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CUtCUULTZOV iftftfi for Ycbnsry 1S23 suJtr mJt - ,.,,,, - Daily tU 8aadr Sa81 itmp for sis miUi omdiag Juwr Tha Statesman reeerm the leased wire import of tha Associated Press, tha pMtMt and most re liable press association to ' ttt 1 A . ., - ...... tt .5504 J10S world. 8EVENTr-WBST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDA X CORNING, MARCH 11, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS BaMRBaVSk f BBBBBBBawW JOL BZaBa-"aaWlTaJ a. 2). CD') l RQiJUS Inability of Several Members of Ways and Means Com mittee to 'Be Present To day Js.Reasonl j FAVORABLE REPORT IS SAID TO BE ASSURED Safe . Majority Said to Feel . Measure Is Satisfactory , Compromise WASHINGTON.- March 10. An nouncement by Chairman Ford- ney' that the house wars and means committee ; would ; meet Monday. Instead of tomorrow, to consider the compromise soldier bonus bill, was the chief develop ment today In the bonus situation. Inability of several committee members to be on hand tomorrow prompted postponement of the meeting: according: to the chair man, who declared.' however, that the delay In obtaining: committee action on the bill would tn no way affect the program which calls for a rote In the house 1 within 10 days, j "7 Assurance Given : Favorable report on Monday by the .committee of "the revised bill, which provides for Insurance of adjusted compensation certifi cates to war veterans is assured. Republican and Democratic com mittee members agreed. 1 " They generally were of the opinion that no further change of consequence would be made im the measure. Several ,: committee, members are expected to vota against re porting the bill to the house but a safe majority is said to feel that compromise. . - ; '')-' Fordney Says Little Mr." Fordney on his 'return late today from a western trip, Tetused to comment on the announced in tention of Comptroller 'of the Cur rency Crissinger to advise nation al banks, in the event tne Din is naeted .without' material change, not to accept them for security tor loans to former service men. Mr. Fordner declared ' however, he was certatn loans to war veter ans wonld in no way seriously affect the credits of banks mak ing the loans. i,yjr-.--.r'-' Governor Harding', of the fed eral reserve board, he added, had expressed approval of the loan provisions and offered no objec tion to the measure, on the ground that loans would result in "frozen credits" as contended by Mr. Crlsslner. .", . i t ' Homse Vote Plan Stands v ' Representative Mondelt, Repub lican ' leader,' ; said today " that plans for a house vote on the bill under suspension of the rules on March 20, were unchaanged. As this program would bar amend ments, leaders expressed the opin Ion that there was no possibility of a tax raising provision being: attached. - With debate limited to less than an hour under the suspen- 1 sion of the rules program, vari- oua members of the house are ex pected to take advantage of lulls in debate on other measures dur i lag the coming week to air their view on the bonus question, Sev eral members are said to be plan ning to comment!' on the 4 stand taken by Comptroller Crissinger. Pacific Coast States Are Due for Drencher 8AN FRANCISCO, March 10. Pacific coast states are due for a "r drenching Saturday and 4 the ' downponr scheduled for Idaho and ' Nevada may have 'a touch of snow ' mixed . in, according to tonight's forecast' of the weather bureau A moderate storm was reported central over southwestern Oregon tonight and storm, warnings were ordered -hoisted as far south San Francisco.' Rain was tore- cast for all California Washington and Oregon and! rain and snow for Idaho and Neveda. ' Ti-1 Burglars Blow Safe and : Get Thirty-Five Dollars HHOD RIVERL Or1.; March 10 Burglars broke into the 'Pine- ville store where the safe blown with nitroglycerine, was wrecked according to a report made today to the' sheriff here." Only $35 in cash was obtained. . Automo bile tires were taken. This is the third time the store has been rofcbed in as many years. GEORGE P. GRIFFITH ANWOOMCES CANDIDACY IS ACTIVE HONESTY IS PROVED BY OLD DEBTOR Silverton Woman Receives Pay on Loan Blade by Hep Father 49 Years Ago SILVERTON, Ore., Mar. 10. (Special to the Statesman) That honesty, IS not a forgotten virtue is conclusively proved by the let ter which Mrs. M. J. Madsen re cently received from an old man of 76 years. . ' He writes that 49 years ago in Virginia Mr. HJorth, the father or Mrs. Madsen, was able to accom modate him with the small sum of $126. and that although he had not forgotten the debt he had been unable to meet more than the most necessary expenses during this long period, , and that eves now . he would have been unable to meet' the obligation had it not been tor a small snm he had fal en heir to recently. :. He had investigated and found that Mr.-HJorth had died a few years ago and so sent the money on to the heirs. . ... . Nervous Transient is Sus pected Pervert, Until Shoe Theft is Admitted H. Hanson, transient, is not the moral pervert who is being sought by Salem cltlsens and officers. But H. Hanson is in Jail this morning ust because his suspicious actions brought him into an acquaintance ship with Patrolman O. F, Victor And the acquaintanceship was certainly .well won by the big Sa lem patrolman, for Hanson had reasons to make a getaway and having a good lead on the police, he did hia darndeat. A small posee of citizens and several automobiles joined in the pursuit, which wound through south j Salem streets and finally ended! when Hanson took refuge in the basement : of a residence near South Commercial and Mil ler streets. The driver of a deliv ery car was instrumental in pur suing i Hanson : into his basement hiding place. Hanson explained that he had fled because' he had stolen a pair of shoes, it is reported. Accord ing to Night Sergeant Ralph Dav is. Hanson made a similar confes sion at the police station. It Is reported that - Hansen took the shoes from a display stand at the Hauser brothers' store on State street. And they were too small for me at that," moaned Hanson, after being conducted to the' Salem bas- tlle by Patrolman Victor. Following his theft of the shoes Hanson Is said to have retired to Mill Creek near Bush's pasture It happens that Hansen s general description answers that of the pervert who attacked two little girls here Sunday. As the scene of the attack was near the spot where the crime took place, Han son attracted the attention of pas sers-by and the pursuit followed. 1 0-Cent Shine Lasts Short Time in Portland PORTLAND. March 10. The 10-cent shoe shine was short lived in Portland. Following action yesterday by a group of leading shining ? stands in reducing the price) from 15 cents the master shiners held a meeting at which there was lengthy and heated dis cussion of the Innovation. v Today all of the price, cutters except two turned their reduced price cards to the wait. Shines on exhibit by church goers Sunday win be 15 cent shines because the old schedule Is re-effective tomorrow. RELIEF TO LEAVE BERNE. Switzerland, March 10. -A . Swiss hospital relief ex peditlon for the famine stricken districts of Russia will leave here Monday. There willy be 20 car loads t of hospital supplies and. a hospita Icar for the accommoda tion of several nurses and three prominent Swiss doctors. DUG PURSUIT uns nni FOR STATE SE1 E BUSINESS George P. Griffith, who is prominent as a business man of Salem and Jefferson, and who is widely known through out the county, let it be known last night that he will.be a candidate for the Republican nomination for state senator at the primary election on May 19. Mr. Griffith's business af filiations are with the Oregon State bank of Jefferson, of which he is president, and the Marion Automobile company of Salem, of which he is sec retary and treasurer. His main social affiliations arc the Rotary club, of. which he is now president, the Elks and the Masons. Also he i has served as vice president of the Salem Commercial' club and is active in the American le gion. - r . . . Mr. Griffith was graduated from the University of Nebraska with the class of 189 and Is 42 years old. He has been, connected eight years, first as cashier. He also served there as mayor and on I the school board. ' When ' the united states got into tne woria war he wen to the first officers training camp at the Presidioi San Francisco, and was early to get overseas where he served two years in the supply: branch of the army. Four months of this period was in Gedmany with the army of occupation. . If After his return from overseas Mr. Griffith came to' Salem and olned in the organiation" of the Marion Automobile comany He was married shortly afterward ; to Miss Ruby. Cornell, member of an