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FIRST SECTION Pages I to 6 f JSEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS TWO SECTIONS 10 Pages HARDING PLAN NOT ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED Breakers Ahead of Execu tives Proposal to Create New Federal Department Of Public Welfare. OPINIONS DIFFER AT MEETING OF CABINET Labor Officials Want To Peep Jurisdiction Over Women and Children , WASHINGTON. April 26. Plans for creation of a new fed eral department of public welfare, though atlil in a formative stage, hare already aroused enough op position to indicate that President Harding will have much work to do before whipping the project in to final shape. The matter was up today, both at the cabinet meeting ene at a conference between Samuel Gom pers and other officials of the American Federation of Labor and Secretary Davis and Brigadier General Sawyer, Mr. Harding's personal representative in welfare department preliminary studies. Kducatlonal Agencies In Way The labor men voiced objections to transfer of the children's and women's bureau of the depart ment of labor to the proposed new department, and the cabinet meet ing was said to have developed a difference of opinion as to what should be done with federal edu cational agencies. It was indicated that no conclu sion .was reached by Mr: Harding and 'his advisers, and that ttic president planned to confer with administration officials and mem- , tars of congress before rounding out welfare department plana he first presented during his cam paign and later- formally recom- , fnended to congress. Consolidation Opposed .,( Borne administration officials . are represented as opposing any effort to consolidate existing edu cational agencies, like the bureau Of evocation la the Interior ds- - partment with the projected wel fare department. ' -. pn the contrary, It was aald. they believe that a department of edacatlon should be created ep arately, leaving public health and related subjects to the welfare de partment. Labor Waats Jurisdiction Organized labor's objections, as voiced by Mathew Woll. vice pres identof the labor federation, to the removal of the women's and children's bureau from the labor department rested on the conten tion that with them would go vi- perrlsion over women and chlld ' rea in Industry, matters in which labor la held to hav a vital in terest. Teachers Join Unanimous Approval Given City and ; County Officers , At the regular meeting of i Mothers club. representing the the f patrons and teachers of the Lin ; tola elementary and McKinley Junior high schools, -unanimous expression of anDreciation were ; rolced In approtal of the efforts being made by the officials of tns county and city to enforce the : ffgarette and liquor laws! 'iA p,e(,e loyal supjort to , 'l legitimate efforts along these I'nes was made by the mothers. TltK UHAT1IKB Flr and warmer; Westerly winds. moderate f MUD OFFICIALS prive to Collect Old Licenses Is Begun by Aldermen of Salem ; t The Postal Telegraph company must pay to the tCity of Salem $800 in back license fees, and on the same 'account the Western Union has paid recently a lump sum of $425. The Postal company, which established its offices in Sa.em in 1905 never has paid a license and the Western Union company has not paid for eight years. I As part of a campaign to collect back tastes from a number of establishments in Salem, City Attorney Ray Smith has been instructed to notify the concerns that the taxes are due. Some concerns that owe license fees to the city are doubtless out of business. ! , It is said the city would be better off by several Uhousand dollars if a closer check on license had been i kept in the last decade. .! 1 CHIEF MOFFITT DEPLORES SQUABBLE BEGUN HERE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IS DEFENDED BY OFFICIAL POLICE HEAD SAYS SOME MISTAKES UNAVOIDABLE Verden M. Moffitt, Salem, chief of police, in a statement presented to the Statesman for publication, deplores the squabble that has been raised as a result of operations car ried on in this vicinity by agents of the law in an effort to enforce the prohibition statute. The chief refers, ob viously, to the squabble initi ated by the evening paper over operations of the Anti Saloon league. The chief rises to the de fense of the league. He states frankly his belief that some mistakes have been made, but declares they were made in a j'ust cause. "Anybody," says Chief Mof fitt, "whether it be an indi vidual or an organization, if it accomplishes . much these days, is going to make an oc casional mistake, and the Anti-Saloon league is no excep tion to this rule Chief Moffitt pledges the coooeration of his department with any sincere movement for enforcement of the 'law. His statement