; fffi$D$ptf Mffl:-PJlgm falgy-fflpyeM .IHqeipqo ay-ti0: 'Keep 'WMrHPMpp
.WEATHER: Cloudy on tbe coast and fair
with normal, temperature and humidity In
the interior. ' Gentle to moderate 'west and
northwest winds. Maximum yesterday, SO;
minimum. 54; river, 2.3; rainfall, none;
'atmosphere, clear; ; wind, west. ' ,
It is a rare nomination nowadays that
does not hare a few purse strings on it.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Europeans are queer, and It may be that
they . call Santa Clans Snylock except at
Christmas-time. Baltimore Sun.
-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON,' TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1926
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ilk
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1
IY0R DEFINES
ZONING POWER
Declares Fred A. Williams'
Apartment House Ruling
Is in Error
Star
SPECIAL MEETING ASKED
Regulation of Apartment Houses
"Within Scope of Authority,
Executive says, Peti-
tlons Approved -
J
A blow was dealt the -recent
apartment house opinion handed
down by Fred A. Williams, city
attorney, when Mayor; John B.
Giesy. at tbe meeting of-the city
planning and zoning commission
last night showed ' that the ' city
ordinance dealing with building
permits differentiates between
dwelling houses and apartment
houses and apartment houses.
The opinion given by Fred Wil
liams, which was read at the meet
ing, concerns an amendment to
the effect that the city council,
and through- it the commission,
has no jurisdiction over the issu
ing of - building permits for dwell
ing houses. Williams held that
the legal definition of dwelling
also includes apartment houses.
Mayor Giesy- called attention to
another section of tbe ordinance
that draws a distinction ' between
dwelling houses and apartments.
It states that a dwelling house
shall be construed to be n resi
dence for not more than two
families, and that It may have a
maximum of 15 rooms for
boarders.
An apartment house, on . thje
other hand, is defined as a build
ing that has self-contained apart
ments for three or more families.
each with conveniences of Its own.
In keeping with this section of
h ordinance, the mayor stated.
. a . . l
euy council nas auinoriiy over
jartment houses just as much as
over other business buildings.
When- the mayor had finished,
Williams admitted that he
might "have been mistaken in his
ruling. ; .. , ''
A petition for onft atory build
ing to be used as a general store.
situated on Norway treet Between
Capital and Summer streets, was
referred to a committee consisting
of Hugh Rogers, city engineer;
Karl Becke and TJ. S. Swart, for
further consideration.
Decision on a petition for a
laundry between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets on B was post
poned until a public hearing had
, been given at the next regular
" meeting of the commission, Sep
tember 27. The members had
learned of a remonstrance against
this laundry, so decided to post
pone action.
A petition for an addition to an
apartment honse situated at Thir
teenth and State streets, which
had been granted by the city coun
cil with the cdinmiott that tfre
commission and city engineer ap
proved, was approved, so the per
mit will be granted.
Miss Edith Birch was given the
uosition of secretary, a committee
consisting of James Nicholson and
W. W. Rosebraugh 4 having en
tered into a satisfactory agree
ment with her.
Considerable discussion was
held on .the need of authority to
of Destiny Holds
Future Safe'; Mussolini
'Tenacity, Discipline, Courage Links America and Italy,"
bays Dictator Accepting Present From New
World's Press
FOR SMMBBAKCB
SEW YORK. One man in this
hn y city has derised tbe plan whereby
he ran remind himself of thine ha has
to do, having lost faith in a meaaer-
P?r
(Oontiaoad a paa 4.)
mrs. Mccormick dies
FUXEKA1V FOR PROFESSOR'S
WIFE WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Eda Wenger McCormick,"
wire of Dr. J. D. McCormick of the
Kimball College of Theology, died
bunday at a local hospital ioliow
ing an illness that lasted a year.
The funeral will be Wednesday at
3 o'clock at the Rigdon' mortuary.
The body will be placed in the
local mausoleum.
" Mrs. McCormick was born in
Wisconsin In 1877 attending Ham
lin university at St. Paul, Minn.,
where Dr. McCormick also grad
uated. She has lived in Salem for
the last five years, Dr. McCormick
having become a member of the
Kimball college Btaff in 1921..
She is survived by her husbandi
a son Kenneth McCormick who is
a student at Willamette univer
sity, and a brother and sister. Dr.
F. A. Wenger and Miss Emma
V'enger of St. Paul, Minn.
4
REN PROBE NEAR END
FINDINGS OF GRAND JURY EX
PECTED LATE TODAY
The Marion county grand Jury
today will complete its investiga
tion of charges that Frederick
Stciwer, republican candidate for
United States senator, falsified cer
tain expense accounts in connec
tion with the primary election.
The charges were filed by W.
S. U'lten, Portland attorney; who
alleged that Mr. Steiwer and John
Latoarettep treasurer1 of the Stei-wer-for-Senator
committee, failed
. to include In his expense accounts
funds paid to two members jot the
r Multnomah, County ' Republican
club. s . ' . ' ttt
; It was indicated that 'the report
Of the grand inrv would be re-
ROME, Sept. 13. (AP) Premier Mussolini believes that
the star of destiny protects him from assassins and that he
will die a natural, death.
That is what he told Robert H. (Bob) Davis of the New
York Sun who was the American received by the premier
after Saturday's attempt on' his life. Mr. Davis has written
the following account of his interview for The Associated
Press.
"I saw Mussolini in the very room at the Chigi Palace,
-I.,-, - - -.r.-.r--i - - - -j- - - - -I.,- - - - - i tvm the windows of which he
addressed an impassioned speech
to the people after the third at
tempt on his--life in the last 10
months. He rose from his desk
piled high with unfinished busi
ness and gave the fascist salute
as I entered. I returned the sa
lute and met him standing, as he
came out in the space before his
desk.
"An interpreter stepped for
ward, but the premier laughingly
said: 'If you speak slowly I shall
understand you. Behind me was
an attendant bearing a 50 pound
package of American newspaper
clippings that I had brought with
me from home at the request of
the management of The Associat
ed Press for delivery to Premier
Mussolini.
" 'What is this you have?' cried
Mussolini. 'Something lor me
open.' I explained that it repre
sented one day s space devoted by
American newspapers to one of
his recent cabled .utterances.
" 'The American press, has never
slighted Italy,' he said. We have
received always much considera
tion and justice from your coun
try. To America, I always speak
frankly.
You ask why I do not pro
tect what you call my person from
these assassins? There is no need
My star protects me as Italy is
protected. I shall die a natural
death. As I live now there must
be adventure and I must be free
to come and go- among the people,
Always my people.'
"As Premier Mussolini thus
emphasized 'my people I remark
ed: 'In 60 years the population of
Italy las increased from 20 to 40
millions. You have few colonial
outlets. What Is to become of
"Mussolini threw up his head
like a bull buffalo projecting his
great square chin. His eyes, which
are banked fires even in placid
moods, began to flame. His right
arm went up and his white teeth
snapped with Rooseveltian stac
cato. 'And your birth rate ex
ceeds 500,000 per annum.' I add
ed. A flood of Shamir defined
words poured from his lips:
" 'Italy will absorb them.' he
cried. 'We have rich, undeveloped
land, great resources, power,
energy of body and soul, and a
new race is being born into this
country.
T n.lr v. 1 -
nomie measure to cease importing
Hour and to turn back to black
bread. Italy always adjusts her
self to needs of the hour. On the
eighteenth of this month this
bread order will go Into effect
without discomfort to any one.
"'Your country comprehents
(OoatiaaaC mm pan )
andum (stuffed into his pocket or pot
on his desk and often lost in a mass
of papers, lie writes a post card to
himself, calling his attention to the
thins to be done, and posts it. When
it arrWes in the morning's mail it
"explodes is his face," as it were.
O
LOOK OUT FOR THE ATOMS!
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Within a
few years the long predicted chemical
discovery wnicn
shall release the
energy ot the atom
will be entered in
the history of
civilization and
then let civilis
ation look out 1
Professor James
F. Norris, Presi
dent of the Amer
ican Chemical- So'
ciery, speaking be
fore the eonven
tion of the socie
ty, foresees a new
order. a com
pletely changed '
world when the
final steps are
taken in the utili
sation of the ea-
jpr0s r r i. "XT stored in. tbe
rfCar. if fUQ?C; ,tnm nd the elec
tron. Chemistry, as a science, will
hare to be completely reorganised;
science will have to be reorganized and
the ordinary life of the "man in the
street" will be so changed that 4he
present day "modern" man will be
stopified by it in other words, look
out for the atoms! They 'reloaded.
o
LITERARY TRAFFIC COP
KKXSAt, RISE. England. Con
stant and enthusiastic demand for
short, lighter-than-air fiction has given
the local librarian some reason, for
asperity. If a reader can go through,
say. "Gentlemen, Prefer Blondes" in"
little over au hour, that means, he' may
- ':
;' awWaVjP j&f-' J
Ml f -. J S V. Ji.
i
'HOE
PAPERS FOUND
Safe Deposit, Box Gives Up
Documents Revealing
"Protection Plot" .
24HDUR SHIFT
MAY BE ADDED
State Lime Plant Finds Or
ders Piling Up Despite
Double Crew
INVESTIGATION STARTED
"Whole Story Is Pack of Lies,"
Declares Evangelist, While
Attorneys Promise
Sensations
' i
LOS ANGELES, Sept.
(AP) Documents said to corrob
orate part of Mrs. Villa May Mc
Donald Wiseman Seilaff's BoYy
tnat she was Hired, schooled, snd
financed to appear In Los Angeles
as the sister of the mysterious
Miss X" of the Camel episode
of the Aimee Semcle McPherson
disappearance case, were seiied by
officials here today from a safety
deposit box rented by Mrs. Sellaff
and made public.
The documents Included two
telegrams and were said to rereal
that Mrs. Sellaff was constantly n
communication with Mrs. McPher
son and her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy, Wirough a "go between
ana tnat money ana messages
were sent from the temple to her
and that Mrs. Kennedy paved the
way tor a meeting between Mrs.
Selall ami Ormister somewhere In
the east. Statements said to have
been prepared at the temple and a
will bequeathing to Mrs. McPher
son tne secret documents were
found.
The strange case of the disap
pearance of Almee Semple Mc
Pherson, Angelus Temple evan
gelist, who dropped from public
view May 18 'at Ocean park on
the seashore near here, and re
appeared at vDouglas, Ariz., June
23, with a report of having been
kidnapped today is in another
state, of eruption with a mass of
sensational statements and dis
closures.
These focus upon the Carmel-
California feature of the case, the
occupation of a cottage' there by.,,
oegoggiea woman inrmedlateiy
after the evangelist's disappearance.
The subsequent affidavits
claimed that this woman was a
fOon tinned on pas .)
mm
if"1
bo fack very son for another Look.
And that romriiicates life in the li
brary. It's- all very well to serve the
public, but this speeding is something
else again. The librarian is encourag
ing his clients to read history, science,
religion, Thackeray sad Dickens.
They're guaranteed to cut down speed.
It has been suggested, too, that the
Kncyclopedia Rrittanaira might take
the snap ont of some "book burners."
WEST SALEM WANTS CAR
IDEA OF KXTEXDIXG PRES-
? ENT LINES FAVORED
A movement which has been in
the minds of many Salem citizens
for some time has been gaining
momentum recently. J. P. Mer
chant, Mayor J. B. Giesy. Percy
Cupper, Robert Simpson and oth
ers are taking active interest in
the matter of extended street car
service. They are among the
sponsors of the movement to ex
tend ; the ; present service from
South 25th and Lee streets In
southeast Salem across the Mar
lon-Polk county bridge into West
Salem with possibly a loop in the
latter place: ,
Superintendent Billingsley and
Mr.; Merchant will go over the
streets involved possibly today in
order to obtain the superinten
dent's opinion In the matter. If
he sanctions such move , the next
step will be a public meeting and
if endorsed there a petition for
street franchise will be put up to
the city council.
PRESENT PLANS TONIGHT
- -
ARCHITECTS TO COME BE
FORE BOARD AT MEETING ?
Further consideration of - the
plans for the proposed South. Sa
lem Junior high school Is expected
to take place at the school board
meeting scheduled f or . tonight.
James & Bartholomew, architect,
are expected to present the plans
to, the board.. About a week's work
remains oft .the plans before they
are complete, according to George
liug. scnool superintendent, who
conferred . with - th ; nr-h In
taiB?ti atg tgdayv px -Wdaggda jr.Porilaoa ggiardift : ' - '
BLAZE KILLS FARMER
GRASS FIRE CATCHES AGED
PARALIZED MAX
EUGENE. Sept. 13. (AP)
A. Ward, 72, was burned to
death on his farm west of Eu
gene today when a grass fire
swept over a field. He had suf
fered a stroke of paralysis a
short time ago and it is believ
ed that another stroke came
while he was watching the fire
and that he was unconscious
or at least helpless when the
blaze reached him. He is sur
vived by his widow, two' sons,
and a daughter.
DEMAND IS INCREASING
Need of Fertilizer on Western Ore
gon Land Shown In Farmers'
Requests for Larger
Supply
Sam M. Moore of Corvallis, pres
ident of the state lime board, vis
ited the state lime plant at the
penitentiary yesterday, and he
went away well pleased, as he had
cause to be
For he is the father of the in
dustry in Oregon. He commenced
plugging for agricultural lime 14
years ago. He' found the soil on
his farm getting sick; sicker every
year. He had it analyzed. The
experts at the Oregon Agricultural
college told him his soil was sour
and needed sweetening j remedy,
lime. ; ,
He reasoned that if his land
needed lime, so did that of his
neighbors, and every one else in
this section. Lime was fright it
could be had at only prohibitive
prices for most farmers. So he
began agitating for a state lime
plant. The legislature authorized
this, in 1917, with an insignificant
appropriation. The state lime
plant was built at Gold Hill. It
did a lot of good. But it was too
far away from most of the farms
of Oregon needingUme, in the
Willamette valley and coast coun
ties. It cost too much freight.
And the overhead and labor costs
were too high, and the power and
other costs and the machinery
and equipment were wearing out.
So It Was Moved
And there were no funds to do
the necessary repairing and re
placing. So the plant was moved
to the penitentiary last spring. It
turned out a lot of lim a last
spring, anl all summer, too.
Enough to recoup the revolving
fund for the expenses of building
the new plant and reconditioning
the machinery, etc.
Lately, with new terms and the
spreading of the sentiment in fa
vor of the use of lime, and the
smooth running of the plant, and
the saving made on the new prices
the cost amounting to about half
what it was before for farmers
near Salem, and the better terms
of selling, orders have been piling
up. Part of the lower cost is on
account or the greater purity of
the lime now turned out. It now
comes from a new source, at Wil
derville, near Gold Hill. The pris
on plant is turning out a product
guaranteed 99 per cent pure. The
plant when at Gold Hill turned
out a product as tow as 75 per
cent pure; average about 80' per
cent. That meant a lot of waste
on freight and for handling about
400 pounds of useless rock for
Industrial Training Pays
School Authority States
Parents Should Have Children Trained for Intelligent Labor,
and Earning; School Facilities Await Develop
ment Here
SSI
Petition Granted
Counting; all equipment of colleges, academies, public
schools and libraries, Salem has the best educational plant in
influences upon the attending school population. The burn- Dempsey - TUfiney H e a V y f
ing question arises, is the capital city of Oregon, with an ui- weight' Figbt Injunction
plant, getting the best possible product from the present sys
tem and the money expended on training the younger gen
eration ?-
Consider our 10 big high and grade school buildings, and CONTRACT HELD VALID,
eight smaller buildings besides, two practically new and cost- CHICAGO CLUB VICTOR
ing auoui a quarter 01 a miiuon uonars eacii. - xuen cuiiaiuei
that the school district owns about 34 acres of land around the
buildings and those yet to be erected the land the buildings r-Hcf MpiK
of on? r,n oWif Ah omo ' ha onuivoWf f AClft nitv lnta urnrfh 1 iapiISl, MeinOUlSl SJIQ 1 rCS
nearly another half million dollars buildings, equipment and byterian Ministers De
land worth well upwards of two million dollars, and you have nounce ' Ffght aak "Brutal
the physical plant used for school purposes in the Salem public
schools alone.
The following article is reprinted from The Western Jour
nal of Education of California, published by Harr Wagner who
is one of the greatest school publicicts in the west, will be
read by the clientele of the daily and weekly Statesman and
. o . -m- s. a m a 1
the Oregon Teachers Monthly, is Salem luiiy awaice eauca-
Slugging Match.
Philadelphia Sept. 23, was granted
tonight by Judge Clinton II. G Iv
an, In superior court here. ,
Judge Qivan held that the own
ership of the contract by the Chi-
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. IS.
(AP.) The petition of the Chi
cago .coliseum ciuo ior an in
lnnilnn in - nravant ihn 71 a r If
tionally to this newest and most practical of modern ideas oj n.M.n,M. Tnnne7 , world's
1 1 4- Z 4-1 Alntnli i-.nnl Tnlii .rvF lAhAii vol
euucation vajjiLrtiniK vuc cuuuiuUU vuuc " heavyweight champion' bout at
a dream oi ine greatest euucaiionai reioriuers. Aiever was
it as fully realized and put into actual operation and, effect
. -m r , -r- 1 il il 11 J!.l.ii.
as at san mateo-riuriin-irame. iinree otner aiuauer uistrxcta,!
Union high school district, having a population of about 50,
nnn anVmrhnn Tvinnlation on the San Francisco neninsula.
- Uo 1isfrif ieolf i enmnnsPri Of SllhUrBan homes mOSttJS" preaeuieu a, VivVviij
m m m wiu bl aw w wvia w m w v.at -w I -M m a. a. A. a
i 1!..! j :ji : ..,ahi,., Tha ngnt. no saia xurtner mat at
np.au li i ui anu.rauiuiv kiuwuik wwau tuminuuiuvo. i .v-i. - -
. 1 k " . a a 1 I U&U Lift lo 6 W B1A.
school grounds and buildings are an advertisement to lure tioned by Indiana law and that
nonulation from all rarts of the world out an industrial i an Indiana court cannot properly
Hur.flinn ppntpr that is drawmcr families from all over tne take judicial cbgnizance or a con
tt:j o nnf nf cnnarinr afivnntnorps for Rp.hohl- tract for a "pMxe fight" contrary
Uilltcu kjoi-co uii owua.v wj. . ----"o . . I tr. Tr.HloTK.1nw tha .rata Ana rnr.
ing children. There is a fine community 'spirit and wholesome i nIze propert'y rIgnt8t ftnd that
environment for young people and wnoiesome iamny nie. l8 what he construed the contract
RpaH thp statistics about a majority ot all Doys m tne to be.
ir tne Pennsylvania court ioi-
(Continued oa pae 8.) lows the constitution, the Judge
said, however, , after court 'ad
journed, "they cannot help but
issue a slmUar or at least a tem-
$mn PIMP IQ I All pn I porary, injunction. No extensive
Wiww . .w , . . v M-.fcA--vnrliM.ti1 In
Pennsylvania as was -conducted
ADDITIONAL TAX CUTS
NEEDED, SAYS HAWLEY
DRAIN ON CORPORATIONS IS
DECLARED TOO HEAVY
Representative Discusses Prob
lems Facing Congress
After War
CHANCE, GUILTY, GETS
GETS HEAVY JOIT FOLLOW
ING PLEA OP GUILTY
(Contianed oa par 8)
A LITTLE GERMAN EFFICIENCY MIGHT COME IN, HANDY RIGHT NOW
. .
11 1 " " 1,11 . 1 1,1 1 . . I i aiA(aaawaaaaaaakMnaMMaai
The present question facing the
national government is "ShaU we
reduce taxes further In 1927,
according to Congressman W. C
Hawley, who addressed the Salem
chamber of commerce yesterday
So far all tax reductions have
broueht increased revenue be
cause of -"Increased business, and
this condition will prevail with all
further tax reduction down to
point where the law of diminish
ing returns begins to apply, he
believes.
Tax laws should be altered to
help the corporations, Mr. Hawley
believes, as at present the capital
stock tax and others work a hard
ship on them. They discriminate
in favor of the business carried on
Tv nersons and partnerships, so
that many of the big corporations
will break up into smaller, units
and wUl be unable to carry on
much of the important business
done by corporations.
The French debt settlement was
a mistaKe, wonRressman nawiey
said, because it is too much of
demand on that' country's re
sources.
"You can't squeeze more sugar
out ot a sugar beet than there is
in it," he said. "I am not plead
ing that the debt be cancelled, nor
on the other hand do I think w
Bhould take the face value o:
what these countries owe when
they cannot pay."
The United States is the only
nation in the world that has paid
all its war obligations, Mr. Hawley
stated. The one that comes near
est is England, which pays 83
cents on the dollar. France is
only paying 50 cents on the dollar
The problems that faced con
gress at the end of the war were
reduction of taxes, reduction of
aDDroDriations. and reduction of
public debt, according to Mr. Haw
ley. The public debt has been
reduced from 25 billion dollars to
19 H billion.
If the allied nations had all
paid their debts to this country,
our government woum now owe
only 8 A billions. The difference
must be borne by the taxpayers of
the country. Who producejd the
money we loaned these couxtrie
by purchase of bonds during the
war. ... ; i- :
WOMAN DIES IN WRECK
CRASH COMES KOtJXH OP RICK-
REALL;, POLE HIT .
DALLAS, Or. Sept. 13. Mrs.
L.'D. Fraden, about 28 years old,
of Bend, died in a local hospital
this morning following an auto
mobile accident from, which she
never regained consciousness. Tbe
machine in which she was riding
with: two... men 'failed to negotiate
a sharp curye on the Pacific, high
way south A of s Rickreali, and
crashed Into telephone 1 pole.
John Solum, one of the men; suf
fered: a fractured arm, and J. E.
Albright a broken shoulder blade.
Uhfamiliarity with; the road was
given as the cause of the accident.
Jh9 UI(! yss ft compjeta wreck,
Mark Brown Falls to Post Ball;
L. Rudle's Denial Is
Overruled
Quick justice was dealt to Wal
ter Chance, arrested Friday and
charged with driving while intoxi
cated, when he appeared in justice
court yesterday to plead guilty;
He was .fined $100, sentenced
to serve three months in the coun
ty jail and his drivers license was
suspended for one year, by Brazier
Small, justice of the peace.
Mark Brown, who was arrested
by C. H. LIbby on a similar charge
in Jefferson Sunday and asked for
time in which to plead to the
charge. Bail was set at $500,
which was not furnished and he is
being held in the county jail.
A demurrer filed by L. Rudie,
arrested ' recently on a drunken
driving charge, was. overruled yes
terday by Mark ' Poulsen, police
judge. Rudie" has 10 days in
which to appeal the case The de
murrer was filed on the -grounds
that the city ordinance against
drunken drivers is unconstitution
al in that it sets bail and punish-'
raent that is unreasonable and out
of proportion to the offense. '
here."
Judge G Ivan's opinion render
ed after a delay of wrangling ot
attorneys - for-Dempsey-; and the
club, did not mention in any way
the manner in which an Indiana
court's Injunction would be oper
ative in the state of Pennsylvania
where the Dempsey-Tunney fight
is scheduled to be held.
B. E. Clements, president of tb
Coliseum club, and Sol Esarey and '
James A. Farabaugh, ' Clements
attorneys, have steadfastly main-
tained during the week's duration
of the hearing that the courts of ,
Pennsylvania are constitutionally
bound to enforce the Indiana
court's Injunction, although sharp
issue has been taken with them
on this contention by local law
yers not connected with the case.
Clements asserted that' the In
diana Injunction will be made the
basis of a Pennsylvania action to
stop the fight. '
VWe will enter suit in Pennsyl
vania immediately to make the In-,
junction operative in that state,"
Farabaugh said. . .
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.
(AP.) Tex RIckard, promoter ot.
the Dempsey-Tunney fight, does
not believe' tbe action ot Judgo
Clinton II. G Ivan of the- Indiana
superior court will be oporativo in
Pennsylvania. . ' - . '
Granting of the Injunction by
BOOZE BOND IS $25,000 the Indiana court to prevent the
OREGON MAN HELD, LIQUOR
FOUND IN AUTO TANK
BELLINGHAM, Sept. 13 -(AP)
Phillip Maldl, Parkwood, Ore.,
is being held In ' jail here on
charges of attempting to bribe a
federal customs' officer and of
smuggling 25 gallons of whiskey
into the United States. Maldl was
arrested at Blaine last night when
the whiskey was found in a tank
on the rear of his automobile. He
is accused of having offered the
officer $100 to "forget It." Bail
was set at $2500. '
PIERCE HAS PEN PLAN
PRISON WOULD BE MADE FIRE
r PROOF FOR fSO.OOO :J -
PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 13.-
(AP.) Governor Pierce has . a
plan for making the state peni
tentiary fire proof, he said on his
visit here,' and if the state legis
lature approves, he plans to use
prison labor and practically re
build the prison at a cost of not
more than $50,000 for materials.
Recent burning of. tbe prison at
Walla Walla, he said, had 'put
Oregon officials on their guard be
cause the Oregon prison contains
so much wood in its construction.
DRAG; RIVER FOR BODY
LAST SEE ON SATURDAY.
, ; TRAGEDY IS FEARED
LONOVIEW. Wash.. Sept.. 13.
(AP) -John NIemI, 65, of Astoria,
Oregon, employed by the Colum
bia Packing-company, is' believed
to have been drowned in the Cow-
litr river Saturday. Niemi last
was seen on a barge at the mouth
of the river Saturday. The river
was being dragged today for his
body. . Mrs. Nieml and several
children live la Astoria, ; "J
no effect on his plans for the bout.
which he stated were rapidly near
ing completion. '''-'
I am going right to the limit
to put the fight on as planned,"
said RIckard. "and I see no reason
why I should not go on.
"Before signing Dempsey I went
thoroughly Into the claim of 'the
umcago coliseum ciud . ana was -convinced
it was without merit.
The club promised Dempsey a mil--lldn-dollar
purse, but did not put
(OoaUanad oa paf ,4.1
CHERRIANS TO GATHER
PARTICIPATION I IN STATE
FAIR TO BE TALKED :
; The Salem Cherrians will as
semble at the chamber of com
merce rooms this evening at 6:15
d'clock . for their f Irst meeting
since the summer adjournment,
according to notices sent out by
Barley O. White, King BIng.: A
discussion of the club's activities
at the state, fair will be the main
business. ' s
A two reel film Issued by the
PEP company, entitled "The Mod
ern Pioneers," will bo shown." It
shows the derelopment of the elec
trical industry in this district from
the time of Indians and wild ani
mals to the present. The Oak
Grove power plant near Estacada
will be featured. , : . .. f
INVITATION SENT QUEEN
GOVERNOR PIERCE URGKH
; MAim: to visit stati
Governor Pierce has sent a tele
gram to Queen Llarle ot Koumsnia
urging that she pay Oregon a visit .
while in the United States. Queen
Marie is slated to visit the Phil
adelphia exposition as a guefct of
Jjje expoeitJri 9ficials, . ;