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-T '" f - ! - , ' I . , .r V. FIRST SECT WII TU0SECT10IIS 10 Paget Pagej 1 to 4 ill. SEVENTH-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1923 PRICE: FIVE CENT3 1. 1 : i; Fi A 5 TOOK LAFJGLEY I FUNDS CAUGHT Two Corporals Who Stole $43,000 of: Army Payroll Captured by Posse Near BANDIT 1 i VSCOUTING AIRPLANES J It USED IN ROUND-UP Hoppers oiop: ai naraware 1 Store and Purchase Rope to Bind Captives . . . U b:--Corportll8'-- bolm . S. Wood and James S. Harvey. ,the two I men who were said by Captat I fxorman D.' Cota to hare been the bandits who robbed him ot 'the $43,000 payroll of . Langley f field early today were captured w a posse about 20 miles from jhere ,eariy ;ionigni ; accoromB u a report received by military and police authorities' here j at 9 f)'ClOCk. - -, i i' 1 V , According to telephone j reports 7 the ... men i were captured -! in, the arnniB ntar Bisr Bethel. Most c i the , money . was recovered, : it was added, although the bandits ad been forced to abandon 1 5, - iOO in silrer. Tafco to Woods J A TiKorous ; search : had been Xpioaecuted for the two Dy mui-l-rV nolice and department ot sittBtice officials and their' cap- ; ' fure was from the first , beliered o' be only a, matter of Jtxours. "The, (giptaia and the four who ( Accompanied htm - were--fouitd i pearly five hours after the hold . Ay, bound, gagged ; and tied to 1 trees near Big,; Bethel, beside i (heir badly damaged automobile, I ihe!r captors they said, had es carcd into the woods with ' the I oreyi The search was Imme- i itSately begunVeveji scouting air ? Jilanes being used. :SX.-' .. 1 The holdup occurred at ; 9: 1 , this morning when- the finance y if leer was leaving the ojtf ice with . Vae payroll and hopped Into; his latrmobile ' to return- to the .anglcy field. ? . : - Corporals f Identified - Although Hampton is but 10 jalnutes b automobile' from y lngley field, j. no alarm was taken by officers at t ha absence f;f Captain Cota until : nooiir . whea j'iity,; state and county officials itn this vicinity were urged to Assist In finding them. It was iome ; time- later that ' Captain bota and hlatjnen were found. jA.They werei taken 5 immediately ht Langley field whee they? de k la red they wer pbsitTe in their identification of the two oorpor- I fi-ls as the bandits. " ! i ;Pew details of- the holdup jreTO .made public; by army offi cers but it was said that on their flight from- Hampton '" the ban ilits. .stopped . at- a hardwafre store ,- rhile one stood guard' over the t captives and the. other bought Vope with which , to tie the. pria puers. , The last seen by Captain ,' kCota of the two bandits arter ; ih& automobile had - run into a I f ditch, they were walking -through the wpods. , ' Evartgeli A Frorr cvengensi ueis Mowers V From Walla Walla Klah 1 ' WALLA WALLA, "Jan. 30 An usher bearing a wreath of white U flowers encircling a cross of red, j busied the preachment of Dr. i I Charles Reign Scoville, an evan- 1 Teliat lion mnfari wtlM, 4hA ji koer.was offered to the minis f 'er. A note ot explanation stated r. os irom me ivu iviux ivian or this city "In appreciaUon." The letter also vindicated the klan as a lawless body and said the ef forts of, the preacher to encour- 28 law fnrnrrmin . liorA was iighly appreciated. ' . THE WEATHER OREGON: Wednesday gen erally fair, continued cold. jJ lJOCKU WEATHER ' C (Tuesday) ;Alaxmum ; temperature, 40. Jrinlmumv" temperature, , 25. T-lver, 7.5 feet, falling. PUiafai ; none. ' "Atmosphere, cloudy Wind, south. . .. i FRENCH B ENGLAND LAUSANNE, Jan. 30. (By the Associated Press) Complications suddenly arose ainong the allied representa-, tivea at the Near East peace conference at a late Hour tonight when the French delegation announced that it had decided to remain at Lausanne as . long as there was any hope of carrying on successful negotiations with, the Turks. The British delegation considered the decision of the French as a flagrant violation of thev understanding reached between the allies a few days ago that all of them would leave Lausanne at the end of the week if the Turks did not sign tomorrow' the treaty which has been handed them. : All the British, delegates announced officially tonight that that they would adhere to this program, whatever the other allied delegations decided to do. Earl Curzon will start for. London Friday. DIVIDING DF Separation of Tax Levying from Tax Spending Group Is Advocated by Day The only way to put a brake on tthe public expenditures Is to separate the tax-levying . bodies from "the tax-spending bodies. I. N. Day, chairman of the state tax investigating commission appoint ed by Governor Olcott told mem bers of the joint assessment and taxation committee. Day was speaking in ' behalf of the proposed bill J to extend the tax. supervising and conservation commission to every county in the state, with authority equivalent to that now exercised by the . com mission in Multnomah county. Most Pnt on Brake The committie considered all of the bills proposed by, the state tax investigation j commission and one presented by the state ' audit commission.; but did not vote on final reports on the bills. "Unless some drastic action is taken by this legislature," said pay, who divided honors wrlth Dr. James W.. Gilbert of the Univers ity of Oregon in' explaining the various bills,' "the; people .will de nounce ' the members, when as a matter ; of fact j there is almost nothing that can be done at this end. Put , a brake on the tax levying organizations, of which there are about 2800 in the state, and there will be an actual re duction In governmental costs." Assessments Discussed One of the most Important sub jects discussed last night was that of -uniform assessments through out the state, during which it was shown that variations amounting to, as much as 400 to 30Q per cent in the assessed valuation' ot iden tical subjects were found in, ad joining'' counties. K It is proposed to have all assessors- subject to the authority of the state tax com mission and required to confer annually In order; to equalize as sessments and see-that all assess ments are made on 100 per cent' valuation. . : DEATH OF is Bn Two Persons Identified With Case of Fntzi Mann Go Before Jury , SAX DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 30. Further Inquiry into the death of Fritz! Mann, 1 dancer, whose half clad body was found on a beach three weeks ago, was indicated to day when two persons who have been identified with the case went before the .county grand Jury., They were Mrs." Amelia Mann, mother of the girl, and Dr.. Louis L. Jacobs.' from the public health service hospital at Camp Kearney.' who was before the grand jury yesterday, for a short Mne- ,Dr Jacobs today was in the grand Jury room for nearly an hour and a halt. While he was In the room District Attorney Kempley, who has given much attention to the case, was also there. The' district attorney ' was also : present while Mrs. Mann was before the grand BODIES URGED DANCER ECi TO LEA V The British protest against the French decision is based on a statement issued by the British delegation last week. This was to tho effect that the treaty would be presented to the Turks tor sig nature on Wednesday and that the allied delegations had , agreed to depart Friday; if the Turks asked further time to consider the treaty, then the conference . was to adjourn, but the plenipotenti aries .would be ready to return to Lausanne 'when there were indi cations the negotiations could be brought to a successful conclu sion. , ...r.,,.r.":. ...t-irw..., It is insisted by the statement that the sub-commissions unani mously agreed to omit the clause giving privileged treatment to for eign merchants! ent In ; Turkish coast traffic, but nevertheless this clause has been included jn the draft treaty to the detriment ot Turkish sovereignty. f Generally speaking, says. . the statement, "the allies treaty is worse than anything we ever ex pected." ; , - , , ,t, , b ' . "The conclusion of a system of legal advisers who would sit, aF .judges in cases Involving foreign- era is absolutely inacceptable. It means that Turkey would ; be treated as Inferior to Albania." Causes Sensation The . revolt against the British plan .haR been i steadily growing this week, the ground being tak en that it would be liable to im peril the chances of peace bfrcauso it was too much in' the nature of an ultimatum. vjf j U J The British protest of tonight caused a tremendous ' sensation. It immediately switched general interest away , from Near t past peace negotiations to the ques tion what is to happen between the allies when the conference re sumes tomorrow. . It is understood the Italian del egation had "adopted the same at titude as the; French and will re main in Lausanne while there is any hope of making peace. s.i The Franco-British complica tion appeared to bring consider able satisfaction, to Turkish ctr cles here. The Turkish delegation was busily employed throughout the night in preparing counter proposals to the draft treaty with tho idea of forcing the allies to continue negotiations