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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1921)
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All of "the Salem Irish are Inter ested observers and some have as sumed a watchful waiting attitude with little comment favorable "or unfavorable to the treaty. 'Here 'la what they say i ; At a meeting of the Associated Charities ot Salem yesterday, on account of the imperative' need tor Immediate help to many fam ilies in absolute distress, it was detiided? to assess all organiza tlons In the city 10 cents a mem ber. r': ":--P V ,'v'": - tSj organlxatlons Is meant all fraternal bodies, all dabs, all parent-teacher associations- all- Sun- dajr. school classe'and every forni of, organisation. ' . , ' inquiry Precedes ' Action After an investigation of the needs oMmmediate relief, which la' conceded now to' he greater in Salem than any winter since 1915; .this action was taken - with faejing- that ; alt organizations' -would at ' onee- contribute the amount to prevent the auffering in the city which Is Inevitable, Especially ' should' ' severe ' winter iwealheV aet ln- f VI Dr. H. E. Morris, : vice presi dent,' of I the ' Associated Charities,' says that no part of' the money will be used for overhead expen ea, There will he no paid work ers, as members of the association have.agfeed fo donate their aerr vices" to visiting families that are In 'distress.'" . . Two Clubs , Alseady in line t Already, the P. E, O. has taken op the matter with its members nd -willTorward:its "assessment of 10 cents per member, and the Salem Women's club, has .done 'the same. . . ,.-, ' At the noonday, meetings of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs,' Tnes . day and. Wednesday of this week, members will be asked tb give 25 cents each for the cause of char Ity. ' ; "-. 4 ' " The need of centralized, char. - ity ?wais brought to the 1 attention of ihe Kiwanis club recently, when It was'Ehown thai in several Instances ' ' famiires, were. doing o.uite well, living, on the" dona tions o? seTeral, people ahd'asso ciaUons, ' V'. -: ' ' One' Family . Doea Well In an Investigation' ye3terdav, . one family' was found living com ; fortably on the charity bt. neigh bors, and it was to prevent such ' conditions, that the . Associated Charities was organized recently. The officer are Harry E. Levy, president; Dn Henry E. Morris, " vice president, and Mrs. G. Ed Ross, secretary and treasurer. World. Peace Enhanced P. B. KEANEY The treaty of peace concluded ;"' between 'Great Britain and Ireland will,' in my opinion, be ratified ' for several good reasons. First and foremost, both na tions want peace with honor. Sec ond, in the treaty signed and de livered by the plenopotentiaries of the imperial parliament of En gland and the Irish parliament there will ' be found nearly every point' conceded", to 'that freedom for which the Irish people at home and. ahroad , contended - for more than 700 years and will, I'm' inclined, to "believe, do mfltch not only td restore peace and. happi ness in Ireland, but will go a long way toward restoring world peace. Consequently, , It . should meet ' with ' the " approval of. all friends' of ' freedom . who sincerely desire to make the world safe for democracy.- ' C ' . ' As an American citizen, I, have A ' - F say, after carefully reading the treaty as reported ' in the pews papers, that Ireland as a free state will enjoy all or nearly all of the advantages of a free and In dependent 'nation that we lenjoy In the United States. Do Valera Stand Regretted It is much to be regretted, no doubt, that President De Valera cannot be Induced to deviate from his well known position, injfavor ot a republican form of govern ment for Ireland. He Is Krhat we call in this country an irreconcil able Republican. ; The Irish people love him. He has proved himself a capable and worthy leader, and renouned statesman. But Arthur Griffith, chairman of the Irish plenopoten tiaries and founder of the Sinn Fein, Michael Collins, commander in chief of the republican iarmy and others of the conference who signed the treaty, and discharged the onerous mission entrusted to them with skill and ability, are also beloved sons of Erin, and agreed to the terms' of peace and signed the treaty. The nation is in honor bound to uphold I them and their action or. forfeit the sympathey so generously given them by liberty" loving peopl3 throughout the world " n sora Pflpl Friends of Freedom, Voice Dissatisfaction With Ir ish Free Stato (Continued on page"6)j DECLARED )kMT f j - . . . -imp.. ji BY SIM TAXIS ILLEGAL OF $18,689 NEW, YORK. Dec. 10, Attacks on Great : Britain and the peace terms offered Ireland, voiced by speakers at the convention of tne Friends of Irish Freedom , today. were cheered by more than 170') delegates representing every state. D. S. Colahan. state supreme court iustlce. who was elected permanent chairman, received an ovation when he declared Irish In, America would never be satis fied and would never cease work until Ireland was granted a gov ernment "with the same institn tlons and the same freedom that America has." He also attacked British influences which, he said, were seeking to control American opinion. " "We give notice to England," he declared, "that Mr. Harding and Mr. Hughes are not going to be able to have their present scheme of alliance put through any more than Mr Wllsoa and Mr. House put through their league of nations.':. :'V. ' T MARDIGRAS PLANNED. BY SALEM, ELKS Three-Day Entertainment to be Put on at lodge Hall During: Coming Month English-Japanese Alliance is No iMore and Agreement for Peaceful Pacific Re places It. TREATY FORMULATED TO COVER 10 YEARS Balfour, Lodge, Viviani and Tokugawa Wildly Ap- plauded in Addresses ALLEY CAPTURED .... AFTER 3 (EMS An illegal tax of $18,689.32 in the Salem city budget for 1322 is the startling discovery which Bert W Macy, local lawyer and'former, councilman and city attorney, declares heji has made. In other words, Mr, Macy declares that the constitution al, limitation ot 6 percent in the amount of the tax over and above the tax of the preceding year lis exceeded by a tremen dous figure, and that instead ot an increase of 6 per cent the increase ia 24.47 per cent, " Here is the way Mr, Macy figures it: TM1 illS HELD HINT II "Section 11 of article XI of the; constitution ot the' utate ot Ore gon provides that, unless specifi cally authorized by a vote of the people, neither the state nor any county, municipality, district or body having the power to levy a tar. shall in any year, so exercise' that nower as to raise -a greater. I amount of revenue for,, purposes other than' the payment of bonded, Indebtedness or interest - thereon,' than the total amount levied by it a the year immediately preceed-' ing- for- purposes other than the payment of bonded indebtedness; or interest thereon, plus six, per centum thereof," said Mr. Macy. "For the year 1921. the total amount In the city budget raised by, taxation was 158,365. The amount in the 1921 budget for the payment of bonded indebted-4 ness and Interest thereon, was 157.237. The amount In the 1921 budget raised by taxation for, all other purposes was sioi.zzs. six per cent of this amount is 16 103.56. wnicn amount is me maximum Increase for 1922 over yico President of Armour & . Co. Says it Will Not Settle Strike CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (By The 'Associated Press) The strike of packing house employes cannot ? be settled by arbitration, Arthur Meeker, vice president of Armour & Co.. declared tonight in a statement outlining the situation. He declared that the packers had agreed with their employes over wages through the employe representation plan and that con sequently ' there were no differ " ences between the , packers and their men." "The few workers that have vtalked out can do as they rlease." he said. "The great bulk - of the employes are well satisfied : and i have remained loyal. Theso are the men we are Interested in and since there is no need for ar titration where there Is no dis ' " tmte. naturally we are not seek the 1921 budget for purposes other than the payment of bonded Indebtedness or interest thereon. This amount added to $101,726, is $107,829.56, the' amount that can legally be raised by taxation for the year 1922 for purposes other; than the payment of bonded indebtedness or inteerst thereon. i "The amount in the 1922 bud get to be raised by taxation is $181,443.79. The amount in the 1922; budget for the 1 payment of bonded indebtedness and interest thereon is $54,924.91. It is com posed of budget items 26, 27? and 33. This' leaves a balance of $126,518.88 in the 1922 city bud get to be raised by taxation, for purposes other than the payment of bonded indebtedness or interest thereonj This is an increased over 1921of $24,792.88,, or 24.47 per cent, or an excess of $18,689.32 over the 6 peY cent constitutional limitation. In other words, the illegal tax in the 1922 city" budget amounts .to $18,689. 32. Subject to errors in computation' the above figures are correct-V - -' - - Man Accused of Being Inv plicated in Byron Land Frauds is Caught PORTLAND. Or., 73ec. 10. A search ot three years ended todav when Frank E Alley, accused of beine Carlos Byron's partner in a land fraud bv which Oregon and Washington persons vrere fieecea of 150.000. was cantured in Can ada by Tom Word, department oi Instice a rent and 1 brought to Portland. While the hunt for Alley was followed continuously by Word and other federal officers, Byron was convicted in two land fraud cases, once lh PortlSnd and once In Seattleu. He served parts of two 15-months sentences on Mc Neil island. He la now a fugitive after a third land fraud indict ment brought in Salem. He fled, forfeiting $5,000 botids. John W Todd indicted with him in the third case, was recent ! tried here. The Jury disa gTeed. . 11 Alley' was formally arrested in Portland, posted $.2500 bonds, and left for Roseburg to spend Sunday "with his family, whom he had not seen since "he fled from the United States. iiBBHD'll CONTEST mm. Tt D. Gibson of route 3, Salem, was awardai the honor of being the best oreaa maaer oi the 185 entries made m -tne. con test put on at the Commercial club by Fisher's Blend flour.l Her percentage was 91. The second pnxe was awup to Mrs Mabel . De Sart of turat route i. Salem. with & ; percen tage ot 89.": :-yt: The third prise was to Mrs. I. Doan of 1937 State street, witn a percentage of 88. 51 Women in 'Salem and.vicmlty are among the best bread mak ers in the northwest, saia r. c. Aisnn. who was in charge of the rftntest, ' The : averager made are, as a whole . the higbesf we have awarded durin;: our I past two year$ -of work. One remark able fact is that the lowest aver age was 57, which' is most unus ual.'! - h - To those who did not manage to get In on honorable ' mention, scoTes will be mailed within a few flays, Mr, Alsopsaid. The first prise is $25 merchan dise! order, the "second ' an wrder tnr 112.50 worth of merchandise and the third prlze. an order for $8.50 worth of- merchandise- Those receiving1 honorablo mention, 24; la all.' will receive a 24 1-2 pound: sack j of. Fisher's Blend flour. . :Theirj aames jand 1 - ' lContlnnedon pagefi) s Lampnt and Party of Friends Are in Wreck PLSEHURST. N. C, Dec. 10 Thomas W. Tamont and a party ot friends, including Arthur H. Loc kett and William C. Cushman, who left KeW York yesterday in a private car attached to the bea- board Air Line fast train en route here, arrived by automobile today. attired in a variety of costumes as i result of their train running In to a broken rail 30 miles north of here. Many of the cars rolled. down an embankment. No one war injured, it was said, but the accident occurred when many of 'the passengers were dressing and their clothing and luggage ' became so intermixed that they donned the first things at handand- came -here by auto- LmoMie. Robber Slain, Another Wounded in Bank Raid MIAMI. OkTa Dec. 10One bandit was slain, another proba bly ; fatally wounded and . a third escaped as they were leavinr the Cardln State hank of Tar River. Okla.. after robbing the Tank ot $ 5'0 00. in cash tonight. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (By The Associated Press) A new Quadruple agreement to preserve peace in the Pacific was an nounced' today by the United States, Great Britain and France. As a consideration of the inter national realignment. Great Bri tain' and Japan agreed to" consign to the scrap heap the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long viewed witn apprehension in both America and Asia. Possessions Respected Provisions of the ' agreement which Is in the form of a ten year treaty, are confined to the "region of the Pacific ocean." The four powers are to respect each other's island possessions and to meet in consultation if a dispute arises or if the rights of any of the four are threatende by any other power. ' The announcement was made at a plenary session of the arms conference by Senator Lodge, and was followed by ex pressions of approval by the plen ipotentiaries of. 