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. cracuumow -l v.;"!- Avsrtra for 1'ebraary -1S2S ' '-: 8an4T ' only . Tha Statesman receives tat lease wire: report of the Associated Press, the greatest end most re liable press association la thf Diljr m1 Sunday .5381 Ararat tor tix Math endiaff Jaaaary . si. lwa Bubut nir mn Daily aad Sunday -5I0S SEVENTY-FIRST YEAB SALEM; OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1922 "PRICE: FIVE CENTS fl rui ST rui DC3 LTU SB Compromise Bonus Plan Pro vides; for Cash J Payment to Men WJio Served Less Than Fifty Days. , PROPOSAL WOULD GIVE LOANS ON. CERTIFICATE ' i Effort, Is Made; to. .Aid Ve erans Without Making Drain on Treasury WASHINGTON. " March 2. A compromise sold tare' , bonus plain under -which the cash feature would ' be-' eliminated 5 where ' the former serrice men would be en titled to more than $50 adjusted serrice pay, was agreed upon to- ly, by a special sub-committee oi the Republican - members of the Juouse ways and means commit- too r ,rr -.- la the nature of a substitute for the -. discarded cash feature there, would be added to the ad - justed, serrice certificate title's prorlaion which would enable the men selecting; the sertiflcate op ' tloa' to obtain Immediately from .banks a loan equal to one-half ' of the ; adjusted serrice pay - to ' which they would be entitled oh the basis of l a day for domestic serrice and $1.25 a day for over v .teas serrice. ; A' 1 I ..Hpe. foAcceptaocr(':;Vi In announcing the compromise , agreement. Chairman ( Fordney ( sald.lt probably would be a ; week . creiore au aetaiis or tne loan pro rialoa could be, worked out and . the original bill amended, to con form to it,:.,:' He i. expressed thfe - opinion that this , plan would- be so , well received by. house 'mem- bers generally, that it. would nok be necessary to submit the ne 1111 to a party conference, thus speeding; up the time of Its sub mission to the house. For the first " time since the ways and . means majority beran consideration Of the bonus prob . lem, an official statement of what - happened .behind the closed doors was issued. ; '; "'"; i'-vl a . Plan Summarized " , ' ' 1 Chairman Fordney and other committeemen said they, believed the ' new plan would meet with general faror, in and out of eon , gress, tor three reasons, . They 1 were summarized as. follows, in a formal statement Issued by Bep- , reeentatlve Green, of Iowa, rank ing. Republican on the commit tee:. , U r. A---r-yyl "One, the needy veteran can obtain money as soon as his cer tificate Is issued and in greater amount than is provided by hte v cash plan of the original bill. Two. No large drafts to be made ' on the treasury until the expiration of three years. , U "Three. No new taxes requir ed. r !".-;v; -A r -t :A ' Word went around house mem bers that the- compromise: plan was acceptable, both to President Harding and to officers of the American legion, and late In' the day after there had been Informal exchanges of views among mem bers la cloacxroomi and corridors It was said - that: apparently strong sentiment in iayor oi m new proposal' was developing. ; ; Little Opposition Expected ,! Representative Garner of Texas, the ranking Deocrat of the ways and -means committee., ; said that - while there probably would be some opposition from the Demo cratic side, it was his opinion that a majority of the Democrats (Continued on page ) '' A " . f '' . ... K " LOS ANGELES,' March 2. A - sudden change in -the attitude of the police toward j the 4 six men arrested here - Tuesday on ovl dence tending to connect them with the murder of William Des mond Taylor, film director; took place tonlgbti After announce ment today by Detective Sergeant Herman Cllne, head ot the homi cide squad, that the police depart ment was convinced the men had ad - connection with - the Taylor murdfrr, the i official statement was made tonight that - the men would be subjected to still anoth er grilling, . . GIRL 17 9 1 0 9 HURT WHEW Ml FIRES PORTLAND Or., March 2. Miss WiUamine Foi let; 17 l a member of the. SL Stephens pro-cathedral choir, was shot and seriously wounded tonight at the church by a, masked man who, entered while the choir was ' practicing, ordered its members to put up their hands and then fired without