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iHE OREGON STATESMAN, SALE!.!, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,- OCTOBER 26, 1927 8 HERS STRIKE STILL SPREADS JOBS CRIPPLED Continued Success Marks 1. W. 7. Campaign Among Colorado Laborers GOVORNQR INVESTIGATES TTorkewt, Frotsr Northern Section! of Stata Itwa Quvn Imto ";---.- Temn County, IrlT- . : - - : . lug An. to mobile - - DENVER, . Colo Oct 25. CAP) The I. W. W. ftMke la Colorado coal fla continued, to spread )x.lrf viik one more mine "iaLa5 Anlmu county and two In KouU county forced to suspend op-, fun- & tour of tfa oothern Col orado coal fields Raid the situa tion 'looked bad, lul l expressed t!i belief that; "sheriffs seemed s W ..-to. , "handle '-thm situation.: Cwersor idarts also j expressed la approval of; the actios of of ficers arresting persons found picketing or molesting miners who . wanted to go to work, i , . ! " ; Legal Action Threatened ' Itr Rontt eouaty District Attor ney f Rlonos skid legal action ? ou!d be taken against tie min ers who went on strike; -bThe Col orado Industrial: law requires that 30 days notice be given1 ef Inten tion to strike' and Mod sou said that the record of the elate indus trial ; cemis fasten showed ; ; that Routt con nty , misers had: failed to Cite each notice; About 400 men in float coon ty; field dii: not ap pear for work: today. The .'ma!-! tiitwa penalty for failure to obey the industrial act u aHljoafl-lEfn, mi racsuKja'a-rcrftenc or both. busily engaged today la igreaafnit . aioicoinp tot a eara-f an to zrenaont county, mora than ' , a hundred miles away to attempt to induce miner a there to Join the -w.a.. jv. enaena. cbalrxnan of th northers Colorado strike com- jiiiueo, said the caravan with 250 mliwrs would leave Lafayette to tUe morning and that the strikers r uuji; carry their own ?cumrlnr ana zeoa. . ' 2IeM 690 gallons efjgaaoiine paa ea donated for the trtp. BIG LUXURIOUS ITALIAN . : .LINER SINKST SEA luonunned froia Taga One) proceed - Immediately to tfee scene una assist m the work of rescue. xt l believed e re that the Mai- ; after striking a reef. ; r-tory Recalled ; Tfr than evw T&sn 1 l ' a rrTda, walla rouM from Scc3oXS to Italy a- reported o harefr:Jt a niae aa Qnk" wtth tao jlor t The report jirer4 - erroneous, .'fc httia few aay later the Mk-i atwr to a wtnjleee teo.TSJry, re-1 epcnJM that all iras well eft board sd thftt ft. had net with u ciJrnt. , . . . -Vs;-j ---.'i 1 he . reseel waa bnllt ta lf OS. acd srlng- the war used ts a. troopsb!;), br. the. Itallaa sovarn ment.; Its dhnensiona ; arordin to Lloyds register of eb'-ppfn. are - 485.2 feet Jong and 55.6 fet wide. Ita tonnare was siren as 9.210. After the war -i. tho ship was tnmed oyer, to the Karlgasionne Gen er ale Italiana company. . The Princlpeasa : Mafalda was built primarily, for the South Auiencan iraae. and seldom was used on any other route. Its only Tisit to the United States, accord ing to available records, was in 1914. shortly before the outbreak of the world war when It called , at- New Torkv : , -.,:: .Until four years ago It was the fastest liner plylnr between Italy and South. America. i I s j Spire were sitting on tho mortn end of tho store porch. 1 - Madden gare It his opinion that his statements .had been taken down wrongly at the Inquest. The inquest testimony was re corded by Katherine Darla, a young school girl working the hop fields at the time. It Is aald ahc was unable to decipher her notes nroperly after they -were taken. and errors might hare resulted. Witnesses - were ' - at arlanee thronrhontas to whether . Werline staggered ' forward, backward or sidewlse, after being aftoi. t , B. ,F. Goodwin, nop picaer. narrated tbe conrersaUon said to hare i taken f place - between: bim and Priest on the way to the Jail at Dallas after the arrest. Good win declared Priest bad told him that he had offered to settle for 1500 and It was refused. No man ! can steal my wife's affection and get away with It," Priest Is said to bare declared. I shot fclm, and rm not sorry low iu" . ' - Goodwin also declred Priest had aald something - about, jhis wife eansina him A. loss of IUH Afift on snma occasion, details of irMch were not mentioned. , f He deoed rrlest ' was calm and collected 11 daring; the trip to the-.jaJL r M-Wi Robert Brown, of Indepen : i'nc. xu place d ., on - the stana,- bat she merely eorrorborated otb-: er testimony. . Tbe state has several more wit nesses to testify and it will require all tomorrow morning f probably before Mts case is completed, so that the defense can get under way. Sessions tomorrow morning wlil surt at nine o'clock. Dofccee Attorney Walter S Wifislotr indicated in his opening statement this morning - that he would prove that Priest was J us- tifltHl la firing the shot which ended 'the hop rancher's life. Ho , declared that while Priest might: hare ; Bald 500 was the amount he offered to settle for wlthJWerllne in reality he meant $5,060.' In the excitment of-the oocurrpnee. Priest ws"""c''ea in hi remarks he lflk Waea Priest ofiM to theWer liner kt-p yarbe enjoyed the lore Bd,jeeaon of bis wife, but Wer Use. laterferred and r ruined that lore, the defense claimed. ' Pr left brooded over tbe affair and decided to leare. asking bis wife to go with him. ' She refused. It was claimed, because of her in f&tuatlon with Werline, and Priest threatened to sne Werline. Th taking to exact the damages without the trouble of 'a suit, Priest : went to - Werline and broached bis claim. Werline, At- tomfcy Wlnslow said, sneered, be- jcaae angry and abusive and turn ed away, whereupon Priest fired at. him. , At o'clock . this morning, the jurors, together with counsel, the defendant Priest, Judge Walker, and the court clerk and reporter motored to. the scene of the fatal shooting, eight miles from Inde pendence. ; This was done so that the jurors could have In mind the various buildings as they were mentioned during the course of the trial. : 1 . . Considerable confusion was caused In : the questioning by at torneys through the fact that' no o 'could establish the exact dir- eclifna in the camp. ' The. .court room was filled to catacity yesterday, and Judge Waker found it necessary to rap aaarply raiwtir nrder, it is believed that Mrs. Priest wi'l take the stand aa defease M hess to testify as to Werliae's Wimpta at Intimacy. M MP HilllL 1 illl GRIEB Wl MS P OST Bombastic Officer Notified of " Official Detachment By Wilbur ' . SSf .00 on the relocation work. ; k The bids on the two Jobs were entered "separately - and- the - two companies may divide work on the project. ... The bids are subject to the ap proval of the reclamation commis sion, Washington. D. C. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. S5. (AP) Rear Admiral Thomas P, Magruder, whose recent magaslne article on "The Navy and Econ-l omy caused a stir In naval circles, i been detached from duty commandant of the fourth naval district. : ' A telegram notifying him that he had been detached from duty and ordering him to report to the secretary of the navy at Washing ton about Nor. 5 was received by Admiral Magruder tonight from Secretary of the Nary Wilbur, The message read::ir: H: 5 .3 :: "Upon the reporting of your lief on or about Nov. 5 you are detached from duty as command ant of the fourth naval district; and from such other duty as may have been assigned: to you and you will proceed to Washington and report to the secretary of the navy." - !," V Admiral Magruder said the Lor- der came as a "distinct shock" to him. Although 1 he had 'been aware that his magazine article had not met with the approval of some naval officials, he stated that he had hoped ; the matter would be straightened out.? The admiral said that he would Insist on thorough" Investigation of the whole affair": ;l "I have been, here for 15 months," said Admiral ' Magruder, and have become very much at tached to Philadelphia and Phila- delphlans. I had hoped to stay here for the full term ot duty. don't know why I have been de tached, and shall Insist on, a thor ough investigation.''-.; Admiral Magruder reiterated that he bad tried! for years to ef fect economies in the navy depart ment and cites his testimony be fore a special commission in Wash ington several years1 ago. i : "I . have never j suggested that the navy be reorganised," Admiral Magruder said. ; j I merely set forth what I believed to be needed reforms In the service and nothing has occurred to shake jar belief In the Justice of my course." Admiral Magruder has been in active naval service for 30 years. He was second In command of Am erican naval forces In European waters during the world, receiving the distinguished service medal for his services., j '- CLAYEn MOTIVE CENTER OF ATTACK, FRIEST CASE (Continued from Page One) tn::.ej as to its lethal possibil ities, and stated the approximate tine of death as 3: 40 p. "m The iullfet, 7e said, ranged downward irom where it entered at the treuai none and considerably to tfce nrfet. : Attorney Wlnslow took :..-Mrralle pains to demonstrate to tr- Jary the exact location of . i . irry j, eney, the ' Independ- tnt' tzzcr&l director, corroborat- J url,wncn.a testimony and id en v r-at the time of his H s were entered by the . .bits. - ' --;:;:; v J. 11. : ires, of - Vancouver, : , -I Z B. Maden, of Ore ' erly".. Itinerant j". hop . - . ed each other close- t:.: 'r .itimony as te thedr- unediaiely surround- t Bits Tor Breakfast o 1 ; ; j ; ' testimony conflicted i: r- , tt remarks he made i t tie iaest Im mediately fol lowing t:.3 tragedy, according to 1L-? tr:.r'cr:;t'cf tcrt.'moay taken rt t! -t time. .The rr cord ttowed iiood morning - ).!,- w w . -.Tour - Statesman is printed on the new press W "li - But one ' of the troubles - of Arthur Edwards, the pressman. is that' the big machine runs too fast. He has cut it down to 12,000 an hoar, and still It seems like an auto going 70 miles an hour, against the 3000 of the old press that be has been running for over 27 years. He is going to get a new pulley and tone it down to 6000 an hour, till he gets used to high speed. Perhaps a little later, tike the .average auto fiend,, the the .full 30,000 an hour will not seem fast enough. Salem ought to give" Brailowsky a full house; to the last seat in the Elslnore. He gets fun houses where' he is known. In the great centers. He is as great as the re nowned : Paderewskl. and some say greater.