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Newspaper Page TextPRICE FIVE CENTS; piraoBii ARMISTICE DAY PLANS DUTCH ilEllSOf IS ITALIAN OBLIGATION TO REVENUE TAX SUGGESTED TO HALT FLOOD OF BEER SECIIWTS SUSPENDED STUDENTS SOCIALISTS REFUSE AMERICA NS DISCUSSED RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE ARE BACK IN SCHOOL m mm KILLED BY CM!! MITCHELL TPilftL TO UPHOLD PHU DETAILS ARE ASSIGNED BY DELEGATES MEET TO SOLVE DEBT FUNDING PROBLEM NEAR ; BEER MAKERS WOULD COME UNDER INSPECTION SEVENTEEN REPRIMANDED . FOR BREAKING PLEDGE CAPITAL. POST NO. 0 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1925 pi ID iii si -v- , Bitulithic Vs Concrete Ques . .tion Brought Up for Fur ther Debate Last Night TWO MEASURES VETOED Increase In Taxi Licenses and Spur j Track Disapproved by Mayor; Budget CommUtee Is Named Th nrnblem of black ton ftar-l ment once more confronted the city council when at its meeting last night II. E..Bolineer reauest- ed. on behalf , of several property I owners, bitulithic pavement on Fir! between John and Wilson. Mayor J. H. Giesy vetoed two ordinances I iw'seii at the last meeting, one! laMng the license for vehicles ear-Ua rying passengers within the city from J 25 to $50, and the other granting the Western Paper Con- verting company and the Southern Pec, of Portland. Civic organi ratific the right to build a spur rations -are taking an interest in alongside the company's Rite on tbe Parade and efforts are being ns property. r Af Tnitr.. m.j4 vhen Mr, Bollnger had made. in .c.jucai um iciiou i iuc pivy l rnjr -uwiuris. mrwu lie " nft vi luti uiau . ? . nuoc i urtugo way me owners preierrea hlnVlr ton navement t concrete replied that he believed it was Alderman W. II. Dancy declared that : h fa nnwnallv nnnnserl tnl .i t. sad erperinces sVtenT ras had" with it, and brought out that the council is on record as favoring concrete pavement. Alderman Rosebraueh also ex- 5 . I wmMrnrA Vltiisnlf aa Knlniv Annmail I to DiacK top pavement, out assert oA that- if iha nrnnortv owners wished bitulithic pavement, they snouia Dring suiiicieni argument Tiofnra tho ronntl tn nrova tn that body that an exception should be j made in their action favoring con- crete. . Aiuerman nai u. xanuu laiu.i i uui uui mu lotuiu, iui vuiitt cuit ine people nave w psy mr we pavement; iney snouia do giveni the right to choose the kind they want." .k He JSited thecase of the concrete pavement on North Win- ter as being proof that concrete Bometimes turns oat to be as much subjected to wear as- black top. Alderman R. J. Simeral broucht out that a petition for the pave- ment In question had been brought hoforA th council, was renorted on unfavorably by the committee f on streets and laid on the tableT)y the council. Mayor Giesy ended ha riiacnaHion bv an tree tin c that! the members of the council make j Individual investigations of the nortion of th street in ouestion. I t .mntTnnt to the bill regulating" and licensing - v r motor vehicles carrying passeng- ers in MwWch cense imi jaayor uieay "'a 1 """"" that after a consultation he found that the amendment is in conflict wun me vregou iaw on me axu suojeci, wnicu uraus mo hcbukb the city can cnarge 10 sucn an ' amnnnt ott " : tut TPSnilnrtftTV only. The mayor held that the charge of SoG would make it a tax for revenue whici is not permit- ted. He explained that he had in tended to have ready an ordinance to substitute for the on vetoed but has not yet had the time He gave the council to understand that an ordinance would bo drawn I up immediately to take care of the i' matter. His veto was sustained. -1 - . - The reason for vetoing the or- V dinance granting the estern I Paper company and Southern Pa-J i cific a franchise to construct . a ; snur on the property of the form-lthe I er, as given by Mayor Giesy, wast I that there is no tlai-5 limit clause j in the ordinance. He stated it as I iitn belief that it wonld be a poor f policy to extend to any company a . rminoTit franchise. The veto of 'the mayor was sustained by the council, out me cuy a""'";" ordered to araw up a uew uiuw-i . .... . . 1 1 i . .i.nH. ance lnciuamg a iuui- i.m.t c-u Immediately so that the company . wiu uoi w " V " . its spur, which, it is held, is neces arv f n order to commence in business. The council came to an informal uaueiBumuius vv " - franchise should be granted for iwt.n.4 on r,., t r aaiiiitv neecccnDO Ll CD CI UUUPII I HOOUJJuiw iikiik. pnr ARE .ABSENT FROM ; STATE TAX COMMISSION Assessors from nearly all of tne .38 counties of the state were m a. Mnndav for a hearing be- . fore the state tax commission. The : visitors were questioned by Gov- km Pierce relative to the i amount of tax burden borne by 'farm lands ana levtes on in Hnntrihie3. -The anticipated fire orta failed to materialize. The ; assessors will meet in annual ses sion at' Dallas today. ; workln in the interest of a limit to the Increase In railway assessments, several rauroad tax " experts and attorneys attended the session and occasionally as tea per tfnont mientions. x " : The commission meets Wednes Av to tlx the ratios between full nd assessed vaiaation of prop- ' prty. v ; t' ; Sale of Special Tickets Inaugurat ed This Year; Basketball Call Sounds 1 Assignment to details in charge of various American Legion acti vities for the observance of Armis- "she cKlefi,UBl?es? i mi h i .h dith i Knar rvi r u ior nicrnr 1 The business section has been divided into pptnr with n h h v planned on each by a - special squad. Tickets thus sold will ad mit the bearer to the WiUamette Albany college football game at 9:15 o'clock November 11 one of the ynovlng picture shows: the af- ternoon game between Salem and1 Eugene nigh school j and one or I the. two,.bis dances. at night. The! drum corps will be in action dur- InS the day. As In former years, the' parade win iorm at Marlon sauare. march down Commercial to State and thence to the court house, where conjunction with the SaletS'War Mothers, special services will be held -at Marion county's memorial; statue with a short talk by Cassius iu uaic evw ijegtonnaire in u marcn. jx-oervice men wm maot Q t .n,. nromntlv at 10 n'olnrk Pnl Porlo Abrams will h 'th I oroml jmarsnai , . I "ot lur uasaelud piayers r"1. na e ?nf"S? .O- - " V "v -""-" "V wun tne scnoi board tonight. It SL - ' V reW wiIt George P. Griffity, deputy state treasurer and -past state and post commander, reported on -the na- . t 1 . - mucin if. a ituuni American legion conven- INSANE MOTHER KILLS FIVE-YK.R-OLD - BOY HACKED to DEATH WITH AXE AJiljBU, Wash., Nov. 2. (By ABsuciuiGu rTess.) Mrs. t Cora ia, demented mother of nine cnuaren who had lived ifor 20 years on a lonely homestead in the upper Kalama River I valley, today killed her youngest son, Gil- bert, 5, , by Jiacking his head off with, a 4ouWe-bitted . axe . in the front room of her , home, Sheriff Studebaker said tonisht. She was brought here tonight y Sheriff Studebaker and Coroner Van Note lodged in the county jail. The DOdy of the boy was taken to Kal- ttmtt After killing the boy, ilrs. Zack walked a mile and a half to the -rigeon springs acnooi where she reported ner act to Fred Sauer. He turned the woman over to L. ne wno beld her In custody tVTT.7c:rV ZTXJCl wnflo Qaiifiv urAnt a Ka imit Ithe.Puget Sound Power & Light company, seven miles away, and The tragedy took place at about noon. Mrs. Zack reached the -rh ooi t lis t m Tha vman Bai, that 8he had killed the" boy because he "had never been Just right. SCHOOL FIGURES GAIN ENROLLMENT INCREASES 214 DURING TWO WEEKS Total enrollment nf tno finhlfo I schools nf aleni at theisnri nf October amounted to 4237, ac cording to report from the office of the city superintendent. . This shows an increase of 214 over two weeks ago when 4023 were en- I rolled. At the end of October, 1924, there was a total enrollment I of 4094, making an increase for same time this year of 143. Enrollment at the Salem high school is now 1023. compared to ai me same ume last year. CHILD KILLED BY TRUCK I L, MEI5TS dkatII WHILE CLIMBING ABOARD MACHINE EUGENE, Ore.. Nov. 2. Henrv F1(J Flsk ? in8tantly killed I today in the road near his home at Veneta, 15 miles west of Eugene when he was run over by a motor truck driven by Er,c Nesnwander 1 nr oana tv, k tiBni. ed to cllmb aboafd the truck, ac- cording to eye witnesses of the ac- cident. Coroner Branstetter said the driver was not to blame. To- day wa8 Hhe boy's birthday. FEDERAL ACTION TAKEN YAKIMA. . Wash.. Nov. 2, Three former Yakima policemen, Fred Schumacher, Alden Schu macher and Harry Blair, and Frank HowaTd, were bound over i to the federal grand jury here this morning by C. P. Borberg, resi dent commissioner for the federal district court of eastern Washing ton on a charge of conspiracy to violate, the 1 Volstead act. Attor neys for the men waived prelimm-l ary hearing and bonds, of 11,000 were furnished by each. . . 