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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1923 PRICE: FIVE CIHTT3 ID a V VS vS n v - ' . , , . - BRITISH H n SPLIT England Disinclined to Grant France Privilege of Bun- ; ning Cologne Trains; Meet Adjourned. v I BIG FRANC LOAN MADE TO POLISH GOVERNMENT Officers, of Essen Suspend Wcrk and Schools Close; City Hall Taken. '. LONDON, Feb. 15. (By the Associated Press.) When M. Le Trdtquer, French minister, of public works, and General Payot of the French general staff came to London relative to the Ruhr .difficulties, they expected : to con- rnd their business In a single day And had arranged; to return to Paris Immediately. But. affairs are? not' going smoothly. The negotiations be tween - the " representatives of France and. the British cabinet -minister . being adjourned until " tomorrow. i It appears that the French are not asking the cession of any ter- rltory but desire the privilege of . running trains on the main lines in and out of Cologne; which the British are disinclined to grant; although, according ; to reports current tonight. : Germany would not object to such privilege, as i she recognizes the delicate po sition In which the British gov ernment Is plaeed by - the French .request. . .';"-- rV i'- The British government's fear, however, la .that such . powers mlgtt lead to unpleasant inci dents, necessitating the presence of British troops : to keep order. - - - - PATHS,., Feb. 15. A loan of 400,000,000 francs to Poland was "voted by the French parliament today. It Is oftlclaUy described as "for the purpose of improving Poland's financial and- economic 'situation - so that it may resume Its proper place in the European -concert of nations ' and play , the role to which its geographical po sition and history entitles It. The vote on the measure was SIS to 68. Many of those who voted against! it declared that the loan, while destined ostensibly for the organization of the Polish army; against un warranted .at tack ,from the east" wag really put: through as "a means of ; co ercioa against Germany, from the west. ESSEN, Feb. 15, All the mu nicipal officers of Essen decided today -to suspend work" for 24 hours In a protest strike against the arrest ; of Vice Lord Mayor -Kchaerer. For the same reason the schools closed their doors and shops also deased business if or several hours - - " ' ' A performance of "William Ten" in the state opera house, was turned into a patriotic cele bration; the audience rising when the, 'Vow of RutU" was spoken, and repeating he words 'with the actors. This dramatic action was followed by the singing of "Deutschlani' Uber Alles." The singing of "William Tell" recent ly was prohibited In the old oc cupied area. ; Rntll is the legendary scene of the formation of the Swiss league against Austria. . DUESSE1DORF, Feh. 15; A company ot French infantry; with machine guns occupied the Essen city hall today simultaneously with the declaration of a 24-hour general strike against the recent arrests. The street car and elec trical plants continue to function., Trouble Is again brewing at Gal zenkirchen, where feeling is run ning high against the occupying forces. ; ; , - THE WEATHER OREGON Friday rain west; snow - flurries east portion; Loral Weather (Thursday) Maximum temperature' 34.. .Minimum temperature 21. '' River 3.4. . . . ' Atmosphere, cloudy. Wind, north. ' fflE i S POOR NEED IMMEDIATE HELP, REPORT Associated ! Charities Head Sees Desperate Need of Aid For City's Needy Snow and cold weather have brought acute suffering to many a household in Salem, according to Dr. Henry E, Morris, of the Associated Charities. More clothing, groceries, -wood, Jobs for both man and women, are urgently, j desperately needed; actual suffering is reported for the lack : of these necessities of life. The demand has run the Associated. Charities clear out of funds and supplies and more must come in at once if the as sociation is to function properly. Phone .1590, the Charities of fice with .the Red Cross on State street, with anything you have to fojffer, that' will make some poor home comfortable and safe. Mrs. Young , will . take care of every phone! call. Don't wait till Christmas, or birthday, or any holiday;' do it now, while people need it most. Under Cross Examination Confessed Spy Forgets His Name. u CHICAGO, t Feb. 15. The memory " of Albert Bailin, . alias