Sto' PO '.;KMOWi That Saiem I the;Oenteir of a peat ooseberiryjndii30t TWO SECTIONS. 10 Pages FIRST, SECTION 6 PAGES aixTV-M.vnr YKAlt KALKM, OHKXiOX, TIIUtMUAV MtMtMXCi, JAM AIIV 5, IWM. . I COMMERCIAL CLUB GAINS 50 MEMBERS Grand Opera House Full lor . ; First Open Forum Meeting of Year Speeches Mani ; fest Spirit of Body MANY ADDITIONS TO SUBSCRIPTIONS MADE Boxing Bouts and Lunch Fin ish Meeting Filled With Features Portrait of Late Governor Authorized by Resolution The purchase of an oil portrait of the late Governor James Withy cduiibe. Is authorized in house con current resolution No. 3 which was adopted by the house yesterday. It Js provided that the portrait shall cost $600 and shall be hung in the capitol. Naval Vessels Assigned to Oregon Naval Reserve BRin TELLS y " 1 " ' ; " r& OF CRUELTY BY MEXICANS BRITT TELLS SRORY OF MEXICAN CRUELTY propped thatDa itrk Ussewu! H Veteran of Argonne Informs assigned to station here in the-near future for the use or the Oregon naval reserve, according to announce ment today by Lieutenant I'ohn A. Beckwith, commander of the 2nd sec tion. Lieutenant Beckwith said he had received the assurance from the commandant of the 13th natal district. Suspected Portland Radicals i Released; No Indictments PORTLAND. Or. Jsn 14 fin- pected radicals whoad been arrest ed but were not Indicted . by the. county grand Jury on the charge of criminal syndicalism, were released today by Municipal Judge Ross in an on the recommendation of Deputy District Attorney Deich. Names of those let loose are Robert E. Rice. William E. Ness. George M. Zabn.' Peter Peterson.. Bernard Kaler.' Ed ward, Buck,' Floyd J. Ear ley. Nels Turngren, Frank Hotlnger, Alf Wy- ordi, Paul Ebersau. Charles F. Mack and J. Ross. Senate Investigation Com mittee of Unredressed Mur der of American Citizens BADGERING OF LEGION IN TAMPICO RELATED WHITMMWINS FROM W. U. 23-19 Pe"idy ?is awry mat wauace was ! True spirit of a successful commer cial club was shown last night In nn i open iorum meeting of the Salem I Commercial club at the Grand opera house. A total of50 new members was added to the club and many of the members doubled their subacyp tions. Speeches by VYV. C. Winslow, F. A. Ericson, T. E; MrCroskey. T. B. Kay and others incited members and. member prospects with Mpep" that has not been equaled for some time. Two sparring bouts were stag ed.; as entertainment by-the social committee. i The lower floor of the opera honse was filled to near capacity with mem bers and guests of the Salem Com mercial club. The open forum meet ing held last night was the first of ; the monthly meetings that are to be held by the Commercial club to bring the business men and property own ers who are interested in the. prog ress of Industrial Salem in closer contact with the activities and ad Tantages of the club, j Winalow Tell Merita. ; The first of the speakers was C. WInslow, who discussed the ad vantages that are enjoyed by Salem in. the way of natural resources as well as Industrial developments al ready accomplished. . Among the possibilities Mr. Wins- low called attention to tne nax. irun r dairying and manufacturing 'indus tries, which now are in the first stag es of development and are capable of unlimited extension. ' Mr. WlnBlow stated that scarcely one-fourth of the tillable land la Ma rion county is now under cultivation. ! He made a strong plea for the sup port of the Salem Commercial club. not only: financially, but with the - spirit of the real boosters." F. G. Deckebach discussed "Bet terment of the Community" and the relative Importance of the Commer cial club o the community. He lik ened the Commercial club to a church, comparing the upbuilding , spiritual influence of a church to the upbuilding of the industrial resourc es through the Commercial club. He asked the guests present bow many of them would like to be a member of the club to stand, and a good re sponse was evidenced, t He explained that through the ae- tlvltles of the commercial dob that It was their duty and to their ad vantage to become a member of the- club, r . ; Kay Tells Necessity. Thomas B. Kay was, .next speaker ' an spoke on the "necessity of sup porting the Commercial Club." Mr ' Kay told when the Commercial club was first started about 15 years ago that the streets along the cartraeks . were covered with