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FJOT SECTOW Pawl 6 5 . i i f ' ' ' ' ' - - . . ., , . . .r . ., -:-r . " r,; . r ;:;-4r; - j-. . : v. . ? y - . J: I '" - - -1 ' 8EVENTYjJg - SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, ARCH 5,1922 - - - - : "PRICE r VFIVE "CENTS " nrntniTn iipi .. ! - - ?' : , , , , I 'Federal Prohibition ' Chief :ays fleischmamVCom rpany;Diverted Much Grain Alcohol. XlQUlD HELD PENDING flfJDINGS OF AGENTS Total of 249,515 Gallons Said to Have Been Tak . en from Legalises ' . WASHINGTON. .March ,4Or- .. internal nerenue Commissioner Haines revokln i th , iniiiiMi Akohol permits of the Fleisch- raann company. Inc.. of New York cf .11 of , Jt agencies were sus- vended nnuW -Tuesday, tonight by ... Ilnternal ; Revenue . Commissioner . Mr. rBlaJr!s taction -wu' taken r wiinvthe approval . of Secretarv Mellon, .upon iha request of -coun- ael lor the FleUchmann: company or an .aspeai rrom he hearings . on he dase held Jn Philadelphia '.before S. F.. Rotter,, former asao n elate-federal prohibition -director for.FennsylTania. Upon Mr. Rnfc- tem.reconanendauon Mr. Haynes , tMaed the j retTocatlon - orders. - r. r vedsum Awaited. i A final decision will he reached Tuesday. Mr. 'Blair said.. at the onciBsion -of the nearlnc which : he win conduct himself but toean- wuile'the whole miller is. to be ' held In abeyance. Orders for . the . selrora of alconol. in Flelschmaan utendes , are beine- held up, the company agreeinc not to dispoee of any alcohol pending the deter mination f the proceedings. Decision.; to grant :the Fletach -manA.ompaay.an;appeal from the orders reroking lt alcohol per , taiu was reached at a conference -later'" todayft8r;,,V irs;- t V',?-X . Company May Appeal. r " ' . SScretary Mellon was nder- ;atood.to take the position that in . view of the importance of the ease . the company -was -entitled to en appeal, as the original hearing i &ad -not "ben -conducted - before t Commissioner Haynes or an actu 4 al deputy. High officials sUt'ed that Mr. Haynes was In complete ) accord -with .the .decision. . Date for the final hearing was ieet at a. conference between Mr. ; Blair and counsel for the com :pany. , - ' , s 1 ,fVaet Quantity Mleslng. 1 f-' Quantities of Industrial alco fhol direrted to non-medical pur- potes by Fleischman agencies dur- Inf the past year, mealed in tes timony hef ore , the hearing held UfcyiMr. Rutter, were made, public s tonight' by- prohibition headquar 1 ten. At New York Out of 77,000 gallons of industrial aleobol : ban ! dled.-42.000 gallons were said to ! hare' been 'direrted; at, Brooklyn - 3B,0OO . gallons were handled . and . 13300 gallons direrted; In New Jerser 186,000 gallons nan died. 5.000 direrted and in r-4 .vm - (t V.Oft nitons i uiiugsyvih vvmm.i wvtvw ' handled' and C9.B1S direrted, , or jntotal of 219,616 gallons. ! ' Three Warramts Issued CINCINNATI. Ohio, March 4. iA third warrant reeultlng from 5 Inresthcatlons of alleged Illegal liquor operations in Cincinnati, was is$ued-tr United States Com vniMinnAr Thomas Qregory today, 4 naming Fred Kaucher. said to be an offioial -of 4ho t Flelschmann 1 Distilling company Kirersiae, nhin .anii Anthonr Schmidt, Cin ' 'rinnAtKtmfkm&a'-and charge- they 1 with haring-eohspired -together to , divert 108 barrels : or wnisaej, withdrawn, f som: the . Flelschmann t company's mietillery -warehouse In i January, lizz. DID THEY-WORK? THEY DID t" There ' really - are number- of ! students in Salem who are going through the same school -of hard ' knocks , la order to .get an edu cation that many .of, the- success ff ul men of Salem did. w 'if Dr. -Cart Gregg Don ey says hei S has students i at the unlrerslty who are working their way and 'who hare been willing to do any iklnd of work, from shining shoes up to that fine gymnasium known :as ' sawing wood. And many of these students he feels assured, ; will be among' the leading men of their communities b the coming generation. . v v Ninety-nine per cent of the suc cessful men of Salem today knew nothing but the hardest work - during their boyhood days, and 'the same per -cent came from the 'farm. And' then the same per ? .cent worked their way through .school or college. -;ujA ; ? ! v DR. II. C. EPLET t Peddling-milk all orer Salem, and helping to milk 14 cows for ; dairy, was one ot the means by HERO'S WIDOW OF DISTRESS t in mil iifcini in 'l, n li ll.iii II if. . -, TTT7" . r- , 1 1 - - ! 1 gp L if ' " - ; 'V4iV'J. ' s. . A-s ? t i - ' , S : - i : ' i 4 ' , j : . . - ' .