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THTJ WEATHER The Statesman recelres tha lease 1 wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and most re liable press . association in tie .v,-r ra: Saturda, raia or snow; moderate easterly winds. SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ri JvJ Lib Li LL UYVU s f I LEGAL PROVISION IS DISCOVERED WHICH MAY GIVE MAJORITY Senate and House Adjourn at Midnight Until 10 o'clock Today Just as Exposition Resolution is Ready to go to Final Vote Governor's Highway Protective Pro- . gram Approved in Full by Law-making Body Ten Hour Fight Staged The state senate adjourned at midnight, until 10 o'clock this morning, just after a call of the house had been completed to takeinal vote on the 1925 world exposition resolution. This was on motion of Senator Moser and concluded for the night 10 hours of fierce battling over the measure which began at ,2 p.m. yesterday. ! The motion to adjourn was opposed by nearly all, and pos sibly all the members will vote against the resolution when it ' goes to vote this forenoon. The vote was: For adjournment Banks, Eddy, Edwards, Farrell, Gill, Hare, Joseph, Moser, Nickelson, Norblad, Patterson, Porter, Ryan, Smith, Staples, Vinton. Against Bell, Dennis, Eberhard, Ellis, Hall, Jones, Lach i round, La Follett, Robertson, Strayer, Thomas, Upton, Ritner. A section of the Oregon constitution, section 1, article 17, discovered by some of the members of the senate just after the midnight adjournment may cause the exposition resolution to , be declared passed when it goes to vote today. This provides that a majority of the elected members voting in favor shall pass a question. At present the state senate has only 29 mem ' bers, Senator Hume having died, and 15 constitutes a majority of the 29. It is said this interpretation held good at once time when Joseph Simon was president of the senate. Prior to adjournment last night the legislature had virtually en- acted the highway protectee pro gram o 'Governor Olcott as sub. mitted to the legislature by a spe- . cial committee appointed toy him prior to the session. Three Bills In Program This program is comprised ol three bills,, one giving police reg ulatory power ., .to , the highway commission, another placing reg ulation of motor bus and trans' portation lines tinder the Jurisdic tion ot the public service commis- : slon and a trld regulating speed of tracks and weight of their loads. At adjournment last night . the house had concurred in senate amendments to the public service commission regulatory measure and was about to pass on the sen- - ate amendments to the weight and speed bill. i Four amendments were made to the service commission regulatory 1)111. One gives cities and towns ' the right to pass regulatory ordi nances. Another exempts neigh borhood trucks, for example that of a farmer who hauls produce to market for other faramers, from application ot the measure. A .third provides that the commis sion "may" Instead of "shall" re julre manifests of truck operators and the fourth removes the adpec tive "surety" from mention of bonds required and substitution Instead the words "good and suf ficient bonds." - . Names Not Inserted The main amendments to the exposition resolution are provis ion to insert in the resolution the: names ot the persons named for exposition commissioners in tnetaxee congressional districts. These were actually written into an amendment last night, but were objected to by the opposition who demanded that merely "John Doe" and ''Richard Roe" names v Inserted for the present so more deliberation could be given to the . actual names desired. The mem- bers for the third district ot Multnomah county were selected in the Portland election and are; . J. C. Ainsworth, A. L. Mills, Ju lius Meier, Emery Olm stead and . Edward Cookingham. Tentative Names Offered ", Those proposed for the second congressional district,, but which Y were removed, were: Truman Htftler of Hood River, William llanley of Burns, P. M. Miller ot lAkeview, C P. Hudson cf Bead and C. C. Clarke of Arlington. , , Those for the third district were: John R. Humphrey of Ore gon, City, C. C. Appepon of Mc Mianville,; J. W. Hamilton of Itoseburg,. J. A. Thornberg of For est Grove and W. A. Taylor of Astoria. - The 1925 exposition resolution went to. the floor o: the senate at 2 o'clock in the shape ot a major ity report recommending the pas sage and two. .minority reports . against it. The majority report was signed by Hare, Eddy. Banks. Patterson - nd Porter... the latte- havinc ten won over to the measure. The first minority report was signed by Dennis, Robertson and Hall and recommended that the measure not pass. ' , .Tax on Amusements The second minority report was eigned by Upton and recommend ed that his joint resolution No. 4, . . -proposing a tax on amusements to llnanca the fair, bo substituted. Eddy moved adoption of the Dennis moved substitution of the first minority report for the majority report. Upton moved substitution of his second minority report for with the others and the debate was on. Upton Defends Report Upton spoke at length cn his motion; ! Upton declared that notwith standing the general opinion that he had introduced his measure to be facetious he was serious, lie drew a picture of the tremendous crowds that will visit Oregon the atres and other amusements in 1925 and of the revenue that could be derived from them If his method of raisins: the funds were adopted. Denounces Gas Tax He branded the gasoline tax as an improper method. Upton spoke with eloquence and fire for half an hour with Christmas rapidly approaching. Upton accused Portland bank ers and other business men with attempting to put the burden upon the people of the state "whom they declared would stand for anythlnk." "Fair Proponents Undecided" "And then the proponents of the fair came down here," con tinued Upton, "unsettled in their minds as to just what they want ed. They have threateued and brow-beaten in their efforts to get votes for these measures. They brought their financial wizards here, an dthey have failed to do anything reasonable. "A Portland newspaper has re marked that one week's room rent would pay the owners expo sition tax and that is true. But down In my country we haven't any . rooms that will be occupied by visitors to the exposition." Roads Threatened Upton assailed the gasoline tax measure as an enemy of the road program "while the people in the outside counties are hoping and praying for roads." Upton was applauded by a num ber of senajoia and some repre sentatives who had come to the senate chamber. Upton's report was killed by a vote ot 17 to 10 with two absent. Dennis oins Fray Dennis led the next argument In behalf of the first minority re port as a substitute for the fav orable majority report. "Old Mother Oregon's family of boys has disagreed," said Dennis. "Part of them are battling for a fair and the rest of them against it. That is the situation that con fronts us this beautiful Christmas afternoon. "The house was inveigled into voting tor the gasoline tax by the newspapers, but I am proud to say this senate has not been taken off its feet. Defends Roads "The serious part of this is its effect on the: road program. "Less than a year ago when we diverted the old road mlllage fund for the benefit of the new boys' training school there was not one of ns though we considered that a worthy cause who did not ad mit it was bad precedent and say we would never do it again. But less than a year has passed and what are we doing? We again are diverting greater sums from the road fund for an exposition. Believes Cbmmlstson Opposed "I honestly believe that eery member of the highway commis sion was against this measure and wanted to put his foot down on it, (Continued on page 2) i s it LEGION GIF DEMANDS AID MacNider Says Money Anx iety Retards Recovery of Disabled Service Men QUICK ACIT0N PROPOSED Legion Commander Submits Plan to Cheer Sick Men at Christmas CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Following a visit to the Drexel hospital for disabled ex-service men today, Col. Hanford MacNider, national commander of the American Isg' ion, sent a message to Col. C.-H. Forbes,-d'rector ot the war vet erans' bureau at Washington, submitted a plan for lessening the financial worries of disabled sol diers. Beyond Medical Aid "The Christmas spirit of peace and good will finds in virtually every hospital, used by your vet erans' bureau, disabled men who are not only physically injured but whose mental worries over financial difficulties growing out of unadjusted compensations, pre vents or retards their recovery," his message said. "The cleanup campaign con ducted by your bureau has left many long-standing cases await ing definite decision and rating. To cheer and reassure these men at this Christmas time the Ameri san legion submits to you the fol lowing plan for immediate action in the disposal of these, neglected or suspended cases. Establish Xoed "The plan is simply the Imme diate appointment in each region al district of boards composed of necessary personnel, with one member invested with authority to make bedside decisions, and definitely establish ratings." In an address at the hospital. Colonel MacXrder cited several cases where he said recovery was made impossible because of fin ancial worries. This is the 39th hospital Colonel MacNider has visited since being elected legion head. He left tonight for Mason City, la. Sonds MesMiep. Before leaving Chicago Com mander MacNider sent the follow ing message to the disabled men of America: "To you men who are fighting the brave fight against the effects of your service: Our country, the American Legion of your com rades sends Christmas greetings with every sincere wish for your speedy recovery and future hap piness. Every American shall be indebted to you as long as the na tion endures and your cause shall always be first on the program oT the American Legion. We intend to see that' you get a square deal from the country you fought for. We would expect you to fight our battles were our positions re versed. We assume that responsi bility as a privilege and an honor. Today we are asking the United States veterans bureau to adopt a plan, which, if accepted, will fi nally end your worries over com pensation claims. The American Legion reports for a new year's duty. Give us your commands." TURNER POUND GUILTY TACOMA, Dec. 23. H. L. Tur nre was found guilty of complicity in the robbery of the Roy Stote bank. 10 miles south of here on November 14, by a Jury in super ior court tonight THE THREE WISE MEN WORSHIP ON CHRISTMAS Kh fur jfcCpr , fly? A-v - . ; 'I ASSOCIATED CHARITIES ASK AID FOR CHRISTMAS CHEER Salem people who are given to giving unto others at this time are urged to communicate with the associated charities so that thre may be no duplication which has been known to cause some to have more than they could use while others had none. The association is located with the Willamette chapter of the Red Cross where those desiring to do so may at any time today receive in formation regarding those needing and deserving of help. Two dinners and a tree full of toys for two needy families are being provided by the women and young people of the Congregational church. One boy scout troop under the leadership of Glen Nines is supplying a Christmas dinner for a family of 10. They also took out supplies yesterday for the family's immediate need. Taking some of his own money one small boy bought four new pairs of stockings and brought them down to the Red Cross office yesterday.- GIRLS MAKE u "ESCAPE FROM LOCAL ROOM Officers Attracted by Suspi cious Actions of Pair, Are Led to Barred Door A bed sheet hastily improvised as a means of escape. An open window and a slide for liberty to the friendly darkness of a Salem alley. These are the details of a story that was yesterday veri'ied by lo cal officers after the police had made fruitless efforts to ascer tain the identity of the persons involved Wednesday night, according to the story. Patrolman O. F. Victor, while making his chilly rounds a'f ter midrfight, found items to in terest him in the suspicious ac tions of two young women. The girls, according to the report, made a hurried sortie through an alley and disappeared up a stair way supposed to lead to a local lodging house. Search of nearby lodging house books showed that the room sup posed to be connected with the es tablishment had been signed by two young men. Joined by Chief Moffitt, the patrolman, knocked on the door of the room, the story goes. No answer, exceDt for a peculiar rasping noise such as that made by the tearing of cloth. The two young men later appeared from anotlu room, according to to of iicers. When the first room was open' ed for the officers, the open win dow and dangling bed covering was regarded by the officers as sufficient explanation ns to why no girls could be found. No record of the incident is to be found on the Salm epolice blot ter. Lutheran Church Gets Bequest from Estate St. John's Lutheran church, on the corner of Sixteenth and A streets, Salem. will receive a Christmas Dresent of JiVftO. In an order issued yest?rday by Judge W. M. Bushey, the execu tor of the estate of Gottlieb Sieg ert, was given permission to pay several bequests of the last will and testament of Siegert. and ths included tbe payment of $500 to the St. John's Lutheran church of Salem, and SI each to the tes tator's five children. August Kehrberger is executor of the will. The Siegert estate was apprais ed at $15,000 and all left to the widow with the exception of the bequests to the church of $500 and $1 each to the five children. 3tL LGCAL CEH EHJDYS BANQUET Well Laden Christmas Table Attracts Majority of Guard Members Members of F company as sembled around a genuine festive board last night when 5S men out of the company's enlistment of 67, answered Captain Lsroy Hew lett's injunction of "This is chow call, boys, but is not a general order." And those who joined in the evening's program of songs, brief t2.11:s and general fun at the arm ory can atte3t to the fact that no command was needed to start an onslaught upon the menu thai had been prepared by Cook Harry Plant and Mess Sergenat A. Mar tin. Short talks to the men were given by Lieutenants Hendricks and Stetson. The first sergeant of the company is K. A. Robins. BEWHRTY UNIT Workers of America is Name of Move to Set up Republic NEW YORK, Dec. 23 Hun dreds of members of various radi cal orgasizations tonight opened a convention here which is intended to create "The Workers' Party ot America," a unification of revolu tionary workers. George Hardy, leader of the element in the I. W. W., favorable to the worlds wide revolution, said that the goal of the new party would be to set up a workers' republic in Ameri ca. "Simultaneouslr with a great uprising." he raid, "we must get in our hands ihe instrument of government and begin an oppres sion against the master class, and put them where they have ns to day. We are going to repeat throughout the whole world what the Russian workers have done in the!r country." Delegates of several organiza tions declared that petty differ ences which have separated them in the past were to be eliminated by the hew organization. Every mention of red revolu tion in Russia was cheered. La. FIB EVE ARKANSAS CITY HIT By STDHII Nine Are Killed When Tor nado Sweeps Path Through Clarkdale FARMS MUCH DAMAGED Nearly Fifty Injured Cared, Search is on For Re maining Dead MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 23. iEght negroes and one white man are known,, to have been killed and etwteokj 40 and 50 persons -Injufed'TSy'a storm which struck the town of Clarkdale, Ark., 17 milea northwest of Memphis, late today and swept a path about a mile v.ide and eight miles long to the Mississippi river. Heavy damage is known to have been caused to a number of farming settlements in the storm area. Clerk is Killed Payne Harrison, clerk in the general merchandise store of Banks and Dana at Clarkdale : which was demolished, was the only white person known to have been killed. Mrs. B. B. Booker, whose home six miles north of Clarkdale was blown from Its foundation was among the In jured. Twelve of the injured, all ne groes, were brought to Memphis hospitals tonight. In addition to the eight persons reported killed in immediate vl cinity of Clarksdale unconfirmed reports were that several persons were missing and believed to be dead on the Kennedy. Willard and Booker plantations west ot Clarkdale. Bonus Commission Bill Passed by Legislature House bill 27, providing for sisnal devices at railway crossings to be placed by municipalities, passed the senate yesterday. House bill 2ft, appropriating $90,000 for administering the ex-service men's bonus and loan law. was passed. Gallagher's house bill No. 9. amending the bounty law for re lief of Harney and Malheur coun ties, was passed. Prohibition Officer is Enemy of Church Liquors NKW YORK. Dec. 23. Aboli tiono f fermented wines for sacra mental purposeisu nder consider ation of the prohibition depart ment. It. A. Day, federal prohibi tion director for the state stated tonight. The department, he said, was working on the theory that fer mented wines for sacramental purpses was not necessary. "We are planning doing- away with sacramental wine for all faiths, Mr. Day declared. OFFER RAILROAD OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 23 The Great Northern railroad o day tendered the state department of public works its line from North Port, Wash., to the Canad ian line, a distance of about ,10 miles, to be converted into a pub lic highway. The line includes a bridge across the Columbia river that cost $500,000. Railroad of ficials raid the smelter at Ross land. B. C, had made the line un profitable. State officials said permission of fne Interstate Com merce commission would be nec essary before the offer could be accepted. MEAT CUHEfiS TAKE SHOT AT L Butcher Workmen Publish Warm Letter to-Attorney General, Assert Packers Are Shielded. DAUGHERTY ACCUSED OF MAKING SMOKE SCREEN Law Chief Taken to Task for Keeping Quiet on Deals Of Large Firms NEW YORK. Deo. 23. The Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen made public tonight a letter to Attorney General Daugherty as serting that the investigation he has ordered of the high prices charged by. retailers "looks like a smoke screen to cover op the sins of the beef trust." Packers Control, Charge The letter stated that", the at torney general had failed to .ac knowledge a previous communi cation urging Investigation and prosecution of the "big five" pack ing firms and their subsidiaries in New York fof violation of the Sherman law "by limiting the slaughtering of livestock through control of all available slaugh tering space in New York and Jer sey City." Letter Ignored. t "We stated further." the letter added, "that by, this control the 'big five' had been able to main tain prices at a profiteering level. We urged you to institute an im mediate investigation and prose cution and we offered to lay be fore you all the facts in Our -possession. We have received to date not even an acknowledgement of your letter nor has any agent of the departfent of justice called upon us to investigate the charges we have made. Small Dealer Blamed. "Instead we read in this morn ing's newspapers that you have publicly charged the retail mer chants of the country with the guilt of high food prices and have ordered William J. Burns to lnves? tigate the iniquities of small shop keepers. "Coming at a time when the en tire nation is aroused over the at tempts of tbe packing interests to smash collective bargaining and make the public pay the bill in profiteering meat prices, your at tack on the retailer looks like a smoke screen to cover up the sins of the beef trust and the friendly inactivity of your department. Justice Demanded. "If action is not taken by the department of justice we shall be compelled to conclude that Justice Is not to be obtained in this coun- Ltry through the duly constituted authorities of government. ffiETHT WEEK Annual Conclave of School Teachers Will Bring Many to Portland PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 23. Between 1200 and 1500 teachers and other educators from all sec tions of Oregon are expected to attend the annual convention of the State Teachers association to be held here Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday of next week, it was announced today. Among the speakers are Dr. Le roy M. Burton, president of the University of Michigan and Dr. C. II. Judd. bead of education at tbe University of Chicago. Mrs Mary L. Fulkerson of Mar Ion county, president of the asso ciation, will preside. Douglas County Urges Opposition to Gas Tax ROSEBURG, Or.. Dec. 23. The Douglas county court and tax payers league today telegraphed Senator Eddy of this county that both organizations are opposed to the gasoline tax tor he 1925 fair. The tax. it is claimed, will hart the road fund and the county ?s opposed to the tax for that rea son. County Judge Quire today received a number of telegrams from Judges of other counties, urging the Douglas county court to take a stand against the. fair. T I PEDAIYTS BfoUT1 Absence of Big Legislatior Puts Crepe on Activitie: of Lower Body, as Ses sion Nears End. KUBLI MEASURE WINS; FRIDAY UNEVENTFUL1 Kay Takes : Stand Against Measure That Would Per mit Loan of Funds - The house mlgnt as welt Jjare been labeled "Graveyard" ai any thing' else, so far aa real excite ment waa . concerned Friday. Most of the really big legisla tion of the season, the highways and exposition measures, that originated , In th house, had al ready been passed and sent to the sene, where ? they were oa debate all the day. The housa finished up a few measures that dribbled back from the senate, passed some new measures of ne cesaltv, but of necessity had to wait tor, tha big Items to como back from the ether hall. Most of the day was spent In waiting Johnny at the rathole with a club ready to pounce onto what ever came his way. A number of measures that had been acted on by the senate were fclgned up by the speaker. Nine of these came in one sheaf, and others appeared through the day. KubU Measure Wins ' House Joint resolution, by KublL as amended by the senate, was accepted - and passed. The amendments provide that in put ting the state health ' department under the provisions ot the fe eral act that give the state $10.. 000 a year, the health agent! shall have no right to Uke chib dren from homes for treatment, without the parents' consent. If ever the house beat this rec ord, it was going some; for on Friday it Introduced, read, argued and passed ready tor transmission to the senate, the legislative ex pense measure, house bill No. 30 for 120.000. in exactly two min utes and 40 seconds. , The meas ure, however, had been carefully checked by the committee, and was vouched for. The elastic sys tem of procedure In the house makes emergency legislatior mighty easy when there are no contrary minds. : Senate Joint Resolution No. S, after several predatory peeks into the house, finally made the trade late Friday night. It Is a measure allowing Benton and Unn coun ties to vote special bonds above the Constitutional limit of the rest of the state, to take up cur rent unpaid warrants and go on a cash basis. One amendment was made, providing two , pages for and against tbe measure' in the special election in May, and givlnr the measure a place on the ballot. President Memorlallmif . Senate concurrent resolution No. 3, thanking the president of the United States for his peace congress achievements, was passed without opposition. Kay 3Uke Fight Senate bill No. 17, to allow the loan of the state and school funds on irrigation lands within bonded irrigation districts, later tabled, was vehemently oppoted by Kay, who insisted that it would open the door to countless losses of the public funds. "You'll Jeop ardize the school funds if yon ac cept this security with the implied instruction to the state land board to sccept it." said the speaker. The measure allows the land board to determine whether the bond issues are such as to con ftitute a first or prior lien to any loan they might make; the state has always insisted on first mort gages in its land loans, and this irnigatlon district bonding was held by Kay and others to be a violation of this rule. Gallagher, championing the bill, insisted that an irrigation distrct bond stood in the same light as other section al bonds such as drainage, high way or other Improvement finan cial issues. The measure, how ever, was laid cn the table. House Concurs The house concurred in the sen cte amendments to house bill No. 3. the highway vehicle bill; the amendments specifically exempt ing from the control of the state public service commission, farm trucks engaged in hauling In the owner's service, and granting larger, measures for local traffic regulation to cities and towns. , A resolution providing for em ployes to prepare the permanent Journal and record of the session, was passed. The speaker, the XcataiM- pa past