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CLOUDY TONIGHT
Probably occasional rains in north and
west portions tonight and Friday; con
tinued mild, fresh southerly winds.
Local: Max., 75; mln., 53; rain, .10;
rlvor 2.5; atmos., part cloudy; wind,
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 127
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1925
PRICE TH REE CENTS g?Aj5g ,Mg,tffD cnent!
DEAL ALLOWS NEW LAWS GO MENTRAPPED BRAMWELL
3 SENATORS
TO APPOINT
Eddy, Beals and Garland
To Select Successor To
Kendall on Fish Com
mission; Can't Agree.
A secret compact entered Into
during the last session ul the leg
islature whereby the support ot
Senators Eddy and Heals were to
ho thrown to the governor in the
right against the more to wrest
political power from the governor
hi return for permission to Sena
tors Eddy, Deals and Uarlnlld to se
lect a fish commissioner, has Just
come to light. Tho lish commis
sioner is to be named soon to suc
ceed F. 1. Kendall o Portland
and as a result a mediae of Seni
tors Garland, Eddy and Deals is
slated for Balenl njxt Monday
when the three are to determine
who Kendall's successor shall be.
Garland Holds Whin.
The deal was framed rather
adroitly, apparently, from the
governor's angle, as the compact
was that tho three senators should
determine who the commissioner
should be, providing they could all
agree on a man. In event they
could not agree, then Senator Uar
land, old line Democrat, was to
have the deciding vote and the
mail recommended, by tiurlimd, in
such contingency, was to be ap
pointed by the governor.
Now a pretty situation has de
veloped, according to tho Inside
dope. The big three are at outs,
rather two of them are and it
looks ns though Garland would
have the deciding vote on the se
lection. Bcali Wants Job.
According to the underground.
Heals waiil to be named fish com
missioner himself to please his
constituents up In Tillamook
county. Eddy has a man of his
own he wants to name in order to
placate the fishing Interests that
ho has alienated in fights on the
senate floor, and as a result Eddy
and Heals arc about as near a com
promise on a selection as Salem Is
to havint. a 100 per cent prune
crop this year.
The conflicting ambitions of
theee two leaves Senator Ciarlani
smiling in the background, accord
ing to the story, with the trump
card held up his sleeve and waiting,
to slip It onto the table after the
(Continued on Paije Seven)
Boston, May 28. (A. .) Sec
retary of War John W. Weeks w.i
operated upon today at the Phil
lips house, Massachusetts general
hospital, for gall stones. A bul
letin Issued by Dr. Daniel Flske
E. Jones, the operating surgeon,
said that Mr. Weeks' condition
was good.
The bulletin snid that th? gall
stones had been removed and thr
gall bladder drained, the opera
tion beinff performed under local
anaesthetic. Secretary Weeks
withstood the ordeal well, Dr
Jones said.
First Official Flag is
Presented To State
By National Guard
Oregon's first state flag, made
according to the design adopted
by law at the 1925 session of the
legislature, and which becomes
the official state flag today, was
Informally presented to the state
at the east entrance of the Capi
tol today, A downpour of rain
marred the brief ceremony.
The presentation was made by
the general staff of the Oregon
national guard, headed by Hriga-I
dier General fJeorge A. White,!
adjutant general of the state, and;
acceptance was by Governor
Pierce, who pronounced It the n?-
flcial flag In the presence of Sec
retary ot State Koier, State
Treasurer Kay, Attorney General,
Van Winkle and the seven mem
Burton M. Morgan, convict In tho
Maryland State penitentiary at
Baltimore, made more than $35,000
during the past year through a
mall order scheme operated from
LIB cell, Investigation by State of
ficials disclosed. Ho will leave tho
prison la June a rich man.
HALT PLANS
E
Plans For Rescue Dropped
Upon Advice of Expert
Explorers, Who Assert
Party Is Safe.
New York, May 28. (A. P.)
Although almost seven dayn have
passed without won! from th
Amumlsen-r'llHWortlf north pole
aerial expedition, pinna for organ
ization of relief parties in Ameri
ca and Normay have been halted
on the oft vice of veteran explor
er?. The concensus appeared to he
that the fliers are In no immedi
ate danger.
