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CIBCULATIOM ivirtii for Jm. 1B23: t Bandar only .. THB Omf OF BALXX aad elaawhar ia f Varion and Polk Coantiaa 'r Naarly ararybody raade ' The Oregon Statesman . THX BOMX NXWSPAPX3 . eoos Daily ! Sunday. .54 OS Ararat for aix nonth ending Jan 80, 1825: 8?daJ t only ..... 'Daily and Sunday ...5974 -.5492 i gVENTY-TlIinD YEJAR 0 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1$, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS U U LnJ LfLiv ' 7' ' . I r "tr" f" 1 i rfT' -. . v : ' 1R ILLEGAL VVOman Jlidge Of OhiO Sll- J nMmo nflurt Makes Eio- prcme uoun tiu nuent Plea to Business A mm r - a A . a. . r- ana rTOiessionai uuds PORTLAND MAKES BID :.t ; f OR. HEW PRESIDENT . Miss Prichard Nominated; i v Election Will BeHHeld . This Afternoon PORTLAND, Or., July 12. (By, the Associated Press.) War shoald he made Illegal by agree ment among the i civilized nations, nt" a' start in that direction should made by treaty between the United" States and England, or the United States and South America, providing that hence forth as between those nations as outlined, said Judge Florence E. Allen of the supreme court of Ohio, In an, address tonight at the I annual banquet of the national Federation of Business and rro- , fessionat 'Women's clubs, which Is holding.! Its: fifth convention : here. -, -K - nT : Many For None Against We have, certain laws about wari but none, against' war "..she said. "There are laws' as to how war should be made, but they do nnt fnrhM' war'; ETen'as the and- tii code decimd -thoa Shalt nod X"L KZVJWSir.Ommm Has Right to , war.- r - '.L-H ! Judge Allen's topic was "The supreme challenge,"' and this, she said, was an appeal to women to I exert their' Influence tor the main- I 4nWrA f ofTiTnnT standards In I national affairs and In business. ; 1 Characterliing the progress that ' women have made In the past cen- tury, as a "miracle," she said: 'Women have come Into their own at a time when the world is torn with strife and the spirit of civil Ization seems dead. . , ' Intelligence Challenged Upon this Btage of the world desolated by war ana enwmiereu i by hatred and suspicion steps the woman with her new-found power. ;"Th challenge to us is tnai we shall use our Intelligence, our training. " our organisations wnn exactly the same faith and ideal ism that women, have always dis played. I "We have to believe that the world can be different. We have to believe that the bungling pro recaAa nf anrietv can be refined. We Have to helieve that right can " be done through government; we ham tn believe that mankind which has mastered nature so that now we climb through the 5 air in alrnlahes and dive under the I sea in boats can master itself In groups so that the standard Bhall be not 'the state can do no wrong hut thit 'tha ntate fahall do no wrong. Keen Ethical Standards "We must have faith and 'deals even In business.? We have to es tablish a standard that the pur inose of business is not the amass- line- of moner but the doing of Jwork worth while, theJelivery of ! an honest product, and that the finest thing about work Is the love I of the working. We have to de mand that the law of the jungle shall not obtain in business. This means - that we are to maintain ethical standards and th wnrM i rrvlner for ethical I standards to be maintained. Al ter all,, did you ever happen to think that the question of peace and war is an ethical qdestion, and that the barrier between peace and war is an ethical .bar rier, for there Is no law against war.' Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond or Hollvwood. Cal.i composer, spoKe on 'A new field " and Miss Charl wniiumi nt wasnington. u. v-.. t r . . i on OBnortunitles and responsi bilities of business women In edu cation today.' ELECT OFFICERS TODAT PORTLAND. Or.. July 12. Mlsa idoii Prichard of I Port- Unt .nil mi pvinh M. Thornton of WhitcmnTi roantv. Washington, were nominated late nominated late today 4 for president of the National Federa- (Continued on page t) HART REFUSES KUAN REQUEST ' SOLDIERS Pacific , Northwest Kleagle r. Will rfaveia tloliT Confer ence Withouf. Protection OLYMPIA, Wash., July 12. Declaration that he would not send troops to Renton Junction, uear ?aii,e' 10 ciraTeB" tlon of tne Ka Klux Klan Satur. day night unless the civil author ities request' such action was made by Governor Hart tonight In a tele gram to Luther I. Powell, Seattle, king kleagle of the klan in the Pacific northwest domain. SEATTLE, July 12 Luther I. Powell, king kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan tor the Pacific north west domain, announced tonight