follows: "I have been reading the pa- MOTHER You Just Simply.Gotta Hand It to That Bunch Down In Los Angeles LOS ANGELE3, Cl. Aprii26. A tooth of a wild horse, measur ing four Inches long, one and a halt inches thick and having eight rings. Indicating the animal's age. is the latest discovery of excava tors In the lime pits at Torrance, near here. ; Other interesting finds are tusks from the saber-toothed ti ger, shark's teeth, s'.de bones of whales and bones of animals ot gi gantic proportions. An ancient weapon of stone, unearthed with the horse tooth, weighs 10 pounds. Its sides are hollow, presumably for the purpose of fastening to it a spliced sapling for a nanaie. Inquiries from all over the United States testify to the gen eral interest in the relics discov ered at Torrance, according to Dr. C. L. Edwards, scientist, who has the articles on exhibition in Los Angeles, "The deposits which we are un covering are estimated to De ai least 1.000.000 years old and all tend to show that at some time animals larger than those roana on any other part of the globe lived in this district." said Dr. Edwards. "Representatives of the Smithsonian Institution and other scientific institutions of the coun try have visited the pits and ex amined the evldence'of a former age. stating' them to be of great value in amassing scientific infor mation." Eugene Lad Terribly Injured by Explosion EUGENE, Or.. April 26. Willi one eye entirely gone and his head terribly lacerated as a re sult of an explosion of niant pow der on his father's farm went of this city last night, Ralph John son, 14-year-old son of Fred John son, Is In a critical condition at a local hospital. , The boy bad been helping his father blast stumps. On charge, of powder tailed to ejpjode and as the boy reached over to pick It up the explosion occurred. A mm pers very closely since the An-) ti-Saloon league agents camei ing. I would rather be con to Salem last week in an ef-i demned for trying to do some fort to better conditions in j thing worth while even if I Salem and Marion county, re-j did make a few mistakes than lative to the liquor traffic.' to sit still and do nothing in And I have been led to wonder; this world, why and to feel very much j "Anybody whether it be an surprised to see a squabble! individual or an organization, started in Marion county over! if it accomplishes much these an effort to better conditions.! clays, is going to make an ot "It is true there have been; agonal mistake and the Anti some mistakes made, but whv ! Saloon league is no exception all this sauabble over somoj mistakes that were made in a j just cause and work. ; "Some people seem to think! this trouble is a wet and dry fight. It is not at all. It is a ; matter of principle. The law! provides a nenalty forihe vio- lation of the law and at the! same time provides a wav that the law shall be enforced. Ard if it is this principle that this trouble is over, then 1 can't understand why it is that it is carried on in this manner. "Surely it is more credit to anv man or organization to make a mistake in an effort; to do right or in a just cause j NURSE PLAYS PART OF GOOD SAMARITAN Four Motherless Children Sick With Measles Cared for Recently .' "My four little children have measles. My wife la dead. You are the county burse. Can you help?" This was the brief substance of a note, received recently by the Marion public health nurse from a certain community in the county. Could the nurse help? She went immediately to the home and found, indeed, that her assistance was welcome. An epidemic of measles had stricken four motherless children at about the same time. The fa ther, a working man, found it in creasingly difficult to give his children the care their condition demanded and had appealed to the nurse. A clean house, fresh linens, children bathed and made com fortable, and a grateful father fol lowed in rapid succession after the nurse's visit. Care was given -to the family until the children re covered, during which time better and lighter foods were recom mended for the youngsters, who are now with their father, the heartiest boosters for a nurse the county has. The work of a nurse is full of such incidents aud were they all to be told, the value of her serv ices to the county would never be doubted. ' Hero of War Repatriated As Citizen of America PORTLAND, April 26 Edward Thelan, a Spanish war veteran and a wounded overseas veteran of the Canadian . service, was re patriated today as a citizen of i his country by Federal Judge C. E. Wolverton. Thelan attempted to enlist in the I'nited States servlcr after war was declared but was refused because of his age. lie men voi it i t onrrl u ith thfi fiarntliun nrmv t and by this act lost his citizen-1 and the injured to Weathers ship in this country, and whn by, nearby towns. . j: 1 . . . . . ,t f . I . Iti iliuh i. rm , rr 1 1 1 . 1 I.. C . ui uoiKt ''" automatically became a citizeu of that country. . Uy Judge Wolverton'a act. he i was again established as a citizen here. Thelan declared he was i having difficulty finding work so long as he could not '-stablish his I'nited States' citizenship. Big Money Brought in By Registered Guernseys rORTMNI. April -ir, - Fifty renistered' Guernsey tattle were offered lor sale today at the Pa cific International Livestock x position auditorium by F. S Peer of New Jersey. In the first hour five of the herd were cold for a total of $2S.".. The sale was held under the direction of the Oregon Guern sey Breedera' association and at tracted about 100 breeders of registered Guernseys, including a party "of about 4 from Seattle and vicinity. STKKL KAUMNGS OFF. NKW YOltK. April 26 - For first quarter of the calendar year stel earnings amounted to $:!2 SR,7."a compared with 143,- S77.862. in the final quarter of IWt than to sit still and do noth- to this rule. "There are bound to be in corrpetent persons creep into anv organization, but I don't believe the organization should be condemned for that reason, and this department as long as I am at its head. uj has, to cooperate to its fullest extent with any person or or ganization whose purpose is sincere and just in the en forcement of the laws of this our capital city, the state of Oregon and the best country in the world, the United States of America." "VERDEN M. MOrFITC . Chief of Police." PATROL RIVER Shoemaker Leads Boat Pos se to Nab Obstreperous Net Fishermen PORTLAND, April 26. Tea deputy fish wardens under "conf mand of State Warden Carl D. Shoemaker were tonight patroll ing the waters of the Willamette river between Oswego and Ore gon City in launches to prevent (Continued on page G.) MANY ARE DEAD BY STORM THAT HITS IN SOUTH JACKSON, Miss, April 26. More than a dozen persons are reported to., have been killed and a score injured in a tornado this afternoon at Braxton, 18 miles from here. Every business house in the place was destroyed and many of the residences either total ly or partially wrecked. The loss is estimated at more than $100,000. Among the dead are: Dr. J. H. Chandler. T. M. Everett, president of the Bank of Braxton, and M. T. Kelley and Mr. Kill ball, farmers. Five persons took refuge in the bank vault and escaped while the . president, who failed to reach shelter, was i JtiU The dead were taken to Dlo me wina jasiea oniy a lew cent-r 1 . . 0 , wou rii,,,, hvino-.nd a heavy rain which has swoll en the streams in the vicinity out of the banks. Jlraxlon is a town of about 500 inhabitants. The town is cut off from all! communication. ! A. POINTS IN GERMAN NOTE ni.ni iv t , . u (Associated press) The German I people nfiw know the new pro posals which the German govern- mcnt submits to the allied powers through the medium of the I'nited State. The terms of the proposal? I wore made public today, as well j as the accompanying assurances: forwarded to President Harding. ; lermany. declaring that the ' peace of the world are dependent; upon n speedy and just snlu'ion ! of the reparations nicsiii :i. ;s-1 surrs the president that it will do! everything in its power to en.tJde! the American government to di-; rect the attention of the allied j governments to the matter. j He on t ruction Promised many proposes to pay the allien an Indemnity extending over uni?! 9i Jlvarj ahlch will 8-m- PAULUS DEM OE GROWERS ASSOCIATI Chief of Sales Department Elected Manager of Co operative Association and Packing Corporation. OTTO HANSEN MEMBER OF DIRECTORS BOARD Fruit Men Cautioned to Care For Orchards Because of Losses in East II. C. Paulux, manager of the sales; department oi tho Oregon Growers' Co-operative association, and for 12 years .prominent in co operative fruit circles of the northwest, was yesterday elected general manager oi' tho Oregon Growers' Co-operative association and also of the Oregon Growers' Tacking corporation. Otto Hansen, one ot the large fruit growers of this district, was elected a mem ber of tho board of director:). Tin;, action was taken yester day at the annual ineet'ng of the board of directors. Vote of Confidence Given. Officials and directors of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative as sociation were given a unanimous vote of confidence by members of he association at the meeting yes terday. By its vote in open session, tho members gave its approval to the conduct of the business of the as- sociation by U. C. Faulus, sales manager; C. I. Lewis, manager of the organization department: W. i. jsiaiey, secretary ana treasurer and M. O. Evans, in charge of the field department, as well as that of the directors and executive committee. In his annual report, R. C. Pau las told of the difficulties of mak ing sales andfinancing the asso ciation when there was a general depreciation in the price of all food products and when general financial conditions were more unsatisfactory than any time since th 1907 panic. j . And while the association had 1 just passed through a very diffi- I cult year, Mr. Paulus expressed an i optimistic view of the coming sea- . son. especially sinre there has j been such great damage to the fruit crops in the east, which woud naturally result in a larger genera, demand for western pr - dUCtR. 