Capital journal., May 30, 1925, Image 1

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CIRCULATION
Dally average nc pa: a circulation tor
month ending April 3D, 1926
CLOUDY TONIGHT
and Sunday with light local rains. Mod
erate temperature. , Gentle variable
winds.
6755
Local: Mux. 64; mln. 41; rain, .15;
rlvor, 2-5; atmoa., cloudy; wind, south
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 129
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 19g5
PRICE THREE CENTS ' ffiSSs10 ciSen
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TR1BUTET0
DEAD HEROES
President Leads Official
Exercise at Tomb of Un
known Soldier Tn Ar
lington Cemetery,
V;uliin:,ton, May 30. (A. P.)
Tlie nation's .Memorcial Uuy tri
bute to tlie men and women who
died in its service centered today
in Washington, with President.
Coolidge leading the exercises in
Arlington national cemetery at tin'
tomb of the Unknown soldier.
Touched by the solemnity of the
occasion, thousands of Washing
ton iaiis and visitors gathered in
the amphitheater to hear the
presid nt'6 address, broadcasting
of which was arranged for by sev
eral largo radio station.
Assigned to huMur places in the
assemblage were survivors of
mine of the wars that claimed the
thousands resting beneath the
rows of tombstones dotting the
surrounding hillsides, and now
colorful with flowers and bunting.
Comrades Pav Tribute.
Association of veterans of the
various conflicts arranged to hold
services for their own dead before
the presidential party arrived at
the cemetery. These included
etiologies over the graves of army
ami navy nurses in the women's
section of the burial ground, conse
cration of monuments throughoui
the capital to the memory of out
standing figures In the country'
history.
A huge anchor formed of pen
pies wan prepared aboard the If.
S. S. Sylph for lowering into the
Potomac river as additional tribute
to the navy's de;id. lost on the
high seas. .Memorial exercises also
were arranged aboard the U. S. K.
Grampus.
Servants of the nation now rest
ing In otlif r cemeteries through
out the city were remembered by
relatives and descendants whe
joined with veterans' societies in
paying respect.
Paris. May .10. (A. P.)
French flags mid the Stars nil'1
(Continued on Page Seven)
KAY 10 TALK AT
T. 11. Kay, state treasurer, will
arid res the Salem chamber of
commerce on the nultj.t "Taxa
tion and New Laws Kn by
the Last Legislature," at the reg
ular luncheon of the chain her
Monday noon.
Kay was an nttentlve listener
when Governor Pierce spoke be
fore .ho chamber of commerce "nv
eral weeks ago. He wan observed
by some to take notes on a few i f
the governors remark..
Announcement has been made
by C. K. Wilson, secretary of the
organ iz 'on that the custom.', ry
dead line for speakers, sot at one
o'clock, will be extended if Mr.
Kay feels the necessity of going
overtime. It is states hy many
that ho will be only well started
If his remarks by the time the
usual closing hour arrives.
Pilot, Seized With
Heart Attack, Lands
Plane Safely; Dies
Washington, May 30 A. P. Tho
pluck of Lieutenant Teneyck Dew
Veeder, naval aviator. In bringing
his plane end passenger safely to
earth yesterday after he had been
seized with a heart attack which
rendered him uneunscious as the
machine cam to ret, is regarded
as heroic hy his flying companion
here. LIciitennnt Veeder collapsed In
his peat the plane, earrjlng
Iticbaid Part jielnuvs. movie nmr,
halted nt the end of the flirht
from Norfolk to Arneo-ta na
here. He died cnn aft'-jv-ard.
Parthelme:;", a hi; shaken, ur '
y-ealtratlon of the tragedy, wh''-'i !
fm'srht have taken his own life an
which produced a. greater Bet1" ' -f
'dhan any moie thriller of r
Parley Hea
Dr. Kdward Henes presided at the
seventh annual session of the In
ternational Labor Conference. Dr.
Benes has been Foreign Minister
of Czecho-SIovakia since the found
ing of that republic
DE PAOLO LEADS
Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind.
May 30. A. P.) With the hal
way mark reached In the 500-mile
auto nice over the motor speedway
today, Peter i)e Paolo, nepuew 01
the famous Kalph DePalma, was
lending after a i.eck and neck race
with Dave Liws. Karl Cooper airi
itclph Hepburn. The time for thr
250 miles was 2: 21 : 5y.y 1, ar.
average of 103. 4u miles on hour.
At the H.'tO-iiiile mark Lewis wn
traling DePaolo in second piacs
pe was third and Hepburn was
fourth.
The race was being witnessed
by n record breaking crowd, esti
mated at 1 -Li, 000, tho greatest
throng that evev witnessed a sport
.ng event in America.
.Sp.ciKv.iV, Indianapolis, Ind..
.'day 30. A. P.) V. nil a roar
from perfectly turn d motors, 2 J.
oL the worid'ei greatest race driv
ers shot away at 10 o'clock in tlu'
start of the 50 0-ui ile nutoniohiL
race over the ino.ur speedway. Tlu
.tttendance at that lime was about
125,000 with a Mf;.dy titio;.:il stilt
pour n;.; thiougii tilt- gainer.
The diiv rs, cull testing for
prizes ngreL,atin;; fcluu.ouu sii
a ten.fic pa e, after the first lap
.1 tho two and u h ilf mile brick
ctirse, indicating they were do
terniiiud to brc.ik all existing rec
ids tor the evi nt.
Peter He IValo nephew of th-
lamous Aaipii DcPahna, whwe car
balked siigiiiiy at the t:tari. final
ly cain;ht the flyinj? field and
..huiidred'd into tho load at the
end of the first lap with Leo:
l)it my. ? end, and h:u I Connej ,
third; ILutj- llartz was fourth.
The time w;:s 1:2(1:55, an aver
' - T lo( :t-i.- an lio-ir.
When the fifty mile mark was
readied lie Paola had a lend of
about a half mile, with Cooper
trailing him, and Harry llartz In
third place. I)ave Lewis, pilotinir
the only front drive car in the
race, was fourt li.
1 he time wag 2S.4S : 5 1 , an aver
age of 101.13 miles nn hour. He
' c n imiM on Pape Seven)
rer, d- f la : id Veeder had given
tlie "flnet exhibition of pluck and
courage. I have ever seen." He was
onnvimri, io said, that the pHn.
was fitrh-ken before he Innii il.
Ve'drr knew " that lie had a pij
.'ojip-f-r l.eiiind him nnd th-tt ho ha 1
to hrhig the plane in," the actor
sad.
L:ti!t(T.:,nt .I'dinwtone, ho ne
co in pa tiled Veeder in n not her
plane. dr"!'.r, a his companion
"jtipt caire In on hie r.ervo, that's
ail." As the nl-:l:r,e nc-arod An
Tco.t.i. pillh-!-M ftaid. Vender
w.v ed tov. ti-1 the pi out! and the
r h'-e ncsod rh.n. I fame to
" - ' l.'iPdltiT but he engirt
1 unidnt,'. Th nr-tor
' ! r and wh"n there
i - . he tcuchrd him.
SPEED KINGS AT
HALF WAY MARK
UN G
Bolt Jumps From Water
Tank To Hansen Home
Passing Entirely Thru
Dwelling.
A bolt of lightning, striking the
water tank above the Hansen
planing mill at the corner of South
Church and Mill streets jumped
some 75 feet west to the house
owned by A. M. Hansen, adjoining
the mill and tore its way com
pletely through the house, ground
ing on the opposite side. The ac
cident occurred at 3:20 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
Damage to the windows, pic
tures ou the wallti, partitioned, ra
dio 6ct and electric apparatus of
the house is expected to reach a
total of more than a thousand dol
lars.
No one was injured although
the bolt passed wtihin a yard of
Mr. Hansen, who was sitting nt.
the dining rom table working on
some plans. , It passed within 10
feet of Mrs. Hanecn, who was tip
stairs.
Passes ThroiiPh House
Striking tlie water tank, the
holt apparently followed the aerial
which was strung from tho tank
to the house. On its way out of
the tank it tore splinters from the
tank's side, although not enough
to cause a leak. One metal hoop
wan torn lootfc and Tell away.
Striking the window of a bed
room on the east side of the house,
on the lower floor, tho charge
broke the glass into a thousand
pieces, broke a picture which wa
hanging near, jumped across the
bedroom to the partition between
that room and the dining room,
across the dining- room and out u
window on the west side of the
nouse. An area of the partition
amounting to some three square
feet was ;wept clear of planter,
and a number or the laths inrn
loose. The mirror of a sideboard
on the wf-st side of the dininr
ro; in was broken by the jar ns th.1
!olt made it.i final exit through
the window jest above, grounding
(Jlio.'T ftiiv, uo panunio,-)
DING
TOTALS $120,350
The Salem building revcnl for
-May showta a total uf $ 120,1)50
Toing into new construction as in
dicated on the building permits
ofr the month iesucd by the city
; -ee'-rder.
Toe record shows permits for
Jl new dwellings, totaling $103
iiOO ; five garages, $22 00; one
warehouse. $ 1 500; one store.
. 1500; o n d on , boiler room ,
2750, a total of $ 113.950 fur new
buildings, while permits for re
pairs. and alterations of old build-
i!gn total $ rm"i.
The grand total of $120, 050 i:
:i few thousand noiturs bi-h'nd the
May record for last year, whbli
totaled $Hil,iH)0. However, th"
total for dwelling houses is ahead
of May last year when tile figure:,
were ?94,50. Kvidently th.
quality of d we! lings being bull'
now f s h i h r than a ' a r ago,
ince tiie 111 for which permits
wore issued during the month
now closing will cost ?Si50 rnon
than the 30 of a y ar ago.
SKOW 15 FEEfDEEP ON
UPPER M'KEBZIE PASS
K:i-,r.Re, Or., r.fay SO. Drlvinr
a fdx-hotirs. wagon. W. J. Neil ol
Kedmond, Or., Is the first to ne
gotiate the McKenz'e pass by va
Vicle thit y-ar. Neil arrived here
today after making the trip acrov
artying a tn of cnrr. The tri;i
look two and on.?-balf days and .1
nart of the trip on the nimniii
was made by relaying cargo on
dodges. The snow is fthout 1 5
feet dp in t)u upper re;-che?!,
I so in driver states, nnd be vnirfs
th opinion th::t the plan of th'
'ni'-riran I er-'-fc pcts to wot k
'"unday on th" ruminit to OjVn Tl;
insi is nt f.ipiijle. The Ivsh-i;
HITS HOUS
unn to r:!-op-rttn In the fn'.wjnf former Vice President Thinf
"Taring to open the highway for
vii!nm to tlie annual slate sr;:
don at Prineville next month.
REFERENDUM
ROBS STATE
OF HUGE SUM
Petitions Holding Up Tax
Measures To Reduce
Revenues Approximate
ly $500,000.
13y the referendum of the tobac
co tax act, and the tithing measure
the atate of Oregon stands to lose
during the present biennlum an
estimated $1,350,000, or $1,201),-
000, and $150,000 that tho meas
ures respectively were expected to
produce.
This fact, together with tho cut-
tine; of the state tax levy almost in
half by the state tax commission
last December, means that the
state la going to be precipitated
into a deficit the coming fall and
remain so during tha remainder
of the biennlum, with tho condi
tion at its worst, perhaps, next
spring just before tho collection
of the first half of the JVtate taxes
from the counties. Funds are al
ready growing short In the treas
ury, nnd practically nil tho money
on hand Is money of tho highway
department.
Contrary to general opinion the
bus bill, on which the referendum
has also been Involved, was not
designated to replenish htc general
fund of the state. This net pro
vides that after tho expenses of
administering the act up to $00,
000 Is p.'-ld from the proceeds of
the net, tho remainder goon tbroo-
fourtha to the state highway fund
and one-fourth to the counties In
(Continued cn Page Might)
Washington, May .10. fA. P.)
The war debt dcus-don has
been turned bark to 177 5, when
America borrowed from France to
provide one of the two latest de
velopments. Senator Ilorah, chairman of ihe
senate foreign relations commit
tee in a letter has declared the
treasury's official records prove
that America not only did haggle
over the amount of France's loan.
but in paying the debt Includrrl
$250,000 too much.
The other development Is thai
Belgium, the battleground of the
world war is likely to be the next
power to fund Ita loans from the
United States.
Senator Horah, in a letter to
tho London OIserver made public
here, answered a letter by the
a ut hor of a biography of Ilenu
marchais quest ion fug the sena
tor's statement that America has
overpaid her loan from Franco,
wuirh was negotiated through
B'miinnrrhais. Tho senator cited
the records show that the loan
was entered with this notation.
"Overpaid by the l.:niterl States
1.426.7H7 iivn-s."
Admitting thai there was a de
lay In final settlement, Mr. Bo
rah declared this was due to the
failure or inability of Ilrauniar
chais to render an account on
which c.ongrr-ps. could act.
Benjamin Franklin in 1 7 7 S
and 172 he asserted, wro'e re
peatedly to Paris in an effort to
get an accoun ting, and added
that nowhere was there any evi
den ce that t b ! con n t f y h aa
sought to dit-pute the amount or
repudiate the deot.
BULGARIA IS REFUSED
LARGER ARMY PERMIT
Paris, May 30. fA. P.) Th'
council of ambasrad ira today defi
nitely refused Bulgaria's request
to retain under nrms the addition
al forces recently authorized he
caiirt of the communist terrorism
in the country. The temporary
t nop-, nil m be ring 30n0 were nr-dr-rrd
di:iband'd tomorrow thus
' .i rrying out the original condl
iiMi , of th ir rriii,.ni"nt.
Marshal! Better
Washington, May 30. (A. P.)
There was further gradual Im
rovment today In the condition
!l. Marshal I, who is rtint.w d o
his hot1! room here with a col l
and pervou exhaustion.
University Heads
Wink at Physical
Education Costs
(By Harry N. Grain)
Had tho board of regents of the
University of Oregon been Intent
u pon effect i n g eco n om ies In the
administration of the institution
on the occasion of their recent
shake,-up there they could have
examined with n maximum of pro
fit the organization and expenses
of the university school of physi
cal education.
On tho face of the statistics com
plied in the annual financial state
ment of the university ns of Octo
ber 1, 1924, It is costing the state
$41,711.68 year to support the
school of education at tho univer
sity, and $40,878.08 of this is ex
pended in the payment of salaries.
Department Top-Heavy
The payroll of this department
for the school year 1923-24 con
tains the names of 26 employees
In this department, which offers 65
separate courses.
Seven of these employees, who
With clearing skies and dry
streets, indications this morning
weraiihat tho exercises connected
with Memorial Day would today
bo well attended, and marked by
characteristic impress! veil ess.
Salemltes awoke this morning to
find tho city decorated with flags,
all official flags being at half
mast i'i honor of former members
of United State fighting forces.
Soldiers' graves were decorated
this morning, members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
other veieran organizations of the
city, with representatives of their
auxiliaries, making the trip to the
various cemeteries of Salem by
automobile.
Starting shortly after 10 o'clock
this morning, ceremonies in
honor of former veterans were
held nt the ('By View cemetery.
Sedgcwick Post, local branch of
the li, A. It. had charge of the
affair.
, Water services re to be held
at one oVIock th; afternoon in
honor of former veterans of the
navy. Tlie Women's 1111 of Corps,
auxiliary to the G. A. H. had
charge of ceremonies, which were
scheduled to be held on the Marion-Polk
county bridge.
