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"SEVENTIETH YEAR
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" l l SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY. ' MftRNf Kn nprpvtjpp 01 Skwa .
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DANCE BILL
IS PASSED
BV COUNCIL
Ordinance Tells Exactly
How Partners Must Stand
Hold and Step in Capital
' City Night life
VANDEVORT, MOORE
OPPOSED TO MEASURE
License Schedule Fixed and
Penalty Provided for Vio
, lation of Law
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The 1920 city council held its
I final working session last night.
"With the first meeting of the !
new year the newly elected
councilmen will occupy the Beats i
left vacant by the retiring mem
bers. . Alderman J. B. Giesy, tt j
the meeting last night, spoke of
the pleasant relationship which
'had existed throughout the year,
and, realizing that In a measure
it was their final gathering of the
body, the member expressed a
hope that they might be permit
ted to be together again in some
future work.
The meeting last night vas a
busy one, various ordinances and
bills coming on for a third read
ing. Chief among the bills pas
sed were those regulating the
dance and pool hall licenses. .
At the conclusion of the third
reading of the dance bill, H. II.
Vandenrort raised an objection to
the passage of the bill on the
grounds that it was unnecessary,
that the individual should regu-
late these questions for himself.
J. Banmgartner inquired of Mr.
Vandenrort if it in anyway inter
fered with his form of dancing.
The roll was called . and ; the
bill passed, with but two dissent
ing TOices, Mr. Vandenrort and A.
H. Moore voting no.
The Portland ordinance regu
lating the dance .was used as a
copy for the Salem irdlnance and
. follows In part;
- -Dances .Open to Inspection
"All . dances shall be open for
iagpection. by any police officer
'. of the city of Salem at any and
all times, .
"It shall be the duty of every
person, club, society or associa
tion, their officers, agents and
employes, giving or conducting a
: dance, to conduct the same in a
1 proper and decorous manner and
prevent ragging and other sug
gestive or improper dancing.
They shall not permit or allow
any person under the influence
of intoxicating liquor -to be or
remain . within the ballroom, or
in the hallway or stairs leading
thereto, or in any ante-room.
; ."All dances shall be discontin
ued and all dance- halls shall be
closed on or before 12 o'clock
midnight; provided however, that
upon previous writtcr permission
granted by the chief of police of
the city of Salem, such dance
may be. continued and said dance
hall remain open until the time
mentioned in such permit, but no
tickets shall be sold or accepted
tor admission to such dance hall
'after the hour of 12 o'clock mid
night.. .'.Mjearn This by Heart
No undue familiarity shall be
permitted. The position In danc
ing shall be known as the waltz
position, which is as folows:
, Dancers stand facing opposite
directions, half to the side with
lady, looking over gentleman's
right shoulder, her left foot out
side of, gentleman's right foot,
likewise his left foot outside of
the lady's right foot, gentleman's
right hand placed on lady's back
between the waist and shoulders
'and not beyond the center line,
lady's left arm resting on the
, gentleman's right arm touch at
the elbow. Lady's left hand
t laced on gentleman's lower right
.shoulder blade. Gentleman's left
arm extended to left side, not
below the wait-line or above the
lhoulder line, with balm of hand
Lady's right hand placed.
Uh palm down, in gentleman's
'eft., i This description refers to
, dancers, wherein the waltz or
; closed position is used. Partners
'. U11 keep their boles and faced
re from each other.
' Chapcronage Stringent,
' "It -shall be unlawful to permit
; or suffer any person under the
e of ilS years to take part In
'"ny dance or to remain at such
tance hall after the hour of 0
'clock ;. p. ! m. unless such person
accompanied by his or her
Parent or guardian. It shall be
"nlawfdl for any person to make
misrepresentation or false
atement as to the age of him
H'lf or . herself for the purpose
' f obtaining admission to said
bailee ball or for permission to
rroaja therein in violation of
' this ordinance, and it shall be un
lawful, for any person to falsely
. jpreFcnt himself or herself to
b a parent or guardian of-any
0,.aer person in order that such
Krson may obtain admission to
"ch dance hall or bcpennltted,
(Continued on page2)
FAMOUS ROCK BREAKS!
IN PROCESS OF MOVING
Qltf GIXAfj SHORELINE TO BE
ltESTOUKI)
New 3Ionu mental Canopy Is To
Be Built Trrcennary Exercises '
Will Be Held Today
PLYMOUTH. MASS., Dec. 20.
Plymouth Ro;k was moved to
day and broke in the process. The
split wjj an old one caused orig
inally wtn the rock on which
the Mayflower passengers landed
was separated from Us granite
best in 177-. and hauled by a
yoke of oxen to Town Square
Ultimately the broken parts were
Joined with cement and replaced
under a monumental canopy
which has since been the ntecca
of thousands of visitors to old
Plymouth. t'. ' -'
In connection with the pilgrim
tercentenary committee's work,
the shore line is being restored
as nearly as possible to its as
pect at the time of the pilgrims'
arrival 300 year's, ago and a new
monumental canopy is to'be built.
It was while excavating for. this
work that the rock was moved to
day. While it was in chains the
ancient cement cave way and the
two parts separated so that light
could be seen between them, rtv
tomorrow when the tereentennary
exercises are held it is expected
that the old base will h fnllw
exposed and the divided rock re
placed on it in its old position.
PRESBYTERIANS
CALL MR. LONG
Local Pastorate Offered
Portland Man- Accept
ance Not Yet Received
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Rev. Ward Willis Long, pastor
Forbes Presbyterian church of
Portland, last night received the
unanimous call of the congrega
tion of the First Presbyterian
church of Salem- to accept the
pastorate of the Salem church.
If Mr. Long accepts the call he
will succeed Rev. ThomasfS. An
derson, who some time ago re
signed and 'went to California for
the betterment of his health.
.Whether Mr. Long will accept Is
not yet known. t
Pending the employment of a
pastor, Rer. James Elvin, general
secretary of the Salem Y.; M. C.
A., and former pastor of the First
Congregational . church of this
city, is filling the pulpit each Sun
day. ,
The local congregation, offers
Mr. Long $3000 a year, an ad
vance over any salary heretofore
paid. . , - . , i .
SHIPPERS WILL
COMBAT RATES
California Marketing Asso
ciations Organize to Fa.
cilitate Shipping
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.
Representatives of California co
operative marketing associations
decided at a conference here to
day to form an organization
to be known as the California
Producers' and Shippers' Trans
portation association to devise
means for meeting burdens cast
on agricultural interests by in
creased freight rates.
Shipping by refrigerator ships
through the Panama Canal to the
Atlantic seaboard was one meth
od discussed, figures being Rijen
i 9 AAA
to show tnat a saving ui
000 should be made in that man-
i -n hefnre the
ner, aoa ju ayy"" - ,
Inter-state commerce commission
to ask , railroaa rate aujuuCi.
also was prepared.
Canners and other shippers or
California food products, as well
as the co-operatives associations
- .rn tt be asked to
Join the new organisation .
F. H. Ueamp, ui l"c
Traffic and Credit Association,
Yakima. Wash., and Arthur A.
Goldsmith of Spokane of the
WashmKton ana jau"
asninKiuu instituted
the representation from the
lu i. . ! at today s
nonnwtsinu
conference. :
"Sunshine" Degree is
Organized by Legion
PORTLAND. Dec. 20. Port
land Post. American legion, is to
have a -sunshine" degree
This Sunshine annex of tne le
gion is named la societe nation
ale des 40 Homines et 8 Cbevat
The name is from the famous le
gend that adorned all French
railroad sidedoor sleepers during
the- world war.
T. namoc; have been slgn-
iwcuij ' - . .
ed to the charter roll for th?
Portland 'I?ox Car" which will
he established next wexk. A
charter has heen appliefl for. and
Is expected to arrive from ith?
national terminal yards at Pittf
bursh. Pa., within a lew fays
j The society was organized to
add play features to the meet
ings of the American legion. It
will be to that veterans' associ
ation what the Mystic Shrine s
to Scottish .Rite and Knights
Templafc Masons. ' ' ' ;
MURPHY TO
ANSWER FOR
ATROSITIES
After Twenty Minutes De
liberation Jury Renders
Decisions of Guilty and
"Spud" Faces Prison
CRIMINALS MUST GQ .
AND IN A BIG HURRY
Four More Men Must An
swer to Indictments of
Criminal Offenses
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Dee
20. Edmond "Spud" Murphv.
pugilist and associate of a ccim
inal gang whose activities resulted
in the murder of three peace offi
cers at Santa Rosa on December
5 and the, lynching of the slayers
and two accomplices five nights
later, was found guilty here to
day of feloniously attacking Jes
sie Montgomery. 1 1 yt.T old,
last Thanksgiving morning.
Jury Deliberates 20 Minutes
The jury deliberated 20 min
utes. . Under the indeterminate
sentence law. Murphy faces a pris
on term of from one to 50 years.
The trial began Thursday, Decem
ber 16. District Attorney Mat
thew : ; Brady personally took
charge of the prosecution's case.
Murphy was the first of five I ner 23. tne new president of Aus
men to be tried on indictments I tria,- Dr. Michael Hainiscb. will
charging criminal offenses against
young women in this city
Four
others, Edward Kruvosky, a local
pugilist; Allen, McDonnell, Thom
as Brady and William Carey, are to
go to trial in quick succession.
District Attorney Matthew Brady
has announced. -Criminals
Mui Go .And Go Fast
The speed with which the trial
was conducted in the court of Su
perior Judga Louis F. Ward was
due -largely to a united public
seniiment and demands by civic
organizations that every means
be exerted by the authorities to
rid the;cfty- of its- criminal ele
ments "Demands also were made
that the trials of the accused men
be held without delay.
So strong was . this sentiment
against the defendants, that, with
the exception, of Murphy,, they
were unable to obtain counsel un
til Judge Ward appointed attor
neys to undertake their defense.
Unusual police precautions were
taken to protect Murphy from
possible mob violence throughout
the trial. ' j C
- The , testimony of Miss Mont
gomery and a corroboration by
Miss Jean Stanley, formerly of
Portland, and Miss Montgomery's
companion, and the efforts of the
defense counsel, Ernest Spagnolt.
to prove a "defensive alibi" Jor
Murohy were outstanding features
of the trial.
Testimony Is Given
Murphy's wife, an expectant
mother, sat at her husband's side
throughout the trial. His aged
mother also attended some of the
cessions.
The testimony of the two girls
was.: in effect, that they met Car
ey after ha had driven slowly past
them in an automobile, went with
him to a poolroom and a cafe
where other members of the par
ty were picked up and then were
taken to a house where they testi
fied they were ' both attacked.
Miss Stanley escaped through a
window and saved herself from
the culminating outrage.
Kruvoskey and McDonnell were
found in the house after Miss
Stanley had., escaped and notified
the police. 'I.
Warrants were issued for Mur-!
phy and a number of others.
Murphy and Carey were trapped
in their respective homes" on the
night of November 30 by Detec
tive Sergeant Miles Jackson and
pospcs after both had tried to es-'
Jcape. according to the police.
On Sunday. uecemDer i. jaca
son. Detective Lester II. Dorman
and Sheriff James Petray of So
noma county were shot and killed
at Santa Rosa. 50 miles north ot
here, while rounding up George
Boyd. Charles Valento and Ter
ence Fitts, suspected members of
the gang. Jackson, before expir
ing, shot and badly wounded
Boyd. Other officers placed the
men under arrest and guarded
them during an unsuccessful at
tempt to lynch them.
At 12:30 a. m. n Friday. De
cember 10, an automobile party of
masked men overpowered the new
sheriff and tour deputies, remov
ed Boyd and his two companions
and hanced them in a cemetery on
the outskirts of the city.
Senate Adopts Plan for
Brief Christmas Recess
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. The
! senate today adopted a plan for a
j brief 'Christmas recess. Having
J disponed of the bill reviving the
I war finance corporation and with
out other Immediate pressing bus
iness before it. the senate ad
journed tonight until Thursday
when it plans to adjourn again
until next Monday. A s'milar
three-day recess over New, Year's
also is planned. The recess will
not interfere with committee ac
tivities. r ...-, ...
CHILDREN OF VIENNA
GIVEN SEASON'S CHEER
40,000 YOUNGSTERS WILL KE
CEIVE GIFTS
ChriKtmas HapptneMi Will Be Ii.
tributed by American Relief
To Children Alone
VIENNA. Dec. 19. Christmas
cheer in Vienna will be 'distribu
ted, among the children by the
American mission, the American
relief administration and the Am
erican Red Cr-ER. For the maj
ority of the 1.800.000 inhabitants
of the city this Christmas Is cer
tain to'be the darkest ever known.
The strike of hotel, restaurant
and cafe employes has spread to
the outlying sections, closing
mere shelters which at least of
fered warmth for people coming
from their cold home.
A heavy fall of snow, which
only served to deepen the gloom
of the people T.-f Vienna, is being
removed by groups of pale men
and women, many of whom fall
to the. ground from exhaustion
caused mostly by starvation. The
Viennese shuffle about the streets
resigned and hopeless, in ' prefer
ence to freezing in thir homes
that are filled with a penetrating
chill resulting from the protract
ed lack of heating.
The American relief adminis
tration will supplement its feed
ing program by distributing 6 40.
000 garments among 300,0'00
children. It will provide a Christ
mas tree in each of its 2.000
foorllncr 4AntAicr In AhoIp. Vni.fi .
cnua win receive an extra one
pound cake made of American
white flour.
The American Red Cross will
distribute clothing and condensed
milk to 40.000. children under six
years of age and childrn of all
ages in orphanages and hospitals.
At the Christmas tree celebra
tion arranged by the Hoover Mis
sion to be held in Vienna, Decern-
'make his first public appearance.
WIFE SLAYER
HAS RECOVERED
George F. West Who Com
mitted Crime at Dallas,
' Now in County JaU
George F. West of Fellows.
Cal., shot and killed his wife in
the home of John G. Brown a(
Dallas about 11:30 o'clock a. m.
yesterday and then attempted to
kill himself by drinking two
ounces of carbolic acid. Hurried
medical aid taved the ' slayer's
life. For a time he was kept in
a hospital,-but information from
Dallas last night was that he is
now in custody in the county Jail.
West Is said to be about 60
years old ad his wife was about
50. An inquest over her body
will be held today. Mrs. West
was employed as a housekeeper
at the Brown home.
West formerly lived at Perry
dale, and it is said that at one
time he was employed by Frank
Lyman of that vicinity. He went
to California about a year ago.
Recently West returned from
California and bean a search for
his wife. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday he drove from Salem to
Dallas hunting for her and sue-
j . i . . .
iccueu iu locaung ner minaay
morning. Apparently he entered
the Brown home without warning
and shot bis wife twice in the
head. He is said to have re
turned then to the taxicab wait
ing for him at the front of the
house, procured a grip he carried,
letumed to the honse and drank
the acid. He was in an uncon
scious condition when found.
400 FATALITIES
INEARTHQUAKE
Earth Tremors in Argentine
Render Hundreds Home
less and Flood Land
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 20.
The number of persons dead and
injured in last Friday's earth
quake disaster is now estimated
at more than 400. fTbin figure
is based on reports from relief
parties in the affected zone. The
earth tremors occurred again to
day. Wide stretches of territory are
being flooded with water which
continues to gush from crevices
opened by the earthquake. Re
lief work is being carried on with
great difficulty. Large numbers
of tents sent from Mendoia have
been received in the stricken vil
lages, and are furnishing shelter
to hundreds -who have been ren
dered homeless by the disaster.
W All It IS CAPTURED
ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. 20. A
telegram received tonight by
Chief of Police Carlson, from the
warden of penitentiary at Ionia,
Mich., btating that John A. Ward,
who was arrested here yesterday
escaped while pervinc a term in
that prison under the name of
Andrew Ward. The message said
a reward of 1.50 had been offered
for his capture and 'that an offi
cer will be sent to take him back
to Michigan. - .
WHEREABOUTS CLARA:!
HAMON UNKNOWft
FATHER DENIES KNOWLEDGE?
OF JIEH HIDING PLACE ij
Messages From Chihuahua Declare
That Authorities Have Found);
No Trace of Mlvt'hmith p
$!
EL PASO. Tex.. Dee. 20 J fi
Smith, father of Clara SniitJi
Haraon. sought In connection vitK
the death of Jake L. Hamon. mil
lionaire Oklahoma oil
night denied knowled:
I man. to-
se pf4 h$j
rijnphlnp'. . I. a I .
