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V 32 Pages Today Section One Telegraph Sport 3 Local Classified Ads f -i SE VENTY-THIRD YEAR. - SALEM, . OREGON. SUNDAY .1 DECEMBER 9, 1923 i mm T u MORNING, ....-.r-.. . .. " ',.. ...... .v. "i v. i: -PRICE FTVX! CI I?T3 ftf V I j j m fnJ u- -vy J MJ ''1 -J v-! VJ U IjjIjXj U UUiJIJVJ liDLl LI. if il U'uUj 'vyi-'-ij : . . ' ' i . - - T " n : . , , , , : , " ' "T" : : 1 , 1 : - v ' . t ! r , v i.j i i : ! s t I-. A - t A 4 ! 54 i f : ! a I- 1 i t 4 i ; r (i J i - - I : " . I- I" i M "... I 4 I 1MIJE0 !ilf GRIDIRON President ; and Other High Government Officials En ; Joy-Skit 'Pilgrims of 1924' . at Banquet HEAP BAD IHDtAfJ IS .SEnATOR HI JOHNSON Magnus Johnson's Talk No ; Worse Than Others Who . Talk To Slemp WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. With rfsident Coolldg as it principal Knest,' the Gridiron chib "of Wash inston correspondents at its win ter dinner ' tonight drew up on New: En t land as the. setting for Its pleasantries and quips. - JThe Pilgrims of 1924 were pictured laying plans to repel the onslaught of Senator Hiram John son of California, and of others as a-"hostile" tribe of Indians. The usual array of notable in official and business life sat about the tables and e,njoyed the fan. President Coolidge'a two sons John and CalTln were present, as were 10 sons of form er presidents. Twenty liring sons of former presidents were inyited, but only half were able to attend. Those who did come were Abra ham Garfield of Clereland, Irrin McDowell Garfield of Boston, Dr. Harry A. Garfield, James R- Gar field of Clereland, Theodore. ; Archibald -atod-KrmIt1l6oeeTalt of New York, Charles and Robert Taft of Cincinnati and Richard Cleveland of Boston.' : . " Xot Afraid of Slagmu i 5 1 The Pilgrim skit was the piece de resistance of the eTening. In the background was a riew of the i (Continued on page 2) Vlll STORE Purchaser Will Move in Early j oprmg oeuer vvui ' Announcement of the purchase of the Valiton Shoe store by John J. Rottle, owner of the Walk-Over Shoe store, 167 North Commer cial, was made Saturday morning. Mr.' Rottle expects to be in his new location early in the spring, probably by March "1. . The open ing of the new store wfifbe in the nature -of an -anniversary, for Mr. Rottle first " located 'in Salem : a yeaf 'ago last April, taking brer the bankrupt stock of the Bootery. Mn Rottle also 'announced that the new atore 'Would be modern ia every1 respect and plans to make It one of the best equipped shoe stores in the northwest. He will dispose of ' his present stock ' and thaf of his -pTeeedessor, stocking bis pew store with the same' line of goods that be handles at pres ent, featurfng Walk-Over: shoes for' men and women and Fashion Plate ' for 1 ladies dress and party wear-' -l- - . " " " r In his new location Mr. Rottle -will hare two entrances to his store, "one 'n Liberty and , the other od State. ''"'' f Mr.' Valiton, It "is understood, contemplates embarking In ' the bankisg business.' ' r- ;: THE . WEATHER ' OREGON: Pair. LOCAL.. WEATHER - , (Saturday) Maximum temperature 46. Minimum temperature, 34. River, 12. , . . . Rainfall. .04. - ' Atmosphere, cloudy. ' , iWlnd, southwest. nOTTLE BUYS ! ffVv ft Coo;) f?EM5tS 1U6U x-OfS" :j 1 School - . r- j ) 'Service with efficiency and economy, is at once the religion and the politics of Sam A. Koier. Ore gon's secretary of state. As far. as service goes, Sam Kozer has won recognition in some, 4 S states of the -Union, also a territory or so. In .other words, he has i, national reputation, And as for economy.:and efficiency of admintstrntion there is yet to; be registered against , his department 'the first complaint from Old Man Oregon. H;iwi-"j : " Kozer has a way of taking the public Into his . confidence, so that it isn't necessary to await his what Isoing on in the state department. Several f!"?" a.'8torla lB tho ?!"ce L Dunbar, times each month sUtements are ..n finai.i a tics of this or that division of the Secretary Koxer's business policy to the. off ice he occupies, for by virtue of his posi tion he is a member of the state board of control where he has avote on what shall be done at. the various state institutions. Also ihe is a member of the land board, the tax commission, the budget commission and various other boards where he is politlcarappointment, that of auditing clerk in the ruled by the same i policy. When he seea n way BlBlw uiamwiw . - In which money can be saved he doesn't hesitate This position gave Mr. Kozer a valuable knowl- to call the public's attention to it. . For example, edge of state affairs. When F. W. Benson suc- Just before the last legislature met he discovered ceeded to the office of