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1 OUR ANNUAL ' ;' Watch for the announce ment of our Annual Edition. A Bigger and Better Annual than ever before. LET US HELP If you have an 'advertising problem; - telephone us--we'll gladly assist you. r - SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS I 7 r PILTRIEN HE DIB PRESIDENT State Association Formed at i Corvallis Prune Growers Propose Central Market ing Group UNIFORM TRADE MARK ONE OF DESIRED AIMS Support of McNary-Haugen s Bill for Relief of Wheat Farmers Endorsed i CORVALLIS. Or., Jan. 24. Organization of a state - poultry 's men'a association, a resolution fa voring a state wide organization , of prune growers and support of the McNary-Haugen bill for the relief of the wheat farmer are among the important proposals to . be presented to the general assem bly of, the agricultural economic conference tomorrow for consid eration and approval, The Oregon Poultrymen's asso ciation was -organized to further the poultry industry with the un derstanding that there is no se rious . Immediate danger of over ! prddoction. Grant P. Dimick of Oregon' City was elected president and ' H. E. ? Covey of ;'. the college extension service secretary-treasurer. ' . The prune growers favored the J organization of prune growers to ..; establish a uniform grade and pack, establish a uniform trade mark, effectively advertise the 1 product and to develop a central c Bales,' agency which will market : all prunes of existing organiza tions and other, 'organizations: to be formed. : : I ( ' The McNary-Haugen wheat ex- port bill was unanimously endors ed by the conference- on wheat marketing. ; -Vj. .'""' B 51 1 HI Denver Oil Operator Sends Cashier's Check to As. : sure Court ; ' LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. C- S Dines, Denver ' oil operator who ' was shot "and seriously -'wounded hero New Years night by Horace . A. Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Nor- inahd, motion picture actressto day posted $5,000 bond set yester day by Justice J. Walter Hanby at the request of District Attorney Asa Keyes to Insure the appear anco of the oily operator when Greer's preliminary hearing is re sumed next Wednesday. The bond was In the form of a cashier's check.. uuriuw uratnance 10 dc r : Enforced, Says Mayor ' - 'The Salem ciirfew ordinance will be enforced," said Mayor I. B. Gcisy(Iast night, "and my first instructions to Chief Minlo after '-lie took; over the, office the first of the year was to enforce U" A meeting of the police com mittee of the council was held last night' at . the city - hall, at which Mayor Glesy, City Attorney Smith and the police officers were in at- - tendance. While a number of matters pertaining, to the law en- forcemeat affairs of the city were - taken up, the curfew enforcement ' was the chief matter discussed. Ther curfew lawras brought to ' the attention of the city council at the meeting Monday night, and the ordinance , was read at that t time. 'Mr Glesy stated last night that Salem was the first to take up V the active enforcement of the cur few law ant that other towns, In cluding Portland, were following ': SUit. ' " " ' unci wLrtinux OREGON: Fair Friday; mod erate easterly winds. - i . " '. LOCAL. WEATHER ; . v , (Thursday) -; Maximum temperature 41. Minimum temperature 33, River 26 rising. Rain, nqne. Atmosphere, cloudy; . . Wind, southeast,- , - FALL RECEIVED LOAN OF $100,000 FROM E. L. DOHENY, CLAI California Oil Magnate Testifies That He Gave Former Secretary of Interior Money in Cash in Return for Personal Note More Than Year Before Lease Signed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Albert B. Fall, while secre tary of the interior, received a loan of $100,000 in cash on his personal note from E. L. Dohney, California oil magnate, Mr. Doheny testified today before the senate Teapot Dome investigating committee. The date of the loan was given as November 30, 1021, or more than a year before Secretary Fall signed the con tract leasing to Doheny interests, the California naval oil re serves of which committeemen reminded Mr. Doheny he has testified he expects to make a profit of $100,000,000. Mr. Doheny declared to the committee however, that the loan had "no relation to any of the subsequent transactions" that it was