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r I r I - 8 in si 8 11 Four Million Share Session Takes Place Again Yes terday, Word KEW YORK. Mar. 28. (AP) The New .York stock exchange chalked up another four million ah re session, the third In succes alon, but price fluctuations return ed to- a' more orderly basis wrth the main trend again upward. Radia moved back into the spec ula tire spotlght by quickly rally- lag from a low of $161.50 to a aew high record at $174.75, but lipped back' at the close to $167.- 50, or $1.25 below last night's fin al quotation; Extreme nervousness character ized general trading because of the growing uneasiness over the credit situation and the long tick er delays. The day's sales totaled 4.079. (00 shares .as against 4,762,400 In yesterday's turbulent trading. Hopes of a triple holiday at Eas ter, in order to give brokers and employes a much needed rest fad ed somewhat when the board of governors of the exchange met : and took no action on the petition to close the exchange on Good Fri day, April 6, and Saturday, April 7. The New York stock exchange has remained closed on Good Fri day every year since 1900 with ex caption of 1906 and 1907, but in recent years there has been in creasing opposition on the part of many bankers and business men to the closing on other than bank ' holidays. There is still a possibil ity that a special meeting of the governors might be called to take action on the closing petition. General Motors, the sensational decline in which yesterday nearly caused a collapse of the "bull market was under steady pres sure today, declining from an ear ly high of $191 a share to $185.- 25 and closing $1 above the low for a net loss of $4.25 on the day, SEEK U. S. CONTROL OF MUSCLE SHOALS Military Committee of House of Representatives Goes On Record WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (AP) For the first time in the eight years that the Muscle Shoals prob lem has been before congress, the house milltafy committee today declared itself in favor of govern ment operation of the vast prop-f erties in northern Alabama. . By a vote of 17 to 4, the com mittee approved the new Morln bill proposing the creation of a federal corporation charged with the operation of the properties for Hction OCMH EES JEWFL Montgomery Ward & Ca. Is Going to Build a New Store in Salem TO ACCOMMODATE OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOM ERS IN AND NEAR SALEM UNTIL THE NEW STORE IS READY WE WILL BE LOCATED TEMPORARILY AT a TIRES TUBES--AUTO ACCESSORIES HARDWARE, INCLUDING LAWN MOWERS, ' WASHING MACHINES, PAINTS AND SPORTING GOODS W I LL BE SO L D HERE AT OUR USUAL LOW PRICES. V ; We cordially the manufacture of ; com mercial fertilizer. -The corporation also would be directed to keep the properties In such condition that nitrate production could be speed ed up In time of war' v. The corporation would consist of five members fo be appointed by the president with the senate's approval and an appropriation of $10,000,000 would be authorized to provide a working capital. The measure will be reported as a substitute for the Norrls res olution recently passed by the sen ate. The chief difference between the two is that the Morln proposal would place operation in the hands of a corporation while the Norrls resolution would divide such op eration between the secretaries of war and agriculture. - FORD TO BE CALLED ir L Alleviation of Adverse Con ditions Sought By Sen ate Committee WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (AP) Henry Ford is to be called be fore the senate soft coal investiga tion committee to ascertain whether his experience as a coal operator can produce any sugges tions for alleviation of difficulties besetting -that industry. Decision to issue a subjoena for the automobile manufacturer was reached by Chairman Watson when committee members re quested that he bt called after they had heard a witness picture conditions at Ford's West Virginia mines In direct contrast to others elsewhere. The witness who gave the com mittee a contrasting rosy picture of conditions at Ford's mines was Percy Tetlow, president of the West Virginia district of the Unit ed Mine Workers. He told the committee that Ford mines are paying an average of $8 a day for eight hours work. At the same time be named the New River Ex port Coal company at Lookout, W. Va., and a mine at Boonesboro, W. Va., as among a group of con cerns paying as low as $2.85 a day for mine work. Senator Wagner, democrat. New York, drew a contrast between wages at the Ford mines and else where, suggesting that the auto mobile manufacturer "might have information enlightening to the committee." MARINES KILL, REBEL MANAGUA. Nic, March 28. (AP). A combined patrol of marines and Nicaraguan national guards under command of Lieu tenant. McDonald, engaged in a skirmish with Sandino rebels near Telpaneca, killing one. There were about 25 rebels in the group. There were no marine casualties. SMITH S3 YEARS OLD champion of Michigan . . r4 . . . . IK Homer Smith, heavyweight chamDion of Michigan, was born in Van Buren county, Michigan May 28, 1895. He has fought 130 times. Ganranteoaorny Announces Salem, Oregon ini nni aim QUIZ in uuhl mns invite you to attend the opening THE OREGON MI OF HE - FDD MURDERED Suicide Said To Have Been Impossible; Slayer Sets Room Afire NEWARK. N, Y.. March 28. (AP). An entire family father, mother and cn .were - murdered early today as they lay In their bers. They were Frank 8. War ren. 2; his wife, Edith J-. 