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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAtf. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 31, 1923 3, S8,5Q0,0QQ ASKED , TO IMPROVE FLEET Modernization of Battle ships to Be Undertaken. (Special.) The Missionary Alliance church at Third and M streets will be dedicated tomorrow morning. Rev. W. W. Newberry, dean o the Simpson Bible school, Seattle, will deliver the dedicatory address. Rev. J. C. Baker, who organized the church here and who was its pastor for several years, will be one of the speakers. The church will be dedi cated free from debt. NEW DEVICES WANTED Protection Against Air Bombs and High-Anglo Fire as Well as I , Torpedoes Is Proposed. "WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 30. In order to keep the first line of the American navy on a par with the sea forces of the other great powers, President Harding asked congress today for a special appropriation of J6.&00.000 as a beginning on a bat tleship modernization programme. The plan behind the request marks a change of policy resulting directly from the Washington arms confer ence and was described by Secretary Denby in a letter accompanying the president's recommendation as of "major and vital importance" in naval defense. Before the conference it had been the practice to build new ships rather than modernize old ones, a policy which no longer can be fol lowed, because of the construction limitations imposed by the naval limitation treaty. . 13 Vessels Are Affected.' Secretary Denby reported that a detailed study of the problem had been made by naval officers and that the $6,500,000 asked for would make it possible to begin work on 13 vessels. Ultimately, he esti mates, the programme would . cost a total of $30,000,000. No detailed information as to what ships will be affected by the nrst appropriation or what work will be done on them was given to congress by Mr. Denby or made available at the navy department. It is Known however, that in general the tenta tive plans call for equipment of all of the 14-inch gun ships of the fleet with deck protection against air craft bombs and high angle fire, "blister" protection against torpedo attack, and modernization of the main batteries to give them a range mow usable with aircraft spotting. British ships of the same general tVDS already have been brought up to date in this way as a result of lessons learned in, the war. The work was begun in the British navy yards during the war and a specific provision permitting it to De com pleted if not more than 3000 tons was added thereby to the displace ment of each ship- was Included In the naval treaty. Smaller Ones Not Included. Ships which the United States was building and has agreed to scrap under the treaty were equipped with all of the devices which it now be comes necessary to add to the older craft. The new ships would have had main batteries with a range of S4.000 yards and the interior con struction of the hulls was calculated to minimize the damage from tor pedo attack. The old 14-inch guns which are to be retained under the treaty were designed and built before aircraft spotting made possible effective gunfire beyond the limit of vision from the ship. They were also built before the great war proved the ef fectiveness of submarine attack With torpedoes. It is doubtful if the modernization plan will Include any of the 12-inch gun ships of the American navy, which, because of their lighter guns and lighter side armor, are not re garded by naval experts as ships f the first line of battle. There are six 'such ships now i in the active fleet, and two of them, the North Dakota and Delaware, will be scrapped when the new 16-inch gun ships West Virginia and Colorado are commissioned. The British have disposed already of .virtually all of their 12-inch gun battery craft. $325,000,000 GIVEN NAVY LIQUOR GUILT ADMITTED Eugene Man Fined $500 and Sen tenced to Six Months. EUGENE, Or., Dec 30. (Special.) Jack Fulton, local cigar dealer and ex-matchmaker for the Eugene box ing commission, today pleaded guilty n the Eugene justice court to the charge of unlawful possession of li- RRESTS DELAYED HE CASE U. S. Agents Extend Jnvesti gation of Murders. ' WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. Passed naval appropriation, bill carrying $325,000,000. American aid in the eco nomic rehabilitation of Europe was officially approved by senators. Resolution offered by Nor rls, republican, Nebraska, dif reeling the federal trade com mission to Investigate the formation In Delaware of a concern with $160,000,000 cap ital to merge the Armours and Morris Packing company. Holiday adjournment -taken until noon Wednesday. Bouse. Completed the postof flee ap . proprlation bill. More than $42,000,000 for tax refunds recommended, by appropriations committee in second deficiency bill. Secretary Denby requested $6,500,000 for modernization, of battleships. Representative B 1 a n t o n. demoev-t, Texas, declared that no Texas members In con-.. gress are In the Ku Klux Klan. Representative Hill, repub-, lican, Maryland said there were precedents for punishing members who made unsup-, ported charges against their colleagues, and said he would demand that Representative Upshaw, democrat, Georgia, submit his proof or take the consequences. .juor and was fined the maximum of ?o00 and sentenced to six months In the county jail. Fulton paid- the fine and began to serve his sentence, but ne made a plea to be allowed liberty, promising that he would sell his business here and leave the city im- mediately. Fulton stopped payment on the $300 check he gave to Portland wholesale bootleggers a fewi dayB ago for the ten galons of moonshine that were found in his room when the sheriffs, force made the raid Friday. The check had been cashed in Portland today was sent back to the Eugene bank upon which It was drawn. It was held up and either the Portland bank or the Portland bootleggers will lose the $300. KLANSMEN ALSO BUSY cured, and a positive alibi can be established, It was announced today by his friends. Dr. McKoln. who has been charged by Governor Parker as being a klansman, denied his affiliation with the organization, but announced to day that he was notaonly a member out an organizer of the Louisiana- Arkansas Law and Order league, an organization which during the sum mer of this , year was said to have absorbed a number of independent law enforcement societies. The league was reported as hav ing ceased to function and it Is the general opinion has dissolved. Fed eral and klan Investigators were re ported as eager to go thoroughly into the activities of this organization. New Sawmill to Start Work. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) The new sawmill of the Shannon & Lyons Lumber company, on the Globe siding of the Coos bay branch of the Southern Pacific west of Eu gene, will start operations January 15, according to announcement to day by H. P. Shannon, one of the owners. The daily capacity will be 50,000 feet. Alleged Slayer Denies Guilt. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) IOWA CITY, la,, Dec. 30. Robert Leeper, under arrest for the murder of Roy C Wertz here last Wednes day morning, was brought into court this afternoon for arraignment. He entered a plea of not guilty and de manded a hearing, which was set for next Thursday afternoon. Peacock Rock Springs coal. Dia mond Coal Co.. Bdwy 3037. Adv. Invisible Empire to Revoke Char ter if Whole Organization Is ' Found Guilty. BASTROP. La, Dec SO. (By the Associated Press.) Morehouse set tled down tonight to await the com ing of Friday, when the state would lay its cards on the table in the Mooehouse kidnaping and murder cases. The failure of the state to set in motion its dragnet during the past week, has given the impression that additional arrests will not be made before the day of the open hearing In the meantime investigations are being extended. There were re ports that department of Justice agents will delve into the activities of unidentified secret organizations which have conducted raids against the lawless along the Louisiana Arkansas border. The Ku Klux Klan of the realm of Louisiana also tad agents in the field, it was reported, gathering data in connection with the out rage on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge highway on the night of August 24, when five members of old More house families were kidnaped,' two flogged and two murdered by hooded men. Klan Regalia Worn. Because of the reports made by the scores of persons who were re turning from the Bastrop oelebra tion .and witnessed the highway episode, that the mob was robed and masked regalia similar to that worn by the Ku Klux Klan the state klansmen are sending investi gators Into Morehouse to report on the affair. If the klan as a whole is guilty, Its charter will be revoked, if in dividual members were implicated they will be left by their fellow klansmen to the fate they deserve, according to the edict of chieftains who met in New Orleans yesterday. Meanwhile reports are in circu lation that the membership of the Morehouse klan is dwindling through resignations of those, it is said, who do not want the notoriety that might follow revelations at the open hearing. Many are expected to be influenced by their families, who fear that the innocent as well as the guilty may be made to suffer. -Defense Fund Sought. Some friends of Dr. B. M. McKoin, formerly mayor of Mer Rouge, who is under murder charges at Balti more, have advised him not to fight extradition, but to return to Lou isiana, as they are certain he will be vindicated. In the meantime they are proceeding with the accumula tion of the fund to pay for his de fense. Ex-Judge W. O. Barnett of Shreve port, La., announced today he has been retained as counsel for T. J. Burnett, formerly a deputy sheriff, also under arrest on a murder charge in connection with the case. He said in the event McKoln was extradited, he would represent him also. McKoln to Allege Alibi. "I regard the case in no other light than any other murder cace," the judge commented. "In the last analysis this case will have to be disposed of by due process of law in the criminal courts." Witnesses to prove that Dr. Mc Koin was in Monroe at the time the kirlnapinprs occurred have been pro- Entire Family Asphyxiated. NEW TORE. Deo. 80. A family of four Frank Carrozza, his wife and two children were found dead from gas in their Brooklyn home tonight Ml TRIES SHOE WIFE SWALLOWS POISON ON THEATER STAGE. Mrs .Frank Hayward of Portland Expected to Recover In Van couver Hospital. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. '30. (Special.) Because she said her husband was paying attention to other women, Mrs. Frank Hayward attempted suicide by swallowing poison last night behind the stage at the U. S. A. theater here. Hay ward had charge of a troupe of vaudeville actors and took one of the girls to a local studio to have her picture taken. Mrs. Hayward accused the woman of being too fa miliar with her husband and at tacked her when she returned. After a short struggle, Mrs. Hay ward went to a separate room and was found shortly after lying on the floor. She was taken to the St. Joseph hospital here where it is said her condition is not serious. The Hay wards' home is in Portland. , The attempted suicide was not re ported to the local authorities. The theater in which it occurred is owned by Mayor Kiggins. Olcott Dpe Home Tonight. SALEM, Or, Deo. SO. (Special) Roy Ritner, acting governor, who has been occupying the executive chair here for the last three weeks, departed tonight for Pendleton. Governor Ben W. Olcott has tele graphed that he will return to Sa lem, tomorrow night. Governor Ol cott has spent the last three weeks in the east attending the governors' conference and other meetings. He spent Christmas with his parents at Long Beach, CaL, and was a visitor in San Francisco yesterday. EX-WIFE KISSES NO. 2 WOMAN' TO LIVE WITH EX SPOUSE AND SUCCESSOR. Butte Doctor Divorces Mate With Whom He Has Lived for 33 Years and Weds Nurse. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) BUTTE, Mont, Deo. 30. After 83 years of married life, the union being blessed by a son and daugh ter, Dr. T. C. Witherspoon, one of the most prominent surgeons In the northwest, and his wife were di vorced. A few days later Mrs. Robert Connoohie, nurse in the hos pital where Dr. Witherspoon is chief Burgeon, divoroed "her hus band and resumed her maiden name, Rita de Courtney. That afternoon Dr. Witherspoon and Miss De Court ney were married and among the guests were the former Mrs. W lth- ' erspoon and the doctor's daughter. The first wife was first to kiss the bride and the women appear the best of friends. It is said the doctor will build a splendid new home, in which apartments are to be set aside for his ex-wife. The former Mrs. Witherspoon said: "I loved him enough to let him go. I wanted only to see him happy, but it was hard terribly hard to part with him." The doctor and his wife came here from St. Louis several years ago. She was of a prominent family named Butler. Regular Meeting Postponed. The regular meeting of the women's auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians has been post poned from the scheduled date of January 1 to January 15. The fact that tomorrow is New Tear's day and a holiday prompted the change In meeting nights. iiimimmiitiluimj; Appropriation Bill Is Passed by Senate With Little Change. WASHINGTON,' D. C, Dec. 30. After the calming of the senate's three-day storm through withdrawal by Senator Borah, republican. Idaho, of his amendment proposing a world's economio conference, the senate today passed the $325,000,000 naval appropriation bill and ' ad journed over New Tear's day. Iebate on the Borah amendment was not resumed and the bill also was passed without mention of the house provision requesting the pres ident to negotiate with the principal naval powers for further armament limitation. This provision remaining in the bill will go to the president and will not come before the senate and house conferees. It requests the president to negotiate with Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy with a view to agreement limiting vessels under 10,000 tons and air craft not covered by the arms con ference treaties. Senator King, democrat, Utah, did not offer his amendment proposing a land and sea armament limitation conference. After passage of the naval Mil, the administration ship ping bill, which has been laid aside temporarily, was placed in position for resumption of debate when the senate meets again next Wednes day. Protracted speeches resulted in a charge by Senator Smoot, repub lican, Utah, that filibustering was In progress. The speech-making stopped soon after Senator Smoot's statement, all senators uniting in expediting passage of the naval bill. Senator Jones, republican, Wash ington, in charge of the shipping bill, gave notice, however, that next Wednesday he would call up his res olution to creat a special committee to reVise the senate rules with a view to checking future filibusters. No important changes in the naval bill were made by the senate except the addition of $1,000,000 for naval reserve training purposes and $550, 000 additional for torpedo construc tion, the latter designed to maintain the Newport, R. I., and other sta tions. The senate rejected an amend ment by Senator McKellar, demo crat, Tennesse, to cut the navy's en listed personnel of 86,000 men au thorized by the house to 67,000 men. The present strength is 86,000 men. Other amendments reported in cluded proposals by Senator King to reduce the marine corps and also to prohibit use of marines in Haiti 'and the Dominican republic after June 30 next. Senator King was assured by republican leaders that withdrawal of marines from the two island republics at the earliest op portunity was the administration's policy. Wishing One and All , A Happy, Prosperous New Year The whole-hearted interest our employes take in their daily tasks floods the store with light and color and encourages us The Climbers to strive up and up. It foreshadows the way to a realiza tion of purposes and ideals suggests more prac tical ways and means of attainment and makes' our business life wider and more enthusiastically interesting. It stimulates ambition and urges us to greater and more earnest effort to please. For 1 923 The New Year We face our task in good heart and courage, Relieving that the reward of a thing well done is to have done it ; knowing that if we work to fulfill our obligations thoroughly we shall reap as we sow ; trusting that every move we make will contribute something to the customers' wider satisfaction. miiiiiintiiimimmniMiic Church Will Be Dedicated. ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. 30. CAUTION Wrappers of the New-Year's Edition of The Morn ing Oregonian issued MONDAY, JAN. 1, will bear this label: New Year's Edition Portland, ragmt Price will be S cents a copy; postage, 6 eents in the United States and possessions. All other foreign postage will be 12 cents. There Is t ; 1 I H It? ' Substitute & Ife ! n U for ' . $ I Safety ife'-l t IHE Astoria fire has again proven that the only place of absolute safety for valuables is the modern safe deposit vault. 1 Scores of Astoria business men had ,made heavy investments in so-called pro tection against fire. During the hours of the conflagration they were consoled by the thought that at least their records, their cash, and their securities were safe, but when the wreckage was cleared away many of them found that everything was gone the disaster was irretrievable. The one absolute protection against con flagration, earthquake, storm, flood, bur glary, or any other menace is the modern safety deposit vault. It costs very little to safeguard your val uables in this way. Portland safe deposit companies charge as little as four dollars a year for safe deposit vault protection. Absolute secrecy and privacy are as sured. You are the only person who has access to your box in the safe deposit vault. You are the only one who sees or handles your property there. Even the attendants cannot open' your box unless you and your key are present and then they do not seetor handle the contents. You can dismiss all thoughts of loss from your mind when you patronize a safe deposit vault. 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