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SEVENTIKTH YEAR
SALEM, OUECON. SAT UHDAY MOKNINC, JANUARY 8.'t 11121
l'KICK: FIVE CENTS
RUSH BANK
FOR MONEY
False Alarm Causes Many
to Withdraw Deposits in
Bank of Italy of San Fran,
cisco at Santa Rosa
DEPOSITS GREATER
THAN WITHDRAWALS
261 PERSONS KILLED
I IN YEAR OF RIOTING
C l I1JA.VS IS TOLL OF ! !
KTER Ol TIt.W.'E.S
('oust houses. Barracks, Cianrd
Station llcMmicd ami Mails
Have Been Raided
People Are Given Assur
ance of Soundness of Bank
by Federal Officials
LONDON'. Jan. 7. Two hun
dred and feixly-one persons were
killed. and 446 wounded In-Ireland
in 1920 as a result of "seri
ous out ra Reg." These figure d
not include S2 civilians who died
as a result of the riotrf in Ulster.
The casualties are divided as
follows: Policemen killed. 1CV.
r oiindtd. 22V. soldiers killed. 53;
wounded. US; civilians killed
death Faid to have been due to
Bum Feiners --4 3; wnv'nded. 103.
The report says the number of
court houses destroyed was CS;
Royal Irish constabulary- barrack
destroyed, 530. and , damaged.
JC.3; raids on mails aggregate
$9 8; raids on coast guard sta
tions and lighthouses, 46; raids
for amis. 2S01. and raids on rev
enue officers. 119.
NAVIES OF
WORLD ARE
REVIEWED
United States is Great Brit-
ain's Only Serious Com
petitor in Matter of Ma
rine Strength
. SANTA, ROSA, Cat... Jan. 7.
Depositors who stood In line to
- day to withdraw their money from
the local branch of the Hank of
. Italy, of San Francisco, in many
" raws brought it back before the
bank elosed. an hour later thai
usual. Gl E. Mnrdoek. manager
of the branch, declared tonight.
The rufch to withdraw resulted
from;, the bank closing for an
hour, during a. funeral. .
Investigation Is lSegun.
The -bank remained open until
4 o'clock to give everyone who
wlihed his money opportunity to
obtain it immediately, he said, ad
ding, that requirements of prior
notice, for withdrawal of ravings
aorounta were waived - for the
same 'reason. He said more
money was deposited today than
4 was withdrawn. I
George,' W. Hoyle, district at
terney, 'announced tonight he
would begin an investigation to
morrow of. reports which caused
the withdrawals. .. .
SPANISH GRANDEE IS
MUCH SOUGHT VICTIM
TWO WARRANTS ARE SWORX
' WITH THIRD I'KMUXti
Author Desert Wife and Forge
"hek to Take Honey mNm
W illi Mr. I ran. n
SCHOOLMEN RESENT
STATUTE AMENDMENT
STRICT SANITATION DEMAND
ED IIV SUPERINTENDENTS
AMERICA IS LACKING
IN BIG DESTROYERS
England Remains Pioneer
and Leader in Develop
ment of Battle Cruiser
SAX: FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.
"The Rank of Italy Is In splendid
shape," Cnarles F. Stern." stat
superintendent of banks, declared
tonight in a formal statement.
"Let our people take care of
their, nerve; our banks are safe
ly taking care of . their money,"
he said. .
Ranks Declared Sound.
"The Bank of Italy is fully pre
f a red for any emergency," John
T. Calkins, governor, of the fed
eral reserve bank for the San
Francisco district, 7 declared ;to
ffgbt. Mr, Calkins Issued the
Allowing statement: .
"Tfre Dank of -Italy Is a" mem
her of the federal reserve system
and tie last examination by the
examiners of the federal reserve
bank showed that It was in ex
ceptionally sound and liquid con
dition, holding . very large vol
ume of paper eligible for- redis
count. As It has never used the
rediscount facilities of the fede
ral reserve bank for current pur
poses, It now is fully prepared for
any emergency and, with the fed
eral .reserve bank prepared to ac
cept all or its eligible, and accepted-paper
and securities, will
promptly" meet any deraandsthat
may be-made upon it.
"Whatever disturbance has been
caused in Santa Rosa by the cir
culation of false rumors, should
subside upon assurance of the
soundness of the bank."
PRETTY TOT IS
LOST, UNAFRAID
Two-Year-OId Betty Fargo
Tells Folks She is Going
"To Meet Jimmy"
Saying that she was going "to
meet -Jimmie," little 2-year-oM
Hetty Fargo evaded curious and
concerned pa.sfersTiy. and trudged
happily along the street yesterday
afternoon. So accustomed to be
ing stopped and asked where she
was goln did Hetty become that
she was said obligingly to have
volunteered the information with
out being asked, and Own hurried
on her way. ,
Betty, whose horn Is at Mil
Mill Klrwt wn! finnllv taken in
I charge; and held at 4 60 Four
teenth street. -.until a policeman
arrived who look her to the police
.latlon. She appeared perfectly
content and was 'greatly pleased
with Chier of Police Moffitt, chat
ting and playing while the offi
cers endeavored o locate her par
ents. When asked If she was not
cold she shook her head 'decided
ly, though her father's hat was
the only outdoor garment the
child wore.
Mrs - Fargo found hern small
daughter at the station after
about an hour's search. She said
she .missed her shortly afters she
left home and -went in the direc
tion Bhe thought Hetty would be
likely to take, but In this she was
mistaken as Hetty had gone in the
opposite way. A big generous
hug for her mother was Hetty's
only outward evidence of concern
in the adventure.
JOHN noURKE RETIRES.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. John
Burke, treasurer of the United
States since 1913, retired today,
his .resignation having been ac
cepted by President Wilson. Mr.
Hurke has entered a New York
banking firm.
23 Coal Miners Caught
in Lower Pit Galleries
MADRID, Jan. ?. Twenty-
threie coal miners were Impris
oned in the lower galleries of a
pit In the Locarolina coal fields.
which are afire, says a message
from the governor of Jaen; prov
ince. He fears all the men will
be lost. N
" An explosion ia said to have oc
curred in the pit on Thursday
when 45 men were below. Twenty-two
of them escaped.
GOMPERS ENTERS MEXICO
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Whaf
officials believe to be complete in
formation as to the relative naval
strength of the principal world
powers is now in possession of th
American government.- Whether
it will be presented to the senate
foreign relations committee in
i connection with the committee's
I consideration of proposals looking
to world disarmament has not
been disclosed.
England Greatest Sea Power
. The information has been com
plied iu the form of tables which
shows that Great Britain's sea
power Is double that of the United
States and that although the Brit
ish preponderance In capital ship
will practically have been ovt-r-come
by the United States with
the completion in 1923 of the
American building program, the
American navy will still be great
ly inferior in types of vessels
which naval officers regard as ex
tremely important, notably de
stroyer leaders, cruisers and lij-'ht
cruisers, cruising submarines and
airplane ships.
The American navy today, ac
cording to this information, has
more than double the strength of
the Japanese navy and this ratio
will be maintained even with the
completion of the building pro
grams of the two countries. The
United States will be far superior,
not only in capital ships but also
in destroyers and submarines. Ja
pan, however, will have doubled
the number of battle cruisers now
possessing four such vessels with
eight others - projected while the
United States has none completed
and only six building.
British Nary Is Pioneer
Without reference - to second
line ships, of which Great Britain
has a preponderance in all classes
over the United States and Japan,
the British navy contains 28 bat
tleships carrying at least ten guns
each of 12-inch calibre or larger
and displacing 20,000 tons or
more. The United States has 16
such vessels. Japan six. France
seven and Italy four.
The British navy, pioneer in the
development of the battle cruiser
type still retains an easy advan
tage In this generally regarded in
dispeusible class of modern ships-of-war
with six first line battle
cruisers and four others classed as
"second line." The United States
has none completed and six under
construction, Japan four in service
and eight projected; France and
Italy have no battle cruisers built
CHICAGO. 'Jan. 7. While two
wurmntH have been issued for
Pietiie Paul Author, known as.
the Spanish grandee." of High
land Park. III., neither on con
tains any charge against him for
running away, with Mrs. Philip
Franien of Madison. Wis., last
Tuesday night, it !.--cume known
trnight.
One warrant charges Author
with the destrtion of hits wife and
baby in Highland Park, while tha
other charges grand larceny In
connection with a check for $100
which : Franzen told the police
Author forced him to make out
to help pay the expenses of th3
"hone v moon" of Mrs. Franxen
and Author. Franzen apparently
was more interested In recover
ing the $100 than in recovering
his wife, according to the police
'who qi'ottil him as paying that
he '"doesn't care If hi? wife never
comes back."
The search for the missing
couple, who told Fianzrn they
had been married in Australia 13
years ago and then separated,
was. pressed vigorounly by the po
lice when it became known today
Resolution A.k for IncreaM in
Salary of Slate Educational
Derailment Head
Oregon county school super. n-
tendaiitSi in the closing session of
their annual convention in Salem
jesterday, branded as pernicious.
vie. ous and uhwi.se the action of
the laift legislature in amending
the hlghsehool tuition fund law
enacted at the 1915 session. The
superintendents recommended that
the next legislature repeal the
amendment and oppose the substi
tution of any bill or amendment
Intended to take the place of the
original high school tuition fund
act.
-Resolutions were adopted by
the superintendents urging the
enactment of laws making it in
cumbent upon county health offi
cers and district boundary boards
to make thorough investigations
when sanitary conditions of
I, schools are reported as bad. an an
nual audit or the accounts of the
various school districts of the
state, an increase in the salary of
the state superintendent of
schools, aud that after January 1,
1923. no teacher shall be'certlii
cated for the first time unless the
teacher has had one year of pro
fessional training in addition to
four years in a standard high
JAPANESE
!
SETTLERS
UNWELCOME
Farmers From Orient Are
Opposed by Texans as
Owners and Tillers of
Rio Grande Valley Soil
THREATS WITHHELD
BUT JAPS MUST GO
Vanguard of Large Colony
Which Was to Till 282
Acres Is Warned
NOTED SPEAKER TO
APPEAR jjV SALEM
FOUR TIMES MONDAY
Af -
sOTi '' ' .'v."4f -
f ,
vr
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that a man and a woman register-J school. Also that no teacher, aft
ed as 'Mt. P. Author and wife of ! er January 1, 1923. shall be cer-
Madison. Wis.." were at a local tlflcated for the first time without
betel unt il lost night. The man j two years of professional training
and woman checked out after tin addition to the regular four
telling employes that they were J years in a standard high school.
leaving for I.o Angeles. The
police. however, said they be
lieved that the couple had left
for the east, possibly for Philadelphia.
DR. rriAM.ES E.- BARKER.
"Make ' every effort to have
IIARUNGKN; Tex.. Jan.
Accompanied b a Japanese Inter
preter whom they brought from
Brownsville, citizens of Harlin-
i n llilc flftornfmn 4atl,tfl nn ftiA
two Japanese settlers who ar-(,Hv b th Salem Rotary club
WHITE ASKS
SANCTION TO
GETDODGERS
Adjutant General Tele
graphs for Authority to
Proceed With State-Wide
Gathering of Slackers
MILITARY POSTS WILL
HANDLE OFFENDERS
Utmost Care is Taken to
Avoid Error in Compiling
List of Names
AfiAr ramnvtnv ) RimM fit
every man. woman and child hear, OT(tf,Qn dler and aaJlors
r. wartier, aim nis message
are wonderful
This is a telegram that was re
rived there yesterday and thor
oughly canvassed th situation
with them. While they made no
it was not advisable for the Jap- I
yesterday from the Rotary club of
Bakersfield. Cal where Dr.
Charles E. Barker recently lec-
jtured. .
Dr. Barker is the fpeaker of
anese farmers in re.ualn in ,he j note who is to appear in Salem for
RED TAPE KILLS
SOLDIER'S AID
Thousands Are Dying While
Government Finds Out If
They Are Deserving
LAREDO. Tex.. Jan. 7. Sam-r nniiaing.
nroBMent nf the! Second Line ShiiM Are lew
in..!. Mmtion of Labor.! compiling the figure as to
left Neuvo Laredo, opposite here
tonight on a special car for Mex
ico City, where he will attend the
Pan-American labor conference.
Mr. Gompers arrived here today
and spent a busy day during
which he received many guests.
MENTAL EM1INATI0N
MARRIAGE TO BE
PROPOSED AT SESSION
i In less than 10 years, there will be a federal statute re
quiring every man and Ionian who apply for a marriage
license to submit to careful. mental tests. If they cannot
pass, then the sterilization law, also to be a federal act, will
be applied. f .
