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4- 1 It 4 J SEVENTY-FIBTH YEAR f ', OPPOIJEHTS TO COURT ARE HIT 1 War Is Inaugurateq b)f d V ministration Leaders When ilgiiement Fails TAX REDUCTION TA8UQ ,f Li Program to Slice RerrnUe X-SM mala.. t .1 nnjii. TForW Court Is Argued by Senate Leader i WASHINGTON Jan Associated Press.) A 21 fwar of tat- trition"on" ODoonenta of ihn world court was begun today a tie sen ate. The camualen wk inanru rated by admtnistratlon leaders at tar negotiations looklnf to a con sent agreement for a time to Tpte Itad failed' wltb. the two ' sides so far apart that their conversations was regarded by each as uselesai. 1 A seren-hour session; of the sen ate tomorrow was arranged jfor with Indications that eVen longer hours would follow In; the effort to wear down the opposition and bring about a Tote at as eairly date. . v: . i ' ! f While this warfar is being waged the' 1352,000,000 tax Re duction bill remains on the sen ate calendar. It became InVolfed la the court row and proved ne stumbling blocxr in the; way of; an agreement for a rote on the reso lution of adhesion to the Qeneva tribunal. .;ou-- v- --.J-;; j Refusal of the anti-court ! forces to agree to any definite! date for a rote on the rsofution 4' adiheslon prored the main obsticle In jhe negotiaUons which ' were begun late yesterday. Pre-court leaders were insistent that a date be fled. ;,; - t , j, .. j : Chairman Smoot of the nnance committee sought to get an!agree- merit t oy :ybte on "tjne reTenua measure not later than Februjary 12. this agreement to be predicat ed upon the laying aside fof (the world court under a ; definite Hin derstanding for a time! to totei on It. J-i :- - " v ' j j . i Senators opposing repeal; of the inheritance tax and those oppoa k ing repeal of the income tix pub licity proTislon of the present law refused to agree to aiy date for n final yote on th tax measure. They haya predicted a long light orer these two questions, -j S I Apprehensive of a ioaJItiori of the, anti-court forces and those in opposition to those features of the tax- bill, administration leaders decided to. Inaugurate the jwa of attrition on the court llssuk ' i I Opponents of Americas adhe BI09 o the Genera tribunal if ere able to hold the senate floor con tinuously today, with tihe- employ ment -of only two speaierfl. Sena tor Reed, democrat, Missouri, and Ilerreld. republican, Oklahoma. . Gaining' recognition ilmmediate ly upon the conreninsribf the 'sen ate at noon. Senator Heed spoke three hours. When he yielded! the floor he announced thit he wduld resume the argument I as soon as pis engagements would permift. will: visit holy LAUD OVER 600 ARE MAKING FIX- GRDOIAGE TO PAXSTNE NEW YORK, Jan. '21. j; By j As sociated Press.) The steamship Republic of the United States lfnes sailed from Hobokea J today with El? passengers bound for the Holy Land on an inter-denominational Dilgrimage. Many of the nassena era had mortgaged their 1 posses sions to pay the fare for the jtrip. Which will Uke fifty days. - v Bottles were carried by the? pas sengers to bring backi water from h Jordan river. The pilfrim- tn Is sponsored by the Christian :XleraM" - ' T" ll Letters and telegrams from all parts of the country poured, into 4 the pilgrimage headquarters when , the trio was announced.' - One man wrote saving he had made ( np si I poem; on each ; of tho Important fevents of the Bible. ! Ho wanted 1 to sing the versa about Jonah, and I the whale at the precise (spot In 1 the bcesn where the whale; is said I to have swallowed. Jonah, he wrote. ; He was aboard when the boat sailed. . MERGER ANNOUNCED I ATLANTA. CaT Jan. 21lr-Mer rer ot;the ; Georgia Railway ?& Power company with the) South, eastern Power, it Llnt company nl New York was announced here "ai today . by XL PT. 1 Atkit: ron cf - . . , t . - - ' T 1 , w William s Election Null Declares C. B. Phillips Attorney Vrotats Agaiast "Practice Which May Sow Seeds That May Germinate in Grave Abuses" in Letter Addressed to The Statesman - At its meeting on Monday, January 18, Predi A. .Williams received a majority of vots of city councilmea to' elect as City attorney of Salem. Following the election; Mr. tWilnams offered his resignation as alderman, withdrew to the office of city recorder and took the oktH of his new office. According to a statement- made last flight, Mri