without ! an adjournment; of the conference. Ex-Traffic Officer is Caught With Moonshine Floyd Browne, ex-state Jtraffic officer, was arrested on the Sil verton highway yesterday morn ing and was ; charged with liquor in possession!. He had "four gal lons of booze in his car and when arraigned in justice court pleaded guilty. He was fined $100. , Browne's resignation 'was re quested and ceceived by State Traffic Chief T. A. Rarffety Janu ary 26. ''( : , . LIEUTENANT DD5S SEATTLE, Jan. 30. Lieut. S. W. Torney, in the aviation branch of the army, died Friday of pneu monia at Chanute field. Rotonl, 111., and was buried yesterday t in Arlington cemetery, according to advices received here today. He attended grammar school here and high school at Medford. Or., and enlisted- just before the United States declared war against Ger many. -: ',: , COXTRACTOIt KILLED WALLA WALLA, Jan. 30. Stephen Forney, aged -44, a con tractor on the new high schoorat Dayton, slipped from the roof, fell 20 feet on his head and died soon after of a broken neck.; The acci dent occurred f at 9 ; o'clock this morning. 1 He leaves a widow and two children.' aged 10 and 12 re spectively. He . was bora ' near. Wall Walla, .- ARMY GOODS ALMOST ALL '. SOLD, CLAIM Government Disposes of War Materials at Forty-One Cents on the Dollar SEATTLE, Jan. 30. The army in selling surplus war materials has cbiamtd 41 cents per dollar of their cost. Major J. L.' Frlnk. head of the bureau in charge of disposing of this stuff, today told the foreign trade bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Compiercu. He said that when the aKniatice was signed.. the , army and navy had unusable goods that had cost Si, 000,000, 000 and that 90 pur cent of this had been sold. Government; War Indict ments and Immigration Laws Fired at ,LOS AN'GELES, Jan. ,30. Government war fraud indict ments and existing immigration laws drew! sharp criticism in the opening session hero today of the Fourth annual convention of the Associated General Contractors ot America. Adoption of a committee re port condemning "the utter recklessness" ctf the recent de partment of - justice . action agaist contractors and others ac cused of frauds, in connection with, the" construction of army cantonments during the war was accompanied by , a demand for the early prosecution of those indicted. - Criticize Indictments "It would be an outrageous thing for the government to de lay one unnecessary hour," de clared Arthur S. Bent, president of the contractors' organization. "If politics or any, other sinister motive lies back of the, matter vie shall see delay after delay, in the prosecution. Tme surest1 way to uncover the truth is to rush hard: for immediate action." I Four 'of the men indicted, Ben edict Crowell, former assistant secretary - of war; William A Starred Morton C. Tuttle and Clement W. Lundoff are . mem bers of the Associated General Contractors. Criticism of tho existing Im migration laws by which immi gration from Europe is limited to three per cent or the residents of each nationality now register ed in t this country came out in the , report ot the committee on legislation which . characterized Jthe three per cent law as an "exclusion act" which was "re sponsible for the great and ever growing shortage of common labor." Create. Board The. report, urged creation or a - federal immigration board to include the secretaries of agri culture, commerce, labor, state and interior, which would ad minister an immigration law selective rather than restrictive in principle. GIVES REPORT OF Final, Decision of British on , War Loan Expected to Be Reached Soon LONDON,. Jan. 30. Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the ex chequer, gare a full report on his debt funding mission . in the United States to his colleagues, at a-cabinet council today. ,The sub ject was discussed for an hour and 'a . half, but .no decisiou was reached.' The cabinet will nicW tomorrow to continue the discus sion. ; :- ,' . . , l It is considered almost certain that a final decision will' be reached this week, first because if the .American , terms are to be accepted a speedy decision is re quired In order to give the Ameri can congress time to take, neces sary action-, and second, because the chancellor"' roust' prepare for his budget statement next March and needs to know definitely how much he4 has to provide for the payment -of interest to America. SCORE SaUDS MISS1 SL1 SCHOOL GEOSUSFIODS 312 BACKWARD Board Would Remedv. Con ditionif Allowed to Give ; Special Attention to Slow Pupils. HIGH SCHOOL TO GET SPECIAL SPORT ROOM Dr. Matthis Asks for Release of Contract as School Physician A census taken by the prin cipals "of all the schools ot Sa lem has brought out the dis quieting fact that there are 312 pupils who while not sub-normal are still . enough backward to need special teaching, special classes. Whiltt , the . survey work has not been done on a strictly scientific basis by one official who will judge all on one uni form standard, it has been pains takingly done .and It 'represents a condition that the i school board feels must be remedied in some way. It is the condition' as sumed by House Bill -No. 43, now pending in the legislature, to empower , school boards to give such pupils especial atten tion, both for their own good and for tbegood of the others who may be heM down in their work to the pace of he slower ones.' . With these figures In sight, the Salem board, which met last night, endorsed the bill .now mandatory (tor the school boards to provide . .special accennmoda t'ons for these less' agile pupils. -Sport . Quarters Given, -. ?-,.-Salem - high school is ' to have a special wrestling and : boxing headquarters up in its own at tic If Superintendent Hug so decides. - The ' board last . night turned the matter over to him for his decision and . control. ' The boys wanted to carry on this branch of athletics, a lot ot the boys who are not of the elitn basketball squad; and' they have been working down In the prmory gymnasium. The board took , the position that" It would be, better to have them at home, arid, so they are : to bp given quarters , and encouragement to work there in the school build ing. The board went up at 10 o'clock last night,' through the dark and the. dust,, to Inspect the atiic. It is a bit cobwebby, and they wouldn't dare to pound the floor very! hard without using gas masks or ! coal miners' breath- sponges, but they propose to clean up the dust and make it habitable. The squad has sev eral : matches in prospect with outside schools. Doctor Resigns Following his own request Dr. J. O. Matthis Is to be relieved of his contract as school- phy sician. The board would be ready to consider the application of . some good young , physician who i: would take up the' work. Dr. Matthis will continue Until hip successor :s' Installed. Mrs. Kellogg, ,a half-time teacher In the high school, hand ed in -her resignation because ot her removal from Salem. Her place is to be filled .by Mrs. Lulu Parr. I It was proposed, though not acted upon, that all girls be re quired to take a one-yea course in domestic science, as a require ment to graduation: Supt. Hug's report showed that they didn't need to be ordered info the, sew ing, classes; 125 are now taking (Continued on page 4) BODY OF INFANT, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DROWNED BY PARENTS, FOUND AT LANDING Another tragedy. of which few details are seldom ever known was reported to have occurred late lastJ week near Mission Bottom, about 10 miles north of Salem. Last Sunday several small boy while playing about the drift at Simons Landing came across the body ot an infant, probably a few days oldr it's; skull crushed In, lying on' the drift bottoms, "t A stout string tied to one ot the legs led to the. supposition that the body had been cast into the waterSrlth some heavy object attached to the other end to keep GERMAN MARK RUSHES PAST i 40J000 NOTCH Currency May Overtake Aus trian CrownNow Worth Less Than Polish Money BERLIN, Jan. 30. (By the As sociated Press) One ten thous andth of its pre-war value was the German mark's official rating on the Berlin Bourse toctay. There was a lively demand; for dollars in the post-bourse trading, on a basis of 45,000 and actual offers of 50,000 flat. For the first time in its careening downward flight, the mark today rushed past the 40,000 notch and it is believed to be making seven league boot strides in, an effort to overtake the Austrian crown. Incidentally, the mark' today for the first time was quoted at less than Polish currency. STOCK SHOW DPTD STATE If no Premium Money is Ap propriated Exposition May Be Called Off Unless the legislature appropri ates; money for premiums at the Pacific International Livestock ex position, Frank Robertson treas urer of the exposition association and a member of the board of di rectors, will, vote against putting on the exposition the coming fall. Mr. Robertson made this .plain to the ways and means . committee last night when speaking in sup port of a request of '$75,000 from the; state. , t : . . Two years ago the 'total state appropriation for the exposition was $17 5,0 00, but ithis year only 175,000 is asked. The state budget commission, after perus ing the estimate of the associa tion, made no recommendation to the legislature. v -J Plmnmer Is Assailed O. M. Plbmmer, manager of the exposition, I was the first speaker in Itjs behalf, and in describing its value in making farm, life attrac tive in a way that will keep the boys . and , girls . on the farm, brought upon himself a verbal as sault from Senator Alex La Fol lett of Marlon, who, while shak ing his. fist under the nose of Mr. Plunrmer, declared he would com pete with his boys against coUege trained or cTub trained youths In the state. . . Ed Cary, livestock producer and member of the legislature. Judge Charles H. Carey of Portland and E. E. Flavllle of Portland were other speakers in behalf of the appropriation. Senatoij Taylor asked Judge Carey., how r he ex pected to make farm life ; attrac tive to the boys and girls when all theproceeds of the farm are required for taxes. Carey replied that "the way to keep taxes down is not to slash on the basic indus tries. . '-.-.,.-. Governor's Loss Cited Much waa said about the value of the livestock exposition in keep ing up the livestock standard and Senator La Follett reminded Mr, Flaville of a recent statement by Governor Pierce that hehad sold 1500 head of cattle and lost $15 a head on them. Because attendance at the Ore gon normal school has doubled in two years and is now above 600 students, making a larger faculty necessary, President J. s Landers and other representatives of that institution requested an appropri ation of $20,000 for the next two years. Senator Johnson spoke in behalf of the school. I Senator Taylor . suggested that the financial needs could be met partially at least by increasing the (Continued on page 4) It down. The string had broken and the body was brought! to the surface and later , lodged on , the drifts. According to witnesses it appeared as though the baby .had been in the water; for several days. Owing to the reluctance of near by dwellers to report the incident nothing was learned of the trag edy until late last evening, when G. II.' Sauders and T. Sheridan reported the news to local author ities. ; v -My: ' . - ; l County, Coroner Lloyd ' Iligdon will , leave tomorrow for Mission Bottom 'to investigate- the matter FRANCE. iTHEUffll COM f (By Associated Press) France and Belgium are in full accord on measures for control and administration of the Ruhr region. Such was the import .made by the French min ister of public works and General Weigand at a j conference at Paris after their return from Brussels where! they werei in close communion with the Belgian government; HOLD TURKEY Questions of Frontiers and Disposition of Petroleum i Left up to Moslems L PARIS. Jan. 30. (By the As sociated Press.) It is for Turkey to say whether the council of the i league of nations shall take up the question;' of the . frontiers be tween Anatolia and Irak and the disposition of the rich petroleum deposits in tbe Mosul region. , The earl of Balfour In present ing this subject to the council to day, did not go so far as to sub mit a proposition and the council decided there was nothing to act upon, but' It ' was made - clear by Lord Balfour, and M jViviani If Turkey would accept the Jurisdic tion of the league she would have a chance to defend her; case on a footing of absolute equality with' Great 'Britain. ; .; , .' '.- '"' I 1 - Hope for Agreement' Both Lord Balfour and M. Vivi an! expressed the hope that the Turks would accept. : either the terms of the treaty proposed at Lausanne or mediation of ' the council. .. ; ' ' The council gpent most of. the afternoon . in private, session con sidering several disputed points In the administration of the terri tories, under r its supervision. A good many private talks between the members are goiag on respect ing Germany's protest against the presence of the French; troops In the Saare valley, In the hope that they can reach an unanimous agreement without being obliged to indulge in contention in a full session.' t - , 1 Session to Continue The . Lithuanian-Polish dispute will also, come up again. Though the agenda is mostly, made up of these- questions and minor details of the administration- of Saare re. gion and Danzig, it is expected the coupcil will remain In session until early next week, i COfiCT SEHniE - l- 1 . - OF L Ex-Captain in Police Depart ment Guilty of Misappro priating $595 . SEATTLE, Jan v 30, Charles A. Sullivan, formerly captain In .the Seattle - police