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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1923 . Eiir, Tgier -amid . Evry-wflre Officials Deny Knowledge of Any New Project watcn- ful yailing Adopted : f . WASHINGTON ; JMU-i-l 15- irv The Associated , -Press-) - Dispatches .-, from.. Paris ,, today staling, vUiat ,j Roland !Ls Boydea, American observer with, the : re- reparations commission had c sub nJterdi Ik reparation -jaettlemnt - nin A'thA MmmlsaSon complete ly mystified officials here.. 4Tne state department disclaimed, iall vr.(a-iP?? of the ulan in a for mal statemtj v?. ;; ;v:i . "Think Misunderstanding ;f he officials felt certain that tlieTe had been misunderstand- mm somewhere along the line, The - prompt action of Secretary H n ghea in author lzing . ? atate nenf was believed to be due tq i the desire that it should be de- . f4niti ; understood -" that ! the Washington ' government had - no connection with any - project wMcH ha. been laid 'before the repafatiohs ; commission.-;. ; Laltkihs some explanation from Mr.'Boydon, rio'comment beyond fh official'- statement was; ob- tatnAhiA. -; There was '.'every ' in dication however, that Mr. Boy- den , would he asked, tor. such an explanation si would clar. the matter - up. and show Just, what thA - nvnnosition. was he hadl 'Q mtncL, , . . - r- f rtlnreomerAiuarters there i was speculation - as to 1 whether the settlement pl.au, ,Mr , Boyden ferrd tAo, might not prove to be that..which has beenj discussed 1 : American and other: business circles for an expert commission to studv. Gorman i V capacity , -to make reparations payments. !nt; Situation Grave ' , The' mystery . thhs awaltta further?wordT from? Mr; Boy den to clear the air to" obscure -to home - extent - the1 Washington view of ' the new developments in -'Germany 'due to widening - ot the French tone of occupation-in tb-RtthrrThere is erery reason to believe -however, that officials , 'are watching ' the course of the . ' French -operations I with gravest . concern; and that, official advices contain nothing -that would -tnr-nUlL' ; a v more hopeful outlook than is , given in press reports from Europe.,;. It was stated that the government dispatches tend ed to !. conf irm the general fplc- , ture--gtren- by newspaper ; corres pondents. " ' i ; . ; " OffLcial word, of the French determination to extend. , the x cupatlon was carried to-the state department eirly' inT vtbe day . from the i French embassy The embassy also made a positive declaration ' thatv only w white French troops were": being em ployed In the movements into Germany. " ;:-:"yXA -X'-v';.- Oregon Defeats Whitman; 47-27 in Fast Hoop Game EUGENE. Or.. ?4ani;15. Ore gon added another win to' its string of yictories here ton,ight by defeating . the quintet from Whitman college '47 . to :27 in a fast game. : Outside of the open ing minutes of play .the Oregon five held the ; lead . and evinced n marked superiority As a prew limlnary the , Oregonv freshmen defeated Company C team of this city ? a . to 15 ... In -the.Tarsity Whitman came- Latham and Chapman starred; . Latham secur ine 19 points. - VARREfJ JURY . r:.IS'H07-C0MPLErE -(Continued from page 1) the October term of court he was" tried "for the murder of --; Grover C. Todd, which occurred at the same' time a Price's death, and the Jury, after deliberating sev eral hours, returned a verdict of not guilty. " The " case against jWarren , for the killing of , Todd was believed ' to j have been- the ,'trcn'gest case., (tie state had In the", affair." "li-.;-.-;1 ' 18 8aid that Price had been i on tho grounds at thei town, where the 'killing occurred several 'hours before the arrival of Todd, and hd consumed a quantity of moon JneV'llquor. r It aneged1. that Price' brought the liquor from Til lamook and got Warren under the influence of it. " When Price's booze gave- out he suggested to Warren that he 7 might' get. some for the crowd but. Warren declar ed be didn't know' where he could obtalA any liquor. . He finally) got a Small quantity i from: a 1 friend, and . gave it to i tile who, with otter members of the crowd, drank the liquor. Price then Attempted, to place Warren under arrest by telling him he was c an ' officer, - Warren, .who Is Grande Ronde Indian, refused to po with Price not knowing he was a officer. ,'A , fight ensued In which Warren' received several . gashes on his head from a gun lag tor Price. - This ejxrasei the Indian to snch an - extent -that ne " went- to toe home of his father., who lived a short. V distance Irom the scene. and securing a rifle returned to the prohibition agent's car look ing, for price, l a " ii-',. A fight followed in which all of the principals . exchanged a, a number of shots, and when the smoke of the battle had : cleared away both Price and; Todd were dead and Warren was injured by a bullet in his leg. Testimony in the 'first trial (showed that Todd- might t have been .