In the City of Calexa-"',
i - j -and elsewhere la -
Marlon "and Poli Count!;.
?i Nearly ererybody read '
v . . CIRCULATION
Average for the month ot Septem
ber. 1923: -' ' V
Sundays only . . . ........ .1T8
Dally. and Sunday ..... . .5302
The ITome f.gwr'DCT
SEVENTY THIRD YEAR ; SALEM OREGON SATURDAY-MORNING,-NOVEMBER 10, 1923 " - " " " T" ' -7 ' v t PRICES FIVE CTTna
Il'J era T0
TED.
AT WU TODAY
-v
Structure at 'Willamette Is
Ready for Use Decorat
ed fcr Various Festivities
of Homecoming
Freshman class to
7 dedicate hew walk
( Football Game, Country Fair
j and Receptions a r e.
Other Features
Today Willamette's athletes of
the past will see their dream' of
years realised when the new 1 100.
rOOO gymnasium will be dedicated
; in Berrices at 1 "o'clock this after
noon, -today's feature of the Wil
1 lamette ' homecoming: - program.
The new gymnasium now complete
: is one of the finest In the, country
ltor a university of Willamette's
i size and was made possible by the
11,000,009 endowment fund se-
cured in the campaign last year,,; :
1 The Willamette-Whitman !gameu
the alumni tea in the literary so-
clety halls, and the Country Fair
I .tonight, are other features of the
day's program.
V i " "Ready For Occupation - "
j The dedication serrice will be
held In front, of the gymnasium
and will open with a song and in-
vocation. R. A. Booth of .Eugene
wlli give the address, followed by
! talks from A.' F. Flegel of Port
land, President Carl Gregg Doney,
, -Coach Rathbun and Fred Patfon.
' .president of the student body. ,
With the exception of a few de-
t ails of equipment the gymnasium
s complete and ready for full, oc-
pupation today. "During the dsy it
-Will be elaborately decorated, with
1 : booths ready for this' all-unlTersity
j i colal mix tonight: After the ded-
"Ication serrice it will be open' for
the inspection of Tlsitors.
Will Present Walk
y Immediately following the. first
serrice the freshman . class i: will
dedicate its new walk ' leading to
the gymnasium, the annual gift of
tne incoming class to the univer
' sity. Dr. B.5 L. Steeres, president
lot the board of trustees, will re
( celre the gift on behalf of the uni-
tfrsity.'-.
Throughout the morning fra-
ternlty and sorority homes will be
j scenes for class reunions and the
I renewal of fraternal friendships.
(rLausainne hall will also be open
i throughout the day to guests who
I were once residents there, ; ,
i , ' Women Are Hosts
The Whitman game will be
(called at, 2 :20- and more than
2000 ; spectators are expected to
.ltnesa the battle.
I ; Following the game the .Worn
en's Athletic association will , be
-Itosts ;to the Tisitlng alnmnl at 'a
xea Is the literary society rooms
fof Waller halj. The entertain
(ment will be solely for alumni and
j and ' will be their opportunity to
neet old friends and discuss mem
Tories bf days gone by. ,r
The Country Fair tonight In the
gymnasium promises to be a long
remembered feature of the week
end's1 activity. Booths or side
shows have been prepared "byf all
of the campus organizations and
' ejrerai alnmnl associations and it
is hopedfthat In this entertain
ment good fellowship between old
and new Btadents will reach its
liigHest pitch. All attractions are
Tee to the students and; their
soests. . .' ;;vV:: : .r : :
2 Tomorrow , morning Homecom
mg serrices will bet held in' many
-"o the Salem churches to welcome
,pe4 return of old student mem
bers, f P;-A''y?Ji:v..
" The official program of 4 the
Homecoming committee will end
tomorrow afternoon when f rater
jitr and sorority houses and Lau-
. sanna hall will hold informal open
toupa. from 3 until 5 o'clock.
1
1 THE WEATHER
OREGON:, Saturday fair; mod
k erate easterly winds." v -
. LOCAL. WEATHER ,
' j :rFrlday) "
!!aximum "temperature; 58. 1 1
Ilinimum temperature, 33.
