f Friday rain or snow north; I IV U 1 I fr fill IT (fCKlfif f AY T A&(1JCKYaQS''CCY wlr report of the Associated cloudy souh porlon; warmen; I VVy ill 1 11 I 11X1111 I II 11 Tl I III I II llXLiAT I I I I I ll I l I II I ru tho greatest and most ra- general southerly winds. I XVjJA X JLy tSJvAX V V pJINL JOyP 111 (LI UL J L IL liable prese association in the I V SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1922 I .' fBICB: WYE COT3 IOTEIKlDKr LiaiDlS OKI DW FARMERS FROM I vaucu : IMTFRil TM IMtM WrfllRF. HIRPfTflR IS l.limnRR JRlIN ClBl ""I IflnOP in DiikaI I mm . uvu iii nuiai mipi uveiiieni Gathered as Excursion Motors Way Down Wil lamette Valley. PARTY WILL BREAK AT CORVALLIS TODAY Social Time is Enjoyed at Hotel Following Session Last Night BY CHARLES J. LISLE v Horny-handed haydiggers. perspiring potato pullers, ath letic agriculturists and farm- from 11 westerr states and Texas, came to Salem last night and are still here. They harvested a delectable crop of Oregon products at the various restaurants; they rested their weary bones all through the Marion hotel; they danced the milk-pail waltz and the calf trot in the tnusic room ; they shooed the stock at the mo vie palaces, and in general presented all the joys and sorrows of farm life at both its best and its worst. ' I It was Ground Hog day, and the weather breeder and prophet didn't see his shadow, so the farmers celebrated the event in a truly rural and roy al fashion. The i occasion was the "visit of the Western States Extension con ference, following the annual meeting at Portland the earlier part of the week. Better Farming Object The conference Is made up of the Tsrlous state, federal and prl Tate ' farm extension agencies of the nation, hat are striving earn estly to make farming a bigger, better and more profitable busi ness for everybody who follows it, and to make It enough better than it is to help drag men snd women out of the -sweltering, noisome cities and back to the farm under such conditions that it Will bring both health and pro fit, and social regeneration to them indfridually and to the na tion, i The moToment follows the startling census figures that the United SUtes ranks 17 th in six of the. principal grain crops in the scale of production, as compared with the rest of the world. . Only the dim, backward people, or ine nations hopelessly torn and dis tracted by war, like Mexico and Russia, fall below the United States In per-acre grain yields, and these unhappy peoples are , little behind that It's almost nip nd tnck for the dishonorable championship. .' ' Remedy Is Sought -To remedy this startling condi tion, the goTernment is going res olutely into the problem of trying to lind the remedy. Great nation al associations, such as that fos tered by the American Bankers association, and with such men as B.i T. Meredith, late secretary or agriculture, are taking np the boys and girls' club work in a de termined effort to stem the tide of off-to-the-clty derelicts from th f anno. These Tlsiting dele gates represent almost every phase of club and general farm improve ment work being done in Ameri ca. Better farm homes, better rural conditions, better livestock. better fields, better everything ia rural life, they haye been hunting for with microscope and telescope and with aleuthhound fidelity to every clue. " ' M Wonderful Things Found They have found some wonder ful things here In Oregon, ester day, at Spath's Berry farm at Clackamas they saw what Is saw by, experts to be perhaps tne fin est : raspberry field in America. Lst year it produced 4.9 tons ot berries per. acre. They studied thtf wonderf al plot of ground and its no less wonderful owner. They will carry this siory through ll SUtes. and If Oregon. doesn t Ret a food of berry growers from this advertising, then the sign is wrong. ' ' ' , ,A Today some of the visitors ex a fft tha main route of, the excursion and stop off to see the wonderful Pickard jereeys at Marlon. These effete foreign ers never in their Urea saw such cows as the two world champion cows in the Pickard. herd What jContinned on pa 2). VATICAN ANNULS MARRIAGE OF FORMER DOROTHY DEACON I? - ( X t V' THE; mamage of Prince Raaziwill to Miss Dorothy Deacon, which took place in 1910, has been annulled by the Sacred Rota tribunal of the Vatican. Miss Deacon was the daughter of the late Edward Parker Deacon of Boston. She was noted for her beauty and was prominent in society in London and Paris. is . E. E. GILBERT PASSES AWAY AFTER Mrs. E. E. Gilbert, prominent missionary and Sunday school worker, died at her home. 360 Leslie street, yesterday afternoon following a week's illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Gilbert was the wire of Iter. E. E. Gilbert, super intendent of the Salem district of the Oregon conference of the Methodist church. Besides her husband she is Burvived by a daughter, Miss Isla Ruth Gilbert, student at the medical school in Portland, and a son. Wendell, freshman in Salem high school. Mrs. Irene E. Gilbert was born 54 years ago at Cedar Falls. Ia. She attended the common schools of Cedar Falls and later was graduated from the Iowa state Normal school at Cedar Falls. She later taught for several years in Iowa and was married in 1890 BUS AND STREET HEARD By REALTY Members of the Marion County Realtors association, after hearing a discussion of the Highland jit ney route by T. E. McLean, owner of the Jitney auto, and T. L. Bil- llngsley, superintendent of the city street car lines, voted to taKe no action or to make any recom mendation in the matter. The. discussion was held yesieraay noon at the luncheon of the real tors. . Mr, McLean telling why ne pre n trnvnf hia nresent route Instead ot one recommended by the city council, said mat many of his patrons were from the fair grounds district and on North Commercial street, which paral lels the street car lines for some distance before crossing the bridge on North miii crees. K venues Ixwt The route which thei street car company claims is taking from it about $12 a tlay, begins at the fair grounds, thence on Highland ave nue to Commercial street, and thence to State street. Mr. McLean said that if he ran his car over a route which would vi .t the fair srounds. but about two and a half block this side and then soutn or Aorm Fifth and Church streets, he fear ed he could not do business en ough tit Justify his continuing in Vn.lnsu Asked as to whether he was carrying any Tndemnity Insurance for his passengers in case of ac cident, ,Mrt' McLean said that M .jar W' ', ,S : '"ML WEEK'S ILLNESS to E. E. Gilbert at Cedar Falls. Both later attended Northwestern university at.EvanBton. Rev. Mr. Gilbert served as pas tor in different northwestern Iowa towns for the next 25 years. He was transferred to the Oregon conference in 1917 and was lo cated in Oregon City until 1919. After leavinp Oregon City he was in Medford for two months and, following the death of Rev. T. B. Ford in January. 1920, he was made superintendent of the Sa lem dj strict of the Oregon con ference of the Methodist church. Mrs. Gilbert has been active In Sunday school work while in Sa lem and also in missionary work. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Funeral ar rangements will not be made un til word is received from relatives in the east. CAR TALKS was not, as the business did not Justify such an expense. Route )lJccted To SDeakine- for the street car company, Mr. Billlngsley said tnat thn mitn him had nicked out a route that was in direct competi tion with the street car company and for this rf.ason. felt that Mr McLean could serve a route a lit tie farther east, and thereby be a benefit to a certain part of the city without coming in competi- tiodn with the street car company. Mr. Billlngsley said he did not object to the bus operating except on North Commercial street or the fair grounds, where the street car had been serving the people He expressd the hope that in time affairs could be so worked out that the Highland people would be taken care of by the street car company. Referring to the street car com pany as an asset to the city, Mr. Billingsley said that the company employ 35 men in tha service. In addition to those employed in track repair work. That 90 per cent of the company's employes own their own homes and that 99 por cent are married men with families. Ixms is Claimed During the past fire years, the company had lost considerably in operating Its i?nes and bad paid no interest on its investment, he said. The Summer street line now has receipts of only $7 a day and the ICooUnued on page, 2 l i -. VJi I - " - ? . A A inikiiiiiiii. lia W A V A 1 A aA&lUVA VTA JLkS IWWIIWIIW IIWIIIII - Secretary Mellon Says To Depend on Foreign Debt Refund for Soldier Relief is Impracticable. NEW RESOUCES MUST BE TAPPPED BY LAWS Increased Postage, Automo bile Levy, and Other ' Methods Mentioned - WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Funds