-i . .''.? ? . f : -A I ' M" RS.I BETTY M'CREERY, whose aviator husband Lietit Sydney F. McCreery. was killed in the world war, has accepted a call from Constantinople to engage in relief work among the starving population of Central Anatolia. She is a graduate nurse,, and her duties will be those of a sanitation and medical inspector. . , The people of Woodburn roted yesterday; by a rote of 84 to 24, to turn over the Woodburn high school and property "free of . debt to the proposed union high school district, which will inciuae wooa burn and 29 surrounding dis tricts. I; t . Following a course as required by law. the Woodburn people first roted to Include their high school in the district. The next step is for the school roters in the 29 Now that the initial batch of bonus check has been distributed, the state; bonus commission is be ing swamped by a llood of mail, telegraph and telephone queries "How soon will I get my bonus, according to Captain H. C. Brum baugh, secretary of the commis sion. i . "It seems." said Captain Brum baugh, "that a Urge number of applicants think all they hare to do Is to mail their application to the commission and that the check will be sent thorn the next day. Few realise the work In volved in checking and verifying claims to comply with the require ments of i the bonus law and other laws governing the audit of clalma against the state. The til ing of the Initial application is merely the first step in the pro cess of establishing the eligibility which Dr.- II. C Epiey paw nis way - through Willamette univer sity. And then at another time be 'served; as waiter in a restau rant i North Commercial street during. his unlrerslty days. . j 'iln his boyhood days, while liv ing at ScIoe in Linn county, the doctor sawed wood with a saw buck, and saw at: $1 a cord, and also ran a chopper in a feed mill at Bcio, At the age of 15 he taught singlnr school in the rural districts of : Linn county, charg ing $1 for 12 lessons. He taught note reading my the do, i re, mi, fa, so, la, se, do method. ' t , Having a musical education and a fine voice, the doctor want ed to become a vocalist, going out with an evangelist, and Dwight L. Moody rather encouraged him He taught school. in Jordan ral ley., receiving $25 a month and boarding around with his pupils. A career in music, which the doctor - craved, didn't : look? good (Continued on psge 2) MmiNtB Retain 1 , - i - ANSWERS CALL IN NEAR EAST districts interested to rote as to whether ttey want to "become part of a union high school district. In the coming election, a majority will decide whether the districts interested, will be included in the district. According to Mary L. Fulker son. coounty " school superinten dent, should there be-organlsed a union high school district with the school at Woodburn, ft will be one of tho most adraneed educational steps taken In a number of ytears. of any individual to receive the benefits of either the cash bonus or -the loan. From this point on the commission is confronted with the problem cf verifying beyond any question of a doubt, the es sential statements contained in the individual application. Total Over Twenty Thousand " "Out of a total of 20.324 appll cations, the commission has pass ed upon 13,324. Of tnese have requested loans and havM reanested the cash bonus. Approximately 7.000 of the appli cations now filed, remain w v passed upon- .Before the examin ation department, however, sub mlts the applications to the com mission for final approval, every requirement must have been met and every question ot the eligibil ity of the applicant to receive the benefits of the law must have been carerully considered. An cases which .innot bo settled in the examination department, are also referred 'to the commission for final. disnosition. Every ap plication filed, therefore, receives the consideration of tne commis sion before being rejected or re ferred to the secretary of state for payment. i i - ; Hundreds Examined Daily "Examinations ate made at the rate of about 300 a day. Exper ience has shown, however, that about 40 per cent of the initial applications filed .must he return ed to the applicants . for correc tion. This. Is, due partly to the applicant's own carelessness, nnd partly due t circumstances over which he has no control. Out ot the total number or applications filed with the commission, about 8,100 hare been returned for cor rection.' 