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TWENTY PAGES TODAY SECTION ONE Pages I to 8 t ; i i SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, ? SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1923 pales: mm crrnj ,'i LLOYD GEORGE IDilSOUITH . FIGHT US DOE BULLET CRASHES ITO STAT2 : MWOT;-OFFIGES;S 1 1 Ft LiM 101 SOLON i i V 1 2 Tw'd Former Premiers of - England, Sea! Reconcilia tionBy Speaking From Same Campaign Platform SORRY EVER PARTED . IS WELSHMAN'S REPLY Baldwin's Foreign Policy Is ; Object of Attack By War Premier at Glasgow LONDON. Nor. 24. (By The Associated Press.) -What from the Englishman's Tlewpoint was the most arresting feature of the (Present s election campaign,; thus far, occurred tonight when a pub lic formal reconciliation between .Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George, after , about seren years estrangement, was staged at Pals ley, where the ' two ; former pre- mien, to every accompaniment of liberal enthusiasm, appeared to speak tn the same platform In Mr. ' Asqaith'a constituency. : Premier Baldwin, It was re . ; marked by. those present, could scarcely hare foreseen what but a few months ago seemed, such as . , Improbable event when he decided . to dissolve parliament and appeal to the country. The town hall, which was the scene of the meet- tngs, holds, 3000 persons, but ful 1 ly 10,000 struggled for admission. i - In introducing the speakers', the chairman said . the marriage of - the Liberal party had been cele ' brated in London, but the honey : moon was to be spent in Scotland. ?! Asquftb Impatient ; 2LIr.' Asqutth, rising to his feet . spoke rather briefly, . remarking that he shared to the full the Im patience of hi s constituents in awaiting Mr, Lloyd George ad- ;- dress. : ''' . !' v - -.f M - "In the presence oft my . right : honorable friend and colleague," ; he : added, "I may say. that - bis : presence here is conclusive and sincere evidence that we all are . one," , ' - ,:s j;. : . Mr. Lloyd George, replying af- tor, a storm of -cheers and the . singing of "For he's a Jolly good fellow said: ' "It's been deep and sincere grief to me that we erer separated.. It ; is k real and sincere joy to me to find ourselves on the same Plat te form and side by side in the same ; battle' ; r - . The remainder; of his .speech , constituted an attack upon the protectionist policy of the govern ! ment.. ' Baldwin's Policy Attacked , ilr. Lloyd George had spoken ; earlier in , the day at Glasgow, ' making his theme a severe attack on Premier Baldwin's foreign pol- icy and a repetition of his stric tures against the premier for his share in funding the debt to Am . erica. This, he characterized as a "foolish settlement.'' Insinuating '.that Mr, Baldwin had been bluff- ed by the Americans. This question of the funding of -the debt-Js becoming a favorite ..." subject for Mr. Baldwin's oppon-i-ents, who elaborate on the theme ;-; th through it the ;British Ux payer Is paying the American's . income tax, this being a reference ! to the report of the probable re duction in the amount of that tax j In the United sutes. u . f : the end of the first week of - electioneering finds the liberal and labor parties. If anything, less - confident, while the conservatives are much more .optimistic over the4r 'chanew than they: were on ' entering the campaign. This ' change of feeling is . due to the now acknowledged fact that there . Is not the slightest chance of any agreement between the free trade . parties, liberal and labor, for the allocation of seats to avoid split ' votes and a three-corner contest, i .Jl ' Ovti-tuiTH Made Ul, " The Liberal organizers made a number of tentative overtures tor -' a concordat, which have all been (Continued from page 3 '? j- -ft s... -r-.. THE WEATHER s OREGON Generally fair Sunday; moderate ( westerly winds. j LOCAL WEATHER ' v (Saturday) ' . '. ; Maximum temperature 58. 'J Minimum-temperature 47. niver O.i, risint'.' ? Hainfall .08. A wis?? xnan once said, ..tThe best history, of a nation .is the biography of its great men In a similar spirit we say, The best J accotmt of a successful community is an ac- couht of the doings of its active men." ; i In every state there are coterie of nien wha work unselfishly for the public good; they give of their time and en ergies to advance their state.' v These inen are real empire such we will mention first, Walter M. Pierce, Governor of OregorJ. . Walter M.' Pierce was born Morris; Illinois, May 30, 1861. His early education was very limited. a country! school a few months in the year and for a short time at Morris, Illinois, but he spent much of his time working on his