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Will?" fulfil iiifftffi'' ' ' M&ti(k&U I '-sMS CEKCTTLATIOK ATtr( for Aut, 1922 Sunday only 5814 Daily 8nndy 5467 iter; (pr lis months ending July 30, '" Sunday only 6852 I . V EI NJ X II M W m y . I L 1 1 1 JJ II II- llllllfl ll.fr T II I 111 II II II 1111 I tl. o - I ! SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR . SALElToKEGON, SATURDAY MORNiIgTsEPTEMBER 16. 1922 PRICE: FIVE. CENTS" , - -' . i - .l:1,.., , o . . . j I ' . : I . . T' ins PLAN DISCARDING OF FEDERAL BODY Transportation Lines of the V Nation Predict That End .1 of Labor Troubles Is in ' Sight. ROADS NOW SETTLING WITH UNIONS DIRECT New York Central and r Pennsylvania System Sign 5 1 ' . With Brotherhoods f ,. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. (By the . Arsociated Press.) The be ginning of the end of all the labor troubles that have from time to time beset the transportation lines of the nation for the past several years wal 'believed by many railroad heads and union chiefs to have come today when the New York Central lines made settlement with .two of the oper ating brotherhood and the Penn sylvania syBtem began negotia tions toward a similar end. Arrangements for like confer ences ' here next week between orotnernood leaders and six other big eastern carriers were tinder way tonight. ; By today's agreement the roads mating, up the ; New York Cen tral system agreed to continue for one year, beginning September 30, the resent wage scale and working rules for their trainmen and conductors and to withdraw fom, the United States labor1 fcoard the request made more than a year ago, for a downward revision of wages and the elimin ation of time and a half for over time work. 1 " Call Conference Today tJ The New. Tork Central gave cut a statement Indicating it soon would call into conference lead ers of. the firemen In the hope of amicably coming to terms with them; Tomorrow that system vri bring , together Its officials end leaders of the striking shop men in the hope of ending the strike that began July 1. .W." G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men announced here tonight that at a conference In Pittsburgh to day the Pennsylvania had agreed to continue Its present wages to all four brotherhoods, but a later dispatch from Pittsburgh, said this announcement was 7" regarded there as premature, since the con ferences with trainmen and con ductors would continue tomorrow while those with the engineers and firemen had not yet begun, brotherhood leaders assembled here said; however, they under stood the Pennsylvania would fol low the lead of the New York Central. Continued Peace, Aim ' Meanwhile- the negotiations to assure continued peace between the conductors and trainmen and the other big roads of the east and west are to be carried on here and In Chicago. - Mr. Lee, who hailed the settle ment of a , clean-up of all the troubles that have afflicted the country's rail transportation, said parleys between leaders ot the trainmen and conductors and six other eastern roads would-be held here next week and that on Tues day tie and L." E. Sheppard, head of the Order of Railway Conduc tors,' expected to begin confer- (Continued on page S) HEALTH CONVERT SEES NEED : OF COUNTY NURSE; BELIEVES HEALTH IS ECONOMIC ASSET To the Editor. In 184G a com mon method of travel in Oregon was by ox team. A" little later the younger generation took - to horses, much to the disgust of their elders, who averred -that "old Dick and Jerry always go't there, by gum, and they're plenty good enough for anybody. ' . Later came the auto, and the horseman not only made sport of them, but hated them. Now no one Is such a "back r number as to think other than that the auto is jb good thing. I ' 3 used to. hare the old fam- DIAGRAM OF ARGONAUT MINE AND RESCUE WORK IN EFFORT TO REACH ENTOMBED MEN Ol 8 HALL MAY - - - M.i a 111 1 I UPnLDoo crr- I . . . . V r i f n i' If ''-"i f1 vX i & ' .i 6fsQoB9 to XsrSXJl J- OfiSMOKi; J7MO ATSrtV Jjf i ' " """S i ! . '" ''-' i-ni"i- r y lyi jeescce wsws 1 t V in.iMmii.m '(yyl iimi i ' fiKtCH DtG&NQ f j fV . "A esvui must il j -fftt a h 1 ?Trrw 4 l - - r in 18 f OGiLUHt pfso OtC&9 f kl " ! 4 i'sooFr. Leveu S . I tf-jonr txs I S, a. 1. 