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A n FIRST SECTION Paget 1 to 8 mo SECTIONS '14 Pages SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR . SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS ft MOT r 4 S. FIX ; DUE ALLIES Great Britain and Germany 4 , Said Willing to Submit to American , Commission Cre- m ration. r' " .- V. jPIAU IS NOW BEFORE POINCARE OF FRANCE Officials at'WashinfitbtfRe l, : fuse to Discuss Subject ... , -Caution is Used ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. (By the Associated Press) - 'A plan ' tinder Which an American Corn ell mission would determine ! how much Germany should be required to , pay 4healliesj In reparations ha emerged from Ji efforts to find a way . for extttding Amerl- , can aid toward volution of " the ' economic troubles. of Europe. " Although t discussions of the k' proposal have been kept thus far ouisiae xne iormai cnanneis or ' diplomacy, the exchange of views a developed a thorough understand ing In authoritatlTe circles that the United SUtes, Great Britain ' ' and Germany are willing to con sent Ato the creation off such 'ft The plan now is before Premier ' Polncare of France, and he Is ex pected to make a decision after conferences with industrial lead j erS "of his own country . and : of L. Germany. It is assumed . that It r wIU' be-eommunlcatedlater to all ''the nations, Interested in repara TUoVpaymenta, " Official of ..the" Washington government today refused to dis cuss tne planner 'an American ; commission, A Secretary Hughes, K however," Usued: a" statement say , ing that the "government" had ! presented -no ."'proposition the ' subject . ; ; ' Distinctions Drawn . The procedure by which all of , - those ; directly Interested . ; are, sounded out -'before . any, definlta "proposal is submitted with gov- eminent authority ibehlnd it Is the O usual method employed in nego- . iiauons oi greai aeucacy. :.-.'.At ; the state' department ; there was a .disposition to draw a sharp Kne of distinction between the act Ttmtiet of American and other businessmen in regard to the problem and the moves made by government , officials themselves. It becaAe clear today however, v that, the two groups had kept in V close touch and that not only "Secretary nughes but Secretary Hoover and others' high in the ad ministration were fully advised of effort made by President Julius H. ' Barnes of the . j Chamber ,;. of V ; commerce and men In England, Frarice and Germany who hold k t similar posts in ' the industrial world to find a formula for solu tion of the reparations' problem. K ; , i Movea eKpt Secret i plain, that they would not be drawn into any departure for the tfnMnal ' ammm a Ka aavas n vr brier statement which In lUelf arolded any mention of details. a. V; U follows: - , .. i v "The department of state can Tnot discuss tentatively proposals whlch are made to '. It with " re I spect to the . European situation. The report that this government had presented to ofner. govern ments a proposal for an American I course. It ..Kl;vi T; : VX .. commission is f unfounded. of ofa . hr nt laprbposal baa -been received,", ' CottditiOM- Hopeful - i tn: authoritative Quarters it was '' learned today that I before the - commission's proposal receired i (Continued on page 7) THE .WEATHER. OREGON: Irrldayfair except .f; probably atn 4 1h" northwest ' portion. :V"' - -. . LOCAL WEATHER : . (Thursday) v. Maximum temperature, 4S. , Minimum temperature, S6. River, Sfeet Above normal; fising.Ci i v-: :Ralnfall, Qi inch; a r Atmosphere, partly cloudy. 4 Wind,. south - - MR.SMITH, HE WON THE WORLD WAR Johnsons, Browns, Williames and Joneses Helped Him, Says Bulletin New light is thrown upon the dark enigma of "Who won the war" in a Washington bulletin received today by George A. White, adjutant general of the state. Not Pershing, but Legune, not Liggett was the great Amer ican fighting man. -but rather a composite fellow of the name Of Smith. There were two whole fighting divisions of Smiths, the bulletin shows.' - It has taken the war de partment a long' time, with the aid of many clerks, to count all the mehbers of the Smith family who went to the front against the Kaiser and with the click of the