made by him "personally" and that "in connection with this loan there was no discussion between Mr. Fall and myself as to any contracts whatever." THURSDAY IN WASHINGTON E. L. Doheny, California oil op erator told the senate Teapot Dome ; commission ho loaned Al bert B. Fall $100,000 in November 1921. The senate voted to discharge its Qil lease investigating committee from consideration of the Caraway resolution to cancel the naval oil leases,' thus bringing the question to the floor for consideration. Administration officials began work on a proposal to form a banking syndicate to relieve north ern credit conditions, Orders were issued which will recall all American vessels in Mexican waters as a result of the abandonment of the proposed reb el blockade at Tampico. Govt-rnor Plnchot's coal bill was Introduced in the senate by Sena tor Borah, Republican, Idaho. v.. Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas, urged freight rate reduc tion of agricultural products In a senate speech. . Senator Cummins, Republican, Iowa, introduced a bill intended to carry out President Coolidge's recommendations on railroad con solidation. W. S. Hill of Mitchell, S. I)., was nominated as interior repre sentative on the shipping board and the names of Frederick I. Thompson of Mobile, Ala., and Bert K. Hancy of Portland, Or., were resubmitted as members of the board. Tax reduction was debated iu both house und senate. Douglas M'alloch Addresses Elks, Rotanans, Kiwan ians arid Lions I Douglas Malloch, connected with the Ellison-Whito- Chautau qua service, and who is known throughout the land as "the poet who makes living a Joy," enter tained the Elks. Rotarians, Kl- wanians and i Lions of Salem at the Elks hall last night. For the occasion the members of the three luncheon dubti oC the city were guests of the Elks, and the Mal loch lecture and recital followed the' regular lpdge meeting Mr. Mauoch's daily poems, syndicated by the McCiure News paper syndicate, it is said, reach 8,000000 persons daily. , , ilr.. Malloch i3 author, of five books, .the latest of which,., is "Come On Home," The lecture was entitled "Some Sinners 1 Hare Met," and was of the humorous, philosophical type. The lecturer read frequently from his poems, and , the lecture, was repJete; with .stories ; and. Jokes that; were well told and. for the POET HI in "The transactions themselves in the order in which they occur red," Mr. Doheny said, "dispose or any contention that they were influenced by my making a per sonal loan to a life long friend." The oil magnate testified that he had advanced the money to enable Mr. Fall to enlarge his New Mexico ranch holdings and that he had fully intended to col lect the loan if Mr. Fall's health remained good, and that, if neces sary, he had planned to employ the former secretary to look after his New Mexico holdings so as to enable him to repay the debt. Note Yet Unpaid Responding to questions on cross examination, Mr. Doheny said the note sent him by Mr. Fall was unpaid; that it bore no in terest rate and that no interest had been paid on it. He said he had drawn a check for the $100, 000 on a New York bank and that his son had taken the cash from New York to Washington, receiv ing in return the note, which he thought was in Mr. Fall's hand writing. The witness was unable to pro duce either the note or the check, although he said he had conducted a search for them before leaving Los Angeles. He declared they were lost and possibly were in New York. He was excused after three hours on the witness stand with the understanding that he would endeavor to find the- note and check for the committee. Mr. Doheny's testimony threw a bombshell into what already has developed into one of the most sensational investigations conduct cd by a congressional committee in recent years. In view of it, Mr. Fall will be questioned when he appears before the committee next Monday regarding his statement of December 27 to the committee in which he said: Statements Differ "It sfiould be needless for mo to say that in the purchase of the Harris ranch or in any other pur chase or expenditure I have never approached E. L. Doheny or any one connected with him or any of his corporations, nor have I ever received from either of said par ties one cent on account of any oil lease or upon any other ac count whatsoever." At the same time Mr. Fall de clared in his statement to the committee that he had obtained the $100,000 used iu enlarging his ranch from Edward B. Mc Lean, a Washington newspaper publisher. Mr. McLean telegraphed the committee from Florida to the same effect, but when examined at Palm Beach later by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, he testified he had given Mr. Fall checks for $100,000, but they had been returned to him un earned. I'm 11 in Washington Mr. Fall arrived in Washington late tonight from New Orleans He was to have been examined to morrow, but he telegraphed rho committee in advanco of his r rival that h's physical condUion could not permit of his appear ance at the time bet and tin com mittee agreed to defer his eiam ination until Mondy. Tomorrow, however, the com mittee will hear J. W. Zevely nersonal friend and counsel of Harry F. Sinclair, whose inter ests acquired the lease of th( naval oil reserve in Teapot dome Wyoming, which until today had been an outstanding point in'tho long investigation 'of naval oil re serve leases signed by the former interior secretary. Senate discussion of the leases will' be 'deferred until Monday, a. MUCH WANTED IN ARRIVES A T CAPITOL Albert S. Fall, Former Sec retary of Interior, Comes to Washington in Re sponds to Subpoena DECLINES TO DISCUSS DOHENY'S TESTIMONY Elaborate Precautions Taken to Avoid Newspaper Cor respondents at Depot W'ASIlINC.TON. Jan. 1. Al bert 15. Fall arrived here tonight from New Orleans in response to subpoena from the senate com mittee investigating naval oil re serves. Elaborate precautions were made to avoid newspaper correspondents and the former sec retary of the interior was whisked away from the station in an auto mobile. After his arrival at the home of W. Zevely, personal friends and counsel of Harry F. Sinclair, Mr. Fall said lie had no statement to make. Visits Zevely "I am a sick man," he said.' Mr. Fall declined to discuss the testimony of K. L. Doheny, Cali fornia oil magnate, who said he had loaned the former secretary $100,000 in cash on his personal note to enable him to enlarge his ranch holdings in New Mexico. The former interior secretary will appear before the committee Monday for questioning in regard to this testimony and that of other witnesses. Mr. Zevely accompanied Mr. Fall from New Orleans coming also In response to a committee subpoena He will be examined tomorrow. I'n usual precautions were tak en by Union station officials to have Mr. Fall avoid the crowds 3nd photographers. Extra guards were on duty at the gates in the main concourse, but this- proved an unnecessary arrangement since Mr. Fall and his party elected to leave the station from a lower street level and through a baggage and-express room. Mr. Zevely's automobile had been waiting outside the station and it was taken to the lower street level sometime after the train arrived. This enabled the former secre tary and Mr. Zevely to reach the automobile after only a short walk from the train. They were greet ed by Mrs. Zevely! Mr. Fall wore a heavy grey overcoat anL a black fedora and carried a light cane hooked over his arm. He walked without ap parent effort. Asked if he would remain a guest of Mr. Zevely while in Wash ington, Mr. Fall said he would merely upend the night there and then his physician would make other arrangements for him.' Chailos Overton Loses Out By 40 Votes in Special . Election NKWI'OKT. Or., .Ian. 2l.r Charles Overton, eity councilman. was recalled in a special recall election held here today by 10 votes and .Clarence, Lock wood ways elected to tak his place. L. C. bmith and Henry Stocker, under recall proceedings in the second ward, were retained in office. Smith was recalled but re-elected. Stocker won by a majority of five votes. 