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! 1 j , THE WEATHER . Fair east, probably rain west; moderate westerly winds. The Statesman receives the leased wire report of . the Associated Press, the greatest and most re liable press aioItlon la ' tHa world, . . . -.ZLxllM SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNfcSDAyY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS WW- p L j4(Q) IBM T'r.:.,..:.c.v,p.:v- v I i ( oicon APPROVED REPORT; TREASURER WRITES With State .Treasurer Hoff on one side and Governor 01- C? a!Jd Secretary of state Kozer n the other, the fighting state board of control continues ta exchange blow for blow. Mr. Hoff yesterday came back at Olcott and Kozer in reply to their refusal as majority members of the board to approve a bill of $44.53 contracted by Hoff with the state Printer for 15,000 copies of a report by Hoff on ground that the statement was not a proper one to have printed and cir culated at state expense and intimating that it was Hoff po litical propaganda. In his counter yesterday Mr. Hoff de clares the state printing board, which like the board of con trol, is composed of the governor, the secretary of state and the state treasurer, approved the copy of the report before it was sent to the printer, and that Olcott and Hoff now see fit to reverse themselves. ' Hoff claims for the report that It shows he lias saved the state 175,000 a year a compared with the administration of his prede cessor and admit j that the report ' will doubtless help him politically. but avers it Is perfectly proper as a state document. , Bows to Majority I J- However, he refuses to contest . i the majority ruling of the board ;and returns the money, but sug i gkests that the other members of the board also pay their own ex " 'penses In traveling to places where their appearances are intended to accrue to their personal or politi cal benefit. Mr. Iloft'a letter follows: ! "Id July last, la obedience to the law governing state printing, X submitted copy of my semi-annual report designated especially as'Of Interest to Taxpayers' to the state board of printing, con sisting of the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. This was approved according to the law. The state naturally assumed , the responsibility for the cost of y the same and 14,000 copies of the ' report were printed and the ex. pense incurred, on account of the , . permission to print the ..same by the state. " Reversal Charged f - "On November 12 a bill was rendered by the state printer and forwarded to the board of control, which consists of the same person, sel as the printing board. At this time the majority of the board, f the , governor and secretary of , state have reversed the action of themselves, as members of the " state printing board, refusing ' payment of the bill on the groands that the report is not of the prop1 er nature. . - : ' -- - "I wish to say that the report in my mind Is absolutely a public documentt, dealing with the ac tivities of this office and which I ; am entitled to have printed and (distributed among the citizens of the state. Furthermore, I believe this report contains official infor mation that every cltisen of Ore gon should receive, and r cannot see that the report reads any dif ferent from the copy submitted in July and accepted for printing. However, I bow to the majority rule. '' - .- -- Big Saving Claimed . "It is true that this' report shows by my method, as -compared with my predecessbr, that I have Saved the, state; while in office, fully $75,000 a year and will be a political -benefit to me, should X decide to run for office. This I admit, places a certain amount of moral personal obligation on me, and again to undertake by legal process to force a payment upon the board of which I am a member Is too delicate a matter to con- (Continued on page 6) VENIRE TODD: ON TORTL PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15. John W. Todd, prominent in educational and civic activities of Salem, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., went on trial today before Federal Judge Bean on four counts of an indictment charging misuse of the mails with intent to defraud in the sale of timber land or real estate. The $5,000 bond of Carlos W. Byron with whom Todd was jointly indicted, was declared forfeited by Judge Bean. Byron is being sought by officers on a bench warrtmt issued some time ago. - r Todd was former superjnten tf schools at Salem and many of the large number of alleged vic tims In the case are residents of Calem. ',-v:.-"' it Is charged In the indictment that more than $20,000 was re vived in the form of initial pay 5 nts on $5000 each on titles to 1 mesteads.' Byron was said to have been ' traduced as a timber locator, AND KOZER JUDGE BIIIG1 REFUSES DIVORCE Differences of Youthful Pair - Held Too Minor to War- ? rant Separation Young married folks who get into a row and happen to come be fore Judge George G. Bingham In their- divorce proceedings will likely find a rather unsympathetic court, judging from a decree of the court ordered In the case of Goldie May Sharpo against Claude Clayton .Sharpe, in which the plaintiff asked for a divorce. , In refusing to grant either par ty a divorce. Judge Bingham In his decree, calls attention to the fact that the palintiff was but 18 years old at the time of her mar riage, and her husband but a lit tle older. ' , j , The evidence shows, according to the decree, that both parties to the marriage were too vounsr to understand fully or appreciate the Dtmgations and duties of married life, and that the differences which arose were not sufficient to warrant a separation. The decree reads: "The differences between the plaintiff and defendant have not been serious in character, nor such as to warrant a separation. On each -side, small matters have been magnified out of all propor tion and with persons of mature years or better Judgment, would have been passed by." James N. Glover Seriously III at Home in Spokane SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 15. James N. Glover, founder of the city of Spokane, was declared by his physicians to be near death at his home here. 1 He has been ill for about two years. Mr. Glover, who moved with his parents from Missouri; to Salem, Ore., in 1849, was a mem ber of the city council and city marshal at Salem, and later en gaged in business, at one time having operated the first steam ferry between Marion and Polk counties in Oregon. He was mayor of Spokane tor one term and served several times as a member of the city council. TRIAL IN AND: SPECIAL! r - J i . - , '. : NECESSARY who, through special services io the government, 1 was equipped with information which made it possible for him to locate a lim ited number of people on choice timber claims which could easily be sold later for $10,000 to $30, 000. - ' ; -: Todd declares, he was Innocent of any wrong intent, '' j M One jury panel was exhausted this morning and a special venire was called this afternoon. : i THREE BOYS ARE HELD AS AUTO THIEVES Lads Taken at Rose burg Sus pected of Having Knowledge of Roy Bank Robbery ROSEBURG, Of., Nov, IS. Clayton, 21, and Clinton Currle, 16, brothers who told authorities here that their home was in Port land, and Arton Hollenbach, 20, who said; he was from Canby, Or., were arrested here tonight as suspected automobile thieves. Officers announced that they also were investigating the possi bility that the three youths might be able to throw light on the rob bery of the bank at Roy. Wash., yesterday. In the automobile which the youths were driving when arrested, was found a card belonging to Frederick Leo of Everett, Wash. The machine bore but one li cense tag, which was for an auto mobile truck. None of the occu pants of the car carried a driv ers' license as is required under the Oregon laws. War Breaks Out in Ranks of Dairymen's League l ; ' PORTLAND, Nov. 15. Diffi culties in the ranks of the Oregon Dairymen's league which resulted in a meeting of the directors here today to discuss whether the league should be suspended or continued as an organization, came to a climax when the Wash ington county .members of the league, in a resolution, demand ed the resignation of the present board members. The resolution resulted in a stormy session, among : the 250 dairymen ; at the gathering and was finally tabled. At the close of the; meeting the board voted to hold another session tbmorrbw for a further consideration of problems con fronting it. STRIKE DUTY Two Companies Ordered by Governor Kencfall to Re port at Ottumwa DES MOINES, la.. Nov. 15. Two companies of Iowa national guard were ordered by Governor N. E. Kendall to report for duty in Ottuma, where a strike of em ployes of the John Wrtrij Pack ing: company has been In progress tor nearly a month. Tbe troops were ordered following word from the county sheriff, county attor ney and the maydr of Ottumwa that the Situation was beyond their controL ' . The troops will reach Ottumwa ready fori duty before 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, it was report ed.' j ; -i ; No outbreak occurred today be yond a clash of strikers and pick ets in which several persons' sus tained injuries this morning. Workers of tbe Morrell plant, numbering approximately 1300, Walked out following differences over working conditions and a l eduction of the number of work ing hours j guaranteed per week. Six hundred men are at work, company officials paid. District Mudge D. M. Anderson today granted the company a tem porary injunction forbidding the unions from picketing the plants Adjutant General L. O Lasher is th Ottumwa to keep ' Governor Kendall Informed of conditions. Colored Barber Shop i Employe Found Dead SILVERTON. Or.. Nov. 15. Special to The " Statesman) Frank Cole, a negro who has been employed' for a 3hort time at the Bray & Glvens barber rtop was found i dead in his bed Sun day evening. His death is laid to heart trouble. He was buried from the Jack & Ekman funeral parlors Tuesday. Earthquake is Indicated On Seismgoraph Record I WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. A pronounced earthquake shock was registered on the siesmograph at Georgetown university today, the estimated distance of the distur bance being 1900 ' miles from Washington and probably to the iouth.:!Tho tremors began at 3:51 a. m.; attained their maxi mum intensity at 4:01 and ended at 5:0 o'clock. r MA1IONKY KXOCKEU OI T t OMAlIAj Neb., Nov. U.