..!.'. . ... . i.. t Movement1 fs SFEeff fp O wne rsh fp df Water Wo rfts ci h ffieJtune T Election Ballot j j- ; VJ. ' inqS Are Tefrime dhcT May Be Worse in China ef ore They Are mate Good WEATHER FORECAST: Fair; no change in temperature; moderate north and north west winds on coast. Maximum yesterday, 54; minimum, 36; river. 5.0, tailing; rainfall, none; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, northwest. .."When it comes to the work of disarming',' France is evidently willing to 4iet Geneva . do it.".. i t " t . The British may bo the brightest, dipIcK mats in the world bat they certainly Blipped a little when they recognized soTiet Russia. t - rt , SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS , uestibn of Citv th mm i . . . , . . . . 1 I FF . s. M a I I -4 I K 1 II I 1 II11I II a U 1 -" (1 1 a. Li I aaBka " w m a m m at n w a.- a 1 .V. V Alleged Murderer -Sate fVnir DiMMrtarl VENUE CHARGE OPPOSED Can Get Square Deal In Medford it.H Well Anywhere, Says District Attome-; Little Light Obtained MEDFORD. i Ore., March 24 (AP) sheriff Jennings left today for San Francisco to receive into custody Hugh DcAutremont, to be brought back for trial in Jackson county. j "Where will pending trial?" asked. t he be confined the sheriff was "So far as I know he will be kifit in the jail at Jacksonville, in what is known as the 'jolly' cell an the second floor of the jail. which is perfectly safe, being drill and saw-proof. He also will be V guarded day and njghf by armed cuards. and not allowed to see visitors.' . ( Opposed Transwer pistrict Attorney Chaney when anked what he would do in case a ibange oi venue mouon snoum oe made. replied he would emphati- rally oppose it. saying: "The case is so wen known an over me siaie tnai me aeienaaui um B square deal in this county as well as in any omer. Anomer would be the much greater ex-1 pense to Jackson county should a change of venue be granted. Release Impending SAN FRANCISCO, March 24- ) Although ho h thrtrv ijfe. if any, light on the crime j1ch he is accused, Hugh De- Autremont will be released to Ore gon authorities within a few days, J postal inspectors announced today. So far as is known, DeAutre inont, charged with murder in con nection with the Siskiyou train holdDD in 1923. has refused to talk about his brothers, Roy and Tlav nYxartmH with rnmntlrltv with i) him, and also declined to discuss the train robbery. I What has transoired between DeAutremont and his mother, Mrs. Belle DeAutremont. was not made public. She arrived here yester- day from her home In New Mex - ico, visited her son shortly af ter her arrival and talked with him again today. ... ... . . . . Sheriff Ralph G. Jennings of Medford, Ore., was expected here " tomorrow to take DeAutremont into custody as-soon as he is re" leased by federal authorities. U. S. TRAVELERS SPEND BILLIONS El ROPE GETS MORE THAN OWN COUNTRY FROM TOURS American Travel Development As sociation Urges "See America First" CHICAGO, March 24. (AP) Americans traveling in Europe in hlironp last vour cnont 1 TOO - 060,000 whereas traveling in this country resulted in the spending of only approximately $1,250,000.- 000. C. F. Hatfield, St. Louis, sec retary of the American Travel De velopment association .said to nigni, louowinc tne close or a three day special meeting of the association here. "With those figures side by side." Mr. Hatfield declared, "it is obvious that Americans are going! too far away from, homq in their travcls and spending enormous sums of money that really should be spent here in the United States. 