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6 . THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON 1 FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY. 10. 1922 ; J , III II l.ll'l I'll I I Inn IhA nvnor nf s mnlnr vhlrl I 111 II II H WMIIIIIIIII 111 be Dike, but M)Ute OI Ibeiii Will! Ill I II I I llllll I nmnler I F 1 1 I IMIIHIlUilIll HUT "t i, III II I II b IUlb H I.. ..-." . . llllllll t II K I llllll- 111 K. . . - ' . Ill I III I llllll I . .,.. . .. .;UMI IIIIIMMIVHI HI - ' :V ill in ii i neiore ooeratinr it u non me iuuii i iLiiiiiiifii m i ujip 10 wan ur iiii iiii unit 11 was BnueiTiuou iuji wmm- mi 11 1 I it. unik ir t Ml II LIUL I1ULU I streets or hlzhwavs of th slate to I II I H I IIIIIUIIIL.il . NOW UNLAWFUL Police Will Grab Offenders Who Have Not Applied For New Jags KOZER SENDS MISSIVE Officers Throughout State Instructed to Bring Car Owners to Time J from now' on, motor vehicle owners operating their cars with 192Micense pjates will be subject t arrest unless they can show that, they hare mado application for the new" plates, according to a letter of - instruction that Secre tary of State Sam A. Kozer to heriffs and other officials having to do with the enforcement of the ' law. j A policy of leniency was adopt ed by the department pending the clearing up of the congestion of ' applications that was "treated In tba secretary of state'e office the last Cew days in December and the first, week in January. Since the contention has been cleared li- . ceases are being issued on the day of application if the letter is in correct. form., j Impress Uhi Erroneous 'The impression seems to have t-een 'current: for Sbine time that torn day of grace since January 1 ha.Ve.boeh Allowed motor ve hicle, owners in which ' to obtain their 1922 ilcenses.Thls lias never "boen'tne cdse as nor off Iclal has au ., thorif to itenid W time within whidh" applications for licenses ; IMPROVED SERVICE ...... . , . AND IMPORTANT CHANGES IN Passenger . Train Schedules : j Sunday, February 12 MAINLINE: . ,r f'The Shasta" schedules shortened one hour. 'San Francisco Express," No. 13 arrived San Fran. Cisco 8:10 a. m. (Note: More convenient arrival time at San Fran cisco). . IMPORTANT CHANGES AT SALEM : ' Northbound: j "No. 18 from Portland lr; Salem 7:00 a.m. ar. Portland 9:15 a.m. No. 18 from Portland lr. Salem 1:40 p.ml ar. Portland 4:15 p.m. Nos14 from Portland It. Salem 6:00 p.m. ar. Portland 8:15 p.m. No. 12 from Portland It. Salem 6:36 p.m4 ar. Portland :30 p.m. No. 24 from Portland It. Salem 7:22 p.m. ar. Portland 9:35 p.m Southbound:. No. 17 for Roseburg leaves Salem 3:44 p.m. No. ; 13 lor San Francisco leaves Salem 9:44 p.m. Satan Ceer'Branqh: - No. 74 leaTea Salem 3:45 p.m. No. 75 arrives Salem 4:30 p.m. Slem.DjdlM.Falbi City bianch: No 165 It Salem 7:05 a.m; No. 167 1:45 p.m; No. 173 5:05 p.m Nol62 ar Salem 8:30 a.m; No. 166 3:15 p.m; No. 172 7:45 p.m. No Important change in schedule of trains not mentioned, , For further particulars ask agents, or secure copy of -time -tables covering all changes. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES - JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent 1 ,1 ' U.O ZM ,,. - u t s: v ' - i- ' J ' - J- HURRY! Special offer of 10,000 free votes for everynew subscriber se cured ends Saturday night at 8 p. m. and will not be renewed. Will you be announced as the winner of one of the grand prizes? It is up to you. Keep busy! Keep your helpers busy! The end of the tonus offer is almost here. TO BE OR NOT TO BE is the question. The subscriptions you secure while the extra bonus offer is in vogue may be the very sub scriptions that may eventually win the prize of your choice. These additional votes you will secure for your subscriptions if turned in this week may be the very votes by which you may win. ' ACTION is the slogan NOW and the prize of your choice at the Finish. - PONY CONTEST EDITOR may be made. - It is Incumbent up on the owner of a motor vebicls before operating it upon the streets or highways of th state to secure and have affixed thereto an appropriate license as prescribed by law. The department did, how ever, request local officers not to enforce the carrying of a 1322 li cense on cars where it could be shown by the owner that he had made application for a 1922 li cense, but by reason of the conges tion in the Keense division of the state department it was physically impossible for that department to promptly issue the licenses applied for, which would of course make it impossible for the owner of th car to have the necessary 152 li cense. No Excuses Ijeft "NTo car owner now has an ex cuse for not having a 12' Ii cense on bis motor vehicle when operating It at this time, except those few car owners who have applied for 192-' licenses and whose applications have been re turned for correction for some one reason or another. Approximately 7!), "00 licenses for the gear 1922 have beeen is sued up to this time as against 75.800 licenses up to the same time in the year 121. liy reason of the change in- the basis of the license fee for the year 1922, that is from the horse power of the car for passenger cars and the carry ing capacity for trucks, as under the laws prior to 1922, to the weight of the passenger car and total tire, width in the case of trucks, considerable misunder standings have followed, and con sequently Involved the depart ment and the motor vehicle own ers in much correspondence which has tended to materially slow up the work of issuing the 19 2 2 li censes. In fact it has been neces saray to return from 20 to 2" per cent of the applications tor some needed corrections. This is not unusual where radical changes in such laws are made." An American aviatrix has set out to make the ascent in a plane to beat all altitude records. A fly dame. -r --v miVVi 'iWV - - -.. . . CANDIDATES llllllf tfinnnfini They are all comin- .Iowa ni ftftTT llllll in 1 Angfle. shortly boforo I T nni I ni a V i ARE Li OFF First Effects of Arms Con ference Limitation Felt on Government Work THOUSANDS AFFECTED! President Receives Farewell of Last of Foreign Nation Delegates WASHINGTON. Feb. !' Th! Associated I'res i - Th i'1 affects of tlie armament confer ence on the employment situation were felt today when several thousand mechanics and artific ers in navy yurds were temporar ily laid off after Secretary Dcnby had ordered suspended all ord nance work designed for the nav al vessels slated for 'scrapping. under the naval treaty. The instructions were issued line with President Harding's or der yesterday suspending work pn the vessels under construction af fected by the treaty. Navy yards affected are those at Washington. New York, Philadelphia, Nortolk. Mare Island, Cal., and possibly Boston. Ieleg.ation Iteport Received The ordnance plant at South j Charleston, W. V'a . also vaa af fected. President Ilanlinsr today re ceived the report of the American arms delegation togethr with the conference treaties. Alter receiv ing these documents from Secre tary Hughes, the president had the four delegates as luncheon guests. Early in the day the president! received the farewells of the last pf the arms delegations. Being Admiral Karon Kato and Vice For eign Minister Hauihara of the Japanese d'legation; .Tonkeer F- Beelerts Van Ulokland and Jonk- heer W. II. de Faufort. of The Netherlands Albert Sarraut of France and the three Chinese delegates. Wellington Koo. minis ter of London, Chief Justice Wang of the Chinese supreme court and Minister Sze, Chinese envoy to Washington. 3fost Are Machinists Secretary Denby's order was made public today after l.."fo ot the 7.000 employes at the Well ington navy yard upon reporting for work were given "temporary furloughs" without pay. Most of them were machinists. Cap tain A. L. Willard, director of the navy yards, estimated that nearly .4.000 civilian mechanics and ar tificers In navy yards would be laid off. Approximately 600 each, it was said, would bo affected at the New York. Philadelphia, Nor folk and Mare Island yards. In addition, it is expected that tha order will affect men employed on construction work on the bat tleships and battle cruisers in pri vate yards. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST "Say it in service." m That is a Boy Scout slogan. A good one. , " The disarmageddon appeal to the sailor men as the beginning of a gobless world. Yes: Salem needs a new high school building, and a new Y. M. C. A. building. And several oth- - " m t - i J 1 HURRY! The Statesman annual, the Op portunity Kdition. with it., u; Acquainted Faction, i-j about al ready for the presses. It will be out next week. If you have ue.n overlooked, please speak up: quickly. ". Secretary of the Interior Kali declare that "'we have in Alaska wealth, sufficient to pay the war debt of $21.00(i.uu0.imju." Thi is impressive; but-there will have to be a great cutting of red tape aud a general unlocking- of the doors aud lids that haw een fas tened and clamped down by the faddists of the effete east. for-' any great part of the .wealth is made available for the purpose. S An Englishman, i'O years old, who came to the United States on the first trans-Atlantic Kisa -i:g"-steamer, preached a sermon in in English church the other day, while it is now reported from Worcester. Vt.. that the town's 90 year old stage driver i.- .-till on the job an. I from Sntfern, N. Y., that a to year old wood chop per, took his first ride on th.i "steam cars" the other day. Old men for conns-, t and lor action. Tire Is Removed Silent thieves Wednesday night removed a tire trom the car ofl V. E. N'esbitt. while the ca- was parked at the N'esbitt residence. 147 North, Commercial reet, ac cording to a police report. The tire is of clincher type, iv 32 iy Bicycle 1'oond II. F. Shafer. of li'Ofi North Fifth street reported to th pdiee that a bicycle h.-ul been abandon- ed near his residence sevoi-al days apo. Officer Thompson brought the wheel to the police : tition. Ceorge Wills also reported that a wheel had b"n left t 'lis resi dence by unknown persons. Of ficers believe that the bicycle- had been abandoned by thieve!. Cars Collide II. K. (Heason reported To the police that hi" car "iad been in volved in a collission with a ma chine driven by S. X. Snrth. 'of SaV-m. route 4. The accident oc curred at the intersection ot Twelfth and State streets. A wheel, fender and front .-prmg were Ifroken on the (Jleason car; while the lamps of Smith's chine were badly damaged, nesses claimed that Smith the right-of-way. Mr. SmitI, reported the incident. ma NY it Tiad also Ceorge Friend Wanted- Police yesterday received in formation that George Friend, of Portland, is wanted by his mo ther, who is seriously ill. Ac cording to Portland repo.-ts. Friend is supposed to have come to Salem recently. No trac-j of him has been found in this city. NEW INQUIRY BEGINS IN MURDER MYSTERY (Continued from page 1) the district attorney office todaj included Mr. and Airs. Douglas Mac Lean whose apartment ad joined that of Taylor and who had given previous statements a the inquest and to the police: Henry Peavey, Taylor's colored houseman, who has done little since the shooting but submit t interrogation about what he knew of it; Howard Fellows. chauffeur for Taylor and HarrH Fellows, brother of the cilauffem and an assistant director, were also questioned fully. The district attorney declined to disclose the results of these various inter views. Another development today waa a well-defined rumor that some person unnamed had found a re volver, possibly the weapon with which Taylor was slain, shortly after the murder became known. This rumor was brought to the attention of the district attorney and the police, both officers dis claiming and direct knowledge ot the purported discovery, but both saying that cognisance was b-jing taken of the rumor that efforts made to either prove or disprove 1 1 Sui ide is Found While these local develoDiuent kept the officials engaged, word came from San Jiiego that the au thorities there believed the body of a suicide lying In the morgut there might. b that or Ed .van! F. Sands, missin-; houseman. against w tiom av or swoi e warrants for grand larceny and embezzlement, who has been earn estly sought for to tell what lu knew of the murder. Ilivestiira - tion, however, developed that the dead man was not Sands, and the San Diego' investitrution close,! 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OLEOTT HILL CALL MEETING Oregon Executive Determin ed to Have Conference on Nracotic Evil GOVERNORS COMMENT Some State Executives Un able to Attend, One Discourages Action Covernor oleott Uetlared yes terday that the proposed confer ence of governors relative to the narcotic drns; .evil will be held even if not more than two of the governors can bo present. The governor was unable to say wh.'n or wh"re the conference will be. lie was unableto attend the cori ferehi e called by Mayor linker in Portland yesterday, but a.-kod Warden Compto.n of the stat ; penitentiary to attend. In a letter addressed yesterday to Mayor Maker of Portland. Gov ernor Oleott said in part: "Governor Hart of Washington has advised us that he will be glad to be present and also thinks it a uood plan to have additional representation of those int-rest-ed. h plan to which we have agreed and have advised other governors of Governor Hart.'; suggestion. Governor lavir. of Idaho says he can be present if a satisfac tory date to him is agreed upon, j "Governor liixon of Montana H doubtful, but may possibly bo present. '"Governor Carey of Wyoming expressed doubts as to the results to be obtained from such confer ence and probably will not at tend. "Governor Stephens of Califor hia advised he could not attend. I wrote him again urging' his at tendance and the additional re quest that if he could not be present at the conference he send some representative. Not having heard from him I telegraiied him today asking for advices as soon as possible as to whether he could recohsider, and if not, whether he would send a repre sentative. The whole matter now Is hanging fire, pending word from Governor Stephens." about as suddenly as it had started. It was also announced today that the public administrator was conducting a search lor a second safe deposit box held by Mr. Tay lor. One was found and opened, its contents being negligible. There was no direct evidence that he had another box, but the au thorities said many men divided their documents in two or three boxes, and it was possible that the search would yield something. In ventory of Taylor's estate so fat located has disclosed little except some bonds which were given a tentative value of about $20,000. personal effects and a small amount of cash. v NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Reports that motion picture producers were attempting to suppress the facts in the slaying in Los Angeles of William Desmond Taylor, di rector, "are to absurd to win comment." Samuel Goldwyn, of the Goldwyn Picture corporation said today. The public should realize, he added, that the picture industry like any other is made up "of a' I sorts of people and that being a moving picture man or woman is no more indication of character than being a-plumber, steel man. a merchant, or what not." Sands May be Insane Belief that Edward F. Sands, Dallas Edward Fitz Strathmore, missing former sevretary-butler to William I)e?mond Taylor, was mentally deranged, was expressed here today by George S. P.rettner, who claimed close acquaintance with him. At one time, according to Brett ner. Sands was considering join ing a foreign navy or going to South America, as he was becom- ! in? restless and wnnfed n rtisnpp "I don't know what I'd do if i I lost mv iob and didn't have nnv i mntinv " Klettner ntffnlefl Snnts "When I get to be-3r years old I'm going to blow my head off. I don't see any use of people liv ing after that age. They're not good for anything. I used to be a chief petty officer in the quar termaster corps, aboard ships, and I guess I might as well enlist and he taken care of until I'm ready to shoot myself. Always Had Cnn Sands always carried a 45-cal-ibre revolver, Brettner said. One morning Brettner said, he went into Sand's room and found him asleep. He touched the sleeper on the shoulder to awaken him. Sands instantly sprang up ' and shoved the revolver against Brett ner'a body, then, seeing who it was, went back to sleep. "Sands was keeping company with a girl who frequently went to a certain pnblic dance hall," Brettner continued. "He seemed infatuated with her. "He weighed about 185 pounds but was trying to reduce. "He used to read the encyclo peda a great deal. "Sometimes he would refuse to speak to me for days. Then he would apologize and Bay he had been depressed." Waiter is Doable Brettner said a waiter at a cafe two bocks from the Taylor apart ments was a "doable of Sands" and this might account for statements- that Sands had been seen in los Angeles shortly before the; murder. j It was understood that polio j had btfii making efforts to locate the girl with whom Hreitner said Sands had been infatuated. Held at Topeka TOPKKA. Kan.. Feb Coun ty officer? her" tonight were com- paring descriptions of Edward F. Sands, with a man taken from a Santa Fe train here Lt night , and held on receipt of word trom ( T-os Angeles, that he is wanted th-re on a charge of misappro priation of funds. The- man admitted according to Oscar Calson, under - sheriff j that he was aet'iiauited with loth William lesmotid Taylor a.uii Sands and saw Taylor a week fe fore his death. He denies all knowledge of the killinE however. Tlve man. who g.nve the name Walter F Underwood, sad h-1 .ad i'fn employed for eight months as cashier for the Pacific Electric company at Los- Angeles. IRISH LEADERS CA3LE STATUS TO AMERICANS (Continued from page 1) placed some ."Out specials along the boundary line to prev-Mit a new invasion from the south. It is a!s; arranging for their, rein forcement by troops. The gov ernment, headed by Sir James Cra'g. also is urging the imperial government to takv action, but the imperial authorities appear ! to be reluctant to interfere fur i t it. pending action by the pro visional government of the tree state. Griffith Is UoH-ful I'.ritish troops today were still leaving southern Ireland, and a statement made in parliament by Wimtoii Spencer Churchill, .sec retary for the colonus. Seemed to indieate a desire by th govern- lin lit to h ave the solution of ui' d'slurbed situation to the two Irish governments. .rthur Gril'litli. in an interview expressed confidence that with patience and restraint by both sides, the I'i'ter iiiestion would be amicably setileil within the present year on the basis of a uni feid Ireland. lie added that it must be remembered that the pro visional government did not en joy full governmental powers at present but it might be reliej on to adopt every action with cir cumscribed powers to prevent il !"g'al acts from being committed. Armed Men Gather DUBLIN, Feb. 9. (liy the As sociated Press) According to a report from Strabane, County Ty rone, 4,000urmed men with 300 motor car3 had assembled in the valley at Donegal Tuesday night ready to advance on Londonderry, when the news of the reprieve of the three men under sentence of dath at Londonderry was received. The men dispersed. , BELFAST. Feb. 9 (By the Associated Press) Irish Republi can army officers in Clones, coun ty Monaghan, ' are credited with the statement that even more Unionists will be kidnapped if the detention of Sinn Fein prisoners in Ulster continues. Four spec ial officers in a motor car fell into the hands of the Irish Re publican army at Clones today. Raiders Arraigned BELFAST. Feb. 9. Four Don egal Unionists who had been kid napped and were released today are William Hamilton, a magis trate; Majors Moore, Cliff e, and James Mile, and William Bert. Fifteen raiders arrested in the Ennisklllen were arraigned before a magistrate today, charged with carrying arms and explosives. They were remanded for eight days. Willamette Deputation Is Due at Silverton SILVERTON. Or.. Feb. 9 fSpecial to The Statesman - The plans are being completed for the three days which the Willam ette deputation team will be at Silverton. The first of the pro gram is Friday afternoon at 2:.!' at the high school. Friday eve ning the Father and Son banquet will le held at the basement or Trinity church.. Considerable ef fort htis been put forth both by the domestic science department of the high school end by the committee in charge of the sneaker.- to make thi a success. Quite an elaborate banquet is being prepared by th" dome -tic science class. The banquet will nor only be prepared by this class but mem bers of it will also serve :t. It is reported that Dr. Duhach. of Ore gon Agricultural college will b with the liovs that eveninr ROSTEIN & GREENBAU1 Yard wide Outinc: Flan nel, good quality, to clean up at 20c a yard. Curtain Materials, Curtain Scrims, to clean up at 10c a yard. $1.00 yard Blankets 72x80. First quality, to clean up at $2.50 pair Blankets, first quality, Pretty Plaid Blankets. Baby Blanket, gpecial large sizes, $1.95 a pair. per pair... ...$2.69 at . $100 SPRING MILLINERY Advance Styles, Pretty Hats, Low Prices IS YET UNCERTAIN Winston Churchill Does Not Know When Troops Will Come from Erin LONDON. Feb. 3. Ty the As--m iai d Tress t Winston Church il:. secretary Cor the colonies. -tated in the house of commons today that it was impossible at preci.t to give a date fot thi completion of (he withdrawal of British troop from Ireland. Sir. John M'.Uch-r of York aked if. in view of the "anarchy in the i'outh ami west, and of yesterday's appalling raid into the north." the covernment intended to kep sufficient troops in Iieland to pre serve order. To this Mr. Church ill replied that h1 was inclined to deprecite the statement thr.t anarc-hv cvsted. r.nd f-aid that no munitions or stores had been so!u to ine lrisn ivcpwuiieaii ai i-iy ' but that a quantity oT police arms, ammunition and . motor trans ports had been taken over by the provisional governm n;t subject to valuation. Mr. ChUrchill said he could not promise to suspend the transfer of arms- and amuriuition to the provisional government, adding that -o Ion as the provisional tov eminent continued to carry out the principles of the treaty, the Kritish government's int".n tioti wys to equip it with all the iijenas of maintaining order with mi ti own territoiy. He said the imperial government was respon sible for assisting in the main tainance of lav. and order aud in the protection of his majesty's subjects throughout the northern territory. and this obligation would be fully discharged. LONDON." Feb. 9. The British government has been considering th" possibility of enlisting th'J serviie of General Smuiz. premier .'!.- the un'oii of South Africa, as arbitrator in the l ister boundary dispute should circumstances war rant the employment of such a mediator, it was said in govern ment quarters today. AN OPTIMIST Is the man who sees noth ing but life's rosy pathway as his future, and in the ex citement over his fanciful imagination joften forgets necessary precautions which would insure the reality of his picture. The .Sensible Man is he who plans, for every possible difficulty and places himself in readiness to meet that difficulty wish all his pow ers and then looks cheer fully ahead to what the fu ture will bripg. Be a sensible man! Pre pare for future troubles by acquainting yourself NOW with the condition of your L eyes. Phone for appointment. MORRIS OPTICAL CO. 204-211 Salem Bank of Commerce Building Oregon's Largest Optical Institution Phone 239 for appointment SALEM. 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