U Avaraga (or t'abrsary 1822 i Ur ly j75 . Daily asd Sunday 5381 Ararat for sis kootbt ending January 31. 1923 . ,. 1 Sunday anly ,, , . n .Daily nt Sunday .., Tha Statesman receives tha leased wlra - report of the Associated Press; tha imtMt and most re liable press association la tat world. BEVENTY-FIRST YEAB SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS LA WOT K3 AKV A - i 4 v f 4 .Vv ; 4-1 3. I. J . v--.; at . 1 v i f IS si1 7 I S No Reservations or Amend ments Prevail .and .Mar gin of Seven Over Neces sary Two-Thirds Results. FOUR-POWER PACIFIC UNOEPPEBATE TODAY First Speeches in Predicted Bitter. Debate Will Bel i - Heard Today M r WASHINGTON, March 1 Tak ing Us first ratification roll call on the series of International covenants negotiated, at the arms conference, the senate ratified 'Without reservation or amend ment the treaty with Japan con finding American cable and radio rights on the island of Yap. The final vote was 67 to 22, a margin of sevens over the neces sary two-thirds. The 32 Demo crats present divided 13 for rati fication and 19 against. Only three Republicans voted In the .negative.'.-;: . - (. . . Debate Befcins Today As soon as the Teaults had been announced, the four-power Pacific treaty,-the pivotal agreement tof the -arms conference series, was ' brought before the senate for ac tion. ; The prolonged and bitterly fought debate which is expected to precede a vote on it will be be gun tomorrow. J ' ! ' Ratification Of the Tap treaty . followed an allrday battle, over reservations ana tmendments, in which dissatisfied senators on the Democratic side. Joined by a few Republicans. sought uhccessf uU lo attach qualifications to the rat ification resolution. A half dozen proposals, all presented by Dem ocratic senators,' were voted down successively by overwhelming ma jorities. , Non-interference Policy , " The reservationists made their , principal fight and reached the ' hlgh water mark of their strength - in favor of an amendment which .would have .declared that the ' United States should be the sole ' Judg as. to whether American ra dio development on Yap is war- . ranted.';, Under the "treaty no American plant is to be installed there las long as Japan maintains one "ad equate" to meet the situation, but proponents of the amendment'sr . gued that - a controversy might -arise over the question whether , Japanese) facilities are adequate. On the roll call, 29 votes, includ : lng? those of .. tour ; Republicans, were-mustered .for the proposal, i whiej .5 4 senators. Including five Democrats voted against it. ;.-; United State lodge j . in opposing the radio amend ment, Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, the Republican leader, and Senator - Underwood,' Alabama, leader of the Democrats, both of whom were members of the Amer ican arms conference delegation! declared that under the treaty it self this government would Judge exclusively in any controversy over the efficiency of the service rendered. They added that to at tach either reservations or amend ments would require . that the -long standing 'Yap problem be re opened to negotiation. . Senator Pittman, Democrat. Ne vada who introduced the amend ,ment, also presented it later in the form of a reservation and It was rejected 28 to 58. A further reservation proposed by him to declare that existing treaty rights would not be abridged under the Yap covenenting, was voted down 28 to 58, and several others of fered, by him and Senator JKng. Democrat, Utah, were, lost on a Viva voce vote. , ? ' 'Leaders of the ' various senate element disagreed as to the alg nltlcance of . today's action with regard to h four-power and oth er treaties awaiting senate action. The administration managers de clared that on subseauent ratifi cation roll calls they expected to lose "very fewVof the votes they commanded today while the "ir- reconcilables" predicted that at least seven and probably more who voted for.' the Yap treaty or were not present, would voto against the four-power, pact. ' ' i r ml " J , , MXZK, KILLS 10 DETROIT, March 1. Bootleg Minor wa responsible for ' 19 deaths In Detroit daring the four weeks endipg , yesterday, accord ing to a report of, the coroner's office, made public today. THE WEATHER Oregon: Thursday, rain west: fair east portion; ' moderate" to fresh wlndst mostly southeasterly. EiTlTE BONUS WILL BRING BETTER CONDITION 1R. KOZER THINKS First Dozen to Receive Bonus Warrants Edmund Vaneenco, 126 North Sixth street, Portland - $225.00 Arthur Otis Shear, 225 Salmon street, Portland, $225.00 Herman Albert Gix, Scotts Mills $375.00 Daniel ' W. Tarpley, 739 North Liberty street, Salem .:.: . . ... $270.00 Harry William Pape, 642 Colorado avenue. Bend, $150.00 William Johnston Farmer, 744 Belmont street, :' f; Portland .... :.......i:..J..: . $270.85 Thomas Clark, 1314 Union avenue, south, " - "Portland ...1.. ...