cntcTJXATiox . A?trc for October, 1922 j , t, Sunday only T-t fW7 Dily and bandar 534S imu 'or i month adiaa October 31. 19J8: T."' i - Sunday only 97t , Daily and Sunday - - ri tbs cxtt or salxm aad teevtote la atari aad PU OutNl Kaarty awrybadr naia , The Oregon Statesman THE X03CS XEWttim i 1 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1922 PRICE : FIVE CENT3 : 'lN GErBy f rentier Ebert Commissions Steamship , Director to ! Proceed With Plan For s' Organization. fICEPtlON-GIVEN . . REPORTED CORDIAL .Cc.lsldered Novice But Said Unencumbered by Party ? Affiliations - - BERLIN, Not, ie. (By the Associated Press) The task of farming- a cabinet to atrcceed the jVlrth ministry has been accept-' l ty WllhelnT , Cuno, general icanager j ot the Ilamburg-Amer-; caa steamship line' and one of the wtstandlng ' Industrial figures bf tie country, according to unef- ftlal announcement ' today. ; r V , 1 ',. Chancellorship Accepted , ; - Cuno ' .Was commissioned by Vramlea Ilbert to constitute' a I tar cabinet ittd ' Immediately y.crr Cnno got IntO' informal touch wita the party leaders to ascer U!a their , attitude towards sup tirtlng ; f cabinet 1 . of ' work,-" ; w'Jch, ho ', proposes ', to organise. Tils will comprise members of the riddle 1 and socialist parties, but, according to' Cuno, will lh( pres ent an outspoken partisan' com- .Jplexion. v.' ; ; J After this advanced surrey, he aformed President Ebert of his r tadlness" to 1 accept, the. chancellorship.- and then left tor Ham tirg to adjust , affairs In connec tion with his position , on ' the Hamburg-Aberlcan, line, s ' " r ReerAton Cordial . ' . On his return o Berlin, tomor row he will resume negotiations with the ' relchstag leaders. V . Al though the reception , accorded film In relchstag- circles thus far u been reported as cordial, it is hot 'believed- he will succeed definitely In constituting the Hew Ministry before Monday. .' ' The opinion 'la held lii . reich itag circles that Herr Cunoiiwho Is wholly a notice In parliament ary affairs, at least has the ad vantage of being unencumbered by party affiliations and that he Is qualified to deal objectively with the acrimonious situation trowing out of the present crisis Old might eren1 succeed in recon ciling the warring tactions to a patriotic program of national re eonstruction based on mutual in ter-party , good will and under landing. He is determined to take his time' In picking- a new ministry, and so , far v has ; not sledged himself to any specific allotment of - cabinet positions, although ho t is conversant with : the ambitions ot the socialist and ' German people's party. " " ; L 1 Imminent PollUcally Wllhelm Cuno recently haa be- increasingly prominent in lollUcal affairs. He has been chiefly important in recent years s general manager of the Ham' Jurg-Amerlcan l steamship lines. ?urtng the V peace negotlons . at arts Herr Cuno was among the German technical delegates. Herr Cuno came prominently into political notice In UJO when Be was nrred 'to acceDt the post ofminlster of finance In the" re organized cabinet Kls Refusal to act resulted In much criticism, v HOXOR MEDAL AWARDED "MONMOUTH, NOT." 16. 7- Congreslscnal medal of hohor has ieeu awarded to r Sterling More lock, of Oquawka. and formerly'a member of Company M, 28thJ In- ntry, first division, according to formation Just t. received from war department. : THE WEATHER ORECON -Friday rain ' West portion; fair in east portion. LOCAL WEATHER: ; (Thursday) . Maximum temperature, 35. Minimum temperature, 37. -. . titer, 1.2 feet below normal . level. , Falling. ; Rainfall, .01 Inch. Umoaphere, cloudy. " ' , VJnd, south. 75 PER CENT PRUNE CROP IS NOW SOLD About Half Is Shipped Mar ket Slow at Present Be cause of Car Shortage Approximately 75 per cent of all the Oregon prune crop for 1922 1m been sold, and 50 per cent ot 1t has been shipped, according to Fred Drager, of the Drager Fruit company of Salem. Tha nrnne market 1nf now ia quret;? partly because of the short age of cars to move the crop in reason. The fruit has dragged to the market like a broken leg. The fruit Is being shipped as rapidly as posible, but not as fast as the market would hare absorbed it- Work Is going on steadily to prepare the rest ot the crop for the market, though no special ef fort la bein made by the coast growers to force sales under the present market conditions. Government. Officials Re serve Decision on Armour Consolidation Plans WASHINGTON, Nor. l.,Gov- ernment officials reserved decis ion' today with regard' to the pro posal for a consolidation of Ar mour and company and Morris and company, two of the ."Big Five" Chicago meat packing' con cerns which was . plated before them yesterday by j; Ogden Ar mour. : It i.Waji '' indicated fchter! would bo no tfhal opinion for some days! - ' "-. j.