Circulation CapitaiW 77 Weather OREGON: Tonight and Thurs day east, occasional rain, west portion, moderate southerly winds LOCAL: Rainfall .03; north erly winds; part cloudy; maxi mum 61, minimum 38, set 40; river 7.6 feet and falling. ournal erage to r 1923, 5250 of Salem 1900, 4258; ......latlon Jiln County 1920. 47,177; Polk "county, H.181 Member of Audit Bureau of. Circu lation. Associated Press Full leased Wire. rfjjSdlar. No. 72 Price Three Cents on tbains and kew; rnre suree tenta STANDS nvi CBHTS ireGuts Business Block; Loss $115,000 Salem. Oregon. Thiirsrfav Man.h 04 iqoi leain v,unciuaes ,ong Illness Of CardinalGibbons WORE TWELVE nnTvw PAIRS OF STOCKINGS London, Mar. 24. "Dock thieving is increasing enor mously in London," said Cap tain Noakes, superintendent of discharge for the New Zealand and Federal shipping compa nies. "In one case a dock worker who was stopped at the dock gates when about to go off duty was discovered to be wearing twelve dozen pair of silk stock ings, valued at $600. "The stockings were round his body and limbs so skillfully and uniformly as almost to es cape detection." r Career of Church Leader and Prominent ire In Public Affairs Ended in 87th Ur at Home In Baltimore This Morning; C f TAeti. Lritinti T.OTlff Filled t-mit V 1 COl O Lmore, Md., March 24. James Cardinal Gibbons, .wh ir, of Baltimore and primate of the American Catholic I died at tne arcni-episcopal residence here today after Bngeu illness wnicn mainiy atlected his heart. He was g7th year. The end came peacefully at 11 :33 o'clock. Cardinal Gibbons had been un conscious and in a dying condition liiroad 'roposal Attacked lotiation of Separ- Agreements Not acticable, Jewell dares bo, Mar. 24. Negotiating iking agreements or. Iiiividual railroad, as pro : the railway executives. ; the railroad workers I $6,01)0,000, and require fees of more than 5000 Ins slated before the rail-. Ibor board today by B. M 1 president of the Railway es department of the Amer- federation ot Labor, in pre- the labor side of the con ey over national rules and pests. (Cost Held Prohibitive. I the request of the confer- lommittee of managers of the ktion of Kuilway Executives banted," s;iid Mr. Jewell, I be national agreement abro kr decision of the board, re- the subject matter of land working conditions to pective railroads and coni- lof their employes for con- on individual lines, tne es cnnfcri'n, e committee on tiilroad would necessarily be lof at least one man from Iraft at each point on the Id. For the 107 roads list i lures show that the services I enamlttee men would be at a total daily expense 760 and a total expense pty days of $5,918,442, be- Iddltional expenses. peration Held Solution tb of this enormous expense I railroad management and 'labor together with the fPtion of valuable time -My skilled and essential I officials and railroad em I should lie eliminated by ration between railroad man sard the recognized labor lotions through the creation Wer-ire fonim'tt.-e anthor- ireprese t on the one hand ri manBicment and on tie railroad emnlovea of the Nar crafts." Labor Board Power Filed Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 24. A test suit to determine what au- rhut'ilv t Via fn.i , 1 Mnf1. I.. I. ... for the last 24 hours. A slielit h,.,-,i mo ., , i,.v. .. ... hope was raised among his friends ruling that railroads may not re and associates last evening wh.-njduce wages until after conference his pulse grew stronger, that with employes was filed in federal death might be deferred, but this ; district court here today by At rally was only temporary and was i torneys Randolph W. Walton and merely an evidence of the cardi- W. S. Pealer, representing 1200 uui lemariiauie vitality. : employes of four subsidiary lines lie was perceptibly weaker this! of the New York Central railway. morning and it then was realized j The action is brought by Cecil that he would, not live the day our. , E. Jewell, a member of the Uni Pope Sends Blessing. ,ed States Brotherhood of Main- Pope Benedict, who has follow- tenance of Way Employes of the ed the course of Cardinal Gibbons' Toledo and Ohio Central railway, illness with the deepest interest! and is said to be the first attemnt and sympathy, sent his blessing in made in the country to get the the following cable message from j court's interpretation of the pow Rome received at the arch-episco- ers of the laborboard. pal residence this morning: "The holy father, invoMng Gasoline Tax Bie. neaveiuy ojessings and comforts! A total of 8 1,672,537.1 on his eminence, Cardinal Gibbons! of gasoline and ' 7,5 i 0,3 1 7 se.ius 10 mm irom tne bottom of i Ions of distillate have been ins neart the apostolic bened tion." Germans Told To Pay Bill Berlin Informed by Allies of Intention to Force Payment Due May 1 Paris, Mar. 24. The German government was notified by the allied reparations commission to day that the total amount of twen ty billion gold marks due under article 235 of the peace treaty must be paid by May 1 or addi tional penalties will be inflicted upon Germany. Seen In The Crimelight . illnns Htimed in Oregon in the past t wo years on which state taxes hn'e been paid aggregating 8854,277. 