waiting for them to do it The man fled the buudtng and escaped At the hospital where she Fuller had been shot in the abdomen and that the wound might prove fatal. Members of the choir who were in the church when the shooting occurred were of the opinion that a holdup had been attempted and that the highwayman had fired KctdentaUy or through nervousness. The shot, h they said, followed almost immediately open his, command "Hands were able to describe the man in detail, but all agreed that he wore a white handkerchief as a mask. Choir la Rehearsal Under the leadership of Carl Denton, choir master,' the songs for next Sunday's serrices were being rehearsed. The strains of the communion service were dy ing : away-' when the door to . the practice room opened and a slignt boy or man, wearing a dirty white handkerchief orer the lower part of his face,, stepped , inside. He wore an Inconspicuous green cap, a gray overcoat and seemed to e nervous. . .'Put np your hands,, he com manded, according to a version given by Miss Mabel McClay, who sat. nat to, Miss Fuller., Gunman Takes Hat ; "I thought it was a joke, said Mlas McClay. "The absurdity of the situation struck us all and we German and ' Swiss Beer Makersold Secret Con clave to Save Europe BERLIN, March 2. (By the Associated Press) Minutes which have just been published here of a recent secret convention of Ger man and Swiss brewers disclose that the brewers admitted today they feared prohibition would sweep Europe.5 . It was decided at the conven tion to Immediately send a repre sentative of the brewers, Dr. Neumann, to the United States to study the effects of prohibition there and to start a campaign in the newspapers of Europe. ; Dr. Rettery.' president of . the Swiss anti-Prohibition associa tlon, asserted that It was neces sary for the brewery interests of the world to unite in a campaign against the anti-alcohol move ment, and particularly to fight together against the antagonists of beer. " The newspaper advertisements, he added, must represent the riewpotnt of the users of the bevr erage and not overestimate the beneficial effects of alcohol, lest there should be a reaction against these brewing Interests. THE WEATHER ..,: Rain west, rain or snow easl portion, warmer east portion, fresh southerly winds. ".What new information reached the detectives to account for this change was not made public, but It was stated that in connection with the additional questkmintji search would bevcontinued for the seventh man, said to be a motion nictura actor of some orominence. fThe arrests, of the six and th Dossible arrest of . the " seventh man were the results of lnforma tioa given the police by Mrsw-John Rudd. housekeeoer for the men now In custody, that two ot tbe men, in, her prence. bad m4de threats against the directors J'ie BREWERS FEAR ! DRY EPIDEMIC 5 BADLY ON was taken it was said Miss up." None of those present did not make a more to comply with his orders. Then his revol ver. a small black one, spat to ward us. he pieked up a hat, be longing. to .one of the men in the choir and fled. . "We still thought some one had played a practical joke, on us tor a moment. Willamen'c. sitting next to me, slumped In her chair, clasped- her hands to, her body and said:. "I'm hurt. I'm hurt. Situation Berealed "Not until she took her hands away, and I saw blood, on them, did the reality come home to me. The men carried, Wljlamene to a table In tha rear :, of the room, room, where we made her as comfortable as we could, while some one went to a telephone and called the police. " EXALTED RULED Annual Election of Salem Lodge of Elks Part of Program Last Night At the annual election held last night of Salem lodge No . 336, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the following officers were chosen: D. G. Drager, exalted ruler; E. Mux Pare, esteemed leading knirht: W. I. Need ham, esteemed loyal knight; Karl Hinges, es teemed lecturing knight; Harry Wiedmer, secretary; Roy Burton, treasurer: E. W. Hazard, trustee for three years; A. L. Fraser, ty- ler; Dr. R. D. Byra, represeuw tive to grand lodge; Charles R Archerd, alternate representa- tive. Mr WlArlmor 1K elected for the . seventh consecutive time as sec rotary. Mr. Drager was ad vanced from esteemed leading knight's chair to the high oliice of exalted ruler. E. M. Page and W. I. Needham were each ad vaiiMii (n nnnfflct hlffher than that they occupied the last year. hv virtue of havlnr been exalt ed ruler the past year. Dr. Byrd becomes the representative of the lodge at the annual sssion ot the crand lodce to be held this year In July at Atlantic City. Mr. Hazard waa reelected trus tee for three years. Mr. Fraser was also reelected to serve as ti ler. The offices of chaulain abd a quire are appointive and will be named bv Draarer when 1 ne as sumes his duties of exalted rul er. Mr. Drager is at present in Mexico, visiting: the island ot Pal ml to del Verde. ' The installation of officers elected last night will take place at the lodge room on the evening of Thursday, . April 6. Storm Warnings Posted at Oregon Coast Stations PORTLAND, Ore., March 2. A 48 mile gale at North Head today followed posting southwest storm warnings at all weather stations along the '.Oregon, and Washington ;, coast, ; except at Marshfield. -f Rain, and warmer weather were forecast for tonight and . tomor row by the bureau. I f : HOOVER HCNORED' .WARSAW, 1 March z. (By tAe Associated -PreSe) The Polk diet voted Herbert Hoover a lop orary citisen ot Poland '- at )ts opening' rcen last nignu n CHOIR GROWERS W II UNIT POOL National Wheat Growers at Denver Are in Favor . of Forming Federated Body For Sales. ' PRODUCERS' GROUPS OF MANY STATES PRESENT Cooperative Organizations Lay Aside Quarrels and Seek Harmony DENVER. March- 2. Plans for organizing a national federation of wheat marketing associations on the contract noollnK basis. were adopted by a conference of stato associations, covering prac tically the entire wheat producing territory of the United States at a meeting here today. , The new federation, to be known as The . American Wheat Growers, Associated, will be placed in operation as' soon as the middle western cooperative socie ties begin the actual selling of wheat, it was .announced., Control Export Sales Tho new organization will con sist of a board of directors, select ed by the -various state organisa tions. It is to have control of ex port sales of wheat and will co ordinate the domestic activities. arrange plans to provide finances for wheat growers who are mem bers of the organization, establish a statistical department and ad vise general operations of t2ie stata organization. 1 To Mert Soon Plans for the formation of the federation , will . be further ad- vanaced at a meeting, of the or ganizing committee in Kansas City Mo., March 9. Members of the organizing com mittee are George C. Jewett. gen eral manager ot the Northwest Wheat Growers, Associated, Port land, Ore.; W. C. Landson, repre sentative of the public, appointed to the board of the Kansas Wheat Marketing associations by the sec retary of agriculture and D. J. Mnrley, president of the Oklaho ma Wheat Growers' association. The first action ot the commit tee was to pass a resolution de claring at an end the antagonism which they declared existed be tween the United States Grain Grovers, Inc., and the Cooperative societies of the various states. Pledge Fair Play "Numerous accusations and charees as to the methods and purposes of each group hare been made by representatives and agants of the others." the resolu tion declares. "All of the associa tions herein represented most rec ognize the good faith and mgn purposes of all the various groups in organizing in associations tho grain growers of America and we pledge ourselves to conduct our respective campaigns in conformi ty with the principles of fair The resolution was signed oy J. L. Hull, director of the Nebras ka Wheat Growers association; A. B. Parish, president oi mo Colorado Wheat Growers' associa tion; D. J, Mnrley, president of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers, as sociation; W. F. . Michael, presi dent of the Kansas Wheat Grow ers' association and C. H. Hyde. J. D. Pancake. William G. Eck hardt and V. H. Smith, directors of the United States Grain Grow ers, Inc. Field Is Broad Organizations now represented the program for the national fed eration include nearly 20.000 wheat growers. In addition to t hean invitations to participate in the national organization when es tKhllftherf have' been issued to state