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StfBy'thf -ociated. -Freaa) ConstrtictiYe : :::?ncs . are bei&s brougbt to -.-jt. on. the Tartou8 delegaticma Lt tLe Near East peace conference t reduce to a minimum the chan; t 3 ot a rupture of the confer ; 8 oa Wednesday when the al 1 i draft of the proposed treaty t! re ace is officially submitted to 3 Turks. - Although the allied front still t "ilns unbroken, there are clear 1 iicatlons that France and Italy, : least, will not subscribe to any ; :ceedinss haTing the ring of an I'.Uaitam to the Turks when the d:iit treaty is1 handed, them. Tarks Despair ' ' The Turks - are beginning to v evidences of despair. The t: -lT wai presentedprirately to V; 1 today. It consists of more :l i 159 typewritten pages and ezztzizs many classes to which lL:y ara absolutely opposed and ni: ethers, inserted at the last :--".3 wtlch they say they are crt: 3, to understand. ; IL-j Angora delegates are dis trustful of anything and every tt'rx the allies put forward. ; If the OttoEcan delegation , re-t-rts an answer Wednesday, it .z:a likely the .French and I "ia delegations will be ready t ; i" z . re;naln in Lausanne for a lim i period eren if Marquis Cur 1 cloes Ieare Friday night. : ILa idea 6X art adjonrnment is tec:!nlng repugnant. It is point el cut that such a step might well t-j ' ' :ijreted as a ruptuTe and ;tli Ccfcite' the terms of the Ma armistice this would open i lossibllities for renewal of I :stHUles, from eren the consid- -ration of - which all , .Europe ! -rinks. - -; ; - 7 ' Situation Delicate i A . delicate situation at Laus--sal and alarming . possibilities are liable to : follow a. brusque rupture of the conference; tris is further emphasized by reports relating to the i moyement of itroops " and threatened troop n orements. Turkey and: Rnsla were alleged to' hare already f -Saed a special ' accord whereby r.assla would hasten to the aid tf Turkey in resumption of hos t;;itles and occupy Mesopotamia, "resting, this disputed territory from the British. ' - The Russian and Turks, how ever, hare declared this report io ie an inreation, but these aud otber rwmorf are causing the statesmen uo hesitate to make de cisions which would menace the .Orient with war. ; Z Efforts will be made to Induce the Turks to submit an answer ica Wednesday that will obligate ,tia allies' to coatlnuo the nfgotla- ; Colonel Plastiras, leader of the resolution In Greece which over threw- the regime of King Con- taatine, arrived here from Athens .tonight and immediately went in conference with Eliptherlos Veataelos,1 ' former i premier pf Greece. . - . :' . THE VVEATHEH OREGON: Tuesday " fair; contlniued cold. WcAL WEATHER Maximum temperature, 37. Minimum temperature, SI. rjver. 8.2 falling, rainfall, nono. Atmosphere partly-cloudy. '"'".i, north. , . . .. . ; . 10 IK PEC MES mmmmi evil 'h "In another part of Oregon, last fall, I was startled and saddened to see the amount of drinking behind closed doors. In some places it wasn't very much concealed. I said to my self, 'If I ever get a good chance to hit that evil, HI hit it hard! . r" i - . "I came over here 20 years ago to the legislature in the good old days. But my, what a difference between then and now! There wasn't a hogh school outside of Portland; there were no naved roads. Tnpre were salonna all over the state. j- Aicjf iiau uuujc xiii ixu. iui in iue BWkic ucasutci b uiiitc, it was said that it took two barrel of whiskey to keep that 'bill filled during the legislature ; and it took three barrels to keep Senate Bill 78 full at the state printer's, for the same length of : time. Who dares to say we haven't iinproved ? Now, one scarcely finds a trace of booze in the state house; We're better than ever before!'-' ! ' -A ; I "Already, I have been! strongly urged r to pardon some bootleggers. IMen may be pardoned under this administra tion J but believe me, the bootlegger who gets away will have an extra strong case! There is no reason why, the moon shine fad should prevail ; it shall not prevail. The prohibition law is a good law, by the eternal; it must be enforced !" , r- ; 1 . These were f some' of the high GARB BILL'IS PAST SEMITE U Follett and Staples Only Members Who voted Against Measure ' v . f - The anti-sectarian garb bill passed the senate, yesterday., Only Senators La Follette and Staples voted against it. " ' " - 'I believe I church and state should be divorced and remain di vorced," said Senator Clark, in ex plaining the bill, "find the wear ing of sectarian garb militates against separation ot church and atate.'. , .-.-j,': . Worship Hlte Cited 'The constitution of the United States says that everyone shall have the right to worship God ac cording to the dictates of their own conscience, said Senator La Follette in explaining his vote. "If anyone believes a certain way let them show their - colors. I vote no.' V' . - The bill sow; goes back to the house for concurrence In the senate amendments. St rayer Bill Passes - ' Senator iStrayer's bill providing protection for persons furnishing labor and' services In connection with contracts for public improve ments and authorizing ; payment of such claims : by officers repre senting the public passed today. -. The senate passed Joseph's bill to provide, for the furnishing and acceptance : of cash, certified checks or certain obligations ot the United States government or of municipal corporations In lieu of bonds or bail of other charac ter required or permitted .by law. FUD ml OFPUDDII Marion and - Clackamas County Agree to Construe-, lion of Needed Bridge l The State Highway commisr s!on 'has submitted a plan to the Marion county court for : the t- cohstruetlon of a bridge ; across Pudding river at Aurora, which has been agreed to by both this county and Clackamas, according to W. J. Culver, county road master The bridge ' spans Puo; ding river at a point: which wlU connect Marlon county with Clackamas county. V The span will be 120 Jeet in length with concrete approaches. It ; is estimated that it will cost Marlon county, between 118,000 and $19,000 ; and Clackamas county a like amount. ' . It is not certain that Clack amas county will be able to com plete the approach at their end this yeaif, although every effort Kill be made to do ho. Plans and specifications will be suh mitted to the highway ; department- in -the , jiear fatare,..and bids '.advertised, for. , , . WML ml lights in a notable address given Monday night by Governor Wal ter B. Pierce at the Six o'clock club dinner at the First Methodist church. The dinner was attended by 250 men, legislators, city, and state officers, citizens ' from all walks of life; they cheered the governor to the echo for his enun ciation of principles. t' L J The appointment of ; special agents for the enforcement of the prohibitory law ; was a special topic discussed by the governor. "Whoever stands at the head of any law inforcing ' agency, must himself 'be law abiding; he must not drink and set the law at de fiance. He must be a man you would feel safe to take into your churches, your homes, anywhere. He . may have rough work to do, er get done; but hack .of all, there must be cool, eafe, sober brains and decent respect, for the law. No man can get a star as a special or law-enforcement agent save aa he is known as a law abiding citizen himself. - i r f" : ; ; Senator Eddy Praised - The governor paid a splendid tribute to Senator Eddy, who pre ceded him on the program, speak" ing on the same general subject of Jaw enforcement. The two were close friends years ago, and then they drifted a. long , ways apart, politically, as last fall; but now they are both pledged to the same cause of making the state and Its ' laws " respected; Senator Eddy had said: ; ; "We know that the benefits of the enforcement or tha ' prohibi tory law, justify every dollar that we have spent or can spend to keep it up, for the benefit of our boys .and girls. Now, we have the fight headed by the governor of Oregon, who has set his hand to the plow and will never look back. The law, must be scientifically en forced, and we believe itwijl be." Garland Speech Powerful ' Senator Sam Garland, of Linn county, delivered a powerful speech in. favor of the most dras tic anti-booze laws. - ? "I was not in favor of this kind of legislation a few years ago," he said. "4I ' didn't believe in sump tuary laws. But: when I was up for the legislature In 1915, I told the people of Linn. county that if they said for me to do it, I'd take their case .like an honest man and I did. Some of them black guarded the speaker tor putting me pn the- 'prohibition' commit tee. But we made the law. A doctor said, ; That' all right, if you'll let , ua doctors be -the judges of how to use, boose. He was of the aristocracy of the j bootleggers.v We didn't stand his The prohibltor law co very: close to me,' now. A ; poy that I had . seen grow ; up from childhood, into a splendid Chris tian ministerial life went . out with the sheriff of my county, to arrest -a bootlegger; they let the man free for a moment, and the scoundrel killed both of them. without a chance fortheir lives a murderously," cowardly, vicious violator of the whose only good deed was tykJll himself im mediately after. - ItespeCt 3s Lost I "Tho prohibition law is unlike most other lws, in that. for most offenses tlyf man against whom the 'offense is committed beads the protest agains the stime. If a man is killed, 'his friends,, his kinsmen, -everybody," is for cap- FLYER COMES TO JUST IN NICK OF TIME Heavy Fall of 19,000 Feet is ! Taken by Aviator Death ' Narrowly Averted ' StOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Jan. 29. Unconscious becaus of the severe Vcold, First' Lieu tenant James D. Soramers, p'Jot of the first pursuit group at Selfridge field, fell from an al titude of 19,000 feet to within 400 feet of ; the ground -here Saturday aternoon, , a drop ot nearly four miles, before he re covered : his souses, righted hts. plane and made a sa-fe landing. Announcement of this experience was kept secret by, . aviators - at Selfridge field until late today when ... It was, officially related. GAS TAX BILL Governor Pierce Nunn: and Devers Agree on Meas ure for pevenue Following a conference yester day of Governor pierce with Her bert Nann, state highway: engi neer, and J. M. Devers, attorney for the highway commission, it was announced that, a bill will be drawn placing an additional tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline. This will make a total of 3 cents, 1 ' cent having been imposed by the act of 1919 and another cent by the tax of 1921. Xoolc Ahead is Policjr To ineet possible . attacia. jmT 'ZZy. "-r ' . measure it will not apply to gas oline from tank cars coming into the state or to gasoline in the or iginal containers. These ; are classed i as interstate commerce. The present laws will be amended, it is proposed, to meet the same conditions. . . : v It may be held necessary also to make .the proceeds from the' gasoline tax a special policing and maintenance fund, also a precau tion against possible - attacks on its constitutionality. : At present the proceeds from the law go di rectly into the general highway fund, and by an ' unwritten ar rangement are applied to mainte nance. -H.-;'-- . .j : Big Fund Possible -The act of 1919 placed a tax pf 1 cent on ail gasoline ; used in the, state and a tax of one-half cent on distillate. The1 tax of 1921 placed an additional 1 cent on gasoline but applies only to that used to propel vehicles used on the 4 public highways. , It did I (Cqntinued on page 2) 0 BILL IK Hurd's Measure : Prevents Producers from Fixing i t Admission Prices , - , Producers or distributors of motion picture films jwould be prohibited from fixing 1 the price of admission to be charged by mo tion picture theaters under the terms of a bill introduced by Rep resentative Hurd of Clatsop coun ty.. The bill provides a penalty of 1250 to 1 1000 fine, six months imprisonment or both. Represen tative Hurd Introduced a bill in the 1921 session -which was de feated' which would - have re quired, that no' tickets could be sold by . motion picture houses un less a seat could be provided. - According to Hurd, motion pic ture theater operators in small town find that they cannot draw crowds at the prices set by the distributors.- while if they were permitted to cut the prices they would be able to draw, crowds and pay the price for. the use of the film that is set by the distribu tors. , ;. V . In support.- of bis bill. Hurd calls -attention to the case ot .a motion picture theater at Seaside, which operated for a time on the "pay, what you please" ( theory. The manager, however,; was re fused films from the , producers unless he charged the designated admission fees. AT DISTRIBUTORS GATHERING IS : liFiiLDI Many Measures of Public : Safety Discussed by Ald ermen No Action Taken at "This Tinie. . PARKING PROBLEMS ARE DECLAREP ACUTE Seattle Plan of Garbage Handling Brought up--. Disinfectants Advised A special meeting, strictly in formal in nature, was held by the city council at the. city hall last night.- Matters' governing the health conditions which employes of restaurants should be expected to Uve up to, police protection, a change- in the; parking laws, ayj walking and regulation of the street railway to make a terminal on Front street instead of close to ,; Commercial, were most im portant, of a number of topics discussed.:; No definite action was taken, the purpose of the meet ing being to bring these matters before the tttentlon ot the coun cil iso that! they might . be prop erly presented and acted upon at a later time. , Patron Starts-Meeting . The meeting was opened by Al derman Hal Patton, who was the first to break - under the strain of : waiting for the mayor. Mayor John Giesy," owing to the fact that Methodist church, was "unable to get away; at the' appointed time. Alderman f Patton presided until order! was ? restored, -f when' he "wished" the ojb ont6 W. H. Dancy, who held sway through out the remainder of .the session. The matter of collecting on the street assessment in front of theblind school on south Church street was brought up. "- Sice 191S the city has had a claim of $2700 against the state for im provements, in that vicinity.! It was suggested that the matter be presented: before the ways and means committee. Alderman Pat ton finally , agreed to take the burden of responsibility upon him self. Alderman Marcus also of fered his services and it was de cided that they should both go on a "hunt" for the $2700. Much Discussed '-. .; Other matters taken ap .were answering of fire calls out of the city limits, abolishment pf useless city ordinances, the , matter or placing charges .for- the building ot bridges across the mill race, and the following of a plan simi lar to that' of Seattle whereby -the garbage dupm is disinfected regu larly. " , WEB 61ASURES GETS NO AEOWAfJCE FROM COfflKTEElEPJ To -refuse utterly an appropriation for" the