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- i . 1 1 . f ... v. J Jr ..... V ." " --'.. ' ....... tV i. . 1 1 " : .-; ' - .. ' . , ' . ; SEmmpCOND YEL; SALEM, OREGON,: THURSDAY MORNING,, JANUARY 11, j.923 - , - J- , . PRICE: : FIVE CENTS 1 !.; ' - ... 4 .-v - .- r - , , ; . . . . Y . -. Y . :. - ' ' -' 1 , " ; ' ; " ' YT.Y- Y.L- '. " , . - " i i ii t. ) II.S. SOLDIEHS RED OUT EEliy Disapproval of French Ac tion Seen in Government Z Troops ; Expected ' Heme fay February. MOVEMENT COhlESAS rif SURPRISE TO EUROPE -i ' . , r- v ; . . ' . - " Fear Expressed That Ger many May Construe With drawal as Rebuke WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Ami erican troops -were ordered home from the Rhine today, with erery iad!cation7 that the .administra tion' pnrpose was to emphasize its disapproval of the French re parations pr&gTam. :They are x pected to be 'hack in i the United States by February 5. t - " , , . - - Deemed Expedient 1 Official explanation ""of ;"the withdrawal order Issued lmbiedi ately after a morning conference between. President' Harding "and Secretaries Hashes;' and Weeks, was confined' to the statement that the president deemed It ex pedient at this' tlme.vThere:were intimations ' which ; appeared an thoritatiTe,howeTer, that France fcal been' Informed .that perse verance ia iter 'plans' for, forcible measures la Germany would j re- sn'.t In American withdrawal from ti3 Rhine, but no' Inkling 'was -Ivan as to when, or " how diplo z.lit exchanges of such a nature lai been transmitted. : Transport Sail FtiIay -Ambassadors of the allied coun tries here. Including the French and American ambassadors In" Europe, were, promptly Informed tr the 'state .department ;o , the order. 'A rable message from the .ar1 department to Major General Allen, commandmg the American arny.of occupation, gare him pre liminary instructions to- prepare ':t withdrawal while-orders" also were issued for the transport St. ."ihlel to sail fropr New York Frlity. She will pick up about 43 officers "and more than 1,00 a men comprising s the American force on the Rhine,"! either at Hamburg' or 1 Bremen, as General Allen electa, : f ' " Only Few to Stay Actual movement "Of the troops fr?m Coblenz, It was. said, would ' !a just in time for them to eihbark directly from trains. The only American military units left fcc&lnd will be detachments to complete, disposition of stores and Property not. brought home ;and those In charge of graves regis tration "activities. - Some of Gen eral Allen's staff of fleers will coma by passenger ships, as the Ct.-. Mlhlel cannot . accommodate all. ;; Detailed orders to General Al ien went forward s last night ,by raail. Today's cable message was la the nature of preliminary ad vice upon which he can take Im mediate action. , : The , Cbblens area ' which has been nder American command er sidtce the German, army with crew from the bridgehead ' xone a the Rhine, under : armistice terms, presumably will pass back to the custody of 'Marshal Foch, s allied supreme commander In t-arge of the enforcement - of a-istice conditions., The Amer ican rone Is held still under the armistice as the United States Is r ot a party to the treaty of Ver- -Hies , which gave more perma ' at status to" other forces of oc 5 patlon.. . . ... . .. ithdrwal Is Surprise t i V,hUe a resolution proposed by ' -ator Reed. Democrat, Missoa- ( Continued on page 2 ) THE WEATHER ; OREGON Thursda, rain. ', LOCAIj WEATlIER 4 (Wednctiday) Maximum; 50. ' Hinimutn, 43. Riw 2iJ ' Falling. RalnfaU .60, , , J ,i t Atmosphere, cloUdy- - "Wind, south. - - " - BE i STATE-GOV Measure Introduced by Hall; Would Abolish 64 Boards and Comisissioni and Make Four General Depart ments Whose Heads Would Name Sufficient Sub-of-ficials Governor Allowed Vote; X general , consolidation bill, over which the main con solidation f igrht , of the Jeooslative session probably will be waged, will be introduced in the senate early today by Sen ator Hall. ; It proposes the abolition of 64 boards and com missions and would Substitute therefor four departments, each, presided over by a' commissioner. The secretary of State and the state treasurer Would be two of the commis sioners and the other two would be appointed by the gov ernor.; Their salaries would be $4500 each, except the. com missioner of public works and utilities, . who would receive $6000 annually. ; . i All the present main departments of the state govern ment would be affected by the change in the governmental system. The four departments would be the department of public works' and utilities, the department of business con trol, department of labor, industry and public welfare, and a department;, of agriculture and natural resources. The bill would make certain of f ices appointive that are now elective flK COOTEW BILLS iiPPEi Increase 6f Fat in Ice Cream from Eight to Twelve Per cent Being Urged ( The legislature n6MMbefore it' for consideration two measures intended to raise the milk-fat con tent in ice cream. 