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Newspaper Page Text(TODD TAKES WITNESS STANtMN HIS OWW DEFENSE IN TRIAL " ciBC'UIiATION raire for 1920, 6250. nuluUon of Salem. 1900, 4268 1910, 14,094; 1920, 1T.7. Marion County, 1920 47.177; Polk County, 1920, 14,181. Member of Audit Bureau bt Circu lation. Associated Press Full Leased Wire. X THE WEATIIKK OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday rain west portion, rain or snow ' east portion; strong south to east winds in interior, LOCAL: Max. 65, min. 37. Rain fall 2.28 inches, total for storm 6.S In. River 16.8 (17 feet raise in 48 hours.) fflRTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 278 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1921 "P"RTf!T? TYUTk rtxr'TVTmct os trains and news "'lUU i. IT V XO STANDS FIVE CENTS DELUGE LOWLMDS Briih&Pleaas'ftenc Need Of Army II - , - .., ,,,.,.! I HUGHES ANSWERS BRIANS; French Premier Pleads Need of Big Army for France Land Arma ment Referred Washington, Nov. 21. (By The Associated Press.) Secre tary Hughes assured Premier Brland that France was n - no sense In a moral isolation and that the United States fully real ' itefl her position. The heart of America, said Mr. Hughes, carried an imperishable memory of France's sacrifices tor liberty. He agreed with M. Brland that what the world needed was "a will to peace." "And there can be no will to peace," he added, "until the ln etitutlons of liberty and justice are secure. May I say in 'reply to M. Briand that there is no 'moral isolation' for the defend era of liberty and justice," , By unanimous consent the question of land armament was referred to the committee of the hoIe of the five powers and at J.OS o'clock the conference ad journed to meet at the call of the, chairman. Briand Makes Plea Arlstlde Briand, seven Ten Inches Snow Blanket Tacoma Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 21. The ten inches of snow that fell here Saturday and Sunday began to melt slightly-today, the tempera ture being one degree above free tng. The local weather office pre dicts more snow , or rain today. Telephone lines to southwest Washington are down in several instances. The Northern Pacific is open to eastern Washington, and trains are on time, but other lines are suffering traffic difficulties. The snowfall covered all south west Washington except where higher temperatures prevailed in Pacific and Cowlitz counties. There rain fell. SNOWS BLOCKADE TRAFFIC .Passenger Trains Are Snowbound In Cen tral and Eastern Ore gon by Storm STORM SUMMARY - Salem: Lowlands in east and southeast portions of city from 6 Inches to 3 feet under water, some homes completely Isolated and a few flooded. Bellvue street bridge washed out, tying up Depot line street cars. South Commercial street bridge closed, to street cars. New Mill Creek dam on North Cottage street washed out. , ' Camp grounds and - adjacent' lowland completely .tonder water and bridges along South, Mill creek all threatened. -f Dallas: Residences in section north of La Croele creek com pletely isolated and many deserted. Streets generally flooded in residence and business sections Sunday and water and sewage bubbling over streets from sewers. Hospital heating plant., and dining room flooded and out of commission. Willamette Valley Lumber company camps at Black Rock closed because of water and washout of Southern Pacific bridge at Black Rock. Turner: Houses west ot railroad track flooded with from six to eight Inches of water. Sidewalks adrift and floating. Power plant out of commission and city without lights Saturday and Sunday nights. Jefferson: Whole region south of Santiam bridge flooded. Railroad bridge at Millersville out. Telephone poles down and piece of Pacific highway just south of Jefferson bridge believed washed out. Santiam river highest in years. Stayton: Dam of Stay ton Ditch company half mile above town dynamited Sunday night to prevent further accumulation of back water. Railroad service suspended because ol wasnouc oi ruaains River bridge and no mail received. Mill creek bridge on Stayton Aumsville road out and small bridges out on Stayton-Sublimity road. '' The railroad and highway situation throughout the valley is the most serious in years. ' Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21. Slight increase in temperature throughout western Washington was today melting snow that last times night lay generally over the dis- prlme minister of France, held the trict to depths of from one to five arms conference in a rapt hour inches, according to reports to today, with the world for his weather bureau officials here, audience, while he told of the snow was reported falling in the oeea oi trance for a large army. Cascade mountains and trans tuviuicDiius sirung nmu oi continental trains due here were france, acknowledged by Lloyd- p0Btal from one to five hours late, ueorge as navmg "the first par-, Snow flurries were general over r""' vo,ce ln Europe - was western Washington esrly today, the drawing card which packed ater turning into light drizzles. Memorial Hall of the Daughters RaIn and snow probably both, of the American revolution with were foreCast for the era today uch a gathering of distinguished and tonight as the result of low hotables as seldom Is found under pregsure of the Washington the roof ot one building. coagt , iue premiers voice, ordinarily! Although snow five inches deep 'wrant and penetrating, and was rep0rted in some sections of Particularly rich in over-tones, ' SeattIe Iast nifhU little trouble nodulated to fill the hall and no waa experienced and traffic was more. The effect upon the audi- not halted. Less than a dozen tor was as though the statesman, traffic accidents, all slight, were as speaking directly and person-; reported. Wy to him, rather than to a large' wire ' communication to wiaerlng. There was no disDlay nv n..ir Mtrit was 'cold storage" eloquence. nalrert Heads for Protection M. Briand had before him a slip fl , f r ZZT? "iFootof Snow them and in m n j f . manner of speaking from the tribune of the chamber of depu ties. Five feet six and heavy of "My, the French prime minister a striking figure, as fired by own eloquence he pleaded for "equate protection for his native Of the lm- In Wenatchee "A close-up" of the French. Premier shows that his eves are Hue rather - .. " . uuuauai cuiori Song the dark featured Bretons' Wenatchee, Wash., Nov. 21. Wenatchee awoke this morning to find a blanket of snow eleven I inches in depth and with snow still, falling at 10 o'clock. The "beautiful white" fell all day Sun- ; day continuing over from Satur day. With train service broken up on tunnel and roads blocked by the snowfall, Wenatchee resembles the man "all dressed up and no place to go." large and expressive of'?"?T J "", c"!ll I.".! rTi'T But they snap and "re and appear dark as he ranges headlong into his subject; T re touched again with soft- nc" WS TO'Ce P'eads for Britain lUplies Speaking for Great Britain la reply to Premier Briand ranee at the arms conference lZ ATXbnT Jam'8 Balfour, In the British delegation, JJ!' ly pledged the support "Great Britain to France "in e, 01 the lust Montana Snow Record Breaker for domlna- Helena, Mont., Nov. 21. More snow fell during the present storm in Montana than in any other No ivember for 25 rears, according to I .1. A. .V. 1 i .,, Ttal Batr S,hanzer' heading the bureau. Up to six o'clock this fir;'" eIeaUa. told the con-' morning the snowfall In Helena rionJi that 'though Italy since the beginning of the storm for I 50, 000 mn a just quota at 3:43 Saturday afternoon, had M f anny'1 P'ans were bc'ng reached a depth of thirteen inch j further reduction. , Continued snow und cold is trm Wa"'3 only such an the forecast for Monday nSebt se It .! Uie arm" nfer- the temperature was nine degrees ,nr m,?5 "sbsolute'y necessary De!ow rnJ- defensive purposes' Tne storm extends over the en- t!!"atr! 'T ihs Far Eastern tire northwest. At Poeatello the ""IL I temperature at six o'clock this .ise TTno. a mnrnine was fifty above, at Boise forfv sir. at ifait lne unj inn. terras ArniT ":-ar4 p 7 apparently r K"and told the stilt All conference trwla?. ,T" L"4 cn rage passenger trains are ?lay- Montana from one to three T"tary plows are being - "ne truversing the state. Reyiew Legality of Grain Laws Washington, Nov. 21. Recent legislation by congress regulating future trading in grains and pro viding for the admission to mem bership in grain exchanges of co operative farmer association will be reviewed by the supremo court. Announcement was made by the court that arguments in the case would be heard the week begin ning January 3. Man, 60, Hit By Auto Is Badly Hurt J. C. Swartz, about 60 years of age, is confined to his room at the Marion hotel today, seriously In jured, as a result of an accident which occurred yesterday. Mr. Swartz, struck by an automobile driven by L. F. Unruh, 318 UnrT ed States bank building, had not improved this morning, it was said. The Unruh car was moving west on Ferry when the accident took place. Mr. Swartz, who is employed as a porter at the hotel, was pushing a hand cart along Ferry street when he was bowled to the pavement, according to the report made to the police. Body injuries which the elderly man received were said to be very severe. 18 Inches Snow Yakima Country TVaah NOV. 31. BUSi- ness in Yakima is today almost at a standstill as a resuu oi " inch fall of snow which covers the entire valley. ' Streetcar transpor .... rfomnrslized. some ol tne lauu" w " " , rural lines not having had a car ... t. ,w Snndav noon. The Wapatox canal, through which th city gets its water tun). with slush ice and water pressure is resultingly low. Automobiles mi tn hnck the drifts and are uuw- the government camp in the moun . wimrock is entirely cut off from communication. Mrs. Alice Bender. Yakima's "weather man," says Sunday's eleven-inch fall of snow is tlie recora io. ".j since the weather office was es tablished here in 1905. Burned to Death. c With.. Nov. 21. A. O. Thompson, aged 69, proprietor of the Kensington apartments here, was burned to death early today in a fire that damaged the three story brick landing. His wife escaped by jumping ten feet to the ground but has a bchvw, burned arm. RATE CUT ORDERED BY BOARD Sixteen Percent Re duction On Hay and Grain by December 27 Required Washington, Nov. 21. A posi tive order was issued by the in terstate commerce commission to day requiring railroads to put the approximately 16 per cent" (de crease in hay and grain rates into effect on or before next December 27- . The order follows up the de cision given October 20 by the .lommission which declared grain and hay rates from the Mississippi valley to the Pacific coasS unrea sonably high but which did not carry compulsory orders. The Oc tober decision instructed fhe rail roads to make the reduction by November 20, which was not lone because the railroads opened nego tiations with the commission sug gesting that i It per cent do crease in freight rates on all agri cultural products be substituted for the larger decrease on grain products and hay alone. The Nmmission, however, by the order issued today disregard ed the compromise proposed by the railroads and makes the larger da creases on hay and grain manda tory upon the roads. . Lambert Appeals From Decision of Justice Court Notice of appeal from the Jus tice court where he was sentenced to pay $25 fine for assault and battery on Melvln Nipple, October 25, was filed in the circuit court this morning by Nicholas Lam bert. Lambert pleaded not guilty to the charge in the justice court, though the state displayed a plate, an Iron poker and a club which it alleged were used by Lambert In his attack on Nipple. Marine Arrives to ,: Guard U. S. Mails Tn accordance with orders Is sued from Washington, two ma rines. Corporal Roy Thomason and Private Tom Fitch, arrived in Sa Iern this morning to protect the United States mails from robbery. Thev are cart of a detail from Maro island and will be on dutv all the time guarding the office and the man wagons. SALEM IS TAKEN BY TEACHERS SCO Instructors Are City's Guests When Institute Is Opened; Dr. Sisson Speaks - Three hundred Marlon county teachers men and women who are memtcin of 't'he most import ant of all professional bodies" Ihis morning appeared In Salem, took possession of the city, and incidentally opened their annual teachers' institute which will contlnuo tomorrow nd Wednes day., Despite the fact that a number of instructors were prevented from ariving this morning on account of the heavy rains which made vehicle travel extremely difficult, this year's Institute will set a rec ord for attendance, officials said. That the world has at last come to know the "absolute truth that education is the principal busi- 3ss of the statei' was the declara lon of Dr. E. A. Sisson, a mem ber of the faculty of Reed college. T,o illustrate his point Dr. Sisson pointed to the large bouquets of fjowera which had been presented te the teachers by the Salem Ro tary club. , "A few years back such a thing uusmess men stopping to re member that teachers wer with them would have been unheard of, Dr. Sisson said. "Nowadays they realize that teachers are per haps performing the most import ant work in the world." v Instructors, Dr. Sisson. added, are working with boys and girls a work which, he contended, will be most effective toward making the world a better place to live in. '-'We hope that those persons who become instructors will make teaching their life's work," said Dr. Sisson . "Take an Interest in your work that is essential it you would succeed. Seek earnestly for those things which will keep you young in body and mind." Implying that he believes the work for disarmament a move which 'at the present time means more than any other considera tion before the people of the world, Dr. Sisson touched briefly on the) Washington conference subject. 'You are not a good teacher you are not doing all that you should if you. do not seize the newspapers daily to follow closely every step at the conference," he declared. The singing of "America," fol lowed a prayer by Dr. J. J. Evans, Salem pastor, opened this morn ing's session at 10 o'clock. The county organization of teachers, through a vote taken, was made a unit of the state teachers' organ ization. B. T. Yoell, superintend ent of Sllverton public schools, was made president of the new unit, a Mr. Applegate, of Aums ville, was chosen vice-president, and W. H. Bailee, county super visor of school, was elected secretary-treasurer. ' The institute re-convened in general session at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon with musical selec tions by Lena Belle Tartar, Adella Chapler, Phoebe McAdams, Katha rine Arbuthnot, H. S. Tuttle, Inez Miller, Adella Chapler, Gretchen Kramer and Dr. Sisson were among the speakers on the after noon program. Business Men Hear Sisson Urging that more interest be taken by business men in the con duct of schools, Dr. E. O. Sisson, of , Reed College, Portland, spoke to members of the , Commercial club this noon. "I don't care how good your schools are here In Salem, they are suffering from not being ln touch with the practical world," stated the Speaker, "The schools have and are depending too much on books." , . : . Dr. Sisson stated that a certain time ought to be devoted by school children in going through the industries of the city, in or der that they might have more comprehensive ideas back of the knowledge they obtained from books. Such an innovation, how ever, might cause protests from the people of certain communities he said, because of the view hold by a great many persons that school children should confine themselves "to book learning." Speaking of the disarmament conference in Washington, the speaker recommended that tele grams be sent to American diplo mats commending them on their open stand for disarmament. RECORD RAINFALL RIVERS TO IN FEW HOURS Railroad Traffic Tied Up by Washouts and Highways Flooded; Stayton Dam Dynamited To Prevent Deluge; Damage Runs Into Many Thousands of Dollars 'The city council and community club of Newport are planning a stone wall along the waterfront that wilt protect the city f -annual Incursions of the sta Loyalists Offer Aid To Ulster London, Nov. 21. (By the As sociated Press.) A "loyalist" meeting held In London today as a demonstration by supporters of Ulster adopted a resolution call ing upon the government to enter Into no agreement on the Irish question until the Sinn Fein not onlv swore allegiance to the I throne, but gave effective proof o the reality of such allegiance rd until the idea of a separate -v for Ireland was abandoned. TODDTELLS LIFE STORY TO JURORS Portland, Nov. 21. Shortly be fore noon today John W. Todd took the witness stand ln his own defense and upon the advice of his counsel, Judge Miller, told the federal court jury the story of his life from the time he left col lege. He then followed with his brother's history as a minister and teacher, and the story of his brother and wife securing a tim ber claim from Byron in 1908. Among other preachers secur ing claims from Byron at that time, Todd said, was Bishop R. J. Cooke, formerly in charge of the Oregon Methodist conference. Todd showed a contract for a claim he signed with Byron July 23, 1908. Byron delivered the claim, he said. Dr. Chester B. O'Neill, Andrew A. Lee, Carl B. Webb, all of Sa lem, William W. Seymdur ot Ta coma and Charles W. Schumway of Vancouver, testified that Todd's reputation was good. Todd carefully explained to the Jury his lack of business experi ence except in school matters. Indications point to the case reaching the Jury Tuesday. SWELLS BRIM With the barometer still falling and weather bureau of ficials predicting southerly winds and more rain for tonight and Tuesday, fear is felt locally that the flood danger ni and around Salem is increasing instead of decreasing despite the reports from the upper Willamette river and its tributaries that the water is receding. This afternoon the barometer was down to 28 in Salem. the lowest mark reached in several years, and was still fall ing at 2 o'clock. Late this afternoon Southern Pacific officials renorted the condition on the main line between Salem and Albany to be unchanged. The high water has prevented anv repair work on the bridge at Millersville and trains are still being de voured Dy way of Uorvalljs and Gerlinger. Oregon electric service between Salem and Albanv is at a complete standstill as. the result of two washouts. Two bents of the trestle over Mill creek in Salem, between Com mercial street and the foot of Mill street have been washed out and the fill approach to the Santiam bridge is also out. uregon Electric officials said this afternoon that it would probably take a week to repair the damage. They also feared further trouble between Portland and Salem. Thousands of, dollars in damage China Offers To Pay Interest Due Washington, Nov. 21. Offer to pay interest due on two loans ex tended China by American bank ing companies has been made by the Chinese bankers' association, Paul S. Relnsch, legal counsellor to the Chinese government, said last night in a statement. .The as sociation, however, requested that the re-payment of principal be ex tended for six months or a year, he added. "We must understand that an extensive popular movement' is go ing on In China for the re-organization of the government," the statement said. "This movement is organized through the chamber of commerce, the educational so cieties and industrial bodies. "This asssciation of the people of China has declared emphatical ly that It wishes the government to make no further foreign com mitments until the internal situ ation in China is settled and the reconstruction completed." Car Hits Lightless Auto; Is Damaged Considerably damage was sus tained by an automobile driven by L. C. Marshall of Portland when it collided with a car parked on State street between 12th and 13th Sat urday night, according to Mr. Marshall's report to the police. The -stationary automobile had no tail light burning he complained. Damage was slight on the other automobile. No one was Injured1 in the crash. has been done, railroad and auto Mobile service is tied up ln many places and scores of farm and city homes are under water as the re sult ot the rainstorm which has been sweeping the central Willam ette valley since Thursday. From all sections come reports of washed out bridges, flooded roads and an almost complete pa ralysis ot transportation. All ol the rivers and creeks are out of their banks In most places, and the lowlands are floded to a dopth ot several feet. Over S Inches Rain. , During the 48 hours ending at 5 o'clock this morning the official records of the weather obrorver showed a precipitation of 3.3 Inches of rain, an amount nearly equal to the average rainfall for the entire month of November in Salem. The average rainfall for the entire month is only 6.49 inches., Two and twenty-eight hun dredths Inches of rain fell Sunday, or nearly two and a half times as much as fell during any one day last year. One Inch of rain was the maximum for a single dy during the winter of 1920-21. Never has the river been known to rise as rapidly as it did yester day when it came up 13 feet to the 16.8 foot level. This morn ing it was still rising at Salem, but reports from the upper valley and along the Santiam and other tri butaries announced a drop over night, Indicating that the crust has Just about been reached here. Jefferson Hardest Hit. The region around Jefferson was the hardest hit by the water which Btarted to rise Saturday aft ernoon tand reached its highest mark about 3 o'clock this morn ing, according to reports received here. Telephone wires to Jeffer son are down, few details as to the extent of the damage were to be had here up to this afternoon. At Millersville, inree miles south of Jefferson, a Southern Pacific railroad bridge was washed out last night, completely tying up the main line and necessitating rout ing of trains from Albany to Salem via Corvallis, Gerlinger and West Salem. At Jefferson the Santiam river was far out of Its banks, flooding all of the lowlands and threaten ing the railroad embankments and the Pacific highway. The South ern Pacific has a crew of men busy piling sandbags along the up stream side of Its long fill ap proach to the Santiam bridge, and an unverified report received at noon said that a section of the highway Just south of the bridge, which has been under water since (Continued on Page Nine.) The Hood River Women's elub has adopted resolutions supporting disarmament ar.d has sent a tele gram to President Harding apply ing him of the action. DAMAGE HERE IS SLIGHT All ot the lowe parts ot the resi dence sections ln the eastern and southeastern Salem are under waS er today as a result of the record breaking rainfall ot the past 6ft hours and many houses are com pletely surrounded by water. Water was reported in the first floors of some of thq houses east of South Twelfth street and many of the streets in that section are under water to a depth of from six inches to two feet. Aside from this inconvenience and slight damuge Salem has suf fered but little from the high wat er. oBtU branches of Mill creek running through the city are swol len to the brinks and are overflow ing in many places. Basements in many homes are flooded. The new diversion dam of the Salem power company on the North Mill creek, near Cottage street, was washed out last night and Is expectedt o delay the elec tric power development plans ol the company several weeks. The bridge over South Mill creek on Winter street also went out last night and has completely tied up traffic on the depot street car line. Passengers are being transferred -across the bridge to day with cars operating from both endt. The Mission street bridge across Mill creek is nearly awash and dangerous for travel. The opera tion of street cars over the South Commercial street bridge wai halted this morning as a precau tionary measure after two bents of the nearby Oregon Electrl trestle had gone out. Practically no damage has been reported by the telephone or elec tric light companies locally. Wa ter in four or five cables in dif ferent parts ot the city put about 250 telephones out of commission last night, but the electric llfbt service was uninterrupted. Trouble on the transmission lines of the Oregon Electric rail road last night threw the burden of furnishing power for the oper ation of all-trains south of Mult nomah station onto the Salem plant of the Portland Railway Light & Power company. The Juice waa furnished over the Mt. Angel line from the Estacada por er plant and distributed 5000 volts thru- the local trapsformer sta tion, which is designed to cany a maximum load of 2000 volts. Damuge and service Interruptions f-cm this overio.irt are feared l.y 'he company officios.