'No 'further action upoa any individual application thus returned can be . taken until the applicant has tarnished, the data caUed for. Of the total number returned for correction 2700 . are still being held in abeyance, due to the fact. that the applicants hare failed to reply, to the let ters of. the commission. In some of .these , , cares, - the applicants hare been holding up action upon (Continued on page. 2) r f ICE BY OFFICIALS Governors of Oregon , and Washington Meet With Authorities in Effort to Curb Evil. PRESIDENT IS URGED TO AID IN CAMPAIGN Portland Session of Execu tives Marks FightAg ainst Narcotics PORTLAND, March 4. A cam paign directed against narcotics, was launched at the -conference of governors today, called , by Gor eraor Olcott of the state. : Assembled in the council cham bers were Governor Olcott of Or egon and Goevrnor Hart if Wash ington, as well as the represen tatives of Governor Stephens of California and Governor Davis, of Idaho. Many in Attendance -T In addition there were in at tendance federal; state, county and city officials, as well as Club women and many citizens. r , Resolutions were adopted cov ering all phases of the situation. A delegation of representatives of western officials and citizens will be organized, -ft -was decided to travel to Washington and' in person appear before representa tives in congress-urge the en actment of laws which will hit 'at the manufacture of narcotics, im portation and exportation to and from the United States tand ship ment in bond through the United States by other, countries. 4 " Memorial Addressed A memorial was addressed tl President Harding and Seeretary of State Hughes, as well aa te congress, urging that some action be - taken whereby the universal unlawful sale of narcotics -can be halted. New Road Requested by County Court f Polk DALLAS, Or.. .March 4. (Spe cial, to The Statesman.) A reso lution signed by . two members ot the Polk county court was passed at the monthly meeting of -the court held Wednesday In : which the court asks the state highway commission designate a mar ket road from the corner ot the Clanfield ranch In the northwest ern part ot Polk county at the in tersection of the Dallas-Ballstoa highway with the DaUas-Buell road, thence west by way of the upper -9a It Creek schoolhouse near the "T. S. Brown ranch on to Mill creek, Buell and continu ing- west to te Wallace bridge over the Yamhill river. This route will connect Polk county with the state highway leading to the Tillamook coast towns whn- the road is compleed.' The road has -oeen sought alter for some time by the Dallas Com mercial club and has"' also been looked favorably on by the mem bers of the county court. . Aged Electrical Worker Killed by High Voltage CHEWELAH. Wash.. March 3. John F. Diedrich, 65 years old. superintendent ot the municipal light and water plant, was elec trocuted late today when be came in contact with -a high tension wire while working -with a street lamp. He was standing on a short ladder when the accident happened. Diedrich came to this district when a young man. Thirty-one years a bo he Installed the first telephone system here. He ' sold it a number of years ago and for the past; 10 years he had beta superintendent of the electric plant. He is-survived by a wid ow and four sons. Consolidation of Phone t Companies is Proposed Interstate commerce commis sion finance docket No.- 2215. re lating to the proposed lease and consolidation of the properties ot the Northwestern Long Distance Telephone company with those of the Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph company, has been assigned to the department of public works of the state of Washington -and the pub lic service -commission of Oregon for joint hearing at -Olympia. on Thurada, March 9. This Is a joint petition' brought, by the two com pantos, requesting the approval of a certain proposed contract -and has been referred to the Washing ton and Oregon-commissions for the taking of testimony. . nnPF HilXfTORATE TO VftTF MAY 1Q S CRll WRnKFRQ uui. uuuviviuaw f viu AIJUAJL JL UIIIUII UIIU11L.IIU ON QUESTION OF MAKING HEAD OF POLICE FORGE APPOINTIVE NEW JOB TO BE HILLED IN FEW DAYS State Board of Control Will Appoint Secretary for. Bud get Commrssion Under the provisions of an act passed by-the last' legislature the board of control wllLshortly name a secretary of the new budget commisaiofei. , ThisJ commission is composed qf members of the board of control, beinjg the governor, secretary cd state) and state treas urer, who! receivje no additional compensation for the work. fTbe law covering the new bud get: plan was recommended to the legislature by 'Governor Olcott in his message. 