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:? v . . ... . . iiLcumw otAiijAii, oaiem, fjregpa, sanaar Morning. Jnly Zu lSSZ" . Holding the! Bag 'Murder o Th f the Nkht'C ub I .adv .... e . 'Wo Fatw Sways V$t " " ; From First SUfcsman; March 28, 1851 : THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHABLE3 A. SPbUGTJK,-ShIXDCiN P. Sackttt, PaHufcrrs Charles A. SpraCUI - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sacxett - - - - Managing Editor Member ol the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the dm for publico tVo t all aewa dispatches credited to It or ox otberwloe credited to tbte paper. - Pacific Coast Advertising tepresenUthres: Arthur W. 8trpeo, toe-' Portia cd, Security Bids. Baa Fraaria 8tuuroa Bid. J Loo Angeles. W. Pac. Bid. ' Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Farsoni-Stecher, Ino. New Tork, tTl afadlsoa Are.; Chicago. 0 M. Michigan Ave. , Entered at the Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon. a$ Seeond-Claet Matter. Publish td every morning except Monday. Butinest of fice. ttS S. Coinvureial Street. - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. IS eente: Mo. IXU; Me. ttll; 1 year 14.00. BUaewbero i8 cent per eta, or IS.SS (or 1 year la advance. By City Carrier: 41 cento a mcntkj IS.M a year la advance. Per Copy I cent On trains and Newa Stand i cents. . The Home Loan Bill THE government makes a big mistake, except as a tem porary expedient, in getting over into the field of home financing. There are signs everywhere of a healthy rising of the people against this wet-nursing by government of en- terprise better left to private initiative. As an emergency measure the move may have some excuses, but as a perman v ent thing it is unnecessary and unwise. There is not at the present time a great lack of housing accommodation. In most cities there are surpluses of houses due to the doubling up of families when incomes shrink. One cause of our trouble was the over-abundance of capital for construction purposes in the last decade. The over-building of apartment houses as speculative enterprises has been exposed as one of the great financial scandals of the gilded era. But in the field of finance there is nothing, scarcely, more safe than loans on homes. In the states of Oregon and Washington, while there have been numerous bank failures, not a single savings and loan association honestly operated has failed in receat years, so far as our information goes. Some have had their troubles, but they are weathering the storm and nearly all of them are continuing dividends. This is a great tribute to this form of savings and in vestment. In fact if we were recommending an investment policy for persons whether of large or small means we would endorse First, an insurance policy for protection against emer gencies : death, sickness, accident. Second, a savings account in a bank, which is immedi ately available and should make borrowing except for per manent investment unnecessary. Third, certificate in a savings and loan association call ing for regular weekly or monthly payments. This is a long term savings program, and should not be withdrawn, except in case of grave necessity, until it is completed. After this come first mortgages, bonds, real estate and stocks. So many people have gotten bad burns on bonds and stocks they fl much niore kindly to the conservative, if low interest, savings bank and building and loan asso ciation investments. We are confident enough money is be ing saved right here in Salem to supply even now all the leg itimate demand for loans for constructing new homes, but the savings are scattered all over the country. That of course is the individual's privilege; but we do not know where a person could go to find safer investment than in the homes of Salem and the farms of Marion county on the basis of current values. . We do not look for much general benefit from the home loan bill, but what there is ought to be of some benefit to the lumber industry which is flat on its back with its tongue hanging out. Our hope is that industry, which has within it self abundant resources for self -recovery, will hit its stride before many months, and make this new government ma chine unnecessary. Board Continues to Crawl SATURDAY'S paper has a dispatch from Portland quot ing members of the state board of higher education to the effect that it was "not certain" that a chancellor will be elected Sept. 12th. That indeed is the most prominent characteristic of the state board. It is "not certain". It has never been certain. It has run now for over three years on a program of continu ing uncertainty and vacillation until the people are thor oughly disgusted and higher education is in a state of flux. j This is illustrated again in the quotation from C. C. Coif: "In fairness to Dr. W. J. Kerr, I wish to say that he has not -been eliminated from the list of .candidates because his nam has never been presented to the board as a candidate." So then the bo i may change its mind again after def initely -deciding to ... east for a chancellor? More uncertain ty. Charting the course of the state board of higher educa tion, either past or prospective is, like making a graph of the movements of a flea. 4- ' The naivete of Mr. Colt's interview is indeed engaging. From his remarks one would infer the board had never heard of Dr. Kerr, that his name had not been considered, that if mentioned it was only a casual reference, that the board did not go into a huddle for hours over electing him, that it did not deadlock after days of conferences, and that the news reports of the four-four split with Charlie Starr on the fence are vagaries of reporters. How, may we inquire is a man's name presented to the board as a candidate? Is it necessary to initiate petitions and hire shovers at ten. cents a name and store the petitions in bank vaults pending a board meeting? How was Doctor Zook's name presented as a candidate? And how about all the ethers whose names the board zealously safeguards lest they feel the snub of second-choice? The board seems quite sensitive of the feelings of other "candidates"; but seems to think after snooping around all over the country it can come back and hire Dr. Kerr if it wants to. The board would make therk! KCIT While fu-mbles for the keyhole in Plper bckrak the board comes t0 late. Even if it ffSJ rl err a!i2 he accepts, the board has sinned away tion n.FaCe Thefcandal it has made of higher educa--SSd. fr?9nnes for exPsure and relief. Bruised and KerfnVV0' WI?cked mora!e' a formidable threat Sa tt110113 established are monuments to SoUS Zci wJ?? CERTAINTY. If the governor noflestt growing wait that long. naxcates " Wl11- The people may not , DeGrace A NOTHER vietnr in i"L is tmin t; li : curtt Suof6 fJftion is busted and some offat r !S,PP mder st adnainistratiol wfn!i!?lht ,MrP??. depaxtmentwuSi Wnwivrii;-' wppmg at No Tear ShaU Am" i- i Diseraced !z?yr .. "aal pirates nouung to sav himself. "Ob- Lay S ermon THE ROAD TO HEAVEN "HeTa ig not jfned br a liaitt bound." Lowell. The human mind Is always hun gry for certitude. It Grants tha security of assured salvation Tt dreads the gnawing doubts which. " o wsiewn n uivu breed, tear. of Jesus, for the multitude was d uvuiv wdtiifv i physical phenomenon In proof of I replied "Ya seek for slen. and no sign shall be given." How dis turbing this must have been to tha wistful questioners; for them, no sign, and so they went to their graves unbelieving or doubting. Men and women today seek lor signs: thev are rlamnrnim tnr some simple formula which may introduce them to heaven. They want tha confidence that mnVna effort unnecessary; that they may nasK in cairn contentment. Though they may hare the same textbook of religion sects read It differently and derive from it commands of almost Infinite variety. Some say the bible commands to wear no buttons, but to use hooks and eyes; others read tha bible and think it a Bin tn til Ann tnr healing; some read It and find In it prooi uat tha day of worship is Saturday, while others convince themselves that 8unday Is tha day to be observed. This tha bible, tha Tory textbook of a great group, does not annnlr MmHMi certainties to those who esteem It sacred. Lowell waa an It he wrote: "Heaven is not gained m a smgia bound." Arriving at one's credo in this day of com plex interests and dislocated val ues is not a simple task. Science has brought dislIlnainnmAnt nhll- osophy brings bafflement'; tha outlook of life brings discourage- xnouga many say "Lo, here" and "La. thar discovery no longer rings with the clear note of assurance as onca it did. No. the mind and hu must forra their awn credo, must forge it out of the confusion which everywhere abounds: and hx-ri this credo must still bo aware bf cnangmg thought la the age of continulnr chanr ma bound, but many bounds bring one v mo una oaven or a working faith. The.aama ml anniia -n wrvTm u other fields of human interests. uuay men go about as wildly in the fields of buainAs h(v... with heads cut-off. Some rush to ward socialism; others toward communism; others toward dicta torship; others toward political changes. And everyone is asking, why don't they do something? Alas, there is no simnla vi nf escape. Prosperity will not re turn by writing a new law, or makinz a shift in hnna.. .... tern. Economies la an, an imni. as that; but the product of a mul titude of forces of constantly vary ing Intensities. Good times will not come "by a sinxla hound The challemra ia a no rf rt Iff. A revealed religion that requires no effort to accept or to follow wwuia nave only a lary. flabby Constituency Thftr ! C . ' uv DUIU thing as an endowment of money woiwa relieve every one ot ciiurfc, or an endowment of roll gious truth which ali f.- . - i for no mental or sniiitnal affnrt An k. part of succeeding generations. The heritare of mmvini i. i.v.. --for a living, for a religion, for a aociai ana poutieal order. Labor ot mind and body ia age, and his Messing. all wereemployed to deter Jim Mott and the department from i putting him before the bar of.justice. The attempts failed, and now DeGrace stands convicted, another object lesson that breach of trust in custodianship of money brings ignominy and disgrace. ' The JSnaena Reeiatnr-nna aa aasnraaaa thai ta aiit' iux.4 iMMeaa n..! .w Z. VI -. Contemporary Adam Not Original Article; Just Distant Relative By D. H. Talmadge, Sage of Salem OU poor fish! Tou'ra too fresh!" I overheard a rftll at B7i m m n mrtm V vie tea gfwuu n vutau acaa liUaajsl other nigbt. I it possible for a iiHi, cica m y tnji Lisa, in ljt fresh? However, beyond tha mUd sens of curiosity which civea rlsa to tha airerv. the mattar la aona of mv business. Prohibition in Iowa, back In tha eighties, resulted ia tha eleo- non oz a aemocratio governor. Will tha nation react similarly la tha present situation? Do your own guessing:. Rule No. IS from tha traveling man's handbook: do not attempt to gat orders or make collections on a Mondav mornlnr. Tha am. ceding day having been tha day or rest, me average business man ia very weary and ia a low state of spirits not conducive to tha giving out of orders or tha pay ing out of money. To what extant la It possible for aa Individual ta economise and stni retain his Identity and essential character? Perhaps we shall era long find tha answer to this by unavoidable experience. Excerpt from a book entitled Lit tle Rays of Sunshine. I note a picture of Judge Peter D'axcy in recant Portland news papers. Judge D'Arcy's face is al most as well known In tha PaclfJe northwest as is that ot Mayor George Baker of Portland. "RooseTelt" is tha correct pro nunciation, according to an east ern newspaper. I hear of a man who bought a hundred dollar article la an Ore gon store (0 well, if you want to be fussy, the price of the article was only nlnety-alx fifty, reduced from a hundred) and paid cash. Later, owing to unavoidable cir cumstances, he returned the ar ticle and requested that the mon ey be repaid to him. The dealer repaid the money. He laughingly fjjUy all right. Hysterica. prW old time normal basis. A 11-year-old boy tells me he had a !W5U. C6,ebr July Fourth iLi60",1?. 0ttlT cents. (Ha had only if eanta. Had ha possessed a greater amount, .ay cente) W0Uld hT ,p6at 17 SomeUmee the four faces of the court house clock vary alight ly one from another. Thus does a in. llr li?e Pwant quarrel ing between old genUemen who hare little to do but set the? watches and who derive much pleasure from uncovering, br comparison, discrepancies in the watches of other old gentlemen. One by one signs of trouble In crease. Clear a t- o.i. - am oaivm rw Dort n astonishing: demand for cije ot cigars Anown aa twofera." Announcement of the temper- y closing of the Elslnore the- re August 1 has r.nlti i. . ry atre August 1 has reanltad la somewhat dismal chorus of ohs .1.1 - ew - ".ZT": 7. r. Mrr in ..... ew- I ST j D. H. TALMADOB and ahs. and 1 don't know why. It la la no way unusual far a theatre to go dark for a time la the summer, it is, la feet, aa old Broadway custom. And the rea son la ever the same lack ot nat ron age. I heard a man address another aa Adam one day this week, aad for a moment I was quite start led, because I had somehow get the Impression that Adam was dead. But the man turned out to be only a distant relative of the Adam I had in mind. Suddenly, like the bursting of a rocket In the darkness of the night, a reason has been discoT ered by a Salem man for cuffs on trousers. He uses them aa a re ceptacle for cigar ashes, and when he Is agaia in the safety sone he dumps the ashes out. One of the pleasures of Ufa, available to every man and wom an, is found in the mental exer cise incidental to the solution oc world problems. After one has solved a world problem aatlsfae torfly to himself he may talk ot rV? mr mIn4 But if he does not talk of it he may be spared the making of ex planations later. During the week just past I ronng Dong Fairbanks and Mary Brian la the "if Tough to be Famous" picture, its second showing fa Salem? S seeme to me that young atr. Fair banks is extraordinarily happy in the characterization of the har rassed national hero whose heart 'f!.0'1 for oblivion. His ex ploitation for commercial pur poseskeen satire-makes an in teresting story, but one might augh and find It more enjoyable if Llndy could be forgotten, aad if the empty cradle la a certain Jwm7 home did not contin ually recur to mind. Old Rimn aava r SgTJff ni.-1 ?" buTl Snt inl tfBndV J1 say I think it such a hop la' for the best, ail the' time. heck. of a good Job." Daily Thought Xlfa would be a perpetual flea hunt it a man were'obUged to ran down all the inaaeadoea, laverad- r .mUoma and Usrepre- imiuuom wwcft are uttered againsi it - him. - Henry Ward 1 Brr A HI CHAPTER THIRTT-SETEN piOLTS JiandVwna aa the door- .knob, as ha paoaed, theught for a moment aad framed Ida next questions with meticulous care. Ulsa Lox, de yea remember when yon, Lola, aad lfra. Carewe were ia tibia reom last night langMngl" Oh, yea, Mr. Colt." "What were yon laughing about T- "Joflt at my chatter. I was tell ing them aoaae of the experiences I cava had while Mrs. Carewe helped her to undress. I was trying' to cheer up Lola.'' . Did Lola ask for the bathrobe herself t Think carefully new." "Tea, she did." "Did yea get it for her?" "Tea eat of that closet ever there." "And did yon button it en her?" "Her mother did Lola's hands were trembling; so that she could net do much tor herself I" Coifs rrie tierhtenMl em t ImnK '-and yet ha lingered. He seemed reluctant to go; his mind seemed rropinf for more facta. "Waa there any conversation about that bathrobe?" Dorothy Lox, who had been rub binc Mrs. Carewe's temples with witch-haxeL looked up at Colt with a puzaled air. "I seem te remember that there waa. Now what could it have been? It waa something about the bathrobe beina an old ana. Ur Rowland bad called here early last e mm a . . nig-nt ana seen Lola la It. And he bad offered te bur it from W. AH this was before they even left the bouse. Lola laughed about how arach fun they had ever it Ha ef- xerea to buy aer a new ana if aba would gve him that one. And aha refused, ft seemed it waa an aM arcumeat between them. Lola had some reason of her own for holding on to mat ou bathrobe. I gathered it waa a present from some ad mirerover in Paris, lonr aim. Anyway, Vincent Rowland did seize tne bathrobe axd aide It and Lola refused te leave with him until it was found again. I think, Mr. Colt, that was au there was about the bathrobe." "I think." returned Thatcher Celt "that ia quite enough. Report here for duty at aevea tonight and thanks I" Mrs. Carewe had fallen araln In to a deep slumber. Colt exchanged a zew words with Flynn, who waa leaving for Headquarters and then we tooc our departure. District Attorney Merle E. Dougherty waa awaiting us im patiently in tha tip of the needle of the Chrysler Building-. There, in tarn rooms oz tne Uloud Club, we had made our luncheon rendexroua. To me, the Cloud Club quarters are among1 tha supreme disappoint ments of present New York life. Here is a retreat in the sky, a place where one may dine and loaf among the clouds. From the club windows one might glimpse the most ro- maatle spectacles of the great American metropolis If one were permitted. But no there ia a reg istration desk ia front of the very best window, and ether obstacles apparently wherever it was possible BITS for BREAKFAST By ft. J. Cyras Shepard. called t Ia a rare little .book on the life ot Cyrus Shepard, written by Bar. Z. A. Mudge, published la 1811, only a few copies of which are ia existence, one of them In the collection of A. N. Bush ot Salem, several incidents are re lated that led Shepard and hia friends to believe that he was called of the God of Christian peoples Called to be a Christian, a mis sionary, directed to come to Ore gon, guided on his way, placed to meet tha persons and be ia the places where his work might be fruitful. - The little book telle ot his birth and boyhood la the home of a humble Massachusetta farmer; of his becoming a school teacher, his conversion, hia removal to tha city of Lyna. Mass.. where ha became a member of tha First Methodist church and a teacher la Sunday school. . Exceptionally devout he felt a can to do larger work for ha manlty; hoped to be sent to Af rica as a missionary teacher. Talliag a friead of a dream he dreamed of being actually on tha way In a ship to tha African field, his name was proposed by tha friend for that service. . But he was denied that opportunity. He had been fond of tine clothes, personal display. Ha felt called to suppress this pride, and dressed shabbily, la a sort of psnaee, so much so that many who noticed this remarked upon It area when ha was at the old Oregon mission. S "e "e He waited aad longed for the direction, after feeling the call te be a missionary. Jason Lea aad his nephew, Daniel, had. In lglj, been commissioned to open n mis sion west at the Rockies re sponding to the Macedonian call ot tha western Indians; tha sup posed Flathead. The reader Is as doubt familiar with the cir cumstances. Shepard's name had been mentioned to Jason Lee by a member of tha Methodist mis sionary board at New Tork. But It was only a faiat memory. He visited Boston, had a chance meetlnsr on a rowdiwf with Shepard; they had gone by each omer in tie press of tha crowd, when n .eosapaaloa of Lee said, "Brother Shspard baa Just passed.- "Shepard.- replied Lea. as f Just. set. us big front a rerery. N T HON Y A 11 rsrj 1 X -J AU aaw Derethy Lex looked ap at to raise them. The beat view is from the toilet. And instead of the peace and quiet of tha vault of heaven through which the Chrysler needle ia pierced, the place r sounds with the endless ducking derry-down of stock market tickers. Thus tha Cloud Club is one of piece with so much of modern New Tork ineptitude in the face of eharmlag opportunities. Bat Dougherty belonged to the Cloud Club and be had Insisted that we meet in these sad-yet-might-have-been-giorious chambers in the air True to his promise,; Colt bad seen to it that bulletins of all our developments had been sent to the District Attorney's office. Hence it waa something of a chastened Dougherty who led us to a round table ia a private room. Since we had parted from him. after break fast, Dougherty had been to the barber. His red curia were trim med; ha was wearing a fresh suit his nails glistened, and his sagging jowls were smooth and powdered. But the great infant blue eyes were troubled and disappointed. Dourh- erty knew that the case was by no means as simple as he had believed; it was a grave and ghastly prob lem, that seemed every moment to become more perplexingly en tangled. "The case asramst Vincent Saw. land seems to be more convincing at every turn." he commcntatl. aftr Colt had told him of our recent visit to the apartment "It seems to me eur next step is to face him with what we've got". But to this Thatcher Colt de murred. "I am not at all nrt tna im Mr wisest course," be objected. "I know! HENDRICKS - "I have heard that name before; I must see him. Thus the meet ing, aad tha direction. Shepard accepted Joyously tha Invitation to go to the wflds ot Oregon. That waa la November. '11. April 1, 1114. the Lees aad Shepard were oa the way across the then all but trackless plains, starting from Independence, Mo in which vicinity they had se cured as lay members lot their mission P. L. Edwards and C. M. Walker. Shepard felt the call ia many ways on the long Journey. The party was at Fort Vancou ver Sept. 15, and the four other members had commenced, Oct C, building the first log house at the old mission 10 miles below the site of Salem, leaving Shepard. while recuperating his broken health, at the fort engaged to teach the school there. ; Writing from Fort Vancouver, December 21, 1S14, Cyrus Shepard saidt 4 "My dally employment at pres ent i with about 10 half-breed youth, instructing them in the sciences, and giving them such religious Instruction as I hope may be, by the blessing of Ood. a lasting benefit to their souls. In addition to the day school, I have two young men and eight boys In the evening. -Besides these. I hTt been teachiag three Japanese, named E-wa-ketch. Ke-o-chl-cha. and O-too. who ware wrecked oa the coast soma time last season, and taken by tha Indians, and held to slavery until released by the humanity of Governor McLough lin. and brought to this place. They have new sailed for Eng land, from which they are to re turn to their native land. While at school, they made rapid im provement aad were remarkably studious and decile, aad learned torepeat tha Lord's tTayernd some other portions ot the Scrip- FiSrt to wort by small Instrumentalities, to at tain the most astonishing ends for the good of tha world, there by shaming the unbelief of his psopla. may, by these poor ehO Jwa. carry the gospel to their neglected countryman. I think J !?aJfi. of PWrtdaneaa la their history. They were cast oa a for algn, shore, and seised by aar ages. From their bands they were daurared by Governor HcLough aad L a stranger, aadwaeT etedly. and rather reluctantly, detained here t a.v though, U-toa feeMesnmanner,4 BB O T Celt with a puxxled air. Vincent Rowland. I know the mule like quality at his mind, onca ha gets his feet firmly planted under him. It ia my object not -to give bin) that opportunity. Ton aee, we havenl ft case against Rowland yet" "Bui, ny God, Thatcher hia handling of the bathrobe ia enough m "Not for the jury you wiB have to convince Dougherty I" "By the time we get before the jury, the ease will be complete," declared the District Attorney frowning. "But let's get it right before we put the steel mittens en the mur derer. That's the only satisfactory way to handle a job like this any way. Rowland cant get away. We have him under the closest obser vation. Now my idea is to keep him that way, while we establish the vi tal points which would be needed to coaviet him." Trove that he had possession of the scorpions." "Certainly that is one of the most vital phases on which wa would have to be one hundred per cent correct Then we shall have to ahow that even though he had the bathrobe In his hands, he had also the opportunity to secrete the scorpion there. To me that is one of the weakest links in the chain. Consider for yourself, Dougherty Vincent Rowland had that bath robe In his hands, before he and Lola left the house to go to tha Mayfair. Right? Do you believe. then, that he put the scorpion in the bathrobe at that early hour? If so, why did no one notice T fTa Be Cantianyfl Ca7nfeltJUrCeaia-FrIac. Dtetribated br Kaf Fe Marti SyadjcaU. Ia. the good news of salvation Christ How short-sighted ' mortals are! We know net what may prosper, whether this oc that Why am I not more passive la God's heads, and willing to be led by him?" e Lieutenant Wilkes, la his "Ex ploring Expedition." thus speaks of this Incident: "It was near this point (Point Grenville) that the very remarkable occurrence ot the wreck of a Japanese juak happened, la the year 1811. The officers of the Hudson's Bay com pany became acquainted with this disaster la a singular manner. They received a drawing, on a piece of China paper, of -three shipwrecked persons, with a juak on the rocks, and the Indians en gaged In plundering. This waa sufficient to Induce them to make inquiries; and Captain McNeil was dispatched te Cape Flattery, to make further Inquiry, aad to afford relief, if It should beneo essary. He had the satisfaction to find the three Japanese, whom ha rescued from slavery; and tha Hudson's Bay company, with characteristic liberality, a a n t them to England. Thence they took passage to China, where, I understand, they still remain, tn consequence of their not being able to obtain a passage to Jap an. As a memorial of this extra ordinary Incident porcelain, ef Japanese manufacture welea waa purchased ot tha Indians wha plundered the lunk. waa seen im possession oc air. Burma, (Continued oa page 10) the New Views The questloa asked yesterday by Statesman reporters waa: "Should the aato license morator ium be continued after August 1; why or why notT M. J. Kaatock, SM CtiexnekeUf street: "I would like to see It gal through, the wsy they started, pat ting it oa a quarterly basis. Grorer C Btrtcbet, Freebytor laa minister: "I cant aae where It ia going to help very many people to extend it longer. What might be ot mora help Just at this time would be the partial payment plan, but that Is not feasible.' Jamea Natter, news wrltert No. I dont think ft should be ex tended, because of the people wh hare paid; .what la fair for these Is fair tar alL Besides tt is against tha law to waive the li cense requirement and I think it weQ for people to begin -paying their Mils