'With that in view, our asso ciation adopted the. slogan of sell-l ing, V imcriea to Americans, believ-I inly. Vnt while we haven't an of- , - tgfof ancient.rulns and statues show the people, America has natural scenic marvels" and com munity wonders, second . to .none that "home folks' shouid travel to see.' Mr Hatfield said " the associa- I- tiop does not care where the peo- ple. travel in the United States, ot how they Uavelbut , ia interested cmeiiy.in urging more traveling in aiB coaniry zs against the annual niirni VyM h HI 311 LIM DEAOTBEiflT I REPORT NO RAISE OF GRAZING FEES BETTERMENT OP RANGE CON DITIONS NOW FORTHCOMING Letter From Mr.Jardine Follows Senate Joint Memorial on Fees There will be no increase in : t j . v a - i i be ap-r-n- i it iiiiiai for- ests during the year 1927. acc ing to a letter received at the state department Here sesteraay irom TV. ait iiaiuiuc, bciicuii; ui. riculture. "The schedule of fees nrevious- ly recommended by the forest service and by Dan D. Casement, which represent material reduc- tlons below the original range ap- praisals, will be put into effect on a graduated scale, beginning with 1928 and extending to 1931. read the letter. "The full rates under this schedule will be applied dur ing the years 1931 to 1934 in clusive. "When these full amounts are put into effect the average in rease in the rate for cattle on all the national forests will be from 10.4 cents per head per month to 14.4 cents, and for sheep from 2.9 cents per head per month to 4.5 i cents. 'In accordance with a request of the head of the forest service. furthermore, an opportunity will be provided to make further re ductions which may be found equitable in adjusting the fees fairly as between the different na tional forests and regions, and to make different adjustments which mav he neededto establish eauit- ble fee between tne different al- iotment8 on each national forest ... hav also annroved the rec- d t, of tne chief of the - service that in view of the aocial and ec0nomic purposes em braced in the administration of grazing and the interests of the nnh1. n t1i. fn. egtg tnljJ schedule of fees be es tablighed as representing fair com pensation for national forest range (Con tinned en pace S.) CHORUS WORK PRAISED Salem Roy Musicians to Give Con eert at Stayton April 4 Appreciation of the work that Dr. H. C. Epley. director, is doing in connection with the Salem Boys chorus was expressed by many o the parents who attended a meet ing with the boys at the YMCA Thnnilii, ovanlnir I The meeting, called primarily to further plans for the concert I which the chorus will give at Stay- ton on Monday. April 4, was at- tended by iuu boys or tne cnorus, aDoui av parents ana omer inier- 1 ested persons wno Drougnt tne I total up to 150. UT- -Pey explained tne reason Ior lne organisation una us aims. after wnicn ine parents appreei- I aovara. I . . ,K . 1 A n it m hAv ar i no napatita o Ta I . . . . . w jth the coming concert, by taking , K st,.tn oviau vr A. ? v v wm; u au their cars. , A special rehearsal of the chorus has Wen called for next Monday evening at 7:15. BUILDING CONTEST DUE Event Sponsored by YMCA and Salem Nature Study Club The fourth annual bird house building contest sponsored jointly by the, YMCA and the Salem Na ture Study club will occupy the inventive tendencies of Salem boys during the period April 1 to April 9. The competition Is open to all boys tne age ot 16 years or The bird houses will be judged on the points of beauty, adapta bility, durability, and the time spent in the building. No houses will be accepted after April 9. Nine prizes donated by business men are being offered, and in ad- dition, a trophy will be given the I club or-organization the member- ship of which enters the greatest number ot bird houses. Last year the Whitman club of tho Presby- Iterian church won tne tropny, SHIP FIRE EXTINGUISHED Water lumped Into Hold of Brit ish Steamer Stops Blaze ASTORIA, March 24. (AP.) Fire was extinguished tonight in the hold - of the British steamer Belchers after it- had been fought continuously since the ship arrived in tho harbor ast night at 9 o'clock. . , . - vi, Water u mtmned into the ves- kef until Its deck' was almost level lwlth4tacf . lixta . before - the l flames could bo put oat. - Workers I immediately afterward began the FORD 01 F . cBs ON Plea for Time to Study Sa- piro's Amended Complaint Not Yet Ruled on 54 COUNTS ELIMINATED Names of Prominent Jews Intro duced Into Case; Cameron Still on Stand for Fifth Successive Day DETROIT, March 24. (By As sociated Press.) Aaron Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford assumed a new and dubious status today as the result of the elimination of 54 allegations of