-- u4t - At the same time the various details' ot the consolidation plati and Its probable effect on the in dustry as' a whole and the pro-, ductng and consuming public were given careful study by the depart ment ' of. ' agriculture. Chester Morlll, assistant to Secretary Wal lace, who Is In charge ot the ad ministration of the new, packing and ' stockyards control, act, held all-clay conferences with depart ment experts ' on marketing and other, related' lines. ' Armour Company Wealthy While ' Mr. Armour declined to discuss the projected acquisition of Morris and' company 'by the concern of which he Is the head, Information from other sources was that such a consolidation would place Armour and company in the front rank of the big pack." ing concerns. This company with its . capital of $150,000,000. and capital assets' ot $177,000,000, has TOTiousi pacaing jm&uib Oi cuts country as well as In South Am erica and Australia. Morris and company has half a doexn packing establishments in the : United States and distributing stations In the more Important cities In Eu rope and in Cuba. Its capital is $40,000,009. One immediate result ot a mer ger would be a general consolida tion of the facilities of the two companies, and more particularly ot distributing agencies and roll Ing stock. This, it was stated, would be in the interest of econ omic operation. This phase of the consolidation plan was understood to hare been dwelt upon In the formal proposal ,laid before the department of agriculture. FOB TRYING RIOT Portland Waterfront Strikers Each Found Guilty and Fined $15 PORTLAND. Ore.,' Nov. 16. ; ThlrtAAn waterfront pickets were convicted in municipal court today ot attempting to create a near riot nn thA rioAka Wednesday by fol lowing a crowd of strike breakers away from the dock-ana aousjng them. xEach was found guuty 01 riisnrderlv conduct and was fined $15. Attorney B. A. Green, wiro defended the men nought to have th court levy a fine in excess of $20 so that he might appeal the case but was orerruiea ; ana iwe mn' will either pay the fine or Kpend seven and one-half days In OF FIT Cll FELT S Colleges and Patriotic Or ganizations Assembled to Plan National Efficiency Program. DRAFT ILLITERACY FIGURES DEPLORED 'ershing Advises Physical and Civic Training in Nation's Schools WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. tin der leadership of the War Depart ment representatives ot American schools, colleges and organizations dealing with the mental nd phy sical betterment ot the race, v.-exit Into conference here today In the hope that a systematic method of developing young Americans to better citizenship could be evolv ed. As a basis: from -which to proceed the conference was told by Secretary Weeks that the war time draft system showed 50 per cent ot the men called to be phy sically sub-normal and disclosed deplorable percentage of Illit eracy. . Fttnees Advocated Mr. Weeks and General Persh- ng and Brigadier General Wil liam Lasslter, addressing the con ference,- laid stress on the fact that war experience had demon strated that a great proportion of the physical defects disclosed could be corrected by proper sys terns of physical training and de velopment beginning In schools Mr. Weeks pointed out that good physical condition among the children would materially aid in their mental development and of such Ideals of citizenship as would go far to offset waves of popular unrest and the work of un-Amer ican agitators. Draft Figures Startling Air information gained by the war department f ronu several years of study ot draft statistics in t:onnection with t actual war experience was laid at the dispos al of the conference which divid ed itself into, sub-committees that will. report at a general session of the conference Saturday. Gerferal Lasslter declared that the-draft had shown that Only one third of the men who claimed o be Bkilled in their trades actually possessed a degree of skill to warrant a rating ot Journeymen. To meet the army's need for technical skill of this character, he said it was necessary during the war to give training to ap proximately 1,250,000 men. "Our industrial firms are be coming aware of . the necessity of definite preparation ot young men to be skilled workers and some of them are establishing their own school .for providing such, train ing," General Lasslter