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YHJ Thrift Gaffom g && become fttie oftrawfoerD'y '' GMop-6!i!i& vo jma j FIRST SECTION Pages i-io 6 TWO SECTIONS 10 Pages "7 SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS A F ORBES SATS FACTSHELDUP BY COMMITTEE Fnrmer Director of Veterans Bureau Passes Lie Back to Accusers Sawyer and Mortimer - PERJURY DEFINED BY ACCUSED MAN He Declares Witnesses Were BTOW Beaten iniQ UlVing Wrong Testimony , WASHINGTON,, Not. 14. Charles B Forbes passed the lie direct today to two of his accus ers Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer and Ellas ' H. Mortimer und then charged counsel for the senate ' committee investigating the Teterans' bureau with sup- nresslnst material facts which show his innocence. . Moreover, the former i directof of the bureau charged that wit nesses had been "browbeaten Into testifying before the com mittee and1 asserted that his coun sel had the proof. i 1 " Opening the cross examination of Forbes, General O'Ryan want ed to know who was In the "con spiracy to destroy him which the former director had changed i yesterday was on foot. "Mortimer and Williams (J. M. Williams, a PhUadelphia! dairy :. man, who previously- has ,testi fied) were two of; the conspira i"-ra. and there were others" re- ' ' ionded Forbes. ' Iteada Statements General O'Ryan then wanted to know about Forbes charges of s perjuryT and-bornation ol per Jury. Taking a paper, from his pocket, Forbes read : "I mean by perjury the testl mony of Mr. Mortimer, Mr. Wil liams and others. By suborma tion of perjury, I mean the me- prison aDoui weanesaay thods which were, used to induce morning He was taken from Ids Mr. Williams to testify falsely, berth on the " train to the waiting By attempted subornation of per- prison automobile, and in custody ury, I mean attempts which have of Deputy Sheriff Sam A. Male come to my knowledge to Induce born, Marshfield, and two guards, other nersons to testify falsely. was removed to the prison. After ; "By suppression ' of material facts and documents, V mean the ! suppression of important docu- meats which show my innocence which have been in possession of counsel for the committee and 1 not produced by them until fore-1 ed to do so by my counsel or hy certain witnesses ana me am- moning oi certain witnesses oj counsel for the committee , and then their , dismissal after the counsel learned that their testi mony would be favorable to me. ; Will Give Karnes ; ;.' . ! '. - 'My counsel will call some wit nesses on these ' matters and if the committee desire to hear' fur- ther testimony concerning; tiemltnat'he la n0t gunty of the crime my counsel will furnish theaames ofc which h ia today convicted, or other witnesses to tnis com- ui.t.v. r i i It was during -his cross ex4mi - nation mat roroes sami ur.itlmt h wnui annMi hia o.. sawyer naa ' ilea F on tne witness stand. ..General O'Ryan asked if .Forbes believed that the ill feel- ing which had existed and appar ently still existed between ForJbes and Dr. Sawyer was a motive for .Dr. Sawyer's testimony. j "No, indeed," said Forbes.' !;. "Then you believe he was just mistaken." asked General O'Ryan. . "Mistaken." exclaimed Forbes. No, he not mistaken. He just Hed." .. , "Then your idea is that he committed perjury while here?" "Call what you like," returned Forbes. Texas Sheriff Given Four Year Sentence CLEBURNE. Tax., Nov. 14 A Jury in the 18th district court here this evening, found Sheriff T. W, Davis-of Somervell .county guilty of a charge of accepting a bribe and fixed punishment at four years in 'the state peniten - tlary. THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair Thursday; moderate easterly winds. LOCAL WEATHER X Wednesday) ' Maximum temperature 49. Minimum temperature 43. River, 1.4 feet. Rainfall, none. X : Atmosphere,-, cloudy. . Wind, southwest. GERMANY HAS DECIDED TO REPUDIATE TREATY IS WORD FROM MRU Wot to Comply With Keparations Clause or Any Other Clause is Message Sent From Ber lin to London Papers Occupation of Ruhr Given as Reason for Move. LONDON, Nov. 14. Germaiiy has decided to repudiate the treaty Versailles and not hong as the French and Belgians patch to the Daily Mail from The German governments is that repudiation follows logically its theory that the oc cupation of the Ruhr infringes as the French and Belgians persist in breaking the terms ot the treaty, Germany is excused from observing them. HI OF HIS CASE Condemned Crippled Man Contradictory in Answers to Questions Firm in his; belief that the posi tion of the stars la favorable to his case, Arthur coven, coos county man condemned to die upon the gallows December 21 for the mur der of Mrs. Erba Covell, his