1 by The Rev. Louis R. Stickney, rec tor of the cathedral, imparted the i according to figures compil messing in behalf of the pope at Secretary of State Kozer. the bedside of the cardinal. The peak consumption of gaso- Taft Paid Tribute. I'ne was reached in August, both Active service for more than half a century in the interests of his country as well as his church is closed by the death of .lames (Continued on page eignt) in 1919 show. and 1 920 the figures A million microbes may found on the point of a pin. Income and Profits Tax Collections $650,000,000 Washington, March 24. Income and profits tax collec tions for the March 15 installment was estimated by Secretary Mellon today to aggregate $675,000,000. To the close of business March 22, $650,000,000 actually had been deposited from the collections, he added. Mr. Mellon estimated on this basis that total revenue from income and profits taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30 would aggregate $3,050,000,000. This amount, he said, was fully up to the treasury expectations. Protest Expected. Paris, Mar. 24 Premier Briand yesterday informed the senate committees on finances and for eign affairs that he expected new German propositions in collection with reparations, particularly concerning industrial participa tion by Germany in reconstruction in the devastated regions. With reference to the question of the payment of twenty billion gold marks before May 1, and more especially the payment of one billion due yesterday, M. Bri and declared that if the Germans did not pay, the treaty of Versail les would be applied to the full limit. Toronto, Ont., Mar. 24. John Doughty, charged with the theft ef $105,000 worth of bonds from Ambrose Small wealthy theatrical magnate who disappeared more than a year ago was founa guilty by a jury here today. Los Angeles, Cal., Mir. 24. Two youths who gave their names as Harry Hottce and James Milner, each aged 17, and alleged by the police to have admitted they, with two other prisoners, recently escaped from jail in Portland, Or., were arreal.d here to day on charges of burglary, Ogden, Utah, Mar. 24. Theodore Berry, a negro, is under arrest at Elko, Nev., charged with rifling five bags of mail on eastbound South ern Pacific train No. 20 while the train was traveling to Ogden yesterday, according to information given out here today by railroad officials. Entire Stock and Fixtures Of New Kafoury Bros. Store Destroyed This Morning Attorney General Not To Take Hand In Rehearing Plea UNttesi lo-ipth from east the 0 ied S'tates is the rrr-tau U1k- Hie area is 1.1 2o.7X9 flt. e elusive of Alaska. WMailis 5011.884 sn.iare Car Service Asked The public service MWlMM has been petitioned by ruidenta of Butte Falls in Jackson county to grant to Jed Edsall the right to operate a car over ihe tracks of the Pacific and LasteT r.ii' road between Med ford and Butte Falls for the rurpose of carrying passengers, mail and freight. The Klamath Pine Lumber com pany's sawmill at Klamath Falls will start up April 1 with a full force of men. aste To Start On leasureTour Is Blamed for Death Cal , Mar? 24 nrt . ' WD Of th. Tt1:...j 1 , - ic uuilcu Hntor (,eorge S. Nixon of: ' 'as instantly killed t night W9a 1.1. ... ' U""UB on fH , . . ...c ruQg siae oi ; at a hih r. Ft. C3 " I Ul . 1," t . ' . L ctage near the " c'"nas. according to A. Cornett t -;' ! " tbe frf.ii ,, i. ak in th , h j.0' (he r catapulted for- W breaking his neck. 011 his way from Car-1 im.u io lse r aaatralla nn nia. i He had left hia wife. the former Miss Ethel Estrey of Lemoore, California, and their child at Carmel. Nixon was a graduate of Har vard university. For several years he lived cn the Nevada farm, near Napa, Cal. His father. Senator Nixon, died in 1S12. leaving an estate worth several million o, lare. His mother, the Counter Armand D'Aleria, lives in Los Angeles. The cornerstone of the White House was laid by George Wash ington, on October 1. K2. It ha.; been twice rebuilt, after the Brit ish burned it in 1H2 and during the Roosevelt administration. Portland, Or., Mar. 34. The at torney general will be unabla to aid Portland in action toward a rehearing of the telephone rate case, according to a reply sent by Governor Ben W. Olcott to the city council's request. Governor Olcott explained thJt the attorney general was a law enforcement officer and as