secretary of state he ap- several sources of state expense .that could be pointed Mr. Kozer his chief clerk, a position he eliminated, and suggested to the these should be lopped off. With of his suggestions were adopted, "Was the quarter-mill road tax." As new budget commission that operated for the first time just before the 1923 session. Mr. Kozer helped to pare the estimates of state expenses to a point abont a million dollars below the original estimstes of the department heads. ' . Mr. Kozer has been in the' service of the state of Oregon for. about a quarter of a century. nd has the distinction of having been Oregon's first insurance commissioner and its first deputy secre tary of state. ' ' Both appointments were earned by his previous connection with other public positions. ' Sam .Kozer is ; a native of Pennsylvania Wt Hill, to bet exact where he was born October 19, 1871. .'He got his early education In the public schools at Steelton, Pa., and was graduated In 1888 when he was 16. While a student he sold newspapers , on the streets to help , pay his way through school. After his graduation he began to look toward a business' career, but didn't balk at taking his Initiation through, the grill of manual : labor, so for 18 -months did manual labor in the foundry of '! II.. ' l I ' ' " ' " " ISMS, BEST OF 111 Entire ? New - Vote Schedule -Announced in Statesman Great .Contest By the Contest Editor i The race tor the special prizes is over,' and: the winners, will be announced in ; Tuesday morning's paper. . However, both ' the dia monds' will i be won by very little effort. A great many of the con testants seemed to . have gone to seed last week, : Even one yearly subscription f would have . changed the tone of the entire list. Many of the contestants who were lead ing the start of last week for the general prizes at the end of the contest, slacked up in their efforts last week. Wfr do not know whe ther, this was through bverconfi dence" or ' just : natural v lazTness. AByhdw. many of them, have Host their leading positions simply be r( Continued on pae 8) BUILDERS OF OREGON SAM A. KOZER ; jOn February.!. passed out to the 17 TTv.- 7va inere f,8"1 . J"en?" n.ri-r:ttiu ship that hassexisted W the present day. Tor six department. isn't confined uary 9. 1899; law-makers that one exception all " The exception a member of the to needed insurance legislation and was instrunlen tal in having several laws enscted that placed the department on a high plane of efficiency. - Mr. Kozer Aeld that office until he was appointed deputy secretary of state by Ben W. Olcott, who had been appointed secretary of state by Governor. Oswald West to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank rW. Benson. For several months after Mr. Olcott became gov ernor at the death of Governor Withycombe, prac tically the full responsibility of the state ' depart ment rested upon Mr. Kozer, and after the primary election of May, 1920, in which Kozer was the successful candidate for the Republican nomination -for secretary ;cf state. Governor Olcott appointed him to the secretaryship, to serve until his succes sor should be elected and qualified. This succes sor was Mr Kozer himself, for he was elected 'in November. 1920., Mr. r Kozer was married in 1S96 to Miss Nannie Belchec of Astoria. They re active ' socially . In Salem. v ! ' - -i ' : - ' Union High Schoot Plan Discussed in SHverton SILVERTON, Or., DetfJ 8. (Special to The Statesman) An interesting meeting of the Parent Teacher association .was held Fri day afternoon at the assembly hall of the Silverton high school. ; j Mrs. Helen Wrightman gave a report of the state convention held at Roseburg a short, time ago to which she was a delegate. Super intendent R. Goets spoke on the need of a union high -school at Siiverton, stressing the "facts that unless .the crowded r conditions at the 'Siiverton high school were re lieved that the school could 1 not keep up to standard and that one third of 'the high school enroll ment was from out-lying districts. Other numbers on . the program were-V piano solo T f . Miss Mar garet .Wells ; and soUg by the pupils of the Eugene Field build lng t -j j x , ::'!'-;. V The health clinic to be held at the SHverton library next Monday and Tuesday was discussed. ; The Siiverton doctors and nurses assist fa tne-eifnte;"- the big 'steel plant of the Pennsylrania Steel com pany at Steelton. Then he was promoted to a place in the company's chemical laboratory. - But the opportunity that was the turning point in his career came, and young Kozer accepted it. This was a chance to come west, which he did in June. 1190. landing at Gearhart Park on the wave jthrashed coast of Oregon. , First he worked on a little farm that lay over against the sea. 'and 'then helped build the Gearhart hotel. ? " r ri H 1SS0, Mr.-Koser took a Td1er1c4ti years he was employed in various' county 'offices and also in the office of the Astoria Abstract, Title & Trust company. On April 1, 1897, he became bookkeeper for Ros'Hlgglns A 'Co., the largest 'mer cantile firm In Astoria. In the meantime Mr. Dunbar was elected secretary of state, and on Jan came to Salem to accept his first held irom January I, 1907, to March 1, 1909, when Mr. treason, who had now become ex-offlcio gover ' nor ' of 1 the state.'- appointed him insurance com. miesioner. In this office he gave much attention ''J lit Speaker of House r Makes Format Statement of Can-: didacy forlSenate - PORTLAND, Ore:, Dec. 8. K. K. Knbli of Portland tonight an nounced his candidacy fdr the Re publican nomination . .for United States senator in the primaries tp be held next. May. Three Other candidates already had made their announcements for this 'nomina tion. Chafiel L. Mcary,' incum bent; " George L. " Baker, 'maybrt of Pbrtland, ; and ; C. N. : McArth'ur. former representative la congress from the third Oregon; (Portland); district. On 'the Democratic side three candidates tor the 'senatorial nomination, are! in the field.- Mil ton, A, . Miller. WHI R. Kig'and George Mansfield.. : 5 -. ; Kubli announced that be Witt make' his campaign primarily on the Issue of compulsory education Id the tinbllc sctroola. k b t; CES THHEftTEWEO Br 5ETJAT0RS Stacking of House Commit tees By Republican Lead- vers Bnnjs: open anreat From Wisconsin Man STAN FIELD MENTIONED T PLACE0r COMMITTEE Oregon Man is Among Those Suggested for finance ... position.- - WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.; An open threat of a fight on the floor -ot the senate against what was characterized as the,"stacking ot house committees "by ,tne Repub-j lican committee on ' committees' was made today by Representative, Ieispni- Visoonsin,. leader of ' the" Republican insurgents, who for two days, blocked the election of Speaker Gillett., ' V; . Failure of the insurgents'to ob tain' more places on ' the Import tant committees, led. to a forecast of another revolt against majority organization leaders... Mr. Nelson expressed surprise and indignation of the treatment, ,whicl he , said had) beipn !accorded his ' group . in the makeup of .the Republican committee . slates and said ; the fight would be, taken to the' house when the ; selections made by. the Republlcana 'were presented for ratification, , perhaps : Jate next Future Action Uncertaisi Republican Insurgents in the senate reiterated today that the eitent to which they would press a reorganization row In the sen ate WOuld be determined largely by haw they fared in committee assignments. Their, course of ac tion still is undecided pending an- nouncemeht of theresults of the work of majority committee on committees. This committee had two more sessions today, but members said its work was far from completed. Further sessions will be held to morrow with the, hope of having the whole slate completed in time for .action by the Republican party conference called for, Monday forenoon. The Democratic steer ing committee also will , continue its meetings tomorrow with a view to. having its committee assign ments ready for senate action Monday. , , Efforts to compose differences with respect to assignments to the three vacancies on the foreign re lations committee were unavail ing again today and - the commit tee turned, to assignments. for oth er" committees with tentative agreements reached in , several cases. i(.J . ... a Stanfkftd Mentioned , While there wjas no formal an- ( Continued on page 2) Strap; Used on Schoolbovs Guard's Aid White Issues Upon receiving -verification of reports that bdysat" the 'Oregon Military Institute, .near Hilisboro. are disciplined by4 means' of the strap, Adltitant Cfeneral George AJ White issued orders Saturday that military , equipment loaned .the school by the Oregon national guard be withdrawn. The Instruc tions were tssaed'to the state' prop er'ty 'officer. ' ' ' About 50 bbys iare enrdned at the school as boarders, it is said. and The repdrts "of 'corporal rpen ikhment Were t Investigated by the general staff of the adjutant gen eral and by 'Major James S. Gay of Portland. 1 inspector i general. he, institute , Is' conducted by H. ft. Johnson , o( HOlsboro,'1 $ Gram- rhar grades, are taught In conjunc tion ffh' the - ,pu,bTlc School : at HiUsboo. V 6e .Whipping charges, i( .is .saidr .were'substantiated by several of the boys at the schooL "No further non-emmissloned NAMES MIXED V MORRIS GETS BEDSIDE PHONE Two talent Doctors Have Sim-.