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wkt V ' OZBOUXATIOK I Iftni for February.' 1928:' Sttadmy only .. ..60Q2 Daily end Sunday . 5420 Average for ix nontha ending January - SI." 1923: " Sunday only . " , 5809 Paily and Sunaay..r...... ..5461 rs thje cmr of bale it ad laewfcere la Virion and Folk Conn Mm , Nearly Tarrbodr raadt The Oregon Statesman TKB HOMB NEWSPAPER V4 ft v SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY JVIORNING. MARCH 28, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTO ciT) 'XJ - ; UVI "L-H A. P) rpft uu Aa Ux IJ rn o) CD V fS ! 4 4. 4 I I 4 "T i r v s i 3 if i ir it : (f R S Bca ; mmM ..-,.- V .. -" i - Program o f Communist Party Approved in Mos cow Before Convention of Order Is Held GOVERNMENT IN U. S. SAID CAPITALISTIC No Intention of Abandoning Illegal Activities Voiced by Plotters Ait , ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 27. -r-'(By The Associated Press.) Activities of the Communist " party of ' America were" outlined and approved: in Moscow v months in advance and' the national con vention of the party, , held . In the lonely dnnes near ; here last August was postponed by cable . order from Russia to await the arrival of : delegates from Mos cow, ' according to documents in troduced by j the - state today In the trial of William Z. Foster, charged with criminal ' syridlca-U -. lism. i Questioning Charles' E. Ruthen berg, first witness for the defense,- Prosecutor Charles Gore, . on cross examination brought out from papers seized in the raid on the convention that the ques . tion of, inviting Foster to. the meeting has been voted on " a . month in advance by the party's central executive committee. Convention Postponed -i The etate produced the min utes of a meeting of the execu- .tive committee held July 26 and 27" to attack Ruthenberg's tes timony on cross examination that the question of having. Fos ter at the convention had not been passed on until - the com- ; Biittee met at Brldggman, Mich.', ebout" August 17. :' ; The minutes also showed that Jay Lovestone, sole executive committee and one of the -de: ; f endants here, read at ' the 'July 26 session a cablegram front Mos cow, ordering the postponement of the convention. . JIow. the . communist Interna tionale in Moscow passed on the policies and plans of the party in this country was developed when ' the ' state produced ; from the papers seized at the conven tion an outline concerning the next task of the "CP. of A. to 'which was attached a certificate written In German and signed r by Rakon, secretary of the exe- - cutive committee of the commun ist Internationale, giving a cor rect copy of . the mnutes of a meeting,, of the commission held ! In Moscow Novemher 19,1921", at which . the v American plans ' were dlscnssed. ' Capitalism Explained The outline . directed the Am erican communists by order of Moscow to create a! legal politi- , cal party, which could work in the open "and which will act as an instrument of the illegal . communist party for partlcipa ' tion fn legal ''activities''' uch as elecloral campaigns." u I. ' That Mcfow had no" inten- ttlon, however, of abandoning ille gal activities ' In America, was in- , dicated.: .v-f ':: -? s Ruthenberg under Mr. 3ore's 'cross- examination - admitted he ; considered the present "' govern ment of the United States and separate states -as 5 capitalistic' i On re-direct examination ty Frank'. P. Walsh - attorney f o r . Foster, Ruthenberg gave a long definition of the communist de finition , of. a capitalist " govern ment. ; -r., -' , THE WEATHER OREGON: J Wednesday, fair jnd continued warm. ' " LOCAL WEATHER (Tuesday)' ; Maximum temperature, 7S. Minimum temperature, 36. River. 3.3. feet; falling. Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear. Wind, north. ' MINISTERS DON'T LIKE CHAPLIN PLAY Burlesque ; Part of Protestant Minister Not Liked by Walla Walla Clergy WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 27. A motion picture featuring Charlie Chaplin and scheduled to be shown at a local theater for three days j beginning tomorrow, has been canceled, according to announcement by G. E. Terhune, manager of the theater. Cancel lation la due to protest of the local ministerial association and others who are said to have objected to certain parts of'the film in which it is said Chapln takes the bur lesque part of a Protestant min ister. ! . ,"I have no desire, whatever," said Mr. Terhune, "to hurt the sensibilities of individuals within the ' city and will . do all possble to bring the better pctu res here, and since the ministers of the city have decided that in their opinion the picture is not desirable, I am glad of the opportunity to agree to the wishes of the ministers." V BY OFFICERS Moonshiners Escape, From Canyon But Apparatus Is Discovered v HEPPNER, Or., March 27. Juniper canyon, where moonshin ers yesterday repulsed an attempt ed raid on1 their still by Morrow county erricers,r today yielded ' up the still . to a posse which was de spatched from here, but the oper ators of the still escaped. The still and other parts of the illicit plant were brought here this af ternoon by members of the posse. In the fight yesterday between Tom Chidseyi deputy sheriff; S. E. Notson, i district attorney, ana George McDuffJe, 18-year-old son of Sheriff McDuffie. and the moon shiners, young McDuffie, was the herb. McDuffie had accompanied Chidsey and Notson to Juniper' canyon as chauffeur. .After lea v-j lng the automobile the three start- ed down the canyon hoping to Bur prise . the I moonshiners. When about 25 yards from the moon shine plant a man carrying a buck et of r mash in one hand and a rifle in the other discovered young McDuffie, who was In advance of Chidsey and Notson. Dropping- the bucket, the man opened fire on McDuffie. In his haste the man aimed low and one bullet struck the ground at the youth's feet, splintering the lead, a piece of ; which struck McDuffie in the cheeky inflicting a slight wound. - ;' : McDuffie returned the fire with his rifle, being joined by the two officers. The other moonshiner are reported to have come to their companion's aid and a battle raged until the raiders were forced to retire through exhaustion of their ammunition. It was not be lieved that the moonshiners, who were supposed to number four, suffered ' any casualties. ' POLK CASE IS ' GIVEN ADVANCE Highway Controversy to be Argued in Supreme Court . ' Tuesday, April 3 v The supreme court yesterday advanced for hearing to April 3 the case of ' Ernest' Zilesch and other residence of the Indepen dence district in Polk county against the Polk county court, in volving construction of the West Side Pacific ' highway in Polk county. i ., ' ' . The route under controversy Is from Monmouth south, the plain tiffs declaring , that the route rightfully should be from Inde pendence south. : Pending settlement of the case the contractors, LaPoints & Cum mins, will proceed with the , con struction 1 of short stretch of the road at the extreme south end of the line, which is agreeable to both sides. : resistance onSreSe Forbidden Newspapers Said Smuggled in From Unoc cupied Territory Attitude Stiffened FOREIGN MINISTER? . SAYS NO RELENTING Unconditional ' Evacuation Held Necessary for Peace Negotiations BERLIN, March 27. (By the Associated Press) Foreign Min Ist'er von Rosenburgl addressing the foreign relations committee of the reichstag at a confidential sit ting today, said .there would be no capitulations nor any relenting in the passive resistance of Germany along the Ruhr front, and that un conditional evacuation of the oc cupied territory must constitute the basis for any discussion or ne gotiations looking' to a solution of the present impasse. Speaking for Chancellor Cuno who is confined to -his bed by an attack of pleurisy, Baron von Rbs enburg said the government's at titude and its proram had not been changed in the face of the stubborn deadlock over the Ruhr and Rhineland situations. Opinion Unanimous In the debate following the for eign minister's statement, unani mity of opinion was revealed am ong all parties In the reichstag, the United Socialists in particular Indicating their approval of the govern ment'e course, i J ; Baron yon Rosenburg told She committee that the government's position on- the reparations ques tion was that an - international commission of businessmen should determine at the earliest possible moment the extent to which: Ger many already had fulfilled her ob ligations; her ability to meet them In the future, and the man ner In' which they could be met; ' This'attitude, the foreign minis ter added, was based on the pro posals made in the speech of Sec retary of State Hughes at New Ha ven last December. V ' Resistance Tightens v DUSSELDORF, March 27. (By the Associated Press) In contrast to the recently reported tendency of the workers to let down their resistance to the occu pation forces there now is notice able a distinct movement in the opposite direction which has bee!n growing the past few days, and which the French do not attempt to deny. ' ' V. i.