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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING; JANUARY 25, 1923
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Moslems. Would, tfave .Eng-
iana s uaKe uemeienes in
GalHpolL: Smaller tt in
suit is Seen -
OCCUPATION EXPENSES
, OF. TURKEY REDUCED
Great Britain AViU Appeal to
League Before Drastic :
Action Started;
Tic Associated 'c 'iPri.-Q re at
Britain" A proposed appeal to -tlie
Icagn- of natloas agint Tar-
v keyoa- -tb- eround that v tha
Turkish aUStuda on the I Mosul
questions-threatens to- disturb Id
teraational -peace was ( the nb-
' Ject of a long Conference today
between Lord Cunon, the Brit
ish ' foreicn 'seeretanr-- and - -Str
' Kric Drnmnxond, - secretary-gen
eral of the league. :
Both the British and the. Turks
were holding tenaciously to tbelr
original' position.' No" comprom
ise appears possible ;- one or 5 the
other must back down, :
w thelimeantime .a jconjplete
- agreement -was- reached today-on
the problem of -exchange of" pop1-
ulatlons ; wbereby'the: Turk In
Greece will b' mored to Turkey,
and (the Greeks la Turkey who;
are Ottoxaah:;- ubJectiT.'wUl: -fbt
nt'!back ;toGreeee The Turk
hare consented not' to. Insist i'p
on. fet pulsion of tfes Greeks' who
retain' :thfeir " HeHeaia "nationality
ad haTe also -withdrawn :tbelr
cUim thit the -western ' boundr'
sry- of esternr Thrace! should."Ie
the " Struma--tnstaad of the Mes-
. ta: Westerni, Thrace Mk Constantinople-'ta
excluded from the
.' general:' exchange :'v ' A
-j . Another 4ahocclTrj6aitl today
t.etwn the British - and. Turks
otcy ,ihe.vmen bOTled - in GalTi-poir.sTJiavTiij-ks
announced' tha,t
the cemoteries '6t the British
dead raust be made smaller; they
were "willing they - sald to dis
cuss the-claying out of new cem
eteries elsewhere than in Galli
polL '
Th British "delegates chara
terized this demand"aa--aniaf
aalt, sayijig that British forces
now occunied Galllnoll and w6u!3
, continue . to occupy lCWhatever
' . happened, until assurknees were
" receiinpd that their -eeldiervdeaa
would : remainundisfUTbedA w
The allies haTe . abondoned
their,-' 4eraAnt for;".the -expenses
of the, occupation ot Turkey- ah4
hare""" reduced fhe reparations
tin to $15,1000. 006. "f - -
. Leddatc.'s? Inspect CAC
Ciamicr ;Pays: Expenses
CORVAEUts:n)re.f Jan. 24!
Oregon legislators came here to
day jand; inspected, Orfifpnf Af fi-
cuiiurai .; coiiege. xne expenses
of the".trfp-'were born 'by? the
Conraills Chamber oP Commerce,
the students and friends of the
agricultural college with the state
Itself ai "gnest. fhere -' waa over
30O'Jit-;the; legrslatlTe r partyL -
' ' r. The guests were 'entertained- at
the K6m4' economics fbuilding with
a luncheon,; the 1 product 4 of the
1 domestic science department pre
pared by thdstudenlsand"BerTed
by them.
WANTS fO.500,000
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WASHINGTON.' Jtani - 24,-JAn
appropriation of 16,600,000 for
modernizing 13 battleships of
the United States navy would be
authorised under a resolution in
troduced-today -by Chairman But
ler; o$ the naval committee of the
house.' '
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Thursday generally:
cloudy. .
LOCAL WEATHER
(Wednesday)
Maximum temperature, 47. :
Mlnloium temperature 30." ;
RJverJ 6.6 feet falliagf
Rainfall, none, ; . w
Atmosphere, cloudy, foggy.
Wind, north. ' .
RUM FLEET I
IDLE$WITH
NO BUSINESS
Bootlegging Craft Declared
Great Menace to Traffic
in Blinding Storm
NEW YORK,: Jan.; 24. - De
spite the f arorable .snow screen"
off ' shore ! I whlchiit prompted ithe
qnicH despatch of the coast guard
cutter Manhattan, the launch Sur
veyor and all other available craft
to Sandy Hook ' to block possible
attempts to I land ' liquor, the ' rum
fleet off SandjrtHook rode ; idly
at anchor' today with no custom
ers. The Manhattan, returned to
night with "nothing to report."
