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The Weather OU VtVdA ,,20, 6-50. . l.m 1900. "68. OREGON : Tonight and Wednes day fair, gentle xvesterly winds. Local: RalnfuU, .18; southerly winds; part cloudy; maximum 51, minimum 39, set 41 ; river. 4.8 feet and stationary. 1 1920. 7.1": Po,li unty, ' . ...a. Rnreau of Clrcu- 0r - WllU Aaanrmmu X. .a Wire. BU " rth xear-w Guard idnapers aintained Force of Of- Prot:ct Carr S II V -' x lence . r-al.. Fab. I A spe- feuty sheriffs guard nee to the county jail Sum held In reserve. r:iiT and Arthur Vf, who confessed to tne Mrs. Gladys Witheiell ked ui) roiluwla.g their in the superior court. i .v... sheriff to dl- ..-An. I ,,t i, 111 ItC l.llCOIl iiiuu ' i ,!..-.;, iitm t.,.,.u iftpr Xlrs EL. - r no RivttH whore they had kept Bince last Tuesday rtu uu ,er- u.. u iiMiiuia llir) ur i . i ... ... reiiucinu the lentence. was Kt for passing! i II kn.l . ,,t k... tMCU 'Ul l-fe-.-Jt J V . iniuviiuji per cent dividend on worth of preferred This preferred stock Is as organized in October IIM. x.UllllHx,'1 nnM- WtlM AH but shout SRO.OOO mnw me amount or Him iiic n ins n i- l f"f till hi n rii bnn' WMC ui llir III L 11 LI IM UI ifle company, hut it s Salem, that we should mdenil SO inn n ftnp opmiions. 1WH1V PVli.-o t,x aba u nereartpr in rP a mfinth V.x itrnmixl 311V K SP rh.- i.mi'i in- Wrth of stock, as the tne company see no Stock that was sold, the market direct with ninumnnn ... n r i . , . i or development are cine n.r ! oh h, t m Da i nil n a tli,, ii,.UJMn, Married Divorced, in 1916. divorced in "iu. ami npplying for "cense for remarrying the hiph snots in the affairs of Mildred It v..... c, i. on riser. Cm wmiier on the ground! -u'iR tn.it her hus t her ant refused to - ouiusHHicnt with --. .ne mimed that B7 OUIIIUI wife iner. no longer. m court for tn " and 3S , ,,,, r near the same in Wm during marriage T1..v " '"ne that no di. ntnt mii ..... . ' life. - "Pie rtah, ? fo; ,7r ' "' "- neld to unory. cfc, .tl ir. Sa'P1. ,r.10 f;--" Will be -fXTI!- fighte-- to enter tikv -. t "ening are ' T"- ag3ist Is gw ' ph;iipPin(1 aillti Curdy, ssatns; Ad Mac- iisries be r f leeal fight. T ess tP4 .. . Bn-an Bulletins Washington, Feb. 1. The rivers and harbor bill carrying a lump sum appropriation of $15,250,000 was passed today by the house and senate. A motion to recommit the measure was voted down 205 to 120. Washington, Feb. 1. State department officials indicated today that the solution of the question growing out of the enactment of the California anti-alien land law would be left to the Harding administration. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 1. Arthur Rust, 20-year old son of W. R. Rust, one of the wealthiest men in flip nnrlliu-Mt kidnaped here today by a lone a revolver w write a note to money. New York. Feb. 1. The sold betweeen 300,000,000 and 400,000,0()0 pounds of copper for export, according to reports in the financial district to day. The greater portion of the metal is said to have been purchased for German interests. Portland, Ore., Feb. 1. Earl C. Bronaugh, former judge of the circuit court, was appointed trustee of Morris Broth ers, Inc., bankrupt bond house by A. M. Cannon, referee in bankruptcy today. Liquidation of the assets of the corpora tion will begin at once, the referee said, but is certain to take more than a year, as creditors have until December 27, 1921, in which to file their claims. Reichstag Leaders Say Reparations Terms Are Madness; Will Bankrupt Berlin, Feb. 1. Dr. Walter Simons, the German foreign minister, will tell the reichstag at its session this afternoon the Boersen Zeitung states that Germany cannot subscribe to the allied reparation demands, on the ground that they are not possible of fulfillment. t - in J Lorncoo lure for Hiccoughs Hucyrus. Ohio, Keb. 1. Pre iinlenaa of hiccouehs here has reached the proportions of at .tear epiuemic. Due to the large number of cases reported, a local resident caused this old-fashioned recipe to be published: Take twelve or fifteen clear corncobs and burn them to ash es Pour hot water on the ashes and let it settle. Then take a labkspoonful of the lye us otten as necessary. It is recommended as a "sure cure." Woman Exonerated of :: Crime Dead :: Refused Five Pardons Ii.Ueieh, N. C. Feb. 1. Sa -ah Wyckoff, 76 years on. Is dtJIfl to day in the state prison after forty two years imprisonment, during which which she five limes declin ed a pardon, after a death confession had exonerate! her of the charge for which she was sen tenced. Forty-two years ago she entered he state prisen to serve a life sen tence as the convicted accomplice in the murder of her husband In the mountains of North Carolina. The convicted principal, a negro, was hanged. Three years ago from the mountain came word that a deathbed conl'e.