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rT cHtCUIiATION . r 1920, tZiO. A"fu.';r0 Salem. 1900. 25SS P?.U,o l"oi "79 jiciVn'"". '"! Polk, rounty, 192. . . Wnf Audit Bureau of Clrcu '"Eton Associated Pre. Full Te'd Wire. 1 THE weatiieu OREGON: Tonlsht and Thurs day rain west, rain or snow east portion, colder east portion tonight Fresh to strong southerly wlnda LOCAL: Rainfall .IS; southerly winds; cloudy; max. 67. mln. 49. river 12.7 feet anii falling. i -of J wmTY-THIRD YEAR-NO. 286 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1921 PRICE TWO CENTS JSfiSSS M n fM! ( b 3 TT at XL y E 3 ' ' j153 . : . " ' ' : rv n n ocnooi Bus Crash; 12ead enewB War Is 1 UGHES, BALFOUR CHOSEN TO DIRECT SETTLEMENT PLAN Delegates of Both Oriental Nations Agree To Proposal and Will Confer Thursday While Conference Marks Time To Allow New Plan To Take Shape Washington. Nov. 30.. (By Associated. Press.) The lood offices of Secretary Hughes and Arthur Balfour of the f . . . i 11. . 4-; "iyio o n rl JJritish delegates to unrig, me i-epreeiiui.ivco -Japan together for settlement of questions of Shantung and the leased territory of Kia-Chou, has been- accepted by the lelegations of both nations. Conversations will begin immediately ana tne nrsi meei ig will be held tomorrow afternoon. they said, ot the danger from bandits. A statement to the committee by Foreign Minister Hanihara said that Japan also would remove her troops from Hankow as soon as China should take measures for maintaining order. Japan, he also said, was ready to withdraw troops from North China as soon as ac tual conditions warranted and would withdraw Japanese troops along the Chinese Eastern railway as soon as Siberia should be evacuated. U. S. Immigration Officer Passes On; To Be Buried Here Washington, Nov. 90. By as- jclated Press.) Arrangements aV9 been made, it was said of fl- iallj today in armameui cumcr Jnce circles, for direct negotiations fielween the Japanese and Chinese lelegations over Shantung. I The negotiations are expected o rtirt Immediately and in order .So fire the Chinese and Japanese elesates a free day for their dis tuisions, the conference commit tee on Pacific and Far Eastern Questions adjourned today, until iFrlday. J Principals Agree. , J The question of Shantung came jtip in the meeting today of the Far pastern committee' and it was puegested that the Chinese arfH Japanese delegates should talk ver the subject privately before Sherman J. "Jack" Burford, 45 fine other members of the commit- t7hj states imml- Jeetookitup. Both the Chinese I . ' , sand Japanese delegates agreed to lKm """ " . ' (J passed away in itiui ia uu Monday, November 28, it was learned here today. The remains will be brought to Salem where funeral services will be held. Webb & Clough, local morticians, have charge of arrangements. De ceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. M. J. Burford; one sister, Mrs. A. B. Gardner, and a brother, Frank Burford, all of whom are residents of Salem. - "Jack Burford ranked high fn the immigration department," says the Victoria Times, "and his loss will be deeply felt by the service. The name and personality of Jack Burford was known from Califor nia to British Columbia and grief will be widespread in Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle." Mr. Burford was born in Penn sylvania. Funeral announcements will be made later. jihis and they are to meet tomor row and report, to the full com oittee on Friday. I The prospects were considered P American Quarters as good indi cation that the Japanese and Chi jese representatives would be able to settle the Shantung dispute out ride of the conference, j The Far Eastern committee-did aot conclude discussion today of pina's request lor withdrawal of jjfweign troops from China and the jnatter went over. The committee fxik up another Chinese request ftor restrictions on the use of for- 5n telegraph and radio system. To Remove Troops. Japan, it was announced, agreed withdraw her trnoriia nr tK. gtiantung railway as soon as pinese police force could be sub- "umhi, put Japan obiected to fwthdi awing her guards along the .n Manchuria railway because, Holland Desirous of Early Settlement of Far Eastern Problem ! Washington. n t a. ated Press.) Because of her 'C terests ln the Far East, C.na 18 desirous ot assisting in w"7 I" the settlement of foblems reiating tQ that of world, Jonkhaer H. A. Van Mff' minist of foreign at ;'rof the Netherlands and dele Walt, rm tbat country to the S coherence, told the plated Press today in an inter- LnT'ta'fr ien Tery 'a t0 tt , " Wasnington confer fant .