The fleet,- according to observ
ers, "now 'number, 17. ships, three
of : them' steamers.- : A lit tie off
the' regular trans-Atlantic lane,
but directly in the paths of ships
coming" In i from 'the ; south, the
bootlegging ; craft were described
as a greater menace than ever to
navigation in the blinding storm.
Small fog signals used On the rnm.
ships, am ' heard, ; marinerasald.
only a few feet away.
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Salem Man Appointed Dep-
i uty iVarcsn : aualitied
by Wide Experience
"SUTS."- Mantor of ' Salem has
been anoolnted , deputy warden
of the state penitentiary ByWor
den Johnson I Smith. Although
m( registeredHepnblicSdn? Ut. Min-torr-was
actively employed 111 the
iecent : campaign:' in behalf fol
Governor ""Pierce f having rwign
ed a3 position in , th of flees of
the ex-service men's state au
commission : to enter the ' cam-
Mr.ManlbC ; formerly Un
theepectaK
ctaK $Jm PJZ.
,nd n thA, feacjfy
ihected . wlth. Jth federal
ernroent
.was connected
n.nitMiUftrr' Uafe 5 UBa.Tnrth.
Ka ns.,;. ' and ? tho -. Minnesota I sta te
plispn at Stllrwater;liv tatter
a m-omber of th commUlne
thStfnvbstlsatedif thi old St(ll
water "p"rIson ! nd made recom
mendations that Jed ; to the con
struction of i the ' model prison
there at t praient. 1 . 1
Mr. : Mawtor served with the
lsCiinSitod States Infantry ;in
Cuba and with the ' 6th cavalry
and the 14 th Infantry In the
Philippine islands, and when
thtf EWorld -war came on served
in France with,, the engineers.
ThaT he; tnight o overseas
resigned;. ' commission as lieutqn
ant with the artillery service and
enlfctefci as -pfiTate with the
englneers.-iv -',-v rt ft I II
Y Fr6m"19 10 to 1 ? 1 2 Mr, Man
or"' was a ' member; of tho fatd
ius Texas Rangers '' tie servrd
In Oregonj-'ar.- federal x farm loan
inspector " under Franklin K.
4 Ut P&Uilbb ' will j t ibegin his
. AT OFFICE T
Executive Attertds to Mat-
; terstin-tudySigns
Appropriation Bill . if
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 PrcSi
Ident Harding'may be expected to
be at! his-j desk In the executive!
offices.,-tomorrow for- the firstj
time since he was taken ill with
the la grippe' more than a week
ago,, .If. fair weather prevails,
Brigadier 'General C4B. Sawyer
the ' White House physician,' said;
tonight. The president " would
have been at 'his office today, he,
added, except for the inclemenij
weather. 1 ' ,
C,-"Mr. Harding attended to a
nttmber of .matters xooay in hM
study, signing the .nomination o
Judge .Edward T. San ford of-
Tennessee to; be associate justice,
of the supreme courts to till the
vacancy caused by, the 'retirement
of Associate i Justice Pitney, and
nominating . number of postmas
ters .and some, other federal olfi-i
cers lie also signed the interior
department appropriation bill and
some minor bridge bills, . r
fMNTOB GETS '
pniQnn pnQT
I IIIUUIV I uu t
ODAY
DREEOiTTI'
- A til'
y CKES
Mariy Resofutions - to ' Cut
( Xi Pu fcte Expenditures. I En -r
dorsed Would Reduce
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GOV. PIERCE SPEAKS ,
CON IRRIGATION BONDS
PardoningPower of Acting
. Governor Ritner, Said ;
': . Much Abused'
, - Jf the resolutions adopted: byi
thfl Oregon: Tax. Reduction-club
(Which .met at the. court house yes-,
terd ax moral ng.; j and afternoon
some, 30, strong, crystalize., the
salariesc now paid, public. o.ipials
wlU be decreased 25, per cent and
np, publlc: servant .will, receive a
-salary ofover , 2000.. . Further
more ibfl; .University;; ofV Oregon
ana Oregon Agricultural ; college
will be required to support thera-selyea-out
of the. revenue, of, the
present mlllage, tax tntireily. . ;
?' Itltner Condemnetl. "'J'; ;
The body also went' on, record
as favoring an Investigation of.the
BcandfV wherein acting Gover
nor Roy, Ritner roundly abused
his pardoning power. This action
the' clubs regarded - as i 'repreben
slble.' ! i-' - v.- V-'r.i
' Another resolution' adopted was
that endorsing the attitude of "the
governor condemning the uso for
'private puTposes tr state owned
automobiles.' Mandatory appoint
lufeht by-connty courts of -county
agents, nurses, inspectors and
other public ' servants unless by
petition of a majority of the reg
istered voters of the county,-wa
opposed. - In: addition the - meas
ores relating to. appeals1 and tui-
"lions i in state Institution of
.learnJnf endorsed as wag the
propo8e, Uw.Uhat tre. financial
eoasideratiod toe stated In tteejls
of transfer of , real property.. ;
Governor Walter. ; Pierce, spoke)
before the body on the slate irrl
Kationbondsno! deplored the
fact thatthey, hail been.pjlpg upj
atsucb a rapid ' ' rate, antl f that
.rarjnera Toll Eaalern ; Orejgon bad
been bonded -to the limit. Rcppe
. sentatre L. Hv McMahan spoke on
bills 'before the legislature. ,p
j jThej meeting, was presided oyer
by; Dr. A. Slaughter, while WilJard
Stevens acted as secretary. Rep.-
resentatlve.Ux clubs f pom various
the majority., being from- Wood-
burn, North Howell, McCIay,
Stayton and Sllverton. A consid
erable delegation from Polk coun
ty attended.-. f .. . ; V- ;
Following- are the resolutions
adopted in detail.! '. ' 2.
Would Itedufe Salaries
The" Oregon State" Tax Reduc
tion club, believes... Uiat the gover
non not only,, but at least; 75 per
cent of the members of the legis
lature now,, in session sincerely
desire to carry , out. the wishes of
our people for tax reduction, if a
way shall be indicated ' therefor,
and your, committee to whom was
referred the various resolntions,
passed by this ' body today . beg
leave to report favorably the- fol-
lowing:; . . . v t
I. That all salaries now paid
state officials,, their deputies, and
assistants, instructors ' and em
ployes of all; institutions of. learnt
ing and, all public servants now In
excess of $2400 be reduce 25 per
cent, (but not below ?210(j, and
that in no instance shall any pub
lic salary exceed $5000. t uni
II. That the University et Ore-
gon and the Oregon 'Agricultural
college be required by law to fi
nance themselves, including : ail
extension work, - experiment sta
tion work Tandother-outside ac
tivities out of revenue of present
millage tax, t ; .-h'l :
Pardoning, Power Abused
, III. That we oppose, the manda
tory f appointment, Y y county
courts of county ; agents, county
nurses, inspectors or ? otberpub-
lic serva fits 'unless by petition of
a majority ot.-the registered vofr
ers of the county. - V
; IV.: That we ' endorse .the, atti
tude of the. gorcrnor condeiuniug
the usefor" oxivate purposes of
state owned automobiles. ,
. V. We regard as reprehensible
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iContlnjel on page 2).
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INJUN PLANS
TO EXECUTE
WAR DANCE
Full Blooded Cherokee to Gap
er at High School Smoker .:
Isj War Veteran -V'
WALLA WALLA, Wash., .Jan.
24.-Frank Male a; f nil blooded
Cherokee Indian Hwbo wlli.glye 'a
war t dahpe in , f ullf ; regalia' at a
high school smoker here 'Friday
nighty wears , a- sear for every
month or J service j with , tho ma
chine, gun company of'the 14
division overseas. Maley was in
the trench aix months and .: six
bullet holes through 'his overcoat
are duplicated'' with' six- wounds
In his ; dusky f hide. He liyes In a
tent south, of th city, over which
floats an American flag big
enough to make a fly for the tent.
One hundred, per cent American,
his. army discharge shows honor
able service r in France and an ex
cellent 'character. 4 5 :
FORIEillGIl
Tw-4
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.Much .Weeping "akes.Place
Among: women wnen
Doughboys Start
l- EHRENBREINSTFfIN; Jan. 24.
The last of the American forces
which have been keeping a watch
on the Rhine since the signing of
the armistice ending the World
war are homeward bound; Y
The'Stafa and ' Stripes "were
lowered from, the,faraoust fortress
of EhrensTeltstefn'atr rioen ''-today
aM: ihikntaftejndonrl i the troops
boarded tralna ,bond for' Ant-f
werp, whelre they-Will embark on
board., the,; transport . St. . Mihiel,
which;, wllj :Jeave. for: the United
States 'tomorrow afternoon. ; ,. ;
v ' . i i ;jrMany Weep, u-s - it ; J
v u The:, eighth Infantry: regiment,
which formed the principal Amer
ican contingent, entrained at Co-blenz.--,
The police.- of the clty of
Coblenz, especially tho women and
girls,, were at; the atUon to, ray
farewell p . to :-, departing iXriends.
There was much .weeping among
the. women folk ,ad mutual prom
ises between them and the , homje
ward i bound - soldiers 1 to ; meet
agaln,jrv.ii;!i,rr u-'A l :
Not ! alone wen? crowds present
at the ; station, but the railway
tracks beyond for a mile, were
lined K wth-; friends waving nand-
kerchiefs, and shouting farewells;
Some; of the townspeople went to
disUnt' suburbs-lo pay their last
respects while others took-the or
dinary trains to Antwerp to re
new5 their" farewells'."" "
Doth trainloads of troops will
reach; i Antwerp . tomorrow morn
ing.- ' , . ' ' ' . '
BRUSSELS, Jan. 24. The
minister ot national defense, ,M.
Dereze, plans to go to .Antwerp
tomorrow, to salute the departing
American troops In the name -of
the Belgian: army. ; i !
Regrets are voiced by the .Brus
sels newspapers today that noc op
portunity is to.ne given to snow
the Belgian .... feeling ? toward i the
Americans before - their i depart
ure. lJ , " - '"' ' ;
POUCEMIE
BOOTLEGGER
Bert Calvin of Portland is
Apprehended With Liquor
Planted in Machine ,:
Bert Calvin, Portland bootleg-
ger, who has been piying nis
trade' in Salem for some months
past, was apprehended by the po
lice yesterday with 23 quarts of
moonshine in his possession. . Ie
was placed In the city jail under
ball of SI &0; which he failed to
furnish; ;': :,.':'-. " A i
Police yesterday became as-
picious-of Calvin's actions while
he was driving his car about town.
Chase was given at Mill and High
streets and ' he was captured -at
iBonth Twelfth street. .V . I
Calvin will be arraigned today
before Judge Poulscn in muni
cipal court where he will be given
an opportunity to plead guilty or
noV gIlty-to:a charge of- illegally
possessing and selling liquor.
BABY CLINIC
AT CHAMBER
, IS SUCCESS
Thirty-Three Children Exam
' ined arid Many Enter for
- Next Examination
Babies to the right and babies
to left, kiddles under foot and
lads- and; lassies ; whose feelings
haiTQ been!-: hurtf to the point of
tears--all could-be found without
difficulty yesterday at the Cham
ber of Commerce rooms. ,
il-The occasion TThet first healtn
clinic of the year which was spon
sored : by' the--county ; health asso
ciation. Y Thirty-three children
were examined besides 15 school
children. , :; . -.; : .'j
That the work was appreciated
by the' mothers who brought iheir
children to the. clinic is evidenced
by the fact - that more than 40
have been entered for thenext
clinic in four weeks, according to
Mrs. John Carson, ' president of
the' association'.' . ' ?
, A shortage, of examining physi
cians made the work difficult but
other physicians who - had prom
ised their time were unable to
assist; : Physicians -who contribut
ed' their time yesterday Included
Dn, R.L. EdwardsDr.-S. A. Bow
man, Dri C; I L Robertson, Dri Wl
H., Byrd. Vn E". E. Fisher and Dr.
L. O. Clement. -. c .
Other yCltnics , will , tbe. held
throughput, the. county ,at differ
ent towns,; according to plans of
the H89oeiation., - Many of those
coming , - yesterday . ,wvre , from
townp at considerable of a dis
tance from, Salem,' and all were in
terested in the a project which
would, give them V chance. to seek
advice n 'the matter of the health
of. their,, children.' . , t ' t
Oregon State Prison Men
Take-Over Product of
: Willamette Valley Co.
Allthe;. fjax Abonti 200 tons,
still on hand belonging to the
Wills me t le Valley Flax & I Icm p
Cooperative , ! association in this
lUckreail! warehouse, . la to be
worked up by the Oregon . state
prison,, the. wprk being schcd.uled
to begin at Vonce. ,, i Y
The stato baa. the flax rnschih-.
ery to make tho flax into ,tow;
also,, the, state has the,, rh an-power
to handle the manufacturing job.
and the men want to work., , The
'growers have the flax, their, year's
crop, which, they must turn., into
money.) It wasn't hard for the
representative of the growers and
.of the , state to get together an4
make a contract that wlll. be Of
great 'advantage to" both parties.
' The present manufacturing ar
rangements wITI care for the crop
of 1922, stilt on hand; no arrange
ments 'have as. yet been .made ' for
the coming season. '
YV I Members to, Meet ;; ,(
Preparatory to the 1923 season
the association 'members are urg
ed to meet Wednesday, January
31, at 10 o'clock at the -Salem
Chamber of Commerce rooms, to
thfesh It all over. They are asked
to bring their basket luncheons.
so that they can have their own
good time through. the noon hoar
as well as for-. the ) business ses
sions." As far' as possible, the as
sociation . will , make: all. Its ar
rangements, for flax growing, at
this ! meeting; It , will be. a. t most
Important session, and all stock
holder growers are , urged to . at-J
tend. ' , . . , . .-. . - . v-
The state is to haul the Rick
feall flax to the penitentiary, by
truck, and .it is understood that
the work' Is to begin at once.
Tokio Arrests" Every A
. Murderer During Year
-t (TQKIO, i Jan. , 3,--During the
first; ten. months. ? of i 1922, 104
murders jwere committed in -Tokio
.and in . eachr- case the . mur
derer was arrested,' according to
the- Metropolitan police report
ThU corresponds1; with 10 cases
for ;, the same , period, last . year.
Of burglaries .tbere were 139,
compared :.' with 171 last , year;
thefts 21, Tl 9 9 against 22.425;
fraud., 13.149, k compared.; , with
24,805 and. usurpations 8,09 L and
8D89. '-The .fepoft sys that, 'oae
serious : feature of the ; criminal
offences" la that tbey were.. co;u
mltted more by intelligent people
than by the Illiterate" :
C01CTS T0
! i-! . .. .. rr: i
PORICTIOfJ UT
Martial Law to Be. Declared
Should Any State, Witnes
r ses be Threatened in Any
v,way.M y
CASE TO HOLD OVER Y
UNTIL THIS MORNING
One Important Witness Un
able to Be Present Be
cause of Illness
BASTROP, La., Jan.: 24. (By
The' Associated '! Press.) With
troops on duty- in Morehouse
Parish in ' connection ' with - the
state's investigation into the ac
tivities . of hooded men, scheduled
to drop ' immediately " and ' with
hea rings'expected ' to ! be' conclud
ed tomorrow. Adjutant General
Tooms arrived ; herev today; with
a message from Governor Parker
tc 'leaders t of the Kn, Klux Klan
and oinciaia ' or athei Parish. . -
.iA X t3Wttnes:mA
' It was learned1 on good author
ity - that if any" of the - state's
witnesses were threatened inany
way between the conclusion ,of
the hearing and - trial of persons
who may- be - Indicted by - the
I grand jury, to Which body the
testimony obtained at the in
vestigatlon' .'will i be r presented
about Inarch .1, .martial law1 in
the Parish r would be declared
immediately. . ,
t Genrat Tooms refused to deny
Or -con firm the report. .The only
reference he would make to
troops was that, the cavalry .units
pa duty, at Mer Gouge and Bas
trop and - the ..four- automatic
rllle men here . would return
home either tomorrow or Friday.
, , T.he., .hearing, which was to
have.; been concluded today ' after
hevlng, been ia , progress . since
January 5 'tr.uck a, snag whcn
the last witness summoned, re
garded as ,on?,.or tho most ' hn
rprtant, tcleiioned 1 that- because
of illness it would be impossible
for' l$m to' arrive .here bofore - to-'
niht. As ta consequence, .the
hearing- was adjourned .' until 9
o'clock. tomorrowr morning; , an
hour earner than usual in order
that final, adjournment might be
taken: before noon. v . . a
lUordan Testifies
The, . absentee is the 'mystery
witness" who has been; widely
discussed .; here during the last
few days, Y He la. Leon, l Jone.a,
a traveling salesman of Moselle,
Miss., who is expected to testily
regardina; the last kno7n - move
ments of 'the hooded-' kidnapers
of Watt Daniel and VT, ' F. Rich
ard, the. bodies of whom were
found in ' " Lake " LaFourche on
Dece'm ber 2 2, -: ; Y
Jones, . according to officials.
as traveling through this sec
tion of Louisiana wfcen his auto
mobile broke down the. night of
August 24 and, left him stranded
on tbej - Oak-Lake ; EaFonrche
highway near the! lake. It was
on this date that Daniel and
Richard were kidnaped near Bas
trop'; YY Y-Y; .-' Y '-
II. H. f Riordan, general man
ager in , the Monroe district- for
the Southern Carbon company.
was : regarded as the ' most im
Dortant witness of the ' session
Mr. RiordanY brought Into court
the time book kept by; Harold
Teegerstrom, - missing time keep
er ; of ! the ,, company's plant at
Spiker,"- who disappeared r Decem-I
ber 29. Payrolls made up by
Teegerstrom and cancelled checks
paid to the employes during the
period from - August 16 to 31 last
were brought Into court by Mr
Riordan. '
; Discrcivancy Unexplained
- T. Jeff Burnett, former deputy
berlff of Morehouse parish and
HEARING
an employe "of the carbon, com
pany, ' it, has been testified by
several witnesses, was recognized
as ' one of -the ' hooded ; men who
kidnaped Daniel and. Richard. An
employe, of the Spiker plant has
testified i that Bu rnett was at
work "the night" of August 24 and
it was nxpecled that the time
book- payrolls and : check: would
seltlo the "iiuestlon ' . . , "' '
The time book showed Burnett
(Continued ga P5
TMIWS'fSwPPM'ii?
m- ' PARIS;-Jan.; 24.-After the. verdict of the. court mcrt! I
in the trial of the German industrialists at Mayence was an
nounced, says a dispatch to; the Matin from" Dusseldorf,' tho
workmen's unions in the Ruhr took important action. 5 Tho
railwaymen'declared a-general strike to begin at midnight,
but strike became Aef fective on all the ' Ruhr lines beginnin-r
at 8 o'clock, alltrains being stopped as they, arrived at sta
tions.,5 ..';Y-' . . .'y ' f ; , A A A '
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Senator Ritner at Rotary
- Luncheons'Tells - of -Many;
. - Requests for Lenienoy
Rotarlans - who Y failed to r at
tend their"- club ' luncheon". Wed-nr-sday
' lost a delightful concert
by ,,4h ' v Willamette ; university
quartet, which ; was ari ' event " ot
distinction 'a good pinner; and
the .big inside history . of . thie
penitentiary pardomngs ., by "Gov
ernor ? Ritner. when -he "told the
BTory- to : his Rotary brothers. ,-
L He' Is" s plain- Senator' Ritner
now, but he 'was - governor for
S5 - days, ' and some ' critics said
that he fairly depopulated the
penitentiary by turning'-em out
in" squads and 'Companies. "He
told- the audience that the reports
had been exaggerated; there are
stilt v many men Iheni though
so maqy who ought s td be. set
free - as there were'- when he be-
gan. . . .- .
. .. Many , Applications .
- "In the 35 days that I served
as governor thore were ZaO ap
plications -for- pardon," ; said : the
speaker.- -"They : came -; from
friends; from fathers, -mothers,
brMhnrs '- sweethearts', - ? ' from
every sort of people. In every
rase where action was . taken.
the pardon: board joined In ask
ing for clemency. And so did
Jira Lewis, '.the , warden," i
Tho speaker ' paid . a splendid
ti ibute to Mr. Lewi, who was
then . warden; regretting that
operations ' of politics, which he
said If he had been, governor
might have- ' made him act . just
as .Governor Pierco had acted,
could ever - intervene between so
good a man as Warden Lewis
adn his job. - He said that he
believed Warden' Lewis "wa3 the
best man the state had ever
had in jthe position; he believed
there was not. his superior, in
the United ; States :
.West BoUcy Dracribcd ; !
from. outside. Influence. Gover
nor picott, the speaker said, had
adopted a very conservative pol
icy toward pardons. . He"- was
"hard-boiled". In his point of
view and nobody got much con
sideration , for pardons. "But
Gcvernor RUner called ; up the
warden and asked him to.- hunt
cut the poor fellows . who had
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DOG Flllil DOi'iil; '.
FIRES 0 f.UTOIST
Charge of First Degree As-
: sault, Intent to -Kill, is'
, Made Against Owner .
WALLA WALLA, Wash...ian.
24. Charge of. first degree as
sault with Intent tq kill was lodg
ed against J William - Daiiey of
State Line, by Kyle Hubbs ; Of
Freewater here today.- . Y' -1
According to the etory told by
Hubbs at the sherifrs office, he
accidentally ran over, a dog I be
longing .to. Daily yesterday after
noon and when he backed up his
car to learn if the dog. was badly
hurt, .pally opened firoY with i
32-20 calibre rifle, two steel jack
etod bullets lodging in fire back of
the front seat and the rear door
of his car." Daiiey is under .arrest
llnbbs said the dog -ran out In
front of his machine and the assl
deni waa unavoidable, ' -"
HE PUOIf 0
conamons .in tne lujnr are i, -proving-
for the occupying force?.
The mines 'are In-cporrition. to 5 "
percent of their capacity, tho rail
road services are' reported to t ?
well up to the standard, and 2 .
general there is less tension evi
dent in the Industrial towns.
... Tie ) trial at Mayence of a nil- -War
of Industrial leaders includ in j
Thyseen,! ! has ended without dra
matic V Incident; The Germ a : '
were condemned to the pa y:r. r :
ofr a comparatively small fiae t r
disobedience of orders. Dr. Fct '. -tlus,
of the state finance depart
ment, and Dr. von Ralf f e!s e r
president of the state mines l
ministration were condemned to .
year Imprisonment under a ex pended
sentence. ...
' ' : Itoads Taken Over
? France la ' preparing to ta!
over control of the railroads r I
for emergency purposes 13 mclil
lztng her own -railroad worker ,
who will be put Into service ia tl.
Snhr In case the Germans go c i
strlke.;.v:v'i. ' -
Premier .Poincare at , Paris I
conference with the head,s of 1.:
technical , departments is pr-;
lpg jto send reinforceme:.t3 to 11
occupied territory and at the ear:
time the French authorities lav
in mind the cutting off of t:
Ruhr region; from all communica
tion with outside sections of Ger
many. : Marshal Foch'fi chief cf
staff will be appointed high com
missioner for the Euhr. . L
Y-Thb Frenchi premier M, iliiler
and in an address of representa
tivcs.of the League, of Patriots a;
nounced that France was, deter,
mined to compel respect for trca
ties. ''
DTJESSELDORF,;JanS4 Wit h
their eyes turned toward the-Mayence.
court', martial, the Germans
in tho Ruhr today c6ntinued their
policy of resistence by refusing to
obey the, orders of the forces of
occupation,' while the French pro
ceeded to further repressiva raeas
ures. : :i . ' ; f'
The number . of , ,expui.sions" cf
"officials since midnight of, Janu
ary 20 now totals 23. , Tho direc
tor' of 'customs ' of t the Dortmund
district - has been ; (arrested, thus
-recording the first .incarceration
since, tho.- industrial .. magnate
were taken Into custody last Sat
urday and held for trial. by-. the
court martial. ' '
5 "'vJUiiis Increase Output
Thelnstructlonp recciyed In th3
Ruhr from the minister of posts
and telegraphs In Berlin to de
cline to afford -.any, telephonic:
communication rdquestod by the
French military hast been coun
tered , by the (' French who have
takencharge of , the . Bochum,
Dortmund and Essen .. .telephona
exchanges and are operating them.
; Mining operations throughonl
the Ruhr,' yesterday reached S
per cent of the normal output; the
1 railroads" received requests, from
various mines for 18,675 empty
ears to load the day's production
while the' normal demand is -22.-OOO.The
general managenicst cf
the railroads had .only 10.82S
"ompties7; availahle, ' Indicating
that, many cars pre vlou sly load ei
have not; been 3 ret urn'ed. to t h 9
Ruhr and many, empty, cars had
been rushed across the frontier
Into Germany before the French
co.nld get a complete , check oa fe
roads. - f ' ;;'AJ.
" ' Meat Increases
"Meat'has incroased 60 per cent
In price, while fats and 'lard ara
getting scarce- General Degoutte
haaissuedrlordera torbiddiag Ah
6oldJers to buy milk except for
hospital?,: as there is also a great
shortage ,of milk. - .
The. workers along the Lepre
and .Rhine canals today, under
Instructions from Berlin, refused
to operate the dams or load can si
hargea' with U coal destined fur
France." A great .movement t I
troops is noticeable throughout
the occupied region. The French
explain-that .new , treops are ar
riving and that .forces already on
the ground are choosing better
quarters and: more effective j .:v-