-,';::-i;"ltz inn- : " : .-v. There will be some good stuff In the Slogan paces of tomorrow's paper; the annual flx sdogan number, k Our flax and linen In dustries are greater than .we used to Imagine, We have been build lng wiser than we knew.- The SUte-maa's - slogan : man was -u'ghed to scorn, onry very few the t'me was coming when linens would ' be cheaper than cottons. That time Is almost. herer Jast around the comer.- And linens are better than cottons, by a&out four , times . in wearablllty, and several scores of times in durabil ity. C Think of what Is going to happen in tha valley, when a2L this comes about! We twill snot be able to grow flax enough,, on all our hundreds of thousands of acres of flax land, to supply the world's eager demands for good goods sold cheaper : than, poor goods of other materials. , - red t-a to-.Tjy rewards fc taid r: Of "cc;:re, It's easy to cal-e money ri'tl. ("lock narif t. ATI yoa L;. Vfi to C 13 t- C'l J.-T rrcT; t.x a'i:,:Ur j r '..- t" - you MAN KILLED ON SPEEDER Locomotive Backs Dowa Tracks . - Wltb Fatal Remits . . . t ASTORIA, Oct. 35- (AP)r C. Jacobsoa, 65, was killed and R. Buswell was seriously .injured to day when .a railroad speeder was wrecked by a locomotive backing down tbe tracks of the ; Crown-' Willamette . Paper company's log ging road Bear Cathlamet, Wash. The men were riding on- the speeder. SOW SB TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASES FAST f WASHINGTON, Oct. 25- (AP) Motor vehicles registered in the United - SUtes in the first six months of this year totaled .20,- 991,333, an increase of 1,374,678. or- seven per cent over the same period last year. Revenue from registrations and licenses was fixed by the - bureau of public roads at $272,119,634, of which $188,525,679, was alocated for state ; highways. $47,937,641 for local roade and $21,795.330 for road bonds. : Tennessee, South Carolina, Illinois, West Virginia, New Jer sey and Massachusetts showed the largest percentage of increase in the number of vehicles. ' - The registrations and percent age of increase for the Pacific coast : states were announced as follows: - ; California 1,684,723, with an increase of 8.6 per cent; Oregon, 204,895, and 4,7 per cent; Wash ington, 348,628 and 6.8 per cent Six states showed a decrease in automobile registrations. They were: Arkansas. Florida, Louisi ana, Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota. HONOR CHINESE DOCTOR Sigma Delta Chi at State Unlver- ; eity Elects Educator EUGENE. Oct. 25. (AP) Dr, Timothy Tin gf on g Lew,. Chinese educator and psychologist of Tenching university. ; Peking, to day was elected to associate mem- ber of Sigma Delta Chi," national Journalistic fraternity, by the Uni versity of Oregon chapter. Dr. Lew la on the Eugene campus this week lecturing on different phases Of China.- . Portland Firm Low Bidder On Construction Project SALT LAKE CTTT, Utah. Oct I. (AP) A. Guthrie and com pany of Portland were the low bidders on the construction work of Echo dam near Ogden. . The bids were opened tonight by the bureau of reclamation office. The Portland bid was $1,1 2 5C on the dam and ;$432,- on the relocation of the railroad and the highway of Web er uinyon.; 1 t - The bid of the. 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Take a tablespoon ful hi a glass of water be fore breakfast for a few days and yotr kidneys may then act fine. : This famous salts is made front the add of grapes and lemon juice, com lined with L'thia, and has been used for years to help flash and stimulate dorgred kidneys, to neutralize the aciis la the system so they no longer are a source of irriuticn, thus often relievir.j bladder disorders. : ; 4 Jad Salts is inexpensive; caftnot in jure, makes a de'isMful e-irvesccnt Liia-watcr drik and bder-s Li every f becat:-- r-bol? czn f ' a r ' s :y a --1 1 -?y " s- t . -3. . ' t , f-"i five . FIGHT TO DRAW SEATTLE, Oct. 25 (AP) Gilbert Attell of San Francisco and Young Harry Wllla of San Diego welterweights, fought sir rounds to a draw In the main event of the Crystal Pool boxing card here tonight. TMflERKILLED LONGVIEW. Wash., Oct. 24 f (AP) Charles E. Huntsley, 53 employed by the Long-Bell Lum ber company in logging opera tions at Ryderwood, was killed today when a rolling log hit sapling, which struck hfm across the back. BRIDGE APPROVED WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (AP) The war department today ap proved the., application by Colum bia county, Oregon, or a bridge over Beaver . slough,' near Clats- kanle, and over Westport slough above Westport." oiraENMo Action by Secretary Wilbur Declared Disciplinary ; Move for, Actio nsvf WASHINGTON.