F.lver,' J.lj stationary,
r.afn, iDone. ft ?TZz'? C.3
1 nosphere.iear.;Xc
Aiad, northwest. ..
ORM
, f r -
, 442:
PRECICTS MISSING
Outstanding Returns Could Only Change To
tals in Case of Unexpected Serious Errors
in Present Figures Which Are Unofficial
Law is Combination of Five Bills.
PORTLAND. Or' Nov. 9.
all but seven precincts of Oregon an unofficial tabulation made
tonight of the, vote cast last Tuesday on the state income tax
bill shows: Yes 58,537; No 58,095.
Returns from the seven massing precincts will not mater
ially alter this result. The number of missing precincts, even,
given in tonight s tabulation of the return was based on a re
check which showed that an earlier statement by the tabulators
had ffiven an insufficient number.
WHS FOB
SCHOOLS Dill
None Sent. HoweveivUnless
; Clerks' Bonds are
Forthcoming
Warrants for the 143 district
Bchool apportionments are .being
drawn in the county superintend
ent's office and will be mailed out
Tuesday morning. County Super
intendent; Fulkerson, , 1 however.
makes 'one reservation, !'no clerk's
bonds, no money" and those dis
tricts whose clerks have not filed
bonds will, look In vain for their
share of the apportionment. ' - - ;
The apportionment for the coun
ty of each of th. three funds Is
as follows: f
November ' i 1923 1922
County ..$89,957.51 $86,251.60
State ; .. .25,853.12 32$.754.70
Elementary".''! :Vv.-p i-"y;.Z
Fund i5.874.SO . 44.2Og.O0
The spring apportionment -which
is made for county and elementary
school funds only gave 359,776 in
county funds and' 34S.5fi4.87 for
the elementary funds.'. .
The elementary teachers fund
Is derived from the two mill tax
voted by the people a few years
ago and the county is entitled to
its share out of the fund accord
ing to the number, of teachers em
ployed, 3232.64 being apportioned
for every teacher.
The state school money comes
from Interest on the irreducible
school fund and this is apportion
ed on a basis of 31.73 per capita.
The county fund is based on 310
pupil. - j
HS HOME
... I.
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Ambassador From Court of
St. James OptimisticJe
garding Europe J , ; .
NEW YORK, INov. 9. Colonel
George Harvey, retiring ambassa
dor to thercourt of1 St.: James,
reached home today on the Acqui
tanla, declaring that," like ' Benja
min Franklin, he waa leaving the
public service to join the masters.
He declared himself as an opti
mist regarding conditions in Bur:
ope and expressed confidence that
Secretary Hughes, with ,his repar
ations proposal would be able to
be of service in the present situa
tion. r : ' ;l . ;' r:-: -- - ...
Declining to t comment on the
Pplncare-Hughes 3 exchange of
notes on the German situation, on
the ground that he was ' out of
touch . with the latest : develop
ments. . Colonel Harvey said he
would go at once to Washington
to report to President . Coolldge
and then would, take a rest, "a
good one, the first in ten years."
He said he had no political plans
In (view. He may visit Honolulu
this 'winter.'
Park Site Is Offered
K t City By Thomas B. Kay
; Thomas rB. Kay, former state
treasurer," has " made an ' offer ' to
deed to the city of Salem five
acres S3 a park site adjoining the
Englewood school grounds on the
north In North Salem. A condi
tlon Is that the;cit will agree to
pave two blocks of. street leading
to the. site.: The city, council will
consider the offer at its next
meeting. .
DO
r i unwrv
el iiiiniLi
TAX
4 Si
With complete returns from
Majority for 442.? !
: 1 ne siaie .income iax 0111 was
passed by the legislature this year
and signed by Governor1 Walter
Mi Pierce February 26. The bill
M . I 111
carried provision fpr a ' special
election in case of a referendum
which was expected to be invoked.
The measure which finally passed
the legislature, was a combination
of five income tax bills. Rough
ly, it follows the federal income
tax on net incomes of , persons' or
corporations : resident " or: doing
business in the state. Exemptions
are the 'same as the federal law.