sair. Nation Handicapped ; "It does not appear that there are any generally accepted speci fications, aptitude tests or tests of efficiency to guide schools in training young men according to their aptitudes. The lack of such definite means for the adjustment of the youth to his task in life, to the lack of equally well defined terminology for classifying men with respect to physique, skill and knowledge, are among the most serious causes of delay in mobil Ixlng for the world war. sx Suggestions Wanted General Pershing told the con ference he believed' the hope of all think In a- men is that "out of this conference may come some suggestion or plads or systems which can be applied throughout our public schools, whereby the lessons ot patriotism and the ob ligation to the country and those things that go to make up good citizenship may be taught effect ively and which may be adopted as a general procedure through out the country." REPARATIONS; EXPECTED PARIS, Nov. 16.- (By the As Roclated Press) Israel Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation to the Lausanne conference, told the Associated Press today that the nationalists expected to obtain reparations from Greece as well as payments for the allied occu BY WAR Fl GOOD HOME IS OFFERED TO INDIANS Mrs. C. S. Fox Offers to Come to Assistance of Youths at Chemawa School Following the appeal in the Statesman yesterday morning for tome way to keep some of the Sa lem Indian school boys in school. Mrs. C. S. Fox, of route 8, came with a practical, heldful ' sugges tion. . , Under the general Indian de partment orders, the boys of 17 years or ever whs have not passed the seventh grade in school are to be Sent home usually to where there are no schools. Superinten dent Harwood Hall hoped that some of the good homes of the Willamette valley might be opened to some of the boys, where they could, work for their board and go to school enough to pass the sev enth grade, when they could re turn to the Indian school and re main until they are 21 years old. Mrs. Fox, genuinely interested in helping these lads to a better citizenship, says that she has lots of good house room, and that if dome means can be found of part ly financing thje living cost, the Foxes will give the boys a home and do everything possible to help them through this year, up to he seventh grade in school, after which they are safe. If some of the civic clubs, or helping-hand organizations of any kind, could find room in their hearts and purses for some ot these ambitious but out-of-luck Indian lads who want to learn Am erican citizenship, they would find good field tor their endeavors right here at home. Hut they'll hare to do it now, or some of the boys have already started heart-brokenly for their homes, and the others will be go ing very soon. Marshall Guilty in Second Degree of Killing Wife At Stanwood Home EVERETT, Wash., Nov: 16. James R. Marshall of Stanwood Was convicted In superior court here today of second degree mur der of killing his wife at their home October 7. The evidence was that when Marshall came home after drinking for severaf days his wife told him to go away until sober. He left and returned with a revolver. He said that he started to kill himself with the pistol and that his wife was shot when she tried to prevent him. GROWERS LIKELY TO PAY DUCES Indications .Point to Prob able Decision in Prez Loganberry Cases Briefs are to be handed in to the circuit court within the next day or two cn the Phez loganberry caseB that have been heard In thn court during the week. Judges Bingham and Kelly handed out some significant though not final suggestions in the case that the growers who are the plaintiffs In the case have found full of barbs like salmon books. They stated, in effect, that the supreme court, in its order for a re-trial, seems to hold the growers responsible along with the Salem Fruit union which is already practically held by tho former trial. The order for re trial Rays, In part, the essence of the wholet opinion: " the growers who signed exhibit C should account to plain tiff for'the difference in the price of the berries sold to other par ties and 3 cents per pound, the contract price mentioned In ex hibit C; and the fruit union should be held to a like accounting for each of the years in which there has been default. The impracti cability of ascertaining the prob- Rble profits, if anyT which plain tiff may baVe lost., and of appor tioning these1 among the parties, WIFE SLAYER IS CONVICTED ID TALI PREMIER W Dramatic Appearance Made Before Parliament by Benito Mussolini, Policies Announced. AFFIRMS STRENGTH TO ENFORCE LAWS Socialists and Communists, Usually Violent and Noisy, Now Silent ROME, Nov. 16. (By The As sociated Press) Benito Musso lini, In a dramatic first appearance before parliament as premier to day announced his foreign and in ternal policy and warned nls ad versaries that the Fascist! govern ment had come to stay. He af firmed its strength to enforce law and order against one and all, even against an illegal coup by his own followers, and demanded full powers and full responsibili ties. The Fasclstl leader proclaimed a Dolicy of action, not words He himself set an example, for he spoke for only half an hour, and was frequently applauded and cheered. Op posers Silent . The Socialists and Communists, numbering 118 who have greeted every succeeding government with violent and noisy demonstrations of opposition, sat in the chamber today silent and subdued. ; fhe .only ' attempt at ' interrup tion was made 'by Deputy Modig- liani. Socialist, . who when Musso lini threatened dissolution, shout ed somewhat timidly: "Long live the parliament!" The leader Of the fasclstl merely glared at' him,' while the right and center sections cheered. There are many who think that the premier will force the chamber to a vote as soon as the minister of the treasury, Professor Tan- gorra has developed the details of the fiscal and bureautic reforms on the fascist! program. Premier Cheered The premier's entrance to the crowded chamber was hailed with cheers. The points of his speech meeting with special approval were his declaration that he did not need a majority in parliament, his tribute to the king, his reference to the army and insistence upon order and tranquility in the coun try. The premier then went to the senate and delivered the same spech, being greeted with no less nthusiasm- Receipts for Interstate ' Bridge Show Decline VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 16 Receipts on the Columbia River interstate bridge during the last ten months amount to 0234,000 according to the statement pre pared for the bridge commission ers today. This is $23,000 les3 than for the same period of 1921 Clar? county's share of the bridge since January 1, is $80 007, while Multnomah county re ceived $120,010. The operating expenses on the ten-month period amounted to $33,984. Four Federal Grades Established for Rye WASHINGTON ,N'ov .16. For mutation of four federal grades of rye, dependent upon condition, weight per bushel, moisture and other features and embodying the dockage system were announced today by the department of agri culture and recommended for adoption by trade. Because of the lack- of proper funds for their proper enforcement the grades are not fixed and established un der the United States grain stan dard law. MEMBERSHIP INCREASES WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov 16. Membership of the First Con gregational church here have de cided , by practically unanimous vote to build a $35,000 parish house which will fulfill all func tions of the church. The First Congregational church is the old est Congregational church in the northwest. The original building here' was destroyed by; fire during STRANGE CITY DAZES, LOSES WIFE AND CAR Absent Minded Tourist For Rets Where Garage and Hotel Are ST .LOUIS, Mo.. Nov. 16. Walter Harbison. 25, of Looproo- tce, Ind., last night misplaced his wife and automobile, but today was united with both after police had assisted him. Touring from Indiana to California, Harbison arrived here last night and left his wife In a hotel while he went in search of a garage. He found a garage but iorpot where tne hotel was, and starting back to tba garage for his automobile, forgot the location of the garage. He then appealed to the police, r BOARD STILL NEEDS 16,00 Personal Appeal for Financ es Made by Salem Hos pital Association The money keeps coming In or rather it keeps on being drag ged in for the Salem hospital. until at the meeting of the execu tive board yesterday the members were able to announce that they lack only $6000 of enough to com plete the first unrt. Work has been carried on inside the building until the plumbing and heating and the elevator are practically finished. The elevator needs only the installation of the motor and cage to, make It ready for service, and the radiator set ting ia almost the only detail left of the heating plant. - Some Faith Necessary With the money already on hand, or pledged, the board is starting in to make the hospital ready for use. In the expectation that the small remainder will be subscribed before It is actually needed. The board 1b ready to re ceive the actual cash due on the subscriptions that are now due. The money will be needed to pay the bills as they come along. Checks for either new or old subscriptions may be made pay able to The Salem Hospital, care Box 344, Salem. Henry W. Meyers, president, will receipt for the money. Final Dollanr is Hope The urgent need fr such a pub lie enterprise as this big, modern, fireproof hospital, where the res toration of the sick -to health can be made under conditions that lessen the risk end shorten the time of recovery, is believed to be sufficient ground for a personal appeal. The hospital board hopes to see the last dollar of the fund raised, the" hospital paid for and set to work, and the city given adequate hospital accommodations for every posible emergency. Appeal Made "Personal They urge it this way: If it Were your chljd. or wife, or friend, that was the over-plus above the present hospital accommodations and you had to spend a lot of money to take the patient to a hos pital, say. In Portland, and the pa tient died on -the way when he would have been saved with a good hospital right at hand for im mediate treatment, then it would be a personal matter. Well, they say. make it a personal matter now, and for a little money save the heavier expense and the an guish of the I-didif t-know repen tance. Jury Still Undecided in John Mackay Murder Case WALLA WALLA, Nov. 16. In his final plea to the Jury late this afternoon in the case Of John Mackey charged with the murder of Jack Thomas by snooting him last September, Prosecutor Earl W- Benson asked that the death sentence be imposed. The accused man retained his composure dur ine the proceedings. Jury wa still out at 6:30 o'clock tonight. RICH LEGATEE DIES OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 16. Henry Hockbrunn, residuary legatee of the $100,000 estate of his brother, Ferdinand Hoch brunn, Seattle real estate dealer, who was killed in his apartment there and for whose death Clara Skarin Winborn was charged with murder, died here yesterday. He left a wfll ,hls attorney said, leav ing bis estate to his children. He was 4! 9 years old, CONSERVATIVES ARE AMAZED AT VICTORY GAINED IN ELECTION LONDON. Nov. 16. fRv long drawn out fight between former Premier Uoyd George and Sir George Younger has for the time ended with victory for the chairman of the Unionist party. . Yesterday's election has returned a parliament with al most the same overwhelming predominance of conservatives as the last parliament elected in 1918 on a wave of grateful nuiusiasm to uoyd ieorge as "winner of the war. In the new parliament. Premier Rnnr Tjiv will Mm. mand a majority over all parties combined of annroximfltlv 80. . Cornet Numbers Will Be . i Heard in Radio Program Miss Martha Swart, Salem cor- netist. is to be one of the local ar tists appearing on the Salem Elec tric radio concert series. She Is tc appear next Thursday night, as the program now stands. The cornet is one of the best recording instruments, and the radlostera all over the coast country are as sured of something remarkably fine. A band concert is looked for in the near future, though definite arrangements1 have not yet been made. A number of local soloists are to be called in, and given a chance to extend their acquain tances as far as the radiograms can reach 2000 miles or more. Last night, F. S. Barton sang some vocal numbers, and Mrs. Bar ton read one of her verses, making a pleasing variety for the program. Attorney of Young Widow, Convicted of Meadows Murder, to Appeal LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 16. Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted today of second degree murder for beating Mrs. , Alberta Mea dows, young widow, to death with a hammer, wiil ieek a new trial, and if denied, will appeal the ver dict, it . was announced1 by Ber tram A . Herri ngton, her attorney. "Therevis a fatal error In .the record, and finally Clara Phillips will be freed," Herrlngton said. j'1111 notqult theflght until she The motion fdV i new trial will be made when Mrs. Phillips is sentenced Monday. The verdict, which is a com promise from a jury of nine men and three women, carries a penal ty of from ten years to life im prisonment. "I expected to be acquitted." Mrs. Phillips jBaid in commenting on the verdict. They didn't give me a fair deal. I am going to ask my attorney to appeal and be lieve with another trial I can be acquitted- I don't think I will go to the penitentiary. 1 But If I go there, I could' face life In that place with the same poise I have here. It wouldn't make much dif ference to me. All my hopes are crushed anyway." The three women members of the Jury voted the death n7ia1tV until the final compromise ,ofi second degree murder was reach ed. In the early balloting there were four who voted to acquit. The Jury reached an agreement at ten o'clock last night after the judge, the attorneys and court attaches had gone home. The verdict was not returned until the court convened this morning. Ac cording to members of the jury they did not consider the insanity defense during their delibera tions. URGE MACSWIXEY RELEASE W. PHILLIPS TO SEEK NEW Till DUBLIN. Nov. 16. (By the Associated Press) A deputation from the Dublin corporation visit ed the government buildings to day to urge President Cosgrave of the Dail Eireann to release Miss Mary MacSwiney, now, on the twelfth day of her hunger strike in Mount Joy prison. Mr. Cos grave was unable to see them, be ing engaged in government busi ness. . : A - - - - r ,'- '. ' -J- ,- rh - " " This cannot ho nrnnnrl 1 a wv Wn.l ,J . . w scribed as a landslide as the con servatives at the same time ot the dissolution of, , parliament numbered about 380, it : amounts almost to-the same thing consid ering the? peculiar circumstances of the time and the high hopes held by the labor and liberal par ties of the return of. the country to progressive. views, and It may be supposed that the conservatives themselves hardly expected such favorable results . . , George's Friends Many The downfall of Lloyd George' Is the outstanding feature ot the election. The-Coalition Liberals at the dissolution numbered 129. They are represented in the new parliament by only 44 members. There will be many regrets among the former premier's admirers -that he failed to take the advice o'f his well-wishers and retire temporarily altogether from the political stage. ' . ' The ''AsQultataa: Liberals lately improved their ' position, rtstnc from 34 Iff the old parliament to - da'aa ti thv mmf1.: On the ether hand,' Labor, although It failed' to fulfill the high hopes the party entertained at the disso lution, has done exceedingly well, , rising from 76 to 136 seat. It lei 'vmaroilw KaMavAfl a , T Va would hare done tar, better but ' for the tactical mistake In the advocacy of a capital levy. Labor Second Strongest While the. strength of conser vatism in the country ls.a matter ' of surprise, perhaps the keynote of the elections is the decline of liberalism and the growth of the labor party. This seems to show that henceforth the struggle will be between the conservatives and thn lahnr nurtv. The position is that labor is the second strongest party In the house and In what; looks as the. improbable event of the present government suffering defeat, la, parliament. It would be o . the . labor party that the king would naturally turn for a new premier. Women Voter Many Another striking feature of the elections is that the women voters; have taken an unexpectedly strong interest in the struggle, their par ticipation probably accounting' more than anything else for the exceedingly " heavy polling. . But. however, keen their Interest la po litical life, thy do not appear to be in the mood to elect women to parliament, only Lady Astor and Mrs. Wlntrlngham, already In the house, being returned. There have been many noteworthy casualties mong all the parties, the most striking perhaps being the defeat of Arthur Henderson, labor leader and Winston Churchill, former co lonial secretary and the overthrow of five members of the new admin istration for whom safe seats will somehow have to be found. The defeats of '.'.Mr. Churchill, : Sir Hamer .Greenwood, former' chief secretary for Ireland 'and Frederick O. Kellaway, former postmaster general, were severe blows to Mr. Lloyd Gorge whom however, had the satisfaction of seeing his son returned by a big majority. "while both his secretar ies, Sir Edward M. Grigg and O. H. Shakes jeare, were elected. Mr. Lloyd George said tonlht that he was "quite satisfied," with the results, but declined to be In terviewed, Mr. Ssquith declined to express any oplnioa on the results now. . ;0 Labor Satlstled The labor party Issued a mani festo stating that they rind "abun dant reasons for satisfaction" In these successes and their gains at the expense of both liberalism and conservatism,-. and . declared that their party will constitute the most vigorous and efficient oppo sition that the bouse ot commons has seep for many years. At La-' patlon of the last four years- (Continued on page 6) the summer. . (Continued cn pags ). J. i