r?
weather
The Statesman recelrea the leased
wire report ot the Associated
Press,? the greatest "and mosi re
liable! press association la the
world,
Wednesday rain: strong south
erly galea.
SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
0m
Ficr
TTLE
E HANDS
AT BIG SALE
One of Most Important Live
stock Events of Year
Conducted Yesterday by
Pickard Brothers and
Ladd.
TOP PRICE IS PAID
BY BUSH OF CHEHALIS
Thirty-One Head Disposed
of Yesterday at Figure
Aggregating $9545
One of the most important
Bales of Jersey stock held during
the year was that held yesterday
at Marlon by Tlckard Brothers
and 'William M. Ladd, total Bales
of the 31 head amounting to $9,
545. The sale was managed and
promoted by E. A. Ithoten.
Ten head of stock were sold by
William M. Ladd amounting to
12515. Pickard Brothers Bold 21
head, total - sales aggregating
$7,030.
Washington Men Buy
A number ; of the heavy pur-
cnaserB were ' irum wasningiou.
Theodore B. Hilstad, of Silverdale,
Wash, bought four head, paying
1950 for all. Joe Eberle of Dun
geness. Wash., purchased three
animals, paying a total of $1060.
A bid by telegraph was received
from H. C. Taylor for the bull calf
"Images Owl," sired by a son of
Tire la France. The bid was $300,
and the sale made at this figure.
Boah Pays Top Price
The top price for a cow was paid
'ly Ban W. Bush of Chehalis,
Wash., in his bid of $635 for
Sultan's Cassia." W. H. Martin
was a close second on paying a
high price tor a cow, in the pur
chase made by him of Vive la
Trance's Second Glow. The fig
ure was $625. '
W. O. De Gler of Silverton
bought Darling's Glow Image, a
cow, for $510. ,0. A. Dunlop of
Murphy, Ore., near Grants Pass,
paid $365" for Darling's Lassie
Glow. L. G. Allen of Shedd paid
(Continued on page 2)
The Elks Temple on Liberty
Street has been purchased by the
Woodmen of. the World. Salem
camp No. 118. The deed of
transfer has been signed by trus
tees of the Elks' lodge, Dr. H. H.
dinger, E. W. Hazard and-W. H.
Erait?. and the title to the pro
perty passed to the board of man
agers of the Woodmen, E. C.
Crowford, O. T. Walker and C.
D. Ross. The consideration was
$30,000.
' On the part of the Woodmen,
tire transfer has been in charge of
L. S. Geer. chairman ot the build
ing committee, assisted by E. P.
Donaldson, presiding officer of
he lodge, and the board of man
agers Change To Bo Made
Trustees of the Elks lodge were
CHANG
MIEN OF WORLD BUY
BUILDING FROM
EXPULSION MEASURE
DIRECTED AGAINST
BLANTON OF TEXAS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. The house was asked today
to expel one of its members Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat,
of the 17th Texas district for causing to be published in
the congressional record an affidavit which related to a -row
'lit the government printing office and which was charac
terized as obscene and unprintable.
': Presented on the Texan's 49 th
birthday by Representative Mon
dell. Republican leader, the reso
lution was placed on the table for
consideration and vote Thursday
because of Blanton's absence. He
left Monday night for Wheeling,
W, Va., to mako a speech, In ac
cordance with arrangements made
rior to the action of the house
Monday in expunging his undeliv
ered speech containing the offend
ing affidavit, from the record, but
MILES GIVEN
POSITION AT
ARMS PARLEY
H4$
X
Kit 7 1- " 'If -V.H'
'V1
U jg
4
6 4
Basil Miles, who has beert
named to the important position
of secretary to the United States
delegates to the Washington con
ference on disarmament.
Lane County Man Mistaken
for Bear, Shot and Killed
EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 23. Wil
liam Aldous, 32, a mountain
rancher living in the vicinity ot
Linslaw, 30 miles west of Eugene,
died yesterday as a result of A
gunshot wound inflicted Sunday
by George Luce, a neighber, 50.