Balanow, confessed spy and agent provocateur which enabled : him for; three days to tell a story of crimes alleged to have been, com mitted by the WJ. Burns and Thiel detective agencies and oper atives of the department of Jus tice, failed him today. Under 'cross examination by O. L. - Smith, assistant attorney gen eral of Michigan, Balanow, who made his deposition here for Frank P. Walsh; attorney for 2 2 defendants In the Michigan com munist vase, xorgot nis age, ow of his birth, the day of his birth day, the name of, the ship on which he came to America, the town where i he was born and many; other facts about himself. He refused to tell the names ot his brothers and sisters in this country who might supply the in formation and after accusing At torney General -smith of trying either, to make a fool out ot the witness' or Stimaelf, refused, on advice of counsel to tell where in America ! he landed or. any other facts about his coming to this-country.'; ' . Allen O. Myers, assistant gene ral manager of the Burns agency who could not be found, by sub poena servers when Mr. Walsh attempted to question him in Phil adelphia, New York and Wash ington, appeared today and vol unteered to make a deposition. TKH Ill BILLS i .: DIE 111 SENATE i r . Measures to Eliminate Con tract Hospital and Doctor System Slain. Senator Hall's bill to eliminate the contract doctor system which employers are allowed under the workmen's compensation act was indefinitely postponed oy the sen ate yesterday by the adoption of a majority report of the committee on labor and Industries which recommended - that' the bill not pass. Senator Halt returned a mi nority' report, recommending' that the 'bill pass, but wasv unable to .have It substituted for. the major ity report. Senate bill 142," also by Hall, and a companion bill to 141 was also killed by-indefinite postpone ment. It would eliminate the hos pital contract system. Hall de clared the measures would be in itiated. i Senate hill 87, by Klepper, pro Tiding, for the' election of mem ibers of party : state .central com mittees was also Indefinitely post poned. - Senator Klepper charged that a man not a member of the senate had been. on the floor j all day- - endeavoring to , have the measure killed by indefinite post ponement, c . : ; DORY OF H FAILS , . ! i ' OF OFFICER QUESTIONED Friends of Major General Cronkhite Demand Inves tigation of Enforced ' Leave of Army. WAR DEPARTMENT IS CRITICISED IN LETTER Senators May Block Confir mation of General's Sue-, cessor to Office. f WASHINGTON, Feb. t By The : Associated Press. ) A congressional investigation ' of tlie recent enforced retirement from the-army of Major General Adel bert Cronkhite, Eightieth division commander of Frane, was re quested, today by Jennings- i C Wtee. who 'served as a lieuten ant colonel in the division and who says that 56.000 o! his for mer comrades in arms under General Cronkhite "were deter mined to stand .by their old com mander." .; The request was contained ' in a letter sent to . Senator, Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, sin which Colonel Wise revealed that be was one of (.hose who helped prepare a pamphlet recently cir culated among members of con gress setting forth the views of General Cronkhite's friends re garding his retirement. To Block Confirmation ' ; Senator Reed was . not ; ready to announce whether he : wouq comply with the "request !thathe introduce a. resolution of inquiry. Other senators, however,, includ ing Senator Glass,-Virginia, with in whose state the Eightieth div ision was trained, made known their intention to block conflrma. tion of General Cronkhite's suc cessor,' Brigadier-General Hanson E. Ely, of the army service school at' Fort Levlnworth,. Kas., until the if acts can - be established In correspondence with the war department published In the pamphlet. General . Cronkhite at tributed.' his retirement to his activity ' in . seeking to' bring justice- to those he held responsible for the' death of his son. Major Alexander P. Cronkhite, who was mysteriously shot and killed I in 1918 at Camp Lewis, Wash. V . Colonel Wise's formal request for a congressional i inquiry was addressed to Senator Reed, he explained -because of the head quarters , of the Eightieth divis ion association 1 located in Pittcu bnrgh, the senator's home town; He 'explained in his letter that those who prepared the : pamph let, dealing with the case had' no desire to conceal their Identity, although they- did- not regard- it' as material to the inquiry, and continued: ''Our purpose all along has simply been, upon a statement of the case as known to. ns, to have, it possible, a resolution Introduc ed in the-senate calling upon the senate military affaire commit tee to report to; the j senate the Lfacls of General Cronkhite's re tirement- and such a resolution wo sincerely trust your Judgment wil) permit you to introduce. : "It has: never, been our" idea that this action would be In the nature of an attack upon the president or the secretary of war for whom we have the ' highest respect and In whom we have the utmost confidence' ' "What we do not . understand is the failum ot the war' depart ment to take any action-looking to the determination of the ' tacts in the case ' nf Mainr Cronkhite, even after the accused murderer confessed and after a grand Jury had brought In an Indictment against persons alleged : to have murdered an officer ot the army while on duty- Does the war de partment owe no obligation to the army and to its officers in such a case?" , i ' JURY. EMPAXELKD FRESNO, Cal.. Feb. IS. A jury of 12 men was empaneled to day in the second trial of George Harlow, charged with the mur der of his wife. Mathew Conley, special prosecutor,, employed by F. Lw Orr, Grants Pass, Or.; fath er of Mrs. - Harlow, - asisted - Dis trict Attorney- Bailey, . NO CHANCE - TO ADJOURN THIS WEEK Upton Recommends That Leg islature Hold Over Through Early First of Next Week President Upton of the sen ate, just before adjournment late yesterday, declared that in his opinion the legislature would be unable to complete its work Sat urday night without too great haste and recommended that no ("fort be made to do so. "I believe it would be. better to return and finish up early next week than to work all Sat urday night and part of Sun day," said Senator , Upton. ) sires- to M o n s t e r Ceremonial in Salem" Planned by Masonic Order for May Fifth. The biggest Masonic activity In the history of Oregon, accept ing only the national Shriners' convention tat , Portland 1 four years ago, is to be staged in . Sa lem May 5, following" the-defiH; ite plans laid last night at the Salem Shrine club. Following the call of Presi dent William Bell, of the Shrine club, 175 Shriners gathered!" to talk over the big ceremonial that is to .be presented here In the name of Oregon Masonry. Mayor George L. Baker ' of Port- lHnd,,Chief Rabban, and Hal T. Hutchinson, Illustrous Ppteniate of Al Kader Shrine, were among the guests. They-; predicted an attendance of from 4000 to 6000 Shriners from all over the state if the weather ;favors. They are promised from as far off as Bend, Roseburg and all Along the wst coast. Portland alone . will -send down 200' candidates for initia tion Eugene will send 20, Mc Minnville 25; and others will come from more than half the state, from a total of 35 to 40 towns. . ' -. Twenty Tracks. Coming ' T enty truckloads of. parapher nalia will be sent" down from Portland to stage the 'grea't cere monial. Portland is reputed to put on the finest service ot this kind: anywhere in the . United States. Lodges from - as far - as Maine and Florida and every where write in for advice as how to put on a really big initiation ot this kind. Portland is to bring its whole gorgeous . equip ment and stage the ceremonial In all its splendor. The Grand theatro and the armory will both (Continued on page S) BILL IS CONCEDED Opponents of Measure See Success When Agreement' for Vote Reached. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Passage or. the British debt fund ing bill by the senate was con ceded tonight by opponents of the measure; 1 after agreement had been reached for a vote before ad journment tomorrow. r The -agreement provided for limiting debate by each senator to ten minutes after f 2 o'clock to morrow, the senate to remain in continuous - session until the JH1 Is disposed of. The agreement camel unexpectedly today after previous proposals to that effect had failed. It was offered by Sen ator Robinson, Democrat. Arkan sas with Senator Smoot.i Republi can, Utah, in charge of the bill, Insisting on a vote tomorrow. Among:' the' Democrats partici pating in today's debate, Senators Robinson, Glass, Virginia,' former secretary of the treasury; Pomer eae, Ohio, a member or the for eign relations committee and Owen ot Oklahoma, a , former banking chairman, spoke' in: be half, of the bill. The opposition speeches Included those of Sena tor Reed and Senators McKellar. Tennessee and Walsh,; Montana. PASSAGE DF DEBT IIAI PLAN OF G0HER1ENT' ' I5FDRWARDED Congressional Body Gets Proposed Reorganization of Departments Harding Favors. CONSOLIDATION OF ' , ARMY-NAVY WANTED Education and Welfare Bu reaus Would Be Estab lished Under Plan. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. De tails of the proposed reorganiza tion of the government depart ments as worked out by Walter Brown of Ohio, ex-offlcio chair man of the joint" congressional committee appointed to consider the subject, in consultation with some cabinet members and other officials and recently approved by President Harding, .were forward-; ed t the joint committee today. The committee is expected to take up the proposals tomorrow and at least use them as a basis for fur ther study. : Outstanding among recommen dations is the proposal' to consoli date the war and navy depart ments into a department of na tional defense and to establish a 'department of education and wel fare. Other proposals included: : The transfer of all non-military functions from the war and navy departments to civilian depart ments chiefly interior and commerce.- Many Transfers Planned ' : The elimination of ail non-fiscal' functions from the treasury de partment. - Changing-the name of the post office "department to department of communications, which would be expected to develop and extend telegraph and telephone communi cations, including wireless for the public benefit. The transfer of the bureau of .insular affairs f rom tthe war to the state department. i The inclusion of the general ac counting office, now independent, with the treasury department. Numerous transfers of bureaus would be brought about under the plan, which seeks to attach to ach department all of its depart ment establishments except those performing quasi jodicial func tlons or acting as service agencies for all departments. ! ' 4; id Control of the 'forest landsj which. It is understood, has' rM suited Jn conflicting views within the cabinet, would ; remain in the department ot agriculture. The question' of transferring the for-: estry bureau to the department of interior Is said to have been a stumbling block in the committee' consideration of reorganization paus and to have led to delay In completing its work. r . President Harding ,In a letter accompanying the plan, said : "I hand you herewith a chart which exhibits in detail the pres ent organization of the govern ment departments and the changes suggested after numerous! confer ences with the various heads of the executive branch of I the gov ernment. The changes, with few exceptions,1 notably that of co-ordinating all agencies of the na tional defense, have the sanction of the cabinet, ; , , '"In a few Instances, which I believe are ot minor importance, the principle of major purpose has not been followed to the letter, in order to avoid controversy, which might jeopardize reorganisation as a whole." Man Who'Hid Liguor in Hay Mow Is Fined $500 When deputy sheriffs .Walter Barber and Bert ' Smith - inspect ed, a hay mow on the ranch of W. 'W. Osburn, on Brown's Is land yesterday, they found three gallons of moonshine liquor hid den in the hay. Osbdrn was placed under ar rest and. arraigned in the Jus tice court before Judge W.; M. Bushey. He pleaded - guilty - to a charge ot -" possessing liquor, waived time and: waa fined $500. REV I JASON LEE THOUGHT STILL ALIVE Letter: Comes For Deceased Ex-head of Willamette ! Dr. Hoyt Gets One Too ' People live long in Oregon: but' he must be' a peculiarly an cient specimen who - remembers wheh Rev. Jason Lee was . presi dent of the Willamette Univer sity, and addresses a letter to him here in Salem. Such a let ter came to thai university and was dated from a town In Ore gon. As Mr. Lee died - back in 1845, It Is assumed that the In quirer with the prodigious mem ory might have a beard about fevon feet long. : Another inquiry came this week . directed, to "President Francis Hoyt,, Willamette Univer sity." . Dr.-i Hoyt, according to what has passed . for authentic history, vhaa ' been dead for SO years. The university that he fo ably superintended remembers himi only as a fragrant" memory.1 But as; for being- president, ready to vrelcome' ar studeht of today, it Is somewhat exaggerated. The Pennsylvania prospect writes that he's been " hearing: a lot . about President Hoyt and his frontier school; and he's' about ready iff sign on;, for a course. Dr. Hoyt's presidency in the-- pioneer , days was ' a' splendid testimony to ai living . faith" but someone else had to answer his letter, since he himself is so .long gone. . i The letters emphasize the won. derfu'l story of Willamette that It had a good name and an auth entic history before, most other colleges ot America were ' even di earned or; and the revered presidents of the early days left a mark on educational history that the years do not efface. Report Crews of Other Ships in Distress Off Pacific Coast Saved. ! SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. K. ' (By The Associated Press) The fate and even" the position of the Steamship Tuscan Prince whose wireless early . yesterday flashed out the news that she was1 sinking was shrouded In mystery tonight, ; ' The north jPacific's "graveyard of ship", claimed four more ves sels as victim today in a furious Eale t that swept . the, ocean Off the Washington add British Col ombia -coast lines. ;The vessels known to have been lost were the steamer Nika, burned to1 the " water's edge near Umatilla Reef, the freighter San. ta: Rita,-lodged high oh a rock Udg near Clo-Oose', Vancouver Island and 'the motorshlp Cool cha, pounded by huge waves as she lay on an exposed reef at Albert Head, near Victoria, B. C, and the British freighter Tuscon Prince. I The crews of the vessels were saved.' . ':' Word by word the messages of ten halted or broken, the ".wire leas brought the Btory of the storms into Seattle during the night' and today. Many Calls-Come In f First, late yesterday, came word from the coast guard cut ter Snohomish, Captain R. R. Waesche. "We are going to aid - steamer NIkaf reported, lost rudder, dan gerous position off v Umatilla Reef." ' v The Snohomish was at Port Angeles, eight hours run; from the disabled vessel.- . : A little later another message, from Victoria, said the Coolcha had been abandoned and her crew taken; off by the salvage steamer Algerine. Then word came that a station t Walla- Walla,. Wash., ' had herd the Nlka's : call for aid. The Snohomish reported she would reach the"., disabled craft at midnight. ' The regular rou tine of the air began again. i Once more out ' ' of the west came' an SOS faintly and a call: "Ve are. on fire. Help." Ther was no signature.; - The steamer Kewanee, off the (Continued on pageX mm mm Debate of Five Hours is Eloquent and Acrimcnicus Six Senators Send Written Exphnsti ens to Dc:!: Eight Join Affirmatives to Approval cf Spcnscrs Carkin Plan Taken Back to House. With eight senators in addition to the 17;who sponsorci the measure voting in the affirmative, the compromise ccr tolidation bill, S. B. 205,. passed the senate late yesterd. after a debate lasting about five hours. The additional eight senators were Farrell, Fisk, John fcon, Kinney, Klepper, Magladry; Stray er and Zimmerman. 4 The .measure attracted more public attention than any 6ther that has been argued in the senate this session and tha gallery was packed. The debate waxed eloquent. and acii monious at times. " - -. While the debate' was pending Representative" Carl:!::, Whose consolidation bill was passed in the house Wednc: .1: ; had the measure recalled from the senate. At first it t, believed he contemplated getting it amended and that I. a would attempt to have it passed in the house in amende 1 form in' preference to the compromise bill, but it has devel oped that the intention "is to amend the compromise bill, in the house, so that it. will leave the industrial accident corn mission, 'the banking department and; the public service com mission as they how are; and pass it in that amended fcr: i in the house. The compromise bill as-it now stands wou! I place the banking department under control of the goverr.