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"I i ; '. ci&croxTioK irmr fr be r, i22: : J tiuntfay only . S821 Daily and SDIy -,.-64 68 ' jLtrraga for sic ontbi radinj NoTCtuUer 30, ., ; ' Sunday nir -' V -5817 Dkily and Saaday .,,.,.. M64 IN THB CITY OP BALI: :'i and tltfwbfN 11 Marlon and Folk Ocm&ties The Oregon" Statesman THE IIOilE NEWSPAPER r i Mi SEVENTYKCOND YEAR , -SALEM, OREGON, -TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 16, 1923 PRICE: FIVE cnm. 1 ! i AND GEREZANS CLASH AT .' ii n rn to ' - , ' ,i TEUTDiJ IB . Fl BY IW Demonstrators Who Protest Occupation Feel Steel of French Bullets One is KilledMany Hurtv PENETRATION OF RUHR - VALLEY IS CONTINUED Franco Belgian Operations Carried on With Precis : 1 ton otClockwork BERLIN. Jan 15. (By tbe Associated L Press-)-' A clash be tween I 3crman ' , demonstrations and Prerich troops ' . occurred at the railway station at Bochu this eTenine. - - The French fired, lull Ins one person and "wounding sev eral. -WV' '? r"' 1'-.:"" ' The Incident followed political . demonstrations on a big scale. Several thousand persons collect ed in front of the town hall where the' French general had hi head ouarters and cheered the German republic. , then marched through the streets. A number of young RED fOtl HERS communlsta made a counter dem onstration, cheering the Third In temationale and the ' French fsom ' 'i muni3t 'league,?'"-. h-.H 'j"r. -:- t , The police Were' unatle to han dle the crowds, and towards eve - nlng the French troops had to In tervene. It was about 8 o'clock ' in the evening when 'they oipened firenear the railway station f PARIS, Jan. 15-(By the As sociated Press.) The French and f ? Releian troops now occupy i the whbleRuhr basin and have reach ed the limits of that neutral rone, 30 miles In depth, in -which the - Germans are barred from having reich wehr br regular garrisons. The troops' are ai the gates of Dortmund where they ' were or dered to stop for the present. ' To Jbrtend Advance" - lh view of the progressive ob stinacy of the German attitude, however." it has been decided.; tfc .extend the advance Tuesday, oc cnpying.. Dortmund and establish . troops in the northeast, east and southeast, completely command-! ing the Important junctions. - Southward the advance will ex tetd to Barmen, and- Elberfeld;' n hich will not be occupied, just now. ; U (The promptitude which the French are. showing. In counter ing each, fresh measure of ob struction appears to be having its e free t at, least on th e Industrial magnates who were at first de ceived by the police conciliatory ruithoda of the French and there are indications that they will rot persist in their refusal' to deliver the . reparations coal. ' In conse quence of i this i the French may temporarily.: hold their hand.' 'The Franco-Belgian operations are everywhere being carried out with the regularity, of clockwork. Counter Move Ready' -; ' .-'-',''- ..-:;;:' -- ' It was affirmed In official cir cles tonight that the French gov ernment has an : instant counter mpvte . ready for any move the Csrmans may make. Is- - The commission has doseovered ttat . the coal . tax : has not been collected " for . the past three months, enabling German 1 indus try to get coal at 40 per cent un der the world prices and measures have .been taken to stop this. " The allied ' engineers commis sion at Essen, acting in agreement (Continued on page 2) THE WEATHER OREGON; Tuesday, rain. LOCAL WEATHER (Monday) .; ' Maximum, 48. '. -Minimum, 38. River, 10.5 ft., falling. : RatnialL'.Ol. . -v 4 Atmosphere, -foggy.; , - . Wind,- south. . SHOULDER ; coai? Senatori Johnson and Representative Carkin to Intro- dace Measure Differing From Hall Bill Six Depart ments and Eighteen Bureaus in Scheme -Salaries Tonld be Conservative. Governor Pierce's request and I means committees - carefully itemize all appropriation bills so that he may wield the swinsr unon items that he does the committees as meaning that shoulder! some of the responsibility, of cuttingr down appro- nriations. i The committees are ator Straver moved, at a meeting of the committees last night, that the governors request be granted and tne motion cameo. : . ? , Members of the California, .Washington and Idaho 4 Legislatures Invited The senate resolutions commit tee yesterday voted to make a.fa Torkble Teport on Senator Flsk'a resolution! ; inviting representa tives of the legisUutre of Wash- tneton. California and . Idaho to meet In Salem to confer oh an in come tax, ' The resolution points out that it Is desirable if an in come tax fls to be created by law, similar action should be taken by adjacent states. " " This is recom mended in the annual report ,of the state tax commission. 