I - i j V CICTJLATIOir . , AvrM -for serea month ndinr Jul' l, r IMS: - - r Vi , THE;CflTT OF, , and (iMwkcrt in "HTKn fld' Polk Counties r . ' Nearly rvm-TfeKty YeJ " ! Jbe, Oregon Statcsmctrl p - - THE' "HOME NEYSPAPEa . 8nUyt only Dill? airtf Sunday .5941 .545T SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1923 price five cm : ? V9 V! -: i si r-s .' : if i 1 i I 'I 7 1 ? ; r v - i r i . ,1; i ' s .i - r - rt . .vf's .. v . . Bout nds 57 , Seconds After ; Start of Second I i RouridChallenger Floored -jGiye Times- in ' First Champion Sent Through the Ropes - Climh? tlsidk Groggy. 1 - " ; . " RINGSIDeJ Polo Grounds, New York, Sept. 14.(By Associated Press.) Jack Dempsey tonight retained - his world's heavyweight title, knocking out X.uis Angel Firpo, the "Wild Bull of the Pampas", in the second round of one of the fiercest, fastest and most spectacular battles in the history of pugilism, r -i - fj, ; ,;;' ? - The champion , floored his Argentine challenger fiye times in the; first round and twice in the second round before a short right uppercut to the jaw sent Firpo down for the last time. But in the three minutes and 57 second of whirlwind, -terrific mauling, Dempsey himself? once was knocked clear through the ropes on top of the press benches and groggy under a bombardment of mighty rights. Before Firpo went hurtling down to defeat, carrying with him the shattered hopes of a continent, he gave a vast, fren zied throng of 85,000, one" of the most thrilling and, courage ous ring exhibitions of all time. Battered, bloody and groggy, he "showed hfs marvelous stamina by coming back with a whirlwind crushing drive toward the close of the first round that had the title holder tottering, closer to .losing his crown than at Any time in his career. I" r -V-f: -. .- Pirpo" fought the best fight of his ' ckreer. e challenger's inlghty right was nerer mighteler. . Against the relentless power and versatility of the champion's farl. oua attack he went, dpwn, but in defeat he, gained more glory than 'Jn any battW of his career. ;?He was beaten but his" menace to th . heavy weight - throne wase not re : moved. " " ' ' From tlie tap of the first gong, these two giants tore at each other with attacks of unrestrained savagery Firpo was the first to land as they came to close quar ters but 1 in a flash, the champion plunged, shot In a right to the bqdy and , left to the Jaw, send- Ing the challenger crashing to the floor on Ms side. V . r: " Down .Twice "Momentarily 'ased'. but' with eyes ablaie, Firpo rose to his feet after a short count and rushed back. ; Again he was : met by 'a withering drjve and went down for 'the" second and third, times; Blood flowed from his mouth, he waa stunned and' Dempsey let loose the most terrific power of his swings as he sensed victory. Firpoj went down twice more and both time it seemed the end had comeBut after a count pt nine on hla fifth knockdown, theshal lenger suddenly sprang at his ad versary like a wounded tiger, an Infuriated Jungle beast. Swinging with flall-llke rapidity and sledgehammer power" the "famous right thrust that had brushed aside all opposition be fore and swept him to fame, the Argentine rushed at his adver sary. Caught "unaware by this atunnlng comeback on the part of the man be had believed .beaten Into submission, Dempsey reeled under the assault. A right to the side of the head sent Dempsey to his knees and as he arose another swing knocked him from his feet and through the ropes 6n'iop of the newspaper men huddled, at the edge of the ring. ; . Champion '? Dempsey's knees wavered as he climbed back in: He clinched to save himself. Firpo couldn't fol low up his advantage and the bell ended a round that will go down as one of the most sensational of all fighting history came to an end with both gladiators on their feet. .' : t Unleashed for the second round, they leaped at each other "once inore. Dempsey again was the quicker on the attack and FirpO went down under the crushing blows of the champion. He arose only to go down once more. Now there was no doubt of the out come. The challenger, bleeding and tottering, forced himself to his feetj.caryiirff on largely by In stinct. Dempsey stepped In. whipped his. left to the body and then a short right to the chin that sent Firpo 'sprawling on his back, staring vacantly at the glare (Continued on page S I THE WEATHER - ' OREGON- Fair Saturday, moderate northwesterly winds. LOCAL WEATHER ;. '(Friday) T ; Maximum. temperature 77. Minimum, temperature .Rainfall; cone.. River, -i 1.5. , Atmosphere, clear. ' "Wind,. west. , .,if . 