Williams received his certificate of appointment on January 19, the next morning, Tuesday,- '! ' : ; ' :; ' : v On Wednesday, January 20, it was learned and announced ' ' f in this paper yesterday that Chris POLK COUNTY FARMERS; MEETS FOR DAY Jj. H. SITJEE OP DAIXAS IS ELECTED PRESIDENT ! State Convention Will be Heidi at Monmouth in May, Com- ! ' mlttees Named : Polk County Farmers union met yesterday for an all-day ses sion at Dallas. Officers were elected and committees j named. Routine business was gotten out of the way in the morning: and the afternoon' was devoted to an in teresting program. Addresses were delivered by Air. Splllman, newly appointed county agent. State President Her bert Egbert of The Dalle speak ing on-state; union matters. A. R. Slumway of Milton, a member of the executive' board and candidate for the republican nomination for United States' sen ator, also spoke. Frank B. In gells of Dufur, another . member of the executive board, spoke. Report of the resolution com mittee resulted in the union's gor ing on record as being opposed to confirmation of Mr. Woodcock as a member of the interstate com merce commission. " The union also went on record as being op posed to games of chance at the county- fair. - The work of the connty federation of clubs was endorsed." 4 " It was recommended that county organiser ha 1 mt A jc-The county fair ! was endorsed. The public market was discussed. Of ficers elected are as follows: L. H. McBee of Dallas, presi dent; Cleve Powell ot Falls City, vice president; E A. Tedrow j of Monmouth, secretary and treasu rer! c I." G. McBee of Dallas, con ductor; G. B. Jones of Monmouth, doorkeeper; Glen De Haven I of Dallas chaplain; Mrs. G. B. Jones of 'Monmouth, Mrs. Floyd Senjter of Dallas and A. G. Rempel of Dallas members of the executive committee. T. J. Alsip of Dallas was named as county organizer. ; It was announced that the state convention Is to be held at Mon mouth in May. .L. H. McBee was appointed 'chairman on arrange ments by State President Egbert. me nest. Quarterly meeting is to be held with the Bridgeport local in April. v.- MUSIC TEST UNDER WAY PRELIMINARIES ARE GIVEN; FINALS OX TUESDAY j I Preliminaries in the Music Mem ory . Tests taking place in (the fourth, fifth and sixth graded of Salem schools, occupied a portion of yesterday and will fee continued today. Approximately 2,500 child rext are taking part; in' a contest conducted by Gretchen Kraemer, superintendent of music in grade schools, and .sponsored by HJ L. Stiff company and Moore's Music House. ' " ' ' :.On the outcome of preliminary tests a Victrola will be given to the chool with the highest score Tuesday; approximately 250 $ur- vlvors of the preliminary tests Isrill meet in the high schol. auditorium atJ!:30J On. the"butcome of Sthe finals four prizes will be awarded for each of the, three competing grades,' a Victrola. and $10, 5. and 3 in Red Seal Victor records. DEATH CLAIMS VETERAN COMPLICATION RESULT FROM ATLANTIC TRAGEDY PORTLAND. Ore.. -.. Jan. 21. (By Associated Press.) Phllipi Wetmore of The Dalles, who was one . of tha soldiers on board the Tuscania ;when v tht vessel was lorpedoed in 1917 by a German submarine, died at the. United States government, hospital here yesterday. The man's death J re sulted from complications grow insc out of the hardships which; he endured while floating about In the Icy waters of the Atlantic jfor 24 hours before he was picked! up After being 'picked up the boat which rescued him ras wrecked on the coast of Scotland and he barely managed to drag himself J. Kowitt, former city, ; attorney, had declared the election ot his supposed successor illegal, on the grounds that the city council has no authority to appoint pne of its own members to office. ; Validity of the election Is , now the point rround which contro versy turns, rather than the per sonalities, or policies of the men concerned. Distinct belief that the election was illegal, Is voiced in the following letter, addressed to The Statesman, by Clarence B. Phillips. January 21, 1926. To the Editor: 1 I read an account in your paper of recent date that the common council of the city of $alem ap pointed to the office of city attor ney one of its own members. I have known the vicissitudes sur-i rounding the. political 'career of the member in question! for some time past, but I