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r? 1 III ' I it I SSNTY'SAAl,1 YBAR ' i I SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1926 - " " - WEEKLY EDmONl PRICE FIVE' CENTS HERRIOT CROUP FAILS TO STAY .poincare, Former French I Prpsirient. Will Attemnt to L Select New Cabinet FINANCIAL CRISIS SEEN Harriot' Declaration of Policy Not .A crept able to Parliament, leader Hands in Resignation PARIS. July 22. (By Asso "ViatP'l Press.) The senate early j his morning adopted the bill "of Minister of Finance De Monrie providing for the-transfer to the Bank of France of the remainder j,f the Morgan loan, as the cham IhPT of deputies had previously passed the bill, it now becomes a law. PARIS, July 21. (By Asso ciated Press.) Raymond Poin- are. former president of the re ablic and former premier, .will ike up the task of organizing f pleaded by Eduard Herriot, -which iaiiea lODlgni 10 recene iuc port of the chamber of a rote of i290 to 23J. Cs President Doumergue, In de '.Iference to the general desire of parliament, the press and public, Jias decided that the time is ripe $pr a; national ministry represent ing all, or as many parties as pos iPble, to work for the rehabilita tion of the finances of France. He askeeKM. Poincare to organize sacl)l a ministry and this Poincare agreed to do. He will consult with political leaders tomorrow. The Herriot declaration of policy was not acceptable to par ;1 lament an4" Herriot, handed the resignaUon of his ministry to the president. r ; Kot withstanding the" resigna hion of the cabinet, Jtf, Demonzie, 'finance minister, continued his ef forts, 'ror the passage of his bill authorizing the transfer to the bank of France of the balance of 'he $100,000,000 Morgan loan. It Jinounting $j J:ia with .Ifoance co Mn nnn The rhamber adonted a clause added by the rther note issue of an equal Amount. This bill has yet to go Hhrough the senate. i PARIS, July 21. (By Associat ed Press.) M. Demonzie, the French finance minister, was greatly shocked at the miscon struction placed on his words in the chamber of deputies this aft ernoon by an American news agency. He authorized the Associated .Press to deny emphatically that he ever said the Bank of France !wonld suspend payments. He 'thought he had made it clear that unless the -Bank of France was provided with funds by the sale of the remains of the Morgan loan, it would be obliged to stop pay ments In behalf of the treasury at nl its branches In France. FOUR HURT IN ACCIDENT I AI TOMOBILE PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT INTO RIVER BAKER, Ore., July 21. (By Associated Press) Four persons ere injured last night when an automobile went over a 35-foot L' 111 UUU IVL11'. UL J1-vm 'yand highway and rolled into Powder river. The Injured were ,Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Marshall of Baker, Mrs. Emma Roberts, Can yon City; and?. P. Plunkett. Mra. Roberts was taken to a local hos pital with a broken collar bone. i f LAST WOOL SHIPPED 1: BAKER. Or.. July 21. (By As sociated Press.) Last of Baker county 192 wool was leaving fordf-tland today. Shipment of lOoVWo pounds was made by Poll 'man Interests and Matt Dean. S DIE IX BLAST JOPLIN. Mo., July 21. (By I Associated Press.) Three men I w ere killed In a dynamite explo- CSg der comnanr. eight miles west of CToplin today. S " ' CANTON, Ohio, July' 21. ( AP.) The first arrest In the Don .R. Mellett slaying case was made by police here today, when they held Peter Magraf of Akron, I Known aa a gambler. ' - - Z -j.