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SEVENTY-FIUST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1921
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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
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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. .
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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
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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