4 is the prediction of Dr. B. A. Owens-Adair, who
win begin activity to that end in the Oregon legislature which
meets Monday. She will have introduced at the session-an
amendment to the present Oregon law requiring physical ex
aminations of all men applying for marriage licenses, the
amendment to provide in Oregon the requirements which
later she says will become national law. She wants the meas
ure referred to the people for the judgment of the electorate.
Rh?ri". ?Wen"Adalr ,s fn Salem dent admirer of thoroughbred
" lB? Parent of the present livestock, but sees greater import-
:f. r.qu,nnK Physical exaroina- ance In the oronagation of clean-
J:l .raen Dert,re marriage and
l i" svennzation law
ft,rlUzation w. says the
docor is. just a wedge to things
to iome. She points to the tre-
nlni??'?? ln PrPaation of
menut defectives over the nor
mal class, and the greater tenacity
to life of the former. This ten
dency, she declares. winf t..
tnV A A1 11 inP the na- the people on questions of this
..w.- wnvus-Auair ia aa ar- character.
blooded and sound minded human
beings:- ;
Dr. Owens-Adair sees a solu
tion of the Japanese question f n
sterilization of the women who
immigrate to this country.
Her lone fleht to get the pres
ent hygienic laws on the statute
honks the doctor declares, has
resulted in wide enlightenment ot
cruiser strength, rigid qualitica
tions were laid down : for this
type of vessel. The requirements
for first line cruisers were declar
ed to be large fast cruisers launch
ed since January 1, 1901. capable
of keeping station with the battle
fleet. Neither the United States,
Japan. France nor Italy have been
able to meet the requirement
Great Britain is credited with two
such vessels in service, none under
construction and 22 in the second
line while the United States has
none under construction and ten
in the second line. Neither Japan
France no Italy has any such crui
sers built or building although
each nation has a few obsolet
! cruisers classed as "second line.'
In light cruiser strength Great
Britain leads all other nations by
a large margin with Japan second
and the United States a poor
third. The British navy has 41
light cruisers in the first line. 24
In the second line and five under"
construction. Japan has six such
vessels in service and nine under
construction, while the United
States has three ships built as
scout cruisers designated as
'"fight cruisers' of the second
line" and ten light cruisers of the
Omaha class under construction.
France has four first line light
cruisers in service and six build
ing and Italy five in service and
none building. Several of the
French and Italian ships were ob
tained from the former German j
navy.
: Britain Ijcade in Destroyers
Great Britain is shown to be the
only nation with any destroyer
leaders, having 24 such vessels
with a speed of 30 knots and up
and a minimum displacement of
1500 tons and another building.
Neither Japan nor the United
States has any destroyer leaders
under construction.; while France
has 12 building and Italy five.
Despite the United States'
"great wartime destroyer building
program" Great Britain still main
tains a preponderance in both first
WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Not a
cent of money so far appropriated
Dy congress tor the care of war
veterans suffering from disability
or wounds has been spent for hos
pitals for the treatment of insane,
the house commerce committee
was informed today by Dr. Thom
as W. Salmon of New York, ad
visor on mental diseases to the
Rockefeller Foundation. -
The statement was made at a
hearing on the Rogers bill to con
solidate into one bureau the sev
eral government agencies dealing
with soldier relief.
As a result of this failure to
provide proper facilities, Dr. Sal
mon added, veterans sutterlng
from mental and nervous disor
ders are in many instances being
committed by the government to
institutions in which criminal in
sane, drug adicts and vicious de
generates are segregated.
In addition to Dr. Salmon, those
who urged passage of the bill in
cluded Dr. H. A. Pattison of New
York, supervisor of medical ser
vice of the national tuberculosis
association; F. W. Galbraith. na
tional commander of the Ameri
can Legion and several other le
gion officers. Mr. Pattison stres
sed the need for government hos
pitals for the treatment of veter
ans suffering from tuberculosis.
while Mr. Gailbraith suggested
the decentralization of authority
in dealing with disabled men had
put many of .Ihehi In a "fright
ful" predicament.
The legion commander estimat
ed that 10.000 applications for
compensation awaited action by
the bureau of war risk Insurance.
John II. Sherburne of B rook 1 in.
lin. Mass.. a brigade commander
of the twenty-sixth division, told
the committee that the average
soldier needing hospital care aud
compensation "throws up his
hands and doesn't try to get aid.
because he doesn't want to become
tangled up in red tape."
"Men are dying while the gov
ernment is trying to find out
whether they are entitled to aid."
he declared.
Abel Davis of Chicago, chair
man of the legion's hospitalization
committee said:
Hundreds and thousands of vet
erans, discharged from the army
seemingly well, were suffering
from tuberculosis," and he pre
dicted that the peak in the num
ber of cases of Tuberculosis and
mental nervous disorders would
not be reached until 1?27.
In another resolution the super
intendents urged that a law be en
acted preventing the county court
of any county from lowering the
per capita tax for tbe county
school fund to less than the previ
ous year.
For failure on the Dart of any
school district hoard to remedy
sanitary and physical conditions
found to be bad after an investi
gation by the county health of
ficer and boundary board the con
vention favored a law giving to
the county school superintendent
power to make the needed im
provement and charge the costs
against tbe school district,
i ln asking for an annual audit
of the accounts of the school dis
tricts it was . urged that under
present conditions the books of
many districts have proved to be
inaccurate, unbusinesslike and in
some instances vicious.
Practically every county school
superintendent ia Oregon was in
attendance at the convention
which closed .with j banquet last
night. Addresses and a soc.al
hour featured the final day's session.
The superintendents in attend
ance were:
Mrs. Elmetta B. York, Baker;
R. E. Cannon. Benton: Brenton
Vedder. Clackamas: J. B. Wilker
son. Columbia; C. E. Mulkey,
Coos; J. E. Myers. Cook; J. Alton
Thompson. Deschutes: O. C
Brown. Douglas; Miss Lyon.
Grant; Mrs. Frances Clark. Har
ney; L. B. Gibson. Hood Kicr;
Susane Homes. Jackson; Mrs. Al
ice M. Bacon. Josephine: illss
Twyla Head. Klamath; C. E. Ol
iver, Lake; E. J. .Moore, iine;
R. P. Coin. Lincoln: Mrs. Ida M.
Cummings, Linn: Mrs. M. jFnt
kerson. Marion: Mrs. TeoiTa Saell
Shurte, Morrow; W.- E. Alderson.
Multnomah; Jodah Uis. 1'oik.
Miss Grace L. "May. Sherman; G.
Lamb. Tillamook: W. W. Green.
iTmatlllar Mrs A. E. vanhoe. Un
Ion; J. C. Conley. Wallowa; A. E.
Gronewaldi Wasco: N. A. Frost.
Washington; S. S. Duncan, Yam
hill.
Igrand jury
REPORT DUE
Several Important Cases
Presumably Under Probe ;
Prison Inspected
Ulo Grande valley.
The two men promised to re
turn to California, but will re
main at the hotel here until the
arrival of the Japanese from
whom they purchased the land,
they paid.
Anti-Ja panose Bill Proposed.
They showed a telegram re
ceived from him saying he was
coming from Iis Angeles and
would be in San Antonia Sun
day. T. M. West of San Antonio,
representative In the Texas legis
lature from Bexar county, said
today he will introduce a bill in
the legUlature which meets next
week designed to exclude Japan
ese rrom acquiring farm lands in
Texas. The bill will be modeled
after the California law. he said.
The anti-Japanese sentiment
cronsed by the arrival of the two
Japanese farmers who were un
derstood to be the vanguard of
a' large colony, has become so
great that B. R. Kato of Califor
nia, a Japanese, who claim to he
a laborer and who rode Into
Brownsville today in a Pullman
sleeper and wearing diamonds,
was promptly! waited upon and
Informed that he must ret out
cf the city" by Sunday.
Assistance has been offered by
citizens to the two Japanese set
tlers at llaillngen to i:e: a re
fund of the money thry raid on
their land.
Farmer Arrive a Vanguard.
The two men are T. Okuma. ac
companied by! hi wife and three
children, and his brother. O.
Okuma. accompanied by his wife.
They said they had no knowledge
before their arrival of any feel
ing in tbe Rio Grande valley
against the Japanese as settlers.
They claim they bought their land
from S. Kishie, who represented
Z. Yamada in the purchare and
eolonizatioif of 22 acres near
Harlingen.
The Japanese arrived yesterday
ready to move onto their 40-acr
tract, but since discovering the
sentiment against them have re
mained in the hotel. A hot car
containing tractors, farm Imple
ments, harness and household
goods is on the sidetrack in Har
lingen ami they have promised
raemlers of the American legion
that they will not attempt io un
load the goods for the present.
Citizens of llarlingea and other
Rio Grande valley towns are dis
cussing the crisis guardedly and
are making no threats, but mak?
it plain that the Japanese can
not renyain. -,
i a series of addresses, next Monday
under Rotary club auspices. His
first appearance will be at the
high school assembly at 8:4! a.
m.. when he will address the stu
dents on "How to Make the Most
Out of Life." At tlie noon hour he
will give an informal talk before
the Commercial club at the noon
luncheon. At 2 o'clock Dr. Barker
will speak to an andience of wo
men at Waller hall on "A Moth
er's Relation to Her' Daughter."
and at X o'clock p. m. he will ad
dress an audience of men at the
armory on the subject "A Father's
Responsibility to His Son." ,
which he found erroneously In
cluded In the government's offic
ial R ( local draft deserters.
George A. White, adjutant gene
ral or the state, last eight tele
graphed, the federal othorltlea
at Washington for Sanction to
proceed with a state wide round
up of established draft dodger.
If. after a reasonable delay for
checking; purposes, the govern
ment take no action. Colonel
White Indicated that be would
favor action by the vat.'ons state
in ronndlng tip the thousands of
slackers and turning them over
to the nearest military posts at
deserters, nnder existing laws.
County sheriffs, acting in con
junction with ex-service men's or
ganizations and patriotic bodies,
be nrgeted. con Id make short
work or locating' those, who are
still in the country.
KRtlnz 1 Carvfal.
Opposition to publication of the
Dr. Barker's lour Is under thejnt .,. ,. ha, Keen rteir.t f
direction of. the International -n mM. wvrt , Jl.
- SM -V S SVi SU1
ing me war ana wno were re-
headquarters of the Rotary clubs
at Chicago, and Is under tbe per
sonal supervision of Bert Adams
of Atlanta. Ga.. former Interna
tional Rotary president.
At the Monday night lecture in
Salem boys if any age will be ad
mitted if accompanied by their
fathers or guardians, but boys nn
der 16 years old will not be ad
mitted unless so accompanied. All
Boy Scouts will attend -and also
the members of Company M.
MAYOR MY BE
SENT HOME
State Department To Take
Action Against Paroling
of OXallaghan
Estate Investigations
Increase State Income
As a result of investigations
of Oregon estates, which were in
augurated by O. P. Hoff. state
treasurer, when he became treas
urer, it is said the inheritance tax
receipts for the Fta-te in the last
two years have been $36,098.14
more "ban they would otherwise
have been.
POLICE TO RIDE FREE.
(Continued on page 2)
OLYMTIA, Wash., Jan. 7. In
a decision handed down today,
the state supreme court upheld
the King county superior court in
its order compelling the Seattle
and Rainier Valley railway to
carry Seattle policemen and fire
men In uniform free of charge.
as provided in the charter grant
The Marlon county prand jury,
which has been in session thi
week, is expected .to make a re
port early today, but it is not
probable that the jury will have
completed It- deliberations, and
it will again go Into session,
though adjournment may be tak
en until Monday.
While there is no way to pene
trate Into the heerecy or the ses
sion, it i. presumed that several
important cases are under the
piobe. Several months ago. after
A bearing in -Justice Unruhs
court. Truxton Beck. '.accused of
shooting John Frohmader after
holding him up on South Com
mercial stieet. was bound over to
the grand jury, and Ins ca"
doubtless is on the calendar. '
Another case is that of 1h
state against II. C Robinson, ac
cused of assault and battery on
the person of his wire, and who
was bound over some weeks ago.
Tbe latter instituted action for
divorce Thursday of this week.
The Robinson case probably' !
under investigation by the j;rand
jury.
Al.-o the case or the stat-
against Fisher, charged with a
statutory offense, another bind
over, may be on the jury's sched
ule of cases.
- The grand jury inspected -4he
ttate penitentiary yesterday.
This Is the first grand Jury in
vestigation to be conducted bv
DEBS CASE IS
INVESTIGATED
Cases of Imprisonment Un
der Espionage Act
Examined
WASHNGTON. Jan. 7. Defin
ite Indications ' had appeared to
night that the state department
might take into Its own hands
without regard to the department
of labor the question of admit
ting to the Unjted States. Daniel
J. O'Callaghan. lord mayor of
Cork, paroled by the labor depart
ment arter his arrival at Newport
News as a stowaway.
Conflict between the two de
partments was foreshadowed yes
terday, bronght out Into the open
today and accentuated tonight
when It was learned that Acting
Secretary Davis of the state de
partment had railed upon th de
partment's legal authorities for
adv'ce on taking the matter Into!
his own hands. The state de
partment. It has been indicated,
fsivor deportation of th" lord
Mayor while the' labor depart
ment has been represented as fav
oring admission of tbe Cork offl
rial. The case of the tord-mayor had
not be-n formally presented to
the state department tonight by
the labor department but the so
licitor of the former department
was known to be giving consider
ation also to .his department's
power, in case l aiiagnan is au-
WASHI.VGTO.V. Jan. T. Com
pletion within a week of an inves
tigation of the case of Eugene V.
Debs, who Is crv!ntr a prison sen
tence at Atlanta for violation of
the espionage laws, to determine
whether recommendations for a
pardon would he warranted, was
indicated today by the department
of justice in On announcement.
All cases of persons nerving
sentences under the espionage
act are under investigation, ti
partment officials added, and the
Debs rase ha bven reached in its
order, ami i now on the desk ot
the pardon attorney who will re
port his findings of the facts to
the attorney general for submis
sion to President Wilson
As yet officials said the investi
gation has : not progressed far
enough to determine whether the
facts warrant tbe granting of a
pardon to Debs. White. House of
As many as 10 applicants for the position of secretary of.
the sJale fair board to succeed A. H. Lea may be before the
board for its consideration Monday when the secretary is to
le electee!. There is a rumor that Mr. Lea might retain the
position, though he announced hU resignation ome months
a. ;
Among those who are applicants are Romeo Goulet,
Frank Davey, Frank Meredith. T. L. Davidson and C. B. Clan
cey, all of Salem, and C. A. Harrison of Seattle. Davey is a
I member of the legislature and has been active in the public
ficiais have j previously made itilife of the state for many years. Meredith was formerly w-
clf.wr Prs,dnt NV"so" 'I'retary of the fair board and later secretary of the Washinir-
ed the company bv the citV of Se-' John 1 1. Carson. Marion county's : extension ot executive clemency to ion ir u. ine uur Da,ein canaiaaies nave Deen
attle. new prosecuting attorney. ucds. uune in me auuess ui mc suic iair.
ported by draft boards, ta error,
was telegraphed by the adjutant
reneral to the national -commander
os the American legion, who
has lately demanded the Immedi
ate' release of the whole list to
the press of the country. Colonel
White railed Commander Cal
Irsith's attention to the whole
sale errors found In Oregon la
the. govern meat's list and asked
his co-operation In expediting cor
rections and In withholding the
rames until th list Is corrected.
"Once a man has been heralded
publicly as a drsft dodger It will
be difficult, if not Impossible, for
him to explain. said Colonel
White. "Men who did not re
oort to a draft board beeaate of
having enlisted and gone ta tbe
front should never be put la that
position. ,
Twelve Coustie Behlad.
"At the same time this need
i.ot prevent or halt the roundup
of draft dodgers the country over.
Lists of drart deserters ta each
county can be reported to the
local authorities with requests for
their arret. as rapidly as the lists
are cleared of ex-service me.
"In all but 12 counties of Ore-
gon. the lists of Oregon draft de
Mrters could be turned ,ver to
the authorities now for action, as
these lists have all been "revised
In every county excepting 12
where county clerk's have failed
to give proper " co-operation In
checking the lists. Other means
of covering those counties will be
adopted. r
Two IJt field.
-There are two lists of draft
deserters at Washington." Colonel
White explained. "One contains
1 7... 000 names of wilful draft de
serters. These are men who
failed or refused to respond. It
waa from this, list, as applying to
; Oregon, that toe 51 ex-service
men were removed. The other
list is made up or 11.000 names
of men charged as draft dodgers
for technical reasons and whose
records, the government has
Hated, ran be cleared. These men
are not listed for prosecution, as
are the .175.O00.
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ASPIRANTS FOR STATE
FAIR SECRETARYSHIP