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OTP YQJUl -Qtaow ffCaQfr Salem: ought to foehome)$he -cetoiteojte ; TEN PAGES TODAY OUR ANNUAL Watch' for the announce merit of, our Annual Edition. A Bigger and Better Annual than ever before. ' fi I 3, :'j SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS.' i ; , ' :!: ' 1 . il-ll. , . l . : : ' - ; r- ! -1 ! ; rr - : 1 : ' : fcTo n)U nr nrs n n wnn n rrnn rran !i! lr 17 A i I l " i I v I I . ii ' t V UJ" ,NAn ii 1 , i ii villi i . . l -v.- iii a 1 - r 7 : : : ; 1 ; : .. . . I a- v 1 I- 1 V ; r 1 t r 4 I ! I ' 1 J I . 1 i r ' s t; I1LII I L I L I RANK ll III III I ' F - III III I I Ramsay Macdonald Makes Statement to Poincare of His Feelings on Ruhr Set- x tlemehtWork LABOR LEADER WAITS ; FOR NO ONE IN WORK Said to Favor Fearless Poli cy of Meeting All Prob.. ; (ems Half Way (By Tkr AwocUUd Fieu) LONDON, Jan. 30. Premier f Macdonajd's frank letter toi-Pre-wiler Polncafe of France. In which J he expressed regret that France ' British relations were not as cor ': dial as they might be, and advanc ed the hope that France might .. ; adopt a conciliatory spirit, was the topic of animated, discussion in political and governmental circles today. r, , It was said authoritatively that , the. prime minister's letter may be taken'ag the keystone of the fu - - ture foreign policy of the govern ment.- Mr. Macdonald believes that free and open' negotiations along; human, liberal, conciliatory Hnetffwill-bring about settlement "tit the Rufir,s reparations and pala tfnate questions and the restora tion of Europe quicker than the old-time secret diplomacy with its uncertainties, suspicions and de- " ' To lie Firm -.- While the word "bold" may be too. strong an adjective to be ap- plied to the policy which Premier 1 . Macdonald is expected to adopt to t ward France it is certain to be firm, frank and tearless. This is : i evidenced, his friends say, by the premier's candi4 statement to M. Poincare that British public opin Ion views the Frnch policy with a certain degree of speculation and Is apprehensive as to what is going to happen in Europe. His supporters also point to the ; prime minister's outspoken utter- ances regarding India, in which he warned the home rulers against Smcthods of force, and his action J in CiMling a conference of the Irish Free State and Ulster government heads qn the difficult and delicate boundary question which' easily might be postponed., .These are cited - as ' examples of . the labor leader's determination to take i firm line In clearing up all out standing ' questions at home , and abroad. " Washington Club Women to Meet at Pullman in June VANCOUVER, Wash., ; Jaji.30 The state convention of the Washington state federation of wojnen's clubs will he held 4t - Pullman June '24-27, according to decision reached hero'today ther executive committee o te - federation which V mctfor a two -."day session. sMrs. B. F. West- . ,mre of Spokane, president of tho; - federation, is presiding. ' A resolution was adopted pro viding that the state' legislature J be asked to appropriate a sufff. t clent sum to purchase 300 acres i of x land .and. to erect buildings thereon for rccstablishnictit of " the state industrial school for ; women, with special facilities for the treatment of drug addicts. , Reorganization of the depart ...'incuts of the state federation to . Icon form with those of the nation "nl federation was another subject ' , discussed" today. : THE WEATHER OREGON Rain Thursday; strong southerly gales. ; A i v LOCAL WEATHER . f (Wednesday.) Maximum, 56. : Alinimum.'j 5-. River, 4.2 Rising, Rainfall, 1.08. . - v Atmosphere, Cloudy Wind "Southeast. , REFUND ON PROPOSED BY GREEN FOR RELIEF AT ONCE Republican Members Means Committee Vote Provision For 25 Per Cent Reduction in Income Taxes Pay able March 15 Immediate Relief Sought WASHINGTON, Jan. i0. ceive a reduction in their 1928 taxes payable this year under a provision voted today by Republican members of the house ways and means committee. The amount of reduction has not been determined, but Chairman Green authoT of the proposal, said it might be as apply to the taxes after they personal income tax payers. , hat a 2o per cent cut would $225,000,000. Mr. Green explained that immediate relief whereas application of the rates in both the Mellon and Garner plans would begin on this year's taxes. The action was the first taken on new income rates which he republican members of the write themselves and put through in committee by a ma jority vote. Names of Men and Wombn Who Will Do Court Duty This Year Announced The jury list was filed yester day with the county clerk by the county court, Which has been en gaged for several weeks in check- ng over the voting precinct lists The names of the men and women included in the jury list are as follows: AuniMVillo W. K. Wiiislow, farmer; Km ma Ii. Condit, housewife; C. E. Van Nuys, farmer; David E. Eastburn, farmer; Chas. C. Ransom, retir ed; John Smith, farmer. Aurora M. D. Lebo, farmer; Wm. Kraus farmer; Miriam Miller, housewife; M. Veva BradtlC- housewife; Geo. Ehlen, merchant; Chas. Beck, re tired. Krritenbush Fred.W. Stahlman, lumberman; Almira A. Hoover, housewife. lrMkN Wm. Mumper, farmer; Britt As pinwall, farmer; George Farrell, farmer; Emma II. Jones, house wife; Chas. A Hoover, farmer; Ella Harris, housekeeper. lUrtteville , Everette A. M. Cone, farmer; Champocg Fern E. Hughes, housekeeper. W. R. McKay, farmer; Ed. G. Pcllett. farmer; Minnie C Gcnriu, housewife; Bertha Jette, house wife. (.'lieiiiawa (Elizabeth P. Jones, liousewife; Anna Claggett, housewife; Elsa Evans, housewife; Joan Bailey, farmer; A. F. B;arlslcy, farmer; John Z. Paintqr, farmer. Mamo Cutsforth, housewife; John Mills, retired; John F. Man ning, farmer. Iloreb Henry Joost, farmer; Ruby E, Horner, housewife. ..'-. (Vmtral Howell Olive G. Eggiman, housewife; Ben Clemcus, farmer; Alfred IV W. Hughes, farmer. North Howell Willard H. Stevens, farmer; J E. Waltman, farmer; Amy M Beer, housewife. Kast llubbaril Minnie M. Spangle, housewife; M. W. Crawford, farmer; Amanda PI mirk, housewife; Frank I). Ger rard, retired; F. E. Fish, farmer Wet Hublard Glen C. Carothers, farmer; Geo J. Wolfer, farmer; Elna V. llov- enden, housewife; Homer N. Beck merchant; Ruth E. Calvert, house wife. Jefferson l,o n a G. Looney, housewife; Keithel E. Smith, housewife; Hans Albertsen. farmer;1 Paul Buchner, (Couilnued on page 4) VaS PREPARED 1923 TAX of House Ways and Income tax payers would re high as 25 per cent. It would have been computed and to all Treasury experts estimated mean a saving to tax payers of the reduction was aimed at committee decided today to Under the plan adopted today, the reduction will be made a part of the revenue bill. If it is ap proved after March 15, Mr. Green said, provision will be made to allow refund on those taxes al- rea'dy paid. . Prior to the meeting of major ity members the full committee had considered further technical details of the revenue bill bat Chairman Green adjourned the committee subject to call when it reached the income rates, the heart of the tax revision program. Tho decision of Republican members to write their own in come rates was explained uy Chairman Green as- resulting from the "refusal of Democratic mem bers of the committee of our of fer to compromise and their evi dent intention to support un changed the so-called Garner plan." The latter plan, of which Representative Garner, Democrat, Texas, fs the author, proposes to reduce the surtax rates, which the committee reached just before ad journment to a maximum of only 44 per cent from the present 50 per cent, instead of to 25 per cent as proposed in the plan of Secre tary MpIIoh. Mr. Green's statement hrought out a retort from Representative Garner who declared the former's "promise that we have refused to consider a compromise is not cor rect." Tho action of the majority members of the committee fore casts stubborn f i lit on the bill when it reaches the floor. Federal Reserve System Called Legalized Parasite OMAHA, Nob., Jan. 30. De nunciation of the federal reserve banking system which was char acterized as "the most titanic legalized parasite ever invested on humanity, marked the after noon session of the People's pro gressive party convention. Thirty delegates from 25 states attend ed the convention which was called by Roy M. Harrop, nation al chairman for the purpose of selecting party candidates for the next general election. Robert Pointer, of Dearborn. Mich., it was said at the meeting today, probably would bo ae party's choice for the presidential nomination. Mr. Pointer, previ ous to the time Henry Ford an nounced that lie was for the re nomiuatiou and clectioii of Presi dent Coolidgc, was a vigorous sup porter of the Detroit automobile manufacturer. Selection of the candidates for president ami vice president will be made by the con vention tomorrow. Wind Reaches 60 Miles Off North Mead Point ASTORIA. Ore.. Jan. .10. Wind off the mouth of the Co lumbia river which was regis tered at noon at 60 miles an hour had dropped to 48'at 3:30. ac cording to a report from the naval radio station at North Head. The , barometer - was . reported rhlngt 1 . . ; ; ..j. . ;-.-v . n , MAD HORSE IS CAUSE OF RIOT INMOVIELAND Lady Godiva's Mount Goes Wild Crpssing Stage Sev eral jured in Rush LOS ANGELES, Jan. 0. Lady Godiva's ride across the stae of a make-believe theater at a mo tion picture studio here today de veloped into a riot when the white horse upon which Rose Langson was enacting the famous nobler woman's clad equistriennes' au pearunce, suddenly went wild, threw its rider and attempted to trample her, and then led ovei the orchestra pit into a crowd ol 4 30 extras playins the part of a fashionable audience. Miss LangBon's arm was brok en by a blow of the animal's hoofi before she was pulled out of his reach by property men, and 20 persons were injured in the rush for exits which followed the horse's leap over the footlightp. EXPERTS RECEIVE Chancellor Marx Extends Of ficial Greetings to Dawes and Companions (By Ths Associated Press) BERLIN. Jan. 30. Chancellor Marx summoned Brigadier efiner al Charles' G. DaSves and the oth er members of the first experts' committee investigating German resources to the hcancellory this afternoon to convey to them Ger many's official welcome. There were present also Dr. Stresemann, minister .of loreign affairs; Dr. Hans. Luther, minis ter of finance; Eduoard Hamm, minister of economy, and other cabinet members and government executives. The chancellor assured General Dawes that he and his associates in the government as well as the German nationalists, whose opin ions and aid the committee might seek, were wholly at their services and that every action required to facilitate the inquiry would be available. Responding for the committee. general Dawes declared that uni fication of the allies was indis- pensible for accomplishing a so lution of the European economic crisis and reparation problems and that such unity also pre-supposed the utmost spirit of cooperation on the part of Germany in tho joint efforts to arrive at an ad justment of the post-war issues under consideration. DE Miner Workers in Conven tion Hold Bedlam Follow ing Failure of Vote (By The Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, 1ml.. Jan. :'. Defiance of Intornatioiial Presi dent John I,. Lewis hurst bounds in the I'nited Mine Workers con vention late today and for one hour turned lxllan loose. "Shout till you meet in lull." President Lewis thundered when the riotioK reached Miu edc t his platform, "but the, chair won't ctianse his rule." He had first ruled Miat anti-administration forces had failed to get sufficient votes to secure another roll call on a proposition to change repre sentation in the convention. Insurgents fought for a return to the rule in effect before the 1922 convention, when it was charged representation was re duced because of the size of the anti-administration delegates from Illinois. They lost , on divi sion by 785 to !2. and then voted 508 for a roll call, which was an insufficient numher. Canada Not Considering Appointing Minister to US OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 30.