: The Oregon Just Tax league and
the State Income Tax Referendum
league each circulated petitions
invoking the- referendum, but the
petitions were consolidated. Gov
ernor Pierce and "C.'E. Spence,
former master of the state grange,
submitted arguments for the law
in the voters pamphlet. - :
1
Potatoes in Oregon Will Be
Below Normal Size. This --
Year Says Kent
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 9J-
With a commercial apple crop for
the United States nearly 30 per
cent larger than the five year
average, and the largest commer
cial crop in the history of the Pa
cific! northwest, t present prevail
ing prices Indicate the "dumping"
of considerable quantities of the
smaller sizes of high grade apples
in Oregon and Washington, said
F. L. Kent, agricultural statisti
cian. United States department of
agriculture. In a : report : today.
Canneries do not want the small
sixes, ne said; and the cost: of
transportation will not warrant
their use for cider and: other ap
ple by-products In many localities.
Sufficient digging of the main
crop of Oregon potatoes had been
done , by November. 1 to Indicate
that the average size of the tubers
will be much below normal, which
will reduce both yield per acre and
percentage of .marketable tubers.
In some fields the potatoes are so
small that the crop will probably
not be dug. Car lot movement-to
date ' this ' season has been, very
slightly-less than for the same
period last, year, but ' this move
ment has been largely from the
early Irrigated districts where size
was not affected as in unlrrigated
fields. - ;
Lime Rates Established
By Oregon Railroads
The public service commission
yesterday Issued orders granting
to the Southern Pacific company
permission to establish a rate on
cement In carloads' of 60,000
pounds minimum from Gold Hill
to Portland and East Portland for
use in combination with rates ton
other lines to points beyond Port
land, and to i establish through
rates to points Portland and East
Portland equivalent to these com
bination rates; ano granting to
the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation company permission
to establish . a carload rate, mint-
mum 50.000 pounds, from Lime.
Or,, to points on the O.-W. R. N.
and Southern Pacific lines in Ore
gon. It was also ordered that the
0.-W R. A N. company be per
mitted to, reduce the presentjrates
on cement" from Lime. Or., to
Ruf us, -Of. S - : i 5
QUAKES FELT -
SPRINGFIELD,' I1L, Nov. 9.
Earth shocks werefelt in Virgl
nia and Chandlarfllle, Cass coun
tr, and Oakford. ahdTallula. r in
Menard county, at 10 o'clock -0
night. . In Tallula dishea were
broken In kitchens and furniture
rocked.
SMALL APPLES ARE
nur
PED luQFEGO
CHEtKERiQALlEl .
, r Cli-0
ISNEAltiYAKElA
' ' i .'.y iTi. i-jt'l-. or
StiUs, Pperftte at JnMlon of
Three Cotuities.Keep Of
1 ficersHoppins Around -"
YAKIMA; "Wash., Not.- .-Officers
.; of - Takima, Benton T and
Kllc;kitat counties ended a long
game today ' "by ' moving "In ; from
three sides "on twpv' stills, operat
ing at the junction of tho county
lines.' ; Several prevlou.vlsitB., io
the spot ' w-sre', made ' by county
f quads but the qusrfr contihuaHy
moved ahead ot them ivintO; Hni
next countyJi,rFour mUrwere! 'ar
rested and caches of mash and
distillery equipment were found
n each county. ! I . .1 1
t
COVEL REPUDIATES
11
Crippled Defendant in Mur
l der Case Says He Took
Blame to Shield Boy
Ore.,
Arthur Covell, cripple defendant
in the Covell murder case, late
today, on the witness stand, re
pudiated the confession he had
previously made, said that he did
not know how, Mrs. Fred Covell
was murdered and denied " the
stories which his niece and n-
Phew had told, which, - he said,
waa done at i his direction. : He
sad when his . brother. Dr. Fred
Covell, .wan arrested, the children
feared for their father and that
Alton Covell, aged 16, said he
would assume 1 the responsibility
for ! the killing, rather than let
his father be hanged.' The cripple
said, when he saw Alton's confes
sion, he himself made one to con
form, and took all the responsibil
ity in. order to shield the boy, as
his love for him was so great he
would rather take the blame than
see the boy have any trouble.
