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OFFENSIVE li
t Seven, Arrests, Extension of
Penalties and Requisition
ing of ;CoaI Among New
Developments. .
WORKERS WILLING TO
r CONTINUE ON JOBS
Hcichsbank to Reopen Today
At Ten OXlock Jail
Threat Made. Head .
DUESSELDORF, Jan. 19. (By
The Associated Press) France is
ecsaged in fighting its economic
battle ot the marne, along the
Uses of the rlrer Ruhr -and the
Ehlne canal. ,li
Suddenly assnming the of f en
Blre in this titanic strnKgle. after
taring : been oa the defensive for
nor than a weok. France tonight
has taken ; the lead In tbar finan
cial and economic operations and
tt 9 French missfbn ; claims to
h-ra-1 OermRnyTtrcating along
tin entire front.'
v Much Accomplished
SeTen arrests, .the extension of
t)a Khlneland penalties to the
r.ulir. the reanlstlonlng of 21.000
t-.2. of coal, : the reopening of
tranches of the Reichsbank and
r rirate . banklnx institutions to
morrow after a brief day's shut-
tzitn and failure by the railroad
nea to strike this ; afternoon as
tier had been ordered to do by
t9 Berlin gOTernment are- the
Cay's successes, wbich, a . French
c : aimanique 'mights record, - were
a cocununiaue issned. - -
; ' The directors of the eBrmand
toluck and Rhine and Baden
r is in the -; region of Bochum
ar '. the director and sab-director
l tie Mallerchecbeste mine in the
i :a of Gladbach who refused
t cbey French orders to turn
c- r theif records and assist the
F ; z ach in operating their plants
ere ; arrested and ... Joined Dr.
.latius, president ot the. Du'es
'orf state finance department,
ar.i Mine Dirctor Rochstein, in
t-9 Dnesseldbrf central jail, where
French say they will .be treat
ed as political prisoners. "French
trocpg occupied .the pits and coke
vea which the directors refused
to hand orer to them and tomor
row French engineer rill take
charge of their. expBoitation.- :T
Cfrinana Wonld Work " ,
-:y-: - - - --:-t
General Degoutte,- the French
eonunander, has lost no time in
xtcading the lnter-allied commis
'a'Rhlneland penalties to the
E.j;lir.'; The decree promulgated
tonfsht goes: into effect at mid
cjoit This erenlng French; Bel
glaa and Italian customs- officers
be aa arriving in - Duesseldorf,
ready to proceed with the collec
tion of coal and other taxes. En
gineers working directly under M.
Costs, head of the industrial mis
sion, are taking charge of state
forests. ' - .,, . :
The German workers express a
willingness to continue on their
Jobs, but the German customs of
ficers are meeting this evening in
raesseldort to decide whether or
not to accept French supervision.
Court martial and imprisonment
face thecustoms officials if they
(Continued- on page- S) ,
I THE WEATHER
? OREGON: Saturday, fair;
colder in east portion.
1. LOCAL WEATHER
. 1 (Friday)
Maximum. 4S. i
'Minimum, a 43. .
et, 48. , ; ' ;
River, 12,. stationary.
Atmosphere,! partly cleudy.
Vlnd. north.
RUHR REGION:
TRANSPORT, ST. MIHIEL TO
BRING DOUGHBOYS HOME
HT W!ss y mf
rjrt pE American . army transport
to bring back , the last .of he
. a ' i orf.
x net irauoyurt - wu m vuo w- v.. .Uwu.-0 - - ;
W h e n the St. i Mihiel returns she will ; dock first at Savan
nah and . then at Charlestown, later coming to New" York alter
her troops have disembarked at Southern' ports." ! :' i
W CLDSEI.i.
WHITE LIGHTS
State Prohibition Forces to
Padlock all Volstead
I.,' : Violating Houses
i NEW YORK, ! Jan. 19. Thou
sands of New York sajoons, cafes
and restaurants a large number
o. them In the j White Light" dis
trict, may be closed soon as a
result of decisions nade at the
second o two conferences on pro
hibition enforcement ashore and
afloat, attended by E. C. Yellow
leyfc acting head of the state .en
forcement forces.
Padlocking of virtually all es
tablishments convicted of prohi
bition law vlalotlons, it was as
serted, would -follow- the begin
ning today - of united action i py
(Continued on page 6)
PASSAGE OF BILL
TOLD BY ; HAWLEY
Congressman Sends Tele
gram Announcing Success
V o. Harbor : Measure
A dispatch (o The Statesman
front Congressman W. C. Ilawley
at Washington last night an
nounced the passage of .the am
ended and enlarged " rivers and
harbors bill in the house of representative-
Friday afternoon.
The dispatch follows: ' -
"The Statesman, saiem, vr..
'Wft have won -fight in house.
which has Just voted on roll call
to Increase river and harbor ap
propriation to $5,500.O0O. mis
is- the amount recommended by
engineers. ' '
- "This will provide during me
current rear for Coos; Bay, $1,-
213.000;: for Yaqulna. si4,uyw.
for ,tImDOua. $276,500: for Co
lumbia, river,. Sl.700.000; for
Willamette Slough, S 2 3,& 0 ; ir
riafukanle. 19120: for Willam
ette river, $29,600.; Total for our
district, $3,390,000. The vote
carried 196 to 72. " I
MW. C. Ilawley. M. C."
The final passage ot this bill
would give to the Oregon water
ways enough money to help won
Aert nllv in j making the harbors
better for commerce affecting all
the country east las far as the cen
tra utatfts. snecially it will
give Coos Bay and the Columbia
river harbors enough money to
provide the better shipping facil
itiesJthat the whole Interior coun
try needs. i , '
Some of these appropriations
had been expected, but thejr were
pqJ. assured. ; ;;
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st. Miniei ien uroonyn, a.
American troops on the Rhine.
pnt WAndhfirtM T' flliver.
STEPS TAKEN i
ON DRAINAGE
Local Committeemen Meet
State Engineer to Dis
cuss Flood Districts
The first steps toward the : for
mation of, a drainage district
comprising- territory contiguous
to .Salem, were taken last night
when a municipal ; committee
composed of Mayor John Giesy,
George W. Thompson, B. B.
Kerrick and W. W. Rosebraugh
met with State Engineer Percy
Cupper for the . purpose of map
ping out some definite program
of cooperation" with the State
whereby - steps may 1 be taken for
the construction of a much need
ed .drainage , district around v Sa-
'( Continued on page C)
CUiRIt RELEASED
i- W AUTHORITIES
Movie Director Thought Not
Implicated in Death
of Fritzi Mann ? ,
! SAN DIEGO. Cal., Jan. 19. -Roger
V. B. Clark, Los Angeles
motion picture director, arrested
yessterday in connectfon with( the
death Of' Fritzi. Mann, ; dancer,
whose body, was found on the Tor
rey. Pines beach Monday was re
leased late today. Chief of Police
Patrick said, that Clark had proy-f
ed beyond ' doubt that he had
nothing to do with the young
dancer's death.
'W Clark was so elated at his re
lease that hb laughingly shook
hands with everyone within' his
reach at the city Jail. .He; ex
pressed ' gratitude for; the courte
ous treatment accorded to him By
the police. ; v ' ' '
: Dr. L. Jacobs of the public
health service at Camp Kearney,
who was t held yesterday by the
police for "tttvestigatiom" in con
nfectlon with '. the case was still
held today and Chief Patrick said
he would be kept in Jail until at
least ; Monday.1; Former Mayor
James E. Wadham. attorney, for
Dr. Jacobs,' today obtained a writ
of habeas corpus ordering the Po
lice to produce Dr. Jacobs In court
at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
The police said .that they were
as far today frrn a solution of the
dancer's death as, they had been
since' they got ready to work on
the case, but Chief Patrick said
he expected soon to Interview sev
eral persons who might be able to
shed light on tho manner in which
the" girl, half clad4 meir, death.
INCOME LEVY
BILL IS SENT
Few Administration Meas
ures So Far Have Made
Appearance Farm Bloc
Shows Strong Hand.
UNIVERSITY LOBBY
C0MINQ NEXT WE
EK
Total of Only 163 Measu
res
Introduced at Session
in Two Weeks
In the house only one strictly
administration bill has made;
its
appearance, and that sneaked
under the wire yesterday fjust
as the curtain was about to ring
down on the second week of the
session!. I j
i Representative A. K. McMa
han, democrat, of Linn county,
placed in ' the hopper the Pferce
income tax law expected v by the
governor and its sponsor to elim
inate a part of the . tax burden
from the shoulders of the own
ers of property" In the state, h
McMakan Would Visit Ploreo
Th.e i PIerce- income tax Jblll
narrowly avoided arriving sub
sequent to a resolution intro
duced by L. H. McMahan of
Marion, which criticises the gov
ernor for not offering a feasible
plan for: the reduction of taxee,
as promised in campaign
speeches and the message to the
legislature, and calls for the! ap
pointment : of - a committee -ot
three members of the house to
wait upon the governor: and) re
ceive, his concrete suggestions,
along this line.' j
To date 115 bills have been
Introduced in the house an 48
have appeared . in the ' senate.
