The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 17, 1921, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text.r.V'f" . J-' THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 17." 1921 T I ON THWAR f . De Valera Says Attacks Are . a : mm.' a a m uomrary to miles ur Civilized Warfare DUBLIN, Feb.; 16. Eammon De .Valera, In "a 'letter to mem ber! of 'the British parliament, "In behalf of the elaborats re ports of Ireland." charges the British troops with waging war cn the Irish people -.."contrary to cdl Ube rules of civilized war fare." ' . . The communication. It is ex plained, was senu"lest under plea of ignorance you should disclaim refponslblllty for what is being done here in yonr name." The troops, be declared were guilty ut torturing prisoners, assassin ating men and' boys, murdering women, ichildren and clergymen and outraging, Irish women and girls, flogging' and maltreating A Pi mf atlorx, of ' COMPOUND COPAIBA wm4 CUBZ O AT YOUR DftOCCtST U civilians; ininj; and enforcing -crawling and such, like, humili ating and degrading orders; tak ing men from their 'work and forcing them to do military duty or work at military labor as slave, gangs; burning, and looting fac tories, creameries and shops and houses; the destruction of farm steads and farm produce and the killing and maiming of livestock. "Although you have put your troops on active service in Ire land." he saytu "although you have sought toljustify many vile deeds corumitte as 'acta of war. and although you are armed with the deadliest modern machinery of war and protected ; by -every means known to technical skill, you now seek to purchase im munity from defensive action by our party by taking possession of all firearms, an offense for which an Irishman may be arrested and shot and for which one has. been shot, and by carrying Irish citi zens, in your military expeditions against our people. v "The orders to your troop, are to shoot these hostages, should the unit with which they are traveling be attacked.. Already under the specious pretence that tbey were trying to escape, many Irish prisoners have been brutally murdered by your troops.- Now representative Irish citizens are to be murdered similarly on the ground, pretended or true, that the party with 'which they are moving is attacked. "These things are done because it is your will that thy should be done; if you willed otherwise, they would cease. It is you, not your troops, who are primarily responsible." ; 01 CLUBS LIKE PRUNE BREAD Boy Scouts Are Entertained At A Luncheon Yesterday Read The Classified Ads. 5if LEARN TO BLW iob us you MASK AMD ADDBXSB W WU. MAO. YOU OVI UXCnUTKD ACT BOOSXR AMD TEBMS WITHOUT ANT COST TO vou school nsnoasm bt tmbiamcsst i ...... . , . . .. MuJV StfliX , . .. and Local CI sum "We are eating 'prune bread today and it goes fine with .our salmon. It would go better, how ever, it we had some prune bran dy. How about Is? Astoria Rotary Club" So reads a telegram from the Astoria Rotary club received yesr terday by R. O.-Snelling, secre tary of the local branch of Rotary, in response to a shipment of rpune bread to the Astoria branch for their regular weekly luncheon this week. The telegram is sim ilar to a number of other commu nications by wire and letter which have been received during the. past few days from some of the ten Rotary clubs in the northwest to which the bread was sent. A number of the communications were read yesterday at the noon luncheon at the Marion. .. ; Another feature of yesterday's luncheon was the entertainment of three Boy Scouts, all of whom talked on the Boy Scout move ment. The boys were Arthur Ham ilton and William Wright. Salem, and Charles Prael. Astoria,, Mem bers of Rotary also took active part in the program... --. , Next week is anniversary" week for Rotarians. all over the world and the local branch will start the week off by attending church In a body on Sunday. Leslie Meth odist church has been selected as the place of worship for that day. A special anniversary program has been arranged for the noon lunch eon next Wednesday. 22 to 10. Scores in tbertflrst half were scarce and It end? J JL.Ijk 4 in favor of California, but. la the second half the visitors settled down to work and won handily Synes of California, was high point man, with 13 markers, all made in the second half. The, Cal ifornians will leave tomorrow foi Eugene where they win play a two-game series starting Friday, with University of Oregon. y ; State Deaf Boys Win .C From Training School v. The boys basketball team,, of the deaf school lastanlght suc ceeded In defeating the team from the training school, the score be ing 32 to 4. The four points made by the training school boys 'were gained on fouls. A return game at the training school will be played next week. , The lineup follows: Deaf School Valient Heath Sanders Ricket La Fave ' Training School f De Pinto f Donkel c . Carl g- Pox r Richards 0. A: C. Loses to Fast ' California Quintet CORVALLIS. Feb. 16. Uni versity of California won its sec ond straight game from Oregon Agricultural college here tonight. Tinner Yesterday I fell off an 1 8-foot ladder. . ? Lady Mercy! You might have killed yourself. - Tinner Naw. it was only from the second step I dropped. - Pre-War Prices NEW PERKINS HOTEL4 Washington and Fifth. Sts.. PORTLAND, OREGON :' I. 1 ' 1 1 - II vJVJ .0 .Jin If WW V , -Sr-.',.. DEMANDS Trl ; YOU EAT AT r , ?... r . ' 'I'." PRUNES Salem Is the Great '.' '' :""' .. . , 1 -J ; -j. : . .... ... - ,;t"r-"'" . I ;" '" - -.7 ? . ;i -A -.