Ah tea concerning the rroort
that his daughter was in Chihui
hau. Mexico. Smith raid hi
might be there, but in any event
he expected her to surrender td
the Oklahoma authorities withi
two weeks. His son. James Smith;
who left El Paso a few days sincai
the father believed, was with bis
sister. He added that when h
got Into communication with his
daughter he would advise her t$.
surrender, but aot to do so in EJ.
Paso, and said be had wired Buck
Garrett, sheriff at Admore. Okla-
to come here and he would tel
hlm all he knows about the ca'se.J
' Smith said that when the fullJ
truth about the killing of Hamoni
was made public it would nro3
stoHesSlreadhnrhit itVJ Kencjr Uri" blU ,n now
which he said P wJri iJlJL biS dec,ion of It. supporters to call
wnicn. ne said, mere fake. H it up for consideration W-dnes-professed
the utmost" confidence day waa followed todar br ?-
edaofhandU,fthtr,,,r0a,dMb C,Ca, Pr" " .JuVonllm
ed of all guilt In the matter. ivfh in ih. ,. ...
, A message received by .the AM
ROClAtetfl Pnta frnm P1tUhit..kH.
pmiatru rress irom umcnuacnua 5 ,
late tonight said that the Smiths, Tne PP'H3n. hitherto manl
woman had not been found there fMt on,r f? "ht extent, waa
but that the authorities were seek-3 ntenniried by the filing of ignor
ing her. Uy views by Representative Raln-
ly' Jniocrat, Illinois, denouncing
. 3 the measure from beginning to
nAAT fP 1 HT r1 end and by direction of the senate
rill II I AKI r J Democratic steering committee to
1 UvL inULlU ilresist hasty enactment of , any
PPP R ATQPDi Chairman Fordney of the houKe
.A XJJLI 1U11UU1 r
A 1 I? t
Annual License increaseal
by Council From Ten to H
Fifteen Dollars
The license required of poo
hall proprietors was. raised from
$10 to 15 a table by the council
last night. The theatre license
bill was Indefinitely postponed.
Permission was- granted the'
Salem Street Railway company;
to use. the H. P. Lifeguard ap
pliance In the new one-man
street cars, which will be put in,
operation me last oi tne week,
LA. T. L. Billlngsley. superintend.
ent of the lines, who addressed
the council, declared the street
cars are equipped with every
convenience for safe-guarding thei
public The H. P. lifeguard, he
said, is In use in 250 cities in
the United States and that Eng
land and South American States
were using the device.
Alderman Gerald Yolk moved
that the Individual be allowed
to purchase gravel at the sameJ
rate as the city council, which
is II a yard, and that in order
to do so he should secure ah or
der from the city recorder. The,
motion met with favor by the
members and passed unanimous
ly. ALLIES AGREE
ON FINANCES
Delegates To Second Fi
nancial Conference Will
Adjourn Until Jan. 10
BRUSSELS. Dec. 20. "The
allied delegates to the second
financial conference to discuss
German reparations have decided
to adjourn the present session
next Thursday and reconvene the
conference in Brussels probably,
on January 10.
The delegates found at thf Inter-allied
seesion today that the
reports on the points raised by
the Germans had only been half
finished and a definite reply to
the German roquests for conces
sions probably will be given enly
at the January session after the
reports of the delegate have
been approved by their govern
ments and the allied views har
monized. The delegates continue to pre
dict that real results will be ob
tained altbongh they are now go
ing at a. slower rate in the direc
tion than had been expected. The
question of the cash balances to
be paid by Germany on the liquid,
ation ot her account has made It
neceftsary to summon other ex
perts. The reports of , the French
experts on the upper Silesian
question also have been delayed
and the conference . therefore de
cided today to take time to go
into all the questions thorough
ly so that they may be settled
once for all.
CHENGTAO EVACUATED
TOKIO. Dec. 20. The war of
fice announces that the evacua
tion of the ChensTtao district, on
the Korean-Manchurian border,
has been ordered with' the ex
ception of two battalions under
a brigadier-general, which will re
main to protect the Japanetwj re
sidents. Press dixpatches report
that inflammatory literature has
been discovered in the mails ad
dressed to the troope of Hirosh
ima and Takata divisions, which
recently returned to Siberia.
