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' v hHl) Qjj fcMiy, what GqOgMBq:M&. fe-tyM -ike-'opBtitiefo titiwatit7 1 i I " MM Fnsr SEcrion . Pczes A to 8 two sectw:: i v 12Pcses 1:. 8EJVENTY-SEC0ND YEAB. ; ; SALEM, OREGON1, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1923 PRICE: FIVE CE2tT3 nn ' ft ; - ' -: rr U U U W N Cr- U V U J .1 y I- ( I' i f . II. f i .1 II. '.:,lf t : r ) V. BRITISH DEBT , Washmaton (Pleased at Ac tion of -j English Cabinet and Sees world Improver anient Ahead. TEri.BILUOriS'WlLL " BE PAID IS ESTIMATE Agrcementis Made in "Prin . ciple " Relieved Uriqual v if led Acceptance 'it WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. By The Associated Press. )--Ad- . Tices annoa&cins the acceptance I " today by the " British cabinet ot tha ;American i debt funding sus- gesUons, -were .recelTed" by ot cial ..Washington... with I undlsguls i l. ed satisfaction. ' The feeling preTailed general ly that' a 'step toward breaking the "Ticlons cycle" or - world debts had been taken and - that the reeult would be a substantial improvement in world conditions; Oa the basis : of press dis patches which were sttpplement d -.'.later; by. a brief cable to the state' department from Ambas sador Harrey in .London, mem bers, of the "American debt funding- commission began immediate preparanon. for presenting w terms of the Jentatlte settlement X. to congress. v . ','' - 1 : Farther eslioe Expected Eomei further negotiations re expected to be - necessary, . how- eret. since, according. to Mr. Han 1 1 vyscable, the .British i goreraf monf reAA a' tfia American suggestions .' "in principle." To what extent such an agreement i may affect the euggestions car ried back to London by Stanley ' Baldwin, chancellor . of ; the ex i chequer - and his colleagues of the mission t was not known to-i bight, but it was believed in of ficial circles .that the major que- : tions of Interest . rates and the i plan,, for amortization had been accepted by the British ' without : change. ' ( . t As " a result of Mr. Harrey's cabled' message it was stated ot- . ficially, plans would be made for a meeting of ' the American commission late ' tomorrow ' or early Friday. The meeting, -At was said,, would be held ' tomor row V a further report promised on details of the agreement was receiTed from Mr. "Harrey In i time for decoding and transmis sion to;. the commiuees. If fur ther negotiations are necessary,' they will be- conducted - with Sir Auckland Geddea the .British am. : bassador acting for his govern ment. . ' '...i , .Due 62',Xear ' The'.Amerlcad suggestions call ed for Jtlnal payment, of the near, ly $5,000.000.000-debt, jn years with 'interest rates of 3 per cent fort the first -10 years and 3 1-2 per cent thereafter v and an amortization rate of one halt of one per cent ojJ , the prin cipal annually. The law pre scribes an interest rate of 4 1-4 per cent and payment In 25 years and congressional action of some kind, therefore would be neces sary before the settlemnt could I become, actually operative. ..: v. Senator Smoot 1 and Represen- tative ; Burtons members;, of the y American-, commission were un , derstood today to have begus preparation ot a bill to give the X ommission the authority deemed ; .necessary : with , the expectation Of presenting It early next week. To ray 10 Billion 1 . , : "-' ,v.. -. i -, i -'f .- Members -of the I commission tonight emphasised the need for getting something don& at . this session of congress which will terminate March 3. In this con- (Continued oa page 7) THE WEATHER ; OREGON Thursday fair, con : tlnued cold. , LOCAL Maximum temperature, 35. Minimum temperature 30. . River 6.3. tailing. ". Rain, ' .01. . v V Atmosphere cloudy. ' ; .WhidV north.. 