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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1922
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HOUSE PASSES
SHIP SUBSIDY.
MARGIN SMALL
Much Amended Administra
tion Bill Limps Through
Representatives With 24
Votes to Spare;
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WILL GO TO SENATE
.FOR PASSAGE MONDAY
No Ship . Carrying Liquor
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says One Ruling
WASHINGTON, Nov. '29. The
.' " administration shipping bill
w- around which was waged the
jlmoBt bitter partisan (fight of the
present congress was nassed to-
present congress was passed to
day by the house with 24 votes
to spare. The final count was
iff 208 to ISA.
. Sixty nine Republicans broke
A away : from their party organiza
'X tion and opposed the bill while
tour Democrats supported It.
r!-.-- j - Goes to Senate
There never was much doubt
" about the result, but the-, margin
i - . by which it went through was
much1 lower ' than estimates pub
f ilicly given by most of the lead
: era. It was, however, just about
Twhat i- they . figured privately.
, -, In. the face of . threats ; to de-
: 1 ... lay, . It . not prevent Its passage "by
j. ' the 'senate the measure will go
. Monday to the senate committee
whlchj plans to accept it as pass-
ea by the . nouse ana taKe - tne
I fight to the floor next: week,
f Amendments Save Bill f;
1 5" -The- usual motion to recommit
i for' the - purpose of striking out
th nrovialon ralatln r tn tax ex
i- '-'emptiona and direct compfehsar
V. t tion, was made by Representative
. w - . a .
P Hardy,- of Texaa ranking Demo-
trat 1 of the merchant marine
' committee ' which,' framed it' and
- defeated 315 to 172.
! v r Charman' . Greene of the .Mer-
chant' marine committee and Re
; . presentatlve Edmonds of Pennsyl
? vania, ranking Republican who
shouldered the fight In the house,
declared tonight that despite
amendments the! measure would
: pave the "way ;for putting the
,.. American flag at a high place on
4 the seas. The ; general ivlew on
both sides was; that had an at
tempt been made to pass it as
- framed. fiT would have been
; swept tof overwhelming defeat.
V " Liqisor Can-lew Barred
As passed by the house no line
was leftinthe bill relating to
i the subject of liquor selling , on
; American ships, i When the ques-
- tion was reached yesterday in
r committee of the ' whole the
i Eankhead out-and-out prohibi
- tion was put aside and an amend-
: nient offered by Edwards
stipulated that if a ship on any
particular voyage permitted the
transportation of liquor It could
: not share in a
1 1 voyage.
subsidy for that
i f The Edmonds amendment went
t out on a demand for a separate
f vote In the house by Repreaenta
.' tive Crampton,
Republican ot
Michigan, an advocate of prohl
i bition ertforcemelnt who contend
ed that it was hot as strong as
I existing law and might be con
? strued by somej as, wiping out
; the- present statute. Mr. Ed
f monds himself jvoted for the
Crampton - proposal against which
C there were onl a j handful ot
' scattering votes. 4 . ;
No Favoritism Given
l" v The house made a number ot
j changes in the 'bill as reported
s by the merchant marine commit
: tee. One ot them gave congress
? the right to appropriate annual
f ly . out of - the merchant marine
I fund the money necessary to car-
ry out the provisions of the act.
i Another provided , tnat waus
1 trial ships, such
as those owned
by the Standardj
Oil company
t should not collect compensation
i on anv nortlon of a vessel carry
ing cargo of the
The provision
ing income tax
ship owners.
Of the bill. giT-
-reductions to
i thinners sending; their gooas
f abroad In American Teasels 'was
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on page 4)
THE WEATHER :
OREGON Thursday rain inj
weK cloudy la east portion.
Local Weather
(Wednesday)
Maximum temperature, 40.
Minimum temperature, 33.
illver, M fobt below normal
level.' Falling;
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, cloudy.
-Wind north:
ATTORNEY ALL
MET UP" OVER
HEADS ORDER
Tulsa Prosecutor Thinks
Liquor Law Big Joke
, Challenges Officials
TULSA. Okla., Nov. 29. Char
acterizing ."Governor Robertson's
order-- calling upon the attorney
general's office for an immediate
Investigation of liquor law en
forcement conditions in Tulsa
county "as a big- joke." County
Attorney W. F. Seaver, in a state
ment issued late today, defied the
state's executive and said "the
whole attorney general's force
can come down ; here and see
what they can do about it."
Intimating that Clifford W.
King, assistant state attorney
general ordered here by Attorney
General Short, would be unwel
come, Seaver declared he was
"going to continue to run things
Just as I see fit."
Situation in Western Thrace
Said Dramatic Bulgar
ians "Also Uprising
LONDON, Nov. 29. (By the
AssociatedPress.) It is reported
here that a Turkish revolt, ac
companied by violent fighting at
some places, has broken out in
western. Thrace.
The correspondent of the Times
at Constantinople telegraphs that
he hears the insurgents are mas
ters of the situation and that an
armed band of 5000, having ma
chine guns, is marching toward
Dedeagatch and demanding the
holding of a plebiscite.
A dispatch to the Daily Express
from Constantinople describes the
situation as dramatic and chaotic,
It adds that not ' only are the
Turks reported to have revolted,
but that bands of Bulgarians and
Macedonians have ' crossed the
frontier.
COMMUNISTS GET
prison ILK
iam Bross Lloyd and 6
Others Freed from Synd
icalist Charge
JOfclET, 111., Nov. 29 William
Bross Lloyd, wealthy communist
leader ,and six associates serving
sentences of from one to five
years in Joliet penitentiary for
violation of the Illinois anti-syn
dicalism law, were released from
prison ' tonight at 10:40 o'clock
The papers signed by Governor
Small and commuting the senten
ces were received at the prison at
10:30 o'clock and Lloyd and his
associates were freed immedi
ately.
The commutations were pre
sented as Thanksgiving gifts to
the prisoners. They were to be
released tonight upon the arrival
at the penitentiary ot Attorney W,
A. Cunneo of Chicago,, who was
appointed a special messenger to
carry the official papers. The
prisoners began serving their sen
tences last week.
Mr. Cunnea represented the
nrlsonersc at a session of the
board of pardons and paroles sit
ting today with the governor.
In taking this action Governor
Small announced he was in full
accord with the dissenting opin
ion of Justice Carter of the su
preme court who, contrary to the
majority opinion questioned the
Constitutional yof the syndical
ism law, when the court decided
the men must serve their senten
ces. ; . . ?
Railroad Company Sued
For Value of Automobile
Grace Libby of Jefferson filed
suit - in the circuit court yester
day against the Southern Pacific
railroad company for 1250 and
attorney costs; which she claims
Is the cash equivalent for the
worth of an automobile whjtch
was wrecked by that company.
The complaint states that, her
husband, who was killed in Feb
ruary, 4922, while driving the
car across the Southern Pacific
trocks, valued the car at $250
and that the fault of the accident
was entirely that of the company,
several boxcars having , been .left
near the crossing which obstruct-
fed the view? and - made -unavoid
LOOSE AGAIN
able the accident." '"
REN BLUE SKI
LAW IS URGED !
IISSTATEI
Robber Who Operates With
Glaring Prospectus as
Bad as One Who Uses
"Jimmy" Says Handley.
STATE CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT GROWING
Several Changes in Statute
Recommended in Report
To Governor
"When officials, business and
society treat the sobber who op
erates with a glaring prospectus
and glittering stock certificate
the same as the one who works
with the flashlight and the 'jim
my', blue, sky laws will be more
effected and less needed." says
State Corporation Commissioner
T. B. Handley in his annual re
port to the governor, made public
yesterday.
A new blue sky law and a gen
eral overhauling andmodernizing
of the Oregon corporation code
are declared by Mr. Handley to
be advisable for Oregon. . ThS
observation by the commissioner
is made in the recommendations
embodied in his report. Mr.
Handley explains that he has ar
rived at this conviction after two
and a half years as corporation
commissioner.
Publicity Needed
Pending federal legislation
such as the proposed Denison bill,
Mr. Handley declares that , there
is only one way in which the pub.
lie can be protected against fraud
ulent sales of worthless stock
from one state to 'another by
means of the mails. This is pub
licity, he says, and his report de
clares that the department should
be allowed to spend a reasonable
amount of money In that manner, f
"The blue sky law should be
clarified as "its provisions relating
to stockbrokers and the regula
tion and supervision of tho resale
of securities," says the report.
Amendment Needs Bolstering
It continues:
"The 1921 amendment to the
blue sky law relating to dealers in
municipal bonds should be
strengthened by making provision
for examination of the principal
or branch office ot the dealer out
side the state. Or better still.
the law should be repealed.
"Municipal bonds are as a gen
eral thing inherently good, their
legality established and the ele
ment of fraud in their Issue elim
inated. : It would, therefore,
seem that dealers in such securi
ties should be subjected to no
more - governmental regulation
than dealers in standard com
modities and things.
Punishment Advocated
"If any such dealer fails to de
liver the goods or return the
money and embezzles same, or
violates any of the criminal laws
of the state, he should be punish
ed as swiftly and severely as his
more unfortunate brother who
steals a loaf of bread or a brass
watch.
"When officials, business and
society treat tbe robber who oper
ates with a glaring prospectus
and glittering stock certificate th?
same as one who works with the
flash light and jimmy, blue sky
laws will be more effective and
less needed.
"As to the general corporation
laws there should be some legisla
tor providing for the erection
and issuance of preferred stock
Statutes Silent
"Our statutes are silent as to
preferred stock, yet many of our
best business men have found it
advisable to create preferred
stock in financing business. This
is now accomplished and the right
recognized upon the Theory of
contract, which, as - a general
thing, requires unanimous con
sent of all stockholders; a condi
tion that surely inconveniences
and at times seriously handicaps
legitimate enterprise.
'Provision should be made for
me iuing oi supplementary ar
ticles of incorporation and certi
fjjictes of increase and decrease of
capital stock with the county
clerk as well as with the corpora
Hon commissioner. Now only the
original articles are filed with the
county clerk.
Other Changes Xecded
"The provision of our code fcr
publication of notice of filing sup
plementary articles should be
made understandable or repealed
It Is useless anyway.
"Our laws relating to the . ad
mission of foreign corporations
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' cDfc 1 iS H GOSH - LOOK XX
1 jELx-'Ai AfTJ?UR HOUSE. ' 1
l1- .j Jy " ' TRLMSATlt-
But, then,
1621 THANKSGIVING 1922
(By Dr. Alexander Irvine)
Thanksgiving day is our old-
est American holiday. It was
the first holiday of the young
Pilgrim Republic in Plymouth
In the autumn of 1621. "
The little group of English
colonists werei just emerging
from a period of hardship and
suffering in which they had lost
half their number by death. They
had just garnered their first har
vest. It wasn't much of a har
vest, but they thought it was
and were grateful for it.
Conditions have changed in the
three hundred years which have
come and gone since then. The
proclamation announced to half
a hundred is now issued to a
hundred million. The little Re
public has become a large Re
public, the loyalties expressed
in the Mayflower constitution
have become larger and wider
and are embodied in another
document.
The larger commonwealth is
no longer exclusively English. It
REBEL EXECUTI
Irish Minister Declares Ire
land Not a Stage for
Caper Cuttm
DUBLIN. Nov. 29. (by the As
sociated Press) The execution of
Erskine Childers caused further
acrimonious scenes in the Dail
Eireann today when It came under
discussion. 'Kevin O'Higgins, min
ister of home affairs, declared
that Ireland was not a stage
where neurotic women ormega
lomanic men would be allowed to
cut capers. If the nation was to
live, many men might have to
die, even at 7 o'clock in the morn
ing. He provoked a bitter scene
by accusing the labor leaders of
approving the Republican cam
paign. The laborite, Johnson, angrily
repudiated the charge and re
torted that the ministry was tak
ing the attitude the irregulars
had adopted that men must die
for the nation.
Professor John MasNeill, min
ister of education, said he and all
the other members were under
sentence of death by the men com
plaining that this parliament had
been set up by the British gov
ernment; yet the men who issued
the sentences of death had no
authority from the people. He
could testify that Childers was
honest and honorable, but, he ad
ded, diseased conditions some
times made it necessary to ampu
tate. He agreed that force was
no remedy, but adjured the Re
publicans to abandon force and
.the whole trouble would' be set-.
PROVOKES
SCENES
iled. -
TOUGH LUCK
a nice, tender neck is not
is made up of people from all
nations, all races, all creeds, all
colors. It is no longer con
fined to the fringe of the con
tinent, but from sea to sea.
In establishing Thanksgiving,
the Pilgrims were not instituting
an extra Sabbath. Some of their
descendants have imagined they
were. Some years ago a dolor
ous howl was raised about
Thanksgiving football, but the
howlers had Iforgotten or per
haps had never reed the story
of the first Thanksgiving.
There were few young people
in the colony and the sports of
today were unknown. But the
spirit of youth was there and
its chief exemplification was
Captain Myles Standish. Thanks
giving is a tradition which had
its origin In the sprit of youth.
Prayer and athletes are to us
quite different things and occupy
separate compartments of the
mind. But the Pilgrims knew
no such distinctions. They took
Federal Tax Collections
Show Decrease for Month
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Fed
eral tax collections for the menth
of October aggregated $11,012,
494, a decrease of $42,150,237,
as compared with October 1921,
according to complete figures for
the month compiled today at the
treasury. Collections since July
- amount to $711,759,468, as ag
ainst $1419,964,882 for the same
period of 1921.
Chief among the decreases by
comparison with collections of a
year ago, wa3 the reduction in
income and profits taxes. Those
two items brought in only $29.
434.464 in October while for the
same month last year the collec
tions were $42,250,297.
Lane County Teachers
Want Free Text Books
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 29. Free
text books for all pupils of the
public schools of Oregon below
the ninth grade are advocated in
resolutions adopted today by the
Lane County Teachers institute.
Other county institutes in ses
sion this week have adopted simi
lar resolutions and the state legis
lature will be asked to enact a
law . directing school boards to
furnish the books.
Mrs. Martha C. Howard
Dies at Hospital Here
Mrs. Martha C. Howard, an
old and respected citizen of Sa
lem, died Wednesday at a local
hospital at the age of 80 years.
She crossed the plains by ox team
from Illinois in 1852, her parents
locating on Howell Prairie where
she had lived for 70 years. She
was one of the oldest pioneers In
the vaUey In point ot time spent
in Oregon."
so bad.
their religion Into everything
they did. i
Four, huntsmen were sent out
and in one day procured enough
game to feast the colony for i
week. When the day was named
and the program arranged, it was
decided that hospitality should
have a place on the agenda. In
the colony there were no such
distinctions as rich and poor in
things material, and to feast each
other fell short of the soul's
need. There were the Indians,
over there, a wild savage tribe.
What about them? How could
the grace of hospitality be ex
ercised? A thousand considera
tions, said, no, it couldn't be
done, but the spirit of youth
said it could and Massasoit. tbe
chief, was invited to come and
enjoy the festivities.
The invitation was generous
enough. They told Massasoit
that they would be glad if he
brought some at his friends along
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TO
Many Congregations Assem
ble Today for Nation's
Annual Offering
Collections taken today at the
Thanksgiving services conducted
at the First Christian church by
the Salem Ministerial union and
by the Catholics at St. Joseph's
church, will go to the ssociated
Charities of Salem.
Rev. C. E. Powell of Salem will
deliver the main address at the
Protestant union services at the
Christian church in lieu of 'Rev.
B. E. Kirkpatrick ot the First
Methodist church, who was called
from the city. This service will
begin at 10:30 o'clock. "
The Catholic "service will begin
at 8 o'clock, with Rev. J. R. Buck,
pastor of the church, speaking.
St. Paul's Episcopal church
will hold services beginning at 10
o'clock, with Rev. H. D. Cham
bers, the rector, tn charge.
The Christian Scientists will
have services at their church be
ginning at 11 o'clock.
The German Protestants of the
city will have union services at
the Center Street v Methodist
church, with W. F. Wedel, super
intendent of the Deaconess hos
pital, presenting the cause of the
Near East relief. The collection
will go to that purpose.
All public offices, banks and
most of the business houses will
be closed tor the days
SALEM
IC
TIM
803, 960 REACHED
IN CAMPAIGN FOR
WILLAMETTE'EUND
Headquarters of the Willamette uniersity endowment
campaign reported last night that $803,960 of the endowment
of S 150,000 has been pledged, and that the campaign for
the last one-third of the proposed fund has now begun '
Workers for the endowment "are hard at work in all
parts of the Oregon Methodist conference districtand ap
parently the goal will have been reached by December "0,
which has been set as the concluding date of the campaign.
An intensive campaign to cover the city of Salem will
begin next Monday. Twenty committees. of three members
each will be at work in the city. Indications are that a num
ber of large contributions will be made in Salem with enough
smaller ones to boost the fund well up toward the desired
amount. ; ! ' r
IHONEriO
HKFiliy
Slayer of Aged Bride Must
Pay Penalty Unless
Another Confesses
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov.
29. James E. Mahoney, convict
ed of slaying his aged bride rnd
throwing her body, stuffed In i
trunk into Lake Union, Seattle,
last April, must hang Friday
within the walls of the state pen
itentiary. Only a confession by some per
son or person to the crimo of
which Mahoney was found guilty
can save the doomed man, prison
authorities said tonight. Acting
Governor William J. Coyle today
refused to grant a reprieve.
. Hop Given Up
Lee Johnston, Mahoney'a At
torney, who was in the mur;lor
cell most of the day, tonight stat
ed that nothing more could be
done to save his doomed client
and that he bad made this fart
known to the condemned man.
Told by his attorney that his
petition to; the governor had teen
denied, Mahoney exclaimed:
"1 thought so! And now I
might as well be buried right
here," meaning within the walls
of the penitentiary.
Gallows, erected by prison In
mates, under direction of Engin
eer B. S. Bowen. are in readiness
for the execution Friday at dawn.