Aldous, according to Luce' stor,
was struck by a bullet from his
rifle which he intended for a
boar that he saw in the woods. ;
Aldous died about f'.ve hours
after a physician from Eugene
had reached his side.
The physician who inquired inr
to the shooting declared it to be
absolutely accidental as it was
shown that Luce d'd not see Al
dous. Aldous leaves a wife and
three children.
ELKS LODGE
given authority some time ago to
dispose of the present Elks' tem
ple, as the lodge is preparing to
build next year.
Mr. Ge?r, chairman of the
building committee of the Wood
men of the World, and the board
of managers, say that several
changes will bo made at once on
the interior of the Temple, espec
ially on the second floor.
As the Woodmen have a wom
en's auxiliary, the reception
rooms on the second floor of the
temple will bo enlarged by en
closing the second storv porch
and. making it part of the build
ing. The new addition will be
used by the auxiliary, w'hich
(Continued on page 2.) .
in ernected back tomorrow.
A two-thirds vote of member
ship present would be required to!
expcll Blanton. In tho question o
voting on tho Mondell resolution
leaders declared tho house would
vofe without regard to party lines:
The Te.xa3 delegation will meet to
morrow to discuss the case an4 H
was said to be quite likely that a
substitute measure. providing
only for censure, would be pre
sented, r
AMERICANS TO
HAVEPRDGRAM
IN READINESS
Concrete Proposals to Meet
: Each Problem Presented
j at Disarmament Confer
ence Prepared.
NO HINT LEAKS FROM
DELEGATION MEMBERS
Conflict with Armistice Day
Plans May Cause Delay
to November 12
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27,. Con
crete proposals to meet each prob
lem presented for solution in 1.h:
agenda of the conference on lim
itation of armament and the dis
cussion of Far Eastern and Pa
cific questions will have been
shaped by the American delega
tion for presentation when the
conference meets. Definite as
surance that prosress made by
the delegation warranted this
prediction was obtained today at
tb,e state department.
Included in the suggestions to
be made by the American dele
gation will be a plan for limita
tion of naval armaments. The
session of the four American del
egates yesterday with Secretary
Denby and naval officials follow
ed by the dinner conference with
President Harding appeared to
day to have 'assured full approval
of the plan prepared.
Plans Not Hinted
No hint has 'been given as to
the nature of the American plans.
Officials have not been willing to
comment, even In view of teh
statement received last night
through Associated Press dis
patches from the Japanese dele
gation which said the basis of
Japan's program would be a de
Eire to maintain a defensive navy
large enough to cope with any
naval force that any other nation
could send into the Far East.
Empha3is was laid today on the
view that the armistice confer
ence was to be a clearing house
for all proposals as to ways and
means of arriving at limitation or
possible reduction of military and
navaf forces.
Full Preparation Expected
Each of the five powers par
ticipating is expected to enter the
Conference with its views and
suggestions as well worked out
In advance as those of the Am
ericans. It is from this pooling
Of thought that officials here hope
to see flow a final agreement.
There was still doubt today as
to whether it would be possible
that the first formal session could
be held as planned on armistice
day, November 11. There exists
a conflict in time with plans for
America's tribute to her unknown
dead on that day which has not
been solved.
Day's IMay Probable
' If no way around the difficulty
can be found, the conference will
meet first November 12. There
appeared today to be a strong pos
sibility that it would be put over
to that day. although official an
nouncement was withheld pend
ing a final attempt to adjust the
two programs.
'S
T
Brace Galloway Accidentally
Wounded and Is in Seri
ous Condition
PORTLAND. Or., Oct. 25.
Hrace Galloway. 19-year-old step
son of Mayor George j. I'.aker.
was acridentally-shot and sr-rious-ly
wounded In his home late to
day. Victor Metrger, 18. a compan
ion who was with him. said he
could not tell whether the he ac
cidentally shot young Galloway or
the boy shot himself.
At the hospital it was Baid Gal
loway was in a grave condition
The bullet shattered the right
hip bono and a part of the pelvis
and ranged upward.
: Young Galloway was preparing
to go to an eastern Oregon ranch
to spend the winter, and had got
oat a sun to take, with him&.
mm
STEPSON
ROAD BONDS
ARE SOLD AT
BIG PREMIUM
Wide Margin Above Par Of
fered for State Highway Se
curities at Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. . Oct, 2".
State highway bonds went at a
premium today when bids were j
opened by the state hizhwa; com-
mission on an issue of $1,5000,- !
00i. I
The best bids were received
from Ralph Schneeloch & Co.. and
four associates on long term " 1-2
per cent serial bonds and from
tho Chase Securities corporation
of eNw York and the united
States National bank of Portland
on short term Gper cent bonds.
The Schneeloch bid on the long
term bonds was l?,.?.f) or a pre
mium of $33,100 and tho Chase
Securities company bid on fhort
term bonds was 102.07 87, repre
senting a premium of $31,183. On
the last Issue of $ 1 ,000,(( )0 the
premium were $5000 on the long
term bonds and $6000 vii tho
short term bonds.
The interest on the Ion?; term
bonds nets, under the Schteeloch
bid, 5.171, which is the besr. prop
osition received by the commis
sion since 1919.
There were nearly twice an
many bids submitted on thi 3 bond
issue as on previous bond issues
ranging about two points higher
than the bids to which former
blocks were awarded. Also there
were more syndicate bids offered
this lime than heretofore.
Reported Struggle with Wife
on Saiem Streets Land
Man in Bastile
Wayne Arnold is In the Salern
jail on a disorderly conduct
charge and his wife is safe with
friends thi3 morning, following a
reported struggle between trie two
at State and Commercial streets
last night. Several Salem resi
dents are said to have witnessed
Arnold's alleged rough handling of
his wife during the episode. One
of the witnesses swore out a com
plaint against Arnold when his
wife refused to take any action
against him although she de
clared at the police btatiou that
"This i3 the end."
According to evidence secured
by'the police, the trouble started,
in front of a pool hall on the west
side of South Commercial street
when Arnold left the hall and
started to enter his machine. Mrs.
Arnold, who was sitting in the car
was forcibly removed from tho
machine to the sidewalk, the of
ficers said. When the machine
started, Mr3. Arnold is faid to
have clung pluckily to the rear
spare tire carrier. Passershy wero
attracted by the actions of the
couple and the struggle between
Arnold and his wife when lie dis
covered his extra passenger.
Fear for tho safety of the cou
ple was expressed when the ma
chine began to weave uncertainly
ntth on the west side of Com
nfercial street, both strugglins for
control of the wheel, one of the
witnesses said. The machine
stopped at State and Commercial
streets and pedestrians hurried to
Mrs. Arnold's rescue, bein at
tracted, it is said, by her cries.
"Help! he)p!, he's choking; me!"
According to a police report.
Arnold hurriedly left the machine,
first taking several bottles from
the car and disappearing in an
alley near Front at State street
Arnold was later arrested by the
police, when he telephoned to
Sergeant ElniT White. While the
officer listened to what Arnold
termed jollying, officers secured
Arnolds's location and took him
to the police station. An empty
bottle, redolent of whiskey or
moonshine, was found in Arnold'.1;
car.
At the police .station. Arnold
very earnestly asserted that the
bottles said to have been taken
by him did not contain liquor.
When asked if he would t"ll the
officers where the mysterious
bottles could be found, he said.
"Certainly not! That is an
other matter."
Mrs. Arnold is ji daughter T
J. M. Rrown, recently indicted on
a charge in connection with the
shooting of Arthur Lewis, em
ploye of the Oregon Anti-saloon
league. Forrest Brown, a fon.
was also arrested at the time on
a charge of a prohibition law vio
lation. Mr. Arnold was recently
very active in securing ball for
his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
Officers last night endeav
ored to locate Forrest Brown, as a
witness as he is said to have been
near the Arnold car just after
Arnold's reported disappearance
with ths mysterious bottles.
OH FILED
AGIST BOLD
EXCESS PROFIT
TAX REPEAL IS
T
At First Night Session Sen
ate Defeats Amendment
Proposing Indefinite Re
tention at Present Rate.
BITTER ATTACK MADE
BY MISSOURI MEMBER
Senator Penrose Causes Fi
nal Vote to be Set for
4 0 Clock Today
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 5. Final
repeal of the excess profits tax on
January 1 was forecast with the
defeat by the senate of an amuid
ment to the tax revision bill pro
posing indefinite retention of thi.
tax at tho present rates. The vote
was 33 to 28 with four Republi
cans joining the solid Democratic
minority in supporting the amend
ment. Senator Reed, Democrat. Miss
ouri, author of the defeated
amendment, immediately proposed
another for continuation of th
profits tax at about half present
rates. This was under debate
whe nthe senate recessed at 8 p.
m. until 11 a. m. tomorrow under
agreement to have a final vote on
the repeal of the profits tax at 4
p. m .tomorrow.
First Night Session Held
Tonight's session was the first
of the long threatened night ones
to expidite passage of the tax bill,
but it ended more than two hours
before the time originally agreed
upon. Debate on the second Reed
amendment had waxed warm t
when Senator Penrose in charge
of the tax measure, said he was
not disposed to keep the senate
togther longer if he could obtain
agreement to vote at 4 p. m to
morrow. This agreement was the first
reached between the Democrats
and Republicans and followed all
day conferences which resulted
in a failure to come to any under
standing as to a day for a final
vote on the bill.
Leaders' Plans in Doubt
to procedure after the vote on the j
excess profits provision tomorrow j
were somewhat in doubt, but as I
sent of 50 of their party one
more than a majority of the sen
ate to remain at the capitol or
within call day and night they
still threatened to put through the
plan for a continuous session be
ginning tomorrow unless an agree
ment to speed up votes on tho tax
provisions could be had.
Normal Tax Fixed
The committee amendment fix
ing the normal income tax at the
prvnt 4 and S per cent rates was
adopted as was the committee
amendment increasing from
$2000 to $2500 the normal exemp
tion allowed heads of families
having net incomes of $5000 or
less.
Without a record vote, the sen
ate adopted an amendment by
Stnator Trammell, Democrat,
Horida, providing that in case a
taxapyer borrows money to pur
chase or carry federal securities
he miy deduct in compounding his
net income only the difference be
tween the amount of the interest
paid on the indebtedness and the
amount received in interest from
tho securities.
Monstrous, Says Keed
Opening the attack on the pro
posal to repeal the excess profits
tax. Senator Reed. Democrat, Mis
souri, declared this proposition
was the most monstrous ever put
before the senate."
Senator Hitchcock. Democrat.
Nebraska, told the senate that the
excess profits tax had the same
justification as the graduated in
come tax. lie added that he could
not see why corporations making
profits above 8 per cent upon the
capital invested conoid not pay a
graduated tax just as individuals
did.
Wind Reaches Velocity !
of 84 Miles an Hour!
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 2T..
Wind reached a velocity of St
m'les an hour this afternoon at -o'clock
at the mouth of the Col
umbia river, according to reports
to the weather bureau h re. At
3 o'clock the velocity had drop
ped to 72 miles n hour At S
a. m it was 60 miles and at noon
72 miles. From these fignres the
weather bureau here concluded
the storm had passed the climax
after 2 o'clock. The steamer
Wahkcona of the McCornnck line
was reported to have taken ref
uge in Neah bay.
1
DEVELOPMENTS IN
(By The Associated Press)
Following were Tuesday's rail strike developments:
CHICAGO Labor hoard suggests.to roads that they tem
porarily postpone seeking further wage cuts because the docket
is so full that a decision could not be rendered before July
1922, but roads . declare themselves "powerless to take any
other position." than their present one. Board announces
rules and working conditions will be settled before any wage
reduction petitions are considered.
Rail executives meet to discuss strike situation and labor
board hearing which begins today.
WASHINGTON Attorney General Daugherty and district
attorneys from New York, Cleveland, Buffalow, Indianapolis
and Chicago complete plans "for transportation of people, food
and fuel" in the event of a strike.
CLF.VULAN!) Warren S. Stone, head of the engineers,
announces he has instructed his chairmen they need not attend
tomorrow's labor board hearing at Chicago, saying the board
has misunderstood their authority and will not want them
when the situation is explained.
W. S. Carter, president of the firemen and enginemen,
in a statement declares press reports indicate "the whole power
of the administration is to be used to defeat the strike" and
that "there seems to be no disposition on the part of anyono
to bring about an equitable adjustment."
"Big five' union chiefs ask Walter D. Hines, former
diector general of railroads to act as their counsel in dealing
with labor board, but he declines.
CINCINNATI Railway clerks will give "passive assis
tance" to proposed walkout by refusing to do other than their
own work.
HOl'STON International and Great Northern strike situa
tion unchanged, full passenger and part freight service being
operated under armed guards although strikers maintain a
hands-off policy.
SPECIAL ROAD LEVY
HELD SURE TO PASS
IN POLK ON NOV. 8
DALLAS. Ore., Oct. 25.
Indications are now that the
roads which will be voted on by the people of Polk county
at a special election to be held on November 8 will carry by
a big majority as practically every community in the county
has assured the county court that it is back of the court in
the movement for the betterment of the present roads of the
county and the building; of new hard-surfaced roads of an
improved type.
At recent meetings of the Dallas Commercial club and
the Dallas city council these bodies unanimously went on rec
ord as favoring the $70,000 levy and the member.s promised
to do their utmost to put the measure over. Won' has
reached Dallas from other parts of the county and the sen
timent is strongly in favor of the levy.
One of the provisions as out
lined in tlr; special levy is that
practically every cent of money
raised in a road district will be
returned to that district in the
shape of better roads.' This fact
alone ih helping the cause along
amazingly and farmers in isolated
POLK COM MINIS
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
DALLAS, Ore.. Oct. 2 .".--( Ppe- j not include the property of rail
cial to The Statesman) - County j roads and other public service
Assessor Fred J. Holnian has com-J corporations which are assessed
pleted a sumamry of tho assess- by the state tax commission shows
ment roll for the year lt21 for I the value of the various items as
Folk county and while the numbe j listed by the assessor:
of acres of tillable land is smaller j Acres of all lands, 426 S7R.'8.
than it was a year ago the valua-; Vi. hie f 8,:jfr.Xf0 : acres of tilla
tion of property in the county i ,. lands K'.S.ir.a.'i.'. value $4
shows an increase of $1 si. 160. j '-
Tho following list which does i (Continued on page 2)
JUDGE BUSHEY IS
UPHELD IN OPINION
OF SUPREME COURT
The supreme court yesterday in an opinion by Justice
Brown affirms Judge Bingham of the lower court for Mar
ion county and Judge Bushey of the county court in the
case of Peter Sustar against the Marion county court.
For having been arrested with liquor in his possession
Sustar was fined $500 and sentenced to spend six months
in the county jail by Judge Bushey of the county court. He
held this was contrary to the constitution of the state as
out of proportion to the offense which was the possession
of two quarts of moonshine. He petitioned the circuit court
for a writ of review. This was denied and he appealed to
the supremo court.