-sion bad absol' ed the woman. Hog Breeders Meet at Fair Grounds Feb. 3 Some sixty members of the Ore gon Breeders association are ex pected to be present at Duroc day to be held here Thursday at the state fair grounds. Other hog breeder rrom Idaho and Washington are expected to be present. W. I.. Shield of Dayton, Oregon president of the organ UN Ion. will be here to take charge of affairs. The Valley Packing company will give banquet in honor or the occasion and open the doors of it ' new plant to them. The sale of Duroc hogs js expected 'o be the biggest in the history of the or gs nization. rThontlngn Continue. Delfast, Feb. 1. Captain King, district inspector, was seriously wounded and his wife was shot dead last night near the Mallow railroad station in County Cork. TX . tht tans Await Gong Downey. Joe Rivers. Alex Tiambi tas and Frar.kie Haynie. Murphy is considered a good card wher ever he fights, and Babe Herman a held to be one of the cleverest inent in his class. Herman tips the scales at 118 pounds, and has met ind defeated some of the best fighters on the coast such as Bib'" Mascot, Danny Edxvards. Ray Rose. Bobby Ert'.e and Baby Blue. Johnny Fisk Mas met such boys is Johnny Noye. Muff Bronson and Bennie Chax-es (when Chaves held the coast and border champion ship), Sam Langford. Joe Gorman md several other of the best Tiehters in the country. Kisk is a very aggressive fighter and works every minute he is in the ring. Indications are that the larg erowd which witnesses tonight's bouts will be well sprinkled with women enthusiasts. ... V(IV mi ti vui, co man and forced at the point of nis lather tor $25,000 ransom Conner F.xnnrt sussnoiarine, haa ll.n-lin Ii',.h 1 e.prmfllis rptrni'd the reparation terms decided upon by the supreme allied council In Paris last week as fastastic and im possible of execution, and it is the eneral opinion the government :anot agree to them. The cabinet which received the text of the a! ied note yesterday, was in execu tive session until late last night and the note was not released for pub lication until too late for editorial comment. "Madness," is the term reichht.li? leaders used in discussing he repa ration conditions. Foreign Minis ter Simons declared the torma would "produce chaos, not only In Germany, but throughout central Europe, as the bankruptcy of Ger many would also bankrupt part of Germany' war creditors, anions whom is France. "It is greatly to be deplored," he continued, "that the great Ameri can nation was only a bystander during the negotiations concerning reparations a' Paris. The settle ment of this question dewrmino the fate of the world's economies and of world culture." Herbert Cuttmann of the Dres dener bank, said "the reparations figures are absurd, and the tax lOYJ on exports is absolutely beyond un derstanding. The latter would kill Germany's export business and how does the entente expect Ger many to pay f she cannot e -port ,,,. ,1,nrinets? it is Inoonoelvaoio that America and England will per mit Germany, their best custom-", to be ruined by the enforcement o such terms." The Gorman mark showed a slight decline towards the dose oi yesterday's session of the hoarse when the terms became generally known. Mr. Jones, One of Prominent Pioneer Family, Passes On Harrison Jones, member of a prominent pioneer family of Brooks, Oregon, died at his home near Brooks last night at the age of 59. years. His father. S. W. R. Jones, settled near Gervais in 1954. Harrison Jones was married to Sarah Harris in 1886. To this union four children were born, two ot whom survive. Loy A. Jones and Mrs. Inez J. May. In 1893. follow ing the death of his first wife. Mr. Jones married Agnes Ramp. Four sons were born, three of whom are now living. Earl T. Jones, of Was co. Oregon, and Everett N. Jones land Ralph R. Jones, at Gervais. Motrin, the fourth son, men in 1918. He is also survived by three step-children. W. Howard Itatnn. George A. Ramp and Malcolm P. Ramp: by three brothers. M U. c u- ntid Srott. and by three sis- ' ters Mrs. Susan ' Hunsakt r and ' ... .. t W,,.n1 Mrs. Emma Simmons, i" Jjurn: and Mrs. t-arah Clark, of Portland. The deceased was a member of A. F. and A. M. Fidelity lodge No. 54. of Gervais. and of Al Kader shrine, of Portland. The funeral will be held at Z oclork tomorrow from the Pio neer church. Interment will b made in the Pioneer mecetery Rigdon Son. morticians, have charge of arrangements. Here's the Latest in Woman's Dress London Feb 1 Too hpick de corations thus described by a flippant male are the latest in the realm of women's dreso. Actually they are small gw quills in the majori y of cases they are not more than half an inch long arram. i in square and scroll natterns. and so on. ' The effect Is a very hedir-ho., like appearance taSTitfc I--Fifty cases of sleeping sickness i ns ed here BMg ony ... x?threeVing reported in the pre- vious period of four weeks. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, February 1, 1921 Anti-Soviets Seek World's Recognition Constituent Assembly Wants Status of Ap proved Government of Russians lans, Feb. 1. Format applica tion is about to be made to Great Britain, France and the Uplted States to recognize the Kuscian constituent assembly as the present re jure or rightful existing govern ment of Russia. The Russian con stituem assembly has just been created at a meeting here of all the Russian elements opposed to hol- ueviam, lor the purposs of sinktng mwerencea ot opinion and pie enting a united front again' Bol shevism. President Avekent'cft, a mem ber of the former Kerensky cabi net, and presiding jft'.cer of the conference held here, will call lew days on Premier Brian d of France and present tne application tor recognition. Alexander Kerensky. head of the former Russian government, has gone to London where he will make a similar request of the British gov ernment. Boris Kakhmeteff, Russian am basasdor at Washington, is under s ood to have been requested to pre sent the application to tha United States. The precedent invoked will be he recognition by the allies of the Serbian government set up on ue Island of Corfu durlntf the war while Serbia was completely occu pied by the central powers. Thirty-three of the members of the Russian constituent assembly created here were elected in Rus sia In the latter part of 1SU7 by popular vote. These elections were! held under bolshevik rule and the bolshevik! failed to obtain mors than 40 per cent of the seats. Len, inc. the soviet premier, dissolved the assembly January 18, VJ18, when hie followers were placed In the minority. Purposes Declared, A majority of the members left Russia but many were put In Jail. Those succeeding In escaping re grouped In Paris and forme 1 "the Russian constituent assembly.-' which adopted resolutions contain ing these provisions: 1 A declaration of the principle of the liberty ot he Russian peo ple in opposition to bolshevik rule. 2 Refusal to recognize any end all treaties. Including commercial agreements, entered upon y.fth th" bolsheviki as one of the parties. (This would entail repudiation of Hie agreement between the bolshe viki and Washington H, VandOrUp by which an American syndicate headed by Vanderllp was granted large concessions in Siberia, i 2 The assembly Is against armed intervention In Russian affairs. It favors commercial relations be tween individuals In Russia and other countries but not with the bolshevik government and also fav ors llf ing of the blockade. 