Knud ItriHmitrten, the Danish
explorer, points to the possibility
of Amundsen going to Fort Con
ger or Cape Columbia in which
case nothing would be hoard from
him until the first mail from
Thule, about this time next year.
Itarnon S. Prentice, brother in
law of Lincoln Kllsworth, finan
cial backer and member of tho
expedition, ftayfl he ie ready nl
any time. In h :h capacity ,u chair
man, to call the American advis
ory committee together to raise
fund 3 for a relief parry, but tha
thus far no alarm is leit. He also
declared that Amundsen in ten '1
ed heading for Alaska from the
pole. If conditions were favorable
Donald D. MacMillan, who will
head the all American expedition
into the Arctic npt month, also
da id last n i fr h t thru it was too
early to become alarmed for the
safety of the party.
"It le Inconceivable," he Bald,
"that any man however good a pi
lot can fly from tho north end of
Spitsbergen for a distance of six
hundred miles ir- a straight
and drop down on the pole or
even within 50 miles of it.
"If the party lands within 2
miles of the pole, a Journey on
foot would be preferable to a trip
through air, a it would elimi
nate one more extra hazard of a
lake off and landing. If on this
foot journey, Amund-en encoun
ter lee similar to that Fegn by
us in 1914, he will not be back
for seven. 1 days."
bers of th supreme court. Major
Thomas Itilea was master oT cer
emonies. George Griffith, state
commander of the American Le
gion, was In the group.
The 'nee of the flag shows the
coat of arms of the state, and over
it in gold letters "State of Ore
gon," with a cluster of 33 gold
stars. On the reverse side Is a
beaver In gold, the beaver being
the state emblem.
The flag was made In Portland
by Julius h. Meier, in the flag
department of his store, and was
completed In five days eo that It
might be used at Lexiiulon. Mass.
at the anniversary celebration of
;he battle of Lexington. It was
returned to Oregon after Its use
at Lexington.
INTO EFFECT
AT MIDNIGHT
Statutes Dealing With
Wide Variety of Sub
jects Operative Today
For First Time.
Among tho long list of new
state laws that become effective
today are several pertaining to
highways and the operation of the
state highway department.
Of these the new market road law
is considered the moet important.
This measure puts market road
work in the state on a more per
manent basis and corrects the di
vided authority that has formerly
existed with respect to market
roads. The act requires counties
to work out definite market ro.vl
programs, and requires each coun
ty also to prepare market road
maps which must be approved by
tho state highway commission.
I his mup of the system of high
ways in the county must show the
roada leading from producing to
marketing centers. The new law
is the backbone of a county mar
ket road system that Is calculated
to do for the counties what th
stole system of highways has done
for the state. It provides for the
appointment of n county engineer
who Khali have charge of the road
construction.
Proncrtv Tax Rcneal.
Another n'ew act gives the high
way commission authority over all
ferries and toll bridges on state
highways. It has particular refer
ence to tike Itoosevolt highway.
The act repealing the quarter
mill rua d tax re moves the last
property Ux that applies to the
state highway funti .
T'ac tax on distillate, which for
omo years has been 2 cents a
,'alloii, is removed by a law that
becomes effective today.
Two of the new highway acts
do not become effective at one
On January 1, 1926, the so-called
peddlers license fee act become ef
fectlvo. It provides for a 00 per
cent increase in the license fee;
ns revert against all trucks and
(Continued en Page Ten)
I
Mill
Dii-Al
nuxi
Tricoma, AVnOi., May 2S LonK
lev i inn in marksmanship, which he
had given his wife to protect her
self nrr.iinst Intruders, culminated
fatally this morning for Hugh De
Inn ey, local boxer, when Mrs.
Ma Abilene Delaney, 30, grabbed
the Instruction pisiol and shot her
husband through the heart during
an altercation In their homo at
rc.iU Larch muni, jint tut Ride the
ciiy limits.
Her husband had threatened to
kill her, and was holding a Spring
field army rifle pointed toward her
when she fired the shots that end
ed Delaney's life, the woman told
the police.
The army i ifle, which Delaney
was sal I to have had In his arms,
was striking evidence to back up
Mrs. Delaney's assertion that she
had fired in self defense.