1 Indian Party. Is Taken In By Officer After Smash ! UpOn Street If Charles Wachene, Grande Ronde Indian, had been driving an automobile instead of a team of horses he would be in the jail tinder; a charze of driving while Intoxicated Instead of that-of te-4 lag drunk. ! Chariev.was out for a joy ride yesterday afternoon, with his mo ther, an Indian companion ana Mrs. Nettie Jackson. The Dalles, also an Indian. .Too much extract was consumed by all '. concerned and the team ran away, wrecking the wagon and sending Mrs. Jack son to the Deaconess hospital, suf fering i from bruises and a very bad "hang-over". Ier condition is not serious. ' Charley's mother, a little steady noon her feet perhaps, sought to convince Chief of Police Birtchet that she was not only an Ameri ican, but one of the first Ameri cans. iThe chief, in oraer to nu- mor her. agreed, and finally sent her back to the hppyard with her grandsons, to sober up. . Officer Edwards was sent to the scene of the accident, and brought back to the police'statlon two bot tles off extract that-had survived and a big butcher knife that Charley had drawn when the of ficer attempted to place him un der arrest. Charley will probably be called upon to tell the judge all about it today. 5 Little Interest; Shown l In; Income Tax Election Registration for the special elec tion in i November on the income tax will close October 6, accord ing to U- O. Borer, county clerk. All Dersons not now registered and who have lived in the state lor six months must register if they desire to .vote. Mr. Boyer says. Others iwho must register are those who have not voted for two years, which cancels their regis tration:' women who have married since the last , election and those who; have changed their residence and are now living in other pre cincts. I Registration has not been heavy. Mr. Boyer says, because of the lack of interest In the election Flaamkri in Twelfth Is Asked By Mayor Giesy Mayor John B. Glesy of Salem vesterdav . aDneared before the public service commission and anted ' that ' the commission re- aulre the Southern Pacific coin nanv to use a flagman at its crossing on South Twelfth street. near the depot. The crossing is over switching tracks, and in a recent acident there the' Salem police automobile was demolished. - BLEEDS ' TO pEATH : WALLA WALLA, Wasb Sept, 14.- Morris Lynch, a rancher lin ing In the foothills southeast of Walla Wa11a f bled to death yes terday as a result ol a cui on TOO MUCH JUICE. TEAM IIS M - I . . . ...... : SB Governor Says He Will Put Them tn Jajn and Keep Them There' X if They Interfere ' CENSORSHIP NOT LIKED BY PAPERS Martial i Law Extended to Other Sections of State i By . Governor :" ' ' ' ' ' i ( OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 14. Members of ' the state legis lature" will be put in jail 'and kept there" if they attempt to meet in "extraordinary session to interfere with his war on flog gings. Governor J. C. Walton de clared tonight. i j "I don't intend to stand for any such thing," the governor said. : OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 14. With extension . of martial law to new sections of Oklahoma in prospect and a military censor ship 'of. the 'press threatened by Governor J. C. Walton, two steps were under way tonight In an at tempt to curb, the powers., being assumed by. the executive.; , Injunction Sought Following the posting of a cen sor todays In, the offices of the Tulsa Tribune, Richard Lloyd Jones, eflitor of the newspaper, announced he would seek an in junction in federal court in de fense of the freedom of the press. The second step took the form of a movement to bring the legis lature into extraordinary session without a call from the governor to. consider the acts of the execu tive. f V ' Authorities Differ ' Authorities, differ 'on 'the right of the state's law-making body to take such.: action, no procedure having been perfected by statute for such a course, although it Is said the matter is not prohibited by the state constitution. In an Interview at Tishoming today, William K, Murray, chair man ot the constitutional conven