sister-in-law; is occupying a cot in the hospital ward at the state prison. ! Though he believes the constella tions are smiling upon him, or will smile the third j,week of De- ; cember Cpvell -is anxious , to ob tain his beloved works on astrol ogy in order to cast anew his hor oscope and prove his contentions. r : Will Appeal Case Covell; was received at the state being dressed in' Covell declared that he would appeal nig case to the supreme court on the ground that he was being punished for the crime committed by another per- 8a- - Through his propensity to make cr0ss-statements,- Covell has suc- ceeded in making newspapermen appear In the light of untruth tell era. To one he has said that he was guilty of the crime, and he alone; to another he has " said that he would appeal his case if the county would provide the nec essary funds; to another that the sentence., was satisfactory and that he w&a I content: tn vet another but tnat be had maie his confes iinn ' in' nrnif nnrvi npr norann And ten yesterday his statement Not Readily Talkative Covell received local newspa permen f at various ' times during the day Wednesday. While he could not be called over-commun icative, he answered the questions put to him to the best Of his abil ity. He said very little about his case. The fact that just around the corner from the entrance to . .. ,. parent influence upon the prison ed. He occupies his time in much the same manner as do regular hospital patients. "Will I be permitted to have my books?" he asked Deputy War den J. W. Llllie. ( Up to the Court "Providing , the court will re lease them " he was 'told. The books are still held ia. Cooa coun ty for a subseuent trial. The pris- on authorities will make no ob- jection to Covell's having his books II they will help him pass away the time between now and 1 the Friday morning In December when he must pay for his crime. Covell is of medium size and is at present wearing a type ot beard known as "Van Dyke. This as i well as, the moustache, is brown. 1 He is badly in need of a hair-cut and shave. .Wants Limbs Massaged. Request, was made that : his limbs be massaged twice a day if possible. This, he: says, relieves him of a numbing sensation, that becomes very painful. ; His request wilr probably be granted, a trusty in charge of the ward having vol unteered to do whatever he conld to comply with either the re- occupy the Ruhr, says a dis- Berlin. attitude, says the Daily Mail, the treaty and that. as long BERLIN. Nor. 14. (By the Associated Press). Aftej Novem ber 25 Germany no longer will be able to meet. the -drain" upon her exchequer for the payment of un employment doles in the Ruhr and the Rhineland and will then set both these regions adrift, per mittintg'them'to shift for them selves. - This direct statement was made in official quarters here tonight'. Unless. Chancellor Stresetnann arrives at a different conclusion after pending conferences with leaders in the occupied areas, as the reichstag opposes such a po licy, it is now elieved that the immediate future of the Rhine- land and the Ruhr will e wholly determined by ' the nature of agreements which the local lead ers there are able to enter into with tbe French and Belgian authorities. The unemployment doles which the German government is paying out to unemployed men and wo men In the Rhineland " and I the RJttnr will amount to 20(7,000.000 gold marks In tbe next 10 days New Plan SoagJit ' An autonomous state in the present stsge of occupation and under prevailing economic and hocial conditions Is viewed in Berlin circles as inexpedient and not feasible, and the inclination in government quarters appears to favor a plan to hold the occupy ing powers resonsible for getting the. local populace fed and back to work, and otherwise ,. readjusting cociletely the desolated" condi tions in all lines. ' i : ', In. the event the latter solution is adopted, the Berlin government will invest the local German authorities with plenipotentiary powers authorizing them, to deal with the French, Belgian and British authorities, thus making the occupied zones temporarily wholly independent of official in tervention by, the .central or Prus sian governments. -If this solution is adopted by the central government it will in cidentally presage a complete re versal of procedure with reference to reparations, and while no state ment is forthcoming in this "re spect, it is presumed the creditor powers would have to enter Into separate agreements with the in dustrialists regarding deliveries. while the question of sold pay ment would e ' protested " by Ger many on tbe ground that she was deprived of r uninterrupted dispo sition o her complete economic organization