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r Mi WmM : i-" FIRST SECTION Pagesl to 6 - TYO SECTIONS 10 Pces , l , V. 1 SEVENfY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAYMORNINO, MARCH 1, 192:3. PRICE FIVE! CUNTS H tr' r K ft ? 1 Fiirar TfiY EE1I ME OWNERS Hugo Stinnes and Others Are Held Liable to -Trial by Court MartialRefuse to Pay Tax.' CARS ENTERING RUHR ARE REQUISITIONED Marks Seized Last Saturday for British Troops May Be Returned. . DUSSELDORF,- Feb, 28 (By The Associated Press) -By' a de cree iBsnod by General DeGoutte today, Hugo Stinnes and other mine owners and directors are lia- N Lie to trial toy court' martial with , possible Imprisonment and . fines if Ihey refuse, to pay taxes on the coal production or if they oppose the French and Belgian efforts to wrest from them shipments of . fuel on account of reparations, , , These measures, drawn by the French, authorities and based , on existent German - legislation, are designed to bring - the owner themselves to terms. v -In view of the fact that the French and Belgians control the Ruhr main line railroads Lthey are now fairly.; well prepared t'o run a limited number of trains daily to their - respective countries. !. Would Seize Coal General DeGotte'a order which provides againsC eventualities . in becomes effec"tive - immediately, the 'struggle and also calls for the seizure of coal at the pit head in cases where the Germans : refuse, . to pay the taxes and -give the Franco-Belgian officials authority to refuse export licenses to any : owners failing to) comply rlthj their demands. , - I Xssesamenta on coal la virtually t tMhe same as that of the "German ' ' - government, to which owners are ' v supposed to pay an internal tax of 40 per cent upon all coal taken from the mines. - V V Since the occupation began the German owners have flatly refus- ed to pay the tax. . : In order to" avoid trouble, with ; neutral countries: the 40 per cent , tax will not be mposed on ship ments to iionana or Bwitzeriana. The requisition, of motor cars by the French reached A stage of great activity today, the total tak en numbering 250 'with Dussel dorf as the center for comman deered cars. All cars In the-Ruhr - were stopped and taken over un . less the occupants could show au thority to use them. The French gave recipts for every car, only granting permission to - travel to those belonging in the occupied territory; all cars entering - the Ruhr front unoccupied territory : are requisitioned. Cars are being offered for sale at the very lowest prices, while British .officials are overwhelmed with ; requests that they use the cars of the Germans so as to in sure their, safety. ".'. v -' - ESSEN, Feb. 28. -(By the As sociated Press) All the German police dt-Bocnum and Heme, ar rested today by the occupational forces have been ; --- transported away from their home towns. The French otday occupied po 11c headquarters in Recklinghau sen and arrested two officials. It la announced that the German po lice force will be dissolved. p . The French raided a sitting of the directorate of the Balcke ma chine works at Bochuni and ar rested IS of the officials, includ ing the general manager. The workera immediately struck, de manding the release of those ar- rested. r. ' At Dusseldorf the French seiz ed all the tobacco, cigarettes and supplies of two large cigarette fac tories when the directorates re fused to pay the excise duty to the occuDTine forces instead of the German government. The du-r v ArnanAaA from one of these firms amounts to marks. Both they .closed. T 350.00&.000 plants were THE WEATHER OREGON Thursday fair. LOCAL WEATHER . (Wednesday) . Temperature, max., '61. ( ? Temperature,, miu., 32 River, 4.2 falling. , - Rainfall, none. : Atmosphere, clear. - Wlnd, nrth- - - ' ' TREES MUST BE TRIMMED s BOARD SAYS City Park Officials Deter mined to Enforce Ordi nances for City Beautiful. There is a city ordinance pro viding that! trees growing along the sidewalks must be kept prop erly and ne.atly trimmed up a dis tance of not less than eight feet above the ground, and it is neces sary that ' this ordinance be . en forced to allow the easy passing of pedestrians on the sidewalks. This ordinance , is called em phatically to the attention of Sa lem home owners by the city park board. I ' j ; Property owners are especially urged by the board to make a special effort this year to keep their yards, lawns and vacant lots in first class condition so that Sa lem can maintain its reputation of being one of -the most beauti ful cities in the United States. ' Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheari i Said to! Be Damaging Shubert Company. NEW YORK, Feb., 2 7, Edward F. Gallagher, of the famous vaud eville comedy team of Mr, Galla gher and Mr. Shean, "played'1, for more than three hours before a courtroom audience today and collected but one laugh. That was 'when he 'answered "no absolutely to a question by his lawyer, and the attorney came back with the I rest of the team's popular line, "positively, Mr.. Gallagher." ! ; ; The comedians are being sued by the Shubert Theatrical -company, which alleges that they are so good that the Shuberts are be ing ; ''Irreparably damaged" by their appearance under Florenz Ziegfeld'a roof, and asks that they be restrained from farther alleged violations of la contract with the Shuberts. - j , v The comedians take the ; atti tude, ; in the first place, that . the Shuberts violated the 'contract, and, In the second place, that they aren't nearly; so good as the Shu berts are trying to make them out, and the) Shuberts really are not missing so much. 7: When Mr. j Gallagher and , Mr. Shean hurried ; off to work ; in a matinee, Mark Luescher, manager of the Hippodrome, was called to testify for them. , i; r Declaring they were "far from unique," he enumerated a long list of teams ) which, he said, were f'far better known." Andrew s Tombes, : partner . of Will Rogers, testified that Gal lagher and Shean could easily be replaced. . i ." "Could you and Rogers do It?" he was asked. "Yes," he said. v Rogers, who testified yesterday, admitted he was much better than either Gallagher or Shean, but de clared solemnly, that Tombes was awful." ! . t EX-UH P Jim JeffrieSf .Once King of the Ring, Files Volun tary Petition. LG9 ANGELES, Feb.- 28. James J. Jeffries, formerly heavy weight boxing champion of the world, todays through his attor neys, , filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the TJnited States district court' here. Jeffries . listed his total liabili ties as $293,183 and his assets as $130,950, ofj which real estate was valued at $124,500. , His secured claims were given as $88,266;, unsecured claims $98,000; notes and bills "which ought ' to be ! paid by other per sons,' $95,766, and accommoda tion naner. SI 0.0 00. i As security for. the notes, giveS to various Los Angeles banks, he named 640 acres of land near Wasco, Kern -county; a half In terest in 238 acres near Dundee, In Los Angeles county, and sev eral city lots; . .. 'U.-.U--. The petition stated Jeffries had recently ' acquired a large farm near Burbank, a suburb of Los lAngelea, where he is making his IN LAWSUIT CM BANKRUPT thome.- . . ERA OF GOOD ES SEEN BY: Increases in Production of Commodities and Expan sion of Enterprises Is Re corded. EMPLOYMENT SHOWS CONTINUED INCREASE Oregon Is Included in Build ing Areas Especially Noted by Reports. , WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Evi- dence of a rising tide r of pros- perity was portrayed today; by two different : goyernment branches whose ; surveys, j though made for different purposes, -registered . practically l identical con clusions. . .' ;: , The ; federal reserve j board, making public jits monthly t re port on finance and commerce, told of increases taking place In the production volume ; of com modities generally, expansion of enterprises and stiffening of prices .of : basic , products while the department of labor, on the basis of responses of its employ ment? agents in 37 states to of ficial queries, reported decreased unemployment, heightening de mand for labor in nearly all In dustrial centers and an Impend ing labor shortage In many areas. Reports lloth Check h The reserve board's account of heavier bank lending, increasing building operations, maximum railroad loadings of freight,, par ticularly forestry products and expanding production in basic industries - like steel and cotton weaving, checked completely with the labor . department's findings. ; Industrial employment continu ed . to increase during February and shortages of, both skilled and unskilled labor . were reported by the textile and steel mills and In the anthracite mines. The board added, however, : that there was still some unemployment west of the Mississippi river but,! gener ally speaking, Important wage in creases were reported. Office workers, - the board .declared, have not been In such great de mand. ; '"-.'. j : r i i In" the labor department's sum mary, western agricultural states only, like Iowa,- Kansas, Wash ington and Wyoming reported a surplus of any class of workers and then it ) included only casual and unskilled labor. ; Increase in building operations was said to ber taking up the labor ., supply nearly everywhere, Oregon being included In areas where . activities were specially noted. Silverton Man's Son Dies in South Dakota SILVERTON, Orl. Feb. 28. (Special to The Statesman.) N. N. Digerness, a prominent Silver ton business man, has received word that his sop, Omar Diger ness, wbo has been attending school in Sioux Falls, S, D.,' Is dead. Monday .Mr. Dieerness eot letter from his daughter, who lives at Sioux Falls, that Omar was at the-hospital suffering from tonsolitis. ' The message of his death arrived Tuesday. Besides his sister, Leila, in South Dakota, Omar has three sisters here. Miss Maurine Digerness,; Miss Eva Dig erness and Mable Digerness. He also leaves two brothers, Halmer, who Is. In the east, and Knut, who is a' junior at the University of Oregon. . ; ' ; The family Is waiting for fur ther messages before making fun eral arrangements, as It is , not definitely- known-whether the body can be sent west for burial. but it is thought that due to the disease this will be Impossible. RETURN- INDICTMENTS SEATTLE, Feb. i 2 8. Twenty open Indictments ' for violation of the narcotic laws were returned by the federal grand jury at the close of its second day's Investi gation .here today. Two secret Indictments ? were returned and four no-true bills found. K briImse: t completed ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 28. -The bridge oyer the Tanana river at Nenana has been com pleted and formally turned over to the Alaska railroad company. It has a single steel span TOO feet long. . . ,j . UNDERTAKERS WANT. TUT IN EGYPT TOMBS Mummies Have No Business in Museums; Should Be Hid der Think Morticians. NEW YORK, Feb. 28 The As sociated Undertakers of Greater New York today rose to protest against exhumation of Tutenk hamun. ; , Meeting to consider the activi ties of Egyptologists, the under takers decided that the dead should be honored.' even 3000 years after burial. 'The mummies in. our museums have no business being1 there, declared Frank E. Campbell, head of the organization. "They should be restored to the tombs from which, they were removed." JURY LIST Total of 367. Narnes . listed; New Panel to Be drawn Within Few Days. The county court has' complet ed the list of Jurofsv w are scheduled to serve during the year of 1923,' according to infor mation released from the county clerk's office yesterday, . The list includes 367 names, 31 or which will be drawn not less than ten days or more i than 20 days before the third Monday in. March., v Of those listed, 105 or almost one-third, list' their, occupation as farmers. Merchants follow sec ond with. 14. i Women number 162, however those drawn are privileged to refuse Bervice if they so desire.', , '. . The grand Jury which will meet March 14th, is. composed of mem bers of the Jannary term of court and is as' f bllowss - George L. . Put nam, foreman, Othmeo J. Berg, Milton Hoyser, Irvlh Magee,' Sar ah L. HObson, August . Lindholm and Joseph A. Bernardi. . It is expected that the next jury panel, to be drawn from the 1923 list, will be selected within the next few vdaya. The 1923 jury list follows: ' W. K. Wnlow, frmr. Ch. E. ColTln. farmer. Emm B. Condi t, h'onjiewie. f Gilbert Donker, fanner. , " Darid P. EaitlrarB, farmer. 3fary B. Heio, booae-vife. ,- AtTBO&A M. D. labo. farmer. Wm. Kraa" fanner. ( . arjriam Miller, boxwenrife. , Citr. M. Ottawajr, housewife. . Liizie M. "Will," noiisewlf e. ' William iiley, shoemaker. Breltenbaia Xellie Riddelt, hoosewife. , Tred W. Etahlmas.' lnmbermaa. " Brooks Wm. A. Mumper, farmer. Britt AipJnwalt, farmer. Geo.' TerreU, farmer. Altha It. Ifaftiger. honaewlfe. Karr C. Boynton, hooewife. Emma II. Jones, hooaewif e. BnttevOle Everette A. M. Cone, fanner. Tred W. Stahlmmn, lnmberman. Champoeg W. B.' McKay, farmer. Ed. iO. Pillett, farmer. Minnie C. Gearin, housewife. Bertha Jette. honaewlfe. ChemawA Alma V. Henderson, honaewife. Elisabeth P. Jones, honaewife. Anna Claegett, housewife. - Gay H. Smith, farmer. Elsa Evans, housewife. (Continued on page 2) CASE OF DALLAS IS IIP T Final Decision as to Disposi tion of Don