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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MokNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1923
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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vision Is Included
A traffic ordinance with
provision for 60 minute park
ing within congested j business
districts between the hours of
9 a.m. and 6 p. m. excepting
Sunday was passed last night
by the city council. It will be
effective when signed by the
mayor.
. The district included in the
restricted - parking area in
cludes Commercial street
from the north side pf Ferry
to the north side of Cheme
keta i Liberty street from the
north , side of State to the
south side of Court street ;
State street from the east
. side 'of" Commercial: to the
'west side of High street, and
Court ; streetrfrbm ' the east
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The traffic ordinance, which
. was drafted by City Attorney Ray
Smith, includes the provisions of
all previous ; traffic - ordinances
and in addition provides the re
stricted time for parking, prohi
biting double parking except, for
fire minutes when passengers or
merchandise Is being unloaded,
no cars permitted parked within
the fire limits' after 1 o'clock in
the morning, providing; that all
cars' parked on streets outside the
fire limits and 200 feet irom a
street light have rear lights
burning at all times, and an anti
Jay walking clause.
Former Bill Illegal
The ordinance as originally
drawn provided, for safety zones
at the principal points where pas
sengers are taken on the street
ears with -the right for automo
biles to pass these safety zones
while a street car was taking;, on
or discharging -passengers. " The
attorney general ruled that ' since
thl provision would Increase the
risk and not reduce It, it would
be unlawful. : i:
The council went into a com
mittee of the ' whole when the
traffic ordinance came up for the
third and final reading and voted
out safety zones section, and after
lengthy discussion added : the
amendment providing for jthe re7
strlcted time of parking and rear
lights on cars narked all night
without the tire district, i ,
Alderman Ralph Thompson pre
sided during the committee meet
ing and made the report hack to
the council. . ! -
; Paving Costs Fixed ' .
Improvement assessments Hwere
voted for the paving of South
Sixteenth-street from Ferry street j
to Mill street, estimated cost'
16149.48; the alley In block 82 !
extending from the north' line of
Chemeketa street to the south
line 1 of Center street, estimated
cost $1412.22; South Fifteenth
from the south line of State street
t6 the north line of Trade street,
estimated 'cost $5582.63; and
Bouth Sixteenth from Mill to
Bellevue street, estimated cost
$3014.83.
Although recommended, by the
(Continued on page 7)'
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Cloudy Tuesday,
moderate southwesterly
winds.
LOCAL WEATHER
:' : ( ,1: (Monday
Maximum temperature. 53.
Minimum temperature, 34.
River. .J'.falling...
Rainfall. .04 inch.
Atmosphere, cloudy
Wind, southwest.
CROKER WINS
WILL CONTEST
! IN NEW YORK
':: j 5
Suit for $160,000 Sustained
His Case in Dublin Against
Widow Dismissed
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. A ver
dict in favor of Richard Croker,
Jr., was returned today after 30
minutes) deliberation by the jury
which heard the action he brought
to -contest the will of his father,
the late Tammany leader, which
left the estate to his widow, Mrs,
Bula Croker. ,
Mr. Croker sued for $160,000
which he averred his father agreed
to divided share tor share between
to atviaea snare for sha
isffafer, Ethel, and 1
Howard'; conditional
his brother,
Richard's
fsmtdfng to Howard his share in
thee$tate of thehr mother.
SPECIAL OFFICERS
Law To Be Enforced Against
Reckless" Drivers This
! Week-end
Speeding and reckless driving
between' points on the Pacific
highway and 'Eugene this week
end for the home-coming at the
University of Oregon and the
u. or u.-UAt; football game next
Saturday is absolutely not going
to- be tolerated. T. A. Raffetv.