600IIERS1R m RESCUED;35 DIE BERLIN, Jan. 31-(By, The Associaed -Press) Six hundred miners are entombed in the Heinitr mine at Beau then, Polish Silesia in consequence of an explosion of fire damp today. - ' Of the 800 men, constituting the morning shift who went into the mine shortly before the explosion, only 200 had been rescued up to a late; hour today. - Of these 80 were suffering from injuries and taken to hospitals- The bodies of 35 men had been brought to the surface, when the dispatch from Beauthen. was filed. , ; . , ' PIERCE LAUDS Governor, i Once Opposed, Sees Great Opportunities in Western Product - Oorernor .Walter ;JnV Pierce is for , the flax .Industry in Oregon At the annual meeting- of :the Wlllamtte Valley kTl&x & Hemp Growers association at the Cham ber ot Commerce, . Wednesday, he said la parti i - - ' "I . was poisoned on the flax Industry beforeTI came here; they told : me it was 'the hunk," those who didn't .want It. But now I'm almost .persuaded. -, 1 hare listened patiently to both sides of the story. I come from country .where we grow beef, not flax. ; But we must hare industries .to pay our. bills, l.hare just come from the; room where I signed state bonds for 95,000,000 ; . we shall . owe $72, 000,000 in , bonds by the close of this year, more than all the other states west o; fthe Mississippi ex cept South Dakota and California. We must develop industries, and flax looks like one of , the best chances we hare." ; . i ; . Appropriation - Asked . I. hare asked for the, same ap propriation for the state peniten tiary $420,000, as it had last session.1' I believe this will give us-$75,000 for putting the flax Industry on its feet, and providing work for a number of men who will almost pay all the expenses of the penitentiary, besides mak ing a market for a vast acreage of land in the' state. : 1 "I am glad that Warden John son Smith has signed the contract to work your flax 'this year. I believe . we can, from our appro- ( Continued on page 8) Famous . American League Swat King Drops in Un heralded for Few Days "Ken" Williams, 1922 home- run king, with the St. Louis Am ericans last season, arrived in Salem .yesterday; noon for a short visit, with . old-time friends, Mr. and Mrs.' Victor McXenzie ot 2000 South High street. : He is on a tour of' the coast- and ' in a few days expects to leave -for Grants Pass where he , will- remain with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. WilliamB, for; a week or two, af ter which he will return to the east. .' . ; r w '.',:- ' Few people) knew ' of the un heralded arrival of the American league ball star in Salem. V About three weeks ago he stopped over tor a day, bis train being held up by the high water. However, few people knew i of his presence in the city, t ' . " 1 ; .M ;:-4s;::.;--;; Williams, although he has not definitely signed a contract with SC Louis for 'next season, expects to be with, that club next year, and will report for training early in the spring, f During the past season he led the American league in .home runs, circling the lases 39 times. Walker of the Athlet ics stood second. with 37 homers, and ."Babe" Ruth, who had an off-year, - ' third - with- 35 home "KEfl", WILU1S . me fob' visit runs. r -i Y BILL - IS IIP TODAY Roads Committee Reports Favorably Will Try For Final Passage The question of what will hap pen to the Roosevelt Coast mili tary highway bill, aimed' to pre serve to the benefit of the coast highway the . $2,500,000 bond issue authorized by the people, when It comes up today, is pro voking J considerable ; comment among legislators who remained in , Salem yesterday Instead of making the trip to' the Unlverirty of; Oregon. . ' t The bill, reported favorably by the roads and highways commit tee, was amended . to., carry ( the emergency clause anoxia order to secure its enactment by today the I final day of grace ' under the terms of the original authorlta tion bill, an effort wilt be made to suspend ' the rules and have it placed on final passage..,; ; ; ; ;'; Opinion Differs J ' Some difference of opinion ex ists as to whether the bill, If en acted,' would be a benefit or han dicap to the " coast ' counties and the . ultimate construction of the highway,' since some ' see in Its passage ' the creation Of another special road fund which wonld tie the , hands of the highway com mission. 4 .;-"' .. ' ; Another objection 'Is that ' the bill provides that appropriations for the Roosevelt highway shall be made by the commission from the bond issue only : v when " federal funds are appropriated and avail able for match - money - oh - this oad. Since there are possibili ties that further federal aid wilt loot be granted after 1924 and all money now in-signt is auotiea, frfendi of the highway claim to see the possibility of . situation in which''' the state.' would have $2,500,000 worth of bonds that could not be touched. 1(1 RUSSIAN REFUGEES Business Men Can See Ten . Thousand Increase in Pop-; ulation With Influx: i ANCHORAGE, Alaska, 2 (By The i Associated Press ) rA ; move ment among businessmen here to have Russian refugees, of swhom Governor Genecal Wood " report ed today that eight or nine hun dred are In Philippine ports on a fleet led from Vladivostok by Admiral Stark, settle ,in Alaska, was given more- formal shape today. E. M. Spaulding, pres ident of fthe Chamber of Cpm- tnre and the ; nresldents of three banks joined in a request to be forwarded to the , national administration to allow the re fugees' to immigrate to the wheat belt of - Alaska, lying along the government, railroad ' between here and Fairbanks: A petition signed by these and other businessmen asserts that Alaska would gain 10,000 pop ulation and. that the proposed settlers ; Would . require a mini mum of financial Aid.. , It- is set forth that the land Suitable for wheat farming is' almost with out population and that no other way in which to obtain farmers S 111! has fcssa presented, . IS PREVENTED Conciliation and Good Will , Manifested Relieves Ten sion of Situation Tempor arily. ' TURKS ADOPT MORE MODERATE ATTITUDE French and Italians Expect ed to Advocate Contin uance of Parley LAUSANNE, Jan. 31. (By The Associated Press ) The spirit of conciliation shown on all sides today prevented a rupture of the Near Eastern peace confer ence following formal presenta tion of the allied draft treaty to the Turks and the mutual good will manifested by the British, French and Italian delegates; de tracted and .danger of a break In the allied front due to yesterday's developments. " Marquis Curzon, the British foreign secretary.: changed his plans for leaving Lausanne on Friday, and agreed to remain, to gether with his entire delegation, until Sunday night. Meanwhile, efforts will be made by private negotiations to obtain accord of the disputed points of the treaty. ; Turks Conciliated 1 :l Richard Washburn Child. - who as chief American spokesman de livered; a striking, address at to day's meeting "urging that pe&c be signed' as soon as possible, has played an important but not dom inating part; both in harmonizing the conflicting views of the allies as to the time limit to be given the, Turks . and in convincing the Ottoman delegates that their na tional interests demand peace be concluded, without delay. : Reasonable prospects, of attain ing an agreement,, probably by submission of several of the mat ters in conflict, , to arbitration, saved the conference from ship wreck induced the Turks to adopt a more moderate attitude and pre vented discord , among the . allie?.' The result is that the Turks probably wilt not present their counter-projects at at formal ses sion of the conference, but will endeavor to iron out the difficul ties speedily "In private confer ence, . ., -' Ismet Pasha,, head of the Tur kish deelgation, conferred with Mr. Child tonight in connection wit hthe efforts of -all parties to the controversy to find a basis of accord on" the1 issues " dividing them. : '' . . ; . .. . c. ' '. lf Today's' developments brought a decided lessening in the tension between the Turks and the Euro pean' powers and also between the British and French delegations, who appeared, to be trending to ward : division in consequence of the French determination not to end the conference abruptly when there still seemed, a possibility of reaching ah accord, s ' ' If the 'differences between the Turks and the allies are not solv ed by Sunday when Marquis Cur son will, leave for home, '; and there appears to be .likelihood of agreement the French and . Ital ians probably will advocate a con tinuance of the conference. State Legislators Visit ; University of Oregon EUGENE. - Or., Jan. 31. The members ot the state legislature, clerks and employes of that body ana newspapermen, - made up a party of about 250 persons who visited the University of Oregon today. . The expenses ot the junket were; paid by the . university. It wa3 desired ' that 'the legislators visit the institution to obtain first hand Information -as to' its needs. The. Eugene Chamber of Com merce cooperated In . entertaining the. visitors. A lunch ; was ten dered them at the nnirersity at noon and a reception was held at the chamber afterwards. WOULD ABOLISH POOL . JIONTG03IERT, Ala.. Jan. 31. A hill tn abolish billiaril halfs and. pool rooms, operated for fin-. ancial gain, introduced by faena tor- Griffith, was reported favor ably; todaj. ' - . NEWS HOUNDS TELL WORLD OF MARRIAGE Papa of Toung; Bridegroom Sends Blessings Nothing Doing From Bride's Dad BALTIMORE. Jan. . 