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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, MAY griQCALSi bundles for the Near East Re lief aro being received at Kafoury brothers store and at tho Presby terian, first Christian, First Evan gelical, First liapttut, First United brethren, Ca.stlo Chapel United Hretliron, Court; Street Christian, Leslie Methodist, Jason Leo Mellm dlst, Kreo Methodist, South Salem Friends, Yew Park school JIh:h lnnd school and the Englcwuod and Itichmoiul .schools. The bundle drive will be continued until Fri day afternoon under the direction of .Mrs. W. C. Kanlner. All kinds strong bedding plants very reasonable. Call evenings. Krnrat lufer, IU. 1, box 11, phone 116F4. 12Q Miss Florence Rluier, head of the homo economic education de partment will address tho girls of Salem high school at 10:30 Thurs day morning, she will discuss the subject of teaching home econo mica. Love The Jeweler, Salem. Members of the Med ford board who inspected tho new I'urri.sh junior high school at Salem yester day declared it to bo the besL they had yet seen, after making nn in spection of buildings at ltosuburg Eugene and Portland, They were impressed by the arrangement of the various parts of the building, lis construction and simplicity. They also expressed surprise that it had been built in 100 days. The sum of $1 SO, 000 was recently vot ed at Med ford to finance a new high school building to accommo date CjO high school pupils there. TervMlllger undertaker pan 724 The tenuis matches between Willamette university and the t'ni versity of Oregon, which wero ti have been played at Eugene to day, were postponed because of tho rain. They will be played at some f u t u re da t e. The present tennis schedule provides for a tournament with the College of Pugct Sound on the local courts tomorrow. The matches wero l have been played yesterday but were postponed. Better goods for the same money, wo give you better goods and it costa you no more. Why bake and fuss around a hot oven? Large loaves IJakc-Ilitc bread 15c, 2 for 25c. Small doiiblo loaves, one white, one graham, or both white 2 for lT.c. Hake-Kite bakery. 120 Twenty parties of campers stop ped at tho Salem auto camp hist nighr. stated to be a record num ber for tho season. A vaudeville troupe which hail been staying there anil playing at a local the a tor left today. Wan ted. one more A-l ladies and children's hair cutter. Mil ler's Heauty parlor. 121 A minor accident occurred tbl morning when I Inward Hut chins, who was driving his automobile south on Commercial street, let it get a way from him a nd crushed into Oregon Electric, train No. 12, a Portland local which wat mov Ing e:nt on Mill street, being tak en from the siding nn the bank of the Willamette slough preparatory to starting its run to Portland. The riht headlight was demolish ed, the rii;ht fender fiimnhcd. and the left fender slightly bent. Ilutchius took the automobile away under Its own power. P.olh the auto and the tr;.ln were empty except for their drivers, and no body was Injured. Apollo club in popular concert at imnory tonight. Seat aip at armory box office now. Seats $1, stud-nt" 50 rent. Cull 1015 to re-serve by pltone. 120 Misq Ethel ;reer and Miss G truly smith of Portland were In Salem yesterday afternoon visiting friends. They returned to Port land early this morning. II ar the Apollo rluh In popu lar concert at armory tonivh! Scat safe now on at armory box on n. ("nn mi .i to reserve by phone. Se,it $1. students 50 renU 12') Mrs. Walter M. Cline. of Salem left 1 1 id ay fr Etmene on a busi ness trip. She expeets to bo back about Sunday evening. Mr. Cline if owner of the Terminal cafe in Salem and Kit c ue. Garden and lawn s"ed. Dahlia and ulad t'tillm. window box plant. Pearcy linx. 3-4 block west of Commercial street, 2 3 7 State street. The Purple Truck Garage com pany has instituted a friendly suit a gains': the public service romniissinn in the circuit court for Marion county to ascertain whether trucks operating under contract are subject to the auto motive transportation art. Hix of canly given with every rhild's haircut. Miller. Beauty parlor, phone 10 17. 12-1 Marriage licences have boon Is sued to Howard Itandall. Pixley. ! Hotel ftlijrh Arrivals Portland. T H Mnbley. K J Snv. tW. L W Scott. Mr and Mrs K Wil bnnks. Mr and Mr. Arthur F ll tr rion. Walter NWon, A S I!ru.