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, ; nil! imrjwi aivixuiArN, riL.c.ait vmcAj w ' ' 1 i i SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 20. 1921 SALEM 68AN6E HAS ALL DAY MEETING . I : i T . , - Prune Dinner is Served And Monthly Business Meet I ing Held were in the same breath asking Germany to pay the indemnity in goods. . An all-day. meeting . of the Sal em grange wai held yesterday and mattery of vital interest to the members discussed. In the forenoon the regular monthly business session of the organiza tion was held, followed by a prune dinner, given In observance of prune week. An open i meeting was held In the afternoon, during which .a splendid program was given, in spite or the fact that C. "E. Rpence, j master of the Oregon state grange, scheduled to address the gathering, was unable to be present owing to duties f awaiting him at the state house. ""Various members of the grange were call ed upon for remarks, chief among the speakers being S. H. Van Trump, who delivered a most in structive and helpful address. Dr. Arthur Slaughter .was also an in spiratlon nil his remarks. Others civlnc short talks were Frank Hrubets. It. lit. Ryan. A. E. Zlm merman. Mr. and- Mrs. Crow of Cottage Grove and Mrs. Harry Thomas. Piano selections were rendered by Miss Putnan and Miss Stievey sang two solos. Bolshevik Troops Have Overrun Georgia Land COXSTANTIXOPLK. Feb. 1 9. bolshevik troops appear to have overrun Georgia, completing the junction of the force ' of the Moscow government with the Turks. The Georgian govern ment, which fled from Tiflis. is reported to have halted at Ku talrt. between Tiflis and Hat rim. Skirmishes between Sochi and Caxri. on the Black sea. are tak en to indicate a general bolshe vik advance on all sides with 15a tum as its ultimate object. The French cruiser Wald?ck- Rousseau has left for Batnm. C. H. Moser. American com missioner, formerly stationed at TiHis, has reported from Ratum that so far all Americans are safe! , BEARCATS F 1 en Wapato Stars at Forward And Fterey at Guard is Sensational Mrs. Neely Heads Woman's ' j Auxiliary of Legion TACOMAj Wash., Feb. 19. Mrs. John TX Neely, of Spokane. , Wash., was: unanimously elected ' president of the woman's auxil . lary of the American legion of the department of Washington at ; the last, session of the first an . nual state tsonvf ition of auxlllar .lf ls which closed here today. Mrs. ' Keelv Im nresldent of the Snokane auxiliary ana nas oeen active in 1 in the state; organization. 1 The other officers elected are: First vice president, Mrs. W. H. Gilbert, of i the Lcgan Wheeler post, of Yakima: second vice president. Mrs. J. W. Drain, of the Hamilton cost of Bllinabam: ; ' secretary, Mrs. Kate Simpson of the Kent post; treasurer. Mrs. Guv Parmalee of the Rainler- Noble post of Seattle; historian, Miss Caroline Churchman of the . Pasco post: i chaplain, Mrs. Maud S. Brown, of the Davenoort post and officer o' the dav, Mrs. Good- bar Jones, of the Aberdeen post. . The above ,bf fleers will erve on the executive committee : to gether with the following women. one of whom- was chosen from ' each congressional district! Mrs, Walter Besls. Seattle, district No. I 1: Mrs. Cutter. Everett, district No 2: Mrs.! George Dysart, Cen ! trails, district No. 3; Mrsr'Ben- 4 nett Walls! Walla district No; " and Mrs. Guv Brown. Wenatchee, . district No. 5. ' Legislature May Complete Session Work on Tuesday The 31st legislative session will probably complete its labor Tues day of this week, according to the most definite information that can be secured. Adjournment was taken yester day to meet again Monday at 11 o'clock. . " Leaders in both houses agreed that this course was much more desirable than to permit of steam roller methods during the last hours of the session. At the opening of the session yesterday, according to an an nouncement by speaker Bean, the house had 120 bills, resolutions and memorials sill to be consid ered, while the senate had 168. making a total of 288 to be dis posed of before the close of the session. Silverton Girls Club Finishes First in State SILVERTON. Or.. Feb. 18.-r- ( Special to The Statesman.) The Silverton Girls Sewing class, con sisting of 36 girls and conducted by Miss .Martini OUen. history teacher of the eighth grade, was the first to finish the year's work In the state. The class fin- ished 100 per cent. Mr. ey more, state club leader at O. A. C, has asked the class to have Its picture taken. The girls held their exhibit Wednesday after noon. SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 19. (Special lo Statesman) Willam ette university basketball cohorts defeated the Gonzaga university quintet In a fast and hard came here tonight 24 to 16. Willam ette played a fast passing game, completely outclassing the Spo kane players in every department of play. The first half ended 12 to 9 in favor of the Bearcats. Wapato converted ten of the vis itors points and played the floor well. Raray displayed unusuaP prowess at the guard position and was responsible many times for Gonzaga's inability to convert toss es into counters. Cehreg played stellar ball for the local aggre gation tossing four baskets and Needles played a strong game at guard. The lineup and scoring follows: Willamette (24) (16) Gonzaga Gillette 6 F Murray Wapato 10 F Jackson 6 C Dimick 2 G Rarey G Substitutions: our mountain scenery and a tine fishing and hunting section. At a very enthusiastic road meeting held at the school house in Detroit on the l?lh Inst., an organization was formed to be known as the Sunt lain-Detroit road association. I!. K. Russell was elected chair man and W. 11. Riddell secretary of the association. It was derided to send a large delegation to Salem to discuss road matters with the county judge and road supervisor and al ko to take the matter up with the forest service and secure all the assistance possible from that source. Bill to Change City Boundaries Defeated mm FOR IRISH BELIEF ington basketball! quintet victory oer Stanford university. 17 to !6. In the final same ol the series here tonight. It was a hard fought contest throughout. Stan ford bad a I -point lead at the end of the firf half. 12 to 11. hut was unable to hold it. Da vies and Adams Harm! for the southerners. $100 Paid For a Dinner By Five Hundred Persons Raises Money ixitinso jriiv oiitainkd. PORTLAND. Feb. 19. A jury was obtained today for the m?c- I fniil Iri.-il of ThntiiHti I jt (". wh.l ' in earned with the murder of his i)(.ung KnRlifh war bride. Judg? CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Five bun-1 Harry lleit announced after th ised $r0,-Jiiew jury was completed that it will be locked up when not in 4 Hoffman 8 Gehres Needles Ricklie Gonzaga Mai- lory for Murray, Heutter for Mai- lory, Murray for Hoffman. House bill No. 287. by Hyatt, to change the boundaries of cer tain cities was killed by indefin ite postponement in the senate yesterday. Senate bill No. 351, by Patterson providing for the reimbursement of the Jacobsea construction company for expens es incurred in defending personal injury litigation failed to pass. ' Road Bond Taxation Bill Passes Senate Upon reconsideration by the senate yesterday the Sheldon bill to exempt Oregon road bonds from taxation was passed. It was in definitely postponed Friday. The senate voted, on motion of Eddy, to reconsider the house bill regulating junk dealers and it will go on the calendar for another final vote. Fordney Bill is Held As Commerce Suicidal Blow Death of Two German War Chiefs Announced Remodeling of Gem Theatre is Completed SILVERTON. Or.. Feb. 18. (Special to The Statesman.) The Gem theater opened to the public again Wednesday evening altar having: been closed three weeks for . remodeling. One : hundred new 4 seats were added and yet every Seat was taken on opening when tho,XJrFthowegan and a large line of people reaching al most a ? block away, was waiting for the second show. .A new Worlitzer pipe organ has been added, over which Mrs. Ger trude Smith presides. The theater has been re-decorated through out. , BERLIN, Feb. 19, The death Is announced of two German war chiefs, Gen. Hans von Boehn and General Ton: Pleck. -. ' ' General too Boehn was known as the German "retreat special ist." As commander of the 8th German army he withstood the brunt of the allied pressure In the Marne salient and in - August, 1918, was appointed to the su preme command on the Somme front; .. When In December, 1918. a plot was discovered to restore im perialism and secure the return of the former kaiser. General von Boehn. with Field Marshal von Mackensen J and General Count Blxt von Arnim. was described as among the chief men behind the ciovement. f flltlSlfv POLICY Itf ATTACKED. Silverton Woman " V Buys Home in Salem WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. En actment of the Fordney emergen cy tariff bill would constitute a "suicidal blow" at American com merce, E. F. Sweet, assistant sec retary of commerce, declared to day. " "If the measure becomes law.", he said, ''retaliatory measures are cefta!n to be Imposed by all the mor imoortant countries. "Nothing