-. with J power to - remove the ? superintendent of banks ; i : J.i. il : J . X . . . ; , , .1 " 1. ... wuiuu rvuuce tne acciuent commxssion irom inree iiic... i to one measure; and it would make the public service cc:.. mission appointive instead of elective. -- - . : ' Before the debate on the i::i HOUSE ARGUES RUHR SEIZURE Debate Is tfery on Stand America Should Take; France Gets Sympathy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Oc cupation of the Ruhr was attack ed and defended today in the house. Representative Knutson of Min nesota, the Republican whip, de clared France .was. seeking1 to dis member the Oerman republic and that , the time had come; tor Am erica to break" its "long' silence' with reference to the occupation. : s Representative Butler, Pennsyl vania, chairman of the naval com mittee, who had' yielded Mr. Knutsoh time In which to make his address, - told the , house that he In. no' way concurred m what the Minnesota member had said.. "My sympathy is with France," he declared, "and I hope she can collect every dollar that - Is due (Continued on page 6) SIX GET DIVORCES Vine CasesiJp for Consider ation One Case Settled , Out of Court. . Of the. nine default divorce caBes which came up for con sideration in the circuit ' court yesterday six divorces were granted, one case was taken un der advisement, one continued and one was settled out of court. The day was set aside by Circuit Judge - George Bingham as "de fault1 divorce day" and was given over exclusively to the consider aiion of. default divorce' cases. . Divorces- granted were . as fol lows: -Stapleton vs Stapleton, Cook vs. Cook, Douglas rs Doug las. Hammon.vs Hammon,- Chase vs Chase and Wheeler" rs ' Wheel er. Of the six. divorces . granted four charged desertion- and two cruel and inhuman treatment. In one case alimony of $100. per month until further notice of the court, was granted. The case of Harold Withrow vs Leola Withrow. charging- de sertion was continued. Martin vs Martin, in which cruel and in human treatment was ' charged was settled put of court and dis missed. The. case' of Oakes rs Oakes was taken under advise chent by Judge Bingham. 111 CIRCUIT COURT O-HEASiES 1KB BY !?' started Senator Eddy anncunc ; these amendments to the meas ure: . ' ; " Amendments Stat n1 It .would continue the' lr,J. trial welfare' commission anl t: i state board of conciliation as thif now are, but put them under tLa proposed department or i.utLf welfare. It would hot Inclcdd 'tis Btate department ot forestry 1 1 the" consolidation scheme, aai 11 would continue as at' present tLa state board, for vocational educa tion. ' ' As the' vote was being taken zlz senators sent to the desk, written explanation of their rotes, anl several others explained th-.; rotes on the floor. . No Sarijttg S.eeh Senator ... ElUs, ..who votel against-the bill, la a written ex planation,, declare the ibill: was palpably a political coiapromiss and-would ot effect a savins. Senator Flak said he would vote for it because the Hall bill ap peared impossible of passage. Sen ator' Hall .refusing tb .vote for the compromise toill, sent in a "Ions atatement the aubstance of whlci was an ansertion that the opposi tion was more out of enmity to ward him" than dissatisfaction wltlTthe bill. Senator Strayer's written statement said that the bill wan not in accord with his Ideas, but tha he voted for It so that something to produce greater efficiency in, government and some financial saving might Ci done if possible. ; Senator Zi mmer maifr statemfent explained tt at he'roted'v for the compromise measure because the Hall bill ap peared to be blocked. President Upton prepared a statement for the record declaring that the com promise measure wilt not gire it 3 people the relief they are Io-ikir t for. "I want to see Governor Pierce helped, not hog-tied," t3 said. "Jle asked for bread at I yon give him a stone." How. They Voted Ayes Brown, Corbett Dennl t, Dunn, Eddy, Edwards. Farre::, Fisk; Garland, Hare, Johnsc. , Joseph, Kinney, Klepper, La Fci lett. Magladry, Nickelsen, RItner, Robertson Smith, Staples, Straj--er, Taylor. Tooze, Zimmermban. Noes Clark", Ellis, Hall, Hcser, Upton.: , ,. . - v . s . Senator Garland opened the d? bate Just before noon. He drer a picture of. Governor Pierc, "torn this way and torn that way uniu i wonaer tnat he dbea net break under the strain.' Pierce Compliment! "No nobler patriot ever breal li ed than our governor," said Gar land, "and he is seeking sincere to bring about' consolidation l -Isration that will be ot value to the Btate. But Just now he has hanging over him a domestic cal amity in the serious illness of h'm wire. He is torn, this way and that way by agencies that seok t- dictate to him on state polictr ... If I were in This place 1 think I would kick every man out or j.;;- (Continued on pa3 S) .4 .