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i - r if; mo: " lie 1 I- i f 1 i 0 skventV:fiftiiyear f LIB OOTPliT -. . . - . -,- i si t . . i 111. IKE j Miles Company Aphonies t Additional $50,000 jConi- I mon Stock Issiie ... 'QUARTER SHOWS PROFIT 1 Mannf act Bred Products for Flrsfi "r Three Month Valned . at f ' $1 2,000 ;..Two-T1iirVls j Hold. Record 'Sei The capital Btbck of the Mklefc Linen company Is $250,000. Of thi. $150,000 was subscribed w the company rjwas organised;. Ihoagh thfire were at that tmp offers of further subscriptions, j At the annual meeting of the comf .pany'a resolution waal j pasjse f authorizing the sale of S50,00i j more of the stock, which is alii Vommon stock. The idea is to wse f the money to be thus provided in rinfT(aJi!nr thn antnut of Ithft rrtilt. - From October 1st- lait,. whea t the mill opened for work, till Jant- uary Jst, the first three j monthsv the mill showed a met operating profit: of $1243.80, aftepr chsjrgt Ing off,' S 25 00 ; for depreciation showing gross earnings that lar most gratifying" '.for. a fconfcern Just starting. The-manu factored dutj put.for the first three months frap i valued at about ,512.000, tWoj- thirds of v which has beert soldj. i f .r This is in salmon twine nf hoe thread, - The sales so'far h&Tp llieen almost entirely to the trfedfe Iot- this section. -Tix' The plans for -the immediate 1. future call for putting ih an adV atuonai gut spinning maenme ana another twisting frame ; If sufficient market st f o , the for the products can be found, the tentat ive plans are to put on a double shift at the mill."' j t is the hope of the rompany to obtain all flax fiber needed n ihe .yicinity of Salem. :;If, hbwj lever, enough fiber is not available jin the Willamette Talley ihemf pany will probably buy sofme fibei" supplies outside, of the state.' Th main object in riew at present is to .increase the market and in crease the output to meet it. 1 In the report submittetl at thp annual meeting the convidtion wap expressed that there should be ah ample market found for the class of goods manufactured! by' the mill. The thought was tfnggestect that production in' larger qua tity would reduce cost of producV tion. reduce proportionate overf Jl head, and allow a better I profit. fly. One of the problems, however!, I ; l -in exaanding productiob is i se , curings ihe right quality of fiber. ; Cood flax, it was held, grwa ? In Oregon. It is hoped (by, memi ' ' ers. of the mill company . tajt fX armeji bere willgrowj enough ,flax to- Supply the -entire '.fiber! dej ''ifc7iand, but in case this Is pot done Immediately, enough outside flbeir I will be bought to keep it he nill In full operation. j It is no secret that the stocl in- holders of the Miles company, ex pect in' due time to add wearing to their spinning. Their manage ment had the idea of entering! the manufacturing of flax fibers on la tonservative scale; to get good, netor machinery to start (with; bo try: Jt out and add other machin ery as the markets seemed to j de mand, and their ability to supply the demand at. a profit was proted It is within the possibilities thaft this mill wiir help in ,craitng 0. yarn supply for specially mM'f. as the flax and linen industries iare I developed here, DENY "RED" ATTITUDE f . .'i, : i t FOUR OHIO ritOFESSOUS 1B- ( URK CHA RGKS UXTRUjS I COLUMBUS, Ohio," Jan. lS.-p I By Associated Press. ) i i Foiir Ohio State university professfoifs a ho have been acensed of bcii communists, today denied before he university trustees investiafc ng committee they ever bave hajd jiy connection with iCommnnisfi Or the slightest ; leaning toward socialism,'- i ? ' : . U ' Three of the four profpssors, jt jveloped, ervedt overseas j With the! A. E. F. and the other Id id various kinds of war sirvicei fei rarious parts of the couilry". ! The professors, palled were c North.? sociology department; I. R. Spencer and F, Vf. CokeK olftical science department, and ;ofz8 P. Arps. dean of the ed- ation college. Sfjr '1 . Daily Statesman Features ; .S6ort Page 'Late Fight Return,') giving . results of j all Pacific coast Late Basketball ? Retnrns," scores of Pacific coast teams; basketball Whtfi VnfrS ItjtW mate sketches or nign scnoo basketball jlayersvv r h Don't Porgei: f Listen In," conrenieatly f 1 ranged -lor , reference, ton will ialways, find ndmething good! there. , j " j HE ORrGOX'.STATESSfAN Clean and. Vigorous , . 