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fin :-: 5H3i - rssmi iss1trtf?J'ar-jTr;r. . : WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair; 1 . r r 2 Parachutes are becoming bo effet M thai by 1923 one nay be devised that 1 g - save a .candidate's .political Hfe after boom collapses, Indianapolis News. . rDiseaies'that come' from' hard work I not contagious. ; 'fogy1 near-coast, mild" temperature, varla- a ble winds. Maximum yesterday, 62; mini- mam. 65; river,. -0.7; rainfall. .25; .atmos- m phere, part cloudy; wind, southwest. I ... - - i ... . r i - f iEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR POTII FACE ATE PR HGTODAY McNary Asks Salem Editor to Give All Information ' ? He Possesses BOOKS OPEN TO SENAJOR Charges of Eelectrlc Company's Backing ofSteiwer AVU1 lie Aired as Well as Al leged Payment PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26. , CAP) An Investigation will be held here tomorrow by 1 United States Senator Charles L. McNary, on charges of , George Pntnam, -publisher of the ' Salem Capital Journal, that Franklin T. Griffith of the Portland Electric Power company, paid the .Morning Ore gouian $35,000 to Oppose R. N. -Ktaofield and support Frederick Sleiwer for United States senator. Senator McNary j telegraphed from 'Seattle" today that he will open -the' hearing in .Portland to morrow at 10 o'cloek at the Mult nomah hotel. 7, . To Edgar B. Piper, editor of the OregonUn, Senator McNary sent the following today: "Senate committee investigat ing campaign expenditures will hold meeting Wednesday morning, 10 o'clock, Multnomah bQtel, Port land, Oregon, to j investigate c harges that Portland Oregonian received contribution from Port land Electric ; Power company in eonnection '- with primary cam paign. Committee will be pleased to have you present and give such information' as you ittay have in your .possession or within your ORF 1( knowledge." 'Franklin T. Griffith,- president r?f' the pdwer. companyiand CL,;M. Clark, chairman-, of the executive committee of the company.fare now en" route it& Portland from California ian'd are due" here late :' tomorrow afternddn. Both have dtnled the allegations in. public stfc'tements from Chico, Cal. ' x (Senator McNary has tele graphed George Putnam at Salem, to be in Portland ' at the hearing and give all information he pos sesses. " Whether the hearing will re quire all day or several days is . net known as it depends on de velopments and what witnesses may appear in addition to the principals, Putnam, Griffith, Clark aad Piper. All the records, ac counts and correspondence of the Oregonian and its executives have been placed at the disposal of Sen ator McNary, it Is said.. ' SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 26.-r- AP) Investigation of senatorial campaign funds in this state was concluded here this ' afternoon without either the democratic or the republican representatives having been successful in reveal ing evidence of the large expendi tures that had been alleged oil behalf of the other party. Senator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon, who conducted the hear irig for the senatorial campaign expense committee, of which he is a t member, explained at the con clusion that it was not within bis province under the resolution cheating the committee, to render aa opinion as to whether or not t Ik charges had been sustained, or to comment upon the evidence WASHINGTON. - Oct - 2ft. ( AP)- Pre-election campaign ex penditures, ranging from 30 cents to thousands of dollars"., were re ported to clerks ot the senate and house today by a host of candi dates and a number of political organizations. .The republican national sena torial committee reported dis bursements of $47.664.3.9. and the democratic senatorial committee listed expenditures at 185,798.04 The republican group places con tributions at $95,088.17 with a balance on hand of $47,523.7$ while the democrats reported con tributions of $99,998.98 and bal ance of $14,200.94. The republicans dispatched S 2, i 600 to th Oregon state campaign iicdmmittee, $2,000 to the Wash I55gton state committee and $2, 500 to Senator Moses, republican, "sNew Hampshire. - A 30-cent expenditure was list ed by Eugene A. Moran, treasur er of the Non-partisan Citizens League of Chicago, on behalf of the candidacy -of ' Raymond T. 0Keefe, a candidate for the sen . ate from Illinois bn a light wine and beer plAlform.' hJ sum was used to buy two cigars. .,' LIGHT VOTE CAST M