$300.00 Melvin LeRoy Hanks, 1490 Williams avenue, Portland j;:.a......;.. $435.00 Bert1 James Martin, B,eaverton.... $420.00 Olin B. Clark, 61 East Twenty-Sixth street, -- Portland i.J:.I:. i.,. 240.00 Chester R. ; Perchette, Wapinitia:.;.:....:. ,$345.00 Ottb Hinrich Meiners, 464 East Couch street, y ' ; Portlancl .... ........ $360.00 With the issuing today of of Oregon under the bonus and retary of state, issued a statement in which he predicts an immediate general improvement in conditions throughout the state "as a result of the The aggregate amount represented by the 3210 warrants issued today is $805,879.29. The distribution by counties of the first warrants is a follows: f Baker county, 48; Benton, 99; Columbia, 62; Coos, 72; Crook, 9; Curry, 2; Deschutes, 17; Douglas, 100; Gilliam, 8; Grant, 18; Harney, 1; Hood River. 34; Jackson, 110: Josephine, 48: Jefferson, 4; Klam ath, 40; Lake, 7; Lane, 224; Lincoln, 23; Linn, 130; Mal heur, 9; Marion, 258; Morrow, 18; Multnomah, 1038; Polk, 96 ; Sherman, 7 ; Tillamook, . 67 ; Umatilla, 53 ; union, 41 ; Wallowa, 20 rWasco; 40 r Washington, 123; Wheeler, 9; Yam hill, 84. Temporarily residing outside of -Oregon, 57. "The fact that some of this money goes Into every county of the state and that the bonus dis bursements average a little over $251 each will tend to Improve conditions in every part of Oregon, as this money Is derived from the sale of bonds and nas been brought into the state, and, therefore adds just to that ex tent to our financial resources," said Mr. Kozer. "Under the law providing for the payment, of the bonus and the . LOS ANGELES, March 1. Obenchain, charged with the was again halted by illness DEAD. MAN'S ft DESCRIBES until next Monday, when the last of the state's witnesses will be examined. This witness, Mrs. r,Mary A. Bailiff, is suf fering from influenza and will not be able to leave her home until the end of the week at Attorneys in the case will to argue motions by the defense to strike out certain por tions of the state's testimony. Mrs. J. D. Kennedy, mother of the slain man, was the last wit ness today, her testimony relat ing to efforts she said she had made to break up the intimacy she declared existed for about five years between her son and Mrs. .Obenchain.' Mrs. Kennedy. garbed In black, talked in a low monotone and did not bo . much as glance towards the defendant. In referring to Mrs. Obenchain, LOS ANGELES, March 1. The arrest of a seventh man, as a re sult of disclosures made here yes terday by Mrs. John Hupp, in con nection kwith the murder of Wil liam Desmond Tayloj, film direc tor, a month ago was predicted to night by officers assigned to the case.-;-- , The arrest, i If effected would bring into custody a motion pic ture actor 'or some " prominence, who was believed to have been 1ft the - confidence ' of ' peddlers of drug and liquor, the officers said. They declined to make his name 3210 checks to ex-service men loan act, Sam A. Kozer, sec distribution of the money.'' j ? - ; -;; 48: Clackamas. 185; Clatsop, making, of loans to ex-servic-3 men in amounts not in excess of $3000. the. World war veterans' state aid commission, consisting of the gov ernor, secretary of state, adjutant general and two citizens appoint ed by the governor, determine the claims of the ex-serylce men fr either the bonus or farm or home loan, as they may "elect. . These claims are then transmitted to the secretary, of state, for,, audit and (Continued on page 3) v I A CfiPI, mmrnm The trial of Mrs. Madalynrie murder ' bt ;J. "Helton: Kennedy today, the jury being "excused least, it was announced. 1 come to "court; Friday morning Mrs. Kennedy used the term, "this woman," several times. Phone Calls Remembered Mrs. Kennedy said Mrs. Oben chain called Helton on the tele phone several times within a few weeks of her marriage to Ralph It. Obenchain, in January. 1919. The mother intercepted one of these ca!s. (Continued on page 8) rublic prior to the actual arrest Mabrl Xormanri Quizzed It was aqnotmcrd tonight that Mabel Kormand, ,tilm actress, one of the last to see Taylor alive, bad been rcquestioned today by Le tective Sergeant Herman Cllne, head of the police homicide squad at the request of Thomas L?e Woolwine, district attorney. It was stated Miss Norma nd was an able to give the officer any new information on the mystery. When the actress learned the officials wished to question her (Continued on page 8) emu GUSH FEATURE S TARGET IN BONUS DEBATE New Plan Would Enable Ser vice Men to Obtain Funds from Banks on. Adjusted Certificates. DRAFT ON TREASURY MAY BE ELIMINATED I Sub-Committee Appointed Spend Week or More Considering Proposal WASHINGTON. March 1 Elimination of the cash feature 4t the soldiers bonus bill, but under a plan which would enable former service men to obtain funds from banv on adjustad service certifi cates immediately after they were issued, is under considers -on by majority members of the house ways and means committee as a possible, solution of the ; bonus problem. A . This would make "unnecessary any heavy draft on the federal treasury .during ' the next two years while the refunding of the $6,500,000,000 abort dated debt is in progress and. it was said, wouid remove the fundamental cause of the differences in congress, and between the administration and congress, 6Ver the bonus question. Sub-committee (let Tnsk The task of working out the plan was assigned today to a sn cial sub-committee which was ap pointed by what was described, as "Unanimous consent" after the majority members had failed to agree on any method of financing, the cash payments which it had been planned should be spread! over a period of two and one-half years from next October. 1. - The sub-committee which had its first meeting late today, It is under stood, plans to call on Secretary Mellon and possibly members of the federal reserve board for a discussion of the whole proposal Emphasizing that the suggest ed plan was only in tha "Incuba tion'r stage.' Representative Lons worth,; of Qhio, a member . ot sub-commHtee,. said t probably would be a week or more before the sub-committee had completed Us work. .Whatever program . is agreed upon must be submitted to the other majority members , for decision and it appeared probable that it would be at least a month berore. tho bill would be ready for the house. ' '' 1 ". llan Jfeld Attractive Committee members said it was not prpposed to Change the vocational, .training, farm and homo, aid and land settlement fea ture? of .the Pordney bill. Some of . them thought, however, ': that Jthe certificate, feature would be so attractive that a great majority ot the men would select that, option of the bill. ,.. " ,,. .Under! the plan ' contemplated, the face value of the adjusted ser vice .certificate would be equal to th, sum of the adjusted service pay or the veteran (11 a dav for domestic service' and $1.2$ 'a day tor foreign service, less the 60 bonus paid at, the time of dis charge), increased by .40 per cfnt. plus interest thereon for 20 years ai me rate or 4 per cent per year, compounded annually. The total face valuo would approxi mately be 3.38 times the amount of cash that a veteran would have received under thn cash feature. r.ovemmcnt Carries Loan Immediately after 'the certifi cate was received the service man could obtain from a bank an amount equal to 50 per cent of the total of the adjusted service Pay. If at the exoiratlon of three years the sum thus obtain ed plus interest had not been paid ny me -service man. the bank could make demand on federal treasury for the amount due. The government thus would take over ana carry the loan. Hardlnir Mar Anm-ove Provisions respecting loans to oe made to the eovernment on the certificates after three ysars rrom their Issue would be re tained in the bill, it was said Under these provisions, if the loan were made, within from three to five years after issue, the amount could not exceed 90 per cent of the sum or the adjusted service pay. plus interest, from the date of Isfup at a rate nf 4i per cent compounded annually. If the loan were made