totai" bar on the war depart ment adding machine the result was 56,180. .. ' Mobilised into one force there were enough smiths for more than a dozen War strength infan try , regiments, enough for two onUat divisions, nearly enough for an army corps. . " the John" uTu..u.u.c., nomie, financial and business there were enough o ' them to proMemB including German rep hate stopped the Boche on the aratlons. as well as reduction of f :r - 'oauu Ia?"y neipea u smuns oj senaing 41580 lnt0 " Tne Brown Mmily(furished awhole combat division, artillery trains and all with 29,960, while the Williams family furnished another- full di vision with, 28,140 and the 'Jones contingent went forward with nearly 26,000. Corrimittee Expected to fle- Port No Evidence m n...L.u.. t.;.i . UdUgneriy indl WASHINGTON, ' Dec. 21.- Windlnxr up its' public hearings on the Keller charges against At - torney General Daugherty, the I ment of sound financial and buai house Judiciary committee voted 1 Ue3's conditions." ; I today to meet on January four to reach its formal decision ana oe- gin? preparation of : Its report ' to the bouse. It was-regarded s L practically certain -that-the com- I mittee would -hold that there had been produced no ; evidence ; on -t I which Impeachment proceedings couia oe oasea. The public sessions today were taken up with the examination of officials and employes of the de- partment of Justice In 'answer to a number of charges made against the Attorney1 General by Repre- sentaUve-Keller, Republican of J Minnesota. .' Aside from its report on the impeachment charges, the com- mittee has yet to act On the ques- tkm of what action if any is!to 'be taken on the refusal of Mr. Keller to obey a subpoena call ing upon him to appear for exam- ination under oath as to Informa tion upon which . he based his al legations against Mr. Daugherty. Qavation Army Needs More Liberal Response tor Winter Relief The Salvation , army Christmas cheer will fall short unless there is a ' more liberal - response than has come in so far. According to Captain Holbrook the returns far fall far short of what they were last year. i IV Is the custom DfhthV Salvation army to eonect for both Christmas cneer ana win tcr relief and nhere has always CHhSIhort eben a liberal response (to the eaiiino cargoes to carry and no mar for; the -unfortunate' but soraehbw kets to supply. If we should give jthe returns have been a little slack. ... The "amount otfraoney sent- this year so Tar are only about half what it was last year, un- less there is more coming in there 4m mri-r tt tut lnririi -nfffflng tfi.n hr. iMn. i r ' ' WORLD PARLEY IS SUGGESTED BY SEN. BORAH International Conference Is Believed Necessary to Solve Problems of War torn Nations. PLAN IS AMENDMENT TO NAVAL MEASURE Idaho Man Strong Opposer of League of Natrons Stand is Surprised WASHINGTON, Pec. 21. Ex tensive discussion of internation al affairs is expected to develop In: the senate as a result of a pro- posal today by Senator Borah, Re- nuvncaii idh tnr .n tlonal conference to consider eco- land, sea and aerial armaments. Offered As Amendment Senator Rnrah f t armA fcia nia-n M 4n 4lnendmeilt t0 the $330. 000,000 naval appropriation bill which was reported to the senate today for preliminary .consridera- tion tomorrow He' proposed that the president be asked to call an international economic and dis armament conference instead of a conference merely to deal with limitation of naval vessels under 10.000 tons and military and na vai aircraft as provided In the bill as passed by the. house. Need Held Pressing In offering g amendment as1 a substitute for the house pro vision. Senator Borah declared world economic conditions requir ed immediate action and he nro- "at preheat Warding be ; "Sr; i " v.m i-w representatives to the conference as he should deem necessary and . i .yvu.tHi. IUI UUJBtl DI r- riving at understandings or ar- J rangements" looking to the res- j toration "of trade and establish To Defer Action witn reference to .armaments the Borah amendment Includes the house bill's provision as to j naval -vessels under 10,000 - tons and aircraft with Its provision for consideration of land and sea ar maments, senate leaders do not expect the Borah