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BMim THE WEATHER. Wednesday: Rain, rresh south f3sterly winds. mm , - - The Statesman mm the leased wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and raoat re Habit press atsoclation la the world. SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1920 PRICK: FIVE CENTS mm IS HEW LEADER OF MEXICO If.xJco Will Accept Invita tion to Membership in 1 Leapie of Nations bays I President-elect PRESIDENT'S CHAIR TAKEN AT MIDNIGHT Hundreds of Americans to Witness Inauguration in Mexico City . HJKICOf CITY, Sor. 30. -vprlco will not ask admission "on to orfer or employ the rail to the league of nations, but forcer of the United States S-..M . initton to member- Mn an' project for the relief of Miiuuiu n'bip be extended by the league tt would be given consideration 'j Tnis declaration was made by funeral ' 'Alvaro Obregon, presi-dent-elec,t of the republic, in an Interview today with the Associ ated Press, during which he dis cussed various problems that will demand bis attention when he as turnes the presidency at midnight tonight, t' V 'Admittance Not to Ix Sought. . General Obregon said he was1 certain that the provisional gov ernment under President de la Hoerta had not requested such membership and it was the In tention of his government to con tinue this policy of aloofness, his attitude ' being that, Mexico In miking overtures for member ship In the league would engage In a humiliating act entirely in consistent with its traditinal na tional pride. - Tn correspondent was received la General Obregon's home, ad jacent to Chapultepec castle, the presidential residence, where lor wveral weeks the president-elect because of a slight indisposition. baa conducted his affairs. - Gen eral Obregon,. who is in the best at health now. prefaced his dig ression of Mexican problems with an. expression of gratitude for tie courtesy shown, htenwpy . the ha4reds of American", visitors o are In . Mexico' City for his . inauguration "It indicates a better feeling between the two countries which will continue to grow." he said -'- Reconstruction I Problem. ; Petroleum regulations, the la- bor situation, radicalism and his proposed legislative projects were (discussed ' "The great nroblem t face as the new Mexican executive is that of general reconstruction," he fleclared. "I have reflected ; my attltade toward various problems la a aeries of projects which ha already submitted ' to con- treaa for consideration 0f firat interest to Americans. of coarse, is the oil problem and a this connection I might say ttat articles 14 and 27 will not w abrogated. But I am sure that within af short time, a com mission will be annotated to reg ulate the application of these ar : tklea. f - Oil Situation Discussed. "I do not Intend to make any commendatins to congress re tarding petroleum matters be rond arglng that the commission fee established and that all par tes concerned be given fair and Jt treatment. I feel certain ttat this problem ultimately will aettled to the entire satisfac tion of all concerned." -Asked' what h. considered the Bat significant: results accom 4bed y jihe old ' Mexican gov jament which retires tonight, wneral Obregon answered that andoubtedlji Its greatest work u the psiclfication of the re , JnoHe whiclU he added, "is a se i ac te the revolutionary move t of last summer." ' ' The Institution of economical i 'fnoda in public administration wca naa resulted in the equal . 'atioa of the national budget and TDroach Ao financial stability. , elted by the president-elect " "other significant result. Jbor u Oreait Problern. ,M!ol Mexico's greatest problem, at present is of labor," "nral Obrornn ai1 "I am tlve that radicalism Is not so "'spread that it constitutes a f-enace to the neace of Mexico. nowever. I do recognize that the" --.ers nave a right to fight for wterment of their conditions , . - w " iA4 I. n ill icuu r5s.ble aid to secure such bet- kul me workers act with 2? Uw B3 order." e president-elect recently "Emitted to congress a- law ." contemplates a system of for .Da and ,nu"ance policies 'hjployes Who have prnwn nM J f,rt,iee or who have' become aa the result of their (Continued on mm s v While In Portland Stop At HOTEL H0YT Sixth, and Hoyt Sts. PERSONAL MEDIATION OFFERED BY PRESIDENT ARMEX I A X TKAGEI'V IS HIKH GUT TO ATTENTION' With Moral and Diplomat ic Sup ort Peaceful Settlement May lie Effected WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. President Wilson today proffered his "personal mediation through a representative" to end hostilities in, Armenia. ' The otfer was in reply to an in vitation from Paul Hymans, presi dent of the council Pf the league of nations, transmitting a resolu tion adopted in behalf of Armenia by the assembly of the league at Geneva, November 22. It; request ed.that the '"horrors of the 'Ar menia tragedy" be brought to the attention of the powers with a view to entrusting some power with the task of taking the neces sary measures to stop the hostili ties in Armenia. The United States, although not a member of the league, was included among the nations of the world to whom the broadcast invitation was is sued. In his reply, however. Mr. Wil son said he was without authori sation to offer or employ the rail- Armenia, or any material contri butions requiring the consent of congress "which isj not now in session and whose action li could not forecast." . '. ! The president declared, i how ever, that he was willing upon as surances of the moral and diplo matic support of he principal powers, to endeavor to bring about peace between the contend ing -parries in Armenia through :.Wi".X as to the avenues through which the proffer should be conveyed th" panies to wnom u snouia be ad dressed. 'Among officials in close touch with the president ft was suggest ed that on account of the familiar ity of Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, with near eastern problems, it was possible that he would be the "representa tive" through whom Mr. Wilson might act. The president already has before him much data bear ing on Armenia, in connection with the task of fixing Armenian boundaries. BANDITS KILL Marines and Gendarmes Are Mutilated and Left to Die in Roads PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti. Nov. 30. (By Associated Press.) The naval court of inquiry inves tigating the actions of American marines concluded its bearings In Hail today with the examination of Lieutenant Colonel Hooker of the gendarmerie, who testified to the belief that 2000 peaceful Haitians had been killed by ban dits In the last few' years. He declared that from March. 1919. to Octoher, it 19., larger farming and settlement areas were com pletely wiped out by bandits. Colonel Hooker gave a startling idea of the methods of the out laws, citing nearly a dozen cases I to show how marines land gen darmes captured by bandits were mutilated. Ue said that in every Instance they were decapitated. and their vital organs removed and scattered along the trails. Two marines were burned to death after torture. Colonel Hook er asserted. He testified that a lieutenant had ben killed, the heart and liver distributed and eaten and the brain removed to erease bullets for the bandits' guns. The records, he saia. snow ed that 32 gendarme officers were killed. Dorcas Williams, sergeant or marines, accused of killing Gar nler Jean last year, today entered emphatical denial of guilt. He declared Jean's house ; was mm way between the bandits and gen darmes during a battle at Mals sade, and said that, hearing that Jean was intimate with the ma rauders, he summoned , him. He testified that Jean appeared with a towel around his neck and a blanket about his stomach, show ing he bad been wounded. Wil liams asserted Jean was in his of fice while he (Williams) was pa trolling and that he learned upon 1. 1 i t-t loan was dead. Admiral Henry T. Mayo, presi dent of the court, announced the hearings would be resumed in Washington. Date Changed for Annual Commercial Club Meeting At a meeting of the board of.y0a Sh011id have consulted Sands directors of the Salem Commer-1 when you received those letters cial club last nigm u was dded to hold the annual meeting of the club on Thursday, Decem ber 9. instead of Wednesday, De .omhor s. The reason for the change Is an Important Masonic function which is dated for Wed nesday night. .'. Officers and directors of the club will be elected at the an nual meeting, and to the new di rectorate will be left the election of a manager to succeed T. McCroskey, resigned. ... Influence is being brought to bear to induce President J. w. Chambers to accept a second term as head of the organization. SANDS GRAFT ALLEGATION IS DENIED Boiling Emphatic in His De nial of Charges Made Asrainst Hiin in Alleged $25,000 Purchase Fund ANONYMOUS LETTERS TELL IMPLICATIONS Witness Characterizes Boil ing as Straight Forward and Honest NEW: YORK, Nov. 30. R. Wilmer Dolling, treasurer of the United States shipping board and brother-in-law of President Wil son, today emphatically denied allegations that he had partici pated in the $25,000 fund alleged to have been distributed by Tuck er J. Sands, for securing a con tract with the United States ! shipping board, llolling Ik Voluntary Witness. Boiling was a voluntary wit ness before the Walsh congres sional committee, investigating shipping board atfairs. The al evolving the name of Mr. Holing were made by Sands when he testified last week. Sands alleged lie received $40,000 in notes from Wallace Downey of which 125.000 was divided be tween himself, Dolling. Lester Sisler, former secretary of the board, and John N. Cranor, rep resentative of Downey. Sisler, who also appeared vol untarily before; the committee, vras shown the photostat copy of Sands' charges, now a part of the record, and he made positive denial of the allegations against him. M Supplementing; a statement to the press this, morning, which was read into the record of the proceedings. Dolling testified that bis first Intimation of - the charges came to him in the form of an anonymorusi letter addressed to 'Joseph P .Tumulty,-, followed by a similar letter addressed to William G. McAdoo. Allegations Are Vntnie. "There is not a word of truth in the allegations made by Mr. Sands," Dolling raid. "He added that the letter which alleged that, he had par ticipated in the funds, had been turned over to the department of justice. He testified that the charges against his name and reputation had been Investigated, hot only by the department of justice, but by shipping board otficlals, and had been found to be without foundation. Alonzo Tweedale. comptroller of the board, testified that prior to his recommending Mr. Dolling for the appointment as treasurer of the shipping board, he had been informed of the allegations by Dolling himself. Tweedale testified he ascer tained the charges against Doll ing had been investigated by Houston Thompson, assistant at torney general, through the secret service branch of the department of justice and was assured by Thompson that there was abso lutely nothing by which Dolling ''could be implicated or attached to the story.'. Mechan Gives Information. He also said he had talked with John. T. Meehan, investiga tor for the shipping board and was given similar Information. - "Meehan told me there was nothing to implicate Mr. Dolling" be asserted. The witness said he considered Mr. Dolling an straight-forward and eminently honorable m&n.-' , "Dolling." he added, "had mil lions of dollars in his hands every day. I would trust any matter to his care, knowing it would be taken care cf as well as I could do It myself." Dolling told the committee that the receipt of anonymous letters first apprised him of being im plicated in the alleged distribu tion of $40,000. He was asked if he investigated the origin of the letters or had consulted Mr. Sands about their import, to which he replied he had not gone to Sands about them. "You say you and Sands were very good friends? Representa tive Kelley asked. "Yes, sir," Dolling replied. "Did it not occur to you that Involving your good name and found out what it-was all about?" Representative Kelley asked. Inquiries Neglected. Inquiries Neglected. The witness replied In the neg ative, but added he realized now that he should have made in quiries. -Mr'. ' Boiling 'testified that the anonymous letter to Mr. McAdoo was written on October 18. 1919. and that the following month he accompanied Edward Hurley, ttien hatrnian of the board, to France, where he remained until (Continued on page 7) SELF-SACRIFICE DAY IN LEAGUE FOR SfAIN SPANISH L.X;i'AK NOT TO IlK OFFICIAL Japanese Viotint IHflares Japaa Will Itenew Demand for Kqiml ' ity ltrardP'KM of ICjm. GENEVA. Nov. 30. This wa4 what might be caller swlf-sarrificW day In the assembly of the leagua of nations. Spain and other Spanish-speaking cofintries yacrificed their request that Spanish should be madej one of the official lai guas;s; l. Vivaiuni of the Krencli delegation withdrew an ameu, ment in order to enable the aV sembly to reach a unanimous voM on the rules of procedure. whib; Viscount Ishii, head of the Jfc panese delegation, in a speech that comniandtHl great attention; said that Japan would forego at this session the renewal of its do mand that the league recognize the principle of equality of peo ples regardless of race, national ity or religion. In his declaration before the assembly Viscount Ishii said: "Japan had the opportunity when the covenant originally was formulated to declare her belief that equality before the law should be assured all men. irre-: spective of nationality, race or re ligion." It was remarked that Viscount Ishii's declaration - seemed to please Arthur J. Balfour especial ly while the Canadians and Aus trlians gave no si en of their im- presaions. An eloquent speech by Narciso Garay of Panama in favor of the Spanish langnace as one of the of ficial languages brought forth the only applause. S. B. HOUSTON DIES SUDDENLY Member of State Senate Succumbs in Federal Court Room, Portland S. B. Huston, prominent attor ney and politician, dropped dead in Federal Judge Wolverton's court room in the old postoffice building in Portland as he was waiting for court to convene at 2 o'clock p. m. yesterday, i Apoplexy is believed-to have been the cause. Mr.