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! I . i CIRCULATION Average fori the month of Septem ber, IS 23: Sundays onlr V . . .". . . . . . . .eiTS Dally ; and Sunday' ...... i .8592 : . : , In the ..City of Ealea ; 1 . and. elsewhere la . . Marlon" and i Polk Count!. J ' Nearly everybody reai3 THE OREGON 8TAZZZ..L' "- . The Home l.'ewf s'f 1 ' - SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR 1 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 6, 1923 pricuftvec: :;x 4 & I I fMMi "Pro). Pi ... i I. HUGHES GIVEN Of! PARLEY Ambassador Uusserand Has Long Conference With Secretary of State Both Refuse to Comment PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SILENT OM SUBJECT Report Received That Great Bntam, Italy and Bel gium are Agreed WASHlXGTdX, Xot. 3. Views of the French government on rep- ; arations' were laid Before Sec re-. 'tary Hughes' today, by Ambassador Jusserand. just returned from ran, i neir taut in tne seare- fary's ofTIce lasted an hour and 40 minutes, S Whether it resulted f la any ciaage in the situation that . has thus far prevented final agree ment -amons the allied - govern- ment on the expert inquiry pro posal was not disclosed. Neither Mr. Hugnes nor , the ambassador would, make any statement hat . erer with' respect to their tjonrer- " Defqre- Ambassador Jusserand t sought his appointment with Sec- reUry IlughesJ information had . reached the state department that Great Britain. Italy and Belgium ... bad! reached an. accord- on r the form of the invttation to the Unit- . td States , to participate In the in- lulry. As the situation then was - understood ', by j Washington offi cial, it was said authoritatively French insistence that the experts be limited to aa Inquiry into the "present capacity"-f Germany to pay- alone prevented final- agree ment. The hop wa expressed by . the government spokesman that France could be Induced to join inr a' full Inquiry but no indication was given of the course the United States would pursue if the allied nations found j it f impossible to reach an agreement. ? To what extent .the conference between Secretary Hughes v and Ambassador Juaseraad may "have -' influenced : the. course. ' of ; events was the subject of wide.specula . tlon In the absence of any word of explanation from any source. Shortly after j the conference Mr: Hughes went to the White House and informed President Coolidge what .had transpired in his talk with the ambassador. The White House also; was silent as to devel opments in the situation " " lit emphasizing the American ' viewpoint that the Experts must be free to examine impartially ev ' ery 'foot and economic condition underlying. Germany's' capacity for Industrial productivity, the gov ernment's spokesmen : pointed out that reparations payments were not beinrf received from Germany by the allies. ;hor was" there any present or future prospect that they would be forthcoming: In. this connection, it was added the United States government has un der consideration, as disclosed re cently By a White House spokes man, the probability that the Am erican peopki will be , called upon to finance, as a matter of charity, efforts to- prevent widespread star vation in Ctemany. i e' TRIAU MARKS' TIME i OKLAHOMA CITT. Okla.,-Nov. 5.Leglslatfve Inyestlgatlov of the state administration proceeded today aa both sides in the-Impeach' menf proceedings" against Govern or J. ? C. Walton marked ?tkne pending the resumption of fiis enter his formal plea.- to the 22 trial: Thursday, ' .51 i-. ; OREGON: l Fair Tuesdaydd ; crate northeasterly winds. V I tOCAI WEATHER ' ((Monday")' Maximum temperature, 6 Minimum .temperature, 35 .River. 0.9 stationary Rainfall, none Atmosphere,-clear - Wind, northwest HARY GANDIDACY: FOR fflSCAl SENATE Knowledge of Economic Conditions in Oregon and Places on Many Will Advance Interests of States ; Is Opposed to Injecting Religious Issues Into Politics. 1 On the eve of his departure for Washington to resume his duties, Senator Charles L. McNary announced his can didacy for reelection. " ... . -, ! W j "I am returning to Washington to cdjiclude the hearings had onjreforestation during the adjournment of congress. i As chairman of the committee, I must report its conclusion? to the seriate, and propose ji practical and constructive plan of legislation to the t consideration of ; the congress. I I take occasion to say, that I shall seek the nomination of my party in the Iprimaries next May. Assurances have come to me from all parts of the state of a general desire I continue to serve the people of Oregon 6n account of the advanced posi tions I hold on important committees, and of the knowledge I possess , of economic conditions in tne state. ; ; ? - C UMBER DUTLir.ES H DDI Goal Set for 100 New Mem bers; Thursday and Frr ! day Mornings Only Wan ted-i-1 00 new memberst" This lis not an advertisement; but the goal set for 25 teams of two ; men each " who will devote Thursday and Friday forenoons in' an effort to obtain this number of new "members for the Chamber of Commerce. The drive will be short "and snappy ? -I Wednesday evening, 6:15 o'clock,! will ; so the kick-off, 2 - . when trorkers will meet for a dinner jat -: the Chamber of Com merce. I After dining; "lists of prospects will be furnished., the workers; td make their choice of men to; be seen. The business session "will be over by 8 o'clock. it Is promised by Dr. Henry E. Morris, chairman of the member ship committee. Two I mornings of " Intensive work , are scheduled. The cam paigners are to work from 8:30 o clock "until noon only. As soon as - each; team has obtained its quota, the members can drop out of the field unless they desire to continue the work. JliSTICE ORATOR Spirit bf Day Will Be Carried Out; By Ceremonies at Salem Armory , , ' The big ' Armistice Day meeting at theiState armory will be the best that can be arranged in that it will bring the spirit of the day before the! people as It has 'never been done .before. 'Judge Law rence- T. Harris of the Oregon su preme court is to be the orator of the day. - . ' ' !- It Is not only felt by the local Post of, the American Leaion that this should be an event that every boot anouia Interested in but every ex-service man as well. It wilt not only bring to mind those stirring; times to those who were fa. the jut-ay Tbut to all those; who had a part in the great- victory whether It ! was the denvina them selves of food, bavin r , . HfcAPtv bonds,; tot by, determination and perseverance helped as! a united People -sto stand behind the boys nat were- behind; the guns. . Not paly la it expected X that there, will .be. a Urge tnrnout In the parade but it is hoped by the American Legion that there will be a nuinber of the American liars displayed at private tesldericei. la some cases it is hoped that' there wm be some that will be thou eh t- ful enough to display those of the I anies also. " . ' - ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION t ' -A Important Committees further to inflame existing ani mosities by appeal to racial and religious prejudices in the belief that such1 a course will reap a harvest of votes, but I shall not do so. ' :-. "' : ' ; : ' i :i J: '-1 " " "The corner-stone of our ad vancement, prosperity and happi ness as a nation, has been the con stitutional provisions drafted by our forefathers guaranteeing the freedom of religious opinion, free dom of religions worship, freedom of speech, freedom of .press, "; free dom of peaceful assembly and the denial of any of these rights to a citizen would Jeopardise the wel fare of our people as a whole, and constitute an assault. on the very foundation of our government. I am unjalterably opposed to the in jection of racial : or ' religious Is sues into politics, no matter what the source, I believe the people of Oregon desire this campaign among the candidates be sub mitted u"jSon issues' involving na tional' welfare, federal aid for and governmental cooperation with the state, end not upon a subject ex pressly removed from politics by our federal and state ; constitutions.- 5 -y - ; jr h j .!;";- j Endorsement Not Sought. I, therefore, offer my can didacy as one who has endeavored to work in the interest of, and without' discrimination to !' all classes-and creeds. f I shall neither solicit' nor 'seek the endorsement of 'any organization, group,' clique or faction, whose principles or : doctrines contravenes either" the letter or spirit of our constitution and laws. r . t ; :; ; I am In 'accord wlth't.fhe dec-: laraton made by President Roose velt. 1 ' r.. a " 'We have as1 littler use for peo-v pie who carry religion prejudices into our politics as for those who carry prejudices of caste or na tionality." i :r f - "'If I have been of some' service to my constituents In the past,, it follows that after nearly seven years' experience In the work, can render' more efficient service in the future. '.," - Favors lief orestation. ; "As chairman of the select com mittee on Reforestation, I feel from 'long etudy of the problem and a personal investigation of the forests of the country, I can be of real service to the people of Oregon in the hope that our for ests ; may be perpetuated by : re placement, and this great resource shall be available indefinitely for state development and - for pur poses of taxation ' . "Congress and the state - must cooperate in the enactment 'of safe, sane and satisfactory legis lation designed to encourage the owners of private property to en ter upon this great field of en deavor. I shall ask - congress to Increase '. the . amount given the counties from funds arising from the sale of timber in our national forests. The sum allocated under existing "law, is inequitable la the state where the federal govern ment owns vast acreage not' sub ject to the burden of taxation. , As chairman of the committee on reclamation,' I hope to b helpful In persuading r the reclamation service and congress to allot Ore gon, fujids for new projects equal to the cum paid by this state into the national reclamation ' fund. With - the s assistance of : my col- (Continued on page 2) Can didacy Announced Senator Chas. Ix. McNafyv fi T NT Immigration: Is Topic of Pa- xnoiic nauy oy-roreign War veterans I More than ; usual., i interest aroused, in the big patriotic rally that is". to be held at the state armory on the night of November 7 when Congressman Elton Wat- kins t i to be the chief speaken His Interest in immigrationtIe- lation is well ' known and will at tract people fromi all i the nearby towns. ".' M " Special delegations jfrom Port land are coming and among them a good representation from the Over the Top Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is looked for. This rally has been announced before all the business and civic clubs of the city and it is said that the proposed immigrant leg islatlon pending before congress is of vital Interest to all. Mayor Giesy calls attention of the citizens of Salem to the im portance of this meeting -by the following proclamation: . "The Veterans of Foreign Ware have; chosen the Hon. Elton Wat kins to deliver an address in the interest of American j citizenship. This address will be delivered in tho armory Wednesday evening at eight o'clock to which the public is cordially invited, j ! ' "There is no more important problem before the American peo ple for.i solution today than the question ; of foreign immigration We should all' of us seek to In form ourselves as thoroughly as possible on this important topic "We are grateful to the Veter ans of Foreign Wars for the noble and unselfish : service j which they rendered their country In the world war and they' are again en titled to our heary commendation for the active interest they are taking in this very vital J subject, 'American Citizenship. 'Let us give aVheajty response to this Invitation and fill the ar mory to overflowing on this occa- talon. '"::""t":-: i i.. , -r "J. n. GIESY, ; : "Mayor of Salem.' Xot only the importance of this (Continued on page 2) liCOiTIIX The referendum on the state income tax will be ! voted upon today throughout " the state of Oregon. The bHl was passed 'by the-legislature at the last session. January, 1923, and later i the ref erendum was demanded !and the people will express thelrj opinion today. : ' I' .L Little interest has been taken in the election and it is not anti cipated by election officials that a large vote will be V cast. The offices of the court house will be closed today fdr all legal business and various state and county of ficials 'will ; be out ' of town that they may vote in their home pre clnots. " Polls open from ,8 A. M. till 8 P. M. . MiSTOTM 11 liTIOMUlGRS J -ANY INTEREST IV:. ! iFew Candidates to Be Elect ed for Congress and Bear ings $Upon, Presidential Electron Absent . i FOUR STATES WILL 1 : CHOOSE GOVERNORS LlarylanoV Misstsslppi, Kert k tucky and Virginia Ex- i . ecutives Change ; .'NEW YORK. Nov. 5. (By the Associated. Press.) Those who - watchthe national political straws ; to- see which way they '-bend in an off-year election wind, prob ably -'will not get much satisfac tion tomorrow. r" 'First there are only a few elec- tions for congress and second, few issues i having a bearing on the next presidential-election are in volved. One new member of the United States' senate is to be elect ed in Vermont. Porter. H. Dale, Republican, and Park H. Pollard, Democrat, are candidates for the position left vacant by the death of Senator Dillingham. His term would have expired in 1927. Illinois Is Qnlet. Seven new representatives are to be elected to congress, one in Vermont, four" in New 'York, one In Illinois and. one in North Caro lina. Little interest ' has been shown in the, Illinois contest, as Thomas A. Doyle, Democrat, will have slight opposition, 'his oppon ent, Lester Rodney, having with drawn. . The election is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Rainey, Democrat. The election in the first Ver mont district is made necessary because of the resignation of Rep resentative Dale to accept the Re publican nomination for the sen ate. The candidates are Ernest W. Gibson, Republican, and Bur tori E Bailey, Democrat. -y Vote . for Governors. The congressional elections in New York state are made neces aary by deaths' of four represen tatives during the last year. In the Second 'North Carolina district, a successor . will be ehos en to the late Representative Claude Kitchen, for years Demo cratic leader fo the house. Judge John A, Kerr, Democrat, has no opposition for the place. Four states Maryland, Missis sippi, Kentucky and Virginia will elect governors. New York New Jersey and Maryland will elect members of the state legis lature. 1 In New -'York the Democrats have waged an energetic campaign for control of the assembly. The Republicans now control the as sembly by 12 votes but the senate is Democratic. New York, . Pennsylvania and Ohio will hold referendums on state measures. Oregon In Limelight Of .the; four amendments to be voted, on In Pennsylvania, one would permit the borrowing of $50,000,000 for road building and repairing' and one would exempt from taxation buildings used by the Grand Army of the Republic the American -Legion and similar organizations. The only election in the west to attract attention is in Oregon, where the voters are- to act upon a state income tax law somewhat similar to the federal measure. BREAKS ARM Ralph Thompson, of the Mar ion Garage, broke his arm while cranking a car Sunday.. CMI CEEH POX HITS SIL VERTOM SCHOOL v SILVERTON. Ore., Nov. 5. --Several Silverton school children are getting a forced va cation " of . two weeks! Chicken the Silverton youngsters. TIn order to keep it from spreading it is said a strict two weeks'; quarantine is being kept on the houses where children are af flicted4 ENGLAND HONORS FORMER PREMIER MANY V AT RITES Andrew Bohar ' Law Laid . Rest in Nation's Shrine Westminster Abbey to LONDON, Nov &. (By -The As sociated Press) Andrew J Bonar Law rests amid England's honor ed dead In Westminster Abbey, -the" shrine of the nation. The- ashes of the former prime minister, contained in a beautiful urn,; were deposited today in the south bay of the great edifice in the presence of a distinguished company of nearly 3000 persons, inclufrag members of the royal familyv - 1 Officers of County Associa tion! Choser? and Work for Coming Year Planned , Adoption of a new constitution embodying-several changes in eluding the name . was the chief work of the first quarterly meet ing of the Marion County YMCA committee at the Salem YMCA Sunday Afternoon. Under the new constitution the organization will be known as; the Marion ; County Association, acting as a unit in stead of being composed of a num ber of local associations. This form is being used throughout the country and has met with the ap proval of the national convention. ; Orficera,eIcUd for the year were John L. Brady, president; O. V. White, Stayton, vice presi dent; IF. E. Fagen. Woodburn, secretary and Paul Wallace, treas urer, j Dr. F. E. Brown presided. with I devotionals said by L. L. Hershberger. i Under the new constitution membership cards will be! issued, including those for boys in both Hi-Y clubs and Pioneer organiza tions. These permit visitor privi leges throughout the' northwest. What l e believed to be a new record set for organization of clubs was reported by Edwin So- colofsky, county secretary, who or ganized five pioneer and four Hi Y' clubs in the county during Oc- toDer. Tnese clubs nave a mem bership of 100 'boys -and 11 lead ers.! Training conferences for the leaders . will be held. jPIoneer leaders will meet this, evening to draw up uniform program for the county, while leaders of HI-Y clubs will be for the same purpose Saturday at 1 o'clock. . f Remarkable growth and inter est! in the organization since it was begun In 1919 was shown tn the report. AH activities . have greatly increased, some as high as 500 'per cent. The number of boys in summer camps increased from 10 to 15 last year while at tendance at the annual convention show a gain from 30 to 160 per sons. One year ago 28 Christ ian decisions were made while last year these had Increased to 92. Addition to churches showed a gain of 500 per cent over the previous year. v 1; S New goals set. included an ex pansion in all phases of the work which is becoming- very , popular with the boys. j Recommendation of the budget committee that a budget of 85300 be allowed was adopted. Mem bers of this' committee were Dr. F. E. Brownr M. C. . Wpodard , and George W. Hug. H. Good, Sil- verton, was elected as new' menV ber td the county committee. Com mitteemen present were Pant Wal lace, jr. 12. ragan, o. A. g. Aioore, Dr. Ff E. Brown, L. L. Harshberg er, Lloyd T. Reynolds and John L. Brady. 1 ' 1 1 (Special to The Statesman.) pox has broken out : among nconiTioi mm MC WILL BE WIIHl SKI SAL DERD m Traffic Ordinance Laid on Table, Becauco r Clause Conflicting j With; State Law I! port of Garbage Disposal Committee 1 Ac . Uppn Prisoners to be Workbd. 1 . viuuwute--iuueuueu tu eliminate ino j;rc 1 bkion of emitting dense smoke and providing that the c: nance win go into effect 6q days after its passage by tl city council with only three .opposing votes. - The bill did not get thrbugh without a struggla by t1 opposition. Two reports were returned by the special cc mittee. Aldenrien Ralph Thompson and Hal Pattori"sincJ! majority report: recommending that rthej bill ! pass with : amendment providing that it go into effect 60 days after i passage and approval by the mayor. . Alderman Dancy ziz'. a -minority report recommending that the bill be laid tsn.t table until December 15. The vote for the adoption cf t' minority report was a tie and the majority report was fir.