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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1920)
Circulation ourrv&l f l20, 8250. of Salem 100, 4888; 1..; -, 17...9. OREGON: Tonight, and Friday rain west, rain or snow cast por tion, fresh to strong east to south east gales. IXXJAXi: Temperature, minimum 17, maximum 39, set 38. Partly cloudy, south winds. RHcr 8.4 feet falling. dYear-No. 300 Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 16, 1920 Price Tkret, Cm our New Countries Admitted to Nations1 League ;et Cut dvocated yMondell yican Leaded in ie Says Treasury sates Billion too -Won, Dee. r in in iruNiiiiuuu" Ken. ex.en.ses- during fc,t fiscal year in " WZ. ... harAcn. Renresent- ti tut ioa - . Kwdfll or Wyoming, repub- Mder, .ectarea I that me tow "'""" Iim.000 submitted by the Irv of the treasury should be by approximately $1,400 -. This reduction, he said, tlr effected chiefly by a dras tfng down in estimates for w nnvy ana sunai j E the total of which, he 1, ...i ureeeded current ap- lalit.ns by more than $914,- I Unttt Administration. Belting tne buiiuiiibhoiiwu (fne unfathomahlp inconsrst- thc estimates submitted herefi ana 1111 ri-.s mi -w.. Lade b) the president and the . . nr.. AT,, rr.v o; me ne.w ,. , ..... Wired he ivould "leave it to I to properly charactlse thoau PS." i years after the war." the flan leader anuc'i, wnen inc leiMOSOur borders is large - hmipi and everybody is pray- Ir reduction of armaments, the r.mmtion askti for an appro- of more than $1,414,000. rth" army, navy and fortifi- ind Monili II In did not incl IitR which " Ditely, "if tin ilf times the appropriation leclared those tide current de ma be swollen war depart- onlinued its policy of re the army up to full fit, contrary to the under- ;that it should not be in id above the "total of 178,- Bi contemplated by the ap- ations. (Wfi Til ( nil lie Cut. I slid II had become the duty mm to take action that jmvfnt "such squandering i people's money by creating ies In violation of law." lei's 'hat If the economy Jn nations iraa carried out the ln far the calendar year Imighi l,e "subslmitially light- Mr. Mendel 1 s,iid he be- I ontlnuation of a tax urn I d-sined to raise a mintninm U of $4,COO.oSo,oOo for two I recommended by the sec ret the treasury was "unjus- fttors Tariff Revenue. K4 per cent or the aaqi Ptr, excluding foreign loans. J iMtn, lie said, n was un to "keen nn war mtc or Ion fur tlm mi ........... j..-. PWMIc debt at a rate grent lenesa of ihe Pettier f.,.i PWied to the entire debt." ne favored roneal Of the 1 Profits tax and rorinoMnn r mmmuw I..- .... uiju'jci .t ,. ...... .......... .. . e to consider alternative P"Kwions bccause."no one P hat Increased revenues iru.i from tri, ,sS-,f. n 'Wlalon- protective lines" ian Given decision Over Grunan In 6th !Ml. Or riA u P Portia,,,, won a decis- t-ru:. ,; of Los Ange- Ill- , .... .. in a scneu- 14 fDunri I.. Ilk. , !u're las' night flatter took one m the u Cl3'n:e.i ., foul. The turmoil and it was LjhWe, before the ref and raised Oor- m after th boxing conl- "ortor nrnni,... .. VU..VCU II II Pi Milem at c.runan was of t h. . . .... Bum v "Mil. accouin Necution of M Evadm kx Is Charge ' Art . - 1 err. V M9t... te ri. h c 14.- Charges tment is taklnf. the prosecution serters were judiciary com tativea jT nidations. The lering a bill to of limitation rs for proce of the selective ' inded in Coos ec-lebrafed his raMMH Inst Luxembourg, Finland Bulgaria and Costa Rica Granted Membership Church Dome Falls; 2 Buried Long Beach, Cal., Dec. 16. The dome of the new First Christian church, under construction here, fell today, just after most of the workmen had left for lunch. A large number of workmen were employed on the con struction but only fifteen were indoors when the crash came. Thirteen of these were soon extricated. The miss ing two, Walter Nichols and Josemer Rioe, were believed to have been buried in the wreckage. The church was to have cost $250,000. British Censoring All Cable Messages Sent To America Is Charge Washington, Dec. 16. All Amer Iran cable messages leaving Great Britain are being held up for ex amination by the British navul in telligence authorities, Newcomb