weeds, and that residents harvested a crop of hay every year from the city property , and that there was "not a complete paved street In Salem, There was not a hotel In the city that could be rated above third class. The Com tnerclal club was formed and served as an aggressive element In securing city improvements and was the nuc leus of the progressive movements of the city, which are In evidence now. And for these reasons Insists that ; every business man of Salem should I e be a member of the Salem Commer clal club. It has been proven that . the larger the organization the great : er th results, and by the correct co-operation of all the business men of Salem through the Commercial clam Mr. Kay can see no reason why : population of Salem cannot be boost ed to forty or fiftytbousand in the next four yean. ; i 'The Commercial club Is a bus! ess Institution and the f fleers should be furnished with the toeces- : ary financial aupport.' 'said . Fred erick Schmidt, of the Pbez company. - Mr. Schmidt spoke on the advantage of advertising and as an exampte nsed - an advertisement of the Phez company nsed in a local magazine re cently. The eompany ran a tnree line ad. wanting to hear from famil ies who would like to manage farms In this vicinity., Numerous answers were received, and two were from the Canal zone. "Salem must be adver tised and the Commercial club is the medium through which the campaign should be conducted' said Mr. Schmidt, which, would: be a benefit to the city, county and .-state. McOroAkey GivewDatlnok ':! T. E. McCroskeyj spoke briefly but pointedly on the present status .and the outlook of the organization. He said the Commercial club start ed off some time ago wit flvinr colors and much enthusiasm, but for some reason Interest interest in the Varsity Nervous for First Con ference Game But Do Brik liant Work Drunk When Killed SAX ANTONIO. Tex.. Jan. 14. Stories of cruelty, unredressed mur ders and devastation of property were given the senate sub-committee investigating tne Mexican situaon today by men in close, touch with conditions in Mexico. T. M. MeUee a cattleman from a bonier town James J. Britt, a lawyer from Tarn Pico and George E. Blalock. once the head of what was once the largest colony of American farmers in Mex ico were the witnesses. The ftffeet of their testimony was to strengthen the claims of witnesses beard in Washington that the insecurity American life and property in Mex ico is growing greater. Brltt tVwfirmH Report Britt asserted that American life was '"worth more in the Argonne than it is today in the country about Tampico." "When James Wallace was shot. Britt said, "I know for a fact he was not a drinking man and yet th? claim set up the Mexicans that he was drunk. And this is what had hap- ,1 fPV. V. - f . I .. ! 1 - t Colleges ThrOUghOUt LOUntry to his mouth, and over his race after ue wait urau is vruer tuai lue uur - Whitman college defeated Willam ette university at the armory last night in the local school's first con ference basketball game by a score" of 23 to 19. Team work of the vis itors was a feature. Rich did spec tacular work for the Washington boys. o f Willamette men did brilliant indi vidual work - but lacked in playing together, probably due to agitation over- their first appearance in con ference basketball. . Another ? game , will be played to night in the armory. COMPROMISE ON TREATY LEADS ADVANCE I COMPROMISE WORKGROWS Chester Clark Appointed I - Dionfv Revenue Collector MARSH FIELD. Or.. Jan. 14. Chester Clark, son of the late W..A. I lark, deputy collector ol customs for Coos Bay. was today appointed to succeed his father in that office by Will II. Moore, collector for the Ore gon district, who came here for the purpose. GAME BOARD BILL PASSES: 10VERH0USE FRUIT JUICE INCLUDED IN PROHI RULING Beverages" Containing Over Half Per Cent Are Banned by Opinion ii i . ENFORCEMENT DOUBTED mm Mil I , in Stores of Fermentable. Liquid To Be Under "Watchful ' Eye" . Effort of Both Sides to Effect Ratification of Treaty Con- t - t t i unue 10 maxe marKea rro- wai gress Man Without Country" . Refused by Native Land NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Martin de described as a "man without a country.