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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9. 1922
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IIVILL ULUUIVIL,
FINE HIGHWAY
Project to
" Will Be
Cost $100,000
Constructed by
Governm
ent and County
Cooperation.
NEGOTIATIONS OVER
: 2-YEAR! PERIOD ENDED
Length to Be Thirteen Miles
Federal! Funds Three-:
Fourth of Total
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After - two years o5 constant
negotiations . between the govern
ment and Afarlon county the gov
eminent has . it last entered Into
a contract for the building of
the long hoped for road between
Detroit and jNlagara, according
to Information released from the
county roadmaster's office , yes
terday. ' ',;.-; .;; V;.
,. Format Beaierre Penetrated
TKe road; will be built at a
cost t about $100,000 and will
be - approximately ; 13 miles . in
length. Marlon county will stand
about one-fourth of ' the cost
while the government ; will as
sume the balance, due to the fact
that, land in tiat vicinity la gov
ernment f oreetj reserve land The
road will be bnlir along what Js
familiarly 'known as MintoltraiL
The government surrey will prop
ably commence! some time In the
spring after wihlch ; the work Is
expected to progress rapidly. The
contract was closed yesterday
with '': the : secretary of ; agricul
ture. i-V.-' '--r'f ":,. . '
' Special Taxes Voted
. Citizens In' the vicinity of De
troit and Niagara have heen vot
ing special tajces on themselves
for the past tf ot years In order
to provide the amount which the
county must' furnish under i the
terms of tha ion tract. .
m. fMTZEIIER
Well Known
Opera Star
Files Cross
Complaint to
Husband,
Suit o
SAN FRANCISCO, -Dec; 8
juaaame Margaret -jmiieunuci,
opera star, in first formal answer
lalnt to the divorce.
salt of . her chauffeur husband.
Floyd Glottmajcb, , fUed here late
a , decree on the
grounds of ccuelty and Infidel
ity.
J. J. Lermen, attorney for the
diva, announced he would Intro
duce In court . three canceled
-check for a :otal ; of $357.50
which, he said.) were given by Ma
dame I Matzenauer to Glotzbach
and I forwarded by the : husband
without the alnigera knowledge,
to Mrs. Lottie Fraties of Carmel,
. Cal. . One $100 check; It is set
, forth, was sent to : Mrs. FraUes
by Glotzbach ilx day before -he
.and the opera star were married
on June 18, 121. ' ?
Glotsbaeh alleged relations
and correspondence with ' Lottie
Fraties; were responsible . for the
marital troubles and eventually
.led to the separation, Madame
Matzenauer asserted. . ;l'f --i ?
THE WEATHER
OREGON Saturday "rain in
west portion,! rain or snow in
east portion hot so cold,
f rLOCAL WEATHER " "
; (Friday)
Maximum ' temperature, 40.
Mfnimfm temperature, 55.
River, .7 teet above normal
7. level jlslng. , . -Rainfall,
$5 jfnch-
Atmosphere, ;cloudy.
Wind, .south. I:
HEUT
Company M, that was recruited to war strength in Sa
lem for the World war, held its annual reunion last night.
The boys were not nearly all there. Some of them never
came back, at all, and others cp,me to die in the peaceful
life of the civilian.
A brave man, a patriotic man with a heart in a strong
body and a soul in a strong mind, may come from the field,
the factory, the store, even from the bar room or the haunts
of vice, and make good, in the finest, most unselfish fight.
But it wrongs no one el3e to say that the finest things that
Salem ever saw, was back on March 25, 1917, when practi
cally the whole junior and senior classes of Willamette uni
versity came down in a body to enlist in CcJmpany, M. for
service under Old Glory. It really was "Old Glory" to these
boys, brought up as they had been in an atmosphere of rev
erence, for the finer things of life. And they came as vol
unteersthey didn't wait for the draft to do it they set out
to do it .themselves.
Three of them were sons of spectacled, devout profes
sors in Willamette; others were themselves religious and so
cial workers, almost through college, and with promise beck
oning them on. But the call of duty, so much stronger than
the call to profiteering and ease and ignoble safety, gripped
them -and they went. They served all over Europe as re
placement units for other organizations that were deficient.
They did not have the poor privilege of sticking together as
perhaps they had hoped to do. But it is the testimony of
military authorities all through the army, that they "made
good" in a splendid manner.
Willamette has bred up a spirit that carries on, in peace,
In war, in service to humanity. A tradition like that is a
priceless heritage.
Willamette need3, desperately, the support that the pres
ent endowment campaign will give, to give room to grow in
service. These young: men and young women of Willamette,
and their traditions and ideals of service are of priceless
worth. , ' '
v Let's raise the jmoney and keep -Willamette going
straight ahead on the old, sublime path of service.
FUND SHOWS
FIRE GROWTH
Willamette Endowment Has
K Pledges of .$914414
Records Show
Willamette now" hair $911,414
pledged on the $1,250,000 en
dowment campaign, although the
gain from' the last previous re
port was not proportioned to the
needs as expressed in terms ot
so. much per day. Salem provid
ed , most of ' the gain from the
Thursday report, a total at 12,
612 being added from all sources,
and almost one-halt of this being
local money.
The campaign - committee has
Just finished crediting some mis
cellaneous local subscriptions and
yesterday apportioned $14,435 to
be divided equally between the
two local canvassing armies.
This, .however is not that, mucb
additional money for the . one
day's work. The money actually
raised and reported yesterday as
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WANTED HER TO
Ellen Lavina Hartley Tefls
Why She Wants Divorce
from Husband
A "loveless marriage" was re
vealed In the complaint filed by
Ellen Lavlna : Hartley : against
Arthur. Hartley in the circuit
court yesterday for. divorce, i
Accordln to - the complaint.
immediately after their marriage
which was only in Julr. .JLM2,
her husband assumed a domineer
ing attitude toward her, telling
her" that since he had married
him she must obey his every
wish. ; As a result she was forced
to do the family wash on Sun
day, work in the hop yards d
was prevented from visiting her
parents. .
" Upon one occasion, the com
plaint alleges, he Informed her
that other women wanted her to
eat a fish" and shoke on it S so
that they might, marry, him.: . At
one time he told her to go home
aj fit there. V So cruel i and
Inhuman was his treatment, the
complaint alleges, that In Octo
ber ' he left her , and had since
failed to 'stfpport her. . , V
' 'A divorce and alltnooy qf ' $25
a month Is asked. t-f. m v -
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Oil FISH
KDUSE LIQUDR
FIGHT IR!
Prohibition Factions Make
Clean Sweep in Knock
. tag Out Amendments
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.
Friends of prohibition, in com
plete control in the house, made a
clean sweep today in knocking out
amendments to the prohibition
section of the treasury supply bill
which they claimed were designed
to weaken enforcement of the
Volstead law. ,
, Hill Stands Alone
Standing alone at times, .Repre
sentative Hill, Maryland, sought
to limit the money spending act I v.
Hies of the prohibition unit. His
proposals were thrown out bodily
after thirty minutes ot bitter de
bate in which the manner of the
law's enforcement was command
ed and condemned.
The bill stood like a stone Arall
against attacks by Mr. Hill's
group. It had not reached the
point of passage tonight because
of an agreement to defer until to
morrow, action on a provision for
substituting fast power presses
for hand presses on which the
government's ! money , . has long
been printed at the' bureau of en
graving. Representative Tincher, Repub
lican of Kansas, declared the Hill
amendments were tn keeping with
the attitude of those who had at
tempted to defeat prohibition en
forcement. He said he did not
know -why Mr. Hill, should object
if the Ku Kluz Klan tried to sup
press moonshlning. '
Yearlings All Prink
Characterlrtng Mr. Hill as the
minister plenipotentiary of the vs
soclatloh opposed 1 to prohibition,
Representative .Crainpton, Repub
lican' of Michigan, declared the
Maryland representative was help
ing the organisation in ah effort
to nullify the eighteenth amend
ment by hamstringing' the en
forcement unit. , Representative
Thorpe, Republican of Nebraska,
elected for the short lime ending
In March, said her was proud to
vote with the friends of prohibi
tion.' Representative Knutson, Min
nesota. Republican whip, told the
house he voted for the eighteenth
amendment and .the -Volstead law
but found now that "as the appro
priations for enforcement go up,
whiskey prices come down." He
assented thit thousands of illicit
stills flourished in . the country
and "that girls and boys' $i their
teens were coming home drunX"
HARDING TALK
TO CONGRESS
President Puts Transporta
tion, Prohibition and Farm
Credits Problems at Head
of List. 1
CRITICS OF FOREIGN
PROCEDURE RAPPED
Would Give Federal Tribun
al Authority to Enforce
All Decisions
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Pres
ident Harding addressing con
gress in person today on tbe
state of the union, placed the
transportation situation, prohibi
tion enforcement and farm cred
its In the forefront of tbe nation
al problems pressing for solution.
Raps Critic. , .
Also he took occasion to reply
directly to those whom he saW.
had assumed that the United
States had taken Itself "aloof
and apart, unmindful of world
Obligations." He declared these
gave "scant credit" for the "help
ful part" America had assumed
in international relations, 'refer
ring particularly to the arms
conference.
0, , the ptcbibitton situation,
tbe executive asserted there wer
conditions o! enforcement which
Vsavor of naiion-wide scandal."
He made no recommendations on
ths score but announced his pur.
pose to call an early conference
ef the governors of the state9
and territories with federal
authorities to formulate definite
policies of national and state
cooperation in the administering
ot the laws.
Transportation Important
Declaring there was no prob
lei exceeding in importance tne
one of transportation. Mr. Hard
ing told congress there was need
to begin cn rims to coordinate
all transportation facilities rail,
water and motor. As to the re-
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DIVERSIF ED
CITY OF ASTORIA IMPORTANT
IN NORTHWEST DEVELOPMENT;
FOUNDED BY JOHN J. ASTOR
Astoria, the oldest town in Ore
gon, was founded. April 12, 1811,
by John Jacob Astor, American
merchant, who opened thet first
American fur trading post in the
Pacific northwest. Prosperity
loomed for the little city, but the
.war . of 1812 stopped his enter
prise. The English took possession of
the post in 1813, re-named it Ft.
St. George, and held it until 1818.
though nntil'1845 the Northwest
company, an English company of
fur traders, continued to occupy
It.
The natural antipathy between
natives of the British empire and
the United States is believed to
have made impossible the success.
f ul establishment of Astoria as
a fur trading post operated 1y
Americans, for the inbred na
tional prejudice of the Britisher
for. anything American was too
powerful to go unnoticed.
Held by British
, The. British government trans
mitted orders to the agent of the
Xorthwest company to deliver the
post of Astoria as "one of the
places captured during the war,"
and as a result the post, founded
by Americans, passed out of Am
erican command.
Although Astor urged the gov
ernment, to : re-possess Astoria,
and Intended to resume opera
tions In the territory, the Pacific
Pur company started by him was
never, revived. Even following
the war no attempt was made by
the capitalist . to return to the
post, which remained for some
time under the control "of the
Northwest company.
' ; Conditions continued on practi
cally: the same basis until 18Z3,
when a resolution was introduced
into congress instructing; the com
mittee -on military, affaire to "In
NO LAW BARS
GUARD WHEN
DUTY CALLS
General White Will Carry
Relief to Stricken Astor
ians if Necessary
; Federal law will be disregarded
by the Oregon national guard, if
necessary to carry relief to tho
fire-stricken people of Astoria,
Adjutant General George A. White
said yesterday, while making
preparation-, to wend men and
equipment to that city.
Men, tents, eopklng equipment,
blankets and overcoats sufficient
t,o administer comfort to 2000
persons can be sent at once it
necessary, . the. adjutant general
said. In such a case, said Gene
ral White, damage to equipment
will necessarily run ino the thou
sands of dollars. This . will cre
ate a deficiency in the state na
tional guard funds which the leg
islature would be called upon to
meet by deficiency appropriation.
Adjutant General White expected
to complete the biennium without
a deficiency.
AT THEIR BEST
Finishing Touches Being Put
on Rehearsals for Min
strel Nights
The troupe of players at the
state penitentiary who are to par
ticipate in the annual state prison
minstrel show which runs
throughout next week are work
ing hard putting on the finishing
touches, and dress rehearsals are
now the order.
Some more than ordinarily line
song hits and Jokes have been
Worked up that are likely to be
disconcerting to some of the cel
ebrities who are to be present in
the audiences. This is always
one of the best features of the
show.
The show Monday night will be
for inmates of the prison only,
and ail the other performances of
the week, which run every night,
including Saturday, will be open
to the public.
quire into the expediency of mak
ing an appropriation to enable
the president to take and retain
possession of the territories of the
United States on the northwest
coast of America."
River Gateway Prized
The advisability of effecting the
possession of the mouth of the
Columbia river, pointed out to be
a British loophole for ultimate
possession ot all United States
territory beyond the Rocky moun
tains, was seen by many states
men. The resolution was adopt
ed, but no action was taken.
la 1824 a bill for "the occu
pation of the Columbia river" ap
peared in the bouse. In 1825 the
bill came up again. Both times
it was la?d on the table, and. In
1829, dropped. It was not until
settlers began filling the post that
the matter, except for hectic peri
ods, ever received farther consid
eration in congress. The settlers
began their march westward in
1835, and the city of Astoria, al
though not charted until .1876,
continued to grow. t
The territory eventually passed
front, the fur trading1 stage to the
settlement stage, ana the. North
west company gradually lost trade
and eventually moved' from - the
post. .... ; ." - .' '
In 1890 the population of As
toria was S184. ift.1990 8391, and
tn 1920, 14,027. -Jetty
Is Built
Difficulty experienced in get
ting larger vessels over the bar
at the mouth of the C61nmbia
river was eliminated by construc
tion of si jetty, affording a deep
and wide channel navigable by
the largest ships. Five miles of
waterfront within the city limits
make ot Astoria' one ot the best
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LONG BREI0 LINES MM .
w mwmem, u blocks
IN RUINS, LOSS IS
SALEM OFFERS
City and Red Cross Stand
Ready Knights of Col
umbus Send Purse
Willamette chapter of the Red
Cross, and the city of Salem
offered their assistance to the
fire-stricken .people of Astoria
yesterday, and at a special meet
ing called for the purpose last
night the Salem lodge of the
Knights of Columbus collected a
cash donation and forwarded U
to Astoria for the general re
lief fund.
Mrs. Arthur S. Benson, execu
tive secretary of the local chap
ter of the Red Cross, early in
the day telegraphed the superin
tendent of the Pacific coast bu
reau of the Red Cross at San
Francisco a brief description ot
the (fire and offered the aid ot
the locar chapter. - The superin
tendent replied, thanking . Mrs.
Benson for the information and
said he had ordered the super
intendent of the northwest divi
sion at Portland to go to Astoria
to ascertain . the need. He said
further that Willamette chapter
would be called upon if neces
sary. y Mayor George E . Kalvorsen
and Mayor-elect-. John B. Giesy
sent, the following telegram to
the mayor of Astoria:
"W are shocked beyond words
to hear of the devastating calam
ity which has befallen your
beautiful city. The citizens of
Salem extend to your citizens
their heartfelt sympathy for the
irreparable loss which they have
sustained on account of the fire
which is raging in your city. If
we can be of assistance to you
In any way command us."
TAXPAYERS MIGHT
BE GIVEN BELIEF
Clatsop County Court Could
Order Refunds to Fire
Stricken People
Prior to the great (fire loss of
yesterday at Astoria that clty'3
loss by fire this year aggregated
$1,020,830, According to A. C.
Earber, state fire marshal. This
was an increase of $723,915 over
the loss for 1621, waihe was only
$296,915.
Oregon tires this year exclu
sive of Portland have aggregated
$4,365,503, and In Portland the
loss up to November 30 was fl.
258,304.58, m.iklng a total for
the state of $5,620,807.53. The
Astoria disaster of yesterday will
add poBsibiy $15,000,000 to this
amount.
The fire Ices in Oregon ex
clusive of Portland for Novem
ber was $309,880. Fires of $10,
000 loss or more were:
Haines, milk plant, $40,000;
Hood River county, store and
contents, $la,000; Jefferson,
saw mill, $11,000; Oregon City,
Elk's temple, . $50,000; Powers,
pool hall and hotel, $20,000;
Salem, rug manufacturing plant.
$30,000; Union county, barn and
contents, $15,000.
Taxation experts here yester
day said it would be possible for
the Clatsop county court at As
toria to grant some relief to tax
payers who are losers in the Xire.
Whether this would be feasible
or not would be a matter for
the court to decide.
While the assessment rolls are
completed and accepted by the
county board of equalization it
would be possible, it is said, for
the county court to allow refunds
on property that no longer ex
ists if such were petitioned for
by the taxpayers. The law al
lowing the court to order reas
sessments, it is said, would not
exactly apply in this emergency,
since reassessments ordinarily
are allowed for the purpose of
correcting errors In assessment
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ASTORIA D
iNCENDIAUlSai SDSlECTEpr r V . j:
'Incendiarism was responsible for the confLirratlcrv
according to opinions of both Mayor Bremner and Chief c
Police Carlson, and local radicals are under suspicion At a
two officials said, , . ...V. " . . v . :
Investigation proved thai the fire at the outset be&a
in two separate. places, simultaneously according to Chief
Carlson. "; ";J " y' "?- -
A dozen citizens who were In the vicinity of the Ufa
Hive department store when; th$ conflacratlon started,
said they were certain that two restaurants one at either
side of the department store were raging furnaces, whCa
the store showed no sjlgii of fire. f , .
"I am certain that the fire was incendiary ,n sal J
Mayor Bremner, 'and I am likewise certain that radlcallsn
is responsible. Of course there wOl be a more thorough In
vestigation than has been possible today. When It is over
I am sure it will be established ttiaf the fire was Set.
ASTORIA, Dec. 8-Its heart eaten out by flame3 which
ragedthrough it for hours today, .Astoria took time tonight
to compute its losses at $12,000,000 which city officials esti
mated to be the toll of the blaze which swefct away 24 blocks
of the city's business district, destroying .eveif-departrnenl
store, hotel, bank and scores ' of small business , establish
merits Vi,:.. ,;r.,.. '0y,Ut
.-, Two thousand people wee. homeless tonight '.'a Th& city
was cut off without banking facilities. No food was obtain
able except from a central diatributinif.station established
by a swiftly organized ' committee' of CO business - inert wha
had been at work for hours Relief was arriving hourly by
train and automobile from Portland and other pointUv At
nightfull the situation was In handV'(BecLs had been provided
for, all without them and hot meals were being' served at
several stations. . - . -,..., , . a '
Annual Homecoming of Sa
lem's Famous4 War Unit
Held Last Night
Five years :ago, on December
10, the boys of Company M, Sa
lem, sailed from New York for
the No Man's Land ot the World
war.. They didn't know, exactly
where they were going, but they
were on their way, with the" fire
of service burning In every heart,
They didn't expect that ai:,of
them would ever return. Some
of them did not. and never will.
But those who did return, eame
as visitors, after the job was all
done.
They Ate Turkey
Last night the survivors held
their, annual reunion to celebrate
the event. They met at the Gray
Belle where they dined on tur
key not the kind ot blood-Sucking,
Christian hating Turkey that
they set out to fight f iveyears ago
but' Oregon turkey, fattened on
.grasshoppers and grain, instead
of on Christian blood any they
made It a feast for the ages. Tbe
old flag of their lt2nd infantry
regiment was brought from the
state capitol to grace their table.
Some of them had shed blood un
der its folds, and it was their
very own flag, loaned to the state.
Some Not There
Owing to the bad weather net
all the boys were present who had
been expected, .though . 50 were
there in spile of the storm.
Capt. Roy Neer, now of Port
land, was present again to com
mand his boys, as chairman. . He
spoke briefly, as did Paul Wal
lace, Louis Compton, Rodney Al
ien, Capt. Conrad Strafrln of Dal.
las. Col. Carle Abrams. and every
soldier as he responded to his
name in. roll call. Some story or
sentiment, some bit of prophecy,
some patriotic 'appeal, some re
miniscence of those who did not
come back there were many
kinds of . stories in the brief
thumbnail speeches that the boys
made.
Memorial la HeM "
A memorial service for the de
parted was held, led by Rev. David
Hassel. one of the soldiers who
enlisted and later came hack and
was graduated from Willamette,
This closed with a salutet, at at
tention, while Edwin Payne, the
old company bugler, played To
the : Colors." The list of local
dead Is growing. It now has the
names of Maurice Lawson;. gradu
ated from Willamette; Welcome
tCoatlaued on page a.)
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7.
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, Long lines 4ot .hungry persons
wafted fh front t the Y. J; C. J
here tonight her they were be
liifla HwlUt v'sAidltfie.j gad
loaves ; r bread. Inside, many of
theb-lidings.'. including balldlngi
anr .the ; scene t stae, terribH
Wasei women and men Srorkc4
tirelessly In an effort .to: providt
for those without a home.
s A-1 Hemee. Opened ;..."-'. "'
Several grocery stores and frh
meat markets iu the utlylng dlt
tricts suffered an ahprecedented
rush,, and, police authorities, by
way. ot precaution. Issued erdera
against profiteering, aa soon as
systematic peratioaa " can 4
started; by the ! relief orfcaizar
tions it will be possible to receive
aid, through the Red Crosi, ft
waa aaJd.,;:7A:,:i; ':'! ''
Hundreds of homes 1 have heoa
thrown open te those mifle 'desU
tute by the blaze and, all, publla
buildings available will . provide
steeping .and eating quarter!. Al
though net many residences weral
in the path of the flames, apart
ment houses,' hotels and ' frame)
tenement structares were destroy
ed and residents -of Alter U who
made tkeir homes in thcie etrue
tnres barely had time to escape.
v Fod Supply CratraUaed
A committee of SO representa
tive citizens appointed by Mayo
Bremner met anxl began prelim
Inary steps for relief.' Major W
S. Gilbert, pastor of Uhe lTrst
Presbyterian church, waa appoint
ed chairman - .- t. ;"::
; , Relief measures were hegua
with orders to commandeer the
city's food supplies at ooce to be
gathered together In ' One build
ing. , . , : .; '' :
Banks,' aewspaper pltats, ho-,
tela, atbres, theaters ahd numer
ous buildings housing a variety of
business places, were wiped ' out.
According. to; Fire, Qhtef; E. .B.
Foster, the ' fire got , out of con
trol because it bunted beneata
the buildings underpt!lng, upoa
which the city was . built. He at
tributed the disaster to failure
to fill in the apace beneath the
piling. - Norrta 6taplesr- aatomo
bile man ; and president et c the
Bank of Commerce; dropped dead
of heart failure while the 'fire
was at Its height early this mora
ing. - : ' " ''
One Body Fotmd ,. ?i
The . body of C J. Smith, .
transient, wai found haaglcg un
der the sidewalk on the water
front at Eighth and Astor ' stret,
but whether he had ended his Ufa
beciufe of the tir or tor ether, ,
reason the police were unable ta
learn. He had apenf the night la
cheap lodging house , oa tha
walerlront' -'-. ..fi ':. ,x ;-ji-, .
'The Budget, , afternoon paper,
which ; attempted to get out an
edition today on the press of the
paper at -Seaside, teund thls-im-i
practicable , and lnsteid, iss ied
mimeographed" sheets.: , t
J. S. DeUiager;? pubUsheti of
the Astortah, the morning paper,,
announced that he would probab-
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