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'J i i OTVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, ORE0Otf, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRES MENACE Astoria to Honor Heroic DRIVERS CRASH TOIL FALLING Help to "Initiate" New YMCA Swimmiug Tank Efforts of Its Founders Three Day Celebration Starts Tuesday, July 20; Magnificent Monument Is to Be Dedicated in Honor of John Jacob Astor, City's Founder BIBLE IS i HEARD BY JURY HI ER STAND Flames Are Raging in All Pacific Coast States; Lightning Cause HIGHWAYS ARE BLOCKED Road Between Spokane and New port Barred; Tourist Pressed Into Service in Aiding Fighters PORTLAND, July 15. (By As sociated Press). - Serious forest fires were raging In all the Pa cific coast states, Idaho and Brit ish Columbia tonight with high temperatures and low humidity continuing. The blazes for the most part have been started with in the nast week htr liehtnlne. Fresh winds which arose last night swept a large fire in the Kaniksu national forest north of Spokane out of control. Road traffic between Spokane and New port was stopped and tourists pressed into service in battling tae flames. Smoke today pre vented forestry officials from de termining the extent of the flames. The situation in the Col vllle national forest, north central .Washington, was serious, fifty fires having been reported in that area. High winds carried one blaze across the Canadian border in.t national preserve. One tijjlovered between 1500 and JjSicres. uixiy Btate lire iignters rein forced by fifty sailors from the M V V VMril 1H I H I I 111 M V IIMI'M t-i i II t advance of a fire near Port (Orchard, Wash., which for a time threatened the town. Severe electrical storms started SS fires in the Umpqua national forest, Oregon. Six of them are burning over areas of about 10 acres each and another, covering 60 0 acres, is still ont of control. A blaze is out of control on Mon ger creek in the Siskiyou moun tains in southern Oregon. A strong east wind Is preventing a crew of 19 men from checking the blaze. Forty or-fifty spot fires were reported along the Oregon, "Wash ington Railway and Navigation company's line in the Pendleton district. Fighting a fire all last night 200 orehardists succeeded In saving their farms and a saw mill near Parkdale in the npper Hood River Valley. One hundred and fifty men controlled a blaze on property of the Silver Falls Timber company about 25 miles east of Silverton, pre., today. The flames swept an area burned over two years ago. The Dooley mountain fire, near Baker, was reported out v of con trol today with hot rocks rolling down the mountain side and men acing motorists. A blaze on Clear lake near Bellingham, Wash., was burning over a three mile front tonight and threatening Sedro - Wooley's water supply pipe lines. Holdings of the Clear Lake Lumber com pany and thousands of acres of tlmberwere In danger. Five hun dred men ! were called on to fight the flames. Missoula, Mont., reported a fire in the Blackfoot forest covering 1.000 acres, bringing the total area burned in Montana to 5,000 acres. Fires in the Coeur D'Alene forest were under control after sweeping 2.500 acres. Lightning storms in northern California have set more than 70 fires in the Klamath and Trinity national for ests. Five of them are out of control. Three of the blazes are In the Klamath forest, one sweep ing along Bogus creek in the Yreka region and the other two in the Happy Camp district. Thursday In Washington Representative Oldfleld blamed President Cool id ge and Secretaries Mellon and Jardine for defeat of farm relief legislation. ' Financial institutions which had refused to honor checks on Florida baaks agreed to discontinue prac tice, officials announced. Foreign trade of 55 countries. constituting nine tenths of the world's . commerce. Increased in 118S in s Kflft flAo.nOo- eom pierce aepaxunent ajinpuscei ASTORIA,' Or., July 15. (Special.) In recognition of the heroic events which entered about the mouth of the Columbia river in the days when sovereignty of the Pacific West hung in the balance between the United States and Great Britain, in tribute to the giants who' at Astoria won the Oregon country for America, the Astoria Founders