- killed by a' ballet from a gun other than War ren's and itila believed that prob ably some' of j the saraet - line - of testimony Willi be offered at this trlaL . .. i' ? The entire day, Monday, has been : consumed with .the ..select-' tag of a Jury, and at 6 o'clock the necessary number had . been , se cured. Court adjourned until 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, when the 'actual trial will begin. PIERCE ALLOWED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ; (Continued, from page 1) . timated requirements, leaving them at $91,800 and $52,630.10 j respectirely. The secretary or state estimates receipts tor his! department for 192 Sand 1924 at 134,200' and the treasurer at $251,892.' The items In these es timates are: " ! ; -"''. Secretary of state salaries' and wages, - x 75,8 ou; general expens es ,942,500; u capital outlays, $87; totair452,630.10: . . f 'No Minority Reports ' . There will be no minority re ports 1 from t the ways and means committees. ' . This was adopted as a rule last n(ght, and It has been followed at ,'preTious sessions. Upon motion of Senator Strayer it was decided that eight rotes must be " required to ' report out a bill fayorably or unfaTorably, regardless of the number ot mem bers r present.'1 ipight is a majori ty of one ot the total number ot members. ' J? :'t Senator La Follett sounded his customary warning 'Against mem bers who , vote; v for increases In salaries; insisting that a record vote be taken in the committee on all Items of this kind. iie named a number of the martial spirits of previous ' sessions who are no there now ,and attributed it to the fact that they yoted to &UV . "I want to jteil yon 'here and now," shouted; tne senator, . tnai any .man who r, Totes to increase salaries will dig his political grave so deep that there won't be a rope in the state of "Oregon'long enough to null him out." Dallas Legion Men Take . Fast Game from Kewoerg DALLAS, Or., Jan. 16. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) In one of the fastest games of basket ball ever witnessed on the local flor the s pallas American Legion team. Saturday night de feated the crack Newberg Legion team by a score . ot 21. to , 30. The game rwas . hard -fought frpm beginning to end and: at. no time until the latter part ot the game were the locals aure . of winning. At the end of the first half the score stood 14. to 15 in favor of Newberg. ' . . During . the second 'half the Dallas boys . started their old- time 1 playing ii earnest and held the; visitors downto" making-, but Six points. A return ; game will be played-, with ; the Newberg team on' their Ihome floor cbefore the close of the season. n SEO DIES OF T David W, Van Hoesen Suc- cumbs While Siting in Chair With Paper Tl13V. lAohn if an 1 K Tlav11 W. Van Hoeaen, senator from Ad ams county during the 16th and present session of the Idaho-legis lature, died suddenly from heart disease .while sitting in achair in his room at a local hotels this af ternoon, u, When i found ny-, his wife, wno ; had returned from I shopping; Senator Van Hoesen was sitting In a chair with pa per in his hand apparently asleep. Physicians ' vrere called .'Immedi ately ,bnt they: pronounced the senator . 'deadA . );'...: r 'V 'Senator Van; Hoesen has suf fered . from hear disease -during the past six years and 'When he left the senate . chamber today noon he complained to his secre tary that he did -mot teen well. Several times during his . stay ' in Boise during the present session of the leglslataro he complained of his ' heart affecting Wm, but none thought his. condition s serl ousv and. his death came as " a shock. Mrs. Van Hoesen was un der the care of a physician this evening, v :: Mf:- :"f,.