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I J ( i ' Particular People Patronize Paper Proving Pulling Power The Statesman's Want Ads Pull. t - la the City of Salem j . .and elsewhere ia Marlon and Polk Constle) ,:i '' Nearly ererrtody rca j THE OREGON STATZC:.!Ai; :-' i y' The Home, ir.2-.rr; r ' : SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 41, 1923 price five cz:rr3 mssm : , - f 1 24 AS FIT f Los Angeles Fire Truck Runs , uuui stiiwcj toy same uaii Two Probably Fatally Injured in Wreck i LOS ANGELES; Oct , 30.-Twenty-four i were Injured, two probably fatally; when a fire truck and a fast police car; both answering the same Call collided at Firth and Broadway tonight and careened mto a crowd of win dow shoppers, and theater goers. me nre truck had the right of way, witnesses said, but the police ear. was unable to Blow down in by one wheel, turned completely time to IeMt pass and was caught around and flung into the crowd. The fire . truck Also ' piled np against ' the department store. Several firemen were among tbe injured. . i : , Many Injured A partial list of tbe Injured fol low . &'J .-W:-, . Dean A. Spencer, , Santa Moni ca, Cal., legs broken. ' - - - : Gene Renehan, Santa Fe, N. M., severe head lacerations. -; W. K. steinbrink. ; r Galveston, Tex., broken arm and leg. , i Vincent Winterblum, driver of the police car, extent of : Injuries Unknown. .;, , Harry W. Frost, : patrolman, bruises and lacerations. John Shaklan, legs broken. 4 Fred nenneman,1 lacerations. Mrs. Ellen Lees, bruises, possi ble Internal Injuries. William Kirtehler, bruises. - F. C. Freitas, fireman; bruises. All of -the injured were .taken to the receiving , hospital, where early reports from surgeons indi cated no one had been fatally hurt. , .. Everett Collision Victim . w a u aw auuiitcu a la u s a-i I EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 30 (Cliff Taro, ,,28. -who with his broth er. Fire Chief W. A. Taro and fire ethers were injured in a collision last night between a fire truck and the tire chief's automobile, was reported tonight to be in a criti cal conditian, suffering from a 'fractured skull. Two persons were killed in the crash. ; ' The 'i condiUon of Fire Chief Taro was also considered grave tonight as one rib was reported by physicians tor "have pierced ; his lung. Arthur Leffrlng, 20. a sub stitute fireman.' was declared to be out of danger tonight. He" sus tained skull Injuries. f Dennis1 Boyle, a fireman, i'aad Daniel Mfcheir bricklayer, were killed in the crash last night. Salary Increase Keeps Paster at Silverton ; SILVERTON, Or., Oct. 30. (Special toi The Statesman) Rev. George Henriksen, who has been pastor , pf . Trinity congrega tion at Silverton for tbe past five years, coming to Silverton from Portland read his resignation at the Sunday morning services. Rev air. nenriKsen nas been tendered fc call to serve as field secretary for the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain ctlstricts of the Lutheran church at a salary of $3000 and traveling expenses. : . - - Trinity congregation held ' a business meeting Sunday night for the purpose of discussing, the ac ceptance of his resignation. Mem bers of the congregation voted to ask Rev. Henriksen to remain with his present call at an in crease of $500 over his present salary. , Rev. Mr. Henriksoo nanaea jn bis decision in favor of the Silverton congregation. - THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled and oc : casionally threatening Wed ' nesday; probably rain. LOCAL WEATHER r ,; :-. (Tuesday) !:. A Maximum temperature, 50. Minimum temperature. 35. . River, -i 0.9 stationary." 1 Rainfall .01. r,y,,;Jc:W-'iX Atmosphere, cloudy. OLD BOX GAME NETS WINNERS $8,000 IN CASH Pasco Sheep Man Puts His Roll in Box Within Valise Then It Is Gone WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 50. John Davin, a : Pasco sheep man, was swindled out of $8,000 in currency 6day by the old box game, he informed the police. The two men who are supposed to have Mexicans, induced Davin to draw the money out of the First Na tional Bank of Walla Walla and place It in a box In a valise. When he opened the box It ws filled with bid paper. . The men are thought to have crossed the if Pasco-Kennewlck bridge this; afternoon about 3 o'clock. i mm JILLIICE IS PLMJ Diversification, Cooperative Marketing and Efficiency r on Farm Advocated LINCOLN": Neb Oct. 30.