could be more disas trous than such it law." he de clared. "Instead of bringing re lief to farmers. It will increase the cost of living to everyone and in the end react against the farmers by cutting off foreign markets. "It is folly to imagine we are self-sufficient enough to get along without foreign trade." APPRDPRIATION BILLS INTRODUCED Two Measures Calling For Funds for 0. A. C. Pass House dred persons tonight ra 000 for relief work in Ireland by paying flOO each for a dinner given by the American Committee for Relief in Ireland. Senator David I. Walsh ot Massachusetts in an address said that while no American held any ill-feeling against the-English peo ple or desired to create dissension between England and the United States, this country could not maintain a hands off policy as to Ireland. "The people of Ireland are pass ing through the valley of death, he said. "More yian 100 towns have been burned 'and destroyed. Nearly a quarter of a billion dol lars worth of property has been confiscated. More than 200. men. women and children are in need. Industry has been destroyed." "No American dares to think of bringing about any incident in re lationships that would lead to ser ious misunderstanding between hncland and the I'nlted States. It is because we desire friendship be tween our nation and Great Brit ain that we seek to Impress on England the necessity of ending the unhappy state of Ireland. "But neither America nor any other civilized nation can stand idly by and allow the conflagra tion to sweep throughout Ireland. The policy of 'hands off is a policy of stagnation and 'death. "America cannot but feel a ical concern and cannot complacently wutch a situation in any part o! th world when millions of Amer icans of Irish blood will know no contentment nor happiness until peace is restored and suffering ended among their kindred." court. The jury In the first trial disagreed. i:lNSON KILLS TWO PORT ANGELES. Wash.. Feb. 19. Lyle Davis. 16, and V. Rice. 21. both of Lost Mountain. Ya?h.. near here were instantly killed and a yonneer brother of the Da vis boy painfully injured in the explosion of a tan of carbide to day. The younger Davis boy Is in a hospital at Soquiam. Wash., with a badly torn ear an 1 other Injuries. Caruso is Reported As Improving by Physician NEW YORK. reb. 19. Enrico Caruso today apparently main tained the progr.. he has been making in repulsing a heart at tack which early this week threat ened hi life. He appeared more cheerful and was able again to eat solid food. While he still had some fever. bU physicians declared his condition was progressing. SNOW STORM IIAGRS THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 19. The heaviest snow storm of the winter was raging here today. The storm started during the night, bringing to an abrupt end the cold weather that prevailed the early part of the week. More than six inches had fallen by noon. The weather Is warm and the snow is melting but In the hills the snow is more than a foot deep and traffic from the rural sections had practically ceased. TREATMENT OF poison id Irish Captives Go Hungry Ana uareiooted Is Report FARMERS SEND PETITION' DISARMAMENT IX KSTl'OXK I . Poeschl Makes Plea of Not Guilty in Circuit Court PORTLAND. Feb. 19. Joseph C. Poeschl. held for the death of Charles J. Schnabel. who was shot In the court house two weeks ago pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder In the circuit court today. No date was set for the trial asToeschrmay besiten sanity hearing first. John A. Collier, ' appointed at torney for Poeschl, said he had asked that Schnable's slayer, be given a mental examination that may lead to his commitment to the asylum, but said also that there is some question as to the legality of such a hearing owing to the fact that Poeschl is now in custody of the sheriff on a specific charge. Shortly before rejourning over the week-end yesterday afternoon the joint ways and means com mittee of the legislature intro duced in the house 27 bills calling- for appropriations for state Institutions and state departments for the coming two years. By suspension of the rales. The bills were read the second time and will come up early next week. Hcure bills 182 and 210. the former by Gallagher and the lat ter by the committee on livestock, were passed yesterday afternoon. No. 182 provides funds for soil. Irrlgatiomand drainage Investiga tion at the state agricultural col lege experiment station. The ap propriation Is for $7500. House bill No. 210 appropriates $15,000 for the investigation of diseases by cattle. by -the Oregon Agricultural' cU?ge. BERLIN. Feb. 19. The Ger man government, according to a Munich dispatch to the Deutsche Zeltung. has decided to postpone the Bavarian disarmament. Bavaria has protested against disarmament of the Bavarian ein wohnerwehr, as stipulated by the allies. WASHINGTON TAKES SERIES. SEATTLE. Feb. 19 A single point gave the University of Wash MADRID, Feb.! 19. Fanners have sent a petition to the govern ment requesting permission to pay their income tax in produce instead of money, which they de clare they lack. Liberal newspapers protest such an arrangement, which, they Fay. would allow the farmers to reckon wheat at the prevailing high trices when paying their txes. at the canut time assisting them to maintain on the public markets the extravagant war-time prices. I COLIIV PRAISES HIGH FX PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 19. Secretary Colby, when informed tonight that Charlea E. Hughe had teen chosen by President elect Harding as his successor, said: "Mr. Hughes Is a man of gTeat ability whom I have known Inti mately and admired for many years." M-AIL CLERK IS SHOT. CALIFORNIA WINS SERIES EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 19. Uni versity of California basketball players again won from the Uni versity of Oregon here tonight with a score ot 2 4 to IS. Oregon led at the end of the first half by a score of 11 to 9. but 4 he Cali fornia players seemed to be in better .physical condition and played a better game in the last half. Only seven fouls were called throughout I the contest. STORM IS BREWING PORTLAND. Feb. 19. Another storm was brewing off the Oregon and Washington coast today, ac cording to reports to the United States weather office, which order up storm warnings affecting all types of craft. The storm warnings were taken down only yesterday. Fresh south westerly gales are blowing, the weather office said. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 19. C.F. Strong, mail clerk, shot three tltmes when a 'bandit held np a mall car on train No. 2. Northern Pacific railroad, last night, was stiil in a critical condition tonight. The amount of the loot obtained had rot been determined tonight, but unorriciaily. It was said, it probably would not exceed $100,000. The suspects, arrested today, were still being held tonight. WEATHEK Oregon Sunday, rain west, rain cr snow east portion; moder ate to fresh southerly winds. "The screen shows . bathoing girls on the beach. In the parlor. in restaurants and on the street. "Yes, I have seen them every where except in the water." Louisville Courier-Journal. DUBLIN, Feb. II. Severe Crit icism of the treatment of prlsoBtrj confined at the Ballyklnlar Iattra ment camp on Dandrom Bay County Down. Is published by Irish Bulletin, a Sinn Fela p allo cation. It Is asserted that Sir H. mar Greenwood's statemeat la tk house of commons that the i. tented men would be accorded treatment similar to that normally I Kien priMo?ni oi war is rar Iron I correct. i "The prisoners are given wholly ' insnfficient food and maari f them go hungry." the paper d. Clares. "Even this food they i. unable to make the most of, u they do all their own cooking aai are allowed less than half the n. There is no hot water la ti camp., no wash-hoase and Be try lug room, the article eoatlsiM and It la therefore necessary far the prisoners to do their wu&itr as best they can In cold water ut dry tneir launary wnerever tty can. "Many of the prisoners." tit statement goea on, "are praetlciliy barefooted." saying: that bo ir rangementa have been made for supplying them with boots orevea for repairing those they have. It is charged that, while the prisoners are permitted to receive parcels, tnuui lUTknaoiy pirt of the contents Is pilfered by lit English troops In the camp." Tie prisoners suffer Intensely frost cold rad underfeeding. It Is stated. "Every batch of prisoiera i have arrived at the camp ittlig the last month." the articla goes on. ."have complained of tkeir treatment en route. One batck ct 2f men left a certain camp sear Dublin on Sunday evening sal did not arrive In BallyklaLar -til Tuesday evening. During tils time they received practically to food, the military- guard having forgotten the prisoners ration." r ENGLANDERT KMCLANoeii seeu.'eu Bd COL Bill to Maintain Plot : For Veterans is Passed LONDON, I Feb. 19. H. II. As quith. former premier. In a speech today, attacked the Irish policy of the government. He declared that "the hideous blunders and crimes committed during the last six months" were the blackest in the annals of Eng land's relations with Ireland, and never had Great Britain sunk so low In the I moral scale ot na tions, i He r described the Paris agree-. ment on reparations as Impossible of fulfillment and, he added, it . was an extraordinary paradox. which would be comic. If it were not so serious, that the people "who were proposing the anti dumping bill to exclude German goods from I the British markets SILVERTON. Ore.. Feb. 18 (Special to The Statesman) Mrs. Ed McDonald recently sold her farm on the Salem road to George Stevenson front North Dakota. Mr. Stevenson came last fall and purchased the J. L. Edison resi dence 'on Lewis street. Mrs. Mc Donald took this in the farm deat. Mrs: McDonald has bought a residence at 370 East Washington street, Salem, where she will make her home. She is a widow ot the late Ed McDonalds long-time resi dent of Silverton. Local Churches Honor Fathers and Sons Today SHU SETTLERS WHOM They Have Organized An Association and Will Work Father and Son day will be ob served today in the local churches. Some of the pastors will devote their entire services to the consid eration of the relationship that ought to exist between fathers and sons. Special sermons will be preached on the necessity of a bet ter spirit of comradeship between boys and their fathers. Invitations have been sent out by the churches to the fathers In viting them to accompany their sons to the church services. It Is hoped that today will be a red letter day in the experience of many Salem boys and their dads. Classified Ads. In The Statesman Bring Results The Statesman has received from Detroit the following news item concerning the activities ot tha settler on the North Fork of the, Santiam river, who are work- ine together to secure a wagon road for the accommodation of the settlers in that part of Marlon county: It Is nrobably not generally known that there are hundreds of oeoDle 11 vine on the north fork of the Santiam in Marlon county who are miles and miles from the nearest wafon road or highway, all ot whom are T,erv anxious to have the Mill City-Niagara road extended up tha canyon to Ender. Detroit. Idanha and eventually to the Breitenbush hot springs. Th's hlahway besides accom modating the residents of the dis trict, will open up a very beauM ful and pctureque portion of The house yesterday afternoon voted almost unanimously to ap propriate funds for the perpetual maintenance and Improvement 'of the veterans" burial plot in Mt. Scott cemetery, Portland. A large number' of service men have been here since the Intro duction ot the hill lobbying 'for it. MATHEWS SPEAKS ATALBAXY Prof. J. T. Mathews of Willam ette university, spoke at the Al bany public library last night. He took the place of Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, who was scheduled to speak. 4 DAUGHTER IS BORN A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs Tarl E. Miller at their home. 555 North Fourteenth street February 17. She weighed seven and one-half pounds. W JustBack From New York I have just returned from an extended buying trip to New York lere I made a close study of the latest ideas in millinery visiting all the leading millinery marts and attending the Spring Fashion Shows. The flpods are beginning to arrive. To lovers of the beautiful they will be a revelation, as they embody the genius pf America's foremost originators. We invite you to call and see them.h f M. Buffe Morrison .... . I The French Shop T- 115 North High Street Masonic Temple HASSIM IS ARRESTED.i BOMBAY. India, reb. 19. Y. Hasslm, recently in England as a member of the KhUafat delega tion, and three of his co-workers have been arrested at Calcutta and sentenced to six months im prisonment for refusing to give an understanding not to hold a political meeting. In consequence, a religious strike is 'being observed In Cal cutta. All shops are closed and normal conditions are suspended. Amritsar students who with drew from the college are returning. WOMEN'S JURY Bill PASSED BY HOUSE Provides For Referendum To People at Next State Election Providing the senate gives a favorable ote on the bill intro duced by Mrs. Kinney, the ques tion of women serving as jurors will be referred to the people of the state at the next election. The bill passed th- hou- yesterday by a large majority. This bill was laid upon the tabk a few days ao. but it was taken from the table yeterday and amended so that it will be referred to the people. Hindnian. Hammond. Hyatt. La Folltt. Kubll. Gallagher. Mc Farland. 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