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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Tonight and Thurs
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easterly winds.
LOCAL: No rainfall, westerly
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river 3.8 teet and falling.
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jTYOUBTH YEAR NO. 27
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922
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SPECIAL
TREATIES
PASSED
Party Harmony
Great Blessing
For Huckestein
Limiting Use of
0" : i
Submannes ana u&
i. Warfare Given
Formal Approval
ff.,hi;ton. Feb. 1. iBy Asso
Med Press.) The fifth open
of the arms
jlUd to order jusi m".
dock today ror uib
1 the na'al limiiatlon treaty,
si the special treaties limiting
I,, uie of submarines and poison
. . . ... A
The exact moment 01 me upou
..nfthn session was 11.06 a. m.
firman Hughes began with the
solution adopted in me rui
Mem committee. He Drougnt,
, first the resolution or uecem-
rl2 (or withdrawal of foreign)
ustofflces from China.
"Open Door" Approved.
Without discussion the postof
Si resolution was adopted ana
le conference then went on to
ier Far Eastern resolutions.
In miick succession the two
tpen door resolutions and the two
solutions pledging against cus
iklnatory railroad practices in
Una were adopted without de-
Ma.
livery jseat in the hall was oc
ipled and many spectators stood,
'lie audience included cabinet ot
itis, supreme justices, members
M congress and other officials.
.The committee resolution pro
ving for withdrawal of foreign
nop! from China also was adopt-
i unanimously.
Chinese Tariff Passed TJj.
lir. Hughes then announced
.iat the Chinese tariff resolution
tould be passed over for the pres
ut because of special considera-
10ns affecting it. It would come
(lore the conference later, he
alii embodied in a customs trea-
The declaration of the powers
sting China to reduce her mili
ar forces and the resolution tor
Sibllcity of foreign commitments
J China followed the same rapid
athway to adoption.
The conference then adopted
ie Chinese radio resolution of De
ber 7, with the accompanying
Mirations of principles by the
Wrs and by China already
fade public.
Man Falls
25 Stories
To Street
New York; Feb. 1. Jones
Marsh Libby, editor and interna
tional authority on industrial mat
ters, plunged to his death this af
ternoon from a point high upon
the 25 story municipal building.
His body fell in the midst of lunch
hour pedestrians.
Says Soldiers
Were Killed
For Assault
Washington, Feb. 1.-
lle committpo
torses of illegal excutions in the
McAdoo Says
Federal Rail
Policy Rf gt
Washington, Feb. 1.-
Democratic Incumbent
Retained 15 Months
by Republicans Who
Can't Agree j
Postmasters may come and!
postmasters mav co. hut Anenst
Huckestein, democrat, is still on
the job at the old stand, function
ing satisfactorily as of old, despite
the fact that it is some fifteen
months since the republicans!
elected a president for no other!
purpose than to turn the rascals'
out and reward the faithful.
Mr. Huckestein's term expired!
last summer, some months after
numerous "plications had been
filed by i e ambitious to secure
his job. n rtly inspectors ap
is lalem, and after ex
rr. 'bes Into the records
5 '.s of the candidates,
" eport at the nation's
d still there has been
2 lent.
ement Rumored.
!rom Washington as
e reason for delay Is
Building Here
Shows 400 Per
Cent Increase
Wherein building actlvites
were concerned, the city of Sa
lem showed in January, 1922,
an Increase of approximately
400 per cent over that of Jan
uary, 1921. .
Thirty-five thousand two
hundred dollars was spent last
month while only $9100 was
expended during the same per
iod one year ago. These figures
were complied today by Maris.
Poulsen, deputy city recorder.
Only three new residences
were erected in January of last
year, while 11 new homes were
put under construction last
month. A total of 14 permits
were issued during January of
this year, as against six for the
same period In 1921. City of
ficials predict that this year
will find all local building rec
ords shattered.
