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llteli.il The Weather OREOPJ Unsettled; PRQTECTIXa TOCK IONEY It pays you to read the adTertlsemfiDts and to know advertised product. Buying them pro tects your money. ' . ; " ! 4 occasional rains and ;miidemperature; eouther- lr winds, : wrong i on ririu i.- ,, Min 45; Riier 17.8 ; rising; iRainfalU;02;iAtn Biosphere cloudy; Wind' south. : j ; ; , ; SEVENtY'FQUBTH-YEAB SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ; NDTSETTLED Emergency ) Appropriation Measure for $1,500,000 to Be Threshed Out Mon day; Morning MEMBERS INTRODUCE TOTAL OF 296 BILLS First Half of Session Is End ed With Foq4 pf Proposed I-'". Legislation 1; Relief for eastern Oregon wheat farmers asking for an j appropria tion of $1,500,000 for reseeding purposes was held oyer, for a spe cial order of business at 11 o'clock Monday, morning alter an attempt had been made to rash the mean are through for final passage upon its introduction yesterday. The ; jneasurj, H. B. No. 261, was in- J rod need by 'the j Joint! ways and means committee., V ;..;. The measure is in the nature of a loan, all moneys to be distribut ed under j the j approval of the state board of control, secured by first mortgages on the crops, bear ing 6 per cent interest and pay able January 1, 1926,. with an ex tension of one year if, necessary. Objections liaised i , Objections' q its' being placed upon final passage were; made by Representative Coffey who held that he had read of the emer- gency in the papers,, but there was no need of becoming hysterical and rushing: it through. ; Repre sentative Graham wanted more time to study the measure while would have tp vote for the bill, as he could not forget what the state had! done sfor Astoria after the fire, but, be Bald, "for God's sake don't take a chance on de feating the measure by placing it upon its final reading," sensing the general attitude of the assem bly. -l-:i:;! fH.i'j ! -:; : , i Loan Phase Stressed - Both Representatives Shumway and j . Loncrgan made passionate pleas for) immediate j action, the latter holding; that when Japan needed help'! there was no hesita tion displayed by Oregon, and that the state could do no less for. its own farmers, emphasizing the fact that the bill "only provided for. a loan and did: not need further study, ijjj: jjl; I. ; ' j : , ; ';. ' After much debate H. B. No. 1 64, by 1 Representative Ilurjburt, prescribing fines for manufacture of liquor, ownership of a .still and possession of mash passed. though it received but- 32 votes, and a bill providing for a salary increase of not to exceed $200 a month, for the secretary of the state board of agriculture was passed, the pres ent salary ii being ; $100. Cjther measures approved by the house were No. 192, enabling the state to collect for "income tax due in (Continued oa im i) TO BE DISCUSSED Chairman of Senate Ways s a ' . ana (Vieans uommiuee 10 Talk Before Chamber "Maintaining Our Public Instl tut ions,? ! is the topic, , to'be dis: HKort hoTnra ihn tnomVtem'of the Hale'm!.j!Chamber of Commerce at th.Mr regular noonday , meeting Monday, by Senator F. J. Toozc, representing Clackamas county, and chairman of the Senate ways and-means committee. SSfiator .Tooze has made a deep study of penal institutions of this state and California and has some facts which he is going to put afrbss Monday noon! i He contends that the inmates of the penal in stitutions should work for their board and room, and believes that work is good for men in, and out Ei"ie the penitentiary, ij J ! Mr. Tooze was editor of the Oregon' CUy Banner-Courier until about a year ago. j At that time his pen. produced editorials that denounced whatever ! appeared to him to be special privilege or die; crimination against the- farmers welfare. , His record In the state legisla turc has been In accordance with his editorial . policy ; and school laws and numerous other .forms of legislation have been studied W PROBLEMS Smutty Story by Minister Appearing Before Investigators , Members of the; Cleaver and prohibition enforcement law in vestigating committee yesterday. In ... questioning the Rev. I. p. Stark, pastor of a Friends church and missionary on j the Klamath Indian reservation, heard bipi tell a decidedly "off color", story in illustration of jus, how low a man. was who smoked a Cigarette, after first asking if there were any ladles in the room. s ; The. story was told after the Rev, Statk had said that there was only, one decent man among the 127 deputy sheriffs that Mr. Cleaver claimed were in the em ploy, of the former, sheriff of Klamath county. Indecent men, the i Rev, Stark : explained, were those that swore -lor drank or smoked clgare'tte3.j Upon fbelng called ' down f orchis story by Sen ator Garland, who wanted to know which was the worst, a cig arette or the story,; the Rev. Stark admitted that neither were very commendable. ' j ! I Rev. Stark testified that he had IMS HIDED PRISON TE1 Fine of $10,000 Also Im posed; Attorney Co-Dc- . fendant Escapes Jail NEW YORK, Jan. 3 0. Gaston B. : Means, ' one time confidential agent of the Department of Jus tice, under Director William J. Burns, was fined f J.0, 000 and sen tenced to two years in he federal prison. jat Atlanta today, .when a Jury found him guilty of " having conspired to obstructs Justice. Thomas B. Felder, Means for mer, attorney and co-defendant on the conspiracy charge, was fined $10,000 but got no prison tcrm. Both men wpre" 'granted permis sion, to apply for writs of error, automatically staying execution of their sentence, j River Overflowing Banks and 20 Feet; of iWafer. May Soon Be Result Indications are that he Willa mette river. 'will reach the highest point this winter, with the crest of the i flood stage being reached Sunday according to information received irom me j-pruana wea ther bpreau' by Victor Oliver, local observer...... ;. , I The river is reported rising at all points and I will continue to rise, the telegram said. The flood stage is expected by the end of the week. j Word was received from Albany last night 'that the river stood 18 feet1 with 10 feet reported at Jef ferson, There was no change in reading taken in the morning Readings taken here showed the river 17.8 feet and rising. ; FLOOD CHEST IS EXPECTED SDUV Versatile ; Selections Arie Presented' ' 1 in McQowell Club Concert Last NJgit ' " , ' -m' . ' 111 '.' ; '- Program Offers Balance With Aide Itange of Conosersj Organ",' Piano Innfl Vocal Selections are Delictely Rendcrnl The MacDowell club last night, at the First Christian church, sponsored the appearance of Fred erick W. Goodrich, organist; Frances Virginia Melton, pianist; Leslie H. Springer, baritone, and Nellie M. Schwab soprano, in a concert made up of versatile num bers from a large range of com posers, i Encompassed with organ num bers, the program sho.wed inter esting balance. Following the Allegro from the. Third k. Sonata (Rogers ) , ponderous, except for a few shimmering shorda and the erisp, piquant Gavotte ..of , Ncua tedt, played by Mr. Goodrich of Portland. pMtas j Schwab chose a group peculiarly ulted " to her TOirea luscious soprano. 1 "Thy Name," ' by" Wood, and the more melodic1 -Retrain" of Kreisler wer deilehtful.' Beach's arrange ment It "TheSYear'si at the Morn brought-out the exuberance of a onr.nn like Miss Schwab's. The accompaniments wre all delicate lv attuned Mtes (Mildred Jaeger Related never heard of the sheriff making an arrest for a liquor law volation priortq the advent of Mr. Cleav er's agents, in the county and that l : it had not been for the state agents conditions would have been very much worse than they were and are. ... i ':.:.;.- ,.- ; T .B. Buffington. deputy sheriff of pmatilla county and for a time connected with the. federal depart ment, said that it would never do to tell the sheriff of Grant county in advance of an agent coming into the county and that he had worked with the state agents in perfect cooperation, , With names being mentioned from all over the state and includ ing those in the house and senate and . even the investigating com mittee, that of Sheriff Oscar Bow er, of Marion county, was not even exempt when L. L. McBride, state agent,' said that Sheriff Bower -had refused to accept a prisoner and that the officer was forced to take the prisoner to the city jail. He (Continued on iu 6) Flooded Conditions at Fair grounds Brings Special ? Meeting of Board 1 Flooded conditions of the state fairgrounds are to be discussed at a special meeting, of the state fair board, which is to meet in Port land today at 10 o'clock at the Imperial hotel. These conditions result every year, it is said, and the floods at the grounds reached an alarming point yesterday. Not only do the fairgrounds suffer, but property adjoining is included. , It Is reported that the ground to be used by the B- C. IJjeJineiijaitlXJ is cu v erea . ay me waier, ana