-h, K l i'utier. Vernon M Sucko-v. O P Skoi-Jt. II IMrlin. I,e Mar Piper, Robert Clark. Jr. .1 K Wood. S II Liwrcnce. Harold S Pretn. Paul iMjnn, Theodore ,I'hne-n. Mri C M Hojpii: ltoehuic. Elvers HerTi'.aim Mr and Mrs .lames P Caffney. M-:s Virginia M Paul-n: WootPm n. .1 ; Faii f'-wl. Harry B Paj ne: The Dalb s. Jay Siltzman. Ralph 11 Ed ward: Albany. C E Arnold; Pen dleton. .Mr and Mrs Martin M Ohrey and son: Eth'l. Wn. W';ey P Kerr. Henry Kerr; Seattle, Mr. T Olbrecht, Mrs Jam a A Hart. Miss L Hart. A L Albreeht. Mr and MM Robert K Carter; Fort Jirei.a eoom, Mrs Ague Webb; Ri vert on. M Hiyter; Whittier. Cal. C A Nay. Ran Francisco, Den Carpen, Frank J Tajlvr. -20, 1925 Calif., and Fannie Marsters, Sa lem, and Vernal Pickens, Gervais and Louise Eluoro Hrown, Salem. Single faced Red Seal recordo reduced, $1.25 records C5c, $3.50 records $1.60. Geo C. Will, Victor dealer. 120 Based nn charges of cruel and inhuman treatment, a divorce de cree has been granted by Judge McMnhan to Junette Elizabeth Ash by from William lloyd Ashby. Dance. Cole McElroy orchestra tonight, Crystal Gardens. 120 The officers and a hundred or more members of the Salem Elks lodge will go to Albany Thursday night of this week and put on an initiation ceremony. No lodge session will be held In Salem Thursday night. A special train will carry the Salein Bills to Al bany, . leaving hero at 7 o'clock from the Oregon Electric depot. Murray Shanks of Lebanon, form er Willamette university student and former member of the state senate from an en stern Oregon county, is exalted ruler of the Albany Elks. Murinello Heauty parlors. Irene Scott. Prop. 215 N. High, ph lfiOO 120 William Proplin of route 3, Raymond L. Ilaird, 515 Center street, and Edward P. Gavin of Portland were arrested for speed ing last night. Kroplin and Gavin put up bail of $10 each. Eugene police officers reported (o the local polire -hcadijuartcru last night that a Fold coupe was stolen In Eugene late yesterday. A Ford coupe belonging to I. Leigh ty of . Salem was also stolen yesterday from Ferry und Liberty streets. Dance. Cole MrElr y or: !ir.itra tonight, Crystal Garden.;. 120 Sleepers at the police station last night were James Dale, Charles Ilaiuplc and ltav J. Crow ell. E. K. Hunter of Wallowa and Kenneth S. Perry of Klamath Falls, both students at O. A. C. were fined $150 each In police court yesterday for transporta tion of liquor. They were arrest ed In Salem Saturday night. Sid Hrownell was fined $10 for drunkenness yesterday. M. L. Peteraon was arrested yesterday for speeding. C. B. Lemon, registrar of Ore gon Agricultural college, will lie in Salem tomorrow morning to confer with students of Sab-m high school relative to the courses offered at O. A. C. Dance. Cole McElroy nrrhest ra tonight. Crystal Gardens. 120 R. C. Robbing, member of the Eugene Itoiary club, was tn Salem today, and a guest. oT tho Rotary club of this city at lum boon this noon. Daniel Summer, of Indianapolis. Tndiana, editor of the Apostolic Review, a magazine said by him to have been founded In 1856. will speak in this city tonight and Thursday night. Speeches will be given at the Church of Christ, on Shipping and Cottage streets. He has issued a general invitation to the public to be present nt his meetings, which start aat 7:. TO. Fred A. James has f Hod suit In circuit court against Samuel S. Armstrong to quiet title to real property. Irvin R. Williamson Is seeking a divorce from Nellie Maud Wil liamson (n a complaint filed In circuit court, alleging. Judge MeMahan has overruled a demurrer In the case of W. M. Rav against Thomas II. Zell. Lillian Petrie. in an affidavit seeking to secure $D0 for attor neys fees and $25 to secure wit nesses In connection with her divorce cae againstt David Petrie, says she has six children to sup port, that she lives on a 53 acre farm near Aumsville of which only 20 acres are in cultivation. and that her sole support comes from sale of cream checks and J.JO i month her husband gives her. Her husband, she says, is employed by the irimmond Lumber com pany at $5 a day. The cae nf Anna Kramer against John Daniels has been dis missed by Judge MeMahan being stt!ed out of court, L. H. MfMahan. as attorney at law, has filed an