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EDITORIAL TOPICS TODAY (Fag Six) Sitt.-ta t!;a
Strawberry City; About Traditionitr -PermmneTit Pro'rr
ity; Th Bacrr ITeUU; Women Onrniiinr; Bpookhart
Opportunity; Eeosomr nil Tax Cutting; Th lgis!atire.
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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SAIEM, OREGON; THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1924
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y Pandemonium- Reigns at
World Alliance Session Fol
lowing Denunciatory Ad-
dress By Mexican
TFf.!PTATIftFJ Tfl TFST
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1 Small Nations Held Influenced
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BUFFALO, N. Y.. Nov. 12. De
enunciation from the floor, of a
speech made before the peace con
gre33 of the American council of
j the world alliance for internation
al friendship through the church-
I es, as "socialistic, un-American.
Un-patriotlc r and Bolshevistic,"
threw today's session or the con
gress into pandemonium for sev
eral minutes. V
. " Herbert M. Sein of Mexico In
. delivering an address advocating
revolt of the youth of the world
) against war, declared the churches
during the World war had "sin-
ned when they prayed for vic-
tory," and characterized as "bar
, barious" the placing of the flag
beside the Bible in church pul
y pits. He pictured the nations of
the world about to engage In an
7 other conflict when "suddenly and
j In ! unisOn ; there breaks forth
around the world a revolt of fight-
era and "workers 'the "great refu-
i sal to fight thus making the war
stage collapse." ,
Furore Created
4 j, The speaker had concluded "his
address when William E. Otto, a
Buffalo delegate, leaped to his
V feet, denounced the speech and de
j tnanded whether the congress was
"going to stand for such a spqe-
tacle."
A mingled chorus otse.'l and
) "nos," drowned out both Sein
and Otto, the furore Increased by
attempted impromptu speeches
I from other parts of the floor.
When quiet had been restored
Sein denied his speech had been
socialistic, declaring it Interna
tionaliatic. . .
Dr. William P. Merrill of New
York, president of the American
council explained to the delegates
that the congress could endorse
the sentiments of speakers only by
resolution and that the council
was in no way obligated to sup
port the expressed views 01 jar.
Sein.
League Reviewed
He requested that the matter be
postponed temporarily. It was un
derstood that the address and the
attacks on it were to be made4the
1 subject of a resolution to be pre
sented to the congress tomorrow.
At this afternoon's session, Sam
l, uel O. Inman, secretary of the
commission on cooperation in Lat-
In-America, characterized as the
V supreme' test facing the nation the
I question of, whether it will be
able to resist the temptations that
come with riches and power and
jf will be able to carry out its ideals
of democracy and rights of small
I nations.
economic accompiianmeais i
the league of nations were review
ed by Walter Thomas Lay ton, edit
or f the London Economist, Lon
don, England. Mn Layton cred
faA ya laarno with ft laree share
i l N.0'- " -w
of the financial reconstruction of
Europe. ' ,.r . i
l Dr. James T. Sbotwell of Coly
umbia-university, chairman of the
committee of American experts.
who last year drew up a plan, for
1 . reduction of armaments and for
V national security! which was larget
l ly Incorporated ' In the Geneva
protocol of the league of nations,
delivered an address explaining
the relationship of this American
plan to the protocol. , , ' j
Points Outlined j
The essence of the protocol Is
(Cou tinned an pag 2)
River Boat "Relief"
Docks With Big Cargo
Loaded wits 70 tons of mer
chandise, chiefly a cargo of sugar,
- ..It V& vow Knot "Pallal"'
docked at the foot of Court street
Wednesday. The return trip Itp
Portland will be made today : With
a cargo of prunes and paper.
Five hours are all It takes the
boat for. the down trip but at
present, with the limited capacity
of the engines, it takes about 12
hours to make the trip to Salem.
Better time is promised by the
owners, who are goins ahead with
plans to increase the engine ca
pacity. .. j:
One Oregon Family Has
; Eleven rIembsrs Guests
i n S T h r e e Institutions
Eleven members of one family
became public charges Wednesday
when the iron gate at the state
prison clicked behind J. Oi Pal
mer, of Douglas connty, who began
to serve the remainder of his nat
ural life for the crime of rape.
Palmer's wife recently became an
inmate of the state hospital for
the insane and their nine offspring
were sent to a childrens home at
Portland.
Palmer was one of two life term
ers who were received yesterday,
the other being Fred Par&zoa, also
of Douglas county who was sen
tenced to life after pleading guilty
to a charge of murder In the sec
ond degree. Parazoa's papers
came with a recommendation for
parole as soon as his conduct mer
ited such action by the parole
board. , 1
f'WIth these two men was Roy
IS EXPLA1FJED
Villamette SturJents Patrio-
tic But Participation
Held Unpractical
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I That a spirit of unpatriotism
jon the part of : Willamette stu
dents was not the reason for de
clining the invitation to march as
a body in the Armistice day par
ade, was the statement made by a
committee composed of the four
classes which met at noon yester
day. The committee was appoint
ed at a special meeting of the stu
dent body for the purpose of cor
recting the Impression current
among Salem citizens that the stu
dents failed to march because of
a lack of proper national spirit;
"Our statement is not a reply,
Leland Chapin, chairman of the
committee, announced yesterday.
It is only our purpose to correct
an Implication which many have
taken from the newspaper article
to the effect that Willamette stu
dents are lacking in patriotism
and were not actively supporting
Armistice day. 1 :
"Willamette students are not in
any sense lacking in patriotism
nor are they passive in their ex
pression of patriotism on patriotU
holidays. We felt that it would
not be practical f for the student
body to march as a unit yesterday
only because the students had so
many diversified activities that It
was extremely difficult to get
them together for such an occa
sion."
It is pointed out that the chapel
meeting on Monday at which it
was voted not to parade was the
occasion lor a long Armistice day
program.
Public schools of the city took
similar action with regard to
marching in the parade, holding
that It was almost an impossible
task to get students to march in
a body on a school holiday.
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Pearl Kumler Declares That
Charges of Improper Con
duct are Not True
Charges that a hair pin, safety
pin and sldecomb were found in
her bed upon returning from a
trip to Eugene are made by Pearl
Kumler In response to divorce pro
ceedings brought by her husband,
Ovid C. Kumler. j The property in
question was hot hers, she declar
ed in her complaint.
; Mrs. Kumler set forth in her af
fidavit that her husband had de
liberately hired a man to endeavor
to get her in compromising posi
tion so that he might have "evi
dence" upon which to base his
separation proceedings. 1
The woman denied improper
conduct alleged by her husband,
and though she admits having
been in a boat with another man
at Newport, she declared that It
was. during' the daytime and that
others were within sight and hear
ing in other boats. She asks for
250 attorney fees, suit money
and additional allowance for her
Support.
. Allegations made by her hus
band are i characterized as "cow
ardly accusations and scurrilous
charges." She maintains that they
are untrue. )
HE ET
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Burns, also of .'Douglas - county,
tence for" forgery. ' The trio were
who began serving "a five year sen
brought to Salem from Roseburg
by automobile In charge of Sher
iff S. W. Starmer. '
Vigilance upon the part of the
sheriff prevented Palmer from
commiting .suicide. Noticing some
movement of his prisoner's hands
beneath the laprobe. Sheriff Star
mer ' investigated and found Pal
mer attempting to slash his wrist
with a piece of tin. He had not
succeeded In doing himself any In
Jury. Palmer's watch is being kept at
the prison as a curiosity, for the
timepiece has no crystal and was
encased in tin. A hole was cut
over the face, the loose piece be
ing placed over the aperture when
the watch was being carried.
MUSKET USED
TD El LIFE
Mrs. Charles Webb, of Sil
verton, Found Dead at
Home Wednesday
SILVERTON, Nov. 1 2. (Spec
ial to The Statesman.) An old
Civil war musket lying by her side
which had evidently caused her
death Is believed to be the instru
ment selected by Mrs. Charles
Webb, about 35 years old, of Sil
verton, who is thought to have
committed suicide between 3 and
4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at
her home on Mill street. '
Mrs. Webb had been in til health
for about six months, but appear
ed' to be normal earlier in the
day. She had telephoned In a
meat order for dinner. Neighbors
noticed her around the place about
3 'O'clock. ' The time of her death
Is fixed approximately, for she was
found at 4 o'clock.
Just who found the body has
not been ascertained owing to the
exlstant excitement, but. it is be
lieved to have been her husband.
who survives, there being no chil
dren. ' :
Prior to her marriage she was
Miss Minnie Plealer. ' Her hus
band's father is G. A. Webb, a
veteran of the Civil war and a
well known Silverton man.
Arrangements for the funeraj
have not yet been completed. '
LODGE FUtt IS
Simple Rites Held at Tomb;
Military Escort Is Ac
r corded Senator
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 12.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
whose career as statesman and
scholar was ended by death here
last Sunday, was laid to rest to
day in the ' Lodge family vault In
Mount ' Auburn ' cemetery between
two tall American elms on the
slope of a hill and by the shore
of ' a lake,5 The services at, the
tomb and Christ church where a
distinguished group of mourners
gathered, were as simple as the
homage of hundreds would per
mit. The simplicity was relieved
only by a military " and naval
guard of honor, two soldiers, a
sailor and a marine with draped
colors and with arms.
Delegations representing nation
and state, city and town, judiciary
and organizations whose activities
he' shared, were present at the
church services. By wish of the
family, only those close to thesen
ator in public and private life
were admitted in the old church.
' butside, " a reverent m crowd of
hundreds, some of them 1 high' In
social standing or in " public life,
formed a congregation that stood
through the services.
Zero Mark Is Reached
At Bozeman, Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont., Nor. 12.
For the first time this season the
temperature in Bozeman dropped
below the zero mark. During the
24 hours ending at o'clock, this
evening the aeml-officlal report at
the Montana State "college which
Is taken as government records,
showed 11 maximum and 1 below
minimum range of -12 degrees for
the 24 hours. Two Inches of snow
fell during ; the ' early morning
hours.
1'JITIIOIIT
DISPLAY
Tlf ESTIOIJ
: MAY1K1E
1 UP AT SESSIM
Attention of Solons to Be
Directed Primarily to Ap
propriations and Farm
Measures
MELLON IS EXPECTED
TO RE-STATE POSITION
Will Follow Qut Lines Recom
mended at Last Meeting .
of Congress , -
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Tax
reduction at the coming short ses
sion of congress will not be at
tempted under present' plans by
the administration' and although
some congressional leaders have
expressed a desire to take up such
legislation, it now appears that
attention will be directed primar
ily to appropriations and farm
measures. -
It Is understood that Secretary
Mellon, , who conferred . for more
than half an hour with President
Coolidge today, -considers it Im
practicable to attempt to reopen
the tax question at the hree
months session with a new law
Just going into effect.
Administration officials point
out that the actual results of the
new law relative to the surplus
available for future reduction will
not1 be received until payments are
made next year on this year's tax
es,' leaving opportunity to serve in
the entire situation very carefully
before concentrating upon the tax
question.
While no final decision has been
reached, neither . have," any plans
yet been made by the treasury or
the president, it is understood, in
regard to recommending addition
al tax reduction before the meet
ing of the new congress in De
cember, a 4 year Iff nee. ;
'Secretary Mellon,; however, it ia
understood, expects in his' annual
report to re-state his position on
tax reduction along the lines he
recommended to the last session
of congress.
This scheme providing for a
larger cut in the high surtax rates
than was finally approvad by con
gress, received the endorsement of
President Coolidge. In his recent
speeches, Mr. Coolidge also has ln
dicated a desire to cut further the
surtax rates as well as all other
taxes.-
What congress itself may at-
tempt, without recommendation
from the administration Is regard
ed as throwing to some extent an
element ' of Uncertainty into the
sluation now srystallizing as the
December session approaches. Sev
eral congressional leaders also are
already pressing for an extra ses
sion after March 4 to take up tax
reduction and other measures. - -
Sixteen Organizations - De
mand Suspension of Car
penters and Joiners
EL PASO, v Texas, Nov. 12.
(By the Associated Press ) . A
Jurisdictional, dispute of the first
magnitude within the ranks of the
American federation of labor
struck fire today in convention of
the building trades department of
the federation,' In which 16 affili
ated international, organizations
demanded " the 'suspension of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, with 350,000 mem
bers, from the federation.
i The action, the result of a four
year controversy between the car
penters and the international un
ion of sheet metal workers over
the right to do certain work with
metal sash and door fixtures, cli
maxed in a formal resolution an
proved by the convention today in
which the carpenters' .union was
charged with, having openly, con
tinuously and flagrantly defied
the laws; rules, regulations and
decisions of the building trades
department of the American fed
eration of labor.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov.
12. Two men were killed, one Is
dying, and 12 are injured as the
result of an explosion which late
today ' destroyed the loading dock
and receiving room at the main
Grand Rapids post office with a
property damage of $50,000.
GAMPUS HAIRCUTS
OA nod vn k n ntAm i
AT STATE SCHOOL
Pi-eshniAn Go On Rampage and
Invade High School With
r Wholesale; Shearing 1
BATON" ROUGE. La..Nov.l2
Three hundred Louisiana State
nlversity freshmen whose heads
were shaved last nieht br nnner
classmen went on a rampage to
day and before things had quieted
down had Invaded the Baton
Rouge high school, dragged stu
dents and -teachers from the
rooms and cut the hair of three
women Instructors, a number of
girl students and scores of boys.
The wholesale shearing: orocess
at the university last night was
an annual event but the invasion
Of the high school was something
not on the f fixed program. ?
. The freshmen vislted? the high
school last year but 'confined their
activities to yelling and Interrupt
ing classes, s Members of thd high
school faculty today in anticipa
tion of another visit Instructed
their pupils f to remain In their
seats, i The freshmen Invaded the
school and finding the doors lock
ed. In some instances proceeded
to force thefa. Girls and boys
were draggled out of their seats,
many of the girls in tears and
taken into , the halls and : school
yard where freshmen armed with
scissors and clippers went to work
on them. Five of the teachers
were surrounded but two. of them
waded through the freshmen
ranks, slapping- their captors a-
side in man fashion. -
HEY, FOOD
BOTH NEEDED
Associated Charities Plan
Action and Outline Plans
for Year Last flight
Representatives from , various
sections of. the city, have been se
lected by the Associated Charities
and will report on the cases of
ne4d and suffering that arise.
Such was the plan of action adopt
ed last night at the first regular
meeting of the association. The
election of officers was postponed
until the next meeting-.
The greatest need of the chari
ties at the present time is money
and food donations. There is a
very smalt amount of money- on
hand and there are several calls
for aid. ..-,
Special requests were made by
the Associated Charities last night
for donations of foodstuffs. There
is -need, of vegetables of various
sorts, especially those that can be
stored away for some time. Fruits
of various kinds can be used.
There is a demand for apples,
beets, potatoes, cabbage, carrots,
and other foods that can be used
by needy families: These dona
tions can be cared for at the Red
Cross ' headquarters on State
street which are centrally located
in the city. " '
With the adopted plan of the
coming year the local organiza
tion expects to' have the aid dis
tributed to more families. Many
times there is a duplication of ser
vices when an appeal is sent to the
public and specific names men-
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BMliTliS
Lead of 1 650 "Votes Over
Steck Recorded; Other
- Figures Yet to Come ,
DES MOfNES, Xowa, Nov, 12.
(Byj the AP.) A lead of 650
votes for Senator Smith W. Brook
hart, with official figures yet to
come from 12 of the 99 Iowa
counties, was the standing tonight
of the official canvass of votes
cast for Brookhart and Daniel F.
Steck. his democratic opponent for
the isenate; In the November elec
tion; .
. Tabulation of the official re
turns 'today resulted in a fluctu
ation of more than '100 votes in
Senator Brookhart's lead, the re
ports early today had sent his ma
jority down v to 539, a new low
mark since the beginning of the
official count.
It was said : officially that the
missing precincts in Polk eounty
(Des Moines) , would add nearly
5 00 j votes to 1 Brookhart'a total.
The; official total vote in 77 coun
ties; and the unofficial total in the
12 unreported counties made their
totals tonight: Brookhart 447.
457j Steck 446,607.
S1UGGL1G1
JEWELRY HELD
TO BE BROKEN
Huge Ring' and Conspiracies
Interrupted . By Activities
of Custom Agents in the
United States
COUNTERFEITERS ARE
ALSO UNDER ARREST
More Than OO Believed Implicated
Through ' Middle West
Cities '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 Agents
of the customs service have suc
ceeded in breaking -up one of . the
greatest smuggling conspiracies in
recent years; it was disclosed to
night at the treasury where it was
said that customs agents in half a
dozen sections of the country in
recent months have seized and
identified smuggled jewelry valued
at more than a quarter or a mil
lion' dollars.
Information as to the success
of the agents efforts which were
inaugurated with the killing at
Los Angeles last August of Mrsr.
Theresa Mors, with whose murder
"Kid" McCoy has been charged,
was received here today when
agents of the service in New York
notified ' the treasury they had
found details of the smuggling
operations.
The treasury department was
informed a man named Medlanski,
now in flight to a foreign country,
was the person who actually had
brought in the Jewelry.
' Mors Case Included
Any information concerning the
identity of .Medlanski was .with
held by officials, but 'it was indi
cated that i their 1 knowledge was
not definite 'as to how long he
has operated ,or how "much 'jewelry
in - the aggregate has been smug
gled Jnto .the country. The fact
that the - trail was; picked up . on
the death of Mrs. Mors, it was
stated; was regarded as having no
significance Insofar as her 'death
Itself was concerned.
Whether Medianskl operated for
himself or as an agent for higher-
ups was not indicated, but accord
Ing.to custom service records he
was the head and forefront of the
active operations and had 'enlisted
(ContiaaaA on pg 6)
PHIS SI
No Clues Found " By -Police
Regarding Pair Who Es-
caped City Jail
Salem police are still without a
clew as to the whereabouts of Roy
Miller and Zeno Hansard,- two
prisoners who escaped from the
city jail, sometime Tuesday night,
by sawing their way through the
bars of a rear window of the jail.
Miller and Hansard were serving
250 and 125 days respectively for
possession of intoxicating liquor.4
It Is uncertain how the prison
ers obtained the saw by which
they made their; way to freedom,
but it Is presumed "by the police
that a transient "sleeper" f urnlsh
efd the blade. During the recent
cold weather many applications
for beds have been made and two
of the men of that night had slept
there before. Search is made of
all sleepers before they enter the
jail and their effects are held un
til' their release the following
morning. '
Miller was fined $500 and Han
sard 1250 in the police court two
months,, ago for the possession of
liquor and as neither one had any
money they were serving the "fine
out at the rate of S3 a day. A
state charge of pperatlng a still
is also held against these men and
their bail was fixed at 1750 each.
They would have been turned over
to x state officials , following the
serving "of their term in "the' Jail.
Bot meh, It is said, are oil of
fenders and It Is claimed ' that
Hansard has sawed his way cut of
jail at Eugene and other places.
Fire Theatens Business
Section of Texas City
FORT WORTH. Texas, Nov. 12.
Fire at 'midnight was' threaten
lng to destroy the business ' sec
tion of Bridgeport, 40 miles north
west of Fort Worth. Fire appara
tus had been ordered from Deca
tur and other f nearby; towns.
Bridgeport la without a water sup
ply or 5f ire' departments. ' r :
I TO
LIBEHTY
TTIGH SCHOOLS
1,1
HELD NO PLACE
POR BENEDICTS
Married Student Expelled at Spo
kane "Brings Suit for
- Reinstatement
SPOKANE, Nov. 12 Testimony
and affidavits of school officials
in this and 'other cities to the
effect that the" presence of a mar
ried student in a high school has
a ' demoralizing effect upon . the
other student?, 'were presented at
a hearing- here today before A. J.
Simpich, county superintendent of
schools.' ' , " ' '
The case arose over the eua
pension i of Denton McBean, a
student in the Lewis and Clark
high school of this city. He
brought suit in superior court for
an injunction to compel cancella
tion of his suspension but the court
ruled that it lacked jurisdiction,
and" that the matter was one for
the county superintendent to de
termine. : ;Vf--, "I!1'"'
Orville C. Pratt, superintendent
of: Spokane city schools, testified
at the hearing- today that MeBean
was suspended solely because of
his marriage. .
WDRHTS
Facilities are Held Inade
quate; Would Segregate
Sleepers and Boys;
Efforts will be made . to i have
the city council sanction .some
needed Improvements and better
accommodations in the city jail by
Mayor John B. Giesy in the near
future.; . ".'
"The escape of the two : men
from the jail Tuesday night was
to be expected," Mayor Giesy said
yesterday. "There is only the one
large room and when T left there
were the ' two bootleggers, three
drunks and more than a dozen
men who had been permitted to
sleep in the jail. We need some
place to keep' these classes segre
gated. Occasionally a runaway
boy or-two -is -picked-up by the
police. :- Generally we keep these
In : the womens' department; but
when there are female prisoners,
It 'is necessary to place the boys
with' the regular jail inmates ! at
night. i . : .
"With the state hospital for the
insane.')ocated here," the police of
ficers are often called upon to pick
up a crazy man. There is no place
to;keephim where he cannot in
jure himself or other's in the jail.
The same applies to a man who is
in a dangerous mood from intoxi
cating liquor"
Mayor Giesy "said that .the base
ment' was originally planned for
jail accommodations and at a com
paratively low- expense,; could be
placed in condition to receive ail
the .sleepers that apply, for beds.
In ! addition, separate cells, some
thing the present .quarters . lack,
could be installed. .In order to
give proper connections, an inside
stairway would have to be ! . cut
from the basement to the city hall
as the only means of entering the
basement at present are frpm the
outside.
VJ0IMEI1 ESCAPE
IVHETJ FLDDR FALLS
Section of New "Elks Temple
Gives'Way; Repairs are '
Being Made '
Repairs -are under way at the
new Eks temple to replace a large
portion of the cement floor which
fel a day or so ago, nearly killing
twp workmen. The concrete had
been poured for some .days and
sufficient time had been allowed
tor the, proper drying of the mix
ture. It was' thought safe enough
to, allow additional construction
to go on. . ' '
" Two workmen, ' an : electrician
and a plumber, were engaged un
derneath the floor and for some
reason they were called away for
a few minutes. It was at this
juncture that the concrete floor
gave way and crashed Into' the
basement. It Is expected that no
great delay will be suffered by the
contractors. 1
- Several reasons have been ad
vanced to explain the accident, ij
is 'said but no definite one has
been assigned as yet. . . -
The work of removing the masi
of f crumpled gravel and cement
was immediately undertaken, 'Lit
tle' trouble was found in pulling
the steel bars used lnrtfce rein
forcement work from the crumhl
ed cement. . "'
BETTER JAIL
UU mil I 'd uui'-j
ELECTIJii
RAlLUiVi' k:
Preparations are Unicr V.'cy
for Much LesLsIatica i-i
Congress; 100 Billi to T.s
Offered
MEASURES ARESl?.!ILAn;
DISCUSS THREE FOISTS
Consolldatloa, Federal He f : r e 3
and Final Valuations Out
- ' - standing Topics
, -DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 13
Preparations for railroad le?-'.;?'.-
iion in tne snort session of con
gress Will get Under way In TVssh
ington Immediately, Senator A. D,
Cummins of Iowa, co-author cf
the; EBCh-Cummins transportation
act; announced tonight prior to
his "departure for the capital.
The result of the election has
so materially improved the Eltca
tidn. Senator Cummins declared,
that the opposing factions In" the
railroad controversy can not gc i
together on the economic ques
tions Involved and take the rail
roads out of politics.
JIany Dills Iendir
Senator Cummins expressed tl. j
hope that Senator "La Follstte,
with whom he differs on a part cf
the railroad program," will meet
him half way.1 s
"It would seem." Senator Cum
mins said, ."that the result of tta
election has demonstrated that La
Follette cannot have his own "way.
Inasmuch as I am willing to cea
cede a part of his railroad pro
gram, it would seem there is a
fair opportunity to reach an sgrc :
ment," In addition to railroad bills cf
his ' Own which are pending I a
congress, Senator Cummins ia! i
there are about 100 other tli: i
proposing regulation of the ra5'
roads.
- Three Main Problems
AH of 'thf ni. he added, "c::
on' the same' thrfs ttlnrs -
solidatioh of the syste.s, t:.,.
tion of a settled policy of govern
mental, interference ia disputes
between the railroads and their
employes -and - final .valuation cf
the -properties necessary for rata
making purposes. Jf we could
get these three problem settles!
.to the Satisfaction "ef everybody,"
Senator Cummins said, "we would
have peace in the railroad world
for a long time to corns. Hope for
this settlement looks very promis
ing to. me. For the first time 1
can really ' see the end of the con
troversy 'with regard to the rail
roads in political campaigns."
, Differences; named
.The problems. In arriving at
such an agreement, he said, are:
For the owners to surrender their
opposition to' consolidation; for
the employes to settle upon a
policy of handling the problems
of wages and working conditions;
and " f or r adoptibaT." of a apeei y
method, of reaching valuatipta
which determine tje : rates "ship
pers have to pay.
"The chief problem cocernins
the railroad employes, including
the brotherhoods and the unions,
is their opposition tp the UnU L
States railroad labor board. The
chief difference between the man
agers and the men seems to' be
whether the government eLouIJ
undertake to create a toad euch
as now exists with authority to
render decisions in disputes c:i
their merits.
Must Earn Returns
''There is not enough different j
between the managers and tta
men, In my opinion, to form a sub
ject of continual fighting....
valuation " of railway ' property f : r
on that depends the rate naki:;
power.
"No one disputes," -Eenat r r
Cummings said, "that the rail
roads must earn a fair return ca
their value. The sole matter cf
controversy is as to - their vale a
and in: the ahsence-of an.: amec l
ment to the constitution po er a
disputes that the value of aj
kind of public property is a judi
cial. 'question and must be deter
mined by the courts.;
Representative Hawley
7 Will Leave cp Friday
Representative and Mrs. W. C.
Hawley, who have been in Salt i
since last June, will, return t
Washington, D. November II,
via the Southern Pacific Uses, t
Washington,' Representativa V
ley .will resuau- his dutici -. c -press
after i.pc r-e!"?tf :
resent - this diV'HCt.