'It provides that ev ery department. Institution or state function whatever, must pre sent it wants to the budget com mlssloa'.oetore they -are submitted to 'the-'leglslatuire, ; and 'that com mission shall ekamlne into these wants; and retrts Its budget to the legislature.' Heretofore a bud get, has been submitted to each succeeding session dor several yearsi but under the old budget law ao authority was given to trim.V except to the (board of con trol in connection yriih the state institutions. .It: will now be pos sible for .the' commission to pass upon too demands of every state function before it, goes to the leg islature. - i TUi new, Jaw 1 is supposed to give an .opportunity to practice real economiy in connection with the "budget Us lit gives authority to the hoard to act upon the var ious demand) of the state depart ments. ; , " No definute,- decision -has been reached as to the prospective sec retary but it Js understood a num ber ot name are under consider ation, and thit final decision will be made nsithln a short - time. Members -oft the board consider the position.' one -of utmost im portance in (the future economies of -state adnjiinistration. Tax League is Formed For.' Washington State i .. . YAKIMA, Wash., March 4.--Organliation of a state tax elague fo carry on a campaign for reduc tion of governfental -costs within the state and for revision of the taxation system was urged In the meeting here today of the realty dealers of the state. The state tax investigation committee, ap pointed by Governor L. F. Hart, met with the realty men, and the discussions were largely of tax ation, questions. The meeting closed tonight with .a banquet. Texas Governor Warned To Avoid Riot District AUSTIN. Tex.. March 4. A letter received by Governor Neff today threatening him with a coat of tar and feathers if he -ever vis ited Mexia again. The -letter Vas dated at Fort Worth and signed "The Gun Club." Governor Neff said he paid lit tle attention to the letter and that he would go anywhere his duties called him. COAST GALES SUBSIDES ASTORIA. ' Ore., March 4. After attaining a rate -of 7 S-miles an -hour at sea. the southerly gale subsided today. North Head re ported -a southwest wind blowing at an 11-mile rate. While the tain last night and thie morning was from the south It was inter spersed with hall and snow flur ries and there were also a few sharp flashes of lightning. BELFAST OFFICERS SHOT BELFAST, March 4. A -delib erate attempt to murder two po licemen was made tonignt at te Junction of I nion and Donega streets. One of the policemen was wounded. The assailants es caped. ' " : " DIVORCES AHEAD DALLAS, Ore., March 4. (Special to The Statesman) County Clerk Floyd D. Moore re ports that for the past week the number of divorce actions filed with htm has 4een greater than the number of marriage licenses issued. - , WOOL IS SOLD YAKIMA, Wash,. March 4. Closing fef contracts tor 235.000 pounds of Yakima wool at prices ranging from tli to 22 cents per pound was announced toaay. Practically an of ft goes to' Port land or boston, . - ; At the coming May 19 prim ary election, the people of Sa lem will be given an oppor tunity to vote on the question whether the city chief of police ar marshal shall be elected by the people or appointed by the mayor, following the expira tion of the present term of Chief iloffitt. Under the pre sent charter provision the chief is elected by the people. At the meeting of the city council to be held next Mon day night, an ordinance will be introduced which will pro vide that the charter of the city. shall be changed in order that the chief of police may be appointed annually, by the mayor. Among councilmen and many others, it is felt that the credit as to how the city's affairs are handled is passed up to the aldermen and mayor. In other words, the council is responsi ble for the administration, but as the'law now stands the chief of police is entirely independ ent of the city administration, except that the policemen he wants must receive the appro- Tal of the city council. The city charter cannot be changed except by a majority vote. .The ordinance will pro vide that at the May 19 elec tion, the people of the city may have an opportunity to vote on the question. President of American In dustrial Corporation Host at Marion Hotel Forty salesmen, their wires, sweethearts, a few select friends, and company officers, sat down to a many course banquet at the Marion last night, the guests of President Ryan of the American Industrial corporation, with head quarters in Portland. The ban quet was promised to the com pany representatives in the Ore gon district. that should make the best business showing for the company in the month Just ended. The Salem go-getters got the busi ness, and the banquet was one ot their rewards; Tho affair was served In the new banquet room of the Marion, recently built and furnslhed for such events. W. C. Squier of Salem was toast master. He is of the local agency force. The company makes a busi ness of getting finances for busi ness corporations that need more money. The general aims of the corporation were explained In con siderable detail by O. H. Lucy, general sales manager of Port land. The object is to bring the companies needing more money, and investors looking for some thing better than savings-bank returns, together for mutual prof it. He emphasized the fact that mere lowness of interest is not al ways a guarantee of 'safety. The $70,000,000 of American Insur ance money loaned to Russia and the almost total disappearance of values from the German govern ment mark, were mentioned as il lustrations of even governmental failures. "The human element exists in every kind of security where one can possibly invest for profit; we're selecting our securities so carefully as to minimize the chan ces for loss, and tho returns are better than any of the so-called 'conservative' investments." he 6aid. President John Ryan of Port land, spoke on "Industry Build ing." an optimistic appeal for Ore gon support of every sort of Ore gon Industry. L. L. Mennes. local Salem manager, spoke on "Sun shine in Business." a friendly, helpful appeal to cut out the gloom and be cheerful and there by prosperous." Several well-selected musical numbers were presented. The first was a piano and violin duet.' by Masters Cecil Deacon and L. Chad" wickj a rocal solo, "The Garden of My Heart." by Miss Green of Salem, aand a delightful little en core; and a song by Miss Reid. Miss Cora Countlss, editor of the A.I.C. Eagle, the corporation nouse journal, was one or the speakers. A number of other brief toats and responses were giren and a sheaf of clerer fake telegrams was read that brought a chorus of laughs. A dozen of the guests drove down from Portland to attend, j. 5UMEET HOP SALES AGREED TO UNTIL 1926 A. M. Jerman Contracts 230,- 000 Pounds With Loewi Company of New York Hop contracts involving the de livery within the next fiye years of 230.000 rounds ot hops were filed for record yesterday in the Marion County, recorder's office. Tiie contracts were between A M. Jerman, who lives about nine miles north of Salrca on what is known as the South Prairie, and the hop firm of Hugo V. Loewi, inc.. of New York. The contract calls for delivery at Hopmere ot 20,000 pounds ot prime cluster bop's In 1923 at the rate of H cents a pound. Also the same number of pounds at 1 cents a pound for the years 1824. 125 and 1926. The contract calls for the delivery of a total of 80,000 pounds of cluster hops The same parties contracted for delivery of 30,000 pounds of fug gle hops each ywtr for the years 1922. 1923. 1924, 1925 and 1926. For this year, the price is 18 cents and the came for 1923. For 1924 delivery, and tor 1925 and 1926. the price is 16 cents pound. County Y. M. C. A. Workers to Meet Thjs Afternoon i ma. aiiernoon at z o'clock, :n the offices of the Salem Water works, a conference will be held under the auspices of the Marion county Y.'AL-C. A.' of young men from all parts of the county, in-, teret-d In HI T work. : The conference' is especially for young men in Y. M. C. A. work and those in attendance will In clude leaders from all parts of the county. John H. Rudd. secretary ot the county Y work, will speak on "Why a HI Y Clab," A. E. Yount of Portland, interstate secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will talk on "The Importance of Leadership."' The meeting Is promoted by Edwin Socolofsky. Another Dallas Bank Adds Department for Savings DALLAS. : Ore.. March 4. (Special to. The Statesman) Following in the footsteps Of the Dallas National bank which a week ago decided to add a savings department to its regular banking business the Dallas City bank has also decided to take this step and as soon as the necessary materials and supplies can be secured this Institution will also be In a posi tion to take care of thes depart ment. The Dallas Nations! bank expects to have its new depart ment in operation by April 1 and It Is likely that the Dallas City bank will also be ready by that time. THE WEATHKIt Occasional rain; strong south westerly winds. , LOtIS E. BEAN Radical changes in the system of administering state governmen tal affairs. Including a non-salar-Jed .advisory cabinet to take the place of all boards and commis sions, re advocated, by .Louis E. Bean of Eagene in his platform as a aadidate for? governor. 'Mr. Bean's platform is presented to BEAN PRESENTS PLATFORM , FOR GUBERNATORIL RAGE v it iE UPHELD IN DEBATE RESULT Portland Head of -Wheat Growers' Association. Is Defeated by Eastern Economist. . v:; MUCH INTEREST AROUSED IN NEBRASKA DISCUSSION Keen Arguments Are Provid ed in Event Staged by Growers' Groups LEXINGTON. Neb.. March '4. J. Ralph Plckell. Chiearo econo mist and financial writer, tonight defeated George Jewett of Port land, Ore-president of the North west Wheat Growers' association. In their debate on whether spec ulation is a menace to the market , Ing of grain. v..-.' -The Judges of the debate "voted two to one in faror of Mr. Plck ell. Charles J. Brand ot Pittsburgh and Jadgs ' I. J. , Nlsley of Daw son county, Neb., voting "tor. Dr. Plckell and William Harvey of Kansas voting tor 'Mr. Jewett. . Debate Arouses Interest ? Whether speculation is a men ace to the orderly marketing f grain was "debated' here tonight before a. large audience of farm ers by George J. Jewett, Portland, Ore., representing -growers li the northwestern states; and' J: Ralph Plckell, Chicago economist and financial writer. ; Mr. Plckell argued that specu lation was not a menace but that it . was a . distinct benefit. ' . Mr. , Jewett took the opposite or posi tive side of the question. i ' Mr. Jewett. after declaring that the term "speculation as .applied to the marketing of grain meant nothing but "gambling" launched a riolent denunciation ' ot , grain gamblings r .- - : v " Monte Carlo 'Excelled f "?We find the gambling opera tions as carried on in the Chicago board ot trade to, be so extensive as to override the notorious gam bling at Monte Carlo," he declar ed. The ability to deal la that -which one does not possess pro vides opportunity for those whose Interests are diametrically oppos ed to those who have wheat to market, to carry on their opera-. Hons so they hire, to a high 'de gree, the ability to establish, and and -manipulate prices. ; i Actual operation ot the laws tot supply and 'demand are-nullified or magnified by speculative gam bling, Mr. Jewett said. "To what ever extent -speculation ; succeeds, the man producing the grain and the man consuming the grain, fare at the mercy of the whim or cap rice of the manipulators," he de clared. : :" :., - ! I ' Methods Vnf air " f "We contend that at present one of the greatest menaces ot all to the marketing ot grain is -the feet v that - speculation, omm0nly called gambling." has placed' Hhe power , to control and manipulate price In the hands ot those whose interests .are net to create a con dition where a, fair and proper price may be placed upon the. com modity." - . !. Mr. Jewett attacked the argu ments of advocates of ipeculative marketing. They claim, hejde- ( Continued on page ) ; 7 v. - M the people of the state in todal's issue of morning papers. Alsd he advocates as one of his proposed reforms state income tax. ) -Mr, Bean would repeal all laws creating state commissions. The non-salaried cabinet of business men which he would see created in lieu of the commissions he would have appointed by the gdv ernor and confirmed by the state senate. - "4 '; His platform ollows In full:; Itetrcnrbmcnt neld Necessary "I favor more efficient bnslaess administration, for greater ' econ omy in public expenditure, and for a substantial reduction of taxes. I am against aay form ot Invisible government and the people Will find me a positive governor, Jun equlvocably standing for economy and retrenchnnent in public ; ex penditures.! ; ' " - v "Following is my platform: ' "1.. I. favor the repeal oC all laws creating all state commis sions and the enactment In lien theerof. ot a statute' authorizing the appointment by the governor ot a non-salaried cabinet ot busi ness men, seven Ja number to "be confirmed by the senate, and to work in an advisory capacity.' To this cabinet "would be entrusted the duties j. and ; powers now lm- (ConUaaeica pace 2