organizations of Texas. New Mexico. North and south uaxoia and. Minnesota, which recently were formed. It is estimated that the latter organizations represent a production of 2O.000.000 bnsh els annually. The United States Grain Growers. Inc., has a mem bership producing approximately 125.00ft. 000 bushels of grain an nually, a considerable portion of which is wheat. Pool Is Formed ST PAUL. Minn. March 2. The Equity Cooperative Exchange is in favor of national organization for a 100 per cent wheat pool, as pro posed at a meeting in Denver of cooperative marketing associa tions. J. M. Anderson, president of the Equity said here tonight. ; . KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 2 Members of the Farmers'. Equity union wu,ld,4 not ; endorsees 100 per cent wheat pool la the. opin es Continued on psge f ) J. A. CHURCHILL MARRIED TO CHICAGO WOMAN WHILE IN EAST Announcement was made at the office of the state department of education yesterday of the marriage in Chicago of J. A. Church ill, Oregon superintendent of schools, to Miss Inez E. Depew of Chicago. The wedding took place yesterday.- , Mr. Churchill left for Chicago several days ago to attend a meeting of the department of superintend ents of the National Edu cation association. Church ill has been state superin tendent for Oregon for. about nine years and is again a candidate for the office. Miss Depew has been liv ing in Chicago for the last 12 years. Prior to that she lived in Oregon from early girlhood, and has taught in the rural schools of Lincoln and Lane county and also in the schools at Baker, Or. At the latter place she taught for a period of eight years wnile Mr. Churchill was city superintendent. She is a graduate of Oregon Normal school and has many acquaintances among Oregon teachers. SALEM FALLS SHORT IN Ti SUPPORT GIVEN ITS LIBRARY When it comes to spending money tor the support of city libraries, Medfofd. Portland, Ash land, La Grande and fire other cities in Oregon are more liberal than Salem. A city library should hare a budget of SI per capita, accord ing , to the figures of the Ameri can Library association, and many cities In Canada are already sup porting the'r city libraries on that basis. Medford is the most liberal city in the state, taking- into account population, as it supports its pub lic library on a basis of 97 cents per capita. Portland's budget for its library is 95 cents per capita, Ashland, 79 cents and La Grande 71 cents. Salem Is Tenth Salem ranxs tenth m the state in cities of more than 4000 pop ulation, in the support of its pub lic library, according to records compiled by Miss Cornelia Mar vin, state librarian. On the basis of the 1920 pop ulation of Salem, which is 17,629, Salem is supporting its library on a basis of' 40 cents per capita. On a basis as established by the American Library association that a city library should hare at least 30 per cent of its popula tion as borrower, Salem ranks above the average that is regard ed as satisfactory. For the de mand Is such for books from the Salem library that 42 per cent of the city's population is regis tered as borrowers. Medford Enthusiastic But Medford readers are so in terested in books that 66 per cent of the population of that city are registered as borrowers. In Pen dleton 50 per cent are registered Veteran Legislator and For mer State Treasurer Will Soon Announce T. B. Kay, former state treasu rer and member ot many sessions of the state legislature, said yes terday that he again will be a can didate for the lower house. Mr. Kay was a member of the 1921 session and the subsequent spe cial session; also of previous ses sions In the lower house, and has served several terms in the state senate. He was state treasurer tor eight years during the administrations Of Governors West and Withy combe. Wednesday he waa ap pointed, by Governor Olcott as chairman of a special committee of prominent men of the slate to investigate the feasibility of the cabinet form of state government. Mr. r Ky will file declaration of his candidacy for the legisla ture in a few days. . T. B. KAY (El RE FOR HOUSE ". C '" . J. A. CHURCH! IX i Who was married yesterday in Chicago to Miss Inez K. Depew and in Portland 43 per cent, all of which shows that Oregon peo ple living in cities of more