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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." . . - ' ; -
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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.
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; WILL RETftlH
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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
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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. ' '
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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)
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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
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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
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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:.
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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:.
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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. -