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1 1 A -4' CIKCUXATION . , . Averag fo Jnry. 123; i, , JSuudny only 5950 .'I Isil7 nd Sonday 1. ...... ..,i5,570 ' Averaf for ! anoatha ending Dmmhvr -:: SI, 1922: S t f ... ; fitsnday only 1 S83 Daily a4 Sunday i 5472 ' nr THE COT OP 8AXJSM ad eUewbert in - Vtrloa'sBd Folk Conn tie Nearly ararylwdy raada The Oregon Sstatesman TUB 'HOME KEWSrAPEB ! SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1823. PRICE FIVE CENTS -.- A - , ... , t - V x f i t 1 V . T i - i I i v. i t r J E W SUBSIDY P U PJD ER S W A Y Policy of Administration to 7 Be Made Public Before End of Week Surprise Promised. . -.; OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE THAT END IS flOT FAR Quick and Thorough Liquid ation Is Expected; Noth ing Yet Divulged. ".. 7 WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. The administration" shipping frQl (was kept ilive tnt the ..senate today by i fuijtji'er debate, ybut executive officials, recognizing the ' end to be nesyr,: began' formulation of plans tor dealing -with the gov ernment's war impelled merchant marine " venture with out " the " aid of the legislation. , - Chairman Lasker of th'eshlp- ping board conferred with Pres dent Harding, then met with the other members of the board and afterward announced .that 7 the policy J of i the - administration would be workod out ; and ' made 'public before ' the end of the week. He declined to give any indication of the plana t under consideration beyond saying they were of a "startling novel" "na ture. , '"-'! : '- ' ' 1 r V- ; r ' : Would Vacate Business : Hopeful until last week that the shipping bill would be ens acted,, administration officials have given no indication of what alternative they have In mind. President Harding, in making his final appeal for -passage ot the legislation in course of his ad dress to congress, - February on the British debt" settlement tald that if the legislative branch refused ,to approve -the shipping bfU' or submit an alternative "the executive branch of the gov. ernment may proceed as best it can to end the losses In liquida tion and humiliation." V ' . ' Inasmuch as the president has declared one of the prime pur poses of the bill to4 be to get rhe government out of the ship ping business, it was generally believed today that the adminis tration's ' pojicy contemplated luick and thorough liquidation. OELIEVE TEUTOkS : LOOK FOR PEACE Intimation Received by the -) French That Germany Would Negotiate. fc PARIS, Feb. 26.-T(By the As sociated Press.) .The French government has received intima- . tions ot a vague and Indirect na ture thatthe. German government desires to negotiate a settlement of. the reparations issue,. It was " declared fin i responsible quarters here today. : ' . ; . , s , -. The most important of these suggestions appears . to have been made through M Dubois, a Swiss financier .who came to Paris last wees: avowedly cnargea witn , a mission as a friendly neutral to sound Premier. Poincare as to the possibility of opening conversa' tions for ftW reparatons - agree ment. ' v-f'-'v"; :', ' " -Premier -: Poincare's - Teply to every suggestion is understood to have been that the German gov ernment 'must come out Into the open and talk plainly and direct ly with the .reparations commis sion or the allied governments. and that efforts f made through v' outside private l persons or leven heutral governments,' could not, ' under , the circumstances, be the basis for. negotiations. 1 ' ' THE. WEATHER OREGON: Tuesday, fair. LOCAL WEATHER , ' (Monday) . Maximum temperature, 54l - Minimum temperature, 30. ' River, 5.0 feet, falling; , Rainfall, none. . - - . , Atmosphere, clear. ; Wind, north. CHICAGO MAN SEES CHAOTIC CONDITIONS Political and j Economic Situa tion in America to Grow F ! Worse, Belief. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 26. Predictions of approaching chaotic political and economic conditions in America were made this morning in Whitman college chapel by Jasper Kane, of the University of Chicago, chosen by the National Students' Forum to inoduce here j three European students to the campuses of the leading American universities and colleges. . : In ; introducing" Piet Rosst of Holland. Jorgen Itolck of Ger many and Hans Tiesler, of- Den-, mark Mr. Kane told of the. Euro pean conditions and warned Am ericans In their present state of happiness against circumstances which are shaping events In such a way that this continent may ioon be In the identical throes of upheaval. ; ' ; ; The three students leave Tues day morning J or Seattle ? where they will meet students of the University of Washington. Thirty-one Testify They Vot ed for Olcott; Prosecution Claims Nine More. PORTLANDOre., Feb. 26. In the .trial of W. H. Emrlck, charged with responsibility' for the count ing In'favor of Charles Hall of bal lots which had cast for Ben W. Olcott for the Republican nomina tion for governor In the primary election of last May, 31 voters of the precincts wherein the - frauds are alleged to have occurred testi fied today that they had voted for. Olcott. St the hour for adjourn ment the prosecution- announced that it would produce enough sim ilar, witnesses f when court recon venes tomorrow to show that at least 40 votes were cast for Olcott. The record of the tally sheet as turned in by Emrlck showed a to tal of only 31 for Olcott. The pros- ecution charges that . at least nine more votes were" .cast for Olcott but tallied for HalL, r " : v Testimony Opposed Attorneys for Emrlck, chief of the counting board in the precinct where the fraud was alleged to have occurred ' contended that if the record was wrong it had been changed after it left Emrick's cus- today. They opposed the admis sion of testimony by voters as to how they had voted on the ground that it would violate the sanctity of the ballot but the court over ruled their objection, holding that the voters might be summoned and that those of them who choose to testify willingly as to the iden- ity of the candidate they had fav ored, could do so. DEATH OF (USE HOT DUE TO UN Qoroner's jJury Finds Col ; lapse Due to Morphine, Exposure, Freezing. SHENANDOAH, la. Feb. 26. Morphine, exposure and freezing caused the death of Miss Kathar ine Lukeahavac, nurse, who ' was found dead In an automobile near here on the morning ot February 16, according to the coroner's Jury at the conclusion ot the inquest held here this afternoon. . Charles McMahon, Miss Luke shavas' companion, Srho has ieen held in the county Jail at Clarin da since the death, was released from custody and it is thought the case is ended, j ;i :-.; . The coroner's Jury made, not at tempt to explain the presence of morphine In the nurse's vital or gans, examined by chemists at the University of Iowa. ; It was point ed out unofficially,: however, that Miss Lukeshavac had Just recov ered from an attack of Influenza and may Tiave taken the narcotic at a stimulant. --.''- . McMahon says he and the nurse were automobile riding when the car stalled and they fell asleep. Nine hours later he awoke and found the nurse dead and his own hands and feet frozen, - ---- - EilGli CASE BIG MERGER OPPOSED BY GOVERNMENT - " Monopoly of Industry Seen in Consolidation of Armour and Morris Brothers Com panies. MORE BUSINESS IN GOVERNMENT IS NEED Case Expected to Reach Su preme Court for Final w " Determination. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2C An other battle was begun today, by the government against 'what .it claims would be a monopoly in' in-; dustry when Secretary Wallace of the agriculture department.: took steps to prevent Armour and com pany from acquiring the business of Morris and company. ;. . , Consummation of the consolida-! lion would result , in the largest meat packing enterprise in the his tory of the country with annual sales more than $1,000,000,000. F. Ed son White, president of Armour and company, declaring the present f administration had proclaimed' Itself in "less govern-! ment in -business and more busi ness in government," said that'TiM company heartily subscribed to that slogan and was willing -to meet the issue Involved speedjly and without fear of the result. ; Complaints Served Before legality of the merger Is finally declared, several months are expected to elapse and in all probability the case will reach the supreme cojirt for determination. Secretary' Wallace, proceeding under authority given him in the packers and stockyards act, served complaints on Armour and com pany, J. Ogden Armour and Mor ris , and company, charging them with violation of the act by enter ing into a written agreement' for the sale of Morris and company. The complaints said transfer was to be made on or before February 28 and that Morris and company would be eliminated entirely as a competitor In the packing busl ness. ' "A hearing was set for Monday-, April 2, in Washington before the secretary of agriculture at which the packing companies specified! will be required to show cause why an order should not be issued against- the consolidation. Such an order would be subject to an. peal to the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago with in 30 days. ' INSTITUTES JIBE TO BE i MORE County TeacHers' Conven- :tions Abolished by Leg- 1 lative Enactment. Oregon will" , have no more county teachers' institutes. This is not generally realized through out the state, says J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, nut it Is the; effect of the Strayer senate bill - No.. 202 which has been signed by Governor Pierce. The bill as originally Introduce ed proposed to exempt teachers in districts- of the first class from the requirement of attending the institutes. This was in accord with the sense of a meeting of first class, districts teachers and officials in Portland prior to thej legislative ; session, called at the instance of The Dalles district. ! When the bill came, to the at tention of SuperintenBent Church ill he could see no reason for ex empting only the : first class dis trict teachers, so Uia bill was amended to include teachers in second and third class districts and union high school districts, so that the measure now affects all "teachers and automatically abolishes county Institutes.! r ' - Should only first class district teachers be affected there would be much confusion, it is said, as to the place; of holding the insti tutes. ; Fqr years It has been cus tomary toehold them at the county seat, and most of the county seat districts are of the first class, i f The j, bill ' does not' abolish the local or zone institute and these will continue to be held, and eounty funds are preserved for the purpose. t ,-. ; .t NEW CA USES OF CHICAGO FIRE FOUND Liquor Drinkers Linked With Mrs. O'Leary's Cows, Says Strong Prohibitionist. CHICAGO. Feb. 26.- A new version of some of the underlying causes of the great Chicago fire of 1 8 7J was given to the world today. A. Major,; declared to be a long time prohibitionist, told the story In the current issue of the ITnion Signal, official publi cation of the WCTU. Mr. Major says a man living in the neighborhood of the home of one Mrs. O'Leary, related to him that liquor ' drinkers in a saloon In the district consumed so many egg nogs that the saloon keeper's milk supply had become exhausted. The - saloon keeper then went to Mrs. O'Leary and she was induced to milk her cow and the animal kicked over the lantern which, tradition- says, started the fire. NIGHT RIDING START Word, Important Witness, Declares Self Innocent of All Charges Made. MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 26 Tom Word' of Portland, department of justice agent and chief investiga tor Into the Jackson county night riding leases, which will start to morrow, with . the trial' of Dr. Jouett P. Bray, was arrested here late today on a charge of intoxi cation in a public place, namely Main street this City, November 22 last. He pleaded not guilty In Justice Tayjor's court. f Inasmuch, as County Prosecutor Rawles Moore will be busy IA cir cuit .court Inthe night riding cases, and word is an important witness in them, it was agreed in court that the case will be tried at the first long break which comes in the circuit court trials, probably after the Bray trial. which will be of a week's dura tion, and Word was released on his own recognizance. Alleges Frame-TJp "I am innocent of this charge. rwhich has been trumped up against me in an effort to preju dice my - testimony in the klan cases," said Word as he departed from the justice court, ''and simi lar charges will be preferred - against me in two other town In which I have been working on fed eral cases and with 'the same pur pose in view. I'll come out all right." Dr. Bray will be tried on the in dictment returned against him charging riot in connection with the J. F. ' Hale kidnaping and hanging episode by a band of masked men. Two other Irue hills charge him with assault with a dangerous weapon and ex tor tion. TWO BOYS TAKEN. - AT GRANTS PASS Norman Hastings and Ever ett Vanderhoof Accused, of Stealing Car, Norman Hastings and Everett Vanderhoof, both of this city, about 16 and 18 years old respec tively, were arrested in Grants Pass yesterday on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to L. P. Mitchell of 1272 State street. .... t . According to Chief W. W. Birt chet both boys had often talked of going to Honolulu. . .Last Sat urday Mr. Mitchell complained to police that his roadster had been stolen. Dispatches were Immed iately sent to stations throughout western Oregon with the result that on Monday the fugitives were apprehended. Constable Walter, DeLong left last night for Grants Pass where both boys are being held. MILL MA3T IXDICTED s PORTLAND, Feb. 26. George Neilson, mill man of Medford, Or., was indicted here today by the federal grand Jury,' charged with use of the mails to defraud. It was said, that - the . operations which led to the Indictment were in connection with' an oil ' land promotion project. . - i ISADORA MA Y LOSE PRIZED CITIZENSHIP Secretary Davis of Naturaliza tion Department Wants Rights Taken Away. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. If Isadora Duncan, ttie dancer, dis likes American institutions and American ways as much as she pretends,, she may soon be re lieved of ever bothering about them again. In view of remarks attributed to her recently as she was sailing from New York for Europe, Secre tary Davis, head of the govern mental department dealing with naturalization, has asked Attorney General paagherty if there is nof a way in which she can be divested forever of her citizenship. In the fast the dancer's right to enter the Unl fed States has been Chal lenged because of her radical ut terances but on very occasion she has been able to establish her sta tus as a citizen., BESSES TO KILLING Kidnaper of Two Small Girls Leads Detectives'. to flid-l - ing Place of Body. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26. Wylie- Morgan, the prisoner held in connection with the kidnaping Sunday of 6-year-old Lillian Gil more and her 5-year-old sister. Dorothy, confessed tonight and led the detectives to a spot on a creek near Croydon, Pa., where the body of Lillian was found fit a tree stump hole. Croydon is 20 miles north of thls; city. : The child's body was taken to the house of 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Robert Gilraore, ia. the Ken sington district.- t Beyon-1 - stating that he had kidnaped . the children and thrown Lillian's body cn the bank of the creek after having as saulted both, the police withheld the details of Morgan's confes sion. I - jtf Crowd Threatening Shortly i after the searching party returned to the, city a large crowd surrounded the station where Morgan was placed, and for a time it was feared an attempt would be made to storm the building. The police, however, soon dispersed the , crowds. Little Dorothy Gilmore, whoss pathetic story of fhe kidnaping and assault led to Morgan's ar rest yesterday had practically; re covered, tonight from her experi ence. She led a party of searchers during the day to an ice-covered pond at iTorresdale avenue and Bridge street, where she said Morgan had put her out of his motor car and from where she managed to7 make her wajNhome. JURY FOR 1IAX Vice-president of " Seattle National Charged Jointly in Indictment, SEATTLE, Feb. 26. A jury consisting of six men and six wo men was empaneled here this af ternoon for the trial in superior court of Perry B. Truax. vice president of the Seattle National bank, charged jointly with the bank in an indictment by the No vember, 1922, county grand jury with retaining collateral of the Frank Waterhouse company to secure a note for 118,474.01 af ter the note had been paid. The charge against the bank was dismissed January 29 by Su perior Judge J. T. Ronald but the demurrer of Truax, however, was not sustained. In a statement to the Jury to day, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ed Colvln said the state would prove Truax had obtained the checks in payment of the note by "bunco" and that he had no in tention of turning the collateral over to the Waterhouse company though the note had; been paid.' Attorneys for the defense de clared at the time the 118,474.01 note was 1 paid," the Waterhouse company also owed the bank ap proximately 1100,000 and that as the i company was ; at that ; time seeking bankruptcy, the collateral of the note which was paid was retained by the bank as additional security for the $100,004) owed. Examination ot witnesses will begin tomorrow morning. ' ON TRIALEHELED PASSAGE OF FARM CREDITS IS EXPECTED House Contemplates Vote Not Later Than Wednes day - Senate Is Believed Favorable. TWELVE BANKS OF CREDIT PROVIDED Creation of Corporations Is Provided for May Re discount Paper. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Farm Credits legislation, over which there has been a row in congress for more than two weeks is' to be taken .up tomorrow 'in the house under plans contem plating a vote not later . than Wednesday. Passage by the house was forecast by leaders who believed there would be compara tively little difficulty in adjusting the differences with the senate. Major provisions - wr tne two, ftanota maaenrAa' thA TnrOOt'-An- derson and Capped bills, are in- . A. J corporatea in tne om as reponea from the house banking commit tee. The formal report- on the legislation was delayed. but Chair man McFadden issued a statement 1 explaining its principal purposes. Twelve Banks Created . - i "This legislation is an endeavor on the part of "congress" Mr. Mc Fadden said, "to enact a law that will provide intermediary credits for the agricultural interests of the United States. By agricul tural! Is meant all ot those people who are engaged in the production of agricultural products, including therwarehouslng and orderly mar keting organizations. "Specifically, this bill provides for the creation of 12 distinct in termediate credit banks, which are to be managed and in the con trol of the federal farm .loan board. Each is to have a capacity of $5,000,000 or a total of $60, 000,000 which is to be subscribed by the secretary of the treasury; and the stock is to become the property of fhe United , States. Provision also is made for the creation of corporations with a minimum capitalization of $250, 000,000 to deal in agricultural pa per having a maturity;, of six months or more and further provision for the organization of rediscount corporations with a ca pacity of $1,000,000 or more to rediscount such paper for the loaning corporations.. Government Reimbursed "These intermediate credit banks can issue debentures up to $600,000,000 in addition to their capital; stock of $60,000,000. It will be noted in this respect that this intermediary, credit institution provides equal capital for agricul tural Interests almost double of the amount that was called for during the operations of the war finance corporation. "Provision Is made for the re imbursement of the government by the application of one-half of the net annual earnings so that ul timately the goyeroment should befully reimbursed for its capital stock subscription, while still own ing the banks with the same orig inal capital and a surplus of 100 per cent. After this has been ac complished the bill provides that 10 per cent of the net earnings go annUaly to the surplus and the residue to the federal govern ment." i E E TJX BILL Measure Expected by Exec utive to Produce $1, 500,000 Annually. ' Governor Pierce yesterday signed the Income tax bill, house bill No. 350, which he estimates will 1 produce a r revenue of $1, 500,000 a year and serve to de crease the state tax levy from mills to about 8 mills'. Other de creases possible from enactments of the1 recent legislature ' he be lieves will bring the levy under 8 mills. . " : " Governor. Pierce believes the income tax Is constitutional. GOV I SIS n SALEM ALSO HAS MAN WHO IS ON LEVEL Gasoline Buyer Unexpectedly Gets Nickle in Change He Had Forgotten. . SILVERTON, Or., Feb. 26. ( Special to The Statesman. ) Sa lem also lays claim to an ''honest man." Although he isn't a $2, 000 diamond returner, like the Portland phenomeniii. this is like ly because such onbortunltv has never presented itself. Following tue t'ortiand man s aavice inai it nays to be honest, but it doesn't pay to advertise the fact," names are not mentioned, and it is quite enough tor say. that, the Salem man is a' young garage man in the neighborhool of the state fair grounds. Some time ago (it was during the recent cold spell) a Sllverton man on leaving Salem found he was running low on easoline.. He stopped at the above - mentioned garage and was served, by, a man who at that time was a total stranger to him. Due to the ex treme cold weather and the fact that other cars were waiting to be served, the purchaser did not wait for the nickle he knew he had cominK. Two Weeks later the same .man had occasion to stop At th same garage. In making change the garageman added "and here is the nickel you ran away fr.om last time." Picture Depicting American Statesman With Christ In Legal Controversy. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Green wich Village moved today . to Jef- ferson market Court where it was decided that a painting by J. Francis Kaufman, "The Marriage at Cana - of Galilee" portraying Christ with William J. Bryan, A. J. Volstead and William H. Anderson-' might hang for at least two weeks at the Waldorf Astoria exhibit of. the. Society of Inde pendent Artists,: while lawyers thrashed out the question of whether, its display violated the penal : statute pertaining, to im proper pictures. -r Abraham .Baylinson, secretary of the society, admitted the pic ture, bearing the inscription, "Father, forgive them . for they know not what they do," depicted Mr. Anderson, . state superinten dent fit the anti-saloon league, ar resting Christ for changing water into wine. 