4 The assembly is against .lis memlierment of Russia and the se cession from Russia of any of its former provinces. CnUed Stales Thanked. In connection with the four'h clause the constituent assembly in serted an expression of "profound gratitude" to the United States for the stand it has laken on the fore going quesion and referred espe cially to the note of Secretary of State Colbv. August 10, 1920, In which he said the I'nited States government xvas opposed to any dismemberment of Russia. A permanent executive commit tee was appointed to draw u:i reso lutions to present to the allied gov ernments. This committee includes members of the socialist. Cossack and free Russian parties who claim that not onb- were they elee'ed by the vote of the Russian people in Russia, but also that they represent from 1.500,000 o 2 000.000 Rus sians exiles and refugees. They xvill ask the government to fix ihe status of those refugees who are disseminated throughout Europe, but more aflpoejoilg in France, IlcelM lo Join. Santa Elena, Eruador. Feb. t. A Chilean Hoot jasseil here today fo IBM4 the American Pacific fleet, vhich is on its way to Valparaiso. Kfldio RMqHfcfM were exchanged bv N f!-f;s i 1 1 ;!! the day. :PiIotless Plane m Controlled from Ground, Success J Paris. Feb. 1. Interesting ex- eriments are being made herex bv Car, tain M:,x Koucner an" ins .llr.- Ibn" uornnl'inp Tit.-! i n Boucher succeeded during th" war in making a mirtim i ix P1) kilometers without ani retnt The stability of tile IHtl rh:res is assured by the mom' wings ann ineir large surinr- l la OM arm airplane was uselj o- th- eperi menrs ann -n" onix ..l.r.Htihn. rryatia wr. tlie Sta bilizing cones were affixed to the wings as well as air oock ts' which urevent the mchini i,..n,Mn(, too ranldlv. i r ho flight of kilo meters Captain Bourher m't HO rwnnrts nf deadweight in the .niactiino nd affixed to it l me , ntml ntflflt Th machine circled, looped and vd- .-.red down fo eartn wrnoii. -- ct mUhan The mt'i- .,1. nthnritles are now taking. treat intert in Cap'ain Bon-J '.r.T'ft experiments and will im-J j- 'r1'v approve of h ma-, h r. for military purposes i Physicians and Patients Fail To Report Cases of Contagious Diseases; Warning Is Issued Charging that Salem physicians as well as their patients are in many cases failing to report con tagious diseases as required by law. Dr. R. E. Pomeroy, city health officer, this morning made i plea for cooperation among local doc tors. Salem residents, and his of fice, and added that unless the situation is improved in the near future he will take action to see that the law is enforced and that guilty persons are punished. Will Enforce IiOw "I don't know whether the doc tors are simply neglectful or whether they are simply too con siderate of their patients' re quests, but the fact remains that a number of disease cases have nbt been listed at my office. T don't wish to make any threats, but if cases are not reported 'n the future I shall take steps to sc that the negligent persons are taken care of. I'm going into till: matter strong." Reports that there are sevcri' cases of influenza in Salem were denied by Dr. Pomeroy. "If there are any, they haven't been re ported." he said. "I have heard rumors, but that is all." Chicken Pox Reported There are at present about eight cases of chicken pox in the city, Dr. Pomerov stated. Several other eases, said to be chicken pox, were not reported, he said, but these (Mtlents are now well. "It is pos sible tha- 'chicken pox' cases may occasionally be small pox." Dr. Pomerov said, "and we don't want another epidemic of that started here." Responsible persons found guil ty of failure to report contagious Hlspnses are subiect to a fine of 11000 or a term of one year In prison. Dr. Pomeroy stated. "I want to ask the cooperation of the genera' public as well the physicians in this matter," Dr Pomeroy declared. 'If we pre to deal properly with these cases, everybody must asFist M far as possible." Mof f itt Is Out of City; Ellis Serves As Chief of Police Chief of Police Kfnffitt vhls morn ing left for Vancouver, Wash., to attend the trial and general court martial of Andrew Harrington, who was arrested by Moft'nt In this city bou' two months igo. During his absence, Desk Sergeant Clyde Ellis is acting as chief of police. Harrington, a private in the in fantry. is charged with being a de sorter. Chief Mof f itt expects to re turn either today or comoriow. Senate Caught Up With Work Adjourns Early With thee alendar clear of Will ready for consideration the senate adjourned a few minutes after con veiling this morning in order to ive the committees an opportun ity to prepare other bills for the mill Among the bills passed by ine nR laws concerning the publication senate yesterday and today are the 0 Hummons was passed, following: H. B. 170 by Allen of Lane S. B 189. by committee on re- amending the laws regarding levies vision of laws Defining qualifica- u),on homesteads, was passed with tions of persons In making x. ills ou, opposition. and bequests. H. B. 175 by the committee on S. B. 190. by committee on re- forestry conserxation amending the vision of laws Repealing act otblw providing for patrol of forests i si 7 ns'lss to men enlisted in, nmy, nave or marine corps a moratorium as to payment of mort- .-ages. S. B. 126 by Bell Changing per "nnel of state emergency board o include chairman of house ways md means committee, chairman of enai- ways and means committee md five members elected from the rommittee. 8. B 89, by Hume Amending statutes providing that directors hail not have anw pecuniary In-f erest in the erection of school houses, or for the warming, venti - lating, furnishing or repairing nie.,n state forester so as to mown same. S. B. 122. by Bell and BddV Amending statutes relating to ex pendl' ure of cout and bridges 8. B. 77. by Joseph Providing j hat property transferred xyunin two vears prior to death, except for ensomble consideration, shall be i oresumed to have been made in nemtila- ion of death In eomput ng inheritance taxes. H. B 81. by Daxvy Providing -o- disposal of flax plant at state M Iron Schoolroom So Cold Tears Froze :: On Teacher's Cheeks Bexe Mass.. Feb 1. Alice Momogue and Nellie Peck. Mai Bronson. teachers at the McKay reel school, were so cold that they fainted. The girl pupils cried from the Dold and the tear drops froze on their cheeks. There is plenty or coal and Su!Srlntendent Chase is tolng to Kivesitgate 'he reason why it is so cold in the rooms The child ten were sent home I Mr Goddard. Dulv 'Mi Hugar Dropped. Attributing responslbillt y for Madrid. Jan 11. Import duties! m-st of the crime of the state for on foreign sugir will he discon- failing to provide Institutions for inued. it was decided by ihe Span-I'he treatment of children of low irh cabinet today a resolution be- I mentality to cure them of the lin ing iBassed to reject the demands I pulse to commit crime, he said of sugar refiners for a heavy tsr-lthsi In order to stop crime the iff. I cause must be hit. May Be Appointed Next Sec. of Labor I Con$r essnan. J- I-Nblaxi When the Harding Portfolio is announced it Is very likely that Representative J. I. Nolan, of Cali fornia, xvill be among the new of fice holders. Advices from Wash ington state that Mr. Nolan is the president-elect's choice for secre tary of labor. House Passes Six Bills And Cleans Calendar The house this morning passed six bills re-referred one back to the eommittee and made the now for estry code special order for Thurs day afternoon and tabled two other measures wiping the slate clean of bills on third reading. A telegram from Represent Hive McArthur at Washington was read m the house requesting tint inci sure bo brought upon the United States senate to prevent pbHtruotlOn tactics from killing the national good roads bill that has passed the house appropriating t00,000,V00 for highways and members of Ihe legislature were urged by Speaker Bean to exert their Influence to this end. H. B. 145, by Lee of M II 11 noma 11. providing for the oonstructlon Of a minia ure model of the Columbia river for exhibition In the east, was killed by an adverse report of Ihe committee, sustained by the house. Another Mil by Lee, H. B. I, creat ing the office of commissioner of promotion and indus-ry was laid on the table after an extended speech advocating the measure by its au thor. H. I! 29 was withdrawn by its author, Hosford of Multnomah. H. B. 46 xxas also withdrawn by Fish er, its author. H. B. 142 was recommitted to committee on revision of laws II I B. 160, by Martin of Marion, amend , ..recent fires was passed ny -l.l r es to 12 noes. H. B. 170, ny tne same commlt'ec, granting limber BWnera I hearing iK'fore the state board of forestry on fire protection was also passed. it H. 179. bv Woodson, amend- , tns law changing the terms ol , ,.urt in Morrow and Umatilla counties so as not to Interfere with I the Roundup was passed. n u. 933, by the committee o forestry, the new code of forestry, providing methods of managing j.im, acquiring land to be held as 1 Hta-e forests, defining