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FIRST SECTIOTi j Pages 1 to 6 mo SECTIONS 10 Pages SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON THURSDA Y MORNING,, JULY 27, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS J: Ml PROHIBITIOW BY DISTILLERS Commissioner Haines ' Charged with Exceeding Rights in Oppressing Dis tribution of Medicinal ; Whiskey; LIQUdR TRAFFIC IS r ' UNCHECKED; CHARGE Resolutiom Asks": that Com missioner, .and Subordi nates Be Hailed to Court ; 1 T 1 L0UIS7ILLB,' Ky.. July. 26. Charges that ' prohibition - Com missioner Haynes and bis offices were exceeding legal administra tion measures under cover, of the Volstead act and were oppressing the proper dlatrfbotion of medi cinal whiskey; and alcohol -were contained ,ln resolutions adopted ttf distillers of the country at the jcIoss of their meeting here today with . an appeal to President Harding, the secretary of the - treasury, and the commissioner of Internal revenue "to see that, the federal, prohibition, commissioner conducts his office In conformity with the accepted, stands of well regulated and responsible public lamlaistratloa. . The appeal also 4ked that the commissioner and . ibis subordinates " compelled to desist from the exercise of purely 'discretionary administration not consonant with the law." , , ( Ektt Traffic , Uncfatocked. ; The resolution said it was com nod - knowledge that the illicit traffld In liquor was unchecked while the5 official oppression and .legal distribution of pure medi cinal whiskey and train alcohol was resulting In a substantial de nial to the public in Its right to secure liquor legally. . . ' - The distillers clalmedJt was to their knowledge that personal pol icies and "unwarranted verbal in- . etrucUotts issued , by field offi cers and the federal prohibition commissioner were in conflict wits the statutes. ; ' Th principles of the Volstead act. the distillers claim, are being . violated by the prohibition com missioner In the conduct of his I W ammMirauon ana in nis reiusai , A -tdjmeet the 'public requirements for whiskey and alcohol. ' . A" Violations coaragted. Charge. Violation of prohibition restric tion is; "actually encouraged" on . account of the uncontrolled India tretlbns exercised by Irresponsible state directors and other field of- fleers, according to the'resolutlon. "It Is the sense of the distill v efs, the resointion says, "that eT 1 ,. hnyl araflcble remedy in law should be nromntlr " Invoked to rtng the federal commissioner and Various field subordinates In to court and compel their obedi- I . ence to the nrtnclniei of the law.1 Copies of : the : resolutions 4 were sent to, the president, the secre- " xary or the treasury and the com missione of Internal revenue. : 'By h. Stage Line0perat6r '-Seeks 7 to Prevent Enforcement ; of Ordinance 11 " , 4 " ' V1' J; W. Parker,owner and gen eral manager of the Parker stage "n8. yesterday Hied euit In'the Marion countyclrcuit; court ask ing for a temporary restraining order against the city of Silverton to prevent it from enforcing an ordinance passed by the common council of that place on July 1$. la which Parker was granted a franchise to operate! his stages larough that city upon the pay ment of the $200 license fee set hy the council. ; In his petition for the restrain Ing order Parker sets Worth that ; the tee Imposed upon teim by the city is discrlmnatory, confiscatory and prohibitive in that other bus and stages lines, operating in that city are assessed a fee of only 1 1 HARDING APPOINTS FEDERAL COMMISSION - .... ; " ! -. ' f '4 A . i .-".-- ... " , . . . , - FOR FUE : Coal Strike DrvelopiiHfnt Presidont Harding set in motion the federal fuel con trol organization; with the selection of at central coal distribution committee. Governor W. T. McCray announced that the state of Indiana was j arranging to - take over and operate "suf ficient mines to supply In diana's necessities." Missouri operators after conference with Governor Hyde announced cooperation in opening the mines has been; assured. Frank Partington, presi dent of the Illinois miners, calls . state convention for August 3 to , act' on peace plans, leaders on 'both sides predicting a settlement with in two Veeks. - WASHINOTOM, uJly 26 (By the Associated Press.) President Harding tonight set in motion the federal emergency fuel control or ganization wrtn the selection or a central coal distribution commit tee of government officials under the chairmanship of Secretary Hoover. I The commerce secretary, at the request of the president. Immedi ately . wired ;the governors . of the rations states asking them to set up emergency state; organizations as the first step toward decentral izing the . organization for equit able distribution and maintenance of fair prices for coal under. the administration's piah; .,, , ' ;. States to e' BResponslble ; "Under this plan." Mr. Hoover said, . "the distribution for rail way use .will be directed from Washington, but with the possi ble exception of a few state pub lic i tttilltles, the responsibility for all other distribution will rest upon organizations set up under sttato control. Cooperation of state organisa tions was also asked by. Inter state 'Commerce Commission , Ait- chison who telegraphed the sev eral transportation regulatory bo dies of the states east of the Mis sissippi requesting them to ' act as representatives of the commis sion in--f actuating operation of the emergency service orders giv ing priority to the shipments of coal and necessities. - r W Five on Committee ' The : federal coal distribution committee selected by the presi dent consists of Attorney General Daugherty Secretaries Fall and Hoover and Commissioner Aitchi son, or their representatives, un der the temporary chairmanship of the commeree secretary. ; . A fifth member is to be added to, the committee later, Mr. Hoov er said, , who will undertake the administrative direction while the ultimate, character of the organi zation "must depend upon the sit uatI6n."Thls .was. taken t the commerce department to lindicate the committee would be an elastic body with administrative aids rep resenting the railroads or geogra phical sections, such as New Eng land or the Great Lakes region. pressed into service as expert ad vice on the needs 4 of those sec dons may be required. - ,- INDIANAPOLIS, July 26.- Governor Warren T. McCray an-1 nounced tonight that the state of Indiana was arranging , . to 'take over and operate "sufficient mines to supply Indiana's .necessi ties." ; . 1 " j ... The announcement was made In a telegram to John Hester. president of the Indiana miners, who is In Philadelphia In an en deavor to arrange a, settlement of the mine strike, .a : ; . : -President! Hester had : wired Governor ; McCray that the union officials were contemplating a call forj an, interstate, conference and urged htm to use .his Influ ence with the Indiana operators. The itovernor promised his un qualified support to the move ment" and added: tha "in, the meantime my preparaiions s , for coal production ; will proceed as rapidly as possible.' ... ;vi . The governor! - In ; taking i the Step advised . Mr. Hester that he had received "official word from Washington this aftternoon that In the present situation? Indiana utilities cannot be supplied even with priorities "front outside- the state and coal for Indiana. puopte is. squarely up to the governor. L CONTROL POLICE WON'T ARREST MAN ; HE IS KILLED Woman Fires Fatal Shot When Officers Refuse to Ar rest Iceman for Assault COUNCIL, BLUFFS, la., July 26. When county officials refus. ed to take any action after she had reported that S. C. Frieden. president of the Citizen's Ice and Coal company "of this, city, had assaulted her in her home, Mrs. Linda Taylor shot him to death today, according to the story she fold police. Frieden is said by police to have gone to the Taylor home to collect an ice bill. According to Mrs. Tayfor. Freidcn asaulted her one week ago after she had become so ex haosted from resisting hia ad vances that she could no longer prevent it. She said also that her husband visited the police station the following day and made complaint and was told that in the absence of witnesses they could do nothing. After examining the 'woman and ; her : husband at the police station, Chief of Police J. C, NI appeared that the man might coll decided to hold both as it have fired' the fatal shot. flew Schedule Calls for 33 Cents per Pound of C16an Content Fight Warm" -, WASHINGTON, July 26. A raw wool tariff rate of 33 cents a pound of clean content, eight cents more than proposed by the house, was approved today by the senate, 38 to 16. Four .Republi cans voted against the rate and six Democrats supported it. . The roll call follows: . For 33 cents Republicans: Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Came ron, Capper, Colt,' Dupont, France, Frelingauysen, Gooding, Hale. Harreld, Jones (Washington), Reyes, Ladd, Lodge, McCnmber, McKInley, McNary, : Moses, New, Newberry, Nicholson, Pepper, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Spen cer, Stanfield, Warren- Watson, (Indiana) and Willis 32. ' Democrats Ashurst,' Brous sard, Jones (New Mexico), Ken- drlck, Rasdell and Sheppard 6 Total for, 38. Iiorah Against Rate ' Against 33' cents Republicans: Borah, Kellogg, Lenroot and Wadswbrth 4. Democrats against -Caraway, Dial, Hefflln, Hitchcock, Over man, Pomerene, Robinson, Sim mons, Stanley, Trammell, Walsh (Massachusetts), and Walsh (Montana) 12. Total against. 16. - . ' . The committee amendment to the bill as finally approved is in the same . form as the provision was written into the 'bill by the house except that the house pro viso fpr a limitation ,'of 35' per cent ad valorem was stricken out. The finance committee : majority withdrew at the last minute , its original amendment providing for graduated - bracket rates depend ent upon Xhe percentage of the shrinkage of the Republican ag ricultural bloc, and this was' the second time it had been before the senate. Action finally on the substitute committee amend ment, the senate rejected 38 to 19, an ., amendment by Senator Wadsworth, Republican, . New York, to make the rate 28 cents a pound. Six Republicans sup ported this ' amendment and , six Democrats opposed it. The Re publicans were; v Borah.- Idaho; Jones,; Washington; Kellogg, Min nesota; Lenroot, Wisconsin,.- Mo Cormlck, Illinois and Wadsworth. The Democrats were . Ashurst ; of Arizona; Broussard and Ransdell, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico; - (Continued on page. 3.) WOOL TARIFF RATE PASSED DISASTER IS IF STRIKE L Western Farmer Faces Grave Situation if Crops Cannot Be Moved with Certainty Soon - ROADS INSIST FREIGHT IS BEING MOVED Maintenance Head Scouts Rumor of Walkout of Additional Workers RAIL STRIp SUMMARIZED. B. M. Jewell, head of the striking rail shopmen, Inter national president of the shopscraft3, Timothy Healy, president of the firemen and oilers' union and A. O. Wharton, labor member of the railroad labor board, went to Washington to see President Harding, Western 1 railway execu tives issued a statement as serting that freight was be ing moved as offered with out congestion and that pas senger traffic was normal. - President Harding con ferred with W. W. Atterbury rice' president of the Penn sylvania system, and Secre tary. Hoover, regarding the shopmen's strike. The7 Baltimore & Ohio railroad made a written pro posal to its shopmen to end the strike on its lines and sent a copy to President Harding. CHICAGO, July 26. (By the A. P.) Western railway execu tives in a statement tonight as serted freight is being moved as offered, without congestion, and passenger traffic is being operat ed normally, white leaders in the railway shopmen's strike still maintained the walkout was prac tically 100 per cent. According to the statement is sued tonight by the western presi dents' committee on public rela tions of the Association of Rail way Executives, car loadings ex ceed those oi a year ago, except on roads especially affected by the coal strike. . All western roads With headquarters in Chicago re port increases in the number of men at work in the Shops, the statement said. Fruit Growers Face Loss The United States railroad la bor board maintained its hands off nolicy. Chairman Ben W. Hooper was called to Newport, Tenn., by the death of a rela tive. and other board members gave the strike no official atten tion. Telegrams were received from the Idaho Producers' union and the Idaho farm bureau feder ation asserting that fruit and vegetable growers face disaster unless the strike can be settled at once. Six thousand cars ot early potatoes should be moved east before September 1, the mes sage said, and added that 14,000 cars of late potatoes and 4000 cars of head lettuce must be moved soon after that date. (Continued on page 3.) "Grandpa, what did you during the great radio fad?" said Jimmie. Don't Quivver wlth shame when the day comes when those, dear little ones , will ask, questions, don't blush beneath your whiskers. No! A thousand times No! Even as many as sev en thousand times No! If a proper wholesale rate on "noes" can ne obtained. . Prepare now for that com ing time by getting one of the - clever radio receiving sets the Statesman is giv ing away. - It's so simple, so easy, so entirely effortless to obtain one. Just use a ' slight .motion .of the arms an A wrist tn tarn tn an' in- cMn iian and von II thB whole thing explained in an iadv. : . ' . . Ready! Setl Go! ED R T G. 0. P. DEFEAT OF 1312 T S Failure to Put Newsprint on Free List Brought Wrath of Press on Party, -Mc-Cumber Charges STARTLING CHARGES MADE BEFORE SENATE Smoot Cites Case m Which Demands Were Declared to Have Been Made WASHINGTON, July 26. De feat of the Republican party in 1912 was attributed today in the senate by Chairman McCumber of the finance committee to the re fusal of that committee three years previously to heed the de mands of newspaper publisher? that newsprint paper be placed on the free list in the Payne-Aldrich tariff act. His declaration brought demands from the Democratic side lor full details and was followed by recitals bjr Senators Watson of Indiana, Smoot of Utah and Mc Cumber, of incidents, which they said, had taken place behind the scenes In congress a decade ago. Further Proof Demanded Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas declared that .if Senator McCumbers v statements that the newspapers of the country because they could .not "intimidate" the finance committee into giving free newsprint, turned against Repub lican partr and cereated it, were true, it was "a terrible indictment against the press of the United States, the men who own it, and the men who control, its policy." Asserting that he could not ac cept it without first having "def inite and. complete information, the Arkansas senator and later Senator Stanley of Kentucky, de manded that Senator' McCumber give the names of representatives ot the publishers -who. had made threats to -o committee. Tells of Threat Stating that he wanted to give the senate the "facts," Senator Smoot said the late John I Norris, representing the Newspaper Pub lishers' association had appeared before a finance sub-committee of which Mr. Smoot was a member; had refused to compromise on the matter of a duty on newsprint and stated that if a duty were imposed "the Republican party would be driven from power." TThe Utah Senator said he supposed this was the statement from which Senator McCumber had drawn' "his con clusions" and added that he did not think Mr. Norris had been au thorized by the publishers to make such a statement. Publishers Refused Compromise - Later reiterating his original statement that spokesmen for the publishers had told the! committee "give us free print paper and we will support the Republican par ty and the administration, refuse to give it and we will destroy you if we can." Senator McCumber said he had been present at con ferences between the publishers representatives and-members of the committee and remembered details of them. He added that on one occasion when there was a discussion ot a compromise as between the duty of 1 6 a ton and $2.40 a ton on the paper, a pub lishers representative had stated .that he would not yield .one damn cent," and that If the committee failed to make the desired recom mendation for newsprint the pub lishers would drive the party from m power if they could. 1008 Conference Mentioned Senator Watson of Indiana told the senate of what he said had been his personal experience with these same gentlemen ; in 1908 when . he was a member of the house. He related that" Mr. Nor ris and the late Herman Ridder another representative of the pub lishers had sought to "force through a bill by the then ' Repre sentative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi placing newsprint and wood-pulp on the tariff ! free list. He declared Mr. Norris pad visit ed the then Speaker Cannon in the speaker's office' and told him in the presence of Mr. Watson" and others that if Mr. Cannon would rW1111'' the 1 Williams bill to go through the publishers would start a campaign that would make him . president , and that Jf he re- (Continued on page Z. LI D NEWSPAPER FULL BLAME FOR INTERFERE IN RAIL OPERATION PRODUCTION POT ON NO FUN BEING SAVED NOW; DRINK DENIED Booze Stricken from Life Sav ing Equipment of Coast Guard-Ammonia Instead SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. The work of rescuing persons from watery graves as performed by tho life saving department of Undo Sam's coast guard service on the Pacific coast, will proceed as usual except Lieutenant Peter Jensen, divis ion commander ot the lifesaving department. United States coast guard service stated today that the anthoriles at Washington had stricken out the last requisition made for whiskey as part of the stores ot a life saving station, to be used in emergencies. Spirits of ammonia were sent Instead. ruit Growers of Marion and Polk Counties Suf fer Losses from Pest If anybody sees - an Oregon Jackrabbit reading this story, he should pull tho rabbit's tail, or tickle him in the ribs, or kick him in the seat of the trousers, or tell him about the Ku Klux Klan and d'vert his attention for this is the story of what they're going to do to Brer 'Rabbit for what he is doing to the Oregon fruit trees. Reports are coming in of the rapid and destructive spread of the big jackrabbit from the sage brush plains. . Pest Is Growing This pest hasn't been very nu merous in western Oregon, but he seems to be finding excellent picking since the coyotes and owls were killed off and the hunting license went up. and the new Oregon orchards look to him like strawberry shortcake or cus tard pie. During the hard win ter, twe years ago, a good many trees were entirely girdled and killed by the rabbits that found the fruit trees the best fare the country afforded. Bark Peeled Off Just now the rabbits are not girdling the trees quite so raven ousl7, but they do reach up into the little trees and peei the branches far their tender bark One Polk county orchardist re ports that the rabbits have ruin ed l-r0 prune' trees this season I for an aggregate loss of several hundred dollars. Another grow er, on the Mission Bottom reports an almost equal loss. Formula Devised The Mission Bottom grower Is going to paint his trees with an extra strong solution of lime-sulphur spray, with arsenate of lead added, and all made up thick en ough to arply to the trees with a brush. The rabbits' may nip in to this unsavoury coating, once or twice, but hardly more t!an that;' it's not good for rabbits. The Polk county crower expects to follow the same formula. Both also plan to put out poison; Paris green In bran, or on bright alfalfa hay in the w:nter time, when the ground is frozen or there is snow The country I3 not well adapted to rabbit drives, such as are stag ed in pastelm Oregon and Idaho, but tha way the rabbits are mul tiplying, tb fruit growers say that some vigorous extermination methods must be adopted. 2 BARON BYXG TO ALASKA VANCOUVER, B. C. July 26. Concluding! a week's visit to Van couver and! district. Baron Byng, governor general, with Lady Byng and party, boarded the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Louise tonight fori Skagway, enroate to Dawson for. a trip through Yukon territory, -J 't;d i DECLARED UPON WASHINGTON, July 26. (By The Associated Press) Responsibility for further interference with transportation and with production of vitally outmiiK lamuau cmpiuyes aim auners luuay oy JrlTSiacnb Harding in again suggesting that they return to work under conditions already suggested ness or their demands was being threshed out by the airen- cies set up for that purpose. Keplying to a telegram sent him by J, Cleve Dean, chair man of the raifway employes publicity association, Chat tanooga, Tenn,, charging that the administration was at tempting to put American labor under the mm hv lf nnliW towards the industrial disturbances, Mr. Harding said:. MITO MEET SETTLE STRIKE ST, LOUIS, July 26. (By the Associated Press )-Frank F.r ringtcn, president of the Illinois miners today called a contention of delegates of every union local in the state to meet August 3 at Peoria to take action on strike peace plans presented by the min operators. His action was ' con sidered so significant that lead ers on both sides of the contro versy tonijrht predicted that the strike in Illinois would end wlth' in two weeks. w Mr. Farrington's action , was taken after an all-day conference witn ms executive ; board of ap proximately 30 members from all over the state, x Miners To lectde Issue A inion leader tonight . said that the meeting had brought the following results: 1 Mr. Farrington isconvinced that he is still supreme in power among the miners of Illinois, de plte inroads in his prestige made in certain sections by followers of John-L. Lewis, national min ers' president and generally op pose! by Farrington In matters of policy. 2 Always in favor of a separ ate etiike agreement, but here tofore insisting- that he would not puM Illinois away from the national union policies in mak fmg ?t, Mr. Farrington has deter mined to place the issue before the miners of the state themselves and tet them decide whether to remain on strike or go back to work under terms satisfactory to both fides. 3 Mr. Farrington is convinc ed that he can defeat any oppo sition rrou3ht by the Lewis fac tion in Illinois. 1 fcpeedy Fence Possfble In his call for the convention, he openly declared that he would submit a proposition from the operators which might lead to speedy peace. This proposition has not been made public officially but it was frankly admitted privately that it was virtually the same made re cently at the White House that the men return immediately to work on the wage scale which e-lsted-when they quit work, this agreefn5nt to be effective until next spring and that it .in the meantime a permanent agreement be effected. ' John Lewis has been invited to attend the convention and it is believed tha - effort will be made to settle the Illinois strike in a manner which will not ag gravate tho national leader. Some members bf the executive board reid tonight, however, that they believed Mr. Lewis would make an open fight on the floor against any state settlement Mit that if he did, Mr. Farrington would be able to retain control. A! Demaree, Former Giant Moundsman, to Lead Cellar-digging Portlanders . PORTLAND, July 26. AI De maree, -former, major league pitcher; was tonight , appointed manager of the Portland baseball club - by President William H. '(Continued on page 3.) AUGUST 3 MAY PITCHER IB EE AND STRIKERS needed coal was placed upon by him while the reasonable - .; Striking railroad workers ex ercise their rights of freedom In seeking to hinder necessary trans portation of the country notwith standing provisions made by law for consideration of any just grie vance and the 'striking miners seek to . prevent the production of coal necessary to common, wel fare, notwithstanding the offer of an : agency to make an impartial settlement; while the men who choose to work In response to the call ot the country are exercising their Hike right and at the . same ' time are making, their contribu tion to oar common American wet- fare."; r ' Denying the charge made by Mr. Dean, the president declared that fit you . mean to challenge the righteousness of free men to be protected in their lawful pursuits against interference and violence. I will be glad to Join you In sub mitting that question to the deci sion , of the American people." .' Treats Reference Vtlth Contempt J The president's reply to Mr. Dean made a full exposition of the action of the government In both the railroad and mining strikes. It was at follows: -. The president's telegram, dated July 25, was as follows: . "Mr. J.' Cleve Dean, "Chairman, Railway Employes Publicity Association. "Chattanooga, Tenn. .' . v "Since you speak as chairman of the railwar employes publicity association and. since it Is exceed ingly Important that the Ameri can people know precisely the questions at issue' in the present railway , and coal strikes, I am more than glad to answer your telegram, though I can only treat your politically partisan referenc es with that contempt which Is felt by every good citizen in the hour of neep public concern. Hap pily for the American public ev erything done and everything said br government authority relating to the two strikes is a matter ot record and cannot In any way be distorted. There is no dispute about the loyal American citizen ship of the men on strike, nor will any one Question" that many of them gave everything that men can give for the service of their country in the world war. Nor it disputed that the men on strike are exercising their constitutional and lawful rights, under existing statutes, in declining to work -under the terms decided by the rail road labor board or tendered to the workmen by the mine opera tors "of the country. No one has attempted or - proposed to draft free men Into either the railway or mining service or suggested coercion wider military force. The military forces of free America are never used for such . a purpose. Their service is only that of pre venting lawlessness and violence. That same unchallenged freedom which permits you and your as sociates to decline to work is no less the heritage of the free Amer ican . who chooses to accept em ployment under the terms pro posed. The difference betweea the two positions Is that the strik ing railroad workers exercise their rights of freedom in seeking to hinder the necessary transpor tation of the country; notwith standing the provision by law for the -consideration of any just grie vance; and the striking miners seek to prevent the production of coal necessary to common wel fare, notwithstanding the offer of an agency to make any Impartial settlement while " the men who choose to work in response to the call of the country are exercising their like rights, and at the same time are making contribution to our common American welfare. : . MAQdate Must De Accepted "The decisions bf the railroad labor board are In compliance with a mandate of the law-making body of the United States. 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