mat the sidewalks and the pavement at the intersection of the Portland Silverton highway has suffered. . Water has burst from under J,he pavement at this point and quick action was necessary to stop fur ther da-mage. The. 12-inch sewer pipe, which is, used in that district, is totally Inadequate to carry off the excess water. -i Virtually every part of the fair grounds is covered, by the water, which was running a swift current near the machinery t sheds and the pedestrians' entrance. The water flows from the state land east of the fairgrounds to the south end of the' grounds, sweeping arounl and under them. j S. M. Bush, superintendent of grounds, reports that little dam age has been done, but it is feared the foundations of the buildings may be weakened by the water which flowed in a Swift current. The secretary of the fair board, Mrs. Ella Shultz Wilson, has gone to Portland to be in attendance at the board meeting. HIGHWAYMEN MAKE HAUL PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 30. Four armed highwaymen tsopped a limousine on a boulevard near .here late tonight and fobbed two weauny uon Angeies coupies oi gems, cash and clothing valued at '$14,500, according to the police. nodding carnations coaxed the so loist back to the platform to' sing "Sally Roses," Just as "Sally" herself would have liked it best. I Frances Virginie Melton, pianist had the assurance that every mem ber of the audience was . an ap preciative friend by the time she had finished her lovely, impres sionistic study of the water's re flections, "Reflects dens Teaa." Miss Melton's brief, analytic com ments added in a delightful man ner to the satisfaction of the pro gram. Before the Debussy, num ber she gave Lesehetiiky8 - con trasting number "Etude Heroike." The pianist made a lovely picture in her gown of lace and Ivory sat in as she carried away a great arm bouquet of carnations and roses. "Nymphs at, Play, a Chopin' pre lude, was an encore. Mr. Goodrich a ' second group from Couperln LottI, and Simon ettl preluded four baritone solos bv Leslie H. Springer. The first Handel's "Where'er . You Walk, FEAR IS FELT FORBES TRIAL IS GQNUIGTIQfJ Former Veterans' Bureau Head and Thompson Found Guilty of Conspir acy to Defraud FEDERAL JUDGE HOLDS BACK THEIR SENTENCE Maximom Penalty is Jwo Years' Imprisonment, $10, 000 Fine or Both CHICAGO, Jan. 30. (By AP). The federal jury which review ed the administration of the Tjjni ted States Veteran's Bureau under former Director Charles R. Forbes tonight convicted - Forbes and John W. Thompson, wealthy St. Louis contractor 1 of conspiracy to defraud the government La ; the allocation of veterans' hospital contracts. ; , ; Pending hearings " February 4 on the defense motion for a new trial, Federal Judge Peorge' A. Carpenter reserved sentence. : The maximum penalty for Uhe offense is two years imprisonment br flO.OOO fine, or both. ; The verdict came as a surprise to the defense, and the crowded court room, ! Will Appeal Case Defense council indicated that r the case would be carried, if nec essary, tp the United States Su preme court. , , - ?It is not all over yet," Forbes said in commenting on the verdict. Thompson, who was perhaps the calmest man in the court room, made no comment. The jury was out five hours aaaviifty mmrtes.' bul'-fts 'verdicV was reached on. the twelfth ballot after exactly five hours delibera tion. The vote on the first nine ballots was 9 to 3 for conviction. On the next two it stood 10 to 2. The verdict in the ten weeks liti gation was reached on the next ballot. Mury Asks Ad vice After four hour's deliberation. the jury filed in to ask the court concerning its right to consider overt acts committed beyond the jurisdiction of the trial court, j Judge Carpenter Informed them that they must confine their ver dict to overt acts within the juris diction of Northern Illinois. The principle overt act charged by the government to have been commit ted in this district was the alleged payment of 15.000 in cash to Forbes by Elias H. Mortimer, one of the alleged - conspirators who became the governments inform er and chief witness for the prose cution. In the Drake hotel in Chi cago on June 20, 1922. On this date the government charged, there existed between Forbes, Thompson, Mortimer, James W. Black, deceased partner of Thompson and Charles F. Kra mer, former general counsel of the Veterans' bureau, a conspiracy to award fraudulently veterans' hofpital contracts to Thompson and Black interests. Mortimer, a sell confessed "snipper of official red tape in Washington,"! testified he paid money to Forbes as an agent for Thompson. , t Kramer and Black died within a few weeks of each other early In 1923. ; . ' , ? After hearing the opinion of the pour on the point of law, the jury retired for further deliber. ations. - r HQ In less than two hours word came from the jury room that a verdict was ready. When the verdict was read, the defense asked for a poll of the jurors, each of whom confirmed the findings as his own. Ross Elected President of Richmond Community Club The organization of the Rich mond community club was suc cessfully formulated lastn ight at the Central' Congregational church Harry, Ross was elected president, C. C. Harris, vice president, and treasurer, and Miss C. Miller, ec retary' :- The adoption of a constitution and by-laws completed the remain ing business session of the evening-. - . , Musical numbers by the pupils Of the .Richmond school under the direction of Grace Zosel were fea tured, and Eulng McCroskey enr tertained' with his musical saw; Elmo S. White, made the main ad- . dress of he eveping. , . K Mil BiQUETlIFJ IfJG POST Ambassador, to Court of Si James ; Feted By Epglisfi Government on Occasion of Retirement SUCCESSOR TO HUGHES WILL RETURN AT ONCE Prince of Wales and Earl of . Balfour Pay Warm Tribute to Delegate LONDON, Jan. 30. (By the Associated Press). A . brilliant farewell dinner was given by the Pilgrims club tonight to Frank B Kellogg, who is retiring as Ameri can ambassador to 3 the Court of St. James to take up the post of secretary of state in succession to Charles E. Hughes. The function was 'attended by the Prince of Wales, Winston Churchill, the Earl of Balfour, a number of cabinet officers, the ambassadors of Bel gium, Italy and France, and scores of men prominent in civic, com mercial and military life of Great Britain. Ijn proposing Mr. Kel logg's health, Mr. Churchill paid warm tribute to his character and abilities. He declared that he had recent ly been in Paris "with the Ameri can ambassador when he was en gaged in protecting and further ing the interests of his own coun try and he could say that Mr. Kellogg "never loses touch with the points of view of others." "We have entered upon a new naval situation," he declared. "For the first time we have will ingly and trustfully agreed to a condition of equality so far as capital units of the battle fleets are concerned, with the United States. The Washington agree-menWihat- noble instrument as- (Coattaaad on pas B DATES ABE SET Willamette University Rep resentative ill Be Named Next ' Friday Tryouts to determine a repre sentative in the old line oratorical contest have beeij set for Friday, Feb. 6, according to an announce ment made Friday by the Forenic council of Willamette university. The contest will be held at Mc- Minnville on the second Friday in March, and every institution in Oregon will be represented. Leland T. Cbapin, of Reeds- port, who last year won the state oratorical championship and a sub stantial cash prxzo in the -peace contest will enter an oration in the coming fray. Among others trying out is Ward Southworth. two-year debate " letterman, and runner up for school oratorical re presentative last year. Aside from tae od line contest, Willamette will enter a represen tative in the peace contest sched uled for the second Friday In April, and the Interstate contest sometime later in which every institution on the Pacific Coast may compete. Tryouts for rep resentatives in these contests will be held soon. : State Officials May Get Raise and Money at Shorter' Intervals Salary, increases amounting to $7000 a year for the attorney gen eral, secretary of state and state treasurer are sou-ght in a measure introduced in the house yesterday by Representative Burdlck. The funds would als obe made payable monthly instead of quarterly." . Under the, proposed change the salary of the ; governor would re main . the -. same as . at present, $7500; the attorney general would be, $6000 instead? of $400,0; Jthe secretary, of state. $6000 Jus tea 4 of $4500, and the state treasurer, $60?0 Instead of J 4500, KELLOGG ORflTORY TRYOUT SWIDHE BIE OFFERED Dorolhy Ellington, Jazz Mania Victim, Only lb, Kills Scolding Mother, Miss Ellington, who shot and killed her mother because she had been upbraided for her wayward ness, is shown above with Police woman Sullivan of San Francisco, who is protecting her from a cur ious crowd. After Dorothy sjew her mother, she left home with some wearing apparel and $45. of T DEBATE Dispute Over Ousting From Conference Breaks Out I Afresh in House WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The dispute between organized Repub licans and LaFollette insurgents broke out ; afresh today in the house, Representative Longworth, the Republican leader, stirring up another round of debate by de claring the Wisconsin delegation by its activity in the recent cam paign had forteitea the right to participate in party councils. s Declaring; be had received no quarter from Republicans during the campaign and Intended to ask for none now, Mr. Laguardia, now listed as a republican, but reelect ed as a socialist, told the repub licans that j their strength was waning in New York City and that he proposed to carry on his fight there. . - "You can kick me out of your caucus," he said, ' out l can Keep you out of the City Hall in New York." Mr. Browne declared he had been unable to find any author ity for any class or group to make an acid test of party regu larity, or to define what . party loyalty consists of." Asserting that the ten Repub lican members of the house from Wisconsin "represent the entire electorate of the state, regardless of party," Mr. Browne continued 3 ".You cannot read the ten re publican representatives out ; of the party without reading out nearly a half million republican voters." " h CHALLENGE IS MADE DETROIT, Jan. 30. (By The Associated Press.) Tommy Gib: pons, St. Paul heavyweight, is claiming the world's heavyweight boxing title that Jack Denipsey is discarding anfl is willing to meet any man in the world to prove his right to the honors. - f I M k i '-.' 1 jj, ;.,-:--.viisH,... - a --:. I i RADICAL BLOC STAR Auditorium of New 50,000 Church to.be Open Sunday for First Service Old First Church of Christ, Kcientist, Incorporated in, Modern Structure; Guenther Electrid Organ lias 30 Miles of Wire The auditorium of the new $50, 000 First Church of Christ, Scien tist, at the corner, of North Lib erty and Chemeketa, facing on Chemeketa, will be opened for ser vices for the first time tomorrow. The entire edifice is a splendid ex ample of the classic Doric archi tecture. Of special interest is the fact that the old church which stood on the corner of Center and High, and which was the J first Shurch of Christ, Scientist, to be erected in Oregon, is incorporated into. the new church, intact. This part of the building is devoted to Sunday school purposes, with an entrance on North Liberty, s A spacious foyer, in ample check room, rest rooms, and class rooms, together with the main Sunday school hall, take up the space onVtho first floor. Two broad stairways, on either side of the front entrance, of triple . glass doors, lead to' the new auditorium which wirrseat approximately 500 people. V " : V I Then Dances and prinks her mother's money and went to a rooming-house. She was arrested there two days later.- She had been drinking: and dancing only 'a few hours af ter : the shooting:. Dorothy made .a full confession, saying, "I wanted excitement, . and hare I am," ; KEARNS ILL) HOLD DElflPSEY Manager of Heavyweight Champion Says Jack Will Not Retire Soon ' I LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30. When Jack Dempsey loses his punch he will be" retired as heavy weight boxing champion, and Jack Kearns, his" .manager, will tell him when that is, Kearns announced tonight in an interview giving his opinion of the hue and cry recent ly raised over Dempsey's repeated admissions that he and Estelle Taylor expected to be married soon. and that he "would probably quit fighting ' about the same time. . i Kearns admitted he was re signed to the fact that Dempsey intends to marry the motion pic ture actress, but bis view of all affairs of the heart is tinged with doubt born of experience. He ex pects to; bear wedding bells, but he cannot belive their jingle will sound the knell of Dempsey's ring career. ' " J "I know Dempsey has talked about retiring for a. long time," he said,; "just like doctors, law yers, bankers and others who get tired of the profession they are in. Jack has felt that he wanted to pack i hjs gloves away, in moth balls. He also has a conviction that there is no one in the game today capable of giving him a real tight: i i .; ' NARCOTIC OFFENDER TAKEN SEATTLE, Jan. 30. Federal narcotic agents arrested Lee Gla sop and said there were $5i000 worth of narcotics in his room which adjoined an apartment oc cupied by a federal narcotic agent, authorities announced tonight. WHEAT MARKET STEADY WINNIPEG. Jan. 20. The wheat market was. much steadier today and although -the range in prices was about four -cents, the session was rather quiet in con trast to the past few days. the right a stairway leads to the musicians' ad to the two readers rooms, -with a broad hall separat ing them from the rostrum to which there are two separate en trances. A small stairway at the end of the hall leads to the organ loft. ! " - In entering the foyer one finds the floors covered with a soft gray linoleum, with the windows of am ber and lavender art glass. On the foyer to the right Is the checkroom,:,-systematically equipped with numbered hooks. The rest rooms are beyond. Leaving the foyer on the left one enters a rpom for parents and guardians for use during the "Sunday school hour. The primary room Is opposite, and on the right in entering from Lib erty street. ; -f- Tomorrow the new auditorium will be-used for both the 11 o'clock and the 8 o'clock services with all Interested invited to at tend. The pews in the auditorium are of mahogany In classic simplic- FROHiS Port' of Portland Bill Passed By Both Houses; Joseph Creates Furore in Sepate Chamber PRE$.M0$ER ACCUSED OF INFLUENCING VOTE Action of Govern6r Pierce Held "Disgusting" ; Brown Scores Bill Charging that President Gud Moser bad held, private conferenc es with members of the senate in an attempt to influence them to vote favorably on the Port otdPort- land bin, Senator GeqrgeAv. Jos eph caused a furore of excitement in the senate chambers yesterday afternoon. He made a bitter de nunciation of the measure, and stated that the j corruption in the senate was a scandal. The bill was passed by both,) houses at the afternoon session. and removes the power of the gov ernor to make appointments or to remove commissioners in the port of Portland. f Art Said Disgusting : Holding that the acts pf Gover nor Pierce were "disgusting," Representative Mott, of Astoria, cast one of the two negative votes against the 'passage of the port commissioners' measure' in the house. There 'is ho' necessity for such rush,' he held, pointing out it was not a legislative function to name commissioners of the' port, which should be- left to' the board of control "or the citizens of Port land. It is wrong to take ap pointive powers from the gover nor, much as they may meet with public disapproval. A majority of the actions of the governor were deeply deplored, but the principle involved was. wrong, he said. After the roll call was announced Representative Miller changed hi vote to "no." j The proceedure under whick the measure ; was passed was termed by Senator Sam 1 1. Brown, of Marion county, as the greatest example of "steam roller" legis lation he had ever witnessed." "The port bill was introduced in this, chamber on Thursday, Sena tor Brown sard, "and it comes up for final passage on Friday. Why the --hurry? I am in favor of the hill, "only in so far as I believe the people of Portland are in a posi tion to know what they want, bet-ter-than'tbe people in the rest of the state do. j As for'inyself, I do not want to take the responsibility of voting against the 20 'other Multnomah delegates in the house and senate, and voting for Sena tor Joseph's position. But I want to state my position on this floor, r am not in favor of this kind of legislation. I am not In favor of railroading a thing through, -no matter what it is, but in this case, believing that the people of Port- tana anow wiwi mey want, x vuio "aye." I ' Moser Scores Joseph Turning the chair over to Sena tor Eddy,-President Moser took his place on the floor, and in a vitriolic speech, severely scored Senator Joseph. "This talk of corruption n this chamber - re flects no dishonor on (he mem- bers; it merely shows to what ex tent a man will go in an attempt to justify a cause he knows : U wrong. The speech Senator Jos eph made was not for the benefit (Contlna4 on pf 7) To Our Readers , The , Statesman carriers will call to make their monthly col lections today.' Your nerwspaper boy is' Just starting In business for himself. .This is his first 'effort to learn business , and his success or failure depends to a "consider able extent on your good will and cooperation. 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