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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MOVING, DECEMBER 30, 1921 . , ;
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Discussion Relative to Op-
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Vessels.
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; ! 1 1 th; Amoelated iPress. )-iThe arms
conference naval committee spent
11 of today debating proposals
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restrict submarine
against merchant craft, but got
nor further than a general under
tandlnK to reaffirm existing prin
ciples of international law and
declare strict application of these
principles in future to submarine
operatrons. " -J '
A dispnte over phraseology
blocked formal adoption of an af
' flrmatory tesolution and the sub
ject was .laid aside for consider
ation "by a" special- Bub-c6mmlttee
on draftinr. ' "
The naval committee Itself then
began what promises to be a pro
longed debate over the American
. proposal ,to prohibit, nse, of. sub
marines against merchant ves
sels altogether. , XitM -ri-' r
AJr Program Minimised
Meantime, the sub-committee on
aircraft decided to abandon any
Effort td limit the airplane
strength 'of the- powers and 'to re
commend instead that an attempt
be made to agree on restrictions
that would make an' aif warfare
confora "with, considerations of
humanity. . " 'T . r ' ! , '
'All the otier : naval . and Far
Eastern': discussions before the
conference remained et a stand
still today except for an intimation
from the Japanese - that only me
diation by the United -States and
Great Britain V could save the
Shantung negotiations from final
deadlock. r. It "Was detlairetf fcoth
for the Japanese and Chinese that
: their ' governments had gone '.as
far as possible toward ' a com
promise and hope of a settlement
was seen, onljr In the . possibility
that some' new 5 element' could be
Injected into the conversations. :
Expetfs' Differ Widely
There were Indications that the
natal experts of the various pow
ers were far from nn agreement
on the proposal that airplane car
rier be limited, and all the for
eign delegations were waiting on
further instructions as to the Am-
, erlcan proposal to establish 10,-
- 000 tons as the maximum size for
any auxiliary warship There also
was a halt on "remaining details
- of the capital ship agreement it
self, a proposed meeting of ex-
perts to work out a repla ement
chart beihg postponed until later
in 'the week.
So far as the capital ship ones-
t ion is concerned, all delegations
- appear to regard 'it as good as
settled, although rfo draft of a
treaty embodying the agreement
lias been prepared. '
t France has accepted, subject to
' a reservation she "has not ' . yet
fully explained, so considerable
discussion, may take place before
even that part of the work of the
conference fs ready for, final ap
proval. - '
racifie Isiaie Still Alive
' In regard to another confer
- ence problem the new four-pow.
; er raciric treaty there were
signs tonight of revived discussion
among the delegates, because of
the suggestion of Japan tLat some
action be taken . to clarify the
scope of the agreement in its re
lation to the major islands of the
Japanese empire.- Baron Shido
hara of the Japanese delegation.
after discussing the subject with
Secretary Hughes, took the Japan
v ae request to -Arthur J. Balfour,
head of the -British, and It was
' said afterwards that some defi
nite clarification scheme might
be; brought forward formally in
the- neatt future.
Ja view of the difference of
opinion oh the treaty's scope be-
- tweeft President Harding and the
' American, delegates,' the Japanese
think there at least should be an
exchange of formal notes among
the four "powers setting forth the
meaning of the pact beyond -dis
pute. They are said td desire that
. the main) Japanese - gronp of ia-
- lands be not Included under the
treaty, but on the other hand, the
British desire that Australia and
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; They are seen outside of
Greenwood, King George, Lord
Presidentof Company Takes
rteai tsxaxe in. unicago
v ,for. $16,000,000
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. Sears-
Roebuck & Co. tonight reported
the sale to Julius Rosenwald,
president of the company, of cer
tain of its Chicago real estate for
$16,000,000 and the gift of 00,
000 shares of stock from Mr. Ho-
senwald thus permitting the com
pany "to go through this period
of readjustment with us capital
unimpaired and with a small sur
plus." i Mr. Rosenwald . already has
made, the first payment of 25 per
cent of $4,000,000 on the teal es
tate In cash And liberty bonds.
Mr. Rosen wald's gift to the
company of 50,000 shares of Its
common capital stock, having a
par value of $5,000,000 js on con
dition that the said shares be not
sold. for less than par and that he
be given the option, for a period
of three years, to purchase these
shares from the company at par
for cash.
A. H.' Loeb, vice president of
the company, said t the action:
"The price which Mr. Rosen
wald paid for the porperty re
flects the value as determined by
Independent appraisal, which by
reason of appreciation over many
years, is far in excess of book
value. No expense in the tran
saction was incurred by the com
pany for bonus, commission or
brokerage. The "company will
have the nse and occupancy of
the property, for 20 years and no
doubt, for as much longer as it
may desire."
Walter's Appeal Is
Taken to High Court
PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 23.'
After a delay of more than a year
the appeal of Ilusted A. Walter.
Camp Lewis soldier, who was
convicted of murder, in the first
degree for killing Patrolman Jer
ome Palmer, will go to the su
preme court ehls week. ,
In response to a demand made
by DWistrict AUorhfey Myers last
month'. B. F. Mulkey, attorney for
Walters has filed his brief before
th esupreme court.
Rothschild Contracts 1
- Will Expire becembef 31
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MADRID,; Dec. 2 9. r-fThe gov
ernment annonncea the expiration
enjDecetnber 31. of the contract
with Nathaniel Rothschiid for the
sale of quicksilver from the Al:
maden and Arrayanes state mines
which ere among' ;the most -Important
in the world. In future
the sales will be conducted direct
ly, through the administrative
council, of , miners which ' must
make proper allowance for na
tional Industrial ' requirements
HICK
S.UE
shows King George and the Privy Council just after they had
Buckingham Palace and are
Birkenhead and Austen Chamberlain.
Young Man Will Send Mother to
Poor Farm Unless He Can Obtain
. Work; Wife, Baby Also in Need
A young married man with wife, baby and mother
to support, has decided to put hi3 mother in the poor
house because he can't keep the home together. He
can't get work and they, must live some way, so unless
work comes his way, he sees no other way out.
' He has tried every way to get work until he has
almost given up hope. He is handy around machinery,
can drive truck and do his own repairing, in fact, can
do most anything if he had it to do. He started buying
a small home in Salem but unless work turns up, he
will have to let his home go. Anyone knowing where
he can get work to keep his home together, please leave
word at this office for "mother."
DHI
IS
ACCEPTED TODAY
Board of Control Formally
to Take Over and Name
New Building
,The new girls' dormitory at the
state school for the feeble-minded,
for which $50,000 was appropri
ated by the 1921 regular legisla
tive session, has been completed
and will be accepted eomorrow by
the state board of fcontrol.
Not quite nil of the amount ap
propriated was needed to com
plete the building and furnish it,
according to F. A. Legge of Sa
lem, the architect, and $1600 or
$1700 is left.
The building is. of reinforced
concrete with white cement fin
ishing, and has a capacity or over
100 inmates.
A name has not yet been chosen
for the building, but it will be for
mally christened tomorrow when
it is accepted. The buildings ordi
narily are named for some mem
ber of the board of control or
other person closely interested.
Grover Powers Arrested .
With Liquor in Possession
Grover. Powers, 500 North Capi
tol. street,, was arrested last night
by local officers on' a charpc of
possession o intoxicating liquor.
A quantity of moonshine or whis
key waa found when Chief of Po
lice Moffittt and Patrolmen Vic
tor and Branson served a search
warrant upon Powers last night
at his home
Powers was later released on
cash bail: in the suui.of $50.
which he furnished.
- A one gallon container seized
by the officers held a brownish
liquor of whiskey-like aroma,
while a quart bottle: was partly
filled with a colorless fluid held
by on-the-spot analysis to bo
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(from left to right) : Earl Curzon, Lloyd George, Sir Hamar
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Wholesale Delivery of Pris
oners Frustrated in Lane
County Prison
Kl'GENK. Or.. Dw. 2. Three
complete hack saws unci a num
ber of pieces of paws, all of hard
steel, were foand in the cells of
the laiie county jail by Sheriff
fiticklos today. Two bars of an
outer window of the Jail were
sawed a few days ago and it was
believed by the sheriff that a
wholesale break for li'jerty wa3
to have been staged that day but
for the discovery.
Today more bars were found to
have been sawed partially tf and
the lock that secured the lever
used to bolt the ells in the cage
was ail but sawed in two.
Twenty prisoners ar? hi
the
jail.
Disorderly Element is
Imported Into Calcutta
LONDON, Dec. 9 it wai of
ficially stated today that the im
portation of disorderly elements
into Calcutta December 2 0 to en
force the "hartal" by terroriizng
shopkeepers resulted in G50 ar
rests for obstruction and on other
charges of disorderly conduct.. Ar
rests in Calcutta for similar rea
W)ns the past six weeks have? to
talled :ir00, according to the
statement.
It was also stated that there
were no signs of the "hartal". on'
the 2Tvrd throughout the greater
part of the city and on subsequent
days of the Prince of Wales visit
the crowds were both enormous
and enthusiastic, denoting the
absolute failure of the non-coop-eratlonists
efforts to halt airfes
tlvitles. It was tdded that a a
result of this failure
Mahatma
Gandhi and fats followers
had
been gTcatiy discrcditedt
signed the Irish Peace treaty.
COLLEGE ffi
REJECT OFFER
Vote is Unanimously Con
trol of American Partic
ipation in Olympics
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The
National Collegiate Athletic as
sociation today definitely declined
the invitation of the American
Olympic association to join with
it in future control of American
participation in Olympic games.
The vote was 4 8 to 0 against
such affiliation in the present
form of the Olympic association's
organization.
The collegiate association also
went on record as favoring "the
idea of an organization of a na
tional athletic federation, pro
posed by Secretary of War Weeks.
A resolution to this effect said
in part "that the question of the
extent and manner of the partici
pation of this organization in the
proposed national athletic feder
ation be left to the executive com
niHtce of the N. C. A. A., or the
board of directors if there is one,
for discussion and report one year
hence."
The collegiate association adop
ted certain recommendations as
made by the newly formed foot
ball coaches association, as pre
rented by Major Charles Daly
of West Point.
Th most interesting of these
was the suggestion th:it the foot
ball rules committee prepare and
addendum to the football playing
rul?s to prov'de for the playing
of the game by boys of years
of agen and under. Suggestions
for these proposed rules provided
for following the first boys sys
tem of heeling the catch of every
punt and ceasing to tackle and
piling on whenever the sov calls
'held."
Peoples' Church Left
Without Pastor at Bend
H END. Or.. Dec. 2f. Members
of the. Peoples' church here, who
-ere left without a pastor follow
ing a statement last nic;ht by Rev.
Ii. C. Hartranft, former pastor
of the Presbyterian church and
later of the Peoples church, that
he would obey the orders of the
PendJeton Presbytery and cease
his ministry in Bend, today en
tered into communication with th?
1'nited Tresbyterians relative to
Betoring a pastor of that denom
ination and affiliating with that
church.
VHilLANTEK APPOINTED
PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 23.
Mayor George L. Baker today an
nounced appoinement of a com
mittee of 100 vigilantes ia charge
of Detective C.-H. Tichenor to act
for the protection of the city due
J to a cut in the police department
of 41 members to meet a cut In
the budget.
SIMPLE LANGUAGE IS
URGED BY MR. HUGHES
; Author Demands Vote, and
Not Reference to Com
mittee of .Lawyers
WASHINGTON. Dec. (By
The Associated Press) A resolu
tion by Elihu Root reaffirming
existing rules of naval wcrfare
for surface craft and strict appli
cation of this coce to submarines
operating against merchant craft
was accepted in principle today by
the naval committee of the arms
conference.
Mr. Root's second proposal that
a new rule of international law be
initiated outlawing- entirely sub
marine operations against mer
chantment was still under discus
sion when the committee adjourn
ed for the day. It has been urged
in addresses by each member of
the American delegation and ap
proved formally for the British
group by Arthur J. Balfour. The
other delegations still are to be
heard on this subject.
Balfour Assists Root
In the form in which the first
proposal was approved in princi
ple and sent to sub-committee for
final drafting, the Root proposal
sets out a new rule of visit and
search belligerent craft observe in
dealing with commercial vessels
and couples with this the declara
tion that submarines must be
governed by these rules. At the
suggestion of Mr. Balfour the or
iginal preamble was amended in
arrangement to read as follows:
"The signatory powers desiring
to make more effective the rules
adopted by civilized nations for
the protection of the lives of neu
trals and non-combatants at sea in
time of war invite the adherence
of all other civilized powers to the
following statement of established
law to the end that there may be
a clear public understanding
through the world of the stand
ards of conduct by which the pub
lic opinibn of the world is to pass
judgment upon future belliger
ents."
Legal Language Described
In committing the resolution to
subcommittee headed by Mr. Root
for final drafting. Secretary
Hughes said he hoped it "would
not be overlaid with lawyers'
niceties" when it re-emerged. No
one, he said, could write anything
which lawyers could not improve
but when it came to "the exprea
sion of vague fears to which law
yers so like to give expression,"
he added, he hoped "that such
verbal criticisms would receive
scant attention."
it would have seemed "extra
ordinary indeed." Mr. Hughes de
clared, "if the conference had not
voiced a most emphatic condem
nation" of the "abhorrent prac
tices" in submarine warfare in
dulged in during the recent war.
nui sucn a declaration as was
planned, he added, was timely and
necessary also because the confer
ence had failed to reach au agree
ment either to ban submarines en
tlrely or to limit each nations'
tonnage In these craft.
Principle Agreed On
'Such a declaration as the one
proposed in the first (Root) reso
lution." he added, "will so to the
whole world as an indication that,
while the committee could not
agree on such limitation, there
was no disagreement on the ques
eion that submarines should never
be used contrary to the principles
of the law governing war. The
adoption of the resolution might
furthermore, avoid misunder
standing on the part of those who
were looking to the conference
with great hope."
Mr. Hughes also declared the
resolution was, of value because
the signatory powers must remem
ber, should a difference arise be
tween any of them "that the wea
pons which they possessed were
not as in the past to be used with
out reference to the laws of God
and man."
This would greatly detract
from the value of a submarine
fleet" he added, "as when nations
counted their weapons, they
counted the nse to be made of
them as well es their number.
Infinite Text Asked
M. Sarraut for the French
group made a formal declaration
of the acceptance ot Fmnce of
the principles of the first Root
resolttion. France, he said, was
anxious to go farther than the
iCeattnnejj pn pige 2J,
MEASURES ARE JOT : !
ACCEPTED BECAUSE
NAMES ARE LACKIM
Final disposition of the 1925 exposition measures as far
as the governor and the secretary of state are concerned, was
made yesterday when Governor Olcott refused to accept
house bill No. 22, providing for the proposed additional taxj
on gasoline, and Secretary of State Kozer refused to receive
house joint resolution No. 3, referring to ;the people" the pro
posed constitutional amendment legalizing the tax. j
The reason for this action was that the measures vrerc
not signed by the president of the senate and the- speaker j
of the house. The governor and the secretary of state acted ,
upon the advice of the attorney general. " '
If the case is to be taken into court to decide whether
the bills legally passed the senate it is now up to proponents
of the fair to institute the action. '.Whether this would be a j
mandamus action against the secretary of state to compel
him to put the measures on the 'ballot, or similar action j
against President Ritncr and Speaker Bean to compel them !
to sign the measures. ' r c : ' 1
There is some speculation to the ef f ect that proponents Ci j
the fair may drop proposed litigation and simply initiate a
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POTASH
IT
hirtfy-Four American Man
ufacturers Enter Agree
ment With Germany
WASHINGTON., Dec. 2.-f-A
copy of a contract entered into
by 34 American manufacturers ot
fertilizer with the Potash syndi
cate of Germany by which the for
mer bind themselves to purchase
75 per cent of .their potash re
quirements from the latter,. was
read today in the record of the
tariff hearings ot the sena'e fin
ance committee.
The contract was produced by
D. Grenshaw, vice president ot
the Virginia Carolina Chemical
company of Richmond, Va., and in
ordering it placed in the record,
Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah,
said he wanted to show senators
that it not only evaded all antl
dumping laws passed by congress.
but also all American anti-trust
laws.
"If that contract can stand,"
Senator Smoot declared. "Ger
many will see that the potash in-
austry in the United States will
never be developed."
Mr. Grenshaw, whose company
is one of those a party to the con
tract said the instrument was so
drawn that the American manu
facturer could buy 25 per cent ot
the supply from French or do
mestic sources It developed, how
ever, that the American firms
would get a lower rate per ton
if they bought their entire supply
from the German syndicate than
it tney oougnt only 75 per cent
from that source
Beebe Will Not Come
To Prison Immediately
ALBANY, Ore.. Dec. 29. Car
son D. (Pete) Beebe, found not
guilty of the murder of John
Painter, on the ground of insan
ity yesterday, will not be taken to
the state hospital for the insane
until it is decided whether hit
trial and acquital on this charge
will prevent trial of a .charge
against him for teh murder of
William Painter, son ot John
Painter. Bodies of the two were
found on their farm whero Beebe
was employed.
BAItOMKTKn FALLS
ASTORIA, Dec. 2D. The bar
ometer which has stood at a high
mark ever since the beginning of
the cold spell fell rapidly today.
Rain was falling here and the
temperature was warmer.
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So Declares du LV M, Bur
ton in Address to Or-
egon Teachers
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. "Ameri
can schools most place sew em
phasis on the old. fashioned de
mand for accuracy, for America's
chief - vice "ir- uperfIcIalIty,M said
Dr. Id. L. Burton, president of the
University of Michigan, in an ad' ;
dress on "What the Schools Mad
Do" today at an assembly of del
egates to the annual meeting ot
the Oregon State Teachers' asso
ciation in. session here.
"Americans are - superficial in
many branches, of 'business and
other activities' said President
Burton. "We stress the impor
tance of having accomplished the
construction of a bridge or a
building or the writing- of a book,
rather than the actual work on
the task. We have achieved great
results In developing a type of
man who has remarkable abilities
in passing ), responsibilities to
other."
Discussion of topics of sped il
interest to teachers and disposal
of a mass of routine business of
various departments of the associ
ation featured the session.
John W. Todd Again ; t .
; Enters Wot Guilty Pica
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 29.
John W. Todd, . jointly charged
With Carlos L. Byron of using the
mails to promote timber swindles
today in federal court entered a
plea of not guilty to an indict
ment recently returned. ;
The new indictment is substan
tially the same as the one on
which he was tried in November
when the jury failed to agree, ac
cording to United States Attorney
Humphreys, and Todd will bo
tried on both indictments Janu
ary It.
Guilt is Admitted to
Charges of Violation
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2 J.
T. Oda pleaded guilty to charges
of narcotic law violation and was
sentenced to 13 months in McNeil
Island prison. . -
Oda was caught the night "of
November 12 after police report
ed, an associate had attempted to
bribe Patrolman Perslnger, . but
managed only to lay a trap for
himself and his associates. -
More than $100,000 worth of
narcotics was seized. .