tion' of 1907, declared the right to assemble on Its own violation was aft Inherent power belonging to the legislature. LIDL'S LISTEN TO Question of Employer and Fmnlnvfi Handled Bv Su preme Court Justice Pair treatment upon the parts nf Koth pmnlover and employe is demanded today. Justice John Mc- Conrt told members of the wons club at their noon-day luncheon at the Marion hotel Friday. Juage McCourt took 'the general consti tutinn nf th club, promotion of the welfare of its members and of the community, as his topic. MinA-tenths of the people ot the country give public service, he said, and few have actual contact with ithF state or national gov ernment. Duty and thoroughness are the fundamentals In the dis charge of i public service, . the speaker continuea. it is tne amy of. each one to 'do the best of his or her ability that task ; which falls to the individual' lot. McCourt prefaced his talk with an outline'of how. trade and 'barter had developed, show ing bow the middleman was cre ated and how the great transpor tation systems were a. natural se quence. . . .: !., i . Leon Jennison sang two selec tions. , y Maw Will Not Be Used to Enforce Prohibition '. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. it wan stated officially : at the whit TTonsa todar that President Coolidge. has no Intention at this time of asking autnonry irom.con gress to. use armed forces of , the nation in enforcing prohibition. . The executive does not believe it! would-be, wise to use tile army and th navr in such police work He regards.it as conceivable that a tlniA mieht come when it wouia h desirable to use naval craft to prevent smuggling but such use of war vessels should be resoriea w JUDGE 1'COIT WOMEN H FUNNY -IDEAS ; : , ABGjlJT SGRP "Did PIrt ' fe Out or GoQd2?t l9 ,QBe , Question Oyer Telephone - : . . ' p The reporterwho sat for' hours before a telephone to answer in quiries concerning the Dempsey Firpo fight will comb the city to day In "an effort to find: a Salem woman whom he wishes to -award the cast-iron cucumber. I ; "Who won the prixe 'fight to day T" queriesa sweet feminine voice." ' " " . " : "'. '"- V . ' "' ' . "Dempsey knocked out Firpo in the second round," barks he. re porter. ; . - "Well haven't you the report of the third round yet?" murmurs the feminine' sport enthusiast. And that isn't all. During the first hour there were 69 Calls ask ing who won the fight, 16 of which were made by-women as nearly as the reporter can judge voices. The woman who wins second prize cap tured her . award ' by the query, "Was he knocked out. for good?" Predominantly, . the exclamation from the women was "Oh!; for goodness sakes" 12 : women making that reply by actual count. Some of the ' replies made by the men could hardly be quoted here. .The majority of them show ed Dempsey sympathy. ' For the first three hours queries averaged more than one a minute. United Brethren Conference ' Speaker. Deplores Condi tion in America- The second dav of the Oregon conference of the .United Breth ren In. Christ opened Friday mor ning with Bisnop .William H. Washinger presiding. ! 'AU meet ings are being held at Castla Chanel.' ' SpvpntPf-nth and ' fehras- ka streets. Spiritual prayer and testimony service was held. ; "A Runaway Preacher" was the theme of a stirring address by Bishop Washinger, basing his talk uoon Jonah It 1. 3. ' In in troduction he said that the United Brethren church stood for and al ways has stood for the . Bible as the Word of God.' Every man has in ; his experience a likeness to Jonah, though many are not so fortunate, he said. God's call to Jonah was per sonal, and He was in it, the Bish op averred. He 'was not like some men who are not Interested. nor in on the program of right to day. There is no escape from' the call of God. and sooner or later each must answer it, Bishop Washinger said in closing. Tne address will be continued today.. Declaring that as many di vorces are granted in a day in the United States as are granted In a whole year in England. Dr. J. E. Shannon, Dayton; Ohio, gave some startling facts in his report of the "Christian Home" "Friday afternoon. In 1901 In this country there were - 61,689 homes wrecked by divorce, , he said, and 1? years later the num ber had Increased i to 13 Z.J 5 3 through the same cause. Chicago alone, he said, had twice as many divorce cases as the .whole " of England. ; The old-fashioned Puritan home was held to be the best safeguard of the nation by the speaker. As these decrease," crime , waves win increase, be said. ' -I He declared "that in an examination of the boys of the late war that two out of everr three boasted that they din not even attend church. Among the older persons' who are found in the churches, about nine oiit of ten have some form of "relif ious worship in their homes, Dut among the younger generation. about one in ten have this pryu e. h said. .' y That 141,000 had been obtain ed in a campaign 'for $100,0 Of for - a benevolent home ' for .old Deonle of the church.i was -reported by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Moon, su perintendents of the Baker Home for aged ministers and their iam ilies at Puento. Cal. A teleeram to Bishop Washing or rorh Davton. Ohld. telling that all the missionaries of the church In Tokio were safe, bat that near ly all the property had been de stroyed, was read. l-- V El B. Ward . arrived yesterday afternoon to join his wife.- Both Mr. and Mrs. Ward recently ; re turned -from China where 'they have been engaged In; missionary work, and brought greetings fom the Women's Missionary associa- Hon: ' , ' ;. ". -s" ' i I nr. J. E. Shannon.' sreneral sec retary of education for; the de nomination. ' Dayton, will - speaa this evening. He delivered a talk before the congregation last night. DIVORCES HIT by n lift 10 RUHR : ATSTAWDSTILL SMS GE1I Former Chancellor Arrives ir j New York on Business Connected With Hamburg American Line DENIES INTEREST IN PROPOSED LOAN Dr. Cuno Once. Refused Po ' sition of Ambassador to H: United States . NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Dr. Carl Joseph' Wilhelm Cuno, for mer chancellor of Germany and president of the council of the HamburgiAmerican line, arrived today on the . Reliance for a visit of, several weeks In this country as a private citizen and a business , . I ... . . t , : man. . - ,. -V ; Denyine that he was here In the interest, of -a proposed 5,- 000.000,000 lnter-allied loan to Germany or. to .arrange extension of the Hamburg-American and W. Aw Harriman shipping combine. Dr-Cuno . declared the sole pur Dose of his trier was to renew per sonal and business relations with his American.; friends. He Jad no connection wun pouues, us said, which he definitely, left be hind when he resigned . the office of chancellor. Due to ' the fact that the conditions had changed since he left Germany., Dr. Cuno would, not discuss recent develop ments in France and . iGermany looking to a settlement o the Ruhr question. ,, -Fundamentally, be said, , this . was an economic and financial nroblem. As a business man he thought it, impossible "f settlemenVi if looked at "purely from the political viewpoint.. . , f .Gennpnjf to ray "The Germans realize that Ger many lost the war," he said in a formal statement, "and that uer manT therefore . must nay for the war. Germany is willing to pay to the limit oLher capacity. X."? lns the Ruhr, districts, the indus trial heart of Germany, Js at a sUndstlll, and until the Ruhr, con flict has been, settled, no one con estimate - -Germany's capacity to pay." '. - Although his three proposals for a settlement ot the Rhur diffi culty were declined. Dr. Cuno said that they had not beenwitnarawn and the German people' stand by theih today. He said. too. tnat he heldto his original estimate or 30.000,000 gold marks as a set tlement. ' - - T v before he became chancellor. Dr, Cuno said, he refused tfcs of fer of the ambassadorship to the United States, and added that he would refuse the post If It ware Offered to him now. , TUH6 L1STETJS TO FIGHT RETI1K South Commercial'. Street Blocked in front or ; Statesman Office Many hundreds ot people, by far the largest crowd that ever gath ered in Salem o listen to the re turns on any sporting event, and many times bigger tan gathered at any other place In the city, was the crowd that assembled In front of the Statesman offfce yesterday evening to get the results .of the pempsey-Tirpo battle for - the tforld heavyweight championship. The crowd blocked the street, including the sidewalks on both sides, leaving only a narrow ave nue along the , trolley , line which the police kept clear for the street cars to pass through.. m The Statesman was the first In the city to