- . . m-. - ... . ' -t i 1 . - - : :-.:.;. Salem Cab Driver Returns, Drove Trio to Portland Ernest Teske, Surprised to Find Police Wanting Him, Unable vrtticers ui earcn ior man ana woman vno Took Edith Hurst, Aged 8 i Ernest Teske, Salm taxi suite eariy yesteruay j morning in connection with, the sudden disappearance here of a man and a woman, known as Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Williams, alleged kidnapers, accompanied by a young girl, believed to be Edith Hurst, 8, drove complacently into Salem yesterday afternoon, surprised that he was "want ed," and was questioned by Frank Minto, police chief. According to the story told by Teske, he was called to a local hotel about 9 o'clock last night. A man, a woman and "LADT ALICE" ! TOKIO. Miss Alice Pettire Adm, Sfr England woman wh has put - , most of; her ner- r 0' gips into arvlc with the Japan ese, Iiaa been awurdeil n pen sion hy the Jap anese sOTtrnment i n recognition of "Distinguished Public iSerrice." Thu award is doubly ! DoUtlile: for Mi Pettee i not only the first American to be so recognized but she ia the first wioman of any nation to re ceive tuch an honor from the Japanese govern ment. Several year ago her work was marie the basis for the award of a title the Englih equivalent of which makes her "Lady Alice." CONNOISSEUR ATLANTIC CITY. Herbert A. Dodge, speaking before the National Confectionary Salesmen's convention here, stands a authority for the state that "the kid with the penny is Ihe great American candy buyer i and the foundation of the rndnatry.f' Mr. Dodge amplifies this with. "Regard leu of the growing sales generally, the child is still the big purchaser. The kid is also the most discriminating buyer. He'll walk blocks to get the partic ular kind of candy lie wants. He will accept no substitute." JIGGEBS. THE G HACKLES 1 MT. VERNON. . T. Every year about this time there descends on this city a veritable plague of grackles. The birds infest all the trees, rout out the more amiably inclined birds, and make a large unhappy racket. Aa a result the eitizena feel inclined to rout the -petty birds, come what will. The other evening the firemen snent strenuous hours turning fire hoses on th denser flocks. The birds took wing ln 4orarily. The next step is to: be sul phur candles. That may discourage the birds. Finally, if the sntimtiaes ran ) ufprtonf, it may b that th0 sports men of th cUj will be asked to take down thrir ancrstral shot guns and go after the birds in earnest. A jwettintc is one thins;; a wiiiff of Milohur in an other, but shotgun have a fine finality about them. Few grackles recover from well-directed shots of lead. Very few. HAROLD GRANGE NAMED . i FOOTBALL STAR MADE CO-RESPONDENT IN DIVORCE LOS ANGELES, July 2L (By Associated Press.) The Examin er says Harold (Red) Grange, pro fessional football player and; un til he left a few days agoi to re turn to the ice business in his home town, Wheaton. 111., a mem ber of the motion picture j colony of Hollywood, was named in a cross complaint filed today by Charles A. Taylor, wealthy oil supply man of Beverly Hills, In answer to a divorce action pre viously brought by his wif, Clar ice Taylor. The oil supply man charging that his wife became infatuated with the football player, declares that she called him a "wonderful boy" went riding with him jon one occasion last June and at another time refused an empty seat, next to Grange, and, sitting on his lap, clasped his face in her hands and embraced and kissed him. HURRICANE TAKES TOLL VIENNA .July 22. (iP.)--One hundred persons are reported to -have been killed at Rugoro, Serbia, when a hurricane accom panied by a cloudburst stru!ck the town, says a ' dispatch received here from Belgrade, forty Ibodles hare ben recoTered, - ; - i 1 " cab driver, sought by local police a girl entered his car, saying they wished to reach Portland at once. He immediately started north, running to Portland. When asked where the trio dis mounted, he declared he had been to that city only a few times, and had paid no attention to the cor ner at which they left, i He did not know his passengers were un der suspicion by Portland police of kidnapping the child. First indication that two per sons were fleeing from Portland with a child came when Portland police asked aid in finding Edith Hurst, S, who was believed to have been picked up in an east side street at 8 o'clock Tuesday night and carried away in a taxi cab. The child's grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Querin, of Portland, made the request. Police detec tives said they had information that it was the child's mother who took her. The child was being kept by the grandmother while the parents were in California. The fleeing trio were traced as far as Salem, where, it was be lieved, they intended to leave for the south by train. Local police are declared to have found a Mr. and Mrs. J. T. "Williams registered ata local ho tel, who answered the (description. They were questioned by police of ficers, and later turned loose. Soon after, however, the police became suspicious and a search was made of roads about Salem in the belief that the arty had fled south. Finding j Ernest Teske missing, he was sought by police believing he could shed light on the case. When questioned last night, he could offer no in formation to aid police. OPERATION IS FATAL KILLER DIES AS SURGEON'S PROBE FOR BULLET WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 21. (By Associated Press.) William Charles serving a life sen tence at the state peniteniary here died this morning of shock while undergoing an operation on his head for the removal of a bullet. Charles was wounded at the time he filled Dolar La Plante, mar shal of Eatonville, ash., September 9, when one" of the bullets fired by the officer in the encounter lodged in Charles' bead. Administration Will Not Fa vor Price Fixing of Crops, Fess Declares TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS Next Session of Congress Is to Proceed Along Sound Econ omic Lines, Ohio Sena tor Declares PAUL SMITH'S. N. Y.. July ,21. (By Associated Press.) Leav ing the summer . ; WTilte House where he had been a guest for 24 hours. Senator Fes, republican. Ohio, indicated today that the ad ministration in the next session of congress would: seek to im prove agricultural conditions by the legislation along sound econ omic lines, but would not favor price fixing of crops as advocated by farmers organizations in the west. Undoubtedly there will be ac tion at the next session, Mr. Ness said, to strengthen measures al ready taken in behalf of the farm ers and it will be along "sound lines" designed to ; facilitate the marketing problem.: The views of the Ohio senator were given a few hours; after the midwest farm conference at Des Moines, Iowa, had been concluded but did not coment on that meet- (Continued on pin S.) Equipment lis Urged LUNG MOTOR AND ; GRAP PLING HOOKS TO BE TRIED To diminish chances of death by drowning, W. Ci Dancy yes terday announced he would im mediately request that: a lung motor be sent to Salem for ex perimental use by fire and po lice officials, indicating the equipment would be purchased in case it was found effective in the hands of those who would be compelled to uQe it. There is $233.35 in the city treasury for the purchase of a lung motor which can be used. Grappling hooks,; to be kept in readiness at police head quarters, will also be purchas ed at once, it was learned yes terday, in an attempt to make speedy rescue possible. Until now the city has had neither grappling hooks nor lung mo tor for use in river tragedies. THE INTERNATIONAL TURNIP jjl ' f d IT'S EA4Y WWEr4 k I i ..... ' ROY MOORE IS ARRESTED ON B00ZE CHARGE; HELD CONFESSED BOOTLEGGER IS HELD- IN LIEU OF $10,000 Principal Witness in Trial of Smith and Christensen, Faces Charges PORTLAND, July 21. (By As sociated Press.) Roy Moore, said by federal attorneys to be one of the biggest bootleggers in Oregon, and John Andrews were in the county jail here today in lien of a $10,000 bail bond for Moore and $7,600 for Andrews on a charge of conspiring to violate the na tional prohibition laws. Moore was one of the principal witnesses for the government when Roberts and Asa C. Smith and Arthur Christensen, formerly a United States prohibition off! oer stationed at Astoria, were con vlcted last March of conspiring to violate prohibition laws. Before that trial was ended, Moore was tried on a charge of dry law vio lation, but was not convicted. While details of the charges against the men were not reveal ed, it was indicated - that the charges had something to do with a large still found near St. Paul, in Marion county, in 1925. Moore, while on the stand as a government witness in the Smith Christensen case, admitted having served a term in a Wyoming pris on and revealed that he was a bootlegger. Federal attorneys says the pres ent. action against Moore and An drews is not an outgrowth of the Christensen-Smith case, although the latter affair also resulted in the discovery of a large still near St. Paul. United States Attorney George Neuner and his assistant, Millar E. McGilchrist, will prose cute the case. Moore was arrest ed at his home here, 43 2 East Eleventh street north, and An drews was picked upon the street. PORTLAND, July 21, Ray mond E. Amy was arrested and lodged in the city jail on charges of drunkenness late tonight. Cards on his person bore his name and that of William S. Levens, state prohibition director, and stated that he bad been received into the state service from New berg May 1,' 1925, according to arresting officers. They declared they found Amy in a stupor on a lawn in the residential section of the city and that his car, bearing an official state license, was park ed eight blocks distant. When arrested Amy gave . his occupation as an electrician. Af ter being placed in jail, officers said, he attacked a jailer with a chair, but was promptly subdued. R. E. Amy, state prohibition agent, arrested in Portland on a charge of drunkenness, is well known in Salem, where he has taken part in many liquor raids. The latest raid in this district in which he was present was the one on the Brown ranch near Broad acres, when John Kabouria was killed. E. I. GR0IS1 WINS BTIOI Salem Man Is Selected as Candidate for Office of Customs Collector McNARY VICTORY IS SEEN Croisan Salem Business Man and Former Sheriff of Marion County Will Accept Office, Says PORTLAND, July 21 As sociated Press.) A special dis patch to the Morning Oregonian tonight said in part: Selection of Edward M. Croisan of Salem as the candidate of the Oregon senators for the vacant collectorship of customs at Port was made known today. The choice was seen as a victory for Senator McNary, whose friend and supporter Croisan has been for many years. Croisan, a business man and ex sheriff of Marion county, is sus pected to have had Joseph O. Wil eon and E. D. Cusick of Portland as his principle rivals for the col lectorship recommendation, sev eral other candfdates having been dropped from further considera tion last week. The recommenda tion will be forwarded to Presi dent Coolidge at the White Pine camp. It is expected that a recess appointment will be issued shortly to Croisan and that his nomina tion will be sent to the senate for confirmation when the body con venes next fall, i - While Croisan is a lifelong friend of Senator McNary, he also has been connected closely with Senator Stanfield- In a business way. For some years he managed the grazing and livestock interest of the junior senator up the Wil lamette valley. E. M. Croisan who yesterday was recommended for appoint ment to the office of collector of customs to succeed Dr. Earl Mc Farland who died recently, is a native of Marion county. He is engaged in the real estate. busi ness and farming. Mr. Croisan was appointed de puty sheriff here in 1884 and served in that capacity until 1888 when he was elected sheriff to succeed John Minto. He was re elected to the office in 1890, and In all served four- years. In the year 1903 Mr. Croisart was elected state senator from Marion county. He served in this capacity four years. Mr. Croisan prepared the bill setting aside the site for Cham poeg Park, a few miles north of Salem, and was active In support ing the bill providing for an. ap propriation for the Lewis and Clark exposition. He was one of the two senators who voted for he first eight hour legislation in troduced in tne Oregon legisla ture. The other senator who sup ported this bill was George Brownell of Oregon City. Mr. Croisan also served as school ; director here In the early days. He said he would accept the office of collector of customs and would provide the necessary bond as soon as his commission is re ceived. STANFIELD SAVES LIFE . ' OREGON SENATOR RESCUES WOMAN FROM DROWNING , WASHINGTON, July 21. (By Associated ' Press.) Robert N. Stanfield, Oregon's junior senator, late yesterday saved Mrs.. J.. E. Swanson, wife of a Florida real estate operator, from drowning in" the surf oft Ocean. Park, Md. The woman, some distance from shore, was caught in a heavy un dertow and her cries for help were heard by the senator. Re swam out to her and .finding himself unable to. make progress toward shore because of the undercur rent; held her tip fort 15 minutes until life guards arrived. -Senator Stanfield described . the event as the most harrowing experience in his life. WOMAN AUTO VICTDI SPOKANE, July 21. (By As sociated Press.) Mrs. Earl F. Rpdgers was instantly, killed and her, daughters and a nleee serious ly injured when her .automobile plunged over a 100 foot embank ment two miles east; of Saltesa, Mont., today. Mrs, Rodgers son. Rex, who was driving escaped un injured, . . v - - ' $50,000 For One Reel Scene . The Chilkoot pass scene in "The Gold Rush" cost Charlie Chaplin $50,000. It was a part of the great Klondike rush. This greatest, and latest Chaplin and will -be at both the Elainore and Oregon Saturday, and at the Oregon lor the whole week, beginning Satur day. PRUNE GROWERS CALLED TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS QUESTION OP WAGE SCALE TO BE WORKED OUT Chamber of Commerce Asks all Interested to Meet Next Wednesday In answer to a large number of requests from prune growers, the Salem chamber of commerce has called a meeting of prune grow ers Wednesday evening in the chamber building, at which prune harvesting, drying and the labor situation will be discussed. No prominent speaker will be present, as the purpose of the meeting is to permit the prune growers to thresh out their own problems, expresB their own ideas, and attempt to help the harvest and drying situation by determ ining on a method of working to gether The matter of wages to be paid the harvest labor will be dis cussed. A recent meeting of prune men was held In Polk county, at which it was suggested that shak ers be paid 40 cents, an hour and oioer neip jo cenis. i ub wage suggested for women workers was 30 cents an hour. Another problem to be discus sed will be whether a uniform price of 6 cents a bushel with a bonus of two cents If the worker stays all season, , shall be paid. Also a uniform price for workers no ?lc a? 'mZ uo " , cusseu. juuen oeaeui ia eiyocieu to be derived from the dlscus- sions. -:.. .; Every nrune grower In -the Sa lem district of the Willamette val ley is invited. George H. Graben- horst, president of the Salem chamber of commerce, will pre side. SUSPECT IS IN HOSPITAL! RFiTF.vvn unt'N'nrn ,iv at. tvmpt to nnn fiAn BTATtnv BEND. Or.. Julv 21. (Bv As- sociated Press. ) Charles Mc- Pherson. 20. shot in the abdomen and said to be in a critical condl- tirtn 1. . nattflnt ln a local hos- pital suspected of being one of two men who attempted , to hold up William Foss at his service sta tion In La Pine, 40 miles south of Bend early Wednesday morning. While there were two men ln the car when it left the Foss ser vice station, only one man was in the car which was stopped by Bend officers, warned of the hold up, upon its arrival at the city limits. - Foss, confronted with the gun pretended to misunderstand and then grabbed the-weapon. During thA nrWflA which followed It i thnns-ht th ,n wa dUchRrd although Foss did not hear it, he says. Mrs. Fosa in an adjoining room. said, however, that sue heard it. PLANE KILLS TWO VENICE, Cal., July ZLwrwo girls were killed and a boy was critically injured wnen : an air- plane fell late today on the beach f here where the children were playing. Jimmy crossiana, puot i of the plane, was held on bus- picion oi mauBiansuiBr auu um i passenger, a man named Hail, was ueia ior questioning. I HEAT WAVE BREAKING CHICAGO, July 21. New. neat records for the year were nung up in the middlewast today while the hot weather moved eastward and the northwest was released irom tne torna . wave wun me coming of rain and cooler weather FIRES ARE CHECKED MISSQULA. Mont., July 21. I Aided-by favorable weather con- ditions, the 2100 fire fighters re- In forcing the regular forestry -de- partment forces along the flam- ing front in the forests of Idaho and Montana today succeeded In I checking the advance of the larg-l er conflagrations. j I OPIUM IS SEIZED ; SEATTLE. July .21. A record for opium seizures was establish ed here today when federal star- cotlcs agents found f 32,000 worth of the commodity aboard he steamer Talthybius after I Its ar I rival-from-Tokoharaa, . : - I DRUNK DRIVER : ' CONTEST SEED Judgment Returned Against Spaulding Following Fail ure to Plead? WILLAPPEAL CASETODAY Constitutionality of . Ordlnanc r ixmg isona ana Aiinunum tur May- Be Tested In Circuit' '' Court I A test case of the .city ordinance demanding $500 bail for" persona .released following arrest for drlv tnv w Villa lntnTlett anil mln ' hmum penalty-of $100- fine and 60 days- in jail' for persona guilty of the charge, is expected to result from A. L. Spaulding's failure to appear to plead before. Mark A. Paulsen, police Judge, at 10 o'clock yesterday, and the-rsturn of Mm wM,h aIternoon. following a conference between police judge and Fred A. Williams, city attorney. t - , Spaulding's attorney,, Donald- W. Miles, filed a demurrer Tuesday, stating that the ordinance calling. for' posting $500, ball for release on this charge was "unjust and unconstitutional," and -that the punl8hment ot 100 nnfh and ga days In jail, called for in the or dinance, is "out of proportion to the offense, The demurrer was overruled, by order of Mark Pnnlaon anrl tss. terday mornlnK at 10 o'clock' was aet th t,m, f. RnllM1 tn nlm th. rh,r mi .hi,. SpauldiDg nor nls attorney ap- peared. Following a conference between Judge Poulsen and Fred A. Williams, city attorney, the . judgment was rendered. . Judge Poulsen last night stated he understood Don Miles, Spauld ing's attorney, would file a writ ia circuit court today as the first step toward appealing the case. and. believed It would be pressed to test the constitutionality of th ordlnance Interviewed last nigh j rea vv imams saia: oeiieve mis orainance is on mttr 4 I : Ji: M - I stitntionai. l am not certain how high the case , will go but I shall P" " ln m' power io see mat. in I a . a. a . a. a w " upneia. Spaulding was arrested recently n the charge of driving while in toxicated. He Is employed by Nel 80n Brothers, plumbers, here CRASH LIST REMAINS LOW CAUTION EVIDENCES AS PO LICE LIST FEW CASES . The low ebb in traffic accidents that has prevailed for the last few days continued to be evident yes terday, when only three accident were reported at police head quarters. The two days before f- ccldent report, were Itt wr Bmcu "y- pol,co officers are at a loss to account for the sudden cessation Ion .Mt of accidents that had been filed on the blotter at police headquarters every day. but. say they hope it will keep up. , A woman Mrs. Jepson, was in jured -yesterday when struck by a car driven br RV: S. . Ratcllf f e at the . corner of, State? and Liberty afreets, according tri a report made by Ratcllf fe; Extent of her In juries was not given. Another accident resulted in an arrest when cars driven br Pet- jansen of Salem and B. A. Tyler of Albany collided. Juiea WM arrested for driving with defec- tire brakes and fined 10 In o- lite court. C. A. Suing reported that his. car was ln an accident at Ilith and Court streets, but care no details. R0DE0 RESCUE THRILLS DAUGHTER OF MEXICAN PRES IDENT SAVED BY RIDER PHILADELPHIA. Jttlr 21. (By Associated Press.) A Mexi- can cowboy today saved Senorita Ernestine Calles from threatened . danger at the exposition grounds where her party had gone to wit- cess a rodeo. The daughter of Mexico's , president had stepped from I the grandstand to pose for photographers when a riderless broncho, in a pitching and bucking . frenzy, dashed, toward her. Alfredo Cuelier, a rodeo rider.' forced his own mount into the - path -of the runaway. There was a collision and the riderless horse went down. . By the time it re- gained iU feet Senorita Callea, had been - whisked - away to-safety. t i f v.