31. Wil liam; Morris, son of a Glasgow, K !'t(h4iif."i anil' hfa hrfdA. Carobn; 1 8-year-old daughter ot rrr cswi.-i" w, xnuriau. ouuswi yicuucui ui the Century Publishing company ot . New York, expressed : surprise and disappointment today when they were confronted with the Associated 'Press dispatches from Alexandria, Va., stating they were married there Monday. They had hoped to .keep the. place of their marriage a secret, they said, as Mrs. 'Morris did not want her father, to "know anything about it." He was very angry "when we attempted , to elope last Sep tember they added. !Morri8 stated he received a. tel egram from his father giving his blessing to the couple. No word has been received from the bride s father, as yet, he said, , .-, . rrr-r Members of Legislature and Friends Well Entertain ed Yesterday The more than 2000 students of the University of Oregon and members of the faculty who. were assigned to the duty greeted the members of the. state legislature ahd accompanying ; friends - who made the biennial pilgrimage from Salem' to the university yester day; " t : ' , The1 special Southern5 Pacific train that left Salem at 8:45 a.m. yesterday was ' chartered by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and lin charge were railway' of: flcials, Including . AT A. MIckle, Salem representative of the com pany, who furnished the best of accommodations throughout the trip. ;' Train Gom to Campus. The excursionists were carried directly to the university campus, the train stopping In front ot Vil lard hall where the legislators and friends detrained. They went directly to the women's building, where assembly was held in the women's gymnasium. J John McGregor, president of the student I body, and Miss Ber nice' AlstOck.1 president ot , the Women's league, , gave addresses of welcome on behalf of the stud ents. Miss Alstock addressed her remarks primarily to the women members of the legislature. Loaders Address Students , Representing ' the legislature, President Jay ; H. Upton of the senate and C. O. Brownell. acting speaker of the house In the ab sence of Speaker K. K. Kubll. spoke. Senator Upton addressed the students as "students of my alma mater," : , : : "As long as I have "a voice to (Continued oa page 8) HIDILUfK T DIES Ernest Bross, Managing Ed itor Indianapolis Star, Succumbs to Illness - INDIANAPOLIS; Jan. 31. Ernest ' Bross.' 63. nationally known journalist and managing editor of the Indianapolis Star, died at his home .here tonight af ter a brief illness. , . Mr. Bross, who bad contributed articles to leading . magazines, gained considerable note as an English language, purist and a writer of brilliant editorials. Mr. Broas had been connected with various newspapers in Ne braska and was formerly associ ate editor of the Portland O re go nian. He came to; the Indian apolis Star in. 1904 as managing editor and - held that position up to the time-ot his death. 1 He Is survived by his ' widow and two ffeiidren. . SALONS VISIT U. AT EUGENE COM SUPPLY TO; UN0CCIMEI ESSEN Tax Reduction Club Wants Candidates They Can Tie to At Election Time .A party Of - their own, or at Teast. definitely pledged - candi dates that they believe they can tie to, is one plan proposed to the Oregon Tax Reduction club, at its state-wide committee meeting of Wednesday. "The old party system is abso lutely broken, down," said one of the committeemen. "There is nothing to which one can tie any candidate, save his personal pledge. The1 primaries have made every man a lone wolf, preying on whatever vote he can devour; the old political names are as dead as week-old smelts In hot ' weather, so far as the public esteem .IS con cerned. The last primaries, and the election following, show ex actly how dead the old, revered parties are. . . "It's time to set up a party that stands for something and go down the line with it. If the Tax Reduction club ever hopes1 to do anything worth while. It faces thtsi necessity,'., one : comtnitteer A committee of five., consisting