I (Special.) -At the special elec tion held nere Wednesday for new ; fire equipment, a very light vote i wis cast However, the measure ! carried with 104 for to 38 against. i; WanS IPiea wfire SrowB in. Large Shoe Factory Orders : Thread of Miles Linen Mill New Ruihjinff for Second l!inen Mill Completed, Equipment Arrives in Portland, Everything: Ready for Installation of Machinery The Brown Shoe company, with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., the largest manufacturers of shoes in the world, have given an order for shoe thread to the Miles Linen company's mill in Salem. ' This was brought about by the Buster Brown Shoe com pany, with stores in Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, requesting that Oregon shoe thread be used at least in the shoes sent to this'state. ' ' 1 So the Buster Brown Shoe company will soon be able to EFFECT OF WAR IN CHINA TOLD REV. GAUL.T SPEAKS AT FEL LOWSHIP MEETING Knight Memorial aitd First' Con - gregational Churches Hold Gathering An informative talk by Rev. Gault, missionary to China, on the educational work being carried on in North China and the effect of the disastrous civil war now raging there on this work was the highlight of the joint fellowship dinner of the First Congregational church and the Knight Memorial church htld at 'the latter last night. Members of both churches to the number of 150 were pres ent. This is the second fellowship dinner to be held by the churches of Salem, and is one of many such affairs !lng put on by the church es of various Oregon cities. The objects of each meeting are to get cburches-i in intimate touch with each other for their mutual good and to inform the members of the work that is being carried on in the foreign missionary field, in home missions, and in the church es themselves. Dr. H. C. Harrison, state super intendent of Congregational work, acted as chairman and spoke briefly of the good that the fel lowship meetings are doing in all parts of the state. Rev. Frank Carlson, pastor of Waverly Heights church, Portland, took for. his subject the matter of church finance. Rev. Gault described the var ious . phases of educational work being done by Christian mission aries in China, especially in the province In which he is located. His remarks showed clearly the need for additional endeavor by Christian nations for the good of the Chinese, especially at this time when the country is being wrack ed by rebellion. BOMB SCARES NEW YORK "INFERNAL MACHINE FOUNT) IN TAN SUITCASE NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (AP) An "infernal machine" containing granulated dynamite sufficient to snuff out many lives, was found on a ledge of a window of the county court house this morning and was at the bottom of New York harbor tonight. The "infernal machine" was a cheap tan suitcase.' -It sat inno cently on the' window ledge as clerks entered the building.. One more curious than the rest, took it insidethe building to examine it. The dynamite was sufficient to damage not only the county court house, bat city hall and other downtown buildings, Investigators said. There are usually many people In the vicinity of the court house and city hall., ' 'After examining fhc contents of the suitcase, the explosives were taken down the bay and thrown overboard; BLAST WRECKS BAKERY EXPLOSIVE SENDS CONCRETE FLYING THROUGH' AIK .JUNEAU. Alaska, Oct. , 26, (AP An explosion, declared toy police to be of-dynamite, wrecked a bakery on the main street here tonight and severely damaged a jewelry store. Jewelry was thrown 50 feet and pieces, of wood and concrete . from . the floor . of the bakery were .blown through the roof. Investigators said the explo sive had been placed under the floor of the bakery. -- -The buldings areO feet from a theater in which a political rally was held last night. Police ex presed an opinion that the deton ation had been planned to occur during the morning. RIVER CRAFT OVERTURNS TWO KILLED AS STEAMBOAT ;F SINKS IN MISSOURI J 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Qct. 26. ( AP Driven against retards in the Missouri river by a sharp wind,' the 200 ton steamboat "Eliza Woods capsized and sank"- near Atherton,, 20 miles east of : here today, : carrying Mrs. Louise M. Maud, 45, cook on the obaf, and Forrest Bridges l7,.of Atherton, Co their deaths. - r Twelve workmen' on the boat lW$rg rescued, or swam to safety. offer shoes made with the use of thread grown by the flax produc ers of the Salem district