1" Joint Session Asked ' ; The senate adopted a concur rent resolution rto empower the governor to employ such legal and clerical help as is necessary to as sist him jin perusal of r buis to guard against errors -of technical nature, p . . '. . - . " - 1 The senate and house will meet (Continued on page S) unfa. lil IB OF JIM Stanfie!d:Fletcher Case is Concluded-Werdict Ex pected Tbis Morning The Stan field-Fletcher case, in volving $10,600 which Mrs. Ray Stan field ; hopes , to collect from Mrs. Zella Fletcher as a result of her husband having been killed last April while operating a gas engine ' while In the employ of Mrs. Fletcher, went to . the jury late 'yesterday ' afternoon, i At 10:30 oclock last night the jury was still 'closeted. Judge George G. Bingham left at an earlier hour so that no verdict will be read until this morning. u . Final instructions to . the Jury were given at about 4:30 o'clock in , the afternoon, which marked the close of 'a" day of Intensive ! legal combat.- The final day saw a ceurt room packed to the corri- dors with interested spectators, such as is seldom witnessed i ili the legal history of iMarion coun ty. The attorneys for the defense have stated that the machine was not of a dangerous type: ' that Stan field was working on his own time when the accident; occurred, and that, death: was not; due to any negligence on the jpart i of Wrs. Fletcher. The prosecution has alleged that, the machine was not properly : covered . and , that Stanfield'8 - time. In working for Mrs. Fletcher was a continuous time and that death was due to negligence .on the part of the de fendant, v The decision Is . In the hands of the Jury. . . 0G0L1E TAX . PARLEY ASKED fARTfffi mwssrn in his message" that the ways veto ax with a lull and tree not approver is interpreted by the governor will cheerfully willing to let him do so. Sen : - . , . . . Governor -Pierce .secretary or State Koser, State Treasurer Hoff and Attorney .General Van Winkle or their representatives, will be summoned before ; the Committee tonight to vshow cause' why : the amounts recommended by the budget commission for thir fl partments ' should be allowed. They will be the first to appear before the ways and means com mitees at, this session' of the leg- Islatnre. f : 'Senators Stay Vote 'A motion was made by Repre sentative Hurd last night to al low the budget; commission's re commendations ror the executive department and ' the attorney gen eral's office, but this was stayed by the potent voice : of" Senator Alex La Follett of Marion. , rein forced eloquently by , Senator Henry Taylor of Pendleton. : I was elected on a platform of retrenchment and tax reduc tion," said La Follett, "as he took exception to increases in the est! mates for the governor's and at torney general's offices as com pared "with the preceding blen- nium, "and tthe - place to begit Is here. Going Down Hill "It is time to go 'down hill not up," Taylor -sided in. 'I have to be shown if there is need tor increased appropriations.." m ;1 1 The appropriation : at the 1921 session for the governor's - office was $36,500 and the-increase ob jected to , by La Follett and Tay lor was a jump to 341.200 recom mended by the Tu(Tget - commis sion for 1923 and 1924. Relative to the appropriation in : 1921. however: ,the salary ' of the gov ernor was Increased from $5000 to S 7 500 -after the appropriation had been .voted, so on t August 1, 1922, it was necessary for the emergency -board to authorise a deficiency of $4005.37, making total appropriations and deficien cies $40,505.37 lor that biennis nm. 1 Increase Is $6000 ' The appropriation for the at torney generafs office in 19921 was $41,000, and the increase objected to, by La Follett and Taylor Is a Jump ,to $47,000, re commended in the new budget. .The governor's estimated I re quirements tot.1923 and 1924 the budget commission allowed . . to stand. The attorney general's es timate was cut $310 by the, com mission's recommendation. The recommendations are not ltemis Ized In the , budget ; an . presented to the ways and means committee but only totals1 are given. , The items as presented in the esti mates of .the department j- heads are: ' ': : d r- -X. -y-1-4- -v? Governor Salaries ' and wages. $25,200; general expenses 16800; maintenance; $ 1 0 0 ; capital out lays. $100; special requests, $10,- ooorfotai.' $41,200. . r r . Attorney generalSalaries and wages $38,160;. general expenses, $4250; ..operating .expenses, $3000 : capital outlayf. "$1900; totaL $47,310.-' ? i No Receipts Come ; ,r No receipts come to either of these departments. ; i - i j For; the secretary of state and the state treasurer,- who also- are slated to come , before the -com mittees tonight, the - budget com ntlssIon .made.no cuts In the- es- (Continued on pase e) CITY BONDS ABE SOLD TO Local Banking ' institution Pays $3,356.62 Premium for Entire Issue Bidding is Heavy. , - COURT HOUSE SAID , IN NEED 0F.ESCAPES Band to be Contracted for Park Music During Coming Summer Ladd & Bush of Salem bought the last l8sui of city bonds, $48,. 076.88. paying a premium. or. 365.62 for the whole issue.'heyj were tne nignest pidaers , wnea the bonds ,were offered, for sale, at the - city council ' meeting : last night. . They . paid U about ;$l more : than the nearest bidder of ;. the . seven who .: wanted ithe bonds. All . the bidders offered a3 much, as 6 per cent premium. The Marion county courthouse according to a report .by Alder man- Van I Patten.r is 'Without suf ficient legal fire escapes. He said that he wouldn't - serve on the jury, and , be cooped up In that . jury-room firetrap.. inor would, he allow a friend to no serve if he, could, pjeventTlt.Ahe city, attornoy , wast finally ;aathor- Ued," to deal . with ithe county court, or : the - circuit, court If they' have. Jurisdiction, f and see who is responsible. :'- " s Vtter-Gets' Job 1 . , As the Salem library board had lost three members the - first of the year, by the expiration of their terms " of of f ice, tn mayor had asked the city attor ney to ascertain Just the ; pro cedure for appointing or " naming their successors, p. ' After search ing all through the city books. Attorney j Ray Smith faired ,to find anything -bearing on ' their eppolntment- whether they were elected by the council or by the mayor. A resolution was passed, fixing the , authority -with the Mayor! u He named Henry . W. Meyers and Mrs. Frank - Spears to t succeed themselves !on the board. The - third' member, F. Ks Lovell, having removed from the., city. Dr. F. ,L." Utter ; was named to. succeed i him.-' The , committee - on uand music as instructed to contract ' with a ;band- for park music for the coming summer, so that the band cculd be getting ready.' Alder man Vandevort paid a high trib ute to the : band concerts as a good feature to attract, outsiders as well- as ;to pfease ' the people of Salem. ' . '. . . An order to Improve and pave vv nter h street, almost i went through, but it was finally left for a report i from the street committee. It was stated that 80 per cent of the property own. ers . there , are In favor - of the improvement - bu 1 1 because f the worjf. coold not - be ' done, until the coming of better ; -weather. the council decided 'to be sure of its legal standing before making tho ord-r. . ' ; ; Mooh Ttentine Boslnem Two . board walks were author ised on - north , Sixteenth ' and Seventeenth streets, - where; the unimproved 1 strent has been in bad order during the flood and some of the old walks were re ported to ; be 1n -dangerous con dition. ; '. - The sale of two lots In" the Oaks addition was confirmed by the council. 