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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, ? SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1923
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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
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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
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Corn Show Next Year Will
" Surpass Successful Event.
v k Just Closed :
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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 " -
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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
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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
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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.
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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. -
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TREATT SIGNED
. SOFIANoY.. 24. A rt
tion treaty between 1 t'