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Three Sections 24 Pages
CORBETTGETS
STATE SEf JATE .
PARTY PLEDGE
Members of House PaM Sol-
in Line Behind C3N
kin for Speaker
NEW MEN WILL APPEAR
Lawyers, Farmers,' Stockmen, "StU
lera, Blarchakta ad One
Hotel Ma in-Legiit.
latlTe Offices
PORTLAND, Nor. 13. (AP)
When the lawmakers assemble at
Salem to organize the legislature,
there will be no organisation fifcht
in either senate or house, political
leaders here assert. Harry L. Cor
bet, Multnomah, they say, will be
thepresident of the senate cham
ber aiul thereby the acting gov
ernor wheu an acting governor is
needed, and John H. Carkin of
Jackson county, will be speaker.
This opinion is arrived at fol
lowing post-election meeting and
informal executive "get-togeth
ers."
There are 30 members of the
senate and 16 are required to
elect a president. Mr. Corbett has
iZ pledges, it is declared, leaving
only seven members who are said
to have not offered him their sup
port. As for Mr. Carkln, he is re
ported to have the support of the
house membership solidity.
The pledges said to have been
given Corbett are: Lloyd T. Rey
nolds.of Marion; Willard Marks
of Una; Edward F. , Bailey of
lane; John B. Bell of Lane and
Vinu; George W. Dunne of Jaclt-
tia-a't Edward Miller of Josephine;
Tharles. Hall of Coos and Curry
Herbert J. Eillott-of Benton and
Polk j William G. Hare, of Wash
ington Lynn E. Jdhes of Clacka
mas; M. R. Klepper of Multno
mah; Gtas C. Moser of MultttoWah
Isaac K. Staples of . Multnomah;
Joe E. Dunne of Columbia, .Clack
amas and Multnomah; A. W. Nor
blad of Clatsop: R. J. Carsner of
(Coatinaed Pt S.)
CObXlDGE PLAN
HIT BY SENATOR
REED ilOLDS NATIONAL PAR.
ALVHIS WOULD RESULT
President Would Exercise Dicta
twrial I'owcrs, Democrat
Declares
ST. JOUIS, Nov. 13. (AP)
The recommendation of President
Coolidge at Kansas City Thursday
for "all inclusive" conscription in
timo of war was characterized in
a formal statement tonight by
Senator James A. Reed, democrat.
Missouri, as "the most astonish
ing statement which ever fell from
the lips of an American president."
The senator asserted that "such
a proposal would spell national
paralysis and national defeat."
"Mr. .Coolidge declares that in
future wars there should be a gen
eral conscription of all people and
all property; that the conscription
"should; be all-inclusive." Sena
tor Reed said. "The phrase ho
employed was the "conscription of
capital," but capital embraces
every form of property.
"I heard this phrase, "the con
scription of capital," first em
ployed by that class of - pacifists
who insisted that the World war
was deliberately brought on by
capitalists who desired to enrich
themselves out of the struggle, and
that if capital should be conscript
ec. wjeked capitalists would no
longer promote wars.
"Of. course, the idea that the5
recent , war was the, result of a
conspiracy of capitalists is an ab
burdity which reasonable men do
cot for a moment entertain bilt 1
never expected to hear the-president,
of tho United States publicly
declare an acceptance of this moti
ons fallacy and yet more mon-
ftts doc
rjption'
Tho one
result or such a move.
Senator Heed said, would be the
abrogation of tha right to life,
liberty and property, guaranteed
by the constitution.
"At the mero approach of war
every dollar would go Into hiding;
business would be paralysed; the
wheels of industry would cease to
move; the entire machinery of
tiade and commerce would stop.
. "No man' would care to s trade,
barter, buy or sell; no one would
venture to make aa Investment.