'The city - has al ready sold something like ' fIC,: 000 worth of property there. North Front street Is to have some pavement. trOm South D street to Mill ereek. the property along the -Larmer Transfer com pany warehouse. The petition was approved, and the city en gineer - will : prepare the plans, i Several street lights were ask ed for,- at . Twenty-second and E, "at Fourteenth and Prteke, and at -Kansas -and Sixteenth. (Continued : on page 2). ; C: E. WILSON, ' NEW MANAGER OF . CHAMBER Dnncan Resigns to ' Assume Active, Management of II. L. ' .Stiff SJlverton Branch ' Charles E. WilBon, for several yrars i associated with . Salem newspapers, was elected secre tary of the Salem Chamber oi Commerce to succeed " Robert boncan -who submitted his resig nation to the board' of 'directors last "nights - vi - h ; . '. : . - Mr. Duncan has been with the Chamber of Commerce for nearly a year and will take over active management of the 4 Silverton branch of the H. ' L. Stiff' Fur TiiturV company in which he has purchased an interest; Mr. Dun can's resignation will take effect February 1. Mr, Wilson served as assistant - manager ' of tnel Chamber ; of Commerce ' for six uiuuiua nunc X . c. JU.CtL'UrB&eT was -manager and secretary. ; "-"Mr.-Duncan's -work' has been most satisfactory," said J. C Ferry, .president of the - local chamber, last" night In comment ing- on the resignation. . W.e nr sorry to lose him but .feel that 1 because j of Mr. Wilson's familiarity with the work no "difficulty will be experienced in niakng the change.! ; ' Mr. Wilson has worked on both Salem newspapers and Is now do ing local work on the Capitol Journal. He worked T on : t the Statesman ; until last ' "-. spring when ; he assu med charge of one of the "big six" circuits of the Elison White ; Chautauqua. He was? fortunate Enough to draw his "home town" on his circuit and later -with the close of the season . returned to - Salem- and managed a home talent comic opera skit at nearby" towns. J. PIER CE OPPOSES FATTY'S FILMS No; Law to Keep Them Out, But He Depends on . ; Exhibitors to do so ' Governor Pierce .knows of no law to prevent the '' showing of Tatty" Arbuckle'a films - In Ore gon, but he ; believes It wllf not be necessary to -resort to; law t-j keep " thjm - out and that the exhibitors themselves will 1 do so, the,1 governor tells - the Salem Evangelical ' Ministerial ' vinfon in a letter sent that body yester day. ;j- !;' -.- ' : . The governor's letter Is In re sponse to a letter received ' from Rev. ;R.V L. Putnam, secretary . ot the: union, .embodying a resolu tion adopted January 8. ; The reeol utlon : opposed the showing of Arbuckle films, ' information having been received that they were "again to be released, and called upon the Salem Woman's club, J the Parent-Teacher " asso ciation and the Women's Christian-Temperance union to take similar action. - "Although I know- of no law that can be Invoked to restrain the ' moving picture interests from exhibiting Arbuckle films. rcpues tne governor, "I ; - am quite ; sure It will not be neeee- sary to resort to law to protect the - public from films showing the late star actor In a San Francisco tragedy. ' have every confidence ; that the film Inter ests of , the state will keep mov ing pictures on a moral- plane that will commend 'them ' to pub lic approval. Anything less would be injurious to the Interests ; of the- movintr picture TteonlA -as well as the Interests .: of. the state. - ' " i WOMAN STRANGLED SACRAMENTO, CaL Jan. f5 wMrs J J. -Kenealy was strangl ed at her home here today when a shawl she was wearing over her shoulders while doing the family washing, was, caught in an elec tric wringer and was drawn tight ly around her neck. She was 4ead when found by. a delivery wagon driven who had called -at- the U.P. COrJTRQL OF CENTRAL PAG1FIC LOST Settlement Leaves S. P. as Owner Arrangement is Satisfactory to Old Ham man Line. . ' ; '. FIGHT LARGEST WAGED - BETWEEN RAILROADS Interstate Commerce? Com ' mission May be Sole Ar biter of Combinations ' OMAHA. Neb.,' Jan. 15. Set tlement of the controversy, be tween the- Union Pacific railroad and the Southern Pacific .railroad involving control - of the Central Pacific lines between Ogden and San Francisco, merely- awaits the determination' oT minor details of a traffic- agreement,' according to statement rf from ' authoritative sources here today, which will ap pear - In tomorrow morning's Omaha Bee. ' ' : - ' .. ; U. P. W Protected - J - . . The settlement leaves the Southern Pacific as owner of the Central Pacific lines, but protects the Union Pacific In its right. to use the latter line as Its connec tion to the Central Pacific coast. The - arrangement Is!. declared to be entirely satisfactory ; to. the Union Pacific. ' . By: the new arrangement Omaha loses its chances to become the headquarters of a railroad reach ing directly to San Francisco, as it is ot one reaching Portland and Los Angeles. On the other hand, If retains and extends the advan tages accruing from heavy trans continental traffic routed from the . Pacific coast via the Central Pacific to. Ogden and thence by Union pacific thrbugh Omaha. , The plan of settlement -was suggested by the Interstate com merce commission, Carl Gray, president of the United States system, declared here - this even ing In discussing the' settlement. "The plan was suggested three or four days ago by the commis sion," President Gray Bald. - Announcement Due Boon President Gray refused to dis close tonight whether all the par ties to the settlement had agreed to it. but the Omaha - Bee says It is in possession, of Information from other authoritative sources that the official - announcement and minor details will be made known probably .. tomorrow,' or within a few days, thus Indicat ing, acceptance of "the settlement plan. '. '-. , Settlement of the controversy by the Union Pacific ; and South ern ' Pacific railroads under the provisions of the Cummins act as superseding the - Sherman anti trust act, and the supreme court decjslons, according- to : the sources from which the Omaha Bee- got its information.' , j Content Makes History The fight between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific for the control of the central Pacific has been one of the largest con tests of the sort ever waged be tween" two railroads. For. , months the respective interests have been preparing evidence, . and recently the interstate commerce commis sion , began hearings on the Sub ject. ' -- -." :" H Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific, : left , Omaha , ten days ago to participate in : the proceedings and his office stated at that time he would not return until after February 1. Instead he returned this week. , .Prior to - Edward Harriman's purchase of the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific owned the Cen tral Pacific. ; Harrlman- wanted the Central Pacific line from Og den '" to San Francisco as a' west ern outlet, for the UnIon Pacific and to get It he bought the entire Southern : pacific" system. -The supreme' court; ordered . this mer ger dissolved as a violation of the anti-trust laws.'- ? Suit was then Instituted - to divorce the Central (Continued on pagniSj mm SUBfflSE NEW MERGER BILI IN NUTSHELL The Johnson-Carkin civil administrative code for tl. consolidation of state department provides: Sixdpartments of government, each headed by cc raissioners appointed by the governor; . - 18 bureaus, the heads of which are appointed by r: I subject to the commissioners. - - Pour , commissioners salaries would be f 4CG0 p ; r year.-. -'- . : . ' ; - : - - Two commissioners public ; works and domains, l :: trade and commerce, would receive $5,000 per yczr. Bureau heads, except the highway engineer, would i -ceiye $3600 per year. Nine advisory boards, on per diem expense account , but, without salaries." ' Commissioner of agriculture must be a dirt farr.ic r. Secretary of state's, state , treasurer's and ctton: generaTs. offices would be continued as at present. GO ITS T mm Warden Johnson Smith Will 'Start Air Prisoners Out - With Clean State Prisoners at the . state peni tentiary are starting out ; today with a clean slate as far as their mistakes, in discipline in thai past u the Institution are concerned, LWarden Johnston Smith told the men gathered at chapel. ' ' ' "Yon are here to - make good and X am simply here to see that you) ' have every opportunity to do this, . and see that . you only leave here legally.' the new, war den told1 the men. "In other words, we afe starting out 'from how' on. " . " . . '"'''- Statements made after Smith's address to .the prisoners, to the effect that he Intended to cancel, all of their, "good time" credits were' branded as ' "misinterpreta tions" by Smith. Smith assumed his duties at the penitentiary yesterday with an open .mind as td the flax in dustry, -he said, but repeated his previous assertions that he - in tended to. keep every one of the nearly 400 men engaged In some- kind of work, and would not per mit any1 Industry to continue If it lost money for the state. All of the prisoners whp have been confined in the so-called hole" or solitary, were returned to cells In the corridors ' by the outgoing officials. : This will per, mit Smith to make any assign ments of cells which he finds ne cessary, he said.! - :. - i The place-held by Sol Worden Insthe flax mill.: vacated by Wor den yesterday, will not be fiUed at present, if at all. Smith, an nounced. , ' , WOW COMPLETE Trial of Indian for Alleged Murder of i Glen Price -" Will Start Today- : DALLAS, Jan. 15. (Special to The Statesman) The Jury which will try Phillip; Warren for the alleged.murder of Glen Price,' pro hibition agent,: which- occurred September 3, was completed to night. Judge Harry' II. .Belt Is on the bepch. .- 'i The; murder took place ill the town of New Grande Ronde. .on the Indian reservation in the northwestern part of Polk coun ty. . . Warren is defended- by Oscar Hayter of this city, while ; the state's case Is being prosecuted by District Attorney J. N. Helper son, vWlth Walter L. Toote, Jr of McMlnnvilIs as assistant. Mr. Tooze having offered his services free of. charge' just after the deed was committed." i ''..'.' -r This is the second time Warren has been tried. for murder. At (Continued on page 6). En jimr WW. A second consolidation : nre.:-which. It" is 'Intend, j . be: combined -with fe.it ur " the llall super-commli.- ic i to result in a less drastic i ure than the Hall Mil. scheduled l be "Istro 'aceJ : ultaheouslyj Inf the Louse senate today, by , Represen : John H. Carkin of Medfcr Senator A. J. Johiison c f C vallis. " Not Opposition n::i The bill is In no sen?? opposition bill to the Hall ; commission measure. It y,:. ncunced by the. authors tut :l hoped by the sponsors that i desirable features - of eacl. may be consolliatei into a able plan. . J Senator Johason was cha i : and' Representative Carkin a member of a cornin?ssior. pointed by Governor With: to investigate the feasii.Ii: -ctnsolidating the varous departments, ' and in thl3 c mission employed in an ad capacity the author of the : nois . cabinet system of . state r ernment. Salary 'biff erence Note! In . brief the distinction ' tween the Hall bill and ; J ohn son-Car kin consoli ' t; bill is that) the Hall bHl i vides slightly higher salarie ; i four commissioners as " cor. : ; : ithf the six commission ern the. Johnson-Carkla till. ' The state departments ' -: the Johnson-Carkin bill be agriculture, education, 1 ,: and public welfare, labor, : iic wonts ana aomam end ts: and commerce. In thei following . named t partments commissioners, t ;- : intehdents and bureaus are , : ed as follows: -Agriculture: 1 ticulture, livestock, secret a r y Otecon t state fair and d "r: fcod, -weights and mea: i education: superintends t : education . and 1 bureau oi tration; health., and public fare: bureau of etat i: : tions, ; health commissioner f bwreau of health labor : t'.. labor commissioner; ' public :i and domains-highway: en; water engineer for irrigatk i I reau, superintendent of f gamewarden,-and fish wa ' trade and commerce: v : tendent "of banks, superlnt: ; of " ejprporations. , superlnt ' of insurance, state tax cc :: sioner and public utilities : missioner. - - . ., Advisors rrOTi . The nine advisory, non-: ed ! boards vary . in e'.za i:. thrte to nine; members oath e the law prescribes the mar. r , which V these ' members sLa'.! t selected, requiring in f c: stances that they reprpfen t ( tain, .profession 8 classes c ( i2ens or- districts of t!. ; For example,, cf 'the x.: rlcultural .ag.'isors, it is i , ed-S that.- -.three' .be 'en?'", . agriculture l and cr. c! named by th a ; state r Three shall be hortlc al t u : chosen from southern, : and: the Willarsetta val!:; Hons - of the state, sr. J shall be ensas:;! ia the : industry or eroricr.-t 1 tl one to be caned hy th? growers association, c "3 L executive committa c? th bred : livestock assort it! (Continue I c: