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Newspaper Page Textft Journal CIRCULATION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending November 30, 1925 CLOUDY WEATHER tonight and Wednesday, normal temper ature, light variable wlnda. 7317 Local: Max., 68; min., 20; rain, none; river, 8.4; atmos,, clear; wind, south west. Average dally distribution 7714, Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, i FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 309 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS Z?"l,$ T wmm fmi (IW BELOW ZERO WAVE RULES GULFJM Killing Frosts In Florida Bring Out Smudge Pots To Protect Big Orange Groves. Washington, Dec. 29 (A.P.) A gradual rise In temperature to morrow in the- eastern part of the " country was promised today by the weather bureau, but frost was pre dicted as probable tonight as far south as central Florida. Elsewhere it was reported there would be little relief from the cold wave. There "has" been somewhat war r.ier weather In eastern Montana and Wyoming, the western Dako tas, the southern plains states, Mis souri and the southern states ex cept Florida, but the weather still Is abnormally cold over most sec Hons east of the Rockies. Heports this morning disclosed that the temperature Is below- freezing along the gulf and South Atlantic coast except In southern Florida, while hilling frosts pre vail In northern Florida and light frosts as fno south aa Fort Mycr. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20 (A.P.) Traffic on the Ohio river here is paralyzed from the bitter cold Hint swept the country over the week end and the cofferdams construct ed last October on tho Indiana side of the river and a hydro-electric dam here are endangered by the heavy Ice floes. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 29 (A.P.) Hot blasts from hundreds of smudge pots early today were sweeping many citrus groves In Florida to combat the onset of chil ling winils from the north. The burning of smudge pota was in re sponse to a warning of killing frosts and freezing temperatures Issued by the United States weath er bureau. Assisting In the prevent ative work were the Florida citrus exchange, which last night issued teleEranhlc warning to many of Its members and through radio station WDAR of the Tampa Daily Times, which was broadcasting warnings every half hour. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 29 A. p.) Freezing temperatures have led three girls to annoymously write to Police Chief Henry Lee for permission to wear boys trousers. This, they Intimated, would allow them to wear winter length under wear, without jeopardy to artistic effect, probably not so easily solv ed with sheer hose visible to the knee or thereabouts. Chief Lee stipulated that the pe titioners reveal their indeniities be fore he gives the request "due con sideration." MS F PAID SHOT Portend, Or., Dec. 29 (AP) Business routine and reception of Teports of various officers rnu committees of the Oregon State Teachers association occupied the full session today of the annual convention here. Tomorrow the convention will divide into groups for department study. Election of officers will be the mtstanding feature the latter part Of this afternoon. A full time secretary on salary, l publicity organ to appear regu larly, increase of the dues of the Oregon State Teachers' associa tion from $1 to $2 per year and the necessary constitutional changes to bring this extension of the organization about were rec ommended this morning by Mrs. ' Mary L. Fulkerson, county school unerintendent of Marion county and chairmen of a special com mittee on extended program. The representative counc.il of the association acted favorably on the report this forenoon and this afternoon necessary amendments to the constitution will be brought In. The representative council this morn ne Indorsed tbe FuiKerson report recommending that the name of the association with Its abbreviation "O. S. T. A." be re GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddnrd King APPRECIATIVE LINES (Acknowledging receipt of "Dr. Miles' New woatner Almanac and Hand Book of Valuable Information, 1926.") On Mnrch the seventh, 1802, Was fought the famous battle of Pea ltldge: Ono pungent line Informs you what to do To drive nway the chlgger and the in luge; If 3011 were bom In Taurus, you are prone To serious aliments of llic lungs 11ml throat: Rend what one bottle did for Mrs. Colin, Whose unsolicited note of thanks we quo to. In January storm waves, first to third, The Itlsl, the birth of James G. limine: Try our Pink Pellets If your sight is murrcu: Ammonia will remove an ncld stain Joseph It. Woof, who lives In Kan kakee, Says: "To your remedy 1 owe my life." Tils mid n hundred letters free; Use fuller's earth to clean a rusty knife Dear Dr. Miles, you generously dis- nen.se Realing and knowledge to u needy rnee; Roth health mid Information you condense Within a MiinM but highly fertile space Wc read the facts nud figures of the age. And, when to tltelr appeal wc are; Injured, Wc need but turn an Illustrated pa go To find 1 he grateful paeon Ic of the eined! At this time of year it should be pointed -out to schoolboys that if they work hard, save their mon ey and brush their teeth they, will some day become prominent cit- izeng nnd get first choice of, the new auto license numbers. (Copyright lOSTi) FOR STATUES 10 That the state of Oregon should erect statutes to Colonel James W. Nesmith and George H. Williams was the conclusion drawn by John McNary. Salem lawyer, in a speech before the Salem Klwnnis club this noon. Tho entire speech was de voted to a recounting of the lives of the two men, and their connec tion with Oregon and United Stites history. 