Universal chaos would Immediate
ly, result. Accordingly, at the
iftfcoME f Ax, Law
Still unchanged
GREATER
OREGON ASSOCIA-
TION SPENDS 40,000
Statement Bays People ef state
Noi Rcay for SucK F.m"
of Tax
The Greater Oregon association
through I. B. Smith' secretary.
expended .approximately J40.000
in eonaucting a campaign against
the state income tax measures and
tht? Dennis resolution, according
to.arenort filed in. the, offices of
the secretary of state here yester
day. "The result of the election, as
far as the income tax situation is
concerned, is that it remains ex
actly as it was before the , elec
tion," read a statement filed in
the . state department by Mr.
Smith.
"Already public statements
have been made by the newspap
ers tnat the state income tax cru
sade, is tp continue, and that an
attempt will be made before the
ID 2 7 legislature, or by further
use of the initiative, to enact the
state Income tax law.
"Such a course would be very
unwise. The repeal of the income
tax law In 1924 and the defeat
at the . recent . election. Indicate
that the people are not ready to
adopt this form of tax as a rem
edy for the heavy costs of ad
ministration.
.."A more sensible method of
precedure consists in the selection
of common ground for sober con
sideration of mutual problems
from the angle of general' public
welfare-,, the necessary recommen
dations arising therefrom to be
based, upon plans that will result
to the benefit of all concerned,
rather than to enact hasty legis
lative-remedies that operate harm
fully because of flagrant discrim
inations. v"The Greater Oregon associa
Hon believes that no action direct
ly affecting our sources of revenue
should be taken unless it is fair
ly uniform, in the competitive
states of the west, so that Oregon
will not be singled out and pen
alized. by Investors on- our big de
velopment progrtfm. We further
believe that remedies for existing
conditions, lie more in the direc
tiott- of stabilization and organiza
tion of marketB for state products
than in attempting to obtain all
of our relief through taxation, and
above all, any relief of any kind
depends upon unity of purposes
and a better understanding, and
not. upon, controversies between
ourselves, which are always dam
aging. "To that end. the Greater Ore
gon association has been official
ly recognized as the Oregon unit
of the Western Taxpayers confer
ence, whose work is well known,
by which means it will.be possible
to keep closely In touch witn tne
other eleven states in this western
group, and through which it will
be possible, when the time comes,
to brfng about uniform action.
"The greater Oregon association
intends to continue ail of the in
terests of the state, without handi
capping the payroll industries, or
imposing undue hazards upon
what is, after all, the backbone of
our economic structure."
TALKS ON PERSONALITY
0O J. C. PENNY REPKESKSTA.
TIVES 3tET IX SALEM
Dr. Francis. Burgette Short of
New York City, special represent
ative of the J. C. Penny company,
arave an eloquent and inspiring
talk, on personality at a meeting
of representatives or tne J. .
Penney stores of Oregon City,
Dallas, Silverton and Salem here
Friday evening. About 60 were
present. ,
Dr. Short, who was for. many
years a prominent preacher in the
Northwest, possesses an unusual
knowledge of human nature and
frequently punetuated his address
with keen humor which intensi
fied the effect of hi3 message.
He spoke straight from the shoul
der and with fearlessness and
brilliancy.
Dr. Short will speak before tho
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Monday at the Gail hotel.
BUDGET MEET MONDAY
EFFORTS TO; BE MADE FOR
- BAND APPROPRIATION
The annual city budget com
mittee meeting date has-been
ber tZ td Jfovember 15, tomorrow,
changed from the night of Novem
The . date , was changed .because
November 22 is foo late to permit
20, days publication before turning
the bddget in , to the countyf as
sessor .which must be done 'De
cember l.i ' j ir ;-i ' ' .
A hot fight Is expected at "the
meeting, as a; strong effort will
probably bo'inado to have appro-
Eriaiteaa mis 1st &MV$t
GH1GAG0 REDS
GREET MARIE
S
Flaunting Legend and Hand
bills Assail Government
of Rumania
WORKERS RESIST POLICE
Editor Reviews Alleged Wrongs
and Declares "America Is
Only Country "Where
Royalty Supported"
CHICAGO. Nov. 13. (AP)
Three hundred communists, carry
ing incredlary banners derogating
Queen Marie and the Rumanian
government, injected Into Chi
cago's welcome to the queen to
night a feature not included in
the plans which she approved for
her reception.
Greeted with social and military
pomp, Marie swept through the
packed concourse of the Illinois
Central station and into the royal
car to find in the background of
the welcoming throng members of
the International "Workers' De
fense league, flaunting legends,
papers and handbills assailing her
and the government she repre
sents. "Down with Rumanian terror
ism," " Down with Queen Marie,
oppressor of Bukovina and Bes
serabia," and "2500 political pris
oners rot in Rumanian' jails,"
were among the inscriptions which
the communists waved aloft.
The queen, sheltered from the
dismal rain by her enclosed car,
gave no indication if she was made
aware of the denunciation, and
proceeded to the city hall where
4aa was-preseftteoVto-Mayor IveT
and the city council, who gave her
the keys to the city.
As she left the city hall by one
exit, the bedraggled battalion of
communists, which had marched
in disarray Up side streets to the
building, stormed another door
and carried their banners into the
municipal building, only to find
that the target of their barbs had
gone.
The police beat them back and
expelled them from the building,
arresting several who resisted.
The royal party and the wel
coming committee saw less of the
demonstration than spectators
who stood In the rain along Michi
gan avenue to get a fleeting
glimpse of the guests.
The communistic demonstration
climaxed a rally of the labor de-
(Continued on sq C.)
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I SALEM, OREGON,. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1926.
HALL LOVE NOTES
READ BY LAWYEft
r -, : ' -?; - -V
WIFE OF SLAIN RECTOR CALM
DURING RECITATION
Day in Court Ends With Heated
Verbal Exchange Between
Counsels
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 13.
(AP) Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall
sat in a little courthouse here to
day and heard letters, telling of
the professed love of her dead hus
band for another woman, also
dead, read to a jury, which seem
ed less interested than the cur
ious throng in the court room.
The widow of the slain rector
sat between her brothers and co
defendants, Willie and Henry Stev
ens, as extravagant phrases, rep
resented as those of her husband
addressed to Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills,
singer in his church choir were
read into the record by the state,
which charges the trio with the
murder of Mrs. Mills. A slight
quiver of the lips as the reading
was started and the woman de
fendant was calm again, a very
possessed but sorrowful figure.
The letters dwarfed all else of
significance of the trial day. Sub
mitted as evidence in the morning
after they previously had been
identified, they were admitted but
cot until the defense had vainly
urged their exclusion.
Most of the letters were written
from Maine where the Rev. Ed
ward W. Hall was on -vacation in
1922. A Christmas card sent' in
December, 1921, was among the
letters. Only two references to
Mrs. Hall appeared. One told of
(Continued on page 3.)
FLYING TACKLE
HALTS BANDITS
TIMES SQUARE CROWD
THRILLED BY HOLDUP
IS
Shrieks of Burglar " Siren ' Draw
Police Reserves to Scene
of Robbery
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. (AP).
Rudolph Beck, "innocent by
stander," employed football tac
tics during a robbery today and
"got his man," with a flying
tackle that thrilled a Times
Square crowd.
Beck's man was one of three
who attempted a daring daylight
holdup of Henry Silberfeld's
jewelry store on Broadway and
Thirty-ninth street. That same
robber shot a policeman and a
jewelry salesman before a second
policeman laid him low with a
bullet under the heart.
The bullet that wounded the
robber, however, passed through
(Continued on paga 8.)
SAYS PROHIBITION IS A FAILURE?
1 1 I J5I J if 1 h "J
TRAIN AND AUTO
CRASH, TWO DIE
OPEN GRADE 'CROSSING NEAR
WOODBURN WRECK SCENE
Slow Moving -Train Demolishes
Auto, Hurling Men to In
stant Death
Instantaneous death . under the
wheels of the Shasta. Limited,
Eouthbound SP passenger train,
was the fate that overtook Charles
F. Clement, 40, and William D.
Wilson, 38, farmers residing north
of Woodburn, as they drove across
a grade crossing on the north out
skirts of Woodburn, about 400
yards from their house.
Their car was dragged 30 feet
by the train . and completely de
molished. One body was - found
near it. while the other had been
carried 60 feet beyond the cross
ing. Clement's neck was broken,
while Wilson had a crushed, chest.
Both men's legs were broken in
several places.
The train that struck them was
going slowly, according to J. P.
Hale, engineer and the only wit
ness of the accident, as it was
slowing its speed to pass through
Woodburn. where it however, does
not stop.
The two men had just driven
from their farm, operated, by Wil
son and Clement's brother, Tom
Clements, and no reason for their
failure to see the train can be
given. A clear view of the cross
ing is provided both ways, while
the road from the farm to the
crossing runs parallel to the track,
separated only by a small fence.
Apparently the men had been
completely ignorant of the train
coming behind them and had
driven onto the crossing before
they realized the collision was im
minent. The road is muddy and
rough, so they could not have been
traveling very fast.
The bodies of both men are in
charge of E. N. Hall's undertaking
parlors at Woodburn. No Inquest
wflf be "held, according to Lloyd
Rigdon, coroner.
Clement, who recently arrived
from Utah, Is survived by his
brother. Thomas Clement and his
widow. There were no children
Wilson is survived by two
daughters, one 17 and the other
19. His wife died nearly two
years ago.
WAGE DEMAND GRANTED
MASONS' SCALE NOW SET AT
910 IN VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 13.
(AP). Contractors today ac
ceded to demands of bricklayers,
masons and tile setters for a one
dollar a day increase in wages ef
fective Monday. They are to re
ceive $10.
iStatrs.J v- .-
;
TEXTBOOK BODY
CENSORS SOME
WORKS IN OSE
New Member on Commission
Laments Fact Jhat Book
Agents Bother
FINAL MEETING MONDAY
Superintendent Hug. Stated New
Books Should Not Be Selected
Just for a Change, But
for Better Books
The oldtime dictum that "book
agents are a curse" was re-assert
ed by Prof, F. C. Kent of Oregon
Agricultural college at the prelim
inary meeting of the state text
book commission in Supt. George
Hug's office yesterday afternoon.
It seems that Prof. Kent, being
a new man on the commission, has
been especially besieged by the
claimants of book publishers who
are bidding for the choice 6-year
contracts to be voted by the com
mission Monday. Sixty calls in the
month of October, are the reason
for Prof. Kent's tribulation, and
according to the professor "none
of them knew as much about their
wares as I already knew."
Supt. A. C. Hampton of Astoria
suggested that the agent problem
was one to be settled by each in
dividual victim and that it would
be useless to try to exclude the
agents from the state. Supt. Hug
believed that on the whole their
competition was wholesome.
Reports from. 20 city superin
tendents and 15 county superin
tendents of the state, read by
Supt. Hug, showed a wide varia
tianot desires as to the selecting
of textbooks. Books now used and
reported unsatisfactory by a large
number of the ' superintendents
were Hamilton's arithetlc, 5 th
grade history and the texts in
spelling and grade agriculture.
The Hamilton text came in for an
especially large share of criti
cism. On the- subject of change of
texts, Supt. Hug stated the opin
ion that new. books should not be
selected simply for the sake of a
change, but only in cases when
the commission saw opportunity
to get a better book for the school
children of Oregon. Educational
merit, said Supt. Hamptonshould
be the first factor to be considered
not price nor the question of
which company gets the most bus
iness. Prof. Kent has given his entire
time for three weeks to & special
study of the .pedagogical .advan
tages of various arithmetic texts,
13 of which will be considered by
the commission Monday, fin all
these texts," said Prof. Kent. "I
have found 10 per cent useless ap
plication material, and in some of
them as high as 33 1-3 per cent
useless application material. It is
my opinion that " 50 percent of
the arithmetic text should, concern
itself with the fundamental oper
ations of integers and fractions."
Referring to the subject ef text
book agents, Supt. Hug stated that
there are and have been" ,40 to 50
agents working on the present ad
option of textboks by the- state of
Oregon, and that the expense of
so many agents must be borne ul
timately by the taxpayers.. He be
lieved that one man was sufficient
to represent each book company.
"They are all fine fellows," Mr.
Hug said, "but many . of them
don't know their books."
Prof. Kent" believed that the
chief function of the book agent
was to bring him the news of old
acquaintances.
.Books In 17 subjects of the
graded schools, high schools and
junior high schools will be picked
by the text book commission; when
it convenes Monday morning at
10 o'clock.
FREIGHT CARS KILL TWO
SONS OF RAILROAD AGENT
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
CALGARY; Alta., Nor. 13.
( AP) I - Kenneth and Gerald
O'Farreii, eight and four year old
sons -of the Canadian 'National
railway agent at Rosebud. jAlta.,
were killed in, a switching yard
today when . struck by cars that
were being switched.
'ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. IS. CAP)
--Confirmation; of reports front
Paris ; that Mary Hay, stage act
ress, has arrived there and a di
vorce Is pending be tw eery her and
Richard Barthelmess, film star,
was given - here toda.7 by -the
actor's secretary, George Squires.
SUGAR BEET MEN
TO G ATHER HERE
PLANT lOOO ACRES, COMPACT
WILL PAY FREIGHT
Utah-Idaho Concern Would Ship
Beets to Bellingbam, Until -
Factory Is Erected
(The Portland Oregonian of
yesterday contained the following
news item:)
""A ' large scale experiment in
raising sugar beets in the Willam
ette valley, with prospects believ
ed to be excellent for adding a
new and profitable crop to the
valley's production, will be con
sidered at a meeting of farmers
and business men at Salem Mon
day night.
The experiment has been sug
gested by J. W. Timson. north
west manager of the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company, who is said to
have- promised to recommend the
erection of a sugar factory at Sa
lem . It the Willamette . valley
proves adaptable to this crop
Through experiments on small
acreages In the Willamette valley
and at places along the Columbia
river, Mr. Timpson is said to have
satisfied himself that sugar beets
can be grown here successfully.
, Crop Would Help Farmers
''The success of this experi
ment, if undertaken, would mean
the. erection in the nsxt few years
of probably 20 sugar factories in
the "Willamette valley, said W. D.
B. Dodson, manager of the Port
land; Chamber of Commerce.
"These factories not only would
give the Willamette valley farm
ers a new cash crop, fitting in
nicely with a rotation schedule,
but it would aid the dairy busi
ness, i
"Oregon's dairy products should
run up around $200,000,000 " a
year instead of 230,000,000, as at
present. Sugar beet greeu tops
are worth from 25 to $12 an acre
for teed for dairy stock and the
ground pulp is an important food.
"The , same factors would - go
far toward promoting" the breed
ing of blooded livestock In the
valley." .
Company Willing to Aid
In order to encourage the Mar
ion county experiment, the Utah
Idaho Sugar company is under
stood to be willing to. absorb the
freight on the sugar beets to their
Mount Vernon, Wash., factory for
a time. The sugar factory to be
built at Salem, if quantity produc
tion proves practical and 8000
acres of land can be contracted
for beet growing in 1928, would
cost in the neighborhood of 22,
000,000" and would employ from
200 to 300 men during the oper-
(Continued on pas
ICE MUCH PRODUCE HERE
267 CARS CELERY IX 47T TO
TAL COLD SHIPMENTS '
A total of 477 cars of Marion
county products were iced here
during the present year, according
to figures announced by the rail
road corporations, i
The report shows that 267 cars
of celery were iced in -c Salem,
which is approximately 80 cars In
excess of last year's shipments of
this product. There were 21 cars
of lettuce, 41 ears of barreled ber
ries, 8 cars of butter, 87 cars of
cherries, 20 cars, of prunes, 18
cars of pears and 15 cars of
apples.
Practically all of the celery was
produced in the Lake Labish dis
trict. ' . : i
KAY REFUNDS. $100,000
TAX RECEIPTS ENABLE STATE
TO- MEET SOME DEBTS
Thomas B. Kay, stajte treasurer,
yesterday, paid off $100,000. of
money borrowed recently from
various banks to meet the. current
expenses of the state government
pending receipt of the second-half
taxes. ; . v
The state, treasurer was com-,
pelled to borrow approximately
$480,000 because of the depleted
condition of the state treasury on
October 1. This obligation will
be Taid off,. as rapidly as the second-half
taxes are received.
MUST FILE ALL RATES
t ; ' ?
ATTORNEY GENERAL ILANDS
JDOWN INSURANCE DECISION
Insurance companies " belonging
to and operating - subject to .the
rules and practices of ; the Oregon
Insurance Rating bureau must file
their rates; with the bureau, ac
cording, to a legal opinion "handed
down . by the ; attocney general
here yesterday. '-'V hA'
It further was held, however,
that insurance companies may, file
variation of rates with the bureau
without withstanding from Its jur
isdiction. ;
' The opinion was requested by
the slate' insurance commlssfoaer.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
0 COU TY
i HURT
GOLLISIOO
Heavy Impact Hurls Both
Occupants From Machine
Into Nearby Ditch '
ONE CAR UNDAMAGED
Accident Occurs at Crunk's Corner
Scene of Many Serious Wrecks
in Past, Byers. Receives , p
Injuries
Mrs. Thomas Brunk. member
of a prominent pioneer family oC
Polk county, - received concussion
of the brain. - shock, and other
serious Injuries yesterday morn
ing when the car in which she
was riding in company with her
brother, Garfield Byers of Inde
pendence, was wrecked at Brunk's
corner on the Salem-Dallas high
way after being struck by another,
car driven by a man from Port
land named Reuss.
Mr. Byers also was injured, and
both he and Mrs. Brunk were
taken to a local hospital, whera
the J attending physician - pro
nounced Mrs, Brunk's condition,
serious. . i. u. .. :
The accident occurred at
Brunk's corner,: scene ; ef many
serious and fatal accidents- in the
pasfe 1 The Toad to Independence
turns off " the Salem-Dallas highway-'
at- this place, about - four
miles- west of Salem. -
Byers," who was-driving, was
coming from the Independence
road- and had just turned into the
highway, - Intending to go across
it and. parkren the other, side,;
when the- Reuss ear coming down
the highway from' Dallas toward,
Salem, came up behind and struck
his in. the rear. - x .
The Byers' car was badly dam-i
Aged and driven into the ditch,
the force of the Impact throwing!
both Byers and - Mrs. Brunk!
through the windshield, according'
to employes at a nearby service
(Con timed oa pr 8.
TRIBUTES PAID
1
JOSEPH CANNONi
DAWES .WILL REPRESENT SlR.
COOLIDGE AT FUNERAL f
Money of Statesman Brought Klec;
trie Lights to Home Town j
of Ex-Spcakcr ;
DANVILLE, III., -Kor. 13.
(AP) Down between the rows of
leafless elms which apau Vermil
ion street messengers scurried in
the rain today to the home where
Joseph Gurney Cannon lies dead,
bearing expressions of condolence
and sympathy from around tho
world.1 - ;"- p
But not in the formal phrasea
of bereavement could Danville's
be couched, for the man a nation
knew as a ruler in the councils of
the great was to his townspeople
never more than Uncle Joe, neigh
bor, benefactor and comrade.
. For "ofners was the . paying of
scholarly tributes. Danville's own
tokens of sorrow arose from the
home memories of a man whose
eivic spirit and "whose, benefaction
touched the lives of his townsfolk
not only collectively, but individu
ally. .rr,- 1 r
' It was Cannon money that gave
Danville electric light and power,
and that built the city railway. It
was Uncle ''Joe, the congressman
from Danville, who brought a sol
dier's home to the city, and got
the appropriation for a federal
building. t
But ,mofe than : this, It was
Undo Joel who got positions ia
Washington for scores of Danville
boys enabling them to work their
way ; through college and law
school. - And it was Uncle Joe
who befriended , scores of others
and got them started toward sub
stantial careers. ;
Danville's memory of Uncle Jos
PACKED
HOUSES
FOR "
it's; a r-r-
IVLrATVJC- t
NOSTRUM
At-the Elslnore. It Is one ;
of the greatest screen pic-
f tares r ever t produced, aa
any one who has seen it
will testify. , Playing no-.
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