that he had requested Governor Louis P. Hart- to send national guard troops to protect a confer ence , of the j Washington state branch of the klan to be held at Renton Junction,' near here, Sat urday night: 1 ' - The ; telegram followed an an nouncement by Sheriff Matt Star- wich of King county that he would not permit the holding of the con ference if the participants were masked or otherwise disguised. He said he would insist on "strict observance''' of the statute which prohibits assemblages of three or more persons having their faces concealed except at masquerades ior fancy dress balls. ill Hi Winslow to .Test Whether Shift Deer Season Members of the state game com mission were made the., defend ants In a " comnlaint filed veater day by W. S. Winslow, who de- clares that this body has exceed- ed its authority in abritrarily seeking to change the open sea- son on hunting deer from August 20 to September 10. The action was brought when I Mr. Winslow learned from John H. Carson, dis trict attorney for Martion county. that he would be prosecuted It he hunted deer before , the date spe cified by the game commission The hunting season, as fixed by law, permits the killing of deer between August 20 nd October 31.. The proposed date would shorten this by nearly three weeks. In his omplalnt Mr. Winslow declares that he makes hunting trips for the purpose of sport and to obtain a supply of meat, wnich constitutes i one of the material sources of food supply for the plaintiff. He further declares that majority of people ; take their annual vacations late in August, and If the i date were retarded these would be unable to take advantage of the vacation and hunt deer. ; it ts also aiiegea mat he ' has entered Into a contract with a packer for this coming sea son, and can be held to breach of contract if . he Is unable to hunt before September 10. A temporary restraining order against the defendants, their war. dens and deputies preventing the prosecution of the plaintiff of any other person who hunts before the date set ? by the' commission Is asked. ; In addition, upon final de- termination of the Issues tnvelved It is asked that the commission be permanently enjoined from putting the1 order into effect. Defendants ' to the complaint made by Mr. Winslow are I. N, Fleischner, James Maloney, R. W, Price, Ben Dorris, Harold Clifford John H. Carson, district attorney for Marion county, and George Neuner. Jr., district attorney for i Douglas county. 15-Year Sentence Handed To Glendale Bank Robbe ROSEBURG, Ore., July 1 2. Clyde Weekly, alias Larson, plead ed guilty in circuit court here to day to a charge of having held up the Glendale, Oregon. State bank June 2, last, and making off with $1,000 In cash after threat ening a yonng ; woman employe with a revolver. Weekly was sep tenced to serve IS years In the I penuenuary. f WEATHER ' . OREGON Fair Friday; con- - - ""jj usueu wario. , ja MHG 111 VISIT PAIfl OlflDERSOl Shipping Board Boats Lose Out; Stop in Porto Rico Planned on Way Back to New York City PRESIDENT ARRIVES . IN SEWARD AT NOON Trail Triry Still Undecided Upon; "Harding .Weath er'! Is Welcomed ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON WITH PRESIDENT HARDING. July 12. (By the Associated Press!) President Harding will make the trip from San Diego to New York via the Panama canal and Porto Rico on the army trans port Henderson, Instead of on the Fhipping board steamship Presi dent Harding" or American Legion. Definite arrangement's for the use of the Henderson were, con cluded today and announcement was made' that the schedule for the return' trip provided for the arrival of the presidential " party at New YorK August 27.- It was considered likely that the ; presi dent would' deliver an address! lll'l II In Inn proceeding to Wash- Jngton. ,;r,. GULF PROVES SMOOTH ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON WITH PRESIDENT - HARDING, July 12. (By the Associated Press.) The Henderson today continued, on her course across the Gulf of Alaska en route to Seward where she was due' to ar rive shortly after noon tomorrow1. After a short stay there the party will go aboard a' special train and start over the Alaska railroad for Anchorage and Fairbanks. ' The chief executive was still undecided today whether to make the. three-day trip from Fairbanks over the Richardson trail and then down the Copper River Northwestern railroad to Cordova or to return over the Alaska rail road to Seward and then take the Henderson to Cordova. ' ? M Rough water expected in the Gulf of Alaska did not put in its sailing was over a comparatively smooth sea. WIIXAMETTB OUT-RAINED' KETCHIKAN, Alaska. July 8. - (By A. P. Mall Service.) Every body in Ketchikail believes there is something to the stories about 'Harding weather.' It I was bright clear day , when President Harding arrived here on his Alas kan, tour and such days are few and far between in the territory's southernmost port where no less an authority than Admiral Rod man asserts that "it rains 36.0 days every year and driziles ; the other five." This portion of the coast really has about 13 feet of rain, annually. . .'