the duties of tpi rvislon of national forests ami .,, ..cnTnre sui h forest lands as ne cessary for the preservation of funds for ro -tls j water supplies, planting alio te claimhig burnt off lands a id other wllM. placing forest! under state r-,nt, was made spcr.u Draw tm o 0'ci0. k Thursday if.ernoon. H. i. igs. by Overt mf. increas- Ing the number of rattwfcy police men on apnllcatlon of t.nv railway company was passeti. Criirft Wrve Is Wai of Mentality Impoverished Columbus. Ohio. Feb. 1. This crime wave Is a war waged by tnose of low mentality against society, declared Dr H. H. Goddard, head tf :), Ohio bureau of Juvenile re set reb. Claiming that crime, In moat crimes is a disease, he urged con tinuance of the parole system. Crime, he said, is not traceable to the y.nfency of courts or boards of clemency "Crime exists everywhere. It Is world-wide and rampant where MrOF was rever heard of." said Seen In The Crimefight Chicago, Fob, 1. Half a doz en robbers held up the Ken wood Trust & Savings bank on the South Side today and es caped with a sum which bank officials estimated at $30,000. Barcelona, Spain, Jan. .It. Disorderly elements, alleged to be syndicalists, attempted last night to break into a silk fac tory to destroy the machinery. Caretakers exchanged shots with the attacking fore-: and there were some casualties. Dublin, Feb. 1. Daniel Hcaly, one of the four men tried by a court martial for shooting one of the fourteen officers killed here November 21 Was acquit ted and discharged last night The other three were acquitted of manslaughter yesterday but the court reserved judgmeif on the alternative charge of murder, Chicago, Feb. t, Fred Schoel, a policeeman off duty and in plain clothes, was kidnaped, robbed of his auto mobile, gun and $18 by two highwaymen last night. When they saw hiH star they gave him a beating and threw him, blindfolded from the machine, he said. Yankee Sailors Feted By Latin American Hosts Lima, Peru, Feb. 1. Officers and sailors of the American At lantic fleet today entered upon a four day program of entertainment arragned in their honor by the Pe ruvian government and the people here. Official calls were exehang ed by Admiral Wilson and Peruvian officials and Ibis afternoon a flinch eon was to be tendered to Admiral Wilson and his staff by the Lima Jockey club, to bo followed by horse racing. President Legula was to be host at a state banquet in honor of Ad miral Wilson at the government palace tonight. OaUua Welcomes Fleet. Callao. Jan. 31. Seven Atlantic fleet battleships, led by the fl.iff Mhip Pennsylvania, arrived here early this afternoon and received a noisy welcome from large crowds along the shores and from rmall craft In the harbor. Eigh'een de stroyers and several supply ships reached Callao ahead ot t'na main fleet. A fog delayed the fleet con siderably during the last stages of its trip from Panama. Neuhausen Paid $2400 To Lobby For Teachers Argument for and against the Staples educational bill was heard al an open meeting in the houst Monday nighl. Representative Hi ber, chairman of the UUt'nomah delegation, presiding. A delega tion of 100 teachers was pfOfottt. Ten speakers, five arguing the merits of the bill and five con demning It, appeared In turn. Those supporting the msasure were: R. L. Sabln. Mrs. A. M. WebK'.er, Chas. A. Hart. .Miss Grace ueiirau ami Prank l. ahull. Those opposing it were Miss .Jessie McGregor, .miss I.. 011 , Lurabee, William F. Wood- ward Mrs Jennie Richardson and M i s. Harry Heal Torrey. The teachers, when questioned about lobbying, stated ihnt they paid their paid their rxilroad l ire and o'her expenses Individually and and that each had contributed f 2,i0 to a sua, thai totalled $2400 to em ploy T. C. Neuhausen as lobbyist for their cause at Salem, as they could not spare the time th, m-selves. Prune To Be King During Week of February 14, Unlike Prophet of Old It Is wild that a prophet is with- i out honor in nis own country ano the same may almost be said of the large Italian prunes grown in Oregon. Although or taa highest food value and a most economical food at present prices, very few ho I ii'Ih. reitiaurenU and even bill few I housekeepers make a practice of serving prunes. I But the Oregon prune Is about ito have Its day A