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OCEANS
TO BE CURB
New Principle Will Be Writ
: 1 ten Into International Law
! Subscribed to By Greatest
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Mrs. Stillman Confers
With Beauvais at Hotel
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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