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i orncuxATxeir Averse Ua fvbrauy Ija i fiu4r oaly Dally aad EaUy frMI AT?Tr?i2r ,lx ending January . SI. 1022 Tha Statesman receive the leased wira report of the Associate Press, the greatest and most r- liable press association la the 1 world. Svaaay mlr 550 -410S Daily tU jsaadaj SEVENTY-FIRST YEAB SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 8, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS nn M1 FUL i Uu IPMM6 muminc kk iiiiiiuiiiu niiiiii fiAiMce in mir UHVHLU IU DIVL Action is fin Response . to Democratic Resolution Re questing 'Information on Budget System. , MISCONCEPTION TO 7 BE GUARDED AGAINST Both Direct and Indirect Sa vings Asked for in Let ter from President WASHINGTON, March 7 The budget bureau, acting at the direction of ' President Harding, is preparing for TTo,TriialAvi ! ,.-r f"lholirWoT Madden, of the house , appro- fatted YTvwiffAn nf hA imn. omy achievements that have been effected since tne bud get system was inaugurated, it was announced today at the White House. ; This is being done, it was explained . in response to a reKtAhitloTi of Renresentative wm - ""17- Byms of Tennessee, ranking Uemorauc ' .memDer 01 tne house appropriations commit . a. Whfoti a air at! the Tjresi V Mavia . mmmvw dent if not incompatible with the public interest, to inform the house in what way the savings had been maae, irom whaf Tiartienlar - aDoroDria- tions and j in what specific amounts.-1: :-: ' The president; in his letter . to General Dawes, authorizing him to make the report, said vA fiiatpa tKat the statement would cover "the entire situa tion, thus obviating P81; misconception which might arise from any pari-w rnmnfet statement. V; "In view ot th importance of bavfng both tongm and tne nbllc understand cWr lythe op; rations ot .h budset bnreau. .. r riMlro to a to KiTe, wlwre yoar deUila are posfible, not only n statement or inch helDfol iitlng as have been istlmaUd. ba. tn adcl't on mer t, the estimate o! the bureau of ihe indirect ! sating, which havo i!a made powlbl, by the lnauj uratioD. ot the or method of con c1. lining routine buslneaa of tu gOTernment. ' 3 Future . Estimate .! .Itl You ehonM enumerate the trot able lessa.n ot the amonnt In actual cash expenditures , for the fiscal year n'f,-J";" ."w 1V22. as compart with the cash expenditures ot the year ending June 80, 1921.;.': . . j You should "ch tran sactions as hare been consummat ed under execntlr and ;.P" mental inltiatlre. under the bua g.H system, which hare made un necessary mary requests for ad ditional funds for expenditures during- the current fiscal year, and hay resulted tn sayings mea inrable in csh, bawd upon con sideration of, the , transactions , themselTes. ' Inrtdental HavtrtK Included ' "You should glvo an estimate o! the indirect savings which are rn:de apparent by the considera tiun of nume.'ju.t.' transactions. w!:ich, thoufh i.i the aggregate Are large, are difficult to esUmate in cash. Th.w Indirect savings wh!ch I have in mind, will Include , for anpl: m u- - , CaT The savings incident t a corrected rysM n of . purchasing h'ch has beu established in the government by which "competition bv the departments, and the 6ver laV?lng and tcquflsg of unneces sary surplus, ii avoided. -tb) A bettor disposition ,un dr a unified, trstem. of surpln" v supplies held by the governent. , - Mnf' Aiuomlcul inter- (Senartmental nn generally of rcrernmental faciut5s and sup " Tl'e. arising tfom the Inangur rt'on of a system Jf coordination created by executive order. . "I will le fclf i it you will make thls'infonnatbd available to the house of congress at the earliest cftnTement aay. ion wi ' 3ch time, howevor, as Is necos- . IContlaucd ca page ) POSTOFFICE FOR WEST SALE! ANNOUNCED BY DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON; MASTER WANTED COUNCIL TO HAVE SPECIAL MEET TONIGHT Sewer Construction Comlncr up Reward May be Offered for Pervert Here At a special council meeting to be held at the city hall tonight, two special iems will be discuss ed. The main purpose of the special meeting will be to complete ar rangements for immediate con struction ot Bewers, which were authorized by the city council Monday night. It was announced yesterday that the council will be asked to authorize immediate ac tion by the city purchasing agent in advertising for bids for sewer pipe, tools and construction sup piles. . Although, the extra session was originally called for this purpose. It was stated by city officials last night that the councilmen wilt consider : the serious . situation brought about by recent attacks of a pervert who has assaulted several little girls. Thei latest attacks occurred Sunday when two little girls, each lesB than 9 years old. were made the victims of the -unidentified fiend. .'y .-. - . 'Salem police officers and members of the Marlon county sheriff's office are making every effort to locate the criminal and I believe that Salem city officials should spare no effort to aid," said Mayor George Halvorsen last night. Mayor Halvorsen will be able to participate In tonight's meeting after several week's ab sence, following a major opera tion.. "Svera members of the coun cil have expressed themselves as in favor of a reward by the city. Personally, I believe that this might be a factor in arousing the entire county to the true serious ness of the situation. In the meantime It is urged that every citizen cooperate with officers of the law in efforts to prevent a re. currence of another crime of this kind." ' YEAST HPlf Attorneys for Flelschmann Company Declare Alco hol Not Diverted WASHINGTON, March 7 The rehenrinv of the anneal of the Flelschmann company. Inc., of New York from orders of Prohi bition Commissioner Haynes re voking Its industrial alcohol per mits, was adjourned tonight until tomorrow, after counsel for. the company were understood to have denied charges upon which the orders were Issued. The hearing was executive. . Internal revenue Commissioner Blair, before whom' the hearing is being held, said the proceedings would probably be completed to morrow. , Pending the rehearing the revocation, orders have been suspended. : Industrial alcohol permits of the Flelschmann company ware revoked and orders for the seiz ure of alcohol in eleven of its branch agencies were issued Fri day by Commissioner Haines. Grounds assigned . by Mr. Haynes for cancelling the per mits were that the Flelschmann company had diverted non-beverage alcohol to beverage purposes, disposed of alcohol upon forged permits and without permits and' otherwise failed to conform to the national prohibition act. Feeble-Minded School Quarantined Yesterday Dr. J.' N. Smith,1 superintend ent of the Oregon State Feeble minded institution, states that the institution Will fce closed to visit ors until the influenza conditions are more 'favorable.: While, they havo had but few cases, they. do not care to put themselves in the way to encourage any more ot the epidemic which seems at (his time to be spreading. : ,' , MAKES DENIAL West Salem. is to h3ve a postoffice all of its 'own. This announcement was re ceived yesterday by August Huckestein. Salem postmas ter, to whom applications must be made by those who would like the job of post master. Candidates for the job of postmaster at West Salem must submit their applica tions to the Salem postmaster within a short time. No civil service examination will be necessary. Blanks for application may be had at the postoffice. The candidate must of course be a resident of West Salem. The blanks to be filled out by ap plicants provide a space for answering the question as to the applicants occupation, when born and -what special qualifications and what ex perience, if any, in postal ser vice, also whether the appli cant can provide suitable quarters- The pay is accord ing to the business done based on the sale Of stamps. It is probable that when the West Salem postoffice is of ficially on the map that rural routes 1 and- 2, served from Salem, will be routes to be served out of West Salem. Route No. 1 of Salem begins on the Wallace road on the Polk county side of the bridge, thence north to the county line, thence to Four Corners, Spring Valley, Zena and re turn. Route No- 2 in Polk county leads over the Oak Grove road, thence south o the )a$as road, thence east to Salem. Resident Complains at Scanty Student Attire A plot to overthrow the rule of the sophomores at Willamette university was nipped in the bud yesterday and two freshmen went into the mill stream. They were William Ailshle and Percy Ham mond. Their offence was tne wearing of civilian caps and non observance of rules regarding eon- duct on the campus. Patrolman Walter Thompson made his appearance while the two victims were dressing, on complaint of a resident who view ed the courts martial of the soph omore class. The resident's com plaint was that the two men were parading in the clothes that Na ture endowed them with. Tne rictims did not deny that they were in such scanty attire, but said that it was not their wish to be taking a bath on such a cold day. Negro Teacher's Home Is Wrecked by Whites BALTIMORE, March 7. Harry T. Pratt, principal of a ne gro public school, and his family, moved into a house on Sanford Place in a "solid white" block last Saturday night. Today the front of his new home was a wreck, every window was shattered, the front door barely hanging upon its hinges and red and blue, ink spattered -over , the marble steps and win dow blinds, the result or white residents of the neighborhood storming the house early today in resentment of the negro's Inva sion. Paper Drive of Scouts Stopped by Influenza Because of the prevalence -of in fluenza and the grip the paper drive of the Salem Boy Scouts. which was to be hen this month. will not take placgf This was de cided last night At a meeting of the executive bo&rd ot the Salem Boy Scout couacil. Other matters ot importance to the scouts came up, including . a discussion of the financial sltua tion-rr The ; budget Is not being made nn as rapidly as was hoped for and means of facilitamg and expediting the work were discus- sod, j . v FAMOUS CON IS CAPTURED IN SEATTLE AirbrakeM Smith Arrested in Scund City Last Night Says Telegram to Varney C. B. (Airbrake) Smith, parole violator from the Oregon peniten tiary and who is wanted it is said in Portland, Oakland, Calif., and elsewhere on forgery chrges, was arrested in Seattle last night, ac cording to information received by Percy M. Varney, state parole officer. Smith is a civil engineer, but has a penchant for forgery .that keens him In trouble. ' He acquired his sobriquet from his invention ot a clever airbrake device that it is believed could be marketed if Smith were able to follow the straight and narrow way long enough. At the Oregon penitentiary ho drew plans ' tor the present flume and invented a type of prison bars that is saw proof. Smith was in the limelight sev eral years ago in California, when he yiolated a parole from Oregon. The parole oificer from Oregon, who was then Joe Keller; went to California to get Smith, but the convict had the parole officer ar rested tor abduction ' and .. there was considerable legal negotia tion . before he was returned , to Oregon. . . ... State prison authorities and Portland officers have been work ing together for several months in an effort to. locate Smith, who has proved unusually successful at eluding officers. t ,Y ; r U PROBLEM BEING SOLVED Parent-Teacher Association of Lincoln School De cides on Method The Parent-Teacher association of the Lincoln junior high school is solving in a practical way the problem of proper milk supplies lor the children in the three lower grades of that school. At a recent meeting it was de cided that funds should be collect ed among those interested in the school by which each of the pup ils in the three lower grades should be served with a half pint bottle of milk each morning at 10 o'clock. In order to prevent work of washing glasses, the milk will be served through straws pro vided each. It is estimated that it will cost between $45 and $50 a month to supply the entire 90 pupils In the three grades, but so confident are members of the Parent-Teacher asscoiation that great good will be accomplished that already a fund is being collected to be known as the milk fund. Milk will be sold the association at the regular hotel rate. The committee in charge of raising the fund and which is now active in the work, meeting with encouraging results Is as follows: W. C. Squier, chairman: Mrs. John Harbison, Mrs. Luetta J. West, Mrs. Julia Iverson, Miss Vi olet Rotzien and Miss Mabel Cur ry. Money collected is turned over to Mrs. Julia Iverson. treasurer of the Lincoln Parent-Teacher asso ciation, and placed In the milk fund. New York Globe Employe Robbed in Front of Office NEW YORK, . March 7.- bandits today held up Willis Litchfield, representative of the New York Globe in front of the newspaper office in Dey street. and escaped with $1,193 In cash and $7,296 in checks. He was on his way to deposit the money and checks in a bank. PROVIDENXE. R. I..' March 7 Edward Spencer, paymaster of the American Screw company, was slugged and robbed by auto mobile bandits today ot a payroll amounting to between $5,000 and $6,000, The bandit escaped, BONUSPLAN IS L Compromise Measure, Car rying Bank Loan Provis ion, Agreed to By Ways and Means Members. PASSAGE OF BILL IS PREDICTED BY F0RDNEY Opinion is That Party Lines Will Disappear When Vote Has Been Reached WASHINGTON. March 7.T, compromise soldiers' bonus bill carrying a bank loan provision in place of the cash installment pay ment plan, originally proposed and once approved by the house, fin ally was agreed to today by Re- puoncan members of the ways and means committee. It was intro duced later in the house by Chair man Fordney who announced that it would not be called up until next Monday, if then. Passage of the bill was predict ed by Mr.. Fordney, His opinion appeared to be shared by members ot the house generally, some of whom said that on the final vote party lines would disappear. There was i sonre speculation in house lobbies and corridors as to Presi dent Harding's views on the. com promise plan and also as to wheth er he would find occasion to ex press those views before the house voted. ( Harding Not Decided At the White House it was said that Mr. Harding had not studied and consequently had not formed an opinion as to the bank loan provision. He was represented, however, as maintaining the same position that he did when he wrote Mr. Fordney on February 16 that the bonus either should be paid by a sales tax or the legisla tion postponed. Some of the majority members of the committee believe that since the new plan defers for three years any large drain on the fed eral treasury, the president will not object to.it. They say the compromise will enable needy vet erans to obtain cash without the necessity of imposing additional taxes on the general public. Time Is Uncertain Just when the bill will be called up In the house will not be decid ed until after Mr. Fordney returns from a trip to the west, on which he started late today. Should the bill be taken up next Monday, the house would proceed to its con sideration under a suspension of the rules which would prevent amendment. If taken up later. Mr. Fordney said, there would hare to be a special rule. It was expected that this would be so drawn as to give precedence to committee amendments, a plan de signed to prevent the opening up of the bill to general amendment. Mr. Fordney said the entire ways and means committee would meet on Saturday when the Dem ocrats would have an opportunity to pass judgment on the bill. Meantime the measure - will be printed so that they and house members generally can study its provisions. Bill Changed Little ' Aside from the substitution of the bank loan provision for the cash payment, plan the bill as in troduced is very simialr to that previously paassed by the house. The only immediate cash pay ments proposed are to veterans whose adjusted service pay would not exceed $50. Other veterans could select one of these four op tions: Adjusted service certificate, combining a loan and Insurance plan. Vocational training. Farm and home aid. Land settlement xThe ultimate cost of the bonus to the government, it was said, would depend upon the number of men selecting each of the options. It was estimated that the Immedi ate cash payment to those entitled to not more than $50 each would be around $16,000,000. The final cost might range all the way from $1,000,000,000 to $4,730,000,000 the maximum figures being pre dicted oh all of the veterans se lecting certificates and holding them until maturity or on their death. - (Continued on page f ) INTRODUCED IN I NATIVE OF MILWAUKEE MAY BE FIRST IRISH VICEROY ...--..:-r fini--ii inii tftiam inn ir i - f. " . . ..4. - fi - t '-) .y", - t'i V-y V ' " -t -''- - Bf ft r, If . : . . ..-.. i f-Vr-4,:'-:'S':.5:--?:.-. if Xf4 j! 1 W ? -fc m m .Mmtr2k. M-,,mIMIII, ,M TT nn I ' jfe?? """ - ""iwi'iJH m mrnrn nu) n i m Jr THE name of Lord Shaughnessy is before the English Cabinet as first governor-general of the Irish Free State, and has powerful backing, according to reports just reaching here. Lord Shaughnessy was born in Milwaukee, the son of an Irish policeman- The selection of this American born Canadian, who at one time was president of the Canadian Pacific railway, would be a very imaginative move. It would be popular in Canada and the United States, and there is some reason to7 believe it would be satisfactory to the Sinn Fein. ( . CHEW MUD BOAT QUESTION . IS HELD if REVIVED 1CM Commission of Physicians at State Hospital Reports On Abe Evans Abe Evans, who was convicted and sentenced to hang for the kill ing of James Doran of McMinn-, ville. is sane in the opinion of a commission of physicians at the state hospital for the insane where Evans was transferred several months ago when he showed signs of insanity at the prison. The hospital physicians made a formal report to Governor Olcott and the governor is expected to order his return to the state penitentiary at once. The crime for which Evans was sentenced was committed near The Dalles in Wasco county on September 10 last and Evans was sentenced to hang December 2. An appeal to the supreme court stay ed the execution, and subsequent ly the execution of all prisoners sentenced to hang was stayed by a test case now in the courts to try the constitutionality of the capital punishment law. . Before his transfer to the in sane hospital Evans made repeat ed efforts to end his life in his cell and also disturbed the whole penitentiary by wailing and yell ing and beating his head on the doors of his cell, claiming to have intense pains in his head. It was believed he was insane and he was sent to the hospital for observa tion. The report to the governor says that Evans shows indications of being somewhat feeble-minded, but that he is not insame and knows the difference between right and wrong. At the hospital Monday a rope made from a bed sheet and wire from his bed springs, with a noose in one end. was found in Evans room. It is believed he expected to make another effort to commit suicide. THE WEATHER - Fair east, showers west portion, fresh Boutbwetjterly -winds. W, A, Mahoney of Portland Seeks to Interest Salem Business Men The question of again estab lishing boat connections between Salem and Portland' yesterday was brought to the attention of a number of merchants yesterday when W. A. Mahoney of Portland endeavored to enlist Interest in reviving the river traffic. According to Mr. Mahoney he has an opportunity to buy the boat Oregona, which for so many years was one of the three boats running between Salem and Port land, owned by the Graham com pany. This boat may now be purchas ed at a reasonable figure, as it is tied up in Portland and not in service.. Part of the play is to hare Salem merchants purchase an interest in the boat. While there was considerable Interest shown, it is understood that a number of merchants do not care to buy an interest in a noat, Dut are willing to give it a big proportion of their business. Ever since the Grahams went out' of the river business efforts have been made from time to time to reestablish river service, but none was successful, although a few years ago there was a service for a few months. Mr. Mahoney returned to Port land last , night, but stated that he would return to the city with In a few days to interest merch ants in the enterprise. Mr. Ma honey said that he had been as sociated for a number of years as auditor with the shipping board at Portland and as purser for the O.W.R. & N. He thought that the Spaulding dock could be put into condition for river service. OPERATED OS LONDON. March t. Viscount Grey pf Falldone former secre tary of state for foreign affairs, underwent an operation tonight for an ulcer. Although the opera tion was declared successful, the patient Is considered to be In quite a serious condition. 0 Massachusetts Senator in Address Today Will Chal lenge Opposition to Bring - Case to Open Floor. BORAH SAID TO HAVE VISITED MR. WILSON Numerous Speeches in Prep- aration for Fracas About to Be Staged WASHINGTON: March 7.. .After a preliminary lull, the senate fight over the four-, power Pacific treaty is about to break in full fory. Under an announced! pro gram of aggressive action to bring the treaty actively co der discussion and to expedite a vote upon its ratification. Senator Lodge' of Massachu setts, the Republican leader, will address the senate tomor row and will challenge oppo nents of the pact bringir. their case openly to the sen ate floor. . That an organized tgrou? cf Mrreconcilablesw will ran-5 themselves on the other tli:, was assured today when It be came known that a oeiuutc plan cf action had been nsrczl upon after long consultation by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, and some of the friends of former President Wilson How far rachlng may be th understanding thus affected b the "irreconcllabl'i" leader, or U what extent it may involve the personal sentiments of Mr. Wilson himself, is not revested. Borah Tn'ka With Wllmra Senator Borah and the former president are naid cot to . have conferred directly, although thelf friends sty they hm been Q consultation by leMev regarding the four-power pac. Senator Lolge's determination to take the offensive In the trea ty debate followed - a complete suspension ot the, discussion to day, and was coupled with private suggestions from ntmlnistratlon senators that the trentr opponents were seeking to deity cons' Jora tionu At the conclusion of a pre pared address by Senator Kellogg, Republican, Minnosota, urging ac ceptance of the treaty without qualification, the subject disap peared entirely: from too surface ot senate proceedings and Mr. Lodge announced that unless sen ators were ready to speak by to morrow he would ask for a vote on ratification. ,. , ',. Many Prepare Addresses Many are preparing addresses both for and agatnn ratification, however, and no one accepted the party leader's announcement as forecasting tarty i:tion. It was taken rather as mer y a means of forcing the issue and bringing to n end tha unexplained luU In to which the debate has been verging from the very beginning. Jonah, of hicago, Jailed ; When Tickets Are Taqen CHICAGO, March 7. After confessing that he had traveled all over the country at the ex panse of the government on stol en tickets, Russell P. Jonah today objected when . Federal Judge George B. Ca rpenter sentenced him to three months tn tha house of correction. , He asked instead to be sent to the federal prison at Leavenworth "because it would be a longer trip." ' "A trip to the Brid well is no trip at all," ho said. : ... Jonah confessed taking . the tickets nearly two years ago at the Grand Central station in New York, where he had a grip check ed. When caught he had 110,000 worth of transportationleft. Davenporjt Memorial Is ' Receiving More Funds : SILVERTON, Ore . March T. (Special to Tha Statesman) - The Homer Davenport memorial fund committee Is again, after a quiet spell, receiving a few contri butions toward the Davenport memorial. The committee, it 1 reported, hopes to be able to wind up the contribution fond some time, this prln. NT T