Bowen had Just returned from
his honeymoon when he was or
dered to supervise construction ot
the scaffold. By coincidence, Ma
honey was on his honeymoon when
the brutal crime, for which ha
is to pay the extreme penalty,
was committed.
Spiritual Aid Scorned
Father Stephen Buckley, local
priest, was closeted with the mur
derer for several hours today.
The priest seemed dejected as he
emerged from the death cell.
Mahoney has said he does not
wish for administration to his
spiritual needs.
J. W. Ingram, penitentiary phy
sician, declared tonight that Ma
honey was in excellent physical
condition. The condemned man
will be given a special Thanks
giving turkey dinner tomorrow,
as will other Inmates of the insti
tution. Mahoney will be allowed
to select his own food from now
until his death day breakfast.
The three quarter inch hempen
noose, to be used for the execu
tion, was secured from San Quen
tin, Cal., penitentiary. It was
given a test today.
Jury Out 57 Minutes in Mur
der Trial Life Imprison
ment Recommended
BURLINGTON, la., Nov. 29.
After remaining out but 57 min
utes, the jury which heard the
case of the state against Mrs.
Kathorine Shurtz, jointly charged
with George Leroy Spees, alleged
lover with the murder of her
husband, John Shurtz, returned
a verdict tonlrht of murder in
the first degree and recommend
ed life imprisonment.
Son Chief Witness ,
Shurtz was found dead in bed,
the top of his bead ' blown olt
To authorities. Mrs.. Shurtz de
nied all knowledge of thn crime
(Continued on page 2.)
IS. SCUT
IS CONVICTED
FRENCH TIGER
' RESTS TODAY
Dictates Thanksgiving Mes
sage to Publics-Next Ad
dress at St. Louis
CHICAGO, Nov. 2J. (By the
Associated Press); Georges Clem
enceau. touring the United Status
in an effort to forge closer bonds .
between this country' and France,
tonight dictated the- following
Thanksgiving message: v :
"Deeply touched by the kind
reception granted me and the at
tention ' given to the delivery of
my message, there is much 1 ant
thankful tor."
Decoratra Lincoln' Tomb .
The former war premier, wlti
delivered the fourth ot a series
of addresses hero yesterday spent y
today relaxing and teeing the '
sights. He leaves at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning- for Sntinr-
field, Ills., where he Is to decorati
the tomb of Abraham Lincoln and
deliver a short euloglstie address.
Then he goes to Sa. Louis, ar-
riving Friday morning. ' :
The Tiger's program for the
day,. worked out by himself, start
ed with a visit to ono of Chica
go's biggest packing plants and
ended with a visit ( to the audi- ,
torlum, where as the guest ot Mrs.
Potter Palmer, his. Chicago bos
tess, he heard Rlmiky Korsakoff's
I9ssiani fantasy, "niegourotch
ka" ("The Snow Maiden") sung .
in French. . .
He received an ovation a ba ,
appeared In the Potter ? Palmer ,j
box, which was draped with the
French tri-color and tbe Stars and .
Stripes. It was a veritable spree
for the Tiger, who usually retire
at 8 o'clock.
Aim: the first act, Edouard
Cotreuil, French basso, sang the
Marsellaise and Cyrene Van Cor
don, the Star Spangled Banner.
Between abbatoir . and ' opera,
Clemenoeau sandwiched visits to
the Chicago Art Institute, the An-i '
derson galleries and the Marshall , '
Field museum of natural history. '
Entering the art institute he
proved his knowledge of art by ,
picking out tbe prize corot of the
collection an, heading straight
for it, standing for several min
utes In silent admiration. , , . ,
Remarks Apropos '
The exhibit before which : he
stopped longest was a small statue
of the Buddha. 1 ;
"Poor Buddha," hesald. "He
did not tell the people he was a
god. He only said he was a man.
But when, he died they Insisted '
on making a god out of htm.".
At the Anderson galleries he "
stood long before Fromentier'a '
painting of Arab cavalry in ac
tion.
'Ah, those are the Turks," be;
said.
The Field museum exhibit of
two fighting elephants elicited :
this: "
'When I was In Africa there
was a troop -at least 45 ot them .
that looked me In the face Just :
like that." "
Rest at Armour's Plant
The Tiger got off one of his
bon mots of the day at tho Ar
mour plant, through which hj was
conducted by Laurence Armour. -
Standing in the slaughter room
where steers were being slain one
after another and put on "rollers
to convey them to the wating line
of dressers, he quoted:
Tvo got a little list,
"They never will be missed.".
"We'll put them onthe rollers
and send them through the &b
battolr," he added.