chief, state traffic inspector, de
clared, yesterday. Special officers
wil)e,on.-duty along the, high
way and all motorists must keeo
strictly within the law. with prob
acy a considerable marein in the
law's favor. '
"Football - traffic." deoldres
Raffety,"is the worst problem the
state traffic department has. Per
sons who become 'hoDoed ud over
a iootball game are about the most
dangerous people we have on the
roads, and. it becomes necessary
to apply the law strictly In. order
to prevent the loss of life by traf
fic accidents. -
"Another thing that has to be
taken into consideration is the
weather at this time of year. Or
dinarily the pavement is wet and
slick and there Is a possibility of
fog, all ; of which contributes to
the danger of heavy highway traf
fic." i
GBCD AW MEN
ARE EIIEBTJINED
Sons and Daughters of Vet
erans Celebrate Gettys
burg Address Day
Joshult Smith Camn. Son of
Veterans, assisled by their auxili
ary and the' local Tent of Daugh
ters of Veterans, entertained the
GAR post at McCornick hall Mon
day evening, th e anniversary of
Lincoln s Gettysburg address.
It was Veterans' day. the dav
when all over Uhis country the
GAR ia honored in ' some ' special
manner by the Sons of Veterans.
A snort program was given and
was followed by entertainine stor
ies of the great struggle of 1861-
55 by many of the veterans Dres-
ent after which refreshments
were served and a delightful so
cial time was enjoyed. . J
Mrs. Anna C. Gans Dies
At Her Home In Salem
; ; . .
Mr. Anna C. Gans for the past
30 years a resident of Salem, died
at her home at 1030 Hood street.
November 17. The funeral will
take place at Rlgdon's undertak
ing parlors at 2:30. o'clock Tues
day, November 20.
- Mrs. Gans, whose maiden name
was Anna C. Llewellyn, was born
February 23. 1845. ; in Pennsyl
vania. She was married January
25, 186 to GeorgerC. Gans. The
surviving children are George G.
Gans. Jr. of Oakland, Calif., Mrs.
Fred Lockley of Portland. Mrs.
Arthur Gale of Bandon, Oregon,
Bonnie Cans of Salem and Airs.
Thomaf i Mouatain p Zillah, Wnj
FDR UECONB
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COAST STATES
ARE VICTORS
IN ALIEN CASE
Authority Sufficient To Pre
vent Japanese From Own
ing or Controlling Land,
Says Supreme Court
CROPPING CONTRACTS
ARE HIT IS OPINION
Nothing Found In Existing
Treaties To Give Unwar
warranted Privileges
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. The
Pacific coast states won a com
plete victory in the Supreme court
today in their efforts to prevent
Japanese from acquiring any con
trol over or interest in agricul
tural lands.
Having a week ago sustained
the validity of the alien land laws
under which aliens ineligible to
citizenship were prohibted ; from
ownng . or leasing agricultural
land, the court today otok the fi
nal step to make such legislation
completely effective by holding
that in the . construction of such
laws the intention of the , states
must be carefully considered and
that any transaction which would
have the effect in any reasonable
time contingency ; of giving such
aliens any. control over agricult
url ; lands, equivalent to . owner
ship and leasing must be con
strued as prohibited.
Cropping Contracts Attacked
' In testing out the alien land
laws of California and Washing
ton attacks were directed not only
through proposed lesses, as in the
two cases decided last week, but
also through "cropping" contracts
and attempts by. ineligible aliens
to acquire stock in companies au
thorized to buy and sell agricult
ural lands, i ' ,
When confronted with a con
tract which J. J. O'Brien proposed
to make with J. Inouye, a Japan
ese, under which the latter was to
cultivate agricultural land in
Santa Clara county, . California,
and divide crops with the owner
of the land, the federal district
court for Northern California
could find nothing in the arrange
ment contrary , to the alien land
laws. The same court, however,
when Raymond I Frick proposed
to cell to N. Satow stock in' a cor
poration formed to own and deal
in agricultural lands, decided that,
the ownership of the stock by an
ineligible alien was prohibited.
Both cases were appealed to the
supreme court.
Justice Butler Explains
Notwithstanding the fact that
the provision in the contract
which O'Brien proposed to make
would reserve to him ownership
of the land and would give the in
eligible alien no interest whatever
la it. Justice Butler, in delivering
the opinion of the court, stated
ts practcal result would be to give
the ineligible alien the use, con
trol and benefit of the land for
agricultural purposes substantial
ly similar to that he would obtain
under a lease. 1 Jf such contracts
were permitted, he said, the pop
ulation living on farming lands
might be made up largely of in
eligible aliens. ; ; - '
"We think it within the power
of the state," Justice i Butler an
nounced, j"to deny to ineligible
aliens tha -privilege so to use agri
cultural lands . within its bor
ders." ; 7 ; -
While constitutional and treaty
questions as bearing upon the
case were considered, nothing
was found by the court. Justice
Butler stated, to narrow the con
struction of the effect of the alien
land laws. . ; . :
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State Power Sufficient
-In a short decision by Justice
Butler the court re-announced in
the Frick case that a state had the
pdwer to deny to ineligible aliens
permission to own, lease, use or
have the-" benefit of lands within
its borders" for agricultural pur
pdses.The state having the-power
to prohibit .he said, "it may adopt
such measures as are reasonably
appropriate or needful to render
exercise, of -that Powff eKecUrV
REPORT SOMEWHAT
EXAGGERATED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.
A report picked up -by ra
dio fans shortly after mid
night to the effect r that
Chief Justice Taft was dead,
started newspaper telephones
ringing and sen reporters
scurrying out Wyoming ave
nue to the Taft residepce.
"So far as I know," Bald
the chief justice sleepily,
from a window, "'the report
is without foundation."
Then he went back to bed.
POMU HAVE
SE
250,000 Hens is Goal Set by
Oregon and Washing
ton Producers
The circuit court room at the
Marion county court house was
well filled last night by poltry-
men of the Salem district to listen
to the addresses of R. S. Durkee,
of - Battleground, Wash., president
of the Pacific Cooperative Poultry
Producers association of Portland,
and Manager E. J. Dixon, of Port
land.
A. L. Lindbeck of Salem. Ore.,
one of the directors of the asso
ciation, presided over the meeting
and introduced the speakers.
, President Durkee was the first
speaker and be gave an interest
ing review of the operations of
the association, especially . the
egg marketing end . of it and
showed conclusively that coopera
tive marketing is the only solu
tion of the producers marketing
problems. The handling of any
product in large quantities is al
ways advantageous to the produc
ers, he said, and cited for examples
the operations of Swift & Co., Ar
mour and others. The one prob
lem in successful cooperative mar
keting associations, he declared,
is to get a man or men at : the
head of them who know how and
where to get the business for; the
members and. then go out and get
it. The Oregon association is con
sidered fortunate in having such
a man in Manager Dixon., ' 1
President Durkee reminded the
old members present that their
contracts with the association ex
pire December 31, that a new
five year contract bad been pro
vided or new clauses to replace
some objectionable sections of the
old contract, one in particular be
ing a provision that any member
signing this new five-year con
tract may withdraw in January of
any year by giving the board of
directors notice of such a desire
on his part in September previous.
Therefore, the new five-year con
tract in reality is only binding for
one year at a time.
All old members were urged to
sign the new contract and to use
their influence to get their 'neigh-!
boit who are engaged in the poul
try business to become members
of this state association.
New members are required to
pay a $3 membership fee and sub
scribe for $10 wofth of stock for
each 100 hens owned by the ap
plicant for membership, it being
provided that each poultryman to
become eligible to membership
must have a flock of at least 200
producing hens. ' :
, Manager Dixon was next intro
duced and he spoke very plainly
in regard to. association affairs,
declaring that, unless a member
ship representing 250,000 hens
was signed up the association
could not continue; to function, but
must cease to exist as a marketing
organization.' ; .
