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oSfflTION
.-State Treasurer's Announce
? raent to Project Folk
Proves Sensation
Forfeiture of Anpunts Ad
danced Necessary to Save
Settlers, Plea
Forfeiture by the state of Its
claims on Irrigation districts
which hare defaulted, for prlnci
pal and Interest funds advanced
under the state guarantee. Is now
faro red by . B. Kay, state trea
surer and member of the state re
clamation, commission, Mr. Kay
told representatives of these- dis
tricts at their session Thursday af
ternoon in connection with the
This announcement was the
most sensational development of
the present congress to date, for
Mr. Kay has been recognized all
rover the state as highly conserva-
tire in his views os reclamation.
Nevertheless he advised the ir-
rlgatlonlsts to send a strong com'
mlttee to the next session of the
legislature and jnrge that this be
done, and pledged his own efforts
to bring it about, in order that the
reorganization of these district
which hare defaulted in meeting
their obligations may be assisted
- Jesary to Save
Land for Development
"Some pedple may criticize me
for this stand, but if we do noth
lag. tne money is gone anyway,
whereas If the state assists and
this reorganization is completed, it
will bring Just so much paying
property back on the tax rolls,"
Mr. Kay said.
The state will not be able to do
much In the way of financial as
sistance for the reorganization
work, the state treasurer said, be
cause the, state Itself has a large
deficit now and is going In deepet.
He quoted figures to show that
the income tax law operative in
1924 was responsible for this
condition, as It reduced the base
from which the six per cent limi
tation was figured.
Not An A1 Smith
Chance Says Place
The Irrigation districts haven't
"an Al Smith chance of reorgan
izing unless court decision is
forthcoming that consent of every
bond holder Is not : necessary .- to
this step. Col, E. R. Place of Port
land declared In the other striking
address of the afternoon.
af fording to the present under
standing of the law, one bond
holder with not more than $1000
at stake will be able to wreck the
entire plan. Col. Place said,1 and
even if all would agree, many can
not be fonnd.
Irrigation, in Oregon will pro
ceed despite the failures which
now loom rather large, the speak
er predicted; but in addition to
this dictation by minority bond
holders, the general obligation
bond arrangement will also pre
vent adequate settlement, he warn,
ed.
Rhea Luper. state engineer and
secretary of the reclamation com
mission, explained the law under
which the commission Is working
and the work which has so far
been done toward reorganizing the
districts which are In difficulties.
Banquet Proves,
Lljrht Hearted Affair
The annual banquet of the re
clamation congress was held at the
Gray Belle Thursday night, with
82 representatives of irrigation
and drainage interests present. Al
though sessions earlier in the day
may have Indicated that the way
of the irrtgationlst Is hard. It
couldn't, have been guessed from
the tone of the banquet talks. Not
a serious word was said by any
one except William -Hanley.
Seymour Jones, state market
ecent was toastm aster. He called
upon Hal E. Hoss, secretary , of
ate: William E. North or Barer;
Hanley. R- W. Sawyer. Rob
ert Townsend, and David McCar
rick. Miss Naomi Phelps and Earl
Xennell favored the reclamation
Ists with vocal solos, both with
piano i accompanlements by Mrs.
Ethel ; Poling Phelps.
Cannot Over Produce
Bar State Chamber Mas
W. O. Ide, manager of the state
chamber of commerce, declared at
the forenoon session of ' the con
gress that Oregons farming pop
ulation could be six or seven times
as great as It Is at present, if
farming were onv" proper basis.
Sam Brown,' state senator, had
told the drainage congress Wed
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Gale On Pacific
Causes Havoc In
Shipping Circles
PORTLAND, Ore., Not. IS.
(AP) Word of toll taken by the
Pacific coast storm wsSr received
here today by the Merchants Ex
change, in reports which, said that
iho TVtrtlsTKf-Awnjkil at nam mhort Ti
er Ernest H. Meyer lost her deck
load, mainmast and one or more
lifeboats, and that the. Dorothy
vJVlntermote had lost her deckload,
'Lkiu j . ....
wuiic uoor ana ventilators were
carried away. , I
The Ernes! H. Meyer left the
Columbia river last Tuesday for
San Francisco. She was reported
today off Mendlcino, feeling out
her -course.