after five years, the amount could not oxreed R0 r" cent of the sum of the adjusted service pay Increased by 46 per cent plus interest from the date of issue at the rate of 4H per cent compounded annually. Representative Longworth said that the suggested plan, it it cquld be put into workable form. (Continued on page 8) OLCOTT APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE EFFICIENCY OF CABINET ADMINISTRATION Board Headed by T. B. Kay Time for 'Consideration of Next Legislature in Whether Oregon Shall Follow Illinois Scheme is Ques tion That Will be Decided Governor Olcott announced yesterday that he is appoint ing an honorary committee of prominent citizens to investi gate with what success the so-called "cabinet" form of gov ernment has been met in states where it has been estab- ished, and to make a report to the next legislature. Members of the committee are : T. B. Kay, chairman, Salem, for two terms state treasur er, several terms in the legislature both in the senate and the house, and president of the Frank J. Miller, Albany, former member of public service commission, former member the Albany Iron works. A. J. Johnson, Corvallis, president of Benton County State bank, former member of legislature and chairman of consol idation and efficiency commission created by the 1917 legis- ature. Judge Charles H. Carey, Portland, a leading attorney. F. I. Dunbar, Astoria, prominent attorney and former secretary of state for Oregon In 1917 the legislature provid ed for a committee known as the consolidation and efficiency com mission for the purpose of pre senting to the succeeding legis lature a concrete plan for con solidation and i elimination of boards and commissions. This committee hired an expert inves tigator from Illinois, wha had assisted in establishing the cab inet form of government in that state. After a series of hearings and investigations the committee suggested a report in published form which embodied all of the essential details of the Illinois plan, as applicable to conditions in Oregon. The committee also presented a scies of bills to the 1919 legislature, but that legis- ature defeated all of the propos als emanating from the commit tee. Illinois Plan Copied Since the adoption of the plan Illinois it has been copied in other states including Washing ton, Idaho, Nebraska, New York and others. 'Considerable difference of opinion has arisen in states where the, cabinet . form! of government has been adopted as to whether or not it Is successful in kits act ual operations," stated Governor Olcott, in announcing the ap pointment of the ;new committee. Clais have been ade on both sides in the varolus states, some to the effect that economies have been effected by the new plan, and on the other hand claims have been made that the . adoption of the plan has resulted in higher costs, larger salaries and no ma terially' Increased ' efficiency. Impartial Survey Asked "I am asking the committee I have selected to make as nearly an impartial survey as possime of the success or failure of the plan In other states so the next legislature may be intelligently Informed in that regard. If it 's discovered that the plan is a suc cess! the work of the old con solidation commission will be available for use by the incoming legislature. "I must be remembered that in Oregon a large majority of the boards and commissions are made up of unsalaried members, and and conditions in some states, such as New York and Illinois, are not altogether analagous with conditions in Oregon. But all of these various phases may be gone into by the committee I have se lected for an impartial report. (Continued on page 8) Hey. there. Fisherman! Get out the old creel, trot the old boots down to the patcher and have them waterproofed once more, gather up an armful of tackle and be ready for the first trout fishing of the vear . For it's here, now, instantly, has been here all win ter, and nobody i knew it. or at least said a word of Us presence. But you need to watch out where you fish; for the! law. though it has a broken leg. is still watching you. ' i A letter from the state game warden to Hauser ; Brothers at Eugene, on the quctUon ot trout VHILLAWIETTE IS TIDEWATER AND will Report to Executive to his office for submission Thomas B. Kay Woolen mills. of legislature and president of for eight years'. VALLEY IS SHORT I FAIL OF Precipitation During Febru ary only 4,33 Inches, Records Show With a precipitation of only 4.33 inches of rainfall in Salem during the month of February, it may be said that so far this year, this part of the valley is rather short on rainfall. Since the year 1890, the heav iest rainfall in western Oregon on tho average, was 15.96 inches. That was in 1904. In 1902, the average February rainfall in the western part of the state was 13.1 inches. In 1909, when it rained for more than 40 days and 40 nights during the months of February and March, the February precipi tation was 11.9 inches for average in the western part of the state. February of 1921 the average was 8.16 " inches. February of 1920 had less rainfall than any Febru ary since records have been taken In Oregon, dating back to 1890. CASKET OX AIRSHIP ARKANSAS CITY, Kas.. March 1. Conveying a casket by air plane from -this city to Maple City 20 miles fast of here, a local un dertaker today conducted a fun eral service delayed because country roads were impassable from tho snow drifts. XO PROGRESS WASHINGTON, March 1. Lit tle progress was made in congTess today by committees engaged i" the consideration of proposals from private enterprises for th completion, operation, lease and purchase of the government's pro jects at Muscle Shoals. RLETHEX TO MARRY SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. Joseph Blethen. former publisher of the ?eattle Times, will be mar ried here tomorrow to Mrs. Flor ence Davidson Gilbert of Cleve land, Ohio. The Blethens expect to make their home in San Francisco. FISHING ALWAYS LEGAL fishing in the Willamette river, seems to say that at present the bars are down and stolen and there never were any bars or fence to keep a man from trout-fishing in the Willamette at any time of the year. Take your' tackle and fish right under the noses of the game wardens, shout In their ears and clean the fish right over their back yard fence and don't give them a single fin and they can't touch you. The fish law of 1921, it ap pears, was intended to allow fish (Continued on page) WALLA WALLA WARDEN OUT, HART THERE Announcement Made by John W. Pace that Head of State Prison Has Resigned WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Marchv 1. Resignation of William O. Potts, as warden of the state pris on 4s on file at Olympia. Wash John W. Pace, incoming director of the stat department of busi ness control, department of the Btate announced tonight. He declined further comment. Governor Hart, wH arrived to day will remain until tomorrow. WThen asked If a successor to Mr. Potts has been named, Mr. Pace said: "No. One has not even been thought of." Governor Hart also confirmed reports that Mr. Potts resigna tion has been handed In. but said he had nothing, to say for publi cation. MUSED Involuntary Manslaughter is Charged Against Trouble-5 some Sect in Idaho ; LEWISTON. Idaho, March 1. While two dozen othrj con verts to their faith held a vocifer ous prayer meeting in an adjoin lng room. A. A. Hanson and Wal ter Shaw, members of a religious sect known as the "Holy Roll'srs" were arraigned for preliminary examination on a charge of In voluntary manslaughter in the just'ee court here today. The charge against Hanson and Shaw came through investigations conducted by the Idaho state de partment of law enforcement fol lowing the death of Mrs. Mattie Shaw, wife of the defendant at a home for healing called "head quarters of the inner circle of Jesus Christ," maintained at Cul desaca, about 25 miles from here. Mrs. Shaw died Septem ber 27. 1921." Hanson and Shaw were arrested February 20, 19S2. Five witnesses were examined for the state. No evidence was offered by the defense. The testimony brought"ontthat in September, 1920, -Mrs. Shaw was known to be suffering from a tumor and was advised by a physician to have an operation. Shaw objected to the operation on account of the cost, and he and Hanson Dersuaded Mm h tn Kgo to the "headquarters' for treatment, representing that she could be healed without an oper ation. Here she was treated by annointing her body with oil and having the affected .parts beaten by hands for 20 minutes each day. fehe became too weak to take part in the strenuous devotional services of the sect, which some times continued for six hours without interruption, and Includ ed prostrations on the floor and frenzied shouting. Hanson and Shaw were held under J10.000 bonds each to ap pear for trial, before the district court, the date not being set. Former Legislator is Victim of Heart Failure WALLA WALLA, Wash., Mar. 1.- Lou Hodgen, age 51, promi nent Athena Ore., banker and rancher and four years ago Oro gon representative from his dis trict, dropped dead on the street in front of a local hotel today. Mr. Hodgen had driven to Wai la WTalla yesterday by automobile making the trip alone. Heart trouble was said to have been the cause of his death. He leaves a widow and five children. TEXAS HAS 8XOW BROWNSVILLE. Tex., March 1 Flurriies of snow, the second in nearly So years, were reported from the eastern part of Hidalgo county in th cold wave which drove the temperature in the low er Rio Grande valley from 87 de grees yesterday to 33 today. Citrus was said to ha safe be' cause of the rain which accom panied the storm. - unties DlLlfff; J1Y ILL DECIDE Judge Mack Declares That Either Miss Pickford cr Mrs. Wilkenning Deliber ately Lied on Stand. VERDICT IS SEALED, ANNOUNCED TODAY Galoots Are Tickled When Actress Addresses Fair banks as "Dear" NEW YORK, March 1. Federal Judge Mack reached the conclusion today that either Mary Pickford or Mrs. Cora W. Wilkenning, who sued the cinema actress for $108,000, had deliberately lied, and he left it to a jury to decide which one was guilty. : The jury returned its de cision this afternoon, but, as Judge Mack had gone home, the verdict was sealed and the question of veracity will not be publicly settled until to morrow. :' The lie, according to the judge, rested in'' the conflict ing stories of the methods Mary used back in 1916 to get Adolph Zukor to raise her sal ary, from $4,000 a week to $10,000.: . I.;, f h f Mrs Wilkenning, j whose business is that of locating jobs and ! better salaries for people who live by amusing; others, claimed that it was she who persuaded Mr. Zukor to fatten Mary s income. She said the screen star came to her and - told about hearing that Charlie Chaplin was making a million dollars a a a year, ana sne tnougnt ner curls and her pout were worth just as much as the corneal- an s derDy ana snunie, or words to that effect. According to Mrs. Wilkennlng't story, it was agreed that she should sally forth and get other producers to bid for Mary'a ser vice which would force Zukor to raise the ante, and then she would get .10 per 'cent commission cn the new contract. Thus she claim ed $108,000 as her commission and xtra charges, because Mary got $10,000 a week contract run ning for two years. " Mother Trstlfle Mary 'who was In", the . court room today with her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, land her moth er, flatly denied -Mra. Wllkeo nings accusations. Her lawyer told the Jury that Mary was sucn. a good actress that producer came around to her with tempting contracts and that It was Hly, to think she would have to f around looking for a Job. U Mary's mother testified yester day that Mrs. Wllkennlns; didn't have a thing to do with the con tract, but wanted it signed in her office because it would lend her prestige. Today Mrs. Wllken ning's lawyer told what ,t thought about Mary' mother and -Mrs. Pickford almost cried. Bat she smiled again When Mary kiss ed her and told her to brace up and show her "Irish" sense ot fco- mor. Bis; Crowd on Hand ft "This Interview between the plaintiff and the defendant, either took place or it did not tako place." said Judge Mack, address ing the jury. "One or ne otner has deliberately lied. . It cannot be a mere figment of , Imagina tion." : ; ' Then he told the Jury that, If they fonnd Mary had been the one who slipped from .the path of truth, they could award Mrs. Wil kenning any nm op to $108,099. A crowd loafed all day In the corridor outside the courtroom to catch a glimpse of Mary and Douglas. When the screen Vara departed after the judge had charged the Jury, these movie fan formed an unsolicited escort down the stairs to a waiting: auto mobile. , - - s Crowd Tickled J 1 Douglaa waa so busy kUppinr on a great coat that he almost lost Mary in the mob oft autotroph bounds, stenographers, clerks, star gazers and unclassified mor tals who surrounded her, (Continued on page S) V