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'JILL BE BUSY AT Tax Reduction, Consolida- tisn and Salary Slashes Come to Surface as Main Issues of Session. - r:EW MEMBERS ARE CHAFING AT DELAY Effect of Governor V Vord for Hall Measure is Flovy Closely Watched I With half of the legislative; ses sion gone the . Important issues are iust beginning to . crystallize. and the , coming week doubtless will seeXthe : members of both houses working full time. - Night jessions areot eipected before the following "week, but yesteraay vu nrobably the last ..Saturday adjournment. - . , 1 . ' vf t Some members are now cuflng at the frequent and. lengthy ad- josrnments but most of , them are npvr members "who aren't accus tomed to legislative. methods. i, Big Issues on Surface ' Tax-reduction,, consolidation, of state boards and commissions and proposed salary reductions are the main Issues now before the ses sion, - ". V-..' As far as ! organization In the two" houses is concerned there' Is none Organization lines have of the capitol and important1 leg islation to all appearances Is go ing ot be considered front 'now. on strictly a its merits without re gard to wish or whim of any r"-;'j9 or ..faction. This condition Is not considered bad for the con- t- sLituenciefl. - I La U Bill Watched , iiUtc v to j- consolidation " the program ' introduced by Senator Hare now -appears-- to haveJthe upper hand.. This is, a series ot five measures, each haying as its purpose . gome specific consolida tion and more favorable comment is heard about the Hare program than about either the Hall or the Jch3on-C4rlcin bills. Tit is gn- -rally felt test M e IU11 bill has to chance for enactment, and thi also goes .for the Johnsori-Car 1 kin bill unless it should be much" amended. V: The Hall bill, howev Governor Pierce in a speech in Portland last night, and .what ef fpct this will hare, on its chances U conjectural. y"v : The ; tax , reduction program, closely allied with the tax. revis ion' plans Of the tax investigation commission incorporated in about a dozen bills introduced in the Loose by the committee on assess-: nsnt and -taxation, is one of the r: :zt complicated bits of business IjT before the session. : A .Eeginniag : Monday the joint rimltta, .faff a i1os: nf bearings which; members frankly airit Is practically a. course, ia assessment and taxation theory and practice, with Dr. James Gil bert, of the University of j Oregon as the faculty. ' " i Machinery Tinkered Wifh 1 x One group of bills introduced ly this committee revises the ad ministrative machinery of assess ment throughout 1 the state, an other group of I bills is aimed to safeguard the credit and wealth of the state through supervision of indebtedness of districts t and municipalities and the third group seeks to provide new sources . of revenue by imposing a severance tax on natural wealth nd -resources and a tax on personal incomes. Two state-wide salary reduc tion bills have been introduced in the house,.; The Carsner .bill, in . th house,' picks out specific state c ::kials and employes and slashes ' r-elr salaries back to the level or 19I8,?whliS the Randall bill In the house provides that all sala ries raised in 1919 -or 1921 by the legislatures, .should be reduc ed twenty . per tent. -4 -A - The salary reduction bills are finding considerable favor among the , f armla g element and those ia sympathy with - this, bloc : r 'ft : THE WEATllEn OREGON: Sunday rain; mod f erately southwesterly winds. , Local Weat her (Saturday) -Maximum temperature, 47. : Minimum temperature, -3S.:, i River 5.5, falling. Ralnran, 473. V ; Atmosphere, cloudy. ' Wind, south. T. Trace of snow, ; v - ASSEMBLY BE'JSLASH The tax on gasoline would be raised from 2 cents a gal lon to 4 cents and license -fees would be reduced on all auto mobiles under the provisions of .two bills introduced in the house by Senator Klepper and Representative MeindL I ; . 4 ; 1 'Under the new license, regulations if this bill is adopted, licenses- for: automobiles weighing less than 1700 pounds would cost 7.50 instead of $15 as "at liresent, and automo biles weighing more than this would be licensed for a flat rate of $12.50 instead of on the sliding scale now provided t 1 1 ' " m AAM . - - which reacxies a maximum oi ,,,., . : ; . ... The tire width basis of computing motor truck license fees is abandoned and a flat rate of $60 for motor trucks and $25 for trailers1 provided when solid tires are used and $40 for motor trucks and $25 for trailers when four pneumatic tires are used. A speed of 35 miles an hour on state highways would be permitted under the revised code but automobiles carry ing more than seven passengers must keep within the 80 mile limit and the present laws regulating speed of motor trucks and trailers also remains in force.' ; ' .- f 1 When a license is secured after November 1, of any year only one-sixth of the regular fee would be charged and after December 1, only one-twelfth of the regular fee. SlSTiJl Sympathy and Help on Be half of Refugees is Plea made to Governments WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The Greek legation . made . public - to night aa-.appeal of Colonel ilas- tinas, head of the) 1 revolutionary committee of Greece, to the peo ples and governments of Christ fan nations, asking aympatny and lteip on, behalf ot the refu gees now5 on Greek soil' s : a "re sult ot Turkish military activity in Aula. Minor. The aoDeal - it was saldjf would be presented by the Greek minister to the state department Monday. "A , mass Jot women, children and aged, numbering more than a -jnilUan, the appeal said, "ia naked, hungry . and j without shel ter in the middle of V winter. Everr dar. on account Of hard ship of the season ' and , from sickness they are being deci mated. Charity by private in dividuals and by groups oj per sons has been - shown in a very warm -.manner from foreign cohntries on behalf J of the refu gees. - ' i A - "' A,. . ii "The whole of ; Hellenism J in (Continued on page 2) EDITORIAL GOVERNOR PIERCE CAN , - ...W-.j . . -' j , In the course of. his first public speech in Portland since he was elected Governor of Oregon,, before the Multnomah Anglers' club, Walter M. Pierce said : r , -.:;. "I also ask from the-Legislature the same : amount ; , of money that was spent on 'the state penitentiary in 1921-1922, $420)00, and I believe that I can carrythat institution within the terjx of my office far, toward the t enviable position occupied by penal institutions ,of South . Dakota, Minnesota and Indiana.- There they are self- , . .supporting. Minnesota the legislature gave the . governor 8150,000 for a revolving fund. ; By judicious .use of that fund the penitentiary has been placed on a basis whereby it has for several years A8'fr : taining- and now has a revolving fohd of $4,000,000. By locking the prisoners within the four walls, J believe I can maintain the institution during the coming bien- ? nium on an apprppriation of $350,000.1 If the ways and means committee allows me S420.000, it will, I believe, provide me with, a revolving fund of practically one- . i half the amount given the governor of Minnesota; I be liavfl i i install tnachinery and extend activities so that the unfortunate prisoners will be producing, a -sum J sufficient to pay at least1 a part oi tne cost ox ;meir i AconfjriementA.A a '---M f- Governor Pierce can do more than he says. - He can dur ing his term make the Oregon penitentiary enlirely;selfi up porting, if he is given what he asks. Some profit can he made in running the furniture plant now there, i Someprofit, at present prices, can be made in running ;the flax plant, as at present equipped for treating the flax straw, up to the point of making fiber and tow and threshing the seed Also, some savings can be made in -cutting wood and logsnd in farm and garden operations, and in other ways : ... .. IBut the big "spread," the big profit, will "be in spinning the 17c tow and the 33c fiber into sack and seine land other twines, now selling for the sack twine at SI a pound and up, and for the seine twine at $25 a pound and up. '; . Completely equipped with the necessary machinery, and run under good management, the Oregon prison can support itself; and pay every inmate a small daily wage A , s k And create a surplus every year, when thoroughly or ganized: ':-M' : 1 '' -' 1 t7,yi : A surplus large enough to provide a model prison in omrv xxraxr. without ;pver another cent from the taxpayers , And a still mounting surplus, to be used as the judgment l'j.. r nmUfintea miv iirMf ed under i V Never Could find Out Vho Served Joywater ..Until ' - Handcuffs arc -Used : PORTLAND. Or Jan. 27. Prohibition ' agents A; Xfted ind tril . to atch A tha man 1 who 'was selling liquor!