44 MILLION
EXPENDED
FOR ROADS
Highway Commission
Report Shows Over
$18,000,000 Spent In
Year of 1921 '
Packing House
Workers Voting
On Strike Issue
peared i
haustive
and abi
filed the
capital,
no appol
Disk:
Rumor
-Measures' sert tha;
ARBUCKLE
EVIDENCE
ALL TAKEN
taken during federal control or
the railroads "call for no apolo
gies," William G. McAdoo, war
time director general of railroads,
declared today before the senate
Interstate commerce committee,
ana suueraeuis ul a.nv fpIenrt,v Th .i.n -rv.
in iub uu.i.
the fact that the various persons
and parties interested cannot
agree upon a choice. Postmaster
General Will Hayes Is reported to
have definitely promised the ap
pointment to a prominent local
politician with whom he is per-
ablest railroad men
States" were presented by him to
support his declaration.
These measures, Mr. McAdoo
quoted the railroad executives as
saying, "were caused by war con
ditions and the efficient operation
of the railroads in support of .the
government during the war Justi
fies every act of the administra
tion during that period"
Mr. McAdoo, who appeared at
the committee's Inquiry into re
cent railroad conditions, also
quoted the executives to the effect
that "It was impossible to avoid
the Increase of wages which were
granted, and those which are
pending are inherently a result of
the same causes."
The executives ascribed the
necessity for wage increases to
"war industries surrounding the
railroad on all sides paying war
prices for labor and depleting the
railroad supply of labor, particu
larly the supply of skilled labor."
Daughter Released
In Murder Trial
Mrs. Bertha Wilkes
Everett, Wash., Feb. 1. On
comnletion of the state's case
against Mrs. Bertha Wilkes and
her 15-year-old daughter, Treva
Pote, In superior court this morn
ing, atorney for the defense movea
), Hicmiasnl nf the daughter.
The sen- wm... - onmised of shooting
investigating and' kming Gus Danielson at her
in , 1 nome wovemoer o, su uu ut,
,,, R as tola t"day by William tw )g accused aB an accessory.
er of Dallas, Texas, that he Th(J defense argued that no evi
en two soldiers shot without1 dence had tended tc show guilt
'"""alities of a court-martial , on the part 0f the daughter. Judge
aur-inie m August, 191ti. Alston granted the motion
had rnmmlttpil
statutory crime against two aged
ck women, he said. The wlt-
i Wid the soldiers were shot,
"ought, by a group of ten or
!''e men , .v
. ; wuum yveio
' Captains "T .Li.i. n
''Won. "tw -
''diers group oi
Hcmit i 1 uamg common
believe I would have done
two men were intoxicated,
2, aSSMted' and before the
"wine tnnk i ...
j l "L-e were Deaten
'keaii lne solOiers. The
HW i a sobered them," Miller
ai. th admlted the accusa-
22 Marriai
wcenses Sold
During January
't taM iW marrage licenses
. li during the month of
'tierk T "iCe of the coun
;di, entire number was
"rjarT . 1 lnree weeas.
i ul Brooms applying
i5PPerniIlg- Reuben Da"a8
Z"1 a"d Bertha Kauf
Wjf ,,?"Terton. Ralph M. Lea-
"uard with Ethel MurIe,
htLla da M('KeJ cf Wooi-
K the three cj
uplea.
The defense then urged dismiss
al of the charges against Mrs,
Wilkes arguing that with the dis
missal of the daughter the jury
would be in doubt as to what part
each nlayed. Thereupon the court
ronorspd his dismissal of the girl
After a recess had been takenthe
defense renewed the motion for
Treva's dismissal and the court
announced that he would order a
directed verdict for her if no fur
ther testimony were Introduced
oitorlnir the situation
The morning the will of Gus
-!.. waa admitted as evi-
the protest of the de
fense. The will gives $1000 to
fnr her education and the
n Mrs. Wilkes. The es
tate is said to be worth about
$4000 Testimony of the execu
tor of the will indicated Mrs.
Wilkes knew of its contents after
it was drawn.
Four Auto Bandits
Rob Chicago Man
Chicago, Feb. l.-Four auto
mobile bandits early this morning
held up Joseph H. Sthwartz, a
station employe of the Pennsyl
vania railroad at Whiting Ind
t. silvering mail to the
as -lie " - , t ,,t
ice board, acting upon the report
of its inspectors and examiners is
reported to favor the appointment
of a different candidate and to
have refused to recommend Hayes'
friend. Senator "McNary, who or
dinarily would have the courtesy
of naming the postmaster In his
own home city is said to favor a
third candidate, while Congress
man Hawley, who also claims Sa
lem as his residence, is reported
to have recommended a fourth
person.
Confusion Reigns.
The postmaste general must
appoint, the civil service board
must approve, the senate must
confirm, and if Hayes choice is
spurned by the board, and the
board's choice spurned by the
postmaster general, and the sen
ate refuses to confirm either
choice, and both Hayes and the
board reject the senator's choice,
we have an interesting situation,
interesting at least for the incum
bent. The situation is still more com
plicated by the fact that Hayes
has resigned as postmaster gener
al and soon goes out of office, the
Prosecution Opens On
Final Argument In
Trial of Comedian
for Manslaughter
San" Francisco, Feb. 1. The
taking of testimony ended at
10:25 a. m.-today in the second
trial jt a manslaughter" charge
against Roscoe C. (Fatty) At-
buckle. A fifteen minute recess
was taken before finar argument
began.
Final arguments for the prose
cution were opened by Milton T.
U 'Ren, assistant district attorney.
Each side has four hours to argue.
The defense said it did not expect
to take more than two hours.
" COUNTRY STORE" MAGNATE
OFFERS "FATTY" CONTRACT
If "Fatty" Arbuckle is acquit
ted by the San Francisco jury
that Is hearing evidence on
charges of manslaughter filed
against him, he can have a job en
tertaining the people of Oregon at
$2,500 a week, says the Oregon
Journal.
Arbuckle, in fact, has actually
been offered a contract to work in
senate and the civil service board Oregon and the Northwest by Ed
are at logger-heads, and all the dje' LaMontagne, owner of ' the
The tremendous growth of the
good roads movement In Oregon is
shown In the annual report of the
state highway department which
was filed with Governor Olcott
Tuesday. In summarizing expen
ditures for road work in this state
under the supervision of the state
commission the report shows total
expenditures since 1913 aggregat
ing $44,149,673.09.
, Oregon's start In road develop
ment was made in 1913-14 with
an expenditure of $1,200:686.09
of which amount $1,00,000 was
county money and the balance
state money. In 1915 road expen
ditures were limited to $574,-
977.45 and in 1916 expenditures
for road improvements Blumped
still more to a total of only $296,
028.86. From that year, however,
expenditures hav saown a steady
gain, reaching the tremendous
sum of $18,245,821.37 In 1A21.
In the four year period 1913
1916 road improvement work done
under the supervision of the com
mission was limited to 7.3 miles of
bituminous pavement, 14.3 miles
of concrete pavement, 19.8 miles
of broken Btone or gravel surfac
ing, and 160.2 miles of grading,
In the year 1921 alone road
work completed under the super
vision of the commission Included
125 miles of bituminous pave
ment, 61 miles of concrete pave
ment 433.9 miles of broken stone
. 1 .if. T
or gravel surracing anu hj.i
miles of grading.
Up to the end of the fiscal year,
November 30, 1921, road work
completed in this state under the
supervision of the commission In
clude 489.8 miles of bituminous
pavement, 105 miles of concrete
pavement, 914.9 miles of broke
stone or gravel surfacing and
1422.9 miles of grading.
Of the $44,149,673.09 expended
on the road of this state by the
state highway department $36,
195,034.08 have been state funds,
$4,887,763.65 county funds, $3,
502,835.58 government funds and
$64,039.78 railroad funds.
Chicago, Feo. 1. Packing
house workers throughout the
country are voting today on. the
question of calling off their strike
which started In fourteen packing
centers December 5, 1921. Inter
national headquarters of the un
ion here last night telegraphed all
locals recommending the strike be
called off and that the striken
seek their old positions.
The strike affected plants In
Chicago, St. Paul, Albert Lea,
Minn., Kansas City, Omaha, East
St. Louis, Fort Worth, Oklahoma
City, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Den
ver, Wichita and Nebraska City.
CARFARE
RISE NOW
SEEN HERE
FORMAL ASSENT TO
NAVY LIMITATION
PLAN GIVEN BY ALL
Applause Greets Announcement by Hughes
That Battleship Oregon Will Be Refined
for Sentimental Reasons for Non-Combatant
and Purposes Under Scrapping Rule
latter's appointments being held-
up, while numerous protests
against some recent postmaster
appointments in this section have
stirred up a mess that is doing the
party no good.
Meanwhile August "sits tight'
and views the situation with phil
osophic complacency hoping that
the grand old party harmony con
tinues. Street Car Fares
In Astoria Raised
Patrons of the Astoria street
railway system will pay seven
cents a ride on and after Monday
next. An order or the public serv
ice commission withdraws the sus
pension which the commission or
dered shortly after the filing of
the new tariff by the Pacific Pow
er & Light company last May and
permits the tariff to become ef
fective. This action of the com
mission is based upon their find-
i.., after a thorough investiga
tion of the street railway situa
Hnn nt Astoria.
The new tariff which increases
the cash fare from five to seven
cents also increases the 50-tickel
books from $2.25 to $3 and the
40-ride students ticaeis wum
$1.25 to $1-75.
Strike Called On
German Railways
Berlin, Feb. 1. (By Associated
press.) The executive commit
tee of the railway men's union has
decided to proclaim a general rail
way strike at midnight tonight
The government today issued a
warning to the railway men de
claring the strike moye illegal
and announcing a penalty of im
i.m.nt or a fine to a maxi-
Whiting post oince ' o B0,000 marks ror inoi
from his push cart one pouch of ,mum t work or incit-
-i.o mil and six tie sacks .viauai f.i.
conr parcel post and paper. ing otners to -
Country Store" attractions.
which have successfully been play
ing the smaller cities of the state
for several months.
In a wire to the rotund comed
ian Monday La Montagne pro
claimed his anticipation of Ar
buckle's acquittal and asked his
prompt Consideration of a contract
to come to the Northwest.
"I really believe Arbuckle will
be acquitted," La Montagne said.
"and If he Is he will be a great
drawing card. So good a drawing
card, in fact, that I will send him
a contract for $2,500 a week as
soon as he Is freed."
Salem Student
Initiated Into
Aggie Fraternity
Oregon Agricultural College,
Corvaliis, Feb. 1. ; (Special)
Roland V. Hogg of Salem has
just been initiated into Alpha
Zeta, national honorary fraterni
ty in agriculture, at the Oregon
Agricultural college. New mem
bers are chosen on the basis of
scholarship, character and lead
ership, the purpose of the frater
nity being leadership In the fur
therance of scientific agriculture.
Other men initiated at the same
time were, Ernest V. Abbott, Ash
land; Bert G. Babb, Eugene; Por
ter A. Brimmer, Rialto. Cal; Law
rence isrown, Troy; warren
Daigh, Ontario, Cal; Ferris Green,
Phoenix, Ariz; John Burtner, Du
fur; Floyd M. Edwards, Monroe;
Fred Osborn, Corvaliis; Charfes
Storz, Portland.
Preachers Won
" War, Welfare '
Worker Holds
Influence extended by the
church to the community was dis
cussed by W. H. Johnson, presi
dent of the Presbyterian Moral
and Temperance Welfare associa
tion, for Rotary club members at,
their luncheon in the Commercial
club this noon.
"The time Is coming when
banks will refuse credit to the
man who buys liquor from a boot
legger," said Mr. Johnson In
speaking of prohibition. "By
breaking the eighteenth amend
ment the whole constitution Is
trampled under foot."
During the war thf influence of
the church was brought to bear at
the request of the government andV,
men were enlisted in the services
of their country because of the
oratory which thundered from
pulpits. -
In the sale of the liberty bonds,
said Mr. Johnson, the preachers
-nA tha nrnvlnrpR of the banks
vuicivu . " - y
on ,1 war A leaders In promoting thi
sale of government securities.
Hoover recognized in the pulpit
a means by which he could instill
into the minds of the American
public the idea of food conserva
tion. The preachers took up the
cause, and food was conserved. ,
By no means could the war have
been .won without the aid of the
pulpit, the speaker intimated.
"Business depression follows
moral depression," said Mr. John
son. "When people lose Interest j
In the church, business is bad
Woman Is Acquitted
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 1.
Mrs. Bernice Vallance, slayer of
her former fiance, Floyd Barn am,
at Memphis, Texas, last year, wag
acquitted by a Jury at Memphis
late yesterday.
Jury Finds Murphy
, Quilty; Fined $25
F. T. Murphy, a driver for the
Great Northern Transfer com
pany, was sentenced to pay a fine
of $25 and Costs by Judge G. E.
Knruh yesterday afternoon. Mur
phy was found guilty of speeding
by a jury In the Justice court.
Dave Brown, state traffic of
ficer, arrested Murphy several
days ago. Arraigned, be entered
a plea of not guilty.
Company Is In Grave
Need; Probers Find;
Removal of Certain
Lines, Possible
Despite the fact that the Ore
gon public service commission re
cently denied the Southern Pa
cific company a proposed rise In
fares on its street car lines in Sa
lem, it will be necessary for the
city council to grant the street
car lines some relief In the near
future, according to members of a
special council committee, recent
ly named by Mayor Halvorsen, to
make an investigation of the fi
nancial condition of the company.
What form the relief will take,
committeemen do not venture to
say. The company may be granted
a six cent fare. It may be permit
ted to remove its track on Sum
mer street, or the north Seven
teenth line may be dispensed with.
It Is understood that the prob
ing committee will mKe no defi
nite recommendations to the al
dermen at their meeting next
Monday night, but at the same
time the investigators are thor
oughly convinced that the street
car company cannot continue to
operate on its present basis,
loses $5000 Yearly
Figures on the books of the
Southern Pacific company, which,
for the first time since the fare
controversy arose, were last week
opened to city officials, show that
the local lines have lost approxi
mately $20,000 In the last four
years an average of $5000 each
12 months. It may be said, how
ever, that the company went "in
the red" to a lesser extent last
year than it did during the three
years preceding.
No formal request that the com
pany be permitted to take up Its
Summer street and North Seven
teenth lines has been made by T.
L. Billingsley, local manager, but
It is understood that the company
feels t's would be one means of
solving the problem. That a
problem does exist, that the
street car company cannot go on
in the future as it has in the past
is freely conceded by members of
the council committee.
Solutions Are Lacking
A rise of one cent in car fare, It
is said, would mean an additional
revenue to the company of $18,
000 annually. This estimate Is
made with due consideration of
the fact that a certain per cent of
the street car patrons would re
fuse to ride If the fare were raided
"The street car company has
submitted no proposals to us In
writing," one member of the
committee said this afternoon,
"and consequently it is probable
that we will make no recommen
dations at the next council meet
ing. The problem is one for the
council to take up as a unit."
Relief Held Necessary
Members of the committee, some
of whom had vigorously opposed
the proposed fare rise when It
was' considered by the public
service commission, admitted to
day that the city could not ex
pect the company to continue re
I pairs on its lines when It is stead
lly losing money.
The $20,000 loss experienced
by the company during the last
four years does not Include inter
est on its heavy investment, com
mittee members said.
Members of the committee are
Dr. F. L. Utter, chairman; Hal
Patton, John Giesy, A. F. Marcus,
A. H. Suter and City Attorney
Ray Smith.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 1. Formal assent of the five powers to
the naval limitations treaty was given at the plenary session
of the Washington conference today.
The action was taken after presentation of the treaty by
Chairman Hughes land his brief discussion, followed by an
address by M. Saraut of the French delegation, expressing
the adherence of France. The separate treaty regarding sub
marines and poison gas was then presented by Elihu Root.
On a roll call of the five delegations, the submarine treaty
formerly was approved.