TARIFF BILL
MEETSOPEN
ANTAGONISM
Presentation of Fordney
Emergency Embargo
Measure Draws Opposi
tion, From Both Houses
INUSTRIAL CHAOS
THREATENS FARMING
Battle Royal is Expected
When Committee Attempts
To Muster 200 Votes
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20, Pre-!
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o Zi.l i V. V,"
ways and means committee In re
importing the measure, urged action J
tGno ca
Knot because it was perfect but
because it was the best obtainable
under the circumstance. The re
port dclared that remedial legisla
tion waa urgntly necessary to cor
I rect a situation which waa de.
if scribed as rapidly becoming wore
and likely to bring rain to the
agricultural industry.
The filing or th committee's
report disclosed that the measure
i-had been made applicable for
raeriod of ten months from the:
passage Instead of the one year
previously fixed. Chairman Ford
ney submitted with the report es
timates of the treasury depart-,m-nt
shoring that on the basis
f.ot available import flxures. ap
proximately S13v.000.ooo in rev
enue would be derived from the
tutie to b Imposed under-the
Vneasure." The commodities enum
erated in the bill now produce less
than 15,000.000 annually.
Estimated Itevenu Give
I As approved and reported to
the house, the bill err led import
llutlen on com mod it ley. whch to
gether with th- rate agreed to
n committee and the estimated
evenus to come therefrom, fol-
ow:
Wheat proposed duty 20 cent a
Ushel. estimated rvenne.
409.320: wheat flour 20 per cent.
4657,900; corn 1 crnts a bushel
137. 62: beans 2 cents a pound.
3.091.760: peanuts, unsbelled 3
ents a pound. $(42,540: peanuts
helled. 3 cents a pound 94.405.-
10; potatoes 25 cents a bushel.
1.560.000; onions 40 cents bu-
h-l. $787,010; rice, cleaned 2
ents a pound $2,900,660; rice.
nHened 1 1-4 cents a pound.
3rf.j; flour, meal and broke a
ice 1-2 cents a pound., $5,057;
-e. unnnuea -C a pouna. lo.
72: lemons. 1 1-4 e pound.
SI.250: oils, peanut 26 cents a
riallon. $1,333,420; oils, cotton-
."ed. 20 cents a gallon. $2,479.-
V0; oils, soya bean 20 cents s
tfullon $3 837.000; cattle 20 per
hrrnt. $5.K51.SOO; , sheep $2 a
Rad. .xioz.484: tamos. $1 a
lj ed. no estimated revenue: mut
ton and lamb 2 1-2 cnta a pound.
fcl.C56.792: wool, nnwashed 15
rnts a pound $9,900,000; wool,
fished 30 cents a pound $28.
.uJ'O.OOO; wool manufactures of.
f cents a pound, $11,250,060:
e.ol. scoured, 35 cents, a pound.
l..oo.ooo.
1 IU1I Strangely OpMe '
On the, vote tn the ways and
'vi" ns committee, on reporting
tae bill. tw Republicans and four
tb-mocrats TVed in the negative.
I4rsentativejt Treadwar. Ma
t itchusetts. and Tilson. Ctnn-ctl-it,
wereu nderstood o hare been
IB Republicans who stood acalnst
4,fc measure, while Repreenta
tke Rainey. Hull.. Tennessee;
ptldricld. Arkansas, 'and Collier.
5.ssfppt. wre the lemoerats
yo opposed the legislation.
??Th Repnblican committee
Terabers were said to have op--tsed
th bill on the ground that
lU tariff legislation was to be en-
Tted it should include protection
t4r manufactured eommod'tles.
iiw of which were allowed to re
vfti'n in lh fioal draft. Thl con
t'ntion appeared to have gained
;ifVn strencth anions repreenta
inrte from textile and othr man
ufacturing dlytrioH and ta x-;$'-ted
to precipitate heated de
ftte. Reprentatlve Knutson.
lpiihliran. Minnesota, chairman
j? th rcently orgnited confer
ence nf re t,rn"n tallies fron
fj-rmins district, said he was sure
tjVre wouH bit It opposition
tm t b- ur!an representatives,
hut added:
ltl!le Ilal I i:peHcl
ij" tnemlwr who m the ned
it th? farmers for help are pre
fc.'-cd for a halt I royal. We think
can irtitcr 2" vote for the
bl and I personally serve notice
ot thov rl'le who seek to de
fit this bill that they will sweat
lod before they get anything
S (Contlnnea oa Page 2.)
P0UCE UNABLE TO STOP
NEW YORK CRIME WAVE
MOST SWEEinXO ROUNDUP IN
IIISTORV IS STAGED
Mualcipal Autboritieo Pttimw Of.
fir 11 Offrmsive on I'nder
world
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. "Night
raid by police fail to stop crime
wave." ,
Thus resd headlines la' New
York newspapers tonight after
what wn described as the' first
day of the "moat sweeping round
up of crooks la the history of New
York.
During thj day amid namerous
robber!-, was lUted oa police rec
ords another murder by ran men
who Invaded the Seaman's MUsloa
on the waterfront and shot and
killed "one man while stealing
$I0.
Hut at the roll call la police
stations this afternoon were read
two oroer that indicated Com
missioner Enrtjcht Intends to pash
the roundup to the limit.
The first command was for pa
trolman to stop and qneatloa all
pedestrians found between mid
night and dawn on anrreuented
StreeU and if Iheir actions irnnut
suspicion to search them for fire-
arms. The second revoked per
mlnsion for policemen to take halt
an hour for meala while on daty.
Revocation of the meat hour
permission came after the board
of estimate had postponed until
tomorrow further consideration
of a request by Commissioner En
right for nearly sOO more police
men. Meanwhile. criminal courts
cleared their calendars for action
against robber bands. All cases
rainst burglars and highwaymen
were advanced and heavy penal
ties Inflicted In case where they
wer found guilty.
Wbil the municipal authorities
wre preparing ta launch their of
ficial offensive on the underworld
the American legion. Merchant a
association and other bodies met
to lay plans of th-lr own
New York posta of the War Vet
erans asor Lation. after their ses
sion, dispatched a letter to Mayor
llylan offering hlnthe service
of from SOO to 5000 selected
members of the legion to rein
force th police force of Greater
NewTork." If required.
NATIONS FAVOR
WORLD COURT
Twentytwo Nations Sign
Protocol in Favor of Inter
national Justice
GENEVA. Iec; 20 Twenty
two nations'today signed the pro
tocol giving ciecutiv approval to
the league plan-for an interna
tional court ot Justice. Four
countries. Portugal. Switzerland.
Denmark and Salvador, agreed
to compulsory arbitration.
When the pari lair ents of the
signatory nations ratify the pro
tocol, the court will immediately
become operative.
Inasmuch as the majority of the
nations which signed, did so only
after consultation with the gov
ernments and parties, the learn
officials believe that the approval
of the parliaments soon will fol
low. The delegates who signed
expressed hope that the United
State would at least give execu
tive approval notwithstanding
the fact that It Is not a member
or the league. They point out
that such action by the United
States would materially strength
en the ourt s chance of success
and encourage all nations to ad
here to the court. The American
government. U Is added, could
give executive consent by sending
a representative to Geneva to sign
the protocol, then place the mat
ter before the senate for final ac
ceptance. The countries and the order la
whirh they signed follows:
Portugal. Greece. Paracuay. a
pan. Urucaay, Slam. Sweden.
Switierland. Salvador. Sooth Af
rica. China. Poland. Hraxil. New
."aland. Norway. tenmark. Hol
land. Inaia. Italy. Prance. Great
Hritaln and Panama.
Miss Noyes Becomes Army
Norse With High Rating
PORTLAND. Dec. 20. Mis
Harriet Derker No?e. daughter
of Ilev. II. A. Nove ef Heppa.
. . .
Nove ef Heppa. j
f the army s'bJ.M
II entrr the anuyj
ur.. rraauaie o
or nurint. win enter the army!
corpa with the relative rank of
sccondi lie-itenant. aecordiag ta
inform itlon here tolay. Mis
Nove- Las an A. n. dejre from
Iwrenee col!eSe. Appleton. Wis.
She entered thefcrmr school of
ni-r'lng Aus'it 22. 11.
LEST WE FORGET
America must maVe trood in thin drive for the Eun
pcan fuffcrcn. or 17,0Kj Arocrican relief Utiona will
have to chwe after January 1.
The wistful, hungry eyes of 300.f)00 innocent suf
ferers arc turned to America, the l5t and only hope of
a distracted people.
Surely, we cannot fail them in this, their hour of
grcatot net I.
There are no committees to viit you. You must ncr!
in your subscription unsolicited. Send it to your bank
in the name of the American Relief council.
Do it now. You will be the Happier for it.
VORIDCODRI
IS FAVORED
BY HARDING
Consultations Rereal Wee
ing Tovrard Codification
of Internationa Law
Banning Military Pact
DOZEN "BEST MINDS"
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
Finance, Railways, Farn
Relief and World Leags
. Basis of Consultations
- MAniON. O.. Dee. 20. President-elect
Harding's con fere aces
oa the policies ot his administra
tion ranged far and wide today
among the nation's foreign acd
domestic problems and gave htm
the benefit cf advice from up
wards of a doxta of the "best
minds' he has tavtted Into con
sultation. Two of those with
whoa be has talked about dories
tic questions, have been persist
ently mentioned for cablaet po
sitions and their com lag stimu
lated speculation about the pol
bllity of ther appointment to lit
next pres.dent s official family.
They were Charles G. Dawes, Chi
cago banker, and Henry WalUce
f Dea Uolnes. Ia.. an editor ef
farmer publications, WrJt thn
former Xlr. Harding talked of fi
nancial conditions and -tax re.
forma aad with the latter dis
cussed farmer relief.
Lee ! IHcms4
Senator John K. EMsldj of Ta.
nessee. a Democrat, member of
the foreign relations eommisaioa
and an Irreconcilable opponent cf
the Versailles treaty conferred
Iwth the president-elect aboat the
plan for an association oi na
tion and gave his approval cf U
general principles proposed tv
Mr. Harding for an international
court. The learae question als
waa dlscuss-fd be the president
elect with Samuel MrCone LlrsJ
T. pneaor of social lerisiatioa
at Colombia, who be said was
fodent tha foreim policies f the
new administration were beirg
laid on a sound foundation.
The question of Mr. Hard let's
early resignation from the senate
waa the subject of a conference
betwven him and Senator-elect
Frank B. Willis whom Governor
Cox has agreed to appoint to the
vacancy. It waa said arterward
that no decision waa reacted an 4
the friends or the president-elect
took hi delay as meaning that
he probably would not retire n
til the new Republican gorerxor
of Ohio take office early In Jan
uary. Wwrld Court la Puvor
Amoeg otlrer callers dertag t
day wer Governor William C
Sproal of Pennsylvania. W. ,W.
Attebury. vice president r ti.
Pennsylvania railroad and Mlcta!
Gallagher, of Cleveland, an cfr
ctal or the Haaaa Interests, all cf
whom talked about financial aci
railway conditions. Mr. Atur
bnry waa la charge of the Ameri
can railway tn Prance daring t&
war aad has been regarded as crs
of the world lea 4 tag experts
transportation. He aald he viewed
American railway conditions bepe.
folly and felt that Mr. Harding
had a competent understand. a r
or the problem.
lUpresentative C- XL Sletnp.
Republican national eoramltiee
maa from Virginia also saw tt
president-elect but said he can
merely to make a delayed report
oa the roadart ot the campaign la
the south. In addition, he invit
ed Mr. aad Mr. Hard.ag to spend
January aad February at WkU
Salphur Springs or some other
Virginia resort.
After hi talk with Mr. Hard
lax. Senator Shields sail he c,i
nt gather that a very concerted
plan had been formulated for a
lif testae but was confident
Mr. Harding had chosen wisely tn
working toward a codification cf
International law and a worl i
court rather than toward any sort
of military alliance.
HEAVY sXOW FAIJA.
PORTLAND. Ie- 2. The
greater part of eastern Oresoa
and eastern Wahiagloa
.'under a blanket ot snow.
1 bad fallen at laterval tl
on were
hkh
1 tisd fallen ml later-tali tfcrooa-
out last Bight. The h-avlcst faH
! reported was at Condon, where
Sthe snow lay 11 Inches deep.--
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