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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.
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erage
to
r 1923, 5250
of Salem 1900, 4258;
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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.
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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.
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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.