H. Carlton, president of the Western I'nlon Telegraph company, testified today before a special senate com mittee Investigating cables and the advisability of legislative action af fecting them. The new British requirements have been Imposed, Mr. Carlton said, to throw light upon "internal disturbances in Croat Britain and 1 presume more particularly with reference to Ireland and bolshe vism." Mr. Carlton added that he was not sure whether in-bound cables from the United States also were being held for examination. Prosecution of Miss Brained Is Withdrawn Tneoma. Wash.. Dec. 10. An agreement lias been reached be tween Prosecutor W. P. AsKren ami attorneys for Miss Betty Bralnerd whereby George T. Stagg is to surrender and the case against Ula nrntnarrl declined, it was an nounced by Captain of Detectives John S. Btrlcttand today. r'nnmin Mt rick 1 a ml said that the understanding is that Stagg, who wi'h Miss Bralnerd is charged wun frlifnanuiB Bohhv stuL'ff in Septem ber, will appear in Ta'eoma before. next Tuesday, plead guilty to kid naping Bobby Stagg in Septem ber, will appear in Taconwi before next Tuesday, plead guilty to kid nantn. and receive his sentence. The trial of Miss Bralnerd, set for next Tuesday, will then be drop ped, Strickland declared. The minimum sentence for kid naping in this state is ten years in the penitentViry. Stagg is now in Canada, Strick land said. He predicted he could soon be captured. Gangsters Goes On Trial Today; Crowds Barred San Francisco, Dec. 16. Ed rnond (Spud) Murphy, pugilist, went to trial here today on a stat utory charge preferred by Mis: Jesse Montgomery and other girls growing out of alleged attacks on young women in San Francisco. The spectator's section of the court room was restricted virtual ly to friends of the prosecution and defense by court order. A police cordon, extending from court room on the third floor of the hall' of Justice, where Murphy is being tried, to the street, held back crowds of would be specta tors. Many women were among those clamoring for admittance. trr nncelhilitv of il mas rush on the court room was eliminated when use of the stairways was prohibited and visitors to the up per floors of the building were compelled to take the elevators in small groups. Still Taken In Mt. Angel Raid Twenty five gallons of mash, a still in operation and, according to reports, the "alleged operator, Hugo Mayhoffer. 45. were the toll of a raid of Mavhoffer s farm near Mt. Angel Vst night. The raid, coaducted by two in ternal revenue officers and two dputv sheriffs late last night M; !8Ved a clue given the officer? a week ago. it is said. Mayhcffer is being held at the county Jail for federal authorities. Naval Heroes Are Rewarded New Tork Dec. 1 -S-rretary Daniels of the navy has rewarded Captain E. D. Swinton. Robert A. McWiliiams. trcond engineer, aid Y. (i. Grace, chief engineer of lfc V. S. S. General eCorTc W. :ot '.hals. who, assisted in rev" ins the -rey of the s-jbmrine S-r. wlncn was disabled off Cane Kentonen September. Swinsin Mc WUliams received binoculars and Grace a gold watch. Bulletins Paris. Doe. 10. Andre fO fevre, war minister, resigned today, as a result of his oppo sition to the new military serv ice bill before the chamber of deputies, which provides for eighteen month obligatory mil Italy service. SI. Lefcvre had insisted iiixm two years serv loe'wlth the colors. New York, Dec. 10. Ka montl Do Valera, "president of the Irish republic" is 'In hid ing" in this country, but may consider returning to Great Britain if granted n safe con duct by Premier Llnyd-Gcorge. Harry Bolaud, his secretary, announced here today. Washington, Dee. io itc pubUuan and democratic mem bers of the house from the ago rlcultural districts met tadaf in joint conference to consider what uctiot. by OOngrosa (rll best serve to meet the needs of farmers who arc facing fi nancial loss as a result of faU IttS Crop price.