-, j From the time ft was definitely announced at Washington that the president was planning to visu Alaska, the people of Ketchlkata began hoping and almost praying that the sun would shine on Mr. Harding when he stepped ashore. And sure enough it did. and mem bers of the presidential party and edme of , the people here ascribe it to "Harding weather.", j Real MHard:ng Weather." ? The phrase "Harding weather grew, out of the 1920 campaign, during which not a drop of rain fell In Marlon on any of the days that Mr. Harding received visiting delegations on his "front porch." Also it never rained during any of his campaign trips. The phrase gained further basis during the recent transcontinental trip which was marked by fair weather ex cept for the day In Tacoma, and evipn then there was only a light drizzle which did not operate to interfere with the chief execu tive's program, f --; 1 M- Th'e ."land lubber" members of the party, as- la always the case, vrere . all i lOnfused until they jearned the difference f between port and starboard, and the mean ing of soch terms as "fore," "aft," stern" and ! "bow." Naval offi cers and the more sea-wise mem bers of the ' party had a good laugh on hearing one of the se cret service men say ; tnat nis Quarters were "on the right hand side of tne boat sear the tall end." RUHR PROBLEM IT OUTLINED FDR POPULACE Baldwin and Curzon Do Not State How Far England Will Go in Disapproval of French Policy PRONOUNCEMENT IS PHRASED CAREFULLY Opportunity for Further Ne gotiations is Not Closed -By Address LONDON, July 12. (By The Associated Press.) The vprime minister, Stanley Baldwin, in the house of commons, and Marquis Curzon, in the house of lords, made identic pronouncement to eager audiences today on the. gov ernment's policy on the reparat ions problemT In contrast to such statements by his predeces sors Mf. Lloyd George and Mr, Bonar Law, which were very long. Premier , Baldwin's pronounce ments were particularly brief, taking about 16 minutes for de livery and as In neither house did the opposition offer criticism of any consequence, ; the momentous occasions were quickly ended. ' Question Not Answered' The question which was on everybody's lips how far the British government's open disap proval of the French Ruhr pol icy and its holding aloof there from were to be -Converted into an active policy separate from France, was to' a great extent, un answered. Premier Baldwin certainly-1 moved quite preceptibly away from Bonar Law's, attitude of passivism, inasmuch as he an nounce the government's ; decis ion to submit to the allies a sep arate reply to Germany's latest of fer. ' . . . But hjS did liot give the slight est indication of the nature of the proposed reply. , Warning is Friendly- This was the only important point on the pronouncement which,, for the remainder, was a warning couched in the most friendly language, but plainly telling France that the British government could not much long- ( Continued on page six) ' Letters From a By GKOKGK H. GRAVES ' , ROUND XII MIKE'S PLACE, Glacier Na tional Park, Mont., July 8. ,VeIl, at last 1'met an Oregon car.': and, much to my : . surprise, who do you. think was In it? Mrs. Regner of Portland, slster-ln-law of Hstl Patton. j . 7 At Great Falls, I ran up against a new one ort me. I drove up to a filling station.. . There are no Standard Oil filling stations tin this state, and I might say, any thing else excepting bad roads and rain. And, by the way, there Is not any dust. If does not stop raining long enough to have dust. Well, the inan at the filling station said: "Do you want high test gasoline, or low test?? , I never, had that sprung on me before. I did not know what to say. J Naturally I asked , him . the difference and he said: "Three cents a gallon." I said: "Give me the low,-test. x But 1 soon found out there was more than, 3 cents a gallon dif ference. I was going over that terrible road between Great Falls and Glacier Park hotel. . The en gine would miss and when, I would come to a hill t coufd hard ly get up on low. I was ashamed of my car as all the other cars would pass me on the hills. It this filling station man: fad said. "Do you want gasoline or coal oil" I would have know whatf to sar.".