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. . ,. ; ' , " . - : l" '''.' y - '. v i. '- - ' : " CXXCULATXOV Avr-( fr March, 13:22 XV TBS CXTT OF HT.TTM Varioa a IVk CiUS a-i-rty w.bolj wis . The Oregon Statesman xss sokx nwirmi nan-ay -17 S82S Avar for six monthi ndinr Fsbnury ! - 28, 1823 . , v v Sunday eulr -- -' , -, ., 5591 1 DUy ajid Saadaj . SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,-APRIL 5, 1922 PRICE: I FIVE CE-iT3 "r-' -j;' - . ' ' l ' ' li ';r-;n' tt V"" MUM SIM HERE OF PROTESTS Bourbons Aroused Over Dis missal of Twenty-nine Engraving Executives By i President Harding. Vi CIVIL SERVICE SAID TO BE ENDANGERED Full Explanation Said in Let- ten ty Secretary to be Yet Inopportune i UNUSUAL SUCCESS SCORED V BY RUTH DRAPER, ACTRESS WASHINGTON, April 4: Pres ident Harding's ' dismissal of 29 bureaus of engraving executives -was the center of another storm of Democratic protest In congress today despite a White House ex planation -that the president had not intended typhis action 'to "re flect on the character" of any of the discharged .officials. - Id the senate a congressional Inquiry' was proposed formally In resolution by Senator araway, Democrat,' Arkansas, who declared the president's unheralded ' dis missal order had been "inhuman and inexcusable.' 'Several! other Democratic senators Joined In the attack while in the bouse Repre sentatlve Byrnes, Democrat, Ten nessee, assailed the ' president's act as "nothing short of an out rage." . i :-, . V . ) Reason Dedarrd Amplc ; Talclnt the lead In defense ol the administration, .Senator New, ' Republican, Indiana, told the sen- ate there were "ample reasons for' the dismissal, although un ' fortunately there were times when the president could not take the country Into his confidence. A general debate involving' the whole patronage policy of the ad ministration developed over . Sen ator araway resolution but it went over without action, v . At the White House Secretary Christian, acting for the president, ; declared in a letter to one of the dismissed officials that a full ex: planation was not yet opportune! although the chief executive re gretted that "Insinuating public ity"; was being given the Incident There had been no desire, the 'sec retary wrote, to reflect upon the character of any government em ; pleye.. - -': . . . ' " , Own Judgment Used. ; - It also wae said by White House s - ' ; . ? J . :-...r - "ifwmit m nsia-i $ q I - ' -V ' :- i 1 ' "' X ''Py:-&':-j --:-'::: :v?. ' ? . - ' ' . ". ; - -'' J '- .-.. ' : .:!...: .':.:. - ; v I I - ' ' 1 - ' . y SIM CHANGES AT VASHETON HARDING PLAN flRI KILL OMR WASHINGTON, April 4.- Gradual reorganization of gov ernment departments along the lines towards effecting a maximum of efficiency was said today in official circles to be the program of the admin istration already begun, which is to result in changes wher ever the infusion of new blood is judged necessary. I Operation of the civil serv ice rules will not be allowed to hinder efforts to bring the administration of the govern ment to the highest peak of service, according to advisors close to President Harding who believe that the president is empowered to make what ever changes in official per sonnel may be deemed expedi ent in 'the interest of the country at large, although, if necessary, enabling legislation may be obtained from con gress. The president was reported as holding the, view that under the constitution the chief executive is charged with the duty of exercis ing the best judgment in the ad ministration of the office entrust ed to him. ,': ' ; 3Iany Changes Made ! ' . Many changes have already tak en place,, particularly in the treas ury department, it was said, where complete reorganization, of the. bureau of engraving and printing and the customs service! has already been effected and where other Important shifts arei MISS RUTH DKArriK is duplicating ner ongmai cnar- to ne expectea soon. , simiiany aeter aketehea on ueveral ataees in the East, following In the shipping hoard antfothet i it. z. ti t-v lacencies of the rovernmen". where different ideas of office ad ministration is believed advisable replacement of executive heads Is taking place. In some quarters the view was advanced that re organization would proceed re gardless of party affiliations un til installation of new personnel would wipe away old methods now considered faulty to make way for the most modern proced ure. . . Prohibition Officials Eyed Reorganization is planned. It was said, today in the Internal S0C1 PARTY DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE SINFU WO CHANGE CLOCKS? ONE SALEM WOMAN SAYS YES Lieutenant Paul Word Beck Pays Attention to Married Woman and is Slam by Her Husband. PROMINENT ATTORNEY HELD UNDER BONDS Assailant Declares He Club' bed Revolver and Shoot ing Accidental; Question of Daylight Seems to Have Caused Schism In One - Salem Family Another Citizen Declares Alteration Would Give Laboring Class Too Much Time for Joy-riding Ffor setting dorka ahead . . Against ........ writes as follows:: llwril her success! of earlier in the season. Miss Draper is con sidered the best of feminine character actresses. Body of Veteran Editor Js Laid in Vault at Louisville; Simple Service 1 is Held for Waiter son 1 LOUISVIIXE, ' KT April 4.---TMarse" Henry, Watterson came home to Kentucky today to rest for all time. A great assemblage of Louisville citizens and men of national prominence who knew him . in life came to honor his memory. Flags on public build ings flew at half mast, while sim ple services at the First Christian church- were being held Tor the officials' that Mr. Harding felt he dean ot America's Journalists who died In Jacksonville, Fla., about alone was responsible for the eon- duct of an efficient gd ministration and that he proposed to exercise the presidential ' appointive power In a manner that accorded with his own Judgment.' , There was no possibility,; It was declared that , (Continued on page 1) ers of the younger generation who have felt his electric touch will carry forward his work." Borhtl Service Read . tfV M -1-1 ...irfii. . wnn A Vv . - .. . I revenue bureau and will involve, ?!; DI ChriM.? Vi!! It was declaredVabout a dozen im- (jurist Vyaurtu cuuguru -t ,va- H1U cemetery, where the casket was lowered Into a tone vault, A plain block of granite above it from its eminence on a hin, overlooks the city where the vet eran editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal spent some of the most active years of his life. W three months ago. ' The casket placed on a cata falque directly in , front of the pulpit was flanked cm one side with scores of floral offerings from many parts of the country, The folds of an American flag . t A- . -- i a fe POPULARITY: OF tlIT4:by; the; bree2e from nfwt-ii.n II tne open.aoors. ; Appreciation of :the offer of The New Universities Dictionary ' being made by, this paper to Its readers is shown ' in the steady '. Increase in the "distribution. ' The Prominent Men Attend Grouped near the pulpit were members of the Watterson family, the active pallbearers, some of whom had been associated with Mr. Watterson in his newspaper work for 50 years, and the hon popularity of " the book has be- onLTT Piearers. Among .them was Alexander ivonia, new zorx portant places. As soon as the internal revenue bureau reorgan ization is finished the next bureau to. be given attention is expected to be that of prohibition enforce ment Just how many , "key po sitions" are involved in this bur OKLAHOMA , CITY, Okla.. April 4. A midnight party in the fashionable home here of Jean P. Day, prominent attorney and oil man of Oklahoma, ended earl to day In the death ot Lieutenant Colonel Paul Word Beck, assistant commandant of Post Field, at Fort Sill, Okla,, and widely known in army circles. I; Beck, one ot the pioneer flyers of the American army, was killed by Day who declares he struct the army officer over the. head with a revolver when he returned home and found his guest strug gling withMrs. Day. The gun ac cidentally discharged, Day asserts Beck's skull was so badly shatter ed that officials were unable to determine whether the bullet' or the blow caused death. ) InnnMt OmXleA Day Is under 15000 bond to ap pear at a coroner's Inquest Satur day afternoon. ; , . , A committee ' of officers from Post field will conduct an inquiry Into the affair, it was announced late today by. Forest Hughes, county attorney, following a long distance telephone conversation with Post field headquarters. The committee will . be in Oklahoma City Friday or Saturday. . , The county v attorney said he would not consider filing charges until after the coroner's inquest. Shooting FoUows Party The shooting came after a "party at the Day -home at which Lieu tenant Colonel Beck was the guest ot honor. , Beck flew here yesterday from Fort Sill. Day had taken the other guests home in his motor car and when he returned about 2:30 o'clock in the morn ing, he declared in a statement to newspapermen, he looked through a window and. saw his wife and Beck seated on a divan. "Colonel Beck reached for her, Day declared. "There was. a struggle'." ' ' , Is It sinful to set the clocks an hour ahead to "save day light?" ' A Salem woman who signs "Subscriber,"' says it Is. She writes, in response to a gen eral invitation extended by The Statesman for a vote on the ques tion whether the. clocks shall' be set ahead an hour during the sum mer. The subject is now being agitated on the Pacific coast . Another who , is against it is I. T. Moore of Salem. In another instance the subject seems to have caused a family schism. Yester day a letter appeared from Frank J. Dunlap, who opposed the idea. This morning there is a letter from Mrs. Frank Jt Dunlap, who is in favor of it. Labor Robbed of Best "Subscriber." who thinks it isn't right to change the clock. You requested In Sunday's pa per to write letters regarding day light; saving. I will candidly say I not only think It Is wrong, but think it is a sin. It doesn't bene fit the working class of people at all, but robs them ot six hours of peaceful rest each week. For myself, 1 work hard and can sleep in the early morning. If possible, and we sure are living. too, fast as It is, without changing God's time and laws, i I think in Christian spirit : is, perfectly awful. I say, stamp It out, yes; forever. -i l v Too Much Joy.Rldlng Here Is wnat Mr. Moore says: I vote for no .change I in time for summer months. All you hear is, 'Is It old time or new time you are going by and yen never get used to it. It is all bosh. It gives the laboring man a little CO n STRIKE 1F1 TO BE APR L 1 0 Congressional Effort to Set tle Trouble Between Oper ators and Miners Besm by Labor Committee GOVERNMENT NOT YET' ' READY TO TAKE ACTIQ.l Lewis Leaves for New York; Other Testimony Will Be Taken at Hearing . (Continued on page S) BONUS AND LOiiGOHSS WILL BE SEEN BY GOIilTTEE The soldiers' state bonus and loan commission will be visited by s special American legion com mittee from Capital post No. 9, s the result of action 'taken at the regular monthly meeting ot the post at the armoory last night. . The committee will confer with the commission concerning com plaints that ex-service men have not been given fair consideration In connection with loan applica tions. The commission has made loans at less than 75 per cent of appraisal value, legion members charged. Whether this is allow able under the law Is the ques tion. Veterans have met with an arbitrary refusal when they asked that they be allowed to examine records in Instances where loans had been refused or the appraisal recommendations not allowed in accordance with, recently enacted lawr it was asserted --rv-"' Legion to Investigate ; American legion men will inves tigate these charges and will await the report ; of the post's committee before permitting crit (Continued on page I) .4 (Continued on page ) (Continued on page God Save the King" was sung Tuesday nOon by a lot of Salem ltes who perhaps never Jsang it before, when it was put on the bill of fare at the Klwanis club lunch eon; It followed "America," how ever. Internationalism and broth erly love didn't . forget Hhat Old Glory still holds the ascendancy. STATE-WIDE STAGE SYSIM . TO'' BECOME OPERATIVE jN S HORT TIME Universal Ticket Accoirunodation- Blanket Bond, Opef ation Unier Intentate Cocsnerce Act Part of Scheme Equipment Valtfed at Quarter Mfllion Dollars Un- . der Construction; Soon to be Delivered come more widespread, as those who were among the first to se cure a copy have told their friends about the dictionary or have shown it to them. Each day the distributing clerks have been be sieged by crowds of coupon-holders, v ; ;vv Many comment on the work in terms of highest praise. .. ' "I never spent 88 cents to bet ter purpose in my life," a well known' lawyer declared. I have long been wanting just fcuch a 'dictionary. , It. is. thoroughly up banker ' ad manufacturer to whom. Mr. Watterson dedicated his biography: James W, Brown, of the Editor and Publisher, New York, attended as the representa tive of the president and govern ing committee of the press con gress of the world. '' , Jim-Wilson, for years Mr. Wat tersbn's devoted negro servant, grief stricken, sat with the fam ily. -.V.-'- - . ; Service Is Simple. The services were In line with to date, gives a simple, accurate that simplicity which had marked definition of a lot of new words, the ma o. Mr. ni ihm iiinittration- r both in. I ritualistic ' reading, a, hymn,, a tnrostln ar and intrneUvi. Its I prayer, an anthem : by the choir convenient site . and nractical and a eulogy were " the outward . style of binding1 further recom mend it. utes. Ho leaves no successor,' Rev. .The New Tnrrersltles Dlctlon-IDr. I. Powell, pastor of the try was designed to serve as a guide to the correct use of to day's English. It is accurate in it definitions and contains the latest and newest words whose general usage warrants their in church, said, "for 'only Ulysses can wield the bow ot Ulysses. .. 'Not again," he continued, "shall his like be found. Others who have lived and wrought on a great stage have acknowledged corporation into a dictionary de- their indebtedness to the glowing signed as this one was, primar- inspiration iney nave receiveu ily for every-day folks who want through1 discipline or association to meak and write tne j-ngusniwua mi rea uibu kjiu uu u- .That an ftrra.nization to be known as the Associated Stage & Terminal association , of Oregon is being organized with plans calling for revolutionary changes m stage transporta tion and terminal arrantrements were made public last night hy L R. Applegate, an official of the Salem Central Stage terminal. ; ;V"-v V:-':-iV" - .- A number of large limousine type stages of advanced design are now being constructed at a total cost of about $225,000. Mr. Applegate said. These new transportation ve hicles will soon be completed and delivered to the stage line operators who are now making plans to affiliate witn ter minal units throughout the state. ' ' The proposed chanees include: ; ; 1 -A ticket system to cover a state-wide stage system now bein or formulated and soon to be ready for issue. -" 2 -A revision of all stage routes for the purpose of elim inating unnecessary duplicated effort and to extend the ser vice to all main cities. ? j n ' : -3-i-Installation of new terminals and ticket agencies. f "Inauguration of a' blanket bond tfcbver cooperative and allied stacre transDortation lines. -;. 5 Application to be made in the near future for per mission to operate under the interstate commerce act- . This would remove the stage line from restraint bjr conflicting local codes, it is asserted. "Stage ; operators of, Oregon have1 found "that the' public de mands for an Improved transpor- languag correctly ard well, lfluence long will abide while oth-. tation' service are a .ustincaUgneervlCij a a a5onabl rate sched- of this step, said Mr. Applegate. Many Localities Served "We propose to give- reliable ule. Stage transportation accom modates - many localities not touched by Tall road jlines, and we do not feel that we should be regarded as being in compe tition with railroads. In fact. these .allied stage lines feed to transcontinental and similar lines. By reason of our establishment on highway routes we offer a dis tinctive usrvtce. . Xot coupcttng WXtn luinroaas When questioned concerning reported rate cuts by the Oregon Electric and Southern Pacific lines, Mr. Applegate said: "We do not V feel that this round-trip rate will affect our business, as this lowered schedule is on a par with our-own fares. Stages cooperating with our ter minals and operating throughout the Willamette valley cannot be regarded as competitive to ' raU- road distribution. . f J Service Is Necessity . I : wish to emphasize, this state ment that we do not regard our selves as competitors to the rail lines, because stage operators have found-that their service is a public necessity and catering to independent districts as has been itated.'. These stage lines witn several stages on daily schedule are offering a new service to iso lated places touched by our highr T - i - ' ' WE-VTIIEH . . - rrT . . ,.(.. A frate jvesterl winds. WOULD BE JEW CHE F Former Chief Joins W. T, Birtchett in Opposition to Present Head John 9- Welsh, who has served as Chief of Salem's police depart ment, yesterday filed, his petition as a candidate for the office. Mr. Welsh is well known in this city. He serrad in 1915 and l9is as chief and also occupied this position in' 1920, when he was ap pointed to fUl, a vacancy accasion ed by the resignation of Chief Percy M, Varney. He was a can? didate for election in 1920 but was defeated by Chief Moffltt, who is a candidate for reelection. Mr. Welsh- is. a member of the Oregon National guards and has held executive offices to company W. T. Birtchett of the local department is also a candidate. V WOMEN WOUSDED BELFAST, April 4. Two bombs were- exploded here V- to night and there was some shoot ing. Twg wpjaeii wsre, wounded. The meeting was devoted to the cultivation of a better spirit to the neighbors, especially Johnny Bull and Miss Canady, "Our Lady of the Snows." Judge George Brown of the Oregon supreme court, was the principal speaker, on "Tne Keiationsmp or wanaaa and the United States." :v . - ; Peace is Celebrated We are -here to celebrate, not the victories ot shot and shell, but those of peace," said the speaker; "We, have had', wars, bitter wars, until the border line ran n blood. Washington even thought that we 'should have to take Canada, and, in 1812 there was fierce fighting. . But only few years' later, or 105 years, ago now; English and American states men met to regulate the military relations of the two ' countries. They-, established a wonderful peace of diplomacy the same as that ' Just no wcodsummated ; be tween; tne great powers tor sav ing the world from further war. "It has been suggested, through this week of good fellowship, that it would be mutually helpful for each of us to learn more of our neighbors. ' ' Maybe we .ought to know that Canada has 3,800. 000 square miles of territory, of which 200,000 miles is-water; or 30 times the area - ot , Oregon. She has a population of 9,000,000, with nine provinces comprising the dominion.- They were prac tically independent. - One reason that the king's .right of veto still stands- is that he has never used Canadian Wealth Described -"Canada is second or third In timber resources In the world. Russia is first, and then the Znit ed States and Canada rank close together. She has the greatest palp and paper mills'. in the world. She raises 11 per cent of ; all the world's wheat; 11 per cent of the oats; a jret larger proportion of the barley. She has 17.000,000 head of ' livestock. ; She; has Im mense mineral ; resources; with perhaps the second largest coal deposits in the world, and she pro duces 85 per cent of both the hie- kle and the cobalt mined. She has 12.000 miles of watetf coast; she is twelfth la the list of marl- WASlUNOTOr. : April 4.--A congressional effort at settlement of the coal strike, particularly as it involves the bituminous fields, was begun today when Chairman Nolan of te house labor commit tee was authorised to telegraph nvlUUons to a number ot repre sentative operators and officers and operators' associations in the central competitive coal field to attend a meeting with the miners union leaders in Washington Ap ril 10 and attempt to reach an agreement.,:. At the same time. Senator Bor ah, Republican, Idaho, took oc casion to say in the senate "that drastic public action might be demanded and to charge the op erators with contract breaking In precipitating the strike. ; V J . . 1 No Menace . Seen i v ' ..;' y ' A possibTii divergence between the views of members ot congress and -those of the admlnlstratlon- bowsrer. was seen when Attor ney General Dacgherty issued a statement reiterating that "the government Is not undertaking, to do anything In the present si tua- tton of the coal matter. He de clared that "men have a right to quit work and men have a right to employ other men, that the public was not menaced with coal shortage and that it was the duty of local authorities to main' tain order. " . The government would not look with : favor upon coal price In crease,- Mr.: Daugherty said, add ing that he "saw no reason at this time to believe that disorder need be feared," but asserted that the government "will perform whatever may be Its duty in the premises" if local and state agen cies can not maintain peace. ; 2-Day Discussion Heard The house i committee ' action came ; after its njembers had spent two . days, listening to it discussion of the strike from the' miners viewpoint by John L. Lew Is, president ot the United MIno Workers. Mr. Lewis assured the committee it would advise his a associates to j negotiate with any "representative groups." of oper- , ators from the central" coal, field. which includes Illinois, Indians. Ohio and western Pennsylvania. even though not all the. operators could be , induced to deal tgaia with the anion. The union, be Insisted, would not and could not settle the dispute-in other states until this basis had : been estab lished for a national wage level. The committee decided to ap-: pealdlrect ; to the represenUUves of operator groups in the states named and Mr. Lewis tonight de clared It ,4had put forward a pro posal worth considering. t ? Action No Forecasted ' ; "However I have no notion of what the operators will do, he said.- - paring the bearings today, Mr. Lewis defended the miners' union proposal to establish a sir hour and five day week, one ot the de mands originally made, scooting as "absurd" a! calculation by Rep resentative Black. Democrat, Tex as, that this would occasion an ex tra annual cost of $244,000,000 to the public for coal. ; Discussing the history of wage negotiations, Mr. Lewis amplified the repeated charge that the bi tuminous operators of the central field hid broken a contract with the - miners union in fating to confer with Its committee for a new wage scale before the strike. The tact.' he said, in agreeing to a' suggestion j-by Representative London, Socialist, New York, real ty gava the strike all the aspect of a lockout." ; . t tv t More Testimony Today Mr. Lewis arranged - later to Continued on page