-. The commit tee includes Represeatattvei Young, republican. North Da kola, chairman; Sianott, Ore gen, and Rlddlok, .Monti New Means, I,a., Dec. 10. l ire, which started from an explosion of oil ut the Jahnckr dryd icks here, spread rapidly and six vessels soon were burning today. New York, Dec. 10. Tho Federal sugar Refining com pany and Arbueklc Brothers today announced another de cline of one QUanUrr cent a pound in the price of refined sonar, brlngln it to eight cents a pound, a new low price lor the year, Life Termer to Spend One More Xmas at Home W. . Wilder of Umatilla coun ty will not begin service on his life term in the state prison here for the murder of Bert W. H. Mc- Nease, until after Christmas. Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the su preme court, stated Wednesday that the mandate of the court up holding the decree of the Umatilla Bounty circuit court would not be delivered until the latter part of the month, giving Wilder an op portunity to spend a last Christiaan in his home county. Outsiders Use Salem Schools Without Fees Are the persons who move Into Salem to send their children to school, citizens of Salem, or are they citizens of Turner, or wher ever else they come from ? Should persona coming to Salem to tend their children to school, while they claim residence in some other place be permitted to avoid paying the tuition fees charged by Salem schools as those who live out of Salem And attend school by com muling? Mrs. Man' L Fukerpon. superin tendent of Marion county school. Is striving to find out what stes she should take in decideding both of the foregoing questions. According to Mrs. Fulkerson. nu merous families living cut of Salem move in during the school terms, maintaining their residence in their hornet owns, and still escape pay irg the tuition charges of local schools for out of town pupils, fhose who do not move in but com mute daily to attend school are charged according to the tuition they receive. Contending that Salem has to ejpncrt in the schools numerous i-hid!ren who are residents of other owns. Mrs. Fulkerson has take., the matter under advisement ar.d -xpe-ts to act on it. She cited one instance wherein a mother calied at the office and wanted to lyiow why she was comneiled to pav tut--ien when sh" had moved to Salem, vet she wculd not declare Ss'err, as her residence. Earthquake Disturbance Is Recorded Instruments from Coast to Coast In dicate Tremor is Extensive ' Washington, Dec. : 16. An un usually severe earthquake, esti mated to be 2800 mires in a east westerly direction from "Washing ton, was recorded' early today no the seismograph at Georgetown university. ... The recording of the shock be wail at 7:25 a. m?, the maximum intensity was reached' at 8:07 a. m. and it still was in progress at 9:05 X. m, The disturbance was de scribed by the Rev. Father Francis A. Tondorf, director of the George town seismograph observatory, as the worst recorded here in two years. The distance of 2800 miles from "'ashington, estimated by Father Tondorf. would indicate the loca tion of the disturbance to be in the United States, near the Pacific coast, if in the west, or in the vi cinity of the Azores if to the east. Location Indefinite. Chicago. Dec. 16. An earth quake, the severest 'recorded here in two years, was registered en the seismograph at Chicago University today. The disturbance was esti mated at 3080 miles from Chicago. The first shock was recorded at 6.21 a. m. Central time, and the nuudntuni Intensity was rcachod at 6:54. At 9 o'clock the seismograph was still recording waves of jde creasing intensity. As the conservatory at Wnshing tpn report, d the same quake was 2S00 miles from there, it apparent ly is centered in the Atlantic ocean. Seattle I'eels shock. Seattle. Wash., Dec. 16. An earthquake shock so severe that it temporarily put out of commission two instruments, was recorded on sei; olographs at the University of Washington here today. The dis turbance, estimated by Dean Hen ry Landes of the school of science to have centered about 2SIJ0 miles in to' east-westerly direction from Seattle; began at 4:24 a. m. and reached its maximum intensity at 4:48 when two recording needles were displayed. American Ambassador Refuses To Meet Envoy Of Germany At Dinner Paris, Dec. 16. Hugh C. Wal lace, the American ambassador, last night refused to meet Wilhelm Mayer Von Kaufmeuren. the Ger man ambassador, because the United States still is techni.-ally at war with Germany. The incident occurred at an of ficial dinner to the diplomatic corps given by Raoul Peret. presi dent of the chamber of deputies, and his wife. Ambassador Wallace, dean of the diplomatic corps, and Mrs. "Wallace, were guests of hon or. Pierre De Fouquieres. of the foreign office, approached Ambas sador Wallace before the di.iner and said: "The German ambassador de sires to be presented to you." "Can't you forget It?" inquired Mr. Wallace, who knows M.. Fou quieres very well. "He is standing just behind me," replied M. Fouquieres. "He was very persistent. I did not wish to embarras" you." "Tell him," said Mr. Wallace, "that I refuse to meet him." The German ambassador was standing so near that he heard Mr. Wallace's reply and M. Fouquieres repeated the response to him. News of the incident spread rapidly among the 115 guests, who including many of the most notable men in the public life of France. Ambassador Wallace was sur rounded by persons congratulating him, among whom were Philippe Berthelot, political director of the French foreign office, and Baron Hardinge, the new British ambas sador to France. The episode was much talked of n Political circles in Paris today. Anti-Strike Measure Passes Senate. Heavy Penalties Provided Washington, Dec. 16. The Poindexter anti-strike bill was passed today by the senate without debate or a record vote. The measure, which now goes to the house, provides that interferences with interstate commerce shall be a felony. Reporter Seeks Four Hours for Courteous Man Chicago. Dec. 16. A reporter with $50 provided by his news paper to be given to the first ,in who offered his seat to the reporter's companion, an Mar ly woman carrying a large market basket, rode Chicago elevated and surface cars for four hours yesterday before getting rid of the money. Late in the afternoon William H. Rttey, an .insurance salesman, qualified for the prize. Sisson League Head; Business Men Hear Talk At a meeting at which Edward A. McLean, secretary of the Ore goti S'ate Retailers' association, was the chief speaker, B. E. Sisson, of the Miller Mercantile company, was last night choseti president of the Salem Business Men's league by virtue of which "office he will also becomo a director in the Com mercial club. H. W. Meyers, .1. B. Littler and P. E. Fullerton were also named i candidates for the position. rtasinMa Condition.-,. Topics. An excellent speech of accept ance in which he outlined some of the work to be accomplished dur ing the coming year was made by Mr. Sissons. Predictions that the league will play a bigger part than ever in the activties of the com munity were made by business men present. Business conditions in general formed the subject for Mr. Mc Leaa'a talk, and special emphasis was laid by him on his contention that the average retailer, contrary f opinions which seem to be held by many, is not a profiteer. The manufacturer en.l Jobber are the chiif offender- in this respect. Mr. McLean charged. Resolutions, which' will he con sidered for adoption by the league at Its next meeting In January, v.ere presented by Mr. McLean. Diaaesnaasjee Are Feared. "If the public generally holds on to this wrong belief that retail and business men generally are profi teers, the natural and almost In evitable consequence will be radi cal and revolutionary legislation which will upset business and un dermine prosperity." the resolution states. A program of education and sta tistical work to be carried on chief ly through the newspapers, is al luded to in the resolutions. The public school bf provided with fac'.s. it insists cSncerning the im mense importance to the commun is of retail business and 'rervice. of trie heavy contributions made to t,.ihiir taxes by retail business, snd ! r,f the enormous number of men r,d women who earn their living i the thousands of retail stores ve- Oregon. Proudy Innocent of Animal Cruelty Charge, Says Jury A verdict of not guilty was re turned by a Jury which yesterday afternoon considered the evidence in the case of M. F. Proudy of this city charged with cruelty to ani mals. No evidence of food or shel ter was found, it was charged, in ths field which