wish :this com munication in no way to be inter preted as an objection to said member on personal grounds, or to; reflect upon the motives which actuated the common council to make this selection, but to voice my protest against a practice which may sow seeds j that' may germinate in a system of selection with a potential for grave abuses. Ia the field of administrative law, It Is "Hornbook Law" that the appointive power cannot be exercised to gain personal advan tage, that is to say, one in whom the appointive power is vested cannot appoint himself, as such an appointment is against public pol- cy and void. The point is too ob vious to-need eluidaimd- courts of our own State passed up on this very question in 2 Ore. 246. Perhaps the leading case in this country on the point is 197 N. Y. S. 789. I Suppose our Honorable Mayor had the power to appoint a city attorney or a city engineer, or any other ofr'icer, then junder the above authority, it Would -be ille gal for the Mayor to appoint him self to any ot these offices'. Now, suppose for the sake of argument. that the common council has pow er to appoint to office i men to fill 15 positions, can they; elect each of their members successively to fill each position? If they can elect one of their members to fill one position, I submit -that they can elect another member to fill another and so on until the 15 (Continued oa pac ) r -"T V --- 2- ""N ! Vg, HURRY VsALEM.vdREGON FRIDAY CORNING, JANUARY 22, 1926 FAVORS GUP ? ilLllSES .:-svi ;W- ; Sam Kozerj Secretary of State, Recommends Lower Rate for Auto Tags COUNTY OFFICERS MEET General Convention in Portland Addressed By State Officials; Pierce Outlines Flax Work PORTLAND,! Ore., Jan. 21. (By Associated Press.) Secre tary of State Kozer in addressing the combined' sessions of the judges, county commissioners dis trict attorneys and sheriffs of Ore gon here today went on record in favos of a reduction in the price of auto license fees in Oregon, especially on used cars. "To grant this relief," said Mr. Kozer, "will not materially impede the present road program and if' it does it will 1 not be to any ex tent and will be only during the first year these license fees take effect." i Governor Pierce told the gath ering oLthe progress in develop ment of the flax industry in the Willamette valley, following the initial experiments at the state penitentiary. The governor said that the wave of (crime throughout the country should! not be blamed on prohibition. Other causes, he said, included , increasing use of autos, the extension 6t easy cred its that lure young people to ex- Kravagance in dress . and habits, and the general relaxation of parental rule, j Stanley Myers, district attorney of Multnomah county, emphasized that county judges and commissioners might wield, in preventing the passage of bad and unnecessary laws, and urged that their Influence be exerted toward preventing unsatisfactory legisla tion. County judges and commission ers, district attorneys and sheriffs will hold individual meetings to morrow, to adopt resolutions and elect officers. OREGON PIONEER DIES SPOkInE, ! Jan. 21. Charles T. Jennings, 71, retired farmer and pioneer of Oregon and Wash ington, died here today. Mr. Jen nings moved to Rosalia, Wash., from Eugene In 1879. He retired several years iago and has lived here the j last few yearsi TAKING THE COUNT JUDGE M'MAHAN REMITS WAGNER JAIL SENTENCE LIQUOR LAW VIOLATOR' ES- ( il'DJ TKRXl OX APPEAL Six Montlut' ..Sentence la County Jail Eliminated iu Cir cuit Court Bitterly criticising tiie actions of prohibition officers, Circuit Judge L. H; McMahan yesterday eliminated the jail sentence Im posed pa B. W. Wagner, liquor law yiolator, when' the case was heard before him on an appeal from the justice court. A sentence of six months in the county jail and a fine of $500 had been im posed on Wagner by Brazier C. Small, justice of the peace, when Wagner appeared before him after being arrested for selling liquor. Wagner was arrested by R. ' E. Amy. state officer, after he had sold a gallon of liquor to the of ficer: . After appealing his case to the circuit court, . Wagner entered a plea of guilty to the charge when - he appeared before Judge Mc Mahan. The state made an offer of evidence to attempt to show that Wagner's was an aggravated case, that his reputation was bad and that he had been engaged in liquor operations for some, time past, and that officers had re ceived many reports concerning Violations attributed to the de fendant. Judge McMahan refused to receive the evidence, saying "I want no. rumors. These reports bandied around by stool pigeons are not very reliable." The state denied that they were introducing any evidence from stool pigeons, declaring that R. E. Amy who made the arrest, car ried a state commission and bore an excellent reputation. "Hasn't this witness just stated that he bought liquor from the de fendant, and isn't that what we Jommonly understand a stool (Continued on page 8.) RECORD COW ANNOUNCED CANADIAN MILK PRODUCER SAID TO SET NEW MARK ARMSTRONG, B. C, Jan. 21. (By Associated Press.) With a record ot 14,935.2 pounds of milk and 869 41 pounds of butterfat for the 303 day period ending January 20, Pretoria Oxford Jan et, owned by Foster Whitaker of Armstrong, has not only captur ed the world's four year old Jer sey record but has also passed the record of five year old cows. The figures will have to be sub mitted to Ottawa before becoming official. The four year old record for merly was held by St. Mawes Pretty Lady, owned by L. C. Dan iels, Oregon, with 12,657 pounds or milk and S27.90 pounds of but terfat, and the five year old rec ord holder was Lulu Mary of Ash burn, owned by J. M. Dickson and son, also of Oregon, with 14, 619 pounds of milk and 844.64 pounds of butterfat. 'ml:' " .-r. t TO ADO PR1P4T PAPER; BELIEF Change in Control of Oregon Pulp & Paper May In crease Products F. W. LEADBETTER BUYS DcMireH to Purchase ItcnuiiiKh-r of Comuiou Stock, Offering 125 Per Share, or $25 Almvc Par, Report Distinct possibility of the man ufacture of news print paper in Salem is seen behind the purchase by Major F. W. Leadbetter, Port land organizer, or controlling in terest in the Oregon Pulp & Paper company of Salem. Throughout its phenomenal growth, the Oregon Pulp & Paper company, ' whose first car was shipped September 30, 1920, has used only the sulphite processes and the addition of the wood pulp process necessary for the manu facture of news print paper has been contemplated for some time. Major Leadbetter secured control through the purchase of stock of E. S. Collins of Portland, of C. K. Spaulding of Salem, and de siraft to buy out all other common stock holders, having offered $125 a share, par value being $100. He declares his willingness to pay one-third cash, one-third in six months and the last third within II' months, interest on deferred payments at 6 per cent. Of the $2,100,000 in capital stock of the company, $800,000 is preferred. IX Is believed that Collins held approximately $600, 000 in common stock, Spaulding about $100,000, with additional heavy stockholders. Major Leadbetter is reported to have sold, .his holdings' in the Crown-Willamette Paper company for $1,400,000. He Is also a stockholder in the Western Paper Converting company, organized in part, to Hum into finished paper products a portion of the, paper output of the Oregon Pulp & Pa per company. Being a stockholder at the same time in two other mills, one at Los Angeles and another at Van couver, it is considered probable that acitvlties will be closely linked. ' He is understood to be controlling owner of both. Major Leadbetter has refused to commit himself definitely for the time being, though addition of news print paper equipment here is considered probable. The Ore gon Pulp & Paper company is con idered one of the best investments on the. coast. Last year it paid 6 per cent dividends on common stock, the preceding year it paid 12 per cent, the difference being due to a ma terial reduction of the company's indebtedness. FAVOR GOODING MEASURE SENATE COMMISSION REI0RTS FAVORABLY ON BILL 4 WASHINGTON. Jan.. 21. (By Associated Press.) A favorable report was ordered-today by the senate interstate commerce com mission on the Gooding bill which would prohibit the present prac tice of the railroads charging a greater freight rate on a short haul than on a long haul. ! 