-'v:w i During the 1 6 tbr session -Senator Van : Hoesen waa - minority leader in the senate. He was con sidered by his; , colleagues ' to "be one ot the strongest men politi TOR DISEASE cally la the legislature.' J SQUIR E EDGEGATE EmaKne Has ' vUFouitk Jr v mights vpou To V rrr-np r&StmJZW ' K-'j' - - 'f '''' ISTER MID BRITISH .DEBT KLAN MEETING rniimn rnnirml nnmn mnrnl , in- nmnninPn i UUIIU I IIULLII ULIIIU IIMIUUI IU UUUUIIIUUU 1 Body of J. C. Sloan, Head of Desperate Gang, is Lo cated in Automobile DENVER, Colo., Jan. 15. -Police today Identified, a frozen body found in an automobile stored in a garage In an exclusive residen tial section , as that of J. C. Sloan, said to have been, the master mind of ' one of " the "most ; desperate gangs ot desperadoes in the coun try.' .-- -. ; ' v'': ' '.; : Sloan, It is believed, was the leader of the bandit band which escaped after robbing a federal reserve' truck here of $200,000 December 18 in front of the mint, killing Charles T. Linton, a guard. .,; ' Instantly Killed . - .- Officials declare the bandit was instantly killed by a revolver bul let of Pete Keidinger, a guard em ployed at the mint. At the time; Sloan . was standing on the run ning board of the - bandit car, shooting at the mint guards. Po lice - believe that . after . pulling Sloan's body into the automobile. the rest of the gang drove to the garage,, locked . the automobile in side and escaped. -., None of : the loot was found in the bandit car. The identification of Sloan, ac cording to Chief of Police. Rngg Williams, is a forerunner of the early capture of the rest of the gang. 1 The Omaha, Neb., police last, week had Mrs.' Sloan, said to be the bandit's wife, - Mr. and Mrs.. H, G. Burns and Columbus Thompson under surveillance for the' Deliver authorities,!, but when a detective sqnad descended up the hotel where the quartet "were topping "they had -escaped. -Blg Money Watched. Sloan's band, according to the police;- went out only for "big" money said, the eflcers." One of the admission requirements was deadly marksmanship wit,h .either a revolver, rifle or shotgun,' it is said; ..The" reckless daring.. of Sloan's gunmen was demonstrat ed in the robbery ,at , the mint when .. Sloan, pumping ; ' hail " of bnckhot at the main, door of the mint, offered .hlmselt; as a target for the bullets of the government guards while his pals transferred the $200,000 in currency to their stolen automobile. k ... . , 'With' the leader dead, the po lice say, it, was np. to the gang to take care of his w4fe Part ot the gang scattered . but, according - to the police theory; Thompson nd Mr. and Mrs. Burns took Mrs. Sloan with them. ' Oh Look" at Grand Makes Real Hit! With Audience tOh Look? played to an ex ceptional house at the Grand Monday night, with an exception al musical comedy that has a really plot. ' It is the story of the young "fener' who is developing a Tnine and some of his ; friends buy hia stock that looks worthless, i .and jthe sea of trouble has him nnder the waves for the third time when a ' kind counterfeiter saves him by loaning him a grip full of gen uine thousand-dollar bills to flash on the scary amateur Investors, 'HarryFox, the star, is an! old-t'lme- friend of Murray : Wade of Salem;" he used to be a dancer uiitil he' found that he could sing even better than he could dance, and he has gone over big with the public"? The play carries a cast of 35 people, and is one of the best offerings of the . kind so far this year. ' ' - . . I- CORVALLIS BOY DROWSED CORVALLIS, Or., Jan; 15. The 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ca-rl M. Ford was . drowned near Blodget, Or yesterday. in a. mill pona. ine June leuow was piay. ing around the water and fell inV His 'body was recovered- but ef forts at resuscitation were vain. nstructions from ! Govern ment U.S. Refuses to - Take Three Percent WASH INQTON, Jan. 15.' A difference of views . Concerning terms of settlement, developing, conversations between the British and American commissions re garding the refunding of Great Britain's war debt Ito the United States were' halted today while the British awaited instructions from their government. The sub-' ect matter of these subjects was withheld but it was