--Evr Hammer, Chicago lightweight, knocked out Eddie Mahoney. San Francisco, Jack Dempsey's prote ge, in the Utxth rotmd of their scheduled 10-round bout tonight. IOWA GUARD OH i . -. . - -1 HIGHER RATIO IN SEA POWER Cut Suggested In American Disarmament Proposal is Not Entirely Satisfactory To Nippon Contingent. INSULAR CONDITION OF NATION ARGUMENT Blanket Acceptance Of Hughes Scheme Not Af fected by Statement WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (By The Associated Press) Japan feels that her ratio of warship tonnage is not high enough un der the American proposals, it was said tonight by members of the Japanese delegation. During Admiral Baron Kato's speech at the armament confer ence today, his statemriet that Japan would suggest some modifi cations in the tonnage basis for replacement caused some specu lation as to whether it referred to regulating the capacity of ship yards so that new warships could be i built regularly or whether it meant that' Japan favored a high er ratio of tonnage compared with the United States and Great Bri tain. Insular Condition Advanced Tonight's statement clears up (Continued on page 6) COURT MI BE REMODELED AMD ElEMTOR PUT IN Complete alteration of the three stories of the Marion county court house as well as improvements that will mod ernize the structure are included in tentative plans now un der consideration by the county court. ,"The innovation of the woman juror system is one of the prime factors impelling us to provide additional jury room said County Judge W. M. Bushey. yesterday. "Another rea son for the changes is that the present circuit court rooms are far too small." The tentative plans now under consideration include the removal of partitions and re-allotment of office quarters for circuit Judges Percy R. Kelly and George G. Bingham. ' A central jury room, a smoking room for men, a women3 rest room, separate lodging quar ters for men . and iwomen jurors must be provided. It is estimated that the work will cost about $20,000. No definite time for beginning construction work has been desig nated, but officials say the con templated changes in court rooms and jury quarters will be put un der way soon, as the names of women will be drawn for service on all Marion county juries after January 1, 1922. A. E. Doyle, Portland archi tect, was in Salem yesterday and conferred with the county court in regard to the task of remodel ing the building which was erect EXCISE AND DRINK TAXES AGREED UPON IN J OINT MEETINGS WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Agrpement on excise and soft drink taxes was reached today by the house and senate con ferees on the tax revisions bill. After striking out the sen ate proposal for a 4 per cent manufacturers tax on perfumes, essences, extracts, toilet; waters and the like, the managers agreed to the excise taxes as finally approved by the senate. They are : Automobile trucks and automo bile wagons, including parts and accessories, 3 per cent. Other automobilfs and motorcy cles, 'including parts and accessor ies. 5 per cent. i Tires, inner tubes, parts or ac. cessorius for motor vehicles cold n ' .(";- '!?! ' . irrX he -A .U:-., '-f-i A :-:,-.'-. 'j TURK MARKET IS WOBBLING UP AND DOWN What Cost of Big Birds Will be About i Thanksgiving Time Is Question Here The turkey market is up and then down, with th down ten dency the past few days. Yesterday the wholesale price was 28 cents for live turkeys and 27 cents a pound for dressed. Just at present farmers are not offering many turkeys, but yes terday in Portland the supply was so heavy that the market broke. As one dealer said, the usual jockeying is now on between the holders of turkeys and the public, and in the end it will all figure down to the question of supply 'and demand. Harmon Mowry Bound Over to Grand Jury Harrison Mowry, who was re cently arrested by Sheriff Oscar Bower, on a statutory charge, yes terday waived hearing in Justice court and was bound over to await the action of the Marion county grand Jury. Portland Terminal is Debated at Conference PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15. Western executives of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway systems held a conference today in the office of President W. F. Turner of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway on matters of detail concerning the participation of the two trans continental lines in the pdoject of the Northern Pacific terminal company, to provide thi scity with enlarged common freight and pas senger terminate. SE MAY ed nearly 50 years ago. Mr. Doyle is familiar with the build ing, having made plans for vari ous changes in the structure since it was erected. Among the improvements now under consideration by the court is the installation of an elevator. This should be a popular move, as the building is much used and is about the only structure of tla size in the city having no passen ger hoist. County officials assert that the elevator would have been installed long ago, had not the various boards been dismayed by first costs and expenses of main tenance. Now, however, the elevator is nearly an absolute necessity as all county offices are much cramped for lack, of space which could be provided by the elimin ation of the stairways and also by utilizing the spacious attic (Continued on page G) to any person other than a man ufacturer or producer of motor vehicles, 5 per cent. Cameras, weighing not more than 10 u pounds; and lenses for such cameras, 10 per cent. Photographic films and plates (Continued on page 6) SWEEPING OF REDUCTION BASIC POLICY OF CONFER W El Willamette Graduate, Class of 1921, is Not Expect ed to Recover Maurice Lawson, graduate ot Willamette university, class of '21. was seriously injured in an automobile accident three miles south of Arlington, Wash., while on a week-end i huning trip with four other companions. His re covery is doubtful. On account of bad roads the car, a steam-driven vehicle, was overturned, throwing! all of the occupants, except Lawson away from the mactlite. Lawson's foot in some manner had turned the valve causing the steam and hot water to pour out on him. After about five minutes his compan ions were able; to release him from the overturned machine, but not before he was badly scalded Slight hope is ( held .for hU re covery. Lawson is a member of the Sig ma Tau fraternity of Willamette university, and a member of the honorary scholarship society, the Alpha Kappa Nu. Marion County Autoist Loses Meters by Theft Li4 Pearmlne, jot. Salen route 8, believes that motoraetenhlevBS must have a grudge against him as he has twice; been the loser of motometera during tho past' two While his car was parked or. North Church strec-t last night, an enterprising; prowler took a second meter, Mr. Pearmlne told the police. FLAX MEETING CALLED TODAY Hemp Growers Also Invited to Help Perfect Produc ing Organization At 10 o'clock: th:s morning at the Commercial club, the Marion County Realty association, through a special committee will present to the flax growers, of the Willamette valley a special report regarding ; the flax situa tion. ' Upon the recommendations of a number of flax growers who are familiar with the present ra ther unfortunate' conditions, the committee's pipit for a reorgani zation of the flax industry will be presented. This plan contemplates the forming of a cooperative growing and marketing association Also the organization ! of a corporation for the purpose of manufacturing the raw material Into fibre, two and by-products of the flax industry- ' The plan hopes to overcome some of the present credit diffi culties, as it 13 acknowledged that the! growers cannot turn their products into the state and wait a year for their pay. Hemp growers have also been asked to attend the meeting this morning and become members ot the proposed orgaftization. It is expected that both organizations will be perfected: at today's meet ing and that several hundred ac res of flax and i hemp will be pledged. j i HOPPE BEATS COXTI CHICAGO. Nov. 1$. Willie Hoppe, world balkline champion, defeated Roger fcant! of France) 400 to 1R8 in tonight's game of; the world's 18.2 balkline billiard championship tournament. ' Thej match went six innings. Hoppe'ai high run was 175: and his averasej 66 2-3. Conti's hlKl and his average 57 PRESS UNFAVORABLE LONDON, Nov. 16.-(?3y Thj Associated Press Mr. l.aiour's proposed modifications ofj thel American proposals are received unfavorably by the Liberal press. The Westminster Gazette! says his statement gives cause for "the very gravest misgivings and disappointment-" ii BADLY AMERICAN PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTED AS Accredited Spokesmen of Powers Declare Readiness to Fall in Line, but Reserve Right to Offer Modifica tions Balfour Stirs Session With Eloquent Speech Diplomacy of American Delegation Is Recognized WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (By The Associated Press)- The sweeping American proposal for reduction of naval arm ament became the accepted fundamental policy of the arma ment conference Joday by the unanimous assent of the five great powers. , Seconding the bold lead of the United States accredited spokesmen of Great Britain, Japan, Italy and France rose in their places at today's plenary session of the conference and declared the readiness of their governments! to accept the American proposal in spirit and in principle, but with the reservation pf a right to suggest modifications of detail. Then the problem of these details, which every one realizes may yet occupy the prolonged, attention of the con ference and involve the success or failure of the plan, was re ferred for preliminary examination to a committee of five technical naval advisers, one from each of tjie big five pow ers. Within this committee, first of ail, Great Britain will ask a further reduction of the limit proposed on submarine tonnage Japan will endeavor to prove her right to a greater ratio of naval strength than has been suggested, and Franco and Italy will request that 'their naval questions : be consid ered along with those ofj three stronger naval powers em braced in the American plan. I;; ! I f ; Thus the diplomacy of the Am SCHOOL WORKERS MEET Interesting i Acidoses Heard Yesterday from Men of Eminence in State With nearly 100 delegates from all parts of western pregon in at tendance, the 36th annual con vention of j the Oregon Sunday school association convened yes terday for the threeday session to be held at the First Christian church. ' The opening address was deliv ered during the morning session by Governor Olcott who wel comed the delegates to Salem and extended his best wishes for their success io their work. Other leakers on yesterday's "program were Rev. W. M. Case, of First Presbyterian church, Eugene; President P. L. Campbell of Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene Dr. Carl G. Doney, president Willam ette university and Itev. A. J. Sul-lens.-superintendent of Congrega tional Home Missionary society, Portland. It is a boost of the officers of the convention that the program is "Oregon Made" from start to finish. Every speaker on the list is an Oregon Woman or man. The program itself was printed in Ore gon on Oregon made paper and the conv'etion badges were manu factured in this state. Morning and afternoon Insti tute classes were held in the four divisions of study, children's, adults, administrative and young people. During the evening a (Continued on page 6) SHI! ARBUCKLE JURY NOT COMPLETED ATIND OF DAY BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. The end of the second day in tihe manslaughter trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle saw eleven temporary jurors in the box and the general interest in the jury selection dwindling. Five of those selected were worben. There was nothing in the sessions to give them mote interest than the ordinary criminal action, although the? frequent clashes of opposing counsel occasioned mirth or sharpened curiosity on the part of the spectators and court officers at times. The questions did not differ materially from those asked at tbe ODening of the trial yester day. Stress was laid by the de fense today on the interest of the defendant in the motion picture industry. Gavin McXab, chief defense counsel, asked the tales men if such interest would preju dice them In any way. They an swered that it would not. ! Arbuckle'e attitude was of such deep apparent dejection that he y ''X erican , delegation, has won its first victory in the conference, but tUl finds Itaelt confronted with Questions ot admitted Im portance and delicacy whose solu tion is requisite to attainment of the purposes for which the na tions were called together, lln My Tie Hidden T.'; While technical advisers ; wres tle with the armaments problem and the delegates, continue Infor mal conversations on the Ameri can plan, the other big subject, the Far Eastern situation, will be given its first formal considera tion at an executive meeting to morrow of the delegations of the interested nations. Tonight every delegate was in a waiting attitude toward this question, and It any nation had ' a comprehensive plan of settlement to present at the ; outset it was carefully concealed. The lead In accepting the prin ciple of tthe American naval ' pro. posal was lakenJn today's eonfer ence by Great Britain, whose his toric naval supremacy would ev entually give way to an equality of strength with the Unite ful lt tn Plan became an tu&lity. Balfour Stirs Conference A. J. Balfour, head of the Brit ish delegation, ' announced the British acceptance' In speech that stirred ..delegates and spec tators and started a discussion In which diplomatic cards were laid on the table in an unprecedented manner.- ,!: - t. i'' While the hall still echoed with applause, Admiral Baron Kato was on his feet, to -pledge the readiness of Japan to proceed with "sweeping .reductions" to her fleet. S enator Schanzer for ' Italy, and I reraier Brland s for France adde 1 a pledge lot coop eration in th s American program. Mr. Balfoi r alone made speci fic mention ( f some of the modi fications thafl would be suggested later. Reduction of the figure (Continued on page 6) YESTERDAY i S remained almost aloof. He did not consult. with counsel and at the recess; periods remained by himself. ; - ' . There werej vacant seats in the Courtroom throughout the day, al though the cfowd in front of tha building to see the principals go to and fro was larger than yes terday. Many qf the spectators in court were talesmen who have (Continued on page 6) t