proposal nor the house provision to be reached during tomorrow's consideration of the bill. These and an; amendment by Senator King, Democrat. TTtah. calling for a land and sea'disarm- lament conference, which Is pend 1 ing, are expeetedto-co over un- til after the Christmas holidays . Action Causes Surprise Senator Borah's amendment caused general surprise, ' especi ally in view of hid strong, posi- tion in the past in reference to American participation In - Euro- pean problems. He was one of the ' strongest opponents of ' the league ' of nations and treaty , of Versailles, but in his statement today he made It clear that -he believed action was needed to solve' pressing economic problems affecting American trade. Ger man reparations, ne said, were the "key to the European situa tion." - and he thought his pro posed conference might "break the deadlock on that subject:" Markets Scarce "We are traveling in a vicious circle," Senator Borah declared. We enacted an emergency, and also a permanent tariff bill. -Nev ertheless the cry of (distress from the ' producers of the country ,1s! I even more piteous than I at any time since the war. The farmer j can find no markets abroad for his surplus products and 'Without so a market for his surplus products J it is impossible for htm to realize j the ' value of ' that which he pro- duces. - 1 "We now propose to enact a ghlp subsidy bill, but there are our millions In the way. of sub- - sidles it would not open single In wheat taarket nor supply a single cargo. These things are not pro- dncea by subsidies. There are millions of shipping tonnage ly- 1 - ' . ' : ; ' , i f tuonunusd on sage ij NOT ALWAYS DO CUPID'S BELLS RING Some Couples Try to Evade Law One Swain Applies, to Postoffice for Permit Although Miss Ituth Wallace, deputy county clerk of Marion county, is official purveyor of the life certificates which entittc people to marry, nevertheless sh-3 also nips many would-be nuptial knots in the bud, according to the county records. ' Under ordinary circumstances Miss Wallace will issue a license to any deserving and properly qualified young man with an hon est face, but she is a nemesis to the runaway couple who come to Salem from Portland to avoid publicity. The law rules that the marriage certificate must be is sued In the county in which the fclrl resides. Usually all goes well until the girl, who is either too honest or too Ignorant of mari riage laws, reveals the fact that she is a resident of another coun ty. When the official book is snapped shut with a bang and the unhappy couple are forced to hunt elsewhere for their license. "You'd be ' surprised where people go for licenses," Miss Walt lace sayB. ; the often keeps the door open after 5 o'clock to accommodate some frenzied couple who have searched everywhere but At the court house for a license. Not long ago she kept the lights burning overtime; until one young man could -post haste over ' from the postoffice. He had been hunt ing a -marriage license vhere. Well Known Chicago Station Now Only Bla6kened Shell Loss $300,000 CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Fire this afternoon destroyed the' Dear born street railroad station, for merly ' known as the Polk street depot 'and left eight railroads homeless In Chicago. The building was valued at $300,000 but would cost more than $1,000,000 to replace. Within a little more than half an hour after a traffic policeman saw smoke issuing from the roof, the flames swept through the thirty-eight-year old brick and wood structure,! once the pride of railroadmen, and left only a smoke-blackened " "brick shell be hind. ' Trains ' Saved Hundreds of passengers and 200 men and women clerks fled to safety. ' Mrs. Ha2el Locker, age 26, a Woman clerk, fainted and was trampled on by the wild rush of girl clerks from the upper floors. A policeman found her unconscious on the stairs and car. rled her out. Postal clerks with motor trucks rescued ISO tons of holiday mall and railroad employes saved all passenger-cars In the train shed. The L03 Angeles Limited of the Santa Fe, and the -Dixie Flyer, crack Chicago-Jacksonville train of the Chicago and Eastern Illi nois, were' being made up in the sheds when the fire broke