-- ;l : i ' , - 0 H - - 'jf ... ....... m . : x Li- -1 J!et;oer-JLive , , .... J , . '- . - ' ' ' - Prune; Center of the World. : up to JHler Reputation - 4 - IK SALEM PEOPLE BUY P.R.L. & P. I Furnishes More Than Double Quota as Based on 1 Population t'nder the Oregon system of regulating public utilities, the public -service commission makes rates to pay ' operating expenses and interest on capital invested. The money to make extensions and to keep up the public utilities is secured from the public, and If home capital goes Into utilities this will come back to the people. In proportion as Oregon capital Is Invested in our own public util ities the money stays at home and enriches the people ol this state, and they should sle uch invest ments preference. A' big-step in bringing about home ownership of our electric light and power properties is the offer of the Portland Railway. Light & Power company to sell $1,000,000 of its securities to Oregon people. The following table giving the results of this rale np to yester day, makes a splendid showing for Salem, as compared with Port land. For instance, it shows that Salem has 2 per cent of the em ployes of the company, while thee employes have taken 8 per cmt of the whole amount of se curities so far subscribed for. and 10 per cent of the money repre sented. As to the general nubile. Salem Is on par with Portland In num ber of subscribers according to population, and Salem baa furn ished more than double her pro portion, of money,, according to the same rule. Following is th-j table: V. R. 1 A 1. CO. GOLD XOTB Subscriptions February IS, 1021 SALEM POHTLANIi TOTAL Number - Percent Number Number or of or ' or EMPLOYES: Amount Portland Amount " Amount Number 60 2',r 2700 .2750 Subscriptions 29 8' 376 405 ' . - ' Amount f 8.200 10' $88,900 $97,100 PUBLIC: Population 17.G97 1'. 257.288 274,985 Subscriptions 2 T',. 31 23 Amount $4,000 la'c $26,300 $30,300 TOTALS: Subscriptions 31 1f.'o 407 438 Amount $12,200 ll'.r $115,200 $127,400 ...1.1. crease tne emergency '""" fun of the highway aepanrow from $20,001) to not more- $75 000. AinereaseMn mis tuaa i needed for paying the wages of employes who quit on short notice. .... ' ... The e-overnor vetoed Dom dims i.t vr not lwcause he was op posed to i hem but because he did net consider mem emersrnir, measures. ... Speaker Bean made use or tnis opportunity to urge upon tne members of tne : nouse iu w that the highway and road build ing measures before tne nouse w-re the most vuai issues iq w taken up In the few remaining dsys of the session. He urged that members of the nouse nave con fidence in the reports of the road and highway committee, which has bad bills calling for roaa leg islation under consideration dur ing this session, because he said that division among the members would regard Atn'e progress of the movement.. In urging the increase for the state, engineer he referred to hin) as belng the peer of any rtate hiah way engineer . fa the United States. ':.' - -- TIMBER TAX BILL DEFEATED IMS E Two Stormy ' Sessions Are Aroused Over Bears Measure ! W II I'ilfIS SECOND 1 E EQUALITY FOB WOMEN SOUGHT state had already been generous with the service men. and that partly relief should come from the government. . : Only Ellis and Strayer voted against the resolution. National Women's Party In .Convention At Washington .f MARKET BILL GOES TO THIRD WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. A plea for "absolute equality 'for women in the application of all state and federal laws was voiced and cheered at the opening "ses sion today of the National Wo man s party convention. The discussion of the legal equajtty for women came up with tne presentation cf a report from the research committee, setting forth legal "discriminations" which the committee said most be removed. Asserting that the courts have been and still are Would Bind Producers Contracts With Associations . To senate yesterday on the question of adopting a, minority adverse re port on senate bill No. 284, the co-operative . marketing bill, the minority renort was killed and h oisunctiy masculine institutions" bill goes to third reading. Only rl,; Edwards. Ellis. Hume and Moser " 7 .w "V"U nuwue ia- Toted to postpone the bill indef- oiuuuuub turuu&H iue parucips-1 initely. be encouraged to enter the legal -JtVJ Vw'bii-!r. profession and to sit a Judge, and of producer, wherfby theV aTfll