and man-' ufactured in Salem. It is said that if the Brown Shoe company should, after try ing it out, be convinced of the superior quality of the Oregon product, and decide to use this thread exclusively, the Miles mill would not be able to supply this cne concern; that the Salem mill would be obliged to add to its machinery equipment quite ex tensively. Machinery From Belfast The first shipment of machinery from Belfast, for the second Salem linen mill, of the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., arrived in Portland yesterday. Two more shipments are due in a week, and another shipment in two weeks. There will be two more to follow, and they will be here in time to keep the force erecting the machinery busy. The new office,, next to the main machinery building, was occupied yesterday : moved from the Ore gon building. It is a fine office. The address is 14 85 Madison street. Just receiving its finish ing touches. The main machinery building floor will be ready in a few days: everything will be ready to run as soon as all the machinery ar rives and is installed. i MURDER CHARGES FILED EIGHT UNION LABOR MEN AR 1 RESTED FOR -ACTS SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Oct. 2 6. (AP). Coincidentally with the lodging of murder charges against eight uhloh members, in cluding two labor leaders, an in junction was granted in superior court here today, restraining the United Brotherhood pf Carpenters and Joiners of America, its affil iated local unions and their mem bers from further violence and sabotage in connection with the present strike in the San Fran cisco bay region; of union carpen ters on open shop jobs. The eight men charged with murder were arrested following alleged confessions by Gus Mad- sen and George Pesce implicating them In the slaying of C. W. Campbell, a non-union carpenter who was beaten to death with a hammer last week. Madsen and Pesce, according to police, admit ted that as members of the union "wrecking crew" they participated in the attack upon Campbell. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY! L BOARD Ai CITIZENS BET 1 Public Approval Sought at a Meeting Called for Nov ember 23 , BUDGET TOTAL $344,877 4. Receipts for Tear Com feVom Many Sources, to Open Bids on Lieslie High School Next Wednesday ' t Expenditures' and estimated re ceipts totalling $344,877 wefe in cluded in the school board bdget for the fiscal. year beginning jJune 15. 192C. and ending Jun't 30, 19 27, approved by budget Jom-i mittee last night consisting of members of the school board ajid an equal number of citizens! Citi zens present were David "W. Eyre, V. H. Dancy, William Galhlsdorf. F. N. Derby, and U. G. Shipley. The budget will come u for (Continued on pag 4.) SUNDAY SCHOOL PEOPLE COMING STATE CONVENTION TO OPEN ON NOVEMBER it Headquarters at Methodist Church anil Noted Speakers Listed on Program Salem is busying herself with the duties of hostess these days. Following the Parent-Teachers' convention this week,, on Wednes day and Thursday, Nov. 3 and 4. she will welcome, the 41st annual convention of the Oregon Council of Religious Education, western Oregon section. The local committee incj,tdes: chairmen, L. L. Thornton general housing, Mrs. Fern Wells Daugh erty; entertainment. Col. Carle Abrams; publicity, F. J. Tooze; finance, Mark McCallister; ex hibits, C. A. Kells; music, Dr. H. Q. Eppley; young people's worship demonstration, Leroy Walker; children's worship demonstration, Mrs. R. L. Farmer; primary, Mrs. Cole. Some of the most prominent speakers on religious topics in the northwest will be present and de liver addresses. Excellent music will be provided and special feat ures, including a trip to' state in stitutions will be a part of the program. Headquarters of the convention will be at the First Methodist church. Registration will begin at 8:30 Wednesday morning, in j charge of the committee at the church. GO MORNING THROUGH GEORGIA MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1926 AIMEE ACCUSER HIT BY DEFENSE BATTLE OVER nENTRY OF "MISS X" CONTINUES 1 Opposing Attorneys Wrangle Dar ing Hearing of Court Evidence LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (AP) The defense of Aimee Semple McPherson tonched off two bombs today under the sworn testimony of her chief accuser at the con tinued hearing of the evangelist on charges of criminal conspiracy. Two witnesses from San Fran cisco took the stand, and accord ing to the opinions of defense counsel, punctured