-CAn-ada is not considering the prob able appointment of a minister to Washington, - iii mm FIANCE BREAKS BOUNDS AT MEET Annulment of Contracts Res olution' Goes Over Until Today Because of Long Bitter Debates TWO ADMIRALS TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE GROUP Possibility of Hitch in Env ploying Special Counsel Hiriied at . WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Af firmative action looking to the annulment of the naval oil lease was initiated today whil( the sen ate : still "was engulfed in a swirl of debate over the tWalsh annul ment resolution. ' Silas H. Strawn, who. with Thomas 1 W. Gregory has been selected to prosecute the oil cases, conferred with President Coolidge and then began examination of evidence collected by the senate oil com mittee.- Although it failed to reach a final vote on the Walsh resolu tion the seaale rejected three amendments designed to modify its language and then launched again into further and bitter, dis ussioa "which , r has. forced the measure over until tomorrow. Would Bar Oil Men Senator McKellar, Democrat, Tennessee, .(interrupted debate long enough, to introduce a pro posal to bar as special govern ment counsel in the oil cases any person who has been' connected with any oil company as counsel or otherwise. Starting an oil inquiry of its own, the house naval committee heard two admirals, one of whom, J. L. Latimer, judge advocate genet al of thfe navy, testified that he had informed Secretary Den by in December. 1J 21. that it would be legal to enter into a contract with the Doheny interests for the construction of tankage at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in conjunction with their lease .of the California , reserve. . Demands tor the resignation of Secretary Dejiby's part' in the oil leases were renewed In the senate while Senator Robinson of Ar kansas, the Iemi?atie leader, staled privately he 'would press bis resolution for such resigna tion at the first ojportunity. Ifiyhicians Testify - The senate" oil committee was told by four physicians that the present rendttion of former Sec retary. Fall made It inadvisable for him to ppe.ar at a public hearing lv.it the committee decid ed to appoint a . medical coin m i sion of its own to examine him. E. L. Doheny returned to Washinuion . with a request that the committee hear him aain and be probably will take the htand at the next session Friday, lie declined! through bis counsel to reveal the nature of the state ment he intends to make. The senate appropriations com mittee reported as carrying lloo.- 000 for. the , employment of coun sel to prosecute the oil suits', but it added an amendment requiring confirmatioujiof Mich counsel by the senate. The McKelfar proposal to bar as counsel person's who are or1 have been -in any. way affiliated with oil companies i designed as an amendment to the appropria tion resolution. Senator JIcKellar .said Jt was not directed at either Mr Greg ory or Mr. Strawn as he had H information that either had acted as counsel for an oil company. Some color to speculation as to the possibility of a hitch in the employment -of-Mr. Strawn or Mr. Gregory was Riven, however, by a visit to the, White House by A$ siaiant Attorney General Holland, who has bwji 'observing the senate inquiry, jjli; conferred with Sec retary Slemp; on the question of counsel andiMr. Sleinp afterwardis had a long conference with" Presi dent'; Cobltde. ' Personal , Tilts Features 1 Running fts course for the third - (Continued on page 3) ENDOWMENT FUND SOUGHT , BY CHURCHES Episcopal Diocese of Oregon Would Raise $100,000 in Next Ten Years PORTLAND. Jan. 30. Propos af that' the Episcopal diocese of Oregon raise, an endowment fund of $100,000 during the next 10 years was made fh a special com munication placed before the 36th annual convention of the Episco pal church of Oregon at St. Stephen's pro-cathedral today by E. N. Strong of the board of trustees. This communicatiqn was en tered as a result of action taken at the diocese convention of 1922 and 1923 directing the trnstees to present a plan for endowment oj the episcopate. A canon was' introduced pro posing organisation of the church jn Oregon on a bishop and a council basis, after the model of the general church and the plan used effectively