--(By the. Associated vPress.) "A fellow ship between the banker and the farmer which shall , amount to more than a perfunctory or casual relationship: was' the keynote of a program agreed upon today by the agricultural, commission of the American Bankers association at me last pi a two-aay session. , Upon a statement of its belief in three ' fundamental agricultural policies diversification, sound co operative marketing and improve ment or unit efficiency 4 on the farm the agricultural commis sion built a plan for bringing the farmer and : the banker, into an alliance of understanding and mu tual assistance in every part of the country. '' The ' measures of the plan in clude the organization of the bankers'; ; committees on agricul ture , in every federal reserve dis trict, then by , states and then br counties or groups of counties. No single specific program. It was pointed out by the ? advisory council of agricultural : educators will serve for the whole country. Over the whole country, however, the bankers will be committed in general to close cooperation with the i agricultural colleges to en couragement ' of boys and girls' clubs as the hope for a new gen eration; of competent agrarians: also the development of new. agri cultural enterprises in states which today stand or fall , as a single erop prospers 'or falls. 'V-' V GEO. W. CUIUS rje JsMMan Who Headed Movement to Give Pos- - ,tal Men-Sunday Rest l Rev. Geo. W. Grannis was a Sa lem visitor. yesterday. He la most widely known - throughout the country, as the man who headed the movement to give postof fice employees all over the " United States their Sunday rest, Mr. Grannis was formerly pas tor of the First Methodist .church of Salem. He left Salem in 1898, his last work here being as field secretary of Willamette univer sity. , i ; i . . ; He was transferred to the Pitts burg conference in ,19 01,, and soon after that ; he was made general secretary of the Lord's Day al liance of the United States. While in that work' he ; campaigned in every state la the Union, and he was . particularly active in secur ing for the postof fice employees the right to rest on' Sundays. - Mr. Grannis has been for seven years a resident of Turlock, Cal. He is a school director, there. , f Frank L. Grannis,' his' son. Is principal of the Cottage Grove schools and also athletic coach. His team is scheduled for a game with the Salem high school team. Rev. Grannis will visit Portland but will be back; in Salem for a few days, before returning to his California! home. CHANGES PLEA EUGENE.: Ore.. Oct. ,30. Mrs. Minnie Cadden Larkin,' of Port land, who was arrested here Octo ber 12 on a charge of illegal pos session of liquor, today changed her plea cnotguiltytotb&t Jf gultr, and; was $ entenceA Jo serve two months in the county Jail and to pay a fine of $500. Mrs. Lark in at the time of her arrest was special agent under the direction of G. L. Ctesrer, stats prohlbltba cer,gi?;2SSl " . ;' ' " ' "' ' VISITS SALEM SAXOfJ AFFAIR IS Censorial Measures Which May Be Adopted Will Tend to Conserve Prestige of Socialist Party HEINZ IN DRESDEN . IS HAVING SUCCESS Bavarian Situation .Seems Less Clear Military Au thority Not Restored BERLIN, s Oct. 81. (By Asso ciated Press.) The general poli tical situation with respect to the Saxon confllict is viewed tonight in official quarters as -having showed marked improvement. The United Socialists who yesterday threatened to secede from,. Chan cellor Stresemann's coalition gov ernment, appeared less fntransl geant today, having deferred a de cisive vote on the party's at titude toward ine central gov ernment's proceed ure in : Saxony until.. tomorrow. l -JA: i -The attitude ot the radicals Is explained' on the grounds that the party, as such, is in neither a strategic nor , financial position to offer strong opposition ' and also- because ;its : withdrawal : from the present coalition under the pres ent circumstances would consti tute a pronounced concession to the communists In Saxony and elsewhere. i;fc4. ' si; Will Conserve Prestige . .") ; - '.: H:- -i:' ' t . Any censorial measures the So cialists' adopt for , the purpose of administering a rebuke to the cen tral government, it is asserted, will be dictated by tactical con sideration and solely, for the purpose- of conserving the party's prestige with its followers. , .Reports from' Dresden Indicate that Dr. Heinz,, the relch commls sloner .In Saxonyr is having suc cess In reestablishing a parliamen tary regime there to succeed ' the deposed Zelgner ministry and that' the Saxon Socialists have definite ly jettisoned further Intentions of allying themselves1 with the com munists. i'iV .--:.h'- " The situation 'with respect to Bavaria Is less clarified as Pre mier von Knilling has not yet re plied officially.. ... to Chancellor Stresemann's request that the fed eral military authority be restored completely. . -j Two Will Resign A sensational ; story of nation alist 'military preparations In Ba varia was furnished today by the usually reliable "Socialist parlia mentary service" t which asserts that large forcesof fully armed nationalists, supplied with heavy guns, have, been distributed along the Saxon and Bavarian frontiers with Bambert as their base. It was sald that j at Bambert they have supplies, vehicles, artillery, machine guns and also airplanes bearing the swastika emblems of Captain Ehrhardt of Kapp Putsch lame, against whom a warrant for arrest is still out. Ehrhardt to said to be playing a prominent part in training these illegal forces." The government is In vestigating the truth of the social ist allegations. J r f - m -Late tonight it was stated' that the three Socialist ministers of the relch cabinet already had notified the. executive council of the So cialist party of their intention to resign but that the council asked them to postpone such a step pend ing tomorrow's conference. one reason for the requested post ponement was a desire on the part of the Socialist leaders to await developments in Saxony, : Electric Wizard Visits At Boys Training School Among the visitors at the Boys Training school last night was Parsons B. Egbert, known as the "electric wizard" since on June 11 when he took 55,000 volts of electricity for, 1 seconds. Al though as a result of the charge he-' now . wears an artificial leg. and has1 no right hand arm below the elbow; he Is apparently as well as the day before the accident. Mr. Egbert was city electrician In Tacoma, and It was In the city power plant that he touched an oil switch. Tbe current passed from the hand down the right side of the body, then shot ; from the shoulder ; with such force as to crumble a big earthen high re sistance Insulator, tea. feet ebore tin. : - - ' .PROVED SALEM GETS ! PRAISE FROM ITS VISITORS Decorations During Fair are Landed; Guests Say no One ' Tried to Hold 'Em iUp . . , :'! ;": 1 ! ' ; An echo of tbe state fair , Is heard in a letter received by May or John B. Giesy from Albert To iler, mayor of the "Tented City", during the exposition. The letter Is as follows; t 1 j - "It is my proud privilege to tell you that during my stay in the Tented City of the Oregon state fair, hundreds of complimentary words were heard for Salem re garding the city's decorations. It was general comment by those who passed through1 the' Capital City. ; N Yy "More mention was heard than ver. before of how Salem showed Its appreciation of the state fair Another thing, not a solita accusation of a hold-up prices charged for rooms my ears. "Of all Dersons who attended the state fair, none hears las mucn as falls to my ; lot. ; Thousand come to me during fair week, and through my life, the ciaim ha4 been made that I am a good He tener." -.j- ,v I - f Erection of Junior Uigh School Meets I With f , Unanimous Sanction Plans pf the directors . of the school board -tor building a junior high "school ' on North; .Capitol street' weregiven unanimous enj dorsement at the meeting of thq highland Parent-Teacher associa4 tion held last night, at the High-; landTschool. ;. ': t;t " "-'1 .- 'i,' - y This : endorsement follows a slm liar approval of the building plans of the school board voted . a feW days ago by the Lln,coln-McKinIey Parent-Teacher association. - . ':i;Iu explaining - the. election to be held Tuesday, . Nov, 113 when the school board asks the approv al of the public in the change of building plans, William ' Gahls dorf, school director, .said that no additional money was! wanted, but only a public showing that the plans of the school board met ap proval. '' ' ; i ' ' ' . , , Referring to building In 1 the past, Mr. . Gahlsdorf said: 7V "Tbe Englewood . . school .was built in 1910 audi the Richmond and Highland buUdinga In 1912. Then in 1915 the McKinley school was erected and since then there has been no school building what ever until, this year' liij U.iS 1 L- ?'Nbr while there has been on ly the one school building erected since 1912, the school census shows1 an increase of more than 1600 pupils and to carle for this Increase there has been only the McKinley school with a capacity of 240. . . f- s'T.- : '"The school board feels that there should be no more building unless we look forward to the big ger plan: of One junior, high school for the northern part of the city and one junior high school for the southern part of the city." P. M. Gregory, school director, said that the erection of a junior high school building on North Capitol street would relieve condi tions greatly at Highland, Gar field, Grast and, Washington SChOOls. ; ; t . 1 ' . ' Mr. Gregory 'read f the form of ballot to be used at the school election, explaining that in the le gal phraseology it I appeared as if the board was asking for more money, while the facts are that no additional money Hs .asked but only the public approTal of the proposed building ; on North Cap itol street, f i . . . "The official ballot reads like we " are contracting a new debt" declared Mr. Gregory, j "while in fact it means that we are just ask ing, to change the building plans voted on last March. i i f , George W. Hug, superintendent of public schools, spoke briefly, stating that the present building plans of the board were approved by John; Donavan,v one of the greatest school! authorities in the country.' Mr. Hug also congratu-. lated the Highland folk on the deep interest they were' taking in school matters. , i ' 7 The meeting last night was pre sided over by Mrs. o. J. Wender oth. president of the .Highland Parent-Teacher association. The "asthma" j male qnartet rendered two ' selections and refreshments were served following the meeting. SAN PEDRO. CaU Oct, 30. The Kerr line steamer West' Can on and the shipping board tanker District of Columbia, collided In a, dense fog while both were en tering the. harbor, Jiers today. 3 as to came to P-TITHIGBUIII. APPROVES PLAkS 2 PART OF ; THEFT GANG !, IS ALLEGED Beyrie Wagner and Ellis Brown Were Much Wanted, Salem Police Discover Perhaps the desk sergeant heav ed a sigh of (relief or maybe he possessed i sense of humor, for under an gentry made on the po lice blotter at 2:30 a. nv Tuesday, is the following notation: "Released. Ellis Brown was turned over to the Portland police department on the charge of the theft of five autos and white slavery. Outside of that he was all right. And the Ford car was turned over (also." ' .. As a sequence to the arrest here Saturday night of Ellis Brown and a .woman companion. Miss Beyrie Wagner, toy : Of fleer Olson, the Portland police have rounded up what they think to foe an organ ised gang of auto thieves of which the woman is the leader, i . ., in Portland : she is charged with a violation of the .Mann act and larceny of an automobile. The men 1 who have been arrested and charges . against them are: Clar ence; LaFavour, 20, larceny of an automobile; Ellis Brown, 25, lar ceny; of an automobile and viola tion; of the Mann act; William Brown. a hrother,- concealing stolen property, and . Eugene Browh, : another brother, larceny o4 an automobile. All are being held! on $1500 ball. The woman denies all of the things charged against her. - In addition to the theft charges be is said to have been; actively operating through a matrimonial agency, agreeing to marry men for ums varying between $60 and $100. One Salem 'man Is known to have, contributed to her,, while others are thought to be carrying portraits, for the woman, about It. is said to be fairly attractive. I State Federation Endorses Boycott Placed Upon ' Portland, Baking Co. ASTORIA, , Or., Oct. 30. The Oregon, Federation of Labor ses sion, here Joday wa marked by disqussion of the method of pro cedure which should be followed in placing official sanction, on. de claring a firm or company unfair and declaring a boycott. : w- The discussion arose over a res olution which was finally adopted by ;a unanimous "vote, approving the action of ; the Portland Cen tral Labor' council In . declaring a Portland baking company unfair to organized labor. . .' The assertion was made that the master bakers had made an agree ment with the Bakers' un Ionian d the United States 'department of agriculture regarding the scale of; wages, working conditions and the right of the" workers to organise. The company in question had re pudiated that . .agreement , and therefore had been declared by the labor .council, to be unfair, " It was approval of this action that the convention was asked to indorse. ; - , . . - i FINAL FLASHES ,1 i - CHICAGO, Oct. 30. A Michi gan Central ( passenger train, speeding eastward from ; Chicago to New York, jwas wrecked two miles west off Porter, Ind this evening when the train crashed Into r a : truck driven by Fred Land is of Gary. find. , DENVER, Colo., Oct. 30. Scores of persons narrowly es caped death or Injury late this aft ernoon when Chicago, Burlington and - Quincy passenger train : No. 6, eastbonnd for Chicago at ' 3 o'clock in the j afternoon was .de railed near Tonville,' Colo.. 40 miles northeast : of here and six cars, and. .the engine tender went into a ditch. No one was injured. '.-fH.;, :-i ! ' , ,"v,;J.-;-i . ; - BLOOMINGTON, III.. Oct. 30. Three persons yere ' Instantly killed and another probably fatal ly injured here 4 tonight when an automobile in which they were riding, was struck , by a Nickel Plate freight train. HONG KONG, Oct. 31. One of the 'heaviest rainstorms in the history; of Hong Kong, 11 Inches fairing since 11 o'clock yesterday morning until 8:30 this morning, has caused, considerable damage. MEXICO CITY. Oct 30. One deputy ' was killed when rioting broke out in the chamber, of dep uties when the Huerista and Cal Ilsta factions I clashed . In the lob bies. ;.,---'- -- .:- --.-, ACTO APPROVED G0VE1DT IS Lf.UDED Lloyd George Expresses Be lief That British and Americans Will Defend Their Institutions THREE REPUBLICS ARE CITED AS EXAMPLES Says ! He Is Hopeful That With America's Help Pro gress Will Be Made i - PHIIA.DEL.PHIA. Oct. . 30. (By the Associated Press) i-Be-lief that the j people of America and Great Britain "will stand be hind democratic Institutions what ever may befall in any other land" was expressed in an address here today by Darfd Lloyd George. Emphasizing the advantages of the Democratic government over an autocracy, the former premier de clared I that he "'was glad to be here wBere the greatest democracy on earth made its start." : The' address was delivered in the Academy of Music before tbe Philadelphia forum. Mr. Lloyd George warned that democracy is imperiled in the face of a reac tion in Europe reflected in the establishment of autocratic gov ernments in' Russia, . Italy, Spain and for the moment, Germany. '" Democracy on Trial i "Believe me." he said, "democ racy is on trial; Maybe not here. There are nations that have at tempted to give it up, and unless the nations that have tried and have been brought through many trials,! stand by it, democracy - in the world may disappear. - "We . have j three great ' democ racies In the world at the present moment to stand by these princi ples -your great land, France and Britain." t ; - - . , v ., Reiterating his plea for Ameri can help, in Europe Mr ' Lloyd George told how he had eome from a continent racked with an xiety and torn with ancient feuds "which a' few years ago broke out in a cataclysm which devastated a continent and reached you." . Britisher Hopeful ;., ; ,"I am hopeful," he, added, "that after, a struggle which has created such desolation over vast territor ies with your .help, the help that you gave us so readily, so unself ishly," and with so much inspira tion io 1917 that with that .help Europe also will be redeemed and mankind will march steadily. clearly and resolutely along the road that will lead to a higher civ ilization.". . , : - ,',;.:, TRAINING SCHOOL BOYS ENJOY SURPRISE HALLOWE'EN PARTY , The spirits of Hallowe'en fairly swooped down upon the State Training school last night, with unbridled abandon that , led the 142 lads pell-mell through an evening of thrills that will long be remembered. A happy inspira tion prompted the Women of the Rotary of Portland to give the boys at the training school an honest-to-goodness . Hallowe'en party with everything from grin ning jack-o-lanterns, witches, and black bats and spitting cats, to ci der and ice cream and, yes, even bobbing for apples. Better still- it was to be a surprise! . And that it was. ' - '. : "" ;:r .-v , With sparkling eyes and spon taneous "Oh, Boy-e-e-e! ! !" the boys took, their places in the din ing room which had as if by magic been transformed into a bower of Hallowe'en colors and characters. In the center of each table sat the ever ; amiable : countenance - of Jack-o' keeping guard ; of the Krazy Kat. cap fayijs. and i Hal- loween candies.. In. their fancy head dress, the happy youngsters did honor to the specially planned menu of "weenies", cider, t raisin filled cookies and . ice cream. After the . meal they proceeded to the auditorium, where an hour was given over to songs, stories and speeches. The colored trio from Salem , entertained with a number of old negro , harmonies and plantation songs, and Miss Jessie Hodge Millard, head of the children's department of the Port land; library captivated her listen ers with a Robin Hood adventure story. For an encore she re sponded with a story of the, prin cess : who would, have the last word. Mrs. C. M. Egbert, presi dent of the Portland club, afford ed much merriment by teaching the boys the song "Ham and Eggs." After M?i5ln5 12 i Rom-, MARY AND DOUG RESENT HINTS OF; TROUBLES Suit for Libel to Be1 Filed Against - 3Iagazine Which . i. Printed Recent Report LOSV ANGELES, ; Oct. 30. Douglas Fairbanks, motion pic ture actor, yand his wife, Mary PIckf ord. announced :, tonight that they had wired instructions to their attorneys In New York to file a libel suit immediately against an eastern filagamzmni c against an eastern film magazine which , recentlp"ricted a ' report that "America's Sweetheart and her famous husband had tiparrel ed over another womah." Evelyn Brent, formerly leading lady in Fairbanks' ; .' company, whose name was said to have been Involved in the' alleged libelous article; will join Miss Pick ford and Mr." Fairbanks In the . libel suit,- according to her husband, B. P. Fineman. ,.;; .:.'';' FlUPIu'OSlXrjEO ' ABOUT U S ATTITUQE Political Flames Fanned By Report That Congress Will Grant Freedom MANILA. Oct. 30. (By Asso ciated Press.) Additional: fuel has been added to the political flmes here by .a cablegram re ceived from Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana by the pub lisher of the Manila Times pre dicting that a bill would be intro duced at the next session of con gress making . the Philippines . a permanent and integral part Of the United States. r , , Manuel Quezon,, president of the Philippine senate and an active exponent of independence, in com menting on Seator Walsh's1 cable gram said he did not believe the American . . administration would sponsor or approve such a MIL . . The Wit suggested by the Mon tana senator, ' Quezon 'declared, would be opposed by Filipinos of all parties. -. ":'':-;''-';' - Manuel Roxas, speaker of - the insular house, declared that the bill would be backward Step" as the present Philippine government is more liberal' than that of HawaiL He said Filipinos did not desire the Philippines to become a part of the Unfed States, v .r SHOOTS FAMILY . EL. PASO, Tex., I Oct. 30.- Claiming that his sister-in-law' had broken up ' his home.' Bertram Davieu,' 4 2 tonight shot and pos sibly fatally- wounded his. wife, Mrs. Hazel Davieu, his' sister-in-law, Marie Rage n and probably fatally wounded ' himself.- The shooting took place in the apart ment occupied by Mrs.; Davieu In an exclusive residence district. ber of true .stories .at i unprivileged boys who have climbed to the top, told by Parsons B. Egbert of Ta coma, the boys adjourned to the gymnasium to spend- an hour at Btunts . . Bobbing for apples - proved a popular event of the evening, and before, the tubs were carried out many a boy was sopping wet from head to waist.. . For . winning in the ..relay race, - a real r league, baseball went to Willard Moore of Oregon City. David Wilson and Rhody Beer, both of Portland were the i high point men in the caravan race. ? A fitting end'1 to the evening was the special Wallace Reid pic ture which Chester A". . Arthur of the Premium Pictures arranged for the boys. Since his service as investigator ; for the Juvenile court of Lbs Angeles some years ago, Mr. Arthur has taken espec ial interest; in the boys In the re formatories and has .