such subject to call at all times by de partments of the state. He also explained that in the event that legal steps were inst: tuted to have the order of the public service commission revoked it would be necessary for the at torney generals office to repre sent the public service commission. Therfore. the governor said, he couldn't consistently request the attorney general to join in the pe tition for a rehearing. First Argument On Measures Is Submitted Today Thp first copy for the inters. pamphlet covering arguments on the referred measures to .e a at the June election was filed with Secretary of State Koz- mnrniTiF bv the legisla tive committee covering the af-' firmative side of the emergent clause veto measure. The argu ment which is signed by Senators Eddy and Joseph and Repreaent , tives Woodson. Sbiria and Ben nett declare, that the chief; reason for the amendment is to, . nrlii encroachment up-. on the referendum powera of the( people." Realtors To Act On Phone Rate Increase Appointment of J. A. Mills to draw up a resolution for adoption by the Marion County Realtor's association in regard to the in crease in phone rates is the first action taken by any commercial body in Salem with reference to the matter. The realtors feel that the com mission which allowed the in crease should be dealt with by public expression from the peo ple, and will undoubtedly go on record. at their next meeting in favor of some radical action. Another important step taken today was the selection of Hugh Ma gee "to Investigate the estab lishment of a cold storage plant in Salem with a 2000 ton storage capacity and with an ice making plant of 20 tons daily. Mr. Magee quoted figures in regard to ma chinery for the proposed plant which would cost about $50,000 and that a two story building of needed size would cost at least $125,000. He will be present it the meeting of the Independent growers next Saturday to see what action they will take. 1 J. Chapin of the Salem Kings r.roriurts comnany spoke on the cost production of loganberries per pound. In one instance he i an equal amount gave as the cost of a pound from one loganberry yard as $.342, from a second yard as $.335 and a third yard as $.382. Mr. Chapin informed his audience however that in this cost he was money invested, or for depreciat ing, which a larger number of farmers did not take Into account in figuring the cost of producing their crops. Million Now Available For Project Work Approximately $1,000,000 ia available for new construction work and improvement to the property of the caniornia-ureKoti Power company In southern Ore gon, according to word r.ceived by the public service romminsion from W. M. Shepard, general manager of the company. Con struction work is already In pro gress on the company's property in the vicinity of Klamath Falls, it is pointed out. and several hun dred men are being employed and will be employed during the com ing summer. Road Work May Halt, Funds Short Unless the people of the Salem road district subscribe to the re mainder of the $160,000 bond is sue for market roads authorized by the election of 1919, the work on such highways leading into this city will be forestalled, according to County Commissioner Hunt, who met with a gtoup of business men last night at the Commercial club to consider the matter. Two meetings of the business men, composed of representatives from the four Salem banks, and others interested in the improve ment of roads, have failed to reaci, any satsifactory method of hand ling the $80,000 .worth of road bonds yet to be sold. Iiast year the banks Invested heavy in the issue, but this year they state that so many farmers are In need of money to tide them over the financial depression and are depending on the banks for loans that it is almost impossible for these institutions to make such a permanent investment. All the road districts in the county have bought their quota of bonds except Salem. Woodburn has offered to oversubscribe its amount if the county would im prove more mileage leading into that city. This the county refused to do, for the election provided for a fixed sum $850,000 to be spent in the county and apportioned among the different road districts accordingly. The market road program In cludes the paving of roads In in all direction for five or six miles from the city. About $170,000 worth of bonds were sold for last year n work and about double the sum spent, for the election provided that for every dollar spent derived from the bond issue there will be of tax money spent. It has been pointed out that a large number of people who are buying bonds of foieign commun ities would profit by the purchase of the Marion road bonds and thus aid In the development of the county :s a whole. Jail Delivery Attempt