Jnrors. Until they are fully rep- i,.,7E " .r,e.V J?, of the institution there always will be grave doubt as to whether women ever -will receive exact Justice in the courts.": Replying to the question raised in an address by Mrs. Nora B. Barney, of New York, as to whe ther women were willing to forego the ''special privileges' accorded them in the laws of many states. especially as to "the husband" responsibility for- his wife's debts "MUs Sue White of Nash ville., Tenn said: ".Absolute equality is my answer. The report will come no for approval later. and prevent their Jumping- the as sociations to accept offers made on the open market.. The bill fur ther declares, that , the co-ooera- tive organizations shall not be hela in restraint of trade. . It is one of the most bitter! r contested measure, before the. lerlslatnre and was recently the subject of a special nearing at which it was opposed by the Nestle'. Food products company, and other con cerns. 'Senator Hare. Iri auniwrtn Ida bill, cited the speech or acceptance of President-elect Harrfin- u which he mentioned the import ance of co-operative marketing. RentPr Vw, WIre,1 the move " oe socialistic and It was also bitterly fought by Senator Hume. senator uennjis. supportlnr the measure, accusfl Home or fall ing to see beyodd the confines of Portland In his argument, it. serted that one of the bic ques tions in ine united States today is that of finding a method to eliminate undue profits that the middleman gathers in. senator Joseph in defending the bill, asserted that the legislation is needed to' keep the dairymen from becoming- impoverished and disorganized. . . . - Senator Eddy, one-of the frn- er of the majority report, de clared the Um ha a The world war soldiers bonus I the oroducera mn tu nmtaw legislation, nouse joint resolution i or - production will be discour SOLDIER S OK PASSES 111 SENATE Shafer is High Point Man For Willamette, Rich Stars for Whitman WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 16. (Special to. The. Statesman Whitmah college basketball quin tet won their second victory here tonight over Willamette univer sity by a score of 1? to 11. Both teams were enable to convert baskets consistently. Rich starred for the Missionaries while Shafer tallied the most-points for the Bearcats.. - i Willamette entered the fray strong and chalked up 4 counters before Whitman could get started. However. Rich tore loose In the last of the first half and rang np five points, for the locals. Shafer substituted for Gillette In the sec ond half and converted 7 out of 8 free throws. . - The lineup and scoring1 follows: Willamette (11) (17) Whitman .A"er ..,"sthy U !lHwi,Sttovlv,.v.? rSK Jackson ..... C .... 4, Reynolds Dimick ...... G .... Scbroeder Rarey... ...,.jG. Laden Substitutions: Willamette: Sha fer. 7 for Gillette. Gillette for Jackson. McKittrlck for Gillette. Whltman-r-Penrose for Laden. Referee Hlnderman. . . To stormy sessions in the bona served to defeat house bill No. 2l. by Representative Beala. intend, to bring timber lands of the coast counties on to the tax rolls for Us purpose or liquidating the bpul4 Indebtedness of port districts. J bill passed to third readl&g-a Tuesday morning, the majority re port of the forestry and corner, vation- committee against radtril amendments to "the bill, beiag adopted over the minority report. The argument in favor of ti -bill, then it came np yesterday af. temoon. was: t&ai port district bonds were voted and secured y . timber lands, wHh a value -based upon the appraisement while tim ber was standing. The removal of the timber leave the land alaott worthless, and the bonds are sua payable, Beala "argued, thus forc ing an undue : burden upon tkt farmer, and residents of the cities snd coast counties. - . The bill proposes to prevent tit removal of timber from such laal until the unit aasenment against the land for port improvement was paid. - .-. ; Arguments against the bill Cen tered chiefly upon the charge that ' it was unconstitutional, since it singles out a certain class for par ticular taxation and thai It places a burden upon the timber owar who develops his land by cutting off the timber, and thus encour ages timber owner to hold their timber Instead of cutting It" ; UN 1 T RECALL ELECTION AT DALLAS FAILURE Judge Robison Leads By More Than f.OCO Votes . ' In Highway' Scrap Tax Levy of Two Mills Will Pay Interest on Bonds - aged and the world go hungry." Monopoly to certain degree he defended. He explained that the bill would have no effect on con tract now In existence, but only to those made In the future. Senator Vinton arose to the de- No. 12 and house bill No. 203,1 passed the senate yesterday. .Tne resolution proposes a con stltutional amendment - by refer ence to the people wnereby the state may Issue bonds up to 3 per cent or tne assessed property val nation to create a fund. The bo- fense of the Nestle' Food Prod uus pruvvuea is i s monin out i cn company wnicn