-'. -:. r " P-arent-Teachers Building' ! " Up Treasury at Silverton SILVERTON, Or. March 27. (Special to The Statesman) The Silverton Parent-Teacher , as sociation has been replenishing Its treasury recently. A food sale was put on a short while ago which brought $55. This was fol lowed by a "movie" put on under the auspices of the association. This netted $54. A doughnut' day brought $19.50 and the chain of teas has so far brought in $25. There will be three Silverton lans to take part in the program of the county association which meets at Salem April 7. ' Miss Ruth Fluhrer and Edgar Wright man will play' a piano andjsaxa phone duet and Bert Murphy will give a violin solo. 5 Five' Outlaws Escape From Posse After Fight " i t i ; : j ''. TULSA, Okla., March 27.PIve outlaws, believed to have been led by Al Spencer, late this' afternoon flipped through a cordon of offi cers arid armedi cltixensasd- es caped across the Cimarron river, near Terlton. after fighting off for nearly 24 hours; the stubborn' ad vance of a posse which ; pursued four members of 'the same' band after they had held up and robbed the State bank, at Mannford late yesterday of $600. I One bandit was captured .and another killed during the fighting yesterday in the Osage hills near Terlton, ? v y- ''' NUMBER OF DRUG FIENDS SAID GREAT One Person in Every 73 Declared to Be Confirmed Narcotic User INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 27. One person In every 73 in the United States! today is a con firmed drug addict, according to the reports of narcotic inspectors made tojlhe treasury department, Garland L. Powell, national di rector of the American commis sion of the American Legion de clared in an address at the ! Fathers and Sons association ban- j duet here tonight. I Medical estimates have ben made, he added, that each addict fastens the drug habit on three normal persons during his exis tence. Mr. Powell announced that the American Legion through its Americanism .commis, pion is organizing a national campaign against the evil. TRESS Belle Isle Property Sold by Poverty Stricken Star City Gives Funeral PARIS, Marcn 27. (By The Associated Press.) The body ot Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will be re moved at noon' Thursday from her late-home on the" Boulevard Pereire to the church of St. Fran ces de Sales, in a nearby" street", and' thence conveyed to the cem etery of, the Pere-Laehaise, the last resting place of hundreds ot France's famous people of all times. .'"."'"" ':':,''-" :-' It will be one of the most im pressive funerals of a great pub lic figure since that "of Victor Hugo In 1885. Hugo's funeral was under the auspices of the government; Bernhardt' will be at the expense of the city of Paris. P verty is given as the rea- son that Bernhardt will not be buried in Belle' Isle, where many ! years ago she had a tomb dug in the solid rock. It Is explained that shortly .before her: death, pressed as always for ready money, the actress was obliged to sell the house with the land at Belle' Isle and it Is suggested that at some future time permis sion be obtained from the new owner and the body transferred there! lUIESBEHfly FOR E No Fundamental Changes in Original. Proposals to be Made to Moslems LONDON, March 27. (By The Associated Press.) Turkey wiH be Informed within the next 48 hours that the allies are ready to resume the' Lausanne negotia tions. The allied delegates who for the . past week have been ! ex amining the Turkish counter pro posals to the allied peace terms, finished their deliberations this evening after having drawn up a reply to Ismet Pasha's letter of March 8. v It 1s .understood that the allies agreed to make no fundamental changes In their original peace proposals to the Turks. What other modifications have been made1 are of , form rather than substance. One of the delegates told a correspondent f of ' The As sociated Press that when' the' con ference was resumed the ' Turks would find the allies in' complete unity on all questions. ' The French delegation will leave for : Paris tomorrow, the Italians will leave Thursday. PLANE LANDS VANCOUVER, Wash., March 27. -An army airplane carrying Lieu tenant W. C. Goldsborough which left Eugene, Or., yesterday for Se attle, landed here yesterday after noon, it was learned tonight. Af ter making repairs Lieutenant Goldsborough expects to proceed tomorrow ' j : ' TURK HU E WILL SUMMON CULT GIRLS Permission t o Subpoena Young Woman of Colony Granted by Federal Judge Sater, Presiding LEADER OF HOUSE DECLARED MISSING Plot to Stage Gas Attack on House Is Revealed by Defense Attorney GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 27. Young girls, alleged by plaintiff witnesses in the suit of John W. Hansen aainst the Is raelite House of David to have been mistreated by Benjamin Purnell, head of the cult,, are to be subpoenaed 'by Walter H. Nel son, Hansen's attorney, it was announced today. Permission to summon the. girls was granted by Federal Judge Sater, presiding. They probably will be called as plaintiff rebuttal witnesses. The question of summoning the girls arose during the examination of Mrs. Edith Rosett'a, a defense witness who identified a number of names on a list offered by At torney Nelson" as girls now resid ing at the house of Shlloh, Pur nell's residence, where the alleged immoral practices are said to have taken place. r Cult Head Flees Previously Mrs. Roset'ta had testified no girls under 20 years of age were now living at Sbiloh house. 'Attorney Nelson challenged H. T. Dewhirst,' counsel for the cult, to produce the girls, then obtain ed permission to subpoena them. Possibility that Purnell might be brought into court went glim-1 mering In the opinion of plaintiff counsel, when Jane Glover, a member of the Benton Harbor colony testified that the culf leader was not" now in the House of David, -and "had been gone for some time." Hansell Said Expelled Today's witnesses included present as well as former mem bers who entered a general denial of the immorality, charges and added 'a' few details to counter charges made jby the I colony against the Hansell family which asks $80,000 for property turned over to the cult and for labor dur ing the membership. Mrs. Cora Anderson told of al leged misconduct toward her by Hansell, who Is said to have been expelled following similar charges by Mrs. Gertrude Bully. Mrs. Bully also was on the stand and told of Hansen's alleged plot to stage a ""gas" attack on the house-' of Sbiloh, carry away the valuables of the cult which were stored there and establish a colony of his own at Nashville, Tenn. City Council Also Favors Bet ter System of Parking i Automobiles An ordinance providing for-the elimination of Jay-walking and for a i better system of parking automobiles in the central bus iness district doubtless will be drawn up and ; introduced at the next meeting: of the city coun cil" as a result of an . informal meeting held last night to dis cuss the traffic problem. ; Most of the I members of the council were present and the sen timent was overwhelmingly in favor of these reforms .Relative to the parking5, of automobiles it is proposed to begin the experi ment on several blocks downtown where spaces eight feet widerwlll be marked off, i the idea being to accommodate as many cars on the street; as possible. JAY VW TO BE ELIMINATED IDAHO EGG I EATER SAID SECOND-RATER Record of 31-Eggs for Break fast Beat by Moxee Lad Who Downs 48 YAKIMA, Wash.,rMarch 27. That University of Idaho student who claims the egg-eating cham pionship Just because he downed I l eggs on Sunday morning In the annual Easter contest held by one of- the' fraternities there, would look like a poor dyspeptic because the Moxee champion hen fruit devourer, yictor Belair, ac cording to the' latter's admirers, who are anxious to see him meet the Idaho youth. Bgiiir quaffed down 4 8 raw eggs and felt no ill effects afterward, while the col lege man began to weaken on his last half dozen, according to the reports, i Board Also Elects Hug for Another YearArchitects are Employed No city school ever made a bet ter record for holding Its teachers than the Salem schools have done' this year; that it, if they