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SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1920
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CHARGE BY
SANDS IS
BLACKMAIL
Officials of CorporationDe
clares Graft Charges
Against Boiling Arc Ab
solutely False
CHAIRMAN WELSH ASKS
PROOF OF INNOCENCE
SUtcment of Sands Not
toborated by Bank Ac-
countants
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 Testi
mony given toaay oeiore me
vraUh committee investigating
hinolnr board affairs, naming
the Downey Shipbuilding corpor
ation of New York, in connection
with alleged collusion to obtain
mntrtcts. was declared by offic
ials of the corporation tonight to
be "absolutely raise." mey ae
elare the company "did not pay
say bribe of any kind to any par
ty or parties."
Allegations Are False.
Denials of the allegations and
i reauest that they be immedi
piT snbooenaed to appear to
disprove them were made in
telegram sent, by officials of the
corporation tonight to Chairman
Walsh
Charges that R. W. Boiling,
brother-in-law of : President "Wil
ton and treasurer of the shipping
board, participated in the distri
bution of $40,000 alleged to Hare
been siren by a shipbuilding com
pany for assistance , In obtaining
t shipbuilding contract, were con
tained in testimony today before
tie Val8h InTestigating commit
tee.
- Rands Makes Charge.
The money, It was charged by
Tacker K. Sands, former official
of the Commercial National bank
in "Washington. and alleged go-
tetveen. was given by the wal
lace. Downey, Shipbuilding ebm
pMj of Staten Island. Others,
as alleged, participated, included
Lester, BUler, former secretary of
the , shipping . . board and., John
Cranor.. said to hare been inter
ested as a representative of the
Downey company In shipping
board contracts. Mr. Sands re
plies to Questions proved contra
dietary at times.
He charged there was an un
oerstanding that 115,000 was to
go to Cranor and that the remain
ing $25,000. was to be divided
among Cranor. Bollng, Sisler and
himself. He at first said he knew
neither Mr. Boiling nor Mr. Sis
ler had anything to do with the
board contract and that he did
tot believe Mr. Boiling received
any of the money.
; Later he testified he gave Boi
ling $1800 in the nature of a loan
bat that Boiling paid back $300,
and that he had taken no note
from the treasurer,
i Chairman Benson of the ship
ping board, in a formal statement
regarding charges of bribery made
kfore the Walsh committee in
New York against R. W. Boiling.
treawrer of the board, declared
that Mr, Boiling's explanation of
tha report was -perfectly satis
factory." Whole Story Related.
' The chairman - said that after
Nr. Boiling was appointed treas
"r Mr. Boiling told him "the
wooie story of the alleged charg
't made jy Tucker K. Sands.
'His explanation was perfectly
nUstactory." said Admiral Ben
"In addition, the matter
discussed witbColonel Goff,
sr general counsel, and together
directed that a thorough In
flation he marie "
Attached to the statement was
copy 0f the report, of the in-
. VJ - Ull IOI1U
I Investigation, dated September
. It was signed by Frank
U. ehief of division.
' t&W Vfntictrtn TriArnnftnn
President of the federal trade
fmmistion and who was for some
me np to the ,at.er part of
assistant attorney-general.
: report said, "who told me that
tolling came to him about
Tears ago and reported an
I'lrned rnmmnnlriHnn had
Cached Mr. Tumulty in which the
Wter charged he had accepted
Van nf tin aaa 1. 1 i i
w Downey of the Downey ship
ping company to Tucker
' Investigation is Made-
.j. r. Boiling requested Mr.
OmpSOn in molo thAmnrli In.
'gallon because of the fact
" was charged with a serious
J and if he was guilty le
aoflld be Junished; if innocent
,7. 'nnocence should be restab
The letter, it 'seems, was
."Cnotlnued on pace 2)
While Jn .Portland
S(op At
HOTEL H0YT
Statu and Hoyt Sis.
