'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)