1 .. - . - - j - -t AMUNDSEN VISITS COOK IN LEAVENWORTH CELLS TWO Pl6XKiaiS OF iCJFIEIilis 1 RENEW FRIENDSHIP Famous Polar Explorer and Dr. V Cook, Former Companions, Reunited LEAVENWORTH, Kansas. Jan 19.-f-(tey , Associated . Press. ) -r-Recalling the days when they fought ice packs in the; polar wastes and formed a lifetime friendship, ' Captain Ronald Amundsen and Dr. Frederick A. Cook, spent forty-five minutes to gether here today at the federal prison where Dr. Cook is prisoner number 231,110. Captain Amundsen when he arose to go, clasped in his rugged hand the hand of his (riend which is beginning to be touched by the prison pallor. Amundsen prom ised to visit Cook again if he re turned alive from his next polar expedition. Dr. Cook, self styled "discov erer" of the north pole is serving a sentence of 14 years and nine months. He was convicted of a charge of using the mails to de fraud in the sale of oil stock. Cap tain Amundsen whose unsuccess ful atemtpt to reach the north pole in an airplane last year at tracted world wide attention, ar rived today. Neither Captain Amundsen nor Cook would comment on the meet ing, i but prison attaches said Dr. Cook was in brighter spirits than he had been for a long time. Dr. Cook and Captain-Amundsen were companions for two years. Amundsen was mate of the Belgian Antarctic expedition in 1897-99. Dr. Cook was the ship's surgeon. On their return both were decorated -by the Bel gian king. The two men met again in Copenhagen 17 years ago. Dr. Cook professed to have just discovered the north pole. Amund sen sj gave him a warm welcome. They met again later, they said today, i, in ! Parisi and again in Christiana, Norway. That was their last meeting until today. project is; estimated COOLIDGE SENDS IRRIGATION i MEASURE TO HOUSE WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.- (By Associated Press.) The turning point Jn a long political f Igbt over reclamation projects was reached today when President Coolidge sent, to the house of representa tives a supplemental estimate or $2,000,000 for construction of ir rigation works on the Kittitas di vision of the Yakima project in Washington. Recommended works include construction of canals and diver sion dams. It is estimated the project will place more than 70, 000:acres under irrigation. The federal government has ap propriated $375,000 for this , work in each of the last two years, with the i provision that . the jstate ..co operate to the extent of financing settlers. Gubernatorial opposition however, has been sufficient to hold . progress on ' this , basis in abeyance., . Organization . of a $300,00 corporation recently in Ellensburg to indemnify the state for its financing operations led to acceptance of a compromise with the state legislature, after which Representative Summers present ed to the case to the federal au thorities calling present piecemeal appropriation poor economy. BOARD OF REGENTS MEET r ; ; ; , PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY IS TO BE SELECTED EUGENE, Or., Jan,. 19 (By Associated Press.) That the field of prospective presidents for the University of Oregon had been considerably cut down, but" that as yet no successor had been nam ed to fill the chair of the late Prince L. Campbell was the only statement issued by the board of regents In session here today. The regents said that choice of a pres ident would be made within the next few months- AU officers of the .board were re-elected Dean Earl Kllpatrick of the extension division .resignad and his place was filled, by Alfred Powers., Cap tain John J. McEwan, -ex-west Point gridiron mentor who is now coach of football at the university. was given a professorship and will teach English, u j i' i:' : l ' Alfred-Powers, new dean of ex tension' and director of the Port land social center graduated from the University of Oregon In 1910 majoring in English. ' ..t - Mr, Powers, entered extension work J of, jLhe university; in 1 9 1 7. lie is contributor to national magr azines.- ,- r: ? -j,-; I BEEMENi CLOSE MEETING HALE3I I AND DALLAS, , JIAKE RID FOR NEXT CONVENTION TfTJJ! tlAiLLES.1 Ore.. Jan. 19 '( By Assocfated, Press. )-rTbe an-! nual ' convention ; ot ' tne uregon i Beekeepers' : association ended here tonight following election Of officers.1 a- day .of -speech and luncheon.; j V ' : " s .W, Rodda of Hermiston was chosen president,' succeeding C C. Haris of Portland. A. Scullen of Oregon Agricultural college . was reelected secretary-treasurer. The; loMt 'cnflventlon ;TcIty "ras wnot chosen, 'although , representations were made or seaail oi uanas ana Salem. t . . ! TIGS VIEW BILL INlflLARM , ' ; i ;. i Senate Compromise Tax Re duction Bill Throws Treas ury Into Furore SAY SLASH T00x SEVERE Senate Finance Committee Called Into Ssion; Voto for In crease In Incorpora . tion Tax WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. (By Associated Tress.) The senate compromise tax reduction bill was looked upon with hopeful but skeptical r yea today at the White House ar, 1 at the treasury. It was stated at ; the White House that, while President Cool idge was in favor -of the retire ment c' the federal government from tlw field of inheritance taxa tion in favor -of the states, he was not prepared to state whether the tfme had come for repeal of the federal levy, as proposed by the bill. ' Compilation of estimates on .the total reduction provided lor n;the bill, meanwhile brought a quick alarm from the treasury when it was disclosed that the measure would make a slash of ; almost $400)00.000 in the nation's rev enues this year. The senate fin ance committee was immediately called into session and dividing on party lines the republicans voted to increase the incorporation tax to 13 per cent, effective upon enactment of the bill into law. . The committee previously had voted to increase this levy from 124 to 13 per cent on taxes paid this year and to 13 per cent next year to offset the loss of rev enue expected from the proposed repeal of the capital stock tax. By making the rate 13'. per cent im mediately. Chairman Smoot esti mated this would yield $43,000, 000 additional revenue -this year. Even this excess over the $330, 000,000 limit approved bv. Secre tary Mellon was frowned upon by the treasury might stand the a.d d?fional reduction. difficulties m,ight be encountered If there was (ContifiuetTlDapage- 6.) BEAM DREDGE ARRIVES I '.-,-!: 7 ' S2.-5,0OO INVESTMENT : TO BE MADE BY COMPANY Fully $25,000 will be spent on enlargements and ' Improvements this year, according to announce ment made by the Oregon Gravel company, whose new 85-foot beam dredge has just arrived, in the wake of the, returning river steam er Northwestern. A new dock will be constructed near the. plant, a dredge conveyor constructed and barges purchased. William McDonald, employed by the plant for six years, will have charge of the dredge. Ross Miles is manager of the company. A. B. Kirby. superintendent, Dick Sla ter and Harold' Nichols, contact men. SKEP " " 111 : "i 1 1 - -" : - t 1 . ' il- :' f ; . . - . - - 1 ... ! .'Ltmmi. ,w ' ' "V1"-- t'" ' 1 -..ii i i ; i. . . . ' , ii - - " ' ' 1 - ' ; - - - . ! . - i , - - SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY STATE OF OREGON RANKS HIGH IN FOREIGN TRADE S I i I VM K XTS A K , LISTED . F Jit thiu:e-5ionth 'period Overseas Trade Amounts t Ovir 912,000,000; Missouri '. 4 Nosed: Out WASHINGTON , Jan. 19. r(By ) , . Shipments Orgeon overseas Associated.: Press from the state of during the third quarter year end ed September 30, 1325, amounted to $12,859,121, as compared with $7,224,363 for the preceding three-month period, according to statistics released today by the department of commerce. Missouri which in the second quarter of the year led Oregon in exports by approximately $7, 000,000," and ; nosed out in the three-month period under discus sion by the latter state, which won 20th place in the! race for all or the states to' supply foreign mar kets. Tne increase over the preceding quarter is' largely accounted for by the fact that grains and prep arations of grains, which predom inated among thQ exports of the state during both quarters, rose in value of their foreign shipments from $1 ,(163,94 5; in the second three-month period to $6,337,566 in the third quarter." Wood and manufactures of wood ranked iext to grains in importance, '-with) ex portation ; totaling $2,688,1; 15, while canned fruits maintained its important I; position with exports amounting! to $lj055,723. " Fish, and milk and cream followed close with valuations of $990,S97and $4 7;. 