The Dorothy Wintermote left
, but last Monday for Los Angeles,
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BtH Hanley Opens
Great Open Spaces
To State Meeting
Next year's Oregon Rec
lamation congress will meet
in Malheur county an d
spend all of its time "cruis
ing Instead of taHdngrlT
the advice given by William
Hanley, Harney county pl
. oneer cattleman. Is followed
out At the banquet Thnrm
day night , Hanley made this
suggestion, declaring that
the two big government ir
rigation projects under con
struction there were the
only ones In the state that
had been "started right."
EOF DEBATES
Strong Animosities Voiced in
Reichstag Over Proposed 1
Construction
BERLIN. Not. lSfAPl
Tne construction Of Germanv'ii
first battleship" since the conclu
sion of the war brought bitter
animosities to the surface in the
course of debate in the Reichstag
today.
The battleship Is one for which
nine million marks already have
been appropriated, and the eon.
structlon of which has been sup
ported by both president Von Hin-
denberg and Lieut. Gen. Wilhelm
Groener, minister of defense. . -
A motion to halt its construc
tion on the ground that Germany
can ill afford to spend its money
on a lone battleship which will
be not match for the more ade
quate navies of other countries
was presented by the social demo
crat Otto Weis. In the debate
which followed partisans and op
ponents of the construction hurl.
ed epithets at each other, and of
most that was said Chancellor
Mueller seemed to be the victim.
I- The house and tribunes were
crowded for the occasion as word
spread around of what was tak
ing place. Army and navy men
were conspicuous among those
present.
Herr Weis urged that tne mon
ey could be spent better than for
building a battleship and that the
financing of land settlements in
eastern Prussia where the Polish
corridor makes the sea lane the
only avenue, of communication,
and where twenty citizens socie
ties have asked the construction of
the ahlp would be better protec
tion of that area than tne project
ed ten-thousand ton cruiser will
afford.
TIRES LIIIES0F.17
LONDON. Nor. -1I.(AP)
Great Britain's grief over the loss
es in the Vestris disaster was
deepened today by another Marine
tragedy which fost 17 , lives and
almost wiped out the male popu
lation of Rye harbor on the Sus
sex coast.
The dead are 14 men of the
regular crew of the Rye lifeboat
and three volunteers. The entire
company perished In a gallant per.
formance of duty In an errort to
brine aid to a vessel In distress
off their coast.
To make the tragedy even more
poignant, the lifeboat was
swamped by huge seas within
sight of the mothers, wives and
sisters of the men. Crowding the
beach they saw the boat upset and
saw their loved ones hurled Into
the waters, while over the roar of
the seas came' their heartbroken
cries and screams.
Terrific seas and a wind of gale
force prevailed in the channel
when the Rye life crew launched
their bdat at five o'clock this
morning to go to the aid ot the
wrecked Latvian steamer Alice.
Scarcely was the little boat
launched when It was learned On
shore that the steamer's crew al
ready . had been rescued . by the
German steamer Smyrna.
Hoover Election
Is Held Victory
For Dry Forces
BOSTON. Nor. -11. (AP)
The election of Herbert Hoover
as. president was tensed a great
victory by Mrs. Ella Alexander
Boole in her address as president
of the National Woman's ; Chris
tlon Temperance union at ; the
opening session of Rs S 4th con
vention here tonight. -
"There were many Issues, she
said, "but prohibition ranked
first with women and their- inter
est la this cause resulted in great
ly increased registration and in
Interest in the election. There
has never been a presidential cam
paign In which women have taken
so active a part. The slogan
'principle above party rallied the
women of the nation."
Homecoming Is :
Set For Today
SlLVEItTON. Ore.. NoT.ila-
(Special) The Silverton high
school student; body is making
preparations ,f or its homecoming
which Is to be Friday of this week.
The homecoming football' game
will be ' played' with Oregon City,
ID SEA TRftGEDY
"'... C,.,..
HOOVER PLANS
FOR LOTJG TRIP
Preparations Take on Added
Speed as Date of De
parture Nears
Old Clossmates Visit Presi
dent-Beet to Wish Him
Great Success
By W. B. RAGSDALE
Associated Press Staff Writer
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal
Nov. 15. (AP) Herbert Hoover
was Immersed In the work of com
pleting prepartlons for his good
will trip to South America today
and laid it aside only to receive
some- of the well-wishers wno
called upon him.
- Among these was a delegation
of classmates of the president
elect at Stanford in 1895, most
of . them now San Francisco bus
iness men. The group, more than
a doxen strong, was headed by
former Judge George E. Crothers
of San Francisco, and Thomas K
Code, the first quarterback Stan
ford university ever produced.
Congressman Knows
About Route to be Taken
Another caller during the day
was representative W. E. Hull of
Peoria, 111., who called to convey
his congratulations. Hull traversed
the same route through South
America a year or so ago as will
the president-elect, the Illinois
congressman having been a mem
ber of a commission appointed to
study and aid in the promotion
of good roads on the southern con
tinent.
In addition to discussing the
forthcoming South American trip,
representative Hull talked to Mr.
Hoover for some time concerning
inland waterway development, es
pecially the Great Lakes to the
gulf waterway, and the proposed
St. Lawrence outlet from the
Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Army of Typists
Grinds Out Replies
Between callers - the president
elect worked away at the multi
tude of -details that must be
cleared, away before he leaves Pa
lo Alto Sunday evening, for San
reuro, to Doara tne oatueshln
M . M m m . ' ... -
Maryland tor his voyage.
An additional battery of typists
had
been put to work rrlndlna
out the thousands of replies that
sou remain to be made to letters
and telegrams that continue to
pile Into the Hoover residence by
every mail and over the special
telegraph loops that have been set
up.
Every effort is being made to
speed this work so that the pres
ident-elect may leave a clear desk
behind when he departs.
No decision yet has been
reached concerning the possible
inclusion of visits to Ecuador and
Bolivia In his itinerary for the
journey and it has been indicated
of Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher
who will accompany Mr. Hoover
5 DEFENDANTS SET
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 15.
(AP) Demurrers to bribery In
dictments against five of the sev
en men indicted with District At
torney Asa Keyes were sustained
today in superior court' Special
prosecutor district attorney-elect
Buron Fitts corroborated the con
tention of defense attorneys that
the papers were faulty.
Fitts admitted to the court that
the indictments failed to specify
a crime and made a motion that
the defense demurrers be sus
tained with the accompaniment of
an order resubmitting the docu
ments to the grand Jury.
The latter, action also was or
dered by the court.
Tne defendants successfully en
tering the demurrers were Dave
and 'Ben Getsof, named as the
"fixers" who obtained the bribes
alleged to have been passed by
defendants in the Julian Petrole
um fraud cases; Ed and Jack Ros-
enburg, two of the Julian defend
ants who won dismissals and ac
quittals of their cases and Charles
Kelmer, special .investigator un
der District Attorney Keyes.
Portland Vessel
Sustains Damage
HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 15
(AP) The Venice Maru, .bound
from Portland to Kobe, limped In
to Honolulu port today with &
cracked tiller. The ship's fuel was
nearly exhausted After battling a
storm In the Pacific. It will take
two days to make the repairs.
Chicagoans Have
Very Warm Spell
CHXCAGO, Not, 15. (A P)
The mildest November 15 In the
history ; of the Chicago weather
bureau greeted Chicagoans today
when - the. temperature soared to
t at 1 m. The warmest No
vember day on -record here was
November 7, if 15, when the-tem-
perature - touched 75.
1 IMPETUS
F6EE BY DEMURRER
VT, "tT vf l"w
.H- i::,- K,i:i!lvvit
No Chance Is
"Until ah existing projects are
finished, and these call for an ex
penditure of approximately $18,-
000,000, there is absolutely no
chance of new routes being nam
ed as state highways, said Judge
Robert W. Sawyer, member' of the
state highway commission, who
was in Salem Thursday, attending
the reclamation congress.
Judge Sawyer - thus reaffirmed
the position of the state highway
commission regarding new con
stmction when he was asked if
there Was an chance of the desig
nation: of a new route as a state
highway between Salem and
Portland.
Pleasure over the defeat of the
Dunne measures on the ballot this
year was expressed by Judge
Sawyer.