Ind lea l ions were that, the
Memorial May parade, to start at.
2 o'clock this afternoon, would be
the largest ever held as part of
Salem Memorial Day exercises.
With members of every military
unit and patriotic organization In
the city participating, ns well as
school children and civic organ
izations, the parade was expected
to extend for 4 or 5 blocks. .
ii i m
PROJECTS START
Portland, Ore., May 30. The
state highway commission late
yesterday ordered IS highway pro
jects advertised for the June meet
ing, Including two seetions of The
Dallas-California highway, 1 1
miles 14,; we n Bend and l.ava
Butte, nnd 10. 4 mi lis in Klamath
county fiom the Deschutes county
line to Crescent.
The rommlri-jion ordered adver
tised the niy mountain section In
Klamath on the Klamath Fnlls
I.akevlew highway 11.4 miles.
This project Is from eight miles
north of; Bonanza, r.tnrting near
Lnrenx mill, lo Ihalty, and for
several years the location has
been a subject for controversy.
Also the emnmls-don decided lo
resurface 1 0 miles bet ween
Lamm's 'mill and Klamath Falls.
Th approaches to the Meach-am-Umatilla
over crossing In
Umatll'a county were ordered
graded.
Jforp'V; JTr.nn-xr
Rt. L'mis, Mo.. May ISO, -lingers
f Inrn "hy, Nat ioni-l 1c title halting
hanipion. Inn h".( n Hppoln ted
.iiMia'Tf-' of the :U. Louis Card!
u; N, KHi'c Tiling lii'.mHl Itickey.
who is jiu.d . v'. c-:.,f -lid'-nt of thf
'b, !V ;;:! nt ! .;u Hnadoii iir-i-nM
.! ' '. The change in Vf
I'll AY.
might be said to comprise the ex
ecutive department of the school
of physical education, drew $17,
272 of the salary expenditures, or
better than 41 per cent of the to
tal paid in salaries, and only 7 of
tho G5 classes were taught by these
doven persons.
The physical education school is
both top-heavy and badly over
loaded. Tho executive staff of the
school is all out of proportion to
the rest of the school. The school
boasts of a dean, John R Ifovnrd,
who is paid $4500 a year for teach
ing two classes and devoting the
rest of Ids time to "executive
work." The quotation marks are
my own. In addition, both the
men's and women's departments
have heads. The head of tho wo
men's department draws $3000 n
year and teaches two classes. The
head of tho men's department Is
paid $3800 a year for teaching
(Continued on Page Seven)
EMPT
OF $50; APPEALS
Frank C.l-ramwell, state super
intendent of hanks, was fined $50
for contempt of court yesterday
by Judge L. IL M 'Mahan. Th"
aon tempt procee.ngs was filed
against Hi am well when be refuse 1
to appear in court and give his
reasons for filing an affidavit, if
prejudice against McMahnn fn the
case of Putnam apainst Bramw It.
The latter is an Injuncl ion pro
ceeding in which George Puliiam.
published of The rapftnl Journal,
seeks to compel Bramwell to re
turn the state banking department
to Kalem from Portland.
Upon Imposition of the $50 fine.
Bramwell t once filed notice ol
appeal to the supreme court from
the order of the lower court hold
ing Bramwell guilty of contempt.
The case will test the const it ii
tionalily of the law that allow;
the filing of affidavits of pre
judice against judges.
OF TAKING BRIBE
IL
Tacoma, Wash., May 30. (A.
P.) Former Governor Louis- F.
Mart, of Washington state, U at
liberty today under $3000 bail.
ILirt was arretted in Olymoia
yesterday evening charged with
soliciting a bribe from Guy K.
Kelly and Foi bes P. Haskel Jr.,
out ff (he trust fund created from
the assets of the defunct Heandf-navian-Amerircn
bank of Taco
ma. He was arrested two hours after
Prosecuting Attorney Sebbn had
sworn out a warrant before Judr
W ,0. Chapman in superior court
here.
The offense charged again t
Mart is a felony nnrf is punishable
by a maximum fine of $'imiii .v
10 ye.irs in the stale peuitentiarv
r b.dh.
No minimum Is prescribed in
the statutes,
Tho Warrant was placed in (he
hMids of Sheriff Thomas D'-hjiiom I,
who notified Sheriff Charles ,l:f k
son of Thurston county thai be
held the warrant for Hart's air !
and renuesti.d him to locate th-ex-governor
Immediately. The
former chief executive was arrest
ed by the Thurston sheriff and
with hl attorney, Ihinco Clellnnd.
p'Mled a surety bond of $3000 to
ra'n his release on bail.
The defendant will be arraign
ed before Judge Oovnor Tea's
ci rly next week, according to
Prosecutor Selden, who is ready io
proceed with the trial of the cane
immediately.
The 1 n forma tf Oil accuses Hart
of violating Ids official duty. That
he did unlawfully, feloniously and
dhfetly ask from Guy R. Kelly
and Forbes P. Haskell Jr., tint
th'-v pay him a certain sum of
u.'icy f i. i:n l hp assets of tho Kf an
li ! . ,'ia n-A.nevlcan bunk of Taco-
SiLTCE F I RE GOVERNMENT
ON CHINESE IS DECLARED
MOB; Kill 4
Demonstraton Protesting;
Conviction of Men Who
Struck In Mills Owned
By Japs Fatal.
Shanghai, China, May 30. (A
P.) Sikh police armed with car
bine rifles fired into a mob of
;S000 Chinese students attempting
to storm the Loua police sub-station
on the Kanking road today,
killing four and injuring six. The
police station is jn the center of
Shanghai's bus incus district.
The demonstration was attempt
ed as a protest against conviction
of Chinese strikers who left their
employment in Japanese cotton
mills.
The decision which precipitated
the disturbance was handed down
by a mixed court. The command
to fire one volley was given when,
the students be a to rush the
gntcti which open Into tho station
compound. Tho disturbance took
place in the heart of Shanghai
business district.
While the action of the police In
firing on the students stemmed the
disorder temporarily, nn uprising
is feared tonight. The Shanghai
volunteer corps, light artillery
and 12 armored cars wore ordered
out to aid In restoring order. Fit
ly students have, been arrested
The Louza district, where Hie dis
turbance centered Is a thickly
populated deportment store area
and the shooting created Intense
exoltemen t.
Every shot fired by the police
into the student mob took effecl
ind a reclieck at. 7 o'clock tonight
showed hix Ktudepls were killd.
eight wero probably fatally In
jured and eittht others were seri
ously wounded.
Tonight the congested depart
ment store area was being patrol
ted by mounted Sikh police and
ot her oft ieeis while a car bin v
armod company of Chimin police
wc.s held In reserve within the
station compound,
t Ol her police reserves held In
read i nt :is were composed mostly
of business men. The Shanghai
volunteer corps was mustering n
force for duty through tint tin
nl;ht. antiicpaling outbreaks in
other sections particularly the
Yangtze -Po and other western in
dustrial districts where .la pane.'
cotton mills have been is disorder
during recent weeks, owing to the
st riles.
Conviction of strikers by a mix
ed court, the action which caused
the d-inonst rat ion, was t he out -L;rovfth
of arrests made In con
nection with the stril.c.
Police authorities attribute the
labor disorders nnd the outhrejii
today to Chinese-Bosnia n holnhe
vfkl activities, particularly the
.ictivties of the radical branch or
t he Kouminiang party directed
from Peking.
MOVIE SMW FOR
Lou Amreles, ( al.. May .10.- A.
IM Ahmed Abdullah, athletic
trainer, philosopher nnd Holly
wood landlord, has been iiu-dialim;
of late on the behnvlor of motion
picture actors and the meditation
lias soured bis soul. This lie con
1'lded to the superior court yester
day when his $ 1000 damage suit
against William Itussell, screen
Mar, came to trial. Ituse wn.
Abdullah's tenant for n year nnd,
in the word of Abdullah, "a
whole orphan asylum and all tlie
dogs in the city could not have
been harder on a house." nnd so
he neeks $1000 with which to un-
bilake the neeonfary repairs.
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur Brooks Baker
r. ;. m
The K:ilepin;in fMiitably Inched
upon the wealth of his lm;i i;in.i 1 1 e l-.ean, can tell of low consumption
of the uns and oil nnd air, can speak of climbing bills ns nimbly ns a
iricit nr bear, can ficiire Voiir expenses down until they seem a Jest,
and catalogue n hundred points which make bis car the best.
Ijehuio, iment for tho Slur Invented by Durum, ueciueu mat nn
bis siilesmen sav Is still a trifle
(we're quoting ns h talks) outdo,
man's wildest squawks. H's ennstnnlly endued In hunting hills It
nnot take, hut funis It has to bo restrained by stepping on inn urnsr.
The lustlv fnmoiM scenery tho western world provides, he like
lo view In summer from the summit nnd the side. He looks at na
ture's beauty with approval In h!.i
the river, lake nnd skv, for Sia.
managed by your thumb, " U
strung up (or woilds to come.
10 INVOLVED
Less Federal And Better
Local Government Is So
lution Of Problem, Says
President.
Washington, May 30. (A. P.)
Appealing for more vigilant jn---
forcemeat of law on the part of
states and local governments and
for a "universal observance of the
constitution" by tho American
public, President Coolidge lu a
Memorial day address today at Ar
lington cemetery, declared that
"what we need is not more federil
government but better local gov-
ruuietit. '
"Wo are not a lawless people,"
said the president, "but we tire too
frequently a careless one. Tho
multiplicity of laws, the varied
possibility of appeals, the disposi
tion to technically In procedure,
the delays and consequent expense
of litigation which Inevitably
inure to the advantage of wealth
and specialized ability all these
liavn been recounted as reproaches
to us.
Laxities Persist.
'It is strange i it such laxities
should persist in a time I'ko tiro
present, which is marked by a de
termined upward i.. aveptent in bu-
half of social welfare. Hut they
do exist. They demonstrate a need
for better, prompter, less Irksome
and expensive administration of
ti e laws; for uniformity of pro
cedure; for more accurate delim
itation of stall; and federal au
thority."
Mr, Coolidge made only passing
reference to prohibition nnd did
not npply his observations direct
ly to any particular sittuitir." .He
! irlng that "wImi the loci
r'iiu lit','- evades Its re
bility, it fs sorted in !,
'Continued on Pago Tv
ViE TODAY m
Chicago, May 30. fA. P.)
The eyes of the wrestling world
today were turned to four heavy
weight grapplers, each of whom
has held or has claimed the
world's championship. With a
purse of $30,000 at stake, nrt well
as a $10,000 diamond studded
belt. Indicative of the heavy
weight championship, Kd (Strang
ler Lewis and Wayne (llig)
Mimn will meet at Michigan City,
Ind., late this afternoon. At the
samp time, in St. Louis, .Stanis
laus Zhyszko, who. like Lewis,
claims the title, will go to the
mat with Joe Stocher, a former
title holder, in a match also bill
ed ns for the world's grappling
honors. A puivc of $i0.000 will
be shared by the chief partici
pants In St, Louis.
Zbynzko's claim to the title
rests upon bis defeat of Mnnn In
Philadelphia several weeks ago,
Munn having been considered la
many quarters ns champion be
cause he threw Lewis out of the
ring In Kansas City last January.
Lewis, asserted, however, that
he li nil been fnulfd, nnd this con
tention was upheld hy a Miwourl
court, which permitted him to re
tain the championship belt.
The contest t Michigan City
Is set for 3 p. ni Central stand
ard time.
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scant. His miracle of metal will
outshlno in every line, tno sales
rye. with plenty of attention rnr
ill fleer with sitehereu Rear wnen
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