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OPPOSITION
TO iW BILL
I NOT SEN
Closed Door Discussion On
Relations Between U. S.
And Japan Fails to Alter
Opinion, ;r .
NEW INFORMATION
I HEARD BY SENATE
Controversy Over Island Of
Yap Taken Up In
Congress
HIGH COURT HOLDS
FATE OF THREE MEN
STAY HALTS NOOSK IX CASE
OF MALI! El" It COUSTV LAD
Owtiw and IUthie Appeals Are
Slated to be Heard at Peudle
ton Term Xext May -
SUBURB OF PETROGRAD
HELD BYS INSURGENTS
LKXIXE AND TROTZKY FLEE
TO CRIMEA
Sailor and Workmen Continue
Fight Against
Officers
WASHINGTON. March 1 The
senate discussed relations between
the United States and Japan for
two . hours today behind closed
door,', but the situation as pre
sented by republican leaders fail
ed to shake opposition to the nat
al appropriation bill. .
. After the doors were opened.
Senator Borah, republican. Idaho.
and other leaders in the flghn
against the bill, declared that the
measure in its present form could
not be passed before congress ad
journed Friday. The senate then
swung into a, long night session
with a promise by Senator. Poin
dexter, republican. Washington,
In charge Of .the bllL.thaVit would
be held in session until action had
been taken.,, . . ; ,
New Angles IMscwssed.
Motion tor the secret session
was made by Senator Lodge, re
publican leader, afid chairman ot
.the senate foreign .relations com
mittee. He interrupted a long
open debate by expressing hope
that the measure would be passed
by this congress and adding- that
there . were ' some "angles" which
should i not; be discussed in pub
lic ;;iJ ,!- 9
. When the gaHerier had been
cleared. Senator Lodge was under
stood to bare presented new Infor
matioh regarding controversies
between the United States and Ja
pan other than that orer the Cali
fornia alien land law. One .mat
ter aid to hare been .discussed
,was the. island of .Yap oxer which
Japan holds. a mandate. .
. The United States has protested
against this mandate to the
, ' league of nations council and also
hat taken the subject up with Ja
"pan. Several senators , were re
ported to hare expressed the view
that: the controversy over tho ls-
Three prisoners under sentence
of death, but whose executions
have been stayed by appeals of
their cases to th supreme court
are now confined at the state pen
itentiary. The latest stay is that
of George Howard, who was sen
tenced to die last Friday for kill
ing George , R. Sweeney in Mal
heur county, but for whose appeal
Inmates of the prison made up a
purse. The stay of execution
reached the prison Monday night.
A reprieve by Governor Olcott.
however, was all that saved How
ard. Tl)e governor had read re
ports of the stay to be issued by
the circuit court in Malheur coun
ty, ibut no formal rotiflcation had
arrived up to the eve of the day
of execution, so the governor, pre
suming that the stay would be is
sued, reprieved the .condemned
man last Thursday .until yester
day. The case now awaits ac
tion of the supreme court.
The case of Jack Rathie and
Jim Owens, who were implicated
with Neil Hart in the slaying of
Sheriff Til Taylor of Pendleton.
is still pending in the ' r.preme
court and will probably be heard
at the eastern Oregon session of
the supreme court at Pendleton
In May. Hart was hung in No
vember.
HELSINGFORS. March 1 Vas-sily-Ostrov,
suburb ot Petrcgrad.
is held by the Insurgents and cut
off from other parts of the city,
according to reports from the
Russo-Flnnish frontier. Fighting
continues between sailors and
workmen on the one hand and
officers on the ether. ,
Rumors are that Lenlne and
Trotsky have fled to Crim3a.
On February 23. about 60 com
munists were killed and 200 were
arrested. Bands of strikers
stormed the Djabine prison and
freed several pallors. They held
demonstrations on the streets,
carrying banners with such in
scriptions as "Dofrn with Soviets
and communists."
At the outset of the disturb
ance, the red soldiers divided
their guns among the rebels but
took no further part.
WRECK LI
TO ENGINEER
AND FIREMAN
Investigation Shows Em
ployees of Michigan Cen
tral to Blame for Railway
Collision.
