nrvrt
Slightly cooler today; Hn
mldity below normal. Max!
temperature Monday u 94 i
The Wfatlifr'i warm bat.
isn't it great that Oregon
half low humidity! Pity tbe
poor New Yorkers. -
Mia. 47; No rain; Rived -Ml ,
North wind; Xo rain.
SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 89
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 9, 1923
PRICK FIVE CENTS i
srr l i y..L x . T " w m. a - .... i Us - , nw x r , - jr .. n i.e ' r i snssii a a mlm.jlm ii aif & a aaAJAk . :: - -
II HEII 'EFFECT
JMi DELIVERY
ONE IS CAUGHT
SUIT AGAINST
eonoii of
Wisconsin ON
in A
ComiRt Practices Act Cited
tempt to Oust Koh-
ter
From Office
Huge Sums Declared Spent
' to Obtain Nomination
a I Anil ClAAtin
KOHUSR, Wis., Jly 8 (AP)
Fajers if taa eiru action seek
ior to but Governor Walter J.
Kohler.Jroip ofrice for alleged, tJ
olatlqn 'of tbe i corrupt practices
act. were aerrea on the chief exe
cntire here; today by Sheriff Har.
old Smedal ot Dane county.
The governor smilingly accept,
ed tbe papers in : tbe proceedings
from the sheriff and gare him
cigar, i I i ;
The governor issued a brief
statement in which be said: .
"The people of Wisconsin know
that my I record is clear and I do
not intend I to allow . this latest
more ot my political opponents-to
interfere! with I the- official bnsi-
Bess of tbe jstaijvi
Tbe .proceedings were brought
by Harold tM Wilkie. Madison
and Walter D, Corrisan, special
counsel, ; appointed January 25
by John W- Reynolds, attorney
general.' Reynolds made the ap
nointments iron ! petition of four
prominent progressives, who
charge Koiler with having spent
more than $10, 000 toobtam tne,
Republican nomination and elec
tion. i i i
The four! petitioners, who are
joint plaintiffs with the state in
the proceedings; are Philip La Fol
- lette, brother of Senator.: Robert
M. La Follette; William T. Evjuel.
editor ot the ; Madison capital
Tines; Alvin C, Reis. progressive
floor leader of "the assembly and
State Senator Glenn- D. Roberts,
Madison. ft
'An answer or demurrer must
be made 1 by Kohler's attorneys
within ten days.1 !
A limit of $4,000 Is allowed un
der tbe corrupt practices act for
the, campaign expenses, of a gu
bernatorial eandidatf, '
Reinnctri's AirpldhetNoiv
v Mopedi Fqr Flight Record
. 1 H . I
RMares Wife
Leaves Sclem to
Join Her Husband
Mm. R. R. (Pete) Rein-!
hart who baa bee ' spending
the past two weeks in Salem
with her iftother, left Mon
day for Cfclver. City Calif,
to be oa handjwhen befhos
band:and L. W. i Mendell
complete their ' attempt to
establish new refaeliag
eBdoraace flight.
Reinhart graduated from
the Salem high school .and
later waa employed on the
state traffic fore. j Hto
mother, live In Salem and
his wife formerly was a re
sident of this city. J
PHONE LINES WILL
BE PUT IU GROUND
Company Granted Permis
sion to Run Ditch to
Woodburri -1
SOUTH 1ZTH ROAD
WORK ABflKDOKED
County
Permission to run Its cable
alongside the Boone's Ferry mar
ket road from the Marion , county
line into Woodburn- was granted
the Pacific Telephone & Tele-
zranh company Monday by the
county couTt .which had had the
proposal under consideration ror
several weeks.-
The franchise rights provide
that the ditch for the s cable WU1
be 25 feet from the center of the
hlehwav. It will contain a ,cabre
carrying 282 pairs of wires- and
this will form tho main connec
tion between the Portland and
Salem telephone offices.