28,S:i8 Acres Controlled. C. I. Iewis, manager of the or ganization department announced that tho association now control led 28.83R acres of fruit, owned by 164 0 members of the associa tion. Retarding work for the coming year, Mr. Iew1s said that efforts would be made to secure SO per cent of the prune acreage in west ern Oregon in order that the ex perience of the past season in hav ing independent growers cut the prices of the association could not be possible. As there would he a good de mand for Oregon fruits on account of general losses in the east. Mr. I,ewis cautioned growers to take good care of their orchards. John Krazler. assistant sales manager in charge of fresh fruits, in his reports said that broccoli had been placed by the association in T.X markets and fresh fruit in 8 markets. The averace prices ffr fruit and lerries the past season, Mr. Fra- j zier reported, were as follows: I Gooseberrie:, 7.9 cents a pound: ' raspberries 2o cents a pound; strawberries Ifi.Ti cents pound; I currants l' cents: evergreen j blarkberrie.s 7 cents; cherries ! 12.7 cuts; loganberries 12.7 green prunes 1.1 cents a In reporting the traffic depart ment, C. I.. Smith in charge, re ported that during the past mouth tlieer bad been collected from railroads for damages pnd over charges the sum Of $l.fcin and that through bts department (Continued on page 6.) I ount to two hundred billion gold marks, equivalent to about $"', ; 000.0n0.onu ; she w ill cooperate to her utmost in the reconstruc- : Hon of devastated regions; she will place immediately at the dis- posal or the reparations commis sion one billion gold mark.-; sh'' is willing to assume the allied oh ligations to the I'nited States jnd she will issue an international loan, the proceeds of which will go to the allies, but in returns she makes the condition !hat the present system of penalties shall be discontinued immediately; that she be given freediom of trade and that she be freed from "all un productive outlays" now imposed upon her. I Simon Explain Proposal j vitations went out to the repre The German foreign minister, ; entatives not only of Great Britain L( Continued ct) pagf 5.). ; ' MISERY EVERYWHERE IN CHINA f -v - s; ,-l ..4 , ' r f , . I t . lj tOSS WELTHY Mis.s v.eiliiy lions. ngor. rormer ly of Home, N. Y., who shortly be foro her return to the I'nitod j Statts, after 10 years in China as j head of the na,iwin School for I oirls at Nanchung, went through Ia portion of the famine region. i Xo mere words can describe it. ' she said. "I have ?een it in its daj'd United States Desires En tente to Pass on Ger man Proposals ! QIPL0MATS ARE CALLED Reparation Conference Fol lowed hy Immediate Ca bles to Europe WASHINGTON. April 'Z'.. By the A. I. ) Events here today indicated clearly that the I'nited : States in replying to Germany's ! counter proposals on reparations would be guided almost, if no; wholly, by the decisions of the allied governments as to whether the new propositions put I'orwjrd by Iterlin wore of such a nature as to form the basis for further negot iations. Secretary Hughes conferred ,,:,lUin,;1,if, ri,nri.a.,lla.i, d.s. in'- diplomatic represc-nlat ives. sing with them bri fly the Ger man communication, which was received early in the day from American Commission Dresel at Berlin. Tho foreign envoys iu-i mediately reported ti-their gov-! ernments by cable and it was un-i ' deriilood that the framing ot a reply to Germany would await the ontconie of thse exfhang'S j Fmllier Ndis I'ndiable As the allied governments w re j believed to be in possession of the text of the German propo-l ; which was made public tod.iy at Merlin, it was not thought fliati a reply would !' lon; delay. (I !t was suggested, however, tha' 1 exchanges between Paris and 'London micht bo neccary t. - ! lore a final decision v-as i -em-hed. ! ! If Secretary Hffghes received i ; from the foreign diplomats ;. .y ! i indication of the views of their J governments with regard 'o tn; j counter propositions the tact v as not disclosed, nor was there any intimation as to how A ; ) i i i' an government officials viewed llierti.' There was some evidence, how ever, that the statement contained in press dispatches from Paiis that the German offer was be lieved to be unacceptable to France, caused little, if any. sur prise. ('abinet T.ilk Secret I)is 'iissioti of the German mem or.uidum i.--. u loicrstood to have i occupied much of h two-hours session today of President Hard ing's cabinet. What happened in the cabinet room, however, re mained a carefully guarded secret. ; After returning to the state de . partment, Secretary Hughes seiit invitations to the allied diplomats i to visit him for a discussion of ! the German proposals. These in- 1 Continued on page J5.JL--ir- DECISIONS OF m i irn uiniTrn nLULJ Will I LU 1 HONStNGER. of prosperity, when every foot of ground was ripening to a full harvest. And now. I hate seen it when every foot of ground is bar ren. making a scene of rappalimg desolatitfti. The awtulhess of the catastrophe is deepened because many of the people still hone against hope, thus-simpljr increas ing their sufferings." Measure Originally -Vetoed By President WilstJh Ts Passed by Senile NEW BUREAU CREATED Head of Department Would Serve Seven Year Term at $10,000 Salary WASHINGTON. April 26. I'.rief debate preceded tfii final vote on the b'idpet bill, which was passed today by tne senate with out a roil call. '.: It was introduced originally by Senator Mc.Cormfck, liepUblican, Illinois, passed by both tholfeenate and house during the 6tH con gress, vetoed by President Wilson (Continued on page 5.) BUDGET ACT IS SENT THROUGH SCORES IN COAST BASEBALL IIOX WX)UB " Sacramento AM K. H. 2M .McGaf f igan. Shiehan. If Pik. ::i. 2b. Moll wit, ("onipton, Kyan, rf. Orr. ss. . Cook, c. Kiinz. p. Pen tier, p Fittery, p Total:; . lb. cf. It. 0 1 0 1 1 (i 0 0 0 0 I f it -II f 11 , f f j Kiuk. -1-I Wol'fer. If. Cox. rf. . . I'OOle. II, Flhhei, Hutb r. ::b Young, ss. Sid Koss. Hak-r .. i 2 2 4 4 6 1 Totals St-ore bj Innings Sacramento Portland 2. . . . , Si . tor Matted At Los Angeles San Francisco Los Angeles P.att.eriea Scott It HX E . . 9 18- 2 . . i a 2 and Agimw; Thomas. Lyons and Stanagu. At Seattle R. U. E. Salt Lake 2,63 Seattle 5 9 3 Batterlea Thurston and Byler I Jacob a and, Adams. t DEBUTES HALT PROGRESS ON NllEJISllilE After All-Day Fight Over Disarmament Question House Forced to Adjourn Without Vote. DEMOCRAT DEMANDS PARLEY OF NATIONS New Member Introduces Re solution for Inquiry Into Cost of Vessels WASHINGTON, April 26.-r-Af- ter an all-day fight over disarma ment, the houB waa forced to quit . work tonight without reaching a. vote on the naval appropriation bill, because of the demand of members for time la which to air their views. , At the end of the long debate there was pending an amendment providing that no part -of th ap propriation should go lnta new construction until the president had called an international con ference fo consider limitation of armament. The amendment, pro- . posed by Representative .Connol ly, Democrat, Texas, was pre cisely like one offered when the bill was before the house In the closing days of the last session by Representative Brooks, Republi can, Illinois, and rejected by a vote of about five, to one. Lead ers said it would be thrown out by a similar vote' when the bill is taken up again k Thursday.. ? AtUck Opens JMscnsaloal- The disarmament discussion broke early In the session after Representative Knight, Republi can, Ohio, had attacked the bllL The Ohio .member announced he would vote against jthe blll be cbuw of the contemplated expen- -diture of 190,009,000 for net '.; battleships thf general need ol economy and the ' alleged nea tionable advantages of i capital fighting ships in modern narjj warfare. The speech started . veritable whirlwind of talt Seeing where the house r was heading. Chairman Kelley of the sub-committee of appropriations.' in charge of the measure,, tried to stop it, with a plea that the real disarmament debate be held back until the section relating to pew construction ,had been, ar- ' rived at. The chairman's plea prevailed after a sharp 'clash la which Represents tire Hnddleston. Democrat. Alabama, supported . Mr. Knight and declared' general opposition to big army, coast de- fense and navy appropriations. Amendment Ruled Oat. Two amendments, calculated to bring the disarmament question squarely before the .house,' were ruled out on points of, order and then Mr. Connolly again stepped to the front with a revival ot the r Brooks proposal. It stood up and beid its own against a point of order, as happened last session. ' and Mr. Kelley was pressing for a vote and final passage of the bill when he waa persuaded to norm it the debate to continue without drastic restriction as to (Con tinned pn page &.) . 3B RH.SO.SH. SB P.O. A. 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