061 B. WATTS RELEASED! BONDS Stayton Postmaster Charged With Misappropriation of Postal Funds PORTLAND. Jan. 24. Kdgat P.. Watts, postmaster at Stayton, Or., was arrested today by Alex ander Davidson, deputy United States marshal, on an indictment charging misappropriation of the fund of the' postoffice, He was taken before the justice of the peace at Stayton and releas NEWPuRT COUNCIL MM CANADIAN IWW DEMAND RELEASE OF PRISONERS Lumber Strike Called By Them Demand U. S. War Prisoners Be Let Out , VICTORIA. B. C, Jan. 24. A serious situation exists owing to a lumberman's strike in the.; lum ber camps at East Kootenai region near here, it was expressed here today. As a result of the trouble Dep uty Minister of Labor J. 1). Mc Niven has left for points in that district. ' The strike was called last week by Industrial Workers of the World, who demanded official re cognition of their organization by employers, a minimum wage of $4 for an eight-hour day, and release of all classes of war prisoners in the United Stales. In order to justify tin's last de mand they contended that the ma jority of lumber concerns In the interior of Ilritish Columbia were controlled by Americans whose government they hold responsible for what they regard as a griev ance. Man Becomes Violently In sane on Board Ship in Vancouver, B, C. . VANCOUVER. B. C. Jan. 21. Two men are dead and four wounded, three seriously as a re sult of Li man Ben Babba, Maltese seaman, becoming violently insane aboard the ship Pilar de Larrin aga in the harbor here today. Ben Babba ended, the reign of terror aboard the vessel by slash ing his thro.at after he had been shot down by Detective Sergeant McLaughlin of the city police force. The dead are: Chief Officer Al exander James and Antonio Anno, seamen. Chief Officer James died shortly after being taken, off the ship by police officers, efffering from a knife wound over his heart. Arno died from a knife wound in the groin. Sam Ballas, seaman, was stabbed in the bacfy Antonio Flores, seaman, was also stabbed. and Leonard Matthews, the third of the four wounded men, was dis charged from the local hospital af ter treatment for a slight wound in his back. Hospital attendants declared that the condition of Ben Babba was serious. When Ben Babba became a rav ing' maniac. Chief Officer James rushed unarmed to the assistance of several seamen whom the in sane man hud cornered. He was fatally wounded before he could subdue the man. Help was ob tained from the local police de partment. Four detectives led by Sergeant , McLaughlin with a sawed off shotgun the others hay ing revolvers, rushed to the ship and ordered Ben Babba to sur render. Sergeant McLaughlin fired twice, the buckshot lodged in the maniac's legs. The police then made a rush .and overpowered him. Ben Babba, after failing to stab one of the detectives slashed his own throat with a knife. TO BE 1 EI ENE Conference' Event Will Be Held at University Field May 30 and 31 EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 21. The, Pacific coast conference track and field meet will be held at the Uni versity of Oregon again this year. according to announcement at the university today. At the recent conference ot marj agers", held in .Berkeley. CaW It was voted to hold the meet ,Ma ?0 and 31, and. since this wVll, bo the only opportunity fer coajt. ath letes to compete for positions on America's Olympic team, before the na'tional tryouts, starting June 15 at Boston, the confererlce auth orities voted to extend invitations to all institutions on thi coaet. In departing from' tnefr nsual conservative' plan. Jacks Boneficl, graduate manager hen, Bald that the conference managers were not only influenced by tbe fact that f here was a need for cioast ellmln atiou tryouts ort tHje-fjiynipic team, but also by -tit; fact that there was a ru-lajr Mitt lot track enthusiasm on the eoftuit which de served fostering.: Tfaiese Invlta tions wilt be sent to all the coast HE SEAMAN . KILLS TWO MEN coast T mm colleges and to scholia as far as L TO Report to Be Filed Says Panama Open to Air and Naval Attacks By Enemy Forces WEAKNESS OF CANAL IS DISCOVERED BY. FLEETS Ten Specific Things are Rec ommended in Report to Be Filed in Washington (By The Associated Frei) COLON, Canal Zone, Jan. 2. The Panama, canal at present is open to attack by aircraft bom bardment and raids fro menemy naval forces, according to the re port of the chief umpires of the recent joint maneuvers between the blue and black fleets of the American navy. The critique of the chief um pires, Admiral Coontz and Major General Hines, was completed to day and will be sept to the war and navy departments wit hrec ommendations. In the meantime, the umpires gave out the follow ing statement: "The object of the exercises were fully accomplished. The weakness of the canal defense was discovered. The co-oporatio'n be tween the army and navy and the canal authorities exceeded ex pectations. "The canal at present is open to attack by aircraft bombard ment and raids from enemy naval forces. 