-' ly; adopted. . ; . -4.. i.,.. ,. .- hue is era 1 TO REVIEW BOOK Willamette University Dean Will Act on Committee of -- Four. Historians Dean George H. Alden of Wil lamette university lias been chos en ' as a member of the national committee of historians that will review for. criticism the new Unit ed. States history, textbook written for. and sponsored ' by the Ameri can Legion, Dr. Alden will act witlr four other university histor ians, himself acting as a represen tative : prof essor of history in the northwest. : ' . Two other, men . have already accepted Invitations to serve on the committee and two others have been proffered invitations. Sena tor Lodge will represent the New England viewpoint and President Charles F.: Thwing of the Western Reserve university . Will act ' as a representative historian from the middle west.' President Alderman of the "University pf Virginia and Professor Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California have been asked o 'suggest criticisms but have not yet informed the. le gion of.their decision.'. These men will read proofs of the text book and will suggest changes to be made before the book goes to press. . . ' In addition to the criticism from these professors, two profes sors from New York universities will be chosen to verify dates, the proofs will be submitted to all, of the leading' patriotic societies for their approval of : its patriotic spirit and the chairmen of , the na tional committees' ot the Republi can and Democratic parties will be asked to insure its non-partisan ship, j Several United States, sen ators have signified their willing ness to offer criticisms. 11 YEAR OLD GIRL EPH RATA, Wash., Nov) 5 Caught by the arm in a' lasso of a youth playing cowboy, Mary Cat- iow,. ll, daughter of D. S.- Catlow, pioneer farmer living II ' miles north of here, received a possibly fractured skull this afternoon when - the boy's horse : became frightened and dragged her for 100 feet. She was taken to the hospital at Wenatchee. BEGINNING SOON "Her Dangerous! ; By PAUL An unusually interesting story in 10 chapters, cf thrilling interest. Not a dull line; hot a moment when the dramatic interest doesn't grip. ; j j . THE OREGON STATESr.l All : Gives Clean lut Interesting Fiction : mm w 3 i 'When the bill came up for t sage ' after - being read the thlr tlmet Aldennan George" Thonr asked that It -be amended to ell: inate the dense smoke clause. I formed that to do so the cou must go into , committee of tl whole, he made .the motion to c so. . i I . - Amendments Passed. ; Alderman; Dancy waa"calle 1 1 the chair and the amendment , made and ! accepted. Alder: Rosebraughl asked that the pre srcn".4)royldn , for "-any, i : rt c :i 1 make a ! complaint be ellminat ' Opposedta 5hls he offered a r 8titute ordinance, and was ru! out of order. Having report back to ) the council the bill fi again up for final passage whe Alderman "Patton rose to, ma' one final plea - for the bill ! "fathered" and asked them t note, that it would not go lz: effect for 60 days. Immediate' Alderman Dancy was on hla. f calling ittentloil to the lact tl the amendment had not been I corporated jln : tha ordinance. - I was then discovered that it w: necessary to again gor into a cor mittee' of the whole which w done on Alderman Patton's r; tion. -l'; i .The I ordinance after te!r, hashed and. rehashed was Ileal passed . j with V Alderman Dane Rosebraughr-and Van Pattoa t ing no; Aldermen Marcus a: Ralph' Thompson were not pr ent. It wilt go Into' effect Jz uary 6,i92t: V ' ; Garbage' Dlscnssed. - Alderman Dancy made a rc for the I special committee ;wi.i has beea InVeatlgating garbaa & posal. He said that while the cc ldition of the city dump was t enough fit fras not as bad aa . had been pictured. He advl the carrying out of the provisic of "the ; present ordinance wLI would prevent the mixing ; liquid, semMlquid and solid c' bage both in collecting and in tl posal;, the takng out ot the pre enr dump bf all' caiis and tcl Iron substances and then cove lng up all of the remaining sn stances Jand above all putting en the 'fire! whichL carries the odcr of ' which! complaint ' has1 tc. made. J v J , t - A 'motion- was carried to 1 struct the street commissioner t clean up the dump at once ar the present (committee bf the coil cll to continue Its work. Anott motion parried to instruct the ci: marshal; to :see that the city pr'. oner werei worked on the c'l. dump grounds'. -;Aa ordinance 16' prohibit par': ing of cats on down town Etrec " between the iiours of 1:30 an 5:30 in the morning was a! adopted Alderman Patton vol: no, saying In . explanation ti: ( Continued on page 2) FORREST I1DMT: