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: : ' : : . i- " ' f jsv . ' rfP til. ?! -ys 4t , The Statesman receives the leased i SEVENTIETH YEAR ' SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1921 ) PRICE; FIVE CENTS EV D4 (4 oa :nc tw ml eat mi m acH nr. lot for met tlot to tby n4 ft a est OtUV rdT. Uili nt I wltl 0h white eifht ellotr it ai an4 about :rlbed ; r )tOT ed U foner. nm cxhci 23. FDRDNEY BILL TO BE ACTED UPON FIRST ReDUblicans on House Com- rfiittee Retract Action and Vote ency to Consider Emerg Tariff. MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED STUDENTS PASS STATE TEST ON SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE Nine Receive Perfect Grades in Rtble Study and of These Four Live in Salem Pupils in 77 High Schools Receive Credit for Readiri? Old and New Testaments Nine high school students out and on the New Testament In t ! NEW MEASURE HAS SIX MONTHS LIMITATION Anti-D limping and Valua tion Legislation to Follow ' During Session WASHINGTON'. Mar. 21. --The Firdney! emergency tarut dh.. vetoed by Former i-resiatui. ton. wilt be rushca tnrouBn luu gress in! the extra session. I Accedjlns to the request of pt-esident Harding for passage of almeasure designed to help far mers asking for protection aca'nst foreign (competition Republican member of the house ways and means committee turned about to dy andfvoted to revive the ord ner bill Mter agreeing a week ago not to consider any emergency legislation ahead of a permanent irifr arid revenue revision. i Senators Penrose, Smoot and MeCumber of the senate finance committee agreed to the new pro (nm. Which it was explained moot th annroval of the presi dent. Senator Penrose expressed the belifef. that the emergency measure; would be in the hands of Mr. Harding witn:n iu aays the convening of the special ses sion April 11. I Several members of the house committee, including Chairman Fordnejf late today conferred (wltbSefiator Penrose. From this conference came the prediction that the) measure would be rushed through the house under a special rule anfl throush the senate pos llbly under limitation of debate aii enforced by cloture. Committee in Harmony - The ew Fordneyli bill will be presented with a six months lim itation jbut Us provisions will ex pire earlier should the permanent bill be jenacted. j The (house ways j and means committee, after an all-day wran gle apparently was in harmony. Callings In newspaper men at the close, Chairman Fordlney ret forth the final program wh everybody expressing approval. V . After disposing of the emer gency jneasure la tB Iir8t f"w days of the extra session, the bouse will take tip and pass the of 371 who took the examinations in Bible study given In January received grade ot loo per cent and 332 passed, according to a report on the results given out yesterday by J. A. Churchill, state superin tendent ot schools. Four of those who received perfect marks live in Salem. . ' The students receiving perfect grades were: Nellie Shutt. Mad ras: Lola Millard. 2011 I) street, Salem: Gladys Benge. route 3. Sa lem: Helen Camuiach, routa 4, Salefti; Ruth Wachter. 14 33 Cen ter street, Salem; Dorothy Taylor. 968 Hancock street. Portland; Mabel Bradley. Rogue Hiver. 1'auline Plummer. Ashland; Wayne Bowman, Philomath. This examination," said Mr. Churchill, "is given through the high schools that make applica tion to the state department for the questions. The examination is uniform, being given on tne Old Testament in the morning PACKERS AND WORKERS WILL CONFER TODAY Stunning Costume a Present from an Arabian Warrior afternoon twice each year. I si Bible is not taught in the lii'-Oi schools, but the work is done either in the Sunday schools or in the home as outlined in the course of Bible study prepared by the state department. The only part 4hat the high school has in this work is to give the examination UB(K'r the direction of the high school principal. A pupil niaum,. a grade of 70 per cent in either f" the Old or the New Testament re- j ceives one semester's credit to- ward graduation . from the high : school." ! 1 In the January examinations :t j total of 244 students took tne exf aminations in Old and Testament .. ..,1 1 " rto CuO1 111 NC Tita- menx zv iook tne tesis aiut i"" passed. The number of girls tak ing the examination was -2.14 aud the number of boys 117. i-veii- ere represented in tne examina- iona. Secretary Davis Maintains Strictest Secrecy Among Delegates of Action At Wage Conference. rboto tor A. Empont Atcllrr. Miss Yvonne CSullivan-Beare as 6he appeared at a fancy dress ball given recently at tbe Ritz Carlton, injNew York city. Sh is the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel O'S uili van- Ikare, British Consul General at Rio de Janeiro, Brazjl. Tbe costume worn in this picture was made from an original Jeccac shawl r given to Miss O'Sullivan Deare by anArab chief. Miss O'Sulli- vaa-Beare and her mother are spending the wintet in America travelling from city to city. K - t .- HEARING BEFORE LABOR HEAD TO BE RESUMED We Will Not .Yield " Says Representative of Yard men and Oilers t KQP PRODUCERS . ARE ORGANIZED Silvcrton, Marquam and Mt. Angel Growers to Pool Their Crops E FUX IWR1 CAN LEAD Oregon Possibility Superior " In All Phases, Declares Mr. Crawford S1LVKRTON. Or.. March 21. Siecial to The Statesman.) -A hop growers association has been formed at Silverton. The organi zation has adopted the name of the Willamette Hop Growers' as sociation. G. B. Bentson was wted nresident: Roy Morley, ir rresident. and John Morley spcretarv and treasurer. The purpose of the organization i to maintain a part ot the bal ance of the 1920 hop crop and to make preparations for this year's cron. At present about 622 bales of hops are controlled by the or ganization. The association includes mem bers from SilTerton, Marquam and Mt. Angel. , Contracts Diptheria " From Laboratory Work PORTLAND. Ore.. March 21 Iae Howard, employed in the city mi'k bureau, was, gravely ill to day with diphtheria, contracted. -rdiEe to City Health Officer Grge Parrlsh. by wtrking in the Hshroent Qf a flaJC citT laboratory wnere inyuiucua i That in nearly every phase or the flax industry Oregon can l-ad i.o wnriii i the assertion of Rob ert Crawford, superintendent of tho flax plant at the Btate penl- taniiarr nfter returning trom Ireland where he has been visit-j hich meets tomrrow. WASHINGTON. M.Tth 21 Af ter spending three hours and a half in conference with Scretar ies Davis. Hoover and Wallace, representatives of I he five lead ing packers ami of their" union employes, adjourned late today to !K"t tomorrow. No one would comment us to the progress of the initial efforts of the new ad ministration in mediating a labor dispute. Representatives of the packers and of Hit- employes .stated Secre tary liavia had re'iu'ted all par ties to make no statements. The secn-tary also sont word to news paper men that he had nothing to say. and announced that the discussion would be resumed to morrow, probably at 3 p. m. The fact that there 'are to b no "morning conferences was tak en to indicate Secretary Davis niicht brini; the matter to the at tention of President Harding and other members of the cabinet. The re- POLICE CHIEF IS LAMBASTED BY ALDERMEN City Attorney Directed Jo Write Moffitt Letter Of Warning Against Buying Without Requisition. i am i ,m -fr . , - . I 1 1 - .v . 1KB . ' ill - v - - ; - --v--7- ' : 1 '. OPPOSED TO antiinTnntnr Mll-whlr-h will to ' i'iirn pro beine tested. Dr followed by the allied measure 5 p4rTiEh ia:d Howard probably fixing an American valuation on ! oald recover. goods paying ad valorem; ! ; The will come the permanent tariff. 'which Republican leaders hope wjill be broad enough to sat isfy all Interests demanding an upward revision. I The actnai work of framing it Jwlll begin to morrow, i Whije the house Is working on (Continued on page 4) PoeshI on Trial For ' Murder of Schnabel h last three months While away from the state Mr. Crawford visited and studied sev eral of the flax producing centers and declares that not only is the Oregon climate more favorable than any other for flax produc tion, but that the production, spin ning and weaving possibilities here are ahead of the other cen ters of the world. The opportunity to push the tn dtistrr in Oregon Is particularly ripe now, Mr. Crawford believes, because of the shortage of raw material in several of the Hax producing countries. Production In Russia is practically nornm. In Ireland Mr. Crawford found the flax mills closed down. While in New York on his re turn Mr. Crawford conferred with c.u.r H Street at his Wall street office and says Mr. Street is still contemplating tne estao- Hshment of a flax inaustry m Oregon, but whether he can make a move In tnat aireciion uumu lately Is problematical. Eight Killed in Ambush On Train Near Dublin PORTLAND. Ore., March 21. Joseph C. Toeshl. accused of kill ing Charles J. Schnabel. Portland attorney, was placed on trial to day' charged with murder. WOMEN are pointr to receive substantial recogni tion under the Harding administration, so their leaders have been assured by members of the cabi net. Miss Eva Uhl, at left in picture, of Frankfort, Ky and Coranelle Mattern of l'arkersburg. W. Va - have been assured positions as official stenographers. ACRE 1ENT5 Atterbury on Stand Against National Pacts Before Labor Board ALIENS WILL BE DEPORTED FROMi OREGON Inmates of Penitentiary, Hos pital and Girls School in Hands of Inspector mm 1 I 4 . : t t fit'; . -jj n sssfl- ' . -V i' V" ; , -c - -Ait !l ....... ''-V- -:;-" '.. 