- applied for a writ of hab eas corpus in federal court today. He has been held for deportation since his arrest as an I.W.W. la Jnly, 1918. In Seattle and claims SU Ifert- - I agenlosch. Holland, as his birthplace. ELECTION IS ' FACTOR iccepV wmf 0Ternment " re 10 DEMOCRATIC LEADER Underwood Adopts Concilia tory Attitude Toward Get ting Together Vote on Preference in , Ratif icatior, NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Supporters of ratification of the peace treaty by compromise maintained their lead tonight in returns from 375 college and universities in the inter-colleg iate treaty referendum. Out of a total of 92.466 votes cast by the stu dents and faculties. 32.691 students and 3612 professors and teachers voted in favor of compromise. The next highest vote was for rath icat ion without amendment, which totaled 25,869 students and 3046 teachers. Only 9.566 votes were cast for re jection of the treaty in any form and 17,322 for ratification with the Lodge reservations. . might support their claim." Britt. who was a soldier .in the tank -corps-of the American uVmy'ln France, confined to the committee the recommendation that was attri buted to Secretary of Finance J-nis Cabrera hat members of the Ameri can legion in Tampico should l-e de ported. The membership, he. f aid was nearly 400. , . "What are you going to do?" asked the chairman. "Are you go ing to get out?" . "We won't get out ir th United States government stays behrnd us." he answered. The story of the disappearaVe of the."Bialock colony was told f,y (J . Blalock, Its founder. He told the committee it once comprised about 100 families, all Oklahoma farmers, in very moderate circumstances. He told, of the aspiration of the men to acquire and develop their 6wn homes and how the order or suggestion from the American con sul at Tampico caused them to leave In 1914. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. In one of the broadest : constructions yet placed on provisions of the act for enforcement f constitutional prohi bition. Prohibition ommlssloner Kre mer has ruled that fruit Juices. and ciders come within the dry ban If they contain more than one-half, of one pr cent alcohol. The commis sioner's Interpretation of the law was set forth jn a memorandum, charg ing prohibition director? and inspec tor? with the added tuty of exam ining the alcoboUe content' of such average. . i , The drastic regulation goev into effect with constitutional prohibition January 16. Violation of It carried the same penalties as for the manu facture or sale of stronger liquors. Officials tfcmbt Force Officials, ia discussing the ruling-, asserted thai sncja a step could not be taken under wartime prohibition nor, was It en forcible under the pro hibition laws of most of tlie states. Hitherto, the baroau of Internal rev enue has held fast to the poller of assessing taxkatnst fermented 11-4-''' quors containing more than one-half of one per cent alcohol but actually the regulation could not be applied to ciders and fruit juices because ol the technical language of the law, it wa rl!. " . - "' , Strict enforcement of the regula tion will hold liable dealers la fruit juices and cider ia which the alcohol ic content increases even 'rhlle It storage. The department does not Intend, however, to gnage all bever ages thus produced, officials said, but a "watchful eye" would be kept on these manufacturers and' dealers. Natural fermentation will offer no excuse for evasion of the regulation, it was declared. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Farther and more determined efforts to; ef fect ratification of the peace treaty are expected to follow selection to morrow by Duiocratlc senators of a leader to succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia. - f ; Senatorial conferences today were devoted almost exclusively to -the leadership race between Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, administra tion manager In the treaty contest, and Senator Underwood of Alabama, former Democratic leader - in - .the house. The Democrats meet in cau cus tomorrow to make their choice, with an extremeiy close eoatest in prospect. . . . Leader F.lertion Affects - 100 DEVELOP DREAD MALADY - . Mysterious Illness Spreads in Bryan County, Okla ' v homa OKLAHOMA -CITY. Okla Jan. J4. One hundred cases of the -mysteri ous intestinal malady which has ap peared ia tnaay communities la the south have bean