father's ranch. He has always been a ereat reader, hdwever, and during in the day when he was not ranch he was usually to be found reading any books that was his good fortune Couple Testify That They Received Money for Act ing as an Informer VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 24. After a 6rlef second cross exam ination of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones, who previously test if fed in court that they were Involved in the smuggling of narcotics from Japanese steamships, the royal, commission. Inquiring into the al- legations that the Canadian Royal mounted police were , criminally concerned In the trafficking of narcotics adjourned "until Tues- day. ! "i - Three mounted policemen of the government Bve; been convicted li a provincial court on a charge of handling narcotics. i - r ) During t the - erosa A examination today, Jones admitted, the court declared, that be had received' $600 from; a mounted policeman for acting' as. an Informer. : 5'Tne I raternal ' vsit ot members of a" Vancouver lodge to their brethren at Tacoma. Wash., was f used as a means to smuggle nine tins of narcotics across tbo border, according to testimony given dur ing the morning session of the court by John Henderson. He al so, was said . to have given other testimon concerning- th,e alleged delivery of drugs "by. a longshore-' man, a sergeant of the Canadian Royal Mounted police and anotner member of the mounted police". " Mrs. Idaho Barrett, the first witness on the stand this morning, informed the court of several al- OF lliiSEl DOPE WALTER M. PIERCE Governor of Oregon to be found a builders of on a farm near He attended the few hours laboring on the to obtain. Cottage Grove Sawmill Sold to Washington Men EUGENE, Or., Nov. 24. H. N. Anderson, S. "31, Anderson and B. F. Johnson of Aberdeen, Wash-, and W.' II. Abel of Montesaoo. Wash., today completed a deal for the purchase of the J. H. - Cham bers sawmill at Cottage Grove," 20 miles Into the timber in the .Cas cade mountains. A .million dol lars is said to be the consideration in the deal. The" new owners an nounced that they wil greatly In crease the capacity of the mill.' me Drains ii Corn Show Next Year Will " Surpass Successful Event. v k Just Closed : : . ' MBij;ger and 4etter than ver r;ext yearV ls ihe slogan : which has been adopted by those ; who,, exhibited at f the "second annual corn show which dosed last night at1 the Salem armory. The five communities which exhibited this year have given assurance f that they will be back text year, each bent on taking Tirst', prized but plans have been made fof bring-ing-- Inother, communities.- It. la noped',. to . have - at least . IP com munity exhibits, next year and those whictr have partially agrted to exhibit are Woodburn, I St. Paul, Stayton and-Mt. AngeUi;k 3 - The attendance for tlie three days was estimated conservatively at 50fr0 by Harry Plant, custodian of , the armory who ties had rriacli experience.-in handling crbwda lu that building. Yesterday as:th'? biggest dar6T""aII - wilh crowds Early in life he came to Oregon where he worked on farms, finally obtained his own! He was a school superintendent, Studied law later attended the Northwestern Law School and theii practiced in the city of Pendleton, Oregon. tH e later became one of the largest cattle and wheat growers in Oregon, Since 1898, he has been more or less prom inent in? Oregon politics. : He was elected county school superintendent twice, twice to the state senate, was once defeated for the United States senatorship and once "for gov ernor before his election to governor of Ore gon on November 2, 1922. He has been twice married. His first wife was Clara R. Kudio, married in 1887 and who died in 1890.' He married her sister, Laura M. Rudio in 1893. He has six children; one of them bys the former wife and five by his present wife. , His favorite sports are reading history and horseback riding, if reading history is a sport. MUST BE III Third, and Fourth Class Dis tricts Must Vote After Commission Acts " School districts of the third and fourth class must vote on the bud get for 1924 after, it is passed upon by the- county tax commission, ac cording to an opinion of I. H. Van Winkle, J attorney! general ; This means that: every seheol 'district in the county outside ofSalern and Silverton will have to hold an 'elec tion before the budget will 'be in cluded on. the tax roll. Nearly every district in the county ribs held; an . elect ioii to vote the' school budget' and orte district has held two elections, but these- have been ruled aft unavail ing by . the attorney general, i . . ; Since. : the people 4 voted