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The Weather ' Tuesday cloudy with moderate. temperature becoming unsettled over west portion by night. Mpnday--Max., 60; min., 31; riyer, 5.9, falling; rainfall, .03: atmos phere, cloudy; wind; southwest, - - r CITY" BEAUTIFUL - is the Slogan editor's, topic this week. See Thursday's paper for many suggestions as to how you may help make' Salem more beautiful. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR : SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS S v i V ; 7 Ki. t f.' : i i -i GEN1K1 PREPARED FDH - FUTURE IRS Staff of Officers Maintained Equal to 1914; French Declare Conditions Re quire Action . AMBASSADORS COUNCIL t0 CONSIDER REPORTS Military Experts 'Say Ger mans Have All Improved Types of Ordnance PAIUS, March 2. (By the AP.) The opinion of Marshal Foch and ;hia colleagues- of the allied war committee is that the report ot the. military control mission shows that , the Germans , persist . in their determination to maintain a complete staff of officers for an ; army such as ; existed prior to 1914. Also, the committee believes. 1 Germany, is educating not only of- i fleers and sub-alterns to this end. but to all sorts of camouflage, is training enough young men to mobilise a strong fighting army whenever it wishes to do so. . Condition Serious This, . the committee says In a written opinion which the am : bassadors council will consider to morrow is or iar greater import than the discovery of unauthor ized war material, although it is pointed out that the existence of Illicitly manufactured rifles, ma chine guns and parts of cannon, ' emphasizes the seriousness of the situation. Among the details of the con trol mission's report to which the military experts refer is the dis covery in steel mills of secret shops walled from the eyes of the Indiscreet where are 'stored pat terns and molds for the most Im proved type of cannon , and eren unfinished tubes that In a short time could be completed into guns ready to fire. Tips given by Ger man pacifists lead to many finds of this sort, including more new rifles than would be required to arnruhe entire German army on the basis of the Versailles! treaty. Information given by workmen employed in chemical factories led to the finding of conclusive evi dence that facilities for the pro duction of asphyxiating gas hare been left intact as they existed at the end of the great war. The report on this point confirms evi dence which the allies have had for some time to the effect that the Germans has erected new fac tories that could almost instantly be devoted' to the production of vast quantities of the most deadly weapons which the war developed and which had ust begun to dem onstrate how deadly it could be made when the conflict -ended. . The discoveries, in the opinion of the military experts, are ren dered all the more important toy proofs of the existence of a mili tary staff school and the training of young men of Germany for an army such as that with which" the country entered the great war. Opinion in diplomatic circles this evening is that the ambassa dors council will give both re ports a sort of casual scrutiny and then the governments will discuss the Idea of calling an allied con ference to deal finally with the matter. This conference probably will not be called until after the Belgian elections, as it would be held in Brussels. V Telephone Company Lose Point in Olmstead .Suit SEATTLE, March 2. The Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph com pany lost a point here today when the federal court overruled its de murrer to a $21,000 damage suit brought by Jerry L. Finch, attor ney for Roy Olmsted, who was in dicted with Olmsted and 68 others in connection with a purported rum running conspiracy. Finch sued the telephone com pany for permitting federal pro hibition agents to tap his tele phone wires. It developed during the hearing that there was no fede ral statute and no law in Wash ington against wire tapping. KINO IS IXTTTED SEATTLE, March 2. An invi tation of King Alfonso of Spain to visit Seattle during his contem plated tour of America within six months was cabled today by the Seattle chamber of commerce to .Alexander Moore, United States ambassador to Spain. . Warrant Declared Not Necessary in Search by Federal Dry Agents WASHINGTON,' March 2. Federal prohibition- agents may lawfully stop'' automobiles and other vehicles and search them for contraband liquor without a war rant., the supreme court decided today in a case from Michigan. Declaring that "it would be in tolerable. and . unreasonable if a prohibition -agent were authorized to stop every automobile on the chance of finding