a horse owned by Mr. Proudy was found dead recent ly. Mr. Proudy said lie had made al most daily triiis to the country to feed the horse and that it had been turned into the field, in which it died, without his knowledge or consent. Washington. Dec. I. Penultie. for combinations interfering with interstate commerce, either by agreement! between operatives hn hose of employers, are provided by the anti-strike bill, which war introduced by Senator Poindexter "enublicaii. Washington. The bill is limited In its applied 'ion to common carriers under the i ransportatlon act. It provides a fine of $10,000 and ten years im prisonment for persons who "with intent to obstruct, delay, hinder or movent the movement of commod ities lit commerce shall by word i'f mouth or by presentation, ex hibition or circulation of written ir printed words, advise. Induce or persuade, "or attempt to Inducr or persuade any person or persons employes (by common carriers) to quit such employment." Penalties of $15,000 and fifteen veins Imprisonment are proposed for similar actions with the use of force or violence and for destruc tion or d&mags to carriers proper ty fines of $10,000 and ten years Imprisonment are provided. The final selection of the bill declares "that nothing in this act mnll be taken to deny to nny In dividual the right to quit his em ployment for any reason." Returning to the seiuilc some time after the bill's passage. Sena -tor LaFollette. republican, Wiscon sin, gave notice that he would ask the senate to reconsider its action. Me said that the bill was passed during his absence and without op portunity for him to object. ChappeD Back; Owds Company Nothing. O France and Australia Abstain front Voting on Admission of For mer German Unity Ap plication of Armenia and Four Other Na tions Denied Geneva, Dec. 16. Four new nations were made members of the league of nations by the assembly of the league here. They were Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Finland and Luxembowg'. France and Australia abstained from voting when the ad mission of Bulgaria was before the assembly for decision. France abstained from voting on the question of admitting Bulgaria to the league. Rene Vlvlanl, head of the French delegation, declared It had no objection to Bulgaria as a member but preferred not to vote in view of the Incompleteness of the information given In regarding to Bulgaria's fitness. 85 Vote Affirmatively. Thirty-five states voted affirma tively when the balloting took place and Australia Joined France in not recording her vote. The question of admitting Costa Rica wns the next on the day's Agenda. Dr. Nansen of Norwnv ixplatned that the only doubt in 'tis mind was whether Costa Rica was not too small "a country hut In view of the membership of Ua tetghbor Panama, he decided Cos 'a Rica could not be excluded on hat score. Antonio Hum us of Chile and bettor Restrepo of Columbia asked hat the assembly vote unanimous ¬ ly In admitting Costa Rica. French Withhold Vote. It was stated before tho votlm took place that FrAnoe had no ob leotion to Bulgaria in particular but would not vote because there was some analogy between the ascs of Bulgari and Oermnny. It was asserted the delegation desired 'o maintain a consistent attitude on questions relative to qualifications of applicants for admission, l ive pel It ions Denied. The committee reported unfavor ably on the applications of Arme nia. Esthnnia, Lithuania Let via nnd Georgia. It failed to recom mend the admission of Armenia because authority over the entire territory of that nation was mi being exercised by the government. The hope was expressed that Ar menia might be admitted at nn early date. , Canada, Bwtlaertand, Sweden, Pern, Uruguay, Venezuela, Portu gal and Salvador voted for her ad mtairton, bUl the votes of twenty one other states were against her China. Persia and Poland abstain .'il from voting. The assembly passed a resolu tion presented by Delegate Rowell of Canada expressing the hope thai President Wilson's efforts would result in the saving of Armenia and the establishment of a stable gov ernment so that she might be ad mitted to the league in the not far distant future. Is Christmas Spirit Waning? Increase In Mails Seems Lacking Washington. Dec 1 The r.egro reputation of Chicago increased OS.iM in the last decade and is in j 54 the census bureau an nounced", oday. Th pereen'are of ncrease was M tot,l! whlt' .vonuiatieti is J.S8t.l4. an le3' ,f 450 OiT or II per cent and all athers numbc 4 SC". Ingersoll Found Guilty of First Degree Murder Klamath Falls. Or.. Dec. 1 Gilbert T. Ingersoll was convicted last night by a Jury in the circuit court here of murder in the first degree, for the alleged staying of Henry Stoehsler at Dairy. Or., last July Ingersoll admitted th klll- ling but pleaded that ne nui Stoehsler in defns of the repu jtation of Mrs. Ingersoll. Washington. Dec. 10. Wh uer the people of the country are ignor Ing the 'mall early" slogan of the paatofflaf or have experienced a Strong sal-aPnr" of the Chi'isfnus spirit of giving Is a question over which the departmept today es pies; ed considerable concern. There has been practically no In crease in the volume of mails n tc Christmas mailing up to tne present time, the department :aid whe-eas by December 15 last year the mails had increased SO pet- cent above normal. The pubic was warned that COT gestlon could not be avoided' if the negligible Increase in tb vol ume of mail meant that ChrlatBrM mailing was being put off until the last few days. Telegraph reports showing ihe volume of mail beinr? hand!" I ut the various distributing points -4-ore gJMM d as follows: New York. "No apparent In crease"; Chicago "Bulk oi Mil nat more than 16 per cent above normal"; Seattle "only slight i:i .'.(Hi " Points reirorting "no congestion' included San Francisco and St. Louis. t IXK AI. POVTOFrKi: HAS IIKAVV ( IIIlMMAs l!t -II Accordita to postmaster Hucke steln. Chilstmas parcels being mailed from Salem have increased the duties of the postoffice employ es over $0 per cent. Most of the parcels now being mailed, secording to Mr. Hurfce stein, are destined for cities far from Salem and many are being -rent abroad. - The local postal service rill be increased nest week with a large aff of temporary clerks who have en emp'c ed toasnst with the Christmas rush Postmaster Huckesten urges htt all package oe insured nnd hat they be Indicatlvely marked if hey are fragile- Packages should ill be welt wrapped with double thickness cf wrappers srd the names of the sender and consignee inclosed in the inner wrapper, so that in case of damage to the outer wrapper, postal clerks will still be able to forward the package to Its destination. No statnps are need ed on the Inner wrapper. - That he has nothing to say eo corning his connection with the Silver King Mining company at the present time, was the t at cm cm erf C. M. Chappcll, former stock sales man of the company, who return ed to Salem yesterday. Chappelf. disappeared from Salem about the middle of October and was no head from by Salem acquaintance for several weeks. "I owe the company nothing, and there has never been any difficulty between us," Chappcll said. Interest wns created in the facia here in the latter part of Novem ber when .1. .1. Langbaek, president and William Rlsley, secretary, T the Silver King Mining company, came to Salem to furnish stock, certificates to certain Salem men who claimed they had bought blocka of stock from Ohuppell an had not received credit in the Port land office. Railroad Man Urges Law To Curb Motorists Closed Sunday Law Proposed For Woodburn Woodbnrn. Ore., Dec. 1. Sub sequent to the presentation of a petition to the council at the regu lar meeting in December MfllM for an ordinance Intended to close motion picture houses and thea ters on Sunday, a bill for an ordi nance was submitted at an ad journed meeting of the council on Tuesday night, which, if adopted, will close all places of business in the city on Sunday, including con fectionery stores and cigar stands. The proposed ordinance has cre ated considerable comment and vigorous protests have been re ceived. Farmers living near Wood-; burn have advised the petitioners that If the ordinance la passed, they will go elsewhere to trade. The council is not unanimous In favoring sut-h an ordinance. Since the bill was presented sev eral of the petitioners have ad -visodhat the matter be held over until the next regular meeting of the council. It Is probable that the comet! will call a special meet ing during Ihe month of January to vote on the subject. It is cer tain that they will not take the Responsibility upon thenelves to create such legislation. The peti tion presenter! contained III ic- Church Choir To Present Xmas Program Tonight The choir of the I'lrst Methodist church under the direction of Pro fessor K. W. liobson, will present a program of Christmas music to night. The program will be as fol lows: Organ Prelude, "Pro Peccatis" (From gtabal Mater) .Roslttnl Professor Thomas Rolsi'tB. "Angola from the Realms of Glorv" . Mann4V Choir with Incidental s.ios by Miss Veona Williams and R. D. Barton. Violin Solo "Meditation" (From Thais) Mass net Miss Viola Ash. Hymn No. 41(1 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Congregation and Choir. Prayer Rev. Klrkpatrlck. "O Holy Night" A. A da Wl Miss Luclle Barton and R. D. Barton. "Shout the Glad Tidings" Marro Choir. Address Rev. Klrkpatrlck. "Awake My Glory" Chadwlck Choir. A law requiring automobiles,, trucks and all other vehicles to come to a full stop at railroad crossings unless protected, Is urged by L. T. Howard of Albany, South -ern Pacific engineer in u letter to Governor Olcott. Such a law?. Howard declares. would reduce grade crossing accidents by 95 pr cent. Railroad and streetcar employe age trained lit the importance, of complying with Ihe laws, one ot which requires a stop at unprotect ed grade crossings, according t Howard, who insists (hat mortorlat .should hi' required to give th same consideration to their safe tr. Howard declares thai If the gov ernor would ride the head ehd of a train a few times and undorpa the experiences met with almost daily by tralnmeni In connection With motorists who Insist on bftMatJ -peeilhig trains to grade crossings; he would unquestionably agree that It was time soma action was i.ih.vi to put an end to this reckleawtaasav. Woman Gets 5 Year Term for . Manslaughter Corvallis. Or.. Dec. 1. Mrs. Inez peters, vyho pleaded guilty In the circuit court here last Monday to a charge of manslaughter In the shooting of Prank .S. it?, of Toledo. Or., was today sentenced to serve a term of five years' Imprisonment In. the state penitentiary at Salem. Mrs. Peters was confined In the Balem city Jail for a period of sev eral months prior to her arraign ment in Corvallis. She was brtaght to Ibis city by officers when It waa found that no adequate quarters were available In Corvallis. Young Presents Tariff Measure Washington, Dec. 1. To give "quick rTlef to those suffering from n flood of Importations' Representative Young, republican. North Dakota, today Introduced an emergency tariff bill effective I for twelve months and assessing heavy duties on agricultural MM He said this would replace an mi Uirgo. The bill provides for duties on cattle ranging from li to $7. SO a head; hoga 12 50 a head; sheep II 50 to 12.50 a head; corn and hurley 30 cents a bushel; corn meal (0 cents a hundred pounds; rice two to three cents a pound, flax 205 ad valorem, but not leas than 66 cents a rlushel; rye JO i cots a bushel and wheat SO cents a bushel; wheat flour. 5 percent ad valorem; fresh beef, veal, mut ton, lamb, pork and game three cents a pound ttnd wool 11 cent a pound. Tacoma Woman Kills Husband; Axe Is Weapon Tacoma, Wash . Dee. U. Al bert Scurry. t barrier, J, wi- kllled by blows from an axe wieta- ed by his wife early this morning- Vrs. Scurry called the police, whu ton, id the husband dead from a blow on the side of the head. Thn wife was taken to the city JalU where she said, according to the police, that she had struck her bushand with an axe following quarrel. She declared she did net mean to kill him. and eipiainea that she was wrought up Into trr.-.it anger because her husband objected to his stepdaughter at tending a social function ltst night Police are Inclined to believe that Scurry was struck as he lay asleeis In bed. Coroner O. D Shaver found a fractured skull eawiii death. Twnilv cartosds of rattle shipped Saturday from the I MAT river valley to Portland.