Tho unexpected turn f Came'
when, the defendant was put on
the stand in his own behalf. He
Will -be cross examined tomorrow.
Alton; Covell, the boy: who is
under Indictment for actual Unto?
ing , Irs. ;, Covell, testified t about
some minor points of the case, but
did not r answer questions as he
was warned that he need not say
anything, to incriminate himself.
Arthur Covell, you heard the
testimony of Lucille Covell to the
effect that you sent Alton Covell
into the house to murder Ebba
Covell. ; is it the truth?" asked
his attorney. ;
"It Is a lie." answered the de
fendant, without the slightest
trace of emotion or interest.
The children came to my room
after j their father had been" ar
rested." he continued. Thev
asked mejf I thought their daddy
wouia nang. Alton said that he
would take the blame on himself
to save Ills dad. I warned hlnrto
go slbw but told him that If the
necessary ever came that he could
tnrow ail tie , blame on me. I
could) , not bear to see anything
nappen to my brother or his child
ren.! ; .- .i - ' - '
Then, in answer to a Question
regaraing Lucille Covell's word
picture of the - happenings "of the
fatal; day. given earlier; today, he
answered: "Lucille has been rn-
mancing here in court a whal
lot." . -- '
Every eye In the court room
was fiveted on the speaker; every
neck was craned for a view of the
accused man. He' continued:
"wnen I was shown Alton's
confession, I refused to' make a
statement. I read it., over care
fully and fixed the ideas In mv
zmna. Then 1 made out my own
confession:1 : ' v ' . ; '
?7bba Covell's death would not
benefit me; in fact it would have
been the reverse. I was depend
ent u mj Drxnner ior rood and
oucucr gu cre. t simpiy want
ed rest and quiet."
The defendant was still lestlfy-
iny 1 when court adjourned. ' He
will; continue to testify tomorrow
inere were i four members of
thej Covell family on the witness
sUnd today, "Dr. v Fred Covell.
Bandon chiropractor.' the' husband
of the murdered woman; his two
cniidren. by a former wife. L.n
cllle and Alton Covell, the former
a 14-year-old girl, the latter
mental defective; according to his
attorney, and finally, Arthur Co
vell '.the' crippled -astrologer and
aerenaant
Dr. Fred Covell, when he went
DCK he-; witness stand this
morning was subjected to consid
erable gruelling by Defense At
torney Giles. Dr. Covell was in
the: witness' chair' for a halt hour.
Then came the girl. Lucille, who
admitted that, for. a month before
the killing she knew' ill of the de
tails of; the proposed "killing, but
that she did not make any attempt
to save tho stepmother tor fear
(Continued on page 2)
FIBS
OWESSON
HOT
! IS iPiliB c
OF FEDERALS
-i-r.Jt'-Vi
Maa.fcreditediWith Having
I Lost nVVar fo? Germany
I Celebrates Anniversary of
I Revolution, in Jail
CAPTURE MARKS END
4 nc TDAfilP DIITCPU
doth Sides Su(f ered, Qasual-
nes in bnei tncoumer
' Before Surrender
1 -
UNICH Bavaria. Nov. (By
be i Associate4; Pres8)-r-Geueral
2rijh udefldft s today lost tN
necqn. (V Jfptach; ' within; j'i . three
& ear and tonight la observing the
iith anniversary, of? tha- German
ody.;f, th federal rtfOQPS.'. . .
The-j-manwhoastt commander
n chief of the German 'force's.' is
redited' with Having ' lost the
World wir! 'for Germany tohlgnt
is an"' Ignoble' a prisoner t 1 "' the
young1" republic' he"1 bo thorou
despisedand against the' fragile ex
istence of "which" h6l has plotted
openly and in secret ever since he
retifed to his reactionary Bavar
ian stronghold.
Surrender Demanded
Ludendorf f and Adolph, Hitler
who had barricaded themselves in
the offices of the' war ministry af
ter "the collapse of the attempted
coup d'etat engineered by Hitler
laBt night, surrendered this after
noon to a detachment of federal
troops which, had been ordered by
Dr. Von Kahr, the Bavarian die
tator. and , General , von Lossow,
commander. -of the M Bavarian
relchswehr, to lay selge to . ; the
building. ' Previously the Bavarian
government had despatched an ul
tlmatum .to botho-Ludendorf f and
Hitler, who i is the leader ot the
fascists in ) Bavaria, demanding
their surrender within one hour,
There was brief :; fighting be
tween the relchswehr and the Hit
ler guards in which a few men on
both sides suffered casualties. Af
terward Ludendorf f - and Hitler
emerged from' the " building and
placed themselves at the disposal
of General von Lossow's troops.
The status of Ludendorf f and
Hitler as political prisoners ; has
not yet beenderined, and for the
moment their capture "merely
marks the physical collapse of
Hitler's tragic-comic "putsch", in
which the world : famed former
Quartermaster general of the
German army became engulfed.
BERLIN. Nov. 9. (By the As
sociated " Press) Information 'dis
pensed by' official quarters tonight
would indicate that Adolph Hit
ler's "putsch"5 in Bavaria scarcely
got beyond the confines ' of the
rathskeller; where the fascist!
leader proclaimed 'himself ' dicta
tor of all Germany, and General
Erich Ludendorf f, his war minis
ter. '; '' ' .
' Leaders C3iagrined
The nationalist leaders in the
reichstag make no concealment ot
their' chagrin over5, "the fiasco,
which they obviously knew as
having done irreparable damage
toj the . swing to the right among
a large body of voters. Inciden
tally, the movement has seriously
handicapped the negotiations pro
ceeding between the members of
the nationalist party and the Ger
man people's party for the forma
tion of a bourgeoise cabinet i
movement which had fresh Impe
tus today when Chancellor Strese-
mann's party adopted a resolution
to. suggest' to the chancellor the
advisability of Inviting the na
tlonallsts into suph a coalition. '
Workers are Wanted for
; Red Cross Roll Cal
? Volunteers, who will work- two
hours a day in the vicinity of their
homes are wanted by R. A. Harris
in charge of the Marlon County
American Red - Cross roll call
which will begin Sunday. Every
thing is in readiness ' and flna
preparations have been made. '
The spirit throughout the coun
ty is that of cooperation, Mr. Har
ris said yesterday upon his return
to Salem, after an extensive trip
through the county. Many organ
izations. Including school boards
are giving their heartiest support
to' the work. ' Every indication Is
that the response this year will be
greater than that of last year, ac
cording to Mr. Harris.
BE Kt. I UKJMfc.D .
vTOINVESTOR3
Sum at $781 to Giy Cap-
itol Street Investors at
Bleetins of Chasaber i
Investors 1 in the Highway ; ad
dition' through- which ; the newly
completed' Pacific highway runs on
North ; Capitol will' W given 781
at an open forum of the. Chamber
of Commerce 1 'Wednesday " night.
The ; money " has V been "pro-rated
among SO investors and checks for
each have been filled out by Freq
Erixon:r:- f-:
When this addition was first
considered. Mr. "Erixon arranged
for the sale of lots, working
through a I special committee ' ot
the Chamber of Commerce. After
the lots had all been sold and
street Improvements paid, ; -there
remained the sum of $781,' which
is being returned at this time. The
lots were purchased without defi
nite knowledge of the paving
costs. '(:".:,
SEIZED IN
Judge Rules That Entire
Plant May Not be Jaken
Will Make Appeal
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. '9.
After prohibition agents had an
nounced the seizure today of 14
breweries in 'and near Philadel
phia, -Federal Judge McKeehan
made a decision that it was illegal
to seize the entire plants of brew
ing companies. Holding that a
search warrant authorizes prohi
bition agents to seize only, intoxi
cating liquors illegally manufac
tured and the appurtenances nec
essarily used in the manufacture,
Judge McKeehan advised federal
prohibition authorities to use
some discretion and judgment."'
In the execution of suck warrants,
he warned that, there was a penal
ty of a fine or imprisonment tor
exceeding thejr . authority. .
The decision came like a thun
derbolt to the big squad ot prohi
bition agents assembledjiere from
different parts of the country, and
who had planned to make other
seizures in the government's na
tion-wide movement ' to enforce
prohibition. -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. An
appeal probably will be taken by
the government,- department of
Justice officials said tonight, from
the decision of Federal Judge Mc
Keehan in Philadelphia that the
use of search warrants did not au
thorize seizure of brewery build
ings, but only the high-powered
beer found and the appurtenances
used in its manufacture. The de
cision la applicable only In the
Pennsylvania district pending ap
peal.
SALEM U TO v.
OET ITS CHARTER
Gathering of Kii. Klux To
night Heralded Biggest
Yet Held in State -
Delivery of a charter to Salem
Klan No. 29, Realm of Oregon, Is
to be part of the program of the
Ku Klux Klan ceremonial that Is
to be staged at the state fair
grounds tonight. Many of the
Klansmen from other, cities'' ar
rived in Salem last night. Prep
arations for the event have been
under way ior some weeics ana
the event is heralded a3 tho larg
est gathering of Klansmen that
ha been held in the state.
The Klansmen will gather at
the fair grounds during, the day,
and the parade will start from
the fairgrounds at .8:45 o'clock
tonight. Local officers will com
pose the van guard of the parade
whlchwlll march down town, com
ing in on - Capitol street, down
State . to Commercial. ' then - to
Court and east on Court to North
Summer and back to the fair
grounds. The parade " will be
headed by the American flag, fol
lowed by the fiery cross, a band,
high klan officials and the-Royal
Riders' of the Red Robe in auto
mobiles. The Royal Riders will
be led by the Schotch Kiltie band
from Portland. 1 Aged members
will be in automobiles provided
for them.
' After the return, to - the fair
grounds the public will be ad
mitted . without charge and the
grandstand and bleachers made
available for their use during the
ceremonial and lecture which will
be delivered from ' the Judge's
stand.
14 BRUIES ARE
4 ' - -
mm
mi sg7j:i.
BY UNIT
Poincare and Hughes of State Department
Come to Parting of Vfays on Propcral to
Enlist American Aid in Solution of Re ae
rations Problem -Comment Withheld.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. France 'and United States came
definitely to the parting oftke way today on the proposal, to
enlist American aid toward a ' solution 1 of the reparations
problem. : . ; .Vv.f 'V ' "' '"''. !: -" ;v!' '; :-; " '- '
Premier . Poincare was advised by Secretary Hughes,
through Ambassador Jusserand,. that restrictions insisted upoa
by France would serve to 'frustrate" the object of the TVesh
ipgtont government in of fering- American cooperation in an ex
port reparations inquiry plan. - , . .
The. state department refused to go beyond this point in
disclosing the purport and result of recent conversations with,
the ambassador, in which detailed explanations of the Prenck
attitude were made.1 Na formal invitation to participate in an
expert inquiry is before the Washington government, and a
declination is therefore not in order. " Under the circumstancca
no invitation from the powers now is expected. -
UTTEMPTED BE
Fourth Holdup Is Tried With
; In Radius of ,125 Miles
Three Men Escape
; - ROSALIA, Wash., JJov. 9. -An
unsuccessful v attempt was made
tonlght'-to rob the Whitman Coun
ty National bank here. Two un
masked men appeared at the home
of W. O. Palmer," cashier of ; the
bank, who was ill, and at the point
of a gun forced him to accompany
them to the bank.:. -As they left
the house they were joined by a
third man. 5 They'' told Palmer
they intended to keep, him at the
bank- till morning when ; the time
lock would , be released. Palmer,
however, escaped '.as' they' peafed
the bank. and gave the alarm. It
was . answered by his 16-year-old
son, Alfred Palmer, who was on
duty at a gasoline service station
opposite the bank: . Alfred Palmer
opened fire with a revolver and
is believed to have wounded one
of the men. A bullet from their
guns creased his neck. The shoot
ing drew . other Rosalia citizens,
whose attack drove the would-be
robbers to their car,; parked near
the bank. Halford Biggs, -mana
ger of the telephone company
here, one of those who came to
the rescue, was shot In the arm.
The ' bandits started west toward
Maiden, with 50 men - lu several
posses following. This Is- the
fourth attempted bank robbery
within a. radius- of 1 2 5 miles In
the past, three Hays t ; V
. The . effort ' at Thornton Wed
nesday night was a failure, the
safe withstood the explosives $ 1,
400 was secured from the John
ston bank last night, about' 1300
from the -Cottonwood, Idaho, bank
today. ; All except the Cotton
affair are believed to be, the work
of the same three men-
" OCH.ETL.AT A. Okla.. Nov.
Fire, which for a time, threatened
the entire, town, was extinguished
here after destroying three build
ing in the business I district: at i
loss of 145,000. . ?
A New r Overland
Champion Sedan
, And
A Splendid
Chevrolet Touring
-.. Car . ;
' And ' -
A Diamond Ring
And
Eleven Gold Prizes
And J,
Cash Priies '
Total Value . $2000.00
Will be tiven away free
; to Ambitious People.
;, ForFuH Partlcularst
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ROBBERY FOILED
There is no doubt that snch an
- i
invitation, if presented under tbe
French restrictions, would' La
dined, President Coolidga f s t ' 1
that the French limitations ren
ders the inquiry plan useless a- I
futile".He believes the . French
restriction's would reduce tha in
quiry Into a mere audit of Gor
man accounts, , that the United
States could serve no useful pur
pose by sanctioning American
participation in an Invest! at.i on
that could not produce" broad and
comprehensive plans for eccnonlj
rehabilitation ot Germany and ad
equate payments by Germany cn
reparations accounts!
The conversations at ths 1'. :
department ended today whea Am
bassador Jusserand called wUh ad
vices, from his government, whici
reached him while Mr. Coo" : 1
and his cabinet were discussing
the situation on the basis of pre
vious explanations from Paris. To
day's .message ; stowcJ n r.c '
cation of the French att!tf "!s ar !
added nothing new to the situ ' -tibn.
f ' Secretary " Hughes, fcefora
receiving the ambassador, made a
second visit 4to the White Houes
for a brief conference with tL3
president In preparation for pre
senting the American decision.
The exchanges between . Cecr:-
tary Hughes and Ambassador Jus
serand served to bring out a de
tailed statement of the limitatlor.
on the expert Inquiry, desired 1
the French government.
With respect to the stipulation
made : in Paris that the , experts
should not discuss the occupatic 1
of the,uhr, the ambassador ex
plained that this would mean I:,
the French '.view that the experts
could examine all questions as to
the resources of the ; Ruhr, tLa
value of Jndustriareslafcllsicr'
and the productive power cf V.
region. : France could ' not; how ever,
discuss the legality of XI. 3
French occupation,, the system c
collection of taxes in the Hu' -region
imposed by. the French cc
cupylng forces, the ' guarante 1
seised by ' French troops, or the
agreement recently reached t3-
tween the French authorities ar i
the German industrialists of . tL 2
Ruhr.; . - .
.On'tto question of the exact
meaning of the French stipulation
present capacity" to which tte
experts would . have been limitcj
In studying . German resoarcn
which might yield the means oZ
payment of reparations, the an
bassador explained that this ecu!!
be interpreted as meaning the sur
vey of the situation np to and in
cluding the year 1930.
( It was reiterated that the 7 :"!'-
ington government had riaJa I:
origlnal suggestions, for an expc : t
inquiry a year ago and bad re
newed them .in the recent Hughcs
Curzon .correspondence In arr!: ":
of friendship to all cf 1
countries and for the sola purr -ot
finding 'some means to na
available American hclpfulncii I
the European crisis. The f.:;t t':
France has found it liapc : :ila t
accept the proffer of American a! ,
although her Allies, Great Eriia: ,
Italy and Belgium, have Inilcat '
thelri desire to take ster3 to t'.. .
end, has not changed tta i::!
of the government here to be Lc! -ful
whenever an appropriate ti
for expanding that helptuln
presents itself.
For that reason officiate refu
tonight to do more than ex;
in detail what had transpire
the conversations between the f
retary and the ambassador. , '
would not accept any sugsett:
that' the door to American he"
fulness had been closed, but ;
the""8ame ' tins' they trou' :
deal in speculation cf toy t; ,
acter as to what the "future l:'
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