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THE OREGON STATESMAN.-SALEM. OREGON lIOfFICER Senator Watson Declares He Will Slap Face of Major George Cocheu SESSION IS BROKEN UP Roosevelt Writes Denial That He Said Soldier Was Shot by Officer WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 Threata by Senator Watson, Dem ocrat, Georgia, to slap the fare or an army , officer sitting vtithin touch of his elbow threw the meeting of the senate investigat ing charges that American sol dlera'had been illegally hanged In France, into an uproar today and brought a quick demand from Chairman Rrandegee for a aer-peant-at-arms to prevent any phy elcM clash. - For a moment the utmost con fusion prevailed. Above the din as some women harried toward the door, the voice of the chair man, in strident toneg command ed the Georgia senator to sit down or retire Trom the room. . Banging the . , table . with bare knuckles, the chairman soon re stored a semblance of order, bnt there were many heated exchang es before the meeting broke up until tomorrow afternoon. . Major Cnrhcn Attacked .v . Major George W. C. Cocheu. at tached to the general staff, was the officer on whom Senator Wat ion launched his verbal attack. U, happened near the clo.e or a brief but turbulent meeting at Which, Senator Watson's charge that the committee at a "secre tary session had prejudiced" the fWV,,Wa,8J characterize(l by Sena tor Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, a member of the committee, as tonlrue and wholly without foun dation. , ; .. ' The senator's attack" on Major UK-heu hit the committee like a crack of lightning., There had meen no intlmatlnn ...ihi.. ot the kind was Impending. Aja jor Cocheu , had 'not testified and his friends paid later was prcnt i'v his nffVtel fnrmrilv p rhlef of the legislative branch of the gen eral staff. Officrr I'nOKtuttMMl Suddenly shaking his right hand wltn'n two fef nf th Jor's fnce. the senator in Ms pitch-1 ed high, exclaimed that "for two pennies I'd slan vour iw Thai officer did not t un eye Instantlv Chatrm sm rtr ah il.iypn I was on his fot call ire fnr n -r- i reant-at-arm to irote't th of- ! fleer from "an Insult " Th.n ! dec?arlnif that he hi )n insulted. Senator WaUon n-' no-meed that he would retire from the meeting. "An Insult can be given Sv look." Senator Watn declared. ! wheetin flUioMv swi to rac. i the officer', "if n t m again that wav I'll alao his fao ' I won'st sit here and hil- ; dosed bv these officers bv thU bnlMawed brute." Word Kvf'hansji tl Wlh hl .Ma tor t OChp'l looked strstitrhH ahead at the senator a Chairman ' randf?ee endeavored to get the; proceedings within ordevlv senate bounds. After repeating his com mand that the senator sit down or leve. Chairman Hrandeeee and Senator Watson had a fiery exehanire as to Just what had been promised in keeping officers out of the room while any of tho latter's witnesses were testifvlne. Finally the chairman shouted to the Georgia senator asking If he wanted the officers sent awav and on being informed that he aid. tney were told to got on. After that things settled down a bit. Smiles came back to Sen ator Watson's face as he explain ed that he wanted to be the par don of the committee If he had acted in an unseemly manner. He added, however, that the officers, sitting there and gazing at him "in an insolent manner" had aroused his "southern blood " Itoosovelt Slay Appear The committee later decided .n hear some army officers tomor row and then adjourn the open sessions for a week. The com mittee agreed to summon any body he Jelt couTd give evidence to. the illegal hangings. Senator Watson asserted at to day's session that "Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt. Jr.. corroborates my statement that a soldier was shot by an officer" but this state ment wan formally denied tonlgbt by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt in a letter to Chairman Brande gee in which ho offered to appear as, a witness before the committee. EM SESOF OVERHEAD TOLD Cost of Administering High way Department $5.98 for Each $100 Spent SATURDAY MORNING," DECEMBER 10, 1021 YEAR'S WORK IS LISTED Total from all Funds is $18, 245,821.37, According ' to Statement PANTAGES VAUDEVILLE r Monday ,. 27 and 9 p. m. V GRAND ; J Child Almost Strangled Mrs. G. Grab, 3116 Washington Ave., New Orlenas; La.. r writes: "My' child had a cough so bad she would almost strangle cough ing. Foley's Honey and Tar re lieved her cough,, and I recom mend it to any mother." Foley's Honey and Tar gets rteht at the seat of trouble,! clears nose and throat or. mucus, heals raw and inflamed surfaces, loosens tight ness of the chest and checks croup whooping cough, bronchial and wuujui, ouiu everywnere. AQT Accotdins to a report from the state highway department the highway commisMon o Oregon has an overhead expense of $5.98 tor every I uo or the total amount of moneys expended. The department has just com pleted a compilation of its over head costs for 1921 and also its yearly report of operating costs for machine shops and the equip ment department. Overhead Listed Entering iijto overhead costs are the following items: Expense of highway commission and secre tary; expense of legal depart ment, auditing, cost keeping, test ing material, road maps and infor mation reports; bridge designs for counties, engineering work furnished to counties; surveys and engineering for market roads, state surveys for cooperative con struction, all engineering for con struction on state and cooperative roads, and supervision ot mainte nance. . It is said the $.",.08 per centum compares very favorably with the showing of other states and the figure is highly satisfactory to the Oregon department. Expenditure Shown Under state supervison for the fiscal year of 1921 fh expended by the department a to tal of $18,243,821.37, divided as jouow: state funds, fir., 031,- bai.i4; federal cooperative funds l. 181. 956. 65; county funds 9S8o.83I.42; railway funds, $46, in addition to . the above amounts the department has su pervised the location and surveys ior market roads. For this pur pose money is available to the amount of about $2,000,000. During the year the rfpnapt. ment has finished construction of approximately 188 miles of pave ment. 499 miles Of macadam and 504 miles of grading, or a total of 1191 miles Fomnlplivl it completed bridges numbering rs at an approximate total cost of YrarT Succrnsful C. L. Grutze. sunerlntendpnt of equipment and shops, has fen- aerea a report to State Highwaji Engineer Nunn showing th Ti-naJ expenditures for equipment and The Bargain Feast Continues '' ''' oi the Clothing Stock of G. W. Johnson & Co., U. S. ,. Bank Building Terrific Sacrifice of Clothing, Furnishings, Hats, Shoes and All Men's Apparel. You owe it to yourself to take ad vantage of the wonderful economies afforded by this Great Sale. Practically Everything Reduced All-Vool Oregon City Overcoats T,,e J .1111 icicivcu m iime io De included r beautiful patterns in greens, browns Vjv and greyi, smart belted models with )3 comfortable conyertible collars all sizes. m onnson 1 n Salem's Men's Goods Store U. S. Bdnk Building Sal-n, Oregon operation of shops for the year says the report. "This ha been the most suc cessful year for the operation- of state highway equipment since the organization of the present commission, and the net earnings show this to be one of the most profitable departments within the state highway organization. "rany of the states have com plained bitterly of the war equip ment, but by 'the establishment of iate shops to rebuild this equip ment and adapt it for road work, the state of Oregon has been able to show a very handsome profit. The state highway tdepartmm carries a special account for the equipment department and all costs are carefully sergated and audited. Shop Iictalls Counted In "Dy givinc credit to this depart ment for its cross mmti?s against iu gross exaondiMrPi? the department shows at this time that th total charge- against lis warenouses, shops and aquipment amount to only $166. 390.40, and as against this total charge, the department has equipment to the value of $823 -COO, and shops, warehouse and small tools to the value of $60. 000, or a total of $883,000. Be sides this, approximately $5rt0. $300,000 in equipment has been allotted to the counties. The counties have paid only the cost of freight and alterations. :33 Counties Furnished "During the year, the total charges against the equipment de partment, including equipment, labor and other charges, amount ed to $391,459.79. and the total credits to the department were $519,953.98, showing a total net earning of $128,394.19. "Thirty-five counties of the state, are furnished parts and 'equipment at cost pins a handling : me ecaie, and the prin cipal earnings are from truck ana machinery owned by the de- , aua remea to contrac tors doing state work. Had Kidney Trouble Ten Years Dont give up hope if you arc suffering from backache, rheum atic pains, stiff, swollen joint, always tired feeling palns ' groin and muscles or other gym ptom8 of kidney trouble J t Osborn R. F. D. So. 1.' Lucas 2 k.-; writes: had kidnv kinds of kidney remedies hm f,.,.. did me no good. I took one bot- ue oi i-oiey Kidney Pills and they helped me so much i ur, now. Sold everywhere. Adv. SEC8ETM S Burch Believed to Have Thrown Gun Into Ocean LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 Testi jmony in the trial of Arthur C. I Burch, for the alleged murder of jj. Delton Kennedy late today in dicated that he vas at a point n.ar aania Monica, on the edge of the Pacific oeean, within an hour after the time Kennedy was shot and killed in Beverlv r.ien . eight miles away. It is t he con- tenuon or the prosecution that the shotgun with which. Ken nedy's life was taken, was hurled into the ocean. Louis Besanty and his wife had testified cariler in the day that Hurch drove through Beverly Glen subsequent to the time he was declared to have been seen at the ocean. "He seemed to be looking to see what he could see," Besanty said. Representative of North "west Red Cross; Compli ments Mrs. Benson At a meeting of the directors of Willamette chapter. American Red Cross, held yesterday after noon, the' work of Mrs. Arthur i. Benson, as secretary was highly complimented by Miss Katherine Ewing, field representative of the northwest division j with head quarters at Seattle. Miss Ewing also expressed sat isfaction with the work that had been done the past jyear by the local chapter, telling; of the good standing the chapter had with Seattle headquarters; The work ers here had been especially ac tive, she said, in sehding ship ments to sufferins Europe. tho quota of layettes assigned to the chapter covering Marion and Polk counties. In a discussion with the direc tors as to the report that the Red Cross In Idaho had raised a fuad of $800 for the defense of John L. Rathie. now under sentence of death, Mrs. Ewing said there was no truth in the report. While a number of Red Cross workers in Idaho had become in terested in Rathie, not a dollar of Red Cross money had been used, she said, although she understood a sman mnq had been subscribed among the Wends or TUthle's mother in Idaho. , Miss Ewing announced that the squad to look over the field lor ex-service men. consisting of, 4 Red Cross official and two Amer ican legion officials would proba bly visit Salem early in January, as they would be in Albany De cember 6 and E. The annual election of officers of the Red Cross will be held at Red Cross headquarters on State street opposite the postotfice on the evening of Friday, Dec. 16, All members of the Red Cross are entitled to vote at the meeting Program of Music to Be Put on at Club Tonight At the Commercial club tonight there w;ill be a program of music put on by the junior high school grades, under the direction of Miss Lena Belle Tartar. The pro gram is in connection with the closing hours of the book show put on at the club by the Salem Woman's club. The club has made efforts this year o ld all who'expected o. make presents ot books, and has put on the display at the. Cora- o'clock tonight, the display wHl Via nnAn n Kn nnktU. I in addition to a fine shoving:, of children's books. ts& - 1 special table of books for adults' io cuarse oi airs, J. dlfford,. and Mrs. E. E. Richards. Men especially are invited to lnsnect this table. : U - I As part of the program of tne evening. Miss Jessie Hodge Mil lard of Portland will make a short : talk on "Books for Cfc.ndren ; $3.00 Round Trip to Portland Every Day . , Oregon Electric Railway The Oregon Electric RaUwar sells round trip tickets to Tort land for $3, including war tax. good for return to and Including the second day from date of sale. 4. W. RITCHIE? Adv. Agent. Q. E. UT. limit fi. Mayer Tpritj j st me Win. Desmond, Lewis Stone " t Barbara Castleton and Richaril Ileadrkk STARTS SUNDAY , LIBERTY t 4 i A SENS ATM THAT STARTED LIKE WHIRLWIND Crowds, crowds, crowds salem will never forget it BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS AND NO END TO 'ELI An Event That Can Only Be Accomplished By The People's Cash-Store in People's Cash Store Way SHOP WHERE THE CROWDS BUY IT PAYS Read Our Advertisements for Prfce Examples MJDAT SAL THE YEAR'S GREATEST JUBILEE OF BARGAIN GIVING H An Unexpected Holiday Shipment of FINE SAMPLES Goes on Sale at The Lots Consist of the Following Belts Vanity Cases wagger Style Bags Manicure Sets Collar Sets Vesties k Camisoles Silk Underwear Silk Chemise Handkerchiefs Purses Leather Goods Novelties 75c Knitted Underskirts 39c One big lot just arrived for Christmas selling; knitted un- derskirts that will meet the present winter demand. $12 Silk Kimonos $4.98 A gift no doubt she's been wishing forprettily hand embroidered, also silk lined Japanese style. $4 Silk Waists $1.98 A big new lot just put on sale. All are adorned with pretty colors beaded, trimmed and embroidered; a highly valued gift.;'--'" -I:. v: -v. $650.00 IN GIFTS GIVEN FRF.F. Be here early every day. The first three days these Christmas gifts will be given free to everv rwrn entering our store at 9 a. m. sharp. A free merchandise certificate lw-mJS' upon entering, calling for various articles Groceri es, Clothing Shots Tov pfr SJS 5,.fr. be distributed at 11:30 a. m. R n . r e J "ii fciii t iiiivn,c. im viiuiRdu-s ai v a. m. ; me rnzes given away at 11:30 Warm Cozy Felt Slippers and Mocasins 98c Are acceptable Christmas Gifts. Our selection makes it necessarv tn looking for a GIFT that will be practical as well pieasmg. Unbleached I owels i (limit to customer In the Bargain Basement MEN'S. WOMEN'? and GIRLS' SHORRnni vt'L !ris- bargain table-lrS iZZn ""fu"lg" lasts at . : . wre y' Also STAMPED LINENS and BUREAU SCARFS and a large list of Novelties A Christmas Selection can be easily made from this list for nearly every member of the family. One-Half Price Sale on LarU' The Biggest Selling Event in Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Salem Hal Ever Seen ctt" iiKig, you ve goc to come to tne rHiUrLE S CASH STORE for value every purchaste made is a guaranteed saying. These suits represent a great assortment of fine tailored modes -with fur trimmings and all silk linings. :Seven different models to select from $10.00 values Saturday, Monday and Tuesday only Between 8 to 9 Saturday Time Specials $2.00 Combination Offer v $1.00 Special i Available to those who purchase $5.00 or more in any department in the store (suar excepted) 2 lbs. Candy $ .50 2 lbs. Walnuts 55 1 lb. Almonds 35 1 lb. Dates 20 1 lb. Brazil Nuts .30 Total. .-..$2.00 Special at $1.00 cans Carnation Milk .25'. Between 10 to 11 22 bars Crystal White Soap, 1 bar Creme Oil Soap $1.00 Between 1 to 2 8 pounds Pure Lard in Bulk $1.00 Between 9 to 10 6 pounds new Petite Prunes 25c Between 11 to 12 6 pounds Fine Sugar 25' 1 large package Seafoam, 1 Washing Machine Powder, both 60! With an extra package Washing rowaer t ree 1 " - 1 A. A J-U See This Morning's Statesman and Yesterday's Journal for Groceries and Other Price Examnles Wei reserve the rierht o limit all minh-u v ' I f - Ha rMtVH4i7Vi " " 1 : -f" Ladies' 35c Bloomers 19c In white and flesh colors, elastic knee and waist band. , . ; i . ' Men's Dress Suspenders 29c ' No matter what you buy him, you must niciuue ,a pair or tnese regular &0c - t 4 .