the balloon blown around the identity of the mysterious "Miss X" by Lorraine Wiseman Sielaff, state witness and co-defendant with Mrs. Mc Pherson and the latter's mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Mrs. Wiseman had identified ' Miss X"'as "Rachel Wells of Philadelphia," who had once been employed in a San Francisco cafe teria, Mrs. Wiseman, identifying herself, had explained that she herself had worked for A. W. Guild, with ofTfceS' in the Flood building. San Francisco. The cafeteria auditor, E. R. Mills, testified over prosecution objections that his records did not show that any Rachel Wells had worked there, while R. C. Treanor manager of the Flood building, said that no A.-W. Guild had been a tenant there during the time Mrs. Wiseman said she had worked for him. The battle over "Miss X" cen ters in the contentions of the pros ecution and defense over the woman's identity. The former maintains that Mrs. McPherson was Miss X, the woman admitted by Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio operator for Angelus Tem ple, to have occupied a Carmel bungalow with him last May. The defense says hat Mrs. Virla Kim ball, twin sister of Mrs. Wiseman, posed as Miss X, to sign an affi davit at Salinas. " Verbal battles raged long and loud today between opposing at torneys Jn .the case.- The prose cution persisted in asking defense witnesses Who . jaraa paying their expenses to' come to Los. Angeles from Arizona and Mexico to testl fy. W. I. Gilbert, chief defense counsel, retaliated by ordering Forrest Murray, deputy district at torney, into the witness box and asking him if he had -not arranged transportation expenses for state witnesses. A prosecution objection, to the query wis sustained and E. J. Den nison of the prosecution charged that witnesses were being "pur chased" and aliens "corrupted." He said: "What the state does is different from purchasing wit nesses and taking up collections for the purpose of paying aliens and corrupting them." Gilbert hopped to his feet shout ing: "That's utterly false, if he is j-eferring to this case." Then Judge Blake stopped the row and ordered the hearing to j proceed. PAHTY OFFICE SEEKERS PI FINE TRIBUTE Congressman Hawley Pre dicts Election of All Re publican Candidates URGES1 PARTY SUPPORT Achievements of Party Justify Continuance In Power, Public Debt Reduced, Unem ployed Given Work Congressman W. G. Hawley, who is a candidate for re-election from the First Congressional dis trict of Oregon, gave a very in teresting address over KGW, the Oregonian broadcasting station last night. In his address he paid tribute to the Republican candi dates for office in this state and took some time to explain various measures. His address in full follows: "In ten minutes I wish to pre sent for your consideration two things: First,' that the achieve ments of the republican party justify its continuance In control of public affairs, and, second, that the candidates nominated by the the republicans in Oregon at the primaries are worthy and well qualified for the offices for which each was nominated, and that the interests, of the nation and state justify and require their election. "After the wasteful extrava gances of the war, which con tinued after the armistice leading to a I'urther increase of the public indebtedness, the democratic party was in office for more than 28 months. During which period it took no action looking to a reduc tion of public expenditures or tax ation, to the restoration of peace conditions or any constructive ac tion to enable business to resume. Such actions as.,itdid take were injurious. By Harmful policies it ruined agriculture.' From this condition, legislation under repub lican leadership ;is redeeming "it steadily. It left a public debt of 125,500.000,000; an annual ex penditure of $6,500,000,000; five million people out of employment, (Continued ok psff 3.) RAIL RATE PROTESTED lORTLAND MEN VIEW ACT WITH DISPLEASURE PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (AP) The Portland Traffic and Trans portation association, at a meet ng here today, instructed its secr etary, W. . A. Curtin, to notify he Southern Pacific company that a embers of the association view s an "unfjriendly act ' towards 'ortland" a prbposal to nullify 'ortlamd's advantage ' over San Francisco in rates in the Klamath "alls territory: Mr. Curtin said: "The Southern Pacific proposes 0 publish carload commodity ates on commodities moving' In ny considerable vojume and in heir publication on. certain com modities, thety wish to make rates rom San Francisco to Med ford, nd from Portland to Medford on .n equal ba:is. "It Is interesting to note that ledford is 3 89. 4 miles from Port and and 425.S miles . from - San "rancisco, or. 96 miles closer to 'ortland than to San Francisco. This proposition is viewed with 1 great deal of displeasure and dis- atisfaction by our Portland Inter 5StS.M POULTRY SHOW OPENS WOODBURN M AN HAS FOWLS AT PHILADELPHIA breeders from the United States, Canada and England competing, the Sesqnl Centennial' Poultry Show was opened ; here today. There were mare than' 6000 entries. Including about 3000 pig eons, representing a combined value of $200,000. Some of the pigeons came from. California iy airplane, arriving today. . Among the exhibitors were John Martin, minister of agri culture.ofCanada; Philip Phelps of Woodburn, Ore., mnd George C Brown, oldest Irving poultry judge in the United States; who acted as a judge at the centennial exposition poultry show here in 1876. . " " - - TWO COMMIT SUICIDE MOTHER 1 AND GIRL LEAP . FROM .HOTEL WINDOW NEW. TOtRK. Oct. 26. (AP) A mother and daughter leaped to their deaths from a window on the, eleventh floor of the Martha Washington- Bote!, East, Tfcir teenthtreet' tonight. The .police aid they were Mrs. Bertha Was haner, 50, and her daughter, Dor othy, SO. ; PET BEARS ROB HOMES '.Tear 'Gas Is Ineffective on ' i ' Government Animals " WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.', -(AP) -The government's pet bears In Yosemite" Na tional Park are burglarizing so many road cabins and ranger camps that the inter-" lor department is in a quan dary how to stop their de- predatlons Without harming them. Tear gas has been tried ineffectively. Apparent ly the bears have ' no tear glands. LEGION PREPARES FOR CELEBRATION MEMBERSHIP BEGINS TICKET SALE THIS MORNING Many Special Features for Enter tainment Being Worked Out by Committee Forty enthusiastic Legion men gathered last night to make cam paign plans and man the guns for the approaching Armistice Day celebration. Sale of tickets in the business section will begin this morning and it is expected .that merchants and employers will buy liberally for themselves and their employes and so back up the Le-? gion in its efforts to put over Its nlahs for a ble day. ' f Outlying rural districts and towns will also be canvassed,-said Biddy Bishop, general chairman, so that many will flock to Salem on November 11 to be present at the doings. The tickets will be good for any one of the many at tractions of the day Including the dances In the evening.' Pas3out checks will be available at any of the three dance halls. Crystal Gardens, Armory and- - Mellow Moon pavilion, so that all of the dances may be taken in. The business section has 'been divided into six districts for can vassing, each under a captain. Hobart Shade will captain the Fairgrounds district, Lyle Duns- moor the State street outlying, dis trict. Gus Hixson the business blocks between Front and Com- mercial - streets, Carl Gabrlelson from Commercial to Liberty street. Spec Keene - from Liberty .to Unnfch'street. and Paul Hendrlcis from Church to High street. " More men are needed and all Legion men who can are urged to gather at the common meeting point at Capitol Motors garage on High street between 8:30 and 9 o'clock to be assigned to their re spective captains. , . . . . : Among the attractions of Ar mistice Day will be special shows at all of the five theatres, a par ade and street attractions a( which' the Legion state champion drum corps will play, and a foot- ban game at 2 : 3 0 , between . Eu gene high and Salem high teams. Ticket holders will be entitled to admission to any of these. A ceremony at the War, Moth ers memorial staue on the court house green will feature tho day. "We want to make this a big day for Salem," said Biddy Bish op, "and expect every business man and loyal citizen to join in and help us to put It over big." HOUDINI. FAILS TO RALLY CONDITION OF NOTED MAGI . CLIN REPORTED GRAVE DETROIT. Oct., 26. (AP) Four physicians who tare attend ing Harry Houdini, the magician,' said tonight that his condition continues grave and expressed doubt as to his recovery. , 4 A fifth' surgeon has been sum moned from Montreal, Houdini having failed to rally from an op eration performed yesterday for appendicitis. 