celebration will be held July 20 and 22 at the oldest American city west of the Mississippi river. Climaxing the celebration will be the dedication of the magnificent monument erected at ABEB JA! ADMOXTON, Canada. The Ger man's it appear, take their '"penny dreadfuls" seriously. A popular tier man novelist has been making much of wild and woolly Canada, siren hi ne par- tieularly the great Bomber f wild bear which infect the country. So, fiTe German immigrants have arrived, full of bear . stories, and eqoipped with seven rifles and three barrel of am munition . . .iThey expect to bag about 500 bruins a day. LABOR LEADER NEW YORK. Edward P. Layin was once an im migrant boy. The other day he gave the order whieh sent the niotormen of New York's subway trains away i from their cab ion a atrike whichi has affect ed the daily lives of the four rail lion. Mr. Lavin is head of the newly organized Consolidated Rail way Workers Un ion New York and, as such, wieldi tremendous powet. It is part of his policy that there : shall be no violence, no sabo tage in connection with, the strike. SUCH A PLEASURE BROOKLYN. A recent ruling of the Motor Vehicle Commissioner classes the hearse as a pleasure vehicle. Hence forth the dolorous vehicle is privileged to speed the traffic lanes hiterto re served for plutocratic limousines and democratic you-know-whats ... A late passenger in one of the better hearses, when interviewed, said, '!'C ertainly I consider this a pleasure vehicle. My relatives are paying for the ride and there's nobody talking to mi about golf. Also, it's cool in here. Thank yon." Fortunately, he did not add, "for the buggy ride." ! MAN-MADE TREES BERLIN. - German scientists are heading for America with a new chemical process by which the wood rf living trees may and can be stained any desired color. They claim it is only neefssary to bore a hole near A. aiUKPUL wnt iwu TO MATCH MY the base tree trnnk, inject the dye,-and thea let the flow; of sap carry tiie color od into the whale tree. smuch as the process takes only a few days, garden party hostesses may have the trees in their gardens colored to match their party frock.) . . . More" salaams to science. DEPARTMENT WILL MOVE MOTOR VEHICLE CORPS TO TAKE COLLEGE SPACE The state motor vehicle depart ment which has occupied the house of representatives and state senate chamber durinjg the past two years, will be moved into the building occupied by the Capital Business college, according to an riouncement made by J the secre tary of state yesterday. It was said that the j action was necessary to provide quarters for the state legislature which con venes here next January. The sec retary of state intimated that no effort would be made to return the motor vehiele department to the state house until a new build ing is constructed. FLIES FROM CITY TODAY STATE FORESTER TO TAKE AIR ON BUSINESS TRIP F. A. Elliott, state fcjrester, will leave Salem today by airplane for Klamath Falls where h will spend a few days looking after official business matters. He i will make the flight in a forest fire patrol " V & L X, J. of a Astoria by Vincent Astor, great, great grandson of the city's foun der, and the Great Northern; Rail way, which touches the Pacific at Astoria. Astoria will be the objective of the Columbia River Historical Ex pedition, and the dedication of the monument will be the high spot in the program of this notable ex pedition. Keenly cognizant of the im mortal and dramatic character of the trinity of historic events which the monument commemorates, Astoria is as proud of her past as of her present. The monument and the Astoria Founders Celebration, during which It will be dedicated, pay tribute to three epochal events in American history The discovery of the Columbia river in 1792' by Captain Robert Gray in the Boston ship Colum bia; The Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805-06, which reached its goal on the Pacific at Astoria; And the founding of Astoria, earliest American settlement on the Pacific coast, by John Jacob Astor's fur-trading party in 1811. The monument itself is 125 feet in height and stands in turn upon Coxcomb Hill, an eminence 650 feet high, dominating the city of Astoria. The shaft is designed after the