department, .who was suspended over . charges that he had misappropriated money, was this afternoon convicted of grand larceny by a jury. The. jury, which deliberated four hours found that Captain Sullivan had misappropriated, a check for $5S5 sent, to the city by the govern ment to pay for care of seamen. - Judge John M. Ralston, who heard the case,' ordered a tran script of an exclamation by John F. Dore, attorney for, Sullivan to the jury; asserting that Henry J. Gorin, another lawyer who was a wltness for the prosecution, was a "liar and perjurer," should bo given to the grievance committee of the Seattle Bar association. Sullivan announced that ho would appeal. ; -' PROFESSOR, LOSES JOB IOWA CITY, la., Jan. 30. Ja cob Wernli, assistant professor of romance languages of University of Iowa, has resigned by request and is en route to bis former home of Switzerland following his ar rest after being . caught peeking Into the windows of a girl's dorm itory." Wernli was fined $10 and costs on. a - disorderly conduct charge.- MA FLANS M m - mm ECTIIG. HI ' , General Degouttej commander in the occupied zone. , declared that Germany's fate is in her own hands" and that :"nothins will make us deviate from 7 the course 4aid out for us." The sit nation In the Ruhr 'towns is re ported as quiet;, arrests and de portations of , German state and municipal qf ficials continues,; th 3 allies are'restorln g traffic i on, h a rajlwaysV coal is being miued.'and' it is reported that the miners' un ion has rejected the proposal for a general strike; telegraph oper ators, who . were oa strike, have gone back to their keyB and ''the occypational authorities are ' tak- ing over warehouses , in Duis burg, Duesseldorf and . other places containing ; foodstuffs and general merchandise. : The French Federation of La bor has adopted a resolution pro testing against the repressive measures in the Ruhr. r German Mark Drop The German government con tinues to issue orders to the Ger nien railroad men forbidding the transport of coal or timber from the occupied area to either France or Belgium and cooperation of the railway officials with the French or Belgians Is also forbidden. The German mark. has droppei to 45,000 to the dollar. DUESSELDORF, Jan. 30. By The Associated Press) "Ger many's fate is in her own hancfo Nothing. win, .make j us devlau from the course which has been laid out for us. We will take whatever time and measures ar necessary." J " . . . In ; these words J" General - d Goutte," allied commander-ia-chief, in the occupied zone, today summarized' the situation in the Ruhr from the standpoint of the French and Belgians. ; : ' - : -i- I . At End of Patience , "We came here with pacific in tentions,", be weot on. -"The Ger man government responded with every possible effort to provoke a general uprising among the pop ulation. Moderation is hot a 'sign of weakness. Our patience has reached its limits; . responsibility for the evils that may strike their country' lies withthe German government." jWhen the French and Belgian forces entered the idistrict, bo said, they promised to trouble tho normajl life of the Inhabitants as little jks possible and ; asked the workers to continue at, their la bors calmly and orderly, ; -;"Our appeal to the population Inspired by common sense and reason," he continued, "was on the verge of being accepted when tho Berlin government used all means of pressure to cause the people, to rise against us. The wisdom of, the working classes having made this plan a failure, the , Berlin , rulers enjoined the functionaries and state officials to enter into open rebellion against us." . v Government xt " ; Strikes, sabotage and boycotts have been resorted to, he added, but the occupying forces had not lost their heads and given way to immoderation, which, he said, characterized as ''disciples of Bis marck." .- y-l -.'-.-j, . ; :j In the further actions which were to be taken, he intimated the pressure would be brought to bear not upon the German work ers but upon their government. . r.rV''-r -:j- ' JT Jury in Shelley Case to Render Verdict Today HELENA, Mont., Jan. 30. At 10:25 o'clock tonight! the Jury in the trial of O. H. N. Shelley, for mer prohibition , enforcement di rector In Montana, sealed their verdict and will deliver it to Judge George M. Bourquin in the United States' district court here tomorrow morning at 9r30 o'clock. These proceedings were ou tb j iu indictmeat charging Shelley a ilh having ''- accepted f 'protect i on", money from drug stores at Ill lings,: Great Falls and la Hele" 1, li