amended com plaint against J. P. Feller and others. He states that he Is en tilled to Sl.SfiS for nervlces ren dered and money expend"! and has been pnid but $150. II. De Arniond. attorney at Rend also has assigned to MeMahnn a claim for $loo prrninst the same defendants which f incorporated in the new complaint. S'jm .htnqle.T tint an Jit fire near the Cherry City hotel early fndav cauxM the fire department n make a run to the place There was no dam.'ie. Meyor JoJhn R. r.icy announc ed tnday that he has set n,rte Sat urday of this week as Clean-up lay in Silem. On that day nrcml- zatinns and individual nre expect ed to cooperate toward drelnn up the city In preparation for the nutnmer ei9on. Sergeant Kdwnrds and Officer W. O. Edward of the pf.Hc de partment today recovered In West i.i!m b Ford rmdter that was stolen recently In Roseburg. Rest- lent of West Salem who enw .some utrangers abandon the car In1 .street there reported to th pn Uo. The men who were driving the car hive disappca. ed. Donald Ann.slron wan found guilty by a jury in police court yesterday on a charge of driving an automobile while Intoxicated, but sentence has not yet been pass ed on hiia by police Judge Poul Kcn. Anjstrong has been In the city jail for several days. While G. II. Lambert of Portland wa.H in Salem Monday his auto mobile, wan stolen. Today Port laud police officers reported to the Salem pidice that the car had been found in Portland within two blocks of Mr. Lambert's re.sidcntce W. .T. Chapman, who was re cently arrested on a charge of in decent exposure was today bound over to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace Small, but was allow ed to go on his own recognizance. Eugeno Evans who wasarrest ed Tuesday night by Officer W. O. Edwards for carrying a"blackjaek" pleaded guilty today before Jus tice of tiie 1'eace Small. His ease wa.s continued and he was allowed to go on his own recognizance. Tho youth admitted that he intend ed to ftHsault someone with the weapon and take his money. He In 1 9 yea is old and ca me here, he says, from Hoise, Idaho, Harry Hloch today waived pre liminary hearing in justice court on a charge of possessing a still and was bound over to the grand jury with bail fixed at 7&0. He 1'urnLshed the bail. J. A. Davis was fined $3 in justice court today fur recklesw driving. ESPEK ADDS TWO UNITS TO RAIL SYSTEM (Continued from rage One) distance of 156 miles between Lakeview, Or., and Wendell, Cal. where it connectd with the South ern Pacific. These deals will provide a new rail line through southern and central Oregon for through traffic between Oregon and can tern states, reducing the present haul by 413 miles. Mr. Sproule'ri announcement fol lows: Sproule Makes Announcement "The Southern Pacific company announces through it president, William Sproule, that arrange ments have been made with Cy rles Mora n, president of the Xevada -California -Oregon rail way, to aid him in securing the money needed to carry out hi plan for changing that road from narrow gauge to Htaudard gauge. "The arrangement l of course. utibject to the approval of the In terstate commerce com mission. If approved. It will give the South' ern Pacific a sulwtantial interest in the Nevada-California-Orgon railway, which will he rebuilt aa a broad gauge line under South ern Pacific auspices. Its distance In 156 miles between Lakevicw. Or., and Wendel, Cal., where It connect with the Fern ley branch of the Southern Pacific. t "Mr. Sproule an noun ret; at the name time that the .Southern Pa cific ha completed negotiations with U. E. Strahorn, president of the Oregon. California and East ern Railway company under which fund will bo advanced to Mr. Strahorn to nid hi the con litructlon of the line of hi com puny from Klamath Falls, Or., to connection with the .Noiaua, (.at iforiiid-Oi-egon line. Approval Necessary "This will likewise rouuire the approval of tho interstate com merce commission and, if np:rov- cd will give i lie Southern Pacific company a sulwtantial stock in tcrcflt In I h Orecon-Cal'fornta and Kafltern. which now extends forty milcfi from point of connec tion with the Southern Fa-'.r a Klamath Falls easterly to Sprrgue River, Or. "The completion of the Oregon California and Eastern, which i a standard , gauge line, coupled with tho conversion of the