- ilar Names, and . Results are Very Embarrassing re you - a. twin? ..Not .the or dinary twin but the kind who has a name bo much like yours that .folks are always ; getting you mixed? '. ' ' " ' I Is'decfdWly In?oiiveliIeftt es pecially when your double hap pens to be a popular physician on call and you are summoned out of bed to answer, the phone down stairs early 'in, the 'morning only to find its the dduble who is Want ed and 'not you. : : ', At ' least .Dr. Henry,' E.t Morris. local optician found it so disturb ing to his peace of mind and phy sical w.ell. being, to- bang against chairs three or four times a week fn reaching the phone only t6 find thit It whs Dr. W. B. fMorse, 'who was wanted, that he . installed a bed-side phone. Now, when . the bell rings In the wee small hours, he tufna over and says; Vlt's Dr W, : B. Morse, you want, his ,num ber is "and then goes back to sleep. -r-r'-, -. V jl So far as . has been heard. Dr. Morse has not complained j yet of having . been called upon to fur nish . homes ! for homeless ; kiddies whjch is recognized as the prerp- grative ' of ' Dr ; Henry B. Morris but perhaps If the popular physi cian and surgeon were telling the story he could tell of many. a tale of woe - which had been poured , in his ear in the firm belief that he was one Henry ."E. Morris who has fallen unsuspectingly and. " unei pectedly into the task of getting babies;, for childless ' homes . and homes for .homeless children. Also perhaps Dr. ; Morse hi heard niahy a ilea for Charity dur ing the last two years when Dr. Morris has been an oftleer.ot ;tbe .Associated Charities. Perhaps the busy surgeon" has already heard complaints on the' management of the Red ..Cross, j Perhaps, who knows? Anyway It is hard work being the twin of a busy surgeon and harder work, so Mrs. Morris says, being the wife of a twin to a busy, and popular physician and surgeon. ' t "Oh, by the war, I want a home for two girls, and 8 years old. They are sisters and their mother is dead. They are living with their grandmother who cannot take care of them. The girls are bright youngsters, I saw them to day." 1 It was Dr. Henry E. Morris speaking, and not over the tele phone. A. N. Pierce Gets Office iln Hotelmen Association PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 8. R. WJ Price.v manager of Crater Lke Lodge. Was elected president of the Oregon State Hotelmen's s- sociation at the dosing session of ihe annual convention here today. Other officers chosen were: G. O. Madison, Portland, first vice president; A. N. Pierce, Sa lem, second vice president; John Froom. Athena, third vice presi dent: F. W. Beach, Portland, sec retary; Glenn B. Hite, Portland, treasurer. 1 . Witiidrawn InsiaruM6ns officers will b'e!jentq Ifie school to assist in military instruction and the property officer will make immediate arrangements to secure from the school any equipment .that may have been loaned to the Commandant," said a statement by General White. I "We have in no way sponsored the sfiho6I and are In-no Way .'re sponsible for its conduct, but the commandant, Mr. Johnson, has se cured Instructors from time to time from the Portland armory. Whipping boys' af school.' dr any form of corporaVpnnishment be longs to the dark ages In .my opinion, and 8as' no7paee( in a modern school.. In . any event (he national guard will net aid or" In any way encourage any institu tion which resorts to such meth ods ' of maintaining discipline among children, no matter . how mild this, application of uthe whip mr have be'en,J CIEVEIM :..ll;uVUWl.uJli IM wmmm Convention City -to bfe Chosen byRejpubl'c' :i . . Committer During Admins Wecli !Eut;U; - ham Notifies Chicatjo That PresidcnVs Cl,!.- paign IVlanagersV CHICAGO, Dec; 8(By Associated PrSsi) DcMr that the. Coolidge campaign mahagement had "requested tL-t the 1924 Republican national convention be lield i Cevciar.d, Fred AV. Upham n a telegratn to the Chicago Hotels- - n's delegation that expected to go to Washington to contend fcr the convention next week, not to make the trip. - Mr. Upharrt, treasurer of the Republican national ccrrs mittee who ia in Washington, where a Meeting is, to be 1 ' J next week to determine the convention city,-ad vised the CI: i -cago Hotelmen's association "pot to waste tfes coniinj to t!.: committee Meeting as the Coolidge management his request ed Chicago to withdraw as they wish the convention hzld in Cleveland. - CIDER STORY IS ID Statesman Article 4s7chal- .-. lenged, and ; Further In quiry Is Made . ConsideraMe furore was caused yesterday by the Statesman? story that sweet cider has, been placed under ; the prohibition ban of the federal government unless ben- zoate of soda is placed in it to prevent fermentation. 