-ir "V
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE!
f Paal Revere ud the ex
' else referendum makers both
burned the midnight oil al
though Paul had ft better
WEATHER
Generally cloexty and
settled today. Max tempera
tare Monday 70; Mis. 45;
Hirer 1.7; Rain, traces; Part
doady.
cause . and ased less
line.
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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 59
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AFTER CONFAB
Conservatives Decide to Re
linquish Reins of Gov
. ernment at Once
Present Frime Minister, to
Recommend Labor Chief
as His Successor
LONDON, June S (AP)
Stanley Baldwin, prime minister
of England Blnca October, 1924,
and conservative party leader,
today bowed to the will of the na
tion as expressed In the general
elections Thursday without on
necessary delay.
He will take the resignation of
his government tomorrow to King
George, on hla sfekbed at Wind
sor castle.
After consultation with the
members of his cabinet this af
ternoon the premier solved the
dilemma . confronting the conser
vatives in parliament by resign
ing power and leaving the way
open for the second labor govern
ment in England's history.
Official announcement that Mr.
Baldwin had placed the resigna
tion of his ministry In King
Oeorge's fcanl3, was expected to
morrow or Wednesday.
Decision jrriml at
After Much Debate
His dec'sion, debated during
the week end at the official
country residence of British pre
miers "chequers" put an end to
much speculation about the im
mediate political future of Great
Britain.
There had been rumor that
Mr. Baldwtn would prefer to face
parliament at the, head of his cab
inet June 25 and thereby force
the liberals, who bold the bal
ance of power with their 57 seats
tn the house, , to chopfce between
supporting a government headed
by a conservative premier or a
labor premier.
The premier chose the more
direct method of resignation at
chequers on Sunday, and when
he reached number 10 Downing
street this afternoon he had
reached a decision. He explained
his reasons to his colleagues, of
whom a majority were already in
JiTtirn to Fage I, Column 1.)
5
TO
Bishop Titus Lowe Will Give
Commencement Address
to Student Group
The graduation exercises for
the seniors of Kimball School of
theology will be held this after
noon at 2:30. Considerable Inter
est has been attached to the event
due to the fact that Bishop Titus
Lowe will be present to give the
commencement address.
The graduates receiving the de
gree of bachelor of divinity this
year are Horace H. Allen, Harry
G. Crouse and Robert Mcllvenna.
George F. Gordon will receive the
school diploma. In addition to
receiving the degree of bachelor
- ef . divinity; Horace Allen will re
ceive the degree of master of arts
In religious education.
Following the commencement
address, presentation of prizes
will be made by Dr. Edward L.
Mills, president of the board of
trustees. Then the class will be
presented by Dean J. . Mceor-
mick to President Canse, who will
award the diplomas.
Other events of the day Include
the alumni business meeting at
"the Kimball auditorium, and the
alumni banquet at the Leslie M
E. church at 6 o'clock this eve-
- Bint;. Dr. R. M. Gatke, secretary
of the alumni association Is In
charge of arrangements for the
banquet. The annual meeting of
the board of trustees will be held
at 10: SO this morning in the pres
ident's offices.
KIMBALL S
NOR
GRADUATE TODAY
Conflagration Completely
Destroyes Palatial House
In Labish Meadows Region
LABISH MEADOWS, June S.
Fire which broke out at mid-afternoon
and was thought to have
been extinguished Monday eve
ning completely destroyed the pa
latial M. L. Jones country borne
In this section. The home was the
show place of this region, and al
though built 25 years ago bad
been modernized and kept in ex
cellent repair. It was a large
three-story, 15-room dwelling.
- The original fire caught from
some trash thrown . In one of the
They Figure
AikOOOK
The Baldwin cabinet, declining to
Istencc under a parliament dominated by the labor party, will submit
its resignation to King George
shown Stanley Baldwin, the present
over the reins to Ramsey MacDonald, Lord Birkenhead, conservative
leader and member of the outgoing cabinet, and Arthur J. Cook,
prominent laborite and secretary of
Britain.