BOTH TO BE DISMISSED
FROM SERVICE OF ROAD
TTERE is the new cabinet as tentatively selected by President Warren G. Harding:
.Secretary of state, Charles Evan Hughes, of New York; secretary of "treasury, An
drew W. Sfeilon, of Pennsylvania; secretary of war, John V. Weeks, of Massachusetts;
postmaster general. Will H. Hays, of Indiana; attorney general,, Harry M. Daugherty,
of Ohio; secretary of navy, Edwin Denby, of Michigan: secretary of interior, Albert B.
Fall, of New Mexico: secretary of agriculture, Henry C. Wallace, of Iowa; secretary of
commerce, Herbert Hoover, of California, and secretary of labor, James J. Davis, of
Pennsylvania. j
Commerce Commission Hasi
Made no Statement
Of Findings
CKS DEM1DED
WASHINGTON. March 1 Sail
ors and laborers have united in I
a revolt in Petrofcrad which start
ed February 24 and the city has
been placed under martial law.
the Finnish delegation, hare was
informed tonight through the gen
eral surf of its army. Clashes
have occurred with casualties at
many places, the . advices stated.
Vassily-Ostr&v is occupied by the
Insurgents. The infantry dis
tributed arms but was refrained
from taJcn,part In the revolt, it
was added. Factory . workers
have struck.
Judiciary Committee Will
Hear Report Against
Landis
.(Continued on page 6.)
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Statesman Classified
I j Ad. Contest
Each week the Statesman
will give three cash rewards
for tbe .best "stories" about
Statesman Classified .Ads.
The awards will be.annbunc
ed -each Tuesday morning:
1st reward. $2.50; 2nd re-
ward. $1.50; 3rd reward,
$1.00. I --
Contestants must see that
their , ''stories" reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning, of each week
In order to be considered.
Last Week' Award
,. ' A number of very interest
lag ."atories" were received
last week' and the judges
;bxve decided .upon the fol
lowing as the winners.
'1st reward, $2.50. Eugene
T. Prescott, 541 Mill St., Sal
em.!' "I"- " !""
2nd reward. $1.50. Myrtle
Page, 1105 Court St.. Salem.
3rd reward, $1.00.. Miss
Anna Stine, 1647 N. Front.
St., i Salem.
The story winning second
award is published in fnll
below; the others will be
published In future issues of
the i Statesman. Watch .for
them.. , (
ISflSING
Winner of 2nd Award Be
lieves These Ads Will Sell
!.-. Anything Even Angle
Worms. "Phone 81 B4"
! Brings Her Deluge of Or
ders From Fishermen,
I Hungry For the Sport.
WASHINGTON, March 1. De
mand for a thorough investiga
tion by the next congress of im
peachment charges against Fed
eral Judge K. M. Landis was
made today by five members of
the house Judiciary committee.
-Within two hours the sub
committee of five lawyers drafted
a brief report recommending that
charges by Representative Welty,
Democrat, Ohio, be taken up by
the judiciary committee early in
the special session. -
The report is known to be out
spoken in opposition to the action
of Judge Landis in accepting a
salary of $42,500 a. year from
baseball to act as its supreme ar
biter while serving on the bench.
In - formal discussion it would
be impossible for the full com
mittee to dispose of the Welty
charges before congress adjourns.
.The report, signed by Repre
sentatives Dyer. Missouri, Himer,
New York, and Boies, Iowa, Re
publicans, and Card, Ohio, and
Sumners. Texas," Democrats, will
be presented to the full commit
tee tomorrow. Leaders said it
probably would be adopted 'with
out much debate.
DETROIT
GATES
ill
CT
Citizens ' and County Court
Endeavor to Obtain Aid
From Government
SOLDIERS' BOB
BILL CALLED SORDID
A delegation composed of Roy
Newport, B. F. . Russell and W.
H. RIddell of Detroit, together
with the county court met yester
day in conference with C. C. Hall
of Albany, a forest reserve super
visor, in an endeavor to secure
co-operation from ; the govern
ment in the building' of a road
between Gates and Detroit. The
district has already an appropri
ation dt $17,000 which it is anx
ious for. the government to match
in order that the road construc
tion may be commenced at once.
It is understood that Mr. Hall
has consented to use his influ
ence to secure the amount.
Thej road will be a difficult
piece of construction as it extends
14 miles into the Cascade moun
tains, and will cost '.more than
the .amount appropriated. ' How
ever, it 1 s badly needed and the
tesidents of the district have been
working for some tim? to secure
sufficient funds to warrant the
district in commencing its construction.
Thomas, Colorado, Attacks
Measure in Report
To Senate
WASHINGTON," March l.-y-The
soldier bonus bill was attacked to
day by Senator Thomas, democrat,
Colorado, aa "sordid, mereinery,
humiliating, outrageous and illegal.",-
In a minority report presented
to the senate as a member of the
finance committee, be said the op
eration of the bill would entail a
cost of three and a half billion dol
lars and result in depreciation of
liberty bonds and other securities
and a great burden to the -tax
payers.
"There may be such a thing in
thia country - as a taxpayers'
strike," he declared. "The-eooner
it comes the better."
This bill subordinates duty to
the pordld and degrading influ
ence of pelf and profit, makes the
army an agency for the extortion
of money from the citizens and
places the republican soldier upon
a level with the mercenary soldier
of fortune or adventure."
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FOUND
Portland Police Locate Ma
chine of Buffalo
Judge
Editor; Statesman: - ;
J tuippone you think you know
nt about advert 'sing, but you
dont, rNo-slr-ee." not unless you
nave tried a classified ad in the
statesman, the best paper la Or-
(Contlnued on ftge 5.)
Beloved Salem Woman Is
Very III At Her Home
For years folk in trouble, sick
or bereaved in Salem, have been
remembered with tokens of sym-
pathy in the form of floral offer
ings, sometimes dropped .anony
mously on a doorsiep. sometimes
sent in the same way by messen
ger. Nine chances out of ten the gift
was from Mrs. Samuel Brooks.
Now the situation is changed
and appropriate evidence of sym
pathy is finding its way to Mr.
Brooks, for she lies very 111 at her
, home. ,1918
street.
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 3.
Through the record system of the
auto theft department of the Fort
land police department an auto
mobile stolen May 11, 1920 from
Judge Patrick J. Keeler of Buf
falo. N. Y., has been recovered at
Cottage Grove. Ore.
In September the machine was
sold to B. N. Perini at Cottage
Grove for $7.50 by a man giving
the name of Lewis C. Hartraan of
Llmira. N. i. i
liartman and another young
man drove into Cottage Grove and
sought employment. They sold
the car to Perini and stayed in
Cottage Grove for about a month
Later Perini sold the machine to
A. W. wanson of the same town.
and an Oregon 1921 license was
taken out for the car. When the
secretary of state's records of 11
censed machines were received in
the auto theft department Ser
geant Albert Bigelow located the
car.
King Nicholas of
Montenegro Is Dead
ANTIBS. FrRance, March 1. -
King Nicholas ot. Montenegro
died here today.
The queen of Italy, daughter of
Nicholas, has been advised of the
death of her father and she and
King Victor Emmanuel are ex
pected here for the funeral.
Nicholas I , of Montenegro wan
born In 1841, He was proclaimed
prince of Montenegro as successor
to his uncle Danielp 1 in IS JO and
assumed the. title of king under a
resolution adopted by the national
CHICAGO. March I.
Henry Shearer, general man
ager of. the Michigan Central
lines tonight announced that
the road's investigation had
proved that thj engineer and
fireman of the Michigan Cen
tral! train were to blame for
the wreck at Porter. Ind..
Sunday night, in which 37
persons were killed.
Shearar issued the follow
ing statement following the
road's inquiry: .
"In the matter of the un
fortunate collision at cross
ing of the New York Central
and Michigan Central rail
roads at Porter. Ind.. Sun
day. February 27, New York
Central train No. 151 and
Michigan Central train No.
20:
"After careful Investiga
tion of the facts with all in-
terested employes and con
ference with 'officials just
completed, it has been deter
mined' that Engineer W. S.
Long and Fireman George F. .
Block on engine 8C06. train
No. 20. violated rules and
regulations in failing to ob
serve and properly obey sig
nal indications and will be
forthwith dismissed from the
service?" " , .:
PORTER. Ind.. March 'l. Re
sponsibility for .the wreck of the
Michigan Central Canadian flyer
and the New York Interstate lim
ited Sunday night, killing 37 per
sons, had not been determined to
night. Each road blamed the
engine crew ot the other. .
The Michigan Central today
announced - an Investigation at
Niles, Mich., had exonerated W.
F. Long and George Block, en
gineer and fireman respectively,
of its train.
The Michigan Central flyer
was given the right of way with
clear signals, was nevt-r derailed
until hit by the other train
which, it was said, had plenty of
time t stop, and its employes
would be defended to the limit.
the road announced, in a state
ment. The New York Central still
maintained signals were set
against the Michigan Central
train and that the latter drove
through a cloned block and de
rail switch, jumping the track and
then climbing back. Investiga
tion still being made left many
angles of the disaster unsolved.
The Michigan Central today
corrected interpretation of tech
nical statements ascribed to its
fireman and engineer, previously
taken to mean that the two train
men knew th?y were riding into
a D-rail switch.
Shortly after the disaster. L.
E. Pitner of Racine. Wis., a pas
fenser quoted Long as saying:
"I asked Block as I always do. if
the signal was clear, and he re
plied. 'She's going up.'
The statement was interpreted
by many to mean it was going
from the clear to danger position.
The Michigan Central today an
r ou need that when signal board
Is upright it is clear and means
go ahead. When closed, it is at
right angles to the post. Thus
"going up" meant going up to
clear and not going up to dang?r.
Mr. Pitner tonight said he ob
tained the alleged statement of
the -j engineer from trainmen.
Longwas in this group ami heard
trainmen quote him.
Dr. ,11. O. Seipei. coroner to
night said he would start an in
vestigation this week.
Four officials of the Interstate J
commerce commission arrived to
day from .Washington to conduct
an investi cation.
All ot the dead have been iden
tified, Representatives of 'the Inter
state commerce commission to
night completed their prelimin
ary investigation but refused to
make any announcement. Th"y
said it probably would be a day
or two before the complete In
vestigation by state and federal
bodies wonld be started.
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GE1IS IT
ABLE TO VARY
PROPOSALS
Allies Misunderstood Offer,
Says Delegate; Reply Ex
" pected to be Ultimatum
FINAL ACTION JS
EXPECTED THURSDAY
Says France WouId Dnly be
PuMo Expense By
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SENATE A1EIBT
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. By Associated Press By
unanimous vote, fifty-igrht senators answering the roll, the
senate tonight attached as an amendment to the naval ap
propriations, bill a section calling upon the president to call
a conference of the United States, Japan and Great Britain
to consider naval disarmament.
The proposition originally presented by Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, was put before the senate under unanimous
consent agreement by Senator Edge, republican, New Jersey
and the vote was taken upon his amendment.
The vote was taken after seven hours of debate which
included an executive session at which foreign affairs par
ticularly in reference to Japan were discussed.
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Mon
tana, proposed as a substitute for
the Hor'ah-Edge amendment, a
p!an for a conference on general
disarmament to be called by the
president. , This, after several
hours' debate, was defeated, 28
to 30, by practically a strict party
vote. Senator Smith of Georgia
being the only Democrat to vote
with the Republican, and no Re
publicans voting in its lavor. Tho
naval bill its-lf was barcly
touchrd ' upon.
Senator Toindexter, Republi
can, Washington, in charge of thf
bill after the disarmament vjtc.
moved that the senate reoes un
til 11 a. m. tomorrow, but Sena
tor Jons. Democrat. New Mexico,
suggested adjournment be taken.
The adjournment under senate
rules would, displace the natal
bill from Its place on the calen
dar for the first two hours ot to
morrow's session, during which
Senator Jones said supporters of
the bonus bill for ex-service men
would fieek to advance that meas
ure. On a roll call the adjourn
ment proposal was defeated 2S
to 16 and th senate recessed.
continuing the naval bill in its
privileged position.
S1YS tut DIE TO
W1B
Wilson Meets for Last Time
Vith Ten Official
Advisers
Harding Confirms Appoint
ment of Mellon, Hays
And Fall
MARION. Ohle, March 1.
Three more cabinet appointments
were definitely confirmed by
President-elect' Harding tonight.
leaving only one selection of the
ten secretaries to e formally
given out. The vacancy is in 'the
portfolio of labor, and an n-
Louncement is expected tomor
row. The three whose selections
LONDON. March l. (DyTb
Associated Press) -We have no
power to vary our proposals, but
If the other aiae makes sugges
tions we can communicate with
Berlin, which wUl make possible
a discussion." said Herr Schroe
der, speaking for the German dele
gation tonight.
"lf the conference is broken up
because our offer does not satisfy
the allies, it cannot be helped."
he continued. "We shall have to
a-o back to the treaty and wait for
the all lee to submit reparation fix
urea aa provided for in the treaty.
Xo Good to Invade.
It would do Prance ao goo4 to
Invade onr country farther; she
would get nothing and-would be
put to considerable expense."
In his opinion the allies appar
ently misunderstood the German
offer. It waa presented In German
he said. The allies apparently for
got all about what they had re
ceived from Germany in kind, in
cluding estates In Poland and
Schleswig, for which the Poles aal
Danes could not pay.
Gull Is WideJ
When German delegate fced
the allies today with the object of
coming to a final settlement ot the
German indemnity, a gulf was re
vised wider than va (orecaat ct
Germany' a counter proposals, ahe
British premier declared:
"The German government ap
pears to Lave a complete mlsnn
derstaadlng of the realties of tM
position," and adjourned the con.
terence after Dr. Simons, the Ger
man. foreign secretary. had tried
to advocate the documents' rea
sonableness. ,
The belief prevails ta the a31ie
camps that the negotiations have
ended.
The allies reply la expected to
be an nltimatam.
A bulletin Issued after a brief
meeting ot the heads of the allied
delegation, said: j
It waa decided to conanlt the
Judicial and mlUtary advisers to
morrow, with a view to Infonnlag
the German delegation ; Thursday
as to the measure the allies pro
pose to take."
Advance Not AMOred.
The allies terms required pay
ment of 11.300.000.000 pounds
and the lowest Germany was ex
pected to put forward was some
thing ever seven billions, while
; 4tO.000.CCO
tne I pounds raised by a. German tor-
rre mid known toniffht are
,ndr w W. MeUon. a Pittsburgh rmany w"u
hnVr In K frir tf thwIP0""" raisea OJ
treasury; Will lL Hays of Xndl-c, ' . J?" ,a" proie"
r..,Ki! ..i,i .,.ir. to believe America would co-oper
ate.
The German delerates still are
ana. Republican . national cnair-
man. to be postmaster general.
r.n.l 11K.H It Call maw anatAr
From New" Mlc to be secrelaTy J. ? P.,a'" l??.
of the interior.
The official announcement did
not caue surprise. It having been
may be taken as a baals tor dU-
cussion. ' !
'An advance into Germany ty
the alUed armies is in nowise a-
North . Commercial 'knpshtina. In 1910 on the. 50th
anniversary oi'ms lEcension.
Idaho Is Champion
.Over Whitman College
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Mar.
1. The rnlvcrsity of, Idaho de
feated Whitman college in basket
ball tonight 20 to 20. Idaho wen
in the' last tlx minute? of play.
List of Wounded and
Dead Grows in Dublin
DUBLIN. March 1 Three girls
and two men were wounded to
night when an armed patrol ex
changed shots with men who at
tacked it. Two noMier- were se-'n
to fall. The streets were crowded
with pedestrians.
One man was killed nd two
Mriouly wonrtdod whn the mili
tary firM'on a proup In a field
near Tlpperary.
It lis fcf f i'ially reporled that
crown forces pursued rebels near
Oorbally. . They killed one man
and wounded two and raptured
arms and ammunition and a plan
for an ambush.
WASHINGTON. March 1.
President .Wilson met with hi.
cabinet today for ll.e lat time and
aid farewell to I he ten men who
hare been his official advisers,
since 1913.