-...,. ,.ii;...i!t. i- I. have been III for three days. Lost my appetite, nervous, could not sleep and when I did .awoke wet with perspiration. Felt . so sick I Could hardly navigate. Have Just discovered It is an due to the high altitude. !' v" i - Well Hal, Here is the informa tion you ask for: Gasoline in Gla cier National: park costs 60 cents a gallon and yon can get rood ho tel accommodations for $6 a day. I expected to pay $8.. One . thing that bothers me Is WIFE JAILED. : FOR SLAYING HER HUSBAND Woman Suspected of Crime Committed in Los Angeles More Than Year Ago LOS ANGELES, July 12.--Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich, whose wealthy husband Frederick Oes terreich formerly a v clothesman niaiiuTacturxr of Milwaukee, Wis., was shot , to death in their resi dence in a fashionable district of Lps AugeJes more than a year ago, 'was laced in the city jail late today on suspicion of bis rourder; according to Captain of Difteetives George Home. I , The arrest came after the po lice had received information that Mrs. Oesterreich had disposed of two automatic pistols of the same caliber j with which' Ijer husband had been slain and after she had been questiloned for 'five hours, during which she was said to have screamed denials of police accu sations until her voice became husky. - ; ';'' , ' The transfer of. the .weapons was alleged to have taken place within four days after Oesterr eich wa slain. , j - Mrs. Oesterreich told the police she knew nothing of, the slaying' of her' husband and had - been; locked in a -closet in her home while the shots which killed him' were fired. She denied that she disposed, of any' weapons. ' the TOTAL S1D0.DD0 j i Boxers Split Gross Amount .. on 30-22. Basis; Check Completed Today RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY, July 1 2. ( By the Associated Press) Jess Willard will .receive about $120,000 and Luis' Fir po approx imately; $80,000 j as their shares of the gate receipts for their bat tle tonight. These , figures were based on estimated total receipts of $400,000.. Willard received 30 percent and Firpo 22 percent of the gross amount. Official check, however. Tex RIckard said, - will not be com pleted until : tomorrow. His esti mate of : aa attendance of more than 100.000, he said, was inclu sive of all within the bowl; police. ushers, and' others who' did not figure in the 3ox office total. Salem Fight Fan that I am travelling alone. Peo ple - cannof understand it, so have to explain why to almost everyone 1 imeet. It's getting bo it vexes me everytime tney men tion it. Of course if I had some one with me I would have more fun, and ray letters .would be more interesting. I did hot mind it when I was on good roads but travelling alone on these awful roads; it makes them 10 times worse. . i . , ; Oregon . certainly has made a reputation 'on her good roads. Es pecially with the tourists from the eastern states. A car pulled up here yesterday that had travelled all! over., the United States and Canada. , I no ticed a 1923 Oregon permit on the wind shield. They- did not know 1 Was from Oregon'. I said to them "in what state have1 yon found the best roads?" They ail" threw up their hands and all yelled to gether. "Oregon." That is the universal opinion: ; ,. The nrst night here I met a young man from North Dakota. He seemed to take a liking to tne. I seemed to amuse him for l a ways left & smile oh his face, ell sat around the large fire place and I amused the whole crowd by telling them of my letters to the Statesman. "After that wo went to the dance In the hotel cafe, that was rather tame and we mention ed to the waitress. . ... , , She said: "Why don't you go over to Mike's PIace?" "Where Is Mike'sPIace?" "Across the track." ." It was 11 o'clock but we wan dered out of the hotel, through the dark, across" the track: and there we found Mike's Place. The name alone was enough to make it interesting to me. Outside were a string of Fords an the hordes of the cowboys tied to a hitching racki We entered the Bhack; go- ( Continued on page six) FiGH C PIS WILLARD HEARS BIRDIES ' SIM f EIGHTH' R0Ur"0fflfWlfi . : SLASHMG ATTACKj BINGHAM RULES F Supreme Court to Determine Whether, Duplicate Tax Bill Goes on Ballot In event the supreme court does not reverse the decision .of Judge G. G. Bingham of the Mar ion county circuit court only one .referendum measure directed at the state income tax law enacted at the' last session of tlio legisla ture Jwlll go on the ballot at the special election to be held in Ore gon November 6. Suit to enjoin the