"A statute providing for a fine
of not !r,ss than $1m nor more
than $ r. to . or jiiiiiri-'oument of not
less than six nio-itho, or both such
f no and imprisonment., in the dis
cretion of the court, is not an ex
cessive fine not the infliction of a
cruel and unusual punishment,"
says Justice Brown in his opin
io11 ...... u
STRIKE SITUATION
(Special to The Statesman) -
$70,000 tax levy for building
rarts of the county who have been
favored this year with more im
proved roads than they have ever
had are working hard to help put
the levy across.
The county court has spent a
(Continued on page 2;
"In order to just'fy the court
in declar'ng punishment cruel and
unusual with rererencc to its du
raiion, the punishment must !
so proportioned to the offense
committed an to shock the moral
sense of all reasonable men as to
what is right and proper under
(Continued on page 2)
ACT li TIE
I SAYS OFFICIAL
Announcement of Course to
be Folowed in Event of
Tie-Up May be Expected;
Declares Mr. Daugherty.
BATTLE AT LAW IS , ! ,
I EXPECTED BY UNIONS
Walker D. Hines Turns Down
Offer to Be Attorney for
. Brotherhoods
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.
Announcement of the course
to be followed by the govern
ment in the event of a railroad
strike may be expected from
President Harding;, it was in
dicated today by Attorney
General Daugherty.
iTh'e president, he said,
would no doubt "say what he
had to say when the time
came." Those responsible for
the situation would have to
take the consequences, he
added. ' : '
While maintaining his dis
belief that a general strike
would materialize, Mr. Daugh
erty declared the justice de
partment was prepared to act
"Judiciously within the law,
tq prevent a tie-up of the
transportation facilities. He
did not discuss specifically the
department plans, explaining
that the government might
use one method in one sec
tipn, adopt another course in
another and use all of its legal
weapons in a third. ; v
i Discussing the country's at
titude towards a possible
strike, he declared it his opin
ion that "the American peo
ple have no patience with this
situation."
Conferences with the' dis
trict attorneys from New
"V i. --: 1 J
Buffalo and Indianapolis were
completed today, Mr. Daugh
erty said, adding that they
had a full knowledge of the
department's preparations.
Six or seven district attor
neys in western districts are
to meet within the next few
days in a western city to dis
cuss the plans, he announced.
I real IlAttles Kxprrted
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct 25.
rThat the "big five" railroad
transportation organization chiefs
are expecting a legal battle when
they appear before the railroad
labor board tomorrow In Chicago
was indicated today when they
sought to retain Walker P. Hlnea,
former director general of raU
roads, to handle any legal phases.
Mr. Hines told the brotherhood
executives that ho "was not in I
position" to represent them and
returned to New York.
t'nless tbo labor board has
changed its attitude- concerning
the necessity of general chairmen
of the five labor organizations
appearing at the Chicago meeting,
it is anticipated that one of the
first legal squabbles to be de
cided will bo on the action of W.
S.;. Stone, president of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers,
in' notifying his general chairmen
they need not answer tho board's
citation. .
Stone Ih Ief lant.
Mr. Stone announced tonight
that only himvJf and six grand
officers, in whom the authority
of the organization Is vested, will
attend the conference. . ;
Referring to conflicting reports
in telegrams exchanged between
Chairman It. M. Barton of the
railroad labor .board and Presi
dent Stone, regarding the neces
sity of general chairmen of he
brotherhoods being requested to
attend the Chicago hearings, Mr,
Stone said:
"My chairmen are scattered all
oyer the country, and it would
be impossible for me to get them
toi Chicago in time for the open-
i ing of the hearings."
I - jiWhen asked how long he and
hits prand officers expect to 're
main in Chicago, Mr. Stone re
plied that he could not answer.
Iee Calls Chairmen.
Other brotherhood chiefs would
(Continued on page 2)