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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1923)
r . r r CIRCULATION Average tor tlie month of Septem ber, 1 923: Sundays only ............ .0173 Dally and Sunday ........6592 SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR Senate Will Have Margin of Six With House Lead Safely on Side of Adminis tration Party I DALE'S ELECTION IS APPARENTLY ASSURED Field Sweeps Kentucky in Raw for Governor; Op-, ponent Concedes (By the Associated Press.) . Complete, returns show that for mer Representative Dae, Republi can, wit elected yesterday a sen ator from Vermont, to succeed the late Senator Dillingham, also a Republican, y This was the ; only senatorial election in the country and gives the Republicans a ma jority of six In the -senate. -' y . ' Incomplete returns indicate the election of William J. Fields, Dem ocrat,, as " governor of Kentucky, and give Governor Ritchie, Demo crat of Maryland," a lead for re election. In the only ither guber natorial election H..li. Whitfield, Democrtwas named governor of Mississippi without opposition. Vacancies mied ' ' Seven of nine -vacancies in the house of representatives were filled, the jonlytTossihle npset be ing the. apparent election n the 24th!Nw York district of former , Representative Falrchfld, HepubH - can, who was defeated a year ago by J. Vincent Oanly, Democrat, no-w.-dead, , - The Democrats retained congres sional' seats hT-the 11th and 16th NewJTork: second North Carolina and fourth Illinois districts, wile the Republicans held' their own In the 32nd New York and second Vermont districts. "On the face of these results the lineup in the next house' will he : Republican, 225; Democrats. 2 OS; 'Socialists 1; Independent 1, and Far mer-Labor-ite 1- a Republican majority of 17, with two vacancies still to be filled: r..(:;.l' .; ;.;y. - The Republicans retained their majority in the New York assem bly, incomplete returns indicating that! the Democrats had lost ,t least six seats upstate.' . T ; ; '; In a number of states mayor alty contests shared In the public interest with Tartous state-wide referendum proposals. In Phila delphia the Republicans elected W. yFreeland Kendrick mayor by an overwhelming majority; "while in Detroit Mayor Doremus, , for merly a Democratic member of congress, was re-elected. Pennsylvania voters, looked with favor on a proposal to issue $10, OOp.000 in bonds for highway 'im provements while in .Virginia a similar measure was rejected. " " IXECTIOX QCEET 'EW YORK, Not. 6. The elec tlon in New ,York ws 1(ni of the ' quietest In year,' .Only two Tr , rests were made, throughout the greater city for. alleged 'illegal. YOt i ing. ! The district attorney's, otflce said' there had been' few cpm-" plaints and the Honest Ballot as 'soclatlon reported Its watchers ha a practically nothing to do! "Wo men, were active in some districts where they polled more votes than men." . . - ' ; - r- r -r 11 WEATHER OREGON: Fair Wednesday; fresh, easterly, winds. LOCAL WEATHER (Tuesdsy) Maximum temperature, 3. Minimum temperature, 31. : River, 1.1 feet; falling. Rainfall, none, y 'Atmosphere, clear. Wind, northeast. : : - - ... - y . " yy : i I : ? ; : ; ; : : - - -REPUBLICANS ; WILL RETftlH ;i'. -. ' . mp WW MAJORITY INCOME TAX MRLY ALL INSIDE SALEM Thirty-three Precincts Report Complete, Giving 173G For Measure and 2365 Against It Completed City Count is 953 For and 1555 Against. With 33 out of Marion county's 74 precincts sending in complete returns last night on count in this county stands 17381 for the tax and 2365 against it, a majority of 627 against it. v With all of Salem's 18 precincts reporting complete re turns the vote in the city is 953 for the tax and 1555 against it, a majority of 602 against it. ' A comparison of these; two totals shows that practically the whole of the majority against the tax in Marion county is in the. city of Salem. V ' S y r . f ' As predicted the country precincts have voted in favor of the- tax j and the' city precincts against it. Only two of Salem V 18 precincts voted in favor pf the income tax mea sure, precinct No. 5 giving it a majority of 10 and No. 3 a majority of 1. Precinct No. 1 cast a tie vote, at 95. Predictions last night by men who have watched the trend of elections for years measure will be overcome in Marion county when all precincts are heard from. ': - :, ' ' '" " - ' '': ."' ' : - The vote in this county, as elsewhere in the state, was extremely light, probably not more; than 30 per cent of the registered voters going to the poUS.',:" t.'wCt'S'-?:-'w' I ! . , The vote by precincts as far as received is as follows : spSjHpjl $65,000 Worth of Loot Ta ken But: Part Is Shot ; From Robber's Hands GROTON,' S. D Nov, 6. Fpur bandits held up three employes in the first .National bapk Jvere at 3 p." m.' today and ran from the building with sacks ' contalQing bonds and currency valued at ap proximately 365,000. Pete Karo kulis, proprietor of a soft drink place, opened fire on the" quartet as they tried to. escape in an auto mobile. He shot's sack 'contain- In all except 300 0 of the looM from the hands of. one of the ban dits. "He also wounded one of the robbers "" '. ' .' . ; --- After a runnrng , tight; they escaped, but pot until,' tn ac containing J the bulfc ,pf the loot had been shot onf of the hand of one o,f "the 'men as he ,nade' for the automobile waiting beside the building.' '.The men headed, west in an automobile,' ' which broke down near 'lames. ; ' J. L. Henn. manager of the In- ternatipJia) j IJarvester company was held up on the, n&nway oy the I nien In '- thV stalled ' ear. his automobile taken from him, and the flight continued. ' ' " . ' City.of Dallas Votes it Down Slightly Behind in -Other Districts DALLAS, Or., Nov. .--(Special to The Statesman.) Retnrns to night Indicate that the state in- come' tax; will run close in Polk eounty. It was running slightly behind on early counts. The city of Dallas has voted it down by a vote of 302 to 187. For. the coun ty nine precincts out of 3 4 gave 350 for the tax and 399 against It. ' The four Dallas precincts voted as follows: Dallas No. 1, for 40; against 85; No. 2, for 42; against, 56; No. 3. for 54; against 96; No. 4, for 51, against 65. MIS CLOSE AGAINST '4.1 ' Out of in County the state income tax vote, the were that the lead against the Precinct. Salem 1 '. ...... Tes. 95 - 72 94 46 36 44 51 83 36 36- 52 X 27 41 40 39 75 95 44 . S9 66 -49 I 46 22 .75 80 It ,42 45, 11 !54. No. 95 114 . 93 74 60 42 50 73 123 94 170 91 . 31 58 64 129 112 102 46 25 - 29 37 32 22 22 . 85 83 242 96 "',2 ' 14 " 62 77 Salem 2 . ...... Salem 3 '. . . . . . Salem 4 Salem. S ... . . . . Salem 6 . . ; . . . . Salem 7 . . . . . . ; Salem 8 ....... Salem 9 . . . . . . . Salem 10 ...... Salem 11 . . . . . . Salem 12 i . Salem 13 ...;. Salem 14 ..... . Salem IS ...... Salem Ifi . Salem 17 ...... Salem 18' Salem Heights . Aumsvllle . . . . . Chemawa ..... Englewood Fairgrounds , , Hubbard ...... Pringle ....V.-, Stayton : . . Sublimity . . . ... East Mt. Angel. West Mt. Angel . Vic lor .Point . Mafleay Eat Woodbarn . West Woodburn C Totals . .,1.738 T FINAL FLASHES i 1IAYRE. France, Nov, 6. The Br.itish steamship Hannington Court, with a cargo of cotton from Galveston for this port; wirelessed tonighrihat she was aflre 1200 miles west-southwest of Queens- town. 1 v w. OAKLAND. Cal., Nov. 6 . Sev eral persons are believed to have been hurled in .'a cave-In, in the basement or the new Oakland Sav ings Bank, building late today. Police and firemen were-' called to assist in. the work of removing the debjla and aid in the rescue. ; GROTON, S. D., Nov. 6. Three bandits held up ; three employes in the First National bank here at 3 p. tn. .today and "stole ; a sack containing $10,000 in'- currency and liberty bonds and an unknown sum of loose ' currency and coin which was on the counter. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 6.-i-Sher Iff A. S. Calkins of - Siskiyou county left here ! with f Willard Hard and Ronald Erno in custody. The men are said to have con fessed murdering Fred Skeen, Yreka rancher, ' several days ago. according 'to the sheriffs depart ment. ' -! 2,365 ' :i I SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY 4., - . TWO OFFICERS PAY FINE OF SERVICEMAN Disabled Soldier Found Guilty of Speeding But Arresters Conie to His "Aid Perhaps the most maligned of state officers is the poor motor cycle officer who regulates1 traffic on the paved highways. Many people! are, loud in their vitupera tion, of hi energy, and the guiltier the on an the louder the complaint. But traffic : Officers ja re human after all as ls: evinced by recent incident. - :- - ' .' - State Officer" Jack " B. Eakin found it necessary to halt a fliv ver traveling 43 miles an hour in disregard of the peace and dig nity of the state and in violation of all t traffic . regulations f The driver was' an ex-service man. suf fering from the result of his ex posures t overseas, ,snd : who was hardly able to talk owing to some complications in his throat. Ho was having a hard time in making a living and the .thought of a fine approached a tragedy. Bnt the law must, be upheld, regardless of personal feeings. , ; Even the judge was touched by his appearance and while he could not dismiss the case, made the fine as light as possible only -$5. Still this! amount would prove a financial set-back to the rstrua- gling ex-soldier.- Of ficter K Eakln and a brother traffic officer split the fine between them and hand ed the five-spot to the judge, t, f Then some people claim, traffic officers are not hUman and have no hearts. : y ' FORNEED PRESIDENT STOPPED ALL SALES Senate Committee - Finds Harding Ended Sales at Perry yille fi. WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Presi dent Harding' personally put an end . to the sale of material from the veterans' bureau supply depot at Perryville. Md., it It was dis closed today before the senate in vestigating committee; J The late executivefirst inter vened In the transaction on No vember 24, 1922, nine days after me? bureau had entered Into a contract for the sale Of materials valued at1" 83,000,000 to Thomp son and Kelly, "Inc., 'of Boston, for approximately 8600,000.' De liveries were resumed after a con ference In December between the president and': representatives of the veterans" bureau and the war department. ' ' . - i The second and final order by Mr. Harding stopping deliveries was issued January 24 1923, and, according 'to the testimony of Lieutenant Commander Charles R."0Leary, then In charge of h supply division of the bureau, after a meeting at the White House between the executive and Charles RV Forbes, then director of the bureau. What, transpired at" that conference or the infor mation on which the president acted was not developed. ' O Leanr's understanding ? was that Brigadier General Charles E Sawyer, personal physician to President Harding, and Senator Calder, Republican. 'New York. were among those , who had made representations to Mr. Harding regarding the ' Perryville transac tion. ' ' ' ' --r-VtyV-- .';;V Confessed Bigamist Goes To Walla Walla Prison SPOKANE. Wash., , Nov. , 6. Harry L. Roshon," who confessed recently to having married seven women in various cities of the Pacific coast, 'will go to the" state penitentiary tomorrow to serve three-year term. '. ' He recently pleaded! "guilty here to a charge of grand larceny, the complaining witness ' being one of his - alleged wives, who claimed that be has embezzled 87,000 of her money.; MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1923 PARLEYRLANS More Definite Information is Sought on Meaning "Pres eni - uapacy 10 ray; , OtJinsd Byiancej; . as PHRASING CHANGES COMPLICATE MATTERS Washington Officials Admit Willingness to Cooperate With French Nation WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Avail ability, of,' American, help, in. the European ; economic crisis appar ently hinged tonight upon detailed explanations of the 'Pojncare re strictions on the proposed expert inquiry into the reparations tan gle. Up to thi3 time, it was learn ed authoritatively, the Washington government 'has not been able to find out exactly what " the French premier had in mind In proposing; to j confine the inquiry" to Ger many's "present" capacity to make reparations paymenu. : T . - Conve'rsationsi between President Coolidge "and Ambassador Jusser- and today and between the French ambassador, and Secretary Hughes yesterday; it is known.- turned al most wholly on the 'effort to de termine" the exact nature of. the French restriction. As. It. has been translated in London," the French phrase reads:" 'Capacltytoj pay; at present and for a limited future period." Explanation AsKed, It was evident that the ambas sador had been unable to amplify this sufficiently and has . cabled his 'government for a detailed ex planation for! which government officials here, are waiting with deep Interest. " In view 'of this situation, it was stated emphatically that reports that the negotiations had met a deadlock ; were wholly without foundation. I ' y 1 The. Washington, administration is,-not inclined to express in ad vance of a specific understanding as -to just what. is meant by the French restrictions, its willingness to cooperate ) in any form of in vestigation except aa .was outlined In Secretary) tHughesV answer to Lord Curton. The language of the British proposal to the allied governments ! Incorporates to an important degree 'the language used by Secretary; Hughes in that communication. l ' Verbal changes proposed by Bel gium' and acceptable to Great Britain and Italy do not. In the American view, alter the sense of the . original' proposal materially. The French j proposals for restric tions, however, are ' looked on , as possibly involving a radical limi tation which would alter complete ly the nature of the Inquiry. ' , Complications Seen -. The language of v the French proposals is! subject to various pos sible interpretations. A. complete understanding of the limitations sought Is rendered more difficult by the fact that' the original text of the French, restrictions is In the French language and variations in translation are possible as there are many English equivalents, not precisely- similar in meaning, for some Frenoh expressions and words. : , , ' ... .. ;4v ; y V; ' , In the conferences with Ambas sador Jusserand there is no doubt that all of. these shadings of meaning were discussed.- y It has also been disclosed officially that the" ambassador -i received - from President Coolidge. a re-statement of .the American attitude which had already been disclosed to him by Secretary; Hughes. . ; y f ' It was on' the basis of . the con ference wjth' Mr. Hughes that the ambassador formulated the in quiry that he addressed to Paris and It is hoped by: officials here win NSTRUGTION (Continued on page 2) nYril V W ML SHEDD GIRL SCORES HIGH IN CONTEST Edith Pugh With Highest Score in Club Division, Con gratulated by Governors PORTLAND, Ore., Nov." 6. In the boys and girls' club division. King - county, Calif Mnla. . and Whitman' "county, washihgton, tied for first place in the junior stock judging contest at the Pa cific International Livestock ex position today 'with 2.280 points each, ut of J; possible '3,000. Clackamas and Linn counties of Oregon were second and third. Edith Pugh of Shedd, Ore., was today the proudest .. girl . on the grounds. For,, after having won the medal for the highest scoring done in the boys' and girls' clubs division, making' a record of 800 out of 900 points, she was brought before Governor Hart of Washington and Governor Pierce of Oregon and -publicly congratu lated. ;.t ' The attendance today was, ac cording to' various estimates, not more than 10,000 persons. Total attendance, for the four days has. been 66,500.- ; GETTING UNDE ;yvy 4 Captain Watson First to Be Tried for Honda Reef Disaster in September SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov.. 6. The story of the. black night on Honda reef when -seven destroy ers went to their doom with a loss of 23 lives was unfolded from the witness stand today at the court martial of Capt. Edward H. Wat son. After the prosecution ended its case Commander George Wey ler of Captain ' Watson's counsel, opened the case of his client by reading -an outline of the defense which' was offered but rejected when the prosecution began ; its case yesterday; rZ. . 2 Various destroyer commanders were united In. declaring that they had no opportunity to slow dowh. to stop and 'take sounding's or to obtain radio compass bearings be cause of the speed of 20 knots set by the squadron commander. They testified 'the only, bearings they received were those intercepted at short Intervals when expert oper ators left unguarded certain wave lengths which they wererequired to protect from Interruption. 1 Wey ler stated he wouldbase the en tire defense. oXno fact that the course appeared to be a safe one as the destroyers came toward San Diego from San Francisco "on Sep tember.; that, from the course followed it was reasonable to an ticipate that the vessels would pass outside the 100 fathom curve and therefore no soundings were necessary. The visibility was not such as . to cause anxiety; . that until, the heavy fog hanks was en countered, which , was almost at the . instant of striking the rocks, there was nothing in the weather conditions prevailing to cause ap prehension; that currents were ab normal. In the'-vicinity of Honda at that time, and that radio bear ings received made it reasonable to assume that the set speed had been made good. Food Prices Increases 7 Shown for, Last Year ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Re tail food prices in 13 of 26 select ed cities Investigated by the de partment of 'labor- increased dur ing -the month from September 15 to October 15. Decreases were reported In 11 cities, the depart ment : reported today, - while no changes were found in two. y All of the cities showed 'increas es for the year from October 15,' 1922 to last October 15, ranging from two per cent in Buffalo to 8 er- cent in Indianapolis - and4 Bridgeport, C onn. : , Increases from 37 to 58 per cent were shown In the cities with' the average cost in 1913. . - 1 NMT RIALS E WAY ciiY.yo MEM TE Incomplete Returns From 27 of 36, Counties in the State Give Majority of 7,352 Afrin--Proposed Measure Vote Stands 3 6,6 CD fcr the Tax and 44,012 - PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 6. The voters of Oregon tcZiy defeated a proposal to enact a state income tax law cn tho basis of incomplete 'returns received from 27 out of EG coun ties in the state. Returns from these 27 counties at m i 1 night gave a majority of 7,352 against the income tax. Tl y count at that hour stood: For the tax, 36-660; against -Vr.z tax, 44,012;- A majority of counties upstate "voted, fcr tl: a measure, but Multnojnah county in which Portland is locate piled up a lead against the bill of 11,539 in 441 precincts cit Qf 467 iri the county. J ' ... . s ; : - . PORTLAND, Or Nov. 6. :. t AMES One or Other Will Be Post ' CommandeF Other Of- fices Not Contested Only one office in the American: Legion- - will be contested at the election December 4 as a result of nominations made last - night by Capitol Post No. 9. , This office Is that of commander, with the names of Carl Gabrlelson and James Young as nominees. Other nominations were Clifford Brown, ,vice commander;- Joe MInton, ad jutant; Leo Page, finance officer; Don Wiggins, quartermaster; . Al lan Jones,, historian and C. B. O'Neil, chaplain." Members , run ning for executive committee are George P. Griffith, "Karl Hinges, Milo "Rasmussen, Fred Gablsdprf and Charles E. Gjedstedt. ; " Through the Interest" of A. N. Bush, of the Ladd fc Bush bank, the post Is in.receipt of the gift.of a splendid post banner. The ban ner was formally 5 presented upon behalf of Mr. Bush by Robin Day, with Dr. W. Carlton Smith re ceiving it for the legion. Reports of the national conven tion in San Francisco were made by Comrades Wiggins, West, White and Griffith. - : ' Final : plans for the Armistice day celebration were made, be ginning with the big parade at 10 o'clock in which every ex-service man in the community is expected to participate, the address in. "the armory and the big dance at the same place in ' the evening. ' All legionnaires are requested to at tend the address this evening-by Elton Watkins, on Immigration, which is In line with - the Legion Americanization program. III VOTED BIG New Spans Over Willamette Assured County for i Income Tax - ALBANY; Ore., Nov. 6. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) j The bridge bonds to raise- funds for the construction of new, bridges over the Willamette river here and at Harrisburg have apparent ly, carried by a heavy vote. Thirty- six prcincts out -of 54 precincts in Linn county give 3095 yvotes for the bonds, and 1381 against Linn county is voting In favor of the income tax, the vote from the same number.' of. precincts as above fclving .595 for the tax andl j.sz against 11. -. .. . v BRIDGE BONDS IN In the City of Balera , . ' and elsewhere-la Marlon and Polk CountieJ rj; .Nearly everybody reads ' THE OREGON STATXSIIAIT The Home Newt'.'sper price five c:rrs IEAVIE0:. 1J i - EIMMIM C7T . ' " Against. Lmore than 35 per cent of tie vot ers of Oregon exercised their fran chise today, according to estimate based I on reports from -, varic z 3 counties within the hour perricu : to the close of the polls at C o'clock. , Only one -proposal before the - voters, a referenda: ; on the state Income tax bill pai ed hy the last legislatnrer Ty -Tote light : -- f The;vole Jwas heavier In tl 3 towns than in the agricultural dis tricts and this was regarded a3 un favorable .indication for tl; measure, as the farmers had tcej depended on by Its proponents a vote for it In greater degree tfca? people of other classes. ', Howevcs. its advocates expected, a favora!;!3 vote from laboring people .whc; j Incomes fall below the exeniptlons of the bill. t : . : In Clatsop county, election cr ficials failed to appear at. the t!r: 3 set for opening, the polls sal sheriffs officers had to find per sons to fill the vacancies. Ia many farming precincts In eastern. Oregon and a few in the westers district no votes were cast. 'EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 6. TL : vote on the state income tax mea sure in 69 nrecincts of Lan 3 county out of a toul of ,S8' ii 3749 for and 1094 against.' TRIAL OF KLL LISTITTC:. '.--- --7 - ; Judge Kendell Orders 31. Juorors to Be Present . Defense Unknown MARSHFIELD, Nov. 6.Ar thur Covell, crippled astrolc; :r, who once " pleaded guilty to a charge of first degree murder, ia the case of Mrs. Fred Cove.:, killed at Bandon September 3t:l who afterwards was allowed t change liis plea to not guilty, -Kill go to trial tomorrow in the Cc z county circuit court before Judya John C. Kendall. "Judge Kendall today ordered SI Jurors' to be present when co::rt opens, it being considered jrc'j able that a large panel will t$ ex hausted before a Jury is select:!. . After the Arthur Covell. trial ends.; Alton Covell, confes: 1 murderer of his stepmother, -will be brought to bar. Alton U ' & cused of -having committed t! -crime at the instigation of Artli-r Covell, his uncle: : No intimation so far as known had been given. by Claude Gilc-, attorney y appointed .' by Jnd.s Kendall to defend Arthur Covell. what line the defense will tal ?, but it is confidently expected tL;i it will be Insanity. , GERMAN BOAT DtTJ " SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 6 T: first German- steamer to call San Diego since ; August. 1 P 1 I will come Sunday from Harit ur according. to radio advices. I will be the motor ship Osirus r: rying a varied cargo of Eurr: products. -