-Husron was sitting In the courtroom talking to John Knight and Tinnles DeBoest, court bail iffs, while waiting for Judge Wolverton to take the bench. Death Instantaneous. Suddenly he slipped 'forward and was about to plunge face foremost from his chair when Knight caught him. Knight and DeBoest carried the stricken man from the courtroom to Judge Wolverton's chambers. They laid him on a conch and pre pared to call a doctor. But he was dead. He had gone to court in connec tion with the case of David Mor gan against the Celar Lake Irri gation & Lumber company and 67 other defendants. He represented the company. Out of respect to Mr. Huston, Judge Wolverton adjourned court until this morning. Mr. Huston was a member of the law firm of Huston Mea cham. with offices In 809 Cham' ber of Commerce building. During his political career he was at different times a member of both the Democratic and Ite - publican parties At the time he began to prac-; tice law in Hillsboro some 20 years a go. -he was elected state senator from Washington county on the Democratic ticket. In 1896 however, he affiliated with the Republican party and since that time hadi been prominent in the Republican organization. During his service in the senate he was a leader and teas the im pelling power behind the passage of a great deal of helpful legisla tion. Mr. Huston was born at New rnuadeiphia. Ind.. March 16. 18.8. He was educated at North ern Indiana university at Valpa raiso. He was admitted to the bar in 1879j From 1880 to 1883 he was employed by the Santa Fe railroad. In 1883 he started prac ticing law at Hillsboro. He has been practicing in Portland since 1906. He was a member of the State Bar association, having been pres ident in 1902 and 1903. "From 1892 to 1896 he was a member of the state senate from Washington county. In 1914 and 1915 he was a member of the Oregon house of representatives from Multnomah county. He had just concluded serving a four-year term in the state sen ate from Multnomah county. On June 28. 1884. Mr. Huston married Ella, daughter of . Dr. William Gelger of Forest Grove, who came to Oregon in 1839. The senator is survived by three chil dren. Mrs. H. M. Clifford of Bak er, Oliver D.. in the exporting business in this city with orfices in the .Wilcox building, and ' Carl, who also resides at Portland. Both sons enlisted at the outbreak of the war. The late attorney was a mem ber of the chamber of commerce, the Portland Ad club, and the Portland Heights club. He has ever taken an active part in civic affairs and has spoken before many local improvement and com mercial bodies. The family residence is at 22 Elm street, Portland, CORK SKY LIGHT BY INCENDIARY GLARES KHmxii ATT KM IT MtlK TO nriixVrrv HA IX Flro llrigadc U Fired Fpnn ly lnrtle of Makod Men WIm-ii ltesjMitdinC to Alunn .COUK. Nov. 30. The olor ol charred or pnionldering wood pre vails in Cork and the main street is unsightly with the debris or fire-wrecked houses. Since Friday the sky nightly has been lighted by the glare of incendiary fires, which have de stroyed a dozen larxe buildinr. causing losses estimated at about J1.S0O.00O. Early today a second unsuccess ful attempt was made to burn the city hall which recently was badly damaged by a bomb explosion and fire. Xo lens than five Sinn Fein clubs have been destroyed. The present series of fires followed warnings that reprisals would take place unless three army of ficers kidnapped recently from a train at Waterfall were returned unharmed. An unconfirmed re port is that the bodies of all three officers were found in a Held near Waierfall. The fire brigade when resnnnd- ing to an alarm Sunday night was fired npon by parties of masked uniformed men. consequently the firemen feared to venture forth, and when the Thomas Ashe Sinn Fein club was set on fire today they refused to leave their quar ters until the protection of two lorries loaded with soldiers was afforded' them. The fires, usually have been started with incendiary bombs and petrol in buildings the owners or occupants of which are believed to be Sinn Feiners, Explosions and fusillades from rifles and revolvers almost Invar iably furnish a terrifying overture ana accompanlmemnt to the con flagration. LEGISLATION TO REMEDY PRICES Agricultural Committee to Consider Interests of Farmers WASHINGTON. Nov. 0 Pos sible remedial legislation for ag ricultural interests will be dis cussed at a Joint meeting of the agricultural committee of the senate "and house Thursday. The senate committee went over the situation today and invited .tb house committee members to meet with them Thursday to see what could be done to alleviate the situation caused by falling prices for farm products. Senate committeemen said ten tative suggestions for consider ation included: "Revival of the war finance corporation and the opening of European markets for surplus products, some plan for extend ing Credit to foreign nations ar.d amendment of the federal reserve act to rush extension of credits on agricultural paper." ' Senator" .Vorris. Nebraska, said re-ertabliFhroent or trade with Russia would be one means of reuer. senator France. Mary land, another member of the com mittee, plans to Introduce a reso lution for this purpose. Senator Harris. Mississippi, also a committee member, indi cated that congressmen from rot- llon aie were ready to Join with those from wheat and rat tle states In pushing relief legis lation. He said he wanted to see the war finance corporation re vived and provisions made for government loans to the agricul tural Interests. "The government encouraged the farmers to make this crop, which was at a very bish cost of production and the government ought to apply exceptional treat ment to aid them." asserted Sen ator Harrison, who said he had bills to ofrer dealing with the problem, if the Joint rommlttr session reached no definite pro gram. He raid he would also favor naking property In the hand.-, of the alien property cutodlan. am ounting to about $400,000,000 a basis for extending cred:t to Ger many to purchase surplus Am erican products. DA II V CYCmXK WHIRLS. HEAYERTON. Or.. Nov. 20. A miniature cyclone Is reported to have swept through the Hill side section late Saturday after noon. The twister was reported by T. A. Darrow to have traveled in a northeasterly direction cut ting a path about 12 feet wid through a grove of second growth fir. Trees were twisted off and uprooted on a numWr of farmc and chicken houses and other minor buildings suffered the los of their roofs. No one was In j n red. WKNATC1IEE TO FIjOAT. PORTLAND. Nov. 20. Plans for an excursion by a number of Portland trade envoys on the Wenatchee. the fiist fast freigh. and passenger steamship of the United States shipping board to operate between the Columbia river and the orient, were an nounced today by the Foreign Commerce club, which appointed a committee to make arrange menta for the voyage which will etart Urch 1. 8 BODIES ARE FOUND ON BEACH Missing Barge Undoubtedly Went Ashort on Nest of Rocks at Mouth of Quil layute River . SURVIVAL OF TWO MEN IS HELD MIRACULOUS Captain Tibbetts Forced to Cut Pirrie Loose to Save Santa Rita' SEATTLE. Nov. 30. Recovery of eisht lodie. including those o' ('apt. and Mrs. Alfred II. Jen-st-n and First Officer Peter Hohl- mann. washed up on the hettch near the mouth of the Qullla yute river, on the Washington crast.'as reported by telephone to the Associated Press from Clal lam bay. Wash., early tonight, establishes beyond doubt, it I believed by local shipping men. the fate of the missing barge W. J. Pirrie. which wan caught in the ton-trie storm off the Wash ington coast last week. i Truce of llaby l Found. The finding of the bodies was rerfrted to the Seattle offices of W. R. Grace A Co.. owners of the Pirrie and the steamer Santa Rita which was forced to eut the Pirrie adrift in the height of the storm. Aside from the bodies of the master, his wife and the first of ficer, all the bodies recovered today were those of Chilean members of the crew. It was re ported. It was stated no trace had yet been found of Captain Jensen's 1 1-months-old .baby boy. . Searching parties of Indians from the Quillayute reservation are working up and down the coast covering a stretch of about five miles between Cape John son and James Island, for other bodies of wreck victims. Pirrie Ashore im Cake Itork. Acrordtnr to Captain Austin, in command of the coast guard cutter Snohomikh. which respond ed to a S. O. h. call from the Satrta Rita last Friday night and has been standing by ever since, there is little doubt that the Pirrie went ashore on the neet ' of rock known as the Glant'j Graveyard, at the mouth of the Quillayute river, off Jamea Is land. Cake rock, which Is a part of the Giant's Graveyard, la be lieved to have been the point on which the vessel was destroyed. Two Mew Survive Kxpnuure. The coast In the vicinity of the wreck i dotted with Jagged rocks and the escape, alive, of two members of the Pirrie crew, who were found unconscious anj almost dead from exposure, last night. Is considered by shipping men here as little short of mira culous. The.- men who were able to speak but little English. Were unable to give a very rear ac count of their experience, but It as evident from the information they gave that the Pirrie was lo?t. It was through information they gave that the bodies of Cap tain Jensen. First Officer Ilohl- mann and two unidentified rail- ors were found. Ijiter the search- irg parties found four mote bod ies. 1.1 fesa vers from the Neah bay district have taken charge of the Fcarch for other member of the crew of the vessel tonight. Captain Forced to Cat Rjirge lOKT ANGELES. Wash.. Nov. 30. Capt. J. K. Tlbbrtts. master or the steamer Santa Rita, which cut adrift the steel barge W. J. Pirrie In lie storm off the Wash ington coast lt wek. -w; forced to send the ill-fated vesH to almost certain destruction to prevent the wrecking of both ships, according to officers of the ccast guard cutter Snohoiuih. which put into this port todav for coal, after standing by with the Santa Rita since last Frldav night. Captain Tibbetts was faced ih a momentous decision when in the heicht of the storm he re alized he could not hold his tow." said Captain Austin of the Sno homish tonight. "Doth vessels were within KOO yard of th retks and facing certain destruc tion and there was only one thing for the master of the Santa Rita to ao. tie rut the hawser, re leasing the Pirrie. to save the Santa Rita and her crew." Captain Heads for Strait. According to Captain Tibbett s itory. as given to Captain Aus un, the Santa nita and hr tow were f!rt struck by tb storm near Instruction Island, atte- leaving Tacoma and standing out by the capes, down the eoaU It was a "dead-on-shore" wind and the worst ever experienced by the matter ot the Santa Rita He put about and headed hack Uit the straits or Juan de Fuca but was unable to make vrar against the gale, and hove to. heading into the sea and wind. (.Continued on page 7) HARDING MAKES CALL AT ISLE OF JAMAICA WIST IMMF.S Kl IMi:T FOllM iioMu: ;i'A!n President -eject ArronVtl TUiMq-4 la kia.Vi HoiM Halk fittest Along Ilutite KINGSTON. Jamaica. Nov. 20. Senator I;aroin2 arr.ve,I ml Kingston thL morning on the Mejmer Pastore. which broarht him from the eanal zone, lie wa mt by the mayor. Ird!ns offi cials and representative citizen. A enard of honor roMpwi-d of a Wewt Indie regiment wa lined up on the quay as the prntideni elect disrnbarked. Crowd which bad ratberetl wdmrned Mm with cheer, while a band played "The Star Spmrled Hanner." Nfter a trl f conversation with the mayor. In which the senator ra'.d lie was glad of the oppor tunity afforded him to vUlt Ja maica, he was drlren throtirh the principal Ihorooghfart to Kins House, the residence of the gcv ernor. where a reception was lu ld. An ovation was given the president-elect all along the route. NEW NAME IS GIVEN SOCIETY Floral Organization Be comes City Improvement League Th new name Floral society Is proveraent league. of the Salem the City In- This was derided at a well at tended meeting of the society at the Salem Commercial club rooms, at which all the directors were present, laat night. It is the purpose of the newly named 'league to have It galvan laed with n-w life, with larger purposes and a broader and more Intensive program. Mrs. Josle S'ewart. upon the argent demand of all present, de cided to accept the presidency of the new organization. The Idea Is to merge the work of all the local Improvement a- socUtiona In all the diatrtct. eat.J north and south. Everything will tie done with! a view to a better Salem every thing for a Salem beautiral. The first work to be nnder taken will "be the beautifying of the district' arenad the Highland school and generally la the north ern section. Where so many strangers mast eome over the paved road a. It Is hoped that he co-operation of the Parent-Teachers asso ciation of the Highland district may be enlisted la this initial effort. t There are tuany ways la which Salem may- be made a better and more beautiful (ity. and the City improvement league Is ambi tious to enlist the aid of every one at all interested In this city or this district. MOST OF ROAD MONEY IS SPENT I LAST Out of a total of jri.SOJ.sil 92 that has been expended by the slate highway department from its inception in 1512 to the close of the flscat year fcr 130. end ing tody. more tbaa half, or S13.3II.29S. 27. has been emend- ed this year A summary of the expenditures over that period year by year up on work handled under th super vision of the department Is given below : 1913-11 State fand. $20.. SR.9; county funds, f t.oou.ooo; total. S1.2oo.SS.09. 