1 '' ,;,- Houdini was cogniant of the seriousness of his illness when he arrived here Sunday but ' went through his opening performance despite' a temperature of 104." He attributed his condition to slight Injuries received In a sparring match with a newspaper man in Montreal recently. The-magician "reacted well", it was announced today by - physi cians who said however, they would, call, additional medical aid for a consultation tonight pend ing a possible change ; forj; .the FIREMAN WINS CONTEST BEND VOLUNTEER SPITS 22 . , FEET TO TAKE PRIZE BEND, Or.. Oct. .26. (AP) Maurice Hoover, member of Bend's y.olunteer fire department, was de clared champion spitter'at"a stag party contest held by the depart ment tonight. He spit 22 feet, and 'registered high from the ac curacy standpoint. Several other contests Vere held., : l SILVERTON HOLDS RALLY SILVERTON, Ore., Oct. 26. (SpeciaL) The SUverton high school will hold a bis bonfire and rally Thursday evening . in pre paration for the Friday football game with .Woodburn. This Is the important same Ao the season rail d almost as 'much - enthusiasm is shown Over i that game here as Corvallis displays for the Oregon- r- i --I ""-';. ? - ; '--! ! - . PRICE FIVE CI WHY PARENT TEAGHERSHE - - - . ... . 0 , . FlBIGLiE -v r. , ..-- ... President, Gave Open: Address Last Night COMMITTEES TO REF "Movie Dinner to Bo Entei 'xnent Feature' for Second I I of Conference; - Committe ' Reports for: Today Just stand stUl and thr will go around you," Mrs. V. Gabriel president of the O: State Parent-Teacher associr declared-last night in astre forward protest against the flency of parents to let their i dren .'outgrow them. In tht dress which, formally open four-day conference here, r Gbariel said: "The traged American parenthood today i fact . that a large percentag children are better educated j their parents." ' This is . a c tion which Mrs. Gabriel very ; ly attributes to the rapid ri. civilization, but one which i be coped with in, an adec manner. v ' ' ' i - It is Mrs. Gabriel's belief ) the Instillation of parental 1. In the methods of the teacher of the teachers' methods intc parents experience will I about a unity of uncalcu' value to. the child. 1 ' ; A further feature of the t president's talk was the ilium, ing summary of her: recent tr Europe. ' y vv; j Delegates from ail parts of state are continuing to arrive the 21st annual 'convention c: Oregon I Congress ofi Parents t Teachers which formally op last night at the First Methc church, following a busy a noon of enrollment with Mrs. -B. Ileblett of- Silyerton and ; W. S. pelt of Portland appo! to act at the registration tat " - Governor' Walter M. Pierce pressed his pleasure In welcor the delegates of a conventlor concerned with the welfare c: ture citizenship. Into the preci of the city. Mayor John B. G reiterated the honor the city f in entertaining this group of i ents and teachers of Oregon c dren. From the educational f gade, R. R. Turner, superint ent- of public instruction, and 1 Mary Fulkerson, - superintend for Marion county, extended t: warmest greetings. ; Various c bodies, including the chamber commerce, the Business ! league, and the Marion cot council, represented by Gee Arbuckle, I. M. Doughton, ate V. White, respectively, were i given time on the platform on opening night. J " j f f Mrs. R, L. McGready presic The response to this sympos! of greeting was given, by 'the president of the State Part Teacher association, Mrs. L Dodge of Ashland. , Lena Belle Tartar,vvocali3t, : I va Clare Love gave musical c bers. ' . . : " ' ,"' -The main, address, of the c nlng was given by the state pr. . . . .- - I f Continued oa. pr MARIE VISITS! FilAGA! i QUEEN CONVERSES WITH I MAMAXS AT DEPOT ! ; TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 1 2 6 (AP) Queen Maria of Rumai set' foot on Canadian soil to J for the first time. She saw t wonders of Niagara and tt came by special train to Tor on With. teamingrface and jaur carriage as she strode throu lanes of humanity in the statu the queen acknowledged the che of Toronto. 'Into 'her sprightly step seemed to put the feeling whi she had expressed a few hours ' fore at Hamilton, Ontario, wh she told Mayor Trelevan: "I have always dreamed cf c ing to Canada, and now . I ; here. It Is a, Joy to be here." : At Hamilton, Queen Mar! ? r PrInces3Tana conversed in I. manian with a group of their c people : who swarmed about t observation car. .. . LEST4 WE FORGET I STELLA DALLAS Will be .at the E' r for the last time to -"Three Bad Men," 'Iron Horse" iof 1 tomorrow. i , " ' t i " - i i .1- ',"Sr ws-r -i.t-