old Oregon family.: and a grand daughter of Jesse ' ' Looney, who came to Oregon In IS 43.' ! ; Mr. Griffith is a heavy taxpayer in Salem and Jefferson and also pays taxes in Portland.1 - ,; ' Relative to policy Mr. Griffith's only comment at present is that he is in favor, of. a conservative admni8tratlon of public affairs.' George W. Hubbs of Silverton, who sometime ago announced' that he would-be a candidate for the state senate, yesterday filed with the secretary of state his declara tion as a candidate for the Repub lican nomination at the primary election May 19 - . ; j "Lower faxes, economy and ef ficiency." will be. the slogan ap pearing after Mr. Hubbs name on the ballot. His platform fol- ows: "I will during my term of office advocate such legislation as will promote . economy and efficiency. . . v .nil .11 1 iavor tne aoouuon or cuusuu dation of all state commissions whereby savings may be effected or efficiency gained. I will op pose tinnecessar legislation; un- necessay appropriations and In crease of bonded Indebtedness. 1 favor Just apportionment of tax ation among all persons and class es of property subject to tax. My effort will be to- reduce the pres ent burden of taxation to the mitt imum consistent with proper func tioning of state government." Bank President Robbed of Five Thousand Dollars ALTON. 111., March 10. Six bandits held np T. H. Wyss; pres ident of the Alton Banking & Trust company of this city, on a limited electric train, on the Al ton, Granite City, St. Louis line tonight, robbed him of $5000 In payroll cash and escaped in two automobiles which were waiting near Eagles ark, 15 biles south of here. ' The train, made up of two cars, was crowded with passengers re turning from their work in St Louis. None of the other passen gers were molested by the ban dits. Robber Suspects Under Arrest at Dallas THE DALLES. March 10. Two men suspected of- possible implication in the robbery of the Farmer's State bank at Center ville, Wash., early today, were arrested here tonight. Both de nied any knowledge of the crime. An automobile, - partially wreck ed, with' thousands of dollars worth' of deposit 'checks, which w missing. Was found near here earlier in the day. Officers from Klickitat county. Wash,, arrived I nere to prosecute searc a zor ine robbertk. ' " ' . ' . ... .... -1 ' ' . LINE O. A. C.WINS IN ORATORY AT NEW BERG Mervin R. - Good Takes First Place With Address on "Our Brother by the Baltic" ; In the Intercollegiate oratorical contest held at Newberg last night first place was taken by Mervin R. Good of Oregon Agricultural col lege, who spoke on the 'subject Our Brother by ' the Baltic' y Second award - went to1 Ted Goodwin of Eugene Bible Uni versity,' who subject was "Loyalty and Law. Third place was won by Francis EV Taylor of Pacific university, whose subject was "The Winning Tide.' - ' " Where Willamette was placed could not be ascertained last night. " 'Tit i' 0 M OF TOLD Bf SA1LQHS Skipper, and Crew of Eileen Lake Spend Eighty Hours In Small Boat ST JOHNS, N. .B-, March 1 Eighty hours of hnnger and expo-; sure in a storm tossed lifeboat on the Atlantic were recounted to day by the'sklper and' crew of the 2 09-ton schooner Eileen Lake, which sprang a leak off the New foundland coast January 19, and was abandoned. The captain. G. H. Hornsworthy, and his men, were picked up by the Belgian steamer Persier and taken to Ant werp. Today they were brought back by the Corsican. After leaving the distressed schooner, it was a hard fight to keep the frail craft from being swamped by the high waves, the skipper said. George Foresew, the cook, dropped dead among his companions and was burled at sea. On the second day a ship passed without seeing the frantic signals of the men. That night the Bel gian steamer Persier was signalled and took aboard the men. The Corsican also brought from Antwerp the shipwrecked captain and crew of the three masted schooner Optimist, of Newfound land, which lost her sails and be gan leaking January 2tf while en route here from Spain with a car go of salt. Drifting helplessly, and with lifeboats smashed, the Optimist was sighted by the steamer Am petico, January- 28. Captain John Eva ns of the Optimist decided his many more hours, whereupon toe sand his crew boarded the Ampet- ico and arrived in Antwerp Feb ruary 7. Burglars Use Gas Pipe i to Enter Clothing Store YAKIMA. Wash.. March 