TWO YOUTHS CONFESS
PLANNING OF ROBBERY
STOLEN
PROPERTY
$3,000,000 ,
WORTH
Brother Is Placetl Under Arrest
as Partner in Mail Coach
Cleanup
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.. Nov.
20. Two youths, Orville Phillips
and Fred Poffenberger, neither
over 20 years of age, planned the
robbery of the Burlington, mail
car a week ago tonight, according
to confessions they made, -Post-office
Inspector Claude Glenn, of
Council Bluffs said tonight.
Federal officers were still at
tempting to clear up further de
tails in connection with the rob
bery in which it has been esti
mated more than $3,000,000
worth of property was stolen. In
spector Glenn admitted that fed
eral officers were anxious to learn
the whereabouts of Keith Collins,
said to be a former army, lieu
tenant, as they wanted to inter
iew him.
Clyde R. Poffenberger. aged 24,
brother of Fred F. Poffenberger.
now under arrest and charged
with robbing the Burlington mail
car a week ago, was taken into
custody here tonight by federal
officials in an attempt to discover
the whereabouts of the $10,000
which Fred Poffenberger is said
to have taken from the T. A. Daly
home last Monday. Clyde is a
switchman, employed by the Bur
lington. .
JAP SMUGGLING
PLOT REVEALED
aiter Is Alleged Agent of
Fraudulent Ring on
Arizona Mara
SEATTLE, Nov. 29. United
States immigration officers an
nounced two more arrests today of
alleged agents of an international
smuggling plot to slip Japanese
laborers into the United States.
The men held are Motogi Miyagis
shima and Katsuzo Miyagishimi,
manufacturers of soy bean cheese.
Total arrests in the Japanese
smuggling case in -the last three
weeks now number 26.
Motogi Miyagishimi, officers
say, was to pay $1,700 passage
money to Saijiro Hatta, now held
in arrest, for the delivery of seven
laborers brought to Seattle this
week on the steamship Arizona
Maru.
Hatta, waiter on the Arizona
Maru; is alleged to be an agent
who has operated for some time
on trans-Pacific steamships as an
agent of a smuggling ring. Mi
yagishimi is under investigation
as an alleged offender in receiv
ing smuggled laborers in Seattle.
AGGIES AND
OREGON TIE
Both Teams Fail to Score
When Opportunity Opens
Way
CORVALLIS, Or., ov. 20
The Oregon Aggies, in tjie state
championship game today played
the University of Oregon team to
a standstill. The score was noth
ing to nothing at the close.
Outplayed in the first quarter
where nothing except the 'breaks
saved them from being scored on,
the Aggies fought back and kept
the game even in the second per
iod, in intra penou uresun
attack was at its best, but twice
lust as the Eugene men were com
ing toward the Aggie goat, me
Aggie secondary defense grabbed
Oregon's passes and on one of
these Summers sprinted 48 yards
before being down. That ended
Oregon's hopes and from then on
the Areiea onened up.
In the final period, taking aa-
vantaee of a lumDie Dy oieero,
which eave the ball m uregon
territory, the Aggies started
series of passes with Kasbrger
the nivot man. The last , one
mtt the ball on Oregon s iour
yard line for a first down. Then
Oregon made a magnificent stand
withstood four piunges. n
. th A sr tries' best and only
-i ctoors of Oreeon out-
punted McKenna.
Enthusiasm Over Retam
of Constantine is Dying
ATHENS. Nov. 19. Enthus
iasm over the prospective return
of ex-King Constantine seemed to
be dying down today although the
topic of the dynasty is virtually
the only one discussed.
Meanwhile news is being await
ed as to the attitude of the French
and British governments and a so
as to the reports the ex-ruler will
in ae.h Greece.
aiMr de : Billy. French minuter,
when calling on Premier Rha is.
saw in the reception t
i i,nr nnrtrait of Con-
17-- Told the premier
sharolv that it was a mistake, to
?hf,rPy !2F iuo. would permit
I neneve ...,
.u r.r.-mor vine's return.
Ti,. r-wtinn results have not
1 1 - - . ,
v . fr;iol1v announced.
Queen Mother Olga has issued a
message announcing she was as
suming the regency "in the ab
sence of my well-beloved son
Constantine."
AUDIT SHOWS
VOUCHERS
ARE LACKING
Half Disbursements of Ship
ping Board for 17 Months
Are Unsupported by
Proper Vouchers
ACCOUNTS GIVEN TO
SECRETARY HOUSTON'.
Corporation is Unable to
Render Systematized
Report
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.
Nearly one-half of the disburse-j
ments of the shipping board em
ergency fleet corporation over a
period of 17 months, totaling over
$2,000,000,000, were unsupported
by proper vouchers, according to
the audit of the corporation's ac
counts submitted to Secretary
Houston today by the comptroller
of the treasury in his annual re
port. Congress Directs Audit.
The audit was made by direc
tion of congress for the period
October. 1918 to February, 1920,
and showed total disbursements
of the fleet corporation were $2,
732.915,213, of which exception
to the payment of $1,184,326,
243 was taken by the comptroller
becanse of the "lack of support
ing papers." Subsequent produc
tion of supporting papers, how
ever, the comptroller said, re
sulted in a credit to the corpor
ation of $70,625,898. leaving a
balance as of February of $1,113.-
700,345 disapproved by the audi
tors, j
The comptroller presented fig
ures only tip to February, but M.
J. Gillen, former special assistant
to the chairmnn of the board un
der Secretary Payne, declared be
fore the congressional InTestigat
ing committee in New York last
week that up to March 1. $2,700.
000,000 bad been submitted for
the audit and payment or $1,500.
000.000 had been disapproved be
cause vouchers were not support
ed by the necessary data.
Vouchers Unsupported.
Comptroller Warwick declared
that "at least 25 per cent of all
vouchers received were unsup-
ported bv documents or other pa-
r.r oTKiAininir or iustifvine the
" " -- " I
payment." -
"It would appear,
he added,
as if the emergency fleet corpor
ation considered approval of the
resident or district auditor as suf
ficient authority or Justification
for a voucher, especially In refer
ence to 'imprest funds
Imprest funds are explained as
AtH11eViaf1 Iiv fh rnrnnr-
ation and set up in. banks adja-
cent to tne plants oi me ouiy
tractors and expenditures were
made from them under general
oTders of the corporation.
No Svstem in Accounts.
Effective October 1, 1919, the
comptroller" continued, the corpor-
ation's accounts were to be ren-
dered in accordance with the reg-
ulations promulgated by the
treasury but "the audit of the ac -
counts to February, 1920, would
indicate strict adherence thereto
has not been made. Little tm -
provement, if any. is noted in the
February 1920 account over the
previous period.
"Despite the fleet corporation s
original desire to obtain an audit
of its accounts by the. treasury.
Comntroller "Warwick asserted.
the corporation JPP-ren found
gether the scattered supporting
papers necessary to a systematized
rendering or its accounts.
at toast" he continued, "no
griminti werp submitted in re
sponse to the request of the de -
partment until the interchange of
correspondence on the subject complimentary comment on Mar
promised to reach an acute jon county methods of road work.
stage.
Tribute to Heroism
of Topeka Crew Paid
-
PORTLANU. ISOV. .v,
- A n TalhMtn
. i,ero.m ot men iberj ; Jhta cr.
t ih. rosriiK Of 3U DerSOHS
wVrked steam schooner Joan
of Arc was pai.i . --j
Captain VV. A W"1"0";: "ed
City of Topekaj which
here today after "topping at
Marshtieia. wnt c
persons were leiu
Twn women ana ieu "
,ir5LLl,tt ilre1 at pTt
orford, ore. Monday night. Af ter
the secona uuv iuu
was picked up. u.