state' de partment of weights and measures and approve others ag gregating $814,940.50 were two of the things' done at a maudlin meeting of the joint ways and means committee last night. They will draw a bill to abolish the state seal ers department. The members made motions- cross motions, counter . motions and amended motions in a gen eral motion-making fe3t. They threatened several - departments with abolishment, including the ublic service ' department, i and some officials came in for scorch ing. They did 'almost everything that a gang of good fellows will do except hurl the ink bottles and sing , "It's Always Fair Weather." The boys weren't drunk with anything but a desire to let their constituents know they were tin the ' Job trying to save taxes. - but strange things , were done. ! ' - ' - - -' ' - . Zlmnrprnmn Forninst v p Pdte Zimmerman,1 the boy seu- ator from Yamhill, out-La Follet- EVERYTHING . "ALL WRONG" TAILOR SAYS Man Meant To Be Colorfully Arrayed Instead is Drab - in Dress Asserts ' DETROIT. Mich.. Jan. 29. Men are to outdo women in color ful clothing during the coming year, it was announced here to night by Charles H. Bunnell, a member or the executive commit tee of the National Association of Merchant Tailors j in outlining the program for the organization's annual convention .. opening here tomorrow 0 " ; ; . 'Nature decreed that the male of any species should be more cororfully attired than the fe male," he said. "This is shown by the plumage of birds. Yet in the human race siren' are drabs in dress while women effect colors. "The new weaves, , richer in color and more ornate pattern than ever before will be shown. Men's garments this season are to have . a" tendency toward the striking.", BILLS DELUGE HOUSE 121 Measures Introduced During Day Session to ' Date Shows 312 The expected . deluge ot bills swept into the house of represen tatives late yesterday, the closing day upon which bills' may be in troduced without special permis sion of the .legislative -committee. j When recess was taken shortly after 3 o'clock to -resume again at J S p.m.,: last session's : record o( 313 bills before the expiration of the 20-day. period,' had almost been reached with a total of 280 In the hopper. t ! l When adjournment finally came a total of 121 bills had been in troduced in the day, with a total for the session of , 312. . Some Bills Worthless Among "- the bills which fought for position, in the final rush are several which foir all practical purposes might as well have been left in the pockets' of the. authors. - Under this head, would come a bill filed by Representative Camp bell by request, which would pro hibit the use of tobacco in any form on any property owned by the state. .This would ban smok ing at the capltol ,at the stale fair grounds, in the penal institutions and on the campuses of the sever al, state institutions of higher ed ucation. '. Probe Officers' Hit , - Representative Lee , has gone (Continued on page 2) edvAlex La 'Follett, the Marion county . senator on whose . head rests the benediction of 79 win ters, by voting no on more things than Alex did. . . ; . La Follett, however, who fcfeps always on his', hip a chart, pf the taxes of all the states with.Ote- gon topping the Mist, flashed it at Intervals of about 25 : minutes throughout f the evening. The senator is quicker! on the draw with that chart than any woolly plainsmen ever . was with the - es teemed .45. , . Worthless .Haja Tajlur, When the weights' and incis ures estimate came up. Senator (Continued on page 4). !WOT:xl!7ull!iPli7ini T ' - .- : ' H ' - I PARIS, Jan. 29. (By the Associated Press) Twenty Germans are rerjorted to have been killpd ndav whpn PVprMV soldiers . were obliged to use their arm3 to protect themselves uunjig a viotent xiaiionaiist aemonscration at liophard, near Binsren, says the Echq. de Paris: Thenewspaper says it 1: 3 been impossible to obtain confirmation of the report on co count of interruption of communication -with the Rhinela nd. It is asserted the demonstration originated through the arrest of the burgomaster of Bophard. BERLIN, Jan. 29. The telegraph and telephone opera tors in Essen went on strike at 4 o'clock this afternoon. All Wire commumcation between terrupted. Attendants of Gates Avenue Court Attempt to Stage Miniature Riot NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Paul 8. ; Etheridge, Imperial counsel of the Ku Klux Klan, today charged it ; a statement that at tendants! that" attendants in the Gates Avenue court in Brooklyn had staged a fake riot outside the cell of eight alleged klans men, arrested Thursday night in order to intimidate v them. "f : Frank B urke, aJjjyaUend-J &nt, and other officials flatly denied the charges ofjMr. Ether idges'.wht asserted that members of the .order were 5 being perse cuted in New York and that Magistrate Dale had no right to denounce tnei aian at the ar raignment of ' the prisoners on charges of having black jacks and whiskey in the ! automobile in - which they were . arrested. ; . Trratment Not Good -Describing . the ' riot 1 alleged to have been faked, Mr, : Etheridge said: - . - . " - "Thfe treatment of the men from the time they were locked in-; their . cells in - police head quarters was not that which is ordinarily accorded convicted criminals. j : --i.-. The attendants at the Gates Avenue court endeavored , to scare or intimidate the men by staging a fake riot outside their cell . ione attendant even faking a telegraph police . call to police headquarters for reserves in order to quell t a mob of 2,000 people 4 outside the - court who were trying to get at the Ku Kluxers. ;-- Another attendant, in negro dialect shouted: ' "Let me get at, these Ku luxers; 111 tear them ; to pieces." . i - " - .- - . ...... ' E T F Senator Says Europe Wlil Learn Eerrors of Way ; Through Failure WTASHIN'GTON, Jan. 29. The problems of Europe were passed in review again In the senate to day when - Senator V McCormlck, Republican. Illinois, who recent ly returned from a trip abroad, gave his colleagues some of his impressions of European condi tions and recommended that the old world . be permitted to ;"learn br paihf ul . failurex". the error ot .its way. - , :'. ''. j : .-. . '," -:- : "The markets . of Europe," said Senator ' McCormlck, "are dominated by factors (largely be yond our control - and influence. E'urope . today needs j; 300,000. 000 worth ot American wheat and corn. .Her economic restora tion and establishment of true and enduring peace ire blocked at -the moment by thei bitterness, lad faith and bickering at Lau sanne, tbe breach of peaco in Memel the break between Britain and her continental allies, the presence " of the battalions " of French In the Ruhrt" mmmm 8 S EES MEDIC n that city and the capital is in (By The Associated Press) The-Ruhr vail ev Is virtca!!r isolated and . communication tor the most. part. is cut off and censorship.;-;, has 'been established. Berlin : was out of touch with Ecsen .and . other - Rhineland points' after 5 o'clock - Mon lay evening. The railroad strike is in full swing and , the . telephone an I postal - services are badly crip pled. '. - ; The. French authorities are en gaged Jn the systematic arrest andrexpulsion of Gasman o'-H- cials,' state and7 municipal fci re fusal to obey orders. - A number oi papers in tii3 occupied territory have been sus pended -by 1 order of the Rhir.e land commission ' for brief pe- iods for the publication of pre judicial articles. ; Germans - Detennined . The '. Britis h parlarnentary party -rwants parlament convoke ! earlier than February IS, so tat the situation ."arising .out t Franco-Belgian , occupation o t the Ruhr may be given full coa sideration. . V - - Premier Poiocare . announces that the French , troops will re main in the Ruhr until repara tions are. paid, but no longer. Fiitx Thyssen, who Is in Berlin, announces ' that ""the people cf thd Ruhr, form a compact unit in their determination to resiJ French encroachmeuts and undf m'f circumstances' will they glvi in. r. ; ; The council of the league of nations, which is holding ecj sions at Paris, will take.no part in the Ruhr , controversy beyoni assisting In a settlement if re quested ; by the Interested powers.- . '. . . : BERLIN, i Jan. 2 9 ( By Tlie Associated Press.) -Up . to late tonight official quarters here had been unable to get In active touch, with '.Essen, and therefore were unable, to verify ' rumors to the effect that the .French luct tightened their provisions cf martial law.- '. r j - - The government - leaders do not conceal their conyiction that the situation rapidly is becoming acute in view of the drastic pro ceedure of the, French, who, they assert, are chafing under con tinued rebuffs from 'the passive reslsters. ' . ' The mine situation is expected tc become critical in the coursa of the ; next few days becacsa rolling stock no longer is avail able in the sama quantities &3 previously which iast is likely to result in the overstocking ' or coal at the mines. Whether the French will be able to haul away the accumulated output Is being pstrongly questioned, as the Ger mans have moved much of their roiling stock into ; unoccupiei Germany to prevent its seizure. Ruhr OptlTBistic Optimism, born of the un shakable confidence in the r. :r its of their cause, marks tha : t Utude of the .Ruhr regiou. . cording to a ttatemeut mdi ly Fritz Thyssen, one of German ;,-s fcremost industrials who arriv ed in Berlin today to confer vitb. the leaders 7 of industry and in cidentally to ? discuss the sit t t Ion 'In the occupied t,rca v :ilx the heads of the govercnicat. The people of the Rchr." f 1 1 Herr-Thyssen, Industrial :st3, r : a workers), civil . service eraplc, 3 and all other classes, form a ecu pact unit in their detcrminatic i to resist French encroacfcn.ecti and under no csrcuaastancca v, ill they give in." Herr Thyssen- spoke la t" same modest,,but emphatic n - a ner which has -marked hi ut -anecs and his attitude fine (Continued on pa;3 2)