- In .August Ef0: ona nlace hut the scheme was too ioxy for them. ' ' , . . i ,r Van , , naid voar ' money . at the bar and, were sent into a. little rcom T back Presently , a hand came th ron Kb. a . hole in the wall and served you- with ' liquor, so the prohibition agents say. Then the men who drank the drink could never, tell whether the man who gave it to them were the same T when; they had paid. Finally . J. F." Hoy, one ot 'the agents, bethought himself of a scheme. "'A.;- ? AAt . : i ''A; When the hand came through the hole, he snapped a handcuff on it. -. , . Then he went Outside and found, struggling with the hand cuff; August Erickson to wnom he said he bad previously paid the money for the drink. ' Erickson was indicted yester day and ' arrested " today. 1 . ; DO MORE THAN HE SAYS 2 -A'A'A -,A-m A:-;. 1 PROHIBIT!! AGENTS FOXY i r SHAW'S HAT 9 IS LANDED ATOP CHURCH Wind Plays Cute Trick on "Former Assistant , State Corporation Commissioner. 1 Ford Shaw, until recently as sistant state corporation commis sioner, was walking past ; the First Methodist church yesterday when a heavy ust of wind lifted his hat 7S feet straight In the air, spun it around a few times and then, allowed it to land pret tily on tha roof pf the church. It's still Ubere . r y olly,- snaw said, "as ho exhibited a brand new beaver hat at the nlatn hanM "f ia uwn'n wind carry a hat off at an angle r- ve chased mine down f the street many a time but that is the first time I ever saw one car ried straight up." Shaw is a prominent Knight of Columbus and a communicant xof St. Joseph's church "in Salem, but admits now that the Methodists have the real pulling , power to ward .Heaven." " , . j oeulsH dSt Pll IS TflLO Sixty-Two Years With Three ' Percent Interest Offered - ' A . '. ' l rKCSS:$ WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 Final extinguishment of Great Britain's debt to the United . States; In r (2 years with an interest rate of i 3 per cent for the first 10 years sad 2 per cent thereafter, is the basis of settlement suggested to the British delegation by the Am erican, demt funding commission In the recent funding negotiations here, it was disclosed officially to day. . ., ) ' The -aaggested "program earriea with it an amortization rat, one half 6f one "per cent f the i principal annually, together with the retirement by i Great Britain of such parts of the "debt at such times as. its financial, position per mits. An interest rate of 4 per cent would prevail for the period since the date of the loans to the time when the funding, arrange ment becomes effective, ' Instead of the present rate of S per cent. Funding Attitude Unknown ' " Taken as a , whole and consid ered over the 62-year period, the suggested interest rates approxi mate slightly less than 4 per cent while the provisions of the pres ent 'debt funding act specify 414 per cent. -'.V, A " :,' "..'t . No . information was available here tonight as to the view taken by the British delegation of the American suggestions for a fund ing of the debt, which how totals approximately $4,700,000,000. Executive Committee Ap pointed to-Plan Series of School Programs At a meetitng of the executive committee of the Marlon county division of the Oregon - State Teachers, -association yesterday plans were made for' the holding of a series of local institutes, the first to be held at Silverton Febru ary 17. C.; 1 A: ; i, ' I .;'-A. The plan is to present one or two good speakers at, each meet ing and several teachers who' will demonstrate In i a practical man ner' regulation . school work, so that a basis qf cooperation jnay be formed. K Other meetings to be held will be one at Stayton March 24 asd a final one at : Woodbura AprU14. -;. ;A ; A':" Those "who are ! serving on the executive conrmittee are B. , T. Youel of Silverton. J. H. Bidgood of Jefferson O. V. White of Stay ton, W. H. Balllle, Mrs.. Mary Pulkerson. Mary Cosper of Salem, and Maud Mochel of Woodbarn. TODAY ANNIVERSARY J SILVERTON. Ore.. Jan. 17. (Special- to The Statesman) The thirtieth anniversary.celebra tion of St. John's' congregation be gins Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with the opening services by. Re v. H. Rogen -; ofj Monitor i ; RevJ J. Thorpe of Portland will speak! in the afternoon and Rev. : O. iSkll bred will speak in the evening. There win y also be discussionai - meetlnica on Monday and Tuesday. SllTE3 SEITE STORM Of EH EUROPE IS BUI s:;a:' Heated Debate Over Amer ca's Attitude in Eastern Crisis Expected Early in Next Week; FRENCH CRITICIZED Y OVER RUHR POLICY - - -n Many Would Have United : States Maintain Neutral ' Stand on' Question WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The storm., centering about the situa tiqnin Europe and America's re lations, to it, which is expected to break In; the senate . earljrx"61 week, was. foreshadowed today by an hour of - debate In which the A French invasion of Germany was. both criticised and defended. : .. " " : ' - ' Many Non-Participants l Leaders in the movement to bring: about a renewal of the dis cussion Ot European affairs and the attitude of the American gov ernment allowed today's discussion to go by without their panjclpa tion- in it. Senator McCormick, Republican, Illinois, was prepared to address the senate on the Eur o.tean situation as assessed by him during hi recent European trip. but .deferred j . deUvery of his speech until next week. Like wise Senator Borah.' Republican. Idaho, withheld Introduction of his res olution, for .the ; president to call an .economic .conference,' which measure when presented is ex pected to be used as the vehicle of debate. m ' t Owen. Flajs . French . Three senators. Owen, Demo crat; Oklahoma; Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania and Oddle, Republi can, Nevada', none of whom have participated actively heretofore in discussions of the European situ at ion, engaged in today's debate. -Senator Owen read a prepared address in. which he said that le gal right of France and Belgium to go Into the Ruhr to compel payment of Germany's defaulted reparations might be considered a controverted question but that from a moral viewpoint the inva sion of Germany was without Jus tification. t j I , ; The American people could not morally approve the French poli cy, Senator Owen said because they saw in it "the , sowing of dragon's teeth and the dividing of the world again into two contending , camps of which the ultimate attitude may be an other appeal to organised military force." Many Oppose Owen r Senator Reed's speech was in the nature of a reply to Senator Owen, the Pennsylvania senator criticising any attack - on the French policy i on moral grounds. He said ; the 'reparations matter had been discussed In the senate from both a pro-French and pro German viewpoint but that he preferred that the United States maintain a neutral stand. Senator Reed who served with the American expeditionary force. added with a show of earnestness that he was not speaking his own views alone but as "the men who died in France would speak." Senator Oddle. speaking brief ly, approved the French course, and after Senator Owen had re plied to Senator Reed, .the discus sion was ended until next week. mwa Kubli Not Expected to Re- turn MondayAnother , - May be Necessary Speculation was rife here yes terday - concerning the possible failure of Speaker K. K. . Kubli to return 'Monday and the subse quent election of ' a speaker pro tem. , s' i ; - Representative - -' Brownell of Mnltnomah, appointed by Kubli to take his place, cannot, .under the house rules, continue to serve as temporary speaker unless he is named' Monday. 'morning:-by the house, i i: :uf. , - 7 ' ' f. . Because of the . desire of - the (Contlaued oa pags 2- FISH RICKENBACKER SAYS GERMANY IS A "TRAMP" Advocates Loan by the United States to Torn Country To Stay L W. Ws A CHICAGO, Jan. 27 "Germany today is In the gutter Germany is a tramp it Is for us to decide whether It will become a citizen or an I.W. W" said Captain Ed ward 2 Ricken backer, American f'ace of aces, in theworld war, sddT&sslntf a . luncheon party to day. ; : I He advocated as the key to pfeace end the solution of the rep aration crisis an American loan to Germany to be granted under such conditions as would enable the United States to dictate the use and control of the loan and "thereby the policy of Germany." I1DIT1 Bolsheviks Inform Confer ence That They Will Pro vide Armenian Home LAUSANNE, Jan. 27.-r (By The Associated . Press.) Bolshe vik Russia - assumed the role to night of Good Samaritan by pf flcially 4ntorming the Near East ern conference that Russia stood ready to provide a national home for the Armenians. M. f Tchit cherin sent a note to the three presidents of the conference and also to Ambassador Child In which ' he :, said , that, although the Russian delegation - had - been prevented from participating in almost 1 all ihe questions before the conference they considered they could . have contributed in an important A way to the solu tion o,f various problems if they had been allowed to take part. -' One of - those problems whlcb had 'not been solved : was A the Armenian. A Despite ' IndignatioQ throughout Russia : at the man ner in which their delegates , had been treated at Lausanne, the Russian representatives desired to . give notice in cooperation with Georgia and Ukraine . of Russia's intention "to instill tn their re spective territories a consider able number of ; Armenian e.mi grants of whom the number is still to be esUbllshed.; The note goes on to &ay that "derails of this project will be the subject ; of special .negotla tions between the represents' tives of Russia, Georgia and Ukraine, and qualified represen tatives of .the- Armenians." nart will Course of Study and Inside Mechanism of Schools Will -be Subject . Professor. Nelson, of- the Salem high school is to be the principal speaker at the Chamber of Com merce luncheon , Monday noon. Doubtless the general matter ot a permanent, far-seeing, immedi ate building program for the Sa lem, schools will come up for brief presentation; it is likely to get into almost every public meeting in Salem for the next few seeks, until the bond issue if brought up and passed. - But .that's , not what Prof. Kelson will talk about. His address will be on the course of study and : the inside : mechan ism of the school. He will take the course of study to pieces, like a skilled mechanic with a watch or A a locomotive, and show just how each - piece is made, and what It does. He will point out some of ; the . broken with twine; he may urge that parts where they were tied ; up some of . them be genuinely fixed. Instead of leaving them to 'flap futllely in the Educational wind. ' Some of the . legislators are pre paring to doctor the present state course of study with a pile driver and. a ton of dynamite; and Prof. Nelson has been asked to go" over the matter for the peopla of Sa lem to understand what is asked, what might be accomplished, and what: ought;, to a be done. Salem has' the: biggest Snd the highest grade and the' i least A expensive schools in the state; ' the address is to -'consider some of the .ele ments of school worth. A I A , Stewart Roy Knight will serve a dinner with veal lotf,' escalloped potatoes, hot rolls, coffee, pickles and f banana reaar pie. A . . . - RUSSIA GOOD Til IS T CHAMBER STRIKE OFTETO mm REACHES Cre After three days of comparative quiet, the Ruhr valley for a time Saturday evening was threatened with disorder when a demonstration was started by crowds of younsr men in Dusseldorf, but French cavalry promptly dispersed th youths.'- :;:AA a;- A'.va;: Other disorders of a more or. less minor character in various parts of the occupied zone were quelled with littb difficulty. . : , , . . Railroad, traffic in the occupied region virtually h: 3 ceased. The strike of railway workera has been carried into the Coblenz bridgehead area almost coincidentally with t! taking over of the territory by . the French after .the C parture of the American forces. r BTrn rnn Ulito run A SHOOT IDE Pacific Coast Amateur Meet Announced Big Event ) to be at Los Angeles SPOKANE,' Wash.; Jan.. 2T. -Preliminary- " announcement i of dates . for Pacific ' coast t r a p shoots this year1 .was made to night by . Frank D. titoop; ,, pres ident of the araateur trapshoot ing association of America. . The list , la. still 1 Incomplete. but con tains all shoots for which dates so far have been asked. The 'first big shoot of. the sea son will be the Bruner trap tour nament a t A Los Angelea Febru ary 24.-2$ and 26. It will be bellowed x by the . Pacific States zone.; handicap at Los .Angeles, the .banner event in trapdom next to ; the grand American on March 1. 2. 3 and 4, A . A A South .- May Attend -' Lbs Angeles was awarded this big Hhoot this year A to gite southern contestants a i , better chance to attend. It has been held in the northern : district of the ' zone , the past three years. Pr fesldent Stoop said he was an nouncing' the date early to per mit northern trapshooters -plenty of time to 'arrange vacation trips south AA, . The Yakima, Wash., Gui club will hold a one-day shoot Feb ruary 25, but the first big" tour nainent in the northwest will be the 'Rose ?,City handicap, April 12, 14'and 16 at Portland under management of O.'. N. Ford. April 8 the Spokane gun . club will stage its annual registered "merchandise shoot"- for every thing from mince pies to loads Of coal. Over. $1200 - in prizes was 'distributed in thls event last : year. The 'seventh annual telegraph ic tournament conducted by the Spokane Spokesman Review for the 19 gun - clubs of the Inland Empire starts - February- 11 and lasts into May. A The Spokane Gun' club will put 1 on the - an nual Inland Empire handicap May IS. 19 and 20, the week following close of .the telegraph ic tournament. J 1 .v - Three More in June - Three more tournaments, all in -the northwest, have been as signed dates 1 in June, The (Continued on page 2) II IS L0iE!MAH Wilhelm Celebrates 64th Birthday But Does Not Appear to tnjoy it. - DOORN, Jan. 2 7. (By The As sociated Press) The former Ger man emperor, William, celebrated his 64th birthday - today " with grand reception at his chateau. Among, those : who 'attended were the former crown prince, Frederick .WlUIam. .Prince Henry and the Duchess of Brunswick, the Dutch governor of the province of Ctrech and Dutch noblemen from the ; neighborhood with their wo men folk.' ' One of those present informed the Associated . Press correspon dent . that William seemed In rather-low spirits, while his wife. Princess ' Ifennine, was heard complaining to the' women that Doom was a dull and lonely spot and bored her ".terribly, i She did not conceal that she would like to return ; to 'Germany. ; , ; UHEI 1 1 The' Ruhr coal ; output Fri! 1 7 was estimated at about 145, C 1 ) tons, compared with the ncr:.:. : daily figure of approximatt! 220.000 tons. " A tour of inspection of the oc cupied territory has Just been con cluded by General Weigand. r- shal Foch's chief of staff, i: nade known to Premier Foinc immediately his observations t cerning future efforts to bring t; Germans in line with the Frer occupational program. " Dr. Gruetzner. president Rhennish Prussia who since t! troops entered the districts, hi been at odds with the French t thoritles, has been warned he wi be held responsible for dir.. titrations.' It was only FrIJay 1 was axKesrted by, the FreccU ai. released after being admonlsif, DDESSELDORF JanA 27. (I;y The Associated Press) Frch authorities, taking cogniz-ur i sporadic 'dlsordem of a r:! r ruk tuie in the Ruhr valley !.! v -nlng - informed Dr.. -'JueriUrr. prrldent of Rhennish Trus ' t that he would be "held rcs;onj'.J.v, for such manifestations. French sentries in '. and Ratlngen were fired upo-i a French cavalry broke up en t tempted ceiaoaatratlcn ty s, r hundred young men in Daci dorf. None of tLe ir.ciicr.ti t BUfted in ca:qalti(is. A Situation Strained , Dr. Greutzner replied thai J s had issued orders for the Certna: , to refrain : from using Insult: -language to theJYench troops l :i that he. was in favor of mani: tions. as such, provided they -n n limited to street parades and t: j singing of pratrlotic hymns. As a result the situation U again strain'ed between Gruetzacf and the French occupational nu thoritles. - Friday's total out-turn of cc.il In . the Rnhr was about two-th!r i of normal, it was learned today. Ten-ton cars to the number c! 14,534 were loaded, as aga!r. t the normal number of 22,000. 11 ) French permitted the shipt: :.t into unoccupied Germany of 13, 005 loaded ears. The miners, hesitating between, their desires to continue at worlc so-s to earn a living or to .. y Berlin's strike orders, are rep resented as placing little credence In the magnate's promise to con tinue their salaries in the event of cessation of work. ' Strtke Fully EffecUve The railroad strike is fully tr fectlve and passenger service is absolutely st a standstill except for trains manned by Fresci crews, one of which left for Tar is and another for Mayence today. It is reported here that ICC 5 young men who recently left tl3 Ruhr to enlist in the reichaweLr were rejected by the German com mander at Uuenster and that they thereupon became so unruly ti.it the Muenster authorities placcl them on special trains and startel them toward Berlin. The French authorities hear that many of these young m-en have enlisted la a brigade proceeding to the vi cinity of Memel, while others went to Hamburg and Joined Tr hardt's iron brigade which tha French say Is in the process cf reorganizing there. ' ' The French .. economic miss! -1 is making, little headway in i i "work of organization, 'evi(let.t2y awaiting me decision to be taL i l in Paris I after the expected de fault' of .'the' Germans In the pay ment of 500,000,000 gold marks due on January 3 1, BERLIN, Jan. 27. (By T1.3 Associated Press) Complete tllj organization; prevails on the rail Way systems in the occupied ere according to advices from I:, sti as a result of the Interventloa cf the French and .the resultant walkout of. the German rallwoj employes. Most of the regularly schedu 1 trains already have ceased run ning while the others continue arrive several hours late. As t! French do not ; understand t: German block flgnal and swjt .' .- (Continued ca r: .T3 C)