The ditch is to be two feet In
width and four feet inldepth and
at distances of 00 feet man
holes will be provided.! At every
mile tin the cable line; a ,larger
manhole will be "built. '
Construction of the under
ground line is already under way
in Multnomah county, J 200 men
being, employed on the 'Job. Con
struction work will be shifted in
to Marion, county ' soon and the
work will be hurried throughout
the remainder ot the summer. It
is understood that a digging ma
Court Claims Resi
dents Want Too Much
for Right-of-Way
"i :i- 1 .
Abandonment Of work this year
on the nronosed market road 1m
nrovement from South 12th street,
Salens tei a paint on the Pacinc
lii'hwav jtnuth of Salem, a dis
tance of about itwo miles, was an
nouncea ixuuj' x,j v - j
ronrt which made Us decision afU
r . a number of property holders
along the! proposed road had iuea
suit to compel; the court to pay
what that Jady i deemed was an
exhorbltaat' price; for right-of-way
for the w route.
Th court indicated In its an
ncement that it dki not intend
to be Vheld upf for property ne
cessary in road improvement 1
hnnfK it was willing to award the
land owners fair compensation for
property of which they would be
Another reason for tho aban
donment of tha ronta, not stated
asueh by tha commlsaloners but
thought iff hae inflaeneed their
decision, was a recent sUtement
from aUio highway . engineers,
that the route onsI3red by the
eonld be jiraproved upon! by
!p using some new surveys prepared
py the rtate.,, r: ! I
Salem -Man Receives Word That Wife Is On
Way to Greet Him When He
Makes Landing
CULVER CITY; Calif:, July c. (AP) Eleven o'clock
tonight the biplane Angeleno being flown toward a new re
fueling endurance flight record was within half an hour of
having flown continuously 160 hours, or within 15 hours of
beating the new mark made last week at Cleveland, Ohio. The
pilots, L. W. -Mendell and R. B. Reinhart,- regularly swung
their plane across the lighted airport about every twenty
very
sweet." ! i "
Mendell and Reinhart took off
at 7:29:30 a. m., last Tuesday
in an attempt to surpass the then
existing I record of 172 hours, 32
minutes 1 second. Since then Roy
L. Mitchell and Bryon K. New-
comb, at 'Cleveland, have boosted
the endurance mark to 174 hours
59 seconds. To receive official
recognition for having broken the
Cleveland record, Reinhart and
Mendell must remain aloft an
hour longer than Mitchell and
Newcomb did, or until 2:30:29
p. m., tomorrow.
Word ; was sent aloft to Rein
hart this afternoon that his wife
was on her way here from Sa
lem, Ore., to welcome -him when
the flight is terminated.
A note from the pilots, dropped
to the air field said: "We don't
know when we'll come down,"
EARTHQUAK
E
ROCKS
HIES
m
LEG! WW ELECT
DELEGATES T0NI6H
!
Fourteen 'Members of Loca
Post to be Chosen i at
Regular Meet
Harvey Bice, Ringleader, Re
turned to Lane1 County
Bastile at Eugene
Capture Made Near Browns
ville Late Monday
Afternoon
Rockefeller Turns 90 Years
is ii
-(AP)
here to
Golf remaines the favorite
pastime of this world-renowned
man who in the
heyday of his life was re
puted to be the world's
wealthiest citizen.
One Suburban School Build
ing and Several Res
idences . Damaged
(Turn to Page is. Column I.)
Oscar Dives
Off Walk to
Hard Floor
has gone
crasy
,!
with
Rebel
Paymaster
Gets Money Back
- : 1 ' .
NEW TORF4. July 8. (AP)
Tnl Judie! Thacber today or-
returned to Salvadore At-
nraiMter of the Mexican
Irebel army 3691.00Q of more than
37sooo0 seized from him when
I J he was arrested bere jlast May.
"Oscar
the heaL.
Sunday it affected him to such
extent that he dived oft the side
walk near his home at the fire
station, onto the concrete floor
of the basement entrance, and
broke his shell so that he can't
draw in his head now.
And that little mishap unset
tled him still more, so that Mon
day afternoon he was dashing
about in front of the city hall at
the rate ot a mile an hour, which
U lightning fast for Oscar,
Firemen expressed the opinion
that Oscar, who is their turtle
mascot, was looking for water
when he made the dive Sunday.
