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THE OREGON STATESMAN
The nome Newspaper
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON; TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1923
PRICE FIVE CZZ7T3
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LARGE CRDVJD
Huge Street Parade of Pa
triotic Organizations Is
Morning Feature Vet
erans of Wars Included
JUDGE HARRIS GIVES
ADDRESS AT ARMQRY
Building Riled to Capacity
to Hear Talk; Fine Pro
gram Is Held
Salem paused In its many activ
1 ltles yesterday to celebrate the
signing of the armistice fire years
ago and to pay. its homage jto the
men. . both 5 living and dead, ' who
offered their lives to the serrice of
their country in Its time of need.
Hundreds of - persons ' gathered
along the line of march while the
long parade of Civil war veterans,
ex-serrlce men and their auxiltar
tes passed through the business
district from Marion square to the
ceremonies at the armory. 1 1
Four Sublime Days
"There are four sublime i days
in each year," declared Justice
Lawrence T. Harris, 'Of the Ore
gon supreme court, speaker of the
day. "These are July 4, June 14
(National flag day). May 30 and
S'ovember 11. Each is observed
by loyal Americans as a reminder
of the struggles and sacrifices by
which freedom was "established.
Each carries Its own suggestions
and in some, respect is different
from the other." -
"July Fourth is a day of ., ex
altation and Joy; June 14 is set
aside by an act of congress as the
anniversary of the'addptlon of the
national flag; Memorial day is one
St solemnity and is hallowed by
brave lives offered at the altar of
the country; Armistice day is one
of. mingled gladness; and , solem
nity." .- -
"It Is fitting that November 1 1
should be a day ot celebrating,"
continued the speaker, Vlt Is em
inently fitting to rejoice but not to
forget the sacrifices 1 that -were
made. All national holidays have
the same purpose reminders of
sacrifices of others to obtain free
government. These days remind
us of the Ideals for which the Unit
ed States entered into 'conflicts.
Had it not been, for this, there
might be no day of, joy today. Ev
ery call made npon any organiza
tion during , the;' World war met
with wonderful response and over
subscription, whether that call be
for men," service or for money."
, Prominence Stressed
.The .important place the nation
took in the, World war aa empha
sized by Justice Harris, who made
many, comparisons. Early esti-
. mates as to possible force of men
the- United States could land in
France were placed at .500,000,
The total' number, overseas, was
2.800,000, with an additional; 3,
000,000 ready to go, backed , by
1 00,000.0 0 0 American, rnen.., wo
men and children.; ; 4 In- October,
1818, the American forces held a
total ot 101'miles along the west
ern front, 23 per cent of the total
front. While the United States
was not in the war as long as the
allies, it spent one-fifth of the ex
penditures of all the allies, a sum
.sufficient to finance the govern
ment frojn 1771 until the day of
the declaration of war. in 1917.
America's riflemen greatly ex
ceeded, all estimates. Justice Har
ris continued. Germany had In
creased her riflemen to 1,639,000
in June, 1918, while the allies, on
June. 15, had an. equal number.
But the time - the armistice was
signed the allies had In the field
. 600,000 - more riflemen than the
Germans, due to the rapid arrival
of American troops. . ' ;
Comparisons Are Made
"In ' making comparisons be
tween battles of - the World and
Civil war you must bear in mind
that the fighting was as fierce and
the 'casualties as great," Justice
Harris declared. "Great Britain
lost 33 per cent of her strength
while the Union and Confederate
(Continued on page 6)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Cloudy Tuesday,
rain west portion; moderate
easterly -winds. .
' LOCAL, WEATHER :
. ' (Monday)
Maximum temperature 58.
Minimum temperature 44.
Rainfall, none.
River 1.5 feet
Atmosphere clear. , H
V,-i3 Eorttc-t..' '
BOY SCOUTS
DISPOSE OF
OLD FLAGS
Emblems Burned in Simple
Serrice Following Annis
tlme Day Program
The ceremony of properly dis
posing of old land worn out na
tional emblems' was carried out
Monday by the Boy Scouts of Salem
when several hundred flags were
burned following the program at
the armory. The flags are those
which have been used to decorate
the veterans graves last Memorial
day and had been gathered In by
the Boy Scouts for proper disposal.
. The fire was built on the gravel
ed street just east of the armory
by Scouts, and: the flags were cast
on the fire by representatives of
the various veterans organizations
of Salem. . ! '
Rev. Martin Fereshetian offered
a prayer and Judge Earl Race
made a brief talk on reverence for
the flag and tbe proper and rev
erent manner! in which- old - and
worn -4 out f I national emblems
should be disposed of.
' This was the first i time this
ceremony has been carried out
publicly, in Salem but it is hoped
to make it an annual affair on
Armistice day. ; Much favorable
comment was made, on the service
by Salem folk who witnessed it
for the first time.
- The flags used in decorating the
armory yesterday were hung in
accordance with the new rules
passed last spring by a committee
of all veterans s organizations
which met in Washington, accord
ing to F. H. Zinser, Boy Scout ex
ecutive for Marion county. Much
criticism was directed at those in
charge of decorating. for the pro
gram, it is said . and Mr. . Zinser
made this explanation last , night.
In hanging ; the flags from the
rafters in the armory a. committee
hung them so that the union was
in the correct position as viewed
by those entering the armory. The
flag should when hung on a wall
or in a window, be placed with the
union in the, left hand corner
whether hung, horizontal or per
pendicular. A recent ordinance
introduced at the request of the
veterans organizations of Salem
will provide a penalty' for wrong
display of the' flag, .
Delbert Reeves Post of Le
gion Arouse Town Folk
Early for Celebration
i SILVERTON, Or, ' Nov. 12.
(Special to f The Statesman)
A large audience attended the
Armistice dayprogram held at the
Eugene Field auditorium Monday
morning. Lieutenant Colonel W.
S. ; Gilbert' of Astoria ; was the
speaker of the day. In opening
his talk Colonel Gilbert first re
ferred, to Silverton as the home of
Homer Davenport.
,- Commander Carl Moser of the
Delbert Reeves post of the Ameri
can Legion introduced Colonel
Gilberts Other numbers on the
program included invocation by
Rev. Clayton Judy, a vocal solo
by. Mrs. S. E, Richardson, selec
tions by the combined 4-L and
Trinity bands, selections by a
mixed quartet composed of Mrs.
S. E. Richardson, Mrs. Gordon
McCall, Gordon McCall and L. C.
Eastman, vocal solo by Mrs. M. G.
Gunderson, benediction by Rev. J.
A. Bennett. ' '
Silverton residents were made
aware of Armistice day celebration
at an early hour in the morning
by the sounding: of tbe fire siren.
The fireboys, and the many mere
ly curious citizens responded to
the call only to find a huge bon
fire on the vacant lot across from
Allen Brothers' garage on North
Water street, j A committee 3 of
American Legion boys were pres
ent to enjoy i the appearance of
those who came out.
i At 9 o'clock a large parade
formed in front of the high school
and paraded through the princi
pal streets of Silverton winding
up at the' auditorium' for the pro
gram, -j '
Colonel John Leader Is
Armistice Day Speaker
; EUGENE Or.. : Nov. 12. Col.
John Leader, world war veteran of
the British army and former: com
mandant of ,the reserve : officers'
training corps of the University of
Oregon was the speaker at, the
Armistice day celebration here this
afternoon, following a military pa
rade on the streets. More than
3 OCT veterans of the World war,
the Spanish-American war and the
Civil war were guests of the var
ious women's auxiliaries of the
veterans societies at a dinner at
8
WILL GET REFUNDS
Fred Erixon to Play Santa
Claus for Highway Addi
tion Land Owners
At the open forum membership
meeting of the Chamber of ; Com
merce to be held in the auditor
ium of the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday evening at "8
o'clock, Fred A. Erixon will ap
pear in the role of a Santa Claus.
It all, happened like this:
Two or three years ago t at a
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. Erixon was appointed
chairman of a committee to inves
tigate the problem off extending
North Capitol street to meet the
fair grounds road. r t ;
After all corta of discourage
ments, ' Mr. Erixon succeeded in
selling lots to a number of peo
ple who believed in the rapid
development of that part of the
city. But in estimating costs of
each lot. figures iwere only ap
proximate. Those buying had con
fidence in Mr. Erixon and paid
him the figure he made, with the
understanding there would be a
refund in case things worked out
that way. ' f
It is the unexpected that some
times happens and in this instance
each purchaser of a lot in the
Highway addition which Mr. Erix
on had secured for the city. Is en
titled to a refund. . I h
Now at the monthly member
ship meeting to be held Wednes
day evening. Mr. Erixon will hand
out to those entitled to the mon-
r. and Mr. Erixon says, "Come
and get it." That is, come to the
Wednesday evening meeting.
Those entitled to sums ranging
from $15 to $47 are as follows:
Elmer White, Alice D. Myers. Ft
E. Clark. John Bewier, Mrs.'L. L-
Rickman. George C. Jackson,
Clara I. Shields. Argyl M. Harris.
Salem Tile & Brick Co.. B. C
Miles, R. C. Magee. Dean Scho-
maker. rChas. A. Grimm, I .
Brassfield. P. M. Gregory. S Emil
Joseph, F L. Joseph, G. F. Gray,
F. Wi Steusloff. Edw. Scnunae,
T. M. Hicks, Dr Henry E. Morris,
U. 8. Page, M M Poulsen, Dan J.
Fry, H. C. Hummell. Nellie M.
Brown. J. A. Duncan, Earl A.
Gregg and C. F. Victor
GERMAN SHIP ARRIVES
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 12.
Flying the black, . white and red
flag, of the German republic, the
Kosmos liner Osirus, .from Ham
burg, arrived here today, being
the first German ship to enter
this port since 1914. Captain
Walther and his men found the
city and U vessels in port ecor-
ated nd smuea gnmiy. wo wiu.
they had arrived lust in time to
LOTPUHGHA
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CORNERED!
W'
BIG AIR RAID
IS ARMISTICE
CELEBRATION
Spokane Stormed By. Air
Craft While Guns Answer;;,,
and Lights Search Sky
SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 12.
Spokane tonight experienced an
air raid when, as a part of the
Armistice day celebration, five
airplanes hovered over the city,
dropping bombs and rockets,
street lights were turned oft dur
ing the raid and anti-aircraft
pieces answered he planes from
vantage points r tops of 'some of
the larger buildings while search
lights swept the skies.
An extensive military ' parade
this afternoon was led by the regu
lars from Port Wright and Includ
ed representations from guards
men, ex-service men of the Amer
ican and allied armies, women's
auxiliary organizations and. boy
scouts.
VETERiSIHED
38 Who Paid Supreme Sac
rifice Receive Tribute of
People of County
McMINNVILLE, Nov. 12. In
discriminate admission of aliens
was one of the things against
which" Adjutant General George A.
White warned his hearers here
Sunday at the Armistice day pro
cram, Sunday when a soldier me
morial, was unveiled.
General White said that future
generations might dwell upon the
details of the late war, but for
na the desire is to forget its hor
rors and direct our attention to
the blessings of peace and nation
al safety.:
Twenty families who lost sons
or daughters in the world war oc
cupied reserved seats. The mon-
umentrla dedicated to those who
lost their lives in tbe world war
whose homes were in Yamhill
county. General .Whi said the
percentage of those who paid the
supreme sacrifice from' Yamhill
county was higher than the aver
age for Oregon counties. Thirty
eight did not return and 38 were
returned wrecked In body and
several have died since their re
turn. Miss Byrd Will Give
: Concert in Silverton
SILVERTON, ' Or.,' Nov. . 12
(Special to The 1 Statesman.)-:
The Silverton Llbraqr board has
secured Miss Winifred j Byrd to
give a benefit concert at Silver-
ton December 3 for. the llomer-
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Farm Committee Plans Long
: lime rrogram tor brain
Farmers of U. S.
CHICAGO. Nov.. 12, Th pres
ent wheat acreage of 62,000,000
acres planted should be reduced
gradually to 50,000,000 acres, an
acreage sufficient to take care of
domestic demands, as rapidly as
profitable alternative crops can
be introduced, the wheal prdduc
tion committee of the wheat coun
cil of the United States has decid
ed. President Sydney Anderson of
the council, announced at the end
of day's meeting of the committee
here today. The meeting will be
continued tomorrow.
' The committee. Mr. Anderson
said, is confining Its consideration
to the development of a long-time
program and the economic meas
ures necessary to carry out such a
program and afford relief to the
wheat farmer. The report, he
said, will not attempt to deal with
the Immediate situation 'or its
remedies.
t The average annual consump
Uon of wheat in the United States
for food, feed for animals and
seed is about six bushel per capita
or about 660,000,000 bushel
year. The average yield per acre
over a period of 12 years is about
13.4 bushels, he said. The addi
tional wheat required from year
to year to meet the reuirements
of Increased population should be
obtained from a larger yield per
acre rather than from an increased
acreage, he said. ' , ..
Body of Kelso Bridae
Disaster Found in River
KELSO. Wash., Nov. 12. The
body of Lloyd Huntington, who
was drowned when ' the Kelso
bridge collapsed last January was
found near here tdday in the Cow
litz river below a pplnt where a
dredger has been engaged in the
work. The identification was
made from papera-found in his
pockets. - T
This was the Ufth body to be
recovered. 1 More than 40 persons
were believed to have been drown
ed in the disaster.
: DAUGHTERS FOUND
DANVILLE.' 11U Nov, 1 2 .Af
ter searching -for 22 years In all
parte of the . United States and
Canada and spending a small for
tune in an effort to locate her two
kidnaped daughters. Mrs. Thomas
Everman, of near Kankakee has
discovered j that for many years
she has resided within a hundred
miles of her.: long lost children.
One. now Mrs. Ralph W- Wright.
resides in Danville anoVthe other.
Mbv Charles Bolton, resides - in
VOULD EDUC
HUG
ALIEN LAND
UPHELD
BY COURTS
States May Prohibit For
eigners From Holding
Lands Provided There Is
No Treaty Involved
OPINION END LEGAL
BATTLE ON PACIFIC
ni
States: Have Wide Discretion
Says Opinion Given on
Two State Laws
Aliens can be prohibited by
states from owning land provided
there is ho treaty stipulation to
the contrary, the . supreme court
announced today ' in an opinion
ending , in a legal controversy
which for years had been an is
sue on the,: Pacific coast. The
question has shared in importance
with f the . controversy which was
waged over the right of Japanese
to citizenship until the court re
moved tbe latter from the field of
discussion by a decision last term
The. issue reached the supreme
court in two cases, one from
Washington, brought by Frank
Terrace and his wife and N. Na
katsuka, and the other from Cali
fornia, brought by W. I. Porter-
field and Y. Mizund. While the
cases presented only the question
of the proposed "leasing of land
to ineligible aliens the court
squarely met the issue and passed
upon the broad question of the
constitutionality of the law. It
held that states could, as Wash
ington had. prohibition from own
ing land aliens eligible to citizen
ship but- who had not declared
their Intentions; as well as aliens
ineligible to citizenship, "or, as
California' had; restrict the prohi
bition to .aliens, who had not in
good faith. - deciared intention to
become citizens.
Xo Violation.
The states of California and
Washington sought to have the
challenge disposed of upon the
technicality that -in neither case
had there been an actual violation
of tbe law, there having been no
leases made nor any confiscation
of land as provided by the two
states as .penalty for the violation
of . the law. They had been suc
cessful in having the attack de
cided in the lower courts without
going Into the merits of the con
stitutionality of the laws.
The supreme court found, how
ever, that there was presented per
tain equitable rights which en-
ilil. J A m a. t 1 s
titled both the land owner and
the proposed Japanese lessor to a
decision on the valitlty of the
laws' before they had incurred
liability to punishment. It there
fore assumed full jurisdiction to
review the cases from every point
of view. The main decision was
handed down in the Washington
case, the court explaining that the
grounds- upon 1 which the Wash
ington alien land law was at
tacked, included those on which
the California act was assailea. " '
It not only found the laws in
harmony with all rights guaran
teed under the constitution but in
their direct application to the Jap
anese, it discussed the treaty with
Japan.' concluding that it. guaran
teed the subjects' of that empire
no such - right as that for which
they contended , in the matter of
owning or leasing land, .,.::
Other; Cases Remain.
Two other cases arising under
the alien land , laws which were
presented to the court along with
the leasing . cases decided today
one holding that Japanese could
enter into cropping contracts, and
the other prohibiting them from
owning stock in any corporation I
organized to own or deal in agri
cultural lands, .were, not decided
today, the court confining its con
sideration to the legality of the
alien land laws
In the matter of determining
who shall be permitted ' to own
land, the states have wide.discre
uqn the court . declared . in the
opinion, which was rendered by
Justice Butler. Each state, it
said, has its own problems, and
it is not always practical or de
sirable that legislation .shall be
the same In all the states. The
two alien land laws before it. how
ever.: presented substantially the
same constitutional questions. ,
The fourteenth amendment.
largely relied upon In the attack
upon the validity of the laws.
Justice Butler explained, protects
owner in their rights to lease
and dispose of their land for, law-.
fur purposes, and the alien resi
dent in his right to earn a living
by, following ordinary occupations
of the community. But. be add-
HATS
WILL BE USE D t
FOR PRINCE
m -'
Citizens Brush Best Clothes
in Anticipation of Prus-
sian's Arrival
! OELS, Silesia, Nov. 12. (By
!The Associated Press ) Practical
ly all of Oels leading citizens from
the probate court j judge down,
have donned - Prince Albert coats
a ad high hats In honor of the Tor
pier German Crown Prince's home
coming. American and other for
eign press correspondents and mo
tion picture men have descended
upon the; town by the score in
airplanes, motor cars or by rail
way. The hotels were filled to
loverf lowing and the, proprietors
were obviously more pleased than
the other, citizens over the return
of the town to a pre-war status.
I No official reception has been
planned for Frederick William,
the burgomaster not having been
officially advised of his return.
The exile comes back as a private
citizen
4
Furthermore, the castle is un
der separate jurisdiction , and not
under the control of the local ad
ministration. " . .
.i There are only 20. known com
munists living; in ' Oels, ; whoss
working popluation of approxi
mately 3000 is, however; seeming
ly anything, but 1 elated over .the
possibility of the town's becom
ing a monarchistic headquarters.'
The former king of Saxony. Fred
erick August, Uvea on an estate
0 miles away. '
A certain faction, however, wel
comes' therexile and "Deuts'chland
Uber Alles" resounded in the lead
)n- beer halls today. Telegrams
and flowers are pouring into the
castle and servants are beginning
to show Irritation over the num
ber of callers endeavoring to find
but what is going on within the.
moat which encircles Polish, Aus
trian and German princes in turn
through - four -centuries of - Slle
feian turmoil and war.
POLITICAL CRISIS
FACED BY BRITISH
Free Trader Issue May Cause
Dissolving of Parliament
Prediction
LONDON, - Nov. 12. (By The
Associated Press.) The British
parliament will resume .' Its labor
tomorrow without special cere
mony, to proceed with the unfin
ished stages of humdrum meas
ures like the workmen's compen
sation and similar bills. That was
jthe prospect when the house .of
commons adjourned for the sum
mer recess, but the fates have or
dained Otherwise and the mem
bers reassemble under the shadow
bt a great political crisis and prob
able dissolution within the coming
.week, to test the opinion of the
country . on the vexed controversy
of. protection versus free trade,
which is agitating- the - political
world as it. has not been' agitated
except by a similar controversy,
launched in 1905, . by Joseph
Chamberlain and by the debates
on Irish Independence, v ,
It . is not known- tonight what
Uxactly wllf happen, though it is
stated with a great Bhow of auth-
"prlty that parliament will dissolve
fnext Thursday. The fact that the
prime minister had a conference
with the king today - gives color
to this report," as ; Mr. Baldwin
would require his majesty's for
mal consent to such a course.
Conervative headquarters how-
lever, declined tonight to confirm
or denynhe report, being content
to say that nobody knows except
the prime minister. .
Senate Committee Will
Hear Forbes Report Today
. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. The
senate investigating committee
prepared today for the appear
ance before it tomorrow of
Charles It. Forbes, former direc
tor of the. veterans! bureau,' who
has been the center of fire In the
inquidy. : - '
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PASSPORTS 4
FOR IffllSER :i
RECEIVED
: Receives Passports fcr
Himself and Suite Many
r Messages Sent
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DECEMBER 4 DAY SET
FOR RESUMING THROflE
Ambassador's Council Put
Settlement of Crown Princs
, Up to Governments
BRUSSELS, Nov. 12. (By
The . 'Associated Press.) The
former German emperor Is pre
paring to return to . the father
land.'. , He . already has In his
hands, passports for himself and
his , suite and . . the Brussels
Gazette goes so far as to sav that
It Is . expected the Hohenzollern
monarchy II1 be restored on De
cember 4, William or his son, th
former. Crown Prince, Frederick
William,' ascending the throne.
rcivata advices rrom Doorn. re
ceived by the Agenee Telegra
phlqde Beige, says that a courier,
von Hoechst. arrived at Doorn at
4 o'clock this afternoon with 12
German passports for the ex
kaiser and his immediate entour
age. A telegram in cipher was.
received there in the morning and
early Jn the afternoon there was
a long conference between Wil
liam and those close to him.
Official Calls
' Later a Dutch official and Dr..
Kaha of the ministry Interior
called and was closeted with the
former emperor for 35 minutes.
' A wireless system has been in
stalled at Doorn house, which has
been the residence of the head of
the HohenzolleniB during the
later .years -of , his internment in
Hoiund and messages ara receiv
ed from Nauen at noon daily.
. BERLIN, Nov. 12. (By The
Associated Press.) JTrederlc'i
William is due at Oels Tuesday,
according to semi-official infor
mation here. He is reported to
have made several convenient
stops on his way from the border,
spending Saturday and - Sunday
nights on : estate of his old
friends in Southwest Branden
burg. While It was rumored he was
in close proximity to Berlin, of
ficial quarters deny this and de
clare that he Is living up strictly
to "the promise he gave Chancel
lor Stresemann.
- fjefit te CToveramenta
; PARIS, Nov.' 12. CBy The As
sociated; Press.) The allied
couneil ot ambassadors practical
ly washed Its hands this after
noon of the case arising from the
former German Crown Prince's
flight from Holland by referring
it to, their governments. - A note
from the German government, re
plying to the ambassador's rep
resentations in the matter, was
received in the morning statins
that the Berlin authorities saw to
justification either In right or la
fact for opposing the return cf
a German subject to his family
In Germany.
, PARIS, Nov. 12. (By The As
sociated Press.) -A dispatch to
the Matin from Brussels says the
correspondent In view of the press
reports on the subject of the re
turns of former Emperor William
to Germany, telephoned to Am
sterdam, and was told that noth
ing was known in official circles
concerning the reports.
T DRAWS STIFF .FIXE ' ,
NEW-YORK, Nov. 12. Samuel
Miller, who; was' passing out 100,
000 marks for one cent at a street
corner when, a policeman arrest r
him for failure to produce a r?i
dler's license, was fined the equiv
alent of 16,000,000,000, marks ty
Magistrate Oberwager today. T!r i
amounts to 2 American xnc .
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Daygnport Meraortal und
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