, la. ;
l toun
.-.. iioii a -tniinc sailor on
the -lopeaa ft toI
,i n t i vi ii
carpenier on .u, .
wiiii me iiiiiu
U II VC - v r -
and three memhers ot tne civ
th Joan of Arc, and made three
trips until all on the wreck were
taken off. Captain Hall also
praised Chief Engineer L. Skrl
linger of the Topeka, who he said
manned the searchlight and kept
a beam on tuo lifeboats and the
wreck until the rescue was completed.
MISS DOYLE APPOINTED
HEAD OF COMMITTEES
CLAIMS OF KX-SKItVICK MEN
TO BE SETTLED
CensuR of All Hospital Cism To
He Taken and Records Kept
at National Headquarters
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 20.
With the appointment of Miss
Jane V. Doyle as chairman r-f a
newly organid hospitalization
committee, the state executive
committee of the Americaulegion,
department of Oregon, bsgan to
day on this state's share of the
legion's national movement to
clean up all cases of sick ex-service
men who have unsettled
claims against the government.
A census will be taken of all
hosDital cae3. records will be
kept in national headquarters of
the leeion. and all claims will be
cleared up with the least possible
delayj according to Edward J.
Fivers, state adjutant, who has
Just returned from a conference
of department adjutants with
Frederick V. Galbraith. Jr.. nat
ional commander, in Indianapolis.
MRS. STEWART
HEADS SOCIETY
Salem Florists Elect Offi
cers Plans Made to
Beautify State Street
The election of officers Tor the
coming year was the principal
business of the Salem Floral so
ciety, which met in the auditorium
of the Commercial club last night.
Mrs. Frederick S. Stewart was
named president, Mrs. L. T.
Harris vice-president. Miss Eliza
beth Iord treasurer, and Mrs. W.
Everett Anderson secretary.
The new board of directors will
consist of Mrs. William P. Lord.
E. S. Tillinghast. Frederick S.
Lamport. Mrs. William H. Burg
hardt, Jr., and Mrs. Ennis Waite.
Action waa taken to begin
shortly the planting of Caroline
Testout rose 'cuttings along the
north side of State street, from
the supreme court building to the
state penitentiary, the cuttings to
be donated by Individuals and the
state hospital. ,
Mother Places Baoy
on Red Hot Stove
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. After
she had been arrested, accused of
placing her seven-months old boy
on a red hot stove, airs, urace
Randell told the Brooklyn police
tonight that her husband, whom
she loves "better than anything
, .v
else in the world." had "treated
her cooly" since the child was
born.
The child, taken from the top
of a stove by police whom neigh
bors summoned, may die, hospi
tal physicians said. The husband
is serving a sentence in jail.
Firemen tit Dallas At
i - - -. fir
J Teoiea Oy CflRTCfl IT vmen
DALLAS. Or.. Nov. 20. (Spec-
hal to The Statesman.) At the
annual chicken pie supper given
Dy the women of the Christian
church last night the firemen ot
Dallas were given a banquet by
the church in appreciation of the
1 heroic work done by that organ!
I zation at a fire which seriously
damaged the building the early
i,)art Qf the summer. The fire.
which caught from a defective
flue, baffled the efforts of the
I firemen for more than an hour
Several firemen were hurt by fan
j ing glass during the fire.
ft Qomly JJ ,
(jlVen Wide Advertising
Successful Methods", a maga
Tin, nublished in Chicago, re-
oontiv rpnrnrtuoed the nrint tak-
1 en cf a Marion county asphaltia
concrete pavement, and made very
Recently the Austin-Western Road
Machinery company, also oi cm
raco. out out a new catalog and
adopted this same view for the
front page of tne puDiication.
Thp mctiire snows me aaiem
Rosedale road in district No. 28
1 t i .v. -mthm AAwinlorA1 In 1919
1. - h,,t
I m II It II Tf awB VJ 1U S V U " w "
. - .Vd o.