4 1 The measure is designed pri marily to stop what is described as discrimination against the. Jn termountain territory in favor of the Pacific coast territory by the transcontinental carriers In their effort to meet water competition from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Paama canal. :- An identical bill was passed by the senate at the last session, 54 to 53, bat was v shelved in the house interstate .commerce com mittee. ' - 1 f , ' i ; SEVERE COLD; IS. ; FELT ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES ' SEE NO SIGNS OP RELIEF v DENVER, Colo. Jan. 21 .By Associated Press.) The Rocky Mountain region waa promisel little; immediate relief from the biting cold that has prevailed dur ing the last Zi hours by the weather bureau tonight. Although little snow, fell' throughout the region during' the j day the fore caster Issued an "unsettled and continued cold"" warning. ' Snow 'flurries 'were -, reported frpm northern .Wyoniing. Montana and parts of Utah with the low est temperatures from the eastern Oakotas and moving still furth- cr esstward cv v a . v TWO INDICTMENTS FOR t. SLAYING FACE GUNMAN MARTIN J. DURKIN WILL Al- flu mice Darrow Approached to Appear in Defense of Young Bandit i CHICAGO, Jan. 21. (By As sociated Prpss.) Which of two murder indictments the state will select as the bash?, of. Us demand for the death of Martin James Durkln, automobile thief and pistol fighter, will be decided upon his arraignment tomorrow morning before Judge Harry B. Miller of the criminal court. One of the true bills alleges the murder of Edward C. Shanahan. federal department of. justice op erative and the other the slaying of Harry Gray, Chicago detective sergeant. Durkin admitted promptly upon his capture at St, Louis yesterday that he killed the United States officer but thought he was a bandit attempting to ob tain $2000 Durkin carried. He blamed nervous Chicago detec tives for slaying Gray as they did Lloyd Austin, uncle of Dur kin's sweetheart, Betty " Werner, in whose home the police laid a trap for Durkin which failed. The decision to arraign Durkin tomorrow and choose the indict ment best fitted to halt his crim inal career by the noose, was the result of a day of activity in the state's attorney's office. ' Durkin, his yougn bride, until a few weeks ago Irma Sullivan, 18. of Cornell, 111., and Betty Werner, Durkin's former sweet heart, were questioned In the state's attorney's office but the examinations brought forth no revelation. f . ' Durkin was removed from a police station ' to the county jail this afternoon just before his at torney, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to take him out of police hands. 1 It also was stated that it was planned to seek, writ for the re lease of Durkin's wife and Miss Werner, who are held In technical custody. i Attorneys representing Durkin began plans for .his defense. .today.. Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer, said he had been ap proached with regard ' to-defending Durkin, but hesitated to take the case at his advanced age be cause it involved so much work. Durkin's lawyers filed a peti tion for a writ of habeas corpus to have Durkin turned Over to the sheriff and taken out of the hands of the police and also for the re lease from custody of Durkin's wife and of Betty Werner. Durkin was turned over to the county jail authorities while the hearing on his writ was In pro gress and it was continued until tomorrow. , His wife was released from cus tody and went with her parents to the home of relatives, promising to come to the state's attorney's office if desired. . 1 Miss Werner refused to leave the custody of the state's attorney, declaring she was remaining vol untarily. TO COMPLETE HIGHWAY THE DALLES - CALIFORNIA ROUTE TO-BE FINISHED PORfLAND, Jan. 21. (By As sociated Press.) Two contracts, the last needed to complete The Dalles-California highway from nd to end were ordered advertised for the February 25 meeting by the state highway, commission meeting here today. "These obs ,onsist of surfacing the approaches to the Crooked river bridge, the latter structure how being built. Al the . remainder of this long highway, which stretches' from the Columbia riTer to the Oregon California state, line is now com pleted, or under contract. -With the two surfacing obs let In Feb ruary, the highway will be finish ed, bridge included, this year.. LAUDS RUBBER INQUIRY rOREIK V MONOI-OLY , PROBE SAID WELL DIRECTED WASHINGTON; Jarf. 2t.