order of the Vendome Column in Paris. It is of rein forced concrete and is surmounted with an observation platform. On a spiral base relief winding up the sides of the shaft are sculptured 200 figures, depicting the early history of the country at the mouth of the Columbia, the Great River of the West. HEAT IS FATAL TO FISH 2O0O TROUT DIE WHEN WATER TEMPERATURE RISES FOREST GROVE, Ore., July 15. (By Associated Press.) About 2,000 three-inch fish in the pools of Gales creek hatchery died this week because of the rise of tem perature in the water. The high est temperature reached here was 106 on July 10, but the fish con tinued to die after that date until a pronounced drop in temperature came. AND GLORY GUARDS Today's Reasons for Driv ing Cautiously" Cuts . '. Accident List TRAFFIC JAMS ANALYZED Sudden Racking Failure to Use from Curb and i Simple Hand Signals Head List of Collision Causes With the number of automobile accidents in Salens falling to new low levels daily, tering into the drivers are en- safety campaign launched recently) by police offi cials and this paper through the medium of "today's reasons for driving cautiously" which yester day listed the feivest number of crashes recorded two weeks. jduring the past Former records of from 10 to 18 accidents evefy day of the (Continued on page 4.) Satisfied, Not? or WILL CITY COL- NCIL ACT AT SESSION? MONDAY'S Fred A. Williams drunken driver prosecution record, pre sented in this aper, remains brief and uncontradicted. It can be summarized as fol lows: Of 11 casies reviewed in reports, one man' was acquitted by jury decision one man was turned ioose whejn the first jury was "hung." three to three, one man pleaded giiilty and took the minimum sentence, one man forfeited $500 bjiil. Of the seven l eases remain ing, disposition of two are not shown on police! books, though 19 weeks have passed in one instance, and seven weeks in the other, since jthe arrest was Made. Five others, arrested, charged with drunken driving, have paid fines but served no jail sentence, despite the law which fixes the tainimum pen alty for . persons guilty of drunken driving at $100 fine and 60 days be hand bars. Fred A. Williams has not de nied these statements, despite invitations to db so extended by this paper, j City council iheets on Mon day. Is city council, to whom Fred A. Williams is responsible, satisfied with this record? Few Salem residents! are. WITH SOLEMN ROUND, THE V m I , lnil..... : ' t t y ,s x. t $ y . , Hnndreds of Salem youths are visiting the newly opened tank here each day, while plans are maturing whereby days will be set aside for women swimmers. Expert instruction will be offered. In the picture above are some of those who attended the formal opening. , . ; DIVORCE COURT ENTERED BY SEBASTIAN C. KRESGE PROMINENT MILLIONAIRE WOULD BREAK NUPITALS Bill of Complaint Suppressed, Suit Thought Rased on Recent Action DETROIT, July 15. (By As sociated Press.) Sebastian S. Kresge, who as a Tennessee tin ware salesman invested $S000 in a five and ten cent store business that developed into a great nation al chain and earned for him an estimated fortune of $150,000,000 has come to the parting of the ways with the second Mrs. Kresge. He is suing the former Doris Mer cer in circuit court here for di vorce. His bill of complaint has been suppressed, locked in the vaults of the court; and his at torney, Paul W. Voorheis, refuses to say on what grounds Mr. Kresge seeks the divorce. Existence of the suit became known today when a circuit court order was issued for Mrs. Doris Mercer Kresge, a non-resident, to appear here in answer to the bill of complaint within the next three months. Mrs. Kresge has been living in New York. Mrs. Anna Harvey Kresge; to whom the chain store operator was married the same year that he purchased his first store in Tennessee divorced him in 192 3. She has since been living here with her four children. Only one (Continued o paga 3) BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD' .ii WATER IS BED Standard Size Pool, 60 by 20 Feet, Holds 55,000 Gallons The new YMCA swimming tank, which was formally opened to the public Wednesday night, has received high praise from those who have seen it. It al ready has proved