Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1921)
0k h FIRST SECTION Pages 1 to 8 TWO SECTIONS SEVENTY-FIUST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTO " - ft :, J ' . i S BRITAIN IF LOSE FIGHT American Delegates Would Limit Submarine on 60,' 000 Ton Basis, France Opposes PlaiL- .." YANKEE DELEGATES -STRONG FOR SUBS Make Efforts to COnSOle ! England, But Maintain .Craft's Use Legal : WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. (By the Associated Press.) An Am erican "effort to compromise the submarine controversy failed of Immediate success today before (be arms conference naval com mittee when Japan refused to de part from the "five-five-three" fatio proportion of submersible tor her fleet, and French action was deferred pending, advices from' Paris..,',. -A . . . - When the committee adjourned etter four hours debate to meet again next Tuesday, some mem bers of the American group ap peared discouraged over, the pros pect for an early agreement on submarines; although .. negotla t Ion are to continue. ; v Limit Is Proposed The American compromise plan presented after the British effort for complete suppression of - sub; marines . had . been , shelved. , pro posed sixty thousand-ton limita tions for Great Britain and - the United States insteald of the orig inal American figure of 90,000 tons each, and virtually a status quo for the other three powers. The British delegation failing to obtain favorable action on sup pression of submarines, accepted the niw .American reduction scheme.' The French group indl tated that it would be unaccept able. but deferred full answer bending Paris.advices. " Japan Ilatly held out for the full 64, 00 tons in submarines tinder the . erlglnat American tlve-five-three ratio plan. Italy accepted ' the " lobproxnlse plan, conditioned . on a submarine tonnage parity with France,' the Italian delegates con tending that 31,500 tons . would be the Correct limitation for both France and Italy.:' v; , -W- ' ; The French delegation Indicated that it i would not oppose parity with Italy in submarines as well as capital ships, out withheld approval of any tonnage limitation ef less i than the 90.000 ton fig ure suggested by-French, experts. Under status quo, France would have about 43,000 tons in sub merstbles. . The American group made it plain that while It had great sym pathy for the British viewpoint In opposing all submarine war fare, it was inclined to agree with the American advisory committee that submarines were a legitimate weapon, It was said the matter bad been discussed with President Harding and that the willingness of the American government to proceed' at some f utnre date to ward an International discussion oX submarine warfare on a wider basis than the present conference had been Indicated. - i Would Curb Use " It was also indicated that the American delegation' woud bring Into the conference later a reso lution condemning informal fash ion for the five powers such use of submarines as was made by Germany during the World. war. .Before the British ; proposal x was shelved, which - was done tacitly and without comment or formal action, Arthur J. Balfour made a final'plea for the British case against under water craft At, the same time he placed for mally on the records of the con ference a concise statement of British views - on this point and urged that a world conference be . called later again to take np the question. ; ' America Takes . Lead , ' To Induce agreement, the Am erican delegation again offered, as Mn the capital Ship proposal, to. make the greatest sacrifice in tonnage. American figures show a present submarine strength of 95.000 tons for the United States and 82.040 tone for Great Brit ain. Under the compromise plan the United States thus would crap 35.000 tons 'and the Brit ish : 22.000. The effect of the ' American-British agreement today bad it been ratified by the oth er three powers, would have been a net reduction of nearly 0,000 tons in the world's submarine ton sage. - - - i The American compromise plan appeared to have been aimed at meeting half way the 'desires pf each power in submarine llmlta tlon. - It was an attempt to solve the controversy that had arisen la- the naval, f committee' with (Continued on page E) GERMANY MUST REPAY FRAMGE Briand Sets to Rest Rumors That France Must Make Second Sacrifice FRENCH PAY HEAVILY Cannes Conference Must Prevent increase of Na- tion's Tax Burden D1DIS nui 91 f Tlr f Via A a. sociated PresB) -"There was no question at the London confer ence, of France abandoning the guarantees given by the Versail les treaty, for the payment of re j parations by Germany," Premier Briand declared; in the chamber of deputies this afternoon, leply Ing to an interpolation by Louis Klotz, former minister of finance. "Mr. Lloyd George at no moment suggested that in the fohthcoming conference France should be ask ed to make the slightest sacrifice. The entente between France and Great Britain is as complete and as strong as possible." -Germans Out Taxes - M. Klotz had expressed the fear that the London conversations had compromised the . rights of France and that the result would of ne cessity further increase the tax bufden of the French people, while the reichstag was decreas ing the taxes of the Germans, which were already less than half the taxes paid by the French. ' "I cannot think of decreasing our taxes," M. Briand said, "But we must avoid further increasing them and that, is one of the thingj we are- going to do at Cannes." . The acute situation was tho outcome of deplorable economic conditions, according to the pre mier and it was impossible for Europe to recover her equilibrium under, such circumstances. Conclave is Praised Referring to allusions made to the Washington conference, the premier cried: "It H a great thing; it is a great guarantee an event that . associates . four nations to assure accord in the Pacific and to discuss in common the difficulties that may arise there.'" .'. . Klotz, having changed the interpolation to the form of a simple question. Premier Briand's explanations closed the debate on that subject. The chamber im mediately took up the discussion of the ; interpolation of the con cessions of the Banque Indnstri elle de Chine and the part played by M. Berthelot. general secre tary, of the ministry of foreign affairs in an effort to avoid sus pension. The premier defended M. Ber thelot warmly, declaring that the telegrams wh iehcMB telegrams which M. Berthelot sent to China were in conformity with the government's action in, an at tempt to save the bank. H 1TV IS 'olice Billy Marks Time as Workers' Group Plans . . . for Revolution NEW YORK, Dec. 24. With a policeman's billy doing duty as the chairman's gavel, the Work era' Party of America was born here today and dedicated to the overthrow of the present govern ment and the substitution of the American Workers' Republic." Self-styled revolutionary radi eals from all parts of the United States attended the organization mass meeting and then opened the party's first national convention The 146 delegates announced would commence beinr revolution ary by working all day tomorrow -Christmas and scheduled com mittee. meetings for the morning and for the afternoon, the second session . of . the convention. After preliminary organization was ef fected. " James P. Cannon of Kansas- City, .wielding- the billy as presiding; officer, said the party should begin by fighting more and talking - less. . A group of six men at a table in one corner of the hall made all the nominations for commit tees "on behalf of the American labor alliance and the workers' council, Their selections . were accepted without discussion. CALDWELL IS SUICIDE NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Everett Caldwell, first assistant district attorney, of Kings county, who was to bare succeeded Harry E Lewis as ; district , attorney on January . l, shot and killed him self tonight at his home in Brook. lyn. . m EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING I ami r" wS?"' Z'?Yi'r-r5-'tr 'JyZ'f. w"v "w,-;"S-',,T-f syrc.w rrsfaemtb'f he f I W ' v- v. ' V iir) - ' ? - -ill Wt I I - . 'v ' ' i. ' - . . . - . :i. . v- 4 - -. . . . . v . 1J 1 ti - v Hi' , i . Z. v ' , 1 H T-Ji' il Vm'.:-',-' v . j . t j r-. - , yk p tr r- 7 7 , 1 1 rm L t , S f- .. . '-;.- J 1 ..... - .. K 1 ,v , 'IS 1 iWJft.i it ' - , ,R s fx - i -Vi r i - 1 - - m ARMLESS MAN WINS FREEDOM AT PENDLETON Eastern Oregon Officer Frees Colored Vagrant Who Per forms Stunts in Jail PENDLETON. Or., Dec. 24. Ability to roll a cigarette, write his name and button his shirt al though both of his arms have been cut off. today gained I. S- Vaughn, 45 , colored, of "Conway, Ark., his freedom. Vaughn had been arrested on a vagrancy charge. He denied his guilt. After he had performed for the officers, Chief of Police Taylor said "you win" and turned him loose. He laced his E&oes with his toe." and departed. White Christmas First In Years at Portland PORTLAND, Dec. 24. There was every Indication tonight that for "the first time in 30 years Portland will have a white Christ mas tomorrow. Snow on the ground was less than three Inche3 deep, but it was frozen and gave no indication of vanishing over night. The weather forecast for tomorrow was continued cold with' rain or snow. Thomas Tells Secret of Bill's Failure to Pass House' bill No. 6, by Hurd, ap propriating $64,500 for repair to hatcheries and other equipment of the state fish commission dam aged by the flood and snow of November, was passed by the senate Saturday just prior to final adjournment. Senator Thomas, in making his only speech of the session, declar ed that politics played around the bill had caused the defeat of the 1925 exposition measures. He voted against 'the measure. The vote on the bill was: For Banks. Bell, Dennis, Ed dy, Edwards, Ellis, Farrell, Hall, Jones, Moser, Norblad, Patterson, Robertson Smith, Staples, Upton. Against CHI. Hare. Joseph, Lachmund, LaFoltett, Nlckelsen, Porter, Strayer, Thomas, Vinton. Absent Eberhard. , Ryan. Ritner did not vote. SCHOOL FOUNDER. DIES BOSTON, Dec. 24. Samuel Si las Curry, founder and president of the Boston School of Oratory and: a former Instructor labora tory at Harvard and at Yale.'died at his home here today. He was 75 years old. A CHRISTMAS ARRIVAL . A Christmas baby boy arrived at the home of Mr, and Mrs. M. L. Hunt, 934 North Church street, December 24. W SHANTUNG i i MOVE, JAPAN) Diet Will Hold Formal Open ing Ceremonies Juring Coming Week INDUSTRY IS IMPORTANT Military Training Time to Be Cut in Two by Naw Liberal Plan TOKIO, Dec. 2 4. (By the As sociated Press.) The diet opened today. Formal opening ceremon ies will be held Monday. Reduction of the army by one half and ctit'.ins down o Hue period of military service from two years to one will be part of the program of the Kokuminto r.r ' national Liberal party. The needs of the empire an I the peo ple, said Takeshi Innkal, leader of the party today, demand the development ot agriculture and iadu&try, to which the youth of the country czn be more profit ably employed. From an influential source it vras repeated today that the government w'll make no further concessions to China with regard to Shantung. The leading vernacular newspa - pers credit the foreign office with authorizing the statement that Japan is determined to oppose the discussion of Japan's 21 demands on China as proposed by the Far East , committee ot the Washing ton conference. Aged Man Voluntarily Applies at Hospital James Wright. 70 years old. presented himself voluntarily at the state hospital for the insane Saturday and asked that he be accepted ' as an inmate, declaring his mind was failing him. He was admitted under a recently enact ed law whereby persons may vol untarily become patients of the institution. Wright's home is at Browns ville, but recently he has been living near Jefferson. He claims to have four daughters, but doe3 not know where they live The last he heard of them, ho says, they were in Lane county. The old main claims he recent ly was arrdsted for cruelty to animals, and circumstances of t'e case appear to have canned hh.i to decide to apply for care at the AospitaL M'MINNVILLE MAN NOW RUES DIVORCE, HELD R. Hickson is Wounded and Wife is Dead When He Re pents Separation McMinnville. Or., Dec. 24. Mrs. Effie Hickson. 39, was shot and killed in her home here today, as she sat at her dressing1 table combing her hair. Her husoand. R. Hickson, also 39. was found in the room shot in the head and badly wounded. He. was arrested, charged with the murder of his wife. According to the sheriff, who with the coroner investigated the case, Hickson said that he had shot his wife and himself because Mrs. Hickson had txjen the means of causing his separation from a former wife. Tranquil Christmas is President's Schedule WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. A quiet Christmas at tho White House was in prospect tonight for President and Mrs. Harding. The president, it is expected will attend services tomorrow at Cal vary Baptist church and return to the White House for a dinner which, it is understood, will be entirely private and informal. Parcels and packages which have been received this. week, however, are evidence that the tnoughts ot many will he with the Hafdine ! household on Christmas day. A huge turkey gobbler, left ever from Thanksgiving gifts, which has held , status of pet in j ihe White House grounds during 1 6umptnously every day from table , fcrapa and ,um.Leon remnants, furnished by suards and noliee in- terested in his fate, was in good shape tonight lor a sudden de mise. In roasted form, according to tn? kitchen squad, he will have the place ot honor tomorrow at the White House. OLD PALM FALLS VISALIA, Calif.. Dec. 25. Old Faithful, said to have been the tallest Spanish palm in California, has been felled. The palm was planted in the Tubre county court house park here 44 years ago and grew to a height" of 8 4 feet. Wood peckers perforated its trunk and it was considered dangerous. MO.VTAXAX DEAD SAN DISGO, Cal., Dec. 24, B. P. Carpenter, who was a gover nor Montana, when it was ter ritory, died at Chula Vista, near this city, today. He was born at Stanford, N Y., in 1837. He was elected district attorney of Essex county, N. Y., when he was 21 years old. THE WEATHER OREGON Sunday rain or snow; moderately easterly winds. 16 THANKS U. s. mm Brand Whitlock Retires from Belgian Post; No Plans Are Announced SUCCESSOR NOT NAMED Henry B. Fletcher Suggest ed as Future Ambassa dor to Brussels BRUSSELS, Dec. 24. (By the Associated Press.) King Albert called at the American embassy 'his evening to bid farewell to the retiring ambassador, Brand Whitlock, expressing the thanks of himself and the nation for the relief work which Mr. Whitlock carried on during the occupation of Belgian trrritory by the Ger mans. The king rema'ned for nearly two hours, reminiscing on the war, and when be was leaving expressed sincere regret over the departure of Mf. Whitlock. Ths retiring ambassador will ppend two - months at BiarrYts, Prance, and has not yet decided when 'he will return" to the United States. It is understood by some that Mr. WTiitlock has purchased a villa at Tervueren. near Brus sels, where he w'll devote himself to literary work. Succossor Xot Named WASHINGTON. Dec. 24- the Associated Press.) Highest officials in the state department knew nothing tonight of Brand Whitlock's retirement from Brus sels, but assumed that he had ap plied through channels for leave of possibly 60 days in the expec tation that his post would be tilled by a successor before the sxpiration of his leave. Such a course, It was explained, would be !n accordance with custom ot the diplomatic services, especially as a leave was due Mr. Whitlock, who had been continuously at his post for a long time. No official statement was forth coming concerning Mr.. Whitlock's eventual successor, although it had been intimated that one would leave for Brussels before many weeks. There have been reports, which have never been denied, that Henry P. Fletcher, under-secretary of state, would be transferred to the Brussels post, his present rank being the same as that of an ambassador. It is understood, however, that Dr. Fletcher will remain here un til the armament conference has been concluded. Police Repcrt No Results in Seaich for Young Wom an Named in Tragedy SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24. Belief that Ferdinand Hochbruun. wealthy property owner here, was ehot through tho head some time between November 6 and 26 was expressed today by Captain of de tectives Charles Tennant. Hoch brunn's body was found in his apartments here Wednesday. Tha coroner estimated Hochbrunn had been dead about two month?, a theory which, the police pointed out, was strengthened by the fact that he vanished at that time, pre. sumably to go to California. The police search for Mrs. Clara Skarin Winborn, young ward ot Hochbrunn, who was 72 years old, was without avail today. Accord ing to her relatives here, she vis ited after Hochbrunn's disappear ance, his- apartment, where she formerly lived. She is represent ed to have left Seattle Novem?er 25. Efforts to find her spread over the nation when authorities in Michigan cities were queried. New Mexico Bandits Must Hang, Warden Foils Plan SANTA FE. N. M., Dec. 21. Blauterio Corrall, 16, and Itoiyal- do Losano. 19. convicted On a charge of killing Ventura Benco mo, jailer at 6ilvei City, April 1, last, must bang, the supreme court today refusing to grant them a new trial. The Judgment was reversed as to Jesus Rocha, 22, the court holding there was no evidence whatever to connect him with the crime. When Deputy Warden Dugs n at the state penitentiary searched the cells of Corral and Losano this evening after court decision was reported, he found files, knives and hacksaws. Beneomo was killed during a jail break at Silver City, and the Indications were Corral and Losano wer al ready to make another break for liberty SEATTLE MURDER CASE UNSOLVED session7 mm FAIR'S FATE IS DECISIOK Whether the 1925 exposition resolution and, Ua compan ion enabling bill legally passed the Oregon legislature yester day will be decided by, the supreme court of the state. That U the status of the exposition measures following adjournment sine die of the special legislative session at 6 o'clock last night. . , ....... :..;,! .::.,';.:c. ' The measures received in the senate 15 favorable votes and 14 against them. This was a majority of the senators sitting or qualified to sit, Senator Hume of Multnomah coun ty having died several months ago. Late Friday a constitu tional technicality arose as to whether on bills, and consti tutional amendments a majority of, the senators .qualified to sit or a majority of the senators normally sitting constitutes a passing. vote. ' .i ' j;,:, 'i-AAK- By parliamentary manoeuvering, however, understood, by both the proponents and the opponents of the measures, and for purposes of a clear record as a basis for court action, the ruling of President Ritner that the measure had failed to, pass was appealed to the senate by Moser and Ritner's ruling was not sustained. "A majority of the members present is sufficient for an appeal from the president's ruling. The question was put up to Attorney General Van Win kle by President Ritner of the senate and the attorney gener al held that a majority of the normal 30 members is neces sary. ..'; -; ; , :.;:' Measure Sent to House. Moser then moved that the res?! olution, which was then under j consideration, be transmitted . to : the house with its amendments with a communication to the ef fect that It had passed. This car- jried. The house, as a formality, refused to concur In the amend (By meats and a conference committee was appointed. After a long recess the confer ence committee late in the day re ported, recommending concurr ence in the amendments and pas sage of the measure. It again went to final passage and the vote stood as before. The com panion bill went through similar procedure, except amendment was not necessary. ' . r It is presumed the measure writ get Into the supreme court either by a mandamus to compel the sec retary of Btate to put It. on the ballot or an Injunction to prevent him. ; ' The Vote. The vote on the measure was: For Banks, Eddy, Edwards, Farrell, Gill, Rare. Joseph, Moser, Nlckelsen, Norblad, ' Patterson, Porter, Ryan, Staples, Vinton. Against Bell, Dennis, Eber hard, Elite, Hall, Jones, Lach mund, La Follett, Robertson, Smith, Strayer, Thomas, Upton, Ritner. In final naasaEra In tha hnu&a only Bennett, Hubbard, Hunter, Martin, Sloan and Bean voted against IL The main amendment to the resolution was the legislating in of the names of the commission ers for the three congressional districts. For the Multnomah, or third district, - these were named Several weeks ago in the Portland election. For the first and second districts the names were voted on and agreed on in caucuses of the senators and representatives of the respective districts late in the day. Commission es Named Those hamed for the first dis trict are i W. A. Tyler of Astoria, C. E. Gates of Medford, John Hum phreys of Oregon City. J. , W. Thornburgh of Forest Grove and E. C. Apperson of McMinnville. Those for the second district are: H. W. Collins of Pendleton, J. N. Williamson of Prlnevllle, A. T. Hill of La Grande, E. a Van Patten of Ontario and E. F. Ma- baffey of Bend. House bill 31, calling a special election for May 19, simultane ously with the primary election, was passed. It had the same vote against it as the exposition meas ures, but Eberhard changed -his vote for the reason that the meas ure Itself provides that' if any one of the measures it refers to the people is held uncodstitutional the entire act is nullified,' It refers to the people two constitutional a'mendments. One Is the 1925 ex position 'amendment which, Im poses an additional cent, tax on gasoline The other Is a ' pro posed act to enable Linn and Ben ton counties to : validate certain outstanding warrants' lAlso it refers house bill 22. the enabling act for the exposition resolution. Caucus is Lengthy In the caucus of legislators ot the. first congressional district to select the exposition commission-j ers for the district a ca'fct U pri gram was la'd ont waisti rnwuw ed considerable tim. but whim was considerd equitable. Senator Patterson was chorea chairman and Speaker Bean of the bouse secretary. k f First nominations were called for, and 15 were nomlnaJd. This list was balloted on and the lo highest were listed f jr the finai vote. The five sele;ta dwere the five high on the final vote. Fifteen Nominated ' The fifteen nominate and the members who nominated - then were: ' " W. A. Taylor of Astoria, nomin ated by Senator Norblad: C. c. Cates of Medford. by Representa tive Sheldon; John H. McNary of Salem,' by Senator Lachmund; J. M. Bawklna o? Albany, by Repre OF CO sentative Chllds; J. "W. Bergman ot Florence, by Senator Jones: K. C. Klrkpatrick or Dallas, by Rep resentative Fletcher; A. J. John son of Corvallis, by Representa tive Belknap; John Humphreys Of Oregon City, by Representative Stone; J. Albert Matson of Marsh field, by Representative Bennett; A. C. Marsters of Roseburg, - by Senator Eddyr F. L. Chambers ot Eugene, by Representative Gor don ot Lane cotinty; fJ. W. Tbdrtu burgh of Forest Grove, by Senator Hare; E. c: Apperson ot McMinn ville, by Senator Vinton; FV U. Deckebacb of Salem, by Represen tative Kay i - tU F. McCornt ick Ot St. Helens, by Senator Banks. , Xamee Art Eliminated 5 The tirsf vote eliminated Hawkins,- Bergman," Chambers. Decift bach and McCormlck, and fro a the remaining 10 the final five wtre eleeted4-TH- -; In the caucus for the secotl district a nominating committee selected the names and they were elected in sv few, minutes. ; After the exposition resolution went to final passage the first time the procedure ' was as fol lows: ':".- -. Senator Moser appealed froa the decision of the chair, declar ing a. legal question was Involved1, because of circumstances - under which the senate was operating, this being the tact that there ere only 29 members 1 due to the death ot Senator Hume a 1 few months ago. ( ' . ,fi ' 1 Upton ' Halts Moser ;v ' Moser undertook to speak on bis appeal but Uptoa baited bid on the point of order that an ap peal from decision by the chair was not debatable and wag sum tained by Ritaer. The president explained - that on the point it issue he had ob, tained an opinion from Attorney General Van Winkle. This was : read, the attorney general bold- : ing that a majority rote of the . normal SO members of tbe senate and not of the" actual members was necessary to pass, a measure. Votes Are Explained When all ti e roll was called en whether the,, president's ruling should' be sustained. Senator Banks explain ed his vote. He said the point at tisue was to make a proper record In the senate and urged all trionds of the fair to vote against sustaining the Chair, explaining that bis attitude was not one of antagonism against the president for his ruling, lie said he was not '-Impressed with the attorney general's opinion. Senator Eddy explained his vote simialrly but said it would now be for tte supreme court to decide whether the measure bad passed or failed.- , Rltaef Held Fair ' ' - Farrell and Hare eacb explained his vote, the Litter adding that he believed the sipreme court would uphold the ruling of the presi dent, but that he would vote no. , Eacb of thi senators favoring the resolution as he explained his vote male It plain that bis vote was not to be Interpreted a dis courtesy or antagonism to the chair, but waa to make the record plain. Senator Mason contributed ad ditional reason that tbe main cita tion In the attorney general's opin ion involved a condition utterly different from 'that ; facing the senate in that in the citation con-, cerned a case in which all mem bere were qn ilifled to vote but some were atsent, while In tbe present case one ' member was disqualified by death. ' - "Fifteen is najorliy," said Moser, "and the record shows It la the resolutlan 1 introduced last Monday; organizing "' this - senate. That resolution showed that only 29 were qualliied to vote." ' Ritner Not Sustained Ryan, Staples and Vinton, all explained their votes. "If Senator Hume were with us," said Staples, "you all know how he would stand and I think yon should take that Into conaid-' eration." . : - - . ' The vote on the question : ot sustaining the chair was 16 to 1 against and President Ritner an- t Continued on jage. it