'Critics previously had identified . a figure clutching Christ by the shoulder as Vol stead, while Bryan shown over turning a jug, of wine at the mar riage feast. - Jleclared Nothing New . The secretary said he believed the picture showed no irreverance toward Christ, and no' disrespect to Bryan, Volstead and Anderson. He declared that setting Christ among contemporary figures was nothing new and cited examples among the Veronese. Baylinson, who. was served with a summons Saturday night, dis claimed responsibility; for the pic ture, saying that his' society was obliged to hang every picture sub mitted with a $10 fee, provided the painting was not lewd. .. Detectives, however, declared on the stand the picture was sac religious. ; t " The court adjourned the case until March 12. BADLY INJURED Receives Broken Skull and Jaw While Carryin Trunk Downstairs. l.or Walter Fisher, operator of a parcel delivery service with head quarters at the Commercial book store, is in a serious condition as a result of failing down. a stair way yesterday while carrying a heavy trunk. ' He received a frac ture at the base of the skull, a fractured 4 Jaw and a fractured wrist. The accident happened at 677 South , Commercial, street. The trunk fell upon him, , Mr. Fisher Is a brother, of Dr. E. E. Fisher. He -has a 'Chance to recover. MASTERPIECE STILL HAflGS WALTER . LIEfJ'LAOOR Will Resolution Sees Need of Supply of Field Workers; Chinese Also Allowed En trance. MEASURE DECLARED to be diabolical: Political Control of American Colony Declared to Be . - at Stake. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. A resolution proposing temporary admission to the Hawaiian is lands of alien labor, including Chinese, otherwise barred under the immigration laws, was report ed today by the house immigra tion committee. At the same time Chairman Johnson of the commit tee who opposed the measure, in troduced a resolution authorizing members of the confmittee re-el ected to the next congress -to In vestigate Hawaiian needs. - . .- . Introduced in July ; The resolution , reported "today was Introduced in July. 1921. by the late Delegate Kalalnanaole of Hawaii. Chairman Johnson, whose home Is in Washington, and other mem bers of the committee from the Pacific coast states, as well as Representative " Box, Democrat Texas- said they wou Id submit minority reports. " Representative Shaw, Republi can, Illinois, drafted the majority report' which said the purpose of the resolution was to permit a re stricted immigration of alien un der the supervision of the secre tary of labor, 'for the purpose &f providing an adequate supply of suitable field labor for the basic agricultural industries of the ter ritory without which the territory cannot continue to exist as an 'Am erican commonwealth." See Political Control Asserting that the practical con- trol of ' the labor supply in Ha waii, was In the hands of Japan ese nationals and American citi zens of Japanese descent born la the' territory, 'Mr. Shaw declared that political control of this Am- erican coioaiai possession was si stake.( - -, The' report charged " that Jap anese on the islands had financed the -only opposition to the resolu tion which he said had been voiced VWU lau lOUCI KLIUU Ui IA bor organizations In Honolulu. . Characterizing the proposal as "diabolical" Representative Bor, in a statement charged that the sugar interests dominated Hawaii and were "responsible" for the in flux of orientals for 60 years with a resulting destruction of the Ha waiian race. . "If you want to Americanize the Islands, dumping 40,000 Chinese coolies there is not a good way to do it," he said. naaaiiaui ui luuiiy Ulrl - Pleads Guilty in Court SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 26. Clarence Willis, aged 26, believed to have been partially Identified as the assailant of. the O'Hare family near Olympla last Septem ber pleaded frailty before Suner- lor Court Judge H. E. Oswald late today ' fo attempted " criminal as sault on a five-year-old girl in this city last week. He was immediately sentenced by Judge Oswald to the' maximum penalty fdr his crime, five to 10 years at the stats' penitentiary and payment of a $1000 fine. Willis will be taken to Olympla for further identification as the assailant of, the O'Hare family. Should his identification there be established, he will be tried in that city on more serious charcou. klocal officials announced. Russia Will Goto Aid v - of Turkey, Says Soviet CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb 26. (By the Associated Press) Rus sia will go to the aid of Turkey if the latter Is "attacked" by the western powers, declares M. Ora loff, soviet representative here ia a published interview. The alliance between Turkey and Russia and Turkey with the other s-oriental nations," he de clared, "may be said to constitute a grouping which Is alarming to Europe and which the powers dar not attack," , . , INTO It 1