movement is now under way to have the week be- ginning Monday, Feb. 11. known las Prune Week in Oregon. of Salem and vicinity not only like Turn about Is fair play. In Call- I prune bread but call for snore af I fornla. dt . tiers will not handle On- ; ter sampling a loaf or two. gon piunes, but In Oregon, Callfor- Relshazzar may have been triad 'nix prunes may be bought at al- and found wanting, but the Oregon , most any grocery. Now for this bis Prune Bread Is Just the other way. prune week dealers everywhere win : It has been tried and the people I be asked to show some ata'e inter-i want more. Price Three Harding Asks Extra Session Of Senators President Wilson Re quested to Summon Upper House to Meet March 4 Washington,' Feb. 1. A reqpuwr from President-elect Hardinir that President Wilson call a pla meeting of the new senate for March 4 was conveyed to the ex ecutive at the White House today by Senator Underwood of Alabama., democratic leader.; Senator Underwood said he eon vcyed the message at the reqnsaae of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader. Ho saw Secre tary Tumulty who later lUi th request before the president. Washington, Feb. T. A repr-vC from President-elect Harding that a special session of the new senate be called for March 4 to conflrrm cabinet and other appointments by the incoming executive, was con veyed today to President Wilson. Such a session Is customary when there Is a change of adminis trations and it usually lasts only ai week at most Nearly a score of new senators were elected last November swi lit order for them to be here by March; 4 the call for the special session would have to go out ten day as more in advance of that date. After the present Besslon ends, the new senate would meet and the new members would be sworn in. Tfte senate then would be ready to act upon Mr. Hardlrrg's nominationo. The call for the special senslon of the new congress will be hwaedr by Mr. Harding after his Inaugu ration It is expected hat thla ses sion will begin either late In March or early In April. Policeman Shot In Attempt To Arrest Suspects San Francisco, Feb. 1. Police man John Trainor was shot and seriously wounded early today h" two of three men whom the officer was attempting to question. Harry Smith, oue ot the trio, was cap ture, 1 by Policeman Power, who was xvlth Trainor when he ran shot, alter the off leers hud fired a volley of shots at the men. The others escaped. A crowd of residents attempted to take Smith and lynch him. of ficers reported, but Policeman Powers succeeded in holdlrlK him. until a posse of police took hln away. The policemen noticed the threw men standing near an automobile, in the residence Hoctlon. and! started across the street to ques tion them. Two o flhe men opened fire, they said. Trainor waai shot twice but was able to fire at the fleeing men. Powers also fired and Smith surrendered after hun nlng a short distance. Smith denied knowledge of his. companions' names and also de nied that he bad any part in the shooting or theft of the uutomobilr they were using, which th of ficers said was stolen. Police re ported the finding of a shotgun in the automobile. smith sail! he had agreed to help the other twir men move some whiskiiy when the shooting occurred. Mayor Halvorsen, Sick for Several Days, Is Improved Mayor George E. Halvorsen. who has been confined to his twit for the past week with an illness, was reported to be considerably Im proved ihis morning. It may he nr.-essnry for him to undergo an operation. """h, n n i Mr. Halvorsen's condition whs at first held to be rather serious , 1 nis mnrmng ne w,i ira,i - better, although ne is yer natt to leave his bed. The passing bell was rnng In English pre-Reformatlon times BM the dying as well as after death. Some Insects live only a few hours, others for weeks. The CaaJ lives about fifteen years. es ! and s II only prunes grown u, Oregon Salem Is the center, almost, of the great prune section of Org. In Marlon coun'y there are ,7ai acres in prunes. Yamhill county ranks second with 7.J04 acre. Polk county third with acre an.l Douglas county fourth with 6,000 acres. One encouragi -g "- "i that the I prune Is alout to come Into own Is the fact that the four erics of Sab-m are now m : prune bread Also that the