'Several persons doubted the truth of the article and a further investigation was requested. This i I was -made and Indicates that the article ap pearing yesterday was correct. The first person who challenged the article, said that the, Oregon dry law allows the. making of noh intoxicating cider and requires no benzoate of soda. He is correct. However, the. new ' order Niomes, it ' is said, from Inspector Stipe, of the federal prohibition fofces In Portiand. The Statesman tried to get a , copy of the order," but was not successful. The next development came when information . was sought from a Salem man who manufac tures cider on a large scale. He said that benzoate of soda has been required for a long time and that be has always used It.' He added, however," that if a farmer brings him apples to be made into cider for the. farmer's ".use, he places no benzoate of soda in it. development ro. 3 showed up when the Statesman reporter who wrote the article reached his home at noon yesterday. ' A cider ven der who sells the innocent old drink from house to heuse In Sa lem had called at the reporter's home during the forenoon. His information, when ques tioned by Mrs. Reporter, was that be never had. put any; benzoate of soda into his cider and wasn't go ing to because, he couldn't sell It if he did.- Development ro. 4 came yes terday afternoon when a - man who manufacturers cider six miles out in the country dropped into the Statesman office and said -he was going to Portland to see what be done abont it. He had receiv ed the federal order.; " He never had used the: benzoate, he said, and objected to it because it spoils the taste. -- These were all additional infor mants to the one who gave the original information of the nrevl- ous day. , ,-, , , t ; Again Officers Find . D'Atrtremont Brothers YREKA, cal., Dec. g.Deputy sheriffs left ; Jiere ,today for Big Kear gulch'most remote and im penetrable section of Siskiyou county . to locate three alleged thieves, said ; to 1 .. resemble , the D'Autremonf brothers, .under In dictment for murder and robbery of s Southern Pacific train at Sis kiyou tunnel, north! of nef e. ' mm TTTi mm in. .i , . 4. jr.! j fie je.- - i ' ' i The break from Chicago will i mark the first time that tke "Re publicans had not met in the lik a city for 20 years. ; The. 1924 convention, city is t.o be definitely selected Jiere at a meeting of the national comcilttr. hext ; .Tuesday and VJell z..:-?. Chicago and Cleveland were t: leading contenders with ciLnr in vitations from Des lloiaes, fa ; Francisco and Los Angeles. ,1-Ianj llepubllcan committee member , however, 'had favored Chlcara c: Cleveland and the feeling v;:s -: ; to he 'general 'that wlti C." ' , 6ut of the race, CleveliiJ ,be a-t!mBt -certain winner. Mr:' Vpham. prior to his . nouncement tonight of Chica; i withdrawal, conferred with Pre -dent Coolidge and Secret, r Slemp at the ; White House . e I said upon leavihg the"Uhite IIou i that the president was maintain ing an impartial mind with ref , -ence to tha selection of, the cc ventlon city. He also saw Chair man Adams of the national cc. i mittee, and other prominent part -leaders. i Mr. Upham'a statemc . ; removing Chicago from the 1L : follows: ' Chicago Withdraws , ' "Greatly to my surprise I hat ! been advised today by the respon sible leaders of the administrat: - i thattit Is their belief that the cc -ventlon should go to Clevelar :. While I am deeply disappoiat: :, especially in view of the fact tl t I had secured the assurances t support of the - necessary nuisl -of members of the Republican t tional committee to insure the t -lection of Chicago as the convt -tion city, as a staunch party rr. i and friend of tbe administrat: . I shall yield to this request, wit -draw the Invitation 'of Chict i and ask that the selection c! Cleveland be made unanimous." Mr. Upham tonight advli Chicago hotel representatives wl - had planned to appear here befc. j the national committee next Tue day to urge Chicago's Invitatic .... that in view of the desire of a : ministration leaders for the sel. -tion of Cleveland he would wit h draw the Chicago Invitation at 1 It would be unnecessary for th to appear heref' During" the rdkf Representati vj Burtbn 6t Ohio, one of the lead; j In preeutiig the claims of Cleve land for-the cjonvefation, called tt the White 'lipase. and declare X v(Contfnued on page 8) - Jhifw67Pas Today SExfnON PAGE3 Telegraph - - - - i Page 1 fSports - - - - - Pagsf City-News ' - - - - Page S Classified Ads - Pass 7 Society - - - Page Evalina - - Page 2 - Churches - - Page 3 Editorial : - - - Page 4 Theatres " - - Page 5 Radio - - - - Pas a & fiook Reviews . - Page i : SEC THREE 8 PAGE3 Antombbiles Pages 1 to S SEC. FOUR 8 PAGES Rotogravure ' Theatre cti; 4 - : ;U