4-eoo .L&jnrp ,r yjt i i . .. ....gOiCn Vx. ' '! j rVjr I fnrfo 1 ft li ye iters tHPossiBiur rry - ' ' 'i ' j . ooT.ei. oa 4Soo-t . jl - 1 II I I 1 I tl '..- COULD NOT BE GOVERNOR IF HE GOT PLURALITY, OPINION SAYS FREE MILK FOR PUPILS IS 11 Glass Each Day for Children HJnder 14 Proposed by Tacoma Mayor TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 15. Mayor A. V. Fawcett announced today that he will endeavor to in duce the local school board to pro vide a glass of milk free of charge to every school child under 14 years of age every day. Mayor Fawcett was the author of the law passed by the last leg islature permitting school boards to supply free milk and he declar ed it was his ambition for Tacoma to become the first city to take advantage of the provisions of the law. W. F. Gelger,. superintendent of schools, said it would cost $470 a day to provide each school child with a half pint of milk. ,lly doctor, who bled, blistered and j purged in his efforts to get peo ple well. He knew nothing of eanitatlon or', any of the numer ous public health measures which we of today consider so vital. Ills ideas of keeping people well were very har.y, because he dkl not , know what made them sick. Now, In the more enlightened communities where people have gjwen.such subjects much thought It is considered much more business-like in they long fun economl- MCoutlnued. on page 61 The diagram shows problems faced by rescue crews fighting Iheir way to the place where miners are entombed. Unable to reach them by the main shaft, they are working desperately to drive through an emergency tunnel, to save the victims of the Argonaut mine if any have STZTBC SHIPS tVtrff to. eoofr treri. III - - - - V GO ON BALLOT, BUT The secretary, of state as an administrative official has no authority to withhold from the ballot at the general elec tion in November the name of Charles Hall, as an independ ent candidate for governor, bat under the law the governor of the state would be inhibited from including Hall in the election proclamation in event Hall received enough votes to elect him, according to an opinion of Attorney General' Van Winkle issued last night. It is held by the attorney Kozer must file Mr, Hall's rprh'fv his name unless otherwise ordered by the court. The opinion is an interpretation of the statute which provides that no candidate who is 'defeated in the primary election shall become a candidate of any other party or an independent candidate at the ensuing general election, ihe opinion does not pass upon the validity of this law. Hall was defeated for the Republican nomination and has now be- rnmp an independent candidate. ination as an independent by rparhed the secretary of statej the secretary asked the at torney general for an opinion it iirvrm the ballot. .us is AMONG MISSI1 Relatives Try to Locate Owner of Ingleside Garage of State Line, Ore, WALLA WALLA, Wash., Hept. 15. M. A. Ilarrah, owner of tha Ingleside garage of State Lino, Or., disappeared from his garage Thursday morning about 9 o'clock end has not been seen since that time, according to relatives who were in Walla Walla today in search of the missing man. lie "was seen to step Into a truck which had stopped at his garage, according to the st,ory told today. The machine started toward Walla Walla and Ilarrah has not been seen since that time. Harrah is 30 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 200 pounds. He wore a dark suit and black sateen shirt when last survived the ordeal of fire and smoke, hunger and thirst, to which hey have been subjected. general that Secretary of State certificate of nomination and When his certificate of nom a recent assembly in Portland as to whether he should place ruling it appears that Hall has no legal right to run as an independ ent candidate. Complications Possible Should he receive a plurality of votes, the governor's legal Inabili ty to proclaim him elected evi dently would 6e tantamount to no election. Then, unless the gover nor should call a special election, the president of the state senate would succeed to the office at the expiration of the present gover nor's term. This would give rise tc further complications, lender the consti tution the newly elected governor begins his term of office as soon as he is inaugurated at a joint ses sion of the