libel and the attempt to change the phraseology of one other. In the face of a strenuous de fense" fight for a continuation of the trial until next Monday, coupl ed with the assertion that Ford counsel thought they were entitled even to a mis-trial. Judge Fred M. Raymond ordered the trial to proceed. Judge Raymond stated that on t . ' . J . . I . V U V. . . . . . " r on the defense request for ad ditional time to study the amend ed complain, meanwhile holding an open mind. Judge Raymond said he was "not disposed to grant any con tinuances, as he was most anxious (ContiaaAd ea paga S.) REWARD CHECKS ARRIVE Portland Officers Paid for Capture of Kelley and Willos PORTLAKP. March 24 ( AP) Checks of J500 were received today from th state by H. Chris tofersen, chief deputy sheriff of Multnomah, county: George Jack son, county jailer; Ed Gloss, coun ty constable, and P. . V. Rexford. motorcycle deputy sheriff, as re wards for the capture of James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley. two of the convicts who escaped in the break from the Oregon peniten tiary on August 12, 1925. Willos and Kelley were Impli cated in the fatal shooting of two prison guards. They were cap tured by the Multnomah county officers 12 days after (the break near Goldendale, Wash. Sentence of death on the gal lows was meted out some time ago to Willos and Kelley, but their cases are now pending before the United States supreme court. WWIV I'P'aai i , i j ! m l a. S.IMOTWMpHIMBBMBWiBB GOTHAM TO S. F. RECORD BROKEN INFLUENZA LADEN TRANS PORT MAKES TRIP IN 14 DAYS Bodies of Four Victims Brought Ashore in Flag Draped Caskets SAN FRANCISCO. March 24. (AP) All existing steamship rec ords between New York and San Francisco were claimed broken with the docking of the army transport Chateau Thierry here to'day. Due to the influenza epi demic aboard the ship the captain speeded the craft and made the trip in 13 days and 22 hours, dock to dock. On arrival of the transport am bulances removed to Letterman general hospital at the Presidio of San Francisco 24 of the sixty-four cases of influenza and 11 cases of I mumps aboard ship. The cases held aboard were those confined to members of the crew". In flae-draDed caskets, the bodies of four privates who died from influenza after the ship left Panama, were held aboard ship until burial arrangements could be made. It is likely that some or all will be sent back to their homes. The dead are: Grover L. Daniels, Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Gordon P. Brown, Westville, Ohio; Albert C. Johnson, Benoit, Wisconsin, and Daniel Serfozo, Bridgeport, Conn. The sick passengers were taken to the hospital after the able bodied men and members of the congressional party had landed. The congressmen and their fami lies are en route to Manila. The heroic work of three army surgeons, one dental corps doctor and two nurses, was praised by all concerned. The nurses were Miss Helen Taggert and Miss Stella Williams. NO FRILLS IN EDUCATION State Superintendent C. A. How ard Addresses Realty Board In reality, there are no fads and frills to education, according to C. A. Howard, state superin tendent of public instruction, who spoke to the Salem Realty board at their luncheon Thursday noon. Health instruction, vocational guidance, athletics, music, and so cial activities, all considered "frills" in the school system of 40 years ago, have become the essen tials of the modern system in whittling out the finer points for after life. The importance of constructive literature in molding the ethical character of the modern student was stressed by Mr. Howard, who said that approximately sixty per cent of all high school students receive little or no social training except through the school system, THE EARLY BIRD LEWIS FAVORED , FOR WARDEN JOB MARION COUNTY DEPUTY TO BE NAMED, INDICATED Connected With Prison for Eight Years; Varney May Be Parole Officer James Lewis, deputy sheriff of Marion county, probably will be appointed warden of the Oregon state penitentiary to succeed J. W. Lillie, incumbent. This was indi cated here Thursday by Henry W. Meyers, newly appointed superin tendent