popular for throngs of boys visit it daily. "This is the finest pool I have ever seen, "said one citizen of Salem who has inspected pools in many places throughout the coun try. "The pool is worth twice as much as we paid for it," is the statement made by one promin ent Salem merchant who was a heavy contributor of funds for erecting the present YMCA build ing and pool. More than 500 boys and girls were taught to swim in the old YMCA pool in the last two or three years, and the management hopes to graduate a far greater number with the new equipment. As many as possible will be given instruction daily. The classes for boys will be in the afternoons, while those for women and girls will last all day every Wednesday. The tank holds 55,000 gallons of water, being 60 by 20 feet in size. This is the national stand ard size for swimming pools. It has two first class filters of large dimensions, so that all the water can go through the tank four times in 24 hours. The cost was about $23,000. The tank is lined with ceramic, non-skid tile. The gutters and water lines are made from Sparta glazed tile. WOULD REWARD HEROINE WOMAN WHO SAVED AVIA TOR'S LIFE TO GET MEDAL PORTLAND, July 15. (By As sociated Press.) Mrs. Ola Reick, Portland matron who saved Lieut. L William J. Knauf, reserve officer of Newport, Or., from death yes terday when the airplane in which he was riding with Raymond P. Parshal, crashed iato the Willam ette river in flames, will be given a Carnegie hero medal if plans set on foot today materialize. Harry Coffin, head of the local public safety ' commission of th3 National Safety council, tomorrow will write a letter to the Portland chamber of commerce asking that organization with the aid of other civic clubs to sponsor a petition to the. Carnegie hero medal com mission to obtain for Mrs. Reick the medal and the $1,000 which accompanies it. MXORMICK MADE DEAN WILL BE ACTING HEAD OP KIMBALL COLLEGE STAFF Dr. J. D. McCormick who has been an instructor at Kimball Col lege of Theology here for several years, has been promoted to dean, and will succeed E. C. Hickman, president of the institution, pend ing the selection pf a permanent head of the college. This was an nounced here yesterday by Dr. G. Louis Tufts, field secretary for the school. Dr. Keefer of Boston, an alum nus of Willamette university, has been added to the faculty of the Kimball college. He will succeed Pr Riddle who has resigned. - 0 II MIES DAILY V- 1 . 1 I LIGHTNIN' WILL BE GIVEN AT CHAUTAUQUA TONIGHT LARGEST HOUSE OP SEASOX GREETS ENTERTAINERS Mason Jubilee Singers Delight Audience in Series of Song-Acats TODAY AT CHAUTAUQUA Forenoon Junior Chautauqua Afternoon Rip Van 'Winkle," Famous Stage Classic Evening "Lightnin" " with its record of 1291 performances on Broad way and its lovable "Lightnln' " Bill Jones. The largest crowd that has been present at any Chautauqua so far this week attended the per formance last night. The seats were filled and several had to stand in the rear. The afternoon performance also drew a record crowd, giving proof of the increas ing popularity of such programs. The Mason Jubilee singers, a mixed colored quartet, appeared in both afternoon and evening entertainments. The program they put on was varied, contain ing the whole range of negro music, humorous numbers, spiri tual songs, lullabies,- plantation songs, camp meeting shouts, and grand opera. This group of singers is con sidered one of the foremost com panies of negro musicians in the country, and lived up to Its ad vance, notices very well, judging from the shouts of laughter and loud applause with which it was greeted repeatedly. An individual number in which one of the sing ers gave an imitation of an old negro waking his small boy was especially popular, together with a 8lmilnr one in which the old man caught the small boy stealing (Continued on page 4.) , TITLE FIGHT POSTPONED BERLENBACH - DELANEY GO TO BE HELD TONIGHT NEW YORK, July 15. (By Associated Press.) Rain late to day quenched for at least 24 hoars the fires of enthuslsm that had risen about Paul Berlenbach-J ack Delaney light heavyweight cham pionship contest, scheduled for tonight. Threatening clouds hovered over Ebbets field In Brooklyn, scene of the conflict, throughout the day but promoters had de clared that only a cloudburst could prevent the hostilities. Aft er long hours of apprehension, the "cloudburst" came just under the shadows of evening, j In half an hour the seats around the ring were awash. , A few hundred intrepid fans had moved into the arena before the down-pour came rushing, for the low priced seats. They were notified . that ; their r ticket stubs would be honored tomorrow night In case of another postponement, the fight will take place Saturday night. lr ; v - Berlenbach, the 1 champion, weighed 174 & at the official testi three hours before the postpone ment. :'-..: 4 Delaney. the challenger,-tipped the beam at 166 $4, six pounds un der what had been predicted, ; , Mrs. McPherson Seen on Day of Her Disappearance, i Witnesses Say 'ii TWO AFFIRM TESTIMONY Evangelist Declared to Have Been Seen In Automobile by Four ; . Persons, Grand Jury Is Informed ' LOS ANGELES, July 15. -(By Associated Press.)- O. A, Vick of Culver City and his wife confront ed Almee Semple McPhersoh' be fore the county grand Jury here late this afternoon and positively identified her as 41 woman they saw In an automobile passing through Culver City in the direc tion of Los - Angeles from the ocean beach at about 3 or 4 p. m. on the day the evangelist dis appeared while bathing at Santa Monica. The testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Vick was similar to that of police Captain M. O. Barnard and Mrs. Barnard of Culver City who pre viously told the jury of seeing Mrs. McPherson driving through Culver City. . ' As the grand jury adjourned It was learned that District Attor ney Asa L. Keyes had received a telegram purporting to come from Ormistonrin which the radio oper ator saidt he. was sending to the district attorney by air mall Im portant documents on the Mc Pherson case. The telegram was sent from North Carolina where, it was reported, Ormlston has been heard from recently by his friends here. The district attor ney, however, refased to disclose the contents of tie telegram. . Milton Carlson, handwriting ex pert, was said to have testified during the half hour he was be. fore the grand jury today that the telegram . sent from Ookland to Mrs. Minnie "Mother" Kennedy, Mrs. McPherson's mother, three days after the evangelist's disap pearance, and telling her that her daughter was safe, was undoubt edly written by Ormlston. He said that an attempt had been made to disguise the hand writing, but that the resemblance was clear. " The telegram figured also In the testimony of Chief of Detec tives Cllne, who denied that Mrs. Kennedy had turned the telegram over to the police at the time she received it. This was in direct contradiction to the Statements of Mrs. Kennedy given to newspa pers. The detective chief, also was (OonUnnod pas 4.) Today8 Reasons For - Driving Carefully Charles Casto of Portland ; and his nephew, 14 years old, were injured Thursday night at Wood burn when a motorcycle they were riding was struck by an automo bile. The boy received serious Injuries, it is said, and Is now in a hospital at Woodburn. Casto received cuts and bruises but was not seriously hurt. ' Joe Klllan of Salem was ar rested by local police yesterday on ' a charge of driving with defective brakes after his ear had bumped Into the rear end of a car driven by TV M. Bleason ot Yakima,. Wash. Mary Bleason was slightly Injured In the accident, according to a report Bleason turned In to the local police. : Fred Head of , Portland was fined $5 in police court yesterday for speeding. - - . , M. Brown of . Portland paid a fine; of Slu.lnvthe justice court Thursday when he appeared in an swer to a, citation for speeding. He was arrested July, 13 by Cap t Kenneth Bloom ot the state traf fic department. An unknown boy suffered cuts on the head when he ran his bicy cle into a car driven by J. W. Edgar at Commercial and Center streets, according to -. a report turned In at police headquarters by Edgar yesterday. : Mrs. Vernal Pickens was bruis ed yesterday when a car she was driving was 'forced off the rosl by, an unknown , truck driver and turned over, according to a report she turned -is at police headquar ters." The amount of damage was not eatioaed, .