secretary of state from placing on the ballot the referendum measure sponsor ed by the State Income Tax Ref erendum league- was filed in the circuit court here yesterday by the Oregon Just Tax league, of which R. Wl Hagood of Portland in president. W. Lair Thompson attorney for Mr. Hagood, .in his argument be fore, the court, alleged that the referendum petitions filed by the State Income Tax - Referendum league and the Oregon Just Tax league "were identical with the ex ception of the signatures, and it would not be good policy to allow both of them to appear on tho bal lot. Such action, he said, would confuse the voters and might pre vent a fair expression of the elec torate on the issue. " - It was alleged by Mr. Thomp son that the referendum petitions sponsored by the Oregon Just Tax league were filed with' the secre tary of state early in March, while the petitions of the State Income Tax .Referendum league were not filed 'until several weeks f later. The filing of the first petitions complied with all the require ments of the referendum statutes, Mf. Thompson argued, and the secretary of state erred in accept ing officially the petitions submit ted by the State Income Tax Ref erendum league. It was the contention of Mr. Thompson that the petitions filed by the Oregon Just Tax league should go on the ballot, while the petitions filed by the State Income Tax1 league should, not be consid ered more seriously than mater iel necessary for a reserve meas ure. The State Income Tax league was not represented at the hearing. . Notice of appeal to theeupreme court was announced by Willis Moore, assistant attorney gener al, immediately following receipt of Judge' Bingham's decision. The formal .notice of appeal was pre pared late yesterday and the su preme court will be asked to ad vance the case on the docket. In commenting upon his deci sion Judge Bingham declared that inasmuch as the two titles were Identical, and were only sponsor ed by different -parties, leaving them both on the. ballot was equivalent to permitting two votes. The jurisdiction will give an opportunity to remedy the sit uation. E TOUR TWO STATES Richardson, Pierce and Hart, With Highway Officials, , to View Roads Governor Richardson of Cali fornia and the California state highway commission will arrive in Grants Pass, Or., at 8:15 o'clock a. m. July 23, and in the next few days following will make an automobile tour of the highways of Oregon, and Washington. This was announced at the office of Governor Pierce yesterdayr They will be met at Grants Pass by Governor Pierce of Oregon, the state - highway commission and Rov A. Klein. Oresron state high way engineer, and in the evening! of July1 23 will be met at Salem by Governor Hart of Washington and party. The Oregon party will accompany : the , California and Washington parties through the state of Washington. IB GOV SWILL Record Attendance of 100,000 Witness Former Till 2 Holder Retired Before Onslaught of Yonder Uzn From Argentine; Superior Weignt, Height Reich and Experience Fall During Attack; Loser Game. . JERSEY CITY, July 12 Jess Willard, the man-mountain from Kansas, went back to fistic oblivion tonight but he staged the last; though futile act of his come-back before a vast throng of more than 100,000, the greatest in rin history, that filled Boyle's Thirty Acres to overflowing'. " Louis Angel Firpo, the dark-browned mauler from the Argentine closed the door to Willard's attempted return to fistic fame by knocking out the giant former champion in the eighth round of a clashing battle one of the greatest in recent heavyweight history. Incidentally he reached the goal at which he haa aimed for the past year of his meteoric rise to prominence a match for the title with Jack Dempsey. SUBLIMITY WOMmi IS U) CHARGE Mrs; Al Friedel Accused By Government of Defraud- ( ing Mail Order House PORTLAND, Or.. July 12. By the simple Insertion of a "0" after a "7" and the letters 'ty" after the word 'seven" in a check that she had used to pay a bill with a Chicago mail order house, Mrs. Al Friedel. of Sublimity, Oregon, was able to convert- $7.73 . into $70.73 and then collect' the differ ence of $63 from the mail-order house, together with a gracious letter of apology for haying made an error in the matter, federal officials charge. , - This transaction and others which are contained in the record of the Friedel case in; Assistant Federal Prosecutor Bynon's office, tell a story of a highly successful campaign upon leading mail order houses, which ! Mrs. Friedel is charged with , having , conducted and because pt which she is under arrest. Ehe will plead to arraign ment some time this afternoon. . After her arrest it was found that there was nobody except the husband to take care of her small brood of children at Sublimity, and the woman . was . released on her own recognizance. -'. , ' Records from the bank through which the $7.73 - check - passed clinched the, proof of the altera tion in that case. '. One'' of the other methods" that Mrs: ' Friedel is charged with, having employed successfully on various mail order houses, was, after dealing: with them in a small way for a time, to write a letter saying that she had sent back some unsatisfactory goods for which she desired a re fund. The goods never "arrived, but In most cases the mall order house apologized for having mixed up the order. and made the refund anyhow. r. "If she hadn't worked the game too many times on the same house, she might' be going still," says Bynon. ' '- GREATLY ENJOYED Large Crowd Attends Recep tion Last Night; Drive Starts Monday A good crowd attended the band concert and reception at the Sa lem hospital last night. The band was stationed in front of the en trance.' Miss Lena Belle Tartar sang : two solos' as part of the evening program. Salem Cherrians In trim white suits acted as a reception com mittee and escorted visitors thru the new buildings. The new building was lighted up for the occasion and signs In the different rooms indicated the spe cial forte of that, particular part of the building. The campaign, for funds . with which to. complete the building wQl start Monday. The building is i plastered . now and It Is ready for the finishing carpenters. HOSPITAL COniCERT n mm: There was rio question of the superiority of the bril liant Argentine battler to night. Willard's' superior weight, height and reach en abled the big Kansan to check Firpos v rushing attacks in most of the early rounds but despite the American's same ness under fire the tide of bat tle swung inevitably in favor of the younger; more rugged fighter. '- ;-" -. . . The finajround opened slowly. They sparred at long range 'and there was little hint that the end was near. But . suddenly Firpo unleashed, a savage drive, to Wil lard's head and body. The fury of . that attack had never before failed to bring down the South. American's quarry, and big Jess, despite his towering size and stamina, wilted. : , Step by step Willard gave ground trying al most blindly to ward off the vol ley of Jolts to his head and body. Backed up against the ropes, hl3 head sank, then a right shot to the head sent him to his knees. He reeled as Referee Harry Lewla started counting, shaking his heal and trying to lift himself up hut the waning strength in that great bulk was unequal to the task and he sank into the arms of hit handlers at the final count. ' Former; Strength Lacking Four years ago Willard cama up after i being knock'ed down seven times in the first rounds of the fight in which he lost his tltla to Jack Dempsey. But while the same courage remained today, he could'not muster the strength to arise after that devastating at tack of Firpo's greater speed and ability to attack his big target at more angles' gave him an early advantage. But the South Amer ican often displayed bad Judgment of distance. and this, coupled with wniard's ability to block his op ponent's rushes, resulted in little effective battling. Willard, except for an occas ional jab with his left, stayed on the defensive waiting for an op portunity to shoot In an uppercut but Firpo, a shifty object, gave him few opportunities. . Willard Boon Subsides In the first Firpo cut Willard's ear, and fn- the fourth he pummel led the big Kansan about the ring with drives to the head. Jesa absorbed heavy punishment, but came back In the next round with his only real offensive. Firpo backed to the ropes un der a barrage of Wows to the head but WlllaTd failed to follow up his advantage, brief as it was. He seemed lethargic and reticent to carry the fight to his oppon ent. 1 After that one flicker of fistic fire Willard subsided. Firpo then paved the way for the .end with a slashing attack In the seventh, weakening the big Kansan with rights, to the body. Willard dis played a few flashes of form ii the seventh but they were Inef fective, and the end came In the eighth after one minute. , t Fight Has Romance Thus ended a fight that hag na parallel in ring history for about In which no championship was at stake. But the fact that two fore most picturesque figures the gam a has ever known one a veterai trying to scale the heights aala and the other a rugged, brilliant youngster were to ; fight for a chance at the throne now occu pied by Dempsey, , proved tM (Continued on paga 2.J,