thrill the. fans with an nouncement of the knockdowns and to announce Dempsey the winner. Albany Editor Appointed Un State Rarole Board r' Governor' Pierce . ye sterday ap pointed W. Li. Jackson, editor of the Albany Democrat.' as a - mem ber of the state parole board. He takes the nlace vacated by Bert N. Haney. " who I resigned when ap nointed a . member of the United States shipping, board. The parole board will meet tomorrow. ij XUX AA a : ' ADrvlIT SAL' 13 jp Member of First Methodist Episcopal Church i ! Elected Representative Mrs. Hughes! Will Also Go To National Conventipn-Next Year's Meeting Place Chosen. I PriPTT AND nro Rsnt conference of the Methodist . m a 1 its ueaaiocK toaay oy tne election 01 mree 10 compieie i.a i . dplpoat.inn to the coming DR. B. lu STEI-T- 79 votes; O. C. Bortzmeyer , of Portland; with!: 72 LdM Dr. Ce. W. Gregg of Ashland with 63.:- ...'.' . .. X. ' : Ton ' vniiTic mpn were , admitted . on trial . in the Oresron conference and passed to the study of first year work. .They were: Forrest Wax of Willamette university; Clarence E. Oliver of Portland; George Smith Brown of Portland ;rC. O. Jennings of North Berid ; Leslie B. Bailey of Salem; Willard; V. Hutchinson of Wilderyille; Horace Kaye 6f Tine Groye, 0rhr o lJoiifonnTit. in thp "Rritish1 ftrntv! ifl EfiTVOt:" Paul Buckley, formerly of Calcutta, son ox Salem and binlurosa reauia oi uier gya t-U 1 1 ' 1 " I I- . 111 . 1 niiussEiiNi iwpy Italian Premier Tells Council of Ministers of Italy's -., Victory ROME, Sept. 14. -(By the As sociated Press) Premier Musso lini today addressed the council of ministers,' summarizing "all phases of the Greco-Italian con flict and the successful results he had obtained in the diplomatic battle ;at Geneva and Paris.' The council ol ministers unani mously approved the decisions which had been made by Premier Mussolini throughout the course of the crisis. The semi-official reports reach ing here on the action of the coun cil of ambassadors at Paris empha size the success obtained by Italy. They state that Greece hatl asked for an immediate evacuation of Corfu, which the council of am bassadors refused. " BY Investigation of . Destroyer Catastrophe Will Open Monday SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14. Com manders of 15 naval destroyers which were enroute from San Francisco to San Diego last. Sat urday night when seven of their number ' crashed to destruction upon , the rocks at Point Honda, tonight were i preparing separate reports of the catastrophe to be presented to the naval court of inquiry scheduled to resume its sessions here next Monday. Members of the naval, court headed by Read Admiral W. W. Pratt were also active in prepara tion for the hearing, particularly Lieutenant' Commander Leslie Bratton, judge advocate, whose duty It will be to present evi dence tending to fix responsibility for the disaf ter and U cros ques tion officers and men involved. Actual presentaton of evidence, however, r will not begin ; until Monday. t . . -. FOUR ASPHYXIATED NEW YORK, Sept. 1 4. Two vomen and two children were asphyxiated by", smalt e and . six teen families were rescued In .an east" side :: five - story ' tenement fire today. . .j . ' y '" REPORTS MADE UP COMMANDERS TB7i A ni a a 14 iAftp.r the OreCTOli State Episcopal cjuirch had broken m A 1 A. - - t A. . fX, general conference of the denomination, the; lay- mn's' conference also 'elected its conference del s elates. Vi ? Vt . : ! I Those" chosen were : Dr, r VV. D. Pollard of Spring field, with 2, votes; Roy CQX.of pregonCjity with 78; Mrsl " fattnew J : S. Hughes of Portland' with 74 and tL L. Steeves of Sa Ipm with-G9. The total number of ballots, 'was 108. ' ' ! ' -.? ' ' Alternate delegates also were chosen on a second ballot; those selected being I f) ' lifhsnn ' nf Rpnrt With now of Salem; Lloyd, .Thprap- Senator McNary Presides at Hearing neld in bpo '. . kane Friday SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. .14. Declaring that under present con ditions it was out of the question for private operators to undertake a program of reforestation,' active lumbermen, forestry officials ,and college experts', wltnesges before the' senatorial , itivestlgatlng com mittee in a hearing here today rec ommndd fdral rforstation of cut bvr lands. ' It was proposd that the federal government take over the cut-over lands' not suitable for agriculture and through the forest service, take upon itself the problem of re- orestation. United States Senator C.'L. McNary of Oregon, presided over the hearing. -. TO ENTER LEAGUE Forced to Decline,' Foreign ; Secretary Says, Because V l of -England I ' MEXICO CITY. Sept. 14. (By the Asociated Press). Mexico has declined an invitation 'from the Latin-American delegates to the league of nations to become a member jpf the league.. Replying to a message sent by all the Latin-American represent atives guaranteeing Mexico's ad mission; should she aplpy. Foreign Secretary ;Pani declared that Mexico was forced to decline be cause diplomatic relations wlth Great I Britain had not been re sumed and Great Britain had a delegate in the league council. President Suggests That Possible unfair Practices . 1 1 . . i '. WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 President Coolidge today suggest ed that the federal trade commis sion investigate possible unfair practices in the coal trade whlcn tend to Increase prices. . : Coal often passes through a number of hands before reaching the consumer and the president takes the view that some of these AnnifoatA handlings could be elim inated as unnecessary. ; MEXICO CIS J 11 ll. U U L WW- State's Delegation to ; ' publican nations! Cc . ' tion Increased Dy Tv. : Idaho end lz,',:c Also Get r.'crb -WASHINGTON, Sept. II. tentative apportionment of t. gates to the 1924 Republics tional, convention,' conform!;.; ? Re order of the national cc tee isued in 1920 and deslr.- : equalise Republican voters' r fesentatlon, was 'inade'.pulir? ' night, at committee ;headq:-r It " provides -for , 1,036 -de!.-and alternates as compared t ; four .years ago .with, several r tlona ordered In some . c t "solid south" states and iscr in,, most ;ot northern and wt sections. . ,cn r , -V South Loses .Changes "in'apportlonriprjt ' directed 'following years cf c : clsm i of Jarge, delegations southern states normally d ' ; - : tic. No delegates will be el under "tiie'riew rule, from cc. sional 'districts which maintain , a-Republican or; ' tion and do not cast at . leRrt 21 R'epublicah''..lotes ", .Thla ttr: manjr southern,.4IstrIc5 . c' of '"representation, reucir . Catoysa'a fetrehetai lircm c? to four, Mississippi's from tv to foor, LouUiana'a from t to nine and Georsii's frc i : teea to nihe.' "Theinori-a tion, however, 13 Increase 1 : eight to ten Tennessee's i twenty to 26 and Virginia's 16 to 18. ' -' Delesatioiu Given Four delegates at large ar ' lowed each state and two r tional ' delegates at - larga i called for on each represent:.;, at large. - ..Poll records from several soul era states have been difficult t obtain, according to nat! : committee leaders, and later i formation may slightly chan- 3 1 tntative apportionment. . Delegations allowed each i! ' and territory, compared . :. 920, Include: . State , 1924 1SI Idaho 10 f Oregon jL 12 I Washington ........ 16 1' LEeip;ifs:iED m 1 tie sir Washington Convention ! dressed By Member of State-Federation ' OLYMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 14. Urging cooperation between or,ri nized labor and the American Le gion, William Short, president c the Washington state federal! -of labor, in an address to del -gates to the state legion com . tion today, "declared that later t no time would ask the lesioa t take sides la an Industrial c" -pute. Reports of the military affak and naval affairs committees.wer made to the convention today t " decision on Important quest!: was left until tomorrow, lnclu Ing the constitutional amend r- c to make the office of adjutn appointive. ' ' L ' A standing army of 15.000 c.' ficers and 150,000 enlisted r.v and opposition to any further i -ductlons In ' the armed forces the United States were the C points in the military affairs c ventlon committee's report vL waa adopted . A report from t standing military affairs com: tee in regard to the status of c fleers and former officers cf l national guard was submltte J ! a 'minority report favor L t change In the law to lnclu-a I eral service , In the f .'. rights of guard officers "ft3 r stituted alter a warm dl:: ' The naval affairs report, v was adopted, pointed on t tl t I duced appropriations ha J L : ed operation cf tS5 fi. the foot. "." r with a great deal ot hesiuuoa. ' ' .. -" ' ' : N ...