-. planned many recreational ., features for their pleasure. . . ' ' ; It was by suggestion of Mr. Ar thur, that the party was planned and carried out by the Women of the Rotary of Portland,' who pro vided the decorations. Tavors. can dy, .the prizes and the ice cream for the occasion. : The Salem Ro tary and Mr. Glenn Nlles. as sisted by the scouts.' . Ronald S. Haynes. Herbert Erickson, W. T. Edmondson and Arthur Grover di rected the sports program for. the evening. The, place card came as a gift from the K. Gill company of Portland. " , ' : Among those who" drove down from Portland were Mr. Kendall. Norman . Mcintosh. Mr and r Jlrs. C. M. Egbert. Mrs. Bob Sprouse, Mrs. Fred, Anderson, Mrs. Chatten, Dick - Montgomery, Miss- Jessie Hodge Millard, - Mrs.' Parsons - B. Egbgrt, and Qbester A, Arthur. r refihtibo cokrel'gf. s m,:. French Premier's Rcccr. - lions Accepted end Vc:J Cabled to Hushes Ti;:.t : All Will Participate AMERICAN CHAIR'.! AH IS MUCH DESIHZD Financier cr Lawyer cf r.: pute Would Be We!ecm: j i as Member From U. S. i LONDON. Oct. 30. (By tta Associated Press:)-' Europe U ta make another effort to unraTd t' i ererlasting reparation tanr!3. I. British' government today I;ci : to accept the French pr -ila j reservation's and' the I-ift i charge d'affaires at Wasilit: i was instructed by cable tos!;"t t inform Secretary Hughes cf t' ; decision of the powers to enter a conference of experts such &3 Ir. Hughes suggested in his rerly t foreign Secretary Curzoa'a i i f American participation. ' If all goes well, this commte! : i of inquiry will be started tetjra the overseas premiers leave Lc-.-don and It Is hoped that b t: ; of France's severe restrict!;:. s Si may lead to a larger plenary c ference on the whole Cure; situation at Washington cr c' where In Which the powerful t -trat nations like the United Cu may make their voices bear!. . f -f " "'( Scope Umlted Sir John Bradbury, the Eri reparation delegate; Isforr It British government - t r 7 i while some of the condit; - i v sharply limit the scope tl i' ference. he felt that Great I . , could not take the. re. . of uttering a peremptory "so" i France and risk the I0.-3 cf A: lea's participation. " f 1 There is. a strong desire' truer ; British government Off lc!a!3 t! ; the experts commission shall L" ; an American chairman, whosa r : -Irallty they feel ; would U-suia a greater measure of Impart!: and justice in the committee's t -cisions. . They, would welcona r 1 the American member, it ez.il, c financier of such Internal! 1 standing as J. P. Morgan, cr lawyer of such repute and fore ' experience' as . Roland. W. Eoj or Paul Cravath. , . Japan to be Asked ' Japan' will be invited to 'j.:.i In the discussions of the err rt committee. .The British believe Japan's detachment from the im mediate affairs of Europe wi'l en able the Japanese neotsr 1 j take n objective, unbiasc 1 vl; . of the reparation 'demands, a r.l with theAmerican delcsratg, ercise a moderating or evca rr.c ating Influence . upon, the discr. -slons of his more. Interested col leagues.' . , rr:u PARIS, Oct. 80, r-ri By the As sociated Press.) -The inter-all ; 1 reparations .commission to 7 unanimously voted to postpc.a consideration of the German er; li catfon for a hearing on Germany's capacity for payment until furU ? information is received on the r j gotiations between the allied gov ernments Itor the creation cf r-, expert committee to investijit i the subject. ' . ' 3 Some delegates at first favorel proceeding regardless of the rro posed experts' conference, but they abandoned this attitude upon th explanation of the British dele gate, , Sir "John Bradbury, that the commission. , in 'so acticg:, might forestall or Interfere wlti the plans tor the.International con ference.. . r .- Ir John Bradbury in a stata ment issued after the meeting, de clared that -'adjournment of coa sideration of the German note aa made upon my own personal Initi ative. This was In refutation et statements appearing in Frerc' newspapers Jo the effect that ! i had received .instructions fro. a London Ito" obstruct the coram! - (Continued on pace 3) BASD7LE3 PASSED v.,: Trns,ctaxr. SEATTLE. Oct, 30. Pre' bitioh agents were busy to J . collecting 'samples' cf ra: mache cigars In the heart ' the business section. Jrar tion of several "samples' '.. closed that they each contain: a small glass tube which v---said to base-been tills 1 .-. li5uor.. ,.