all Stay after receiving the' official approv al. Two weeks ago every one of the 10 principals of ' the various schools were re-elected without ti single leaveout. Last night every cne of the 137- teachers on the rolls was recommended by Super intendent George Hug for reten tion on the list, making it unani mous. : ' "1 . '.' ' .... : There- were Uhree resignations handed in from teachers- who either do not intend to teach, or .wish to be reUeved of their work for reasons of their own. These are Louise Corbin of the senior high school, Mary V. Townsend of Washington junior, and Laura E. fayton of the Grant. Decks Are Cleared' The school board ratified the recommendations of Superintend ent Hug; Superintendent Hug himself was then re-elected, after three years of service in the Salem schools, and now the board has the decks clear for action In. the way of building. Two -new buildings are to be built" as soon as the work , can be done. Contracts were ordered last night with two architects for the two buildings. The senior high school addition, estimated to cost somewhere from $60,000 to $70, 000, goes to Fred Legge Of Salem; Mr. Legge drew the original high school plans, and still has the whole scale drawings, from'whlch he can easily match the old with the new. This addition is to be built down the east side of the high school property, fronting on Church street. y- Knighton Geta Contract -The junior high school building is estimated! to cost somewhere from $70,000 to $80,000. This architecturalT contract went to W. C. Knighton! of Portland, former state architect, who dfew '. the plans for the Masonic building and other Salem buildings. The board divided this work, so as to get more men working on the job, as time is precious arid building costs are going up' every minute. It is expected that about a month will be required to sret the plans, and then another month to advertise for bids- and let the contracts ready for work. . The list of teachers elected fol lows: . Senior High School Arthur, Mabel. Bergman, E. E. BOlin, Faye. Boughey, Mabel. Browne, Hazel I. Chambers, C. N. Churchill, Marie. Clark, Herman. ,4 Clark, Ola L. . Collins, Edith B. ' 1 Collins, Victor A. Curtis, Irene L. Davis, Merrltt. . Eyre, Mary E. Hale, Laura ' V. ' Harra, Garnet. ' Ilelst, Lfina. Hogg, Elizabeth. II oltt i Beryl. Horning. O. II. Huntington. Hollis. Kletring. Jeanette Legge, Velma. McCoy, Ina. ALLTEAGHEflS TARIFF C1S WILL IWVESTIGAI5 RELATION W fMCS ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.; March 27.Investigation by tie United States tariff commission into the relation of the tariff rates on sugar to the present increased sugar prices was ordered today by President Harding. : j . ; The inquiry was requested by the president in the fol lowing telegram addressed to Thomas O. Marvin, chairman of the tariff commission : "Have tariff, commission ma!r3 an immediate inquiry into the relation of the sugar tariff to the current prices of fchat commodity. It is difficult to be lieve that the duty ort sugar has any part in making the ab normal prices which prevail but if the commission finds there is any ground for believing the duty to be even partially re sponsible I shall be ready to proclaim areduction in duty a3 provided by law." Alleged Klansmen Go on Trial Although Grand Jury Returns' no Indictments . NEW ORLEANS. La., March 27; (By the Associated' Press.) -Per sons who-are believed to have par ticipated in the hooded activities last year In' Morehouse : parish, which Governor RParker and . At torney General AiV. Coco attribu ted to the Ku Klux Klan, will go to trial in spite of the failure of the grand jury to return indict ments at Its' session early this month at Bastropi J ; The attorney general announced late today that during the week of April 9' he would file bills of information' against seven or eight men on charges of felonies and misdemeanors. 'Their' Identity was not disclosed. The operations of the hooded bands included the issuance of warnings to leave the community, floggjngs, kidnapings, at least one deportation, and came to a head on August 24 with the abduction of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard. Four' months later two .bodies found floating in Lake LaFourche were identified as those of Daniel and Richard, An open' hearing was held in Bastrop in January when nearly 200 witnesses ap peared. This evidence was placed before the .parish grand jury at Bastrop early this month but the Jury, after examining. 125. wit nesses, reported it was unable to obtain information that warranted arrests. SOLD YESTERDAY Pickens & Haynes New Own ers of Establishment on Court Street -" The C. M. Roberts grocery, 466 Court street, was sold yesterday to (Earl Pickens of Roseburg and William Haynes of Stockton, Cal. The store will be opened for busi ness this morning by Pickens & Haynes and' after nearly 12 years as proprietor, Mr. Roberts will be no longer in charge. He will, however, remain for a few days with the new owners to assist them in the details of the store. , Mr. Pickens is an experienced grocer .from Roseburg and Mr. Haynes has had considerable ex perience in the business In Cali fornia. The consideration was not named. The store is consid ered one of the first class stores of its kind in Salem and caters to a high class of trade. . "I was not expecting to sell,1 said Mr. Roberts last night. "I had no idea of severing connec tions with the business but these men wanted the store and no I sold." Mr. Roberts said that he would remain In Salem and fake care ot other business interests here. He has been in the grocery business at the court etreet location for 12 years, - PARISH 10 z ' TD RETRIED ROBERTS BnQCERY The presidential order, it was explained, will result In enlistias another official agency in the gov ernment's endeavors to ascertain responsibility fbr the gradual in crease in sugar prices starting early in February, when sugar wss selling at 5 and 6 cents a pour l retail,' as compared with present quotations running as high as 12 cents. f , . Mr. Harding was said - to ta firmly determined that the gov ernment shall- da all In its' power not only to "prevent further fa-creases,- bur to ' bring down th present. quoted' prices should 'they, be found unjustified; - , . ,? : , Much Work Pone Direction ot the ssgar lnqulr order to the tariff commission wt3 only one' of a number ot matters gone over by the president today during-an afternoon devoted to work. The action .taken on other matters was not disclose! and it was presumed' that a number c them were of a routine r.ature. The president during1 to afters noon had 'a confefence wstH FreJ S t are k, acting managing director ot the war finance corporation, and discussed : a number At corporation- policies as evolved by Mr. Slarek during his trip into tl.j south. Mr. Starek was active' la the. Harding pre-convertlon cRm palgn in 1920, and -although z.o announcement was m?d,' it waa believed that the' polittoal tu was not unentered in ih- coursj of the conference. - PROFESSORS TO EXCEE POSTS Sherman of Willamette and Dubach of 0AC Trade Chairs This Summer Willamette university and 6re gdn Agricultural college are to be the first to put Into practice the suggestion of "exchange pro fessors" recommended by tb Oregon State Teachers', associa tion, last winter, it has never before been done in the state of Oregon. Prof. C. L. . Sherman of Wil lamette and Dr. U. G. Duback of OAC, both occupying the chair of philosophy in their respective institutions, are to trade places for the summer schools that be gin, in both institutions Juna 18. Both rank at the head of their .profession among coast edu cators, with important degrees of various kinds to string after their names,., showing profound research and scholarship. Dr. Dubach will take up local and state government for the first six-weeks semester and na tional government and its prob lems in the second. Compara tive governments, especially cov ering the Latin-American and the United States systems, will be considered also. : Dr. Sherman will take up edu cational psychology, elemaitary psychology and the .principles ot education. The two summer schools are to run concurrently, and fill In most of the sumnn. LRXIN'R RKMAIXS 8AMI1 ct"27. Tl MOSCOW, March 27. The at tending physicians report no ap parent change In the condition of Nikolai Lenine, 'soviet premier, during. the, period from March 2 2 to yesterday. Yesterday the tem perature rose to 97 degrees and this morning was 100.4. netrly two aboye normal. ' At the same time the patient's pulse was ICS and respiration 30, both cons'- . -ably. abOTft normal, . r; 1