1 ; ; . -'v - DUBLIN. March 21. Seven members of the crown rorces. in cluding an orficer, were Kineu and 12 were wounded vhen a train was ambushed today, ac cording to official announcement. The attack occurred " near Head ford Junction, County Kerry'. A civilian passenger was killed and two others were wounded. The casualties among tjie ambush ing party with the exception of one man roura aeaa. rc known. In addition to the offi cer who was killed the train car ried 29 men of the Royal Fusil iers and civilians. It was heavi ly fired on as it neared the junc tion and the troops detrained and engaged the party. The surviv ors am one: the soldiers held ori their assailants for 50 minutes. until reinforcement ny msni-i hrt arrived on anotner train, me combined forces drove off the re bels. cess also win anow representa tives of both sides to confer with their advisors. Secretary Davis remained in conference after the session with P. L. Kerwin, E. R. Marsh and Howell Davis ofthe labor department's board of con rtliators. who sat In the confer ence, because they had a part in the agreement of 1919 by the packers and their employes to ex tend the Alschuler agreement of 1917. Packers Finish Case. The Packers representatives. Carl Meyer and J. L. Condon were understood to have finished stating their case at 4 o'clock. Secretary Davis heard the em ployes' side at 11 o'clock after both sides had assembled and the meeting had been adjourned until 2 o'clock. The labor secretary In granting a private hearing to Dennis Lane. secretary of the unions, and R. S. Brennan. their attorney, gav? them the same ' privilege he had previously given Condon and Meyer. The full conference began'. at 2 o'clock, with the three cabinet members, the two representatives of each side and the three mem bers of the labor department's conciliation board present. OiUcome Is Watcheu. Cnious allied with the butch ers and- meat cutters sent nine representatives to advise with the representatives of the employes. Prior to the joint conference. J. 'J. Brennan of the international brotherhood of yardmen and oil ers declared that the allied unions would stand bv the other em ployes. "We will riot yield." he said. "If it is necessary we can inake the packers stand by their agree ment." Industry and organized labor alike are watching the result of the conference for its effect on similar agreements now in operation. OPPOSES ANY SET RULE PORTLAND. R. P. Bonham. BROCCOLI f.II ADVISES UNITY SERVICE COMMISSION RECALL QUESTION UP. Committee Appointed to In quire Into Proposed Loop System w Says Establishment Hourly Basis Destroys Initiative Of Employees CHICAGO.March 21. W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Peansylvanla railroad and for mer chairman of the railway ex ecutives association labor com mittee, took, an emphatic stand against national agreements, which he termed prolilic of -mis understandings." in a heated cross avuminiiinn inforf the railroad V A AAA .."-." - - - labor board today. Oiiestionine bv F. F. Walsh counsel for the unions, brought vlcnrniu ronlipa Charges tUat the; union leaders did not rean represent the employes and that national rules were used to pro cure employment for more mn ami vir rnonev from the rail- DR1CH (Continued on page 2.) Week Awards ' Statesman Classified Ad Contest sun pastors Officers Elected at Meetin Of Ministerial Associa tion Yesterday CHICAGO. March 21. Repre sentatives of the approximately lO.Ooo unskilled lalKjrers em ployed by th? Chicauo. Rock Is land & Pacific railroad conferred today with road officials and ad journed without a decision to re sume tomorrow when, officials raid, the wage! reduction propos als will be handed the representa tives. ! Rev H . X. Aid rich, pastor or Leslie Methodist church of Sa lem was yesterday elected presi dent of the Salem .vnnisiei in sociaiion for the ensuing year, succeeding Dr. W. C. Kantner. paster of the First congregation al church. -Other officers electea were Viro President. Rev. A. Wells. Nazarine church: secretary. Rev. j ' ii p.ell Knisconal church; ; prosram committee, W. T. ''"J" ken. Baptist church; B. B. Kirk patriek. First Methodist church, and Rev. J. J. Kvans. First Chris tian church. Mr. Well, succeeds Rev R. L. Putnam as vice presi dent and Mr.. Powell as turretary treasnrer succeeds Mr. Aldrich who is elevated to the presidency. The pastors and their wives will meet tor a social gatherins next Monday at the Firt Christ ian church. ... . swra ASKS DE 1 LIVERY Citizens Si-zn Petition Which Will Be Sent to Post master General Each week the Statesman will give three cash rewards lor the lest "stories" about Statesman Classified Ads. The awards will be announc ed each Tuesday morning; 1st reward. $2.:.; 2nd re ward, JI.TjO; 2rd reward, 1.00. Contestants must see that their "stories" reach the Statesman office before Mon day morning of each wek is order to be considered. Iast Week' Award. A number of very inter etinc "store's" were receiv ed last week, and the judges have decided upon tin fol lowing as the winners: 1st reward. f2.r,o. I'farl Brown. Lynch. Neb. 2nd reward. Miss C.erald ine Davidson. Brownsville. It. F..D. 1. box Or. Hrd reward. I.eona Ncal. M.-..-. South i::th. Out of the large number of stories received. th' judc have decided that the fol lowinc should have compli mentary mention and will be p-iblished in future issti'-s. 1st. Kusren T. Presott. Ml Mill street. 2nd. Miss oliv Smith, lKi:. Trade street. 3rd. Ruby Jaym- Allen, 2'0 South 21st street. Or.. March 21 chief Immigration inspector of the local bureau, re turned today fom Salem, where he has been checking over the rec ords of the state Institutions in search for alien undesirables. Several aliens subject to depor tation were found in both the hos pital for the Insane and the state penitentiary, he says. Those In the asylum will be de ported as soon as arrangements can be made, land those in the penitentiary immediately after the expiration bf their respective sentences. One girl, a French Canadian. was found in the girls Industrial school and will be deported to Newfoundland jehortly, Boahara says. Movement to Organize Pro ducers' Association Launched S. C. RUSSELL SPEAKER IN LI ETC IS Commercial Club Endorses Loop System and Hears Near East Appeal 611 BIG 1 Entire Estate of Mrs. Gar linger of Ebgetie Is Be queathed! University The entire eHtate of Mr;. I)-lia .1. 'Garlinger. wiio difd in Kugene on March 13. aid valued at about SI 1.000. was bequeathed to permanent endowment fund Willamette university. Mr C:irlmHT. w bo was ars old. owndd real estate con MKting of farm jlands in the vu-.n- j the of A movement for the organiza tion of a broccoli growers associa tion was launched yesterday at the regular Monday noon luncheon of the Salem Commercial club, the moving spirit being S. C. Russell. a gardener of Waconda who has Biade a pronounced success of broccoli oroduction in recent years. Mr. Russell urges an emphatic effort by producers of this vicin itv. attended by careful selection of variety, to put the industry on its feet In a big way and on the basis of his experience he declares there is no doubt thi3 can be cone, A meeting of broccoli growers has been called for Friday at 2:30 o'clock at the Commercial club. Quality Peer of Any. Mr. Russell's mainstay in broc roli is the Valentine variety. JJy cross breeding he has succeeded In producing a quality which he con siders tbe ejual of any either in this country or aboard. Mr. Rus sell, in his l:",-minute address to the nscmlKTs of the club, exhibit ed a number of hi best heads, in ciudinu that which be considers has reached almost the acme of .. . -. ....... ! ii..rfn-t inn ity of t resweii ami cny i'io'j i i"-- in Kugene valued at $!', ". ac-, Mr. .Uuss-ell began raising broc cording to the pit it ion to probate j ("'J. about seven jciara ago sil.VKItTOX. Or.. March 21. meri:i1 to The Statesman. I A petition i b-ing circulated at Sil- .eraon wjiich. when compietea. win he sent to the postmaster i ener.il at Washington. D. C ask ing for a free city delivery to be t-sUblislied her?. It Is almost impossible to get boxes at the postoffice because of the increasing population. The only time It Is possible for any one to obtain a box at the office is when soiu-j one moves away. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Wiiinwini? is the Classified Ad stnry from Lynch. Nebraska, s-i b ribed : Thr Important of The States man. Ad. Tliie what did you do with Tho Statesman? asKeo .MIS Towner- addressing his wife. I jut iilanonl at the ads t cph if that woman had any mor laby chicks lor sal- and when cot back, from ordering some. Jack had the paper. You'll have her will, and personal properi allied at $l.0i)o. The will was x ecu ted March; 2. l.ni. Atiiii-nev C. 'ill. Sedgwick. of 'leswell. was nauied by Hie court pa'h of r . 1 ...III ua executor oi me iu -4- SAFE STEALERS ARE INDICTED I and liasiun careful to eliminate from bis gardens any plant that did not promise to develop into first class vegetables. He mentioned one around of an area .of thre - fourths of. an acre from wh.ch this ear be has realized JuM".. Mr. Russell furnishes near- t!ie bi'iNcoh that,Js sold in Iv all Censure of Police Chief Moffitt for making purchase; without requisitions from the city record er. Appointment of a committee to Innulre into the feasibility of the council endorsing the recall move ment against the public servkv -commission. Appointment of a committee to inquire Into the merits of the pro posed loop system for street ear service. Decision to Institute a clean-up campaign In the near future. These were the salient features of tbe city council meeting- last night. Mayor Halvorsen again . occupied the chair, having suffi ciently recovered (ram bis Illness to attend. Purchases t'aaatbnrlzed That purchases made by the ch!f of police In the Improve ment of his office were unauth orized, and therefore out of ord er, waa te unanimous opinion of the city conncilmen last night when bills were presented to the . council for payment. Alderman Giesy and Banmgartner and oth ers were opposed to allowing some of the bllH. However, af ter much discussion It was agreed to pass favorably on uose pre sented, and to notify the chief oC police through the elty attorney who waa directed to wrlta aim a letter that In future requisitions ill be absolutely necessary be fore making purchases. The council went on record as being opposed to the Increase In telephone rates and an Investigat ing committee composed of J. P. Giesy, Carl Pope and IL H. Van- dervort was appointed by the mayor regarding the matter. A communication was read from -the city council of Roseburg. request ing the Salem council to endorse tbe movement In Portland to se cure the recall ot the public ser vice commission because It al lowed the Increase. While the council took no definite actioa last night regarding tbe recall, the matter Is under consiaeration. Roftrburg Letter Head Following is tbe communica tion received, like copies of which were sent to Eugene and Albany, with similar requests for action. It Is signed by R. L. Whipple, city recorder: "The council of this city, think ing that other cities feel the same about tbe Increase In telephone rates as set forth by the public service commission as do the peo ple of this city, have asked me to address you and secure your co operation looking toward the re call of tbe present public service commission of Oregon, or the abolishment thereof. "We feel that a raise In rates at this time Is entirely unwar ranted. Is outrageous and a crime against tbe people. The Pacific Telephone Telegraph company has weathered the extreme high cost mark of both labor and ma terials and these are now on the decline, and incidently I might add that this utility has Increased Its (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page ) Wallace anc Barton, Who Broke Jail Saturday, Formally Charged Max Wallac e and C orge I'.ar . . . L . . . ... t .. ton were iniicuo jei. iu.ij the grand jury! on a charu-e of burglary in a IwelUng. in con nection With Stieallll til- Olfiee s-rf'; from tbe -'ate tuberculoid hospital some tiue ago. Yesterday Barton faced an ad ditional charge I of breakin jail. He will be arraigned before Judse ;. K. I'nruh tbls morning The latter barge 1 l.el.l against Bar f lais beinc a paitici- o.int in br-r.kini At Church Reception Following v Baptism Clara Hamon Announces She Has Signed Movie. Contract AKDMORK. Okla.. March 21. Clara Smith Hamon today signed a contract with a motion picture company to produce pic tures for the next two years, j-ho s-iid tonight. A re ept im was held for her tonight : th First Christian churfli where she was baptized yesterday. jail S.it unlay from i ion z Eugene Celebrates Annual "Dress-up Week the county with Max Wallace, who fliures wiin mm i in former charf The s:r;.!Ml jury returned a true bill yesterday Riesberk on a and battery. cterdy indictins Oliver harpe of " a:-.-ault lie was arraiLtiel afternoon. pleaded (Continued on page u'lilty to tbe tbre and was -n-tnced to 9" days in the county jail. On March 2 Riesbeck as saulted and beat Andy Kohler in a coutroviTcy in a pool hall. Clara Smih Hamon has at tracted nation-wide attention during the past few months since she fhot Jake I Hamon, millionaire oil man and Repub lican committeeman, and a murder .bars'- was p!acd ag tinst her of w U.t h she was ac onited la-t week. After t-hoot-in- the wealthy committeeman with whom she had Ixwn close ly associated for 10 years, Clara Hamon fl"d into Mexico last November. Mr.. Jake L. Hamon. widow of the man was shot, ac cording to nw.paper dispatches shortly cfter the acquittal of ClaFa Smith Hamon. announced that she had been offered a con tract with a moving picture con ccrn but had rejected it. BCGKXE. Or.. March 21. Tbo first day of spring was marked in Kugene with a big celebration tonight of the opening of "Dreas up Week." an. annual occurrence in this city. The business streets were elaborately decorated, a pa rade wan held and thousands of people viewed the window dis plays of the merchants. Too weather today was a mixture ot sunshine and showers. Cuba Will Send Men To U. S. Army Air Schools WASHINGTON. March 21 An nouncement ax made by the war department today that the Cuban government had accepted its Invi tation to send officers to the Unit ed States army air service schools and that two officers would begin training in tne near future, v