SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 9? SPfflHfE III HflBL H Colonel Expected to Turn in Resignation if Coolidge Upholds Court AIR CRUSADER IS SILENT Colonel William Mitchell Is Sup iwrtrtl In Capitol ; Repre sentative Denounce , - , Court Action WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. (By Associated Press. ) Speculation as to what the , five-year suspen sion from army rank, pay and al lowances meted out to Col. Wil ' liam Mitchell actually meant, and what the air officer would do in the face of It, was rife today throughout concessional and army ranks. i The concensus was that the col onel .would await action by Presi dent Coolidge on the court's decis ion, and if it was not commuted lie would ask that the president accept his resignation from the army. Meanwhile the air crusad er kept silence. Three echoes of Colonel Mitch til's conviction were heard at Jhe capitol during the day. Two took the form of resolutions, one by Representative Blanton, Demo . vrat, Texas, to restore the colonel to his ''proper rank in the army." a and theother by Representative Vibrello La Guardia, socialist, New York, to fix a maximum of 30 days as the penalty for viola lions of the 96th article of war, under which the colonel was found guilty. The third Was a state-' tnent by Representative Frank R. Reld, republican, Illinois, who headed the Mitchell defense staff, In which he assailed the war and navy departments, the court mar tial, the army general staff and the navy general board and an nouncing that the "fight for a unified air service has only be gun." At the war department the trial Record was put in shape tor trans mission, probably, tomorrow, to the board of review in 'the judge jidyocate. generalVof fic At the White " House it was made clear that no comment on .L . - . mm . i ' .... . . me iuuri unaings coma De ex ported until aRer the president uau miaiij ianvu uu mv Case. The case probably will reach him for action' early next year. It was the unofficial opinion of some army legal experts" that no military tribunal has the right to deprive any officer or enlisted man of all pay and allowances for five years and keep him during that time under army control, un able to accept outside employ ment without permission. This sentence, it was - said, i might be held on appeal to civil courts to constitute cruel and unusual punishment, since it might deprive the person convict ed of the necessities of life. To this thought was added the ques tion of how the law could be con strued to take into consideration the private resources of the ac cused j . ' Those interested in the more strictly official phase of the court's verdjet estimated that it was equivalent to a $50,000 fine. That sum was calculated, to rep resent approximately fife years pay and allowances which Colonel Mitchell would have to forfeit under the court's verdict. JUSTICE BELT TO TALK TO DISCUSS COURTS AT CHAM RER MEET MONDAY Justice Harry II. Belt of the Oregon supreme court will be the principal speaker s.t the chamber Of commerce luncheon Monday. He will have as his topic "What i the Matter With Our Courts?" : Each Justice of the supremo tourt has been invited to attend the luncheon. Before serving on the supremo court.' Justice Belt was circuit judgo.iu,(Yamhill and Folk counties, . j , s f BUY STAMPS CHRISTMAS SEAL. STAMPS are now offered for sale at booths in the post office. Mil ler's Mercantile Co., Kafoury Brothers, Stiff Furniture Co. and the Bank of Commerce. Total s receipts "to date from bopth Saie, iis: J3; :,rs Si!Sd, in mail, $650. i BOYS' CHORUS SENDS YULETIDEL JfOY INTO HEARTS OF LISTENERS Free Will Offering Results in $4(3 to Carry Good Cheer to City's Families Now Caught by Poverty The spirit of Christmas, the rythmic melody of yuletide, flowed through the hearts of an audience of 700. packed Into the First Meth odist church last night, listening to the season's first offerings by the Salem Boys' chorus, 70 strong. Anthems, cantatas, carrols met and quartet numbers we're abundantly applauded. j Christmas spirit has come to Salem. Robert Brown's manipulation of the mouth organ, and; Arthur Boeschen's piano solo were outstanding features of the rounded program. 5 DEAD, 521 INJURED, IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARRKSTS REACH 233 IX NO VEMBER CRASH TOLL Chief Inspector For State Motor Vehicle Department Is suer Report Five persons were killed and 521 were injured in traffic , ' ... ,, dents in Oregon during the month of November, according to a re port prepared here yesterday byj T. A. Raffety, chief inspector for! the state motor vehicle depart-1 ment. Four of the fataltiea were in Portland. A total of 233 persons were arrested by the state traffic offic ers during the month. Of these SI were held for speeding, 11 for having improper lights, seven for overloading and 11 for reckless driving. Thirty-three drivers were found to have lights on their cars that were in violation of the new automobile lighting statute enact ed at the last session of the legis lature. Fines imposed on motor vehicle law violations during the month aggregated $3489.85, while fines Imposed for infractions of other laws totaled $200. The resale value of stolen cars recovered by the state traffic officers was $11, 225. Delinquent fees collected ag gregated $700.47. The state traffic officers trav eled 46,105 miles during the month and visited 1715 towns and cities. WALDESPEL BREAKS HIP SEXT. TO HOSPITAL AFTER - BEING HIT BY AUTO Postponement once again looms in the trial of Carl Waldespel. to answer a charge of driving while under the Influence of intoxicat ing liquor. Waldespel was struck by a car driven by W. B. Holcomb of Sa lem. Thursday. Waldespel. it is understood, was on foot at the time, on his way home after work in the local paper mill. The acci dent took place a little north of the Mill creek bridge on Capitol street. Waldespel, it is reported, re ceived a broken hip. He was pushed to the Salem hospital. It is said he will be confined to his bed for some time. His trial has been postponed four times already. It is due to be tried in city court Wednesday, December 23. . Possibilities are the Tease will not be tried this year. "This Is, I believe,, the longest postponement in the: history of the city court, Judge Poulsen remarked 0AC REPAIRS PLANNED FIX US TO RE . SOUGHT BY - HOARD OF CONTROL Members of the state board of control will meet in special ses sion here Monday to make pro vision for funds with which to re pair the chemistry building at Oregon Agricultural college which was damaged by fire Wednesday night. The damage exceeded ?J00,Q00, according to reports re ceived by the board. Members of the board said it may Je possible to handle the emergency through the so-al!ed rapitol committee, or by calling upon .1 ho state cmcrg encyboard for aq(iappropriation. QUESTION SMOKER RULE STEIXER ASKS FACTS OX VA- T1EXTS TREAT.M EXT Has a railroad authority to com pel women insane, patients, to ride In smoking coaches, instead of in first-class cars? f That question is being investi gated by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital. j . . The investigation is said to have resulted from the action of a rail road employe who compelled a hospital attendant and a woman patient to transfer from a first class coach to the smoking car on a Southern Pacific train. The pa tient was being brought here from Southern Oregon tor medical treat meat. . i with instant approval, while duet Dr. H. C. Epley, director or the chorus .might well have been San ta Claus himself, minus the whisk ers, as his skillful motions led the singers through the Christmas numbers. As they sang, the warm hand of yuletide joy moved the spirit of the audience which joined, upon invitation, in community singing. And the ni Uo. "It is more blessed to give than to receive" was ful filled when the offering was taken resulting in the tidy sum of $50.70. Approximately $40 of A I. 1 111 1 . . . 1 4 n x n 1 w. er 4lin acei-i"'13 w"' T unvu " "J""" u"h V"" rsame Christmas spirit among the poor of the city. The Assaciated Charities will be consulted in the disposal of the money. Worthy families will be sought out and their names put on Santa Claus' roster of Christ mas Eve calls. Members of the Boys' chorus liked it too. Their smiles bore full testimony to that. They are ( Continued on pa;e 2) HOUSE PASSES TAX BILL $323,000,000 CHRISTMAS PRES ENT GIVEX PUBLIC WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (By Associated Press.) A $3 25,000,- 000 Christmas gift to federal tax payers, useful throughout the year was voted today by the house in passing the tax reduction bill. Bearing the endorsement of President Coolidge as well as leaders of both parties in the house the non partisan measure was directed to the senate for the more difficult part of its legisla tive journey by a vote of 390 to 25. Also every member of the house wuB .uunue nwr;,ft3 ,wv uui was called up for passage. As the last of more than fifty proposed amendments to the bill, was mowed down; today by the usual overwhelming majority, Representative Tilson of Connecti cut the republican leader, con gratulated the house on "estab lishing a new record for prompt ness in the consideration of an important measure." His words of congratulation on the nonparti san manner in which the bill had been acted upon had hardly died. however, when Representative Rainey, democrat, Illinois, moved to recommit to committee with in structions to cut the income and inheritance rate maximum from 20 per cent to 25 per cent. FIXING UP 1 ' I ITI! REPORT E HOUSE Story of Liquor Law En forcement Set Forth in Detail by Directors FOUR BILLS INTRODUCED AHvmpts Ial- to Iilx-raliw Vol stead Act; Activity of the Coast uiml I-iultl ly Organization WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. (By Associa'ea l'ress. , Another pro hibition tidal wave swept into the house today. Itwas received in a report on the treasury postoffiee supply bill which tarries provisions for pro hibition agencies, and an account of the methods of government en forcement agents in their efforts to stop the streams of liquor that trickle through the enfrcement dykes along sea coasts and bor ders. In addition, four more bills to liberalize the Volstead act were introduced. The prohibition enforcement story was set forth in considerable detail in the report on hearings conducted in the supply bill by an appropriation sub-committee behind closed doors. The princi pal characters the agents who have the direct enforcement -ranged from those who masque rade as wealthy clubmen to the men who patrol the lonesome bor der roads. Officers charged with directing enforcement machinery also told the committee how the coast guard had "effectively scattered" rum row on the Atlantic; how the enforcement machinery in the treasury department had been re organized, and how efforts had been made to bolster up the mor ale of agents. Conditions were described as materially improved in the last 12 months, although it was said that perhaps even not the army could "stop absolutely the liquor coming across the bor ders." The supply bill recommended irrent appropriations for the coast guard to provide for an in crease of 1580 men in its enlisted personnel and also to maintain in service all ships now waging war kagainst rum smugglers. SNOW FALLING AT BEND OMMXCH FALL FIRST REAL SNOW OF SEASON" BEND, Or. Dec. IS. Snow which began falling early in the evening had reached a depth of an inch at 11 o'clock. This is the first snowfall of any consequence this season,' previous light skifts ot snow having melted almost as fast as it fell. HI EVERY HOLE BUT THE WORST ONE ITALIAN MILITARY FORCE RAZES CITY IN REPRISAL SLLTAXATE IN AFRICA IS DE STROYED BY TROOPS Killing of Three Italian Officers Said to Have Provoked Attack ROME, Dec. 18. (By Associat ed Press) Official announcement was made today that Bergal, capi tal of the Sultanate of Mijertins, Italian Somaliland, has been occu pied and destroyed by Italian military forces as reprisals for the killing of two Italian noncom missioned officers and one artil lery man by forces of Sultan' Oh mand Mahmud. An Italian naval squadron is blockading the entire coast. The official statement says: "Operations in the Sultanates of Mijertins and Obbia. Somali land, continue with a view to af firming in the most direct and effective manner the establish ment of Italian protectorate. "While the executive of Italians have been favorably received by the Sultanate of Obbia, difficul ties have been met in Mijertin3 territory. Sultan Osman Mahmud, who some time ago made full de claration of loyalty and obedience, attempted to prevent the landing of the Italian warship Campania at Bergal, which carried function aries entrusted to confer with him. Two noncommissioned of ficers and an artilleryman were killed in the attack. "Italian counter measures were started immediately with the oc cupation and destruction of Ber gal." FRESHMEX ARE "INDIGNANT" SEATTLE, Dec. 18. Deciding that the expulsion of President Robert Hartnett from office and the sentences passed by the sen ior council against members of the class accused of vandalism were unjust, the University of Washington freshman class at a turbulent "indignation" meeting at noon today appointed a com mittee to protest to the senior council and resolved to stand ex penses for all damages. LA X I) DEE!? $il VEN SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (AP.) Deed to '!7 5 acres of land, known as the Sand Point flying field in Seattle was today presented to Rear Admiral J. V. Chase to be forwarded to Washington, D. C. The deed, a gift from King county to the government, was given at a banquet here attended by 500 persons. GODFREY KO'S Fl'LTOX MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 18. (AP. ) George Godfrey, Phila delphia negro heavyweight, knocked out Fred Fulton, the Minneapolis plasterer, in the fifth round of a scheduled ten round bout here tonight. 23 MEN CONVICTED EE Verdict of Guilty Returned; Prominent Political Lead ers Involved 20 MORE ARE INDICTED Chieujio Federal Grand Jury Re turns Indictments Against Railroad and Prohibi tion Officers INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18. (By Associated Press.) Twenty three men from St. Louis, Cin cinnati and Chicago were found guilty in federal court here today of conspiracy to violate the na tional prohibition laws In connec tion with withdrawal of 3Q.O0O gallons of pre-war whiskey from the Jack Daniel distillery at St. Louis. Twenty of the men are from St. Louis where several of them are prominent in politics: two are from Cincinnati and one from Chicago. "We have never reached so many of the higher ups." John Marshall, assistant attorney gen eral said. A maximum sentence of two years In the penitentiary and $10,000 fine may be assessed. Among those convicted were Arnold J. Hellmick, former col lector of internal revenue: Nat Goldstein, republican leader and former clerk of the circuit court, and State Senator Micahel J. Kinney. The liquor was withdrawn from the Daniel distillery In August, 1923. after the whiskey had been purchased by George Remus, mil lionaire bootlegger of Cincinnati and associates. Indictments were returned in St. Louis the follow ing month but the accused, many of whom were among those con victed were never brought to trial. CHICAGO. Dec. 18. (By Asso-clateji.JiPjrfiss.)-r.Tnt Indict ments charging violations of the national prohibition laws were returned by the federal grand Jury here today. In one group the Erie Railroad and ten persons were named and tonight Federal Judge Adam C. Cliff caused a summons to be issued for F. G. Robbins, vice president of the Erie road. The others named were implicated in the sale of beer. In the second group of in dictments Major Tercy Owen, pro hibition director for Illinois and eight others are charged with of fering bribes- in addition to the liquor violations. Indictments had previously been returned against this group. Others named -with the Erie railroad are: Patrick F. Sullivan, Joseph Soltis, Andrew Botz, John Curry, Joseph Graffe, Frank T. Vansk, Emil Cerney, Joseph Lucas and Robert F. Adams of Sayre, Peun., and William Dillon of Waverly, N. Y. The indictments recite- the method of transporting more than 100 barrels of beer from Waverly to Chicago suburbs and, its sub sequent consignment to 'Chicago. Dillon is a freight agent for the Erie at Waverly. Adams is an alleged buyer for a beer syndicate whose activities have resulted in previous indictments. Botz is chief of police at Sum mit, a suburb, and the others are express and truck men. COMMISSIONERS CITED HIGHWAY MEN WILL APPEAR OX CONTEMPT CITATION ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 18. (By Associated Press. ) Oregon's highway commissioners, William Duby, II. B. Vanduzer ahU W. II. Malone, and the bridge engineer for the commission, C. li. McCul lough, have been; summoned by Judge L. IT. McMahan in the Linn county circuit vcpurt to appear in that court January 9 to show cause why they should not be ar rested for contem.pt of court. The order for such summons was filed with the county clerk today attached to an affidavit and motion for such an order. Renewal of the fight over the bridge approach of the new Al bany bridge across, the WUlam ette river is the cause of the mo tion and the order. W. A. and J. J. Barrett, who secured an in junction last April agalnstthe Unio'n Bridge company, builders of the bridge, restraining " them from building an approach or maintaining ope in. Elsworth street on the grounds that prop erty abutting on this street was damaged, filed the r affidavit, claiming the highway commission guilty of contempt by putting the bridge lJit2 ?2&lSkJIy$ ON LIQUOR m PLAJE TEST IS MADE ASSEMBLE SHIP FROM MIX ED PARTS IX HOUR SEATTLE, Dec. 18. (By Associated Press. ) Assem bled from a scrambled heap of parts in an hour, a navy pursuit plane attained a speed of more than 160 miles an hour in a test flight here this afternoon. The ship, first of J.4 being built by the Boeing Airplane company Jrcre for the navy, is a single 'seater with a wing spread of 32 feet. She was equipped with a Packard 00 horsepower motor, and can be converted for land service, by changing the pqntoons to landing gear. The fighting weight of the ship is 3500 pounds, has a contract speed of 160 miles and a "ceiling" of about 23. 000 feet. Acceptance tests will be held Jomorrow. FENG FORCES REPULSED; LOSS DECLARED SEVERE GENERAL LI, CIVIL GOVER NOR, VICTOR IX SKIRMISH Four Trains of Wounded Have Been Sent to Hospitals, Dispatch Reads LONDON, Dec. 18. (By Asso ciated Press). General Li Ching Ling, civil governor of Chili prov ince, is reported in a dispatch to the Daily Mail to have repulsed the forces of Feng Yu-Hsiang in a new battle on the YanBtu front today. Feng, who heads the Na tional People's army, is said to have suffered serious losses. The Mail's dispatch from the Yantsu front by way of Peking says that General Feng, in an at tempt to crush General Li's forces in that region, opened a heavy bombardment Thursday evening. It continued until midnight when intense cold compelled a halt. This morning Feng continued his assault but the Chihli troops repulsed him with heavy losses. Four trains cf wounded have been sent to various hospitals in Peking and elsewhere. . Feng .employed three armored trains, commanded by -Russian officers. Reinforcements for Feng have reached Yantsu the dispatch adds, all armed with Russian rifles and Russian bayonets and - quantities of Russian light artillery and mor tars also have arrived. DEATH TOLL IS HEAVY TWO SUICIDES, TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS IX PORTLAND PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 18. (By Associated Press) Four men met violent deaths in Portland today, two by accident and two, the auth orities announced, by suicide. A fifth man was injured critically by a fall while exercising on -a' hor izontal bar and little hope for his recovery "was expressed. The dead : J. W. Fournier. 28 4 Third street shot through heart. P. E. Gelow, 309 Jefferson, shot through head. Charles B. Hall, Multnomah station, hit by train. N. W. Hackett, 62, buried by sand while working for Hackett Bigger company. The injured: John Zukas, 1094 First street, skull fractured by fall. HaH, 45, a conductor employed by the Orcgqn Electric company, was killed when he tell beneath the wheels of an electric train near Multnomah station. There were no witnesses to the accident KELSO ROW IS RESUMED TODD .NOW CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS PROSECUTIOX KELSO, Wash., pec. - IS. (By Associated Press,) A. R uric Todd, deposed Kelop mayor, wag charged with mal'cioua 'nrbsecu tlo n1n a complaint filed -Ja super ior court today ly Conhty At torney Hite Imus. The complaint was based on Todd hating George H.'Norris. city engineer, arrested for the death of Thomas Dovery, Kelso editor, In September, on a charge, of murder. ' Dovery was shot down the night of June 19 last. iMorris was exonerated fol- lowing 'an inyestigatibn b,y R. 0. Sharpe," sent here by' the state attorney-general's office. Todd also'filed charges of emJ oezziement against a , number of Kelso citizens, the charges' being dismissed by Justice W. W. "Mc Coy .of Castle Rock, whjsn Todd failed to appear to prosecute tha cases. These Tttizens also hare filed charges of malicious prose cution against Todd and hearing has been set for the Jury -term of the superior court beginning January! Offensive and" ! Defensive Lines Prepare for Long Siege of Discussion BORAH DISPUTES CLAIMS Vigorous Opposition Is Registered Against Swanson Views; Freedom Froin pap Is Denied WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (By Associated Press.) : :The world court drew offensive and defens ive fire in the senate today, with opponents laying down tieir first barrage of reservations." Taking up the gauge of battle thrown down by Senators Swan son, democrat, Virginia, and Len root, republican, Wisconsin, Chair man Borah of the foreign rela tions committee vigorously dis puted their contentions that the court was independent of the league of nations and offered res ervations which he held necessary to safeguard American interests. These reservations were In ad dition to the five contained In the Swanson resolution of ratification and would provide: That the court could perform no functions except those provided for in the statute creating it un less the statute Is amended by unanimous consent of the signa tory nations. That no force or economic sanction. could at any time be em ployed to enforce the' decrees ot the court. That nothing in the statute cou)d be construed as requiring the United States to depart from its traditional policy of non-entangling alliances with European states or to relinquish its tradi tional attitude toward purely Am erican questions. The second day's debate was opened by Senator Lenroot, who said that instead of "a creature ot the league and owned lir it, af opponents hare asserted, the trl BunlF-was "wholiy" Independent, acting under the statute creating It and not under, the covenant of the league. Both he and Senator Walsh, who followed Senator Borah, con tended that It the United States adhered to the court, the only obligation it would assume would be that ot contributing to the ex penses of the tribunal. They argued that by adherence the United States would gala nothing and would contribute nothing except as it was interest ed in the peace of the world. ' Declaring that 22 sections ot the court statute tie it to the league, Senator Borah said those who organized the court, had sought to create an "organ, a le gal part of the league, and if the court is not a part of t the league, "if is because its trainers failed in their efforts." "The court is just as much bound by the covenant of the league," he said, "as the United States supreme court is bound by the constitution of the United States." : J " Adverting to a point advanced by Senator Lenroot that both the republican and democratic party platforms had advocated i adher ence to the world court protocol; the Idaho senator expressed the opinion that senators cast their votes on this issue according, to 1 their own judgment of their coun try's interests. "If a man could be conceived ot who thought this was an injurious prohibition, detrimental to his country. Senator Borah declared, "and who would still rote for it. because party platform said so, be would be the slimiest creature' that ever wriggled his " way through the United States senateJl PORTLAND MAN IS HELD THREE mVOTi CHARGES ABB" FACED JBY LITTLEFIFAD , A man giving. the jiame pf .R-' H. Littlefield of Portland was ar rested in Salem "at 12:3 o'clock, this morning .and charged- with, drunkenness, .possession an,d . the " transportation of liquor. He wi, driving a Star roadster, bearing license ll-46, and registered, to F. A. McKim pf Portland.;, gallons of moonshine was. found, in the car. ..." . Littlefield was arrested .by. Of ficer Fraiik Dayls uhlle he iiad his machine parked on North Cpjn- merpiai street between State jmd Court streets. LEWIS EASY .WINTER QUINCT. HI.. Dec. IS (By As sociated Press.) Ed "Strang ler" Lewis, claimant, of the world's heavyweight wrestling champion ship defeated fick fjotch, claim ant to the Canadian title. After one ,dose of the champion's head lock the Canadian wag unable to return tor th? second fall, -f -Vr