of J. U. Smith of Yamhill county. Finley M. Edgar of Polk county. Dr. A. A. Slaughter", S. H. Van Trum and W. A. Jones of Marlon county, compose the erorganlta tlon board of the Tax Reduction club. They- are working over plans to make the organisation ef fective in the ' next - campaign ; many plans may be proposed, though a compact, signed-up' or ganization of some sort is the gen eral, expectation, A constitution and by-laws will also be prepared. A report on the matter will. be made within the next few weeks, probably' about the -latter of Feb ruary, and following that there might be a state-wide ratification meeting; though : . the definite plans remain to be proposed and agreed upon. But some form . of definite, pledged membership, that can be depended up in a vot ing pinch, is the, general idea at the present time. However, what ever plan Is adopted, it is to have only one object In mind the ac tual, physical reduction of taxes; and no other cult or notion or desire. -.- - -- - . - In addition the Marion county delegation elected officers for the year. They are Will Jones of Mac leay, chairman; S. H. Van Trump, secretary. t TOO liOXG OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 31. Thomas E. Price, who gave his 20-yearKId wife an old fashion ed spenking when she remained out all night recently, was sen tenced to five vdays In jail here today.' ' - ; ; ' M URIKRKH ARRAIGNED SAN' FRANCISCO Jan. 31. Henry Wilkens, charged with murder In connection with the slaying qf bis wile in' an alleged fake holdup near here last year, will be arraigned for trial the second time here tomorrow. The first trial resulted In a mistrial. WOULD SELL FOISTS WASHINGTON, Ja. 31 A number of historical forts 1 and Other government .reservations would be sold by the war depart ment under : the" terms of a ' III ordered - reported, today ' by the house' military .committee. They included: ' Washington: Lagoon Point, Needle ; Point and Port Madison. J1ROKER RELEASED ' LOS ANGELES,- Ja. Sl.-p-VIr-t tus C. Rohm. Chicago, broker, arrested " here Monday ' for con spiracy to " defraud the . Chicago board off education, was released from custody today on $10,000 icnd, ' . iyL0llflTf BROKEN, ! DUSSELDORF, Jan. 31(By the Associated Press) The. French occupation authorities seized the entire Ruhr customs today, placing: men in charge of the large general merchandise warehouses in Dusseldorf and Duisberg and seizing the stocks of mineral water, petroleum, benzol, spirits . and tobacco as well as the customs offices throughout tha district:' ! ' . -.;-, - , Four, high . German customs functionaries in Duisbcr and Dusseldorf were expelled from the; Ruhr. Many of tha customs workers who refused to continue the work were re placed by French officers who have been stationed in i Dus seldorf f or several days, j ' f ' ;;: ; ' j - PARIS, Jan. 31.(By the Associated Press) The Ger man charge d'affaires at Paris was notified this evening: that after midnight no shipments of coal from the Ruhr to unoc cupied Germany would be permitted. Henceforth, only ccr.1 consigned to Italy would be permitted to pass through unoc cupied Germany and a strict check was being kept on the departure and arrival of t trains to prevent fraud. . PASSES HQUS Senate Measure- Providing for $300,000 for High way . Gets Approval . OLYMPIA.1 Jah Sl. The sen ate bill making - an emergency appropriation.;', ot.'1 $300,000 tor state highway maintenance from January . to April , finally ; passed the house today when It cama up as a special order of business. The vote oas 84 to 12. The "measure was again attack i by several . Klng county ; re presentatives on the ground that the roads and bridges committee, which introduced the bill, had not ' furnished detailed ;. Informa tion to the - house on the neces sity for -the appropriation. The bill , now, goes to r Governor Hart, and , as he is chairman of. the state highway ; committee, he is expected to ; sign immediately. The hoirsej bill to extend pro visions of the free milk law, now operating in schools of first class cities, to first school . districts was indefinitely postponed In the house. Housa bill :30, providing that seed shall be! a first, lien on crops "suffered 'a lik,e; fate. Livestock Bill Tassed . The lower house passed, House Bill 65. regulating livestock run ning at large land House bill 18, applying equalization of assess ments in Spokane and Whatcom (Continued on page 2) DUBL1 : RAIDERS . FIRE RESIDENCE Home of Sir Horace Plunkett Destroyed . With Valu v able Art Collection . i DUBLIN. Jan. 31; , Th final destruction of the residence of Sir Horace.. Plunkett this morning was due to a second attack th previous explosion t having only partly wrecked the building. Raiders Bet fire to the place. at 2 o'clock tFilhout warning the oc cupants. .! " Sir Horace's , secretary, who was in bed, narrowly escaped death. The building went up In flames and; with it disappeared one of the most ; valuable collec tions of art and literature In Ire7 land, including antique furniture, paintings, and an extensive li brary containing many , historic volumes and documents. The. residence at Clonmel, East Cork, of John, Dineen. a member of the Dall Erleann, was burned this afternoon. V ? The reported release of Senator Pagwell. general manager of the Great. Northern -railway has not been confirmed. He was kidnaped by irregulars last night and the Free State government Issued a declaration that unless he was re leased unharmed within 4 hours punitive measures would be tak en. The ultimatum expires at 9 ??2cfe tomorrow morning, "..V UPIEI BLES AT SIMS - DUSSELDORF,: Jan. SI. (Dr The Associated Press.) SeIzuro of the Ruhr customs . by the French; low level of,; coal pro duction reached; J the practical disappearance of emptycoal car from the . region, threatening a complete stoppage; . of work at the 4 mines within a few days; the; Cutting' of the Cologne-Berlin '' trunk telegraph and tele phone " cables ; at : several places around Essen, completely isolat ing the city from the outs', da world, and a more acute scarcity of food---these were the" develop ments of the 21st day of tLe Franco-Belgian occupation. 1 - ; ,' - The ' taking' over of the cus toms ,by the :F?ench Is the mcjf severe economie ,blowv 'attempted since they -entered the Ruhr. 11. .Flllppi, the French chief of th? Ruhr customs avers that the de traction personnel of the German functionaries - amount ' to only about 40 per cent, these were immediately replaced and work proceeded normally. The ' Ger mans declare that more than 73 per. cent of . their customs stall walked .but and insist' that tht French . will not be able to handl collections;'"- I, ! Coil Production; Falls '. The coal production yesterday fell below SO per cent of nor mal for the first time since the occupation. , ,Only a little more . than .100,000 tons were brought to the surface, and owing to. the shortage ; of; "emptiet" only about 70,000 tons were loaded and cleared from the pit heads. - Despite the low production, the French admitted this eve ning that should the shortage of empties becomet worse the mines may, have to shut, down in a few days'. aS the ; mining operations are already hampered by lack of room , at' the pit . heads, due tc the accumulations of the past week. There Is 1 only sufficient rdom at the pit heads to. handle four full day's ' normal output of the mines,,-: which is about 220,000 tons daily and from 10,000 to 20,000 tons have re mained uncleared every day for a week. " ' . i t . Strike Still Effective ! The railroad strike shows no signs of improving; it Is effec tive throughout the Ruhr and at Welsbaden, Coblens and Cologne. The stations "between Duessel dorf, Essen. ; Duisburg and Ruh rort are ifllled with people un able to reach the' city.- The municipal council of Bochum, which has been a center of op position against the occupying powers, has -posted a pEoc'ama tion'on the walls reading: "Ger mans, remain firm! Make the invader feel that he Is our enemy end make him realize that -Germans are not dogs tnatiick ths hand that strikes them."- The Germans have stoppJ the Paris-Warsaw i express at the Cologne station for the past two days; no ' international eastbound train gets beyond Cologne. The bottom seems to bsve dropped out of the exchange market. . Sterling today brought 220,000 marks' the dollar 43, 000 and thti French franc 2.0UO in Daesseldor? and Essen with paper, marks, becoming scarce again. . . Drastic .Measures Comiug (By The Associated Press.) . The French; are, losing pa tience in the face' of the stub born -resistance ot the: Germans (Continued oa jjago $2,