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, i Will BiW? qync--Wll:B.eVjn The Marion .County ion ' I n Today and Tomorrow at the Y , ,. . - M ... .t - ---- - wbATHER FORECAST: -Unsettled, Nowhat congress had. adjourned and the "I war clouds over Mexico hare scattered, et's I begin to figure a little on who Is going to j win the pennant this year. .1 nrobibly occasional rains: .moderate tern- 1 pgfature; mweiv w coast. Maximum temperature yesterday. .T 41 II- rainfall 56, uiiuuuuui, J trace; atmosphere el udy; wind, northwest, i - v" ' - SEVENTY-SIXTH, YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS; SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2,1927 Salem Team It ; ; HANGERS SECT TO QUELL FilOB k IN TEXAS TOll I Slaying of Two Deputy Sht." if fs Climax to Reign of Lawlessness BEQUEST MARTIAL LAW Mushroom Oil City Scene of Fre quent Outbreaks; Many Killed In Past Year, Including Four Officers I ROKGER, Texas. April 1. (AP) All available officers and rangers in Borger departed hur riedly late tonight for Stinnett, county seat of Hutchinson county, following reports that a mob was forming in front- of the county Jail where three men, charged with the murder of 'Deputy Sheriffs T Terry and Kenyon are confined.: AUSTIN,. .Texas, April 1.--(AP) Ten Texas rangers' were ordered to Borgfer', panhandle oil boom town by Governor Dan Moody today to stay "until the lawless unconditionally surrend er." Order Not Justified The rangers were sent in an f swer to a request for martial law which Governor Moody says he does not think is justified at pres ent. "I will not call martial law un less it is shown definitely that civil law has failed," Moody said. "I believe the rangers will be suf ficient. They will remain until the law wins out over' the law less until the lawless' uncondi tionally surrenders,.. t A second district attorney to 'f A that ttna nnw aerrfn In thfi county will be appqinted soon, Moody added. Borger, In the Hutchinson county oil fields, has been the Bcene of numerous' outbreaks "since mushroom growths trans formed it almost overnight into a city of 15000 persons. Rangers hare been ordered Continued n page 4.) MINE OPERATION GOES NON-UNION OWNERS STRIKE FIRST BLOW IX WAGE DISAGREEMENT Deadlock Been As Jacksonville rct Terminate Anil Work . Stois CHICAGO, April 1. (AP) Pittsburgh mine operators today struck the first blow in the bitu minous coal fields wage war. The Pittsburgh Terminal Coal corpora tion announced that henceforth its pven mines, employing 3,100 nien, will operate as non-union. Almost at the same time that notices were posted at the Termi nal corporation's property stating it would be "suicidal for the com I'any to continue working under the Jacksonville agreement. "John; L Lewis, president of the mine Workers nf A morion ilMlsra) at H Taylorville. 111., that "This is no time to talk about wage reduction t for miners." vun inese widely divergent at tltudej indicating how far apart the operators and miners are. President Coolidge at Washington let it be known that he expects to refrain from taking any action at this time.! The Pittsburgh Terminal cor poration, through H. F. Baker, its president, announced Its failure to agree with union representatives over wages, and its decision to offer a lower scale than that nrn- vided by the Jacksonville agree- meni below -which the union has said it will not go. "The new scale, proposed oro- Tides $5.50 a day for Inside labor -na if&u for outside labor. The I lunituum rate under the Jackson , Jle agreement is J7.50. 'A wage scale that the comnanr u live under is lost a na-sarv fur success as a good wage for the orRers." said tho Baker an aouncement. ; . . ne proposed scale, : however. termed VTtdIcuIotir by Thomas- Kennedy, International 8.vreury-treasurer of the United ime Workers. ; r .M'JiA. "The Pittsburgh Terminal cor poration. Which "TBadft nroflt nn, dr the Jacksonville agreement," V XCoaUa ea pf V RUANIKING. BELIEVED DVlNG MAY NOT SURVIVE CRISIS; DISORDER MAY RESULT Prince Carol, In Paris, Being Watched; Communication Disrupted PARIS, April 1. (AP) Re ports that King Ferdinand of Ru mania who has been suffering from an Intestinal disorder for some time, is on the point of death,, tonight held the forefront of Balkan news. Although direct news from Bucharest merely stated that the king's condition had taken a ser ious turn for the worst, the cut ting of the communications be tween Bucharest and Vienna and other: points has caused intense anxiety in the Rumanian colony in Paris, Late today, it was reported from Vienna that the king had died, but this was taken with a considerable grain of. salt in Paris. Dispatches to Vienna tonight from Bucharest were reported to show evidence of censorship. . Prince-Carol remained at his home InNeuilly tonight and -refused - to s receive callers bearing news of his father's condition. So faras could be learned he made no; preparations to hurry to the klnr'a bedside. A 'Ffensh secret service guard still la maintained outside the residence of the former crown prince who has given his word of honor to '1 the Paris prefect of police not fo leave Neuilly without giving advance word of his in tentions and 'destination. The sudden stoppage last night of communication from Bucharest to neighboring 'countries was tho first indication that the condition of King Ferdinand had become worse and the Rumanian legation in .Paris today had- merely the three days old news that the king was suffering from an attack of grippe. It is known that Queen Marie of Jugo Slavia, daughter of King Ferdinand", took a train for Buch- w'cteiik 'last utghrf TV was learned also in Paris that Dr. Sluys, the JBelgian, radium expert, who recently gave the king rad ium treatments, has gone to Bucharest. MILLS STOP FOR WEEK Suspend Operations In Order To Stabilize I-uiuler Market . SEATTLE, April 1. ( AP) A large number of western Washing ton lumber mills have decided to suspend operations for a week in an effbrt to stabilize the market, Seattle lumbermen said tonight. A five day week, to begin after the shutdown and ontinue until July 1, will probali'.y be adopted as part of the curtailment pro gram. The present working week is six days. The stabilization plan has been recommended by district lumber committees which have reported to a general committer after c survey of several weeks that cur tailment is necessary t, offset a growing over production which is declared to approximat e 20 per cent In the Douglas fir regions. SOLON BORROWS DOLLAR Cbuxcns, Millionaire, Acv,i Ixan From Senator B'i WASHINGTON, April -Senator Couzens of J who is a millionaire, wa today to borrow a doll; Seaator .Borah .of Idaho b could eat. his lunch. The Michigan senator Iv gotten that the senate rest; where the senators have . accounts, had closed, and 1 faced with either going 1. or raising some money. H. Senator Borah outside the c; and explained that he had let pocketbook at home and ne a dollar. "That's an old story," rep Borah.; "I believe you're bc, but here's a dollar. This Is tiu proudest moment of my, life." HOLY WEEK PLANS LAID MiaiMter to Speak at Chamber of " Commerce Monday, April 11 i .Observance of . Holy .week under the, auspices or the Salem M?nis" terial association, will Include an address by one of the local min isters at the chamber of commerce (-luncheon Monday noon". April 11, 41 wis announced rniay. , , Similar recognition : may be made by 4. some of the service clubsjitv way announced. The . plan, t started last '.year - of holding sunrise , prayer meeting In which all of the evangelical churches will Join, .at 6 o'clock, Easter Sunday morning, will be I carried out" again tjjla year, " Sapiro Testimony Reveals "Organizing" Task Amaz ingly Lucrative WRANGLES WITH REED dose Questioning on Operations Among Cotton Growers Con ducted; Admits Being Fired by Associations DETROIT, April 1. (AP) An amazingly lucrative field of endeavor was held up to view at the $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford today as Senator James A. Reed revealed the ac tivities of Aaron Sapiro, organizer of farmers cooperative associa tions. A story of fees from organiza tions from all parts of the United States was unfolded so rapidly that it sounded more like a fable than an issue in a federal court. Represents Many Groups Almost :20,000 was j collected by the Chicago attorney for ob taining loans for associations he had helped form. He represented 13 cooperatives before the organ ization of the war finance corpor ation at Washington, in the 'fall of 1921, and collected fees from ten. Thi3 trip to the capital, Sapiro testified, only took "a few days." The path of the man who claims Ford's Dearborn Indepen dent injured his reputation, by a series of articles was not all roses, however. He admitted he had been discharged as counsel for thrgc cotton associations although two later reinstated him. Ten pessee, Alabama, and North Caro lina, cotton growers dispensed (Continued on page 4.) PARKING LIMIT ASKED Cars And Truck Hinder Business Says Property Owners Contending that it is impossible to get in to their places of busi ness because of cars and trucks parked all day along the street, a. number of property owners peti tioned the city council yesterday to secure a two hour parking limit on South Liberty between Ferry and Trade. The names of Otto A. Klett, H. Pohle and son, Gardner and Frye, Paul Traglio, and C. S. Pratt were on the petition. WHO'Sj WHO IN CHINA v -f Z,J5 Sf mi S S I l THINK ns . . II- i-.m .iw XitftttS.. -. 'Ji mn jrv i : uj.i' fi?a ins i: I m uh i "SEEING OREGON FIRST" SUBJECT AUDOBOX SOCIETY OFFICER SPEAKS AT YMCA TONIGHT Addresses to Be Made at Junior High Schools Early Next Week Y "Seeing Oregon First" will be the subject of a lecture .by W. .S. Raker, state organizer of the Ore gon State Audubon society, at the YMCA lobby this avening at eight b'clock under the xuspices of the ecently organiz ed Salem Nature itudy club. This lecture will e accompanied y the showing' of slides appropri ite to the sub ject. S. W. Raker At 7 o'clock Mr. Raker, will tlk to the members of the nature study club. The program at 8 o'clock will be open tofthe public. Next Monday Raker will speak at; the McKinley and Parrish jun ior hijrh schools, discussing Ore gon birds. INJURY MAY BE FATAL Sister of Recent Willamette Grad uate Struck by Auto PORTLAND, April 1., (AP) Miss Virginia Sibley; 17, of Tigard was probably fatally injured to day when she was hit by an auto mobile driven by Harry Daniel, attorney of Portland. The girl had got out of a school bus in front of her. home when she was struck. The accident was inves tigated and declared unavoidable. Miss Sibley, daughter of Rev. F. R. Sibley, pastor of the Metho dist church at Tigard, suffered a fractured skull and internal in; juries. She was not expected to live tonight, according to reports from Tigard. The injured g:n is a sister of Mrs. Warren H. Day, of Portland, a graduate of Willamette univer sity last June. COULDN'T FOOL DE JEAN But Fire Wasn't April Fool Joke; Restaurant Burned NEW ORLEANS. April 1. (AP) Jules Dejean refused to be "victimized" by an April Fool joker. A friend who called to tell him that his restaurant was on fire received the answer from Mr. De jean that he did not intend to journey downtown j for an April Fool joke. j Thirteen thousand dollars dam age was Adone before the flames IllUil tfed. were halt TUTTLE SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE OLDER I BOYS MEETING OPEN ED WITH BANQUET FRIDAJY President of Reed College to Be Speaker on Vocational Ad- 1 justment Frank Moran, head of the Moran. school for boys at Rolling Bay; Wash., telegraphed0 YMCA offi cials7 here today that he would be unable to come to Salem because of sudden death in his immediate family. Mr. Moran was to have been the chief speaker at the Mar Ion county boys conference which opened yesterday. Professor H. S. Tuttle, of the, educational department. Univer sity of Oregon, was secured to re place Mr. Moran. The main talk at the banquet last night on the subject "adjusting ourselves to present day conditions," was given by Mr. Tuttle. Mayor: T. A. Livesley, who found it impossible to attend the ban quet and extend the city's wel-J come to the visiting boys, was represented by Colonel Carle Ab rams. Registration occupied the entire afternoon yesterday as the boys began to come :n from various parts of the county. Delegates from Chemawa did not arrive un til late last njght. The young men are being accommodated at the; homes of Salem people. This morning, Dr. , Norman F. Coleman, president of Reed Col lege, will address the group on the subject "Adjusting ourselves for a life vocation," after which dis cussion groups will be held until 11:30, when Bob Boardman, phy sical director of the Y, will give an address. A conference picture will be taken at 12:30, and the afternoon wiH be devoted to games, swim ming, and sight seeing about the city. The feature of tonight's sessino will be the f ir of friendship con ducted by Edwin Socolofsky and Loyal Warner. The conference will close Sun day noon. ' NET INCOME REPORTED Operating Revenues Placed $138,55 4.8K By Company At The Salem OVater, Light & Power company had net income of $47,694.66 during the year 1926, according to the annual report of the corporation filed in the of fices of the public service commis sion yesterday. ' The operating revenues were $158,544.88 while the operating expenses aggregated $88,694.66. The net income for the 3'ear 1926 was $2,519.48 less than in the year 1925. t :' BALLOT TITLE FDR MEASURE MEETS DENIAL Application Filed With Sec retary jot State by L. B. Smith of Portland V FURTHER ACTION DUE Law in Question Passed by Legis lature and Authorized As-v- sessors to Obtain Cer tain Inventories The secretary of state yesterday refused to accept the request for a ballot title to a proposed refer endum measure which would refer a law enacted by the recent legis lature to the people for their ap proval or disapproval. This action has paved the way for a legal attack upon the emergency clause attached to the original bill. The application for the ballot title, to the referendum measure was filed with the secretary of state by L. B. Smith of Portland, secretary of the Greater Oregon association. Mr. Smith alleged at the time of filing the request for a ballot title that the law was a tax measure, and was subject to referendum under the provisions of the constitution. He said the legislature exceeded its authority when it approved the emergency clause. Kozer Issues Letter I am of the opinion, read a letter prepared by the secretary of state today, "that it is without the province of the state depart ment to accept such request and refer the same to the attorney gen eral in order that he may prepare the desired ballot fitle'therefor. "If it is contended by you that the act is a measure regulating taxation or exemption and that the legislature had no. power to de clare an emergency, this phase presents a judicial question which the secretary of state as an ad ministrative officer is not required to determine. It is suggested that for the purpose of expediting the determination by the supreme court of any legal questions in volved, appropriate steps be taken by you in order that such ques tions might be passed upon by the court." Mandamus Action Planned Mr. Smith announced upon a recent visit to Salem that in event the secretary of state refused to accept the request for a ballot title that he would launch manda mus proceedings in the court to compel him to comply with the terms of the application. He in dicated that the ' principal attack would be made on the action of the legislature in attaching the emergency clause to the law. At torneys for Mr. Smith will con tend that this part of the act is unconstitutional. . The law which j.Mr. Smith seeks to, referend was .known as house bill No. 72, and was introduced (Continued n page 3.) MEYERS ASSUMES OFFICE Retiring Warden -Plans on Re maining in Salem for Time Henry W. Meyers yesterday as sumed charge of , the Oregon state penitentiary under appointment of the Htaie boardf. control. James Lewis is warden of the institution while Gene Halley is deputy war den. :z J. W. Lillie, retiring warden, an nounced that he had not made any plans for the future but probably would remain in Salem. Mr. Meyers announced that the names- of the prison physician and prison dentist " would not be re vealed for several days. The office of superintendent of the prison was created under an act of the last, legislature. .. APARTMENTS PURCHASED Judge C. P. Barnard Of-Engene Buj-s North Summer Property PORTLAND, April 1 .Sale of the Glendora apartments. No. 585 Starlit JSummerstreet, Salem , to Judge . C. P. Barnard of Eugene for $77,500 was announced today by Joseph C. Owon, Portland realtor h an dling f the transaction. The property was owned by Percy J. Pngh.-ZS:-'-,! : : V fe? '-c Judge Barnard,. county fudge In Lane connty,' jurchsed the prop erty, according 1 to , Gibson,',as an Investment, believing In the future development of Salem. The prop erty is located four blocks north J oj fhe CapUl ipilfltny J, . GOVERNOR URGES CITIZENS TO AID AMERICAN FOKEST DATES SET FOR APRHi 24-0 Forests and Allied Industries Con- a - tribute $7,000,000 to stau Yearly Governor Patterson, in a proc lamation issued here yesterday has urged the citizens of Oregon to cooperate in observing Ameri can Forest Week, April 24 to 38, inclusive. , "To no state in the union should the question of forest conserva tion appeal so strongly as to Ore gon." read the -proclamation. "With the state standing first in the amount of merchantable tim ber and second in lumber produc tion,, with .the prospect of ulti mately taking the lead in amount of merchantable forest materials produced, forest perpetuation isa vital factor in the continued pros perity of the state. "The forests and their allied industries contribute annually more than $7,000,000 in taxes to ward the state's expenses, half the industrial" population is dependent upon forest production for its wel fare forest clad hills and valleys mean continued stable stream flow for irrigation, domestic use and hydro-ei.ectric development of game and fish and recreational facilities are destroyed through forest depletion. S "Of vital importance to the economic welfare of the state is the lumber industry. It means the distribution of millions of dol lars within Oregon, funds to meet payrolls! to provide the equip ment necessary in the production of lumber, rolling stock, and ships to deliver the finished product, "products of the farm and field to feed the enormous industrial pop ulation. "The principal requisite to for est, protection in the state is con trol of the forest fire evil. Over a 10 year period ah average of 200,000 acres have been burned over annually. Millions of feet of merchantable timber have been destroyed, .thousands of acres of young trees that would constitute new forests have been Tripod ou" "Nearly 80 per cent of Oregon'; fires-are due to human agencies, through " carelessness, ignorance and maliciousness. Education-of public to a state of fire. conscious ness, condemning the careless or ienorant logger, camper, tourist (Continued on pace I.) RADIO HEARING CLOSES Voluminous -Record, of Varied Pro posals Under Advisement v WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) Concluding four days of public hearings at which scores of repre sentatives; of radio interests ' ap peared, the federal radio commis sion tonight took under , advise ment a voluminous record of testi mony out of which it hopes to bring a semblance of order to the present chaotic radio situation. A multitude of proposals to rem edy the congestion resulting from 732 stations using 95 available wave - lengths was offered, and these the commission Is at liberty to use in reaching a starting point for re-licensing stations after April 24, when the 60-day respite al lowed by law expires. i CHAMP0EG DINNER MAY 2 Judge P. II. D'Arcy to Give Ad dress at Pioneer Affair - Preparations are already under day for the Salem chamber of commerce "Champoeg Dinner," which will be held this year on May 2. To this dinner, the cham ber invites all local people who have lived Jn Salem for 70 years. Last year there were about '15 guests who fulfilled these require ments. , Judge P. H. D'Arcy will make the address. The annual Champoeg observ ance at Champoeg will be held Mayj 7, it is announced. , PAPER SUED FOR LIBEL Millionaire Club Organizer Asks : Damages From Seattle P. L. SEATTLE, April 1. (AP. ) Damages of 14 5,000 were asked in a libel . su if filed here today by to. J. Joh&nsen, founder, of . the M illionaire - club,, a charitable or ganisation, j against the Seattle Post-lnteUlgencer i ,, i i ; The salt is based on articles and headlines asserted to have a p peared:in the newspaper in April, 192 5. - The ' a rtlcles and headlines,' Johansen - alleges, charges that he was exploiting the nhemployed by "farming out' their labor and' fail ing to pay theb a just proportion of. the proceeds, ' ' F01ER1IM II REPORTED iiflEEOGEES Leland J. Chapin, Willam ette Graduate, in Canton College Group. - ORDER MARINES READY Government to Take All Necessary Steps to Protect Uves in China, Says KeHogg; -'Criticism Resented PORTLAND. April 1. (API- Cable reports received' by the As sociated Press from China indi cate that the faculty members of Canton Christian college and their families have fled from the " Cen ter i of nationalist actl-T!tIes at Canton to Hong Kong. aboard the steamer FatshaM. It is believed that Leland T. ChapIn, graduate of Willamette university. Salem, is among the refugees. x ' Chapin, whose father, and near relatives now live at Reedsport, joined the faculty at the Canton school two years ago. "He was prominent in student ac tivities at Willamette university. particularly in forenslcs and was winner of the state and . Pacific coast intercollegiate contests; Firmness Promised WASHINGTON, April 1. -(AP) Firm intention of the Washing tori government to use whatever ,' means are necessary , to protect i Americans in China was reiterat- , ed today in a formal ' statement , by Secretary Kellogg, issued'short- ly after orders had gone out send : ing. ,15Q0. additional marines., to stind by at San Diego.iCal., await ing developments. - A platoon of light tanks , and two batteries of motorized field guns go with the : new contingent of marines. The United States government is taking necessary steps to pro- tect the lives and property ol ' Americans In China, , Secretary j Kellogg said. He added that no f orders for American evacuation of Shanghai had been : Issued from ; Washington .'and that only those j Americans located at points in (Continued 'a pge t.Y, 11 ZOSEL'S TtRE ' SHOP DAMAGED IRELAND SEVERELY BURNED DURING CONFLAGRATION Flames Quickly - Extinguished - by Department; Repairs to Be Made Soon. ijg ' Fire. which started from a heat-; ing stove when it was primed with, oil by William Ireland, bookkeep er, caused damage. to a Packard car, wrecked plate glass windows,, burned tires .and accessories and blackened with smoke the interior of Zosel's tire shop at 198 South Commercial street yesterday noon.. The loss h8-3 not been .estimated. - The flames leaped from " the . stoe - and' fired clothing on Ire land's back. R. .A. Hastings, whm was also in the. room, was unablt to extinguish the flames surround ing Ireland because of arm par alysis. Before E. R. Strausbangln and S. O. Rutherford, from; the repair shop could reach Ireland theflames had spread .rapidly In the store and - Ireland had - been; severely burned on the neck. Upon arrival, of the fire department the flames were quickly extinguished with chemicals . ' Insurance is said' to cover Zo sel's loss, lie will repair the store immediately.' ' HAYES RESIGNS OFFICE Patterson Slay Announce Blembers -' . of Commission at Once -': J. B. Hayes of Bay City yester day resigned as a member of the state fish commission. The resig- -nation was requested by Governor Patterson in a letter sent to Mr. Hayes a week ago. '- .. " ; W. T Eakin of Astoria and fohn C?Veach of Portland pre piously submitted their resigna tions to the governor. Mr. Veach -resigned voluntarily because' of business matters requjrins hl3 at- . tention. z'.;--1'-. Z1 , ' Reports here yesterday Indicat ed that Governor Patterson would anhounce the new merit cr3 of the fish commission wlttfa t' -) i