by various other dioceses. The convention will continue its sessions tomorrow. Secondary School Guests Not to Be Invjted for Junior Week-tnd - EITGENE. Or.; Jan. 30. No EtudentB from high richools will be invited to the annual junior week end held at the University of Ore gon each May, it was decided at a - referendum, vote held on the campus tod,ay. Of the t23 students voting, 46a favored the eliminatfon of the "rushees," while' i)l wished to abolish the event altogether. Only 173 wished to' keep the affair in its present form. Last year over 400 visitors, from various high schools in the state, were present. The canoe fete, Junior prom and other features of the weak-end will bo retained. T FINAL FLASHES : , CINCINNATI' Jan. 30.. Mys tery surrounding the murder o John Z. Mazzola, native of Pana ma, tonight, a student at the Ohio dental college, was cleared up to night, when Ilalton Siddal, 2-., a fellow student, confessed to De tective Chief Kminett Koergan he killed Mazzalo. MILLVILLE, N. J.. .Ian. 30. Thompson Dickson, 55.: father of Erunia Dickson, Bricksboro high school girl, whose body was found in a swamp two miles from her home September 22 i.if.t, tonight was formally chamed with the murder of his daughter and waa arrester! at, his home bv County Detective Iiore. who h.:s been working on the case f'r the past four months. I'lTTSHfkOH, Pa., Jin. JO. The fireman of the Uul'alo flyer on the Vouhsylvan'ia railroad and a parlor car 'portf wer.. killed and a number of passenger:: in jured w hen the train was ,v recked on tho St.(.iergw ctirv.- so it Ii of Oil City late today, according to official reports received here to day. 'NKW I1AVKN. Conn.. Jan. :'.. A slight improvement in the condition of Ht. !iev. Frederick V. Keator. Protestant Fpif.copal bishop of Tacdnia, Wash., 'was not ed tonight at the hospital where he is being treated. Kelso Bridge Suit May Have Change of Venue K;LSO, Wash.. Jan. ::.--Nfotion for change or venue in a suit of Mm. Kate Brp against Cowlitz county for the death of her husband, Beti Barr, in a col lapse of the Kelso bridge over the Cowlitz river in January. 1923, has been filed on the ground. that the'plaintif t could not have a fair trial in Cowlitz county because all jurors would pa tait payers in this county. : V ; - SKlESTS AIL BETS DECLARED OFF BY C0UNCI1EN; ordinance: Passed as Emergency Measure at Special Meet ing of Aldermen Last? NightHBatty Cooper Finds- Posting of- Contagion s Flags j Irksome Final Action, oni City Budget Was Taken. All bets, present, past. and future, were declared of f by the city council last night when that body passed an ordi nance covering almost every conceivable, method of obtaining cash by chance: ; " ' - Under the new ordinance, known, as "Art. Ordinance on Public1 Morals and Decency (Gambling)," the time-honored custom of laying a small wager upon the favorite team in the Coast or National leagues or any other sort of game becomes a misdemeanor and punishable with "a fine t of $100 or 20 days in jail or both. " - " ' ' " '" ;'; From cards, dice, token," marbles and dominoes, including Mah Jong and checkers, if these games are played for any thing of value or which can be exchanged for anything of value -well, don t get caught. WEDNESDAYS IN WASHINGTON The cruiser Omaha and six de stroyers were ordered " to remain at Vera Cruz until farther- orders.- postmaster Geheral"'New" an nounced that hereafter newspapers would be given the same treat ment In the mailai as letters. '-. The state department was, in formed of the. release from a Gerr man prison ,of Corlls IIooveu QriT fis, who - attempted to kidna-p Grover C. Bergdoll. Democratic leaders in the houaf l announced that they would move for an investigation of the ship- ping board. Republican members of th-3 house ways and means commit' tee yqted. for a reduction of all personal income taxes payable this year. The senate rejected three am endments to the Walsh oil lease annulment " resolution but failed to reach a vote on the resolution itself. Senator Keller, Democrat, Te nesee proposed in the senate to bar as counsel in the naval oil cases any person who has been connected with an oil company. s Physicians told the. senate oil investigating committee that Al bert B. Fall was in no condition to appear. The committee decided to appoint its own doctors to ex amine him. Sllas'H. Strawn one of the spe cial oil prosecuting counsel select ed by the president conferred with Mr. Coolidge while awaiting the arrival of Thomas W. Gregory, the other attorney chosen. Rear Admiral Latimer, judge advocate general of the nvy. told the houso naval committee he in formed Secretary Denby it would be legal to enter into contract with the Doheny interests for the construction of oil tankage at Pearl Harbor. 4t The. army air service announced the around-the-world flight would start from Clover "Field, Santa Monica. Cal., about March 15. -' Indictments against Benedict Crowell former assistant nccre tary f war and others in connec tion 'With war time cantonment building were held invalid by the supreme court of the district of Columbia. . The treasury reported that in ternal taxes brought more money to the government during the last six months of 1923 than in the corresponding period of 1922, in dicating healthier business con dition. 1 ' mm Seventeen sections are. in th ordinance covering ! every " angle from which, man, can woo. Lady Luck.'-' . ' ' '.' '-':;.'. Blanket Law Enacted . It Is a crime to. engage in games of chance, visit a' room or place where such games are held or eve to Issue an invitation to Tislt s'nc'k u place. AJt common' forms t -gambling, pool making:, book raak. tngr agers," lotteries and takr, holding are forbidden in no no. certain terms. ,,y . The ordinance-,; was j drawn bj Ray L. Smith, cijy attorney, ar I rpsalt of inability to. lsvy a fins., upon the visitors1 arrested during the recent'. raidt ppon Chinatown," when 10 ;-Orlntals . were , found i around a table and $12.50 In evP dence seized. The proprietor ' was fined but the others escaped. : An ; emergency was found to exist and the ordinance prepared and passed". - . Inspector "Complains : v: ; : ; Conipljaint that his duties "as" sanitary -'inspector we're kbeing i terfered with bv havinr to nlace contagious disease notices, 'was ma.de by. Batty" Cooper, who: "re ported he was called upon from eight to 10 times a day to perform . this service, y An ordinance , waa ; quoted plaeing'' responsibility l for these flags ': upon the owner or. resident f the property and upon his fallure'to do, so, it becomes the : , duty of the clty. health- of fleer-.ta " see that the flags are placed;; .. U . was the opinion of the council. that ' It should be the duty of the attend- , ing physician to place the flag and that under the ordinance the city health off leer; was within his rights to order the physicians to do so. " ' ' t . ' Curb Cause Irbae , Following Alderman Marcus presenting the request of Frank Hughes to raise - the -cnrblng. .at .. High and Ferry by six inches, a lively tilt occurrel : between him and Alderman Van . Patton, with Aldermen George Thompsoni 'and Simeral joining in, for the chorus. The matter was put to a vote and . : stood four each, for and against. Upon Mayor Giesy - declaring , thfl motion lost, it was decided to pre sent the matter at the next meet ing of the council. The ordinance covering the city budget of S223.183.46 for 1024. was passed. The meeting -last night was an adjourned one and . called to pass upon the budget as prescribed by law. The council , meets for its regular session lion- ' day night- ," Astoria Street Railway Being Offered for Sale ' ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 30. -The, Astoria street railway system was offered to the city, the port com mission or any one who wllirop--erate it. for the salvage prica ot; about 570,000 at a meeting today of the directors of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce with tGny W, Talbot, president of the pa cific Power &' Light , company, owner of the system. ""' The valuation placed on i by the state tax commission was ; $262,000. A short time ago the company notified the city that It will suspend operation ot Its streot. cars on. March 1, t i - i i'l