or a demand would be mode for - a postponement of cash payments until the country's financial situation has sufficiently recuperated to warrant them. National Grange Backs Prohibition Enforcement PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Nov. 14. The National Grange stands res olutely for prohibition and for en forcement of the 18th amendment. Sherman J. Lowell, national mas ter of Fredonia,. N. today told delegates at the annual conven tion. ;:' r :. V-. He made a plea for good roads and safety on the highways. On the question of freight rates he declared: "There is a wide demand for lower freight rates on, ? the rail roads and without question, the heaviest tax the farmers; of this country are paying is through tho medium of high freight rates. Cigeratte Sellers to " Be Prosecuted, Report A number of merchants in the smaller towns of the county, as well, as some in the larger towns, are "selling cigarettes to minors, according to Mrs. Maryulkerson, county, superlntend.ent and, she plans to have action taken agalnBt I DAD AND SON COMING BACK ! FOR MOTHER Letters are Forwarded to Portland So They Know She ' Has Returned . . OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 14. Wil- lard Sights. 8, of Portland. Or4 and his father B. L. Sights, are en route to their home tonight after having received word that their mother and wife, respectively had returned to the Oregon city. Word was received by postal of ficials tonight to forward Mrs. Sight's mail to that city. ! For the past four days the two have been taking turn watching a general delivery window where several letters, addressed to her, have been held. Mrs. Sights left some time ago to visit friends in Idaho. i WEST POiriTTEST IS TIEN HERE Eight Members of Oregon National Guard Candid- ates for Appointment v I Eight enlisted men in the Ore gon national guard were in Salem Tuesday and Wednesday taking the entrance examinations for West Point." The .examinations were completed late Tuesday, nearly all of the men remaining over yesterday for a talk with tbe examining officers. Owing to injuries received in a recent football game, Jess D. Isom, private first class, 483 company. CAC. Albany, was unable to take the examinations. Dwight Lovell, Company F, Salem, was authoriz ed to appear before tbe board, but failed ta do so. " The eight men taking the ex aminatlons, were Corporals Tris- tran Edmundson, -Dwight L. Mu) key and August W. Schermacher, headquarters detachment, Salem; Marshall G. Barber, ' private first class, 48th company, CAC, Ash land; Thomas M. McGinnis, pri vate first class, 483th company. CAC, Marshfield; Reid W. Allen, private Company E, 186th infan try, Cecil W. Kennedy, private, howitzer company, 162nd infantry and Joseph E. Herron, private first class, Company A, 116th En gineers, all of Portland. Members of the examining board were Major J, & Dusen bury, Captain Diez, Captain G. E Rlggs, Albany, and Prof. J. C. Nel son, principal of the Salem high school. Meeting Place for 1924Con- , yention Occupies Minds of Leaders WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The national political show of 1924 had its formal fall opening today with the assembling here of Republican leaders to begin work in selecting the convention city for' next year. As the first official act of the presidential campaign a sub-corn mittee of the Republican national committee tomorrow will receive invitations from several cities bid ding for their .1924 conclave,, sub ject to the final choice of the full national committee, which meet here December 11. Political gos sip bubbled today in hotel lobbies. conferences between Republican national committeemen and other leaders from several states, there being wide discussion of the pros pects of President Coolidge. Sen ators Johnson of California and La Follette of Wisconsin, former Governor Lowden of Illinois and others mentioned . in connection with the presidential nomination Discussion ' of president prospects appeared to take almost equa rank with the business which, had brought the Republican leaders here, the initial work toward the choosing of a convention city." ' Five cities are seeking. the 192 Republican meeting - Chicago Cleveland, Denver, Des Moines and San Francisco. Representatives of each will present invitations and their claims tomorrow before the national sub-committee. Republican leaders here expect the national convention to be held in June. June 2 or 9 were ten tatlve dates discussed today, with sentiment apparently favoring the m w ow HAS FALL OPEN N6 ' BRITISH HOLD IIP SI fPomcare Awaits Action of Others Before Opposing Crown Prince PARIS. Nov. 14. (By the As sociated Press). The apparent hesitation of