liquor and thus subject all persons lawfully using the highways to the inconvenience and indignity of such a search" Chief Justice Taft asserted that "those lawfully within the coun try entitled to se the public high ways have a right to free pas sage without interruption or search unless there la known to a competent, official authorized to search, has cause for giving that STATE CASHIER : TO FACE TRIAL C. W. Thompson Arrested on tmoezzienient Charges; Released on Bond Clarence W. Thompson, a for mer cashier', in the state treasu rer's office,! was arrested yester day afternoon on a charge of em bezzlement of , public money and was later released after a bond of $2,000 had been placed to guar antee his appearance for trial. In the complaint filed with the district attorney, Thompson is specifically charged 'with having taken $45 on! Oct. 20, 1924. He is said to have confessed to this charge. A shortage of about $1. 000 is declared to be traced di rectly to him. A sum of $5,000 has been missing over a period of several years, although it is not charged that Thonlpson took it. Detectives representing the firm which " wrote Thompson's bond while he , was employed' In the treasurer, office, have been work ing on the case for some time and are said to; have obtained a con fession According to the district attorney this is the first time a case of this kind has come up un der the Oregon statutes. The maximum penalty attached is 15 years in state prison and a fine of double the amount of the em bezzlement. -; Thompson was employed as cal endar clerk in the house during the last legislature. CHESS Ml JIM Senate Wrangles Over Many Problems; Today's Ses . sion Will Be Long -- - i WASHINGTON, March 2 With all of the t regular appropriation bills out of the way. neither the house or the senate was in mood tonight to remain in session until midnight in an effort to clear the legislative jam. , The house adjourned at 6:30 p. m., after a session of eight and a half hours, during which It had passed a dozen measures under suspension of rules, adopted sen ate amendments to the rivers and harbors "bill, and adopted the con ference report on the interior de partment supply measure. The senate quit at 7:20 p. m., after spending the entire day wrangling over the conference reports and the Cramton prohibition bill. By receding from its amendment for the elimination of Pullman sur charge the senate put independ ent offices appropriation bill on its way to the president. It also put the finishing touches on the interior bill. Leaders declared it was almost unprecedented tor either house not to be i in session the second night before sine die adjournment of congress. METEOR FALL REPORTED ; N v;- : SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. An enormous meteor was seen to fall north of this city tonight. The distance , could not be estimated. There was a flare of light similar to that of a sky rocket, but many times larger. Several persons re ported seeing It. AS CLOSING rJEIBS Tlhey are carrying contraband or illegal merchandise." It was the Intent of . congress, however, to make a distinction be tween the necessity for-a search warrant in the searching of pri vate dwellings and of automobiles, the chief Justice stated, and that distinction was constitutional. There is no provision in the con stitution which denounces all searches or seizures without ia warrant, he said, adding that It prohibits only "unreasonable" searches or seizures. The guar anty' of freedom from unreason able searches and iteizures has been .construed practically since tiie beginning of the government he explained, "as recognizing a necessary , cmrerence between a (Continued a pg 6) EiS SUNDAY Gilbert Wren, of Willamette Named Delegate to Na tional Council ia East The Fourth Annual Student Volunteer conference held at Wil lamette university closed Sunday morning. The feature of the en tire conference was fhe " speech given by Dr. Norman C. Coleman on "Japan and Her Religions. Other well received speeches were made by Dean Ava Milam, head of the home economics depart ment at OAC on "The Orient. Dr. Henry Wmte on "Siam." Dr. Henry McCall on "Brail" and Rev Andy Walreman on "Africa." ' At a special meetinsr held Sun day -morning Gilbert "Wren was elected as the Oregon representa tive to the national council which meets in New York City every December. Mr. Vren is a Wil lamette university student and is well known hers as . Christian worker. Russel Hendricks, of the Eugene Bible school, was selected as alternate, Mr. Wren and Miss Eva Manus of Llnfield College. bold-over ; representatives, will leave for the convention early next December. The .principle feature of I the Sunday morning meeting was the drawing up of a set of resolutions. These were a follows: We, the Fourth Annual Con vention of the Student Volunteer Union of Oregon desire to express our sincere thanks and apprecia tion for the services of the following:1',:-- . : 1 Willamette' university as act ing as host. 2 To the People of Salem and the students who entertained the guests. ?: -. r . ; 3 To Gilbert Wren, local chair man, for arranging all the details of the conference. 