was men not to exceed $500 In any one easel tioned several times by the speak or for loans not to exceed $4000 1 ers. declaring It opens the way . jo pay interest on tne oonas t ior ine producers to tbe market tax levy ot two mills Is provided. I or tne world. not suDject to constitutional lim-l Moser was aralnst the bill and nations. The corn Danion bill nro- Jones and LaFollett snot tnr it vides the' machinery and creates Senator Strayer. In explaining a bonus commission. Senators I his vote against Indefinite cost- Ell la and Strayer were the only I ponement. declared he wanted the senators voting in the negative on I arm ers to be on an equality with DALLAS. Or., Feb. 1C (Spe cial to Tbe Statesman) At a late hour tonight retnrna from the re call election against Judge Ben Robinson indicated that the elec tion would be an utter , failure since Judge Robinson's re-election waa assured at that time by a lead of considerably, more than 1000 votes. A number of precincts had not yet been heard from but these were known to have been almost unanimous for the re-election of the Judge. The west side hlrhwav contro versy.' which arose over the change in tne route of the Pacific high way tnrough Polk coonty by the state. Highway commission, iwss one of tbe main (annes of the cam paign, r The recall favored a com promise but by the vote this com promise was repudiated, showing that the people are opposed to any variation rrom the original- plan to construct the highway through Dallas and by way of Independ ence. ' the measure. After Senator 'Joseph had ex plained the proposed legislation. Senator Ellis told why he would oppose it. I am not in favor of cash bo nuses in all Instances." .aid Ellis. "Of course, for the disabled we should do all we can. We can't expect to vote cash bonuses after every -war and the good done for the soldier would not be In pro portion to me aetriment worked on the state which is in poor con dition nnanclally because of the war." - . senator cms said be did not consider It safe for the soldiers tO accept the bonns nnrlr tarmi tt the measure. On Joseph's motion the senate went Into committee of the whoi to consider the resolution and the Dill. the Standard othertrnsts. Oil company and VETOED HIGHWAY BILLS ARE PASSED Salary of Engineer is creased; Emergency Fund Enlarged In- Two house bills Which wero v. toea oy tne governor at the spe- ""A" were entui;3 S.TSThT; KltnSSfS oi tne measures with- were rasased by the hoii .. r. out -opposition on the part of any day afternoon. vt memoer and moved from th. k .': . floor that the comalttM : ol - he llr7Tf.X .r-l.tcLl- whole report measure. Explaining favorably on state hlrhvir the engineer, was passed almost nnan. . I . , I ' ws uuo Senator stron. . " tl:. I " i"X-x ayes j a i can h seaiaasir wvasti-tnt v am m m a l from the Baker post. American iel livei were absent: Ka. nnanimonsiv . nrcrinv i.r..i . . ... .. v., . j .1 , . 71 7." . . - '. I"'"" oui iso. antnor- mai me . i ire-, the highway commission to in IS Three Fifths of Primeval Woods Are Gone; New j Timber Needed 7 Dyspeptrc Well. I wonld like yon to come and dine with ns this evening Passing Show. BOSTON, MASS, Feb. II. With three fifths or the primeval forests gone, the United- States must turn to the growing and har-. vesting of timber crops. Colonel W. B. Greely, chief of the- Called States forest service, told the Mas sachusetts bouse of representa tives today. He said less than $ per cent of the virgin forests ot New England remained. i "The United 8tates has reached the turning point in forest re ource7" be' continued. "Either we most quit using' wood, or ws must find a way to grow wood trpon our millions of acres of idle land. ' j "A serious shortage of wood cannot be overcome in a couple of year. Extend publicly-owned for ests and encourage owners of tim ber land to grow trees aa much as we can and the supply of wood will still be. hopelessly Inadequate when the pinch come. j "By some mean we must see tht forest land not needed for ag riculture does not LJe idle. Require the forest owner, within the lim its of equity and common sense, to grow tree bat give him fair and reasonable publie help. "Let the national government determine and put before each state the measures essential to keep its forest landa In continu ous timber crops. Let tbe govern menforfer financial aid to. any state which will put into effect and live np to these requirements. Obviously the expenditure of na tional funds must be made a safe Investment In timber production; This calls for an effective aystem or forest fire prevention. And the federal requiremente ahould also Include that the state ahall con trol the cutting ot existing tim ber to the extent necessary or gsC a new crop started. "We have been married year without an argument." -mat tight. Let her hate her . 1 own way. Don't argue." tVfflNGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN To Think the boss m TE WORST" PLOft rpp s 1 r. ft X