reported 'In-Bryan county. Okla.; according to informa tion received tonight at the, state board-of health. Bean Measure Wins Out Ytllh 47 Affirmative Votes After Hour of Oratory in YiTuch Governor Is Made Target ACT SPECIAL ORDER - ; " : FOR SENATE TODAY Olcott Tells Smith of IlItn mahHe WmNotOHcr ' -: v Opposition "UrfC'Ct of the. Democratic leader ship election on the treaty is predic ted on variant positions taken recent ly by Senators Hitchcock and Under wood on ratification. Although both have urged unreserved ratification. Senator Underwood declared several i days ago thai, if unaDie to: secure ratification, he was prepared to sup- port a resolution of partial satlsfac-l rtlon. excluding the league of nations I covenant and leaving it for settle ment In-the fall elections. Senator Hitchcock has opposed sucU a course. MEXICANS GET U.S. MUNITIONS General Dickman Says Smug- fH AIRMFN OP clin? on Border is From vlliUlUflLlI VI 0 I sv V PM j atMfsaBsa li. U. Y 1U Mttl CUT.ir.HNGS SENDS DEEGATE YEST Democratic Leader 'Tele phones San randsco from Washington SAN FllAXCISCO. Jan. 14 Ilcia er S. Cummlngs. chairman of th Democratic national committee, tel ephoned from; Washington to Post master Charles W. Fay today that a representative , of the committer would arrive In San Francisco Jan uary 21 to assist In arranging da tails for the Democratic convention. Fay. ho Ja eaalrnam tJ th xeaatal araagements committee, also re ceived a telegraphic message from Cnmminga stating that the eoUra east was delightel with the selection of San Francisco as th convention city. . . BOY, 15 YEARS OLD GETS LIFE Joseph Morton Convicted ol CHURCH BUDGET niaraer 01 ie un- mi Jmiifniin ' 1U4 l.llLLlUiD EL Army Camps v- PASO. Tex., Jan. 14. Mexi can munitions smngglers are believed r 4- to be getting their supplies from bor- vonterence ot Lounty Heaas der camps of the United States army, according to Major General Dickman commanding the southern depart ment, who today issued instructions from San Antonio for guarding more closely the army's supplies. to Be Held in Portland January 19 ton PORTLAND. Or.. Jan.14. A con ference of all county chairmen, lead ers and speakers from alj parts of Oregon has been called by State Chairman Samuel C. Lancaster, in charge of next month's Armenian re lief drive. The conference will be held here next Monday, January 19. whn detailed plans for the coming amnal trn n-tll tlullauat at a nnnm American Le?ion to Distribute ?""""")- The approaching drive ' I III h. ..I.!. .1 r campaign is scheduled for Febsuary 10 to 20 inclusive. STATE MEDALS READY FRIDAY Attorney for Centralia L W. W. Fined on Charge VANCOUVER.-Wash., Jan. 1 George F. Vanderveer, of Seattle. who has been In the public eye re cently as chler counsel for the I. W VV. held for trial on charges of com plicity In the Armistice day murder at Centralia. Vash.. was convicted in the justice court at Minnehaha, near here, of having unlawfully talked with prisoners In the Clake county Jail on an occasion last Oc tober. Vanderveer was fined 2i and gave police of appeal. JOHN FROHMADER ; SHOT BY THUGS Salem Man Wounded by Rob bers on South Commercial .Street Hill EVERETT. Wash., Jan. 14. -Imprisonment for life was tjie sentence meted out tonight to Joseph Morton. 15-year-old Stanwood, Wash., boy. by a jury which found him guilty of a charge of murder in connection with tlie-shooting of Lee Linton, an Everett taxicab driver. November 19, last (Continued on page 4) ; Decorations to Oregon Men Friday ' The medals for all men living in Salem and vicinity who entered the service in the laie war from Oregon will be -given out by Capital Post No. 9,1 American Legion, in connection with its dance in the armory Friday night. A special committee has been appointed to give out the medals and will be at the armory from 4 p. m. to 2 midnight, Friday. The distribution of the medals was turned over to Capital Post by the office of the adjutant general and men to whom they are issued will be required to show evidence of their service. - " panion. who it was alleged, actually cbot Linton was found guilty of the charge last week and sentenced to be banged. The jury in the niorton caB was out nearly nine hours. BONE DRY GUARD IS MOBILIZED 2500 Watchmen to Keep Eyes On and Hands Off Big Booze Stock Just before adjournment yester