1 "The arrangements for the blue battle fleet, that is the defenders, or Pacific fleet that transited the canad for getting out and meeting the enemy were not per fect and recommendations on this score are made. . "It is recommended that the long range guns on the older bat tleships should have an increased elevation and the coast defense and shore garrison here should be increased. Isthmian and anti aircraft and local naval district forces should be maintained at greater strength. As far as the army garrison is concerned, longi tudinal and latitudinal roads are needed here." The umpires are recommend ing ten specific things for the army and navy at Washington The complete report in a confi dential statement to the army. navy and canal will be published FINAL FLASHES KANSAS CITY,' Mo., Jan. 24. The -state banking department lata today took control of the Guaran ty Trust Compaaiy of" Kansas City, a farm loan concern witha capital of $750,000. NEW YORK. Jan 24. An nouncement was md t tonight that Frank A. Muftsey. propietor of the New York Jlerald, the Sun and Globe, and the Evening Tele grain bad purchased the Evening Mail and would Consolidate it with tho Evening Telegram. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. The Bible, as book of reference may be plaoid upon the library shelves of i California schools " wijthout' offending the provisions of the stated constitution," accord ingito a decision handed down to day by the; supreme court. URESIS EN, Jan. 24. One per 5le son was Milled and 23 wero wound ed in fighting between unemployed and! Ums jKlice in the Chemnitz dis trict yesterday. BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Jan. 21. The former followers of Frah cIbco Villa have revolted and are now mobilized at Canutillo, Du rance, under he command of General Manuel Chao. HELENA. Mont.. Jan. 2 4. With only four votes in opposition on the third reading tonight, the lower house of the Montana legis lature sliced $t6,164 from the ap propriations for the Montana State hospital for the insane and $30, 563 from the appropriations for the Montana state prison for tho present biennlum. MUNICH. Bavaria. Jan. 24. Former Grand Duchess Marie of Luxemburg died today in Hohen burg castle at Lenggris, Bavaria. . . Grand Dwchess Marie abdicated in f avpr of - her , sister Charlptte, thft present grand dachess, In Januaryv 19b, and.toqk the. veil I OPEN T I M SOVIET RUSSIA TO BE RECOGNIZED BY LABOR Full Diplomatic Relations Will Be Instituted James O'Grady, Laborite m Partiament From Northeast Leeds Has Accepted' Offer of Ambassadorship to Russia. LONDON, Janl 24 .(By labor government is to institute full diplomatic relations with soviet Russia. It was learned tonight that James O'Grady, labor member of parliament for the southeast divi sion of Leeds has accepted an Russia. . FACES DISH Centralia Attorney Said to Be Member, of IWW Supreme Court to Rule .!- OLiYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 24. Elmer Smith, Centralia attorney, will be disbarred if the state su preme court approves of the find ings; conclusions and recommen dations of the state board of law examiners, who held hearings on the case. This body filed its re port with the supreme court this afternoon. Among the findings it was re vealed that Elmer Smith Is a mem ber of the Industrial Workers of the World; that said organization has printed and circulated litera ture inciting to insurrection, viol ence, sedition and sabotage, for the purpose of intimidating and coerc ing employers of labor, and that in speeches he advocated a gene ral strike 1n the lumber industry, for the purpose of freeing the prisoners convictod at Centralia, and cast aspersion upon Judge Wilson, who tried the Centralia cases, calling him a tool of the lumber trust. - JURVLIST FDR Seven Women Included Flora B, Jory Selected Foreman of Jury , The jury panel for the February term of court was drawn yester day and includes the names of seven women. Anna M. Vick, En-glewood;- Jessie M. Davidson, Pringle; Hannah Steusloff of Sa lem No. 2; Ida M. Teckenburg, Macleay; Gladys Eoff, Salem No. S; Anna N. Scheurer. Butteville; Augusta Scott, E. Silverton. Men included in- the jury panel drawn yesterday are Peter Bier meycr, East Mt. Angel; Gilbert Donkcr, Aumsville; Charles S. Hpskins, Donald; W. P. George, Salem No. 16; J. W, Carson, Sa lem Height; W. W. Elder. Stay ton; Charles A. Bear. Turner, and Claude 1. Settlcmier, Quinaby. The grand jury members drawn are Flora B. Jory, foreman; John A. Aupperle, Willard J. Jefferson, John Zuber, Charles E. Colvin, Guy H, Smith and E. P. English. STAKING AT PEI SAYS HUGO BEZDEK Former U. of 0. Mentor Tells Pennsylvania Alumni He Is Not Going West 1IARRISBLRG. Pa.. Jan. 24. Hugo Bezdek, athletic director at Penn State college here, tonight at a dinner of state college alumni, dispelled a rumor that he is con sidering an offer from the Uni versity of Oregon with the state ment that he expects to "stay at state college."- EIGHT ARRESTED SEATTLE. Jan. 24. Eight men were' arrested by federal prohibit Hon off leers here today afterthe authorities, smashed; down. i, the doors of the Union club at 110 j Cherry street and seized 4 1,000 1 HN6T1 Mi HI 1 Associated Press.) -The new offer of the ambassadorship to j'-, : - - - Proof that recognition, of the Ilussian government wilt come early was afforded tonight when ' the secretary of the south Leeds labor party announced that be had received news that Mr. O'Grady, who represents that constituency in parliament; bad agreed to take the ambassadorship. : : ; 1 This appointment naturally can not be officially announced before necessary, formalities are observed in connection with recognition and securing of the Soviet's approval to the appointment of Mr. O'Grady. It will, however.: become known through Mr. O'Grady resigning his parliamentary Beat which vacancy will provide- a seat for one ot the new ministers not a member At the present time- , , - (By Tht AnocUUd ftin) , MOSCOW. .Jan. 24. Late to night announcement wa. madee that the funeral- of Nicolal Lenlne had been postponed from Saturday until Sunday., It. wa also, an nounced that Petrograd had been re-named Leninegrad. ... Throughput today, thousands t persons continued to . ass. before the bier of Nicolal Lenine, soviet Russia's premier, in the big hall of House of Unions Hordes of r peasants ponred lnt?" Moscow to day from various points and marched by delegations from the ? railway stations . to the 'place where their leader was . lying In t, state n order to pay" their last tribute to him. "v;--"' 7. Today, for the first time since the. death of Lenlne," the regular editions of the newspapers which " had ceased publication during the holidays, made their appearance. They were bordered in blac and confined eloquent tributes to the premier. Among the black draped flag! seen in Moscow today. was an, Am erican emblem, which fluttered in the snowstorm from window in one ot the principal streets ot tht . city. Ninety Miles of Forest . Roads to Be Constructed PORTLAND, Jan, 24. More than 90 miles of forest roads ,will ' be constructed in Oregon this year at a cost of $1,063,100, as a re- ' suit of agreements reached be tween the Oregon state highway commission and the federal gov- x crnment, made public today.: LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN . It is not possible for tho editor of the Capital Journal to be honest in his insistence upon being per mitted to examine the books of the Oregon Statesman. It is just his old habit of being odd, to say the ieast. ..The Ore gon Statesman will be glad to bear one half the ex pense of a fair and full audit of the books of both publications. It will also insist upon ; the public knowing where the money cofnes fpom to pay the sub scriptions. -It is not hard to determine this. Nothing is to be gained by following this will o the wisp around. The Statesman is willing and even anxious for a show down but it of course is not expected to permit the Capital Journal to ' have full charge of5 the audit. In the mean . time the Statesman is continuing to lead in - every .way. . The people like a paper with character. , v- . OREGON : STATESMAN ; The Paper That Goes Home i post part, genulntljr'ngtr ed on a S2jOO bond. - - A .Nevada an Montana k plcmbcr1 H20, pi cm hers hip ca rdat sl-''-v-r ---- ----- m: r I