Ten house bills and one senate
bill have passed the house.
- Tax Reduction Absent
-. in U the leglslaUon thatf has
been' introduced there are J no
outstanding bills that compel at
tention or appear to answer, the
demand ot the electorate crying
for tax reduction. v . ' .
' It Is within the house that! the
most evident U anti-organizaition
fight has been conducted.
The
the
latest demonstration - of
strength : of the "left wlng'f or
anti-Kubli organisation was
made yesterday afternoon - oust
before 'adjournment when - Rep
resentative McMahan of Marlon
moved to have - one of his bills
tabled Instead of indefinitely
postponed as the committee; on
judiciary recommended.
Bloc Shows Power j
; As the standing vote v j was
about to" be taken, a member of
the so-called agricultural loc
said "Let's give1 htm a chance
boys" and about 35 -, votes fcere
cast in support of I; McMahan's
motion,' ; ; ':;''; -t
Mn addition to the McMahan
administration Income tax bill,
the ' grange ' Income tax bill has
been introduced during the past
week and - is now in the hands
of he committee on assessment
and taxation.' ' '
About 25- of the measures in
troduced in the legislature) to
date deal with the public school
system. '"Two of" these bills have
already been -defeated.: , ...
' ' "Lobby Mill Appear
3 The' four bills of Representa
tive McMahan of Marion, apply
ing to tuition fees at the JL'nt
versity ' of'- Oregon and Oregon
Agricultural college,, will bet up
again neoct 'Week--with a strong
lobby 'from the ; two institutions
on1 hand., ' 1
A complete : revision of -f the
banking .code Is ne of the j big
bills ? due to -a'DDearVnext' week
and Representative Miles bil to
, (Continued on page Z). '
RUDOLPH WINS
POINT FROM
LASKY CORP.
film Star Able to Engage in
Any Business But Appear
ing Before Camera
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. . Ru
dolph Valentino, motion picture
Star, won a point today In his le
gal controversy with the Famous
Players - Lasky corporation,
through the modification of a
temporary injunction in appellate
'court. The injunction, which1 for
bade him from performing any
Service without permission of the
jLasky corporation was amended
jby striking out clauses that would
prevent him from engaging 4ln
any other business of any kind or
class whatever," and from "ren
dering any service for himself or
on his account." t '
The rullng .will 'permit Valen
tino to engage in any business ex
cept appearing before the camera
pending the trial of the suit for a
permanent injunction.
Highway Commission Stays
for Time Confers
; With Governor;
The state highway commission.
at a conference yesterday with
Governor Pierce, agreed to con
sider las patched up for ,the time
being . the differences that have
existed ; between the governor and
the commission and to remain on
the job at least until the conclus
ion of the legislature.
The resignation of BTerbert
Nunn, state highway engineer,
which was submitted to the com
mission yesterday, , was tabled,
and will be acted upon later.
Members of the commission
and the governor declared the
session; was entirely a peaceful
affair.
f "I .never attended a pleasanter
meeting in my life," said the gov
ernor. (
i Bonds were discussed, the com
mission Informing the governor
that the department should have
some more bond issues, and the
governor says he did not spring
anything in the meeting of a dis
couraging nature.
An agreement was reached,
however, to defer advertising for
bldsVon some of the scheduled
projects until the March meet
ing,' to give an opportunity for
the crystallization of highway de
partment affairs which just now
are. in an uncertain state. Pro
jects which the commission voted
! (Continued on page 2)
ALL HOLLYWOOD
1 HOB "Wllir
Many Will Pay Final Trib
! ute to Popular Motion
Picture Star
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19.-
Hollywood's film population and
the thousands of friends here of
the dead screen star, Wallace
Reid. tonight were planning to
pay final tribute at simple fune
ral services scheduled to be held;
tomorrow afternoon at the First
Congregational church in. Los An
geles.', ; -r4v- i;K;.".;
Hundreds of floral offerings
continued to arrive at the Reid
home and at the Lasky studio,
where Reid starred In many com
edies, while directors of Holly
wood's many studios arranged to
cease work f . shortly before the
funeral so that all the workers
In the Industry might attend last
riles of the . popular actor who
lost his life in the fight to con
quer drug and.liqaof habits,,
IS PATIENT
Jerry " Whetstone, State's
Star Witness, Identifies
Burnett as Connected
With Party.