1 I j ; 4 To the Phil, literary society for the use of . their club room. 5 To the press for Its publicity. 6 To Bernice Cofer, state chair- (ContXnned en page 2) E NEW ROUTE SOOn Property Owners Protest Against Property of Street Car Company Here The routing'of the Salem street railway busses' win be changed soon, according to the action tak en by the city council last night. Property owners along the pres ent route declare that the heavy busses are breaking up the street pavements and causing the hard surface to break down. They are anxious to prevent this and their supplications . were presented to the city council. Manager T. Billingsley signi fied his willingness to abide by the new ruling and suggested the routing of the busses north 1 on Summer to Union, east on Pnion to Capitol and north on Capitol to Market. .- '"-.. -, "The frequent; changes cause considerable trouble and discom fort to our patrons," he said. "In stances of where women waited for a long length of time, unaware of the changes. We hate to make the -frequent change In the rout ings for that reason." STUDENT MEET BUSS ES W HAV SB H IBTOR STAGES TRAFFIC IDE States Cannot Deny License to Companies, Supreme Court Rules; Interstate Commerce Upheld OPERATION OF STAGES UPHELD BY HIGH COURT! State of Washington Not Al lowed to Place Heavy Burden on lines j WASHINGTON,'' March 2. -Two decisions of far-reaching Import ance in the regulation of. inter state motor vehicular traffic y the states were handed down day by the supreme court. ; In cases brought . from . Wash ington and Maryland, the court, i opinions by Justice Brandes, denied that states may interfere with interstate commerce moving over their highways In motor Ve hicles. ; ' - In deciding a case brought by A J. Buck; against the director of public works of the state of Wash ington, the court held that the state could not refuse to author ize licenses for motor busses over that section of the pacific high way lying, within Its borders, i Supplementing its opinion that unreasonable burdens must not be opposed by the states upon inter state motor vehicular traffic, the court, in deciding a case brought by George Wl Bush & Sons com pany, held that Maryland cannot decline to permit such motor ve hicles to use! its highways. Justice McReynolds dissented from the latter opinion. ; Declaring - t h a t "appropriate state regulations adopted primar ily to promote safety upon the highways and conservation in their use are not obnoxious to the commerce clause where the indi rect burden imposed upon inter state: commerce is not unreason able," the court asserted that the provisions of! the Washington law under attack were of a different character; The primary purpose of the Washington law was de clared to be not one of regulation with a view to safety or to con servation of the highways, but the prohibition of competition. "It determines not the manner of use but the persons by whom the highways may be used," the court stated, adding that the Washington statute had the effect of regulating interstate commerce and therefore was in violation 'of the federal! constitution. Pointing but that the Maryland case did not involve, as did the Washington! case, the question of the use of, a national highway partly constructed with funds fur nished by the federal government, the court answered that such a difference Could not be brought in question: for unreasonable bur dens musU not be imposed 'by states upon! the right guaranteed by the constitution of unrestricted interestate commerce. It was material. In the construc tion of the: ; interstate commerce features I presented in the : two cases, the court said, whether the obstructions i were imposed, as In the Washington case by statute, or as in the Maryland case through discretion conferred upon a public service commission. In no case, the court emphasized, can a state invade the federal control oyer interstate commerce. GIVES LIFE TO AVOID CRASH E. E. Lefever Drives Car Into SpanltD Prevent Striking ! j Bicycle f7: r PORTLAND. March 2. E. E. Lefevre, 127, tonight was fatally injured ' when he deliberately drove his automobile Into a steel girder on j the Hawthorne avenue bridge crossing the.. Willamette river, in order to avoid striking John Bunted 14, who was riding a bike across the bridge. Lefevre died Jn' a -hospital an hour after the accident. The Bunte boy re ceived only- a glancing blow on the fender of the automobile and minor bruises. Witnesses said that the lad's ' bike was not equipped with a light and that Lefevye did not see-him antll his machine was almost upon the boy. " " "... Ml ERA S CIRCULATED HI US BUREAU Fradulent Publication ot Government Bonds Is , Charged Against Depart ment of Engraving AUDIT OF PUBLIC DEBT IS ASKED BY COMMITTEE Bonds Declared Duplicated in V. I Many Instances ; Report Said Evasive : WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. Com prehensive "udit. of the public debt was recommended today by a majority of tfc hor -- committee which investigated cl -e of Irre gularities In the -reau of engrav ing and printing in a report which declared that publication' of gov ernment bonds, ''some fraudulent. the proportion of which are not yet determined." " had been dis closed. '"" j". - The report filed late today was signed by Representatives j King, republican, Illinois; Stegel, demo crat, Alabama, and Stevenson, de mocrat, California. Senator Mc Faddeh In af minority report said he could not subscribe to the ma jority findings which he described as "incomplete." - If hearings had been continued to permit the treasury to present additional witnesses, he added, the majorltjf report might have "stated different conclusions ana necessarily definite recommenda tions." j - The fifth member of the com mittee. Representative Strong re publican, Kansas, in a separate minority , report, , asserted that while there; had been duplicate nn inhered bonds.-- issued --by . .the treasury, he had not found that these bonds were spurious or (Continued from page 2) Parking Ordinance Is Scored at Meeting of Council Last Night The parking ordinance of Sa lem did not receive immediate ac tion when a committee from the Salem Business Men's League ap peared before the city council last night and stated - their case, but the city attorney is to present an amendment , to the present park ing ordinance at the next regular meeting. , - ' - Some : attempts were made to rush the matter through and to have the council declare the ban removed, from the parking limit. Thia was blocked by the '.majority of votes who desired that a "more conservative action be taken.' C. S. Hainilton, president of the business men's organization, stat ed the case briefly when he gave examples' of lost business because the customers had . to hurry away to see that they were not arreated tor overparking. ' A' loss of busi ness was the result, according to his statement.'" T. M. Hicks, representing the Chamber of Commerce, voiced the sentiment of that organization when he made a plea for the two- jour parking limit.; Alderman Johnson: first .intro duced a motion to have the amend ment, brought in, which washow ever, amended by Hal D. Patton In an attempt-to get immediate action. " It Was the desire of .Mr. Patton to ,et instructions from the council tar "the chief of police to Ignore Hhe one-hour; limit and only check upon v the two-hour parking limit. This was over ruled, "hpweve'r, " and the matter was lost." Attempts Were made to get the petition of ;the business men into the committee action, but Mayor Giesy refused to com mit it there with instructions. City Attorney TCowIts stated that 'the council could not ignore the law, because it was upon 'the books of the city. ; "It would be 'a poor policy to take such an action, he said. Following .the dla?u?8fcm of ; the parking ordinance by the city council members of the Business Men's . League fid . visitors stood oh the front steps of the city hall and argued the question for soma time affer its dismissal in .the council chambers. LEAGUE PRESENTS PETITIONS TO Cm Flow of Charges and Contradiction End of Investigation WASHINGTON. Mar. 2. The house aircrart investigation came to and end today with the flow of charges and contradictions that have marked the last few weeks of its existence continuing with undiminished vigor to the very close. ' ! " Before voting late in the day to end its hearing, the commutes heard several witnesses and went further into the dispute over charges that Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant army air chief, disobeyed presidential orders in publishing a series of magazine ar ticles on air ')ower. ' In a letter to Chairman Lam pert today, General Mitchell flatly contradicted recent testimony by Secretary Weeks that he had dis obeyed the president's Instruc tions in publishing the articles without war department approval Construction to Begin Im mediately; Building Per mit Issued Monday Contract for the erection of a linen mill was let Monday by .he Miles Linen Mill company to A. A. Siewart, 388 North Winter. A building permit for (33,000 was taken out with the city recorder later in the afternoon. The build ing will be constructed of concrete and erected at 2100 fairgrounds road. ' Bids were received last Fri day and the formal contract com pleted, in tie office of J. E. Helt zel, attorney. " ' . Mr. Miles is satisfied with the assurance of the' state fair board that the ground will be drained at once and that-'they will have, no further -overflow to, bring trouble. Mr. Siewart promises to assem ble "his force at once and begin construction of the factory as soon as possible.. ! . Machinery Is expected to arrive in Salem prior to May 1, Mr. Miles said yesterday. This equipment is being shipped from Ireland and (he date of arrival is uncertain. With the work being rushed, the building will be ready to re ceive this as soon as it arrives and Installation will be made in order to begin operations by the middle of the summer. FOIEII0I IS William A. Clark, Noted Pb'il: anthropist passes; News Uomes as bnocK NEW YORK, T-eb. 2. William Andrews Clark, " former United States senator from Montana died this ' evening" at his ' home " here. Death was due to pneumonia. Mr. Clark had been sick a week. - -sBUTTE, Mont., March 2. News of the death of the former Senator Clark announced In messages to business associates ' here tonight, came as a shock to the city and state. Senator Clark's vast enterprises hera had made him an outstand ing figure in the industries of the community. 1 His philanthropic "work carried on in an unostenta tious way1 has left a 'still deeper Impression upon his 'home city and state. He was especially in terested in children. " The Paul Clark home, a memorial to his son, is an institution for orphans main tained wholly by him. Drunken Drivers Are tQ Get Stiff Sentence Here An ordinance prohibiting the driving of a motor vehicle by an intoxicated ' person was passed by the city council last night. A mini mum fine of $50 Tdth aTenaltyrof five days in jail and a suspension of the driver's license for a per iod ot 90 days la carried with the ordinance,' 'while K the " maxtmum penalty is a fine of $ 50 with: a six months', jail sentence and 'the suspension of the driver's license for a period of 90 days. -The "ordinance "Js due to 'the great number of drunken automo bilista who- have ' been menacing the welfare of the citizens of Sa lem. A condition of emergency Ia existing, according to the wording of-the-hllt ' COmCT LET FOR LINEN ILL DEAD and declared he had obtained per mission from his superior officer. Major General Patrick, army air chief,, as directed by Mr. Coolidge. General Mitchell also transmit ted to the committee a copy of the president's letter" concerning the articles which gve assent to their pitbiicatfon if approved by "your superior officer." ' "When. inform? i of General Mitchell's statement. General Pat rick said such approval had never been given by hijn. that the maga zine articles, nrtr the president's letter; and all that he knew about the incident was "that General Mitchell ' told me after he had been to the White House that he had been given permission by the president to publish the articles." "I saidT"bf course, if the presl- (Contlnued on page 5) CAPITOL P mmw&m Drive Brings in Over 800 New Ones; 717 Are En- "rolled at Present Time More than 300 new members were added to Capitol Post No. 3 during the recent drive, bringing the total membership to 717,; it; was announced last night by Com mander Clifford Brown, at the big ex-service mens' meeting. Chairs occupied every foot ot available floor' space at McCor nack hall last night, with numer ous members standing around the wall, into the adjoining room and perched in the windows. ' With a credit of 79 members, the team captained by Vic Mc Kenzie was awarded 50 as first 'prize;. Paul Achtpn's team second, with 58 memberft and $25 and the team piloted fcy Raymond Bassett, third with 47 members, a cash prize of $10. Team captains turn ed the prize money back to the doner. Commander Brown, who in turn announced that it would go to the executive committee and be placed in the mess fund. " - George Love, past commander of Lane County Post, Eugene,' and state chef la gare of the 40-8 made the principal talk of the meeting. He told of the work of his post, how and why results were obtained, and predicted that Capitol Post would lead the state in membership. Short talks were given by Ben Dorris, "of Eugene; and George Griffith, of Salem. state commander of the American Legion. Building up of the American Legion Auxiliary is the next ob jective of the local post and a big joint meeting is scheduled for March iG. ' the next' regular meet ing "of the two organizations. Definite decisions to place a baseball team in the' field this year was reached and King Bart lett, chairman of the sport com mittee, is beginning to get a line up on nis men.- ----- - - proximately ' 75-; men will board a special train here March 14"ahdatterid the district conven tion to be held at Corvallis that night. Following,- the business meet ing, special entertainment was provided by imported talent and a big feed served. - PPIISEIfJOISPUY Quahty of. Product Ser)t From Penitentiary Opens Easterners' Eyes Oregon lax, displayed in New York city by the Donegal Linen Mills,- Inc., of Toronto, Canada, received much praise, according to a letter received by Warden A. 1M. Dalrymple, who had the display made up at the state prison. The Oregon display was placed In a prominent place at the Grand Cen tral Palace, and consisted of fla. straw and fiber.:- vfrM- 'This straw and fiber was most favorably commented on by those acquainted with the linen busi ness," the letter said. "We.ahui found a large number, of American citizens who were much surnrlaed ta know that such a good quality of fiber was grown in Oregon. Our own practical people were ery much impressed with the splendid grade "of 'fiber yotr sent. T EXPENDITURE BILLS Fill IIGIIFE Indications That $600,000 ' Shortage in Revenue Ex ists; Several Measures Way Be Cut Down GOVERNOR INCREASES SALARY OF JUSTICES Raise-Requested in Annual .--Message; Three . Bills ' ' Meet "Disapproval Appropriation measures are due for a' paring " today before being approved by the governor on the face" of a,S600,00,0 - Shortage in revenue- which 'became apparent Monday. While many ; of tlia measures will meet executive ap proval. several must be, cut down j in - order to" ,keep within' the amount of money authorized. Salaries of the Justice of the supreme court were raised yester day -when Governor Pierce signed SB No. 26. fixing the salaries at 7500 per year. ' Reasons Are Given In explalnation of this action. Governor Pierce said: ' "I have approved Senate Bik 26 fixing the salary 61 the su preme court judges at $7500 per annum. I have signed this bill very reluctantly, because I -believe at this time "the ""amount shoMld have been fixed at $6,000 'per an num. In my message to the 33rd legislative assembly I suggested that an increase in salary was due the supreme judges from the pres ent salary f $5250 -per annum. I consider this decidedly too low a salary to pay Vmen eminent enough In law to be supreme judges. The alternative is cremat ed Tof approvlnr-thfar ill or veto--ing It. Between the tWo I have decided to approve the bill.' The supreme court is the' great main stay of our civilization. Americas institutions - are " m a I n ta I n e j through the stability of our courts. Men who . sit UDon the tanAfe should be freed from businesi cares and given sufficient salarj so that they may give all of thnff time and ability to the lgal work before them. Choosing between the two" courses' of action open to me I prefer to give them a little more than I think they should have at this time rather than tn compel them to work for two years more at a lower salary than i mink tney, should have' Increase of the salariew of w&toi masters from 11800 to $2700 a year became effective yesterday wnen me governor signed HB No. 428,-giving this authorltv to hA state engineering department. The act .applies to Deschutes. Jackson and Josephine counties in. partic ular. . ' Three bills were vetoed Mon- (OonUamd on p? 6) MONDAY .INWASHIN - Harlan F. Stone was sworn in as a supreme court justice. ' The house aircraff committee voted to close its hearings ; im mediately. President Coolidge received the new Italian ambassador, Glacpm ode Martina. k-: . , House-- and senate conferees agreed on the interior department appropriation bill. ; - The house passed a bill author izing a. UO, 000,000 appropriatfon for veterans hospitals. t t " , . - Secretray Weeks reached a de cision on -the Chicago drainage case but withheld publication. The house agreed to senate an mendm'ents and sent the ritern and harbors bill to the V.'LHa House! - . - The war department laid before railroad .officials its tentative in dustrial mobilization plans. ! ' Right of the president to par don Jn, criminal contempt cz m 3 was upheld by the supreme court. - The supreme court held prr'.i biUon agents can lawfully search, automobiles without a warrant. Railroads were held by the s preme court as not being req'- " to submit labor disputes ta . ; railroad labor IwartL J