'Both promise to provoke ! considerable discussion.'-: v.'-M .'-" ; ; . , Darkness Hides Bill ' Representative Overturf ' of Bend slipped his Ice cream bill Into the hopper yesterday morn ing under cover of the darkness that ' accompanied the ' failure . of the local electric; light system to properly function. Its entry ;was illuminated only by the somewhat questionable glow of a cigar light er." borrowed from , Sam Foster's cigar stand M in ; the : lobby and placed; on' Speaker ' Kubll's desk. Representative Cary, scheduled for several weeks I past i to intro duce such a bill. ; presented his at the afternoon session. . ; ( The Overturf bill requires that the mllkrfat content of plain ice cream be raised from eight. to 12 per cent ; that the percentage In fruit Ice cream be increased from six to nine; per cent and that the content of nut ice cream be . made to conform to that . of ' fruit Ice cream instead of six per cent as at present. i , '.' - ; i Oregon Standing Xaw ; The milk-fat content ' of 1 Ice cream 'was reduced In 1919 as a war time' measure and was not subsequently raised. Arguments against the bill are that It makes (Continued on page 4). Bill IS LIED . HT GEO: WHITE Measure Introduced, by Sen. ' Hurlburt Would Give Gov lernor Power, of Removal A bill believed to have back of ItV personal . animosities' against Adjutant General , George A. White, and which would make the adjutant ; general removable 1I rectly , byr the governor, was in troduced In the house yesterday J by. Representative Hurlburt. of Multnomah county. :. ;.V :., tJnder the present law, enacted in 1921, tho' adjutant general is removable, only . by , court-martial, though the governor has author ity to call the court-martlaL The bill to amend the law, introduced today by Mr. Hurlburt, t would make the adjutant general re movable by the governor, and the governor might at any. time re move the adjutant general from office . for Inefficiency or - mal feasance in office, or, when; in his judgment the good of the service UCUtUU Ik. EH MI EASURE The commissioner ot public works and utilities r on January It 1925, would appoint a . nubile service commissioner and a tat highway commissioner. whose salaries' would be $ 4 00 0 and $5000 a year respective. , The commissioner of ! business control; and flnanee would ap point a superintendent at banks, a corporation commlsainnnr. nn insurance , commissioner i and x state tax ofnwnissionsT, all to "receive j the -; salaries , now paid those ' officers, j and also their Raveling expense allowances, ex cept the tax commissioner, who would receive $4000 instead of the. Y $3000 how allowed, i I , . Th commissioner of labor and industry would . appoint an in dustrial' accident commissioner. a labor commissioner and a state health v commissioner,' their com pensation ' to be the same f as now" paid each official so des ignated. :' : :;V.;j Thp commissioner ' of ; agricul ture and natural resources would appoint a. dairy and food com missioner, a state veterinarian, a state -forester, and a state en gineer, their compensation to be the same' as now paid those 'of ficials: ' ; ' ;; ' . ' " i 1 1 The public service commiss ioner provided would ; take the place of the thrpe how in office, and the state highway '.commis sioner the place of the three now in; office,' but who serve without pay." The ; Industrial ; . i accident commissioner would take the place of the ; present three. The governor would sit in con ference) with . the four head com missioners at least once a month and the governor and commis sioners would; each have one vote. The private secretary of the gov ernor would be secretary of the conference. ;-'' '.;N-; -j If the special joint consolida tion commission of five senate and! five ; house . members, pro posed" in the joint . resolution in troduced yesterday by Senator Jchnson, is created, the Hail bill will go into its hands for con sideration'. ' i': ; J , The text of the Mil follows; Section 1. rThe following of fices, boards, commissions .and committees as at . present con stituted or as they may bo de scribed, defined or effected by anv act of this legislative 4 as sembly,' are hereby abolished: State audit committee. ' State banking board. . . . Superintendent : of 'banks. ; , Budget commission of the state of Oregon - : ' - . State child weHare commis sion. , r . : - -'Board of Inspectors of child labor. . ' -": " i State board of conciliation. State bond commission. Board 'of "control.- . .. Corporation commissioner. Dairy , bull registration board- Dairy and food, : commissioner. Dfeert land board, - . " Emergency " board. State engineer. State board of eugenics. - 1 . State' exhibit agent. Board of . state Jalr d'nectors. . State forester. State board of forestry, Oregon geographies board. .(Cpnilnuei SB J?e 5. ILLiJ LIS AFFECTED BY T Decision Reached", by- Ccn ference Forces Moslems and Christians to Give lip Everything. i GREEK PATRIARCH TO f REMAIN IN TURKEY Peace Can Only be Kept by j Immigration; of Peoples isv Belief Held LAUSANNE, '- Jan. io. (By The Associated ! Press.)- One million human lives are vitally affected by the .decision reached by the Near Eastern conference today. One million' Moslems and Christians who live either , In Greece or Turkey must give up their farms,' homes and business places' and - move on; to -find farms,' homes and occupations elsewhere. ' Y ' ' Many' Hardships Seen In the interest of future peace between Turkey and Grerice the Mohammedans , In ; the Helenie peninsula must henceforth- ' re side in Turkey .'."hnd Greek Christ ians in -Turkey must emigrate to Greeo:r.'V ,!:'.C -:r V:;-4.C1;:U :':y- The "statesmen have .no. Must ions "about the hardships ' this compulsory exchange of popula tions will entail On" the Individ' uaia affected- They, justify beneflcient Influencetlt will havej on the maintenance of p?ace to the Near East. , , ; That peace in some form- ,will be signed at Lausanne seems more . " probable in consequence otr 'today's developments. . It li renorted that the Mouslo dispute will : b3 settled v outside ' the conj- ference, and earnest etiorts are beine made to find some satis factory formula concerning judi cial guarantees for foreign resi dents in Turkey which win db acceptable' to the Turks. Patriarch" to t Remain ", Todays events were of a na1 tun to propitiate; the Greeks, for the' Turks j announced that ;the Greek patriarch, who Is primate .of the Orthodox church, can re main iti Constantinople provided he abandons all political and ad1- iniatritivo nrdv4tlp!i and de votes himself exclusively to sp'r itual matters. ' Also , as an ; exception to the general arrangemients for the compulsory v exchange of popula tions, the Greek colony in Con stantinople . will s be allowed to re main thene. The compulsory , ex change .will beu carried out as humanly and justly as possible under the direction of a- special commission which will . appraise the value of all individual ; prop- Lerties and . endeavor ' to , , affect a reasonable exchange of . families and communities.' About 400,000 Mohammedans who settled in ; Grecian Macet donia and. the plains of Thes saly. famed as the scene of wars of antiquity, will be asked to Immigrate to Turkey. Many Greeks -already have fled , from Asiatic Turkey but it is believed about 600,000 will be affected. The stupendous nature of "the problem of , readjustment of pop ulations is realized by evjc,rybody, and It will be ; especlallj- difficult for Greece, whose national lite has bam disorganized by the kresence' of almost a million Greek and American refugees. . The allies nam , asked the Turks to exemnt all religious in stitutions ffrom taxat'on. and the Ottoman ! delegates have - tafcen this question uncVw advisement. , (-r : ' ' ti . Damage to Highway m . y- f Lane County is, $50,000 EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 10.-iThe damage 'to the Pacific highway in Lane county bv the recent floods is (estimated at - 150.000, not to mention the 'damage to other : roads and bridges In this county, according to estimates 'Of engineers. It was ; announced today that the racific 'highway in both directions from TEugene is clear although the .pavement is - washed away In a number Of places. - .-,'- rtl LINSEED OIL . IS USED FOR SQUEAKY HIP Daughter, Applies 150 Gallons 1 of Lubricant io Mother's j - Injured Joint TACOMA, Wash Jan. 10. Because " her ' mother's1 hfp had a "'squeaky sound' Mrs. M. S. Lil librldge of Prosser, Wash., used 150 gallons of Unseed oil on the offending joint in the course of a year, it developed at a trial in the Benton county' superior court at Prosser. Mrs. E. Bennet. the mother, had sued Dr. , H. M. French, asking 312.000 damages for alleged inefficient treatment of a- broken hip. Defense testi mony showed that Dr. French was not permitted to make a proper examination and brought .out the generous use of oil by the daught er. The jury found for the de fendant. . ' ETO Many Trellises Are Ruined I Industry is Put Still f Further Behind ' ' ! Water on the hop' fields prom ises to come near winding up the hop industry of the valley, ac cording ' to reports j that drift in since the flood. ;., , A hop trellis will stand consid erable water, w h en it comes straight down; but, It isn't built to stand floating logs and thresh ing uprooted trees, somersaulting barns and all; the flotsam and jet sam of a .first-class flood. . Most of . the . hops of the ralley have always been grown on the flat, fertile alluvial lands only a tew feet above the normal Willam ette river level. When the river goes on a rampage the hop lands are .usually about the first to be submerged. .. . , y '. It is i understood , that' most of the hop fields towards Indepen dence were flooded, and that the trellises in many, if not In most cases, ' have been practically de-. stroyed. The hop vines them reives are . believed to have suf fered in many cases; the ground, soft and friable from constant cultivation haa. washed ' readily under the force of the current, and! new plantings are believed to be necessary in many cases. , r The cost of re-trellislng and re planting, and tiie already pre carious market that last year left a good many hops unpicked, are expected to put "the. business -Still farther behind. The water is not yet all off the fields, to accurate ly determine the damage, but a considerable; decrease in the acre age, s because of the flood, is an ticipated for 1923. I "STEWSPAPER MAN DIES CHICAGO, Jan. 10. William H. Mather, 65 years old and for 21 years telegraph editoi of"" the Chicago Tribune, died here today after,, a . short illness. He began his newspaper caseer as a prin ter's apprentice at the age of 14 Fl IN OUW IS DISASTROUS Conflagratiorr Sweeps Three Buildings and Does Dam age of $500,000 ENID, Okla., Jan. 10. Fire which broke out in the wholesale district here shortly before 9 o'clock "tonight had swept three buildings and was threatening several others. Including the packing plant of Swift and com pany, less than an hour, later. The fire' burned through the buildings of the Long Bell Lum ber company, the Aaron Poultry and Egg company and the Steph-ens-Rudehide ; company which stand, side by side. , . , i . Under a brisk wind the flames threatened : the Walton Lumber company. .Behind . the , Walton .building is ! ythe big five-stor S Wlft : and company packing plant. . ' i " , , ' J - All the fire' apparatus In the city flras thrown . in to stem the advance of the fire but , the fire fighters were making little prog ress, . t t FLOOD 1G nuns TROOPS AP.iirlS.UflB vv ri 1.9 UMl CARDS 001 Tentative Agreement for Refunding of Debt Expect ed Within Short Time WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Great Britain's financial mission laid its cards on-the table today before the American debt com mission , at an . executive' session at the treasury. ' Details are with held,' but there were' renewed ex pressions of hope that out of the negotiations 'would come at least a ' tentative agreement for the re funding of the British debt of more than four billions of dol lars, perhaps ' within a week. ; Broader Powers Needed ' . Before the commission assem bled for their second formal ses sion; Senator ' Smoot, Republican, Utah, . a member of the American delegation. Informed the senate finance . committee at an execu tive 'session that congress would be asked to broaden the powers of the American commission in dealing not only with the British debt, but with those of the other allied countries.. " . - Senator Smoot did not suggest that additional authority, would be asked,' - , Meanwhile the American- and Briti?h commissions will underrk take to -reach an agreement, Ir respective of - the limitations in the existing . statute. Data Presented At today's' session of the debt commission the British delegation presented data and statistics to support the. opening statement of Stanley Baldwin, British chancel lor of the exchequer, as to con ditions which Great Britain faces in arranging to meet its war-tima obligations. There were included copies . of the British budget, for this and other years, details as to assets and liabilities and many other, matters essential to an as sessment of , the whole situation. , The official spokesmen "said this Information was discussed informally . for nearly two hours and tha.lt would Receive further consideration at a! third session tomorrow. i i SHOT AT KLAN TAKEN Y BISMARCK, N.D., Jan, IOaV A .bill whichT would- make itiVv! lawful for member of anyViV ganlsatlon-. outside any building in North Dakota "wearing a mask regalia . or . other, head , covering so worn as to conceal the features and prevent . recognition" , was introduced in the upper house of the state legislature ; today. .. ... , : ; It-.H ''! ''" ' " " !. .ii .Tii:Y v. Walkout on Road Termin atesOther Lines Expect- ed to -Follow Action ST. PAUL, Jan; .10. -Striking shopmen of the" Great Northern railway were at Liberty to go back to work tonight, the walk cut on that road. : which began last June, having: terminated, ac cording to reliable information in railroad circles here today. ' The ending of . the strike on the ureat Tsortnern, It was pre dicted,- will he followed by 6lm liar action relative to the ' other lines In ' the northwest. Official statements on the ac tion made known today " were still lacking tonight. Rail officials of the Great Nor thern declined to discuss the ter mination of the walkout and K. A. Henning; head of the striking shopmm ' in " the northwest could not be' reached. , SmiKPE.SIIOPffll ED BUCK TO WORK SULLEN, SITUATION TEKSL-; PARIS, Jan. -10. (By the Associated Press) -France will go into the Ruhr tomorrow morning. Tank3, troops, air planes and engineers are ready. Essen will bow to the French in the early morning hours and Premier Poincare, when ha appears in parliament tomorrow .;will tell not what he plana to dor but what he has done. .. ,.'. Yi . . France, with Belgium at her side and supported by Italy, willbegin her long talked-of "separate action." The'decisioa of President Harding to withdraw immediately the American troops from the Rhineland came as a blow to the pride cf France and the French sense of right,' although there is no work of official criticismonly regret. ; , . OREGOI. WEEDS POINTED OUT Growth and Prosperity De . perids on Production and Advertising is Claim "Effects . of . . AdverUslng . on State Growth.' was the subject for - an 'effective address1 at jlhe Rotary club .Wednesday noon by M. J. Newhouse, assistant manag er of the Oregon L Growers .assp elation. - Y , . Mr. Newhouse spoke, first of the story; told by Governor Olcott a week, ago when he told of so many , , people ' leaving '.VancouTer and going: to" California,'-; -"Why do they all go to California? Why not stop here In' Oregon?" was the question "that the speaker tried to solve. . , - , . California Cited . The answer he found to be in the way California has been sell ing herself, her fruits, her clim ate, her people, her everything to the whole world. The .growth of California! under this plan of farm self-development,i .he r said, chal lenges Oregon, where only. 49 per cent of the people live on farms, and 80 per cent of the farms are titled . by - tenants Instead of by Interested . owners, . . H& quoted the state chamber of commerce - - figures that the state has 23,000,000 acres of til lable land with only 5,000,000. in cultivation, and so little state en thusiasm.to sell-itself to the out side world. , The Portland cham ber . of commerce, ,he said,' ,was preparing to set, aside $300,000 for the development of the. state itself, the opening, up and prosper izing of the hinterland of Oregon that has heretofore been sadly neglected in the way of coopers,' tive self-Improvement. Oregon Gain Small , Figures were I quoted to show that while . California , increased hni nnmilsrlnn' A A na AAn f In wa imst decade ; Oregon gained only 16. per cent, the smallest gain of all the coast or .northwest states: Along with this' gain in popula tion California; has turned strong ly to high-priced crops, such as fruits, leaving Ht for the Oregon farmer to grow more cheap hay and wheats that bears no brand and carries neither profit nor pes tlge. California, in turning to these products that can carry a name and - a ' personal , enthusiasm has gone Into- a world-wide ad vertising program. This year the state spends $6,000,000 in advertising her products- Almost .'every kind - of fruit and nut . product ,1s organ ized into its own association, and these cooperatives 4spend i 4,100, 000 for . advertising. , The com munities,, spend another. , million and the . Independent canners spend $900,000. The raisin grow ers alone spend $2,500,000 and they have v carried their raisins to , Europe and the whole world in quantities never before dream ed of. Since 1913 they have in creased the average i per , capita consumption of raisins in America 350- per cent, by advertising. , Advertising Effect; Showa j . -Mr. Newhouse showed some jot the- foreign . advertising k being done, by the Oregon Growers', and Its marked effect on the sales .of Oregon good s. He showed how Oregon; has been planting prunes so heavily the last, few years th&t when these come Into tfearfng there must ' bo a wider 'market or the fruit will have no ojie ready, to buy it- . A widespread advertising campaign, a quality (Continued on page 4). The .French people, however, are standing behind their govern ment s at what is frequently in scribed as the most critical mon ent since the end of the war. Ger many was notified today in Iden tical notes from France and teU glum that effective tnmnrrnw. control of the Ruhr coal distri bution would be under a commi j-' slon which will go in with a small army a a guard. " Italian hesi tation has1 been giving. some con cern, but Italian engineers will go-with the French and Belgians, which fact M" Poincare's note to Germany mentioned. - ; . ' . -;Six Jailed . General Simon,., commanding the Duesseldorf area. , is ready to move at a f half . hour's - notlca, marching rations having been ! sued and German automobiles ra-qulsltioned-. General Degoutte, la supreme command of the Frenca, has already feturned to Duessel dorf and, will direct the advance. The. time Is stilt secret, t -t era been definitely , settled upon. . The vigor of the newly launch ed French policy . 13. sLowti . rl home as well, as ; abroad. Leal ing communists, headed, by Deju ty , Marcel Cachln,"- who went . tt Essen In an attempt io organize a general strike in the. Ruhr,. have been ..chargedY by, the" government with a plot against the safety cf the state and .six of them are in jail, four , are being sought and parliament is being asked to can cel M. Cachln's parliamentary . im munity so that he, as the leader, may be prosecuted. ' . French Determined . The , calm firmness . of the French t note to Germany Is in dicative -of the feeling of the gov ernment and people as revealed by the newspapers and Individual expressions. The 4 French - feel they are going -into the Ruhr to make the Germans do. "what they agreed to do and although great disappointments',, such a3 ;' Eng- j land's refusal toT Join thennand America's" order for, the with drawal, of troops may amaze, or grieve' or anger them, they never theless are" going; into the Ra&r tomorrow..'".'. y . " yy - Y ' ; .BERLIN, Jan. 10.- (By the Associated . Press). The German government lost co time tonight In arrlylng at an Interpretation of the French and Belgian notes and the recall of Dr. WUhelm ilayer, the ambassador to France, and Dr. Lansberg, minister of Belgium, represents the first counter action to French occupation of the Ruhr. -r Chancellor f Cuno and. ForeisTi Minister Rosenberg had a confer- ence with the members of the Reichstag's foreign relations com mittee lasting . three hours.: but' only a brief resume of their 4coa fidential discussions, was issued tonight. , Rhine Dclared Endangered Word that4 President Harding had recalled the American troops reached the chancellor during, this conference; ; but the . question was not referred to in connection with the committee's deliberations. Public opinion reflects general regret at the withdrawal ; of the . doughboys, not only because their presence always was viewed as a beneficial and neutralising factor in the occupation situation - but chief because the conviction that the American precedent would -ba ' followed by j England, thus leav ing the Rhine wholly at the mer cy of the French. . The German ' government has Instructed Its diplomatic repre sentatives abroad to submit to the governments j to, which they, are accredited a, comprehensive state ment of he material and legal aspects of the pending occupation of ther Ruhr and to lodge protests sralmf vhut 1 'described as a breach of ; both , the Versailles treaty and of international law.f I Y'-iY" Ambassador Recalled y . . J(Contlnued oa pas SJ.