day the senate made a special or-, der of business for today at 2 o'clock the Korblad-Haadley-Bcan bill to create a fish and game com-, mission to be elected by the legis lature and also the resolution ema nating from th same element call-, lag for an Investigation of tbt present commission. Earlier la th day opponents of th resolu tion for Investigation had tabled It until today, but disruption was again started. late yesterday when' NorbJad attempted to have the ma-' Jorlty report of the fish and gam . committee ravoring.taa resolution and the mlnoriay report against it . removed from the table and acted" upon. -" .. - Louis Beaa's fish ad gam coin mjsaJon bill parsed the hou yester day afternoon with 47 affirmants votes, following arguments lattlsg over an hour.. Tbe hill had been made special order ' for yesUrday morning but, was held up as it had not retained from the printer when the house convened. It was a-.ide special order for th afternoon ses sion nd brought op following 4he assembly for th afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr.' 8Qed 4h- provisions - ot th bill and conditions leading xp to Its preparation. Following II r. Bee, Hare ot Washington delivered a speech against it In which b said that tbe bill would pat th fish and game life of the state, which should be protected aad fostered, back Into politics from which it shoald b res cued. He said that paasag ot the bill would mean that hereafter every election of speaker of th boos an! rpesldent of the Mnat would bins upon th fish and gam commission. He maintained that th p reseat law I 1 I .1-, I M . L . . ' . I U lAIUJ HIMUIIU(7 UB Mill Missionary tO Japan SaySl the Problem In the present ma aoi and not legislative la natnr. Governor Xot Opposed. ' Smith ot Mnltnomah. arnls? gainst th b!IL said that it depart el from th principles et government on which th United Hiatus is founded. that ot th three branches of govern ment. H aald he bad talked with Governor Olcott concerning tb bill and th governor had said h wosli offer no opposition to It. Mr. Smith asserted that th statement et th governor, however, did nt eoattita'.a approval. He said responsibility et administering th affairs ot th com mission should rrn..u with th gov ernor aad not b placed with a chair man as provided by th bllL . 21 sug gested that the public bav repre sentation on th commission aa pro vided by th new bill Instead ot only the, fish and gam InUresta. Preti It Great Aid b Worjc NE HAVEN, onn, Jan. 14 A bud get of $104,000,000 for 1920 was ap proved tonlzht br th fnrflrn ml. isom wniie, i. Morton s com-i Bions board of the Protestant church es of the United 8tats and anada. . Keverend Albrtna Pleura, for 15 years a missionary In . Japan, ad dressed the delegates on the subject of publicity, urging a mora liberal attitude toward lb press and us of newspaper advertising In mission work He told of results obtained ty advertising In Japan. HERBERT HOOVER IS "REPUBLICAN" KxecnUre is Target. Smith of Tl I nMTi( f m k.l. Barnes. Life-Lonfirl'nt commission In Its stand and aalJ BRIDEGROOM IS UNDER ARREST Men Held for Alleged False Statesments As to Age of Young Bride PORTLAND. Or., Jan. 14. War rants were placed in tbe hands of officers today for the arrest or Frank Cabler of Hillsdale, Or., and E. W. Cnllison of Portland, charred rasnpe- California Number Sixteen J11 wlth, subordination of perjury Mountain Lions Killed in SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 14. Sixteen mountain lions were killed in California during December and state bounties totaling $370 were paid to hunters. . Mendicino county leads with five and Butte and Tulare tie for second place with two each. marriage license to Cabler and Miss Ida Land of Hillsdale. The girl's latner, wno issued the complaint, al leged that whereas Cabler and Culli- son swore at the marriage . licen bureau that his daughter was 18 years old. sne is In reality .but 1 years oia. -ine couple were married yesterday. JohS Frohmader whose home is on North Front street." was shot in the back as he ran from, two robber on South Commercial street about 9: o'clock last night. The bullet en tered the righr shoulder. Several shots were fired by the thngs. Phy sicians do not think the wound will prove serious. The bullet was removed at the hot pital by Dr. J. H. Garnjobst