. . r-i ....vns
the street car
The curve
nort by and grades of the finished road
leading through the rolling
av leadinc
"ills into the celebrated
farms of the Rosedale secti.
ce.rl nown and the pictu
prune-
section ara
re has
attracted much attention
Miss Beardsley Head of
Parent-Teacher Society
i
x,,aa v,nrPnr. Keardsley of Sa
lem waa eiertod president of thf
- Marion County Tarent-Teacher as-
. at th. .pmi-annual con
i r . . . .
frronce which wa held yestcrua
at the hish sclmolr
The rmftinK was attended ny
delegates coming from all parts
of the couniy.
WEATHER: Probably Rain,
cloudy east portion of state; mod
erate easterly winds.
CZECH AND GERMAN
CLASHES CONTINUE
ONE KILLED AND SCORES AUK
- .WOUNDED IX COMUAT
Crowd Stoned Prefecture When
Tocsin Wn Sounded Which
Brought On Fight
PRAGUE. Nov. 20. There
was a continuation lat night of
the disorders growing out of the
feeling between Czch and Ger
man elements. A crowd tried to
storm the German opera, but was
driven back by the iH:.ce. In the
face of an increasing crowd, the
government withdrew the police
and stopped the performance.
One person was killed and a
score wounded In a clash of Czech
soldiers and German inhabitants
of Asch, Thursday night, when the
soldiers removed the monument
of Joseph II and began firing to
celebrate their act. The Tocsin
was sounded and a crowd stoned
the prefecture. Reinforcements
were attacked and fighting fol
lowed. YEON ACCEPTS
ROAD POSITION
Portland Man Persuaded to
Take Place Left Vacant
by Simon Benson
John B. Yeon of Portland is the
new member of the state highway
commission to take the place of
Simon Benson, resigned.
A telegram from Mr. Yeon. an
nouncing his acceptance, was re
ceived by the governor's office
late yesterday.
Mr. Yeon was the governor's
first selection for the position, bnt
declined to accept because of the
pressure of private -affairs. The
governor then appointed Eric .
Hauser who also declined. Gov?
ernor Olcott renewed efforts to In
duce Mr. Yeon to accept and he
finally consented.
Yeon Is a wealthy Portland
business man. and more than any
other person, perhaps, is to be
credited with bringing into exist
ence the famous Columbia River
highway.
Under the law It was necessary
for the governor to appoint a citi
zen ot Multnomah county, since
the statute" requires that each con
gressional district be represented
by a commissioner. Recommenda
tions were received ,by the gov
ernor In behalf of several able and
prominent men of other parts of
the state, bnt under the law they
were not eligible. j
FORESTRY MEN
LACK QUORUM
Adoption of New State Pol
icy Must be at Meeting
in Two Weeks
Lack of a quorum yestetday
prevented the state board of
forestry in a meeting at Corvallis
from adopting what forestry men
say will be the most complete and
comprehensive state forestry
policy that ever has been adopted
by any state in the union. And
which will be a model that other
states doubtless will follow.
C. S. Chapman, forester for the
Western Forestry and Conserva
tion association said here last
night that because of Oregon's
vast timber resources it is im
portant that the state should take
a lead such as that represented in
the policy' to be adopted.
Governor Olcott and other
members of the board who re
turned to Salem last night, de
clined to make public a gist of the
new policy, explaining that they
wished to wait until it is adop.ed.
which doubtless will be.two weeks
from today at a meeting In Port
land. The new state policy was
drafted by Mr. Chapman and Dean
George W. Peavy. head of the
forestry department at Oregon
Agricultural college.
Those who attended the meet
ing in Corvallis yesterday were
Governor Olcott. chairman of the
board; F. A. Elliott, state forester
and secretary of the board; Dean
G. W. Peavy. GeOrge Gerlinger.
District Forester Corgo H. Cecil.
C. S. Chapman and A. . Cooper,
a representative of the pine manu
facturers of eastern Oregon.
Importation of Wheat
From Canada Increases
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2 De
cided increase In the importation
ot wheat flour from Canada dur
ing the second half of October
was hown in figures issued todav
by lb? federal trade commission
in further response to President
Wilson's direction for injuiry into
the decline in wheat prices.
Figures gathered through cus
toms sources, the commission
aid. also indicated that the rate
of relatively larga importations
from Canada in the ame period
was substantially maintained.
HOl'SK MOTHER DIES.
CORVALLIS. Nov. 2V Mr. A.
D. Crane, house mother of Delta
Delta Delta house here, died sud
denly last night of heart failure.
She formerly lived at Los Angeles.
U.S. FIGURES
SILENTLY IN
CONFERENCE
a . j r m di ' tvalUDg t& rough a qmt a ln
Attitude ot America rlays:m,eAmer Parlrn,aa Wta Presid,Bt.
Par in riamntr Pn1Icil
ran in onaping roiiciei
of League of Nations in
. I
session at ueneya i
LABORS OF ARMAMENT
COMMITTEE BEGUN
Dr. Koo Urges Careful Ac
tion Considering Advice
of Outside Nations
GKNEVA. Nov. 20. (by AsM.
Press). Although the United
States is not represented by a
delegate In the assembly of the
league of nations, there is hard
ly a session in which the United
States Is not referred to. The
United -States today had a vol
unteer spokesman oa the speak
ers stand In N. W. Rowell of
Canada, who warned the assem
bly against any policy involving
Interference in the Internal affairs
of any country.
t. S. limn Am laflnetM-r
"Canada." said Mr. Rowell.
"will never consent to any such
interferences." adding:
"You cannot expect the great
country to the south of Canada
to become a party to the league
if there is any pretension that
the league can Interfere in its in
ternal affairs."
Signor Tittonl. of Italy.. reply
ing, regretted that the delegate!
took such a radical position on
a subject he thought open to dis
cussion. Today's session concluded the
first stage of the assembly's work.
The agenda now is In the hands
ot the committeos. which are x
pected to i e port esrly oa ques
tions susceptible of quick aoia
tioa. so that the full session can
act on these while committees
continue their work.
Advice of Xatkms Songht
The armament committee be
gan its labors today In open ses
sion. Christian Lange. of Nor
way, and Dr. Wellington Koo. of
China, gave a general sketch of
the work. The former suggested
that the only measure that' could
be adopted to gauge limitations
of armaments was the budget.
Dr. Da Cunha. ot Itrasil. intro
duced a resolution providing that
the manufacture of armaments
and munitions be limited to state
monopoly.
Dr. Koo said it was necessary
to go slowly to progress surely
He said that the United State
and Russia were not members of
the league and that other coun
tries which it would be necessary
to' consult are out of the league.
Winter Travel Developed
From Yukon Silver Camp
DAWSON. Nov. 20. Extensive
winter travel has developed be
tween Dawson and the new Yukon
silver ramp at Mayo. The Keno
Hill operations are continuing all
winter with electric equipment.
The Guggenheim have started
hauling three thousand tons of
ore from the hill with sleighs,
ready to ship to the smelter when
the river opens. The ore ranees
in value from one hundred to one
thousand dollars a ton. Indl
vidual operators also will hlP this
winter.
Farmers Face Situation
of Credit or Bankruptcy
LAUREL. Neb.. Nov. 20. -Farmers
of the country will bel
forced Into bankruptcy unleos the!
federal reserve board arrange
emergency CTedit extens-on. ac
cording to a petition circulated by
the Laurel Commercial club anl
signed by hundreds of farmers
and business men. W. F. Wrst
rand. secretary, says the petition
is being circulated In all parts of
this and surrounding states and
will be forwarded to Governor W.
I. G. Harding ot the federal re
serve board.
New Orleans Wharfage
Is Destroyed by Fir
NEW ORLEANS. 1.. Nov. 20.
The loss involved by a river front
00. according to a Ktateraent Is-
Mied tonUht. The blaze con -
sume-l 2m fivM of wharfage In
in.? onsninwn section.
Sparks from a switch engine are
Mlieved to have started the blai
which destroyed a new: banana
warf. eight box cars LlJ.-d with
gtvernmnt material, two gov
ernment derricks, damasjed tha
stern of the steamship Poncelot
being fitted for the French tins
and vast quantities ot export
goods.
HARDING REACHES
HALF WAY MARK
PARTY ENCOUNTERS ICKAL
TROPICAL II HIT
Fair Weather Favor Seaator Who
SfwntH Day Walk lag. Read las
, and Ilaj Irig taunea
ON BOARD STEAMER PARIS
MINA. Nov. 20. By Wireless.)
elm Mlng d party al
,onjJtht approache1 lhe half
yk ' h ,0,aK
Orleans to Panama.
from
Except for the i;ht
rain and
moderate wind, fair weather
favored the senator and he pent
mot of the day on derk walking.
reading and playing ship game.
Mrs. Harding remained in her
stateroom on the advice of her
physician. It was explained she
was not III. bat waa In need of
rest. Real tropical heat was en
countered today.
THOUSANDS GO
INTO BUILDING
Nearly Half Million Do II art
Represented in Ten
Months9 Permits
Ask the average resident ot Sa
lem If be thinks the property val
ues of tbt city have Increased
much during the past ten months.
and Invariably the reply will ba
that the city has grown very lit
tle. But figures do not lie. al
though sometimes liars fig-arw-and
a careful compiling ot tb
building and repair permits Issued
In the cftf recorders office this
year offers a revrlatioa to tha
ordinary busy worker ot Salem
who has had little time In which
to look around and see tha hap
penings in the city.
During the past 10. months 8
permits for -tha erection of new
buildings have been Issued, the
valuation ot which Is S3T2.4S9.
This amount does not Include th
paper mill, for which a bnildln
pennlt was not Issued, and whicb
would swell the figure about
quarter of a million dollars.
Sixty-flva permits have been
Issued by tha recorder for repair.
Ing and remodeling bull dings, cit
ed at a cost of 9S3.190.
Tnesa figures show m, total of
S42S.C40 lnereaa la the value of
Salem properties. In th last 10
months.
Steers9 Father Is Hurt
in Automobile Accident
THE DALLES. Ore.. Nov. 20.
II. P. Steers, father of Cap'ain
"Dill" Steers of the University of
Oregon football eleven, who was
Injured In an automobile accident
yesterday, was doing well today
and his recovery was believed to
be assured. The family tele
graphed the son to play the game
today at Oregon Agricultural col
lege. He was expected to come to
his home immediately after the
game.
CORVALLIS. Nov. 2. Bill
Steers. University ot Oregon
quarterback, played through to
day's game against Oregon Agri
cultural college with sorrow
clutching at his heart. Steers'
father was Injured perhaps fatal
ly In an automobile accident at
The Dalles Friday night. Rather
than desert his team, which de
pended so greatly on his efforts
he remained with tha eleven and
played through the game.
The moment the battle was over
Steers hurried Into his clothes and
took the first train for The Dalles.
If his father's condition shows any
Improvement he will go to Pasa
dena to play with his Oregon
teammates there on Thankgiving
day against the University of
Southern California. Otherwise
hewill remain at his father's bed
ride, he Mid.
Silverton High School
is Defeated by Dallas
DALLAS. Or.. Nov. 20. (Spec,
iJ to The Statesman.) The Dal-
U high school football team de
feated a team from the Silverton
hich school on the local ground
ester1ay afternoon by a score of
to o. The game was a hard
fought contest, the field being a
sea of mud and water. Silverton
and Dallas have be-n rUalt In
athletic sports lor the paM seve
ral years and the high school boys
are enthiiidas tic over their victory,
iullas ban made an entlable rec
ord this eeaon. having lot but
one game. They play their lat
game Thankscivtng day with a
team from the Forest Grove high
school.