Neva-da-California-Orcgon to a stand ard gauge line, will provide a new artery through poutherj and central Oregon for through traf fic between Oregon and the east ern states. "Application will be made in due coulee for permifion and uu tliority to put tUne plati3 into effect. "These transactions ai in ac cord with the general policy of (he Southern Pacific company. which looks to the development cf the territory it nerves as already huwn by the transports !m fa cilities it has provided in Oregon and those under confit ruct ion, to which these new addition!! nunc in natural sequence.' King Williairtfttown. l.'nion of South Africa. May 20. fA. P.) Thousands of Kaffirs, garbed in fan last ic combination of native costume and In improvised Euro pean drees, gathered here todav from all the (surrounding coun tries and haled the Prince of Wales. One Zulu In full fighting trim and with a war shield lathed to his back smahel through the fitreetfl on a motorcycle to rcajh the prince's levee. A Kaffir paraded the ground near the prince' headquarter at tired in navy blue trousers, a black dinner suit waistcoat and a rough imitation of a tail coat made from wild cat kiii. The piace of honor fronting the platform where the prir.ee re ceiTed BdJres-ea from th thief, wa occupied by nn ancient Kaf fir, dressed in a black bordered red blanket and a eoft feit hat four izca too small and covered with the accumulation of dirt of many years. The prince personally conduct ed the orchestra during one of hn number at dance Riven in b faonor here last night. KAFFIRS GREET ENGLISH PRINCE THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON COURT DECISION IKES SUCCESS OF REFERENDUM Portland, Or., May 20. Officers of the Oregon Retail GIgar Men's association, who wore responsible for circulating petitions for a ref erendum on the cigarette tax law pissed at the last session of the legislature caid when informed vt J u lie e McMuhan's decision that it mei-nt that the cigarette tax ref erendum would go on the ballot. Tin cigar dealers obtained 16, 000 signatures to the petitions which must be filed before May 27. C. C, Chapman, who attacked Lhc ballot title, claimed ft was void because it described the measure as the "cigarette and to bacco tax bill'' and contended that the title should have been "ciga rette, snuff and smoking tobacco tax bill." Judge MuMahan grant ed a temporary restraining order last Friday, when the suit was filed. Stating his reason for attack ing the referendum, Mr. Chapman said today: "I was fighting to uphold the cigarette, tax because I believed that every legltmircte effort should be made to protect the revenue of the state and I favored the ciga rette tax because it falls with leso severe burden oa tho pocket books of the people than any other meas ure. Industries, property and necessities are carrying all the buidens they should carry and the tax on the cigarette is neither onerous, nor does it strike indus try, properly nor necessities.' Chapman said that the situation nov.' is that the measure will go to election and the fight will have to be mado there. Cornoyer and Durbin Alive; Report False I3olh Hi;ni'y rornoyrr and Fraiik DiM'l)lii uro alive and well this al'loriionn and not even scratched up a bit, although at the liulio station they are on record as bolh having been killed hi an automo bile accident, reclamations of re firet wero heard .-om several per sons who happened Into head quarters today and Klanced at the accident reports, nnd a newspaper reporter was hastily and excitedly telephoning the new lo his paper when Serneant George White just happened to overhear him and set lil.ii aright. II. It. Worth had a collision with A. D. Kirby, of which Cor noyer and Durbin happened to he witnesses. The blanks on which traffic accidents are reported hav one heading which says "Person Injured," another "Persons Kill ed, and another "Wllnsses." Mr. Worth got Cornoyer and Durbin under the "Persons Killed" bead. STOLEN. BELIEF Cal Morgan, octogenarian cus todian of the court house grounds and lawn. Is in deep mourning to dcy as someone stole his pet roos ter which bafl been the admiration of all visitors to tho court housv for many months past. Two days ago a dog killed the two tiny hens wuy have been the faithful followers and admirers of tho bantam rooster, and have re sided with him in a box under the Cherrian Christmas tree. For the paM two days the rooster has wan. derod lonely as a cloud, Thi morning he had disappear ed. Cal believes the rooster was stolen and urges the thief to bring him hack and no questions will be asked. The sad fowl may have wandered away seeking his absent -"pnuses. RAILROAD TAKES OVER Portland. Or., Ma' 20. Th; Spokane, Portland & Seattle Transportation company, which was organized as a sulidiary nf tho Spokane, Portland & Health, railway to operate motor buss-s on the lower Columbia river high way, between Port land and Hc.i side. Or., t iay took over the mm-p- ting bus line of the Columbia St jg'-s. Inc. Fifteen huw;es were turned over, and A. Jnioff, head of the etage company, agreed not tf engage ngnfn in operation of bur.ses on thi6 route, though he wi' continue to operate on the upper Columbia river highway an-j in the Willamette valley. The bus schedule will be ar ranged bo as to co-opera le with the railroad and round trip tickets will be interchangeable on bus or train. President Turner of the transportation company and th" railroad announced, FAULTiTMGHETD SHEEP SICKNESS USE Washington. May 20. fA. P.) Faulty feeding methods, in the opinion of d?partmcnt of agricul ture experts, form the source of 75 per cent of the troubles affecting range sheep, "Failure to diagnose properly much of the sheep sioknews," a de partment statement Mid, "caused bv digestive derangement nfl iheep men to resort to medicine1 and vacrlnation an a war out of their difficulties. They have spent thousand of dollars for medicinal remedies when the real preventive wa? in proper feedfnff. COURT HOUSE PET Baron Seeks Job as Cook if J BARON VOlKOFP M'fr O:ico worth millions and holder of power over hundreds or thou sands ot Russians in tho United States as HilHslan Consul nt Chicago, llnrou Vnllioff (inset) has been so reduced by tho Bolshevist roKlmo that ho must sock a poslllon as cook to support his two daughters, who formerly wero high In Chicago social Ufa. DEMOCRACY OF WEST PRAISED Westerners aro more enterpris ing, more progressive and more democratic than eaotcrueivi. ac cording to Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of Willamette univer sity, wiio recently returned to Salem from a stay In New Eng land, where he spent most of a year's leave of absence from the university here. Dr. Doney spoke before the Salem Rotary club nt its! weekly luncheon nt the Ma rion hotel this noon. He recommended that Informa tion be dispensed to the easterner concerning the west. Iack of knowledge was given as one great rctr.un why more people do not mrve west. "In general only the enterprising come west," Dr. Dotiey stated. "The rest of them stay there, which accounts for the faet (hat westerners are mure on -tervrising than easterner." If somp. system were u:ed to help them get here, nnd they knew what the west is like, large num bers of people would come wert to make their homes, the sneaker indicated. iJemocraey Is more perval'-nt in the. west than fn the cat due to tho fact thai there aro no strata here of sufficient proportions to permit any one particular cla to associate together. In New Eng land there are many millionaire enough to form a claws by them rsel ves. Ii i kew ise there a re ma ny who reprcrieiiet a cert, in cultural aristocracy. "Hut out here." .taid Dr. Doney, "they have to hobnob with yo ti a n d me. The re aren't enough of them to form a clasj of their own." REM! CF REAL BEER Toronto. Out., May 20. (A. P.) With haste and expectancy, the province of Ontario today com pleted preparations for t he mor row, when 4.4 per cent beer may be dispensed In hotels under gov ernment licence ard supervision. Hostelries rushed to complete their renovation of long neglected barroom?, moving out hrass rails and bars to comply with regula tions that the beverage tniy be served only ;f tables. BE CAREFUL I': 3"4 15 1 i-. ' A Howard Ilutchlns, driving an automobile, was today run down by an Oregon Electric equipment train at the Kerry and South Commercial street crossing. His car was quite Dairy damaged and the train held up for several min ute. In his report to the police ilutrhins said ho was overtaking a truck and did not see the ap proaching train. Hlley K. Hrocknian, fi9l North 12th street reports that he was Involved in a collision with an unidentified car In West Salem. J. N. King of Salem and Mrs. C. N. Myers of Sulem collided with their cars on North Com mercial. James II. Falrchild, 1520 South Church street, and W. A. Blpprell, Jr., collided at State and Church. 7 - 14 m Wr. The Liberty theater will ceaee to bo a theater and become one of a chain of Cosmopolitan stores, handling staple groceries, general merchant ioc, nnd a wide variety of other goods, It waa announced today. Clarke II. Day, represent ing (lie Cosmopolitan chain, com pleted negotiation this morning with George H. Guthrie, who at present operates tho Liberty, The buJhUng will bo remodel led, and ready for use tw a slore on July 1. Cosmopolitan stores handle a wide line of goods ranging In price from 5 cents to one dollar There are at present Cosmopoli tan stores In Eugene, McMinn vi 11c and other parts of western Oregon. The new theater on High street, being built by Mr. GuMirie opposite tho new Salem hotel, will take the place of the Liberty theater here. GERMANS WHO TURNED SPIES MAKING GOOD New York. May 20 The Now York TimcM today says that Alvln f! rot he, n Ceriuan aviator whoso plane wan shot down behind the American line. In tho World war and who Mibsequently became a spy In the American nervine, has settled in a lart;o eliy fn Ibis country under an a.sfonned Dime and Is bec'Muing a man of nffairs. Alfred Seholtze, n lance corporal, .ilo became a traitor to the (ier nian lnip''ii.'ill.lio raino, lie and find hp, dieted in fiertnan unl fortMH inter iewed f ierma n pris oners and then turned Iho in forma Hon over lo the American army. Tniep of him b ts been lost,. He Is s.nd to have mapped the Ceinian bntlerie.s whereby the American artillery was aide to wile. tee the gunw in (be SI. Mibiel drive. CHAIN STORE TO OCCUPY THEATER I L UuLU GETS HEAVY RAIN Klamath Fulls, May 20 Enough rain fell In Klamath county bust night to supply tho country for an mire month, according to tho lo cal office of the reclamation ser vice. Rainfall totalled .77 inch, or more than has fallen during the entire month of May for tho past 10 years. farmers throughout tho county nre- jubilant. Tho only damage reported was to uuiuacad- imizcd roads. Bend, May 20 A steady ' rain which began falling hero early last night continued this morning and at 8 o'clock a total of of nn inch had fallen for tho 24 hour period ending then. This brings tho total precipitation for the month to more than two inches. Range conditions all over cen tral Oregon uro reported to bo in unusually good condition as a re sult of the rains. Heavy rains have been falling In the mountains and near flood conditions aro re ported from Crano Prairie. Grass on the meadows Is in unusually good condition there, forestry offi cials who have just returned from an inspection trip report. ACCUSER OF GERM SLAYER DISAPPEARS (Continued from page one) Klorhla. The oiler included a furnished bungalow which would be given him on his arrival there. dams said White told Mm. Adams quoted White as saying ho would accept "if they mean business." Ilodyguai'd of Tn Intuit White was known n the body guard of C. ?. I-'atman, nelenee Hchool head, who confessed he sup piled typhoid fever germs to Shep herd nnd taught him bow to ad minister them. White ami Shep herd at ono time, nearly came lo Idows when they confronted encti other and White identified Shep herd aa tho man ho had seen at I'alman' school. Tho search for White and delay ed convening of iho trial court today subiird ina ted Interest hi Die selection of Jurymen. Thirty-six veniremen have been examined to obtain three tentative jurors, 13 being excused by agree ment, 17 for cause, two by state's peremptory challenge and one by a peremptory challenge, b ythe de fense, Charge Intimidation While's mysterious disappear ance wax In line with other In timidations and efforts to bribe state witnesses, said the slate's at torney. Earl P. Clark, former salesman for t'al man's school reported re cently he had been offered a bribe of $17,000 If he would make nf fidavit that the entiro prosecution against Hhephcrd was "framed.1 Shepherd's attorneys, William Scott Stewart nnd W. W. O'Prien denied knowledge of White's whereabouts or what made hi in disappear. TRIBUTE PAID TO HARRIS New York, May 