and R. E. Pomeroy. It bad lodged In th lung nd jrai removed near thi shoulder above tbe right breast." Fromader had been visiting in South Salem and was going home when young men held him up at th top of the South Commercial street bill Just across the street !rom th W. p. Ilabccck home. .It ia said that FrohmaUer bad nothing of value np- on his person, and when th robbers had rinished going through hlj pock ets they attempted to force him hack into some brush. Instead be turned and ran and the robbers opened fire. ' Frohmader was able to make his way to an apartment bouse at South Commercial and Leslie street- and a physician was railed.. The bullet "twed through tbe top of (he right lung and was extracted from beneath the collar bone. It was too dark for Frohmader to i note the menaccurately. if de scribes them as about 18 years old. one of them tall and the other thort. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. Employ ment of a force of 2.50 watchmen to guard C9.000.000 gallons or li quor In government bonded ware houses .is planned by the Internal revenue bureau to protect thj li quor against theft. Prohibition Com missioner. Krcruer today told the house appropriations committee. He asked that congress make t20.00t).- 000 available for es tablirfhing th" guard. . Plana for the final disposition of th liquor has been determined by the bureau. Mr. Kremer told the committee, adding that the permis sive withdrawals after constitutional prohibition becomes effective, would be so few as not to pay the expense for maintaining the guard. Julius Friend, Tells of Food Controller NEW YORK. Jan. 1 4. IIerbrt Hoover was declared tonlrht Jn- lliis Itarnes. bis close associate and friend, to be a "progressive Repub lican" who "will never allow himself to be a candidate for high office nor allow his friends to make as fffori in hi behalf unless there shall com uci indisputable evidence f such spontaneous and universal popular demand that It will overwhelm his present resolution not to enter poli tics." 't Mr. Barnes, who Is director of th I'nited States wheat corporation was the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the National Wholesale urygoods association. BILLSBANNED AFTER TODAY Resolution Adopted Requires .Two-Thirds Vote to Per- mit New Measures Introduction of bills after njon to day except on favorable vote of two- thirds of the house, is forbidden by bouse resolution No. I". which was adopted by tbe bouse late yesterday. W A 1 ...... W . I rftcu uiuiurr ui uia iiiucct, rmi h inuiuiwn ociure -vtiok auoptea uesser. ai 10:40 tonignt and It was 1 was amended not to Include appro- locaea up tor ine nignt. ; prution bllu. NEW JURY HAS NOT YET AGREED Jurors in Deadlock Are Shut in For Night at 10:40 After Futile Day LOS- ANGELES. Jan. 14. -No agreement has been reached by the Jury In the trial of Harry New. al leged murder of his fiancee. Freda good commissions could be elected by tbe legislature and cited elections of officers of various kinds by the Dody.- He aald tbe fun and rain commission should bav some power back f It when It was nidsr fir and not lose Its political I v 1 becaas of charges which were not proven. Bean. In .answering q amnion a et members ot th boas s-Jd VVat lithe fish and gam rommlMloa were left It stands wild Ufa resources of the state -would suffer because cf the announcement ot tbe governor that the commission will be ousted If a new commission is not created. He said that a new commission would nndo tbe work; that baa been accomplished by th p reseat person nel. ' Mr. Dean paid tribute U R. E. Clanton. fish warden, as on of the most- able men In the United States ia bis work. Mr. Bean expressed the general opinion that the present com mission member will be elected ta the new commission If It ts establish ed and that the work will not be in terrapted. QveMioa on Governor THant. Smith let Multnomah asked Mr. Bean bluntly -it be thought then, that tbe governor was wrong and lb commission right.' Bean replied that be thought the present commission aa able and hon orable group of men. - Crawford called for a vote aad en count It stood 4T for passage and 11 against. . Tbe bill as passed providee for two commissions, one of flv members and on ot tm with a chairman to be selected by the two bodies, each cf which has one vote. - v