Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 24, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto A A M TT ciKCl'LATIOBT for 1920, 5250. w're- - iTY-THIBD YEAR-NO. 307 1BBJ WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Sunday occasional rain or snow. Moderate easterly winds. LOCAL: Rainfall .01, snowfall .10; max. S4. mln. 19. northerly winds, part cloudy, river 2.2 feet and falling. r A i o l L PROPOSE HIGHWAY REDUCED LAWS ARE TONNAGE ENACTED SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1921 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS fru ."-"1 U I c3 AMERICA PRESENTS SUBMARINE PROGRAM American rrosnuu (presented Disarma ment Conlerence Present Status Washington, Dec. 24. (By As- Related Press.) ah a"'"" uogram tor nnm""" j,iae tonnage was presented to- lW to the naval armament com- jttet on the live powers 01 me 'aitlngton conference. v f The American program proposes Blmarlne tonnage of 60,000 act lor Great Britain and the Wted : States and the existing onnage tor Japan, France and I Toe American proposal would lit the existing submarine ton Itsse ol the United States and loreat Britain about one-third each lud leave the other three powerB tin the present position, that Is, Irrance approximately 42,000 km; Japan, 32,000 tons; and lllalr about 22,000 tons. . j Tie British proposal tor the to Jal abolishment of submarines was iaid to have been placed on file Without definite action, the com llttee turning the discussion of pi American limitation plan. It pll meet again at 3:30 o'clock (Mi afternoon. -Refused by Italy. Italian arms conlerence delega te spokesmen express the belief flat Italy cannot possibly accept ae American proposal for limita iJ an of submarine tonnage as out dined at today's session of the f ul laval committee of the conference. I Pointing out that under the iroposal France would be allowed put 42,000 ton8 of submarines fi compared with Italy's 22,000 font, the Italians are of the opin io that should France agree to fte program, Italy must be accord- the same tonnage. I American delegates stated that i American submarine program fMd give to France and Italy Jtater submarine tonnage than Mi would be entitled to have un- jier the, battleship ratios, already i'sreea upon. Offer Generous. The offer on behalf of the Unl M States was said by American i:arce to be generous In view ol ? tact that It now has approxi ely 85,000 tons of submarines f H the plan would involve scrap pH more than 33 1-3 ner cent. I The British now have about 62,- P'W tons of R1J hm art n aa an A the African plan therefore would en- a substantial scrapping by Mt nation I The American program for sub files, it wa3 conceag, by Amer- t "legates, was considerably . " lnan 'he figures advanced ten f" "y France, which yester j.1' "uggested that 90,000 tons oe adequate for a first class r"i power. t " reception eiven tho impr. W prol was said to have r cnsiderate, but all of the w powers' spokesmen Indicated :ri?lre ,or further study aD" als- I - ui lne program. Broken Sword UnNew Dollars Legislature Puts Thru Governor's Program Between Tilts Over Fair Bill PH. Mh, ' Dec' 2- New silver ! SJ?lkta8 the firat chanse t-nr ,T !a 25 yea, ill not 'J. ii,-.?en sw"-d. Director of dn. er said today an '-at construction of the tea '"J ould start about De 4 desj. .v . . . '3 ord hutching a brok ;:iai . tJ been accepted, of "aid. in . . . rc , adTnt of a new era of 'aleo "y the ar Prior to adjournment last night the legislature had virtually en acted the highways protective program of Governor Olcott as submitted to the legislature by a special committee appointed by him prior to the session. This pro gram is comprised of three bills, one giving police regulatory power to the highway commis sion, another placing regulation of motor bus and transportation lines under the jurisdiction of the public service commission and a third regulating speed of trucks and weight of their loads. At ad journment last night the house had concurred In senate amend ments to the public service com mission regulatory measure - and today concurred on the senate amendments to the weight and speed bill. Four Amendments Four amendments were made to the service commission regula tory bill. One gives cities and towns the right to pass regulatory ordi nances. Another exempts neign borhood trucks, for example that of a farmer who hauls produce to market for other farmers, from application of the measue. A third provides that the commission may" instead of "shall" request truck operators and the lourtn removes the word "surety" from mention of bonds required and substitutes Instead the woras ''good and sufficient bonds." The three bills covering tne governor's road program were passed by the senate Friday ai ternoon between skirmishes over the gasoline tax for the support of the 1925 fair. House bill 21 placing commer cial motor vehicles under the jur isdiction of the public service com mission passed by a vote of 25 to Senator Moser led the attaca atralnRt this measure his vetoed senate bill 24 which was passed earlier ln the week covering in part the same points covered by the new bill. flnlv Three Oppose House bill 5, extending to the state highway commission concur rent police jurisdiction over iu th local police offi ils. was nassed by a vote of 26 to 3 with Senators Smith, Strayer and Thomas opposing the me ure. .. t00,!,o nf house bill 4 provld in nroner nrotectlon for roads and highways and more adequate enforcement of motor vemc. completed the road program which the legislators were asked . -.cio,. t the special session along with the financing of the iMfi-vvl A 'a fair. An amendment tacked onto house bill 23 by the senate and n,H In hv the house spw."- Ically exempts Irom the jurlsdic m tlix nubile service commis sion trucks engaged in hauling the produce of the owner of the truck. (Me And Peru Plan Arbitration Salem Growth In Man uf actu re S hown By Census Figures Among the four cities in Orecron for which' the United States census bureau has issued bulletins giving the results of the 1919-1914 census of manufactures, Salem, ranks as follows, as shown by figures just compiled for the Capital Journal: Average yearly wage or salary Third, with $1,195 in 1919, and $636 in 1914, pn Increase of 86.2 per cent. Persons engaged Third, with 1,341 in 1919, and 934 in 1914, ah increase of 43.6 percent. Capital employed Third, with $5,637,000 In 1919, and $2,365, 000 ln 1914,-an increase of 138.4 percent. Value of product Third, with $9,435,000 in 1919, and $2,864, 000 ln 1914, an increase of 231.5 percent. The detailed figures for the four leading cities in the state, ar ranged according to rank, are: Average wage or salary 1919 1 Astoria $ 1,612 2 Portland 1,520 3 Salem 1,195 4 Eugene - 991 State 1,451 Capital 1919 lPortland $106,365,000 2 Astoria ". 11,881,000 3 Salem 5,637,000 4 Eugene : 1,326,000 State 439,982,000 1914 $800 860 636 731 800 . il fBy As- Lima, reru, w - , ' D, related Press.)-A meeting of hila and Peru m arbitration of the TacBi dispute under the auof the states s""""";;; Pcru lT7 :eforrdelin"inofthe t.r. - which Pera cs.red .''.ration. United suggt 1919 31,469 1,641 1,341 649 ;;. ::. 68,004 Products lPortland - 196,380,000 Astoria - 13,399,000 Salem 9,435,000 Eugene 2,443,000 State - 366,783,000 Persons engaged 1 Portland 2 Astoria - , 3 Salem 4 Eugene State .. Inc. 105.0 76.7 86.3 35.4 81.4 Inc. 118.5 124.5 138.4 103.5 215.4 Inc. 118,8 19.8 43.8 101.6 81.8 252.6 122.1 231.5 201.5 234.2 DAY SPENT WRANGLING OYER FAIR Natives Raid British Officers, Gizeh, Egypt Cairo. Egypt, Dec. 24. Dlsor- der in connection with the Egyp nnnoiiat aeitation broke ,t tndav in Gizeh, a suburb of Cairo, when a party of students raided the government survej i- fices. British troops were ruaueu f-nm Cairo to cope with the situa tion The students were ultimate ly ejected. The losses were given in the early reports as five killed and twenty wounded. wmip the disorders w pro ceeding in Gizeh, Cairo itseii re ined quiet, and no aisimuauv. from the provinces were ...,.v. tho oicentlon of minor trou bles at Tanta, 50 miles northwest of Cairo. Aionilris. Egypt. Dec. 24. . .ito,l Press) More than 100 of the city's street lamps and . .hnn window, were smasneu tndav by small groups of demon- strants. Police forces and armoreo " I... .minpn auiet but Alexanmi "i, ,, with an undertone oi evident. Treaty Unites North And South Commercially Fourteen Killed Southern Storm Ttac 24. Fourteen "Tae reVod kUled and a "'" v. , fured in a tornado thai number injured and cer, a vutrtBc .tpp miles Little Rock railroad Bout fr0mhere . 'k,",ied d Si seven peisLua carrying Representative j jured. A sp digpatched! republican, of W Washington, Dec. 24. Ratifi cation by the Colombian congress of the treaty between that country and the United States brings a step nearer the close, of a series of diplomatic events which began In November, 1903, when the present republic of Panama revolted from olombia. The next step will be the exchange of ratifications', which under the treaty will occur at Bogota, the Columbian capital. When Panama revolted a smill American naval force, less than uO men, wag landed to protect Ameri cans, and ten days after the revo lution Panama was recognized ty the United States. Colombia pre sented the claim that the part thus played by the United States was In violation of the treaty of 1S48 between the United States and New Branada, to which Colombia succeeded. As a result of this claim the treaty with Colombia was negotiated. The treaty, which provides for the payment of $25,000,000 to Co lombia by the United States was ratified by the United States sen ate on April 20, of this year, and by the Colombian senate on Octo ber 13. Under Colombian gov ernmental procedure, It was neces sary to obtain ratification by the chamber of deputies as well as the senate. Ratification by that has been pending for some time and during debate considerable opposi tlon developed against the docu ment. Senate , Adjourns at Midnight After Lis tening All Day to Flow of Oratory Shortly after midnight the sen ate adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning after a day's deadlock over the exposition gasoline sales tax bill. Fifteen . senators fought with their backs to the wall for. the fair ail day. Fourteen senators op posed to the. fair desperately at tempting to break the strangle hold the majority of one has on the senate business and force the bills to final passage and defeat. The 15 on the other hand fought grimly to hold the situation ln check until the last effort had been made to gain an additional vote, and put th' bills over with Just TOteg enough and nothing to spare. The 15, controlling in every thing except a constitutional ma jority, have forced the road bills ahead of the fair measure, pausing between votes to recess and go gunning once more for the absent votei As the situation now stands the fair Is dead, so far ag the gaso line financing program is concern ed unless one vote can be won from the 14. .Lineup in Senate. The 16 . senators are: Banks, Ed dy, Edwards, Farrell, GUI, Hare, Joseph, Moser, Nickelson, Patter son, Porter, Ryan, Staples, Vinton and Norblad. The 14 are: Bell, Dennis, Eber- hard, Ellis, Hall, Jones, Lach mund, LaFoliette, Robertson Smith, Strayer, Thomas, Upton and President Ritner. The senate by a vote of 16 to 13 refused to indefinitely postpone the gasoline tax measure just be fore noon yesterday, and then, worn out by an afternon of ora tory and bitter fighting knocked oft to eat, after having set the hour of 8 as the starting time for the. final battle over the adoption of house ojlnt resolution No. 3 the major measure, which author izes the exposition and provides for its being financed by the tax on gasoline. While the senate stood 16 to 13 against Indefinite postponement the vote on the final adoption of the resolution, unless some one switches before that is taken, will be 15 for adoption and 14 against It, one less than the constitutional majority necessary to win. All Day Battle. The majority report recora mended that the resolution be adopted and was signed by five members of the committee, Hare Eddy, Patterson, Banks and Por ter. Porter all along had bee voting the other way ln commit tee sof ar as reporting the meas ure out wag concerned, though h had voted for the various amend ment,, as had all members of th committee. His switch on th Bill to Release Aliens at Ellis Youngstown, cet-en omei I"J".' .urses was d dOClOia tations m mu. Ohio, Dec. 24. Albert Johnson, epubllcan, of Washington, will Introduce a resolution wben the bouse reconvenes January 5 to make permanent the temporary 90 day release granted yesterday to 1100 aliens held at Ellis Island . vj p-itifies UOiOniUK i' became quotas for their cuontrles American XlV&hy Lnder the immigration law had 24. The treaty and Lniteo . . .. stifled by the Det-H Vew York,' Dec. between Colombia States d .-riinc to Americfn international corpora- tion. . list of ten VMS.r cone,. eaEs House, -Saritutions. been filed, according to a message received from Mr. Johnson by local newspaper today. Hardine' Xmaa Gift. Marion. Ohio, Dec. 24 Dr. George T. Harding, father of Prtrlent Harding today received a check for $100 from the White bis son a usual mri.-suna Igift (Continued on page two) Soviet to Turn Over Relief Fund London, Dec. 24. (By Assoc! ated Press) As a result of nego tiations here between representa lives of the American relief ad ministration and Leonid Krassln Russian soviet trade representa tive, the soviet government has agreed to turn over to the relle: organization $10,000,000 In gold to be used by the administrate for the purchase of foodstuffs an seed in America for relief In the Volga famine area. Folwell to Coach Hary. Annapolis. Md., Dec. ii. Th athletic committee of the naval academy has contracted with Bob Folwell to act as head coach of the academy football team for a period covering the two coming seaftous. Storm Takes Toll of 31 Lives, South New Orleans, La., Dec. 24. A storm which last night and early today swept both sides of the lower Mississip pi river took a toll of thirty one lives and Injured about seventy, according to reports reaching here. The storm first struck ln eastern Ar kansas and continuing south ward, passed through north west Mississippi and north east Louisiana, sweeping a number of plantations and small farming communities NAME MEN TO MANAGE EXPOSITION Main Amen dments Provide for Legisla ture to Choose Fair Directors LACKING MAJORITY SENATE RESORTS TO TECHNICALITY The state senate today voted 15 yes and 14 no to a resolu tion submitting to the people a constitutional amendment pro viding for the creation of a state commission to conduct the -proposed world's fair in Portland in 1925 and proposing a gasoline tax of three cents a gallon to raise $3,000,000 to aid in financnig the project. This measure had passed the house by a big majority. President Ritner of the senate announced the measure failed to receive a constitutional majority of sixteen and that the resolution had failed to pass. An appeal was taken from the ruling of the president and the president overruled by the same vote and the bill was declared passed and sent the house to concur in amendments. The house refused to concur and the bill was sent to confer ence. The supreme court will be called upon to determine the legality of the proceedure and it will not be submitted to the people unless the senate action is upheld The fair bill is really killed under rules under which the senate has acted the entire session, and there is little ques tion of the legality of the senate's proceedure in declaring the bill passed. ...'. Senator Moser appealed iromv, the decision of President Ritner The main amendments to the exposition resolution accepted last night Insert ln the resolution the names of the persons named for exposition commissioners in the three congressional districts and the proposed division of money lor county exhibits. These were ac tually written Into an amendment last night but were objected to by the senators opposing the measure who demanded that merely "John Doe' and "Richard Roe" names be Inserted for the present so more deliberation could be given to ac tual names desired. Fair Direotora Named. ' The members for the third dis trict, or Multnomah county, were selected In the Portland election and are J. A. Alnsworth, A. L. Mills, Juillus Meier, Emory Olm- stead and Edward Cooklngbam. Those proposed for the Becond congressional district, but which were removed for the time being were: Truman Butler, Hood .liv er; William Hanley, Burns; F. M. Miller, Lakevlew; C.-P. Hudson, Bend, and C. C. Clarke, Arlington. Those for the first district were: John K. Humphrey, Oregon City; C. C. Apperson-. McMinnvllle; 3. W. Hamilton, Roseburg; J. A. Thornberg, Forest Grove, and W. A. Taylor, Astoria. The amendment relating to di vision of money for county ex hibits provides that Multnomah county shall receive a flat sum of $30,000 out of a general fund of 10 per cent of the $3,000,000 state fund. Other countfes shall receive $5000 each and their pro-rata share of the residue, according to the number of autos In the coun ty. Twenty-nine New lawi. The work of tbe special session of the Oregon legislature np to 10 o'clock tbls morning bad resulted In tbe passage of eleven senate bills, two senate resolutions, two senate joint resolutions, one senate concurrent resolution, eighteen house hills, two house Joint reso lutions and two house memorials. When the question of legislat ing names Into the resolution came Senator Thomas of Jackson county insisted that f). E. Gates mayor of Medford, should be on tbe board but would not under take to say what name should be eliminated to give him a place. "The senate is going to beat this resolution," said Thomas, "and you are going to Initiate measure. Then you will need Charley Gates In southern Ore gon. I am Just offering you that as advice." declaring a legal question wa in volved because of circumstances under which the senate was oper sting. there being only 29 mem bers, due to the death of Senator Hume a tew months ago. na con- tended that the 15 favorable votes had nassed the measure. President Kitner explained that on the point at Issue he had on tained an opinion from Attorney rionaral Van Winkle. This was read, the attorney general holding that a majority vote of the nor mal SO members of the senate add not of the actual number of mem berg was necessary to pass a zneas- A decline of 17 per cent has been made in the production of cigar in the last nine months In the United States. Overrule Ritner. After President Ritner of the state senate had ruled that a reso lution submitting a constitutional amendment creating a slat com mlsison to manage the proposed 1925 Portland fair and providing a gasoline tax to aid In financing It had failed to pass on a vote oi 15 for and 14 against, the senate overrode Ritner's ruling by a vote of 15 to 14, and a motion that the resolution be transmitted to tho house with Us amendments was carried. ' Appeal to Supreme Court. No constitutional amendment proposing a tax levy of $3,00,000 by the state ot Oregon to aid in financing the proposed 1925 world's fair ln Portland will be placed before the voters ot tne state at the coming primary elec tion, unless the Btute supreme court refuses t0 sustain the ruling of President ltltner, of the state senate, that an affirmative vote of 15 members of the senate ou a bill or resolution before the senate is not sufficient to pass It. ln explaining his decision Presi dent Ritner said that he had been asked as to necessity of 16 votes to comprise a constitutional ma jority and that be had appealed to the attorney general for a decision on the point, and that the attor ney general bad ruled in accord ance with bis decision. Attorney General Bulea. Briefly, the opinion of the at torney general, wmcn was submit ted and writing and read to the members of the senate, was that, as tbe constitution requires that tbe senate be constituted of 30 members and that a majority ot tbe members la required to push any bill, that tbe constitutional majority of the senate is 16, and that any bill falling to receive 16 affirmative votes Is killed Tbe fair forces contended that as the death of Senator Wilson T. Hume had reduced the member- ahlp of the senate to 29 It required only 15 affirmative votes to con itltute a constitutional majority. Unusual Situation. The situation was oue of the most unusual ever seen ln the sen ate. With a working majority of 15 in its ranks the fair delegation could prevent defeat of the gaso line bill up to that point where some of Us members threatened to rehol and bolt for home. But It did not have a constitutional ma loritv. The oppostilon. with only but could defeut the bill at any time by keep Us ranks solid and withholding the one vote needed to constitute a constiutlonal ma jority, i It was a waiting game and the Dioe won. . ' Yes: Banks, Eddy, " Edwards. Farrell, Gill, Hare, Joseph, Mos er, Nlckelsen, Norblad, Patter son, Porter, Ryan. Stunles anil Vinton. No: Bell, Dennis. Eberhard V. lis, Hall, Jones, Lachmuud, L Follett, Robertson, Smith. Strav. er, Thomas, Upton and Ritner. fit the House -House bill 22, the gasoline ta bin which would make operative the provisions .of the constitution al amendment, was dealt with In the same manner as as H. J, R. Upon motion of the senate both these bills were returned to the house with the memorandum that they had been passed, the conten tion of the fair advocates. Tbl action was simply a preliminary step to prepare for the legal steps mat are to be taken to declare the bill legally passed. Tho house refused to concur ln the amendments attached to the fair bill by the senate and a com mittee consisting of Representa tives Overturf of Deschutes, Car ter of Jackson, McDonald of Mult nomah and Leonard of Multnomah was appointed to confer with a committee from the upper house regarding the disputed points. The objections of the house are based principally en the manner for the appointment of 15 exposi tion commissioners provided by the senate amendments. It Is ex pected that an asreoment will he reached in time to permit of ad journment of the session sine die this afternoon. Three Perish In Fire At Tonopah Tonopah, Nev., Doc. 24. Three men lost their lives and ten wure seriously injured ln a fire lust night which destroyed the ISut mont Mining company boarding house, known to mining men as the "big ship." Workmen are ex ploring tbe ruins to learn it others may have been killed. Mother Wants to Care For Child 14 members could not force a vote, adout the child. Charging that her former husi band is incapable of taking care of their child, Esther R. Barry, filed a motion for tbe modification of the divorce decree granted in 1919, and asking for the custody of her daughter, who is now in , charge of her father, William W, Barry. Mrs. Barry states that her hus band by his second wife is tha father of two children and that aa attempt is being made by His. Vada Brooks, sister of Carry, to