-The-Salem Water Supply Is Pure and Free at All Times From Any Kind of Disease Germs; Every Last Drop of It Is Chlorinated ?6ver 600 People Will Take Part in Grand Community ''Better Music Week" Program at the Salem Armory on Saturday Niglif fte AWt h foMMi rionorallT fair- mif- -i-5? era te temperature: moderate - northwest "Friction between the home and the child" is to be eliminated by the visiting: teacher, says a local news story. The fric tion, we presume, is now applied with a slipper in the woodshed. winds on the coast. Maximum temperature Syestefday 76. minimum 41, river 3.$, rain- fall none, atmosphere clear, wind north- west. - SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1928 r PRICE FIVE CENTS i I 4f I It If COiTiTTEST ASSURES SAFE 5ome beaimeni Noiea re ft a i r cently, Due to Installation of Pumping Unit TYPHOID RUMOrl FALSE State Board of Health and County Demonstration Hare Never Fonnd Unsafe Condition In Water Supplied Salem Owing to" the installation of second pumping unit, in order to Five better service to Tater users Salem, some , sediment was forced into the pipes mat parti cles, sand, etc.. This would hap- IT L 1 'fc"lffiTiar conditions. It was neces- TT sary to make the additional in - ttallatlon. The mains were thor oughly flushed, all day Saturday, Saturday night. Sunday and Sun day night and Monday, in order to get rid of the sediment. But at no time was the water contaminated. At no time in re cent years has It been contam inated with anything whaterei that could be injurious to health. The water supplied to the users In Salem Is all chlorinated. The Bull Run water supplied to Portland users is chlorinated. The state board of health has the Salem 'water under constant observation; 24 hours a day. The county health demonstration, working with the state board of health, constantly takes sampler of the water for testing tales it at any time and at any place de sired, i . These people have never found a negative water sample yet. There is no typhoid In the Salem -j04t water. ' There cannot be.Jnlltreet fnatufeoflhlhgi: Tcottage along Cottage street to Why This Is Written j This Is written In defense of! Salem as a city with a water sup ply that Is wholesome. ' The Oregon-Washington Water Service company,-owning and oper ating the Salem, water system, through J. D. Beebe. district man ager, has naturally been con cerned over the alarm that was caused by, the sediment - getting into the" pipes. "-f .. Mp--Beebe has, also been trou bleorer wild "rumors that- have 4 f$Mtiaa4 ys pk an ieco w;progr SATURDAY NIGHT MEETING PLACE FOR ORGANI ZATION'S ANNOUNCED ' Final Event of Music Week Will Be Most Elaborate Ever Held Here 4k TnoaMiitk tta Went fifkft TAfiTl 1 A Lllt navtUln.U in fth vrand Mm. w in );ai iivhwv - w e - munity Music week program Sat nrdav nieht at the armory, the committee in charge deemed it necessary to arrange meeting places for all of the musical or ganizations taking part, planning that they will march from these meeting places to the armory where sections ot seats have been reserved for them. The grade school pupils, 28a in number, and the 30 high school students, will all meet upstairs in the -armory. The Willamette university stu- ..t. ITS In mU hn will nartic- , uvwt-9,- - - r y ipate will meet at the chamber of w . . , . v. , commerce, tdm inciuas me jun ior and sophomore classes, win ners of first and second places in the freshman glee contest, who V- will present the songs offered at Pthat time; and the men's glee Cfclub. J The Sacred Heart Academy or- TVhestra of 22 pieces, the MacDow- c 11 club chorus or 35 voices and the Schubert Octette, will meet in the lobby of the Marion hotel. The Elks' chorus of 30 members will meet at the Elks building at 7:30. a little earlier than the oth ers on account of the distance to the armory.- t V The winner of the Marion coun ty commnnlty club contest will 'meet" tyv the chamber of com merce and "march in a body" to the armory. Since the winner may be either one individual or as many as 9, there Is some doubt as te - how Urge thlr "body" will f One other organisation that will participate is the drum and bugle corps of Capital Post No. 9. Amer ican Legion. Between ; numbers, Karl-t Hinges, drum major, will epeakV., :;;--'' ; - VH ; William MCUiicnrisi wiu.iwiw announcer at the armory program. which starts at 7:45 o'clock. : STRAW HAT DAY COMING TUESDAY PARADE AND OTHER OBSER VANCE PLANNED HERE Every Man Expected to Blossom . .Qui In Xew Hummer Head f.- Covering It will be just too bad for the fellow without a straw hat fixed to his upaer story about 11:30 o'clock Xuesday morning. It Just be too bad. will Next Tuesday will be known as Straw Hat day and every person who is a booster rather than a leaner will sprout out on the street under a new straw. This Is an an nual event and is being looked for ward to with much interest by most of the townspeople. Hundreds of straw hats of every make ahd description will be found in dis play at the various stores in the city. The entire affair Is being super vised and managed by Dick Schei, local man's clothier who promises this will be the best straw hat day yet put on in this city. One of the largest parades of its kind, ever to march through the city, featuring the latest In straw hats, floats. stunts, bands, and everything to make It most attractive Is assured. Among those in the parade, will be found Governor I. L. Patterson, Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, and Frank MInto, chief of city po lice. While the parade is meander ing its way through the city an airplane will be bussing overhead, dropping hundreds of red and white cards. The red cards will have the name of some clothier printed on one side and if present ed to said merchant, the bearer will be presented with a new straw hat free of charge. The white cards will mean nothing more than ough luck. The gigantic parade .made up of Salem's most handsome swains and married men, including nota bles and non notables, will origin ate at Marion Square on Commer cial and Marion streets. It will come t no Commercial to State Court, along Court street to Liber ty and back to State street where all the official ceremonies will be held. Hal G. Patton will be master of ceremonies, In addition to the parade there will be abundance of fun, sport and amusement for every one, lit tle or big. young or old, fat or lean, married or single and It will only be too. bad for those- without a straw. This is a parade which wrll be written down in history of straw;, nat nays. Yes! - Even Officer. Edwards of the -local' police department will be wearing a straw, under class of swains CAL TO GET FLOOD BILL Congressional Action on Measure . All Cleared Yesterday WASHINGTON. May 9. (AP) The signing of the Mississippi river flood control bill by Presi dent Coolidge is all that remains to enact it into law. Congres sional action on the subject was completed today with senate adop tion of the conference report reconcillating differences with the house. Similar approval hadbeen given by the house yesterday. The meas ure will go to the White Honse In a day or two and proponents of the legislation expect the 'presl dent to sign It forthwith. Al though some provisions remain unsatisfactory to him. he consid ers it the best measure obtain able at the present congress. . . . For three hours the senate heard the Mississippi problem dis cussed today in Its broad aspects with practically no attention paid to the conference report under consideration. Upon its first pas sage the bill held the attention of the floor for less than two hours preliminary to the unanimous rote in Its favor. GLOBE RACER SETS SAIL Japanese Contestant in Unique TTavel Scheme on Last Lap SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. (AP) On the last lap of a ik around the world, Rynkicht Matanl west bound contestant in the globe race of the Japanese newspaper Ji ji Shimpo; sailed for Japan today on the liner Tenyo Maru. On the same vessel- was Dr.. C. P. Van Rossen of The Hague. Hol land, who la 'also making a globe tour. He la following ? the path laid oat by I Jules Verne'a : ficti tious character Phlneas Fogg, who blazed the way in . SO :days. Dr. Van Rossen Is making the trip for a Dutch newspaper. ? ' - , U - i The Japanese racers left Tokyo in different directions, Matsui left April 11, traveling west and his rival Toichiro Araki, aet forth to ward the east April tV fire days earlier.; STRONG ACTION AGAINST CAROL FORCES LOOMS Trials for Treason to Get Underway at Once at Rumanian Capital HANGINGS SAID POSSIBLE Details of Plot to Return Prince to Throne Daring Peasant March Bared by Government at Bucharest BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 9. (AP) Those concerned with Prince Carol's plot to fly from London to Albajulia during the peasants', congress last Sunday will be tried for treason and given the maximum penalty, the govern ment made known tonight. Police, who were tipped as to the plot, and themselves tipped Scotland Yard as to the prince's actiTltles in England, say Carol In tended to fly by plane under the strictest incognito to Vienna, where he was to await word from his lieutenant that the time was ripe for bis return to Rumania. It was planned also that a sec ond plane was to carry certain of his accomplices to Albajulia with x proclamation to the peasants. Julius Manlu. the peasants' lead er, today emphatically repudiates the charges that the peasants had eonnlred with Carol to bring him back to Rumania. "It Is preposterous." be said. 'We never had the slightest thought of encouraging him to re turn, nor was bis name mention ed at Albajulia." w-KazMsli Wtoh Prince - LONDON, May 9. -(AP) Prince Carol, chagrined by the British request that he depart from England, received a reply today from Sir William Joynson-IIlcks, the home secretary, to whom he had protested against the invita tion to get out. The nature of the government's response to his appeal will be an nounced tomorrow in the house of commons. ." , Police guards remained. - 1 n charge of the Surrey country house where Carol is a guest. The shades were drawn and inquirers 'were refused entry. GODSTONE. England, May 9- I AP) A high police official vis ited Prince Carol of Rumania here tonight and warned him that if he delayed Jils departure from Eng land the home office order for his deportation would be enforced against him. ; STREETER HEIRS STILL FIGHT FOR GOLD COAST m 11 4.W a. -. m i . " 1 If -j. ' . ..... j The) claim of Cap'n George Streeter, bow dead, to Chicago lake front property rained at more i a 9300,000,000, is kept In court by helm despite reverses. The "deestrlct- Is shown La tne air J nr. Once Capa and Ma Streeter lived la a rolling aback oa the beach . (lower left). Later M 1 than view. lived la a houseboat ( right) la a THIRD GRADERS WRITE POETRY PUPILS DEMAND RIGHT TO RI VAL SHAKESPEARE Most of Them Produce Springtime i Odes, But One -Writes ot I Egypt They were only third grade stu dents, but almost o a unit they had been imploring their teacher. Mrs. Rose Gibson of Washington school, to let them write poetry as a class exercise. At last the teacher had consent ed; elated, the children who had been whetting their imaginations through a series of project studies including picturesque China and, at the present time, Egypt began their rhymes. One day this week, the finished products were read; and what a pouring forth of verse to spring time, its blossoms, birds and sun shine. All had b'een Inoculated with spring; all save one. The one. a little girl In the third A, remembered her Egypt, her far away land of the Nile delta, the camels, palm groves and ancient pyramids. Here Is one of the beat efforts of the class. Francis Randle's "Egypt:" I'd like to go to Egypt, And a big pyramid see, rd like to go to Egypt, And climb a big palm tree. I'd like to see the camel With a hump upon its ack. And walk along behind it With my feet right inlts track. And when we'd go a mile or so. An oasis I would see I'd hurry up my camel So I could rest beneath a tree. 160 SCHOOL DAYS LEAST One District Recall Pnpils After Declaring Vacation Every school district in the county must have 160 days actual ly taught, holidays excluded, for the year before school can be clos ed, according to the new state law which became effective with con tracts for 1927-28, County School ISaperiatendent Fulknrson deCTar- ed yesterday, and those districts which fall to comply will, by the law, receive no- school money. Although all schools of the coun ty were notified of the new law last fall, the superintendent re ports that one school, Indepen dence district No. 43; has had to recall its pupils for ten days addi tional study to reach the 160-day quota, and that others will have to continue classes longer than scheduled to satisfy the require ments. ROUND WORLD RACE WON Eastward Bound Competitor Firwt to Reach Tokyo Again LONDON, May 9. (AP). Dispatches of the Exchange Tele graph agency say that Toichiro Araki, eastward bound competi tor in the Jiji Shimpo globe en circling contest arrived at Tokyo today, making the trip around the world In 36 days. .. V " vain effort to establish the claim. WATSON'S LEAD GROWS STEADILY HOOVER BEHIND NEARLY 25.000 IX IXDHXA RACE I, Michigan Democracy Goes Strong ror ai Smith; Alabama