DISAPPEARANCE OF
PLANT KEEPER PROBED
Testifier Leaves Immediate
ly After Testimony Pro
tected by Armed Guard
BASTROP, La., Jan. 19
states Attorney ueneral A. V.
Coco, conducting the investiga
tion here into : the operations of
masked bands in Morehouse Par
ieh at the afternoon session ol
the open ; hearing today present
ed . R. A. (Jerry) Whetstone re-t
garded as the state's most lm
pirtant witness in Its effort to
Identify the kidnapers and slayers
of Watt Daniel and T. F. Rich
ard ? on the stand. He named
T. J. .Burnett,- iormer deputy
Bherif f , now? under, arrest on a
charge of murder as one of the
members of the masked band
that abducted Daniel and Rich
ard August 24 on the Bastrop-
Mer Rouge highway. , .
" Witness Concealed
Whetstone since Btatlng sever
al weeks ago that he had iden
tified one or more of the-mask
ed men, has been in charge ol
the authorities at an Unannounc
ed place and when be unexpect
edly 'appeared In the court room
he was escorted by Detective
Glynn, of the New Orleans police
department. He left the room
immediately after - concluding his
testimony. ,
Newt i Gray declared yesterday
by Fred Eubanks tos have been
a member of the band which
kidnaped Daniel and Richards,
was named again today as one
of the. party by Mrs. J. H. Inab
net of Mer Gouge, who testified
that when she started home from
Bastrop ! on August 24 in an
automobile the car was stopped
by the i masked band.
Mrs.- Inabnet said that Newt
Gray's "mask was torn.
Sleets Night Riders
Whetstone resides at . Oak
Ridge and; - walked to Bastrop
to attend 'the celebration. He
left for home in the evening
afoot with ; the expectation that
he ' would be given a lift by a
passing motorist and wnile walk
ing saw an automobile parked
near the highway.' He assumed
it was a party of plcnicers but
upon approaching discovered the
persons -about the fire were black
hooded men. i-
lie almost reached them be
fore he was noticed, he said.
and when 50, feet away one of
the men called . him by name.
They forced him to approach,
gave him a bucket and told him
to get some water.
Bennett Recognized
Whetstone 11 said upon i his re
turn he sat upon , a log for 30
minutes in the midst of the
party He t noticed , wires hang
up down and discovered that
the - telephone lines had been
cut., a - - -
"Pretty soon," hw continued,
the crowd came .from Bastrop
and all of them got held up.
Then about 20 minutes later
romedne . told me that they had
Watt Daniel, J. L. 5 Daniel, W.
C. Andrews and i those other fel
lows. .Then I . got loose from
thorn and caught a car and rode
tcf Oak Ridge."' .
Asked if he recognised any
of the masked men. Whetstone
replied:
.(Continued on page 2).-
'ERDICT REIUMED-
Bi jury
OUR' DELIBEKATIG
DALLAS, Jan. 19 (Special to the Statesman) "Not
Guilty" was the verdict of the jury after deliberating forv
more than 30 hours over the fate of Philip Warren, on trial
for the .murder of Glen Price, federal prohibition agent Sep
tember 3. .Warren, an Indian from New Grande Ronde, was
tried previously for the murder of Grover Todd, another fed
eral agent and, as this time, was found not guilty.
The state's case was considered much stronger in the
Todd case but when the trial closed Thursday, it was con
ceded that it had an unusually strong case this time as well.
Warren was released immediately last night and left
for his home in. New Grande Ronde where his baby son i3
said to be dying of influenza.
TTT. ," ' ' Grover Todd and- Glen Price,
FIND1NERS
NOT GUILTY
Herrin Jury, Out 27 Hours,
Acquits Five Men of
First "Murder
MARION, III., Jan.H. (By
the Associated Press.) - After
nearly 27 hours of deliberation a
Jury of Williamson county farm
ers today delivered a verdict of
not guilty in the first "case, re
sulting from the ' killing of 21
non-union workers during the
Herrin riots last June.
The end" of the long trial came
with such unexpected Buddenness
that both the spectators and the
five defendants, who were ' charg
ed -with the murder of Howard
Hoffman, one of the victims of
the outbreak, appeared dazed. As
Judge D. T." , Hartwell finished
reading the last verdict, the only
sound that broke the silence In
the courtroom was a half smoth
ered sob from the wife of one of
the defendants.
Verdict Not Discussed
The jurors refused to discuss
their verdict and melted away in
the crowds that , gathered in little
groups about the square to dis
cuss the verdicts. One said that
15 or 20 ballots were taken. 'An-
- (Continued on page 8)
T
Executive is' Able to Move
About and May Take
Auto Ride Today
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. The
condition of President Harding
who has been confined to the
White House for several' days
with; an attack . of the grippe,
was declared by his physician,
Brigadier General Sawyer tonight
to be '.'very much Improved,
During the day he moved about
his room after being - confined
for some time to bis bed . and
it-was said his fever had dis
appeared. And, It "was said, his
appetite- had awakenedi
Dr. Sawyer said, however, that
the president would . not be per
mitted to visit his office to
morrow ; and at the executive
offices it. was asserted that no
engagements had been made for
the early part of the week.
The, regular Tuesday cabinet
meeting, however, .has , not yet
been cancelled . and there ; Is . a
possibility that the president
may go to the executive offices
Monday to begin cleaning up pa
pers that , have accumulated since
he became ilL
There was said ; also, to be a
possibility -: that the . : president
might be permitted ; to . take an
automobile ride tomorrow.
MEN
Si
1
IVlPROVEO
mmm
v
federal prohibition agents, were
shot September 3 in New Grande
Ronde while attempting to arrest
Warrtsn on a liquor charge. War
ren claimed . that he did' not
know they were officers. Price
was said to have hit Warren oa
the head with a gun and Warren,
testifying in the last trial, said
that he thought Price had shot
him, and denied knowing Price
was an officer. .
. He ran to his. father's home
and secured a un sd returned
in search of the officer's party or
as heHi8ald th?e party "in tin
Dodge ear." Evidence was intro
duced to show that Price bad
been drinking before he encoun
tered Warren. '
. , Evidence Conflicts
Jap" Perry, self confe3se
stool pigeon .testified that War
ren sold the officers liquor whilt
Warren, testifying in his own de
f ensfe, said that he bad not sold
them liquor and that on four diN
ferent occasions Price -and Perry
offered him (Warren ) a drink. .
i Sheriff Orr of Polk county tes
tified that he. smelled liquor on
Perry's breath when he arrived on
the scene.
This testimony of the witnesses
for the state, and the defense was
in many cases In direct 'conflict. A
firearm expert from Portland said
that the bullets taken from the
body of Price were fired from
Warren's gun. ,
:-'" Child Seriously 111
- The shooting occurred . about
midnight September 2. . Todd was
shot as he was crawling from ua
der . the automobile while Price '
was killed, in the gun fight;;
; During the time he has been
confined in the county jail. War
ren showed his. first real concern
when his small son, Phillip. Jr.,
became seriously 111 a few weeks
ago. The Jad is only three years
old and last night was said to b
near death. If fere are six other .
children. His wife was present at
both trials as was the widow of,
Glenn Price. Todd's widow at
tended the first trial. -
i Much Interest Shown
i Both trials aroused consider
able Interest in Dallas and the
court room was packed for the
hearings each day. The jury went
out at 2 o'clock Thursday and was
out for 30 hours and 15 minutes.
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., assisted
J.! H, Helgerson, district attorney,
in the prosecution for the state.
In closing the state's case ior the
first trial, Helgerson gave a. gen
eral summary of the , testimony
leaving the final plea for Tooze.
Following - Ilelgerson's argument
to the jury the defense said that
they "would ' waive argument"
which automatically ,. closed the
case. It came so unexpectedly
that the Judge, HV H. Belt, was
unprepared with his instructions
for the Jury and was forced to
recess until he had prepared such
instructions ; -r. v ' -, ,
MEASURE INTRODUCED
DUBLIN, Jan. 4.9.- Minister of
Home Affairs O'Hlgglns today in
troduced in' the Dall Eireann a
measure to Increase the ' powers
of the sheriffs and facilitate en
forcement ot ,Lh'3 Socrees of tL
civil courts.