f - OIKCtTLATIOV 'Avtrsts tot Jury m Bands? only 5557 Daily uJ Honda? 510 Avrag for 8 mastha ending January , SI, 1922 Hoiay nljr !50fl " VMj aid Sunday 5108 The Statesman, receives taa leased wire report of the JUsoclated Press, the greatest and most re liable press association world. 8EVENTY-FTRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22. 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ' i," t M!0F rn i i It MELLOW ftbHlll GEORGE WASHINGTON J"' '!" I" I '.AMI '" 11 " .. - - - - ! liLUbtltUUN pps BONUS ISSUE I Treasury Secretary Reiter ates His Opposition, But If it Must Be, Favors Tax Scheme. COMMITTEE GETS DOWN TO BRASS TACKS TODAY ' Frearof Wisconsin Declares House Will Go Against Sales Levy WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The - seven Republicans of the house way aad mean committee are h charged with ftolTlng the problem of financing the soldiers' bonus are expected to get down to brass j tacks tomorrow. Chairman Ford- ney said late today after the com- mitteemen had bad another gen ! eral discussion of the whole ques ! Hop Srlth Secretary Mellon. v . The treasury secretary was beard behind closed doors but he as understood to have taken suo stantially the same position that he did at the open hearings' two - week! ago when he reiterated W r opposition to a bonus at this time v, - bat declared that If such fia1" V " tlon Is to be passed, It should be Irnanced by a sales, or some otn er form of taxation, ; Way Out Been - Asked what the treasury would do II congress passed a bonus bin as . a general 'charge against the treasury, Mr., Mellon was to .hate replied that the amount , ould be paid by Issuing short ' .term certificates. He opposed this form of financing, however, on the ground that lt mlght alfect 'the Interest rates on the refund ing certificates due In 1923. Some members of the commit tee quoted the secretary as say las In substance that as between a sales tax or bond Issue for the bonus, he would recommend the former. Members of the suo eommlttee would not anticipate committee action but the general belief at the capitol continued to be that some form of sales or manufacturer's tax would be rec- "ommended. It was' pointed out , In some quarters that with Pres i fdent Harding opposed to both the original tax program suggest i d and to the Issue of bonds, the 4 field i had been narrowed to a 1 sales tax or the "drafting of a measure that would be a general i charge on the treasury. Freer Speaks Out This last plan Is supported by some of the Republican leaders of the bouse and also by those " who are leading the opposition to a aalea tax. ' - Repreeentathre Frear. Wlscon- t fXn, declared in a lormai bibip- tnent tonight that he believed he nnVo thA aentlment of a "hun- ' dred Republican members of the ''house to the effect that a sales tax would be opposed or any rule seeking to impose it on tne mem 'i :iers." He explained that his an nouncement was based on the , fact that 70 Republicans had ' enAd la'-oetltlon .'against any sales tax and that many others would sign. "Nearly all of these 100 mem- Itora ara in favor nt a bonus bill." satd Mr. Frear, "and in favor of having It passed the same as the bill was reported to the senate, leaving the treasury to finance any immediate demands, estimat ed at annroTtmntAlv 1300.000. 000 during the coming year, by the issuance 01 certifications wmcu v will be covered by the foreign . loans. ThlsJdoes not take into con , alderatloir 'any economies that - may be put into force." 7 fj ' Urging adoption of a sales tax similar to that In rorce in canaaa. Renresentative Volk of New York A-sent an open letter today to unairman oraney asxmg tnai the sub-committee hear him on . the question. He said that If op- - ponunujr were given tor any ex- nlanatlnn nt inw tVia Carta Alan law wnnld work In thfa rnnntrr ft as his iudrement that the snb. 'committee would favorably en- 'Jl. aLi- m - a. a j- aorse mis piau oi raasing- oonus revenue! "It seems unfortunate," he i tniiM. "that an tnnnv rnnslpn- v tious and well-meaning members tt tha hnnaa. thAtirh liMnv nn. v derstanding of the most beneft clal legislation will rush to put U a a Jt a A . a j .naii-DaKea laeas mio print ana -! circularize members of the house -with misinformation and mislead ;lng statements. - , THE WEATHER Rain west, cloudy east portion, moderate nortneriy win as. 'a -a " - ' r ifsi, ill sij, v - v 1 t - W. T. Jenks, manager of the Willamette Valley Prune associa tion, is very optimistic as to prune prices for the coming sea son, and also of the opinion that the- coming crop will be a big one. based on observations of many years in the valley. lie says that following heavy snowfall, the crop has always beea a good one and that at present prune tracts are In Rood condi tion, due to the continued cold weather. Loganberries should al bo bear heavily, Mr. Jenks says, as there has been no zero weather this winter, the minimum being 15 degrees above. Indications Good While the prune maiket has been sluggish, Mr. Jenks said, yet there are indications of a strong market. With Improved foreign exchange conditions, he looks for a big export business. "We are now doing some busi ness with our customers In Eu rope, many of whom were bis; buyers before the war, and thev are now getting interested in Ore The public will continue to pay increased telephone rates. The public service commission, in an order handed down yester day, so decided in affirming the rate increase ordered on March 1. 1921, which thejublic has been paying since that date. "Provisions of the original or der providing for an Increase shal) be confirmed in an tnings and every part thereof." is the gist of the commission's findings. Increases in Portland over the old rates are reflected in practi cally like amounts in cities and towns all over Oregon. In some town the increased rates which the public has been paying ever since the order of March 1, 1921, are lighter than in Portland, according to tables giv en out by the telephone company. The order minces no words in Its excoiiaUon of the petitioner relative to the showing they made in the rehearing. ' , Petitioners Scored . "Petitioners have presented nothing worthy of serious consid PRUNE PRICE OUTLOOK 0000 SAYS MANAGER WALTER JE1S PHONE RATES UNCHANGED IN ' SERVICE COM MISSION ORDER - ' M -3 n -1 'Vl ! i c Mrs 4 i i gon prunes, after being out of the market for several years," Mr. Jenks said. "We are receiving letters quite complimentary-of our pack the past season, and espe cially from our English buyers. One Xew York buyer writes the Willamette Valley Prune associa tion as follows: "You will be pleased to know that we are very Well satisfied with the quality of your pack of prunes us they arvj the finest we have ever received." . Market I Nfroug t Regarding dried fruit .condi tions, the Fruit JJew8 of California under dat of February 18, has tha following: "There has probably never been at this time of year a stronger market for spot dried fruits, eo far as coast conditions are con cerned, than at present. It is generally felt that all dried fruits, excepting raisins, will be entirely gone within a few weeks. Export trade has ben a bis factor in dried fruit lately as all markets are buying, even Germany. eration or justifying the suspicion and agitation which they have aroused," says the order. "Their failure to' support their conten tions was so obvious, even to themselves, that they repeatedly fell back on the excuse that the commission ought to investigate the subject and, by inference. ought to supply the evidence which they had promised to pro duce. The descent from the su blime to the ridiculous is pot oft en better illustrated than by the transition from the grandiloquent announcements at the opening of the case to the feeble excuse that the commission "ought to look In to It." Here follows some Latin phraseology, which being Inter preted, says: "The mountain lai bored and brought forth a mouse." "Expanse and waste of time." the order contltnues, "are not the only losses -suffered through the needless agitation. .The immense (Continued on page 4) 1 I ! m party is H PROBABLE IS I Harmony of Action in Chi-1 cago Meeting of Dissatis fied Element is Surprise to Convention. NATIONAL COMMITTEE lb MEET DECEMBER 11 Home Rule in Local and. State Organization is Favored by Attendants j CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Harmoni our, action, far beyond tho expe- tation of the most hopeful dele gates, developed in today's con ference of representatives from farmer and labor blocs, railroad and miners' unions. Socialists, Farmer-Labor party leaders and others dissatisfied with America's present political leadership from which came appointment of a na tional committee which will meet in New York December 11 to or ganize what is expected to be a new political party. Refraining from drafting a na tional platform, the conference declared for home rule In the or ganization of state and local com mittees. These will function in the 11922 elections to elect repre sentatives who will administer government "for the common good and for the protection, pros perity and happiness of the peo ple." 1'ulted Action IcniandtHl The conference declared "that Us present usurptiop. by the lftvi ible government of plutocracy and privilege must be broken and this can best be accomplished by unit ed political action suited to the peculiar conditions and needs of each section and state." Nationally known Socialists, in cluding Morris Hillqult and Wil liam Z. Foster of New York and Victor Berger of Milwaukee, min gled with representatives of con servative farmers' organizations and labor unions, speaking in the same meeting with Benjamin C. Marsh of the Farmers' National Council: A. C. Townley of the Non-Partisan league. John H. Walker, president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, and Dr. C. Howe, former commissioner of Im migration at New York. Difference Are Merged Small differences were merged and an agreement reached by rep resentatives of organizations which have heretofore been look ed upon as widely divergent. WIl wial IT. Johnson, president of the International Association of Ma chinists and chairman of the con ference, declared it was the most surprisingly harmonious experi ence of his life. The plan of action, as adopted from a report of the committee headed by Dr. Howe, provided for the selection of a committee of K with none named as yet. which would cooperate, with the local committees In the 'coming fall elections. On December 11, it will ntet to "consider and act on the propoistion of further unifying and mobilizing the forces of agri cultural and Industrial workers and other bodies and movements for political action." Invitation Ltt Issued Tho organizations to be invited are progressive organizations, farmers, and labor, cooperative so cieties, the Socialist and Farmer Labor parties, single taxers and other liberal political groups. Other bodies of other persons friendly, may also be invited. The expenses of the general committee, it was decided, will be met by the supporting organlza- tlons. NDIGAT10N Another Delightful Presentation Given Salem Audience in Concert of Apollo Musicians Last Night BY CHARLES J. LISLE There are grandfathers and grandmothers in the Apollo club, whose little folks would have been scandalized had they seen Gramp patting his feet when the piano struck up those catchy lit tle jtgs those soul-stirring dit ties that levitate the body like the humming birds and the leaves and the thistledown. They just naturally couldn't help It. seen or not seen. Musicians from top piece to toes they ought to sing. And they did! They did! The second concert of the 1922 series was a delightful presen tation of a lot ot things. It was a varied program with almost ev erything from assassination and REBATE NOW READY FOR TAXPAYERS Amount Given Back Ranges From 1 Cent to $100 and Totals About $14,000 The rebate now ready for the lft2' exro.-s tax is being paid rrom the c;nty clerk's office. In order to secure this rebate, the original person who paid the tax must appear at th" cierk's oXfice with the 1920 tax receipt. This is the taxes paid one year ago. There can he no assignment ot this tax receipt. 'The original must be presented and from 'he number on the original, there is found on the records the amount of the excess tax due. A total of about $14. MOO will be refunded. Amounts vary from 1 cent re fund to more than flOOannd all the taxpayer has to do Is to ap pear at the clerk's office with the tax rt-ceipt Among those who have 1 cent due them on the refund are tne following: Anton Zuber, Louis Croner, Stella Burson, McCleary Orange. J. IL Mark. Robert Mulkey. Q. K. Mulkey. Silverton Lumber com pany, E. M. Hrown, F. H. Madi son, S. C. Yoder. J. M. Horn, K. M. Pero, F. W. Waters, J. R. Shields. H. E. Brown. S. P. Bach, Sarah E. Rowland, Andrew Nel son, Inez M. Mushier, J. G. Helt zel. Maggie Sanders and John Flick. Those who are more fortunate and have two "cents coming to them from the refund, which may be claimed any time within sev en years, are the following: C. Al Nesheim, W. E. Hazel. Earl B. Newton. Milan Bell, Mrs. Rebecca Ong. A. Stute. Sr.. J. Curtis, Erma Northup, B. Clark, E. C. Weisner. Robert Bolten. L. O. Hunter, E. Peters, Esther Sar gent. J. Bt Cook. G. L. Brown, R D. Aames, W. M. Snyder. J. A. Jefferson, N. Hansen. Laurltz Iverson. Jake Peters. W. E. Ful ler. Carrie Volz and N. B. Sher lock. i OF OREGON FLAX i Significant Display of Manu factured Articles Shown in Window For those who really wonder whether flax grown In this part of the Willamette valley is the right kind, and whether all the stories about the fine grade of flax from the Willamette valley is really finer than that grown in parts of Ireland and Belgium, there will be an object lesson in the windows of the Kafoury dry goods store, beginning Friday. Napkins and table cloths made from Willamette valley flax will be on display.in Kafoury windows. They wfere manufactured by a Belfast firm from flax gathered In the vicinity of Salem, and sent by Robert Crawford to show In a practical way the really fine quality of flax grown here, and how it would manufacture into the finest linen. In addition to the napkins and table cloths, there will be shown Oregon flax In all its forms, from the time it is pulled, to the various stages until It is ready for manufacture. There will also be shown In the window display, a genlne old time spinning wheel. It is the proper ty of Mrs. J. H. Lauaterman, and was sent her a few years ago from an aunt living at Blandford. Mass. The spinning wheel belonged to Mrs. Lauterman's grandparents, of the Boise family. The wheel is thought to be more than 100 years old and is a fine specimen of the spinning wheels used a century ago by the New England house wives. crematories to love sonnets and laughing songs that would make a man 10 years younger to hear them. Just as the Statesman writer was preparing to say that the club would best stick to the heavies, and eschew the frolic some love pieces that didn't seem to fit, they broke up every pre diction by springing that "laugh ing song" that was a genuine shock, it was so spontaneously youthful and gay. Why, those Apollos could go right out and make love to a sixteen-year-old and make an ordinary youth feel like a ringer or a year-old bird's nest with its hat on crooked and no powder on Us nose. They have (Continued on page 4) 1PHS1DE CITY COURT SAYS BARRY IS GUILTY Jury at City Hall Breaks Long Record in Fixing Guilt Upon Defendant Ed Barry, who war. recently ar I'osied on a i'iiarj;. of po.-sessioM and manufacture of Intoxicating liquor wa- yestenkn tri tl in city recorder's court and found guilt of possessing intoxicatin:! liquor. He will he sentenced l t ity ?e coider Karl Race. Ttuiisday a lo a. m. Harry's conviction by a city jury almost breaks a precedent, as Salem city juries have a repu tation for clearing prisoners. City Attorney Ray Smith received con gratulations for his handling of the Barry case. When Barry wan arrested j only a small quantity of liquor was seized on the premises which had been rented to Barry. How ever, Chief ot Police Moffitt seized a huge still and liquoi manufac turing equipment which Barry yesterday claimed had been "knocking about with him" for over a year. City Prosecutor Smith yester day established that Barry had iented a house at North Eigh t?enth ptreet, using the name of Al Worden. Barry Is held in the county jail under bonds of $1000. On February 23 and 24 ho will be tried In justice court under two charges which have been filed by Prosecutor John Carson. One charge involves possession of li quor while the second entails manufacturing. Donald Miles rep resented Barry In city court yes terday. SCHOOL PUPILS South Salem Parent Teacher Association Will Afford Refreshment At the .regular monthly meet ing at the Leslie Methodist church last night, the South Salem Par ent-Teacher association took steps toward providing milk to each child in attendance at the Lincoln school. A committee will be appointed by President E. A. Rhoten, this committee to make an Investiga tion as to plans for providing a large glass of milk to each child at the school. It is understood that creamery firms will be asked to cooperate in the proposed task. Officers of the South Salem Parent-Tfeacher association were last night named as follows: president, E. A. Rhoten; first vice president, T. M. Hicks; second vice-president, LaMoine R. Clark; treasurer, Mrs. Julia Iverson; chairwoman of publicity, Mrs. Olive Harbison. Uniform Plan Adopted at Meeting in Roseburg Salem Represented ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. 21. A uniform plan for the control of municipal automobile camp grounds was drawn today by a committee representing eight of the leading cities of the state. Delegates were present from Port land, Salem. Oregon City, Albany Grants Pass, Ashland and Med- ford. S. C. Pier, park commis sioner of Portland, was elected permanent chairman. All the delegates but one favored a small charge for the use of the camp grounds and advocated a revised and uniform system of control. Legion Commanders .Vote to Make Soldier Census At the meeting ot American Legion commanders held recently at Albany at which 17 posts was represented, it was voted to carry out the wishes of the national American Legion headquarters and take a census of all ex-soldiers in Marion, Polk, Linn, Lane and Benton counties. This will be dene first by taking a record of members of the Ameii can Legion, and then, through them, other ex-service men, by means of .the qnestionairre. Ef forts will be made to secure a complete record of every man who was in the service. The national campaign is expected to secure the record of 6,000,000 ex-service men. MILK ID AUEHDE Oil CAMP PAIS COLLAPSE OF RO CAUSES DEATH OF 34, AT NORFOLK, VA. NORFOLK, Vn.. Feb. -Thirty-four men were killed, eight wtt e injured seriously- and three were uninjured or only slightly bruised when the giant army airship Roma with her crew and a number of civilians, totalling 45 in all plunged today from a thousand feet or more in the air to the ground at the Hampton Roads naval base. The accident presumably was caused by a broken rudder and as the huge dirigible plunged to earth it capsized across a high tension electric line, bursting into a roaring furnace of blazing hydrogen gas. . . ' Ixmg after, dark tonight, many hours after her fall, the ship was still in flames from end to end of, her 410-foot mass. The fire fed on the million cubic feet of gas which had disv tended the great bag for the flight and made all attempts at rescue work futile. Barely a dozen of those aboard were picked up alive and one of these died on the' way to the hospital. All who survived the fire escaped by jumping as the ship struck. The others penned in the hull of the fallen bag, were burned to death. The flames were finally brought into submission by three fire departments who fought them with chemicals. Der ricks then began picking up the wreckage which consisted of scarcely more than the aluminum framework and the six Liberty motors of the once proud Bhip of the air. Within the wreckage lay the bodies, practically all charred beyond rec ognition. But before the night had past 33 bodies had been removed, accounting for last of those who were known to have taken flight on the fatal voyage.. I CASUALTY LIST OF i THE ROMA WRECK I ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. An official list of the survivors, dead and missing In the Roma disaster, was received from Langley - field by the army air service tonight. The addresses, however, in most cases, were unavailable. The list follows: Identified dead: First Lieutenant William E. Riley, 256 East 86th street, New York. Survivors: Captain Walter J. Reed, Scars dale. N. Y. . ' Major John D. Reardon, Wash ington, D. C. First Lieutenant Clarence H. Welch, Papplllon, Neb. Lieutenant B. G. Burt, Pilot, slightly injured. Sergeant Harry A. Chapman. Sergeant Vlrden E. Peek, Terre Haute, Ind. (uninjured.) Sergeant Joseph M. Biedenbach. Akron, O. Corporal Flores. Charles Dworack, McCook field, Dayton, O. Ray Hurley, of the national ad visory committee on aeronoutlcs (Uninjured.) . Walter A. McNalr, of the bu reau of standards, Washington. O. C. Missing: Major John G. Thornell. Major Walter W. Vautsmelr. Captain Dale Mabry. Captain George D. Watts. Captain Allen P. McFarland. Captain D: Durschmldt. J-'irst Lieutenant J. R. HalL First Lieutenant C. Burns. First Lieutenant Clifford E. Fmythe. First Lieutenant Wallace C. Cummlngs. First Lieutenant Ambrose V. Clinton. First Lieutenant Harold HSne. Master Sergeant McNally. Master Sergeant Murray. Master Sergeant Gardy Sergeant Harris. Sergeant Hlllyard. Sergeant Beal. Sergeant Yarborough. Sergeant Ryan Sergeant Huffman. Sergeant Schumaker. Sergeant Holmes. Sergeant Heveron. Private Kingston. Private Blakely. Private Thompson. Private Hill. Civilians (all said to be from McCook field. Dayton. Ohio): Stryker. Hanson. I OTanghlin. Merriman. Schulenberger. A. C. Libby Dies As Result of Injuries Word was received la;t night of the death of A. C. Libby at Jef ferson Tuesday even log at 8 o'clock. Death is said to have been due to Injuries received about a month' ago when he was run into by a train near the mill on the Scio road. He itf survived by a wife end three children. As yet no funeral arrangements have been made. Mr. Libby' was .well known throughout Marion county, having served several terms in the legislature as representative. , - , . --! . ' - 1 - Radder In Loosened ' Accounts of survivors and eye witnesses, as to what had happen ed appeared to agree tonight that the huge kite-like structure ot the stern rudder, itself as large as a bombing plan, had slipped . to one side as the Roma drove along a thousand feet above tha army base. . She was making a trial flight with a new battery ot Liberty motors. They were Installed to replace Italian engines brought with her from Italy. , . It was just before two o'clock when those below at the army base at Hampton Roads,' had their attention caught by the ap proaching thunder of the six mo tors and looked up to see the Roma dip from her straight flight They agreed that the " rnddei seemed to have slipped bodilj down and to one side. Makes Some Dive The ship nosed steeply down as she ciiT'i closer and It waa seen that he crew were hurling out sand bail ait from the ports In the fragile fabric that formed the covering of the space between her keel and back, the living and operating quarters of the - ship. The dipping blunt nose of the bag did not respond. On the sbip came, unchecked in bef glide earthward, head first Her com mander could not force her the few hundred feet that would have dropped her into the waters of the bay and comparative safety for her people. Below ran the high doable wires of the high power electric line. It carried a 2,300 volt Cur rent. The Roma's nose, showed with its aluminum guard, sank into the wires, broke them aa the ship flattened to earth and rolled over, and the next moment came the noise of an explosion. Flames burst out along the hull space. There was r rush of men to ' the rescue from the army post and the navy base beyond. Many Make Leap Just as the Roma neared the wires two men were seen to leap from high up in her slanting haU. As the stricken, flaming monster writhed in her first death agony, ten more dropped from doors or ports through holes they tore In the fabric sides that enclosed them. Some leaped from the platform where the engines stood far out from the hull. t So fierce was the flare of the gas flame that rescuers were driv en back before Its terrific beat They watched helplessly, as the great eighty-foot bag shriveled in the blaxe of the liberated gas. The Roma was a wall ot flame a city block long and until the thousands of gallons of ehemicals and water had checked the blaxe. It was Im possible to check the , men .man gled and dead In the fiery furnace. No Lists Carried The ship left no passenger Hit behind her when she set ont for a brief trial run from Laagley. She is known to have carried many officers and men as passen gers, however, in addition to her operating crew. As she rose from the field, her commander leaned out to signal that he had 44 per sons aboard. It is believed he did not include one civilian on the ship and that she actually carried H-ir i ' Officers who knew personally many of the officers and enlisted men, were unable to identify a single one of the victims, so badly charred was each and virtually cooked to death in the mass ot wreckage when the explosion and flames encompassed them. , " Three Are Uninjured Only those In the forward com- Continued on page 4). i T