SENATOR M'NARY WILL ASK SUPREME COURT TO SET ASIDE ORDER I ILBERS CASE
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"SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY :i, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
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pflarion County Tax increase This Year
f is 2G Per Cent and Polk 34 Per Cent
GERMAN OFFER
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Secretary Hughes, in Note
. To Simons Demands Fur
ther Proposals Direct to
Allied Governments.
TROOPS SUMMONED TO
' OCCUPY RUHR REGION
Germany Given Until May
12 to Comply With Re
parations Ultimatum
WASHINGTON. May 2 The
German reparations counter pro
posals are unacceptable aa a ba
ils for discussion. Secretary
Hughes Informed Dr. .Simons,
German foreign minister. In a
Mt tonight.
; Tbs secretary also urged the
German government to make fur
tserfTOposals directly to the si
lted governments. He expressed
sgals: the earnest desire of the
American government for a
prompt settlement of "this vital
qaetuon."
Prompt Action JJcmanded.
, Secretary Hughes' communica
tion dispatched tonight to Loring
Dresel, the American nigh eom
niasionsr la Berlin said: '
"Ths government of the United
States has recsitsd tbs memor
andum left by Dr. Simons' with
tbs commissioner of the United
Ptates undw the' date of April
24 relating to reparations. In
reply this government states it
finds Itself unable to reach tbe
conclusion that the proposals af
fords basis for discussion accept
able' to the allied governments,
and that then proposals cannot
be entertained. This govern
ment, therefore, again expressing
Its earnest desire for a prompt
settlement of. this vital question,
strongly urges the German gov
ernment st once to make direct
ly to the allied governments clear,
definite and adequate propoxate
which would In all respects meet
Its just obligations."
' Official Silent.
The communication was made
public without comment and of-
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ENDORSED BY
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Endorsement of the move
ment to organize an auxil
iary to the American legion
U given last night at the
tegular, meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of Capi
tol post No. 9, when Mrs.
Walter gpaulding and Mrs.
T. Kirk, who attended the
Hats meeting of legion aux
iliaries In Portland Satur
day, mads their report to the
meeting.
Mrs. Rnanlttno-
aectetary of the state or
caatzstloa at the Portland
"wnmittet.
b" Orginuitlon of a local
fv I,arT b" been Placed in
Lm ct Mr- Ktrk vho
touch with all the wives.
Bothers, sisters and daugb-
-ervlce men and
iih- i f d -Prate with
tlir!" lrk wUl announce a
eK? .f aU tno women
"Sbl membership.
a Dro.,0P tb outlining of
Eur.?rm . for the bonus
.WItt took definite
a
posts
wav Wsnty. Sale
m.
"T0n' Friday night.
to worv . P0',t wlM unlte
lau. hut Uy to cn'y tbe bo
the iil,.am.on tD ters of
(IDT ACCEPTED
OR Ml IN
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AN INCREASE OF $353,867.65
IN MARION COUNTY TAX IS
SHOWN BY OFFICIAL RECORD)
Special Lewes Together With Extremely Heavy State Re
quirements Make Excess of More Than One-Fourth Over
Previous Year Polk Is Still Harder Hit
The 6 percent tax limitation
has no terror for the people of
Marion county, according to fig
ures at the office of the county
assessor. The 6 percent consti
tutional limitation la intended to
keep the tax levy of any one year
exceeding by more than 6 percent
the levy of the previous year, un
less authorized by vote of the peo
ple. In Marion county this year the
people have taken a hand by vot
ing a large amount; in special
taxes, which combine with the
county's share of the various
stale millage taxes a. Ms another
20 percent, and a trifle more, to
the constitutional limit, so that
Marion county's tax this year is
more than 2tt percertf in excess
of the toltal tax of last year.
The total tax in Mari6?i county
INVESTIGATION
Th- endorsement of street and
sidewalk improvements', the ap- ;
pointment of a committee to in
vestigate the alleged arrest of K.
A. Kaffety, state traffic inspector,
lor b tralfie violation, and the
Jetting of the upper room in thOj
city hall for use of the liadio as- :
soctatlon of Salem, were salient ;
features given consideration last ;
Resolutions upholding the offi
cers of the law in their fight
against the illegal liquor traffic in
this city and outlining the future
activities of the committee rep
resenting 40 different organiza
tions in the city were passed last
night at a meeting of the com
mittee held at the Y. W. C. A.
rooms. A committee to look af
ter the drafting of the resolutions
was appointed and instructed to
furnish copies of all of the reso
lutions to the press.
Determination to see that the
POST IN 5ALE1
AFFAIR
RESOLUTIONS ARE DMWIl lOOB
OFFICIALS 111 EKEH OF LAW
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Who I? elected secretary of state
anxiliary.cf America Legion
this year, levied on the rolls of
1920. is $1,694,327.99. I.ast year
the assessment, levied on the
rolls of 1919. was $1,340,460 ."5 1.
The increase this year is $353,-SC7.C.r.
Dallas KxceK Heavy
DALLAS, (Jr.. May 2. (Soc
ial to the Statesman) Polk
county's total tax this year is
$556,877.63. This is an increase
of J142.9S9.39 over the axsess
ment of last year, which was
$4 13.K68.24. The increase am
ounts to. more than 34 percent.
Slate mi I la j? e taxes authorized by
the people at Bpeoial elections of
recent years and special road and
school taxes voted by the several
districts in I'olk county are main
ly responsible for the increase.
OF RAFFETY
niht at the regular meeting of
the city council.
During the raid of traffic vio
lators recently, E. A. Iraffety was
t ported to have been arrested
by Traffic Officer Harden,
charged with operating bis auto
mobile without a rear ligbt or
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i prohibition law Is enfnorced and
that authorities are not Interfered
with In their efforts to wage their
war on. tbe Illegal sale of liquor
in Salem and Marion county was
expressed by all of the members
' of tho committee. No effort will
be spared on the part of these
representatives, who have the un
limited support of 40 of the
strongest and most influential or
ganizations in the city behind
them, to maintain the fight which
they have undertaken.
Kev. Thomas Acbeson is chair-
: man of the committee.
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Overland National Bank
Closes at Boise. Idaho
BOISE. Idaho, May 2. Tho
Overland National bank of lloise,
with deposits of more than $1,
000,000. closed Its doors Monday
bv action of the board of direc
tors. M. C. Wilde of San Fran
cisco, national examiner, took
charge of the banks affairs. The
shrinkage of deposits and inabil
ity to liquidate paper were given
as causes for the closing.
T
PORTLAND Kill
Remains Found Under Build
ing Said to Be Those ov
Mabel Phillips
PORTLAND, Or., May 2 Iden
tification of the remains of a wo
man found several weeks ago be
neath a dilapidated building as
those of Mabel Phillips. 26 years
old. daughter of Mrs. Laura
Clune of Hawthorne, California,
was announced here today hv
Deputy Coroner Goetsche. An old
wedding ring' inscrilwd "BtHie
to Vera." enabled relatives to es
tablish the Identity.
The police at first bellevtd the
dead girl to be "Vera", but a sif
ter told the coroner that tbe ring
had belonged to another sister,
who died prior to the disappear
ance of Mabel Phillips. Mabel bad
carried the ring after her sister's
death, she said.
The bones were buried Satur
day at Oreeon City by Mrs. Clune.
' Mabel Phillips was last seen by
her mother- on July 22, 1914. The
nolfce have no clue to explain
how the body was placed under
the building, which had formerly
been used as a dance hall,
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Representative Rice States
Vice President Exerted
Pressure to Effect Cam
bridge Subway Buy.
IRREGULARITIES ARE
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Speaker of Massachusetts
House Said to Have Pun
ished Recalcitrants
DOSTON. May Z. :;epresenta
ivo A. H. lU?e, today charged
ilKit former Oovernor Calvin Cool
idge, now vice-president, and for
uvei Speaker J. E. Warner, of the
state house, exerted pressure on
legislators to nfect passage of the
Cambridge subway purchase bill
in 1919.
In a statement read before the
joint legislative committee investi
gating alleged irregularities of
the 1918 and 1919 legislatures
Mr. Itice said Governor Coolidge
called opponents of the bill to his
office and attempted to change
their opinions.
He asserted that the governor
said he knew very little about its
meritr but bad confidence in the
men behind it.
Wee Trll; of CaMCtw.
At a caucus of Republican
members, Mr. Rice continued, Mr.
Warner characterized the bill as a
party measure and sa d that right
or wrong they ought to vote for
it, and later punished many bouse
members who had voted against
the measure by appointing them
to less important committees.
The witness added that a few
days alter the caucus the ways
and means committee voted to in
crease tho pay of bouse members
from $20 to $300 for the special
session, preceding by 24 hours a
rumor that passage of the act was
asasured.
Former Speaker Warner in a
statement said:
"I am glad to share with former
Governor Coolidge the credit for
tbe passage of that measure. I
did believo and do believe that the
purchase of that subway was the
only solution of the transportation
problem that would protect the
public.
"The $300 compensation for
members war. reported unani
mously by the committee on ways
and means of which Mr. Itice was
a member. I don't believe be or
any of his fellow members had
aBy such motive as he now sug
gests." Rico Plat es Illume
Before the legislative commit
tee. Representative Rice, after
asserting that the $8,000,000 paid
by the state for the Cambridee
subwav in 1919. was $3,000,000
more than should have been paid,
said:
"In my opinion Calvin Coolidge
and Joseph Warner (speaker of
the house) were responsible for
this legislation. In the regular
sfsion the subway act was de
feated by nearly 2 to 1 but in
xpocial session called by Governor
Coolidge it was passed by a vote
of more than 2 to 1."
Wife of Former Candidate
For Governor Dies At
Burlingame, Calif,
MAKSHFIKI.D. Ore , May 2
Funeral .services for Mr. Louis
J. Simpson of "Shore Acres."
nsar here, will be held Tuesday
atternoou at San Frauctsco. t
was announced here today. Mrs.
Simpson died Saturday nifet at
ISurlUigame. Cal.. where she had
beeu with her husband siuro the
first of the year in an attempt to
recover her falling health. Louis
J. Simpson was formerly mayor
of North Bend and was at one
time a candidate for governor of
Oregon. Mrs. Simpson was 47
years of age and Is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. I. H. Tower of
Marshfield.
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BOSTON SOLON
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SIMPSON
TOKUYO MRU, WHICH
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TOTAL
CLOTHING FOR
Misses Lee anu Josephine I.;.;m
beer, daughters of Mr:. Wilham
Laimbeer, wearing the conserva
tion garments which tho New
York County Chapter, Rod Cross,
is making in thoustiul.i from rem
nanu of clean old clcthi'r; for the
BENSON CALLS
Shipping Board Chairman
Unbending in Attitude
Toward Strikers
UNION LEADER HOPEFUL
President of Engineers As
sociation Says Owners
Will Come to Terms
W ASIIIN'CTON'. May 2.--An-n'lunoir.c
a policy of no compro
mise on the IT. per cent wage ro-
!'irtion iti th" sett lenient of tin;
font roversy- between tho thippin
board. American steamship own
ers and marine workers. Chair
man Henson tonight called on
"nil loyal citizens to rally to th"
siippoit of their f'.ip.''
"Full protection." he said,
"will be given bv the Khippinu
hoard to all thos win. come to
it afPi.-Uance in keeping .-hips i;i
.-peration."
lU'iisoit l'liniovcd.
Kconofnie conditions fully jus
tify, he said, the readjustment in
wiijre scales and working con
ditions as mule effective by tho
board May 1, when the old aEre"
n.enta expired and the "cratify
ffi,K success" with which the
board's efforts to kee;, its ships
in operation, are nieeUng, he add
ed, indicate that the ii"n aboard
ship agree witJi the position taken
by the board The chairman said
he was willinir to, meet and talk
with the union heads here, but
not to negotiate on a wape re
duction. Chairman Hanson's statement
was made after a conference with
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destitute children of central Eur- j
oie. These dresses, mad lrom ,
mill endg and pieces of men's ,
conservation etaoins'n-dlucmfwyp
shil ti. were on dipplay at the
conservation fashion parade in
the Hotel Waldorf.
Senator McNary Asked To
Move Supreme Court For
Recall of Mandate
FULL HEARING IS URGED
intense feeling in State
Causes Leading Attor
neys to Act
POIITLAM), Ore. May 2.
rtiited Stale Senator Charles L.
McNary was requested b tele
gram tonight to appear before the
1'niied States supreme court a.s a
representative oi tin Oregon Slate
I!ar association and move for an
ntlrr staying proceedings, setting
aMile the previous order and re
laliini. the mandate in the caso of
tl.e I'nited Slates apainst Henry
A I hers.
A Ww kit Ion May Appear.
He also was axkeU to request
that the executive committee of
tho bar association be granted the
privilege of appearing as amicus
curiae at a rehearing of the case.
The fileram was; sipned by
Harrison C l'latt, president: Al
bert I!. Uidgway. secretary: Hugh
Montgomery, K. O. Inituel, Judge
Fred K. Wilson and Robert F. Mc
s;uire as members of the com
mittee. I'e.-idrx this telegram another
one was dispatched to K. M.
I ).i!iv;lieriy. attorney general, say
ing: Keeling Tenwo.
' The executive committee of
the Oregon State Bar association
has requested Senator McNary to
appear before the supreme court
and move for order staying pro-
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ALBERS CASE
ARGUSES BAR
LEFT PORTLAND
Japanese Babies and Mothers Rescued Sailors Flound
er in Ocean. butvMost Are Saved by Ships That
Hasten to Assistance Thrilling Deeds Enacted in
Pacific Captab Gives Order to Abandon Only
When Efforts to Save Craft Prove Futile
PORTLAND, Or., May 2. The Japanese steamer To
kuyo Marp, which departed from here yesterday and crossed,
out of the Colombia river early today enroute to the Orient
lay wrapped in flames and sinking tonight 60 miles off the
coast southwestly from her starting point, the result of fire
having broken out in her bunkers.
Five Japanese babies with their mothers and a few oth
er Japanese women, besides a considerable number of Jap
anse officers and men of the steamer's crew of between 40
and 50 had been rescued from small boats in which they
abandoned the burning steamer, and transferred safely to
the United States army; transport Buford. A number of
other seamen had been rescued from the sea into which they
plunged to escape a fiery death on the burning ship.
Messages relayed from radio stations at Marshfield and
North Head told in fragmentary details in the early hours
of tonight the story of the Tokuyo Maru's fate and the thrill
ing rescue of her passengers and crew. The fire, according
to these advices, broke oat in the vessel's bunkers at about.
4:30 p. m. and made terrific progress. After a few vain
endeavors to stay the progress of the flames Captain K. Su'
zuki, commander of the vessel, gave the order to abandon
the ship as the only means of saving the lives of those on
board. ,f !'"'- '
The army transport Buford reporting via North Head
radio station at 9 o'clock tonight said that every person had
left the Japanese steamer Tokuyo Manx and that'members
of the crew and six passengers had been taken aboard tho
transport. I he radio messaze
were believed to have been lost. . j
The report said the Tokuyo Maru was still afire, bat had -not
sunk, and that there was a possibility that the hull might
be saved. The Buford reported she would stand by th
burning vessel until morning and if the flames were txtln.
guisnea wouia tow tne steamer into Astoria,
TULIPS WILL : :
BE WORN FOR
LOVE EMBLEM
Carnation Has Rival for Moth
ers Day Orders Resell
Here From Many Places
Tulips are bidding fair to rival
the official carnation In the cele
bration of Mother '8 day this-tyear
if the orders being received -by
the Franklin & Dibble t'.riti are
to be taken as an indication.
From California, Montana, and
as far distant as Salt Lake ; City
orders are pouring In to such an
extent that the managers 1 pro
presy that by next Sunday tbe
hillsode that has thus far pres
ented a blaze of color to tne
countryside will be stripped clean
of the beautiful blooms.
The orders are all for Mother's
day and range in size from, 500
to 5,000.
Big Sailing of Ships I
Scheduled From Portland
PORTLAND, Or., May 2,
There will be approximately tHo
mailings of vessels out of (Port
land and the Columbia river be
tween now and the end of Jul,
according to the Portland traffic
bureau. The list does not Include
the grain or tramp lumber char
ters which will greatly increase
I lie numbers.
Local Radio Operator Picks Up
Messages About Burning Vessel
Herb Welch, one of the local radio operators, who
maintains a station in Keizer bottom, picked up numer
ous messages last night relative to the burning Japanese
ship, Tokuyo Maru. which was destroyed off the Oregon
coast.
Much of the information received by Welch was
first in rachinjr Salem. Hp was first to report the
steamer Santa Alicia, bound for Tacoma, as having
picked up two lifeboats from the burning ship, and re
ported the Alicia as 520 ,tmles north of San Francisco.
Welch picked up numerous messages relative to the
condition of the ship and the work of rescuing passen
gers and members of th4:rew. His reports in general
practically paralleled those received over the wires of
the Associated Press, He was first to report to the
Statesman office that the ship was exploding fore and
aft.
LUMBER,
said that five or six ncroon)
Rapid as was the work of th
crew in getting the boats, over,
tbe progress of the flames appar
ently was faster, and a number
of men of the crew wrra fnirt
to Jum into tbe sea to avoid
burning to death. Some of these
were picked up. according to ths
wireless messages, by men from,
the Buford. Whether all were
saved was not disclosed by the
early reports from the rescuers
Four boatloads from the Tokuyo
Maru were saved and taken on
board tbe Buford, includisg all
of the babies and women.
Exact Point Uncertain
The point where the steamer
was reported as burning was giv
en approximately as oft the Ne
halen river, but a correspondent
at Manhattan Beach, directly i
the mouth of the Nehalem, said
over the telephone that no sign
of the burning ship could be seen
from there. Similar report! were
given by telephone from the
mouth of Tillamook bay and Net
tarts, somewhat farther south.
The supposition of the. agemts of
the Tokuyo Maru here was that
the survivors would be . brought
back to the Columbia river.
The women and .Infants on
board the Tokuyo Maru, accord
ing to tbe agent here, were fam
ilies of Japanese returning, to
their native country from; the
west coast of South America,
where the steamer bad loaded
nitrates before coming here to
take on 1.800,000 feet of lumber.
Only a few passengers were car
ried on the Tokuyo Maru, which
was mainly a freighter.
Left Astoria Yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2.
The Tokuyo Maru, reported ahc.
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