1
J
Is Acceptable to Japan
LOS ANGELES. Cel.. Nov. 20
Japanese newpaper today an
nounced the completion of the
new treaty between Japan and the
United States and stated It
was
to a cable frota Toklo recelted
bere today by the Japanese Daily
News.
It was declared .the Jtreaty
would la no way affect Hawaii.
SHIPPERS TO
OPPOSE ANY
RATE CUTS
Existing Schedules to Con
tinue Until Competition
Forces Rerision is Agree
ment of Conference
EXPECT NO CHANGE
BY MITSUI COMPANY
Any Rerision of Rates Re
uired to Meet Competition
FaTored by Members
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 20.
Shipping men. members f law
Pacific Westbound conference, la
session here todsy. took action
tor protection against threaten
ed rata 'cutting on trans-racise
freight, by going oa record as
favoring any revision of exist teg
rales required to meet competi
tion, with proper not lea to all
members.
Hairs Not ta be Cat
At the asm time, J. J. WlJ Als
ton, resident agent for tha Blss
Funnel line, which concern had
been reported contemplating ruts
In rates, made positive statement
that wail his company cannot
andsr tha rales ot tha Holt cor
poration enter aay conference, tt
would abide by tha rates ests fe
ed at tha conference.
The Mitsui Company, which
also wss reported preparing to
cut rates, is a member - ot the
conference aad local members
said they anticipate no rata cutt
ing from that concern.
Krrhitoe) la Favored
Shippers attending tha confer
ence today declared the two com
panies, neither of which was re
presented at the meeting, are ac
cepting freight at less thsa con
ference rates.
It was agreed todsy list the
existing ec&edole ot rats win he
malatalaed as til com petit too
forces revision, and that, with no
tice, to all members and to tha
United States shipping board. -the
conference will cut Us rates to
any degree necessary to meet competition.-
Dallas Lodging Houses
Musi Have Fire Escapes
DALLAS. Nov. 20. f Special to
The Statesman.) ilhla lie
next few weeks all of the build
ings la this city need as hotels and
rooming houses with two or nor
stories will be equipped with fir
escapes as an ordinance to that
effect Is now pending before ,ina
city council and undoubtedly will
be passed at the ncxt regalar
meeting.
The places affected by the or
dinance wilt be the Gall hotel, the
Dallas hotel, the Imperial Room
ing house and the old dormitory
building now nsed as aa apart
ment house.
The Gail hotel Is the only one
of these buildings which Is cow
provided with fire escspes. but
more will be Installed on the
building in the near future.
VAXCOUVF.R MILLM CLOSE.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 20.
The Vancouver flour mills were
closed .today. The management
announced the mill wss shut down
owing to the condition ot the
flour market. Fifty men were
employed at the mills.
ACCIDENT LIST
e
What narrowly escaped Z
being a serious accident oe-
curred yesterday at the In-
tervction ot Church and
Court streets when la auto-
'mobile driven by Roy Ro-
land of f0i North Summer 4
street, collided with a bug-
gy. the occupants of which
were thrown to the pave-
ment. William Hawkins ot -
S25 North Capital street.
who wss riding in the buggy. 4
received injuries sbout the
bead bnt William William-
son and sister. Hilda WIU
liamson. who were also In A
the buggy escaped nnln
Jnred. Tb- buggy was 3
slightly damaged.
A report sent Into police. ,
r-adquarter yl-ttrdav by
Carl E. Miller of SSS North
Fourteenth stre-t, ay that 1
while he was driving an aa-
tomoblle east on Court street
between Liberty and High .
streets, he wss run into by an
antnmobil turning eudd-a-
ly In front of him. wlthoat ,
any warning on the pert ot
the driver. Miller said his
maehin- was slightly dam- U
aged tv the collision hut no 4
one was Injured. He dl4
not succeed la getting the
name of the driver or the
number on his car. - "1
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