He read and explained the new
five-year contract section by sec
tion 'and answered many ques
tions concerning it. He also pre
sented the last financial state
ment of the " association which
showed that its financial affairs
are in a much better condition
than one year agol He stated that
the Idaho branch had given no
tice of its decision to withdraw
from the associattn at the close of
the year to establish a similar as
sociation of its own. and , that H
was absolutely necessary to sign
up 250,000, hens in ' the ; Oregon
and southwest Washington dis
tricts 16 overcome this loss arid
keep the association from falling
down. : He said the product pf a
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SPIRITED
i
TY TO
L
Progressive or Farmer-La-bor
Element Will Have
Convention May 30, Lead-
ers Decide
SPECIAL PRIVILEGE IS
TARGET OF. CAMPAIGN
Control of Natural Resourc
es. Public Railroad Own
ership, Planks
. CHICAGO, Nor, 19. (By The
Associated Press) - A national
convention 'ot progressive politi
cal organizations to nominate can
didates . for president and - vice
president in the name of the Pro
gressive party, Farmer-Labor
party or such other name as pro
gressive voters may have estab
lished in various states, will be
held in St. Paul or Minneapolis
next May 30, progressive leaders
meeting here to v launch a third
party decided tonight.
, The convention, according to
the resolution providing for its
calling, will have as its, keynote
the abolition of special privilege:
Special privilege was defined as
"the unjust economic advantage
by possession of which a small
group controls our natural re
sources, transportation, industry
and' credit, stifles competition,
prevents opportunity ot develop
ment for all and thus dictates the
conditions under which we live."
Principles Listed
The resolutions pledged support
to any condidates endorsing the
party principles ia writing and in
vited all progressives and pro
gressive organization to join in
the movement!
Among the principles for which
the progressives will stand and
endorsed in the resolutions were
the following:
Proposed control of natural re
sources by taxation of all land
values, including land containing
coal, oil, gas, mineral deposist,
large water power and large com
mercial timber tracts "in 'order to
prevent monopoly and speculation,
to aid industry and to force idle
lands into use."
Public ownership of railroads,
canals and pipe lines, Including
distributing and terminal facili
ties tnd all necessary means of
transportation in order .to give the
same service to all users."
Government Banking Favored '
' Governmental banking, by which
the government would enter the
banking business, reserving the
sole right to issue currency and
determine the amount to be is
sued, and establish a sufficient
number of banks 'to meet .the
needs of the people through which
borrowing facilities with ' gov
ernmental, regulation might be
available to air citizens requiring
capital for "productive enter
prises." . .
Equal rights, economic, legal
and political for all citizens, and
all civil rights.' including free
speech, ' free press and peacable
assembly, as guaranteed by the
constitution.
The conference also endorsed
the platform of a progressive meet
ing held in St. Paul last week and
confirmed . the selection by .Chi
cago conferees of J. A. H. Hop
kins of the committee of 48 and
Dorr H. Carroll of North Dakota,
as official representatives o( the
organizations composing the Chi
cago conference on the , national
committee. '
Cooperate - With Congressmen
This committee is charged with
calling the national convention.
The conference also -concurred 'in
the resolutions , the St. Panl conr
ference urging support in South
Dakota and elsewhere of the,, ef
forts' of established farmer-labor
party organizations, who.se econo
mic aims .are the game In "prefer
ence i to givrng-Tsupport to either
o the old party organizations." !
3RD
HAVE NATIOi
CANDIDATES UP
MUSICIANS
FOR BLIGH
KILLED I ACCIDENT
Two members of the Metropolitan . Players, a dramatic
company of 12 people due to play at the Bligh theatre last
night, were killed and four others injured in an automobile
accident three miKes north ' of Vancouver, Wash., Monday
afternoon. All of the accident victims were members jof the
prcnesira wmcn was included
Tl, l,;nj rri
iiiuei; ivuieu we iurs. xMurence xnpy aim cri. ocxi wciu-
furter. - "''-'-'VI :i " "Vv-Ly '
l The injured were Miss Eloise Harlie, leg broken; Andres
Schweinfurter, cut about head ;. Jack Schweinf urter and Ben
Claman, minor injuries. Miss Harlie was taken to a hos
pital in Vancouver. ' . ; ; J . ' :
Billy Tripp, driver of the car, escaped with slight bruises.
The car came from Centralia. Tripp said the hill was slip
pery where the car left the road. When he reached for his
emergency brake, this didn't hold. - The car skidded part
way down Burnt creek hill and through the rail. Then it
rolled over and over for 100 feet.
