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Newspaper Page TextBULGARIANS MOBILIZING AGAINST GREEKS CIRCULATION Dally overage net paid circulation for month ending September SO, 1936 Average dally distribution 7443. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 2 fa Ml is Bulgars Mobilizing To Re sist Further Advance League To Act On Monday. (By Associated Press.) Notwithstanding interventiou by tbo league of nations, tho Greco-bulguriun crisis seemed to be growing more acute today wit1 new troop movement b reported on both Rides. The Greeks, following their art vance to Petrich, In the Struma Yalley, are rcopvted to be moving against tlio Itupei pass, which they claim has been used by Bulgari us as the route for incursions into Greek territory. Authoritative sources in Sofia say Bulgaria is determined -to re sist any further ndvanco by the Greeks, deciding to malco a stand as fur as her limited military strength permits. The Bulgarians are sending i new protest to the league of uj tions. The meeting ot the league council which .6 to inquire into the dispute is set for Monday ar ernoon in Paris. Geneva. Oct., U4. (A. P.) The Greek government made its first gesture toward the league of nations since the outbreak of tin Greco-Bulgarian trouble by com munication to tlie league secie- taritit today of a telegram statins that Bulgarian troops occupied blockhouse situated on Greek ritory, north of Demirhieaar, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 24 (AP) Bulgaria le sending troups into tho "war area" and has decided to make a -stand as far as her limited military strength permits, In case the Greeks continue to Invade the territory granted her under the treaty of Neullly. This is stated In authoritative quarters here. The artillery sent to the affected district Is limited to two field guns, but It Is asserted that. If brought Into action, they will fire upon the Invaders until silenced by their superior long range guns. The morale of tho officers and soldiers is said to be excellent, they vowing to die rather than allow the Greeks to advance further. Vienna, Oct. 24 (AP) Dis patches through Belgrade say Bul garia Is mobilizing. Reports re ceived in the Jugo-Slavlnn capital from the border state that forty' comitadJIs bands (Irregulars) are enroute to Mclnik to reinforce the army. Melnik le ten miles northeast of Petrich, previously reported un der Greek shell-fire. CLEAR DAY FOR Portland, Or., Oct. 4. (A. P.) A clear day greeted the assembled cohorts ot the University of Ore gon and University of California football teams, which met at Mult nomah field this afternoon in one ot the most important games ol the Pacific coast intercollegiate conference season. It was the first conference game ot the year for California, and the second for Oregon. The University of Oregon teai.i and hundreds ot students arrivej last night from Eugene, and put on a notEe parade through tho streets that will long be remem bered. They then held a monster Tally At Multnomah club, at which many prominent alumni spoke. Reserved scats were at a pre mium yesterday. It was imposF! blc to obtain them anywhere and Indications were that a consider ably larger crowd than any which has ever witnessed a local football game was assembled at Multnomah field before play began. Air Mail Chief Quits. Omaha, Neb.. Oct. 24. Rseigna llon of Carl F. Egge, general tu perintendent of tho Omaha dii Bim ot the railway mail service, lo succeed him, was announced hcrv todiy. GREEK DRIVE ON BULGARIA 11 (It aiDital Jly unr nal GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King A PARABLE FOB, POETS Wlion Percy was a callow youth, Ifo set Ills hand to verse, ! Ills object (I must tell the truth) Being to fill his purse. I Ills early efforts were uncouth; Ills latter ones were worse. Tho editors wore grim and gruff When Pefley caino to call; They did not want his Bort of st in r. And said so, one mid all, Until at last he'd had cuouffh Of waiting In the hall. His spirits nnd his morals fell Wnen nono would take his rime; llo practiced fraud, and theft as wen, To earn an honest dime, And was Imprisoned hi n cell To expiate his crime. With board mid lodging furnished rroo. And clothes provided, too, He turned again to poetry, as leions oiten do. Like other prison poets, ho RehnshcU Wilde's "tent of blue.' Signed "Convict Scven-Slxty-Four,1 Ills M)oms inndc tho grade; The editors demanded more To please the moron trade. -mi Percy left tlio prison door With fume's foundation laid. Now Percy, for his record's sake, Adorns the printed page; Ills books of lyrics, "Hearts That Break," Is quite the senson's rage. MOHAL Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor Jrou bars a cage. Three neolithic men have been dug up in France. Fragments of a mnh Jong set were found In the same stratum. WHITE ELECTED COUNTY Y. IVI. C. A. 0. V. White of tSayton was last night elected bead of the Marlon County Y. M. C. A. at the annual county convention, held In the First Christian church here. L. T. Reynolds of Salem was electa 1 vice-president, Joseph Albert cf faaiem, treasurer, and B. J. Kimber of Salem, secretary. Mr. Kirabar has served as county secretary fir approximately a year. Approximately 125 boys wari present at the convention. The main address of the cvea ing was given by Governor Pierce, who praised the work of the Y. M. C. A. and mentioned a few things he would like to see done. The governor assailed what he alleg-.nl tn be a present tendency in the country to allow ' salacious litera ture to bo widely spread tor young and old people in the nation to read. 'I hooe the time may eventually come when the youth ot our country as well as the grown ups will seo the literature they read properly censored," ho said. He expressed the belief that the present "crime wave that is sweeping the country' Is duo largely to salacious reading mat ter which Is widely read. The convention started shortly before 7 o'clock with a banquet. Rev. John J. Evans and Itr. Norman K. Tutly, of the First Christian church and tho Flwt Presbyterian church of this cltf, both spoke briefly last night. ROTTEN EGGS Glasgow, Oct. 21. Some 20,000 eggs of uncertain age were sub stiuted for rhetoric in the fin-il campaigning In connection with the annual polling today tocie:t the lord retcor uf Glasgow univer sity. Austen Chamberlain, the for eign secretary, was the victor in the contest of ballots, being elect ed over G. K. Chesterton and Sid ney Webb,' former president of the board of trade, but the stalely buildings ot this ancienr seat of learning suffered heavily In the Rattle of' decayed missiles which accompanied the election. The embryo party leaders dur ing last night trucked loads cf eggs, flour and decadent herring onto the ctmpus. At 9 o'clock thiB morning ft pltcl-ed battle with malodorous mi wiles was opened and continued tor three hours. HOI RULE THRUPARENTS YOUTH'S NEED Coolidge Praises AVork of "Y" But Censures Parents For Neglect of Offspring. "It is not enough that there would be action in the pulpits there must be ruction in the pews. It will not be sufficient to have exalted preaching by the clergy unless there Is exalted liv ing by the laity. Your christian associations represent a special effort to organize and to augment in every field the lay forces and to translate the truths of religion into the life ot the people. 1 The president also valued the Y. M. C. A. as one ot the strong est bonds of common interest be tween Canada and the United States, assorting it has conduced to a "greater harmony of interest between two neighboring tlons." "It is a great Instrument for domestic Improvement and inter national progress," he said. Those who reprove the Amer ican people and their government "Tor an alleged failure ' to as sist other peoples and "who are making the loudest complaints on this score, Mr. Coolidge said, probably never taok the trouble "to ascertain what we have done nnd what we are doing." "It Is gratifying beyond meas ure to realize," he concluded, "how the steady, courageous, gen erous hand of the real American continues to reach out to those in need. These works stamp America with a continuing effort working for moral regeneration." Washington, Oct. 24. (A. P.) The present day need of the American youth is "more home control through parental action, ,f President Coolidge declared today in addressing the forty second in ternational convention of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion of the United States and Canada. Mr. Coolidge praised the work of the association as "an effort in the rieht direction" at a time when "there are too many Indica tions that the functions ot parent hood are breaking down." Describing the home as the "cornerstone of the nation," the president declared that control of the nation's youth from inv source Is preferable "to attempt In some wav" -the constantly In crease "the government's re sponsibility for the rearing of children." "Too many people," he con tinued, "are neglecting the real Continued on Pnse Eleven) New Orleans. La., Oct. 24. (A P.) Business ot the 48th trien nial general convention or Protestant Episcopal church wos concluded this morning. Th hishoiis nnd deputies repaired to Christ church cathedral whore the final closing services w; held and the pastoral letter read. Inheritance Taxes To Be Cut and Eliminated Washington, Oct. 24. (A. P.; Proposals for immediate reduc tions in the federal Inheritance tax with repeal at the end of six years were endorsed today by Chairman Green of the house way and means committee. Such a scheme was presented : the committee yesterday by t'io national committee on inheritam.? taxation, composed of tax expo. .a from every section of the country. In endorsing the six years' plax Mr, Green said this time would lve opportunity for states to en act uniform Inheritance tax laws prior to withdrawal of the federal government taxes. Chairman Green opposed Imme diate repeal, but suggested that fall credit might be allowed in settlement of the federal levies tor SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, . OCTOBER 24, 1925 mm Sheriff Drives 400 Miles With Captives Chained Over Auto Seattle, Wash. Oct. 21 Deputy Sheriff Robert Gib son of this county (King) ar rived here today with two men ho captured single band ed at Drain, Ore., 400 miles south of Seattle. He brought them by himself, handcuffed across the hood of an auto mobile he seized with thein and which they are accused of stenllng. Burglaries totalling $10,000 in the Pacific northwest arc laid to the men. Gibson per formed his feat to avoid ex tradition nnd delay. The captives nrc Ben K. Lowry, 25 and Alfred Trim ble, 4d. They are to be de livered to the sheriff of Ynki nm county to answer for five robberies In Yakima City. Other burglaries attributed to them were In Enston, Bos Moines, Richmond Highlands and Seattle, E Eureka. Cal.. Oct. 24 (AP) Suspected ot the murder of Car men Wagner, 18 year old beauty parlor operator of Eureka and Henry Sweet, her companion on a hunting trip, Jack Ryan, a half- breed Indian was Imprisoned early today in a ranch house near Coyote Flat, sixty miles south of here. A radio message to the Humboldt Standard, maklntr this announce rhont, stnted that Ryan would be brought to Eureka today. Walter David, half-brother of Ryan was arrested yesterday near the scene of the murder and Is In the county jail here for question ing. Ryan was arrested on a tip that he had fled from the Coyote Flat country to Deer Creek, approx imately forty miles to the east of the flat. Under Sheriff Ed Reed and four deputies followed on horseback "over the brush tangled mountain trails. They reached Deer Creek at 9:30 p. m., and found Ryan asleep In a bunk house of the Northern California Red wood Lumber company. The man was excited and nerv ous when he faced his pursuers and he was brought handcuffed on horseback to the Lei and Bryant ranch. Bryant was one of the ear lier suspects but easily cleared himself and the posses made a headquarters of his ranch. The placing of charges against both Ryan and David will await an autopsy of the girl. The dis trict attorney's office indicated that tho charges probably would be murder and criminal assault. FROM SILVERTON Silve-.ton, Or., Oct. 24. (3pe- ciil.) Molr.lU defeated Silverion in e game of football here f naay by a score of 13 to 0. Molalla chnme down In a special train nnd both schools were exceo- toinally well represented. A fea ture ot the :;ame was that both of the yell leaders were girlfl. In Next Six Years .imouiits paid on s':ite inlieritauo- taxes. Secretary Mellon has pro nosed immediate repeal and bi position was ennorsed yesterdiy by a number of governors. In a statement to the commit tee the position ot the tobac merchants asB'-viutton of th United tSat.-s In favor of a cm ihe tnbac?o. Charles Dushkin 1 New York declared this would pc mft the sale of cigars at low nrices. A reduction ot 12 per one thous and on 6-cent cigars, 13 on h two for 15-cent oigars and $4.50 on the 10-ent grade was pr- Doecd. Collections from tobaci levies next year are estimated by the treasury at 3fJ0. 000,000 mrni ins; the greatest revenue pn?d:ic: among the miscellrneous lax.9, Jl Crimson Beaten Badly Yale Defeats Brown Chicago Loses To Penn sylvania. Harvard Stadium, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 24. (A. P.) Dart mouth, twice victor over Harvard since the end of tho war, again met the Crimson football team In i heir fourth game since the ath letic relations were resumed after a 15-year break. Approximately 53,000 persons were In the big stadium. A series of punts left Dartmojih with the ball on its 25-yard lini. After a blocked kick, Oberlandur who recovered the ball, punted to Harvard's 35-yard line. Cheek hurled an 18-yard forward pass and after a 10-yard gain through the line Cheek kicked a goal H'ru the field. The period ended with the score: Harvard 3; Dartniou'n 0. Dartmouht showed strength the second period and when the Crimson got the bull on an inter cepted forward pass the Green line heid and forced Harvard to punt. Dartmouth carried the ball down tho field and scored a touchdowi when Oberlander tossed a per fee. pass to Lane over the goal lino. After the kickoff Dartmouth again worked the bul down the field and Obf.rlander's 29-yard pass to Tully put the ball on the half-yarn mark. Oberlander then smashed through for a touchdown. Tho attempted goal was blocked. Scare, end second period: Dartmouth 11; Harvard 3. After Dartmouth gnined tho ball on a punt, Oberlander slipped through tackle for 25 yards and then on a lateral pass matte z yards more to Harvard's 3-yard line. Plaoys by Korton, Oberlnnd- and McPhail sent the nt named over for a touchdown. Tully added the addtilcnal point with a dronkick. Harvard was aided 18 yards when Dartmouth was penal ized. Cheek and Crosby collabor ated in advancing the ball and tr-c latter scored a touchdown. uneeKu klck:for the cxtva point was block ed. Near the end of the period Lane, scored Dartmouth's fourth touchdown. Final: riarvaru ; Dartmouth 32. Yale Defeats Brown. Provindence, It. I., Oct. 24. (A. P.)' Yale defeated Brown today 20 to 7. Both tennis scored in the fist period and after that tho Yrila defense prevented further scoring by Brown, while the KHs auuea n points in the second period. Chicago Vanouisherl , . , Franklin Field, Phtladelpnla. Pa.. Oct. 24. A. P.) Pennsyl vania conquered Chlcngo, 7 to 0. todnv In a bitterly fought Inter- sectional battle in the rain and mud before a crowd of close to fin 000. A stradv rn n turned the nni'i nto a quagmire as the rival elev ens, each of which neiu secnon-ii hamnion;;hln heights last yosr, started their first battle slTioe 1921. CROWD OF 15,000 SEE OREGON PLAY CALIFORNIA Mutlnomah Field, Portland, Or., Oct. 24. (AP) The largest crowd that ever gathered In the Rose City for a football game wit nessed the contest between the University of California and thp University of Oregon elevens. All seats were filled long before play beean with standing room at premium. It was estimated tha from 15,000 to 18,000 witnessed the contest. The weather woe ideal. Football Fina's Pennsylvania 7; Chirago 0 Colgate 9; Printetnn Vai,hnton and Jvii u n T. Fayette 0. Yaye 20; Crown 7. Maine 16; Hates 7. Dartmouth 32; Harvard 9- Pittsburgh 12; Carm-gie 0. Michigan 3; Illinois 0. Mlnmnota 7: Nntre Dame 19. Iowa 15; Ohio State 0. 'Columbia 26; Williams 0. Nebrackft 14; Kansas 0. Navy 37; Western Maryland 0 A MOUTH AGAIN VICTOR OVER HARVARD F Great Future For Linen Industry Seen In Valley By W. B. BARTRAM The lmmcdiato development ot the flax and linen industry in the Willamette Valley has been under consideration here and other places In the state during the past seven months. We have at last arrived at a definite stage where tho Industry is assured. Tho spinning and weaving corpor ation has now been actually or ganized and the Board of Directors appointed. About $400,000 has been subscribed without commis sion charges being paid. All share holders without any ex ception have purchased the pre ferred and common stock on the same basis. There are all told, about 500 share holders resident in Portland, Salem and through out Marion and Polk countios, These facts now assure a market for any flax grown up to 8,000 acres, which amount will more than double the acreage grown last year in Western Oregon. The progress mndo assures and de mands that scutching mills be built at different potntB through out the valley. MPROVEMENTS IE County Superintendent Fulker- son, who has just returned frjm a visit to schools at Gates and Mill City, finds at Mill City a new do mestic science department Ib being installed In the high school, tables being made on the ground from umber from the mills, the tables being exceptionally fine and eac i girl to have an individual table. The school also has purcnascn two Singer sowing machines and an electric machine. AttJatos the school has installed a new water system, with soparate shower baths for boys and girls In connection with the big new gym nasium which was put In last year. Transportation is iurnisn- ed to pupilfl to the Gates schnol his year the system having bc?n widened out as far as Endor. At the Detroit school Mrs. F;il- kerson found a new tencher, Mr. Van Fleet. The district built a new school last year. A stage i. beliiff installed this year, with now scenery nnd drop curtains being painted, the stage to be in roadi ness for a Halove'en program. Rural Supervisor Fox also h.n been visiting a number of schools the past day or two. At Parrluh Gap. Miss Bernadlne Shumaker a new teacher. At Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Vcrsteeg, teacher, was mak ing health Inspections required by law. At Summit, Albert Nelson in a new teacher to the school nnd the profession. At Cloverda.e, Mm. Spiccr Is teaching again this year. At Sunnyslde, the new house and grounds are In heautl,ul shape, he reported. Old outbuild ings all have been repainted an;i the school grounds graded. Mr J. Claxton Is principal at Sunnysl ! ;ind Miss Ilarbara Shank assistant Splendid work Is being done nt all the schools visited, Pierce's Pistol Fails To Go Off To Start Pony Express Race The pony express race, advtrtij fug a film production, started fr jtn Stil em at I: 12 o'clock this morn ing, nnd the riders expected o reach their destination in Port' land about 2:30 o'clock this aftar iiuon. Tho horses are ridden by A. K. Springer and his son, Elinor .Sjiringer, ot lilackloot, Idaho. Tin elder Springer Is a cowpunchcr of note, who in 19 19 at the l'endlel jn Roundup, rode Hill McAdoo, a broncho that had never been rid den before. Frequent changes ot horses will be made between Salem and Port land, with the stops scheduUd at Brooks. Hubbard. Aurora, Conor, PRICE THREE CENTS 2?AEu'5I$ffD g A survey of the land in the valley has been made and It has been estimated that almost 300, 000 acres of land are available and admirably adapted to growing flax. Abundance of good soft water also at various points Is an added factor in making these scutching mills a success. Many ot the most prominent citizens In the valley and Portland have studied and Investigated this whole proposition end from the amount of their subscriptions now actually subscribed they appear to have full confidence In the propo sition from an Investment stand point and particularly as a means to adding development and ad vantage to the Valley and Its farmers. 'm As an Investment the contrast between Canada and the United States can be used. In Canada with a limited market due to the small population and only 20 tariff protection the linen Indus tries have made good money. In the United States which is the Continued on Page Elevc-n) Washington, Oct. 24. (A. P.) Census bureau figures today snow ing that last year's cutting of lumber from American fore3l3 amounted to-35, 930, 080,000 board feet, a 8.3 per cent decrease from the previous year, were viewed i statement by W. h. Groalcv. c'jlct of the forestry service, as far from reassuiJng to those In terested in forest conservation." The bureau's report showed that the state of Washington produced more than six billion feet, which although nearly twice as much ph any other state, was a 0.1 pe" ent redaction from tho previous year, Oregon s out of tliruo and a half bililon fee., the second lurg est was 7.6 per cent reduction: Louisiana's slight ly more thin three billion feet was a decrease of 4.4 per cent, while Mississippi's to tal of slightly loss than three bil lion feet was an Increase of 4.3 per cent. California and Nevada Joint ly produced approximately two bililon feet, a decrease ot 6.7 per cent. Mr, Greelcy'B utatcment empha sized the seriousness of the fact that "nearly all important hid trial and agricultural regions aro consuming billions of feot of vir gin timber from the south and far west and irrowlne but little on the forest lands within their own dis tricts." The drain unon the nation's tim ber supply," he said, "Is a pre dominate domestic Issue and the American people must regard It us such until tho rate of tlmucr growth catches up with tho rate ot consumption. This drain Is no,v believed to be four times tho re crovth." Orcrcon City p.nd Milwaukle. The horses ridden ou: of Salem were shod with rubber, and those fin ishing the race In Portland will also be rubber-shod. On the inter vening si retches the horses will I shod with metal. Two officers ot Uie Oregon Hu mane society, Sergeant Crat and A. Ia Cross, arc accompanying r riders by automobile. Governor Pierce started th race. "You're oft." the governor shouted, when the elx-gun he w.ip to fire failed to go oft when flic trigger was pulled. The horses left here on a gen:!i canter CLOUDY WEATHER Tonight and Sunday, probably rain In west portion, moderate tejnperature, Moderate southerly winds,. Local: Max., 66; mln., 37: rain, nonet river, -2-4; atmoa., part cloudy; wind, N. MB . - CASEGOESTO JURY AT 12:19 AF1PLEAS Prosecutor Demands the Death Penalty and De fense Attorney Pleads For Leniency. The triol of Ellsworth Kelley and James Willos, convicts charg ed with Tom Murray with tho mur der of Guard John Hoi man in the prison break of August 12, went to the jury at 12:14 o'clock today, following a morning of arguments by tbo opposing attorneys. Tho Jury went out to lunch at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, re turning and resuming their delib erations at about 2:30. Closing for the state District M- torney John Carson demanded of the Jury that In justice to the peo ple of the Btate of Oregon, and in Justice to the defendant Murray, ulready sentenced to hang for the murder of Sweeney, that they re turn a verdict of guilty of frHt degree murder without any rccom inendationf or life imprisonment. Prosecutor Asks Death "It lies with you ladies and gen tlemen of the Jury," Carson declar ed, "whether the sanction of tho law Is to be placed upon the com mission of such a crime as we have proved these de fondants guilty. If you are remiss in your duty you will be saying to theno defendants and all tho other con victs confined in the Oregon state penitentiary that they can commit just such a crime as took the life of John Sweeney and suffer no punishment other than to bo re turned to the prison from which they oscapod. The defense has painted for you the picture of a prison they declare a living death for those confin ed In It. Yet counsel for the de fense Is pleading with you to re turn these defendants to that liv ing death. It you return theHO two convicts to tho prison under life sentences it will he simply bo giv ing them tho opportunity to com mit the same crime over again." All Equally Guilty The prosecutor attacked tho plen of tho defense that neither Willos Continued on Pago Nlnei WOMEN MEET Sheridan, Or., Oct. 24. Fift delegates of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Method ist church met here for the annual district convention Friday. Mrs. F. I. Carlyle ot Orenco w.i;- re-elected president of the district. Other officere wero elected as fol lows: Mrs. O. A, Uennett of For est Grove, vice-president; Mr3. Gordon Black of fialem, recording secretary; Mrs. Hugh Ctimmtas uf Corvallie, superintendent of young people; Mrs. Harry Scott ot Salem, sueprintenitont or cni:- dren's work; Mrs. Albert Waller uf Salem, stewardship secretary; Mis. C. O. Tldball of Forest Grove, ex- tenlBon secretary, and Mrs. A. N. Tibbctts ot McMinnville, mite box secretary. Ten members of the socisy, comprising two automobile loads made the trip from Salem. The. were: Mrs. E. C. Hickman, MV3. Florence Obershaw, Mrs. Ef.'io Tuestman, Mrs Fred Darker, Mis. Gordon Hlack, Mrs. C. E. Gici, Mrs. A. h. Dark, Mrs. A. A. Les, Mrs. W. P. Miller nnd Mrs. An.ia Wine. Mrs. Iee was from the First Methodist church of Snlen, the otherB being from Jason Le.?. The district financial report showed that moro than $4000 hal open rained In the district during the year by the society, for in tho foreign field. Most of the money will be spent tn India and China. , , Miss Mavd Cone, returned ni3 slonary from Africa, spoke before the convention about conditions 'n .Vfrica.