10h- Burglar who looted the Kasner Maier clothing store at Wanato last night used a long section lof gas pipe on which one of them climbed to the roof, broke the sky light and. after lowering the pipe through the opening, slid down it into the store. About 3S0 worth of garments and furnishings were taken. Irish Free State Mass Meetings Are Arranged DUBLIN, March 10. Mass meetings in support of the Irish tree state have been arranged for bunday at Cork, with Michael Collins as the principal speaker A meeting also will be held at Dandalk where Arthur Griffith and Professor John MacNeill will speak. Eamonn De Valera, accompan led oy (Jathal Brugha (Charles Burgess) former minister of de fense, will speak. at Dungarvan, county Waterford. March If. at Thurles on the 17th and at Killar- ney the 18th and at Tralce the 19th. THE WEATHER , Saturday - probably showers. moderate winds becoming wester- TALE TBI ETHDDS U American Delegation Declar ed By Opponents to Have Kept Action Hidden from Public. HUGHES ACCUSED OF MISLEADING PRESS Senator Underwood Sched uled to Make Prepared Address Early Today WASHINGTON, March 10. Pressing their attack on the manner in which the four-power Pacific treaty waB negotiated, the treaty's opponents declared on the ' senate floor today that the American delegation to the arms conference not only concealed knowledge of the negotiations from the public but was respon sible for the dissemination of misleading reports concerning them. , Hughes Accused At the time when the an nouncement of the treaty's con clusion was "imminent," Sec re tary Hughes, it was asserted by Senator Robinson, Democrat, Ar kansas, told newspaper corre spondents that he had no know! eage 01 any such project. As a result, the Arkansas senator de clared, the press was not only in accurately informed, Ixut news- paperment assigned to the con ference suffered professionally because they placed reliance on what Mr. ughes told them. That the secretary of state had made such denials was charac terled by Senator Lodge. Repub lican, Massachusetts, member of the American delegation as "ir reconcilable." Mr. Lodge declared that the project tor a Pacific concord had been discussed by him with Mr. Hughes before the. conference began. Senator Robinson's charge Was made during a brief flurry of debate just before the treaty was laid aside for the day to give right of way to a Judiciary bill. At first the administraUon eaders had opposed interruption of the treaty discussion to take up the bill, but so many senators asked for more time to prepare inerr speeches that a truce was agreed to.' Senator Lodge an nounced, however, that tomor row he would insist that the senate reach a vote on the first of the proposed reservations. Johnson Gets Ready The Democratic leader. Sena tor Underwood, of Alabama, also a member of the arms delegation is to make a prepared address on the treaty as soon as tomorrow's session begins. Several of the "trreconcilables" opposing the treaty have been waiting to hear Mr. underwoodfs speech before preparing their own. The first reolr to the minorltv leader is expected to be made Monday by Senator Johnson. Re- puoucan, California. Methodist School Issue In Commission's Hands SPOKANE. Wash.. March 10 Plans for the consideration of Methodist Episcopal church theo logical schools of the Pacific northwest and the erection of one large institution will be fully con sidered by a special commission, which will report to the annual church conference in Seotember The plan to appoint the commis sion was announced following a two-day session of church leaders here. Hundreds of Horses Dead from Starvation SACRAMENTO. Cal... March 10.--A special dispatch to the Sacramento Bee today from Win nemucca. Nev.. says: : ; "Hundreds of wild horses have perished of starvation on the Owyhee, desert as a result of deep snow and cold temperatures. So declare stockmen arriving in Wlnnemucca. The cold' weather hardened the snow to such a de gree that the horses were unable to- reach the grass." . RAI SENTENCED LA HORE, India," March 10. LaJanat Ral a prominent Indian nationalist, today was- sentenced to two years Imprisonment. ifEIN SERVICE AND FARRAR IN NEXT PLACE TAX REHIOfl T County Convention to Out line Policy and Elected State Delegates The county convention of the Tax Reduction league will meet today at the armory at 10:30 o'clock to discuss matters relative to action to be taken by the league and also to name delegates to the state convention to be held In Portland Delegates from all parts of. the county will attend today's meet ing. , With an organization in nearly every county in the state, those interested in tax reduction claim that the league will take an actvie part in the coming state election. D. W. Fisher will pre side at the session today. l;,T Belligerent Non-Coopera- tidnist Leader of India Arrested at Ahmed abad BOMBAY, March 10. -(By The Associated Press) India's non cooperationlst leader, Mohandus K. Ghandl, has been arrested at Ahmedabad, S10 miles north of Bombay. He Is charged with se dition. LONDON. March 10. (By The Associated Press) Mohandis K. Ghandl, the Indian non-coopera- tionlst leader, has been placed un der arrest. This announcement was made by the Indian office to night. No details were given as to the place and manner of his arrest, but the announcement says there has been no trouble so' far. Is Revolt Chief Mohandas K. Ghandi, leader of the nationalist movement in India Is the central figure of the' re markable ''pacifist revolution" which has stirred the 313,000,000 people of the Indian empire as. perhaps, never before since the days of the Sepoy mutiny. He has been called a philosoph ic anarchist, a new Tolstoi. He became more dominant than ever in the campaign against British rule in India when, in December last, the Indian national congress in its annual session at Ahmeda bad Invested him with sole execu tive powers of that congress with authority to appoint his successor "in any emergency." Boycott Attempted The congress voted to suspend all other activities in order to concentrate upon civil disobed ience, a feature of which was to the enlistment in the National Volunteer corps but included also refusal to pay taxes and an at tempt to boycott British goods. Soon after the congress ad journed Gandhi sent a manifesto to Lord Reading, the viceroy, of fering to abandon aggressive plans provided the government set free his followers, many hun dreds of whom were in prison, and provided the press was re leased from administrative con trol and fines and forfeitures re stored. The British India office promptly announced lliat it would not discuss such demands and that it intended to adopt (.tern measures to suppress ; the campaign of civil disobedience. Pajuiive Resistance Non-violence and non-coopera tion with the Indian government have been the fundamental prin ciples of Gandhi's campaign. His ideas have dominated the Indian congress and his appointment as executive of that body virtually made him dlstator of the revolu tionary movement. He sought to attain swaraJ, (self-determination or freedom for every one) by non- resisance by conquering the ene my by love. Gandhi has been described as a dark, little wiap of a man. who has fasted so long and often that he is physically a rot re shadow of a man,: He was born 52 years ago (Continued pa page ) SFSSIOiJ ID u FIRST ON The next postmaster at lowing: August Huckestein. - I John H. Farrar. . T-lT.-. . ""- A. A. Lee. ' ' " ' A . telegram received by the Statesman from Senator Charles L. McNary reads as folows: "Civil service commission made eligible list Salem post office today rating as follows: Huckestein, 86 per cent; John H. Farrar, 83 per cent; A A. Lee, 83 per cent. Seven others not in' rating. , ' v v . This apparently means that one of the three Js. assured of the commission. ' : " Z ;. ' ; . . ..-'v August Huckestein, Democrat, has held the office for more than-eljht years, his term expiring July 21, 1921. Both of the other candidates for the office are ReDubllean. It is by a Republican president and a Republican' con- f gress that the nomination will be made and confirmed. While Democrats have often teen certified as elbit!?. they have not at all times found smooth sailing. The clvU service commissioners have selected these three men on the basis of their examinations. At Astoria, the Democratic postmaster was given the highest . rating, but was not appointed. V At any rate the list is now narrowed down to three and it is up to a Republican ' congress to confirm the appoint ment taf be made by President Harding. ,!i - v According to what has been done in the past, he can select any one of the three candidates and comply with the civil service rules. Securing four points out of a possible six in the debates with the .two debate teams from Mll waukle high school, Salem's high school debaters last night secured the north Willamette district championship. Salem's .negative team, of which : Ralph Emmons and Kenneth Perry are members, received a unanimous vote from the three Judges at Milwaukie. The nega tive team from Milwaukie re ceived a 2-1 decision from Judges presiding at the debate held at library auditorium here. Ward Southworth and Benoit McCros- key represented Salem high school in the contest here. Judges who passed upon the debate at Salem were Professors J. F. Page and S. B. Mitchell, of Oregon Agricul tural college, and W. M. Smith, deputy state superintendent of schools.! j- Ilard Contest Staffed Upholding the negative of the question "Resolved; That the Plumb plan or railway control ana management should be enacted into law' the visiting orators at tacked the Salem debaters' that democracy should prevail In rail way management. Reports of a hard fought debate come from Milwaukie where Ralph Emmons and Kenneth Perry convinced the Judges that a 3 to 0 decision in their favor OF 1922 AGAIN IIS ; FRESHill GLEE COOTEST IN Twice they did it: In last night's Freshman Glee contest at the armory the class ot 1922 of Wllamette, the present senior class, won the pennant of the 14 th annual glee. The class of 1825 came nextln honor, the second time this class has won it. The first time was in 1920 with three points less than the ' seniors. The r Juniors were third and the sophomore class rated fourth place. The song that took the priie was a; college song entitled "Will amette Conqueror," having two verses and choruses. ; Fred McGrew composed the words and music of the song and Miss Eva Roberts was at the pi ano. The four Eengs, a reading by Miss Louise Joughin, a solo by Miss Mable Marcus and a number by the 'varsity quartet composed the program. The quartet was a decided hit. Encore was demand ed by a long round of applause! Fully five minutes was spent by the audience In demanding tO(bear Moodhe. t Warren. Craven and Blikensop, the : 'varsity quartet Professor ' James T.; Matthews made the presentation of the pen nant. . The Freshman glee la an annual Salem win be one of the fol ? ; , was the only f air verdict; Em mons, who has been sick for sew eral weeks, showed notlcabiy tha lack of force which has heretofore characterised , his debating, hut was safely able to rely upon sheer argument and a more thorough knowledge and a more careful analysis of the question. The constructive argument of the neg ative team, which was devoted en tirely to rebuttal dealt effective blows at the affirmative case by its convincing proof that the plan was fundamentally unsound and unable to cope with the Important problems of the railroads. Perry, the negative second speaker, de livered a thorough argument cov ering the labor phase ot the pro posed plan, with a cool deiiberat nee which showed to- the best ad vantage a carefully prepared and thought out argument . Coach Praised , i Team members are renewing their praise of Harry Savage, their coach who has coached them through a district championship with a record never before known to Oregon high school debating. Salem ' team will now prepare on the question, "Resolved; That a graduated Income tax should he adopted in Oregon, which they will deliver throughout the state championship tournament. The tournament is held on the Univer sity of Oregon campus In connec tion with Junior week-end. affair sponsored and supported by the freshman class, who Issue" a challenge each year. " la the attendance contest be tween the sophomores and the freshmen, the upperclassmen won by 4-10 of 1 per cent in average attendance. Not much to boast of but sufficient to win the 25 pies. The Words ot the prize winning song are as follows: Hail, Willamette, sturdy ; con queror. Rising proudly toward the sky; Reigning with majestic scepter. Thou dost manhood glorify. Queenly art thou, born In glory. Lighted by the sun's last ray. Ere he dips into the ocean . At the close of each new day; Our. valley green which bears thy - - title. ' : . Rich in field and fertile land. Yields no wealth , that meets in ' grandeur r . -, -That strong soul wrought by thy , v hand. . ' " - . CHORUS Her's is vlct'ry. .'' - Courage! warriors None can trample On her name; Catch the spirit of our fathers. Blaze a trail where others fear: .(Ceatlatiel ct ")