A bullet, one of the two fired
hy Mrs. Delaney, was lodged be
tween the stock and tho barrel of
the rifle. Mrs. Delaney declares,
and J. K. Claxton, nn eye witness
to the slaying corroborates her,
that Delaney had the gun pointed
at his wile and was preparing to
fire when the first bullet from the
pIsfM struck the stock and spoil
ed the aim.
CLOVERDALE ROAO IS
URGED UPON COURT
The mayor and city council of
Turner seek to have the county
court designate the Cloverdak
route for the propsed cutoff be
tween Turner and the Pacifb
hlgmcay, rather than the Haul
creek route, In a petition filed
with the court.
The petition is s'.gned by D. F
Katman, mayor, C. W. Hewitt.
Mr. L. W. Small, George W.
Moore and Charles Standley, coun.
cllmen; F. P. Rowley, treasurer.
and O. A. U. Myore, recorder.
INK DEAD
SAYWORKERS
No Hope Held Out For
Rescue of Miners En
tombed By Explosion;
After Damp Sets In.
Coal Glen, N. C, May 28. Four
additional bodies were brought to
the surface of the Carolina Coal
company's mine, bringing the to
tal number of bodies recovered to
12. Mine officials indicated that
a further check of their records
shows that 52 men had been en
tombed. Hope has been abandoned
for the forty still under th ground.
Coal Glen, N. C, May 28. (A.
1.) With eight bodies recovered
from tho wrecked Carolina Coal
company at noon today, approxi
mately three score miners were un
accounted for. They were trap
ped 1000 feet below tho earth by
a gas explosion yesterday.
The rescue work today was
stimulated by federal aid and the
workers cleared the main shaft of
the mine nearly two thousand feet
down. It wad found, however,
that an almost solid wall of slate
had closed the shaft, perhaps cut
ting the men behind It off from
the foul nir caused by the thrc
(Continued on Page 8even
T
DEFENSE TESTS
It became doubtful today wheth
er Oregon this year will partici
pate in national defense test day,
due to the desire of President
Coolidge to have the test oh July
4.
Governor Pierce recently ex
pressed approval on the part of
this state in a national defense
tent day, but at that time it was
proposed to have tho test on Ar
mistice day. To have It on July
4 might bring the preparations In
conflict with the state training
camp activities, since the annual
encampment will be In progress
at Camp Jackson, near Med ford
from June 12 to 25, and the
heavy artillery encampment at
Camp Harry from June 15 to 30.
For that reason It appeared doubt
ful whether Oregon could partici
pate in the national test. Adju
tant General White and Gover
nor Pierce will confer on the
problem to'lay. The governor,
however, sent a telegram to Pres
ident Coolidge approving the test
on July 4.
Rome protests against a na
tional test are being received. To
day one came from Paul Jones of
New York, claiming to represent
the fellowship of reconciliation,
which le said to have a member
ship In 42 countries and to be
'working for peace as a Christian
duty and a world necessity." The
telegram urges the governor not
to accede to any national defense
test plan.
1
Attorneys for Oliver Frost are
seeking In an amended answer to
Millie Frost's divorce complain
to have her third attempt at di
vorce thrown out of court.
According to the amended an
swer Millie Frost has made two
futile efforts to secure a divorce
In two different counties In th?
past few years. The llrst case wns
filed In Linn county November 20,
1923, according to the answer and
this was dismissed.
She then filed a divorce suit In
Polk county which came to trial
February 16, 1924, and this was
non-ultcd and dismissed, the an
swer relates.
The latest effort was Instituted
In this county February 21, th1.
yeo.r, and attorneys In the answe
ask that It go the name route, t
they aver that the charges tn the
present complaint are vlitmUv
the same ehrrges Incorporated in
the previous complaints.
L
ON E
BANK HEAD
New Banking Code Auto
matically Vacates Of
fice and New Superin
tendent Not Elected.
Frank C. Bramwell, known as
the state superintendent ot banks,
is nut superintendent ot batiks
and every action he has taken in
that capacity since May 25 is in
valid and void.
BrumwcU held the position of
superintendent ot banks under the
old state bunking code, which was
repealed by the last legislature,
and has not been elected to that
position by the state banking
board under the terms of the new
br.nking code.
New Law in Effect-
The new code, signed by the
governor and filed with the secre
tary of state February 25, bucanu
effective May 25 and automatical
ly repealed the old code, includ
ing that section providing for tut
appointment of the banking su
perin tendent, without providing
that 11 ram well should continue In
office until tre new superintend
ent had beon elected and hnd qual
ified. The new code provides that the
governor, secretary of state nnd
the state treasurer shall const!
tute the stats banking board, and
then provides:
"Section 9. The superintend
ent of banks shall be appointed
by the state banking board and
shall hold offic0 for the term of
four years from the date of sue
rppointment, unless sooner re
moved for cause, and until his
successor shall be appointed and
qualified.
Bramwell Is Out.
With Iliamwell thus legislated
out of office, the question arise"
whether or not, In view of his re
cent action in moving the head
quarters of the nepartment tn
Portland, he will be re-appointed.
Stato Treasurer Ky has an
nounced his opposition to the
change In headquarters from Sa
lem, and may Insist that Uram
well's re-appointment ho condi
tional upon the return of the of-
i'ce to Salem.
Mandamus proceedings to com
pel the retur ot tne office to the
capital, instigated by District At
torney ( arson of Marion county
upon motion of George Putnam.
editor of The Capital Journal, arc
now pending In the circuit court
here.
CRASH; 12 HURT
New York, May 28. (A. P.)
Twelve passengers were injured
today In a collision of two subway
trains In the Ilronx. Ambulances
were hurried to the scene.
The crash occurred at the 177th
street station ot the Pelham Hay
park line. One train consisted "I
six cars and the other of two, nil
constructed or steel. Police re
nerves wi'e celled.
VALSETZ LOGGER IS KILLED
Dallas, Or., .May 28. Funernl
services for'OIe Hanstzdp, 40-year-old
logger who was killed by
a falling tree In tho . Cnbbs
Mitchcll Lumber eemp 4, near
Valsctc, on Monday afternoon,
will be held at Independence to
morrow, announced Coroner Kea
ney of Independence this morning.
The only surviving relatives are a
father, Andres Hanstzdp, and
brothers and sisters, all of whom
live In Saplandszaag, Ilergen, Nor
way, Hanstzdp was blasting choker
holes when a tree across a ravine
which was being cut fell without
warning; and struck him at the
base of the skull causing almost
Instant death.
DALLAS STORE IS ROBBED
Dalian, Or., Mny 2S. F.nterlnn
throngh a rear window somcttm
during the night, a burglar, or
burglars, broke Into CrUei's d
parim nt store here and gathered
; p i 'Ik lioiiory and other artlrlett,
J v. n i !U ivei ;?d this mffrnlng.
TV- e .'t 1-iss la unknown but it
; t : !fv the store owners to
' rrs say the Job
v ork of local boys.
15 Duplications
In College Work
Cost Over $346,000
(By Harry N. Craln.)
Approximately $346,200 Is be
ing spent annually for courses of
study In the University of Oregon
and Oregon Agricultural college
that are duplicated in the two In
stitutions, according to figures
compiled by the two schools and
submitted to the last budget com
mission as the basis for estimating
budget requirements of the depart-
mento for tne biennlum.
More than $082,401 was spent
to maintain 15 duplicated courses
in the two schools during the bi-
ennium ending October 1 Inst,
these budget estimates reveal, and
those figures do not Include the
cost of teaching geology at the
college, figures for which were not
U. of O. O. A. C. Total
Potany '. $lli,975.B2 I34.R92 $n0,567.r2
Chemistry :iS,5t4.fi7 4,rt,0'Jl 81,5.r.6.7
Kngllsh 6ti.04S.98 27,1115 93,li.1.9S
Romance Language B0.lfi4.-I6 7,015 67, 709.4(1
History 22.9S8.!H H.Ii2S 34.510.91
Mathamatics 19.fi72.S2 25.950 45,528.82
IMivsirs 12.941.49 23.72P 30,000.49
Pol. Science 7, OSS. 90 12.1 10 19,198.90
Zoology w 37,090.50 10, 5113 54,229.50
Economics 27,511.74 21,733 49,244.74
GculoKV 31,403.41 (not slated 31.403. 41
Journalism - 2 1.353.43 11.780 36,133.43
PhvHkal Education 84,510.76 29,234 13.744.70
illsid. Arts 12,290.32 66,802 69,092.32
Sociology 19.085.16 19,085.16
Total $692,401,07
CURSE OF LAND
"Grain raising Ins been the
curse of this country," was the
statement made by F. A. Doerfler,
prominent Marlon county farmer,
in a speech made before the Marlon-Polk
county realtors at their
weekly luncheon this noon. Some
land In the Willamette valley has
become so run down that It can
not be made to pay Its taxes, and
has become so worn out. that clover
cannot be Blarted on It, he de
clared. Ho recommended tho use of
leguminous crops, especially alfal
fa, In building up the soil. Grain
can be grown on a piece once in
5 or 6 years without injuring the
soil, according to Mr. Docifler.
Flax Is fully as hard nn the soil as
grain, he stated. He declared that
the best way to farm is to keep G
or 7 different fields on the same
farm, alternating crops each year.
On certain bottom lands, unfit
for anything else, a profit of $200
an acre can be derived by grow
ing peppermint, the speaker main
tained. He had with him samples
of peppermint, alfalfa, sweet clov
er, flax and Tangier field peas
grown In the Willamette valley.
The Tangier pea Is a comparative
ly new crop, he said, recently In
troduced from Africa hy author
ities at Oregon Agricultural col
lege. It will grow as high as 6
feet, and Is Intended primarily to
be plowed under, being bei ter
than nearly anything else for
building up the sol).
I
IS HOL
Ran Francisco, Cal., May 28.
Figures for the twelfth federal re
servo district for April, 192fi,
show that business activity re
mained steady despite the' usual
seasonal decline and such unusual
features ns the abandonment or
more than GO per cent of tho win
ter wheat acreage and widespread
damage to berries and deciduous
crops throughout the district due
to unfavorable weather. Decline
In total volume of trade an com
pared with the previous month
was less than that which usually
occurs at this season of the year,
The total volume of credit extend
ed by customer banks of the fed
eral reserv-3 asytem Increased dur
ng the nrinth, as did the total
deposits of theso banks.
Jlullding actfvny Is approach
ing record levels. Twenty of the
principal cities showed a Iota) .if
$4l.fi3.8S2 or 20 per cent gret'
er than In April, 1920,. Howev r
estimated total construction eel
were about one per cent les dir.
Ing March and April than durin
January and February.
available.
More than $692,401 was spent
figures reveals that the cost of
some of theso duplicated depart
ments is nearly equal In the two
schools, indicating clearly that the
duplication is In no manner con
fined to service courses necessary
for students majoring In other de
partments. Detailed figures ot the dupli
cated costs are shown in the fol
lowing tahlo, which embraces
only a portion of the duplications
(hat exist. In the table the col
lege figures for the department of
economics also embrace the cost of
the sociology courses.
The itemized figures for the bi
ennlum were:
ELKS LODGE 10
E
The cornerstone of tho new tini
ple of Salem lito No. 336, P.
P. O. Klk, located on Slate street,
will he Inld with appropriate, ritual
istle ceremonies at 7 o'clock to
nlKht. The event will mark a new
epoch In the prmreMsive history of
the Salem Indue, the second larg
est Klkn lml i;e In the state, nnd Ihe
new building Is nno of the archi
tectural attractions of Kalem, both
becauKc of Its design and because
nfltH locution as one of the slghtly
slruelures that linvo grown tip
around Salem's famous civic cen
ter. I je veils Officntes
Members of the lodjxo will meet
at the old temple on Liberty street
at 6:45 and march In n body to the
new temple. The Klks band will
lead and furnish muxic for the cere
mony. Percy A. Young of Albany,
district deputy grand exalted ruler
for the Oregon south district of
the lodge, will conduct the rltuallfl
tic program, nnd the oration of the
occasion will tin delivered by Will
lam 8. I,evens. state prohibit Inn
commissioner, Mr. I.evens, as dis
trict deputy grand exalted ruler
for Oregon In lflort, dedicated the
old temple on Liberty street In
November of that year. Harry J.
Wlcdmer, secretary of tho lodge,
will read briefly a history of the
Salem organization.