learned from the highest official source .that the. fields ot both the time of final payment and the - ttnlerebt prate had, been canvassed, , rather thor oughly in an informal way. The - British expected to be ready: to . resume the negotiations tomorrow afternoon, but' some of the participants appeared - less confident that an agreement in principle would, be reached before the - Loudon - commission-! leaves next Saturday. $.. : v , 3 Per Cent Scouted ' " .While suggestions thus far de-. veloped as to the time or the' final payment on the debt qf nearly, five billions of dollars range from. 50 to 66 years, as compared with' the 5-year limitation ; fixed by congress,' the question of the In terest rate is believed to be the one on which , .the. , commissions are farthest apart. -; ;;" t While American Officials de-, clined ' to enter, into any -discus sion as to the rates proposed, it Was stated that the United States could not accept a figure as low as 3.' per. .cent. ' It also was de clared . that a graduated interest rate would be nndeslrable, .V,.- 4 INCOME TAX PARLEY -MAY BE CALLED , (Continued frpm page 1) in Joint session next Friday at 11 o'clock to hear an address by Fed eral Prohibition Director Haynes if a concurrent resolu tlon intro duced by Seantor Eddy Is adoptedi Committees Harmonize ? :- - Senator Jv C Smith, chairman of the. senate. , ways ' add " means committee, announced on 1 th floor, that the difference 'between the ways and means committee of Senate and house had been patch ed up and they would hereafter meet, in. joint session',, except when the presence of both is not neces sary. Oregon Magazine Full of Beautiful Poetry ' ; '.--- The December lssue ot Jhe. Ore gon Magazine, Murray' Wade's Sa lem literary .pioneer, 'Is devoted mostly to poetryl Practically every thing in. the dainty' little publication is from . the pen of some member of the Salem Arts league. There is some' prose, but only enough to properly, season the Terse.: Mr. Wade himself has contributed a number of 'drawings that spice it up wonderfully. There is one story that will be newsr'to most good Americans that of the naming of Mt, Hood, Oregon's premier mountain peak. It .was actually, named by Lieu tenant Bdpughton ot the. British ship Chatham, in honor of Lord Samuel. Hood, who served against the . colonists In the wkt of the Revolution. Most of bi claims to American f . greatness, however, seems to be that he failed to re Here Cornwall Is 1 at YOrktown, and let the colonists and the French win the war by capturing the Cornwallis army . : because Hood didn't come with reinforce ments. ; :'i ... - c... t '- , Maloney,, jr.i-What'a an Vami cable settlement,"- Pat- . r Maloney; sr.A town where there's no Oirlsh, Oi -suppose, son ny, 'Ufa, ' : ' ' i i ..; f i . Her Own Ideas about Safety Store Gathering in Anticipa tion of Retaliation Admit - -i ted by Members, , BASTROP,' Jan. 15 (By The Associated - Press.) -New ground was opened today by state attor neys in their task of unraveling the . mystery -surrounding the kid. naping and slaying of Watt Dan iel and Thomaa Richard. vic tims of black hooded kidnapers. Two : members of the Ku Klux Klan put into the record a re cital of an assembling ot : klans- men-in a store here in anticipa tion that Mer Rouge citizens might swoop down on Bastrop in retaliation. Me n Ann ""James F. Harp and " "Jap Kotes. farmers of Bonita. a vil lage In the southern part of Morehouse Parish, both metnbers of the parish klan organization. testified that after' the kidnap ing of Daniel, Richard and; three other men- on- the Mer Rouge- Bastrop pike August '; 24 last, a dozen or more men, klansmen, fathered In a hardware i store here, armed themselves and pre pared for i eventualities. ! Both insisted that the klan had no part in the kidnaping but that the gathering of the klans men was ' deemed 1 advisable as a precautionary, measure in' view of 4 the Intense feeding prevailing in tne - pansn. Why did yon klansmen wait up ' that -night?., was asked oi Harp.".; 1 , f j -; , ' r "We .heard the ; people of Mer Rouge had guns . end a regular arsenal," Harp said,' "and we thought they might come over and blame, the kidnaping on the klan. We knew they were mad and up in arms ' about , the . kid naping of Richard a week before and we were afraid it would be laid at our feet." ' . "Were you armed? "Yes," , "Did you have your masks?" .- "No.",. ; - j. v"';j.; Responsibility Mazy Jones testified along, much the same lines as Harp as to the gathering In. the Bastrop ! store! It was a serious thing," Jones said.' "We had discussed it . ancf decided to be prepared.' ".-"Iid t you . believe It was ; the klan who did the kidnaping?' was asked of Jones. "No; but I did want to who did it." he answered. " Jones told : of 1 making know the round, with his friends in! Bas trop stores, trying, to -learn1 who might be . responsible without re-j suit. At no place, ho declared, could he find information as to who was In the party of men vho took I part. - r .- j ' The watch at the , hardware store continued . until midnight, f- : Daniel , is ' Blamod . "."Did. you hear of any prepar ation made to, kidnap Daniel and Richard V "Jones was asked: ' ""No, none." ;;.;-;-:' : , ;--:- i" '., ; "Did - yba attend any" meeting in which the condact of Richard and , Dani4 .was discussed?" was another question. ' ' , j. , . K Yest . ahout,j six. weeks prior to the kidnaping, we met In the court house and Daniel and Rich ard were discussed, but we de- cided to let Daniel Richard and other citizens alone. -Then we naa anotner meeting an im promptu affair at which Dr. B. M McKoin, Captain J, K. Skip- witn and othors were present. we talked over the attempted assassination, - of i Dr. . McKoin. Watt ".Daniel, end s others were blamed but. particularly ,Vatt Daniel. ; j . '. Sheriff on Stand ; baipwitb. Is the parish leader of the klan. Dr. McKoin former iyT was mayor of Mer Rouge and now is charged in an affidavit with, murder: In' connection with the deaths of Daniel- and Rich ard. First. Harp' and Jones were the prin cipal r witnesses . at the ; afternoon seesion of ; the 5 hearing. They were preceaed on tne witness stand, by F.L. Carpenter, parish sheriff; Gus , Boyd i -Collinston, storekeeper ' from - ; whom " the black hooded .band' purchased gasoline while - holding the two kidnaped men? prisoners and a half 'dozen. other witnesses. COMIl'TQ SilEM Columbia Ladies' ; Orchestra of Portland to be Here' Wednesday Salem Is ; promised, something altogether delightful in the way of music when the Columbia La dies' orchestra oj Portland comes to the Grand theater, Wednesday night, for k concert de luxe. The' ' orchestra started ' Bcme years ago, under the leadership of Mrs. Frances, knight. It probably wasn't much. of a troupe at first; but it has grown Ip. numbers, in confidence, in ' technique, in the Standing of some of its stars; ua til today it ranks as -one of the premieriorchestraa of . tho coast. The ladles took a tour bak through Idaho. . and . tho other mountain states,', two years ago, and' they haven't yet got done talking back ; there about what musicians Portland has produced. 2C long "list of patrons and 'pat ronesses, including Governor and Mrs. Walter, "Pierce, ,ttxe whole supreme court, and the two lady members of "the legi.'ature, Sen ator Mrs. iW; S .Kinney of Astoria and Representative Mrs. C. B Simmons of Portland, may be ex pected to attend. The program will feature Kenneth Aliens the wonderful boy singer of Salem, who is to go to New York, soon, to have his voice recorded for Ra tional circulation by phonograph. The whole program promises j to be of exceptional daintiness and grace, bu i with enough "big stuff" to put it over . with any kind of an audience. -They put out a splendidly 'varied "program. some, distinctirel y . "high-brow" stuff, but even that is popularized by exquisite art; and their con fessedly popular numbers are so idealized as to be works of art. Salem has had no finer feature in a long, long time.. V' ; American Legion Head Pleased With Reception "The American legion reception at Salem to "National Commapder Alvln Owsley was the biggest and finest in Oregon," is the word written to Georgo Griffith, com mander of Capital post of Salem, by State Commander George Wil bur of Hood River. ' ' . Commander - Wilbur did not write this as his . own. judgment. but quoted the national command er as having said that of the Sa lem meeting. Commander Wil bur traveled with him ail over the state to show the distinguished Texas soldier everything that Ore gon has of courtesy and patriot ism and vOpportnnlty, ; It; waa tit ter he has seen .'em all that tfa e national - officer "- expressed r his opinionri i: : irr-L .... - It makes the local -legioii, and the legion's. r friends feel .a bit chesty- to. be thus .pat- into . the "only" class; .and Commander Griffith; Is fairly gnawing his nails waiting for the next meeting night when he . can tell the "buddies' about what the' big boss says of them. . . , . NEVADA DEFEATED : BERKELEY. .Jan. 15. Calif or nia defeated Nevada 27 to 12 in the first. Intercollegiate basketball game of the. season here, tonight. Nevada put .up an excellent defen slvd. game and the contest was Closer, "andemore'tnteresting thap the score would indicate., Th halt time score was California 12; DRAFT CAUSES ST SPL Final -and Deciding Vote ; on Big League Dispute is ; ' Cast by McCarthy ;.; , PORTLAND, "Or., jjan. IS. The .Pacific Coast League 1 mem bers: in session .here divided four to four on a vote this afternoon on a resolution endorsing President W.. H. McCarthy on the stand . he has taken in the dispute with the major leagues.' McCarthy himself cast an .affirmative Vote for the resolution. -Vr --',. The resolution, was Introduced by Charles Graham of the San Francisco club.. J. Cal Ewing of the OaklanxKclub opposed the res olution, urging that the matter. of the draft should: be left to deter? sanation tqr the minor- leagues. ; Raise Player Limit ; -V The clubs divided as follows ; . San Francisco, Seattle, Vernon, Sacramento, In favor, ot the ; Gra ham: resolution and ; Salt . Lake, Portland, Oakland and Los" An geles opposed - to Jtt. McCarthy's affirmative votet .carrje-d the Tes-, oiaxion. .. . ; .... -The - leaguer members voted - to raise the player limit After May 1 1 from 18 to 25 with the; provision that five of .the 25 must not have higher than class B experience. By the same - narrow vote as that on the draft question with President McCarthy again casting the deciding. ballot .the.: league adopted a resolution - permitting the raising of the player limit on the Pacific Coast league, to :.2S players, prbvlding that no more than 20 players In any team shall have had major of Class AA ex perience. This . resolution . . is made effective. May 1 , and from then until September 1 .next. : Be fore and after these dates there is no limit on the number of players. The present; limit is 20 players to the team. V . ',, . '; A territorial . dispute between the Los Angeles and Vernon clubs Was carried' oyer; for cdnsid-eratlon-tomorrowl ;t Mi- "i ; K ----- 4 mriouis rj; foAty- ros you Would Have National , ; Boxing Clearing Hcu:: NEW" YORK, Jan, 15. Crea tion of a national boxing regis tration bureau to - act as a clear ings house for . information.' ca professional pugilists; and adop tion of a standardized universal code of, ring . regulations, were favored ' today by delegates at tending the. third annul . conven tion of the National - boring as sociation, 'which-. represents box ing; -commissions Jn 18 .of . 21 states hud s. five ' foreign 1 coun tries where' the sport' la legal ised.. . ..v . ; Both , proposals - - were referred to committees to . be ; reported for action " tomorrow,; the closing of the jtwo - day - convention. HOCKEY SCHEDULED ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 15. -Negotiations -: are pending ' jwith Minnesota for a series of hockey contests between Michigan and the Gophers Monday and Tuesday of. next week. , Te , Wolverines cross sticks with .Wisconsin at Madison Friday . and Saturday. - KZtP VCJ . For sale by all Leading. .Dealers " Wouldn't You Like to Go East Though? o : ( Li ! : - - ' - V Li J ' m Mm Of course you would and by going this Way you f will see most- of the beauty spots of the West. ' . Yoti may join the merry-makers' on California's - silvery strand; see. the . races- atTia Juana; go through Car riso Gorge andlover the Apache Trail Highway, and take in the Mardi Gras. . ... Then; too; yqu 'have a choice of routes, "stop-over "privileges and best of, train service. . . v . Ask your local ticket agent for LOW ROUND TRIP and ONE WAY FARES, time tables and descriptive folders or write . JOHN M. SCOTT General Passes get Agent, v Portland, Oregon I'The Sttnchine Way 'Crosa VI Sv A." 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