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3ALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Waste In Government Is
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Dean of Salem "Women's Page" Writerl
Discussed By Executives
LEILFORESTS
Governors of the United States Meet in Wyoming for Annual
Conference; Politicians Are Declared Responsible
For Worthless Office Holders
RAGING FLAM
2 MS LEfil'E
IN PRISOH GAR
MEETSFB1ENDS
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Farm Relief Measure Called
'Certain of Passage' at
Long Session
IS TIRED BUT SATISFIED
'Compulory Cooperation" Pro
ject WJnninjc Support. From
All Section, Senior Sen
ator Declares
To liia horn folks and boon
companions in his homo town,
Salem, Oregon, ho is Charley Mc
Nary. To millions of farmers in
the states of the corn belt, and
all over this country, he is the
Joint author of the Hangen-Mc-.'ary
farm, relief bill.
In the lower house this bill was
defeated, and then, in the closing
days of congress, for weeks on
end. there was centered around
United States Senator Chas. L.
McNary one of the hottest and
most notable battles ever fought
In the upper liouse of congress
In these days the bill was called
the McNary bill, and the eyes of
' the political minded of the whole
country were directed upon Ore
gon's senior senator
It was a battle royal of the po
litical giants of this country, and
Senf tor McNary was In the thick
of It. every day and every hour,
answering questions, advancing
arguments, conferring .witn com
mittees. He stood his ground in
those grilling contests.' never fal
terinr. always ready for every
n--nrttt nf thn foes-Of his bill.
H$l2liered the . principles of his
bff-were right. He was, roruneu
with a mass of testimony from
some of the, leading. economists of
the world with the figures of
Sir Josiah Stamp of England, Eur
one's rreatest authority jon econ
omieal problems, who "headed the
committee of experts on the
Dawes commission that brought
order out of chaos in the after
war mess that was about to drag
that continent down to the abyss
of economic anarchy or the hope
less hell of armed conflict.
Th nrincinle of the McNary
hill Is. briefly, to authorize
hirvinr of a major crop and the
"holding of it for orderly market
ing In this country, ana
mnst be done at a loss, to make up
the loss from better home prices
received in this country. Taking
wheat, for Instance. Say the crop
this year is 800000,000 bushels
wheat is nrotected M cents
bushel. Say the market is $1.58 a
bushel. This would justlty
price or $2 a bushel for wheat In
the American market, rne tusi
f-42 rents a bushel on the loO.
000,000 bushels sold to foreign
markets would be made op from
n fund collected from all the
wheat sold at 12 a bushel In this
roBTlJrV.
The wheat growers would pay
roKt The government wouia
merely, furnish the machinery and
iranre the original money
bandle the crop: advance it tem
unrarilv. The same
principle
mieht be applied with a surplus
!"Iibbve home consumption.
irtr the lonsr flight, me sac
t hni whlrb was a different
bin from dav to day, but the prin
rinle of which remained the same
(CoBtlona WX 8
MRS. I. C. LAIRD INJURED
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. FOIv
LOWING AUTO ACCIDENT
-Mrs. I. C. Laird, 333 Union
Street, is in the Salem Hospital
suffering from injuries received
when she was struck by an auto
mobile driven by ah unidentified
man Monday afternoon at Court
and Commercial streets. She was
not badry'fnjared. as'far as could
be ascertained last night, accord
ing to officials at the hospital.
' NoxeDort of the -accident had
beC -Jade at police headquarters.
rtji a late hour last mgnu Mrs.
Cird. waa struck on, the side and
r knocked down, according to the
report from the hospital.
BANK PERMIT IS ISSUED
FIRST NATlONAIi TAKES OUT
OFFICIAL. PAPER
The First National tank "was
lrefc a building permit yesterday
to erect : an 11-atory . bolldiae? at
390 sute street. -,The: estimated
cokt of thejjtracture, according to
the report, la 1387,900. ,Tne con
tract.-,was awarded .recently to
Hansen-Hammond company and
excavation for the basement la
CHEYENNE, Wvo., July
Wastefulness in the financial
ment particularly in the various states was criticised by
state executives at the opening
ference of governors here today.
The first arraignment was
Christianson of Minnesota who
three million persons are employed by the government -a
peace time army larprer tnau xne
Back in Oregon
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Senator Chas. L. McNary
WHEEE ABE WE?
WASHINGTON', I). C. Reeinnine Ort.
1 a score of the leading nations of the
world will conduct cooperative teMs to
determine if they really occupy the exact
ositions on the globe the map makers
are giren 'fhein; Th test is result.
of affirmations by nundry scientists that
th earth it.Mt a fixm 4ana rigia-oa.
but actually i c onstantly undergoing- sur- :
face f'exes. If this theory is proven, i
Xw York -or London or what have you f
-mav find itself oc-cupying a position
hitherto designated on the map by deep
blue water. Really, one can't be too
careiul these days.
BORED
CHICAGO Strenuous, depressing and
hnresome is the lot of Judge John K. Ca
erty who, since . the Loeb-Leopold trial,
.r has been on the
benehs in Chicago
divorce court. lie
has heard, on an av
erage, "i plea a
day. for divorce
With every plea
came much of do-
miMti. wranclinr.
'
Mil petty trouble, ilisil-
i htaionment and el
' fiabnesH. And when,
the other day. Judge
i Caver!? listened to
'224 plea during one
' erowded day's work,
fhe. entered a plea of
his own a plea for
transfer to another
court. While there
; is no one bench in
I Cbioitgo jurisprud
ence that proiuisei,
, ' weetness and light
in large qoantitien, theie are some that
appeal to .Indue 'averlj"in his present divorce-satiated
utate of mind.
MISUNDERSTOOD
HOLLYWOOD Th heir to the Earl
dom of An neney.
Ixird Clerawly. lias
succumbed to the
cinema virus in mora
wars than one. hirst
of all he is here,
part of the time, at
least, ot'rupied as an
actor before th
camera, where he is
asAociateii with many
who believe in di
vorce. That May ac
count for the suit
for divorce which he
ha instigated
ajrainst his wife,
who in now in Lna
Ancelea. Lad7 Gler
awly feels, that there
luitat be xmue mis
take; she expects
the suit to be drop
ped, naying merely
that there is a sad
3
miuderiadins.
take! she eapects tne sun 10 d aroppeu.
saying merely that there is a sad nmun-
derfctandin;.
'Y' CAMP GETS STARTED
ADVANCE GUARD GOXK, MAIN
UNIT GOES WEDNESDAY
An advance party left for the
YMCA camp site at Mehama yes
terday morning to set up tents
and prepare for the main party of
boya coming Wednesday. The
party consisted of A. R. Hodges,
Fred Ashton, Wesley Heisey. Hor
ace Stewart. Earl, Bennett and Mr.
Wilhelm, the cook.
The boys 'who ro with the main
body Wednesday win assemble at
j , '
1
the YMCA tat .8 ,.o:clocit lame
morning v
26. (By Associated Press)
administration of the govern
session of the annual con
made by Gov. Uheoacre
declared that "more than
American military iorcet m
tne world war. wnue uovernor
Pinchot of Pennsylvania charged
that "gang politicians are respon
sible for worthless office holders
and the custom of deficiency ap
propriations which is a most ef
fective means, of concealing from
the public the amount of money
actually spent by the govern
ment."
While Wyoming's woman gov
ernor. Nellie Taylor itoss. Host
ess" of the conference and Oov-
- . . - C.l M
ernor Jonn w. Mariin oi norma
who responded to her address of
welcome pleaded tor "solidarity of
the states for a greater America."
Governor Pinchot. in dealing with
the subject of state rights, urged
an increase of federal coopera
tion with the state governments
and the state and federal govern
ment as friendly allies rather
than opponents."
The abolition of the spoils sys
tem by promoting office holders
on merit and spending of state
government funds for genuine
needs were the remedies advocat
ed by Governor Pinchot. to reduce
the increasing tax burden of the
nation.
Governor Christianson made an
appeal for increasing the power of
the state governor over the ad
ministration of the state's finances
so as to give the state executive
the same power as the naticn's
president to supervise the financ
es of every department.
Governor Pinchot viewed the
increasing disregard of law. espe
cially In relation! to prohibition
offenders whom he characterized
as "alcohol criminals 'as the great-
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COURT RULING TENDING
JUSTICES TO
END HYDRO-
ELECTRIC CONTROVERSY
The state supreme court today
will hand down ap opinion in the
mandamus proceedings brought
by Miss Josephine; Othus of Port
land to compel Sam A. Kozer, sec
retary of state, to accept petitions
for the proposed hydro-electric
measure sponsored by the House
wives council of Pjortland.
The secretary of state' refused
to accept the petitions on grounds
that they did not contain a suf
ficient number of Signatures. The
secretary of statp based his ruling
on an opinioM of the attorney gen
eral. In event tne supreme court up
holds the conteitnon of Miss Othus
that the petitions are sufficient,
the measure will i go before the
voters of the Mate: at (he Xovem
ber election.
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Terrific Gale Lashes Coast;
Ships Buffeted About,
Several Lost
LINER REPORTED SINKING
Air Full of Distress Signals; Wind
Reaches Velocity of .Vi -Miles
an Hour on Florida
Coast
MIAMI.
Associated
Fla,. July 20. (Hy
Priss). Distress re
ports were received from thf
steamship Anjsaldo San Eiorgio
Segundus, by the Tropical Radio
station here at 10:30 o'clock to
night. The vessel messaged her
position at 50 j miles northeast of
Miami and statjed she was helpless
with a damageid rudder.
At 11:45 sjos calls from the
Ansaldo were I answered by the
Ward liner Orizaba, which mes
saged it was proceeding to its aid.
A message j picked up by the
Tropical Radio station at Hileaea
said the Ansaldo was in danger of
sinking and reported unusually
heavy seas running. It requested
the Orizaba to be prepared to take
off all persons aboard. The Ori
zaba is bound to Havana from
New York. The Ansaldo was be
lieved to be only a few miles off
Hillsborough light.
Several other unidentified ves
sels were reported to be respond
ing to the distress signals.
MIAMI, Fla.. July 26. (By
Associated Press). A tropical
hurricane, accompanied by an ex
cessive gale and a steadily falling
barometric area, raged along the
Florida coast and the Bahama Is
lands , today, and late this after
noon threatened to turn its course
inland over the Miami area.
At 4:15 p. m., the wind had
attained a velocity of 55 miles an
hour at Miami beach, while the
local weather bureau reported the
barometric pressure at 29.78.
Storm warnings kept all craft
(Con tinned on par 6.)
Lincoln's Son Dies
ROBERT TODD LINCOLN', 83,
LAST OF FAMILY
Robert Todd Lincoln, 83,
last surviving member of Presi
dent Abraham! Lincoln's imme
diate family, d I e d Monday
morning at his home in Man
chester, Vt.
A complete story, together
with pictures of Mr. Lincoln,
will be found on page 2 of this
paper.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
Three States Swept by Ter
rific Timber Fires; Situa
tion Is Serious
50,000 ACRES IN ASHES
Cm-Ait Iran TW-1j1I-h1 Worst in 18
Years; Montana, Idaho and
Washington Call for
Volunteer
KLAMATH FALLS, July 2fi.-
(Ry Assooialed Tress.) A forest
fire originaiug in the slashings of
the Wheeler-Olmstead Lumber
camp swept more than 1500 acres
of pine timber northwest of Hllde
brand and 20 miles east of Klam
ath Falls yesterday before it was
checked by 100 fire fighters dis
patched to the scene of the fire
yesterday.
MISSOULA. Mont., July 26.
(By Associated Press.) Raging
out of control and spreading in
every direction, flames sweeping
the forests in the Montana-Idaho-Washington
district were report
ed to forestry 'headquarters here
today as creating the most serious
fire situation in the region in 16
years.
In the Maniksu forest, where
50.000 acres have been devastat
ed, meager details indicate that
the force of fighters, hampered by
unfavorable weather, was helpless
agains the scattering conflagra
tion. Six new fires started yesterday
on the Maniksu. the flames in
creasing faster than men could "be
obtained to fight them. Several
broke loose from control lines
and spread rapidly, driving crews
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PIERCE DRAWS NOTICE
GOVERNOR OF OREGON "TYPI
FIES FRONTIER WEST"
CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 26.
(By Associated Press). Gover
nor Walter M. Pierce, accompan
ied by Walter Hanley, pioneer
cattleman, typify the real frontier
west more than any other state
executives at the annual gover
nors' conference which opened
here today. Both wear black
slouch hats, resembling sombre
ros, andthey prefer to converse
with pioneer ranchers of Wyom
ing than to the visitors from the
east. Mr. Hanley, who declared
he has been in the west 41 years,
expects to accompany the confer
ence gubernatorial party on Its
tour of Yellowstone park, where
he once ran cattle through Wyom
ing before it was a park.
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Mrs. Byron F. Drunk (Molly
the Salem general hospital last nigtii, resuliing from the shock bf an
.1,
operation performed Saturday morning. Mrs. Rrunlc is surviTed by
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. J.- Runcorn, her husband and ababy
daughter, Mary Emma, in addition to the Salem 'public in general
which she has served through a
and a faithful participation in the
betterment, to which she has belonged. II
Death Takes Molly Brunk;
Loss Mourned By County
Beloved Salem News woman
Operation, Continued
Friday
By AUDRED BUNCH
The death of Mrs. Byron F. Brunk, known throughout the
city as Molly Brunk, at 7:10 o'clock last night at the Salem
general hospital comes as a source of tremendous grief to.
half the homes in Salem. Energetic, ambitious, dependable-
symbolic of that finer stuff of which the best of human, being
are made, Molly Brunk stood by her task till almost, within
48 hours of her death, even then submitting reluctantly to
the examination which revealed
an untimely demise.
It was-not so much a cowardice
in the face of consequences that
made Molly; Brunk reluctant, as it
was her almost unconquerable
"will to live." In her, as in all
who take joy in perrorming the
daily labors of life, was that brave
assurance that surely there can be
no mere physical impairment of
sufficient strength to pit against
energy as unbounded as the early
thirties combine to give.
Though death claimed her
early, Molly Brunk lived her life
brimmingly. Starting a career of
reporting on the local news papers
17 years ago, at a time when her
playmates were in school, Mrs.
Brunk has long since established
that precedent for clarity and ac
curacy in news writing that none
of us who have followed after her
have been able to attain. In a
sense she has leen the dean of
women journalists in Salem, her
name symbolizing the highest
newspaper tradition. To become
one day the editor of an outstand
ing woman's feature page, when
a Salem daily should become large
enough to promote this section,
was one of her dearest ideals.
When Mrs. Brunk left the Cap
ital Journal late Friday afternoon
she did so with the remark tlfet
she planned soon to visit the gar
dens at the George Putnam home
if she wasn't too tired.
When Saturday morning found
Mrs. Brunk nnable to return to
her wofk, I had the privilege of
f going to her open typewriter and
making out of hasty notations on
her desk pad the news items that
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MRS.' WARD HEAT VICTIM
WIFE OP PIONEER MAIL OR
DER HOUSE HEAD DIES
CHICAGO, July 26. (By As
sociated Press). Mrs. A. M.
Montgomery Ward, widow of Chi
cago's pioneer mail order merch
ant widely known for her philan
thropies, which mounted far into
the millions of dollars, died here
today, another victim of the ter
rific heat which last week spread
over the middle and far west. She
would have been 70. years of age
this month.
The fruits of two of her largest
gifts she never saw. They are the
new medical and dental units of
Northwestern j university," which
are nearing completion after' the
gareJ more than 8,000,000 ' for
their construction and endowment.
1 Mrs. ' Ward returned r from . Pas
adena, Cal., to' Chicago only. last
night. 'She, chose the southern
route to avoid the higher altitudes
of 'the 'northern route, but by? so
doing encountered' the. excessive
heat which cost her life.,.--
Erunk), whose doath occurred at
generous loyalty to the newspapers
activities of organizations for civic
Passes .Suddenly Following
Work at Desk 'Till Late j
Afternoon
the condition responsible for
; in.
, CHERRIANS TO COMPETE
FOR STATE FAIR PRIZE
PliAXS FOR NATRON CUT-OFF
CELEBRATION
Committee Named to Guarantee
Presence of Each Member
in Uniform '
The Salem Cherrians will take
part in the competition among
booster clubs of the state at the
state fair this fall, it was decided
at a meeting of the Council of
Nobles in the chamber of com
merce' rooms last night. They were
invited to do so in a letter from
Ella E. Wilson, state fair hoard
secretary.
In case the prize Is divided up
into five different special prizes
the Cherrians will, compete
only one- that afforded for
for
the
best drilled club and the one
with
the best general appearance,
hsTIoasr cndPla eWdaon8 an
In the. invitation sent by Mrs.
Wilson, it was stated that $1000
would be offered as prizes in case
a sufficient number of booster
clubs should decide to compete
The invitation asked for suggges-
tions from clubs as to whether the
$1000 should be put into johe
lump prize or divided Into fi?e
oarts, each one for a different
purpose.
Every Cherrian is also expected
to appear in uniform at Eugene
August 20 to take part in jthe
parade to -celebrate the formal
opening of the new Natron (put-
off of the Southern Pacific rail
road. The-event will be kaowfll as
the "Trail to .Rail" celebration
and is expected ta attract visitors
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BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
CI.AUD STKVNWN TO ;i$l
E
SOLOIST FOR CHERRIANS
Claud Stevenson will be soloist
at the Cherrian band concert to
night in Willson park, it waa an
coonced by Oscar i. Steelhamtner,
director. The program is aa f ol
lows: ' v. i
March, "On the Go" Goldman
Selection. "King Dodo'.....Maekie
Waltz, "Brides and Butterflies
.,Moret
Popular, numbers '
Grand selection, "Songa ot-
Scotland" ::u...-:-Lemkke
Vocal iolo, j;llamy Bamy Shore"
T and s VFunlcaie-Punlcnla'VU?
" t Claude Stevenson. .
Airde. ballet, "La Torpllle X-osey
,Oems of Stephen. Foster Tobah
March. fTrOm Tropic to Tf optc"1
- - .'..: :: Alexander
VStar Spangled Banner"-J,
Joe Watlace, Warden's Driv- j
er, and Charles Foster, 1
Gief, Make Escape
TRUSTY RECORD GOOD
Both Men Bore Good Reputations
. ...
h Trusties, OffleUls Jayj
Search Made Through- .
1 out State i -
Appropriating a high powered
car belonging to the prison, two
trusties, Joe Wallace, a, life term
er, and Charles Foster, serving
four years for burglary, escaped
from the Oregon state penitentiary
between 4 and. 5 o'clock Monday
evening. No one saw the men
leave;; no one knows which di
rection they chose, and no one has
seen them since. The car in
which the two men fled, was capa
ble of doing 90 miles an hour,
prison officials declared.
Wallace had charge of the pris
on garage and was Warden J.'W.
Lillie's personal driver. Foster
was the warden's chef. The two
men were last seen at A o'clock.
and were found missing at 6, of
ficials say. Police officers through
out the state have been notified of
the escape. " '
Wallace, who had participated
in several man-hunts during the
nine years he has been behind
prison bars here, bore an excellent
reputation as a trusty and "was
looked upon by officials as a model
prisoner. Ke "had repeatedly
voiced Tiis appreciation bf treat
ment and consideration shown
him. and remarked many times
thafc he was 'golng straight," pris
on officials said 'yesterday. .He
was committed from Gilliam coun
ty and' was brought to the prison
by Warden Xime when he was at
that time serving as sheriff of
Gilliam county.1'
Wallace has hitherto proven ab
solutely" dependable. Warden Lil
lie said, and was entrusted with
the tare 6f all prison 'automobiles.
He' acted" as the warden's chauf
feur on all. business trips, and ov
several ' occasions' In 'quest of es
caping prisoners.-' 1 -
During the trials here in th
court house of Murray, Kelley and
Willos.j, Wallace piloted the prison
cir that carried the three mur
erers to and" from the prison. No
restrictions were placed on him
When the car was'needed for bus
iness, and Wallace, In many-instances;
' drove 'tt- unaccompanied
by penitentiary officials. :
BENNETTS HURT IN CRASH
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ELDERLY 'WOMAN " KNOCKED
' UNCONSCIOUS UY TRUCK
, E. II , Bennett, Mrs.:E.. II, Ben
bett, and "Grandma" Bennett bf -Salem
. were injured yesterday,
wheh the car in which they were
riding was struck by Fairmonnt
dairy car, driven by J. L. Latham.
Tha, elder ' Mrs." Bennett ' was
knocked to the ground under the
truck and was unconscious for a
time. " Her. Injuries were reported
as hot serious. ' '
Bennett receired a sprained
back and his wife a sprained wrist
and 'injured ankle. The . injured
persona were taken. to their home
at 2 2$ 3 Fairgrounds road. Lath
am was uninjured." "
. Bennett's car was damaged con
siderably, receiving a broken front
wheel' and "hent 'axle. The acci
dent occurred at Church and'Mar
ket streets. - ' '
DRIVER ENTERS' AS YLU M
SENSATIONAL MOTOR TRIP
ENTy'At'ST ATE HOSPITAL
Caf I BJ Montgomery, who was
arrested here 'last Friday night
charged with operating his auto
mobile through: the city ot Albany
at a speed of more than SO miles
ah hour, 'was "committed to .the
state "hospital here, yesterday s ty
Linn county officials.
At the" time of tla arrest la
Salem-' Montgomery alleged that
he r was a representative; ot 1 the
Mexican' government and later
said he was a special deputy sher
iff, of San Bernardino, CaL Meat-'
tomery ;waa,,):ined;42& in Ealer-i
and lated turned .over to tta Al-
bany officials. ; ; ;
Motttgdaery tol LospSta.1 c
elalahat fce owned a large raach
In Texas and "was a close friend of
John JLVYeon of Portland , and.
othecip.romInent jmea. ; '; , j t
'pOTrrcpmp!etedTY . i