-Oct. 25. (AP) -Detachment ' of Rear . Admiral Thomas P. Magruder as command ant of the fourth naval district was regarded tonight by "naval of fice familiar with the case as a disciplinary step resulting from hia published articles criticising the naval : establishment and 1 his; subsequent conduct, " : Secretary Wilbur was not avail able tonight to give an official ex planation of his recall order;' but Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations, ', said he understood that Magruders detachment was to be permanent" He added that the admiral's : future status re mained in doubt. ;r Naval officers who said they were aware that the order . was to be issued expressed opinion that Admiral Magruder a conduct since he explained his Saturday Evening Post! article, to Secretary ; Wilbur was more responsible for the re call than for the article itself. The article' episode was de clared closed by Secretary Wilbur himself after the admiral had called on him to explain that he wrote only-with constructive pur poses in mind and that he had not meant to cause the secretary of the navy any embarrassment. He added that subsequent newspaper articles picturing him as belliger ent toward the secretary! In de fense of his views had misquoted him. " - : - ' -- What was expected to be the final chapter of the incident de veloped when the secretary asked Magruder to submit to him any plan for naval reorganization he might have, to which the admiral replied that he had none. U It was announced at the navy today that Secretary Wilbur would make public tomorrow the corres pondence with Admiral Magruder but whether tonight's develop ments would change that plan was not, known.: . - SUSTAIN SEARCH THEORY Ray Coaway of Portland Returns Front Hunt at Eugene : I PORTLAND, Oet 25-(AP) Ray Conway of Portland, one of those who helped comb the hills la Lane county for Earl Pierce. the toy whose body waa found to day 100 yards from where hi father had left him Thursday, re turned to Portland. He praised the courageous persistence of tha searchers; - "All through the hunt Ed Turn- bull, and Bill , Wilbur maintained Chat the boy's body would j be found within a quarter ot a mil of where he waa last seen." Coa way said, "and this was borne out when the searchers finally found the body. ::':':;- - ;:- - - Turnbull and Wilbur, members of the search party, maintained this theory because of the fall are of the dogs and searchers to pick up any trace at any distance from where the boy, was last seen.; t "Perhaps the biggest, lesson to be drawn , from the hunt Is - the demonstration of unselfish faith by the searchers., who came In each night blue with cold. drenched by rain and discouraged over the day's failure, but yet per slated in their efforts day after day. The presence of the boy's mother, as she eat near the men when they returned for meals in relays, fortified the men in their intention of continuing the hunt." G. I E. USDS FIELD EARXIXQ CAPACITY- HELD GREATEST IN COUNTRY NEW YORK, Oct. 25. (AP) The General Motors corporation in. point of earning: capacity the premier industrial corporation of the country, today for red- far ahead ot its nearest rival, the Uni ted States Steel corporation. The automotive, concern's net income for the first sine months of 1927, amounting t $193,757,302. broke all previous records for any. simil ar period, and exceeded the total net earnings for tee full year of 1926. The steel corporation re ported a net income of $74,050, 023. available for divldendsin the same perioa. Net earnings of General Motor for the third quarter 13 eai k 00.0 00.' compared with net earnings of $41,3 a. ior ine steel corporation. This was gaii of, approximately $8.50D,000 toV h m of nr concern, and a decliW V of $11,300,000 for United stsV Steel, as contrasted with the samy period last year. L - General Motors earnings in me A third quarter were equivalent to $3.57 a share of common, and those "of the steel concern concern eaualled $2.15 a share of commoiv stock. :.. New peaks also were estabiisj ed br General Motors in sales cars, which totauea 3.iy m x;- third quarter, and 1,316,597 iut the nine months. Increase of about! 20 and 32 per cent respectively rrr the related perioca or iaet year. . . ' - 1" orv OtS-M A Washington girl swallowed a safety pin the other day, and now the can't dance because she is exceeded tfrald the pin might open, Read the Classified Ads i1 1 - . 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