legislature, which must first organize. Immediately there after tho governor delivers his message. Injunction Probable If no governor were elected, presumably the legislature would inaugurate the newly elected pres ident of the senate as governor. It would then be necessary for him to prepare and deliver a messaga and another president of the sen ate would have to be elected. Under the attorney general's ruling this complication appears Continued on page 5) HOUSE PASSES TARIFF; VOTE S 210 TO 90 Ten Minutes Later Bill is Reported Back to the Sen ate Where it Will Come Up Today. ATTEMPTS TO HOLD UP -MEASURE AGAIN FAIL Longworth says uoor is Opened for "Cut Throat" German Competition : WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. The bouse, by a vote ot 210 to 90, adopted today the conference re port on the administration tariff bill. Ten minutes later the meas ure had been reported back to the senate, where it was made the un finished business for tomorrow. Final legislative action before the end of next week was looked for by Republican leaders. "lhree attempts were made in the house to get the bill back into conference for a third time, but 'two were blocked on points of,', order and the third, was de meaned by a direct vote, 193 to lOff. The vote was on a motion by Representative Garner, Dem ocrat, Texas, to instruct the house managers to insist on the original proposal of the house for a duty of 1.6 cents a pound on Suban sugar in place of the 1.76 cents (Continued on page S) BONUS BILL Word is Passed Along in Capital That President . Will Veto Measure WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Con gress today passed the soldiers' bonus bill along to President Hard ing. Prompt action of the executive was anticipated, but opinion at the capitol as to whether he would ve to or approve the measure still was divided. This questio entered largely into the debate today which Dreceded senate adoption of the cohference report 36 to 17. Conceding that while the ques tion of the president's attitude was. as Senator Harrison, democrat Mississippi, expressed it, "up in the air," Senator McCufber. republican North Dakota, in charge of the bil (Continued on page 5) HAS BIG FIDE Believe Loss Will Go Near the Seven Milion Dol lar Mark NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15. Five blocks of commodity which arrives along the river front from Kentucky avenue to llartholomew street were destroyed by a fire tonight which broke out in a car load of bagsin? aloa? side the docks. Twenty-oiiH box cars of burlaps, four carload.? of cottcn bagging and 4,000 rolls of press paper consigned to the New Or leans Item and States together with a suantity of oil, cotton, sisal and other merchandise were con sumed. The burned wharves were un der control of the state dock yard Every available frd engine in the city assisted by serer! river tugs were fighting the blae which at 11 o'clock was not under control. The firemen were attempting to prevent the blaze t-preading to the warehouses which line th-3 water front. No accurate estimate or the loss could be learned a, thi hou- but it "was believed that it would be several million dollars, V. 4.- v HARDING HAS ORLEANS I IOWA MINISTER SHERIFF SENDS MAN TO DE4TH Executioner of Murder Deep ly Touched by Scene in State Prison FORT MADISON. la., Kept. 15. (By the Associated Press.) Sheriff Winifred E. Robb, min ister of the gospel, who pulled the trap which, sent Eugene Weeks, Des Moines murderer, to his death on the scaffold at the state prison here this noon, per- iormea nis amy wunout a mo ment of hesitation. Although the big sheriff was visibly affected alter the hanging was over, he stood calmly on the gallows while Weeks knelt and prayed. "It was my duty," Robb de clared after the hanging. "I could not escape without violat ing the oath I took when I ac cepted my office, .it was like facing the guns in France, a duty that must be fulfilled Even if I had thought in my heart that Weeks was Innocent I would have had to have carried otit the law." Although there was no evi denc in Robb's physical demean or to indicate that the hanging of Weeks hal greatly affected him, friends of the preacher sher iff said it was plain , to see that emotionally he was deeply touch ed by the gruesome