-fnkheer VanKarnebeek 'ion i.fc ngaSemehts in connec iit, .1 , hina BS other powers !8tM V h0UBh we "ot in C nil quite the se way ms r':,1' "erything tbat atlon there may be - taportanc. to us "We have in the Far East an empire of more than fifty million inhabitants covering an area equal to nearly half of Europe. That empire is the source of great riches not only to us, but to the world at large, and realizing this, the pol icy of the Netherlands is a liberal one, giving opportunities to all foreign interests. The population of our East Indies is chiefly com posed of people of Mussulman creed, but there are al nearly one million Chinese. If one thinks of the significance of these colon ies it is easy to understand that we watch very closely the develop ment of the discussion IB the Washington conference. "Our policy is devoid of any ambition standing in the way of other powers, except the ambition to hold our own." Homeless Woman Is Put In Cell Making her simple preparations for the night with the aid of a lighted lantern at her side, Mrs. Mary Peters, 60, was found :y Po lice Matron Shank in the Oregon Electric station here last night about 12 o'clock. Mrs. Peters was taken to the city jail where she was given a bed in the women's cell. ., . Mrs. Peters, who says !ihe was ousted from her daughter's home, also spent Monday night In jail. She is said to own a few acres of land in Josephine county. ATTORNEY IS SCORED BY OLCOTT Practice of Selling Aid To Secure Re leases From Peniten tiary Bapped , , The practice of certain attor neys in soliciting and accepting fees in return for their influence in securing the release of prison ers from the state penitentiary is characterUed by Governor Olcott as "reprehensible" in a letter to Edward J. Shinners, Portland at torney, who, the governor under stands, has been guilty of this pro cedure in a recent case. "My attention has been called to letters apparently sent by you to Mrs. , in which you inti mate that on payment of a certain sum of money by her to you, you will have great influence ln secur ing the release of her son from the penitentiary," the governor has written to Shinners. "In the first place you know, as well as I, that you have no influ ence whatsoever to secure the re lease of her son, or anyone else from the prison. You should know, if you do not, that money cannot be used for that purpose. I con sider it reprehensible and wrong on the part of yourself or any oth er attorney to endeavor, for mer cernary reasons, to play upon the feelings of unfortunate relatives of persons confined In penal insti tutions. Apparently to make fi nancial profit for yourself, you would prey upon the devotion of a mother who no doubt would make any sacrifice within her power. "I wish it understood that mon ey for attorney's fees, or used In any other manner, can have no in fluence whatsoever in securing the release of any individual or Indi viduals from the state penitentiary or any other institution. If you were unaware of this fact up to this time, I trust you appreciate it now and that you, and others like you, will discontinue the too common practice of wrenching the heartstrings of those who. In desperation for their loved ones, may be made easy victims of false hopes and alluring promises." In a letter to the mother of the prisoner in question the governor declares that the payment of mon ey to anyone for the release of her son would not only be useless but would be wrong in principle and in fact. "No one can buy his way out of the Oregon state penitentiary through an attorney or other wise," he declares. "The fact that such money was paid, if it came to my attention, would rather pre judice me against the case than otherwise." Idaho Name Captain. Moscow, Idaho, Nov. 30. Allen Brown of Boise, a Junior, was elected last night captain of the 1922 University of laano ioomai. team. Brown, who plaied full wv this season, has served two years on the varsity. GIRL NOT ABNORMAL IS CLAIM Movie Director Says Miss Rappe Not Sub ject To Chronic Ail ments As Alleged San Francisco, Nov. 30. Jack White, motion picture director of Los Angeles, was the first witness today in the mansraugnter triar ot Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, grow ing out of the death of Miss Vir ginia Rappe, motion picture ac tress. White said he directed cer tain pictures in which Miss Rappe appeared. , She appeared "normal in every way,"" he said. . White was one of a number of witnesses called in rebuttal by the prosecution to discredit, if possi ble, defense evidence that the bladder rupture which caused Miss Rappe's death was the result of a long standing chronic condition. The prosecution alleges thaU.the Injury was caused .by external force applied by Arbuckle. Meehan Also Called. George Meehan, motion picture camera man ot Los Angeles, said that he photographed Miss Rappe in motion pictures and that she appeared to be healthy. ' Mrs. Minnie Buck, practical nurse, ot Los Angeles, said she was companion to Miss Rappe for a time and thathe did not appear unwell. ' For the fourth time during the trial Mrs. Josephine Hardebeck, housekeeper for Miss Rappe, was called as a witness. She said she did not know ot Miss Rappe hav ing used intoxicating liquor before leaving Chicago in 1916 for Cali fornia. Mrs. Mary Poulin, hostess of the resort in Los Angeles county where Miss Rappe is said to have stopped for a time, was recalled after having given testimony a few days ago which resulted in the arrest by the prosecution of Mrs. Minnie Neighbors of Los An geles on a perjury charge. Mrs., Neighbors had testified that she met Miss Rappe at the resort. Mrs. Poulin had testified that there was no record of Miss Rappe having visited the resort and she never remembered seeing the actress there. - Not Resort Visitor. Mrs. Pculin testified today that she attended to the registration of the guests. She repeated her pre vious testimony that she had never seen Miss Rappe at the resort. "Motion picture actresses at tract a good deal of attention ano on that account i wouia nave known if Miss Rappe visited the resort," Mrs. Poulin said. mmmen 4 OTHERS ARE NEAR TODEATH Fraud Charged In Woodburn Land Trade of Arbuckle Claiming that the value of a five-acre tract, for which be trad ed his home in Woodburn worth (2200, bad been fraudulently and falsely misrepresented to him, J, R. Neilson, a Dane, who does not speak the English language, filed a answer to the suit of F. G. Ar buckle of Woodburn through his attorney this morning in the cir cuit court. Neilson claims that Arbuckle agreed to find a purchaser for his home and tbat in doing so ask for a commission of three per cent. The trade for the five-acre tract was made, the land being repre sented to Neilson as being worth 13000, which in deed and in fact, states the answer it was only worth $1500- Arbuckle filed suit for his com mission of 90, but Neilson holds that he had an agreement with the plaintiff to pay the sum in month ly installments of Sift each and had already made tw0 payments. Accident Occurs In Fog Near Red Bluff Early Today; Car Is Demolished . , Bulletins Red Bluff, Cal., Nov. SO. Twelve high school students were killed south ot here today at the Proberta crossing by the collision of the school bus In which (hey were riding with Southern Pa cific train number 15. The auto mobile contained 16 children. The four injured are not expected to live. The children were on their way from their homes at Gerber, Te hama county, to the Red Bluff high school. The train plowed Into the bus in a dense fog, according to stor ies of the train crew and of the driver ot the bus, who himself was seriously injured. The train hurt led on for 200 yards, parrying bod les and parts of bodies on the en gine pilot and strewing other bod ies along the right of way. One man declared the automo bile after being struck, was thrown against a post and dasa ed back against the train. Retrial of Todd Slated by Court for January 16 Portland, Or., Nov. 30. At the request of attorneys for the defense and the prosecution, Judge Bean of the federal dis trict court this morning set January 16 as the date for the retrial of John W. Todd, former superintendent of school at Sa lem. The court also ordered that the trial of Carlos L. Byron, jointly indicted with Todd for using the mails to defraud in connection with a timber claim deal ln Salem, be set for Janu ary 16. Byron Is at present a fugitive from justice. American "Drys" ; To Open Office ; In Vienna Soon ' Chicago, Nov. 30. Decision to open an American prohibition of fice in Vienna was announced here today by the prohibition foundation. Its aim will largely be combating of wet propaganda about the prohibitum situation in the United States, which its lead ers declare is mostly misleading. Christmas Saving Funds Total Over $150,000,000 New York, Nov. 30. Accumu lations' of various Christmas sav ings funds, amounting to $150, 000.000 will be distributed next week amount 5,000,000 individ uals by approximately 4000 banks throughout the country, it was es timated here today. The state society of Horticulture will meet 'in Forest Grove Decem ber 1, 2 and 3, and an excellent program Is promised by those who are making the arrangements. Canadian Pacific Builder Is Dead London, Nov. 30. (By Associ ated Press.) Lord Mount Stephen 92 years old, pioneer railroad con structor and first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway com pany, died last night at bis coun try residence. Brocket Hall, Hat field, Hertfordshire. Srjain Provides For Larger Navy Madrid, Nov. 30. The cham Her of deDUtles today passed a bill annroDriating thirteen million pesetas for naval construction. This will provide for an increase in the Spanish navy. Washington. Nov. 30 (By Associated Press) Naval ex perts of the United States and Japan, according to informa tion obtained late today from Japanese sources, airreed in committee session today to disagree on the question of measurement of the exisiting navies of their respective countries, and accordingly on the question of ratio of ton nage under the American lim itation proposal. Indianapolis, bid.. Nor. 30. - -r-John Talbot of South Bend, Ind., supreme president of the ; Order of Owls, a fraternal or--' ganization, who was found guilty in United States dis trict court last week of vio lating the Monn ait. today was fined $5000 by Judge A. B. Anderson and sentenced to Leavenworth prison for five years. It was the maximum sentence for the offense. HANGING DELAYED BY ORDER Bingham Denies Writ of Habeas Corpus; Appeal Taken To Supreme Court Elvle D. Kir by and John Rathie, sentenced to hang Friday morning ln the penitentiary here for com plicity ia the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor, took a new lease on life this morning when Judge Bingbam of the Marion county circuit court denied a petition for a writ of habeas cor pus filed by John D. Lane, attor ney for Kirby and thereby opened the way for an appeal to the state supreme court and a stay of execu tion for Kirby and Rathie. The petition for the writ ot ha beas corpus was filed yesterday afternoon and argued before Judge Bingham, Lane alleging tbat the Oregon capital punishment law Is unconstitutional in that the 1920 legislature, which pawed the bill and then referred It to the elec torate for final enactment, had no authority to refer the bill to the people. In denying the petition Judge Bingham ruled that the plaintiff had not established probable cause for Issuance ot the writ, and held that, in his opinion, the 1920 leg islature acted within its authority In refering the bill to the people. Judge Bingham's action in re fusing to grant the petition throws the question of the constitutional ity of the capital punishment law before the supreme court and opens the way for a stay of execution. Had he granted the writ and or dered the hearing, be would have been without authority to stay the execution. Lane announced this morning that he would file an appeal with the supreme court Immediately, which he did this afternoon. He also announced that be would pe tition for a writ of supercedes granting a stay ot execution to Kirby pending a decision on the appeal. Governor Olcott announced this afternoon tbat, should a stay of execution be ordered for Kirby by the supreme court, he would grant Rathie a reprieve. Today's developments ln the case indicate that Kirby and Rathie will not hang Friday morning. PEACE IMPOSSIBLE WITH SINN FEINERS REPUDIATING KING Resumption of Armed Hostilities Expected Momentarily; Failure of Negotiations Due Primarily To Refusal of Irish To Pledge Allegiance To British Ruler ' London, Nov. 30. (By Asso ciated Press) Government circles today expressed belief that the Irish conference would break down almost Immediately as a re sult ot the difficulties which have arisen and that the resumption of armed . hostilities could not be postponed. The alternative settlement plan submitted by the government to the Sinn Fein representatives last evening included the necessity for a detlnte undertaking by the Sinn Fein to take oath of allegiance to the crown. The Sinn Fein has many objec tions to the government's new plan, but even it it agreed to dis cuss this plan it will not give its assent to the oath of allegiance proviso, it is stated. Thus it appears, according to government officials, that the breach ln the negotiations, if It comes, as now is feared, will take place over the allegiance issue. There has been hope ot pro longing the truce and adjourning the negotiations tor an additional period of two months, but this hope now has receded. . Martial law likely. The moment a breach occurs, It is believed In these quarters that there would be imminent danger of the Sinn Fein, on the one band, and the police auxiliaries, on the other, trying to get to their guns first. The mlltiary, it is indicated, would be put in charge of affairs in Ireland, and Interference by civilian officials with Its action would not be permitted, A meeting of the British rep resentatives in the Irish confer ence was held today. It was pres slded over by Prime Minister Lloyd-George. Elderly Salemite Jailed; Didn't' Pay Room Rent, Claim Frank A. Pike, known by many old-timers in Salem, was in the Marlon county Jail today. He was taken there after a trial held before Judge G. E. Unruh In the justice court. Pike was found guilty ot defrauding an innkeep er. He Is about 65 years of age. i .no, , plaint of Harold Lants, of this city, admitted on the stand that he was In debt to more than one boarding housekeeper in Salem. He said he hoped to reimburse them as soon as he could find work. , Pike was unable to pay the $10 fine assessed him by Judge Unruh. He had no attorney. Barney Page appeared for the stato. Judges For Election Are Signed Up Names of judges of the election to be held on January 12, 1922, for the purchase of the automo bile camp grounds for $7000 must be turned ln Immediately to W. M. Hamilton, president of the Sa lem Federation of clubs by the or ganizations who have volunteer ed to supply them. The camp ground can be pur chased for $7000, $3900 for the real estate and $3100 for the Im provements in making road waya and supply equipment. Accordiig to a communication sent to all the clubs, the election board officers must be duly qual ified electors and their names should have been in tonight so that they will be ready for pre sentation on December 5 at a meeting of the city council. Ac companying the letter were agree ments which the election Judges must sign. Two election hoards of five members each will be required for each ward. Board No. 1 will work from 7:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. and the second board from 3 p. m. to about 10:30 p. m or until all ballots are counted. The polls will be open from 8 a. m. Three organizations have filed the required number ot Judges. They are: Salem Woman's club, 'Mrs. W. W. Emmons, Vera By ars Glover, Melissa Persons, L. M. White, Mrs. B. B. Herrlck, G. C. Ashby, Mrs. C. G. Given, Ruby Morton Powell, Elizabeth L. Bohrnstedt, Hattle P. Cameron, Fannie Millard, J. B. Parker. Marlon County Realtors associ ation, H. S. Radcliff, Albert Cop ley, L. A. Hayford, John H. Scott, Bessie F. Snyder, W. G. Krueger, W. R. Palmer, G. T. Morrison, Elizabeth L. Bohnstedt (by A. O. Bohrnstedt) G. H. Grabenhorst. Cherrlans, Lee M. Unruh, Will iam Gahlsdorf, E. E. Fisher, C. B. Webb, E. C. Patton, P. E. Clraber. Newspapers Are Subject of Rotary Club Speaker's Talk The growing Importance of the newspaper in a community was emphasized by John H. Miller, editor-in-chief of the Associated Edi tors, a newspaper syndicate, In a short talk delivered at the Rotary club luncheon this noon. Mr. Miller stated that the news paper of today was becoming an Important factor in business be cause ot Its insistence on true tell ing In advertising and by also in getting away from the practice of suppression ot news with added realization that it was more or less of a public institution and its suc cess depended on the service it rendered the public. Hope of Clearing Rail Route Into Bend Abandoned Bend, Or., Nov. 30. Railroad officials here have virtually aban doned hope of clearing snow and ice from the rails in the Deschutes valley in time to resume the regu lar schedule before next week. Sub-Committee Has Naval Reduction Plan Ready For Delegates Washington, Nov. 30. (By As sociated Press.) The ::blg three" sub-committee of naval experts had concluded today consideration of facts and figures involved in the Amerlcn "0-5-3 ratio" pro posal and will refer the question back to the full committee ot ex perts for further action. No vote was taken in the sub-committee, and while the Japanese experts are understood to continue tbetr view that Japan is entitled to a higher fleet ratio, there was said to ! ive been no disagreement as to figures involved. It was pointed out that the ex perts were limited strictly to con sideration of the technical aspects of the American proposal. The action of the sub-committee to day, however, represents substan tially continued disagreement be tween American and Japanese ex perts as to the proper place ot Japan ln the limitation ratio pro posal. It has been stated that tbo ac tual decision of the conference on the fleet ratio question which la the basis ot the whole American proposal probably would be reach ed through Informal discussions between the individual delegates. Secretary Hughes is expected to announce later today that the na val experts had completed their work so far as the "5-5-3 ratio" was concerned and possibly to make public some of the figures involved as to existing naval strength ot Japan and the United States.