The final mectinc was held In
the executive offices, the presi
dent walking from the White
House aided by hln cane. After
an hour and a half rpent in a dis
cussion of "official bu.--ine?. and
otherwi"" the preident autob'.o
graphed for each member a pho
tograph taken ai last week's weet
ing. Then he said good-bye. He
areeted' each In turn and chatted
for a few minutes before shaking
bands.
Kaeh department head ex
pressed to the chief executive. a
few word of appreciation for his
helpfulness and co-operation with
their deiartm3nt . They have
a m I eve? e w eawe
iney .uu.a ue inc man.. obliged to give an ultimatum. Lc-
lormai aiaienirns w. - onomlc pressure may be attemp-
ruru iu ruuurt.iiun wnu uc if i mA
. . . mm mm a . I
roinimenis. out ir. naraing in- vQ -nBnort tar th tenher bm
dicated he might have some more of ,0idier developed In i:o-
oeiauea oiwrvauon to n,K"UBd and it an advance ia vnder-
wh-?n he announced tomorrow taken. It will be a French and Bel-
me name oi nts eecreiary o " I glan measure in which Great Brti-
lor. .upportcn vl at least three lain win co-operate only; from loy-
avaiiait men still are bringing laity to the allies. !
prenure to bear. I Renters' limited. say4 It nnder-
The man whose name has been 'stands from French quarters that
written opposite the labor pori-l among the proposed penalties for
folio In .the. tentative cabinet list (Germany are the levying of fty
is James J. Davis of Pittsburgh, per cent on sales of goods from
former steel worker, supreme die- Germany tn allied cou tries, the
ttor ot the Loyal Order ot establishment ot special customs
Moose. Activities of those who which would separate the left
woul.l rather see Jam?s Duncan bank of the Rhine from the re-
o' Massachusetts, or T. V. O'Cor.
nor of New York, choten. puts
a last minute turn over well with
in the possibilities.
The president-elect today put
the finlsh'inr touches on his In
augural address. II? also con
ferred with Major General Leon
ard Wood, who has been selected
(or goUTBor general of the Phil
ippines Tonight he wa3 Initi
ated into the Knights Templar
order.
The meeting with General
malnder ot Germany, tie occupa
tion of the coal porta on the right
bank of the Rhine andj aa a last
resort, the seizure ot German cus
toms.
Champ Clark Has
Slight Rally
Wood ?rft the nu est Ion of hit
arranged to purchase the chair j a,.rf.ptns the Maud governorship
wnirn me presmeni naa orrapim , in dobt. althouth th3 confidence
at caoinet meetings tor previa- that no wou, do so waa appar-
um to nun tnt among thoue cloe to Mr.
w nen tny vrerc cone, ine pres- uar(nni:-
receive a de sa Ion nl the alley r,rnation from the ATmTt and
,.;,"r.wi"?.::.,;,";'.F. ir the general gives up hU mlil-
WAPHINGTON. March 1. The
condition of Representative
Champ Clark continues j-extrems-
ly grave, his physician! Dr. Jcsws
houp, announced tontghL Mr.
Clark had a -slight rally late la
the afternoon and Is conscious.
His pulse al?o was said to be
stronger tonlghL
i
sented him with a certificate as
"honorarv perptnal benefactor
and the Insignia of the orranlxa
tiojt. Then R. T. Raker, director
of Ihe mint. Ktcpp"! into the cab
inet room to ish the president
farewx-ll. i
"Take rood care of tho mints."
the president enjoined him. as he
shook his band.
' (Continaed on pace 2.)
tary commission he can have his
choice ot several other offers
from business and educational
concerns. U Is said.
It U understood that the pres
ident-elect made an early selec
tion for the Philippine governor
ship, both because the place is
vacant and because be wanted to
(Con tinned on pas 2.)
Caruso Improved i
After Operation
NEW YORK. Mtrch t. Enrico
Caruso was reported tonlgbt to be
'doing very well." after n oper
ation today to remove fa pus ac
cumulation In the lower pleural
cavity. j
Three tank! of oxygen were
taken tonight to bis apartment,
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