-(By Associated . Press! , V Secretary Hoover's action in bringing about: an inquiry Into foroigncrude rub-1 her monopolies was defended in the house: today by Representative Tilsou of Connecticut, the republi can leader who replied to a num ber of rcen,ata'cks '.on 4he secre tary by democrats. ' " Hardly had J3r. Tilson concluded, however.'bc foro"fwo democrats again took oc casion to assail the -secretary's course. - ; '; . .. t Mr. Tilson described the sccrc-, tary's action, as a "well directed Effort, to protect: the 'rubber, ln-i dustry from higher prices. ' He conceded that ' American business men mlght'have 'shown more fore sight In developing a supply of rnbber, but 8Vfd if 1H 'h auy; reason to ft-'d eur hjnds." . -i . PRICE .FIVE CEOT8 lecoHiin GROUPS ELECT ". r - s Marion County Federation Names Lloyd T. Reynolds r as President; REPORTS ARE PRESENTED ;nt!i-ring Last Evening Reported To lie Largest Ever llcld by Organization In Five Years Existence! r ji At the annual meetingf of uieiii- , ers of the Marion County Com munity Federation, held: last ev ening at T the Chamber! of Com- . merce, Lloyd T. Reynolds was el- ected president. J. O. pixon of Scotts Mills, vice president and W. W. Fox of Hayesville, secre tary and treasurer;1 J With representatives pfrom 18 communities in the '-county, the auditorium oP" the Chamber of Commerce was taxed to its ca pacity, the meeting lasl evening being the largest ever held by the federation since its organization five years 1 ago. ! From all communities came re ports of federation members be- -ing real service to their commun ities. Among the reports were the following: i Aurora: Planning for ja scutch- , ing plant and general intercut in the growing of flax. 1 j Hubbard: Planting ofj trees on the cky streets and boosting for the mineral springs, where -a new ' hotel has ben recently erected. ! Silverton: Planning for a new ; hotel. During the past year, in terested in the building ef a good : roads to Stiver Creek Falls. This ' year, hoping that the ijpad may. be made passable through the'j Waldo hills district so (that the loop to. the Silver Creek Fall ' through Silverton wilt attract ' tourists. - Silverton is aio Inter ested! in a scutching plait. Turner: Just recently organ ized a community club! People -showing Interest in flax? growing ; and In increasing the acftoage and production of pickles. f i Scotts Mills: Announcfe that the community Is getting Sut nomn fne advertising. 'Also interested (In the travel to Wllhoit Springs, j Liberty: During the bast year, jcommunity prodded hot lunche for the school children. I , ' j: Sunnyside: Preparing! to do additional work In Improving its school stage and also in adding equipment to tis school kitchen. Salem Heights:- - Has Jf ound its meeting of such interest and to well attended that the communi ty is. preparing to enlarge its community hall. f ' Uosedale: ' Going 1 stfong . for prunes and loganberries jihis year. The community fs. interested in the Installation of ' a . hew ( water, system In its schools, ". . Labish Center: Is preparing a 1 big advertising that will ,' make known to the world the fact that (Labish center Is the onion center, of the United States. f Hayesvllle: Boasts 'of one of the most modern and best equip ped rural schools in the country. Lloyd Reynolds, the newly elected president! of the federation, Is from Hayesvllle. , West Stayton: Says I can pro duce more beans to the acre than any other district. This jpast year, one acre produced eight and one - (Continued en () METAL PROCESS FOUND ALLOY TTTTH IMBEDDED COL ORS 13 NOW AXXOttXCED i S"- - I 1 . .. -j; BERLIN", Jan. "21. (By Asso ciated Press.) The discovery of 4 method for alloying aluminum with.pther metals, which will pro duce " materials for automobile bodies which will not show any scratches and will have botjj color and finish "built In" is claimed I y B. Jirotka, a German felcctrii'al engineer.' He has dcntonstratofl his dfscoTcry to a commission of metallurgists of the German In stitute cf "chemical, technology. ' !? Ho ia said to liavo m( h ll'y of, alumiaum j and n)oi than u tioren other tcc'vaIh. prm, nm terlals of- many . diifent' t lor;. the ' coki-.varying with She niei.il Used for the alloy.. Tli:e Moyi; have a Surface reHembllhg plaz 1 porcelain. ' - ' The bureau for aluniinuia re search reports t that the alloy i.. : metals penetrute alumiauri Lar to a depth of four-tenths of t-i inch.: '. V-" I - Aluminum alloys msf"? by J ' Jirotkn Inclndfl thos wiih nj inganesc, en! all f-hrvinium, gv! ?, i: