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Binviw .WEATHER FORECASTr - Unsettled, prob- 1 ably rain In wst; Mild, southeasterly winds - .... MiTtmnm veiiterdaTl ' ttt mini- 1 I Tht dlstlnrulshed foreigner 'who eali a I few ipelt aga tht,Isevr York ima the szl l B dest town ne trer saw, should, hare waited I - until the world series was oyer. I I one fault shows up bigger. - than ' ten 1 j p- Tirtnes. : .. . - H g . 4 'v t : t - , . - 1 fiiMlmMlSMS9SgMSWlIHJm mum, 60; riTer, rXM ralufalL .IT; atmos- ,pxer, clouay.; wxno, miueuu SALM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. 261926 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ' AT . k 1 1 OPENIMEEI Salem to Play Hostess to terenKTeachers for First :, TirTieiaMaiiy .Yeaxs, VISITORS! TO, SEE CITY Obenlas; Sessions in Church To alght 'With' Prominent I! Citizens lclcomlns; Gaest '' ' ' to the City For the first time In the twenty one years the Oregon Congress rot Parents and- Teaeherahas been organized In the state, Salem will have the honor of acting as host; ess city to the visiting delegates! The opening of a four-day ' con ference today will bring approxi mately 400 delegates to the con vention headquarters. Through the courtesy of the irusiees oi me ueaauiiauLiuu, mi sessions will be held at the First Methodist, church. Because of the vital nature of the subjects an nounced for consideration the public will doubtless fill the audi torium for the meetings, all of which, the conference hours In cluded, are open to those in any wise concerned with the welfare of the child. Many new tendencies in both home and school educa tion will be authoritatively dealt with. One of the largest delegations of prominent club women ever Bent from Portland to a state Par ent Teachers' convention,will visit '-"Nm during this conference. Jfie state officers are expected the city by iq o'clock thin morning to complete all pre liminary arrangements for the welcoming of delegates: from 'the state. The church will be open to all visitors as fast as they arrive, though registration will; not take place until 2 o'clock this after noon: Mrs. W. W. Gabriel of Portland is state president. The parlors of the church have been equipped with a series of tables at which the preliminary details will be disposed of. Mrs. John T. Hoblett of Silverton will be in charge at the registration - table; Mrs. Claude Stevenson will (Continued on paf 3.) QUEEN ENROUTE WEST ROYALTY DKXY RKPORT8 OK 'CALL FROM RUMAXIA. ABOARD QUEEN MARIE'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Syracuse, N. Y.. Oct. 25. (AP) Queen Marie of Rumania today began her tour of the United States with Buffalo fix ed as the destination for her first day's Journey. The trip will take the royal party to the west coast, and back again. Journeying through Canada o part - of the western swing and returning to New York late in November. The queen set forth from New York this morning in accord with her royal family and hosts that the state of her health is to be the dominant factor to be considered throughout the tour. The announcement from the royal household preceded another by a spokesman for the queen in denial of reports from abroad that King Ferdinand had requested Marie to terminate her tour and return to Bucharest. Reports of such pressure being exerted from home,- the spokesman said, were baseless. at CONSPIRACY CASE SET FKBKRAL JURY TO-' HEAR CASK OF SILVKRTOX MAN PORTLAND, Ore.; Oct. 25.-- (A. P.) William II. Smith ' of Silverton will again face a Jury in the federal district court. Judge i'Tin today fixing Novomber 16 v-V--the date for the V conspiracy $ial In which Smith and A. C Ofrence, owner of the .Star Lum ber company, which operated "ln Marion county, will be heard. According to Millar E. McGll christ, assistant United States district attorney, who is handling the case,' the two , conspired; tp cut timber oa government land near SilVertbn after S pence had endeavored 1 to buy - It i from . . the government but demurred on the price asked. . Smith Is now serv ing Bix months and has been lined $1,000 tor his" activity In rotting, timber on r.ubljc. ' lands Eye Witness Describes Armenian Earth Shocks Orphans Shriek in Terror- as Walls Rock and Floors Reel Vnaer Foot as Series of Violent Tremors and ' Winds Shake. Country LENINAKAN, Armenia, Oct 25. (AP) Dr. Joseph Beaph, director . of Near East Relief operations in the Cauca sus, topight gave the Associated narrative oi tne catastrophe, which, in the form of a series of arthquajces Eriday; ijight caused great destruction anid lo?s of life throughout Armenia. "ItW.as-.at dinner, with my American colleagues," he said, "when, a terrific rumbling, surging noise rent the air ; a thous and windqws crashed and the building oscillated; awakened BUILDING ZONES I Mccncn iixi nrrv liccvcu Ul 1 mex to rcsrr portjaxit for WAYS AND BLEAXS Erection of Business Buildings on Church Street Under - - Piaeoasion Immediate action will be taken toward preparing building zones tor Salem,!-according to statement made ' by ; Louis Camjtbell, chair man Of the elty, zoning r and plan ning commission,' following ': a meeting of the commission last night. Several members of the com mission are planning to visit Port land in the near future to confer with Portland's zoning commis sion as to ways and means of completing the task, and consid erable time will be .given to de veloping the zones. The commission is continually faced with the necessity of hav ing definite zones in which to per mit erection of various business buildings for which applications are presented at each meeting. The commission last night de cided to approve the application of Hansen & Liljequist for erec tion of; a lumber shed at Church and Mill streets, across Church street from the company's present plant. It was specified, however, that the building be moved back 10 feet from the property line on Church street; and that it nave no openings on that street. Many complaints have come to the office of Fred Williams, city attorney, about the way that por tion . of Church street is blocked by business houses, he reported. It Is used by students of the state school for the blind in going to and from the school, so its con tinual use by trucks and the like causes a great hazard, he said. Action on the application of A. L. Hirshikorn to erect a laun dry was deferred until notices are sent out to nearby property own ers. Mr. Hirshikorn had presented a previous application that had been turned down. Action on the application of Mr. Guaffroy and August Hil- ficker to erect store buildings was also deferred until similar notices are sent out to property owners. ROBBERS, BLAST SAFES ASTORIA AUTHORITIES LACK CLUES TO IDENTITY ASTORIA, Ore.. Oct. 25. (A.P.) Safe blowers opened two safes in the city early Sunday morning. The strong box at a local garage, 344 18th street had its outer door pried open by the robbers were evidently frightened away before they could open the inner door. Later with tools tak en from the garage, they drilled a hole in the door of a safe in the offices of another company and neauy jarrea ine aoor on witn a cnarge oi explosive, rney took a 1100 bill and 81 cents In small change. No clue as to the identi ty or whereabouts of the safe blowers bad, been discovered by the local authorities. ASTORIA, PIONEER DIES MARYi MfKE.VX .CAMB WEST WITH MERCER PARTY ASTORIA, Oct. 25. (AP). Mrs,. Mary J. McKean. 76, a resi dent of Astoria 'for, the past 60 jars; died here Sunday night. The ' deceased was born in New YOrk City irf 185 and came west with the second Mercer expedi tion in 1866, as a ward of Asa Mercer, one of the founders of Seattle. , She was married in 1868 id S. T. McKean, of this city,-who died 26 years ago. " r " The .deceased is survived by five children : Mrs. A. S. Tee, Mrs. Winifred Gunn, and Mrs. Harry Bell, all of, this city; Terry Mo Kean of San Jose. Cat., and Ar thur F. McKean of Seattle. COINCIDENCE OCCURS BELL INGHAM. Wash Oct; 25, lA.r.j a . oirtn coincidence occurred ! here Sunday when ba bles were born , to sisters, v Mrs. Carl Lehmann and Mrs. ' Henry Ib,raan. f Deer , Harbor - who Press a graphic eye-witness "orphans shrieked In terror and i the 'loor reeled nnder my feet. 411 1 lM ,lgnu Iauea Ipected momentarily the roof to fall and smother us. "My. first thought was our,, nine thousand orphans. I hurriedly ordered' lanterns . and candles and directed the Staff ' to , hasten -to their posts, which was almost im possible. in the utter darkness and Impenetrable dust which engulfed us. "Scarcely had we emerged from the buildings when another and more violent shock seemed to cleave the earth asunder, throw ing everyone to the ground. Here we remained prostrate and stun ned, expecting death . at any moment. "But as I am a religious man, I verily believed that our small band of Americans was spared so that we could rescue the great legion of helpless orphans, who regard America as their foster parent. The terrific seismographic disturbances ceased temporarily (Continued on page 7.) HOUDINI HAS OPERATION CONDITION OF NOTED MAGI CIAN HELD SERIOUS DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 25. (AP) Harry Houdini, noted magician, was operated on here tonight for acute appendicitis. A bulletin issued ; by his physician, Dr. Leo Dretzka. shortly after the operation, saicj Ilondinl's condition was grave. Houdini collapsed ' during a vaudeville performance last night. A bulletin Issued at 10 p. m. 8a id Houdini's condition was un changed. The magician was still under the effects of ether, and a number of specialists called in for the operation, were at his bedside. . i, . - ' ICELAND FEELS SHOCK VIOLENT QUAKE DAMAGES LIGHT HOUSE REYKJAVIK, Iceland. Oct 25. (AP) A violent earthquake was felt today in the vicinity of Cape Reykjanes. The light house on the cape was damaged and the light was extinguished by the vi brations of the quake. JURIST FRIECD 1S1I DESERT FtiGH Fifth Batch of Documents Disappear During Evan gelist's Hearing KEYES GOES ON STAND Douglas Constable Resumes. Story of Finding Tracks Four Miles South of Agua. Prieta ia Mexico - LOS ANGELES, Oct; 25. (AP) Aimee'Semple McPherson, evange list, on preliminary hearing charg ed with criminal conspiracy, put a superior court judge and the dis trict attorney who is prosecuting her on the witness stand here to day in her fight to prove her inno cence. The judge was Carlos S. Hardy, admittedly her friend and advisor. The prosecuting attorney was Asa Keyes, whom Mrs. McPherson has charged' over her Angelus Temple radio with "persecution," not prosecution." The appearance of these two, and the disappearance of the fifth batch of documents bearing on the case to be reported lost, strayed or stolen, were the highlights to day of the McPherson mystery, which opened May "18 when the (Continued on page 2.) SMITH ATTACKS POWER MEASURE MONDAY SIX O'CLOCK CLUB HEARS LIVELY DEBATE Col. Carlo Abrams Urged Men to Support YMCA "Membership Campaign Vigorous denunciation of the proposed housewives' bill by A. A. Smith of Baker, and just as vigor ous approval of the Grange in come tax bill by Seymour Jones characterized last night's meeting of the Monday Six o'Clock club at the Methodist church. The meet ing was given over to debates pro and con on the host of bills to be voted on by the people at the coming election. Attacking the housewives' mea sure on the ground that it would put 53 millions of the people's money in the hands of a self-per petuating commission for the ex ploitation of electric ' power, and 'Continued oa pag 6.) MORE ROYALTY ON THE WAY PLAN MASS tMEET FOR REPUBLICANS PRECINCT COOirriTOESIKN ' REPORT GREAT INTEREST Resolution Honoring: Late Dr. E. E. FIsbec "Adopted at Monday Meeting ' .. The Marion Counter Republican Central x Committee held a : moot ing yesterday evening in Salem', which was attended by nearly.; all of the precinct committeemen of the county. The committeemen reported the enthusiasm greater in their precincts than ever be fore and that the interest being manifested was greater than in previous elections. Each committeeman reported for his precinct and it was the opinion of all. that I. L. Patterson would receive the overwhelming vote. Also they reported that Mr. Steiwer was leading in favor and would undoubtedly receive the majority. The county chairman, Paul F. Burris, was instructed by the com mittee to arrange for a mass meet ing at the Salem armory on Sat urday, October 30. He has ar rangements . well under way for this meeting and promises somo very interesting addresses. Tho republican State Central commit tee has been requested to use their influence in getting Senator Charles L. McNary back to Ore gon in time to address the meet ing. Numerous other items of business were attended to, all of which bear on the coming elec tion. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Mar ion County Republican Central committee last evening: Whereas, Dr. E. E. Fisher, a member of this committee, and an active and enthusiastic republi can, passed from this life last week; and Whereas, Dr. Fisher was prom inent and active in civic matters and was one of our most public spirited citizens, and was a good citizen, neighbor and friend, and will be missed from our councils, and by the community; , Therefore be it resolved by the Marion County Republican Central Committee, that Salem and Marion county has lost a pub lie spirited and progressive citi zen, and th,is committee has lost an active and faithful member; and be it further resolved that we extend to Mrs. Fisher and her son, our sincere sympathy, and Be it resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs. JsFisher and a copy be furnished to the press. AUTO INJURDZS FATAL CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 25. (A.P.) John Howard Rogers, 74, was struck yesterday on Jackson prairie by an automobile driven by Miss Madge Scanlon of this city. He died laBt night at a Centralia hospital. FU1S NEEDED i 1ERA Van Winkle Willing to Inves tigate; but Says No Money on Hand for This PIERCE WANTS ACTION Attorney General Awaits Govern or's Action as Chairman of Emergency Board Secur Ing Necessary Money. I. H-, VanWinkle, attorney, gen eral, will undertake an investiga tion of. the rates, rules and practices-of the Pacific L Telephone & Telegraph company In event Gov ernor Pierce will provide the funds necessary for the probe. This was the substance of a letter prepared by the attorney general here yesterday to a mis sive received recently from the governor instructing mm to launch the investigation out of funds appropriated for his de partment by the 1925 legislature. "You state," read the. attorney general's letter to the governor, "that a real emergency exists and urge the necessity of immediate action. For the purpose ot secur ing necessary funds for the prose cution of this undertaking, you request that I use whatever money I may have available from the appropriation made, by the last legislature for the expenses of this office and request a suf f lei ent appropriation from the emer- bency board to carry, the investi gation until the. legislature meets in January, 1927, at which time youwill ask the legislature for a sufficient appropriation to com plete the work. "I have to advise that the legis lative appropriation for the ex penses of ' this office has been maining only sufficient therein for the payment of salaries of per sons now employed in the work of the office for ; the remaining three months, and the necessary C Continued on paje 3.J, WHITEMORE HEADS WORK CHAPTERS OF IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE TO BE- FORMED Charles S. Wbltmore of Gold Beach; Oregon, today .was appoint ed, a national, field representative of the. Izaak Walton League of America, according to Seth E. Cordon, natlonajt extension, direct or ot the league. Having a wide acquaintance, ot sportsmen throughout the north west, Mr. Whltmpre will, be in charge of organization and other extension work for the state ' of Oregon. Under the direction of the new field representative, the Izaak Walton league hopes to es tablish a chapter of the leagup in each city of :tfi6 state. There' arq at present put two chapters of the great conservation organization in the state of Oregon, Prior to , his appointment as national field f representative, Mr. Whitemore had long been engaged in newspaper and magazine fields. BRITISH TALK DEFENSE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE TOLD OP AIR STRENGTH LONDON, Oct. 25. (AP). Linked with discussions of foreign policy at the Imperial conference today was consideration of. the question of defense,' especially in the air. - . As a sequel to an.. air .demon stration of last Saturday, the im perial : conference will , consider further schemes for cooperation between' the royal 4air force and the air forces, of; the : various do minlbns. ' ;The.comblp4d 8trengtb, of, the various . squadrons of the British air ; force npw.'ampunta to approximately 730 airplanes for home defense. 4 -. L(FE SPAN j LEN GBjEN ED ULTRA-MICROSCOPEl AIDTO ' - MEDICAL SCIENCE MONTREAL- Quebec, Oct. 25 (A.P.) The T ultra-microscope bids fair to raise the average span of man s life to 70 years,5; or nore, by aiding, science in the treatment ot 'disease, Dr- William Jj 'layo, noted surgeon, of Roch ester j Minn., said today in ah ad dress before the Canadian, club. .the 'future of medical 'sci ence,! be said, "lies In further PHOI TES Baby;-t Needs Shoes JUDGE DOESN'T THINK So' AND REFUSES MONEY. LOS ANGELES Oct. 25. (AP) The baby needing too -many pairs of shoes in. court 'here today cost Mrs. M. Lil lian St. John, former wife ot . - ALSt. JohUr the screen come- . dian, 95 6 a month. At the time the. two were divorced, Mrs. St. John'wa: allowed $150 a month tor the v support' of their child. Later when the actor, said ho , was. out ot employment, this was , returned to the .original : figure. The first item on her list of necessities for the child waji- two; pair of shoes a month., costing $$ a pair. , . "I don't think we, need go into this any. further,"- ob- . served the judge hearing the petition. "WlienM- was tHe child's age I was lucky, to . get two pair of shoes a year. ' necessary. ( HYbRO-ELECtRlG BILL A MENACE : - "'' A. A. SMITH ADDRESSES SA LE3L CHAMBER MONDAY Claims Present Commission, Ileffp lates Water and Poirei; Satisfactorilr ' The so-called housewives hydroV electric bill will create, a board, ot rive persons, already, named, who have power to do what, ihey please with, the water resources of Ore gon, answerable, to no. one, and who will- also he able to Issue bonds totaling 153,000,000, with out asking, anyone about it, was the claim made by A. A.' Smith, Baker attorney,-in an address be fore the ' Salem chamber, of , com merce at its' noon luncheon on Monday. On ton of all this, if tha toard has! such adef i&t 'tbat the. money on hand' will not pay the principal or Interest on these, bonds,' it Is empowered to issue more bonds tq cover It, he claimed, andraa. go on "building this house ot cards The legislature1 has no, power. over the board, which ia goyerned solely by Its own discretion in superintending water, power de- veiopmeni, accurumg o mr. Smith, who .also intimated ' that the members were not quaJitie4.to take charge of such an irhporti,nt resource. It is such trick, legislation as this, that keeps the , population, of Oregon, owjk i to , efght.t people ". to the square mpa while Washington nas. ao ana . waiuornia zd, ur. Smith, claimed. of this board, is. ineyitableT he continued. "These five men know; nothing of, this business. ' Tbe bil) glyesi them power, to. increase our already. large . tax burden ' to, no one knows where. The., present federal power, com-? mission, regulates water and, power developments on." public lands' in a satisfactory manner, ne. neia. and. fixes the rates so. that reshlts qt any extravagancetor "loss .are borne by the bondholders or stock 'holders, rather than the public. The. federal commission also Is prevented by law from tying up the resources, he said, and: from permitting any company to do, so, BELGIUM HAS NEW CASH MONETARY STANDARD , NOW PLACED ON GOLD BASIS BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 25 (A.P.) -Belgium - money will - go on a new -gold basis tomorrow with the creation of a new mone tary ' standard the belga equal to five paper francs and with definite gold value of .209211 grams. . The Belgium franc will be sta bilixed at 174.31 to the - poun sterling . or about one seventh ' of its pre-war value, but it will no longer be quoted . on the foreign exchange markets of the world; instead there ' will ; be the belga for the purposes' of .foreign trade V The belga Is notvbased on the British pound -or, the American dollar but on gold. . - ' HALL'S FATHER PASSES UNIYJERSITY? PRESIDENT UN- X. Tl a m mm. m mr - EUGENE, Ore Oct.' 25. -(AP) Horatio Hall, father ot Dr Arnold Bennett Hall) president of the University: of. Oregon, died at Franklin. Ind., this morning, ac cordWgitb word ireceived here Mr Hall wa 80 , "years old and until about fifteen years ago was vice ' president - and ' Instructor of Greek 'in Franklin College, from Wilch ' both "Dr., and Mrs. Hall graduated." Dr. Hall was undecided tonight whether or not to attend nicons FOR C If It! FUHEilRlOS . .... - - - Oregonian Demands Imme- diatejnvestigation ot Putnam Charges BOOKS.: O.PEU F.0R ER03E Stanfield. Entry in Senate Raw jiiUveM Controversy - Be 1 tween Portland. Papee . suid.Ex-Senatoc . ' SEATTLE, Waslu, - Oct. i.25. (AP). United 'States Senator, Charles L. McNary, ot r Oregon, conducting an Investigation here- into senatorial campaign expendi tures in Washington, announced tonight that.he will' go to Port land Wednesday to start a similar hearing into expenses pt Oregon candidates. - " ' " Senator - McNary .announced that' the investigation here must be concluded, by tomorrow, night. ini order that he may, get to Port land by ; Wednesday, morning tq start the, probe there. y txo was xvcetps ibw cnim from Ednr B- Finer, editoc ot the Portland Oregonian. which, after, referring to the charges that the paper had received 35,00a for ita political Influence, contin- ned: - . - ' ,'- - "We. demand a tummary inves tigation and Insist that it be held before, election day. Our boolss. records bank .accounts and cor respondence .are subject tQ youi; Inspection and all our. executive. are ready, glTe. Immediate ;te. "Aa the ; charge Is made , thai, part k of; this sum was sent from. Philadelphia .-wearerrwiriag en ator Reed demanding that otheC, membera of . the committee make an. Immediate Investigation in that; city.- rv.-U '.... ;, ':,. V PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 25. (AP) Oregon today Jumped Into the list ot states figuring in sena torial 1 investigation' ot campaign, expenditures. News, that 'Senator; Reed, chairman bt the campaign fund committee, had designated, Senators McNary, republican Oregon - and; King, democrat, Utah, to. look into -the. Oregon sit uation, brought demand from, in terests affected, here that the hearing be' started "as quickly as? possible. T ; -- ' ' '" , . . The investigation .was 'precipi-' tatedr by a request frbm . George Putnam, publisher of-the Saleni. Capital Journal, that the commit tee - investigate a report , that 3 35,000 had been. paid the Morn ing, Oregonian? by Franklin. T. Priffltb, of the PorUand Electric Power company, for. theOregon- Jan's opposition to Senator Rob ert K.tjsuafiewv : in;;!';: . This,, charge, was fUttly. denied by Edgar B.' Piper, editor of the (Cootinaed tt pace 2.) 1? MARION' HONEY. bjSpLAY SALEM CHAMBER SECURE3 SOME FOR PORTLAND SHOW f Marlon county will be represented- at wthe 'Pacific International Livestock exposition ; in ; Portland this' fall by two and perhaps three displays of honey grown in the" county: ' The exhibits were obtain ed through the efforts of the Sa lem chamber of commerce. This is the first time the county has been so represented. ; "V The displays consist of. Btralned honey, only. Harry1 Knaut of Sil verton has a display of 24. pounds ot tire weed honey, and Hans Rebb or Salem, route has entered & ' display; also ot 24 pounds. , The displays have been received ' at the chamber of commerce of fices here, and are boxed, ready for shipping to Portland: STELCA' ' 7 ;lllas rjvTi TODAY' ';r-'r 5v ANt ; r:r iTOMORROW j - At ; the Ellnore, . Eb ! gest screen play of its i : 'kind.qt th year. Asl; !. . ' any. one who- has seen j " -it:U,yie'd to. V ! t- Opuses.. yesterday.. Investigation g 42 : Burs- iT2- ii Mi will up it n gi my n ti ti r r 1 1 r - -'-