'They' were two of Ore gon's greatest men," said McNary. The two men were on opposite sides of political controversies at times, said McNary, but became friends shortly before their deaths. At one time Nesmith stated that in Oregon' Williams "rode along the roads of the state on the hur- ricane deck of one of those useful animals which have neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity." Nesmith, said McNary, had a keen wit, loved his friends and hated his enemies. He was Irish by birth. Both men were early pioneers in Oregon, crossing the plains to settle here. Williams took a strong stand against the slave faction in the early development of the state, when the question was a vital one, and by so doing defeated his first chance to become a United States senator, but was finally elected to that office in 18G6. Pre -Glacial May Have America New Haven, Conn., Doc, 29. (A.P.) The problem of '.he origin of man is engaging the attention ot some 5D0 scientists here today for the dedication of the Pcabody museum at Yale. One section of the museum has exhibits outlining the theory of evolution. The visiting scientist already have had disagreements at meetings. Dr. E. P. Goddard of the Amer ican Museum of Natural History in New York, aroused a mild con troversy by his assertion that man may have existed in America prior to the last glacial period, contrary to prevailing scientific belief, which holds that man crossed the Bering straits from Asia after tbe S SUPPORT FOR NEW BUDGE! Premier's Threat To Re place Radicals with Con servatives Forces Hand Of His Cabinet. Paris, Dec. 29 (AP) The French cabinet at' a meeting this morning agreed to support tbe fis cal measures of Finance Minister Doumer. The ministers unanimously ap proved a scheme for balancing tho budget and stabilizing the franc, and authorized the finance minister to Introduce tiie urns m parliament. It is understood that M. Dou mer will submit his measures this afternoon and the chambers fin ance committee will discuss them during the new year's parliamen tary recess. Today's decision by the cabinet brought an end to the sharp race of the last 10 days between Prem ier llriand and leaders of the ma jority on which he has relied in the chamber of deputies. Premier Successful Tho premier, although distanc ed in the first stage by the hasty introduction of financial bills prepared by the coalition leaders as substitutes for the governmen tal measures won. tho final lap by a vigorou and daring maneover (Continued on Page Eight) SOUTH GREG ROAD D1V1SI TO BE ABOLISHED Effective January 1, on account of curtailment of tho new con struction program of the state highway department, the south ern Orecon division will he dis continued and Klamath and Lake counties will be consolidated with the division now supervised by District Engineer C. W. Wanzcr whose headquarters will bo transferred- from The Dalles to Bend. Jackson and Josephine counties will be consolidated with the southwestern Oregon division un der the supervision of W. E. Chandler, whoso headquarters will be transferred from Marsh field to Grants Pass. Under this new arrangement the northern boundary of Chand ler's division will he the Douglas county line on the coast highway and lloscburg on the Pacific high way. District Engineer J. S. Saw yer's territory, with headquarters in Salem, will be extended corres pondingly south to the Coos Douglas county line. The change reduces the num ber of divisions in the state. from six to five and leads to the resig nation of C. C. Kelly, who has been district engineer for the Klamath division nnd who has been with the department since its organization In 1917. Man Existed in Says Savant Dr. Goddard cited the finding ol fllnte found under 26 feet of gla cial gravel. Dr. Walter Hough, of the United States national museum at Wash ington, took exception to Dr. God dard's conclusions on the ground that the examples found were eo advanced an to preclude the possi bility of their being old and in quired If It were to be assumed that man sprang full grown in America without undergoing the usual evolution as examplifled in Europe. Dr. Goddard retorted that west ern Europe In primordial times was notoriously backward. "He may provoke me Into saying that man originated in America, and I don't want to do that," be de U WIN clared. First Baby Born In 1926 Will Receive Complete Equipment There is a eoninleto ten rite-toe outfit, Including all of tho accessories, awaiting tho first baby, hoy or girl, born In Polk or Marlon county In 1920. In cooperation with Its ad vertisers the Capital Journal will on Thursday uiinotinee a list of gifts, suileienily complete to care for the Im mediate needs or any baby, to bo given to the first baby born In either of the two cmuilicri after the stroke of midnight December It I, 1U25. Knelt of the advertisers co operating lu the liin will give one gift the nature of which, along with the de tails of the contest will be published In the Capital Jour mil Thursday. y LETTERS OF II Minion, Ohio, Dec. 29. (A. P.) A check of the index o the cor respondence files of the late Presi dent Warren G. Harding reveals that many letters have disappear ed, says George H. VunKleet, edi tor ot tiie Marion SUar, in an ar ticle published in the Star today. Mr. YanFlcet, who Was for many ysare associated with Mr. Harding in uhe publication of the Star, declared that lite cnarges that Mrs. Harding destroyed mauy valuable official papers when s-ne brought his correspondence Marion following Mr. Harding s death, are erroneous. Mrs. Harding, Mr.. - VanFleet said, brought five boxes of letter of the late chief executive to Mar ion, which she either saved or de stroyed, at the same time checking them off the index. This check shows that many of Mr. Harding's letters never reached hero. Where the tnisiing letters went Is not known. The charge that Mrs. Harding had destroyed important official papers followed failure to locate some documents which had been in possession of tho chief executive. What letters Aire. Harding did de stroy were these of a very personal dnd unimportant nature, the check shows. She saved those which she considered of interest to posterity, VanFleet said. T COMING SAYS IS. T 'Madras, British India, Deec. 29 (AP) At the conclusion of the Thcosophical Society's jubilee convention here, Mrs. Annie Bc sant, the president announced the expected early coming of a world teacher." Declaring the world now stood at the beginning of a new age she added: "Whenever a world teacher ap pears for the purpose of founding a new form of the ancient truths upon which a new civilization is to be built, a new type of human kind a sub-race, as wo call it Is born. ' There is definite scien tlflc evidence that a new type Is appearing within the great Aryan type. "We stand today at a critical point. The world teacher will soon be among us. It Is known to very many of us that he has slightly hastened what we call the date of his coming because of the troubles of the modern world. It Is the world's grent need that calls him from his own great retreat in the Himalayas to rescue the world." BIDS RECEIVED ONLY FDR NORTH AIR MAIL Washington, Dec. 29. (AP) Three bids were received today for one Chicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis air mail route by Irving Olover, third assistant postmaster general. There were no bidders for the Cheyenne, Denver, Pueblo route which also had been adver tised. Mr. Glover announced that the Chevenne-Denver-Pueblo route would be readvertised Immediate ly as it was understood at least one bid wan en route to Washing ton and that other companies wished to compete for the con tract. GIANT-BANK TO BE CREATED BY MERGERS Country's Largest Finan cial Institution Rumor ed With Capital Of Bil lion And a Half. New York, Dec. 29. (A. P.) What may bacome the country's largest bank, an institution rival ling the gigantic financial institu tions of Loudon, began to take vague eli ape today out ot the mul titude of rumors in Wall Street pointing to uhe merger o several existing banks and trust compan ies of New York city. Given impetus by a $30 raise lu the stock of the Mechanics & Met als bank, the report runs that a consolidation of that institution with the Chasa National bank is imminent as a preliminary step in he building of a large financial structure. John McHugh, presi dent of the Mechanics & Metals bank, admitted that negotiations looking toward amalgamation have been begun. Five oliher institutions are men tioned as being involved in me banking venture, which it is said, Clarence Dillion, of Dillon, Read & Co., is sponsoring. Their total resources when and if combined will be in excess of $1,300,000, 000. The other institutions men tioned are: The Chatham & Phoe nix, the National Park, the Chem ical N., tonal and, tho Central Union J rust comp-t. ,y. A denial that the Central Union Trust company was Interested in the reported bank merger wag made by its president, George W. Davidson. Categorical denials that their Institutions were involved in mer- ;er discussions also were issued by Percy H. Johnston, president of the Chemical National bank; John H. Fulton, president of the Na tional Park bank, and Richard N. Higgins, first vice-president of the Chatham & Phoenix National bank and trust company. WITH HIS STILL Although he had a nice little still In Linn county, hidden in the depths of a strnwstack, Jim lien derson of Salem and well known here, Is today in Jail nt Albany Tho chnrgc against him Is setting up nnd operating a still, Henderson has been under sur veillance fo raomc time. Yesterday Officers It. S. Amy of tho state prohibition force nnd C. L. Hick man of the Salem police, who also has a state commission, followed Henderson out of Salem and nab bed him In Linn county about six miles from Corvnllfs. His still was a small one of the wash boiler var iety. Henderson had the still Ingen iously hidden. Ho had mado a cave in a strawstack, but had it girded up so there wha no danger of a cavo-ln. ' Calves fort constantly about tho stack, so that to all ap pearances In was tho last placo in tho world where a still would be located. Henderson was surprised when tho two officers walked In on him. Henderson Is a previous offen der, having been convicted In Sa lem of selling liquor. E Washington, Dec. 20 (AP) There will be no withdrawal of President Coolldge as arhltrntor In the Tacna-Arira question. It was made clear today at the White House. Tbe president feels that the arbitration Is proceeding In cordance with the original plan. It was said that the executive would not consult General Pcrsh ing in regard to the Chilean ap peal against one of the general p decisions, because under the terms of the award only Chile and Peru could be legitimately consulted In such a matter. Briefs from these countries will be filed. Pierce Proud of Picture with Bull He Tells Riwanis Tm extremely proud of this pic ture. 1 Intend to hang It up In my office," said Governor Walter M. Pierce at the Salem Klwanls club luncheon this noon, In accepting the framed portrait of a weeping whlto faced bull presented to him by the club. A formal speech of presentation was made this noon by Judge Cos how of the state supreme court. In accepting the picture Pierce related his version of the origin of the reason why his white faced calves stick to him through his political career. "I think It was about In 1019," said tho governor. when I was a member of tbe stair SUBMIT PLAN TO END STRIKE New York, Dec. 29 (A.P.) Alvan Markle. chairman of the joint committee of miners and an thracite operators today submitted to the joint conference ot the two sides a proposal which he said would Insure permanent peace In tho Pennsylvania hard coal field. Marble's proposal contained elev en points which will bo discussed by the operators and tho miners' representatives in tneir joint nego tiatlons. One suggestion was that the Joint conference ratify and confirm the provisions of the award of the an thrncite coal strike commission and tho subsequent agreement ns well as the decision of the board of conciliation, except as may be modified. This ratification, he proposed should extend until September 1 1935. nnd be subject to renewal every ten years thereafter. It wns proposed to extend September J, 1920, tho contract and working conditions that were operative when tho present suspen slon took place. Markle also pro posed that the miners and opera tors select a fact-finding commit tee. consisting of three miners and three operators. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 29 (A.P.) Jesse Ingrahani. itinerant team ster, was found guilty of first tie gree murder by a Jury In supeiioi court this morning. The Jury Impos ed the death penalty. Ingraham who wan driving over land from Texas, shot nnd killed Joseph C. Hedges, a Seattle attor ney, last September 19. The shoot ing occurred on the Pacific high way near here, nnd Ingraham said that he shot because the I ledges car had jumped into his wagon Flo claimed that he had been hi by motorists many times on his trip west. The Ingraham case was the first time In more than thirty years that the death penally was Impos ed In this county. Opponents of Science In Category With Witchcraft Believers Kan&as City, Mo., Dec. 29.-(A. p.) Abundant product of untir ing research was laid by scientists today before section meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and re lated organizations. Scientists from widely scattered parts of the country brought contributions a widely different In character. Dr. Edwin I.tnto, parasitologist of the University ol Georgia, plc- u red before the zoological sectfou f the association, anti-scientists of today, Imbued with a spirit of persecution comparable to that manifested In the witchcraft hangings at Salem. legislature, that some legislation was put through that I disapproved of very heartily. After It was all over, I got on my feet and roasted 'em. At the conclusion of my speech I said I was glad the legis lature was about over, bo that at last I could go home and look some honest white faced calves In the faco. "Those white faced calves have stuck to me. People have guyed me about them ever since." . Examining the picture Pierce declared that he did not know "what the bull could be crying about." "He's crying because ho misses you. governor," said Coshow. LOSES USE OF IERLI Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 29. (A.P.) -While the condition of Colonel John C. Coolidge, father of the president, was reported improved today, his physician, ur. Aiocrt w. Cram of Brldgewaler, said it was improbable that ho would ever re cover liiily the use- or nis tower limbs. Colonel Coolidge has been unable to walk for several days. Colons .P'.;dldgo, who it) 81 years old, bad u severe illness sev eral weeks ago, when he suffered. from a recurrence of "heart block.' He has had slight heart ittacks at intervals since, the physician said, and at the cud of last week lost tiie use oi uis legs. Dr. Cram attributed this to tauity circulation but today admitted that the condition was not likely to show much change. 