Op-" position Clear INDIANAPOLIS. May 9 (AP) Returns from 3372 out of 3610 precincts in the state for presiden tial preference gare: Republican, James E. Watson, 201,918; Her bert Hoover, 178,570; democrat, 2137 precincts, Woollen, 122,443. PORT HURON, Mich., May 9 (AP). Michigan' thirty rotes in the democratic national conven tion at Houston today were pledged Jo Governor Alfred Smith "as long as his name is before the convention." The 26 district delegates with one vote each and eight delegate at large, the latter with a half vote each, were Instructed unqual ifiedly for Smith at the party's state convention here today. The vociferous acclaim which greeted every mention of the New York governor's name, drowned what little opposition appeared on the floor and when a "stand pat" Smith, resolution was put to a vote not a dissenting voice was raised. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 9. (AP). The "Instructed delega tion" faction, or so-called anti Smith wlngnpparently had cap tured the majority of Alabama's delegation to the Houiton conven tion on the face of incomplete re turns today from yesterday's dem ocratic primary. ; Running on the instruction Platform which was loet before the executive committee meeting some time ago, the three leading candidates for delegate at large were well out in front of the field ef 15 men who offered for the four places. WASHINGTON. May 9. (AP) Friends of Herbert Hoover and Ills political foes were in sharp flMgreement today as to the real res)ff thv Indiana republican primary in which Senator. Watson as a favorite son candidate, bested the commerce secretary in a tight for the 33 Hoosier state delegates 'Continued on page 8.) LIONS CONVENTION NEAR Large Attendance Predicted; En tertainment Plans Outlined Plans for the Lions' state con Tention, which' will be held here May 25 and 26, were discussed at a meeting of the directors of the Salem Lions club Wednesday. Reports' coming in so far from the group of local members who are carrying" an invitation to all clubs in the. state, the attendance will be unusually large. The program will include a "stunf program at the armory Friday night In charge of Newell Williams, and ' a banquet Satur day night at the Marion hotel. It is reported that the Dallas delegation will bring a 32 piece girls' drum corps. . .11 VV:. I i ID TO TELL SW Secretary of Commerce Re sents Implications in Ques tions Voiced SCENE SHIFTED TO N. Y. Leading Democratic Candidate for Presidency Will be Quizzed by Special Senate Commit tee Today WASHINGTON. May 9. (AP) 'Bombarded with questions by the five members of the special: senate campaign funds committee, i Herbert Hoover today plainly' showed his resentment at some of the Inquiries put to him regard ing hla campaign for the republi can nomination for president. The commerce secretary who oc cupied the witness chair for more than an hour, testified that he had made no personal expenditures to advance his cause other than a hundred or two dollars for tele phone calls and other Incidental expenses. Explaining that he had left to volunteering friends and admirers the formation of the various or ganizations in the various states to work in his behalf. Hoover sug gested that the committee call in James W. Good, former Iowa rep resentative and for some weeks di recting head of his national cam paign, for detailed Information. Group Heads for N. T. Having examined the leading candidate for the republican nom ination, the committee arranged to go to New York City over night to take, the testimony there tomor row of the leading candidate for the, democratic nomination Gov ernor Alfred E. Smith. He .and his campaign manager, George Van Name; will be heard at the Commodore hotel. Time and again during the In tensive questioning by both re publicans and democrats on the committee. Hoover who has en tered primaries In three states against senatorial favorite sons. showed flashes of fire and once from Senator Dale, republican. Vermont, the suggestion that he seemed "rather' resentful of the proceedings of this committee." "I have no resentment of It," Hoover assured him. ' "I feel the committee is going into rather minor details which I think it could -obtain from the men -who are conducting this movement for me among the American people." Accusations Denied Previously the secretary had ap peared aroused by an inquiry as to whether he had called a con ference of China manufacturers last fall in Washington to recom mend an increase in the price or their commodities.. "No sir." Hoover said to Sen ator Barkley, democrat. Ken tucky. "The suggestion that the department of commerce recom mended any increase in prices is grotesque." Chairman Steiwer broke in to (Continued oa pare B.) KING HOLDS 2ND COURT Buckingham Palace Scene of Gay Activities Last Night LONDON, May 9. (AP) Buckingham palace was aglitter with the display of its second court of the season tonight. Most of those invited tonight were from tne oinciai classes whereas yesterday the diplomatic and foreign circles predominated. There was the same long line of limousines with guests stretch ing through St. James park. Many occupants might hate been seen eating sandwich suppers as they wbiled away the tedious wait. The queen tonight wore a dress of handwoven Indian tissue bro cade, embroidered in a soft pastel shade with a train of Jewelled cloth of gold. Her coronet was of pearl and diamonds and her orna ments solely pearls. The king were the scarlet uni form of a - 'colonel of the Scots Guards. ': -':- V MURDER TRIAL ON TODAY George Ha la ef Astoria Faces tVnrjr For Second Time ASTORIA,- May - i (AP). With, the Jury selection complete after; two days, the state-tomorrow morning will again start building the eaae with which It hopea to convict George Hannula, HOOVER ASK flL SMITH NEXT (young Astorlan.' tor the alleged hooting to death of hls19 year old wife following 'a party neia to celebrate his ; 1 nd ; birthday last February il. . - ' M. E. MEET ACTS ON UNION TODAY fCOMMITTKE UNANIMOUSLY AP PROVES MOVEMENT Proposal Would Join Methodists With Presbyterians, Cou gregal Ions lists KANSAS CITY. May 9. ( AP) Proposed union of the Metho dist Episcopal church with the Presbyterian churches and the the Congregationalist church will come before the quadrennial gen eral conference of the Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow, fol lowing unanimous approval lu committee today of unification ov ertures. The committee on the state of the church recommended to the conference that all Methodjst Epis copal unification commissions be united into a single commission of 27 members, whose duty will be to deal with" all other bodies seeking union. This commission would be com posed of 7 bishops, 10 ministers and 10 laymen, to be chosen by the board bishops and its person nel announced before May 21. The general conference would pay all the commission expenses. Eight year maximum tenure of bishops was abolished today by the conference which advised the Episcopal committee, in charge of assigning bishops, to no longer be guided by a set time limit. The bishop's record and qualifications will obtain instead. The conference rejected a dec laration on adherence to the pre paredness plan, and passed instead a resolution asking congress to withhold its support from the pending naval bill Involving lay ing down of cruisers past the fis cal year ending June 1929. and to oppose any move that would han dicap the president In suspending the naral building program. RAND AFTERMATH SEEN Ramifications Develop Following Report of Committee v PORTCAND,Ma;ii-?(AP) Two lines of action today grew out of the findings by the committee which investigated charges against the integrity or John L. Rand, chief Justice of the Oregon su preme court. The committee dis solved following the clearing of al legations made by George Joseph, attorney, that Mr. Rand had been; prejudiced In his decision in the; Wemme will verdict. The grievance committee of the state bar today received a demand from Thomas Mannlx that Joseph be disbarred. Joseph said today he would take undisclosed informs tlon in his possession to a grand Jury in an effort to force testi mony from Mr.. Rand which, ac cording to Joseph was impossible to secure at the recent hearing. Omar C. Spencer with whom the disbarment demand was filed, said tonight that the committee had not met and does not know when it will meet. Mannlx declares that the committee must act when charges are brought against a member of the bar. DEMOCRATS PICK NAMES Tammany (Tub of this Mate Se lects Slate for Smith PORTLAND. May 9 (AP) Owing to the failure of democrats to file for nominations in the dem ocratic primaries, Tammany club, at its meeting here today selected a list of names for state demo crats to write Into their ballots May 18. , The club adopted a resolution endorsing Governor Alfred E. Smith for president. The follow ing list of candidates for delegates to the nominating convention at Houston was compiled: First district W. H. Canon, Medford; Daniel J. Fry, Salem. Second diatrict W. N. Peter son, Pendleton; James D. Burns, Condon. c Third district Howard F. La tourette. and Joseph K. Carson, At Large Ashby C. Dickson. Portland; Hgh McLaln. Marsh field; John Manning, Portland; Bert E. Haney, Portland. xno stale ana county recom mendations were; . Justices of supreme court Will R. King and Lotus L. Langley. ROSE FESTIVAL INSURED Stopping, of Any of Last Three Performances Pays 9S.000 v. PORTLAND, May (AP) If It rains daring the last three nights of the Rose Festival pag-J eant, the rose festival association will collect 1 1.0 0 A for each can celled performance. Under .'the terms of an Insurance policy Is sued to the association any pre- cipitetion between and 1 p. m. makes the policy collectable. The " " i vmim lj wer ia - cost of one performance. CHINA RAPIDLY UNITES AS JAP Northern War Lord Gives Favorable Reply to Na tionalist .Overtures . SOLID FRONT FORMING Hostilities Between Rival FactlwMi Already at End; Whole .Na tion Getting Togetlier For ' ' First Time W PEKING, May 9. -(AP). Tt principal development In the grave situation In China today -V t the remarkable telegram which Chang Tso-Lin, head of the northern government has address ed to the leaders of all China warring factions, appealing tor unity and cessation of civil war.- This he says is tending not oory to destroy China Itself but im pairs her relations with foreign powers. Although vaguely worded the telegram Is interpreted as tan tamount to the proposal of an armistice. There la already -an actual truce in the civil war. tte Chinese rivals,; the northerners and the southerners, being today nowhere In hostile contact on any front. Japs Not Named Chang Tso-Lin'a telegram ttndl- ously avoids explicit mention df the Japanese troops In Shantttajt but cites Tslnan, together with Nanking, Canton and Hankow the scene of "unfortunate interna tional incidents," Hence it U con sidered an Indirect response o southern appeals for . united na tional front. , government, with the sanction of the emperor, has dispatched a full division to Tsingtab to reinforce the few thousand Japanese troops now in Shantung. Report Bombardment NANKING, China. May 9. (AP). The nationalist news agency publishes a report not confirmed from any other sourer -asserting that Japanese troop heavily bombarded the walled city of Tslnan for three hours yester day, killing more than 600 per sons. Many houses In the western section of the city, the report says were destroyed. So far as le known no definite aetion In this direction has been taken and the attitude of Japan l(Oentiao4 oa pf S.) NEARLY MILLION INSURANCE PAID IN AUTO LIABILITV, PROP ERTY DAMAGE, COLLISION Anqual Report of Insurance ( mis loner Shows Premium, Losses Paid Persons who had taken out li ability, property damage and col lision Insurance on their autoare blles collected $947,297.25 tn 1927, according to the annual re port of the state insurance com missioner completed here m. night. " Automobile liability losses paid, totalled $466,651.45, while the property damage losses paid ag gregated $216,919.48. Auto col lision paid by the Insurer amounted to $263,380.70. Premiums received during the year by companies transacting casualty, disability and mlsceltaa eotnt classes of Insurance aggre gated $5,400,782.19, with losses paid totalling $3,017,173.51. Taxes were paid In the amount of $119,522.33. Burglary and theft premiums received aggregated $246,030.66. with losses amount ing to $76,014.14. Accident insurance-premiums totalled $76$. 226.72, with losses' of $522,811.- 33. -. : . -' ' Net -premiums received by. In surance companies writing fire protection on automobiles fn Ore gon during the year 1927, aggregated-$1,444,990. with losses of $638,684. Losses paid aggregat ed $681,019. The amount of thi insurance at risk on December Si; 1927. was $51,219,939. as against $58,099,757 on December 31, 1126. V, ' Marine insurance companies re-. celved premiums during the year of. $103,533, with losses incurred. In tne amount of $392.24L Losses paid aggregated $409,494. , Risks written during the year, tat- , elusive 1 ef reinsurance. totalJe r $804,659,818. - Life Insurance carried in tvr- ieIfll companies In Oregon n t- ccmber 31, 1917, c aggregate! - (Cntii ! .)', 1 THREAT EMMS