the school taxes. it was at first thonfiht that the school budget was flbt subject to the approval of the tax commission. Early In the fall, af ter nearly all Of th school dis tricts: had.' held their elections, Curry county asked for the opinion of, the attorney general which was that school .districts did not come under the- supervision of the tax commission. tf'r...;i!..,,.f,j.,'. -:ti ' .... .', Mrs. Mary. Pulkerson,! county superintendent ' of. schools for Marlon, had been in formed,, that a ruling , nan Dcen made by Mr. Van Winkle that another.; election was not necessary and she went to tbe tax commission to tell ; the picmberf ; as much. While, ' they objected, to -being ,'cpnylnced Mrs. yuJJcorsoh. bad almost accomplish ed t.be, trick, when Deputy ,County Superintendent .Mrs.- Cora Reid, HCc-tlnned on pa3 6 " - - Cummins May Relinquish Either Committee Position or President Pro-Tempore of Senate CURTIS CONSIDERED FOR NEW PRESIDENT Moses of New Hampshire Also Mentioned for Pre siding Officer WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Sena tor Cumnains, of Iowa, , president pro tempore of the senate and chairman of the senate' interstate commerce . committee, will relinq uish One of ' these places. ' He Is considering which It shall be, and is expected to communicate his de cision to Republican leaders early next week.' '-. .! V: ' Some of Senator Cummins' close friends rather, expect him to de cide to retain the chairmanship of the Interstate commerce commit tee,' which he has held' for a num ber of years. Railroad legislation1 is one of the. more important is sues facing the' new congress,' and they believe his service'in framing and directing such legislation on the floor will be of great value. La Follette In Line Should Mr. Cummins relinquish the chairmanship. Senator La Fob lette of Wisconsin, a leader for the Republican-, progressive group, would be next in line for the chair manship nnder the age-old senior ity rule. While efforts may be made to break this role, some of the majority leaders say frankly this ' would 1 not be possible if thd Democrats insisted on Its observ ance.'. If Senator Cummins withdraws as a candidate t6 succeed himself as the presiding officer of the sen ate, the field will be open at the senate Republican conference' to be held next Saturday. Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican whip,: and Senator Moses Of New .Hampshire are among those suggested; fqr the place. Senator Capper of Kansas, Chairman of the farm bloc, came out openly today in favor of Sena tor Cummins. I As there is no vice president, the senator elected president pro tem pore, will be entitled to the vice president's salary of $12,000 per annum, as against the $7,500 he normally receives, and also will receive other perquisites of the of fice, including the. use of an auto mobile, -i; ; : Senator ii Cummins has made known to some of his friends his desire to hold both ef his, present places, and there Is precedent for this. It ts understood, however, that some of his advisers have told him of ,a growing sentiment against selecting one man for the two offices and that he practically (Continued on page 5) TWO MORE BIG mm AUTO Diamond Rings Valued at $85 Each From Hartman's, WiU Be Given Away For Two Weeks' Effort--Cohte4lanls Vho Turn in Most Money Have Chance Start Now. The Contest Manager has de cided to give away two more valu able special prizes in the next two V weeks. These special prises will be vln the shape of Christmas presents by the Statesman and will be Diamond Rings, valued at $85 each.' These prizes will be awarded to two contestants in the contest who tufa fn the most money ,on subscriptions, ' starting November 26 and ending Decem ber 8, at 9 p, m. , 1 1 will give one diamond ring to' the contestant living in' the city, of: Salem who secures: the most money? on sub scriptions between these dates. 'Also to the contestant liv ing outsMe vt the city tf Salem who secuces the most jn subscrip tions during; the next two weeks. Every one starts even for " these two4jpeciaiIprizcs.fTlie"BpcciaI y Soldiers' Monument Fund of the Salem War Mothers Is on Its Way Tag day for the proposed sol diers' monument was observed all over Marion county yesterday, un der the auspices of the American Warf Mothers; - ;v Something" near $500 was se cured in Salem. The reports are not all in, so the definite amount cannot be given. None of the re ports . from - the other towns re- yet In.v As soon as the reports are all in a full account will be published. Want It Creditable There Is a friendly feeling all over Marion county towards "the project .lor a r monument. The following letter from P. A. Bell, postmaster at .Sublimity, to the chairman of ihe tag day commit tee of the War Mothers, is an indi cation of how the people of the outside towns feel: "Dear Madam: In conferring with members of several fraternal societies, there will be a good con tribution from here,, if thef names of the boys be , inscribed on your proposed memorial. We feel that Salem as the capital of Oregon, and the first state in percentage of enlisted boys should have some thing better than any other eoun ty, or even state in the.. union,". r WHl-Keep' Ii oinr - The War Mothers expect to keep up the work of raising the monu ment fund. " They have not yet itfade up their minds as to the full amount that ' should be raised. Suggestions will be in .order when the project is further along. Also, suggestions will be in order for methods of securing funds. It is not -unlikely that another tag day will be held before Jong; ; and at a time when not so '. many of the workers from Salem and the other outside cities and towns are likely to be away from hornet as so many of them were . yesterday, at Eu gene and other places. Speaking for Salem only, the amount raised could have been more than doubl ed, with "good workers enough to cover the whole city and its su burbs. Those who did work were faith ful -and they 'were a tired bunch last night. - , THOMPSON CANDIDATE QUINCYV in.. Xov. 24. -Judge Floyd JE. Thomps'dn of the Illinois supreme court will be a candidate for president of the United States on the Democratic ticket, accord ing, to" word. received; from1 here today. ' ' '' '"" PRIZES 10 -states vote contest prize contest is open to everybody in the contest. Any ond can en ter the contest this Week and work for these two special prizes if they so desire. This does not Interfere in any way In winning the grand priie at, the end of the contest. ' i , , ,.L:L.. Remember that the' votes secur ed this week 'count on the .regular prizes at the.-ndjot the contest! The amount of money turned in by the two, winning candidates will .not, be announced . uhtil the end of the contest. However, the names of the wo winners will be l Published on i Tuesday . following. jroBBiDiy m very iew uouarj turn ed in on lutoncriptioHs tbe r next two weeks fwll. win, Qpe pt tthese special 'prizes. It Is worth the (CctIti"05.pas9 .3) Windows Shattered by Missile Fifcin Gtin Ac , cidentally Dropped by Georce C He; tcr ci Residence on Summer Street Led, Rc ful, Hastens to Ascertain Damage. ,7 Mrs. L. A, Kezar, chief stenographer in the secretary c state's office, had left her chair for a moment to go to cr. -of the vaults, else she would have been struck by a bullet iliat crashed through a plate glass window of the state departmcrt a few minutes after 4 o'clock yesterday , afternoon. Ilr . Harry Hutton, another stenographer, had started to v.- . across the office and had not: reached the line? of the IS . , but was showered with bits of glass. r Fred Lutz, chiif . ner of the state grounds, wasn't quite tall - enough, cr 1 : would have been hit. He heard the bullet .whistle over h:z head as he was at work just outside the state house. The bullet came from a .45-calibre- automatic- in the J. P. Frizzell house, 248 North Summer street, nearly 1C0 ynrds away, when George C. Hester, Jr., 17 years old, sccidc-.tilly dropped the weapon on a table, as he explained later. He is a high school student and Jives (house. ! - JUDGE COKE WILL ill Annual Memorial Services of Salem Lodge to Be Held Sunday, Dec. 2 Judge John S. Coke, formerly of tha circuit bench at Marshfield, now United SUtea district attor ney in Portland., will deliver the memorial, address at the annual memorial services of. Salem,; lodge No. 336, F.-O: Elks, on Sunday, December :2.X;T-r--':i- George . Griffith,' vice command er of the Oregon department of the American legion, and retiring com mander, of Salem post; of the le gion, .will give the eulogy. The usual musical and ritualistic ser vices have been arranged.' ' ; Seventeen - members of Salem lodge, a larger number than ever. before in a year's time have passed away, since the lodge of sorrow of last December. ' They are Charlea O. KPpper.iT. E. Caufield. W. H, vvelch; W. J. Irwin; O. C. Jerman, L.- D. Percival, George E. Halvor- senr; Frank M. Brown,- O. E. Un- ruh, George O'Brien, John Kirk; J. J. Bottger, ; Percy Streyffeler, M. ti. Hunt, H. G. Meyer. A. N. Gil bert, and George L. Rose. : 4 i The program will be as follows: Funeral march .... :. . Chopin . Elk'a Orchestra.' , Ritualistic ceremonies :.. . . . . . . Lodge, off icers.iH h; Invocation ...;. . t . ....... -- -Rev. W. C.'Kaatner7in 5 O, Dry Those Tears f DelRlego jars. Mauie arisn 'Hinges; Mrs. Prank Zinn, piano, accompan ist; Miss Mary Schoettle, violin accompanist. . ; Address ........ . Hon. John S, Koke. ' : The Holy City. ... .S.-Adams Elk's Orchestra. Nearer My God to Thee. . .... - - Elk's chorus. , , Eulogy ......... .V. ....... ; Brc. George P. Griffith. Crossing the Bar.,. . . . ... Poyntz Mrs. Hallie Parish Hinges. -Closing ritualistic ceremonies Lodge Officers. Benediction . . . . . . . Chaplin Bro. Robin D. Day. March, "The Ambassador" .... ......... . . . ..... E, Bagley . Elk' Orchestra. Kardorff Gives Up Task Of Forming flew Cabinet BERLIN, Nov.' 24. (By The Associated Press) -Herr von Kar dorff , was selected by President Ebert this afternoon to undertake the task of forming a newGerman ministry to take the place of the ousted Stresemahn ministry. i He appeared willing to undertake tbe work, but the German -nationalists refused: to. cooperate with him. Thereupon he tried to form a coal ition from among the' Socialists and German peoples party, but the Germa n peoples' party declined to cooperate with Socialists. JIerr von-Kardorff .was there fore obliged to renounce the task of cabinet making and withdraw. -Throughout -the day there were conferences among the various ar ties, and among the possibilities for. the chancellorship consulted by President Ebert was the na tionalist leader, Dr. Hergt. i It -waa later reported that Dr. Hergt had expressed to the pres ident his willingness to form a catlact.;..; ' :.; -y B EU 8 M with his family in tne trizzL.i The bullet bored a neat hole i l the north window of the state de partment's Quarters, entering tl 3 reception room which is. adjacent ta the corridor. The inlssUe l 3 shattered ; a heavy glass wisd ruard at-the base- of the window, passed across the room and bore : another round hole; through t! glass partition between th!j roc: . and the office of ,C. N. Laustrif , deputy; secretary of statfe., ( Il r. Laughrige was away from tie or flee and bis chair a moment t -fore had been occupied by . Mr . Keaar. - Glancing on. a cablset tl bullet passed : directly over tL . chair she had occupied, iht ranged' in ; a straight Rne alo: . the passage-way -in - front of t! rage windows of the auditing 8 automobile departments, ctc. . a closet, the ' door of - whk 'a t opejot;!: plunged, aaiiist, the ndi'droppedTto-the-floor - -iii not been a Saturday- aftcrn with a lull in state business, a: , by chance no applicants the. motor, department windo- , ddubtless 'someone' would ha , j been ; injured." , (Confusion reigned. Jn the t -partment, but in a very t: ! time young. Hester, frighten I and breathless, - hastened into t j Office and -admUted that the t -let was fr6m his gun. He feat I that someone had been Injur: , and deeply re -retted the accide . He inquired If the Tolice ha"d t ; i informed, and' expressed a v. .... ingfiess to go to police headrju ters and explain. Officers Vict r and White were called and rate? an investigation. Hester -was r. I arrested, but It la probable tJut his gun will be confiscated. . Secretary of State Kozer ws s in Eugene, but examined the da m age after his return last night. Hester has a, good reputatl ., and one of his schoolmates wl:3 is employed at the state depiii ment spoke highly of him. Wisconsin Man Choice 1 - - Of Progressive E! WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. T! 3 progressive bloc among Repul.I cans In the hoase todayreitera : 1 their intention of supportTftsr -resentative Cooper of WIscor. for speaker, in opposition to r. resentative Gillette of Massacitj setts, while every indication t :,3 given that Representative Ldr worth of Ohio and Graham of I: I nois would go Ihto the Reputlk-2 conference next Saturday as c: . didates for. leader. During the coming week tha progressives who claim control cf about 20 votes, expect to cM conferences to draft their demarJ's fn definite language. They t s announced their Intention of f '; Ing to block the re-election of : r. Gillette unless they are given ts cogaitipn in committee asrlri ments sufficient in their opl2f-a to Insure consideration of thiir legislative proposals and are t n sured that the rules of the horns will be "liberalized." Thus far the group, which made up mainly of Wisconsin rc resentatlves, has interested I'. only in the speakership as a n; of obtaining concessions and I taken no stand, as a unit, in t leadership fight. 1 On tbe other hand, the surr " ers of Mr: Graham are devci, themselves solely to the ad vat ment of hisr candidacy. Many them have announced their ir tion of Toting for Mr. Gillette r speaker. - is TREATT SIGNED . SOFIANoY.. 24. A rt tion treaty between 1 t'