Following the ceremony attend
ing the layng of the cornerstone
ihe members will march back to
the old temple for the regular
Thursday night session of the
lodge.
The committee In charge o the
cornerstono program Is Charles
Knowlnnd, ch.ilrinan, prattler Small
and Phillip Holmes. The building
committee, some of whose mem
bers will be heard from either dur
ing the program or during the lodge
session to follow, is Charles It.
Archerd, chairman, Dr. If, H. Ol
ingor, K. W. Hnsiird, William D.
Mvnns, Thomas It. Kay, Frank T.
Wrlghtman nnd Homer II. Smith
Organized In 1N00
Salem Lodge No. 336 was Insti
tuted April 21. 1S9B, In tho build-
Continued n Page Seven)
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur Brooks Baker
I. II. ,I.HM
The J. C. Perry Company obligingly provides the goods which liven
up our lives on nil tho sundiy sides. They do not limit purchases t
ten or fifteen cents, nor merely hit your pocketbook with modest
Wootworth dents. They aim to get your money sliced as large as you
allow, and Mr. I), P. Jarman's Job is helping show them how.
He owns some slocks nnd Interests In seven f their shops ami
finds his fun in harvesting the frequent profit crops He likes to
check the figure sheets which show the lovely news, the facts which
income tax collectors cheerfully peruse, nnd when the rush of bargntn
t.iles Is running at Its height, at every glance his countenance x-"
presses his delight.
His specialty Is meeting In conventions of the kind where every
me Is harboring n kindred tvpe or mind. He wears his badge ai
proudly as a hero wears his pin and shakes the other delegates wlta
t cm ami cordial fin. With h t a responsibilities his llfo Is starred an
stuck, and ho is not a-,- ' v
LOGGERSBURY
SELVES IN IVIUD
E
Men Battling First Forest
Fire of Season Near
Valsetz, Have Narrow
Escape From Death.
Dallas, Or., May 28. Three meh.
were burned and narrowly escaped
death In a fire in Ilftner's camp
on the Valley & Siletz line on the
big Lucklamute on Tuesday aft
ernoon, according to word received
here this morning. Fire, started
to burn slashingo, got beyond con
trol nnd the threo men Myron
Baker, Walter Dixon and another
whose name could not be learned,
were backfiring to save a donkey
engine, when they discovered that
they were entirely surrounded by
the fire.
Dixon and the third man
crawled beneath the donkey and
burrowed into tho dirt and mud.
Baker made a run through the
flames and received severe burns
both about the faco and on his
knees. He fell several times. Dix
on was burned Internally by
breathing the hot flames. The
third man v. as practically unin
jured. The donkey was complete
ly destroyed.
It was said at the Independence
hospital where tho men were tak
en that Baker will probably retain
his eyesight but that he will be
permanently scarred. Dixon Buf
fered no serious injuries and was
dismissed yesterday.
The fire, tae first of the season,
was soon controlled and last
night's and this morning's rains
have extinguished It completely.
Chicago, May 28 Interest In the
swiftly moving side drama of the
Shepherd ease, depleting nlleged
bribery nnd attempted jury fixing.
Is now divided between the search
In New York for Robert White,
state's witness nnd disclosures said
to have been made tn the state's
attorney's tiff Ire on why White
fled.
Nearly n unsuccessful an the
search for White has been the
selection of a Jury that le to try
William D. Shepherd on a charge
of murdering his millionaire ward,
William M. Mi Cllntock. No pro
gress was made In yesterday's
questioning of veniremen nnd as
the court opened today the call
for veniremen was well down In
the third special panel of 100. On
ly three Jurors were definitely ac
cepted.
John J. Kelly, Insurance agent
and chiropractor, accused In a let
ter purported to have been written
by White In Philadelphia ns being
one of the persons who caused him
to disappear, was credited with
admissions to the prosecutors
which gave them satisfaction.
"Kelly told a whole lot Tuesday and
he told a whoto Jot more today,
said State's Attorney Crowe last
i Ight. He was confident regard
ing the outcome of a hearing this
morning of a petition for a writ
of habeas corpus In Kelly's behalf.
Kelly's statement Is of great
importance." said Assistant State's
Attorney Joseph Ssvage. "I mii't
withhold It until certain other per
sons are located."
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