'Colonel Coolidge's general con dition Is better than It was yes lorday," the physician said. "He Is unable to use his lower limbs, but Is' fahiy comfortable and hlh appetite is good. He has had no heart block for several days." Dr. Cram said he wns keeping White House fully Informed of de velopments here. PUZZLE PAGANS Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2!). (A. P.) George W. Creel, former corrc opend for tho Globe Trotter In Asia and t lie South Sen Islands, be lieves that "moving pictures and the glaring inconsistency of Christian nations in waging ruth less war after stressing the com uiandment 'thou shalt not kill, hove done more to retard the pro green of Christianity among -tin non-Christian races ot the Orir-i and destroy their respect for the white man than any other cause, After viewing American-nmu' motion pictures these people hav com 3 to look upon tho United Statue as a country of glittering palu-f cs inhabited by gaily dressed plcnsuro loving men nnd women who must have some hidden roo ;lve In trying to Torce Christianity upon the heathen. They are bas oning "to their task of exhortation ugalnst knowl edge," the fipcaker declared as are vested interests who truffle In in iquity Is threatened by scientific ally framed pure food laws, ven dors of quack medicine and prac tlcers of magic, who hate the sci ence whose light Is as deadly to them a the light of the sun to the Anaerobic bacteria. "If those people who have ap propriated the name fundamental 1st would consult their common ense," he added, "and apply the scientific method to anti-ecience tenents of their theology, they (Continued on Page Seven) CONSPIRACY, INDICTMENT DISMISSED Senator Wheeler Wintf Long Fight To Have Charges Filed By Gov ernment Killed. Washington, De:. 29. (A.P.) Senator Burton K. Wheeler ot Montana today won his long fight to have all charges brought ugalnst him by the government wiped off the books. The District of Columbia su preme court upheld the contention , uf the senator, who had already, been ucuuitted in Mm tana, that the uluivgts cMiUiiiicd lu a conspir acy indictment, returned uBa.in.3t him hero should be quashed. A uomuirer to the indictment. filed by Senator Walsh or Mon tana, Mr. Wheeler's counsel, wfls upheld. I he court also threw out the charges against Edwin S. Booth. former solicitor of tho Interior department, and Gordon Campbell ot Montana, who were Indicted jointly with him. They were charged with con spiring (o defraud the government in connection with the obtuining of oil nnd gas land permits. Joday s decision loaves Senator Wheeler free of all charges unless tho government should succeed in winning an appeal to the higher' courts. Whether such a step will (Continued on Page IDlKht) EARLY RETURN TO Washington, Doc. 20 (A.P.) Formal announcement of tho early return of General Pershing to tho United States was mado today at the state department. The purpose of tho trip of tho general from Africa where he id endeavoring to compose the Chile- Peru moundary disputo was said officially nt tho department, to bo for tho purposo of allowing him to receive dental treatment and offi cials would not go into tho ques tion or his genernl health, known to have been Impaired during his long sojourn in South America. Tho position was taken that tho condition of General Pershing's blood pressure which has caused noine anxiety among friends here, was a subject on which the depart ment could not comment. It was merely stated that ho had been, awnltlng an opportunity to return to the United States to receive tho care of his own denthd. It wns emphasized that General Pei-Rhlng'H return had no political or diplomatic significance nnd that there was every indication that ho would return to his work at Arii. Paris, Dec. 39. (A.P.) Tho flood situation, due tj the recently heavy rainfalls and the melting snow, is getting worse. The river Khone, which last night apparent ly wns nbout to recede, suddenly started to rise ngnln early this morning and moro rapidly than over, owing to tho waters comnff down from various tributaries. All the low-lying country around Lyons Is flooded. The water has formed a vast lake three miles wide. Numerous points where there are no flood watcra, nevertheless are cut from direct communica tion and wide detours are neces sary to revlctual them. In Touraine all the rivers axe rising rapidly. Acre after acre of the rlversido meadows are flooded. The (taone river has flooded all the region around. Chalons. Al though the Seine and Its tributar le, the Yonne and the Marne, are sttll rising, the wnter as yet hai done no damage and river traffic continues. tained. last pre-hletoric ice flood.