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Satan is .ft city of fine homes. Do you own one ? If not you can do so easily. See the OWN 'YOtm IIOME column on the Classified Page. , M'TiMEiANp MONEY! ; Saved by use of States man Classified Ads. Use them Read theml SEVENTH-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH DRUMCORPS FOR LEQlOK IS OftDfcfcEb DENBY SPEAK! TRIBUTE IS V PAID VETERAN BY COUNCIL HEAD DIES SUDDENLY Capital Pbsi Gives Committee Authority tt Procure deed ed Musical Equipment Aldermen With Silent Vote Adopt Resolution Honoring James McClelland DITCH FRACAS )1EI STIRS MOO GIVES -I ' ' ' r.. , Km Attorney Smith Proposes Charter Amendment to Compel Paper Company to Cover Area McMAHAN GOES BACK INTO DIM HISTORY Old Steam Engine May Be Jazzed Up for Fire De partment's Use The submission of a charter amendment to the voters by which the council would seek authority to compel the Oregon Pulp & Pa per company to' cover the ditch on Division street waa recommended by Ray Smith, city attorney, at the council meeting last night. L. H. McMahon, attorney, hav ing obtained permission to ad dress1 the council, gave the his tory of the building of the ditch in 1832; said-the city council then had no authority to grant such a franchise, and that the council knew it; but merchants and oth ers induced them to do so since it was thought the proposed mill would mean much to the city of Salem.' ' j ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' '' i Company's ltbjht Hold Limited Mr. McMahan said tfco Oregon -Pulp & Paper company did not own the ditch and could not,' be compelled to cover itj that jthe property owners owned that land. and the city had the right to cover -it slnce"it was a dedicated street. He further insisted that the papeY company did not even own the right to use the ditch, but merely had it on contract, and that it pe- InntroA n tha TjirM Adtatp. Vbl 'lowing Mr. McMahan's talk, mem ' herr fit the council-Toteti to have the city attorney examine a brief which Mr. McMahan said he had iu his possession covering the dis puted mill race, and asking that Mr. Smith make a report at a later meeting. May Use Old Engine The old steam fire engine is to be examined with the aid of ex perts with the Idea of putting it in shape for emergency use. The action was taken" despite the ob Sections of Alderman Marcus, who wanted it sold for what u woum bring. He said he knew the en gine. that it would take too long to get up steam to be any good Mr, Dancy said steam could be gotten up in 30 minutes, and if hr ovr a a fire on the river front , in Salem there would be plenty of .time to get up steam be fore the fire was put out. The ways and means committee wail instructed to sell a lot of out-of-date equipment at the city barn to make more" room there. i Plait , Ordered The .street commissi""'" "M ordered to prepare plans and spec ifications for the repair of Court street pavement and also -for the repair of East State street. L The ordinance providing for the licensing of public card playing rooms was passed with but one dissenting! vote after minute ex planations-as to the difference, be tween card playing and gambling had! been expounded by ten city attorney. The chief of police was "caflod upon for I expert informa tion on what "hickeys" were by Alderman Marcus. nr. t , 1 1 . M1tn(r fir uniform tree planting was read fni thn first and second time. It provides that five property own ers on any street" may. call nmrtinc for the purpose of deter mining the tree to he adopted by that? street. .Voting on the tree to be by, lineal foot frontage of tho different owners on the street. I ? DEIIB V SCItEUUliED ; AS5HTON. Idaho, Feb., 18. Ash ton .s ready for the American dog derby to be run here Friday over a course of 25 miles. THE WEATHER f OREGON: t Fair Tuesday, ex cept rain near tho coast; in creasing easterly winds. LOCAL WEATHER . (Monday) Maximum temperature, 54, Minimum, temperature, 37. River, 4.3. - Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, cloudy. Wind, northwest, ! ' . ft DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 18. C. Garret, 76, presiding bishop church in America and bishop suddenly tonight in his coVtage The bishop's death was . unex pected. Despite his blindness and advanced age, he had continued to take an active part in church mat ters. Early today the bishop com plained of a pain in nis chest and physicians were summoned, but he seemed to have recovered, and at o'clock tonight his condition was described by Mrs. Anna Crocker, principal of St. Mary's MESSENGER OFFICER SEATTLE, Feb. 18. Variance of opinion between Charles Tennant, captain of Seattle detectives and James T. McVay, president of the Metropolitan National bank of this city as to the propriety of arming messengers carrying large sums of money, was disclosed by a holdup today in which the bank lost $12,000 that was branch of the federal reserve "Under the procedure followed by the two messengers of the Metropolitan bank it world for a holdup to be pulled 'They should have taken some precaution, as neither messenger was armed. Going to the reserve bank, through an alley, was sim ply to invite a robbery."' Mr. McVay declared that arm ing bank messengers was too dan gerous for the messengers. "As to why them .messengers went in the alley to the federal reserve bank I do not know" he said. "They have no direct orders which entrance to use, and I don't BRAIN HEMORRHAGE SUFFERED . WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. suffered a serious relapse after an operation late tonight, his condition being regarded as very critical. Only a few min utes earlier, physicians had declared his chances of recovery favorable. He apparently had come through the operation successfully when he suffered a hemorrhage of tho brain. The hemorrhage was quickly checked, however, and attending surgeons said then that the con- dition of the patient was critical, SCOUT LEADERS HEAR REGIONAL EXECUTIVE K. L. Haga, deputy regional scout executive, addressed the gathering of campaign workers of the Boy Scouts last night when they met at a dinner in the Grey Belle. He emphasized very strongly a statement that has re cently been sent out to the field from the national head- -quarters in New York, to the tion is a leaderless generation. Scouting has recognized the im- portance of boy leadership and the failure of the older brothers of this generation. This conclusion has been reached after many months of intensive study upon the part of nationally known Uoy Scout leaders. The Scout program is now emphasizing the finding and training of boy leaders among its own members. The patrol sys tem of organization is the method by which this is being accom plished. Special effort is to bo made dur ing the next 12 months to secure and train a larger number of vol unteer leaders to take care of the many other boys who arc anxious to become scouts. Camp flam Outlined Scout Executive F. II. Zinser gave a resume of the camping program of 'the local council say ing in part, that It is to be the aim ot the new organization to place special stress on the training of ecouts-ia the -oui of. floors The Richt Rev. Alexander of the Protestant Episcopal of the Dallas diocese, died at St. Mary's college here. college, as "exceptionally good." Bishop Garrett, whose vener able figure was familiar, particu larly in the southwest,' where for more than half a century he had been identified with religious, ed ucational, civic and fraternal ac tivities, is survived by two sons, Henry Garrett and Alexander b. Garrett Jr., and several grand children and great-grandchildren. ROBBED, RAPS B being conveyed to the Seattle bank. was the easiest thing in the off," said Captain Tennant. know whether they have used the alley entrance right along or tho front entrance. We have used taxicabs frequently in transferring money. But 1 don't intend to arm our messengers." Police expressed the belief the the bandits committing the rob bery belonged to a gang that had committed other holdups in the last two months. The total stolen here in these holdups was put at $0.0o0. BY GREENE Senator Green of Vermont i though no. more serious develop- ments might follow. Some hope for his recovery was indicated. effect that the present genera Training camps for overnight and J holiday hikes will he maintained under these plans and it is the objective of this region to have every scout have the advantage of at least seven days of 21 hours each in an out door camp. In ad dition to this is an objective to have at loast 40 per cent of the total scout registration in a sum mer camp of two weeks duration. Other camping plans were also outlined. Officials Support Move Adjutant General George A. White was very enthusiastic in his support of the Boy Scout move ment and said that the training of the present generation in the ways of right living was the biggest ojb men have before them today Experiences of an interesting and vital concern to the welfare of our boys were told by Mayor John Giesy. His years of contact with the affairs of the citf gave him a fund ot information wnicu was .(Continued on gago iX Demands Pile Up on Pres ident's Desk Urging That Attorney General Be Oust ed From Cabinet VOLUNTARY fcEtlREMENT IS HELD IMPROBABLE riead of Legal Department denies He Fears Investi gation of Record WASHlXGTOX. Wb. IS. Hints of an entirely iwy and startling development in the oil scandal stirred the cnplt.nl today ami were commuiucat il to President Coolidge. A start at minting down tho story which lias amazed senators and official will 1m; made tomorrow at a conferr nice Ix'twecn the wnate oil committee and Marry Payne Whitney, New York financier and officials or J. 1. benkarri and company, a New York stock brokerage firm. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. He newed demands for the resigna tion of Attorney General Daugh erty arc receiving serious consid eration among officials high in the administration. The attorney general himself is not now inclined to leave the cab inet unless he is requested to do so directly by President Coolidge. The attitude of the president has not yet been made entirely clear. It was indicated tonight that some development might fol low tomorrow's cabinet meeting. Whole Rcord Perused During the past 24 hours in creasing pressure nas o e eji irouRht to bear to convince Mr. Coolidge that he should entirely clear his administration of those who have come under attack in the oil inquiry- It has been ioint ed out to him that with Secretary Denby out, many of the critics of the discredited Fall leasing poli cies may enter their attacks on Mr. Daugherty, and that a reso lution already pending in the sen ate will give opportunity for a comprehensive assault on the whole record of the present 'de partmcnt of justice. On of those who have become active in pressing for the attorney general's resignation is Senator Borah of Idaho, representing a wine of the republican senate strength that has not heretofore joiBed with the La Follette group in most of its assaults on the ad ministration. Last night at the White House, Senator Borah con fronted both the president and Mr. Daugherty with a demand that the latter step out of the cabinet because the country had lost con fidence in him. Attack lA-d IJy Wheeler "On the democratic side, the at tack lias been led by Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, who has told his colleagues that He is prepared to present information of an entirely new and sensation al character if the proposed in ouirv into the administration of Attorney General Daugherty is fol lowed through. His declarations have been carried indirectly to the president. Mr. Daugherty has repeatedly declined to talk about details of the criticism leveled at him, but he is understood to take the posi tion that the effort to drive him out of office is a subject which could well be taken up for discus sion by the cabinet. White House officials declined today to discuss a report that it would be discuss ed at the regular Tuesday cabinet meeting tomorrow. Heretofore the attack upon the attorney general has been directed along two lines. On-? contention of his critics lias been that re gardless of the actual facts as to his record, the cumulative effect of a long series of developments has been to discredit him in tho opinion of the public. The other argument used against him has been that although he was not a Partv to the oil leases and has said he never was asked for an opinion regarding them, he occu pied the position of chief law of ficer of tho government at the time when his colleagues in the cabinet were cortciuding agree ments now recognized by congress as without authority of law. Whether new factors have en tered into the latest phase of "the (Continued on page '4); Plans for a drum corps mate rialized last night at the regular meeting of Capital post No. 9, American legion, when the com mittee, headed by Karl Hinges, was given power to proceed with organization plans' and to order the necessary equipment. Clifford Brown's offer to advance $200 and to wait reimbursement by a beries of dances was accepted. Sixteen snare drums, two base drums and six bugles were recom mended by Hinges, who had spent considerable time investigating the subject. Through the co-opera tion of Moore's Music house, the post will receive trade discount for equipment, Mr. Moore having vol unteered to pass up any commis sion involved In the deal. The corps will cast a little over $300. Credit to the amount of $150 Is available with the Paciifc Legion Monthly. Baseball will occupy the legion naires this year Instead of basket ball, it , was announced. A small box, donated by Jim Medley, one of the few colored, legionnaires on the cOast, was used to receive con tributions from the members, the proceeds to go toward financing feeds, without drainage the post funds. The post gave Medley a vote of thanks for his interest in legion affairs, for Medley had volunteered his services as chef, and has had charge of several feeds in addition to washing dishes afterward. NOT GUILTY PLEA MADE BY TOE W. J. Templin Also Indicted at McMinnville; 6irh Alleged Drunk McMINNVILLE. Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.) The grand jury Jhas returned an indictment against Walter L. Tooze Jr., jointly with J. W.'Templin, for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by giv Ing liquor to a 16-year-old girl who, it is alleged, became drunk Tooze is chairman of the state Re publican central committee. Both pleaded not guilty this afternoon. It is alleged in the indictment under which the two men were arrested late Saturday that they took Ethel Miesr, 16. and a gir.l companion to the garage operated by W. J. Templin and gave them liquor. There is only one charge and it is not statutory. The maxi mum penalty is $1000 fine and six months in jail. According to the officials an in formal party was staged at the garage. It is alleged that Tooze produced the liquor and Templin produced the mouth harp. It is charged that the party grew quite gay and Ethel became intoxicated. The evidence was laid before the grand jury by a citizens' commit tee, headed by the Miser girl's father. Her companion's identity has not been divulged. In & formal statement after be ing arranged, Tooze denied even knowing the Miser girl, and stated that the charge is merely spite work, instigated by McMinnville. oDDonents in recent litigation in which he was counsel. L IS STILL AHEAD Orecon Leads All Pacific Coast and Western States, .Says White The Oregon National Guard Is certain to go through tbo present year in, first place in strength and efficiency among Pacific coast and western f-tatoe, according to Ad jutant General George A. White who has just returned from conference, of national cuard heads in San Francisco. It al ready has completed throe success ive years with that distinction and this will be the fourth. The military officials In confer ence in San Francisco represented seven states. The conference was held at Ninth corps area head iiarters. General White was ac (ompanied home by Col. iltobert McClcavM, United States army chief ol staff of tho 41st tiivl ston. As a result of-the conference other states agreed to speed up their citizen soldiery General ill (Continued on page 8 X Secretary of Navy Who Resigned Says it Was Sportsman Thing to Do Under Circumstances ATTITUDE OF COOLIDGE IS STOUTLY DEFENDED Retiring Cabinet Member Challenges Accusers to Start Impeachment WASHINGTON', Feb. 18. The resignation of Edwin Denby as secretary or the navy to pe ettect ive4March 10, was received and accepted by President Coolidge today. Tendered voluntarily by the sec retary for fear his remaining might "increase the embarass ments" of the president and as an outgrowth of the senate inquiry into the leasing of naval oil lands. the resignation marks the first break in the cabinet which Mr. Coolidge took over intact upon the death of President Harding. Coolidge Defends Denby Expressing regret in accepting the resignation, President Cool idge declared in a letter to the naval secretary that "you will go with the knowledge that your honesty and integrity have' not been impugned. " Mr. Denby on the other hand informed the thief excutive that "it will always be a gratifying thought to me that neither" you nor anyone else at any time ad vised me to resign." Although the action of the naval secretary at once started a flood of rnmors concerning the proba bility of other resignations', As sistant Secretary Roosevelt, whose name has been linked with that of Mr. Denby in the oil leasing, cases, declared that he had not resigned. Upon learning of his chief's ac tion, Mr. Roosevelt made an en gagement at the White House and conferred with the president. As for the question of a suc cessor to Mr. Denby, it was stated authoritatively that it had little consideration by the president. So far as is known there is no plan in administration circles to promote Mr. Roosevelt to the po sition. The names of Charles B. Warren of Detroit who has ac cepted, at least tentatively, ap pointment as ambassador to Mex ico, and of former Representative Patrick 11. Kelly, also of Michi gan, former chairman of the naval sub-committee of the house ap propriations committee, are pro minently mentioned for the post. There has been nothing to indi cate, however, that these are the only names before Mr. Coolidge and his advisers. In a statement made public late today Secretary Denby discussed his resignation and pointed out that the deferred date of his re tirement left plenty of time for (Continued on page 8) Remarkable Feat of Rescue . Accomplished By Little bteamer Cleone MAUSUFIELD, Or., Feb. IS. Th little steamer Cleone, landed here late today with the last of the crew on board from the steamer Columbia, wrecked yes terday on Coos bay jetty. The t'ieone's arrival here marked tho completion of a remarkable feat of rescue Hhc had brought off from the Columbia In a breeches buoy over a line more than 200 yards' Ions SO pasFengeTs, includ ing two women, and S3 men of the officers and crew, all without the loss or a life or thr injury ot a person. Captain Peterson, master of the Columbia, safd upon his arrival here that he thought the vessel miKht. possibly be floated after her cargo is jettisoned. He said the wreck was caused" by an obstruc tion in the channel which the Co lumbia struck while coming In yesterday. This caused a momen tary stoppage of "he'r machinery', and before she couhl get under way again she was swept on 'the jetty by the swells, the captain said. A government inquiry Into (he wreck "will bo held, ' all piraras ARE MW SAFE With a silent standing vote the city council of the city of Salem last night adopted a resolution of regret at the death of a former city councilman, James McClel land, who had served for nine years as a member of the council from ward 6. The resolution was presented jointly by Alderman Patton and Hosebraugh, members of the city council from ward 6 at the present time. Mr. Hosebraugh succeeded Mr. McClelland as a member of the council January 1, 1923. A copy of the resolutions were order ed spread on the minutes of the city council and another copy sent to the family- The funeral of Mr. McClelland was held yesterday. STREET TALKERS Petition Signed By, 56 Asks Council to Keep Sects Off the Streets Protection of their interests in the "matter of being harassed and annoyed by numerous street speakers, preachers, peddlers blind musicians and all such common nuisances which block the streets and sidewalks, interfere with traffic and block efitrances to bus iness houses" was asked in a pe tition signed by Al Krause and 55 other merchants and taxpayers and presented to the city council last night. No action was taken and the petition was placed on file. The merchants asked for regu lation on State between Commer cial and High; on Liberty between State and Court and on Court from Commercial to High. AH ot the signers are prominent busi ness and professional men in the designated area. Many of the merchants hare been complaining tor some time p the fact that religious sects in par ticular congregate in f ront of their stores on Saturday afternoon the merchant's best day ot the week. Passersby congregate and at times merchants claim they ac tually had to step outside their doors and request those standing on the walks to move in order to let a customer enter. When an appeal or two to the police failed to bririg the desired results, the petition was circulated and pre sented to the council. MONDAY IN WASHINGTON Edwin Denby resigned as secre tary of tho navy and his resigna tion was accepted. Assistant-secretary RooseVelt said he would not resign. Owen J. Roberts was confirm ed by the senate as special oil counsel. The question of Attorney Gener al Daugherty's possible retirement was again brought forward. Attorney General Daugherty submitted to the senate details of war fraud activities of the de partment of justice. General debate was completed in the house on the tax bill with out a compromise being effected. America's war debt policy re mained unchanged after a meeting of the debt funding commission. The supreme court denied a mo tion of the First National bank of St. Louis to re-open the branch bank case. The supreme court held that railroads could not compel the in terstate commerce commission to furnish revaluation data in ad vance of formal hearings. Secretary Hughes wrote Repre sentative Fish, republican of New York that he did not believe it was feasible at the present time to rail an international conference to consider further limitation of naval and land armaments. , . Secretary Mellon ,and Thomas W. Miller, jilie'n property custo di;yi, exchanged statements re garding charges of Juggling of treasury Ifigurcs against the bo nus. v The battleships, Arkansas, Wy omfng, JifI6rMa -an Utah were ordered to remain off Culebra un til "the 'condition of their boilers could Txi determined. WORRY MERGUS Conditions at Washington, He Says, Beggar Descrip tion Proposes to , Drive Out Corruption ' RAILROAD LABOR MEN . CONTRIBUTE SUPPORT International Conference and National Referendum are Proposed CHICAGO, Feb. 15. A - plat form "to satisfy the demand ot progress was enunciaiea lomgqi by , Former Secretary of the Treai ury William Gibbs McAdob io dressing a conferences of friends and supporters trorn . all sections ot the country which called upon him by formal resolution to. ac cept "leadership la the progres sive democracy of the nation.' . Grave Crisis Seen. , Following a restatement of his professional connection with E. L. Doheny, as given before the sen ate oil committee. Mr. McAdoo told the conference, which was called to consider, his aTallabillty as a presidential candidate, that a grave crisis confronts "the nation arid that crisis' inust be met with out regard to costs. The Jirogres Bive thought of the country, he said, must look to the democratic party for leadership. ; . ; "There la demoralization. - la government at Washington.' The republican party has ceased4 to function," he said.; v ' V " ' Long applause greeted the an nouncement of each plank In the platform: , . ' Mr. McAdoo did not appear at the conference untl after; It had adopted unanimously a resolution declaring him "preeminently available as. the democratic can didate for the office of president of the United States. Text of Resolution. - The resolution follow: . "Be it resolved by this confer -ence, that William G. McAdoo it preeminently available as the denv. ocratic candidate tor the hlgn bt fice of president : of -the United. States, and is the hope of the. pro gressive thought of the nation. -. "It is the 'further sense of thl conference that the record of Mr. MjcAdoo is an open; book.' - His honesty and integrity in Jubllc and private life have, stood tit test ot the most searching Investi gation. . : ' v:v K';VJ "We denounce and condemn the recent, infamous .conspiracy which attempted to besmirch, his name and proclaim, that he .'has emerged, from .these a,tUoks stronger than before. -, v "I , "We unanimously demand hla leadership." ?r,h Labor' Union M" Sign. .-' Every state in th union fas represented: 'by a spokesman In the conference, although several states in the New England and Pacific eoast regions we're unable to send delegations, ., ' A resolution adopted by a can cus of railroad labor leaders be fore the conference and declaring that "careful inquiry has failed to indicate that Mr. McAdoo. haa (Continued on page fire)" - nil Herman L Roth of Holly wood Answers to Charges of Extortion ' .- --i - - c k. LOS ANGELES, Feb. IS. JHer man L. Roth, Hollywood attorney on trial on an extortion charge preferred hy Arthur B- Sawyer, film director and manager ot Bar bara La Marr. motion picture ac tress, took the witness stand in his own defense today. ' : Roth declared under question ing by his counsel, that f 400 in marked money alleged to hate been found by officers who arrest ed him, "wag surreptitfously "pro duced by John Dymond, an age&t for ' the district attorney's' office. The money was 'claimed by the prosecution to have been found In : Roth's "pockets. A sweeping de nial of alii 'allegations' in' connec tion with the extortion charge V as made by the defendant. i; ; The defense late today annoUnc S3 Uscage, tloicd, . - " iniMiir"'""' 1 , ,7