42, and their son Jackson S.. 13. Whoever committed the crime then set fire to the bedroom occu pied by the parents. When fire men arrived this morning the flames had gained such headway that the bodies of the two were burned to a crisp. X-raye showed that Warren and his wife had been killed by bullets from a 22 calibre automatic pisto which entered their left eyes and passed through their heads. The boy, who was in his room across the hall, died of a wound above the heart inflicted by a bul let of the same calibre. A. pistol of the type used by the slayer and one empty cartridge were found in the covers of the boy's bed. Three of the seven cartridges which the pistol 'holds were missing and the weapon had been discharged re cently. Warren, friend said, pos-sessed-a pistol of the same type. Coroner Arthur Bessemer, who conducted an Inquest, returned a verdict of murder. Sheriff John L. Newman, of Wayne county, agreed with Bessemer that it would have been Impossible for any of the three to have done the shooting. The family was last seen alive at 11 o'clock last night when they left a motion picture show. A mo torcycle policemean reported that he saw lights in the house at 2 o'clock this morning. Although valuable papers in a sate and other articles of value about the houee had not been dis turbed a large diamond ring which Warren wore and several worn by Mrs. Warren at all times, were not found by investigators. JACK SPANG GETS E Nearly every one in Salem knows Jack Spong. And nearly every one in this city likea him. He gets the following first page publicity in the Barometer, the student paper of the Oregon Agricultural col lege: Here is one student who Is hon estly "bluffing" his way through college. Hocus Pocus" Jack Spong, freshman in commerce, is fooling some of the people all of the time, all of them some of the time, but modestly denies fooling all of them all of the time. He is a magician. in short earning a large part of pus college money by prestidigita tion of legerdemain," as he calls it. Further than that, he accom- Money Baclrl FROM w 2(2)i? T on STATESMAN, SALEM; OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING, panics his tricks with chatter that brings as many laughs as his tricks bring astonished looks. Spong has been on the profes sional stage for two year under the name Jaxpong. He was official entertainer for the Woodmen of the World for a year. Since enter ing Oregon State be has furnished the feature at many fraternity dan ees and meetings of Corvallia or ganizations. He does exhibition dancing as well as "hokum," pre seating a wide range in his enter tainment. F, WORST OF BATTLE OVER SACRAMENTO VALLEY SACRAMENTO. Cel.. March 28 (AP). One hundred men face prospects of an all night battle to save the Feather river levee near Nlcolaus but B. B. Meek, state di rector of public works said to night be believed the real crisis was past. The steadily crumbling levee, eaten1 by the current of the flood ed Feather river was all that stood between the communities of Nlc olaus, East Nlcolaus, Verona,, and hundreds of farm homes in the fertile valley lands. A crew of men recruited from adjoining farms and from Sacramento work ed at top speed all day reinforc ing the levee with sand bags plan ning construction of two wing dams to divert the swirling cur rent from the sand levee.. Six spans of the concrete, caus way of Nlcolaus have toppled in to the flood and feare were voiced for the main wooden structure which was swaying in the cur rent. In North Sacramento where hundreds were made homeless early Monday morning when the American river rose suddenly from its banks, the water receded last night and today with the same rapidity. inno CRISIS u ijtomobiiilib nNBwiJSTKsr ' A j -i VW5r when you demand faster acceler- "8 tiol v Sjv Oa 'x atibn'when you drive at higher Ifi j ' speeds when you call upon your ' jty; S NSs. Xs .- engine for die greater flexibility of w S. - flashing, racing traffic German Clock Jells ' Twice As Much Time BERLIN. (AP) When a clock strikes as high as 13. It Is ordinarily assumed that there is something wrong with it. . This is no longer eo In Freien walde, Brandenburg. The clock in the tower of St. Georges church there not only has been equipped with a dial running up to 24, but the striking mechanism has been altered so that the clock strikes nn to 24 t went v-f our times at midnight l' The 34-hour system was intro duced for the German railways and nost office, but Frelenwalde ia the first place to accept all the consequences of it. HUGE RUM RING BARED WHEN ARRESTS MADE (Continued from pf 1) commissioner and secretary-trea surer, of the republican boosters club In the 43rd ward; Joseph Baxherla. president of the ciud; and John Joseph Wahl, head of the permit division of the. local prohibition office. Wahl was charged with accept ing a bribe from Bauer. Five in dictments were returned, the chief ones naming Haf fa. Twenty three overt acts were named, charging the men with Bale, trans portation and manufacture of li- Pquor. TALENTED FOLK A WAIT CLUBS' CONCERTS HERE (Continued from pag 1) ine the course of the meeting Ivan Stewart of Salem, secretary of the federation explained in detail theiaaeonar leader, plans for the concerts. I Four Districts Slapped ike fflmdDdlemiii nl Ji MARCH 29, 1923 liirinn fnnntv has been divided in four dutrfcta as follows: Dis trict- i All towns north of Salem; District 2, all community clubs nnr. nf SaiAin: 'District I. au and east of Salem; District 4, all community clube tnnth anA east of Salem. The diiM for the concerts, which will be staged at the Elsinore theater were announced: witn uisinci giving the program on the evening of April 13; District 1 on the eve ning of April 29; District April 27 and District 4 on May 4. The two winners in each of, these concerts will stage a final competition on the evening of May 11 at which time appropriate prizes will be awarded by Govern or" Patterson. Each club will be allowed ten minutes for the pres entation of their number. " i All Show Interest rnnfderfale Interest Is being manifested In the majority of the communities at the present time as was evidenced last nlgnt. wnen many groups brought their per formers to Donald. V. E. Mcln- tyre of the Elsinore theater was present and extended the. courtesy of the theater to the clubs. He took pictures of the general meet ing and of several groups which will be shown at the theater be ginning on Sunday. The entertainment at Donald opened promptly at 7 o'clock last night with a general banquet. All of the supplies ior tne Dannuci wr donated by local people and the chef in charge of the biscuit baking reported at 1,900 hot Bis cuits were baked and apparently disposed of by the happy throng. P. O. Riley of Hubbard, presi dent of the Marlon county Federa tion of Community clubs, presided during the banquet and the pro gram and if there ever wae a booster for his community he cer tainly Is it. With a small hall and a large audience his was the difficult task of keeping things moving In an Interesting manner and he did it. He was toastmast er, chief joker, and at times served The Hubbard band played sev- i rtnrtnr the eTeningt seldom aeen such interest and r lLtirMh a splendid spirit of coop' and were entnusiaaiicj VJT nii.inn quartet anpeared on tne rcene and delighted the audience with their playing, "iwr " v-,.. included a piano solo ll ul"e. ' - m Cm by Margaret B emnberf of S.- lem and a rocai soiw uj - Stewart of Salem. Chairman Riley introduced a number of visitors from other communities and each responded with words of appreciation for .the splendid entertainment anjT the good fellowship shown. Among those to be Introduced were: Dr. Henr E. Morris. C. E. Wilson. Ot to Hlllman, Henry-Crawford, Irl 3. McSherryj C. K. Log". 'd Kenneth Dalton. all of Salem. L. n..M. nt TTaveSVille: C. JU- oi.i.kinii nt Aurora, and Mr q f Hnhbard. president of the Federation of Women s clubs. The address or welcome b v.i rtnnatd was made by J. Fellers, who stressed the value of the greater fellowsnip 10 oo tained by the meeting such as was held last night. The address of the evening was by Paul V. Maris, director of ex tension from Oregon Agricultural college. He touched upon the farm production from the econom ic etandpotnt and contrasted the methods used by the farmer who ftn times falls through the use of Improper methods and the farm er who succeeds Dy using prupe. m.hnila. Unnrofitabl emethods versus profitable methods might well be called tne suojeei oi m talk. He nlctured the poultryman on one aide of the road losing money by poor methods and the successful poultryman on the oth er side of the road using proper methods. The importance of community agriculture came in for some at tention and Mr. Marls said that It might well be taken as the basis for marketing and production in the community. -He voiced considerable ap puroval for the work being done in Marion county by the Federa tion of Community clubs and said, "It la very remarkable. L have1 7 T COnnPr, ; v tion. The talent concert idta ; an. excellent plan and win a. .r doubtedly be a great sucre8s jrw Some pictures of the Lake LouJ tse community were shown arid n nlalned by Ivan Stewart. Tw nntd throuch tho - tesy Oi me exieneiou uepartruert of the Oregon Agricultural ' The next regular meeting cf tht Marion county Federation of ( 0m. munlty clubs will be held soie, i time during April at Aurora, the Invitation being , extended by jr Strickland. , ' o- Bits For Breakfast i - Lettuce consider, lettuce "W t The head lettuce Industry. There will be a lot abom ;a r the magasine Bectlon of th? suii-tf day Statiohman. . y2i V S YP It ta anrowmr in tne In v- stutPH with amazing ra Everybody eats lettuce. With the discovery of vitamines In lettuce, the hi im-t ; will Jump ahead faster th a ; , -er, , w s ; : This argues for a larg. r ,,,!. f opment of the industry her ?C should have thousands of a r - ! head lettuce here. S "W s But Salem has so many !int, to her bow. This Is the Jan.! o diversity. Several prominent Salem j.-p have recently visited Hawaii They found there only sugar and pine apple plantations and f'jtnrie and canneries, and a few baiiara;. Think of the long list of in.1:itr; on the land here, or possible of development. Where in the wide world ,an you find as many? No wonder 'a'L several times as fast. ij W Salem grows. It shoull grow proaMHeltafe flvivz thia lint a rum Ltgbt oa Ml Diablo ner SatTflI' rraociack. aaa standard-Loe 1 TiyWa ' u .-. 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