20 ( My Asio. elated I'rejw) Tho part played by Tmviirtcnd Harris nfl first American UiinMer tn Japan, In establishing a policy of friendship between the two countries, wn recounted nnd praised by Tsuneo Mal.sudalra Japanese ambassador to Washing ton. In nn address lu re today. The ninba.H.ador pote nt the un veiling of a medallion to Harris nt the college nf the eily of New York hleh he founded. I tpscrlhing troubled condition existing in Japan In 1 sr.fi, when M r. Harris arrived in Toltlo, nnd was received in many International com plication., the nuibassador de clared the American minister was the only foreign envoy In Japan willing lo evince n lenient and friendly attitude. WOODRY Buys Furniture h ni. . eii Fur Storage Which imlurftM The Lustre IlepJpiiMiing of all Fum. -Absolute Protection A gainst Fire, Theft and Moth. -A Thorough Cleaning of the Pelts that will Prolong the Wear of the Garment. You cannot well ufforcl to be 190 North Liberty Street "Practical in the Art of Fur Remodeling" I'ACJE SEVEN TOBACCO TAX REFERENDUM SUFFICIENT (Continued from pago -ne) tivo or referendum could be de feated by such proceedings and a complaisant judge." The court a decision in full fol lows: 'The code provides that appeal - may ho taken to tins court wnen- ever any person desires to chal lenge the sufficiency of the title framed by the attorney general, but the code further provides that -such appeal must be ta!:en within twenty days after tho tltlo has been certified to the secretary of state. :ind further, that the decision of this court shall bo final. "It takes timo to get signatures lo an initiative or referendum pe tition, and tho legislature evident ly had this in mind whe-. it pro vided (hat the nppeal must be til ed within twenty days, and that there could be no appeal from the decision of this cofrt. 'In tills caso the relator failed to flic tho appeal within the timo allowed by tho code, nnd by those proceedings nttempts to secure an order of injunction, which if al lowed nt this late date, would ren der all signatures now obtained by tho proponents of tho measure valueless, nnd deprive them of the opportunity to complete their pe- tit fon within the time proscribed by law. If this can be done in this case It can be done in all cases and every attempt to Invoke either the Initiative or referendum could be defeated by such proceedings and a complaisant judge. "To grant tho prayer of tho pe tition would e.stnbllsh a precedent which would within itself consti tute tho gravest nssault ever made upon the principle of direct legis lation. It would give Into tho bands of the judge of this court tho power to defeat every attempt of tho people to enact or repeal laws by tiio Initiative or referendum. The people never Intended to place such power into the hnnds of any official. Kor these reasons the pe tition Is dismissed." Died fiWYX At Portland, May IS, Samuel H. fiwyn, ago 74, a former resident of Wood bum ami llillsboro, brother of Jamei It. (iwyn of Salem, uncle ot Hubert (Iwyn and Miss Myrtle fiwyn of Anaconda. Mont. Fu neral services will he heid Thursday at 3 p. in. from tho Higdon mortuary. Interment Cily View cemetery; SPHA EFKER Anna Schaeffer, age K, who died yesterday. U survived by her parents. Mr, nnd Mm, Carl Schaeffer, by two brothers Carl and John and by two nieters, Mrs. Mary Meeker of Portland, and Christine ot Salem. Hecilation of the rosary and piayerri will be held at the Terwiiliger funeral home on Thursday at 7 p. in. Services will be held from the Cathode church Friday at 10 a. m. The body will lie fn state nt tho Terwiiliger funeral home from Thursday noon until Friday morning. Hot-. Father Kecnan will officiate, interment will ho in tlio Catholic cemetery. Fun era Is Funeral serviccM for Louise Theuer, who died on May 18th in (Ills city, will he held nt the chap el of tho Salem mortuary tomor row, May 21t. nt 2:110 p. m. Hov. Goo. Koehler will havo charge nt tho service anil interment wlll.be in the City View cemetery. The funeral services of Ilolsey It. Miles will be held at the Webb funeral parlors May 21 at 1:30 p. in. with Hev. Giltisple in charge. Interment In the City View cemetery. At the Theatres Today OREGON May McAvoy, Pauline Fred crick, Marie Prevost, in "Three Woinen." LIISEKTY MATT M00EE in "MO MORE WOMEN" without.