He has been acting queerly for
several days. j
Unpleasantness between - tne
firemen and police Is feared in
ease Oscar comesi in contact with
"Negress,; feline police j mascot,
in the course of his travels and
hostilities result. j
Oscar has been with the ' fire
department for nearly a year, but
LOS ANGELES, July 8. (AP)
An earthquake of considerable
intensity damaged one suburban
school building, several residences,
and resulted in trivial injuries to
four persons in Los Angeles coun
ty today. ; Office buildings in the
city swayed and shook, but' the
damage was confined to suburbs
fifteen miles south and east and
in the Ticinity of the Puente hills,
where the temblor was adjudged
to have been "caused by a slip .in
one of several faults known to. ex
ist there. : !
Two children were slightly hurt
in East Whiftier by the overturn
ing of a washing machine and two
oil field workers were struck by
materials jarred loose from oil
derricks.
One young woman about to go
surf bathlpg at Long Beach as the"
tremblor struck, fainted from
fright. A squad of firemen was
called to revive her.
The principal damage of the
quake, which shook an area thirty
mHes in radius was to the east of
the Whittier school. Both wings
of the'bmilding, a concrete one fif
teen years' old, were seriously
cracked while portions of ithe roof
and walls tell. i I
Fourteen delegates to the Oret
gon department convention of the
American Legion, will be elected at
tonight's meeting of Capital Post;
No. 9, officers of the post announ
ced Monday. In addition, 14 alter
nate delegates will be chosen.
Delegates generally "go places
and see things," but those elected
by Capital Post will do only thq
latter, as the -convention Is tq b4
held right here In Salem. Never-!
theless, a lot of Interest is being
taken in the election, as the real
work of the convention is done byj
the delegates. A long list of nom-j
inations is already on file, and op
portunity will be given tonight for
additional, nominations. 4 I
In addiUon to the election and'
discussion of convention details, a
program of entertainment is sched-i
uled for tonight's meeting. The.
nature of the program has - not;
been revealed by the committee In
charge of Arrangements, members
of which are Frank. Cain and John:
Brady. -T- i
After tonight's meeting, there
will be but one more prior to the
convention, and that meeting will
be a big "whoopee" session at the
armory.
Legionnaires who have been
traveling about the state, report
that interest in the convention is
high, and that every post visited
promises a big crowd of visitors
here August 8, 9, and 10.
EUGENE.1 Ore., July 8
-Harvey Bice, alleged
have been the ringleader in a Jail-
break from the Lane county bas-
tnie this morning, was Captured
late this afternoon near Browns
ville ' by Deputy Sherif f Julian
Strall after a three-mil chase.
Seven other prisoners, who es
caped at the same time are report- j
ed by other, deputies to have left
an easily followed trail j behind
them and their early capture is
anticipated.
Prisoners in thejailbreak in
cluded Bice, who was awaiting
trial nnder. the habitual criminal
act; William Gillen, serying six
months for cheek-passing; j Cecil
Dunham, who had two months to
serve on a forgery conviction;
Frank Anderson, awaiting grand
jury investigation; Edward Mil
ler, confined for a statutory of
fense; Stev Hamstreet, with only
a few days remaining on a term
for larceny; Gustav Fick, irho had
completed all but six days on a
burglary conviction; and! C. G.
Moss, serving 30 days in i liquor
case. - '
y v mM?j
T
n
PUT
TO BE ESTABLISHED
1 f
f l i -
Company Files Articles of
Incorporation ' With
. 'State Commission
TWO BLACK CHERRY
DEALS TO OPERATE
Young and Wells Turns Over
Contracts to Grow
Assocation
1.
' Jt rt"- '-' 4? IK
m AVIATORS! ,
I PATHFINDER
Williams and Yancey Take
- Off Despite Heavy Fog
4 at Old Orchard ! .
Mechanic Weeps as Orders
Given to Reduce Load
of. Gasoline
ers
There will be only two black
cherry Heals in Salein this year.
Young & Wells, finding it would
not pay them to operate their Sa
lem plant, have turned over their
contracts to the Marion County
Cherry Growers association, o f
which O. E. Brooks Is manager, at
the usual place, in the rear of the
Pacific Fruit A Produce Co. build
ing. The Royal Ann tonnage was
turned over to the Paulus plant
for canning, and theSings, Lam
berts and Blacjc Republteani will
be with the association; shipment?'.
The association commenced
packing Bings yesterda.y with a
fair sized "force, and a straight ear
of these cherries, ot, fine auallty,
will be ready to roll' out today or
tomorrow ,,and Lamberts wfll be-
also
Mr.
' Born July 8, 1839, at Rich
ford, Tioga County, N. Y. Son of
farmer-doctor to moderate cir
cumstances. ,
Ten Tracks turkey hen to
stolen nest, recovers chicks, sells
them la falL Puts out first $50
sayings at .Interest.
Twenty- Had saTed $1,000,
borrowed 11.000 from his father
and bought partnership in pro
duce firm ot Clark & Rockefeller,
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Thirty Had bought out part.
ners in oil refining --business fof
$72,500 and merged three com
panies as Rockefeller, Andrews &
Flagler.
Forty Head of Standard Oil
Company ot Ohio, with millions
of borrowed money used in pur
chase of other refineries, and de
velopment of pipe lines.
Fifty Head of Standard Oil
Trust against which Independent
prpdueers were beginning -to pro-
BHITISU KING ABMN
STRUCK BY 1LLTJESS
LONDON, July 8 (AP) The
British, public, fresh from yester
day's thlnksgivlng services ior
the ; recovered ; heaitn .: oi aus
George, relapsed Into a state oi
anxiety today when no fewer man
tirm doctors cancelled the mon
arch's projected trip to me sum
mer nalace at sanaringnam. ine
postponement was announced -only
three hours before the royal
acneauiea 10 it
Million Dollars Worth of
Opium FoundinBagga
f i ()f SGKinesXMsiirs Wife
Id on arrit
nartr was
didn't attach himself thereto tou I Tendon.
natrtlr. as was: the case with we-1 The nubile anxiety was onay
gresa and ; tbe guardians oi tne
law. One' of the firemen found
him In another part of town.
Since teaming up with the smoke
eaters, however, Tie has; stayea
,1am in kam ! eonstanttar until
ii. Mk H hibernated during Im.f in the nalace grounds. The
winter tMineata a bnsn nesiae l .Tmintinn was fleciaeo. on iwr
the tire station, u ; the king's regular physician naa
found that the sinus tne rigm
side was nt progressing in a sat
isfactory manner.
slightly lessened by announce-'
ments that an x-ray, examination
had been carried out this . alter-
noon, and that the king's gener
al health was so good he was able
to tak ehia usual walk with Queen
f i SAN FRANCISCO, j July 8.
"f API Approximately 3,wo una
of opium, declared worth $1,000,
000' at retail,, were found by .cus
toms officers " today On the lug
gar V Mrs ; Ting Kao, wife ot
.Ylay Kao, ! Chinese viee consuL ,
t ' 'ptficlals; ope;Bed ; seven largo
I wardrobe- txnnks and four ault
'ca;e3 In the presence f the Chi
nese viee consul and his wife. .-
Continuing UnTestlgation over
he protests ot Mrs. Kao's nttor-
Customs! i Agents jonn w.
ROUTED IS BELIEF
i
Smith and Roibert HarrU . broke
the seals, which under usual pro
cedure passed (the trunks through
without a Icheck by officials, and
investigated the contents "of the
trunks, which were held
here from China
In addition to the opium, ithe
WINDSOR.5 Ont,,
V
July
S,
rr&nadian l Press) (AP) n r-
onicerB wua mey evidence that -Canadian: II-
redsxt piece tt PJ8 0V exporters are contemplaUng
T " removal of their operations to the
tr had been paid.
Three pieces of .baggage, which
Mrs." Kao claimed ' were her own
nersonal belongings were ! not
searched., hut were sealed await
ing word from Washington as to
their dlsnosal tomorrow Ii r
The search, officials said, culm-
vide : onen spaces of Lake Erie
and Lake St. Clair was seen today
in an announcement that United
States prohibition nnder cover
agents had learned that rum run
ners were seeking fresh alliances
in Chicago, ! Cleveland and Toledo.
i- .The new American blockade naa
inated a two-year Investigation by .w ffii.b.nt la the Detroit
Smith and special treasury agents, lriw resulting In shutUng-off De-
and was said to have some con
nection with the arrest and eon
(Turn to Page It. Column L)
trolt customers, of the - rum run
ner, but the lakes are largely nn
protected.
gin to come' in a day or two,
Black Republicans' soon
Brooks expected about 10 cars in
all; but this new tonnage will
likely run it up somewhat higher;
The
mar-
Success in the plan announced!
several Weeks ago to obtain capi
tal for establishment of a paper;
board factory in Salem, using flax
shives as raw material, was indi
cated! Monday with the incorpora
tion of the Western Board; Prod
ucts company by ' F. Puttaert, F.
Tbielsen and James O. HeltseL
The company will have $50,000
capital. Mri Puttaert plans to
ship his lant here from San Fran
cisco, where he operated it several
years ago.' Lack of raw material
there: and the -high cost ot water,
taused operations to be 'discon
tinued.
The paper board will be useful
principally in manufacture ot
trunks, suitcases and . similar arti
cles. The flax shires, which will
be the principal material used.
hare been ntuisea-oniy ior met in
the past. Agreement tor their
purchase has been reached : with
thcofficials in charge of the state
flax Industry. f
Capital for the new venture has
been obtained principally in Port
land. t the plant will be In Sa
lem because the raw material is
here.'!-...:;" V Mcl:
perhaps a good deal" higher,
quality looks good, and the
ket for such shipments in the big
eastern cities Is now brisk, and
high.
Hurst, Root ic Co., at the north
room of the Terminal Ice; & Cold
Storage company's plant, began
taking in Bings yesterday, and got
a fair start.. They will take in also
Lamberts ana Black Republicans.
Their1 deal at The Dalles is now
about finished, a large one, wand
Mr.; Hurts will be on the deal here
personally, from now on.
Low Wants
Weeds Cut
He Asserts
' ' -' !
The big Idea, says Walter lowj
street commissioner is to get! tbe
weeds cut, and he doesnt care who
cuts them. ! I
Low is slightly wrathy. because
his good intentions, In the matter
of weed cutting have been mlacon
pSLgsiiip
WJNSLOW,
(AP) Colonel!
Arts.. July 8
Charles A. Llnd
bergh. inaugurating the air rail
passenger service of the trans
continental air transport, brought
the "City of Los -Angeles," nag
ship of the. Tu A- T. airplane
fleet, lightly to earth here at 2:01
p.m today, completing a flight
ot f our hours and twenty minutes
from Glendale. CalJ , :?-
The flagship and second
plane "The j City of San' Francis
co, which- followed Lindbergh
here from the Pacific coast term
inal, proceeded on to Clovls.1 N.
M where the passenger we.e to
board: sleeping ears. -
Lindbergh and his bride, the
former Anne Morrow, rem lined
here for the night." . -
-: X severe desert sand storm ap
peared in no way to hamper the
landing or take off ef either snip
strned by a. few persons who
have
L.
been notified to cut their, weeds
and tall grass.
The street commissioner
delegated a man to Interview these
property owners, and his represen
tative has suggested that in ease
they nave no one to do the work
Mr. Low will supply a man to do
The Intimation has followed
that Mr. Low has a personal; axe
to grind in making this offer, to
which the street commissioner
ready a short and ugly answer.
Any biinkety blank Jlar
says that had jbetter not say
me," he declares.
ho
t to
Reception For
Yankees Planned
' .,- : L
ROMS. July 8. (AP) Com
mander Patrick N. L. Bellinger.
assistant u. S. naval attache here,
wh participated in the sncceasfal
Transatlantic flight ot the NC. C.
4 ten years ago, ,1s ' making ar
rangements tor the reception ' In
Rome of the monoplane Pathtlnd
er which took off from Old! Or
chard, Maine, this morning.
test With appeals to State Legis
latures. ; -
Sixty Head of Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, combin
ing twenty companies controlling
hated, under continuous .attack
by press and politics, - known as
richest man in the world. '
j;. Seventy Standard OU. Com
pany of New Jersey had been dis
solved by government. - Rocke
feller still In control of separat
ed interests. Hid given .$3 5,0 00-
000 to University of Chicago and
distributed other large sums.
Health failing rapidly and given
short time to live.,- ,
1 Eighty Retired golf enthusiast
showing remarkable vitality. In
fluential but inactive In business.
Devoted to .philanthropies.
Ninety Still enjoying dally
game . oi golf and good health.
Has glren away more than $(500,
000,000. Generally regarded as
benefactor. :
D.Is
Past 90th
Birthday
i "
TARRTTOWN, X T.. July 8
(AP) Entirely in accordance
with the rules for sape and sim
ple living which he advocates,
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., today
passed his ninetieth birthday.
The only deviation from the
daily routine at Pocantlco hills
was' the presence on the dinner
table of. a big birthday cake.
Members of his family assembled
in the mansion as is customary on
his patal days.
'Sane and simple living" to
Mr. Rockefeller means among
other 'things privacy. To avoid
the camera man; he remained
away from church yesterday, and
today a group of reporters and
photographers, who gathered out
side his big estate hoping to be
Invited inside, were disappointed,
as usual.
Mr. Rockefeller's only public
observance ot tbe occasion was a
brief and formal statement, issu
ed last night, in which he said
he had "every reason to be grate
ful on his ninetieth birthday be
cause everybody had been so kind
and good to him all the year."
-With perfect health and full
of hope and cheer for the future,
have nothing but kindness and
good will for everybody," the
statement concluded.
11 i
Mercury Is
Boosted to
High Record
Egged on by a beaming sun, Old
Man Merucury got -busy Monday
and climbed the ladder until his
feet -rested on the 94th round
above the sero mark. Here he
Stopped, for a time until at 4:00
o'clock he started his downward
descent-j At 6:301 o'clock the 89
degree mark was reached.
The i minimum : mark reached
was 47 early Monday morning ac
cording t0 the official check taken
it the aifport. The range was es
pecially appreciated by easterners
visiting In Salem who commented
on the low temperature at night in
contrast to their own "muggy"
climate.
While the thermometer fell
steadily as night came on, It was
at 80 Monday evening and w'as not
going down as rapidly as is usual
ly expected on. an Oregon night.
Townspeople prepared to retire In
beds minus the ordinary blanket
aad houses were opened' wide to
afford some circulation jof air to
bring about a lower temperature.
OLD ORCHARD, Maine. July .
(AP) Two American aviators,
twice prevented from starting
across the Atlantic by the wreck- m
iftg of their plane as they attempt.
ed a tate-off, tonight were be
lieved over the ocean driving the
monoplane Pathfinder towards
Rome. " . j
Roger X. Williams, pilot, land
Lewis A. Yancey, navigator, de
termined on the takeoff even
though heavy fog covered 'the .
beach and he'd visibility to less
than a quarter ot a mile.
The only report -of the planet
which took off at 7: 49 . (E.S.T.) ,
was fropi Lfeut L. M. Melka, of
the coastguard, who accompanied
the Pathfinder in an amphibian.
He lost sight of the Rome-bound
plane an hour after. 75 miles off
Portland lightship. She was then
going "line," i
Friends Not Discouraged
As Word: Fails to Com$
iacK or reports oil the prog
ress Of the silver and green plane
did not discourage friends -nor
Mrs. Gertrude Yancey, wife ot the
naivigaroE. The fog which caused
Williams to have .a line of lime
poured down the. beach to mark
his takeoff, was general all along
the coast. , : i
The plane had 445 gallons ot
gasoline 55 less than the sched
uled 500 to carry it the 4,70
miles to the eternal city. Reduc
tion of the toad was ordered at
the , last minute, apparently be
cause the .fliers feared they could
not get the heavily loaded ship off :
the sands. -
FOr a time it was thought the ..
plane might return in a few hour
as Yancey told Ben Zebora, me
chanic; that if a check of tbe fuel
used showed there was notenoug
to carry through the Pathfinder
would be brought back.
55ebora Weeps When Gas ;
Supply Ordered Reduced (
Zebora,' who had worked en
both the Pathfinder and the Green
Flash, which was wrecked on Its
second attempted take off on June
13, cried .when Yancey ordered
hfen to remove eleven of the five
gallon cans of gasoline. He sakd
he felt-it might mean the differ- ;
ence between success or failure oa.
the flight.
;The aviators must get through -tat
land or alight near a ship tt
forced down or there will be but
little hope of their rescue. They,
carried no flares, no life boats, ne
radio-r-only two air cushions. . -
The normal cruising speed ef
the : Pathfinder 100 miles aw
hour would bring it to the Itai-.
ian capital . about nine o'clock,'
Eastern standard time. Wednes
day morning. Reports of favoring
TRUGESOUBHTIM
: i i - -
STREET CAR STRIKE
NEW ORLEANS, Jnly 8
CAP) Activities in the street car
strike was transferred today from
street righting to feverish maneu
vering around eonfereace boards
as 'efforts were made for a truce
between the company nd the
strikers.
With the full pressure, of vir
tually every civic organization in
the: city behind them, the city
commission council today dis
patched a statement from the car
men's, union to the New Orleans
Public Service. Inc. with the de
mand-that the j Union's- proposal
be accented. . .v ; .: '-I'""- . ;- '. . '
The,h"nhreed to tend its
men- hack to won ii me company
would -immediately recognise the
anion and arrange f or negotia
tions for a newworking contract!
Pnblle service officials agreed
to submit the proposition to Its
board ot directors. ;
FrSni
"WASHINGTON. Jnly 8. (AP)
-4-Presldent Hoover's task of se
lecting the members of the federal
farm board n eared completion to
day: with announcement that Wil
liam Ti Schilling, of NortMieia,
Mtnn., had! accepted appointment
aa spokesman for the dairying in
dustry. - ! ' , i
Six of the board's eight places
haveiow beeq filled and Mr. Hoo
ver looks forward confidently to
fining the two remaining vacan
cies before next Monday, at which
time the hoard will, gather at the
White House for its first meeting.
All of the appointees have notified
the president i that they; will be
present,! i ' 'Vr " ii
As president of the Twin City
Milk Producers association. Schill
ing has . had - considerable experi
ence with cooperative associations
dealing with the production, and
marketing of diary products, 'The
post of spokesman for the . dairy
men was offered last week to W. S.
Moscrip, secretary-treasurer Of the
Twin City association, but he de
clined.
;(Turn to Page 19 Column 1.)
OIL FOR ALL MAIM
IDS IS GOAL SET
It' Is only a matter ot time un
til oiling on market roads
throughout Marion county will he
matter of common practice ac
cording to J. E. Smith, county
commission, who . aaid Monday
that he felt that marked - advan
tages would come from this prac
tice. "Not only would the roads
be better for travel due to the
virtual' elimination; of dt but
the roads wear much monger,
Smith declared. "When roads
become dusty and the surface hi
swept by the wind. much materi
al is blown away," the commis
sioner declared, r "Clackamas
county now has two trucks for oil
ing its ; roads while ' Lane an
Washington counties each have
one. i Eastern Oregon ana Wash
ington highways are. frequently
oiled."
Jack Kearns end
Stage Actor Put
: On Genuine Fight
1 -
LOS ANGELES, -July ,
(AP) Tho Evening Ex
press! said today that Jack'
Keare, one time manager ef
th efonner beavy weight
boxing . champion, Jack
Detnpeeyi, and manager of
Mickey Walker, middle,
weight chanipioB, had poet
poaed a trip to New York
because of brmiees received
in fist fight. The fight ie
said to have occnired on Jn
ly 14 . at a fashionable Los
Angeles conntry clnb with
Charles E. pelaney, star of
the legitimate stage, oppos
ing; Kearns in an hnpromp
tn Hsig. , .
j - Kearna today appeared
with two badly swollen eyes
and braised Jaw, , while
Delaaey's r features were
marked by m nose of nns
nal stoe.-
i
4