1 WRITER KILLED BY POET LIMA," Peru, Nov. 2. (AP)1. Edwin Elmore, a writer, who was wounded by a bullet at the hands! of Carlos Chocano, poet laureate of Peru . on Saturday, died this afternoon, Notorious Bandit and Pal of Gerald Chapman Slays Officer in Battle IDENTITY IS ESTABLISHED Gunman Killed Saturday Night Not Identified for Twb Days; Fake Bill Leads to Cap. tare of Desperado MUSKEGON. Mich.. Nov. 2. (By Associated Press ) The In exorable hand of the law has cut the last noteh In the gun of George ; (Dutch) Anderson and the notch i stands for Anderson himself. ' Anderson, gun "pal of the su per criminn?" Gerald Chapman, ! and j the lian whose face stares from thousands of "wanted" pla cards in postoffices. and jails across the continent, was dropped by a bullet from his own revolver. wrested-from him by Detective Charles Hammond. Death overtook Anderson Sat urday night, but H was not until today that he was identified. It was not a clear-cut victory for the law,, because Anderson, with his last ; shot, mortally wounded De tective Hammond. Identification of Anderson was made positive today by means of finger prints and Bertilon meas urements. A federal operative from Toledo, Ohio, who knew An derson personally, was expected here tonight to complete the iden tification. A box of candy, a $20 bank note that was "queer," an astute storekeeper and a straight-shoot ing detective played roles in the tragic climax of Anderson's life. It was a : strange jest of fate that Anderson, who with Chap man, made a nation gasp- four years ago with a daring mail truck holdup in New York city, and wno has , been sought everywhere by the erack sleuths of the secret service, should die in a small Michigan city at the hands- of a small city detective. Anderson sealed his doom late Saturday afternoon when he en tered a Muskegon confectionery store and purchased a box of candy. He tendered a $20 bill in payment, received his change and sauntered - out, - It was the same procedure he. had f olio wad. in Flint, Lansing, Saginaw and other Michigan cities in the last 14 months, always escaping detection. He tiled the trick once too often, however. The shopkeeper, skeptical of the bill's genuineness, crossed the street to a bank where the cashier confirmed his suspicions. He called the police and with Detec tive Hammond walked into the afternoon crowds in Western ave nue. "There's the man," he said. pointing to Anderson. "If he isn't the one who passed the bill, he at least was in the store." Hammond collared Anderson and started toward the police sta tion with him. When they had gone a short distance Anderson jerked away, pulled a revolver and began firing. The first two shots went wild as Anderson ran into (Continued on 3 HELL HATH i , "X HIT IM 0 Italian Financial Condition Said Critical; Oyer Two Bil lion Dollars Owed WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (By Associated Press. ) - Tne Italian and American debt funding- com missions met today for a renewal of the effort to find a satisfactory formula for funding Italy's war dejbt to the United States, but the first session did not carry discus sion beyond exchanges of felicita tions and the beginning of consid eration of. Italy's economic and financial situation. (Members of the two commis sions, grouped around a great mahogany table at the treasury, talked an hour and a half about th situation in which Italy finds herself with a debt of $2,138. 542, S73 to the American govern ment and a stabilized government fiscal policy and a balanced budg et jonly in the starting stage. Secretary Mellon, sneaking for th Americans, assured tbeHUal- laas tnat tnis nation was tuuy acquainted with Italy's problem and would- ask only a "just settle ment that will insure economic peace. Count Volpi, the Italian finance minister, replied that he recog niied that the American policy of holding a nation's capacity to pay as the basis for settlement was a prpper one, and added: !"In determining the capacity of a nation, the Teport of the Dawes commission has shown two princi pal elements, first, the capacity to collect m a country from its pea pi the necessary money; and the second, the transfer of money col lected in the national currency, to the creditor country in the cur retiey of the latter." 'He submitted a series of 21 doc uments having to do with these twio elements. IThe Americans wanted further time to look into the Italian state ments and there will be no joint meeting until Wednesday, nor any further conferences of a formal nature between members of the missions. GHT CHILDREN KILLED TRAGEDY OCCURS W HE WHEN TRAIN HITS BUS WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 5. (By Associated Press. The collision of the Atlantic Coast line's fast New York to Florida passenger train, the Everglades, and a loaded school bus at Nahunta, Ga., today resulted in the deaths ,ot eight children and injuries to 21 oth ers. I Elroy Strickland, who was driv ing the bus, told railroad officials here that there was a misty rain at the time and that he had all the slide curtains up. When the bus approached the crossing, he said, he asked one of the boys to look to the north to see if a train was approaching. "At the same time," he said, "I looked towards the south. Just as the bus reached the crossing, the train crashed into it." J The terrific impact of the heavy lpcomotive threw the bus 20 feet and strewed its occupants along the right of way. Three of the children were killed instantly. . NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN Federal Prohibition Department Seeks Power to Investigate , ' Breweries ! WASHINGTON, Associated Press. )- Nov. 2. (By -The taxing power of congress was called upon today by prohibition officials to aid in checking the "tremendous Hood of high powered beer sweep ing the country." Lincoln C. Andrews, assistant secretary of the treasury, In chargt of prohibition enforcement, asked the house ways and means com mittee to include in the new rev enue bill a levy of one cent a gal lon on cereal beverages, which would give the government power to inspect breweries manufactur ing near beer. Describing high powered beer as that which contained an alco holic content of from three toi five per cent, ;Mr. Andrews said the treasury laced a real problem in checking the "increasing and tre mtndous flood" of this beverage. In the manufacture of near beer breweries first make regular beer and then de-alcoholize it, he ask ed, but under the present law pro hibition officials do not have the power to inspect these plants. Mr. Andrews suggested, as fur ther means of aiding enforcement, a reduction of the tax of $2.20 a proof gallon on pure alcohol, and the imposition of a levy of one cent a gallon on denatured alcohol. ' The committee also heard today a program; for general tax revision, submitted on behalf of the Ameri can Farm bureau federation and received a brief from the New York stock exchange urging repeal of taxes affecting its members. The federation plan, presented by E. B. Reid of Washington, call ed for exemption of incomes of $5,000 and less, retention of pres ent surtax rates and of the inheri tance tax and "sharp curtailment" of the miscellaneous taxes, par ticularly on automobiles, trucks and accessories. RADIO STATION CHANGES KPDJ, CORVALLIS, ADVANCED TO CLASS B DIVISION CORVALLIS, Ore.. Nov. Nov. 2. (By Associated Press.)) Radio station KFDJ operated by Oregon Agricultural college will change to class B wave lengtlr Wednesday when a length of 282.5 meters will Infused. " This station has been on 500 watts for more than a month and has just passed final inspec tion for class B fating. For the present the time will be divided with KFAU at Boise, Idaho, though a different adjustment is expected soon. VICE FIGHT CONTINUED MINISTER SAYS HE HAS EVI DENCE AGAINST OFFICERS SEATTLE, Nov. 2. (By Asso ciated Press.) Refusing to be alarmed until his life is openly threatened, Dr. Ambrose Bailey, pastor of the First Baptist church here, announced today that he will follow up his charges of wide spread vice in Seattle with a list of names, places and the police officials who he alleges are, pro viding protection. SCORNED ! Defense Counsel Desires to Subpoena High Govern mental Officials STATEMENT INTRODUCED Correspondence Between Former Air Leader and Corps Chief Submitted; Victory Said j Scored WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (By Associated Press. ) The prosecu tion rested today in the court mar tial of Colonel William Mitchell, charged with conduct to the preju dice of good order and military discipline, and the defense called in wholesale fashion for witnesses. Colonel Sherman Moreland. trial Judge advocate, announced that the prosecution rested its case after he had put seven witnesses on the stand and evidence had been taken to prove that Col. Mitchell had personally distributed through newspapermen in San An tonio, Texas, statements charging the war and navy departments with incompetency, criminal ne glect and almost treasonable con duct in administration of the national defense. A motion by the defense to strike out all specifications and charges against Col. Mitchell and the question whether the court will call the witnesses, Represen tative Frank R. Reid of Illinois, his civilian counsel, asked the court to subpoena or other sum mons, was put over for future dis tribution. More than 70 names, including Secretary Davis of the war department, Secretary Wilbur of the navy, Secretary Jardine of agriculture and Everett Sanders, secretary to President Coolidge, numerous members of congress and army and navy officers, were given the court by Mr. Reid, with the request that they be subpoe naed. The defense hailed as an Im portant victory today a statement by Lieutenant Colonel George L. hicks, witness for the prosecu tion, under cross examination that the charges against the war and navy departments had not, to his Knowledge caused disorder or bad discipline among the Eighth Corps area troops,,.,- Colonel Hicks who is actin adjutant general t of the Eighth Corps, testified that he had sub mitted newspaper accounts of the Mitchell statements to the air ser vice and obtained written admis sion of their authenticity. Offi cial correspondence which passed between Colonel Mitchell and Col onel Hicks on the subject were ac cepted by the court as exhibits. Apparently taking coitnizanca of implications to be drawn from the selection- of some of the wit nesses named in the lists submit ted by the defense, Colonel More land gave warning that the prose cution would object to the intro duction of testimony It regarded as not pertinent to the charges and specifications at issue, but intend ed to bring out questions of war and navy department air policies. He said the. prosecution would waive objections to evidence bear ing directly upon the question of conduct and helpful, in the deter mination of the guilt or innocence of the defendant on that charge, but he intimated that testimony as to air policies of the two depart ments, the "condition of the nation al defense or other controversial subjects mentioned in the Mitch ell statements would not be ac ceptable unless submitted in the form of pleas in" mitigation of sen tence. SALESMEN SAID UNFAIR 92 3IEN ARE CITED TO AP PEAR IN FEDERAL COURT CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov. 2. By Associated Press.) Ninety two salesmen for the National Cash Register company, Dayton, Ohio, today were cited to appear in federal court here December 15 to face contempt charges for al leged unfair sales methods in vio lation of a federal "Injunction issued; In 1918. ' ' United States District Judge Smith Hickenlooper granted the order of citation upon the appli cation of John L. Lott, special in vestigator of the department of justice, Washington, D. C. . Policies of the defendant sales men in .meeting the competition of the Remington Cash Register company, 11 ion, N. Y., the Ameri can Cash: Register company, 'Sagi naw, Mich., and the St. -Louis Cash Register company, St. Louis., have been under ' federal investigation for a year, and form the basis of the contempt proceedings. The government alleges that the Cincinnati salesmen', persuaded Remington customers not to buy Remington registers, that they persuaded others to break , pur chase contracts with the Reming ton company, that they Interfered with Remington salesmen and with the mechanism of Reming ton machines, and that they made false statements as to the' solv ency of the Remington concern and its ability to fTil orders and make repairs. The salesmen mentioned in the contempt order are the traveling agents of the National .compeny and their territories cover scatter ed parts tiroushout the country. Friars' club Is . Not poat" of School Board Declares Principal Nelson , The 17 members of the reor ganized Friars club, who were sus pended by J. C. Nelson, principal of the Salem high 8chool,' for breaking their pledge not to enter secret societies this year, returned to school - Monday after I having pledged themselves rsolemnly to withdraw from the society 'and to make no further efforts toward a reorganization. - ; Mr. Nelson delivered a repri mand to the boys before school opened in the morning; 'telling them he could not understand their attitude in taking their word so lightly as to break It soiquickly. He told them that thejr were not to consider themselves the "goat", of fhe school board, as they were attacked -not because they were specifically the Friars, but because theirs was an organization rjhatj thrived in violation of the rule set down by the school Jjoard.prohibit ing the existence of secret societies at the high school. He said their thoughts had centered too 'much on the club Instead upon the pledge they had taken, and de-t dared . that if thev thouffht soi much of their club they should not have been so ready to sign the pledge. -, The matter is considered closed. Mr. Nelson declared, and the Friars are to be taken back In school with no marks chalked up aeainst them Mr. Nelson, how ever, advised the bbya hot to Vcon sider yourselves martyrs, but suf ferers from your own weagness.- Some iof the boys implied that their, club had been sorted out, and that other clubs In the school are planning similar organizations. But Mr. Nelson aeciarea w b has asked members of the two; other boys' clubs at the1' school personally if they are reorganiz ing, and they denied flatly that they are, or intend to organize in any way. Mr. Nelson said he was sure the girls are keeping their word. DEATH PENALTY FLAYED WARDEN OF SING SING SAYS HANGING IS NOT WISE CHICAGO, Nov.A 2 (By Asso ciated Press), r-The; warden of Slng Slng who Baa directed the execution of, more than-a hundred convicted murderers tonight In an address here declared capital pun ishment a'falluro. "It Is tha cer tainty, not the nature, of the pen alty which deters crime," Warden L. F. Laws told his audience, and "capital punishment can never be anything but an uncertainty "In capital punishment we see the spectacle of a great common wealth stooping to the ethics of a murderer, for legal execution is a cold deliberate act. It is punish ment . for revenge, not for protecr tion. It serves no "purpose but to feet rid of the murderer. "I used to believe strongly in the social necessity of capital punishment, now 1 do not. "There is no room for senti mentality, . but -death pales into insignificance compared ' with' the life Imprisonment." The warden advocated life sen tences without pardon for at least twenty years, except on order from the state supreme court showing ground for it. "We find fewer homicidal crimes in states which have abol ished the death penalty than in those, comparable in character, where it is retained. . When Eng land , had 240 capital offenses crime-was far more prevalent than today. Executions, like war, bru place, the greater the, number talize men;, the more that take there are to execute. "WeVhave. bad -CApitalpuiiah-! ment for generations, and are as far from a successful solution of the homicidal problem" as we ever were." ' " - $ MURDER TRIAL HALTED f ,f ' " ' 1 . ; VICTIM'S '. REPUTATION SXifi BAD; CASE DISMISSED, SEATTLE, Nov. 2. (By Associ ated Press.) Murder charges against Thomas Glover, logger, for the slaying of John Edin. foot hall proprietor : here October ."2 were dismissed today by Superior Judge Calvin S. Hall. . . Four state witnesses testified that fdin's reputation was bad. After Prosecutor E wing D. Colvin aakI 12 jurors to bringjn a ver4 V - V14 frJF t . 11.12 - VU U I L. UB" missed tbe case. ELECTION -JtlOTS FATAL 5 KILLED, 27 WOUNDED IN MEXICAN- DISTURBANCES MEXICO' CITY, Not. 2. (By Associated . Press.)'' Five killed ind 27 wounded in the course of the gubernatorial elections in Yu catan today, are reported in special dispatches from Merida, capital of the state, k Socialists supporting Dr. Alvaro Torre " Diaz, Mexican minister to Brazil, clashed with supporters of Ancona Albertos in several towns. The socialist mayor of the town of Kanasin was killed by adher ents of Jose Canon, who also 'was a candidate, for tae.gtvernd;L.iy fJew French " Government -Will Not Have Support ; '.of. Left Wing in House " SITUATION IS CRITICAL . t Political Observers. Say Success or Failure of Ministry De 4 pends on Parliament 1 Session Today PA1US. Nov. 3. (By Associat ed press. ) - The socialists have decided not to support the new government of Premier -Painleve in parliament, thus making a sur vival of it more than doubtful be fore Jt even has appeared in ; the chamber, of deputies. , -: - ".Tnis decision was reached early this morning at a council of the socialist party following a confer- ence previously between -M Pain- -leve and a committee of the coun cil at which the premier outlined his .plans. .. The vote of the council on Che question of supporting the gov ernment was 1431 to 1228 against. '" "' The yote came as a surprise, as It was generally supposed thee so cialists would give M. Painleve at least such a measure-of guarded -support as would prevent the cab inet from being defeated by I the right. The principal stumbling block for the socialists -af ten the ever-present difficulty over .voting Syrian and Moroccan annrbnria- tions was the premier's financial policy. It was felt by a majority of the council that M. Painleve had'not gone far enough in the di rection of a capital levy. . The council reached! a vote at about 4 o'clock, this morning and consequently the reaction to It will are filled for the opening session today. v ' ' PARIS, Nov. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Painleve cab inet, with M. Caillaux alone ab sent from the leading role, T will confront parliament tomorrow, in an atmosphere which friends; and foes alike agree is laden with electricity. ' ,r " Not Bince the Viviani ministry met to discuss the war in August, 1914. has the French government been faced by a more momentous situation. Syria looms like a heavy cloud, -destined 'to obscure -the bright sun of Locarno. ; and France's internal problem i war aever more acute. ! - The finishing touches were put on the ministerial declaration trj the cabinet which met this eve ning. It would appear the min istry realizes that the most effec tive remedy for the present finan cial crisis ? would be to come to terms with the United States on the matter of debts. i M. Painleve and nis colleagues hope in this way to halt the down ward trend of the franc and they feel that a loan would put France's financial house in order. The great authority and pres tige M. Briand enjoys in the new cabinet is seen in the decision to reopen the negotiations with the United States. Only a few days ago Premier Painleve was recon ciled to "letting the American debt situation drift." DEMOLAY IS IN CLEAR ORDER NOT CONSTRUED AS HIGH SCHOOL CLUB High school students belonging to the DeMolay are not effected by the ruling of the school board against secret clubs and 'societies, it was announced ; Monday. Tbe matter was tested out thoroughly in Portland courts and the deci sion reached is that the DeMolay is not a secret high school organ ization and not connected with the schools aslconstrued by the law. There has been some discussion of the legar status of members of the ofder.'ln tontfeetlon t with . action taken 'by the school board in Bus pending 17 . members of . the Friars', Salem hifb? school secret boys' club.' f- f .' r Homer Richards has been oamed manager of the DeMolay play, "A;PaIr ef Sixes," to be pre-, aented at'the:Heilig theatre De- cember 9.. Richards succeeds Cecil EflwaYds. president of the Asso ciated Student boXiyt Salem high, school. " - ' -: ATTORNEY IS CHARGED . B Seattle,'; Nov. ?r. cap.) Prosecuting attorney Ewing D. Colvin announced here today that first tlegree assault charges are to be .filed ,&ez ; tomorrow against Thomas R. Horner, attorney and democratic politician,' as the re sult of a fight here early today with William Pond, 27. In a hotel where Horner was staying. CANADL1N SOLONS MEET VICTORIA. B. C.. Nov. 2. (By Associated Press.) With an but one or two members in tneir seats tbe second -session of British Co lumbia's 16th legislature opened here today. Guests and visitors crowded the floor and public gal leries of the house. KLAN CROSS BLAZES " CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 2. (AP.) A Ku Klux Klan cross, the first ' that ha been seen in Cor-dova.-was, flaming last night en a bill neaf Here, ' ' t . .