Wet pavement is thought to have, caused the accident,
the car skidding as it came down the grade toward Burnt
Bridge creek. ... - --. :'V
All the occupants of the car were thrown out, and the
two who were killed were crushed by the car as it rolled oyer
them down the hill. . '
W. R. Clamani father of B.: Claman, one of the injured
players, arrived ; here early yesterday afternoon with the
baggage of the troupe. While' here he was informed of the
accident, and though he did not know: of its seriousness, he
returned. Another motor car with, more members of the
troupe was on its way here at the same time, but turned
back upon hearing of the accident. The baggage and para
phernalia of the,company is now at the Bligh theatre, Ben
jamin I. Claman,' brie of the injured men who is in a hospital
at Vancouver, is a member bf the Salem Elks lodge.
EDUCATION WEEK
IWIPBESS
Oregon ranks third of all the
states in the' Union in the' matter
of literacy, according to a recent
bulletin of the National Educa
tion association and in regard to
five educational measurements of
the Russell-Sage foundation, to
determine the educational 'effi
ciency of . the different states,
places second. These facts are
of additional interest at this time
because of the National Education
week now being observed through
out the country.
In addition to these official re
ports, the Salem Woman's club
has completed a chart showing the
position occupied by the state in
the educational world. ,
This chart shows that Oregon
ranked first under the intelligence
tests given enlisted men in the
late war; f irsjt, in percentage 'of
school population fn daily attend
ance; second, in percentage 'of
students attending high schools;
second, in' an investigation' based
on circulation of ten -leading
magazines ,tq determine reading
interest of different "t states, and
first for the percentage of stu
dents attending institutions of
higher learning. in instances
where the state ranged second.
California was found to be in first
place. .
The program for education
week, November .18 to 24, fol
lowsr Sunday, "For God andi
Country; ' Monday. , "American i
Constitution Day;" Tuesday, "Pa-1
triotism Day;" Wednesday,!
"School and Teacher Day;
Thursday, "Illiteracy Day:' Fri
day, "Community Day;" Saturday,
"Physical Education Day."
Bible School Program -To
Be Friday Evening
The closing, program for the
fall term of the "Week Day Bible
school will be held Friday eve
ning at 7:30 in the First Christian
church. The pupils from the sev
en schools will take part and the
program will be in the form of
demonstration lessons in regular
class- work.
Mrs. John O. Humphries is in
charge of the program and she
will be assisted by the other teach
ers. Eleanor v. right, a pupu from
the sixth grade, will preside at the
program. Mor ethan 500 pupils
will take part. ' -
. Paul Wallace will speak at the
program Friday evening but; aside
from hfs-talk the rest of the pro
gram, will be .entirely in charge of
the pupils pt the Bible school
BILLED
TMEATRE
in tne company. t
m - j Ti fr-tt rL
WASHINGTON TO
BEGIN ACTION
AGAINST JAPS
More Than 1,000 Near Seattle
Illegally Holding Lands
Under Lease
SEATTLE, Nov: 19. r- More
than 1,000 Japanese residing In
King county will face civil and
criminal proceedings as the re
sult of .the United States supreme
court decision today holding that
"cropping" contracts with aliens
to be .Illegal, declared Deputy
Prosecutor Ewing : D. Colvin to
night, v ": ''"'-' '-
Colvin stated, that he was un
able to estimate the total . num
ber of Japanese-within the state
who will face eviction but assert
ed that the large Japanese farm
colonies in the Yakinla valley aad
other sections of the state will
be affected ' by the; decision.- :" ; -;
: "We have the names ofvlrtual
ly every Japanese llleglltef; hold
ing. or leasing land in Klhlicoun
t'y and prosecutions against every
one, including white land owners
who. have defied the land law.
are in the-course of preparation,"
Colvin said. "There are more than
1,000 cases-of Illegal leasing re
ceiving our attention." " -
E
IS
H, Will Riley, Agent For
Candy Company, Victim
of Wet. Pavement
Wet pavement, claimed another
victim last night when H. Will
Riley, salesman; for the Henry
Ross & Sons candy company, Port
land, skidded on the S-curve" near
the state dairy on the Turner road
about ? o'clock and ended up in
the Deaconess hospital. He was
unconscious for more than two
hours after the accident. '
Riley, was. driving alone and
coming toward Salem and evident
ly dki not see the sharp turn until
too late. When he 'applied the.
brakes the automobile skidded
completely around and then turn
ed over, throwing -Riley from the
car. He suffered bruises around
the left shoulder, side and neck
in addition to the blow that ren
dered him unconscious. His con
dition is believed to be serious. .
An identification card showing
his' membership in the Eugene
Elks'- lodge resulted in a notice ot
the accident being telegraphed to
Eugene in an 'effort- to locate his
family. 1 While in Salem Mr. Riley
a sues$ at the Marios
ME MAN
HURT 11
bOiniRIS
OUSTED FROu
HIGH: OFFICE
Most Charges Against We!
ton Upheld by State Sen
ate Court of Impsachmcn:
Yesterday
EXCEPTIONS EfITE":3
OU. EXECUTiVZG c:
bribery Fal!s:to I!:!J r
Death Penty h II:: j
v Not Abrcs-icd
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla..
19. (By The Associated Press.
Governor J. C. Walton was re-
moved -rom office today by &
nuanimous rote of the state sen
ate cour of impeachment on tLa
first article of .the impeachment
bill submitted in the verdict. The
vote ' which wa a on the charra
that the executive hadbused his
pardon and parole authority, wai
41. to 0 for conviction.
A yerdict of gallty was return
ed also on article 2, charging t-3
executive with placing his person
al ; chauffeur on the state health
department payroll. , The six sen
ators voted for acquittal on this
charge. '
i Other Charges Sustained ,
A; member, of Governor .Wsl!-
to"nY"counselrwho reentered the
senate chamber when the roll call
on the yerdict was stated entered
exceptions to , the , vote on boti,
.counts. The governor had not re
presented since he withdrew front
the trial Saturday. s
The charge that the" governor;
padded the state pay-roll was
sustained 38 to 3. 'The defensa
offered exceptions.
The vote on article chargic
the dispersal of a grand Jury was
39 to i for conviction.
1 Governor Walton was acquit
ted of the charge o f corruption
In connection-with thepurchasa
of his residence here. The rota
was 23 for conviction and 18
against, which was less, than the
two-thirds majority needed for
conviction. v .
' Bribery Falls to Hold
Ha also waa acquitted of the
of the charge of bribery contain
ed in article 5. v The vote was 23
for conviction and 14 against two
less than the necessary two-thirds.
' ,'The court voted 40 to 1 to cos
victtthe executive on, the chars 3
that he suspended the writ of ha
beas corpus during the. period cf
martial law In Oklahoma.
Article 15, charging the exe
cutive with Issuing a deficiency
certificate for II 0,0 00 for the
state 'health department when no
deficiency existed, was' sustained
37 to 4. ;'
The charge that the executive
had Issued a $4,000 deficiency cer
tificate for a state negro orphans
home under the same conditions
was also sustained. The vote was
40 to 1.
4 i . Police Charge Falls
.The governor was convicted of
obstructing the special October 2
state election by a vote Of 37 to 3.
Governor Walton was acquitted
of the "charge that he had abro
gated the death penalty, by a vote
o- 11 1 for conviction, and 30 for
acquittal. . This was the first time
a majority had voted in his favor.
. Governor Walton was acquitted
of the charge that he Illegally
named large numbers of Irrespon
sible persons as special state po
lice. The vote- was 24 for to 17.
against. It was during consider
ation of this charge that the ex
ecutive quit ' the trial Saturday,
declaring he was not receivics
fair treatment,-
Rehabilitation Before
. Bonus Is Legion Pc'J
ALBUQUERQUE, N. ,M., Nov
lS.-Desplte the recurrent agiti
tion over the question of a na-'
Clonal .bonus for 'former servica
men .that phase of the national
activity comes second with the
American Legion according to
Commander "John R. Qujnn, who
waa ia this city, this morning' c .
hit way home to Los AnSelea fro-i
-meeting of the legislative cot -
mil tee of the lesion In Icdiuz