than 4000 ane great readers, much larger than the average else where. In matter of circulation, Salem is not quite up to the standard set by the American Library associ ation, which has estimated that the number of books loaned dur ing a year by a city's library should equal 5 per cent of the population. For 1921, Salem's circulation was 4.4 per cent, and the city ranks 12th in th? state, figuring on this basis. Medford again ranks first In the state figuring on a basis of the number of books taken from its library, compared to the city's population. Medford's circulation is 11.3 per capita, while the as sociation figures that 5 per cent would be a fair showing. Portland Well Patronised Portland's city library is well patronized, as Its per capita cir culation last year was 7.9 per cent, according to records com piled by Miss Marvin. Ashland goes strong for reading, as that city has a per capita circulation of 10 per cent, compared to 8.4 per cent for The Dallas and 8.2 per cent for Marshfield. Outside of Portland. Salem has tire largest public library in the state, taking figures for the year 1921. The figures for Salem are as follows: Population, taking the 1920 census. 17.679; books In library. 16,866; circulation last year. 77,526; income. $7770. How They Stand Astoria Population, 14,027; volumes In library, 9 4 33; circula- ( Continued on page 6) STRONG PLEA National Educators at Chi cago Hear Outline of Present Situation CHICAGO, March 2. Civiliza tion in America is being held to gether by the public schools against the onslaughts of mil lions of uneducated south Euro pean immigrants, M. G. Clark ot Sioux City, la., declared at a meeting of the National Educa tion association. Mr. Clark added that pressure of present financial distress should not lead American com munities into the economic error of reducing teachers' salaries. Discussing recreation in con nection wltb the high school. W. S. Roe, " of Colorado Springs, Colo., declared that the modern type . of dancing, which he said was often barbarous, must be su pervised. Many high school prin cipals . Indicated their, opposition to -secret fraternities.. . . ; 1(1 BOYS VISIT MR, HARDING AND LIKE HIM President's Smile Dispels All Fears- Executive Clothed With New Honors NEW tORK. March 2. Presi dent Harding tonight may have the satisfaction of knowing that he passed muster after undergo ing the critical gate of five small boys who called on him in Wash ington last Monday with a peti tion from 50,000 playfellows, ask ing him to become honorary pres ident ot the Boys' Club federa tion. ! "He seemed like any other man to us." solemnly declared 15-year old . Max Eber of the East side, one of. the delegation, who re turned 'to his school desk today reflecting with satisfaction on the success of his mission. "He Is a big man. sort of stout, and he stood up all i the tlme we was there, and smiled." Confessing a slight nervous ness while sitting in the White House waiting to be ushered ' in to the president's presence, Max said: "Soon as we went in he started smiling and soon as we saw that, and he spoke to us -so nice, we got over the fears. S "When it was all over, he said to me 'Wtell, good-ble. Max, giaa I met you. And you, Wilbur, and youV and he named 'em all oft and never made a mistake. "There was other! people wait ing there that never got in to see the president," Max added im portantly. v Florence Banker Dead; V From Influenza Attack EUGENE. Or.. March! . John W. Bergman, j president of tne Lane County State ft Savings bank at Florence, Or., died today from pneumonia following an aV i&ck oi inuuenza. He was 38 years old and leaves a wtaow. Motorists, Dealers and Man ufacturers Would Rem- ( -a edy Alleged- Evils PORTLAND. Ore., March t. Motor vehicle interests of Oregon, including automobile drivers and owners, automobile merchants and automotive trade are to unite in the study of motor vehicle legis lative programs and the prepara tion of a program of legislation designed to correct some of the ills charged against the present law. I; This was decided today, here at a joint meeting of the legislative committees of the Oregon State Motor association. the Automobile Dealers', association of Portland and the Automotive Trades' asso ciation. During the meeting the three committees were organized into one Joint committee and author ized by their separate organiza tions to prepare a tentative pro pram of motor vehicle legislation designed to replace present laws. Man of 25 Gets Long Jolt in Sing Sing Cell POUGHKEEPSIE.tN. Y.. Mar. 2. Charles Hasher. 27. who pleaded guilty to having attempt ed to attack: three women, one of them an assistant professor at Vassar coltage, was sentenced to day by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser to an aggregate of 25 years in Sing Sing prison. MOTOR INTERESTS RESENT NEW LAWS NOTICE TO OUR READERS In future the Oregon Statesman carriers will collect all the s ubscription accounts. , Your newspaper boy is just starting in business for himself. This is his first effort to learn business and his success or failure depends to a considerable extent on your good will and co-operation. A' pleasant smile and a cheery word will encourage your boy and help him make a success of thM, his first venture in business life. He;wfll appreciate it and show, his good will in any way he can. . ; . - v-' STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. PACIFIC PACT IS TilET OF SFfJATF GROUP, Four-Power Treaty Is Assail ed by Minority- Leaders from Ranks of Both Major Parties. HITCHCOCK, BORAH AND FRANCE ATTACK TREATY Senator Lodge Makes Effort to Postpone Ocbate on Proposed Action WASHINGTON, March 2 Fire on the four-power Pacific treaty, was opened in the senate today from both Republican and Democratic. Quarters when it was called up for debate after ratifi cation yesterday, of the Yap treaty.--wv The debate, however, was de clared to be only s skirmish with the real fighting scheduled tor next week. , . . Declarations , against the four power treaty were delivered today by Senator Hitchcock ot Nebras ka, ranking Democrat on the for eign relations committee and Sea ators Borah ot Idaho, and France of Maryland. Republican "irrec oncilables" In the Versailles trea ty fighter , Treaiy'Ii" Opposed 1 - Senator Hitchcock who sup ported the; Yap treaty, said he would vote for 'the naval limita tion, end Chinese treaties also, but would not support the Tacti le pact unless it was' materially changed. Senators Borah and France declared .their uncompro mising opposition . to the Pacific treaty. ... . - Plans of Republican leaders for proceeding with the four-pow. er treaty apparently surprised the opposition. When it and its sup plement. proposing defining scopi ot the territory embraced, were laid before . the senate. Senator Lodge ot Massachusetts, Republl can leader, proposed that the con Id eration be deferred at least un til tomorrow unless senators de sired to discuss the treaties Mr. Lodge said be did not de sire "to force" action and said he intended first to hear from the opposition. Senator Hitchcock, wno is ao oe aosent tor a lew days, therefore took the floor and launched the attack. - - - - - The Nebraska senator declared that the treaties constitute - an "alliance" and he also criticized vigorously the . apparent secrecy surrounding thelr negotiation. It appeared, he declared, that the principal object was to aid Great Britain in. getting rid of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. v A reservstion proposed in the foreign relations, committee's de liberations by Senator Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut, was ad vocated by Senator Hitchcock. He proposed , insertion, either by amendment or reservation, of the word "unprovoked" in the obli gation clause. Without " this change, he said, he could not sup port the treaty asserting that the United States should be obligated under the treaty only In case of unprovoked aggression ,. against the signatory powers. , . Borah Fear War , - Senator Borah said that the al leged defect could not be cared either by reservation or 'amend ment and Senator France declar ed the treaty would bring Amer ica into a "terrible war." Mr. France also declared that the Democrats would receive thei r award at the hands of the Amer ican people" if they stood against ratification. He added that he would not attempt concealment of the hope that this would result. RYAX IX CHARGE YAKIMA. Wash.. March i, W. C. Ryan of Tacoma this morning took charge ot the Indian mission school at White Swan.