90S respectively. Total exports firom the Unfiled States for. the third quarter' of 1925 amounted Ito $1,116,917, 102. This is contrasted with $1, 014,675,692 for the corresponding threermonth period of 1924, an increase in the 1925 term of more than $102,000,000. and with'Jl, 069,916,075 for the second three months of 1925, reflecting an in crease of more than $47,000,000, this latter .difference representing somewhat seasonal fluctuations. $1,762 VERDICT GIVEN 1 " j ORKGOX GROWERS ASSOCIA TION MUST PAY LENTZ- Benjamin Lentz. through .his guardian, Louise ! Lentz. will re cover from the Oregon Growers Cooperative association $1762.58 as the result of an opinion handed down by the state supreme court Tuesday. The opinion was writ ten by Justice Bean, and reversed Judge Percy R. Kelly of the Marion-county circuit court:' The suit was brought by Lentz to recover money for 4 4,036 lbs. of loganberries delivered to the as sociation during : the months of July and August. 19 22. The low er court directed a verdict for the growers' association and Lentz later appealed the case to the su preme court for !nnal determina tion. Justice Bean held in his opin ion that the circuit court erred lin directing a verdict. MAY! CLOSE BRIDGE TACOMA, Jan.j 19. The 11th street bridge, on the main artery to Tacotna's chief industrial dis trict, will be closed to traffic and boarded up immediately if funds are not forthcoming. J. W. Silver, commissioner of: public works, said tonight. j "SIR' MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1926 BRITISH HEIRS : ASK FOR HELP Charge International Shys ter Organization Preys on Victims Here INVESTIGATION FOLLOWS Consul in Portland Declares. Or gnnizeri Trickery Subjects American Itws to For eign Disdain Shysters, amassing their profits at the expense of innocent Oregon victims, wpre revealed yesterday in an elaborate "sharping" enter prise with British subjects, resi dent in Oregon, as their prey. So subtle has been their opera tions in law evasion and trickery that the organization has reached nternational proportions, and sub jected American laws to foreign contempt before their enterprise has reached the ear of authorities. Declaring his ability to give concrete instances of "sharping," J. C. Bell, British consul of Port land, yesterday appealed, to Gov ernor Pierce for aid. . . ; . The. organization functions ias follows: An unnamed Portland company obtains the names and addresses of British heirs. They then instruct representatives in Europe to obtain from the heirs a blank power of attorney with disastrous results to their inter ests. Following the gift of powver of attorney,, estates pass into the ownership of the enterprising Fortland organization. Immediate investigation of the practices of this unnamed com pany will probably follow the ap peal of the British consul to Gov ernor Pierce Extracts from the letter, bringing the complaint, fol low: "I have the honor to invite the attention of your excellency for appropriate action to the intent of the conventions between the United States and the United Kingdom that notice of deaths of British subjects should be report ed in all cases to the nearest Brit ish consul,"' read the letter re- (Continued on pag 8.) WOULD APPORTION FUND M'NARY INTRODUCES MEAS URE TO PAY OFF INDIANS WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. (By Associated Press. ) A measure to authorize, the isecretary pf the in terior to apportion the tribal funds of the Klamath and Modoc tribes and the Yabooskin band of Snake Indians, to their individual members and to drop their names from tribal rolls as they are paid, was , introduced today by Senator McJCary, republican, Oregon. An appraisal of the property af the tribes would be made by a commission and the secretary of the interior would pay to the in dividual Indians any amount from the tribal funds equal to the value of the property owned by the In dian. . After being paid the In dian would have no further inter est in htje tribal property. Thrift Week Squanflerers Warned InvFMctieal Proclamation Asks. Wholehearted Support, of People in Ob- i iuj;ram uruicaicu io ienjumin rranKiin, Apostle of Prudent -Saving - . "There never has been a time in our history when our people as a whole were so prodigal of their income, so given to indulgence and apparently so oblivious to the. necessity of laying up a competence for old age," Governor Walter M Pierce declared in a proclamation issued yesterday in connec- r .'iU ai 1 a; ' . ii ft v nun, wiui me observance oi ary 17 to 23. The proclamation asks the whole-hearted support of the people of Oregon in observing the program outlined for the, week. . . "A proper observance of such a program of education, of systematic habits of living, of budget making, of accounting1. : WAR BUREAU OUTLINES NEW AIRCRAFT POLICY DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE NOW CONSIDERED House .Military Committee Under takes Survey; Unit Control SaRgested WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.- (By Associated Press.) The house military committee began a new survey of the air craft situation today and the war department made public an outline of legis lation it considers necessary to carry out recommendations of the president's air, board. The committee took up first the Hill bill to supplant the war and navy departments with a depart ment of national defense in which under-secretaries would have charge of war. navy and air di visions. ! Colonel William Mitchell, under cort martial sentence' because of his attacks on the air service ad ministration attended the hearing and was asked by the committee whether -he would be willing: to testify and whether the war de partment would give him permis sion. He replied that he was still on duty in Washington would be glad to appear and was sure the department would offer no objec tion. Representative Wainwright, a former assistant secretary of war, pointed out that presidential ap proval had not yet made effec tive the court martial sentence against Colonel Mitchell, whose testimony before a special house committee at the last congress lannched the aircraft controversy which has raged for more than a year. Members of the committee showed a disposition to avoid duplication of the information brought out by the house air craft committee, the air board and the Mitchell court martial, and decid ed to introduce many documents pertaining to the air service with out having them read into the rec- ford at its sessions. Representative Hill, republican, Maryland, told the committee that his measure woulcr save a vast amount of duplication in handling supplies, would promote a more efficient national defense and aid aviation particularly. COUNTY JUDGES GATHER MAKE PLEA FOR REIMBURSE MENT FOR LOSS OF TAXES PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19- (Bv Associated Press.) -County Judges of a majority of the 18 land grant counties of the state affected by the withdrawal of the lands and consequent loss of taxes, met here today and went on record for united effort in a campaign to seek congressional reimburse ment for loss of taxes amounting in all to about $4,660,000. . At the annual meeting pf coun ty judges, county courts and dis trcit attorneys scheduled ; for to morrow the preliminary organiza tion effected today will make a plea for state-wide ratification of the proposed campaign. ,i i Judge C P. Barnard of Lane county presided. W. H. Gore of Medford presented the case for the counties, the facts being that the federal government vtook the lands from the Southern Pacific holders of the Oregon-California railroad in 1916, since which time the taxpayers of the counties have had to shoulder the additional tax burden formerly carried- by- the railroads. i v v The government's ; " contention was that the'railrbad had violated the original agreement that lands were not to be sold to settlers for more than 12.50 an acre. FIVE DIE AT CROSSING : . -j '-..-y.j FAST PASSENGER. LOOOMO TI VE 'CRASHES- EVTO "COUPE t lULtuu, unto, Jan. J. . Five- persons were killed, - five ?mHe northwest of here today j when - a New York Central passenger train struck a small coupe. The dead: Joseph J. Morse, 2$; I Lillian Morse,? 21 his wife: Joseph D. Morse,; eight months, their son; Mrs. Catherine Dressier. "I. 53, mother ef Mrs. Morse, Laura E. Dressier, 23, her daughter, ' : i . to Vote on school bond ? i SrOKANE Jan.Jl?. ftii School board 'directors'- of i Spokane de cided at a meetingvtonight-to pujt a f 690, 000 bond Issue before the voters at r the city election : next March. ' , national inrnt weeK,-irom Janu I or insurance and safe investments will make for a better citizenship, a "happier people and a safer gov ernment," Governor Pierce said in his message' ' "It has become the well estab lished custom to Observe the birthday anniversary of Benjamin Franklin, America's early apostle of thrift, by naming a week in his honor each year to be observed as thrift week," the governor declar ed in issuing a call to each citi zen, business establishment - and organization interested in the wel fare of the community to cooper ate fully with the thrift commit tee of the state in the observance of the week. i The annual proclamation of Na tional Thrift week was instituted several j - years ago. Since i that time it j has grown greatly in its scope and in its general applica tion. Thrift programs are observ ed in schools the nation over and various business houses take ad vantage of it in constructive ad vertising features directed at the reneral public. Each day of the week is set aside for particular observance. Sunday was "Share With Others Day," . Monday, "Thrift Day," Tuesday, "Budget Day," today is "Life Insurance Day," Thursday, "Own Your Own Home," Friday, "Safe Investment Day," and Sat urday, "Pay Bills Day." In the schools children ;, are taught to save money and also to spend it wisely, one of the max ims, of Benjamin Franklin, whose memory is celebrated, jn thrift thrift week, nl -many churches, special services are held during the week.' In the business world, ranking houses in particular, have entered into the spirit of the weekJ to depositors and by making an especial appeal to children in In ducing them to form the habit of thrift. I ..i'M ' PRIVATION HITS MINERS PINCH OF NEED IS FELT IN FIELDS, REPORTS SAY SCRANTON. Pa., Jan. 19.- (By Associated Press.) The twin spectres, privation and bankrupt cy, are stalking through the hard coal fields as the miners tighten their belts and the merchants re inventory their wares for an in definite prolongation of the anth racite strike. ! . Although keenly feeling the pinch of need, the miners at three mass meetings in the last three days, voted to confine the strike, now in its fifth month, rather than accept arbitration of what shaH go into a new wage contract. Stores and hotels report traveling men have almost ceased to come to the coal fields, thus eliminating a considerable transient trade. Clothing merchants report a vir tual cessation of buying. Each added day of idleness at the mines increases unemploy ment in other industries and sub tracts from, the region's - buying power. Hundreds , of street! car employes, railroad workers, store clerks, waiters 'and others who depend upon the mines for pros perity and their jobs, have joined the miners In enforced idleness. . 1 The United Mine Workers have promised that none shall-starve, and have lannched a plan for the collection - of funds from workers. iik the bituminous fields and from other union workers, i ' JAiL CONVICTED MOTHER MRS. ANNA- SPRINGER .-GETS ONE YEAR FOR CRIME Mrs. Anna Springer. 43. was sentenced to one year In the coun ty Jail yesterday, after being found "guilty of a charge ot con tributing to the delinquency of her 1 4-year-old daughter. ' Sen tence was passed by Circuit Judge L. H.'McMahan at 1 o'clock Tues day afternoon.' ir V f : I . The maximum sentence for such a crime is a Ja sentence ot one year and a fine of $1,000. Due to the fact that thewoman was obviously unable to pay any fine, the maximum - jail sentence was invoked.- . -'-i.'-' ? -, V Mrs. Sptinger was tried in 1 the circuit, court Monday in' ! one of the most. revolting cases of moral perversion yet tried in, this county. She stolidly .denied every; charge made against hereby her daughter and other witnesses, maintaining that she was being persecuted by malevolent nieghbors. ? ! HANSARD OUT -'ON BAIL Everett Hansard, claiming fesl-. d,eace at "Lebanon, Ore J was as- rested Monday in lghti by Officer James and yesterday was released oh $25 ball, pending hearing - of vagrancy charges filed by; the, po- lace. H r i . PRICE FIVE CENTS CRISIS HALTED II REICHSTAG nde'nburg's Forcefal Lan guage Puts Stop to Con- i t r t t unuai DicKenn; NEW CABINET IS FORMED , - President Unquestioned Detennl- natiou Brings Results Pet tifogging. Politics '.', Rouses Ire I BERLIN."! Jan. 19. (By Asso ciated Press.) , President Von Hindenburgj resuming thi role bf field marshal today summoned tho leaders of the reichstag parties fo thie executive mansion and after demanding that all political bick erings and; controversies cease, plainly intimated that tho choice la. between a dictatorship or par liamentary government. I JPettifogging politics as. exhibit ed in the German parliamentary crisis roused the old soldier Ire of Von Hindenburg and he I determ ined to put an end to the political impasse .which has left Germany without a duly authorized! govern ment for more than six wleeks. . The president's forcetul lan guage and unquestioned Ideterm ination had the. desired effect, for less than three hours after the political leaders had left his pres ence; Chancellor Luther was able to announce the roster of , 'his new cabinet which he will introduce 'in the Reichstag Thursday, f ' ".These sorry exhibitions ot a perennial government crisis must cease," declared Von Hindenburg. "The condition of the fatherland more than ever now demands con- , structive work." j - jThis was the president's first encounter with practical politicals as! engaged by the reichstag par ties, and the fact that be sum moned the leaders for the purpose of Informing them that they had . i i . , . . iw cuuose oeiween parliamentary government and a dictatorship is interpreted as reflecting his priv ate loathing of the political game as played by numerous German parties and factions. . ; The ministry was constituted af follows: :.-: I Chancellor, Dr, Hans Luther. , Foreign -Minister, Gustavt 1 Stresemann. , f interior. Wilhelm Kuelx, Idem ocrat. - I . . , I - Finance, Peter Reinhold. demo crat; .. . - I I . Economics, Julius Kurtias, Ger man Peoples party. . - j , Iabnr. Heinrlch Rranna. cen trist, , -- i iJustlce Dr. Wilhelm Marx; cen trist. . I j- . , ' . 'Defense, Dr. ptto Mossier, non pa!rtlsan. :, v 1 . - Posts and telegraphsl Karl Stingl, Bavarian people's, f , I Transport, Dr. R. Krohn, Ger man peoples. r jThe portfolios of agrfculture and occupied areas will - be tem porarily taken over by other mem bers ot the cabinet, - - - f The four middle parties which accept 1 the responsibility or the government' are. . the . celitrlsts, democrats, German people! party and Bavarian peoples party They represent; only 171 out pf 493 mandates in the reichstag. making it a minority ministry, which is whdlly exposed to the parliamen t&ty mercies of the two majority parties, the German - nationalists and the socialists. The socialists may be relied upon to support the government on all issues connect ed; with fulfillment of thelDawes plan, and the 'policies Initiated with the adoption of the Locarno treaties. '. RAIL ACTION DISMISSED M J I ft TWO DEFENDANTS EXONER 'A j- ERA TED OF FRAUll SrEW YORK, Jan. 19.-1 (By As sociated Press.) Dismissalof the I 1200,000,009 equity action iwhlch was Drougnt oy minority istocs hojders of the Denver ft Rio Crande railroad so far as tit ap plied 'to two ; of the defendants, Alexander R. Baldwin and! Alvln W, Kreich, was granted today by Supreme Court Justice Mullnn. . "The court action completely ex onerated Mr." Kreich, head f the Equitable Trust company and Mr. Baldwin, former receiver of tho bid Denver & Rio Grande! road, of the" charge ot conspiring to wreck the road with the intention ot freezing out the minoritystock hotders. Eighteen other defend ants .remain, including .directors and j former directors of the road and, the estate of the late George J. tlonld. . . I ' FAVOR .KIMBALL CHAHGE lRTLANIl CXJNFERENC AD- L vises 3iona school f PORTLAND, Jan. i 19. -Removal (of .Kimball School of Theology from Salem-to Seattle, where it wouJdbe housed in the new edu cational plant to be built by the University Methodist rpiccral chnfcbi- wan recommended ta tL board . of .-trustees of tta l tonight by a mc -ting of tzli :.ocA I terst and!. laymen of tho conferee" of th church in session here. I F.Imi Jatf action was lakc-n. Monday hy agPoup in Seali!.". ;nd trn u ? will meet her.11 tew" nv v iil, t!.-: intention cf sottli. t..e m; H