In analyixing the defeat of the
bills; he was especially Interested
in the fact that all but one county
in the state had rejected the mea
sures and that several counties
which had no Immediate hope for
expenditure of state road funds,
had lead the list of sections which
gave the strongest opposition to
tbe measures.
Saturday he will go to Corvallis
to preside atMhe fall meeting of
the executive committee of the
state editorial - association. Over
100 editors are expected to be in
Corvallis that day for the annual
homecoming of O. A. C
Pomona Visiting Committee
to Meet With Salem Unit
at Saturday Session .
The annual- homecoming day of
Salem Grange No. 17 will be ob
served Saturday when (every
member is expected to enjoy the
special program arranged. The
Grange will meet In Labor hall on
Court street, beginning at 10:00
o'clock In the morning.
The Marlon county Pomona
Grange visiting committee of
which Miss Ethel M. Fletcher, sec
retary of the local Grange, is
chairman, will make its official
visit to; Salem Grange Saturday.
Each grange In the county has
four members on the visiting com
mittee. W. A. Jones of Macleay,
Pomona Grange master, will be
there, i
Following dinner at noon, the
Monmouth Grange team will con
fer the third and fourth degrees
at 1:15 o'clock upon Miss Elis
abeth Yaughan and Norman Flet
cher. Norman Is 14 years old and
the youngest member of Salem
Grange. ;
The lecturer's program will be
in charge of F. A. Myers and will
begin at 2:15 o'clock. Mrs. S. J.
Hofma and Mrs. S. H. Van Trump
will give readings; Mrs. Lillle D.
Vaughan will sing several solos;
and there will be a discussion of
Oregon water power by 8. H. Van
Trump and S. J. Hofma as well
as talks from the visiting gran
gers.
The biennial meeting of the
Marlon-Polk associated Grangers
will be held in Salem Wednesday,
November 21. Seymour Jones Is
master of the Associated Gran
gers, Mrs. L. 8. Lambert of Stay-
ton, lecturer and F. O. Powell of
Dallas, secretary.
Associated Grangers meet in
February of each year at Mon
mouLh m 'i
SELECT TEXTBOOKS
Members of the state textbooks
commission will meet here Mon
day to select one-third of the text
books to be need In the puble
schools of Oregon, outside of
Portland, during the next two
years. It was said that proposals
already have been received from
more than 20 textbook publahlng
companies.
Subjects In which the texts are
up for change In the grades this
year are drawing, history, lan
guage and physiology, writing.
and the dictionaries. ; High school
subjects Involved are botanv.
chemistry, domestic art, domestic
science Latin, physics, physiolo
gy, stenography and typewriting.
Chevrolet Will
Compete In Six
Cylinder Field
DETROIT. Nov. 15. (Special)
The Chevrolet motor company
is about to desert the four-cylin-J
ucr iieia ana manuxacture six-cylinder
automobiles exclusively, ac
cording to Information given out
nnoinciauy here today, ,1k - was
indicated that . tha official an
nouncement would be made Fri
day.
Virtually no Increase In price
wiu be involved. . The ' new model
will retain practically all estab
lished Chevrolet mechanical . prin
ciples -except for the chance to
six-cylinder block, and the devel
opment of a high compression
type ,glne with non-detonating
head, ; t ; - - .
Seen For New
Portland Road
GRAN GE ARRANGES
UOMECOIUR PU
coin win
'SMS Matsa M.
FASCIST HOLD
UPON ITALY IS
sss bsb ' ' sa s insssi mm
Grand Council of Party Given
0fficial Authority In
Government
Entire Group Made Immune
From Arrest; Meetings
to be In Secret
ROME, Nov. 15. (AP) The
Italian senate today passed a gov
ernment bill giving constitutional
status as an element of the goT-
ernment to the grand: council of
the national fascist party. The
vote was 181 to 19. with two ah
staining from the ballot.
Premier Mussolini in a brief
speech' declared that the bill
should and will give to all Ital
ians, and to all the world, the
sense of the unshakable stability
and limitless duration! of the -re
rime which Is striving ever to
make the fatherland the greater
He was given ah ovation on the
conclusion of this sentiment.
Mussolini also said that the bill
had given rise to "some respecta
hie and comprehensible hesita
tions and likewise to some oblique
manoeuvers and stupid vocifera
tions." i
All Suspicion Is
Declared Eliminated
He argued, however, that the
six years of loyal governing by
the fascist party had put the
regime above all suspicion "in all
of its men and In all i of Its po
litical, military and syndical ex
pressions." He emphasized tbe
perfect loyalty of the party to the
reigning dynasty, saying:
'When his majesty, the king of
Italy, as chief of tbe state, light
ed in the chapel of Bologna the
votiv elamp which the fascists
had dedicated to the black smlrts
who fell In the movement ,to cre
ate .the present regime, he accom
plished an act whose significance
spoke for itself.
Council WIU Deal
With Gravest Israes
The bill pro-rides that the rrand
council shall coordinate all activ
ities of the regime. Its meeting
shall be secret and no member of
the bodymay Jbe subject to pollc
measures or arrest without au
thorization of: the Council. It is
to be consulted on all j suestlons
of a constitutional character, such
as laws concerning succession to
tne throne, royal prerogatives, re
lations between the state and the
Roman Catholic church, interna
tional treaties and changes in the
territory ol tne nation. !
TWO FIBS DIE
Br GUARD S filFLE
8ANTA ANA. Calif.. Nov. 1 K
t-Jj Two alleged noachers on
the California Gun club preserve
near Seal beach were shot and kill.
ea late today in a gun battle with
i. w. Montgomery, depuity sheriff
and gamekeeper at the club. Re
ports to the sheriff's office here
quoted Montgomery as stating
mat tne men rired upon him when
he ordered them from marshlands
iu m ciuo s aucs: nunung pre
serves. t
Two sheriffs deputies were
sent from here to the Isolated area
to place Montgomery under arrest
on technical eharges of murder.
Montgomery reported that
when he ordered the men off one
fired upon him with a j shotgun,
puncturing his hat. He j returned
the fire with his rifle and the
man crumpled, mortally Wounded.
moment later, the game kee
er declared, the second I poach"
opened fire upon him and he too
was shot down. The bodies had not
been recovered from the marsh
late today but one has been Identi
fied as that of O. R. . Mahon.
about 40 years of age,: who lived
at Sunset Beach near the gun club.
Later It was found that ' both
men had been shot through -the
heart by Montgomery,' a veteran
peace officer of the frontier days
in Oklahoma. !
The sheriffs deputies, who took
Montgomery Into custody, said
they were convinced that the game
keeper acted .solely In self defense.
They reported that : he 1 showed
them where he first had fired a
warning shot which struck the
ground some distance from the
poachers. ; The ; officers stated
Montgomery was taken into cus
tody principally . to protect him
rather than because of any doubt
concerning his actios -
A coroner's Inquest Into the
killings, was ordered for tomor
row. :
Tramp Indicted ,
"lOirdea
KUGENT2, . Ore.i Nov. 7 IS.
(AP) Joseph L. McDanlel. 22.
of Chico; Calif., was. indicted by
the grand - jury here today on a
charge of first degree' murder. In
connection with the deaah of A.
TL ' McQrew, Southern ( Pacific
brakeman. - McDanlel was arrest
ed by. a posse after McGrew had
been stabbed .to death when he
attempted . to - put several tramps
off the train. , McDanlel Is said
by police to have admitted hav-;
tog a flghf with the brakeman. ;
But-
151.
They're Happy In Defeat
Two Members of Smith
tion Because They'll Have More Time. '
' With "Oompah" . :
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ARTHUR and WALTER SMITH
Exclusive Central Press Dispatch
to The Statesman
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 15.
Two members of the Smith
family are extremely happy
that "Oompah" isn't the next
president of the United States.
They are little Arthur and Wal
ter Smith, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Smith. "Oompah" is
their grandpa, Governor Alfred
Governor Smith Plays
15 Holes Of Golf And
Receieves Real Ovation
Southerners Hail Defeated
Democratic Presidintial
Candidate
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 15.
(AP) Governor Al Smith
launched his vacation today by
playing 15 holes of golf, his long
est game In weeks, and tonight
was given an ovation by a crowd
gathered outside the home of Carl
Espy, where he was the honor
guest at a reception.
What the Governor's score was
today, or that ot the other three
members of the foursome, W. F.
Kennedy, his host on the southern
trip and friend of long standing,
James J. Riordan, and Mr. Mee
hanxn a New York broker, re
mained a secret. They played on
the Savannah golf club course.
The governor and his party will
leave tomorrow morning for
Jacksonville, Fla., from where
they will proceed to'Biloxl, Miss.
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
CHICAGO. Nov. 16 (AP)
Professor Thomas Crowder Cham
berlin, originator of the jrianetesl
nal hypothesis of the formation ot
the earth, died here today of
bronchial pneumonia and heart
diElase. He was 15 years old.
Professor Chamberlln, a noted
geologist, held that a giant star
passing elose to the sun from
three to five billions of years ago
drew In Its wake fragments of the
sun, which eventually came to
gether and formed the earth. Oth
er planets, he believed, were form
in the same manner. Professor
Chamberlln elaborated on his the
ory in his latest book, "Two Solar
System's The Sun's Children,"
published just three weeks ago.
Late last year, the geologist was
awarded the Penrose medal ot the
Geological Society of America for
distinguished work during 127.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at the new Uni
versity of Chicago chapel and bur
lal will be in Belolt, Wis.
President and
. Mrs. Coolidge
Hold Reception
WASHINGTON, N O T. 15.
(AP) The ; gayest White House
social function of jtne year, the
diplomatic' 'reception to- which
more than 2,000 people- had been
invited to meet President and
Mrs. Coolidge, took place tonight
Arranged In the order of - the
seniority of the embassies and le
gations, the . diplomats, dressed in
their gold embroidered uniforms
with ; swords at their , sides and
rplumed hats in their hands, were
received by the chief executive,
In addition, numerous other prom-
lnent guests had been Invited,
NOTED 1MB
Family Joyous After Elec
E. Smith.
They are happy because now
"Oompah" can spend more time
"over at their house" playing and
singing with them. Arthur, by
the way, is the youngster whose
voice and face were used in a
singing movie as part of the Smith
campaign. He loves to gurgle the
words of "Sidewalks of New
York," while his little brother
claps.
What. . .
They think of-
A Woman Member
For the official
Hoover Cabinet.
THERE is very great possi
bility that history may be
made by Herbert Hoover,
when he becomes president,
through the appointment of a
woman to membership In his
cabinet. Of course, there Is only
one woman in the limelight re
flected from the cabinet Mrs.
Mable Wlllebrandt, now as an
assistant attorney general. Mrs.
Wlllebrandt's activity in the re
cent campaign and the possibil
ity that she may be rewarded
by appointment as attorney gen
eral, Inspires the question ans
wered today by these tabloid
interviews:
DR. MARY ROWLAND, 407
Court street, said: "I think it
would be wonderful to have a
woman in the new cabinet, but
I don't consider it would sta
bilise or add appreciably to
women's activities In the polit
ical world. Their place there is
established. They have been
found to be Just as capable and
to have 'Just as many brains as
the usual' run of politicians. As
for having Mabel Wlllebrandt
In the cabinet, I see no reason
to single her . out particularly.
There are many women In na
tional life who nave contrib
uted Just as much, although
not as spectacularly, as Mrs.
Wllebrandt. However, that's up
to the man who makes the caV
inet. '
C. C. BAKER. 1515 Saginaw
street, said: "Personally, I don't
think much of the Idea of a
woman sitting in the president's
cabinet. I believe a woman would
be all right In other executive
governmental positions, but It
Just doesn't seem right to me
that a woman should be a mem
ber of the cabinet. Women are
too apt to let their emotions
rule them."
FRANK JASKOSKI, superin
tendent of a local printing es
tablishment, said: "l don't be
lieve women are entitled to be
in' the cabinet. A business " the
else of the United States gov
ernment should be handled by
experienced -and competent -men.
A woman might be Just as
competent as a man, but she
lacks the experience. .
STORM THREATENS
BEND, Orer. Nor. 15. (AP)-
A new snow storm appeared to bi
brewing In the summit country of
the Three
tonight. -
Sisters divide at sunset
SIX SURVIVORS
TAKE OATH AT
Criminal Negligence and
Lack of Discipline Laid
to Vestris' Crew
Sailors Order Men Out of
Boats and Take Their
Places, Is Charge"
NEW YORK. Nov. 15 (AP
Six survivors of the foundered
steamer Vestris today charged un
der oath before a United States
commissioner that the disaster
was marked by entire lack of dis
cipline, that neither officers nor
men were equipped to meet the
emergency, and that lives weref
needlessly wasted by rotting life
boats that no one knew how to
handle.
When the distress signal was at
last sent out, hours late they said,
the crew was left to Its own de
vices and the passengers neither
were told to don life belts nor
given any assistance in getting to
the lifeboats.
Husbands were ordered out et
boats In which their wives were
stationed and members ot the crew
allowed to take the vacant places.
hey testified, and the lifeboats
were sprung in the seams so they
leaked faster than they could bo
bailed out. Two witnesses told vt
gaping holes In the boats, one
saying that women and children
were put Into a boat that had a
hole six inches across in its side.
Captain Only Member
Of Staff On Hand
None of the witnesses saw any
officers except the captain on d ck
while the crew was making vala
attempts to launch the boats.
There was one hearsay repqrt of
an individual Instance of mutiny
in which an officer was said to
have drawn a pistol which a negre
member wrenched from his grasp
and threw overboard.
The survivors testified at the
opening session of the federal in
quiry; before United States Com
missioner Francis O'Neil conduc
ted by United -States Attorney
Charles Tuttle and four assistant. .
Today's witnesses were all pas- .
sen gers, beginning with Frederick
W. Puppe, whose wife and seven
months old. baby were lost when .
the ship sank, and ending with
Carlos Qulros. chancellor of tbe
Argentine consulate general at
Washington. Tomorrow officers,
and members ot the crew of the
Vestris will be called.
Jurisdiction Little Worry
To U. 8. At Present
. Tuttle told reporters at the
close of today's session that be
was not sure about the jurisdie-
tion of United States courts in the
matter, the Vestris being a British
ship, but added that be was giviag
little thought to Jurisdiction.
"What I want to find out," be
said, "is whether charges are true
that American citizens have lost
their lives at sea through negli
gence. , If anybody's negligence
has cost the lives of American citi
zens those people will be called m
account by this office. We'll talk
about jurisdiction later." - i
The first and most dramatic
witness was Puppe. In a broken
voice choking up at times aad
once breaking off his testimony .
to remove his spectacles and polish
them Puppe told how be steed
with his wife and baby on the
iharply sloping deck of tbe Ves- '
trig Monday forenoon and anx
iously scanned the horizon fer
"the steamers we; were absolutely
sure must hare been called to ear
help." '
TTrew Lowers Boats
Though No Order Given
"Suddenly, though we heard mm
orders and though no officer
were In sight," he said, "the crew
began to take down the lifeboats.
You could see that , none ot these
had even tried to lower a life beat
before. They ran from one boat te
another, taking things from ene
and putting them Into another, t
lidn't realise what this meant,
but later I discovered. At night.
when we were out In the lifeboat
we saw that there were flares la
some of the other boats, though
jurs were wet.
"Then X realised what It meant
irhen I saw men taking thtage
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David Campbell ,.
Obtains Unusual
Musical Eifects
For the pleasure of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence t 8. Hamllten'e
quests, David Campbell created
;he surge of the sea, the beat ef
lantlng rain, the soft, glow ef
Lnoonlight and quiet waters, the
rush and sweep of wind, and the
ianguld flight of dainty butter
Hes from the keyboard of the big
Mano on the Elslnore stage Thurs
lay night, .The noted Portland pi-
nist, cousin of 1 Mrs. . HamiUon,
:ave the finest informal program
resented In Salem so far this
Voason. . ' ' T; '
In his Inimitable manner, Mr.
Campbell combined his offerings
xlth descriptions replete with he
nor and vivid Imagery. The fiae
y balanced program was centered
bout the great theme of Nature
m expressed In musical art, and.
.fr nunnbell-had arranged it tar'.
o a co-ordinated whole that was
at once unique and highly-'ob
taining.