of the institution, and members of the board of control Mr. Lewis served as warden of the prison under the Olcott ad ministration. He previously was deputy warden of the institution He was connected with the prison for eight years, from 1915 to 1923. Gene Hawley, for many years deputy sheriff of Multnomah coun ty. was said to be slated for the office of deputy warden. The superintendent has author ity to employ the warden and dep uty warden, subject to confirma tiod by the state board of control It was reported unofficially that Percy Varney, who served as parole officer under Lewis during his former term, will be offered that post again. Varney ii now head of the motor traffic division of the public service commission, and his decision as to making the change, if it is offered him. will probably depend on the salary. He would make no statement Thurs day. Meyers, in commenting on his appointment as superintendent, stated Thursday that any changes in the prison management and personnel will be gradual, and solely in the interests of harmony and efficiency in tho administra tion of the institution. The superintendent plans to de vote his attention principally to tne prison industries, and will leave to the warden all matters relating to control and discipline Of the convicts. GASOLINE PRICES VARY Some Companies Drop to 14c; Other Retain 16 Jc LOS ANGELES, March 24. 'AP.) Executives of two motor fuel refinery and distributing as sociations here today saw con flicting pictures in the panorama of changing gasoline prices in the Los Angeles district while the ulti mate .consumer took his chances of driving up for "five" or "fill 'er up" at stations posting 14 or 16 Vi cents a gallon prices. The third day of what the mo torists on the side lines looked on as battle of prices found the Pan- American Petroleum company sell ing gasoline at 14 cents retail, while other leading companies held to the prie of 16 cents, established last1 Saturday. NUMBER KM I FD ID REFUGEES -at ; Confirmation of American. Casualties at Nanking Lacking Early Today NEGOTIATIONS SOUGHT Three Destroyers Leave Honolulu to Assist in Protecting Lives in Troubled Areas ; Butler Arrives t SHANGHAI. March 25. (9:30 a. m. Friday.) (AP) The fate of 155 Americans who American authorities at Nanking believe are still ashore was uncartaLn this mornmorning, say dispatches sent from Nanking at 5 a. m. It is feared that some have been killed and wounded. The Americans still believed to be in the city which was the scene of riots yesterday number 90 men, 45 women an,d 20 children. No definite confirmation has been received of American casual ties despite last night's messages from the city, except the wound ing of a bluejacket. Seek to Negotiate There are some Britishers also ashore and the . Anglo-American authorities are attempting to ne gotiate with the Cantonese to ef fect the rescue of the remaining foreigners without further blood shed, such as took place yester day. The Americans ashore at Nan king are those who failed to reiach the Socony compound. 'It is be lieved that they remained at mis sion centers which are widely sep arated within Nanking Walls. All who reached- the Socony com pound are belioved to havo been brought out. The destroyers Preble and Ste wart at still standing by at Shanghai awaiting any call for re inforcements. The Peary, Pillsbury and John D. Ford, which were at Manila are proceeding to Shanghai, while three other destroyers from (Continued on page 3 ) W. U. GRADS MEET TODAY President Doney to Address Joint Alumni Society Meeting PORTLAND. March 24. (AP.) Dr. Carl G. Doney, president of Willamette university, Salem, will speak tomorrow night at a joint banquet of the Portland Willam ette clubs, embracing both the younger and older graduates of the university. Other speakers win be Joseph Stearns, president of , th older group, who will serve as toastmas ter; Clarence Gillette, president of the younger group; Dr. Neal Zim merman, Helen Wa$teli Winters and Jessie Young West. Roy S. Keene, coach of athletics. and several other members of the faculty are expected to be present. MEEKER LOSES TEETH Trail Blazer's Trusty. Molars Dis appear; Talks Scheduled NEW YORK, March 24. (AP.) Ezra Meeker, 96-year-old Ore gon Trail follower, left here for Washington tonight minus his 50-year-old set of false teeth. Jle lost them this morning when he slipped them out in order to eat his breakfast. He left word for them to be forwarded post haste to him should they be found. At Washington he is to make three speeches in behalf of the fund to mark the Oregon Trail, which ho traversed in an ox cart 70 years ago. SPEAKS TO TRAFFIC MEN Harder lrcdicts . Largest Tourist Travel In History . v C. K. Harder, chief Inspector of the California state patrol, and George F. Moynahan. district in- Lspector whose territory extends, as far north as the Oregon line, were the . principal speakers ' at yester day's session of the state traffic officers convention." - Mr. Harder! reported' that this organization now has 217 officers. rMr, Harder saljj his visit in Salem was In the interest' or a uniform interpretation ot the state traffic laws. Ho predicted that the year 192T would "witness the largest tourist travel fn the history of the Pjcltie; coast -' - 'J ,," STILL IIHII RUSSIANS HEAR NEWS WITH JOY GENERAf j PArS "WORLD REV OLt7ION" IDEA LIKED Communists Disclaim Part in Em broglio, but Favor Nationalists MOSCOW, Russia, March 24 (AP) Declaration by theTJanton- ese General Pal Tsung-Hsi that Shanghai would be used, bv the Chinese nationalists as the . base lor a "world revolution" was re ceived jubiliantly by the commun ists in Moscow, whose own plans along this line have never been abandoned. "China's 400,000,000 neoDle in joining Russia's 140,000,000 give us a gigantic lever with which to overrun the forces of capitalism. imperialism and eiDloitation of the colonial masses," a prominent communist told the correspondent today. "Shanghai can be used as the nucleus of the world revolution in the east, while Moscow will be the citadel for the world upheaval in the west," Although disclaiming any part in the Chinese embroglio further than the extension of moral sym pathy to the Cantonese, the com munist party regards the nation alist successes as vital and far reaching in furthering Its plan to being the world under the red (Continued on paga S.) MARRIAGE LULL BROKEN JFirst License in Eight Days Is sued; Divorce Court Active With the first marriage license in eight days issued to Alexander J. Mateofsky of Gervais and Esther L. Davidson, route seven. Salem, the charms of spring fin ally became effective. From March 1 to March IB. fourteen marriage licenses weraJs- sued, hut the license issued yester day was the first since the 16th, an unusually long period in the records of the county. Contrary to this the divorce courts have been unusually active with ten decrees granted since the first of the month besides eight pleas which have not been acted upon. All except one of the decrees were granted on charges of cruel and inhuman treatment, the single dissenter being for de sertion, with the husband as plain tiff. BALKAN CRISIS PASSED Differences Between Italy and Jugo-Slavia Settled! PARIS. March 24. (AP) The differences between Italy and Jugo Slavia over the reported. disposi tions pf troops jiear the Albanian frontier appear, to be undergoing peaceful settlement by direct .ne gotiations between Rome and Bel grade, it was stated at the foreign office tonight. Foreign Minister Briand did not receive represen tatives of either of the interested powers or Great Britain during the day. The report received here that Jugo Slavia is not willing to have an investigation conducted at the frontier by any other agency than the league of nation causes little surprise. It is not regarded, how ever, as a final stand. FOOD SHARPER CAUGHT Quick Change Artist Gets Big Meals for Small Amount NEW YORK, March 24. (AP.) A valiant trencherman who could get several dollars worth of, food for 25 cents has been . ar rested in his career as a quick change artist. In one part of a restaurant he would eat a quarter's worth ,of food while wearing a pair of .tor toise shell glasses. Dosning a pair of pince-nez glasses he would move to another part of the res taurant and eat a meal for' which the check might be any. amount. On his way-out he would pay the 25. cent check. NEW BUILDING STARTED Two . Story Concrete. , Structure Planned by Ira W. Jorgensen . j worK on tne basement rtior a two-story .concrete building has started . on Ferrystreet, between, High and Church, to accommodate. the expansion of . Ira W. Jprgjen- son's machine shop : and . furnish a .business, show room for some other, f irm.-i 'r f ,iu ..- f i.if'5 The, entire- structure wilL cover a space ot 55x76 feet. The front store: room, on the first' floor will be 65x35, giving Jorgenseni whose present location is only one story Jn height, the rest of the space. CHINESE CRISIS flDHAL HOP Number of Lives Lost- Still Unknown; 155 Americans Stm Ashore . , MORE DESTROYERS SENT Warning Served on Nationalist Leaders to Produce RcMres Unharmed; Naval G::r.s Trained on City MANILA, March 2-T. (AP) The destroyers Kd&ll, lrrot"t, MacLcish and Bullmer today were ordered to ShangluU. WASHINGTON, March 24 (AP) Six more American de stroyers were ordered into Chinese waters from Manila tonight by Admiral Williams, commander In chief of the Asiatic fleet. Three of the destroyers, the Peary, Ford and Pillsbury, were directed to proceed - at once to Shanghai. The other three, the names of which were not given in a dispatch to the navy department. were ordered respectively to Amoy, Foochow and Swapow. The Peary, flagship of the, de stroyer division 4 3. of, thet Asiatic squadron. Is commanded, by Com mander H. G. Shonerd, while Lieu tenant Commander F. Uf Luckel Is in charge of the Ford and Lieuten ant Commander T. S. McCloy of the Pillsbury. Official's Confer V The Chinese situation flamed to sudden crisis; filled with- gravest possibilities today in the roar of American and British naval runs at Nankrjng.. . ; ;r-;;,'7 , An unknown number of, .Ameri can and British lives haye,.been taken by a mob of undisciplined nationalist soldiers. , Guns ot the American and British ..warships and rifles and bayonets of Ameri can and British sailors blasted a (Continoad on paga 5.) . ; i i TERMS OF S. P. OFFER LEARNED JOINT USER PLAN INCLUDE ARBITRATION CLAUSE 75.77 Miles of Southern Pacific Une in Central Oregon Involved PORTLAND, March 24.(AP')' Provision is made in the, con tract tendered by the Southern Pacific railroad to the Oregon Trunk road that, it the Oregon, Trunk, signs up for joints use , of trackage , between Paunina .and Klamath. Falls, Ore- ny, disputes arising between the two roads are to, be submitted to arbitration. General terms ot the. contract tendered the Oregon, Trunk, yester day in. accordance.with request of . the interstate , commerce ..commis sion, when it voiced opposition to ' construction of ah ; independent line to , Klamath Falls,; became taown here today. r:-f! The terms do .not differ In any Important respect from those out lined by the Southern Pacific in Its" presentations before jth; inter state commerce commission, -y - Arbitration clauses are brought in .as a new fsaturoand ill , taep- tlon of construction of "branch lines is omitte'd. This omission is in. accord w,Iih the federal conf mlssion's suggestion that it would hare to deal with branch' line ap plications as they might be pre sented. , - - . Under the contract drawn .up by the ' Southern Pacific. 7SJ7 miles of its Cascade line between a point just north of Paunina and one. at Chelsea, , at .the northern edge of ihe Klamath Falls yards, is offered for full joint, use by.the HJll system subsidiary s Bridge use pf 3.68 miles of Southern Pa- ' cific main ne track , through Klamath Falls is offered. .j .x i VThe restrictive "bridge use" of fer, is advanced merely as an ac commodation, ,; so.;; thsf , .Oregon Trunk might reach, its terminal properties In the southern part of -the, i elty. ;The . t Oregon ITrunk would be obliged to, build its own spur tracks in order to reach the cenr of the city with passenger and Trelght service.: r . ! Jtental terms of the contract are unchanged v from those formerly prb posed. ; ' y:" ? .;; ;,-v K t , . Rental terms of the "contract are unchanged from those former ly proposed, - . i