Sieforth to Be Made. SPOKANE. Feb. 28. Final decision and disposition of' Don Sieforth, age 17, of Dallas, Or... who was found tonight by a cor oner's jury to have accidentally shot and killed his pal. Napoleon Post, age 18, also of Dallas, last Monday, will be made by the pros ecuting attorney tomorrow morn ing. Sieforth has been held in jail since he confessed to the shooting. According to his story the two boys had trun away from home, and bought the gun -here in ' Spokane ;; after ; seeing some ducks during the ttip, and , con sidering the . chance of shooting some of them. v-- i : , - ' It1 is thought likely that ; the boy will be placed in the custody of an older brother for return io the Oregon state school' from which he. is on parole. CIGARETTE LAW MAY BE , GIVEN CHANGE Freak Legislation in Utah Due for Material Revision, Ac cording to Bill. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 28. It now seems probable that Utah's 'drastic aritl-cigarette law will he modified and that the sale tofi cigarettes will be legal ized. The Standish bill, propos itig repeal of the present law has been recommitted to the senate public affairs committee where it will be re-vamped In: accord-1 ance with an agreement between the .extremists and moderates of tlnlegislature. This bill, provid ing for licensing the sale of ci garettes under restrictions as to minors,? will be the basis of the new law. Broker Broke Up Home and Tricked Her Out of Money, Says Mrs: Saludes. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Airs. Paillette Saludes small, chic and French- today painted for the Jury trying her on a charge of murder; the. picture of a male vampire and then labelled the isketch Oscar , Martellier, the broker whom she shot in tie Williams street office last Octo ber. Taking the . stand in r her own defense, she declared that Mar tellier bad won her away from her husband, tricked her out ofi her money, and then carried on affairs with other women. He had woTked me like a business proposition, . as he told me he had worked his wife and other ; women," asserted, the little French, woman. During -her testimony Mrs. Sa ludes said that . Martelliere, a friend of her husband's had in duced him" to go 5 abroard on a business ventutre, and then pbi soned her mind against Saludes referring to him as a -."thief." Finally, 'she said, he had moved Into her home and promised to marry her . as soon as .both of (Continued on page 2) SCHOOL BOARD IiAKES VOTERS GONDITIOWS FOR ISSUE OF $500,000 nrai luoun by m. pierce Governor Tells, of Pleasant Hours Spent With Late Portland Jurist, Busy though he was with a hundred affairs of state. Gover nor Pierce Is mourning the pass ing of Judge Henry McGinn. "With the burden of the legis lature upoh me," said the gover nor, "I yet found time, during the session to. read , a heavy work called 'Mind in the Making. and I was looking forward to the time when . I i t could discuss ,It , with Henry McGinn. . There long has been a little group of us In the state who exchange our reading, and whenever ; I went, to Pdrtland. I nearly always dropped in to see Henry, and we would discuss the things we had been reading. He and I- have, spent many pleasant hours together discussing Victor Hugov McCauley and other great writers of the . past. He was won derfully, well read in : history and literature. He ;hada marvelous memory. I was with him ;20 years ago in the state senate, and whether .in his profession. In the legislature or in the private stud-; ies that he loved so well, his was one of the most brilliant minds I have ever known. ,He easily, was one of the outstanding figures of the state. "Judge McGinn, was . a man of lovable disposition,, and always sought the right; In his passing I feel a deep personal loss."- . - MEETS DEATH IN CONGRESS Adoption of Motion to Lay Bill Aside Passes Senate and End Comes; No Prog- x ress Made. FILLED MILK BILL . USED AS SUBSTITUTE No Attempt to Be Made to Secure Consideration at Next Meeting. ' - - - - 't ". ? WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The administration shipping bill died today Just a year to the day after It was born. On February 28, 1922, Presi dent Harding, appearing at a Joint session of Congress, urged enactment of legislation designed io Duua up an American merch ant marine thronth aid, and Identical bills embodying the views of the administration was introduced In the senate and nouse today. The bill then Intro duced after bavin Vin avail housed in the meantime, met its death in the senate through adop tion or a motion to lay it aside. The end of the legislation leaves the administration where it was a year ago in dealing with the three billion 1 dollar Investment in war-built ships. Future plans under consider ation are to be announced soon after congress- adjourns Sunday. End la QuJet The death of the shipping bill came quietly. , Senator Liadd, Republican; North Dakota.t moved it be laid aside In favor of the filled milk bill, and the motion was carried 63 to 7, with the Republican lead ers voting with" the majority. The action was taken to mean the end of such legislation for years to come, for President Har ding has let it be known that the administration plans no attempts to obtain consideration for the bill at the next regular session of congress.- The filled milk bill, which pro hibits the shipment in state com- '(Continued on page 2) While th! Salem school board did not initiate the present campaign for.. an .extended, permanent school-building pro gram starting witn a call for stands unitedly back: ot the movement The campaign start ed from the Chamber of Commerce, as one of the recbm mendations of a special committee that went exhaustively into the activities that should be most helDf ul to the citv. 7 At its meeting Tuesday comprenensjve statement on the school situation, signed by all five members, setting forth the conditions at each of the nine city schoolhouses. : i V The statement speaks so' strongly of conditions ' as they are proven to exist, that it is presented ih full as follows as xne. Doard issued it : E LIFE LED Many Women Are Counted Among Friends; Slayin; l IT btill Mystery, NEW Y6RK, Feb. 28. The process of unfolding the mystery surrounding the slaying of Fred Schneider, wealthy contractor, led the authorities today into details of the gay life he led at his Bronx apartment and i his palatial camp at Glen Cairn, in the Adirondack and revealed that ' , he countey many beautiful women among his friends. ' In the meantime . Mrs. ' Anna Buzz!, the woman with whom he lived for; seven years and who was held as a material witness, instituted habeas corpus proceed ings for hor release from Jail. The proceeding was argued In the Bronx county' court, and decision reserved until tomorrow. POD WILHELMTO . LOSE WIFE FOR TIME Printcess Hermine to Visit CorfuKaiser Would Take Up Old Residence: BERLIN. Feb. 28; (By The Associated . Press. ) Princess Her mine, ; the former German emper or's wife, plans to - go to Corfu in the spring for a long visit and will reside in : Wilhelm'a ; former castle Achyiefon, according to a report - printed In the Berliner ?f itung Ammittag. This has given " rise to the rumor, says the paper that, the former emperor also Intends to establish his- residence there, ow ing to the heavy . expenses in volved in keeping up hlshouse- Lold at Doom but It declares that 1 apparently there is no pos sibility he will be allowed ; to move. EX-WIFE TB BE New York Art Dealer Named in Marriage License Is- sued to Couple. ' NEWI YORK. Feb. 28. 'A mar riage license was Issued today' to Harry Arthur Lee, 30, New York art dealer and Mrs. Nora Mary McMullen Mellon, divorced wife of 'Andrew W. -Mellon of Pitts burgh, secretary of the treasury. Mrs. Mellon could not be reach ed at her apartment, 340 Park avenue, but servants said they had been - Informed the marriage would not take place until after this week. - . . The Mellon divorce proceedings became an international question, following their separation in 1909 and was brought before parlia ment in England, on several foe casions, - Mr. . Mellon obtained .a divorce in Pittsburgh In 191r They were married in 1900. - ; Appealed to King Mrs. Mellon, before her mar riage was Nora Mary McMullen, daughter of one of the founders of the Guiness Brewing company of Dublin, Ireland. When Mr.' Mellon Instituted divorce proceed ings against her, she appealed to King George and parliament; al (Continued on page 2) MOWN 10 THAT CA $500,000 in bonds, the board night, the school board issued A . . "In view of the many and y'ar led questions that are being ask ed regarding the position of Hhe Salem school board . on the .$500. 000 bond issue to be voted upon by the voters of school district No. 24 on the. 12th day of March, we, - the members of said school board deem lti advisable to make the following statement regarding our position and. at titude towards said' matter. - : Building Imperative "We have appreciated for some time that some kind of a build ing program was absolutely nec- cessary. In fact we have had special committees investigating the matter for at least a year. Conditions have been becoming more and more crowded and in tolerable. At Washington Junior high we : have been compeUed to build a' temporary structure for the . two grades remaining at that . location. - The capacity of the old building is' still over taxed; lti is an old, disabled fire trap, crowded clear beyond lU limits; 1 ventilation is poor and within the last two lyears the buUding t was condemned by the dtyk health offtcer, and the - sit uation at that. place has been (Continued on page 2), MARRIED XLIlLf ' ' i i BONDS PIERCE VETOES BILL CHEATING Governor Declares Addition al Jurist Not Necesccry sn Multnomah County zX This Time. . - SiGNATURE ATTACHED TO HEW FISH C00H Upton arid Kubli Hasten io Salem to Sign Names cn Final Legal Day. Governor, Pierce has wields! the veto ax 4ipon the bill to create an additional circuit judgship in Multnomah countj. The measure was Introduced t a number of-the Multnomah del egation, ; both of the. senate ar 1 the house, and originally proril- ed tor three additional Judgshl; -. The governor states that La vetoes the measure entirely ii the interests of economy. Retrenchment i Demanded "At the recent general electica held in the state," says the.v?') message, -''the electorate reg!?ur ed a demand for ( retrenchment and economy and it does not ap pear, to me- that in view of ell the circumstances and in vl .".t of other legislation enacted t? the recent legislature, that r s additional judge is an absolut3 necessity, in the fourth iudl:' I district at this time. . Especl ly. is jthis true in- view of t-e fact that In -many ; other jud2c!:I districts there are able Juri ' i whose time, cannot be entlril occupied. .In one judicial !'-- trlct in this state the fedtrl censua ior f 1920 .gave a popu'"- tlpn or only . 3991 and still t-l i small county has a circuit jt:' : The: judicial ,work of that co, can occupy enly a small part his time. . ,.'-. v , Joseph Bill Meeta Need - "The - Joseph bill, which, wss senate bill No. 77, passed bcth houses and has been sign;'. Under, its terms additional jud-cj will be available for work ia Multnomah county: an extra t?r diem is paid to them by county of Multnomah and tLelr expenses are paid. I believe will be possible under this lav to have at least three ext? judges In Multnomah count practically all the time to he!? care, for the congested docLcl. Everyone should at this time, . do everything, possible A.o keep doa the expenses of the state gov ernment to the end that the mounting costs ot state govern ment shall not confiscate prop erty Interests through the fora of taxation." Fish Code Signed Governor Pierce yesterday glas ed house bill No. 387, which ap propriated 136.000 for payment of -salaries and expenses of the master fish warden, deputy f'rli wardens . and . the .master fish warden's department. .,.' He also signed house bill 371, which ' appropriates , a total of $S0, 000 for; payment of the ex penses of Investigation ' and ex perimentation of the Oregon Ag ricultural college experiment sta tion. ; r Approval Reluctant In approving the fish warden's appropriation the governor ap parently has done so reluctantly, and says that .he does so be cause of an agreement awlth the former administration "which seems to imply that the expenses of the master fish warden shaJl be paid from the . public treas- ry." ... ' - ' , i "I do not - believe, the gover nor adds, ''that the general prep, erty "of this state should be tax ed for the protection of any in dustry. Ar promise and agree ment has been made by the t'.5. commission that they will mike no further demands upon the public treasury for maintenance of fish hatcheries or for expenses of the master fish warden." Bigger Cut Desired 4 Ih his statement relative to the college experimental servica the governor says he thinks the ways and means ' committer should have made a bigger cut than It did. but that the iter-s are so Interwoven that he haa to approve the bill. The governor vetoed Represen tative j Carkin's house bill No. 284, which proposed to amer 1 the' law relating to road - taxes, n his" veto' message the gover nor declares the bill Is entire! In the interests of the Incorjcr- (Continued on pasa 4).