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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
I Foreign Offices At London,
- Paris And Tokio Largely
: : To 'Determine Time For
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Conference ;. :
'" CLEAR CUT PROGRAM
IS INSISTED UPON
vf Limit Is Not Placed Dura
tion 'May Be Indefinite,
' Ms Fear '
WASHINGTON, Aug 1, . De
iennitIoa of . the date for, the
disarmament conferenco. was an
derEfood today to reit largely In
the ioreixn' orflces at London,
talis and Tokio. - - --
The diplomatlo representatives
o( the Invited powers have confer
red , -with Secretary ; or State
Hughes concerning the adTfsahil
!ty of bepinn!?: the conferenco No
vember ' li , or : upon ;8omo other
date hare in -, turn referred, the
question to their respective frov-
t erhnsuU. " Until further instruc
tions Jire received by the amfca.
i sadora It is expected that no defi
nite action will te taken.
' ' Representatives o(" foreign kov
" rrnments have - made it. , plain,
however, that they regard deter
mination ot ' the agenda as far
more Important than the, fixing of
the date of meting. They are un
derstood to have repotted in de
tail to their governments the de
sire of Secretary of State. Hughes
to leave the main body as much
work as possible, but there la in
creasing evidence that Japan is
not ' alone In' her insistence that
the scope of the conference be
more clearly outlined before Jho
formal sessions are .begun, j !
H ! ' Instructions Expected v
Although consideration of that
phase of .the plans for the1 con
ference Is ' not expH:ted to glye
rite to further delay In Issuing the
: formal Invitations, it la believed
that . the ambassadors expect to
receive from their home offices in
, strtictions B3 to the r parU they
.shall assume in adding to or tak
Jng from the list of subjects that
may be descused. :'t, -'A
f .T,lmlt la' Xcccwasry ,-
I While Japan has made It clear
that there are subjects vrhich she
would discuss with unwillingness,
If at all, there appears to be a
i 'growing conviction .that 'unless
some limitation is placed upou the
. number of , subjects to be. consid
ered the conference bay be contin
i ned almost indefinitely. . The. chief
object of Japan, it Is understood.
' win be to drive to the front ,her
right to expansion : and in that
connection her claims in Slberia,
Uanchuria and perhaps other re
gions. . -
Seattle Makes Bid For i
f m 1 f .lot. " " - -'
'Disarmament Conference
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1 The
city Council, here today In a; me
morial addressed to the'secretary
of state, urged that the riaarma
, incnt conference be held in this
' nty, - and added tbe hone that
i the conference will not end until
ft aetinlte and satisfactory settle
;tnnt has been reached or. the
! OueFtion of Japanese immigration
to this country. - -I
! The council recalled that "one
. P . overy ,B " births regis
tered In Seattle in 1S20 were Ja
;pancFe.M and estimated that in the
: farming district contiguous to this
tcUy ' from -.ono-half to three
i rourths of the American popula
tion had been displaced by Ja-
pttnese,", . ,v (
"The memorial suggested "the
right or the American people to
keep this country for themselves."
:Uylj,U;U jLU .LlJ 4-Ll, il J ULJ UJ J. L
Jby (wiqSII jury
PAHLEYDATE IeOMERITADMNISTMTIONS HATFIELD IS
'"liiHn ACCUSED flFIEGLIGENGE; SOFT WfglM
pfPBWEHS DRIMSTRESIAYBE LICENSED WB0RSTR1FE
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VANCOUVER IS
QUARTERS FOR
8th BRIGADE
Between 2000 and 3000 Men
to be Added and Brigadier
General Will Command
: VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 1
Under recent orders for distribu
tion of the various army . units
Vancouver- barracks will become
brigade headquarters . lor .. the
eighth brigade. This 'will mean,
army officers point out, the-post
will have between 2000 and 3000
men added to its present strength
and in addition will be command
ed by a brigadier- general, , 6
reace-time strength of a bri
gade is 116 -officers, three warrant
officers and S026 enlisted men.
Mrs. Newcomer ' Overcome
1 By Whft Of Sulphur From
'y-J Crater of Hoof
Hood River, Ore., Aug. 1. Mrs.
Beatrice Newcomer of Salem, who
became' ill . Sunday on the Amer
ican legion ' Mount Hood ascent,
was in such condition, that it was
necessary to leave her with forest
rangers in charge of the lookout
station, it was learned today.
" Mrs. Newcomer collapsed when
she inhaled a whiff of sulphur
fumes from the crater..., '"
It was decided to leave her on
the . peak until today,' when the
rangers planned on returning her
by means of a stretcher if neces
sary, to Cloud Cap inn.
Mrs. Newcomer has passed the
night in comfort, it was said,' hav
ing been-kept snug In the lookout
cottage. . . v! -i
ThrccrWho Ran Away From
State Training School Yet "
..II. - ' . ,mm 1
unaccounted lor
' Twelve boys, three of whom are
Etill at large, escaped from the
fctate training school Sunday after
having induced one or their num
ber to climb down from a second
story window and unlock a base
ment wfndow, through which they
made their escape. Stacy Dunn,
held by the school anthorities to
be responsible for the escapade,
was the 'first to bo caught. All
nine of the lads were caught in
or near Turner.
The boys had been gone but
a few moments when their ab
sence was ducted, by the atten
dants and a party immediately
started in pursuit. AH of the
boys made for the nearby, brush
when they had escaped and finally
hit the road for Turner. 7
The boys who have: not been
caught" are vLoyd Langwrll, 15,
committed from Raker,-, has blue
eyes, brown hair, a ptig tiose, and
Is about 5 feet tall; Danny, Cus
ter, 14,-of Union, Or., has brown
eyes, brown hair,-and is of dark
Continued on page, 4 ) :
SALEM WOMAN IS
ill on wmm
12 BIJIS ESCAPE
Asserting that the "woeful
negligence" of past city ad
ministrations, was precipitat
ed a 'condition that throws a
large burden of indebtedness
upon taxpayers of the city of
Salem, members of a commit
tee recently appointed to in
vestigate street assessment
delinquencies v returned the
following-report approved and
adopted by the city council
last, night:
"To the Honorable Mayor
and Common Council of .the
City of Salem:
"We, your special commit
tee, to whom was referred the
matter , of looking up . delin
quent street assessments, re
port that we find warrants
and interest on warrants un
paid for several years.
We find the issue of delin
quency certificates has been
woefully neglected.
"That the matter of fore
closing on those certificates
that have been issued, has for
some unknown reason, been
left undone.
"We find streets and alleys
under assessed, leaving a bal
ance to be paid by the general
public.
"We have requested and
will insist that the city treas
urer proceed in a systematic
manner and issue certificates
of delinquency on all property
in arrears.
"We further suggest that
the city , attorney proceed to
foreclose on that which is past
due."
Members of the special
committee are Hal D. Patton,
chairman ; Joseph Baumgartr
ner and Ed Schunke.
Aldermen present' were f J.
B. Giesy, J. A. Jefferson, A.
H.-Moore;Hal D. Patton, Carl
D. Pope, Edward Schunke, O.
L. Scott, Ralph Thompson, F.
L. Utter, - H. H. Vandervort
and Mayor G. E. Halvorsen.
Pavement Xcetl J'atchinR
That the increasing overdrafts
on the streets and highways fund
for materials and labor is worry
ing Salem aldermen is attested to.
at each successive councilmanic
session.
During last night's meting the
ghost m again routed out of its
closet when Aldermen J. IJ. Giesy
and Carl Pope pressed a proposal
that the city purchase a new plant
for patching and repairs on city
pavements. It was stated that tho
plant' would cost about $300.
Overdrawn by -!M5fM.77.
''Mr. i Mayor, I swould like to
know where this money is to come
from?" questioned Aldermamti
andervort. "Here we aro just
barely past a half year's city
business and the .fund in question
Is overdrawn by an amount of
$4593.77. I would suggest that
the crew on this street repair
work be reqriired to put in a little
more time on the Job.
"Mr. ! Jeferson states thatth?
men are forced to stand idle about
half the time .waiting for heatinc
of the next batch of material.
They put in a lot more time in
going tof and from work, leaving
the city barn at 8 o'clock and ar
riving out-on the job at ! and
then quitting at 11 in order, to
get to the barn by noon. How
much time do they put on the job
anyway?" -
. After j considerable defense ar
gument presented by Aldermen
rope, Giesy and Schunke the pav
ing unit proposition was approved
X Continued on page 4)
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SALEM; OREGON, TUESDAY
EDDY IS NOT
GOING AFTER
GOVERNORSHIP
State Senator Says he Ob
serves No Clamor for Him
to Seek Highest Office ;
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 1 In
an Interview piven out here tbday,
State Senator B. L. Eddy of Doug
las county, who has been men
tioned as a candidate for the, gov
ernorship of Oregon, Is qu&ted as
saying he did not seek the office.
No widespread desire tof'pro
mote him from the state ecnate
to the executive office had been
noted by him, Senator . Eddy is
credited with saying, and as the
governorship is not won without
an early start he doubted his
availability as a candidate.
Digester For Pulp Making
Is Speeded Up At Big
Salem Factory .
The Oregon Puip and Paper
company yesterday! mailed to
holders of preferred stock the
monthly dlvident based on 8 per
cent per annum. " !
The company is now speeding
up the digester for the making 01
puln for sais to other firms. It
has a capacity of twice the am
ount of pulp required by the mill
and in the making of pulp is Us
ing about KO cords of white fir
and hemlock every 24 hours.
Working on three shifts of
eight hours each, the two big pa
per making mathines. onJ 136
Inches wide and the qther 110
inches, are also being pushed to
their utmost capacity to supply
the demand for wrapping paper
for fruitg in the wctt and north
west. Th- making of slassine, a trans
parent paper used especially in
packing raisrns, is, also one of the
big outputs of the mill. There
are h it few mills in the country
making glassirfe, the Salem mill
being th3 only one on the l'acl:ic
coast. 1 .
Salem Brickmason$ Vote
To Reduce Wage Scale
Brickmason's union No. f
"Salem, has voted to reduce its
wage scale from $10 to $9 a day.
The new scale became effective
yesterday with tlv? exception ot
work thct has been contracted
ahead from that date at the for
mer frlo. Th'v innounemer-t
was made yesterday h' ef'rF
Viesko, president 'of the local un
ion. Manager Hayes Says Some
Stores Did Not Close
Attendance at the ball nam",
yesterday between' th? Portlrnd
Hoovers, the Pacific Coast league
tam. and the Salem Senator?,
was curtailed. d"clare3 Manager
Jack Hayes, because a nunibrr of
business houses wbope managers
had signed an 'agreement to close-
PAPER GOMPAIVV
HOLDS
for the afternoon did not do so.
To all who did close as gre"t
Manager Hayes says he wishes to
convey the thanks of tho manage
ment and the team.
Tiro Senators will , play Sher
wood next Sunday.: ; ;;
MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1921
West Virginian, of Feud Re
pute And Prominent In
Recent Coal Troubles,
Fails Jn Clash
FIVE REPORTED HELD
UNDER MURDER CHARGE
Battle Occurs In Yard of
West Virginia Courthouse,
Chambers Killed
WELCH, W. &.. Aug. 1 Sid
Hatfield's career in West Virginia
ended today on the court house
steps of this village. It remains
for a coroner's jury to pass judg
ment as to who shall be held for
trial on a charge of having fired
the shot tbat ended the life of
u picturesque figure in tho in
dustrial strife cf Mingo county.
C. E. Lively a private detective,
is being held pending a verdict.
Friend Also IvilUM
. ilatfield. former chief of police
at' Matewan, and central figure in
the trial early this year of nore
than a score of men charged in
connection with the killing of a
private detective 1 4 months ago,
together with his friend, Ed.
Chambers, also a defendant in
that trial, fell as a result of pisol
s;!iot wounds suffered as ttie two
men were entiling the little court
house where Ilatfield was to face
rial on another shooting charge
Ilattie Follows Glreetlns
According tc persons nearby,
ilatfield with a party of frien H
approached the entrance to tlio
court house Just before noon
wnere they met JJvely and a
group of companions. Friendly
creetings were said to havj been
exchanged, tut a moment later
those, pn-either side were, notices
to assume hostile attitude, loud
talking was indulged in and,, this
whs followed -by pistol fire. No
one, however, could or would J-ay
who commenced shooting. Hat
rield and Chambers were seen tc
fall after one of the guns car
ried by Hatfield witnesses said
he carried two had been dis
charged, it was said by those who
rushed forward. All chambers
in the pistol were empty, it an
said. It wao stnted further that
Cr-ambers had but one gun. Some
6' She shells in it 1ko had been
ifrcd, it was.df I'l-'red.
Known As (.unman.
Although only 2fi years old,
Hatfield's name was known to-' al
most every West Virgjnian and to
many persons outside the state on
account of frequent pistol epi
sodes to which he had been a
party.
Hatfield was one of the wit
nesses recently called by the sen
ate committee appointed to Inves
tigate the industrial conditions
in the Mingo coal fields.
Five Are Held
BLUE FIELD. W. Va.. Auk. 1
Reports from Welch tonicht
were to the effect that five men,
including C. E. Lively are being
held in connection with the shoot
ing of Sid Hatfield and Ed Cham
bers. The others held arc H. H.
LUCAS, UFll "'T' " mciici
county; Robert Day. William Sal
ter and Buster Pence, deputy
sheriffs of McDowell county. Live
ly also is a McDowell county dep
uty sheriff. Accounts of the
shooting differ, according to ad
vices. PRESIDENT SAILS
PLYMOUTH, Mail... Auk. 1.
President allrding lett Plymouth
tonight for Portland, Me. .The
aubmarine chaser. 408, with the
presidential party aboard, shoved
off at 11.17. and .went down the
harbor to transfer, tncra to. the
Jlayflojrer, ., -.
ONLY 29
IN MURDER
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 1A circuit court jary
here tonight retarned a verdict of not guilty in the case
of Mrs. Louise Agee, charged with the murder of her
husband, Harry Agee. The
29 minutes of deliberation. m t
The hilling took place the morning of June 11
the Agee home. Agee's throat had been cut while
was asleep in bed. Following the attack on himYAgee
staggered to the front porch of the home and died irj a
few minutes. His wife said she was awakened by her
husband's cries. She ran screaming to a neighbor9 s
A full winter's run for the big
Salem mill is being provided for
by "the Spauldlng company in the
opening of the new camp on the
Willamina. The company looks
'or a steady enough demand Tor
lumber that it not only is running
the two present camps, but is get
ting ready for a third log euppiy.
This new supply is prepared es
pecially for winter use. It is at a
lower elevation that the others,
low Enough that only on extraor
dinary occasions like the big pno-.y
ol December, 1919, would snow
interfere with its working. The
At a recent meeting of the ex-,
ecutive committee of the Oregon
High School Debating league, A.
C. Strange of Astoria was elected
president and Dr. Clark of the
University of Oregon, secretary.
The executive committee for the
corning, school year will include
these two officers and also J. A.
Churchill, state superintndent of
schools, and' Miss Cornelia Mar
vin.' state librarian
At the meeting of the executive
committee plans were discussed
for a debating league of high
schools that will include fully 150
of the leading .schools of the state,
compared to the 77 hih schools
that took part in the debates last
school year.
More School Wanted.
Efforts to be made by the exec
utive committee to have 150 j
the high schools of the state come
into the le;u;ue are due largely to
the many niiportant questions to
be detniteil. The committee feels
that in addition to the advantage
of developing oratory in 4,the
schools, the big thing is in educat
ing hiah school students in many
important educational matters. .
The state will be divided Into
11 districts and each will be as
signed a special subject for dis
cussion. There will be a try-oue
first in each high school by which.
a debating team will be selected
or tho schools. This will be fol
lowed by intradistrict debates on
the district subject a?signed
From the teams chosen for each
district, there will be interdlstrict
debates and then the finals to de
termine the winning team for the
state. .
, Subjects Made) Known.
The winning team in. each dis
trict will be assigned the same
subject for the interdistrict meet.
This subject is: 'Resolved. That
Oregon adopt a graduated, state
income tax."
In the intradistrlct debates, the
northern Willamette district will
debate: . "Resolved, That the
plumb plan for the control and
.management of railroads .should
be enacted into law. The south
era Willamette district win de-
jbate: - "Resojved, That congress
I stimilrt nrnhihit alt tmmiirratinn
SUBJECTS ARE SELECTED FDR !
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE LEAGUE
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1 1 1 1
DELIBERATES i CHINESE SHOT
in nnnri nmn
MINUTES IN "11
''- ,y . i , y; yyyyy .,.-. ; ;
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verdict was returned af ter
at
he
other- camps, the Spauldlng catap
at mack Rock and thetcontract
camp on the Big Luckiamute, ire
at a higher altitude, and not
ways desirable for winter supply,
so tne n?w one is being put: into
commission. . It will, supply fed
and yellow fir of good average
dimensions. In Case of either; ot
the other .camps being laid -lup
temporarily, for repairs, .the com
pany, could get Stuff . from? tills
other BOiirea. . j '
California has been the princi
pal market -for jtbe'lumber that is
shipped outside from this section
of the State.
for .a period of not less than five
years '. '' " . : j- .
To the southern .Oregon ; qis-.
trict hag been assigned a discus
sion as to whether the principle
of the open shop should be adopt
ed in American industries. The
lower Columbia district will de
bate as to whether the Kansas; in
dustrial arbitration act should be
adopted. The upper Columbia
high school district .will talk I on
the county unit school plan, while
the Umatilla district will debate
the question, of a larger navy jf or
una country. . . .
Ilanl Imlepenrienec ITn.
To the eastern Oregon district
tbe Question of Philippine iriff-
pendence has been assigned. In
the southeastern Oregon district
there will be a discussion asj to
wnetner nations should reduce
tholr armaments to the minimum
necenwiry for police duty. ;
l he contrty - unit system l of
school administration will bo dis-
lu.tM'a -in me souin central Ore
gon district. The district .kndwn
as the West Side will discuss the
proniem: ' Resol ved j That a i)ro
tective tariff is beneficial . to the
producers or agrtcultucal products
in the rnited Rtates. i
In order that the high- schools
of Portland may discuss a subject
of local Interest, that city has
been assigned: 'Resolved, . tiat
Portland should own and operate
its street railway, system.
MNh .Marvin Head Move.
the Oregon high school debat
ing' league was organized in li05
largely through the efforts of Jtfias
Cornelia Marvin. The league bas
been an important factor in brih
ing into competitive debating the
leading nign schools or the etate
and such importance has this
work assumed in. the eyes of state
educators, that the executive cdm
mittee is now planning to Include
twice the number of high schools
that; competed during the 1920
21 school year.
Eugene won the cup in the de
bates of the 1318-19 school ypar
and Corvallis in 1319-20. But the
Salem nigh, school teams standi as
the principal winners in recent
years, navln g been ; awarded th
cup in the debates of the school
(Continued on page 4)
The Statesman recede. tb Hmc
wire report ; of-the .Associate
Press, the greatest and most re
liable press association
world.
PRICE i FIVE CENT1
Portland Orientals Open V.
At Gambling Resort An
Kill Aged Denizen Vour
ing Second
POLICE OFFICER SHOT
BITT DOWNS ASSAILA'
Tongman Feigns Injuri
Later Found Unharmcc
. And Admits Crime
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 1.
Leo Lung, 65,1 a member of t
Suey SJng tong, was shot and V
ed while at a gambling table 1
Chinese resort here tonight t
Lee Wong,- SI was twice shot t
badly wounded by the same
sassin who escaped. Other ?
Sings, laid Hop Sing -tonp:
were responsible for the shoot!
i'ouce inspector u. w. is or
was shot through the left leg 1
tonight in a duel with Alt
Wong, a Chinaman, who had t
surrounded ln a wood yard r
the Chinese Quarter by pol
Wong fell to the ground follov
the exchange bf shots and pc
thinking he Bad been woun
toe htm to the emergency ho
tal. An examination showed t
the Chinese was not injured.
Albert Wong, a member of ;
Hop Sing tong. from Seattle, t
lessea to the sheoting and f
ously wounding; early tonight
Ue Wong, amember of the F.
Sing tong, according to the po!
AiDert Wong waa arrested foil
ing a gunbattle in a wood j
near the Chinese Quarter late
night in which Police Inspector
W, Nor en e wis shot and sligl
wounaea tn the left leg. A cc
panlon of Albert "Wonc. who t
police say took part in the f
ugnt, escaped, s
The very time when the sho
Ing . occurred i District Attor:
Walter H. Evans was attempts
to bring leaders of the two rl
tongs together with the purp
ot averting open war. which
had been informed was immln
following trouble between the
val organization at Marysvi
Cal, .
Student Officers Die
When Airplane Cracl.
LA WTON. i Okla.. Ai.fr. 1
Captain John M. McCrae, Los
Sle. ,Cal.,;and Lieutenant Fr:
cis Nunemacher, Berkeley, C.
atuaent otticwrs at the aerial
servatlon school at Post fk
were killed today when their
plane crashed three miles west
Elgin, i The jcause of the accid
is unknown. A board of fnve
gation has been appointed.
Examinations Are Given
S For Summer School Vc
Some - of the examinations
the Willamette university sumn
scrmol were! held the last of 1
week,, ; arid j another series r v
given' Monday morning. This
the work leing carried on un
Professor Sherman's supervis
in the history and psychology
education, i i
: Some ot the stndeht are car:
Injr, heavy fork in ihe mmt
school. , One . student has
hours; another has 17; one 1
I , one 12, and others all the r
down .to al single, light cour
The work is understood to
Very -i satisfactory, ? though t
grades ihave lfot yet been rc
piled for crjediting on the colU
records.
COAST BASEBALL
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SMttta ' -PZZTT 65 61 .
pkUBd 64 fi3 .
Wnoa - .. . i 59 .
Slt Lakt . :....' , , , Jt 74
FortUnd U.2$ 67 .