prominent busi ness men from the Portland cham ber of commerce will assemble at the chamber of commerce rooms here at 10 o'clock this morning, to take an inspection trip through the flax district and linen plants. A caravan of automobiles will be ready to take them around. They will leave first for Aums- ville, where they will be shown through the flax fields, and then go to the other nearby flax grow ing districts. From there they go to the P. E. Thomason farm for a flax pulling demonstration. The Perfection flax pmller will be demonstrated by W. B. Bartram of the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc. After the demonstration a din ner will ' be given the visitors at the Thomason home. Thomas B. Kay, president of the Oregon Linen Mills, will be toastmaster. Efforts are being made by the Portland 'chamber of commerce to have leading Portland editors on the excursion and, to bring repre sentatives from leading moving picture corporations, including both the Portland screen reviews. in order to give the flax industry as much publicity as possible. On the return trip the visitors will be shown the plant of the Miles Linen company and the state .penitentiary flax plant Among those expected to be pres ent on the excursion are Governor Walter M. Pierce, Thomas Kay, Sam A. Kozer, secretary -of state; Julius Meier and Nathan Strauss of Portland, directors of the Ore gon Linen Mills, Inc. B0EHRINGER GETS HONOR IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERS LOCAL F. J. A. Boehringer was elected president of the International Steam and Operating Engineers- local No. 879, at its last meeting when E. A. Beach was named vice president; E. L. Stow, recording secretary; G. W. King, financial secretary; C. Prine, conductor, and A. C. Harp guardian. Classes conducted for engineers by Professor Boals of OAC, under the auspices of the Oregon state board of vocational education, will be conducted again this fall, all engineers, whether members of the local union or not, being invited to attend. "Y" TANK OPENS TONIGHT PUBLIC INVITED TO COME WITH BATHING SUITS Tonight is the date set for the big opening of the YMCA's new swimming pool, to which all the public is invited to come with bathing suits. Tom Gawley of the Portland YMCA will be there with a trained group of swimmers and divers, and a program has been arranged for the children who at tend. The first ladies' day at the tank will be one week from today, It was announced, and they will be held every Wednesday after that. Today could not be used for the women because of the opening day program. TIBER SWEPT BY BAD FIRES Flames in National Forest Reserves in Washington Take Added Life CONQUER OREGON FIRES Situation in This State Much Im proved Although Several Small Blazes Are Reported in Mountains SPOKANE, July 13. (By As sociated Press). More than 200 new forest fires were ignited last night in eastern Washington and northern Idaho by lightning, for est officials reported here today. In the Kantksu national forest 94 fires were caused by lightning late yesterday afternoon and last night and forest officials believe there are many more not yet dis covered. More than 1,000 men are fighting- biases' throughout this district, the official said. PORTLAND, July 13. (By As sociated Press). Although the forest fire situation in Oregon im proved today, stiff win'ds and low humidity have lent new zest to the fires in the Chelan national forest in Washington, according to reports received at the forestry department here. The Twisp fire in the Chelan forest reported this morning to cover 1500 acres, has spread and now covers about 2700 acres. The location Is high in the mountains and on a valuable watershed area from which comes a vast amount of irrigation water. Sixty men are working in an effort to check the fire which has "crowned." Another bad 'fire in the Chelan forest was reported near the twenty mile lookout station. Al ready it covers 1,000 acres and is being spread rapidly by a stiff wind.1 It is threatening a valuable stand of yellow pine and the north twenty mile lookout station. A dry electric storm Jtn the Chelan forest, today started four class "C" fires, or fires of more. than 10 acres, and eight class "A" fires, those less than a quar ter of an acre. One of the most serious fires in Oregon was that which entirely destroyed the large camp of the Deer Island Logging company on Carcass creek in Columbia county. Damage was estimated at $160,- 000. In addition to about 6,000,000 feet of down timber, the mess house, bunk houses and three railway trestles, the machine shops and nine donkey engines were burned.. A stick of dynamite that burned instead of exploding caused the fire about a week ago. It was held under control until last night when a whirlwind scattered em bers over the slashing. The loss is said to be partly insured.' The Butte Falls fire in the Crater na tional forest is now in good shape, being entirely surrounded In the last two days 24 fires were reported to have been started by lightning. None of them is over ten acres and all are under con trol or being brought under con trol. Both fires at Mitchell-Peint in the Mount Hood national forest are completely surrounded ; and under control, although by no means out of danger, according to the reports received tonight. The first fire, originally esti mated at 500 acres, is now thought to be only about 200 (Continued on ptgs 24 13 PLOTTERS TO HANG TURKS CONDEMNED FOR PLOTTING AGAINST KEMAL SMYRNA, Turkey, July 13. (By Associated Press) Smyrna quay, to which thousands fled to escape the wholesale tragedy of the burning of the city four years ago. will witness another tragic scene at dawn tomorrow. Fifteen persons were condemned to death today for plotting to kill Musta pha Kemal Pasha, president of Turkey, on' hit arrival at Smyrna, and at dawn thirteen of them, will be hanged from tripods at duly separated points of .the- water front. ' Two were condemned by default. The condemned men In clude six members of Turkish parliment, . among them General Ruchdi Pasha. fifeiNG-CbMPAWY FORMS J, 000,000 SHARKS AT SI EACH r BACK ENTERPRISE A new mining company, to be known" as - the Northwest Copper, company, has 'filed articles of in corporation here.' The 'first meet ing of the stockholders was Mon day night. Iheofporatdira are F. TI4 Bowersox W. 1. sUley and CI Donall. . " ' v : 'The company was Incorporated for 1,000,000 shares at fl each. The' board of -director--i -om-posed 'of. W. X. .Staley, ; George Sh'and, F. G. Bowersox, D. F. East burn, A., C. Carty and T. G. Don-all.-? The properties to be operated are : situated on the Little North l the. gantjaq Ultfr 93 "Grass," the epic of the old East. th3 "Covered Wagon" of the Orient, said to be the great est picture ever put on the sli ver screen, will be at the Ore-, gon theater fbday and tomor row. . This is an educational pic ture; and it is gripping in dra matic interests And it is big; big as the big ness of 50,000 people on a trek, with 500,000 cattle and camels. "Grass" is a book of an epoch, and a play of a whole people; real people, not actors and act resses. No one can afford to miss it. -."The Gold Rush," Charlie Chaplin's newest and greatest screen effort, will be at the Ore gon for a week, starting Satur day, the 24th. This is the most expensive screen ever brought to Salem. ' "YES, WE HAVE NO r" ROME. Mussolini teems to hTe no end of strange items in lis repertoire. His latest- move is toward a eradual mb- stitntion of potatoes fcr macaroni and spaghetti. Imagine that, in Italy of all places Italy where daily mi lease of mac- aron! is at much a part of the arerage man's regular routine aa cussinr the traffic cop in America. So far, the Dic tator a strategy has not set oil a revolu tion. But the idea hasn t set in, as jet, perhaps. 600,000 MILES ON $7.61 NEW YORK. For yeaTS. Leon LIt- ingston was one of the best known rag abonds in the United States. It ia said that he negotiated some 600,000 miles at a total cost, fo fares, of $7.61. He made a kind of art of rid in c "Uind": ever plain, bnsiaeas suit he wore . heavy overalls, me - bands ware. pfotee4 with heavy aleres jm4 on his head he wore hard derby, to pro tect hie hand from the ordinary "mis haps" of vagabond ge. He made the coast to crast tramp with anch as Jack London, then a f;re- t i itsrkjsr- - eannr ima. wiin a --"",rw'w world ambition and no brakes on his personality ... Mr. tiivingston has given np rambling as career, but the road stitl hold lure for htm. S. MATTXOWEa." LONDON. Lord Birkenhead, the See retary cf State for Indie, enjoys kidding Americans, and particularly those who trace their ancestorshtp back to the "Mayflower." According to a "deep study" he is said to have made of the subject, the "Mayflower" must 'have carried at least 183.000 on that historic voyag. ' ' . WINS DTJSE SCHOLARSHIP SEATTLE, Wash. The Eleanora Duse Scholarship, founded in honor of the great Italian actress f - by such folk as Mrs Fiske, Walter Dam- roach. John Dewey nd Antonio Scotti, aa been awarded foe this year to Miss Jean Fkilis Black of Seattle. graduate of Mount Holyoko Collet and a degree atndeat t Michigan University. Under the terms cf the scholarship Miss Black is to spend a rear at any Italian university, there to round out her study of Italian history, philosophy and lan :r guage. it is her excellence in these subjects which, won her the scholarship. VETERANS ELECT TODAY OFUCERS CHOSC1T - AT niEET , IXG OS TUESDAY" ' BAKER, Or., July 13. (By As sociated Press.) Nomination of officers by the Spanish war veter ans and, their, auxiliary' were the outstanding features of the second day of the state convention In ses sion here. r More than 300 persons are In attendance. Late Manning and R. A. Saw yer, both of Portland were nom inated for commander. - For Vice f commander Lee Hust of .Albany was nominated. Robert Campbell of Portland and E. A. Klrkendall of Baker were' named for Junior vice commander. -v -s ; 1 President of the fctate womea'j auxiliary nominations were Minnie A.. Glessnor.; Portland; Edna Carr Portland; Senior Vice Presl 4enfc Luln -Brotherton, tAlbrryT Helen Jloberg, Baker; Junior Vice President, Jessie Bertleson, Salem; Chaplain. Emma Manning Gresh am and Bertha AtchInson,,All)aiir. Both orders will elect tomorrow GRASS 1 Knighton and Howell, Free man, ami Struble Asked to Collaborate COMPROMISE ENDS SPLIT Tuxedo Park School Deadlock Is Ended When Secret Session Results in Asking Firms . . to Work Together r , i After debating an ' hour In - a. heated secret session last night. the school board decided to ask two firms of Knighton & Howell, and Freeman & Struble to com- ' bine in preparing the plans for the proposed. Tuxedo Park school building. Only one . of these firms. Freeman & Struble, . sub-. mitted sketches for the building. In case "these firms are not willing to work together In - pre paring plans, the negotiations with architectural firms will be reopened. The board's decision represented a deadlock between directors, who were unable to de cide oh one firm of architects. The decision came as a compro mise. - r The sketches submitted by Freeman & Struble are not' the completed plans .for the building, but merely & diagram from which the plans will be worked out. The sketch consists of drawings and floor plans of the building. 1 The five firms of architects who bid for the work of preparing plans were Freeman & Struble, Knighton & Howellr James Bartholomew, J. I. Dougan, and Tourtellotte & Hummell. The . sketches- submitted . by Dougan were second choice -of several members of the board. ; The building, as shown in the tentative sketches "made by Free man & Struble, consists of two floors and a -basement. If these sketches are adopted, they will be much revised when, the plana for the building: are drawn up. . t The : structure ' as ' drawn is shaped roughly:: like a letter T, facing on Howard street, with' the stem in- the rear.- Thls-wlll house the gymnasium. Additional units on both sides are provided for. Corrldbrs will -ran- lengthwise on each floor, with classrooms osr each side. The entrance, which U from Howard - street, Is ' double, with, the office between ' the twa doori. w : Besides the office and the gym nasium, which is two stories high, the first floor will have six-classrooms. - The second floor will have six classrooms, . with a library above the office on the first floor. i The basement will hate separ ate play rooms and dressing rooms tor both boys -and girls, according, t6 the sketches, with separate rooms for sewing, "manual train ing, domestic science, and draw ing. .. A . small - boiler-room la in the rear of the gymnasium. The two additional units shown in the, drawing call for 15 addi tional classrooms ;oh each floor, besides an auditorium two stories high., Thla auditorium: Swill- seat 800 persons on the floor and 380 more on the .balcony. r 4 . ; The board voted to' grant a year's leave of absence to Miss Ruby Kennedy, who has been a teacher in the local -schools for 11 years. 1 Resignations of Misses Ethel McGllchrist, Anna - Johnson and Grace Lick were '.accepted. Miss Johnson resigned because of ill health. IS. B. Davidson, : representing organized labor In Salem, ad dressed the board before It went Into secret session. - He asked that the work of drawing up the plans be given to a local architect, urg ing that if this were done, a local' contractor would be given the Job of building the new school, and that local labor would be employed In the work, v : '? ? I The firm of Freeman & Struble Is of Salem, while that of Knight on & Howell la of Portland. - , R. L. LEHMAN RESIGN MILL DEVOTE MORE TIME TO ' - RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES - ; F. L. Lehman, of the Associate i' Stores Co. Inc., better known as the Lehman Grocery, has resign el as manager , in favor of Arthur Ness of McMinnville, who will take up the management here under the direction of the Associated Stores company. It was announced Teste r-, day. - y i t Mr." Lehman an ordained "Bap tist minister, expects to go mere extensively into religious and edu cational work. .; SUSPECT IS ARRESTED WAXTED '" FOIt SLAYING ; jrjoinsEioNs rx cicx: t: '.' v CHICAGO, July 13. (By . sociated Press) James- Gra-OTGTtcfrrs,-xotigtt la connect, with the wanton slaying of t! persons In Cicero Sunday mi was caught by the poii?3 tori while la the act of hoidi. -r t pedestrian. Ha was tc r o r i