IME
Machine Manufactured Here
Finds Ready Sale in
Local Market
Proof that there is a ready mar
ket for airplanes manufactured in
Salem was furnished Monday, by
Lee Eyerly with the announcement
of the sale of the second airplane
to be built here to Roger brothers.
The purchasers of the new air
plane which is to be completed
this week, are Salem men who
took their flying work In Port
land. The airplane, an improvement
of the three-passenger monoplane
turned out by Eyerly several
months ago, will be used by which
Rogers as a pleasure ship in which
they will obtain sufficient hours
in the air to permit them to apply
for a license which will permit
them to become pilots.
The first plane made here by
Eyerly was sold some time ago to
C. J. Jensen, who Is nsing the ma
chine almost daily with very sat
isfactory results. No changes have
been necessitated in the airplane
which is of Eyerly's own design.
A third plane will be started
at Eyelry's factory just as soon as
the three-passenger monoplane is
finished this week.
LETTERS IS
BOSTON, June 3 (AP) The
Boston Herald in a copyrighted
artcile tomorrow will say that
postofflce inspectors have trac
ed the source of threatening let
ters sent recently to Constance
Morrow, daughter of Dwight W.
Morrow, ambassador to Mexico,
and other prominent persons, to
a waterfront customs guard here.
The Herald will say that the
guard was formerly an orderly
and valet to General Clarence R.
Edwards. wartime commander of
the 26th division and that he
was for many years a recorder in
the war department at Washing
ton.
Others who received letters
similar to those sent the IB year
old sister-in-law of Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh, according
to the Herald story, were Fred
erick H. Rawson, president of
the First National bank at Chica
go and the family of Frances St.
John Smith, Smith college stu
dent whose body was found sev
eral months ago tn the Connec
ticut river at Springfield.
fireplaces, the smoulder from this
presumably causing the smoot In
the chimney to flame up. The
second fire broke out shortly be
fore C o'clock and burned fierce
ly: Nearly S00 persons quickly
came to the scene and through the
efforts of neighbors most of the
T ousehold effects were saved. Ac
tual count showed a hundred antos
lined up along the road.
The loss Is estimated at $10,-
C 0, a portion of which is cor
ered by insurance.
SOURCE 0
HI
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In Shakeup
face the Issue of continued ex.
today. In the picture above are
prime minister who will hand
the Miners' Federation of Great
MY PLEADS FOB
BETTER EDUCATION
Presbyterian Pastor Gives
' Baccalaureate Sermon
for High School
"la our civilisation we spend
too much time In the production
of things for man to use and not
enough in the development of
manhood and womanhood capable
of using these things wisely,'
said Dr. Norman Kendall Tully in
his baccalaureate address deliv.
ered to the graduating class of
Salem high school, members of
the faculty, and friends and rela
tives of the students Sunday ev
ening at the First Presbyterian
church.
"It's better things they're af
ter all through the open country
better horses, cattle, and swine
and the boys and girls grow up
like Topsy. Since everywhere and
in every way we are striving to
perfect things why should we not
spend Infinitely more time in de
veloping our young men and wo
men?" The pastor asked.
Inventory of Physical
Estate Recommended
"Every young person should
have an inventory made of his
physical estate and then strive to
develop his body as the inventory
proves the necessity. Strange, is
it not that any man should delib
erately throw his body away?
Stranger still is it that in our
own communities adults should
for filthy lucre encourage this
waste of body.
"There are five marks of an
educated person," he said, nam
ing: Ability to use accurately ana
precisely his mother tongue, gen
tle and refined manners, medita
tion, which is the power of con-
cnetration; growtn, tne process
(Turn to Pag S. Column 1.)
FILM STJRS OBTAIN
LICENSE TO MM
NEW YORK .June 3 (AP)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., screen
star, and Lucille Fay le Sueur,
known on the screen as Joan
Crawford, were married today by
the Rev. Edward F. Leonard at
St. Malachy's Roman CathoUc
church.
The young actor told Deputy
City Clerk J. J. McCormick that
he lived at the Hollywood Athletic
club, Hollywood, Calfi,. and that
ha waa the son of Douglas Fair
banks and Anna Beth Sully, the
star's first wife. He was born in
this city.
Miss Crawford, who Uvea In
Brentwood Park, Calif., waa born
in San Antonio, Tex., the daughter
of Thomas and Anna Johnson Le
Snenr. She gave her age as SI
years.
James E.Baker
Passes Sunday ,
At Age. Of 65
' James E. Baker, a resident of
Salem for the past 20 years, died
Sunday afternoon at his home at
1445 Oak street at the age of 65
years. Funeral arrangements are
being held up pending word
from his son, Ernest E. Baker, of
Los Angeles.
IKS CITY
E
Over 2000 Men Work Fever
ishly Throughout Night
to Save Homes
Panic Precipitated as Alarm
Causes Fear That Town
May be Inundated
GREENVILLE, Miss., Jane 3.
(AP) The threat of a flood
stood menacingly before Green
ville tonight while business man,
planter, negro, and convict worked
side by side to save the city and
the lower delta from the rampag
ing waters of the Mississippi.
As night fell man had won over
the river, for the time being at
least, and grim hope was express
ed by the foreman in charge that
they would be able to hold back
the pounding waves that shot a
spout of sand and water ten feet
Into the air at 8 a. m., today open
ing a wide gap in the levee one
mile and a half below the city.
Miraculous Stop In
Gap Saves Town
The geyser sprung from a sand
boil at the foot of the levee which
blew out before a guard could
summon aid. By a strange quirk
of nature the top and sides of the
levee immediately dropped into
the gap and stopped the rush of
water before It hardly had start
ed. Immediately the alarm was
sounded in Greenville precipitat
ing a panic, regular residents re
called the horrors of the 1927 in
nndation when the city was
drowned for several weeks. House
wives sought high places for their
valuables, store keepers moved
their goods to npper floors, new
comers and tenderfeet fled the
city.
All Business Places
Are Ordered Closed
The mayor issued orders clos
ing all places of business and
called for volunteers to save the
city.
Within a short time a thousand
men were working like beavers
laying willow mats, brush and
sand bags around the leak spot
and started building a loop be
hind the whole rea.
Before night another thousand
men had arrived, including 3uu
state convicts who were working
higher up the river. They plan
ned to toil through the night.
Late today one of the levee en
gineers sent out word tha tthe odds
were in lavor of the levee holding.
Comfort was felt in the fact
that the river has fallen three-
tenths of a foot below the crest
of the present rise with indica
tions of a further fall..
FLOWER EXHIBIT TO
BE OBTAINED HERE
Salem Garden Group Takes
Action at Its Session
Monday Night
Salem Garden club Monday
night responded to an invitation
from the Portland Rose Show
board to show flowers in Portland
by selecting Mrs. Myron Van
Eaton, Miss Elizabeth Lord and
Miss Edith Schryver as represent
atives of the Salem club to ar
range and care for the Salem flow
er display in Portland on Satur
day of this week. All garden clubs
of the state are Invited to com
pete for prizes at this time in
Portland.
The flowers which are to go to
Portland are to be brought to the
flower show to be sponsored by
the Salem garden club at the Ford
agency on Center street beginning
at 1 o'clock Friday and running
on through the evening. All kinds
of flowers may be exhibited in
Portland, but emphasis wUl be
placed on roses. Containers are to
be brought for the flowers des
tined to be shown In Portland,
(Turn te Pag X, Column S.)
Bell To Receive
PaymentonHis
Insurance Policy
, Recovery of insurance benefits
under a policy secured through
the Oregon Statesman was'assur.
ed P. H. Bell by Gns Hixon, cir
culation manager of The States
man Monday when Bell's accident
was formally reported. Under his
policy with The4 Statesman, Mr.
Bell will be eligible to benefits
of 110 a week as long as be is en
able to work because of his auto
mobile accident. His car jover
turned on the Pacific highway
north of Hubbard on.. Saturday
and Bell was lnjared.
0 GENII
Salem Council Approves
Espee Franchise Despite
Promise Of Referendum
Eoff Has Low Bid On
Traffic Signals
For Streets
Strenuous Campaign
Influences 231
Residents
When bids for installation of
four traffic signals on downtown
intersections were opened by the
dty council Monday night, the
Eoff electric company was found
to have submitted the low bid,
12,495. The bids were referred to,
the police committee, which will
report back Its recommendation
at the next meeting.
The committee will also have
before it a remonstrance signed
by approximately 231 persons, ob
jecting to the traffic control pro
gram as unwarranted. These sig
natures are the fruits of nearly a
month's campaigning on the part
of the afternoon newspaper, which
began to oppose the project when
it was transferred from the street
committee to the police commit
tee. Soar Grapes Interview
Fired At City Dads
The most recent volley In this
campaign consisted of an inter
view with a salesman represent
ing a company which supplies a
type of signals not considered in
the bids opened Monday night. He
was reported to have said Salem
had no traffic problem which
would require control signals.
Recently, an attempt has been
made to frighten downtown mer
chants into opposing the traffic
control system; on the ground that
motorists would avoid the streets
on which it was operated. This
failed to take into consideration
the fact that the signals would be
operated only during the hours of
peak traffic; the noon hour and
from 5 o'clock until a little after
C o'clock.
W ESTATE IS
Lawsuit Comes Up in Court
Monday; Several Days
to be Consumed
"With an estate valued at $23,-
000 as the prize and a story whose
threads are interwoven with years
of litigation and the dark shadow
of Intended murder in the back
ground, the case of Mrs. Ruby
Brennan Rlchter got under way in
circuit court Monday and bids fair
to be the center of the court stage
for two if not three more days be
fore the jury is asked to give a
verdict in the suit to which Mrs.
Richter is plaintiff and F. N. De
bry, administrator de bonis non of
the estate of T. W.. Steiger, de
fendant. The contention of the plaintiff
Is that she worked for Steiger
from the time she was three years
old until Steiger's death in 1925
(Turn to Pace 2, Column 1.)
FIlllSlT
CHICAGO. June 4. (AP)
Fire broke out early today at the
Chicago General hospital at Dl
versey and Clark streets. Flames
swept from the basement up
through four floors used tor pa
tlents, first reports said.
Reports to the Sheffield avenue
police station said that all patients
were removed to safety.
A special alarm drew equipment
from a wide area to the hospital,
which formerly was known as the
German-American hospital. It
was not known how many patients
were there when fire broke oat,
bat Sheffield police estimated the
number as not more than 100.
The cans of the 'tire waa not
readily determined.
Fisher Promoted
By Police Chief
Asa Fisher, ' . who has been In
charge of the south prowler car
for the. Salem police department
for some time, has bean promoted
to the position of detective ser
geant, ' Chief Frank Mlnto an
nounced Monday; Fisher takes the
position, vacated by tha resigna
tion" of George Thomason. "Cher
ry" James has been transferred to
the prowler car and Clyde Kelty
has taken over James' downtown
beat.
SUBJECT TO ran
CHICAGO HOSPITAL
Evidence is Found
Lacking of Work
Upon New Airport
Haa actual con .ruction
been started at the airport?
Alderman Vandevort
wanted to know, and If so
"how come," since the
council hadn't authorized
It.
Members of the airport
committee said ne contracts
had been entered Into, and
in fact, there hadn't been
any work done .except In
connection with engineering
and experiments with a
tractor.
"Well, I read In the ev
ening paper that construc
tion was started," said Mr.
Vandevort.
"Ton can't believe every
thing you read in the even
ing paper," was the re
sponse. Bnt after all, the council
ratified the committee's
tentative agreement with R.
J. Walling for the blasting
and removal of trees, ap
" proved a call for bids on
purchase of a tractor, and
okeh'd the hill of K. J.
Cooper for $275, compensa
tion for engineering work
done so far.
Dads Seek
Abatement
Of Cinders
Objecting to the announce de
tention of the Oregon Pulp and
Paper company to wait two
months for a new cinder arrester
to be invented, before it provides
relief for soot-begrimed citizens
and property, the city council
monday night at the behest of Al
derman Patton instructed City
Attorney Williams to enter into
direct negotiations with F. W.
Leadbetter, president of the paper
company. In an effort to obtain
earlier action.
In response to a letter from
Mr. Patton, Walter Keyes, attor
ney for the paper company, sent
a reply that the company wished
to await perfection and patent
ing of a new device on which Carl
Gerlinger of Dallas is working.
Mr. Keyes stated that any effici
ent device now on the market.
would cost $25,00 and operation
(Turn to Page J, Column 2.)
IE PIPER' GIVEN
Salem Drama League Puts
on Much Discussed Play
at Local Theatre
An audience made silent
through Intense interest and true
admiration watched through to
the end of three hours of acting
Monday night at the Grand the
atre while 75 members of the Sa
lem Drama league made the days
of 1249 in the little Prussian vil
lage of Hamlen, live and breath
in "The Piper."
Salem has a right to be proud
of the work done in "The Piper."
Mrs. Otto Paulus. who directed
the play has a right to be happy
with the results of her work and
the cooperation of the people
with whom she worked. There
was art. finish, dramaUc quality.
smoothness of action and natur
alness of presentation In very
.line. Only that one knew the
people before one In every day
life as they go about their daily
work kept the knowledge in ones
mind that the production was
that of amateurs, not profession
al
The children were natural be
yond description. Little round
eyed four-year-olds looked out at
the audienee with absolute calm
and mere eurionsity as to bow
(Turn to Page X, Column 4.)
Postal Receipts
Drop Slightly
I During Month
Receipts of the Salem postofflce
for the month ending Hay 31 fell
below those of the previous month
and of the corresponding period a
year ago, according to the report
of John H. Farrar, postmaster.
May receipts totaled $16,137.26
April receipts bettered this, figure
by 13,348.16. Business bandied
during May, 1121, reached 120,-
617.05.
0 1
Strong Opposition Is
Voiced by North
Salemites
Ordinance Passes By
Vote of 9-3 At
Meeting
Over determined opposition
from a delegation of North Salem
residents, the city council Monday
night approved the ordinance
granting to the Southern Pacific
Motor Transport company an ex
clusive franchise for its bus lines
for a ten year period. After the
meeting, it was learned that the
North Salem folk are considering
invoking the referendum on this
franchise. In case this Is done
successfully, the entire matter
will be held in abeyance until the
next general election, 17 months
hence, city officials said.
The franchise ordinance was ap
proved by a vote of nine to three.
Alderman O'Hara, Wilkinson and
Kowitz voting against it.
Mrs. Stanton Argues
For Independent Service
Objections of the North Salem
delegation were voiced by Mrs.
W. L. Stanton, who related that
the independent "jitney" which
will go out of existence when the
franchise takes effect, was start
ed nine years ago when no other!
transportation was availble fori
residents of that part of the city.
She objected to the principle of
an exclusive franchise, and also to
the lack of early morning service.
In response to questions from
Alderman Patton, W. L. Billings
ley, manager of the transportation
company, asserted that the first
busses in the morning would reach
State and Commercial streets at
6:60, to accommodate persons
who must be at work by 7 o'clock;
and that the last busses at night
would leave at 11:10, to aecom-
(Turn to Page 2, Column 1.)
IAELANDJS CHEAT
Russell Brooks Describes
Situation to Chamber
of Commerce
Unemployment Is the gravest
problem of northern Ireland,
Russell Brooks, United States con
sul at Belfast, told members of
the chamber of commerce Monday
noon in bringing a word picture
of the economic situation of the
country to which he has been a
government representative for the
past five years.
Fifteen to 16 per cent of the
working people of northern Ire
land cannot obtain jobs, due prin
cipally to the depression existing
in the linen and shipbuilding
trades. The result ies a govern
ment system of doles, said Brooks,
maintained through the coopera
tion of the employer, the worker
and the state.
A government dole of $6.75 a
week for a man and his wife Is
supplemented by $1 a week for
(Turn te Page 2, Column 2.)
Salem Teachers
To Hold Picnic
In Hagefs Grovel
The annual picnic of teachers In
the 12 Salem schools is scheduled
for' late afternoon today at Ha
ger's grove. In the event that it
rains, the affair will be held In
the high school gymnasium. The
frolic has been planned by the
Teachers' -association, of which
Miss Dorothy Taylor, McKinley
and Lincoln principal, Is the new
president.
- Coincident to the picnic, high
school teachers have been careful
to practice what they preach and
will make the trip tor' the grove
by bus, regardless of bow the oth
er teachers travel. The high
school faculty recently imposed
bus-traveling for picnics upon the
student body.
MarkPoulsen's
rh Condition Worse
f Mark Ponlsen, city recorder,
waa tn a more serlons condition
following his tall down the stairs
at' the Adolph building Saturday
night, that at first supposed, it
was learned Monday He waa re
moved to a hospital. He apparent
ly entered a light stroke, which
caused the fall, the -attending
physician said.
UNEMPLOYMENT III
S TDD
ED
No Chance Seen That Voters
Will Pass on Excise Tax
at Special Election
Time of Portlander's Arriv
al Here is Checked by
Three Witnesses
Three minutes too late!
Because Erskine Wood's auto
mobile couldn't make 52 miles ia
less than an hour, there will be
no referendum election June 21
on the excise tax.
Bearing petitions with 9,615
names 37 too few even if he had
arrived on time Wood arrived at
the office of Hal Hoss, secretary
of state, at 12.03 this morning.
The time was checked by three
witnesses, all holding watches
which had been synchronized with
Western Union time.
Hoss Refuses To
Pile Petitions
The secretary of state Is holding
the petitions, but he has ruled
that they arrived too late, and will
refuse to file them unless ordered
to do sv by the courts or by the
attorney general.
Wood left Portland at 11
o'clock Monday night, with tha
petitions, announcing that he
would file them and then ask a
recount, in the hope that some
error had been made In tabulation.
The total of 9,685 names was cr-
tilled by the Multnomah county
clerk. In order to call for a refer
endum election, the petit ioaa
should have carried 9,722 name.
Test Salt Promised
By L. B. Smith
While Wood was rushing to
ward Salem, L, B. Smith, secretary
of the Greater Oregon association,
announced that he would file a
test suit in circuit court here ques
tioning the legality of the refer
endum petition because of late
filing, and would ask an order te
restrain the secretary of state)
from ordering a special electlea
June 28.
Smith declared a mandate la
contained in the section of the
constitution deallngwlth the re.
ferendum, which cites clearly that
the referendum must be invoked
not later than 90 days after tie
final adjournment of the legisla
ture. This would have made Sun
day, June 2, the deadline for filing
the petition Instead of Monday.
(Turn to Page S, Column 4.)
ATTEMPT TO MLT
'THE PIPE! DEB
Doney Declares Service Sta
tion Patrons Are With
Him In Stand
Denial that he tried to stop per
formances of "The Piper" on Sun
day was made Monday by Presi
dent Carl G. Doney of Willamette
university who declared that he
had been incorrectly quoted ia
press reports.
"It was no more my function te
try to stop these performances
than to try to stop the showing of
a picture at a commercial the
ater," said Dr. Doney, "I did coun
sel students not to take part ia
the production but to my know
ledge only one student was In the
cast and he was registered only
for n art-time work." A telenhone
conversation with Rev. Earl Coca-'
ran was not made with the at
tempt to have the latter call off
the performance. Dr. Doney said.
President Doney said Monday
that a student at Willamette.
thinking to test public opinion e
the question of holding, the aesv
formance on Sunday with a paid.
admission, quizzed 115 patrons f
a service station where he worked
Saturday. Ninety-eight of the pa
trons declared themselves la favor
of the stand taken by Willamette
university.
Like Mysteries?
Here Is A Real
One!
In a great skyscraper, ts
a great city, where New
York's night club life was to
be found, came the murder
which fUled newspapers with
tta horror and left the pub
lie mystified.
The anraveling the
" crime took time and effort
bat ta dne coarse of events,
the solution waa found eves
as yoa win find it in "The
Skyscraper Murder, a new
aerial mystery te start this
week ia. The Statesman. : '
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