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VEATIIEIS ; , r.::i";..tWr ;-- ! 'f v.i'" ? '. T Statesman receives iha Haaed wtia report - of the AaaoeUtod Press, the greatest and moat ro liable press association 1a tie world, - f Friday, j rain west; rain i I i ,now- . portion; moderate t V joathwiesterlr winds. mwuera t SALEM, OPwEGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1922 r- PRICE: ; FIVE GZHT3 , arm m t W ". ,( f If GOVERNOR VETOES U.'-u . V -v 1 ; : t J . i:. T I It I -. I -II 4.il 4 hi ,1 OCEANS TO BE CURB New Principle Will Be Writ : 1 ten Into International Law ! Subscribed to By Greatest ? Nations. If . . t. ' 5 -! Ml NON-COMBATANTS TO BE FULLY PROTECTED b Two Proposals Offered To umerence oy umu nooi Are Adopted f WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. (By The Associated Press) Thje five greatest naval pow ers of the world decreed today as 1 between themselves abol ishment of submarine warfare agiainst merchant ships. To purge the seas forever of this hidden menace ' to peaceful folk and ships; the world is asked to subscribe to the de cree as a new principle of in ternational law. ; V V a (As adopted by the -naval committee of the arms confer ence the resolution proposed byElihu Root and amended by Arthur J. Balfour, to be some Immediately effective between - the five signatory powers, runs as follows: . "The signatory powers rec- . ognize thej practical Impossi biHty of using submarines as commerce destroyers without violating, as they were violat ed in the War of 1914-1919, : requirements7" universally ac cepted by civilized nations for the protection of the lives of neutrals and non-combatants; and to the end that the prohi bition of the use of submar ines ks commerce destroyers - shall be universally accepted as a part of ; the law of na tions they! now accept . that prohibition as henceforth binding, as between . them selves and they invite all oth er nations to adhere thereto." - Action of the committee Is final ao far a the conference and the , fire naval powers are concerned. : Th conference merely will give formal ratification to the anti submarine pact when the flve . power treaty In which It will be incorporated comes up In ooen ' session. i l.i t First Hoot Proposal Adopted The naval committee also adopt. ' fed t,h first Root proposal to ae. .Continued on pa a) .. .. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 Bur led ; with Ibe greatest simplicity, as was 1 his : desire, the body of i Senator -Penrose tonight rested in 1 a ' brick-lined " grate In South Laurel Hill cemetery beside that of his father. The grave was de Void of flowers. 1 Guards who were thrown 'around the grare after the undertaker's assistants had lowered the bronze-lined cas ket Into It shortly before Ji.m, .were still; there late today. ' , The .same great secrecy that x marked jibe making of the ar rangements. ! for the funeral was maintained until tre end. No in formation beyond the brief obitu a ary notice that the funeral would ' be "strictly private"' was given out. : "!':?' Cnrilous Kept -Away , i Only ". the- late 1 senator's three brothersir. Charles B.Rich 'ards, A. F, and Spencer Penrose !. and their families; Leighton C. Taylor, his ilecretary and the nurse, who accompanied the body from, Washington, were , In 4the funeral party. As the small cor. tegs passed into : the cemetery rrounds. the gates were locked ISoulB wm and the curious warned away by FOUTS IS RETAINED IM EFFORT POWERS Portland Attorney to Decide on Procedure Today Lawyer Says Worshipper of Bacchus Should be Ac corded Privileges as Well as Persons Who Hold Pray er Meetings or Religious Revivals on Their Premises Prisoner Is Interviewed Seneca Fouts, Portland attorney, appeared at the police station last night and secured an interview with Grover Powers. Mr. Powers, Salem fruit broker, recently pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to pay a $100 fine and to serve a 20 day sen tence in the city jail. Fouts has been retained to carry Powers case further in the courts. Attorney Fouts, who says that he has upon several oc casions been accorded tiTe5 hospitality of the Powers home, asserted last night that he had "seen no sales of liquor" while ajt-the Powers residence. No allegations of liquor sales have been filed against Mr. Powers, according to city records. "Why should a man be arrested in his own home and dragged into court for the mere possession of a pint of liquor," said Mr. Fouts last night, in reviewing circum stances of Povers' arrest. "A man can hold a prajer meeting or a revival in his home and in the midnight hours disturb his neigh bors as I hare often been disturb ed, with loud cries to his God, and why should another man not be permitted similar privileges in worshiping the god of Bacchus?" Mr. Fouts said that at the pres ent time he was unable to outline the' course Of any legal procedure that might be Instituted in the case, but Indicated that he would establish headquarters at a local hotel and remain here until he could ascertain if his client's con stitutional rights had been "im posed upon." "Of course. If the local courts Rumor Says Salem Wives Expect to Organize Protective Society to Keep Hubbies Home Sometimes This information came over the grapevine. " Thereisa general feeling among business-men that the town'is becoming over-organized. This feeling has developed into a certainty by certain other important elements in the town, ordinarily known , as the business man's "better half." It is understood that this so called "better half" is seriously considering the organization of a society to be known as "The Wives Protective association." It is felt (so rumor says) that the lords of creation would be better protected if they occasionally stayed home, at least one night a (week. It is also rumored, that as soon as Thrift week has been observed, Jhat the4'Wives Protective association" of alem will arrangeor the observance of a week to be known as, "Stay-at-Home-at-Least-One-Night-a-Week." This is what the grapevine says. ; the guards. No questions were answered and no one waa per mitted to see even from a distance the brief rites. v Mr. Taylor said tonight that there had been a short service at the grave, but that he did not know whether it was conauctea by a minister .There were no services at the house. .Everything was done in accordance' with Sen ator Penrose's wishes, he said. " J " Estate Is Large The will of Senator Penrose, leaving entire estate to his three brothers, was the simplest of doc uments. It was filed late today. The estate Is valued at $"200. 000 and upwards,"; but friends said it was worth many times that sum. There were no public or individual bequests. ' . The will was written on a sin gle sheet of paper and dated Jrfne 10, 1905- It states that his en tiro estate Is bequeathed to his three brothers. who also were named. as executors. ' . The broth ers, hoVever,, have; waived their rights ' aa executors . in 5 favor - of a financial institution, i The exe cutors were instructed to file :no Inventory or aceounrof any. kind of my estate." TO FREE FROM JAIL have exceeded their authority, my fight will be conducted along those lines," he said. He will study tho local ordinances today and says he will endeavor to make the case broad enough to take to the supreme court. Mr. Fouts Indicated that his procedure might be by petition for writ of habeas corpus or writ of review. ; While at the police station last night. Attorney Fouts was accom panied by Mrs. Ferryll D. Powers, wife of the prisoner. Mrs. Towers has been very active in a fight to free heir husband. Powers case was recently tak en to Governor Olcott, who re fused to pardon the prisoner. Ef forts had been made to secure the prisoner' freedom during the first (ConHnued on page ;t Borleske and Team on Way to Play Willamette WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 5 -Coach R. V. Borleske of Whit man college, left tonight with his basketball team for Corrallis, where they will play Friday and Saturday nights. They play Uni versity of Oregon' Monday and Tuesday; Willamette at Salem, on Thursday and Friday of next week, and Multnomah Athletic club, Portland, Saturday. Women Chicken Thieves Operating in Dallas DALLAS, Or., Jan. 5 (Special to the Statesman). Last wees chicken i thieves entered the pre mises of Joseph : Black in the northern' part of Dallas and stole practically all of his chicken j. At first it was thought that the work might have teen done by men or mischievous boys but on later in vestigations being carried on by the' city and county official it develops that the thieves were either girls or women. The tracks have, been followed for some dis tance, but as ytt not enough ev idence has been! secured to war rant arfests. , . jj i BOOKS CLOSED V ' NEW YORK. Jan. b. The guaranty company announced to day subscription books ! for the Dutch East Indies - per cent bonds had been closed, r i i Request That Foreign Re striction on Tariff System ' Be Withdrawn Granted at Conference. FOREIGN TftOOPS TO BE TAKEN FROM REPUBLIC Immediate Steps to Lessen Mongolian Force Is Advised WASHINGTON. .Ian. . (By The Associated Press) The pow ers acceded in part today' to China's request that foreign re strictions on her tariff system be removed and that steps be taken toward withdrawing foreign troops from her soil. Under an" agreement adopted in the Far Eastern committee of the arms conference, an increase esti mated at from $46,000,000 in Chinese tariff is to be granted im mediately through modification of the existing treaties and machin ery is to be set in action for fur ther Increases when they are war ranted by reforms ir Chinese tar iff administration. Troop Withdrawal Provided By another resolution adopted, iorelgn ambassadors at Peking will confer with Chinese officials whenever China so requests, rel ative to execution of the declared purpose of the powers to with draw troops in each case where conditions make it practicable. Regarding the troops declara tion the Chinese delegates did not express themselves at length, but they voiced; disappointment that the tariff settlement had not fixed a definite date on which foreien supervision : of the Chinese cus toms would be withdrawn alto gether. The meeting of the committee, the first slice December 14, was devoted to consideration of the tariff and foreign troops propo sals, the Chinese finding no op portunity to press their request that the "2.1 demands" contro versy be brought into the confer ence for review. 1 Army- Is Costly As a supplement to the tariff resolution. : the special sub-com-mittoe. headed by Senator Under wood, recommended adontion nf a declaration advising China to take "immediate nrf .rrZtl L VZ? immediate and effective steDs to reduce iher military forces. Maintenance OT "excessive" -land armament,; tho isub-committee held, had seriously! impaired Chi nese domestic economy and had become a difficult harrier to the nations restoration! to' financial stability, the suggestion was re ferred to a; draft committee for revision, but indications tonight seemed to point to its later adop tion. In presenting the tariff-revision plan, under which China immedi ately would have an "effective" S p?r cent: tariff rate instead of the virtual 3 U per cent in forcp. Senator Underwood declared, that the new arrangement not only would greatly benefit China but would be a long st?p toward pro-! motion of general trade and inter-1 national peace in the Far East. Foreign Trade Blocked Dr. Koo' replying for the Chi nese, conceded that the agreement was -valuable" but artdm) that China could only regard any .con tinuation of the present foreittn control of her tariff as "an in fringement of her soverighty." He argued also that maintenance of1 the foreign tariff control system meant a continued handican to the opening of China to foreign trade; contributed a low social and po litical morale anions the Chinese and worked many injustices through placing the interests of the several powers above those of the Chinese republic. It was added that in acceding the present plan, China especially reserved the right to continue her effort for complete tariff aotanomy. Underwood Speaks Plainly Senator J Underwood then1 in formed the Chinese that until thejr had cleaned housai of further res toration of the tariff powers they had considered informal treaties would, in the view of the otljer na tions, "work to China's detri- ment and to vnrM ' f the injury of the - When China had established a parliamentary" government In alf iher provinces! and had dispensed iConilnucd on page 2) PROF. LAYS ONE ON EYE OF SAVANT Absent-Minded College Ped agogue Didnt Intend to be Bad To have Trial NEW YORK. Jan 5 Ralph Culver Beanett. president of the Metropolitan College of Law H Dover. Del., qualified as a full fledged, absent-minded professor when he was arraigned in Wash ington Heights police court to day on a charge, of assault pre ferred by Professor W. 11. Car penter of Columbia nniv?rsity. Admitting he ha'd struck Pro fessor Carpenter tn the e! on the morning-of December 19, Hennett explained it was all the result ot his .being absorbed in thought. He said he had Rone to Profes sor Carpenter's home, mistaking it for his own New York res'dence and rane the bell. Professor Carpenter, tie said, etrnc't h.s hand from the bell, which lie had neelected to stoo ringing. Sud denly aroused, he said, he struck the professor. ' . Magistrate Sweetser held Dr. Rennett in $100 bail for a hear ing Thursday on a charge of dis orderly conduct., misi ippoi" , Dail Eireann More Optimistic At Adjournment Corres pondent Is Rescued DUBLIN. Jan. 5. (By The Associated Press) The Dail Eireann,- which met this morning with disruption threatened. ad journed tonight in the hope a basis pf agreement might be reached between treaty supporters and opponents. The peace commit tee, which is trying valiantly to patch up n acc6mmodation be tween thetwo factions,, met again tonight and will report at a pri vate session of the dail tomorrow. Announcement of tha existence of a peace committee, was ttie chief feature 'of the day and' thrill was giver to the genial situation by the revelation 'thai armed men,' assumed to be Irish Republican army opponents of the treaty, had kidnapped the corre spondent of the London Times and carried him to Cork. Word has been received however, that the correspondent was rescued b agents of Michael Collins and is returning here. f , 'No member of the cabinet is in cluded in the ; peace committee which is made up almost exclu- sively of able members of the , , ",e T ine,uau wno naye 8Pen for and against the treaty. ine most notable, or these are Owen O'Duffy, liaslon officer of Ulster.'who is a supporter of the treaty and Lianr Mellowes, an un compromising Republican, who will have nothing to' do either with the treaty or DeValera's al ternative proposals., !. An influential member who joined the committee at its reT quest is John T. O'Kelley, Sinn Fein representative in Paris, in Whom Mr. De Valera and his col leagues who oppose the treaty have great confidence. OiJE KILLED ID Livestock Exchange Build- ing in Kansas City is ,N Scene of Shooting KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 5. One man was killed and two oth ers wounded, one seriously, in a shoot'ng in th3 lobby, of the Live stock Exchange building here to day. The slain man is Harry Bruener. hore buyer, who lived in Des Moines,. Ia.. but who was employed by a local firm. The wounded men are Adolph Drahos of Cedar Rapids, live stock agent for the Missouri Pa cific railroad, and W, H. Hall. livestock agent for the Chicago, Burl'ngton & Quincey railroad, bystanders, who were, struck by bullets when Bruener was shot by Frank Thompson of Olathe. Kansas, a livestock raiser. Hall was seriously wounded. Thomp son said the shooting took place because he believed Bruener and two other men had been following him for several days, with the in tention of killing him. 1ME m bum CHAD Soldier's Accusation That Opie Shot Men Down in Cold Blood' Without Sup4 port in Hearing. ACCIDENTAL DEATH MAY FUBNISH BASIS Senator Watson Furnishes More Names of ; Wit . nesses to Be Called . WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. jjj Sweeping denial of charges thai he had shot two of his men whilf his command, part of the 29th di vision, was fn the thick of the Ar gonne fighting : was made before a senate investigating committee today by Major H. ,L. Opie olE Staunton, Va. and nearly a doit en men serving him overseas. I! .Only one V6ice was lifted against Major : Opie today that of a shell-shocked victim of war; now a patient in a Virginia bos pital for the insane. The witness Lemuel J. SmJth. declared that while in a dugout with three comrades and four German prisy oners. Major Opie fired a shot and killed a soldier then ordered the body removed, without uttering a word. s ; i Complete f Denial Made ji In rapid succession the corn rades mentioned by Smith swore they saw no such killing, th4t they were notin the dugout and they knew of ho evidence to sup port the charges. And then after half a dozen of Major Opie's. men had testified .that they had never heard of his shooting a soldier, tha. myr spoke in his own de fense, 'declaring there was no truth in the accusations and that he "had never shot a man in his life." Breaking down while witnesses were telling the committee that for his service in the Argonne, ending in a hospital, woundedhe was awarded the distinguished service cross, the Legion of Hon or and the Croix de Oueri-e with two palms. Major Opie quickly recovered and calmly, but vritb emphasis, averted that he never fired a revolver while in the army. Shots Fired Wild v Major Opie explained how he had attempted to get his men in i a line' after they had been de-1 moralized and were running wild- ly. A tense situation found him alone in the effort to reform the lines. At the moment- he was withmit irfier wa. rin tin raincoat, the Insignia on .which was covered with mud. and it ws with difficulty he could make the men halt. : p ' "I took a rifle and fired twlcV he said, "knowing what I was de - , ... j vv. bod; war hit'" AIfe? imed linos stopped,; and! eot them in shape, putting, men I recognized i in command. I sent runnpr to ; bring all the: men up. There was not a'! dead soldier on the lie and there had been no firing." r Story's Origin t'nknown "Did you shoot a runner with a revolver as charged?" he wks asked. . 1 "I never fired a pistol in the whole time I was In the anny" he declared with emphasis.' ; l rhairifijn TtrandPfiree wanted to know if the major bad any the ory as to how the reports aborit' him had started. "None, sir.", he said. "It may be that one circumstana.? can lead it. It happened that Lieutenant Floyd. W. Cunningham accident ally killed himself with a rifle and I was the: first to reach biW I nent down. . opened his blottka and while there alone in that PO s'tion some stragglerr may have been around. ! 1 sometimes think this scene may have started ru mors of which I was the victim.' Watwi Kilent Yesterday Senator Watson. Democrat Georgia, whose charges in the senate that American soldiers had been hanged jl without trial in France, took no, part In todays examination, p But, announcing that he was hot prosecuting any case, he presented a list of wit nesses to be summoned to give testimony relating to the Opto charges. .The committee -indicated that they would j be called when the hearing is : resumed Tuesday. - EJght letters from former sol diers in the major's command and XCoatlnied pn pa IX BILL EXPOSITION PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 5, By adoption of two resolutions the committee nromotincr a Droiect for holdinc an interna-". tional exposition here in 1925 ytuveeu notwiuisianamg lauure at a recent legislative session i of measures intended to finance the fair by general taxation. .One resolution adopted today reaffirmed its purpose to hold the fair and referred to its executive committee the problem of finding keans to finance it. The second resolu tion called upon Governor Olcott to veto the fair measures as passed and which were questioned; as to their validity. The governor acted on this request late today by jvetoing these measures which contemplated financing the fauvby a tax on gasoline. ' ," , . y .:. : : -'.; , With the sanction of the Oregon i925 exposition Commit- tee, Governor Olcott yesterday vetoed house bill 3i; which provided for a special election to be heldIay 19, coincident . :m with the regular primary . elections. ,. : . , His veto message called attention to the grave doubt as to whether the exposition measures actually had passed the legislature, and to the fact that the only other measure which V house bill 31 would place upon the ballot is ai local one af- " fecting only Linn and Benton counties, Further the 'gov ernor mentions that it was. the intention of the legislature to embody a saving clause, in the bill to the effect that the entire bill would be void in. case the exposition , bills wero found invalid, but that this saving clause was omitted. GIRL MIL Kansas City Man Keeps Mrs, Huxhorn Prisoner at . Point of Gun SAN FRANCISCO, 4an. 6. P. Whitney. 30. of Kansas City, was arrested today fter the police had received information that he had held Mrs. Maud Huxhorn, er at various hotels and other 20, also of Kansas City, a prison- places in the city, for three days, much of the time at the point of pistol, in an attempt to force her to marry him.. A charge of threats against l" was placed against (Whitney, and he was released6m J 1.000 bail. Relatives Afrs. Huxhorn here notified tne police that Whit ney had followed her from Kan sas City, from - which place eb fled to escape him. and was hold ing her a prisoner here. The po lice said they learned that even when the couple were riding in street cars Whitney held a pistol to the girl's side, hidden under the folds -of her coat. -v- Mrs. Stillman Confers With Beauvais at Hotel ,,,,.i..r.r. r . , . I - THREE IiI KRS Que . Jan 5 j f'i Irl t and Free I co-re sponden t in the divorce suit InSti ! lntcdth? Jaml-"Z , '-Here today awaiting the return f fou2era by Blel to Grand Anse, Latuque and Ri viere an Rat. to ootain w jIor .,uc hearing next Beauvais and Mrs. Stlliaian met 5 the hotel this aftenjoon. first rime in many months. Tho shook bands and chatted cordially a tew minutes. Mrs. Stillman lsN appearing as the Canadians do, In m.rccasins and furs. FOR THREE DAYS NIGHT REVELERS IN BRUSH CREEK CAUSE DISTURBMC SILVERTON, Or., Jan 5. (Special to The Statesman) Considerable disturbance has been created in the Brush Creek school district by a group of young people who come in motor cars at late hours One night, it is reported by a near-by resident the group came at 12 o'clock and remained until 2:30,! One of the neighbors living across the road has endeavored to catch the marauders but each time they have escaped. They have entered the building five times. ;. i ; j v Although nothing has been taken" from the.schoolhou.se several things have .been damaged. Perhaps the greatest outrage was the removing of the American flag and tramp ling on it. The standard plate was also removed from the school aid found nearby a few days laterTJhe instructor's alarm clock was destroyed. ' . ; , The only jclue that the members have is the' writing left on the blackboards, part of which wa3 algebra problems. today declared its purpose to Folly to Slg MeMoro ."It would b folly.?, ; says th governor, "to allowr this, hill, to , become a law and to farther allow the election .to . proceed, with the , possibility , of but "one i measure vomtag before the people a,t. that time, .and that , measure being a local one,'-, affectlnf Benton .and Man counties only," . .F;;' 1 JThe veto disposes $1 the last of the bills sent to tba goTerscr br-tha,leglslatu'r. f; -v'-'f ,;''. " The veto message follows: ' '. ' , "The purpose of this bill Is t call a special election; to be held at the same date as the primaries. May 19 of this year! such electloi being, particularly to vote opoi two measures In connection vita the International exposition which it Is proposed to hold in Oregoi in 1925. Grave doubt to whether these two exists a( matters were enacted by the. special ses-. slon of the, legislature; which passed the b'U, notr, under, coa" sidefation. At least their validity Is of such doabiXul . nature , as could be determined only by court action.:'..- ,: r.-'. a ' Kavloa4 C1aae Forgot i "I ant advised It was Jhe In" tention of the legislature to In clude in this bill a saving clause to the effect that this measure would be ot no force' and effect in event the exposition bills were found to be. Invalid. No such sav ing clause appears Jn the enrolled bill, and It is this bill by which th's office must be guided. It would be folly to allow; this bill to become a law and to further allow the election to proceed with the possibility of but one measure coming before the people at that tihe. and that measure being a itnVl one' ffting Benton and I Zl?t Linn counties only. 1 am far-. ther adrlsed that it would be as well to allow this local measure te be voted on at the regular elec tion in November as at a special election In May. : ' "I am pleased to add that the exposition committee coincides ; with my position and has so ad vised me." of the night and enter urusn