Fails Cork, Mar. 24. Members of the Irish republican army made a carefully planned attempt last night to break into the jail here and release prisoners under death sentence. The attempt failed, however, owing to extraordinary precautions taken by the authorities. Auspland Starts Serving Sentence Passed Years Ago Dr. A. Auspland, Portland phy sician, convicted of manslaught er and sentenced to a term of from one to fifteen years in the state prison, several years ago, be gan service of that sentence this week. Or. Auspland first appeal ed to the state supremw rourt rn 1917 at which time the decree of the lower court was affirmed. He then appealed to the United States supreme court which dismissed his appeal. Lodgers In Upstairs Rooms Flee to Streets In Night Garments; Blaze Starts In Ware- , house from Unknown Cause; Insurance. Covers Part of Loss Fire of unknown origin broke out at 6 o'clock this morn ing in Kafoury brothers' women's clothing store at 466-474 ; State street, lapped up property valued at $115,00 and sent j lodgers of the Rex rooming house, located immediately above the store, scurrying to the street in their night clothes. N. C. Kafoury, manager of thol - store which is one of two operated .,- t-.- .... Broccoli Men Will Meet For Organization Efforts will be made to form a broccoli growers association at a meeting to be field tomorrow afternoon in tbhe Commercial club, which is being fostered by that organization under the lend! ershlp of C. C. Russell of Wacon da who spoke before the business men at their luncheon Monday. Former Beaver Catcher Killed In Saloon Riot Boston, March 24. Larry Mc Lean, former catcher on National league baseball teams, was shot and killed and Jack McCarthy, a friend, severely wounded today in a quarrel at a near-beer saloon in the sound end. The police took into custody James J. Connor, the bartender, pending an investigation. McLean was formerly on the Portland team in the Pacific Coast league. Liquor Worth $20,000 Siezed Export Trade Shows Slump For February Flour Price Drop Taeoma. Wash., March 24. Local mills announced a drop of forty cents In the price of patent flours today. It was the second similar drop this week. Standard brands are now quoted at J9 20 a barrel, the lowest price since 1917. Washington, Mar. 24. TraJe with Europe and South America decreased sharply last month M compared with February a year ago, figures issued today by tip department of commerce disclosed February Imports from Europe aggregated $SS,005,22G compared with 106,655,71K in 1920 while exPrU totalled 9241, 73, 25& Ilcllmgnam. was., . ..r. " against 1384,052,16s a year ago Intoxicating liquors estimated to! Kor lhe eight months period lin be worth 20,00 were seld by portg from Europe were 676,57, American iu.m-.iuh j.s9 gainst 9732, 17. 927 in 192-) Blaine yesterday. 1 ne snipmcni an(, ej,porU 2,c2.53,281 com was maoe irom wmu.n, . v-.i . wilh t3.3u4.3 I till U ostensibly as a carioau oi lurm- year ture. Officials in inspecuuB I jmporls frfim Soutn Amerjca for car found small amount oi Wrilary totaled 926.509.107 com , a .. in ..,. hsttllc wh REV 1 . ... - - ... duiu jiwuj Pared wun t.v,Y63,Z47 a year and gm was pacaeu a..- ... ,a(?0 an(1 enports 938,804.180 tion 42 five-gallon kegs and sev-, Mptag( 940,440,55. For the eight era) boxes of liquor which 'ere j month?i mpor,8 from South Aroer conctaied under the furniture. ,ca tmoanie t0 937), 024. 708 " jagalnst 9567.414.595 while ex- Bouchet Found Guilty j ports totalled 9438,582,488 corn- Portland, Or., Mar. 24. Ver-, pared wltn 9285, 399, i last djet of guilty of manslaughter year. with recommendation of leniency was returned today by a Jury whi k tried Dr. Norman Bouchet. . .... .1 I hi a dH,tlSt, lor wie niaj.us sweetheart. Kuth v. icicnaras, di her home here August 7, 1920. German Note Answered. Paris. Mar. 24. The allied rep arations commission delivered to tbe German delegation here todav a note replying to the German r Bonchet testified he went to her j fuHal to par ,ne one billion gold kimf intending to kill himself , marks on reparations account and that she waa shot in tryingl which the commission had it to take bis pistol from him. Jmanded be banded over yesterday. by the company here, estimates his damage at between 990,000 and 9100,000, and John Hughes, of the Hughes company, owner ot the building, places his loss at 915,000. Only a portion of the ruined clothing stook, which was one of the largest in Salem, is cov. j ered by insurance. The building If said to be adequately protected. Kafoury brothers will suffer their chief loss, It wbb stated, on their new spring stock which was not covered by Insurance. Flames Spread Rapidlv. Surprise at the speed with which the fire gained headway was expressed by spectators who saw the building become envelop ed in flames within 15 minutes after a small conflagration was first discovered in a wooden ware house directly In the rear of the Btore. Firemen, headed by Chief "Buck" Hutton bad water on the blaze within five minutes after the alarm had been turned In by A. H. McKIIIop, proprietor of the Royal cafeteria, 460 State street, but It was a half hour later before tho conflagration was under control. Oriein Not Known. That the fire started in the old warehouse back of the store, Ib the (pinion of Chief Hutton who would offer no guess as to Its cause. Flames did not reach the Rex rooming house and none of the frightened guests was injured. Alarmed by tbe shouts of "fire" several of the roomers hurried down the stairs to the safety of State street which, although well tilled with early- morning pedwo trians, offered safety to their scantily, clad persons. Mrs. L. A. Johnson, manager of the Hex, es timates the damage done by smoke and water In her establishment to be approximately 91000. Flames crept up In the rear of the room ing house, but did little damage. To Repair Building, Thousands of yards of doth, hundreds of women's hats, hun dreds of suits and other apparel were rendered worthless by the flames which entirely ate out the Kafoury store, and 25 clerks em ployed by the establishment will he temporarily thrown out of work. Repair work on Ihe Hughes building will begin immediately Mr. Hughes said this morning. Re modeling work In the basement where an addition to the store wm to be made, bad been underway for several days, and these embryonic Improvements are badly damaged. Will Continue Business The Hughes building, whlrn was erected In 1891, and which was entirely re-finished one year ago last summer, has been occu pied by Kafoury brothers since that time. Their women's clothing buslnes will be temporarily carried on at their men's store, 416 State street, Kafoury brothers announced. Quarantine Lifted. Washington, Mar 24 The entire state of Texas was released from quarantine for sheep scabbiee to day by the department of agrirul lure, the order becoming effective April 15. The quarantine con tinues, however, in ten countiee in California and in parts of Louisiana. Settlement Is Approved By Harding President Congratu lates Mediators On Prevention of Pack er Strike Washington, Mar. 24. Repre sentatives of the packing industry and Its employes, who roached an agreement here yesterday to avert u threatened strike, were congrat ulated today by President Harding on the amicable settlement of the first big labor problem raced bv the new administration. The packers and employes com mittees were accompanied to the White House by Secretaries Davie, Wallace and Hoover, who acted with Ihem In the negotiations, end by Samuel Gomperf, president of the American Federation of Labor. The president thanked the entire delegation for lie work, declaring It had rendered a great publlo service by coming to an agree ment, Gompers Satisfied. Mr, Compels declarod himself much pleased with the settlement and with the statement of con gratulations made by the preai- aenl Addressing the joint committee, President Harding said: "I have asked yon In solely for my own satisfaction. I havo learned that you have found a way to avoid a suspension of activities in tbe packing Industry and I wanted. In tbe presence of the cabinet representatives who have Joined you In this matter, to ex press tbe appreciation ot execu tive. Arbitration Praised. "I want to say in regard to the controversy that this administra tion has nearest to Its heart at all times any righteous helpfulness; thut It can give In avoiding a sus pension of Industrial activities in this country. I have said public ly and 1 want to say It to you, If we can bring our clllvization to a point where we can meet around the table In advance and adjust our differences righteously, we have made a long step towarj tranquility." Sir Wilfred Peek Killed In Battle With Sinn Feiners Belfast, Mar. 24. Sir Wilfred Peek was among those killed dur ing the fight yesterday morning between a party of lancers and a force of Sinn Feiners between Stokestown and Iingford. He was captain of tbe Royal Devon Veomanry and was born October 9, 1884. He received tho distinguished service order dec oration for exploits during the great war. His wire waa formerly Miss Edwine Thornburgh of St.' Louis, Mo , who with one son sur vives him. Proctor Sues For Return of Money Donated To Wood Chicago, March 24. Colonel William C. Proctor, manager of Major General Leonard Wood's campaign for the repub lican presidential nominationnd contributor of $400,000 to the campaign expenses, today filed suit to recover $110,000 rom Major Albert A. Sprague, of Chicago, treasurer of tha Vood campaign.