1915 state fundi. 12U.221. 51: county funds. 2it. total. 1514.977.15. 191 State fundi, f 199.55C- : connty funds. $9. 471. 90: to-: tal. 29.2A. j 1917 State funds. $7l.;i9.-1 61: county funds. 1270.12.37; total. S944.4ll.9s. 191 State fands. S2.214,oV. "7; county fund. S 39.5S2.42; total. $2,653,510.49. 1919 State funds. S. 296.277. "7; county lands. S-6K.5iw.l; government funds. S22 4.S5! gSe; total. S6.9.77v. 1920 State fands. SI 1.362. 169. SZ; ciwnty funds. Ss.i39.- 4.verurnent fund. l.o9i. 027.23; railroad fund for build ing rrtiDx. 1 17.661.62: total. S13.344.39k.37. Totals Staf? funds. $21,163. 379.14: county fund. $3.41. 922.23: government funds. $1. 320.h7s.93; railroad fund. $17. 61.62; grand total. $25,903. S51.92. A summary of the departments expenditures for the last hienni am, from Ieeenber 1. 191 S. to November 30. 1920. inclusive. follows: For grading, bridges, macad amizing and paving, exclusive of work under pot and forest road Grand total. $ 1 2.i4.362.30: from state funds. $11,194.37.20: from county fond. $992,262.4: from railroad funis, $17,661.62: suicide is ATTEMPT OF PRISON GIRL Mabel Goodan, Only Wo man in Penitentiary, Swallows Poison When Intimacy Is Detected JAIL ROMANCE IS RUDELY SHATTERED Icmate Tells Story to-Officer and Confesses Mate is Not Husband A prison romance, affectionate missives paing between the state penitentiary and a paroled con vict la Eugene, and a woman's confession In the office of Stae Parole Officer P. M. Varney led to aa attempt at suicide by Mabel loodan In her room al the peni tentiary yesterday. A pbyatclaa sated the girl's life att-r she had swallowed poison.' She la IS years old. A farther development la the affair was the arrest at Eagene of David McCardell. who will t returned to the penitentiary to day aa a parole violator. Chief of Police CbrUtensea of that pUre will bring him to Falem. Paramowr AIo (javirtrd. The girl, who gave her name as Mabel Goodan. now apparently aa alias, was convicted la Jack, son county on a charge of obtain ing goods by falre pretense and was received at the sta'e prison last July to serve two years. She is the only woman la the limita tion. At the same time. Daa Goodan. ! the man she elslmiwl a K.r tin. band, was committed from Jack- son county oa a charge of forgery, sentenced to de three years for the crime. McCardell came Into the wom an's life aft-r she was Incarcer ated. He was convicted la Mult nomah county oa a charge of lar. eeny la a dwelling; end arrived al the state prison December IZ. under a sentence of tTsree years. He was paroled Novem ber 13. this year. Partei Maa to flagem. Immediately apoa receiving hit parol privlleg McCardell west to Eugene. Shortly thereafter letters begaa to come from Eu gene to the girl la prlsoa. signed Atvln Hatby. who purported to be her cousin. This was a rase to deceive the prlsoa officials, for (Continued oa page 7) BY BOARD 12 MONTHS engineering and administration. I7o.ju.:o. To complete work under 111 1J1 contract Graad total. S4l2.17a.24; from state fands. I jrX.2.7J; from county fands. 23. iI.zi ; engineering and ad- I ministration, fl3.ai0.4i. " wvta wutj-T rvm pro Jeett Grrnd total. S4.i4.O0. i: from state fundi, 12.023,. 421. at: from eonntr funds, f 219.- .ov.tf: from government funds. $1.320.!I7S.93: engineering and administration. $31326.41. For wmk bW (ort road projects Grand total. $02.10. 97: from state funds. $42.1M. 97. Maintenance work Grand to tal. $114. 326.4: from slate fand. $112,670.57; from county runes, siccus!. - For road sisnlng Graad total. $5226.79; from ttate ' funds. $5226.79. For Interett on bond, etc. Grand total. $653,051.70; from atate fund. $653,051.70. For equipment and stocks Grand total. $292.6oo.C4; from S'ate funds. $292,699.60. For survey ofytate highways Grand total. $41 4. at 1.34; from state fundi $414,111.34: engi neering and administration. $114. Ml. 21. .For engineering county construc tion Grand total. $91.16.2: from state funds. $J1.16..20; en gineering and administration. $91.16. 20. For market road engineering Grand total. aa.63.77: from atae fund. $2.62S.77: engi neering and administration. $21. 524.17. For administration and general supervision Grand total, $350.. .16; from atate funds. $150. 67.16. Totals Grand total. $20,234. 177.5: from state funds. $17, 65ft.S46.90; from county funds. $1,227.09.60; from government fondt. $1.32.7.93: from rail road fund. $1 7,661.62: engineer ing and adminiitratioa, $1,992,-10S.S5,