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11 'v 1 . ... .;' " - ii X. THE WEATHER t 7 i A I - I - 1 r r 7 :. ) - i r 4 i " 7 " Thursday fair and continued coM; ' moderate winds, - mostly . ; northerly. v SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR i Eastern Oregon nd Wash ; Jngton i and Western Mon tana r See Records 'of Z Years Broken. - UNDER ZERO WEATHER , FELT AT PENDLETON Farmers Warned-Livestock Well Housed and No Damage is Reported ' PENDLETON, Or Jan. ,18 - Eastern Oregon was In the grip "f .a 'serere eold wave today. , Official records showed that - Jast night was the coldest Pendle ton has . experienced; the ther- mometer , registering 21 degrees ALL PARTS OF flTiEST! GRIP OF GOLD . oeiow aero. , , -j; .7 "z At Helix, 18 miles north of here, onof flcial records showed 84 degrees belowthls morning. At Wasco the coldest weather of the winter was - experienced trlth 14 below Ee"ro. ' " Moro. Or., reported ' 18, and Crass Valley2 below. ' Little suffering has been re ported, the people having been warned to expect a. big drop In temperatures ; and . livestock is irell housed to withstand the COld. :: ? ', ''U.,,,'i:v' V i " --.L ' " " PORTLAND. Or., Jan. i8.2 Clear and eold weather continued to prevail over Oregon today. In dications tonight were that the temperature in Portland would teach the low figure of last night! ' 18 above sero. .' -A light mantle of tanow still covered . the ground which had fallen 48 hours ago. ; " . SPOKANE Jafl. 1 8. Eastern Washington and Oregon north' ern Idaho and western Montana '(Continued on page 6). IllBS f F POPE USEvOF: . , , - : .. . .' J),;" . i. : : : . i ;-'.. ' ' ' H. . - t- - -r- - " V - - - . m ! " ' .ROME, Jan. 18. (By The Associated Press) Pope Bene dict is confined to his bed -with an attack of bronchial ca tarrh and symptoms of influenza, but his condition is not , serious.!;, -y-U X.,-' v i-'- This announcement was made this evening by the Os aervatore ' Romano, the official Vatican organ. The condition of Pope Benedict, says the Stef ani . news bureau basing its information on a reliable source, is causing some concern, the fever today having reached 103.8. I The, bronchial catarrh is .very diffuse and on account of the Pope's age, 67 years, attending physicians fear complications. I Notwithstanding the -pressure of these about him that - he; remain in bed, the pope today was about his apartments .for some time. ' ; ; ' According to the Vatican the pope was stricken with an attack of grippe, which, however,. had. shown norave symp-i t6ms. ? For several days he suffered from a cough; but did not wish to keep to bed. This morning upon the insistence of Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secretary of state, the pope .consented to keep to bed. The attending physicians after their visit reported that the pope's condition was unchanged. If - -,-. -. - Supervisors of 76 Marion coun ty road districts were named yes terday by County Judge , W. MJ Bushey, County Commissioners J. T. Hunt and W. H. Coulet and County Roadmaster W. J. -Culver. . The list is complete .except for appointments in. Districts 5, 10, ,33 and 60, to be announced with in a few days. - - f BIG MOGUL I IS STOLEN BY MERCHANT Produce Company Proprietor Runs Locomotive Away to Tilf er Car of Cheese 1 MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 18.4 Charged with stealing a locomo tive, Robert Spornitz of West Al 11s,, Wia., proprietor of the Mil waukee Produce company. -is be ing sought in connection with what Is described as a daring theft. .1 Details were ratee to the police by John Beasley, a butcher. wHo said Spornitz, single handed, hi'l stolen .the engine from the New Butler yards of the Chicago North-westerr railroad and taken it 15 miles in an attempt to stent a carload of cheese. He was halted by a stalled freight train. Beasley, who is under arresti said ; he and Spornlts planned to couple, the engine to a carload of chees which was loade-J at Ketens, Wis., yesterday, haul tho car to Butler, Wis., and unload it. i VIKINGS BEAT i Rally in Last Half Fails to - Overcome Lead Final ) Score is 32-31 '! . CORVALL1S, Or., Jan. 18. Ore gon Agricultural college basket ball players rallied in the last half of their game with the University ,of Washington here tonight ini a desperate effort to overcome the lead i of the v Vikings; but fell one point short and lost the second lot the two game series, 32 to 31.1 Lineup and summary: i , O.A.C. 81 Position U.ofW. $2 Stinson 12 G1U 6 HJelte 9 ! Robs 4 forward . Lewis 10 forward Proude. 2 center Sielk 8 guard Bryant 4 jniard Crawford-; 8 Richards f Spares Washington, Nicholson. Converted throws O. A. C. fite out of eight, four out of five by Stinson, one out of three by HJelte; Washington six out of nine by Crawford. . i ; Referee, Ralph Coleman, O. A. a , " . .i CONCERN Formation of the : list has in volved much painstaking work on the part of county officials as patrons of the districts are much interested in the appointments as related to road building progress in various sections. Officials are confident that the ' appointments win aid Marion county in main (Continued on page 8) AGGIE QUINTET ; I , ; f REFUNDING ID Senafe Republicans in Party Conference Vote to Press Two Measures in Con gressional Program. DIVISION IS SHOWN ON BONUS QUESTION Preponderance of Sentiment Fayors Funds from Re funded British Bonds WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Sen ate Republicans voted today in party .conference to pross the al lied debt refunding bill and sol diers'? bonus bill in that order. There! was a disagreement on de tails of the measures and the con ference adjourned until tomor row, j . The! vote to press the refunding bill was unanimous, but unofficial reports gave the result on the, bonus measure as 31 for, and two against, with some opponents either! absent or withholding their Totea.! Republican leaders Bald, however, that the size of the ma jority j insured passage of a bonus bill at this session.- Interest Payment Unsettled 'While there was no division on the allied debt bill, it developed that the measure as reported by the finance committee, met with aome t objetions, inquiry beta? made as. to ,the. reason for the elimination of the provision re quiring semi-annual payment of interest on the refunded bonds of the debtor nations. It was un derstood .Senator Borah of Idaho and some Republicans were ready to Join w'th Democratic senators in demanding that this provision be retained. . Spokesmen took pains to make It clear that the majority senators had declared for "a" .bonus bill and not the particular bill re ferred back to the senate finance commttee last July on the recom mendation of President Harding Some Headers said, however, that the measure undoubtedly would be similar to that one insofar as the five ways for payment of ad justed compensation were con cerned. May X'tc British Ronds Most of the bonus discussion centered around means of provid ing necessary funds. Some sen ators favored a measure carrying merely an obligation against . the government with, payments to be made out of current receipts as money was available, but it was said that the preponderance of sentiment was for a specific pro vision; that the financeing be done withtfunds derived from the sale of refunded British bonds in the United States. This brought up the question of a sales tax or some other special taxation, proponents of a sales tax urging that some 'such plan woulq be necessary to bridge the gap between the time of the pas sage of the bonus legislation and the time that funds from the sale of . the refunded British bonds would become, available.. Jury I is . Selected for ! Second Trial of Todd PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 19. A jury waa obtained today for the second trial of John W. .Todd, for mer, school superintendent, of Sa lem, pn the charga 6f fraudulent use eft the mails ftQ defraud in a timber land scheme, i ' . Todd was Indicted with Carlos L. Byron who was accused of pro moting tho scheme. Fout Plead Guilty to h Possession of Narcotics SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 18. Four men,-An tone Johnson, Jack Davis. Jess Walters, and Ralph HIsbee, Indicated this morning by the federal grand Jury on charg es of illegal possession of narcotic drugs, pleaded guilty late this af ternoon "before Judge - Frank H. Rudkln, and will probably be sen fenced tomorrow morning. , - SOLDIER BONUS COIFORiRD SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY3I0RNING, JANUARY19, 1922 THIS MONTH SETS MARK IN WEATHER Twenty Degrees Temperature Colder Than Other Januarys of Recent Ttcars : With a J record as low as 20 de grees above during the cold snap yesterday the conversation Is ;to some extent about the weather, and whether this is not the cold est January in this vicinity for a number of years. Looking .back, the January low temperatures in Salem are as fol lows, according to- the govern ment's official figures: . In January, 1912, the lowest temperature was 25 degrees above and the average minimum temper ature 37 degrees. j ,r In 1913 th? January low tem perature was 21 above, and tho average minimum for the month 35 degrees above. j January of 1914 was a rather warm month, with the lowest S3 degrees above, and the average minimum' for the month 40 de grees. 5 J In 1915 there were several nights when the minimum was 23 degrees above, and the average minimum for the month was 34 degrees. : ! i During; January of 1916 the nights were pretty Cold, as the average minimum for the month was 28 degrees above, and the lowest temperature 16 v degrees above. On other .nights of thit month the mercury dropped to 19 and 20, and the .warmest night of! the month was when the tem perature was 37. , January of 1917 was an ave age month, with, an average night temperature of 34 degrees. The coldest night was when the mer cury dropped to 2-. January of 1918 was a warm month, with the minimum average 39 degrees. It was cold only: one nighf of the month when the mercury : dropped to 23. Otlrer nights .It was above 30. January of 1919 was also an average month for cold nights as the average was 33 degrees. On two nights of the month the mer cury dropped to 21, and for sev eral nights it was below 20. January of 1920 was a cold month at nights, as the 'average minimum temperature was 30 de grees. The mercury dropped to 19 one night, and on several nights as -low as 21 degrees. January of one year ago was Just an average January, as the average minimum was 33 degrees above. On one night the mercury dropped to 22, and on two nights to 23 above. But in general the night low temperatures was above 30 degrees. Body of Fiction Writer i Found at San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18. Miss Estelle McNulty, a fiction wHter, pf Fargo, N. D., whose body was found recently in San Francisco bay. was drowned in an unknown manner, a coroner's jury decided today, I John tmff, a marine engineer,, testified I that he met her and es corted her to the dock where his ship was berthed and left her when she Insisted on Inspecting tho craft. He told her he ex plained,.: that there were many vessels more worth seeing on the waterfront, i Shortly after 1 h boarded his boat he heard a splash, and lowered a boat.1 he said, but could find no one. 1 He reported, the occurrence to his captatn.gwho notified .the police. Boy Killed in FighFon -i Cleveland School Grounds ! - -J ... I CLEVELAND, Jan! 18. Fourteen-year-old Alfred Krantx, Ken ard junior high school pupil, was stabbed and killed in th school yard here today In an encounter wnich, police say. began witb the teasing of a girl pupil by a 16-year-old schoolmate. who ia charged with delinquency. i The girl appealed to Krantx, ac cording to the police when tee oth er boy passed a bantering remark. The encounter followed". The boy under arrest denied he stabbed Krantx.; PRICE AXXOCXCED NEWj YORK, Jan. 18. The 1922 subscription price of San dard OQ company of New Jersey to employes who wish, to take ad vantage of the company's profit sharing plan was announced today as (1(1. The price last year was PRINCIPLE- OF OPEN DOOR IS Oil UN Clause Which Would Auth orize Inquiry Into Existing concessions in umna is Stricken. SHIDEHARA, HUGHES PITTED IN DEBATE Representatives of All Pow ers Participate in Long Conference Nw-wow WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (By The Associated Press) The Am erican open door progTam was ac cepted in part today by the Far Kactprn oommittea -of the arms conference but aDoroval was giv en onlv after elimination of the nrovision which would have an thorlzed an inquiry into existing concessions In China. The French, renewing their ob jection to reopening the whole field of concessions granted in the past, were seconded by the Japan ese and the proposal was unaiiy thrown out at the suggestion of the British The Chinese reserv ed the right to call it up again. bat the general impression; among the delegates was that it had. been permanently sidetracked so far as this conference is. concern ea. Concessions Main Issue Viewed by many delegates as the most sweeping provision of the American plan. , the existing ! concessions article was the center of debate, various delegates op posing it on the ground that It might lead to an almost endless inquiry into the validity of the maze of economic arrangements In force in China. ' For the Amer ican delegation, however, it was said tonight that! the eliminated article was not considered of vita importance, since remaining pro visions of the plan would permit examination of existing conces sions where both parties agreed to it. As adopted, the open door reso lution contains a! mutual pledge not to seek spheres of influence or monopolies in China and an thorizes creation of an interna tlonal board of reference with power to investigate and report on any case which seems to involve violation of the principle of equal economic and commercial oppor tunity. ; Ra& Proposals Made Turning to the problem of rail way control in China, the commit tee laid the groundwork for. to morrow's discussions by hearing two resolutions proposed for pro moting equitable development of Chinese rail facilities. The first, introduced by Sir Auckland Ged des of the British delegation, would pledge the powers against discriminatory practices on roads under their control.' The other presented v by Secretary Hughes, would express a hope thai the transportation lines in China might be welded! eventually into a unified system! under Chinese control. v , In- neither proposal was there exception made on the Shantung 6r Matichurian lines, at preseht under Japanese (supervision, but the committee recognized the separate status iof the, Chinese eastern railway by referring the whole subject to a special sub clmmlttee of FarlEastern experts. The latter road I traversing the border between Manchuria and Si beria, is under control of an in ter-allied' commission. Shantung Goes Akrad The separate negotiations be tween the Japanese and Chinese ovef the general Shantung prob lem were advanced one more step today by an argument foe return to China of the coal and Iron mines In Kiao Chow leased terri tory. On the. pivotal question ot the return of the Shantung road, however, there were no further developments. , I - In the5 negotiations on the na val treaty there Mo was a lapse of activity, the section dealing with: pt f k fortifications, . re- inaininr In an uncertain status, 1 In the open door discussions. 6irN, Auckland Geddes emphasized that In the British view the reso lution in no wajr affected 7 the Chinese consortium ' and put Into the record a formal -statement - to (Continued: on page f ) -f ;:. i y, !,' ti-": n u v. , r COUNTY ANNOUNCE FOR PRESENT YEAR , Here's a silver lining to he cloud of taxes. They will be lower this year in Marion county. t . In Saleni the millage tax twill be 47.1, eampared to 48.6 mills last year. That is, on ievery $1,000 assessed, the taxes last year were $48.60, while, this year they will be $47.10. According ; to . Oscar SUelhammer, county assessor, this lowering of taxes in Salem lem school levy is not as high as it was a year ago, and also due to the fac that there bias been a more thorough assess ment of property. : In Salem tie various levies are as roiiows: s state, 9.6 mms; county, 8.8 mills; schools and lib raries. 3.5 mills;;, .city. 15.2 mfUs and special school levy, 10 mills, making a total Of 47.1 mills. The city levy of 15.2 mills is a little higher, than a year ago, as last year it was 13.7 mills. The In crease is due to. the larger city budget for 1922. v I; OtherCttles Shown Keeping in mind 'that Salem will have a levy of 47.1 mills, other cities in the county are fps follows: !: Silverton, ,50.4 mills, divideias follows: State, county and school. 26.1; special school levy, 1?,T. and city lev, 7 mills. ' This is ACTRESS'TES; -x , -- ': J ; -' APPEARS ITO REFLECT UPON PROSECUTION SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. excused his appearance in pajamas and bathrobe at the par ty in which he is alleged to have fatally injured Miss Vir ginia Ilappe, with the explanation that 'he.had "met with a serious accident," Miss Alice Blake, a guest at the party, testified tdday in the second trial of a manslaughter charge against Arbuckle. :?. 4 Miss Blake testified thiat for two and a half months pre ceding the first trial she ws detained with Miss Zey Prevost, another witness, against Her will at the home of an attache of the district attorney's office. The witness said she would "prefer not to answer" a" question as-to whether ahe was "mistreated or abused" while in the custody of the district attorney. :! ; A bracelet and certain clothing worn by Mils Itappe at the party were introduced and identified, by Miss Blake J ' Dr. W. Francis B. Wakefield, at whose .hospital Miss Rappe died, followed Miss Blake on the stand. The rupture of the abdam inal organ i which caused Miss Rappe's death was apparently caused by "some external forte," he testified.' The prosecution con tends that the alleged external force was applied by Arbuckle. A Chronic affliction of the organ, found by special court comaiis sion of three physicians, wquld have no effect on its strength he testified. Dr. Wakefield was 1 the final witness today. x fi Appearance of Miss Blake, .fig ured as one of tfte chief prdsecu- Gl STATERS HAVE LONG Ei Of SCORE . 0 0 HH ; - ; Idaho drew the long end Of the score of 2"Uo 19, in the basket ball gamo with Willamette f last night. The 'Gem Staters play a formidable 1 game; fast and. aure and hard, and it would take! any of five men at their level be$i to hold them down. M . They are-" hard. s as nails, 5 and they ara heavy. and know where and how weight counts; andjthat only one man, Telford,, was dis Qualif led for . personal fouls -that perhaps he pidn't mean lo make he was trained that way-fwas fortunate rather thali anything else. Basketball Isn't primarily a gama of strength and avoirdu pois, but both these help, and With the Gem f Staters outweighing every man; his Bearcat opponent, and with perhaps fully equal ikill, the end was sure. They would ASSESSOR HAYS TO DRfil'J mi i Mins J RODE PI FOR w-as due to the fact that tho Sa .5 of a mill less than a year ago. : Woodburn, a levy of tl.t mills, divided as follows: State, county and schools, 26.1 mills; city levy, 17.4 mills, and special school levy 19.3 mills. This Is 4.1 mills less than a year ago. i Jefferson will have a levy of S3 mills, as follows; m State, county and school, . amounting to 28.1 mills; city, 17.S mills, and special school levy of mills. . . " Moons Angel, 43.4 Milla . i " Mt. Angel will have ,a levy of 43.4 mills, divided as follows: State, county and school levy, 28.5 mills; city levy of 14.9 mills. There is no special school levy at Mt. Angel. N (Continued on page 6)' Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle tion witnesses, had no effect In rousing the latent public interest In the trial. There were a number of vacant seats in the courtroom throughout the day. ; An incident was the removal of Jack Whalen, a bailiff, from duty in the court room when he ex cused an outburst of laughter on tha part of spectators ;- with a statement to the court that the "lawyers, were pulling comedy stuff." Other witnesses today were Frank Latulipe, police diogram expert, and Dr'. Arthur Beardslee, house physician at the Hotel St. Francis, where the . party was given by Arbuckle. Dr. Beardslee testified to having attended Miss Rappa immediately after the Party., . :, -V- 'i-?:-. maka the best team anywhere go the limit to keep the score fairly even. At that, however, the crowd got the blues over an interminable list of what it believed were mls-i judgments, in the rendering of de cisions. It's a poor sportsman who crabs after he loses, bat the general verdict Is that Referee Eddie Durno is a better player with the ball than with the whls tie. He has been one of the flash lest players on the const; but a flashy player isn't ; necessarily 4 gOOQ Official. h: .-r.: .t Tho first half was all Idaho, 17 to 0. Edwards, the invading center, was the big point man of this half, with four goals to his credit. Telford, i A.. Tox and - R. (Continued on page C) ."-'- s ( The SUUamaa reeatvw th leased wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and most re liable press aaaoelatloa U the world, - n , , PRICE: i FIVE CKNTS Postmaster General C comes Head of ; Picture Producers : March 4 h Dinner Announcement EDUCATIONAL UPLIFT OF PLAYS PURPOSE Salary Not Definitely Stated, But Will Not Be Less Than $150,000 .NEW YORK. Jan. It. Will Hays will become directing bead of the National Association c f Motion Picture Producers ar.l Distributors . Immediately after March 4, It was announced' to night at a dinner at which the postmaster "general, was guest ct a group of motion picture officials. Mr. Hay's resignation from the cabinet will be presented soon, It was said. ' v..-! . . Salary Is . Large ; v Mr. Hays announced he slgcti a contract which' makes him ex ecutive head of the organization. His salary , reported as tentative ly fixed at 1150,000 a year, was not. mmouncsoV "The purpose of this associa tion will be to attain : and ma!2 tain the highest possible standard of motion picture production and to develop lo the highest degree the moral and educational talue of the industry," Mr. Hays said. I believe Jo the earnestnesf and Integrity of their determina tion to carry out these purposes and am convinced; of the possib ilities ot very large plans and, successful consumnation. My ser vice will begin Immediately after March 4." . . A statement, issued by the pro ducers expressed confidence la l'r. Hay's ability "to direct the indus try to its predestined place of lm- , portance In the civilization ot to-' day and tomorrow. v -'; Prodnctra Make Promise 'Th public wlU.flnd we will follow the leadership of Mr. Hays ; with that faithfulness and enthus iasm which he has never taUed to Inspire," it continued, s ; i ,iMWe arf both proud and hsrrr In our association with Mr. Hays and we look forward to the future with perfect confidence. . The producers whose names tp peared on the formal announce ment as the-committee In charss of forming the association were Adolph Zukor, William. Fox, Mar cus Loew, Lewis 3. Eelznlck, R. O. Cole, Samuel Goldwyn and Carl Laemmle. . ' r ' ; ' ' - ' $500,000 in Securities Stolen With Mail Pouch ELKHART, Ind.r Jan. 1 8. Se curities stolen when a register d mail pouch was takn from the New. York Central station here early .today, were reported by the local police tonight to have been worth $500,000. A packet of bonds, which had been In the pouch and were found beside a ventilating grate at the postof f ice building , here, we re said to amount to 1100,000 and to be hon-negotlable. ' ' Radical Bills Initiated ; By Washington Attom'iy OLYMPIA,7 Wash., Jani lf -That all elective state and county offices in Washington be declared non-partisan Is the purport of ;an Initiative measure ftlad -with Sec retary of state Hlnkle, while an other measure calls tor repeal of the poll tax law.- Both bills were entered by W f b. Lane, : Seattle attorney, and Will be sent to the attorney general tomorrow for bal lot title, r . j . . LEXIXE WILL GO RIO A, Jan. IS. (By the Asso ciated Press) Premier Lenine will represent Soviet Russia at the Genoa conference on the condition that the various government per mit the Russian cheka to organ--lze a system to guard his safety during his absence from the to riet capital, according to ser.-.i-offlclal advices from Moscow t day.