scene. Orrie Cross, alleged pal of Weeks, who is scheduled to hang for his part in the murder of George- Fosdlck on October 27, wept as Weeks was led away from the death cell block in the prison to the gallows. Weeks died pleading in his last moments for clemency for Cross and protest ing his 'own innocence. Cross, however, in a statement made to Sheriff Robb early this morning. declared that Weeks was guilty. NOTED THIEF IS IN JAIL Warrant Here to be Issued for Holcomb Horst Auto mobile is Stolen Through a confession obtained from Lloyd Holcomb, alias Pat O'Brien, alias Alvin Fleming, be lief is expressed by Joseph Kel ler, investigator for the theft bu reau of the Pacific coast auto mobile underwriters' conference, and Tom Word, a federal officer, that they have nabbed one of the most notorious automobile thieves who ever operated on the Pacific ccast. Hoicomi is said to have re ceived hi3 education from "Plack io" Brennan and his gang, who a few years ago operated on a big scale in Pacific coast states. The latest offense of which Holcomb lis accused is the theft ot an automoDile In Salem in August belonging to the E. Clemens Horst Hop company of Independence and this Is the charge, it is said. to whicch Holcomb has confessed. Sheriff Bower of Marlon county will issue a warrant for Holcomb on the charge here. "Blackie" Brennan is now do ing time In San Quentin. He and Holcomb escaped Jail, it is al leged, at Vancouver, Wash., in 1919. Holcomb is said then to have stolen an automobile in Portland and gone to Eugene. He was convicted of this offense and sent to the state penitentiary for three years, and later paroled to Washington authorities and sent to Walla Walla to serve from 18 months to 10 years. He was" (Continued on page 6) WHERE YOU CAN FIND Wouldn't it be funny if the ple to pick prunes, rather than of pickers ? That is a growing idea of the power of govern ment growing with every help m a crisis and don t do to save and sell every prune. in Salem. The following growers still crops. George Palmer, Salem, route 4, phone 49F3, wants four prune pickers. He has 40 acres. Frank Powelski. six milth south of Salem, wants six pick H. M. Birdsell. route 4, phone 13F2, wan ti three or four more pickers. Will furnish cabin and wood. ' E. T. Prescott, phone 58F24, wants a man for prune or chard work. - - --.' .?--:.' ; VICTIMS AT NOW TOTAL 120,000 AND WAR LONDON, Sept. 15. The victims at Smyrna numbered at least 120,000 up to Thursday morning, says a dispatch to tho Times from Athens quoting John Manola of the American relief, as its authority. " - ' ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 16.(By The Associated Press) Only five thousand women and children of the 60, 000 who were there three days ago remain in Mudania. ac cording to advices received from Captain Adams, command ing an American submarine chaser which i3 in 'Mudania harbor. ' . - It is assumed here that the male portion of the refugees fled or were taken by the Kemalists to the hills. Their fate is not known. T SHOPS CLOSE Shutdown for an Indefinite Period Expected to Take . ': Place Today DETROIT, Sept. 15 Henry ordSate today took steps to close his Detroit automobile plants, be ginning tonight, thereby throwing upwards- of 100,000 workmen In the Detroit district, out of employ ment for an indefinite period. He asked officials of the Detroit street railway to te-arrange its schedules to care for the night forces at his various factories who will be dismissed at 11 o'clock, it waa announced. Announcement of the Intended closing came from officials of the street railway company. No or ficial statement from Mr. Ford or his executives were forth coming late today. It having been stated this morning at the Ford offices that the manufacturer's announcement serfral weeks ago that he-would close September 16 would stand, unle33 he altered his plans. The railway company, it was an-! nounced, was requested to concen trate its cars at the Highland park and other Ford plants at 11 o'clock tonight to carry the shifts finishing work at that hour, as well as those reporting for work, to their homes. The day shifts will be dismissed at the end of the end of the working day to morrow, the street railway com pany was informed. t Other Shops May Close It' was announced a number of smaller manufacturing concerns here that supply the Ford plants with parts accessories, will close. These companies employ upwards of 30,000 men. The Ford workers to be thrown out of employment total approximately 70,000. Mr. Ford announced several weeks ago that he would close his Detroit plants September 16 be cause of the coal situation. He denied a real coal shortage exist ed and charged certain coal brok ers were demanding an exorbitant price for fuel. He said that rather than pay these prices he would close his plants for an indefinite period. Ford Motor company foremen re ceived instructions-this afternoon to advise all workers under their charge "to save their money and live as economically as possible" during the suspension. Many work ers said they took this to mean the closing might be protracted, THE WEATHER: Saturday: Fair. WORK PICKING PRUNES government would draft peo let them go to waste for lack emergency where, people could it. The Willamette Valley needs It means money for everybody need helpers to harvest their , SMYRNA CONTINUES '' ' ; Allien lUwdy to Art LONDON, Sept, 15. (Bf tha Associated Press). If Mnstapha Kemat Pasha should attempt to move his victorious forces against Constantinople he will be opposed by the British fleet. 1 The British cabinet, after a meeting today announced that In structions" had been Issued to-the British armada to allow ao Turk ish troops to make the crossing from Asia Minor to the European shore. " " Complete agreement was reach ed at the cabinet meeting with Ihe French for the protection ot the neutral spnes on both aides of the Straits ' ot the Dardanelles and also of Constantinople. A note Is to be sent to Mustapha Kemal Pasha by Italy, France and Great Britain, asserting ', that pending a permanent arrangement of the situation the neutral sonef must be respected. - v v Preparations are betas madt by the British to. send reinforce ments Into the "neutral sones. . Jugo-Slavla and Rumania foil " are reported to be viewing with the greatest concern the possibil ity of the Turk returning to Thrace. War Stirs Europe ATHENS, Sept. 16 The Greek . official news agency In a state ment today tells -of the horrors reported from Smyrna, including the massacre' of soldiers and of the populace; ot soldiers being decapitated and others placed In sacks and thrown into the sea; ot women and children being des patched with swords In the hands of the Turks and the execution ot Greeks and Armenians for hav ing allegedly served In tha Creek army: , "The tragedy of Smyrna," says the statement, "has caused pro-, found consternation here. lfot of thei newspapers appear with. black borders. The stores were closed today for two hours as a sign of mourning. ; "The newspapers publish lone accounts ot the-terrlfled refugees and foreigners who have arrived here. A great number, of Greeks and Armenians are reported to ha,ve been summarily executed under the accusation of having served In the Greek army or com- , mitting imaginary crimes. ' ? "Many Greek soldiers who were unable to embark were killed. One American reports having seen the bodies ot many Greek soldiers without heads. Some of. tho de capitated men were tied to posts. Other soldiers were sewn in sacks and thrown into the sea. A great number of Armenians and Greeks were shot in . masses on Turkish galleys. Women, Babies, Victims - "The newspapers report as cr tain that the most Rev Chryeto-i torn, metropolitan of the Greek church in Symrna, was summar ily executed and his body carried by crowds throngn. the streets. They ay, although - t ' has not been confirmed that 4.ho, rjth bishop of the Armenians has been murdered. -: ;'.-V" , ';' v ' "The details of the( savagery of the Turks passed all Imagina tion. An American woman is said to have seen the bodies of women who had been dtecm bowled and their eyes bored out, and of children who had been killed by sword thrusts through their bodies. The ' scenes recall the butcheries of Constantinople in 1543, when the city wag taken by the Turks under Mohamet II. "The newspapers have learned that contingents of Greeks 'em barked yesterday from the Ches me peninsula under the protec tion of the Greek artillery. 2000 May Have Perished The latest dispatch -from Con- JContlnned on page fj,