to finance a soldiers' bonus must be raised by internal taxes as it would be impracticable to depend on proceeds from the refunded foreign debt for this, purpose, Secretary Mellon declared before the house ways and means com mittee. Reiterating his objection to the enactment of bonus legislation at this time, he said that in levying taxes congress would have to tap mostly new resources, as the let ies now in fcffect were about nor mally high for peace-times. lab opposed a general sales tax, reeri actment of the excess profits tax, or an Increase In existing taxes ex cept possibly those on cigarettes, tobaccos and documens. Sources Enumerated i New sources oi revenue, he sug gested, included 3 cent first class postage to raise $70,000,000; an increase in second class .nostage rates to produce $30,000,000: a 2 cent tax on bank checks to yield S30. 000,000, and a license tax ol 50 cents per horsepower on auto mobiles to produce $100,000,000. Mr. Mellon estimated increased documentary stamp taxes would produce $40,000,000 and that ad ditional $25,000,000 could be had from an increase of 50 cents per 1,000 on cigarettes and 2 cents a pound on tobacco. Arguing that the bonus would cost $425,000,000 a year for the first two years, the secretary said congress could pick out other sources of taxes whare the bur den would fall with he least hard ship in order to make up he de ficit of J12S.OOO.O00 as between the yield from the specific sug gestions rr.T had made and the cost of the bonus. He called attention ha there had been suggested con sumption taxes on ea, coffee, su gar and other articles and a tax on gasoline, but he did not approve such taxes. Costs Considered As to the use of any part of the proceeds, from the foreign debt the secretary said the time that returns would be had from that source was problematical and that the ultimate cost would be greater than if direct taxes were laid. He explained that if the in terest were used the government would have to extend its domestic debt refunding operations that much longer at a cost to the tax payers while if the foreign bonds were sold in the United States he government would have to guar antee the interest and the prin cipal and even the securities probably could riot be sold at par. To a. suggestion that the treas ury issue certificates or indebted ness to raise the $850,000,000 for the first two years and retire them out of interest from the foreign debt. Mr. Mellon said this would hinder the domestic debt refund ing operations. The amount to be refunded, he asserted, was so large that no additional securities should be thrown on the market during the operations. He also called attention that the govern ment was facing a deficit of $300. 000,000 in 1923 which must be madi up. Asked as to the imposition of a tax on light wines and beers, as a means of raising the bonus funds, Mr. Mellon declared that with the "high tension? in the country on me prohibition question, it was not feasible to depend upon this as a source or revenue. Brigadier General Lord, budget officer for tha war department. told the committee that the de partment had estimated that if all the soldiers took cash, the total cost of the bonus to the treasury would bo $1,082,400,000. but he declared that he and other offi cers believed this total too low. Members of the committee agreed that the figure probably was small. TRAFFIC TIED VP BERLIN, Feb. 2. (By The Associated Press ) The slriko of tha rallwaymen tonight had vir tually tied up all passenger and freight traffic. Authorities were unable to procure the necessary auxiliary staffs that had been promised them, and only two trains let Berlin daring the da. SLAIN FOR REVENGE, OPINION OF LOS ANGELES DETECTIVES BLIGH'S DOG HAS TITLE AS MEAT EATER Fresh Ration Daily Is Order Owner Gets License Tag No. 218 for Misto . T. G. Bligh stepped up to the dog licen3 counter in the county clerk's office yesterday and hand ed over his $1 for a dog license. He was given license tag No. 2 IS. This is the license number that Mr. Bligh's white dog Misto will carry on a collar much more fancy than the regulation leather ones handed out by the county. Misto is now 12 years old and has the distinction of being one of tho few dogs in the county car ried on'the assessor's books. The dog was carried on the books at a $300 valuation. Not only does Mr. Bligh value his dog at $300 but for the past 12 years, ever since Misto was a pup, there has beon a standing or der at one of the principal meat markets of the city for the dally delivery of 10 cents worlh-of meat for Misto's special benefit. Figuring 313 business days in a year and 12 years as the time Misto has been taking on his daily ration, there have passed away, 3756 days. Figured at 10 cents a day it will be U;en that Mr. Bligh has paid $375.60 in order that his dog might have fresh meat daily. Mr. Bligh also claims that he is the only dog owner in Marion county who had to pay for having his dog impounded, when the dog catcher in reality, couldi't catch the dog. It seems that Misto fig ured out what the dog catcher waJ about a year dr so ago and man aged to evade tho legal machin ery. However, Mr. BI,igh didn't escape, as he was fined $10 Just on general principles even if the dog catcher failed to round up the dog. The fine was paid. Two More Die as Result of Wreck on Logging Road PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 2 Fran cis Vi8t, president of the Wiesi Logging company, died here today as the result of injuries sustained In the wreck of a logging train near Nehalem last Tuesday. Amos MMson, a member or the train crew, had died earlier in the day from his, injuries. The total deaths from the accident is now three. W. A. Marshall, chairman of the state industrial accident commis sion, and C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner, left Salem yester day to investigate the wreck near Nehalem. They will report soon after their return to Salem. Smallpox in Salem and Quarantine Law Violated With several cases of amallnox in town, Dr. C. E. Cashatt has Is sued a general statement calling attention tn rerortArt vlnlatinns of quarantine rules as having been tne causa or several cases now un der treatment. Dr. Cashatt. who Is city and county health officer, has pointed out that it is a violation of state statutes for anv nerson to inter fere with a quarantine or to re movo Bigns without the consent of the quarantine officer. That the dozen or so smallpox cases reported here are evidence of a genorral epidemic throughout the country is indicated by a warning issued to all postal en nloyes. This notification is from Washington and requests that all postal workers take steps to safe guard themselves and families against the disease. .According to the federal notifi cation, thhe nrpsent nnlrioml. has ben marked with more fatalities than have been recorded for years. Local , medical practitioneere have pointed out that in several instances the disease was contract ed where the head of the family or other persons had refused to permit vaccination "of exposed in dividuals or tho?e in attendance at schools. These in turn have taken the disease to others, it is asserted. American Legion Posts Oppose Jap Colonization REDMOND. Or., Feb. 2. Five American legion posts in central Orrgon will oppose Japanese colo nization in irrigated farm lands in the Deschutes valley, through a central organization consisting ot jtwo representatives from each lo cal organization, according to an nouncement hero today. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. Belief that William Desmond Taylor, motion pictures director who was found dead at his home here this morning, was shot for revenge, was expressed late today by police investigators. This statement was made after more than a score of Taylor's acquaintances, including persons prominent in motion picture circle, had been ques tioned and attempts made to check up the 'movements of sev eral others with whom Taylor was said to have had differ ences of various kinds. Most of the early efforts of the investigators were direct ed to an attempt to locate a former servant of Taylor's against whom the motion picture man lodged a complaint with the police some time ago. ; Taylor declared the man had stolen some of hir belongings and forged his name to a check and that he believed a burglary of h:s apartments some time later was committed by the same person. Robbery, however, appeared not to have been the motive for shoot ln Taylor, for. nothing was miss ing from his epartment, although a considerable sum in money and jewelry was easily, available. Man Seen by Neighbor A neighbor of Taylor told the police of seeing a man near the apartment last night, shortly affeY which a shot was heard. A wo man who called upon the director early in th evening said that when she left Taylor walked with her to her car, then returned to his apartment. His only servant left at the same time, it being Taylor's custom to pass the n'rht alone. The servant returned about 8 o'clock this morning and found Taylor lying dead on the floor of his living room, shot through the back. A pile ot checks lay on an open desk in the living room. Home Faslly Entered The servant said both front doors open upon . a court, even with the street lerel, from which any one could have entered the apartment if It were unlocked, with little chance of being observ ed. This door hag a spring lock. Taylor was director-in-chief at the Famous Players Lasky studlog in Hollywood and was Internation ally known as a motion picture man, He was born in Malloss, County Cork, Ireland, in 1877. and served in the BritiRh army during the World war. Another development late to day was the statement by the wife or a motion picture actor living in the same group of apartments about the court, that she saw a man standing at the door of Tay lor s place about 9 o'clock last night. She said he appeared to have the door partly open and to be looking .in. -She described the man as short and stockily built, and wearing , cheeked cap. Description Given This description ; does not tally BOYS RISK LIVES D'je ever liva in a real winter country where the youngsters j used to hook rjdes by attachinsj their sleds to passing bobs and i cutters? ('No autos those days.) j Well, Salem lads have ovolved a similar pastime, but one which j combines about DO per cent of j danper for the thrill they derive I from it. Last night two boys were brought into the polite station on a cirarge of stealing rides on street cars. There have been many complaints from motorists and I street railway employes that a I group of South Salem boys haaVe uracil DALLAS DALLAS. Or... Fob. 2. (Special to The Statesman) At a meeting of the Dallas Commercial club last night, action endorsing the 192& fair was brought up and after considerable discussion the matter was referred to the committee on city and county affairs.- Several matters of importance were brought ur and discussed. A letter from Governor Olcott ask ing that a committee be appointed to select a member to attend a meeting of a state Bcenic associa tion to be held soon was read and turned over to the roads and hignwayg committee with instruc tions to select such a member. The members of the city park board were selected to attend meeting of auto park boards to set fixed charges for prlvilegej ot I ON GARS: ARE WARNED with that of the former servant whom the police first sought to chect up on early in the investi gation. - y The woman .who visited Taylor last evening, a motion picture ac tress, was questioned at some length at her home by detectives iyho said her story was corrobor ate in every respect by state ments of others, including the chauffeur who drove her car. '; Among the latest persons known to have seen Taylor alive last night, was Mable Normand. film comedienne, it was announc ed tonight by the police detectives who are investigating. Engagement Rumored : For several months it had been rumored, but never confirmed,; that Miss Normand was engaged! to marry Taylor. : The detectives expressed the be- lief the director was slain by a man, basing their theory on state ments made by Mrs. Douglas MacLean, wife of a film actor, and hr maid that they had seen a stranger about the Taylor apart ments both before and after neighbors heard a shot. It was thought possible the stayer obtained. entrance to the Taylor apartments while the di rector was accompanying Miss Normand to her automobile. Stranjrer Described The description ot the stranger ---a man of large stature, wear ing rough dark clothes, a cap and a;: muffler is entirely different from that of a former servant of Taylor's who was said to have been suspected by the director of having committed recent robber ies at his apartments. The police further advanced the theory that Taylor had been slain by a man who was jealous of him, and elaborated this to Include sev eral possibilities. ! The police were said to be con sidering the possibility that Tay lor was shot by the discarded sui ter of some woman with whom he had been friendly; by a former servant he had caused to be ar rested for an alleged crime and (Continued on page 6) STEALING been playing this deadly game for several months. Several narrow escapes from what might have been fatal accidents have been narrowly averted. The youngsters play the "game" after dark and hop on to the rear end of street cars giving service to the outlying residents.. The public has been asked to cooperate with Chief Moffitt's de partment In an effort to put a stop, to ttte practice. Officers have been . instructed to inform parents of the offenders with a recommendation of application of the razor strop. camping in such parks over the state. The meeting Is to be held next month ia Rosebnrg. W. V. Fuller was appointed a committee of one to arrange for a; program for the next regular meeting. It Is the purpose of the club to have some subject of In terest up for discussion at each monthly meeting and various members will be asked to take part in the discussions. , President N. L. Guy made the following appointments on standing-committees for the ensuing year: H Finance committee W; G. Vassall, Tracy Staats, J. R. All good. Legislation and Judiciary Rob- .(Continued oa page Jt I0ERED BY CO WERCIAL CLUB . ! - - SENT TO BED, RESUME TODAY After Deliberation of Thirty Hours Arbuckle Jury Is Still Unable to Reach An Agreement. DEADLOCK PROBABLE, ATTORNEY COMMENTS Defense Will Insist on Third Trial in Event of Disagreement SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. 9:30 p. m. the jury was locked un for the nlrht on account of a slight attack of illness suffered by Juror Lee Dolson. The Jury ' has been out nearly 30 hours. It will return to court at a m, tomorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. I. Af ter deliberating since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Jury bad not agreed tonight whether Itos coe C. (Fatty) A r buckle was guilty or innocent of manslaugn ter as a result of a fatal attack W ID B1V V U)l UIU UTWU " Virginia Rappe, motion- picture. acireBb.. m urn ir'ti niuuni In a disagreement of the Jury. . KrwwnlatlnM flMtfld ' Courtroom gossip had It thai the jury stood seven to fhr for acquittal and also that the Jnrort were aligned eight to four ia fa vor of the defendant. But notn I ing authentic came from the room ' wnere ine jurors coauaucu mctr debate. "1 ; - Milton M. Cohen, Los Angeles, ot the defense counsel staff said that the defense would insist oa a third trial in the event of a disagreement. The district attor ney would make no comment. , Arbuckle appeared Jovial and carefred throughont the day. Transcript Anked The jury was heard from but once daring the morning and af ternoon. This was when it asked for the complete transcript oT the trial on the ground that Jnr ' ors wishes to refresh their recol ict liuii uu iciMin iwiuw,- i in dicated a long session according to the court officers and counsel familiar with such requests. The arbuckle jury was taken to dinner at 8 o'clock. Ceremonial Attends . - Immuring of Cardinal j ROME. Feb. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press) Majestic statllness attended the solemn immuring In the Vatican today of the sacred college, comprising for the mo ment 55 cardinals. r Every detail of the sacred rites was observed and although, the time fixed for the closing In of the cardinals was 3:30 thl after noon, so long was the ceremonial that darkness had enshrouded the huge basilica of St. Peters before Ka nvAHmlnaPiAa WetA nm nlAtftd ; for election or a new ponmr. The 53 cardinals present In ' Rome are now in the vatTcan. Even Cardinal Marlnl, who is suf fering from Influenza was contey. ' ed there. At the huge bronte doors inr veillance of those passing within was of the strictest nature. A Ri ant German Swiss aergeant of the guards allowed nobody to enter unless provided with a white pass. Issued by Prince Chlgl, marshal of the conclave. ' the world was carried out with full ceremonial. r ', Oyster Beds Depleted By Many Circling Ducks Portland! or". Feb. 2 Thousands of ducks, circling above oyster beds near Olympla, Wash., have so depleted the beds as to cause officials grave worry, according to United States Game Warden Ray Steele, who arrived from Washington today. Steele declared he was at a lows to know what to do to protect the beds. ! Convict Confesses He Killed Another Prisoner WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 2. Joe Carlo, convict at the state penitenitary, charged with first degree murdar, took the stand to day and testified that he was the victim of temporary insanity as the result of being deprived of drugs and that- he killed Jack u"in, iciiun .uiuiivi, .wane nui In his right mind. The case will go tha Jnrjr tomorrow, -t Jr