the British govern ment to give its ambassador at Paris, the Marquis of Crewe, de finite instructions is holding up the decision of the ambassadors' council on the return of the form er crown prince to Germany, it is held in French official circles. M. Poincare, it is said,, is await ing the British, decision on the subject because it was London that raised .the question in the first place and in his talks with Lord Crewe the French premier agreed to leave the initiative in this matter to the British.' s.M Poincare is more anxious re garding the protection of the inter-allied mission for military control in Germany lhan concern ing the crown prince, ut announc es his readiness to join with Creat Britain in any action that government may propose. COMMISSION WILL STUDY WHEAT RATE Preliminary Hearing Will Be Given November 26 in Washington WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The tariff committee has decided to Investigate the import duties on wheat. A thorough study of the whole question of wheat rates, it announced today, has been or dered and a nreliminary hearing will be held November 26. t Th commission's machinery is to be set- in motion in advance of the first public hearing, com mittee of its agricultural experts and representatives of the depart ment of agriculture beginning Im mediately the assembling of in formation as to whether the pres ent tariff duty of thirty cents t bushel is adequate to protect the interest) of the producers in this country.' The commlfcsion's problem is In the dcterminatirn of whether the 50 cent duty, carried by imported wheat, offsets the difference 'in production costs here and in Can ada. It has been generally. con ceded 'the Canadian farmers can put their wheat on the market at a lower cost, but the exact, differ ential must be determined by the 1 MAIL CARRIERS TO COUNT PIGS FOR OFFIClAtS Baby-Weighing Not Enough tion Will Be Taken WASHINGTON. Nov. 14 Inlad- dition to., their regular duties. which range from weighing babies i to administering first aid, rfral mail carriers have been given ithe job of. counting the pigs in Ithe United States again next year. I u ne carriers have counted tkem before and they did such a good job and the department of agri culture found the figures so valu able that Postmaster General New has ordered another census of ithe whole swine population to sWw how many pigs will be readyj for tne market next spring and sum mer. i Postmasters are being supplied with questionnaire cards designed to show not only the numbers of pigs on farms, but also the nhim her which will be kept through out the winter, as well as j the amount of field, corn and other stock, food raised on the individual farms for feeding them 12 Boys Join Silverton Hi Y Club Just Organized xne Hi-r club at Silverton was reorganized for this year byjEd win Socolofsky last night. Harold A., Reed is the leader and the boys will' meet every Wednesday night for a program of basketball,! de bates and Bible study. The charter members are 'aul Blazer, president; Amos Benson, vice president; Burton Murrlney, secretary; KHel Ellis, treasurer; Ellison Bristol, Reynold HJbbs, Justus Linn, Burns Gflkejson, Earl Starr, Dwight Kircher, James Linn and John Riches. 4 The Junior Y club at Silverton is composed ot freshmen boys bnly and has 15 members.- , T. E. McCorskey accompanied Mr. Socolofsky to various sc&ools in the -county yesterday making talks on the subject of the fBoy and His Dad." He spoke at Hub- hard. Woodburn, Gervais and! Jef ferson. New Issue of Treasury Certificates Announced . WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-f Sec retary Mellon announced to-night a new offering of treasury savings certificates, designed aishe Issue of November 1, 1923,', succeeding the issue of December 1, 922, and maturing, in five years, f The new Qirering wm oe placed on sale the date of the issue and sales of last year's offering on the kanie date will be discontinued simul taneously. The new offering will carry maturity denominations of $25, $100 and $1000 as hava pre vious issues and will be offered BIG LIB ORDER RECEIVED IN STATE Pacific 'CoastWill Be Given Order for Japanese ; ; Government PORTLAND, Nov. 14. An or der for 100,000,000 feet of lum ber to be shipped during the next few months from Pacific coast ports has. been placed with the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Ex portation company by the Japan ese ambassador at Washington, D. C. While exact figures were not given out. it is understood th'e deal represents about $3,000,000 This was announced today by Ralph H. Burnside, president of the Willa pa Lumber company and vice president of th a Douglas FIi Exploitation and Exportation com pany. It is understood the lumber is for use of the Japanese' govern ment in connection with its part In rconstruction work following the recent fire and earthquake disas ter. . '- ' Big Salaries of Motion :. Picture Stars Problem HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Nov. 14. (By The- Associated Press.) Sal aries of leading, or feature motion picture players who are not under contract, that have skyrocketed in the past two years from a range between $100 and $1200 a week to from $1000 to $3500 a week present one of the stiffest prob lems in the current reorganization of the industry to a firm business basis according to-heads of pro duction here.' Room For More Entrants in the Orecn Statesman's Big Competition M ORE competitors wanted Statesman's Field: There will be no losers in -the competition, commission prizes for .those who do not win one of the automobiles or the other costly awards. The list of active competitors in, the Oregon Statesman's Big. Prize Competition Is far from dull More rustlers are needed in every section ot the field covered by the Oregon Stales man ' . "Prizes of real worth are offered In exchange for ambition, energy,, preseverance and determination, and there is an oppor tunity offered to every live man. woman or child to win an elegant New Champion Overland; a swell Chevrolet Touring car or any of the other costly prizes offered by The Oregon Statesman absolutely free. Competition open, to all. Why don't you enter this frea for all competition and Carry off one of the big prizes? Why wish you owned an automobile when you can get one free if you will make the effort to secure one. The days of wishes and fancies have passed.. This is1 an age of individual effort. Unless, you keep this fact in mind you are more than likely. 1 3 be left behind in the race tor fame and fortune. ; Send in nomination now. Clip out the nomination blank, which. will be found on the regular competition page in this issue. Send it to the Automobile Competition Editor, Oregca Statesman, with your name and address1 filled in, "and begin aggressive race for one of the Oregon Statesman's big prize . Don't let a little timidity or feeling of false pride cause yea t lose out on a valuable prize. . . ' : . TAXRftTlOS OF COUOTIES CUT nu nrnnini DI UrribliiLO Taxable Value of Property Hot as Great Percenter 3 of Full Cash Value as Last Year UTILITY VALUATIONS MAY JUMP $4O,000,CC3 r ' ' , . Levy Is Not to Be Announce J By Commission Until Next Month ; Aishi completed the : county tat ratios, for tbe ; year. .19 2 3.' The ? ratios represent the "per cent c: taxable to full cash value of prc; - erty generally In eacii county, r ; determined by the state tax com mission. VNearly r all ratios aro lower than last year. Although Earl Fisher, state tar commissioner, has not yet tabu lated the valuations for the year 1923. upon which the 1924 tax will be based, he said that tha valuations of the public utility corporations probably will show ari increase of approximately $40,- 000,000. The valuations of prop erty not under the control of ti state tax commission, as fixed ty the county assessors,' probably wilt be approximately - $15,000,000 i. excess of last year. , ; This does not mean, however. that there will, be any material increase In the taxes to be paid : -the year 1924, as the levy, whicl. is announced in December, may 1 - lower than that based on the val a tions for the year 192$. The county ratios, as fixed I J the state" tax: commission for tl i year 1923, compared with the: j for the year 1922, follow: Ratio Rat' 1923' 19: . 72 7G j 61 5' .' 44-; 4: 80 - 82 75 7 t' 1 . 61 J. ' .' 54 67 ' . 80 SC . 50 55 68 77 87 9 0 67 C 59 - 6 i , . 63 . 61 6S . 67 63 . 66 6S . 71 1Z . 66 . 54 57 . 86 . lu53 ' t- 5 4 " ' ' Z '2 58 . C " . .57 -e- 45, 47 5 . SI - 86 J 69. 74 . 77 -S3 . 62 5 72 70 ... 48 CI .. 74 - 75 57 3 Baker .. Benton ... Clackamas . Clatsop Columbia . . Coos . . . . Crook . . : Curry .... Deschutes . Douglas '. . . Gilliam . . Grant . .' . . . Harney ... Hood River Jackson. . Jefferson Josephine . Klamath . . Lake . .... Lane , .". . . Lincoln . ... Linn . . Ma)heur Marlon ...... . Morrow '. ... ., Multnomah . . Polk, Sherman . Tillamook Umatilla . Union Wallowa . . . .". . . Wasco . . .. . ... Washington Wheeler .... Yamhill .... .. : DALLAS. Tex.," Nor. 14. (I , The Associate Press) The resig nations of Bishops Henry D. Ave:, of Mexico an Henrr St. Geor: 3 Tucker of Tokio, Japan, were ac cepted by the bouse of bishops cf the Protestant Episcopal churi In the United States in special ses sion here late today.-. . in every section of the Oregou .(ConU.myj! pa ar? 91 commission. . - - - . - t $20; $$$ and $800.