out. They were despatched from the ySrds while firemen were still vainly' trying to cope with the blaze. Pioneer Woodbum Man Dies at Age of 81 Years WOO&BTJRJf, Dec. tl. James A. Austin, pioneer ' merchant Of Woodburn, died Thursday night at his home here. He was 81 years of age and came to Oregon in 1889 from his home In Minne sota. He ;ws born in Monroe, Wis., in 1842. Besides his widow he is sur vived by five children and several grandchildren. His sons are A. E. Austin and Harold Austin, Woodburn merchants; Lloyd Aus tin, Pasadena, Cal.; Miss Laura Austin, who returned a year ago to India Where she Is a mission ary, and Mrs. W. B. Cornutt of Portland.: Miss Ruth Austin, member of the Capital Journal staff, is a granddaughter. Mr. Austin was a i member of the Methodist church and of the A. O. U. W. is FIRE RAZES oniK nrnirr i uuw uu ur DISPUTES AT EAST PARLEY THREATENING Session is Adjourned When Greeks and Turks Start Fracas Over Asia-Minor Controversies. BLAME FOR DEFEAT PUT ON VENIZEL0S Moslems Declared Mistreat ed and Forbidden to Leave Crete Area LAUSANNE, Dec. 21. (By the Associated Press.) A stirring al tercation occurred at a meeting of . the sub-committee on minori ties today between the former Greek premier, Venizelos, and the Turkish delegate, Rlsea Nur Bey, The ' dispute arose over the ques tion of responsibility for depor tations in Asia-Minor and was so violent that it became necessary to adjourn the session. Venizelos Blamed According to spokesmen of the Turkish delegation, Risea Nur Bey declared that the Greek army was not so much responsible fori the recent mlliatry disaster as was Venizelos himself, because it was Venizelos who had inaugur ated the idea of a "military in vasion of Anatolia." Risea af firmed that in his opinion the Greek ministers who were re cently executed at Athens were in all probability entirely innocent of deceiving the Greek peopie be cause the real father of Asia-Mi- luor campaign was Venizelos. The Italian chairman of the sub-commission, Sign or Montagna had previously warned both the Turkish "and Greek delegates that references to massacres and cruel tiesmust henceforth be avoided, but the Turks' alleged, Venizelos today refused to obey this in junction. Another Indication that feeling is running high between the Turks and the Greeks was found In a communique which the Turk ish delegation issued later, de claring that recent advices from Ahgora prove that the Greeks are confiscating all the farms belong ing to Moslems in Crete and that the Moslems in the hills, fearing massacre, have fled to the cities and are dying of hunger. "Every day more than 20 Mos lems are lying either through massacre or hunger," said the communique, "and Moslems gen erally are forbidden to leave Crete." The Turks also allege mistreatment of the Moslems in Mitylene. Lord Curzon, M. Barrere and the Marquis di Garroni held an Important conference tonight in an endeavor to straighten out the difficulties over the straits con trol. The TuTks are insisting strongly that the international commissions shall have no juris diction over such matters as the lighthouses and piloting in the straits, and especially shall have nothing to do with the demilitari sation of the zones. SHOT. KILLS SELF Man Responsible for Accid ental Death, Found bui cide Beside Grave NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Six months ago Ernest Fuchs accid entatly shot and killed his six-year-old grand daughter, Emma Fuchs. The little girl had dressed as a gypsy, and Fuchs, counter feiting fear of the strangely cos turned mite, had playfully pointed a pistol at her. Today Fuchs was found dead on the grave of his grand daughter, a bullet through his temple; a pis tol, one cartridge ' gone, beside him. . Charles Fuchs, son of oneand father of the other, found the body. He reported that his father had been moody and thoughtful since last- summer's' tragedy. n SHAKE-UP OCCURS IN FORCE AND 6 NEW MEN ADDED TO SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE SEEK WEIR'S SON Helen Leary, waitress, Says Boy Admitted Body Was Sunk in Willamette PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 21. Every lead visible was being fol lowed tonight by police detectives in an effort to establish the truth or falsity of the story told them last night by Mrs. Helen Iary, a waitress who said that she had seen Cash Weir,- a 62-year-old boatman, attack and murder a 15-year-oW girl on a houseboat last September and had then seen Weir and his son. Earl Weir, take the body away in a launch. Young Weir Sought The officers were concentrating their efforts In the search for Weir was said to he on a boat trip down the Columbia river. Their object is to find out whether Earl Weir will back his father's denial of the charges made by Mrs. Leary and to learn whether he himself is implicated ir. the murder, if there was a murder. Mrs. Leary repeated her story several times today without -iub-stantial variation, saying that she had gone to the houseboat in search of Earl Weir, with whom she had been keeping company: that she heard voices Inside and peered through a knothole to dis cover Cash Weir and a girl strug gling on a bed; that the girl be came quiet finally and that' When Earl Weir returned later he and his father made futile efforts to revive her, finally taking her body away in a launch. Admits Body Sunk Later, Mrs. Leary declared, Earl Weir had admitted to her that the girl's body had been weighted and sunk In the river. IS Special Services Announced by Many Churches for Yuletide Season Christmas programs In the dif ferent churches with special ser vices for the holiday are rapidly taking form. A few were given early and others will not be given until Christmas eve. The Sunday school of the First Congregational church will give a special musical and literary pro gram tonight at 7:30 at the church. H. M. Mead, superinten dent, is in charge. A tree with a visit from Santa Claus will en liven the church for a short time at least. Christmas will be observed at the Unitarian church Saturday evening with a program in Chan- ning hall. The Unity club is In charge. A playlet. "Christmas in Rhymeland." will be given during the evening. Special numbers will be contributed by Louise Fer ehetlan, Helen Pollack, Arabella Kubin, Francis Huston, La Verne Kubin and Marjorie Taylor. Those taking part In the play are Rose Huston, Truth Huston, Gerald Kubin, G. Goodrich, lia ble Goodrich, Olive Goodrich, Vir gil Kubin and Frederika Carlton. Those in charge state that Santa Clans has given assurance that he will be present some time dur ing the evening. The First Christian church will enjoy a Christmas pageant, "The Adoration'Snnday evening. Special musical numbers with chorus numbers and a sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. J. Evans, will be part of the evening's program. The South Salem Friends church wfll have a musical program feat uring solo and chorus numbers. A male quartet will also sing. St. Joseph's Catholic church will begin with midnight mass (Continued on page 7) CISW MUCH ran -v ' i - i ; ' i v ..... Police Matron Eisaman Dropped and Mrs. Blanche Ccs Elected Night Sergeant Davis and Day .Sergeant Elmer White Lose Jobs Engineer's Post Causes Contest Rosebrangh on CounciL CITY OFFICERS ELECTED LAST NIGHT Chief of poKcc. W. W. Birtchett. Chief of fire department, Harry' Hutton. City attorney, Ray mith. f . City Street Commissioner, Walter S. Low. City Engineer, Hugh Rogers. v - City Health Officer, Dr. Mary Rowland, City Plumbing Inspector, Batty Cooper. Member of park board, Homer IL Smith. Alderman for second ward to take place of Fred Kirk wood who moved away frqm the ward, W. W. Rosebraugh. With the exception of strong competition for the office- of city engineer, no contests developed 'for he various city offices at a caucus of the. new Salem council last night, asr far as the Voting for the aldermen was concerned, though there were opposing candidates caucus was called Dy Mayor-elect jonn a. uiesy. W. W. Birtchett, who was elected chief of police on No-1 vember 7 over Verdin Moffitt, incumbent, was appointed by the council last night . under the .new (charter - amendment; adopted on November 7 whereby the office becomes ap pointive instead of elective. ? -v ;i -y 'Z-'T.'j The caucus last, night, unanimously followed the recom mendations of Chief-elect Birtchett and Fire Chief Harry; Hutton to the letter In the naming of members of the police and fire departments. This results in some shake-iip in the. police department by the dropping of Mrs. Elsie Eisaman, police matron, and the election of Mrs. Blanche Cos in her place. AUo Ralph Davis, night sergeant and Elmer White, day sergeant are dropped. Union Pacific Notifies .Inter state Commerce Commis-; sion of Change - OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 21. The Union Pacific railroad today noti fied the Interstate commerce com mission of a general reduction In shipping rates from Missouri river points west to the Pacific coast. it was announced at Union Paci fic headquarters here. The re duction includes rates on corn and wheat and merchandise. The reductions on corn and wheat per hundred pounds an nounced are: Wheat from 64 cents to 61 cents; corn from 71 cents to 69 cents; corn meal from 64 cents to 63 cents. Merchandise on which reduc tions were announced includes drugs, canned goods, soap, plate glass,, glass windows, lard, pipe and pipe fittings and paper. The rate reductions iich will affect only carlot shipments, go Into effect thirty days after noti fication of the interstate com merce, it was said. At First Thought Suicide, Hold up Men now ins pected of Crime MEDFORD Or., Dec. 21. Peter Sopoff 25, years old, who was found in the residence section of Med ford yesterday, dangerously wounded, did not shoot himself in the head as wae first surmised by the police but ' was shot by another msn, he told hospital attendants tonight. He was eaid to have a slight chance for recov ery. Police said It was apparent, iy a case of attempted murder for robbery. Sopoff had been working in a road camp and early in the week he and two fellow laborers quit work for the season and came to Medford together. Sopoff visited a bank here yesterday and pur chased a draft for $900 to send to Portland. SEDUCED FU RATES FOR COAST MEDFOFiD Mi IS 'SHOT BY ROBBERS POLICE for a nmtiDer of oiiices. tne; - Mrs. e EspeHenced H The.members of. the ipolice de- partment - elected last night; OS recommendation of Chief-elect Birtchett,- are O. F. Victor, WaU ,. ter .Thompson, . George . White, Troy. Branson, Marion Putnam, Frank MInto, .W. Edwards. Rok and Parrent, F. Shelton and Mrs. Blancho Coe as matron. MInto and Edwards and Mra . Coe , are the new members. V 1 Mrs. Coe has made her home ' in Salem for many years. UIow j ever, sho Ia -a teacher and has held positions elsewhere many times. During the war she served two year as city and eounty ma tron at Astoria and hat high re commendations from Astoria and Clatsop county ' officials. ' She , formerly was principal of L the junior high school at Silvertoo. - New Engine Makes Difference The city hud get provides for 'Q members of the department, but it was the opinion of tie alder men that nine will be sufficient for the present Chief Birtchett ill later decide who Jis serg eants will be. " " ;v- '?:.'..'-' The members of the fire de partment as elected last night, in addition to the chief, are W. II. Phillips, William Iwan, P. Frie; bert, C. Thrapp, B. Faaght, B. Mills. E. Savage, R. Garner," W. ' . Eberhard, H. Savage, C. Dixson, R. Knighton. W; Edwards, , D. Johnson, W. Lindsay, F. Baggett, ; D. Ellis, W. Hunt and CULlnd ley. The last six named are new additional men, made necessary by the purchase ' of the new fire engine that Is soon to arrire. W. Edwards, chosen for thtt fire de partment, and W. Edwards,' named for the police force, are : twin brother. - r ' "Four lie-Elected Fire Chief Hutton. City Attor ney m ith, Street - Com tnlssloner Low and City 'Engineer 'Rogers are all re-elected. ., Dr. C E. Cash. att, present . Ity health officer, did not want the place again, and Mrs. Dr. Rowland was the unani mous choice for the position. BaU ty Cooper as plumbing inspector, succeeds J. N. Skaite. ; A spirited contest of ballots de veloped for city engineer. Roger. the Incumbent, an engineer named Neef who is connected with Jthe state highway , department, and (Continued on page 7) How Would You Spend $50.00 for Christmas T Salem's Leadhg Merchants ' Are going, to help , you solve this problem, and earn the $50.00. f St ' For the solution see page 3 First Section - -iriTii m w n mm i w v -w