'Great Britain, France, Italy, China and Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal. To be binding on the United States, the treaty must be rati fied by the senate, several of whose members withheld com ment tonight pending further study. Open war was declared on It by some "irreconcilables" of the -Versailles treaty fight, but Republican leaders and some Democrats declared ratiilcatlon was certain. - Signatures Not Affixed Signatures of the representa tives of the powers have not yet been affixed, and there is an In timation that they may be witn held until the naval. Tatio has been settled. The naval situation remains unchanged pending word from Tokio, but there is general confidence that approval of the American 5-5-3 plan will be made unanimous in the very near fu ture. In lieu of signature, principal delegates have put their initials on the official copy of the treaty and Senator Lodge said this act was to be interpreted as meaning that the document has been "ap proved to all intents and purpos es." The agreement is expected to hasten a decision not only on the naval ratio, bnt on all other is sues. A Brltlsn spoicesman went so far tonight as to characterize today's session as "practically the breakup ot the conference" as far as major considerations are concerned. league Comparisons Made One of the first impulses of some senators was to compare and contrast the treaty with " the league of nations covenant. By an official American spokes man it was pointed out that a feature of the league covenant is omitted from the four power peace agreement. In article 1 of the league, the members agreed to "respect and presesve each other's territorial integrIty,, but in the new treaty the pledge Is to "respect" territorial rights in the Pacific, Omission of, the guarantee to "preserve" the integrity of for eign nations Is declared by the American delegates to institute an all-important distinction be - tween an alliance and a compact for ;-. peaceful solution of future controversies In presenting the treaty, Sena tor Lodge said it had been accep ted by the United States subject to a satisfactory conclusion ot the negotiations proceedings over Yap and also with reservations relative to the mandated islands south of the equator. It. was ex plained by American spokesmen later that the attitude pi the Am erican government upon man dates had been modified by the treaty. , - " " Criinese Questions Settled -The conference also - gave , for mal approval to several resolu tions on Chinese problems adopt- The Elks lodge o Salem Is pre paring to put on a genuine Mardi Gras in the Elks temple, to con tinue for three days, and Paul Stege, chairman of the entertain ment committee, says It will be the greatest Mardi ; Gras ever pulled "off in the city. The dates are January 19, 20 and 21. , As a special feature of enter tainment, arrangements have been made for an Qrphnm cfrcuit series of entertainment, in which there will be eight high class acts. The troupe to put ton the enter taining feature, consists of 42 ac tors. 1 Not only in the auditorium of the temple will there be enter tainment during the three days, but on the lower floor as well. It Is estimated that the attraction will be of such merit that it will be necessary to use. part of" the lower floor for som4 of the vaude ville acts. ; The plan is to put on the en tertaining features feach evening from 8 until 10 o'clock, and then the remainder of each evening for dancin? from 10 until 12 o'clock. In the way of admission. Mr. Stege eays -an entirely new plan has been worked put, one that will make the three evening of en tertainment veryj ; inexpensive. There are several unique features being planned, and when the en tire plan is announced to the pub lic, there will be' a surprise that a high class vaudeville can be put on for three nights at so small an expense. f ; The Mardi Gras, Mr. Stege says. will be open to the public and the Elks expect to. make some money over and ahOe expenses, SEE RATMCMI J ; WiTlIIfflllMY' WASHINGTON, Dec. 1X (By.the Associated Tresa) In dications of opposition in the senate to ratification of the four power Pacific treaty developed today shortly after the new pact was announced at the arms conference. ,J r; ; ' k vt V ' Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, an irreconcilable, in the long- fight against the treaty of Versailles, in a statement de nounced the new understanding as "treacherous, treasonable and damnable" and predicted "there would be a fight and a hot one." : - Other Senators of tho irreconcilable group, for the most part withheld comment but speaking privately indicated an unfriend, ly attitude toward the treaty. Senator Borah of Idaho, leading Republican irreconcilable! Hras one of: those dcclminj? to com ment. " .- i v ' .m -; - .u au, . Republicans generally, however, predicted ratifications by 1 an overwhelming vote and; in. this prediction to a greater of les3 extent were joined by a number of Democrats, including leaders on that side of the senate. Many senators refused, to. commit themselves, declaring they wished to study tho pact " - -Democratic, senators in a number of instances said they did not attach the ' importance to the document, as a peace measure that was claimed in Republiart quarters and described it as f "innocuous," and as having a great similarity to the league of j nations covenant. BSD !tl Sill " LliJ FARM WAGON Throngs View 'Remains of " Tom Slaughter, "Slain By Fellow Fugitive LITTLE' ROCK, Ark. Dec.' 10 just to go into .themenera, fndf - tonk" la? . , . , , . I up. to a late hour tonight, the body noy uar oner jury is Locked up .for Night PHOENIX, Arl2.H Dec. 10. After deliberating) ' from 5:17 o'clock this afternoon until 11:25 o'clock without reaching an agree ment the jury whichl has been try ing Roy Gardner, escaped convict. ed mail robber, on a ' charge of robbing a mail car Ariz., on November up lor the "night; at Maricdpa, 3, was locked OXH KILLED RUSSELL VILLE. lArk., Dec. 10. One man was killed two others probably fatally injured and three more seriously buried by a gas exploRion in the Southern Anthra cite Mining company's mine No. 2, near here, today. . j of Tom 'Slaughter, escaped. con vict, who was slain Friday by J. C. Howard, one of the six other convicts whom the desperado had freed late Thursday after, taking charge of the state prison, where he was awaiting , execution for murder. Throngs from neighboring towns as well as citizens of Ben ton1 sought to view the body ot the slain man, who, when at lib erty was feared because of his daring escapades. The inquest will be held Mon day. An examination , of the body revealed three bullet wounds In the top of the head, One near the nose ana several in the neck and his left hand. Positive identification, of , the body as Slaughter was made by Edward Dempsey, son Of the war- lden of the penlteltiaryj yJ THE FOUR-POWER AGREEMENT (Continued on page 6) 5 " The United States of America, the British empire, France and Japan, with ajiview to the preservation of the eeneral oeace and the maintenance of their rights in relation to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the region of the Pacific ocean, ; Have determined to conclude a treaty to this effect and have appointed as theirJ inleninotentiaries; The president 4f ihe ynited States of America. His majesty, tlje king of the United Kingdom of Creat Brit ain arid Ireland, arid of the British dominions beyond, the seas, emperor of India iand for the dominion! of Canada, for the Commonwealth of jAustralia, for the Dominion of New Zealand, and for India.' ; The president of I the French republic. His majesty, the emperor of Japan. Who having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows : ARTICLE 1. the high contracting parties agree as between themselves to respect their rights in relation to their insular possessions and insular dominions in the region of the Pacific ocean: , jj J - If there should develop between any of the high contracting parties a controversy arising out of any Pacific question and involving their said rights which is not satisfactorily settled by diplomacy and!is likely to affect the harmonious accord now happily subsistingjjbetween them, they shall invite the, high con tracting parties tqj a joint conference, to which the whole sub ject will In; referred for consideration and adjustment. ARTICLE n.-4-If the said rights axe threatened by the, ag gressive action of hy other power, the high contracting powers the high contracting parties shall communicate with one another fully and frankly in order to arrive at an understanding as to me most eiiiaeai pleasures w De uucen, jorauy ana separately, to meet the exigencies of the particular situation. ' ' ' - ARTICLE1 inUfThis agreement shall remain in force ten years from the time it shall take effect, and after the expira tion of said period lit shall continue to be in force, subiect to the right of any--of-. the. high contracting parties to terminate it uponjwelve mouths notice after the expiration of, the ten years. " ! , ji? , ' v':,l --V ARTICLE IV.--iThLs agreement shall be ratified as soon as possible in according with the constitutional methods of . the high contracting parties, and shall take efjfect on the deposit of ratifiations which shall take place at "Washington, and there upon the agreement between Great Britain and-Japan, "which was concluded at London on July 13, 1911, snau terminate. Some Democrats pointed to rticle 2 which binds the sign a - torlesiif their rights in the Pa cific islands "are threatened by the aggressive action of any other power to communicate "with oneanbther. fully and frankly in order to arrive at an understand ing as to the most efficient meas ures to be taken, jointly or separ ately, to meet the exigencies tt the particular; situation." Thi. they said.! differed but little front article 10 of the league covenant, which the Republicans found mott objectionable; ' " ; i s Masked,. Says Reed Senator Harrison of Mlsslss! pi, one ot the Democratic spoke; men in the senate, in his commer i said: - The best parti of the treat ire those provisions taken fro :a the league of nations covenant." One of the principal effects ot the treaty, both Republicans and Democrats agreed, would be its termination of. the Anglo-Japan ese alliance. ' ;J -;- - "The real purpose ot the treaty is cunningly masked by fine phrases,' Senator Reed declared. It is a verbal photograph, of Elihu Root, bnt notwithstanding Its-sugar coating,' it is nothlcg more or less than a quadruple al liance -between -Great 'Britain, France. x- Japan and the ? United SUtes by which! they ; mutually bind each other to exert -their Joint power for the control of the Pacific and tor maintenance of the rights of each 'in their in sular possessions' and Insular do- minions' in the. region of'tha Pa cific.' v I ; -. - s ' ! - Brandad Entangling Alliance 1 "If we sign this treaty we bind ourselves to go to the assistance of Japan,- Great Britain and 1 Prance in the event that thslr la- I sular dominions in the Pacific are ; threatened. I have quoted from the, preamble, but the 'purpose is made plain by article 2. That article "plainl means that these I powers will assemble and will I agree on the methods to be era- ployed, i which, of course, , means f tnat they will Jointly, go; to war, l It war Is necessary, or by their , combined power of threats Intlm- ! (date other cations, s i ! , s 1 'It I hot - only an entanrllnz ! alliance, but it is an 1 alliance ' which entangles us In the Orient, ' compels the united States to sup port Japanese or English xr French claims if the majority of the four powerj. shall do deter mine. It is an entangling alliance against our friends, the Chinese, and against our friends, the Rus sians. It has all the inequalities of article 10 of the league of ca tions and none of Us virtues, if indeed that article iORKKrt but virtues. I' -:'.. I Ser United Btmtea Outvoted ' "I will never give my consent to submit any question i vilaP to 1 the United States to the arbitra ment of, a tribunal, in which we have one rote out of four, par- ' tlcnlarly when all of the1 foreign powers are very likely 'to have interests in 'common and those in- ' terests inimical to ihe United ! States. Moreover, I wfll never give my consent that the rote of Japan shall ever determine an American policy. '. In4 can , nerer glVe my consent to a treaty ! by i three foreign powers Outvotlnj; the United States, can call on' us to sacrifice the blood of bur sor.s and our treasures In controver sies thousands of miles from our Ehofes. u t X y-:'': ' : "The proposed treaty Is, in my Judgment, treacherous, 'treason able, and damnable. s It will be repudiated by the American peo ple when it is understood. Tils conference was called for the al- (Continued on pare 6) ing an arbiter." w