The session adjourned at 2 :36 p. ,ja. to meet again at the
call of the chairman.
- - The naval treaty was not read,
but Secretary Hughes outlined its
Treaty Text
Washington, Feb. 1. The draft;
treaty for limitation of naval arm
ament submitted today to the
plenary session of the Washington
conference contains only the fol
lowing preamble in explanation of
the purpose of the five contract
ing governments in reaching the
agreements set forth:
"Desiring to contribute to the
maintenance of the general peace
and to relieve the burdens of com
petition in armament;
"Have resolved, with a view to
accomplishing these purposes to
concldde a treaty to limit their re
spectlve naval armament, and to
that end have appointed as their
plenipotentiaries
(The names of the delegates of
the powers follow.)
Three Chapters.
The treaty is divided into three
chapters. Chapter one contains
the general language of the agree-
atricles.
Chapter two cqntains the do-
tailed, specific agrements on naval
maters, many of them in compli
cated tabular form, which ampli
fy and complete the meaning of
the general agreements of chapter
one.
Chapter three Is devoted
to
(Continued on Page Two.)
Stronger Railway
Crossing Barners
Needed Is Claim
The need of a more substantial
type of crossing barrier, especially
at grade crossings subjected to
heavy traffic, is called to atten
tion of the Southern Pacific rail
road company by Fred G. Buchtel,
nubile service commissioner, in a
letter to E. L. King of Portland,
superintendent of the Oregon di
vision of the road. '
Buchtel calls peclal attention
tn th East Morrison street and
Hawthorne avenue crossings at
which points the present wooden
barriers are frequently wrecked
by automobile drivers and sug
gests that the railroad give con
sideration to a type of barrier so
constructed as to withstand the
Impact of a moving automobile
and at the same time function as
a mechanical means of stopping
the same.
terms and declared that so far as
capital ships are concerned "the
integrity of the plan proposed on
behalf of the American govern
ment has been maintained."
Descrtpton of the terms of the
naval limitation treaty, which
will be found in another column,
outlines the results agreed upon
between the Big Five, following
the dramatic announcement of the
American proposals by Secretary
Hughes at the opening session of
the conference on November 12.
Just before the presentation of
the naval treaty and after the
resolution affecting China had
been quickly adopted without dis
sent, th Shantung agreement
was announced and described with
satisfaction by the representatives
of China and Japan.
British Spring Surprise
Arthur J. Balfour, heading the
British delegation, described It as
"the crowning work of Secretary
Hughes and the representatives of
China and Japan" and then threw
In another surprise by the flat
announcement that Great Britain
would hand back to China her
lease on Wei Hai Wei.
There was a ripple of applause
when Mr. Hughes announced that
the old battleship Oregon would
be retained for non-combatant
purposes because the state of Ore
gon wanted to keep it for histor
ical and sentimental reasons.
Touching on the system of act
ual scrapping of capital ships,
Mr. Hughes said:
"I might call this the denatur
ing of capital ships.'" The phrase
was greeted with laughter.
One lighted gas Jet consumes
as much air as four adults.
McNary To Head
Agricultural
Committee Now
Washington, I). C, Feb. 1. By
the retirement of Senator Kenyon
of Iowa from the senate to become
a federal Judge, Charles L. Mc
Nary, senator of Oregon, moves up
to ranking place on the senate
agricultural committee. If the
senate passes the proposed meas
ure for the enlarged budget or ap
propriations committee, Senator
McNary will be one of the agri
cultural subcommittee of the big
ger committee.
Senator McNary has long per
formed the duties of ranking mem
ber of the senate agriculture com
mute, presiding in the absence of
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, the
chairman, because Senator Ken
yon found much of his time ab
sorbed as chairman of the com
mittee on education and labor.
President of
Fiume Target
of Assassins
Flume, Feb. 1. (By Associated
Press) An attempt was made on
the life of President Zanella of
the Independent state of Flume
when a bomb was thrown at his
automobile. The president was
not injured.
Professor Rlccardo Zanella was
one of the leading opponent! of
Gabriel D'AnnunzIo while the lat-
tor was In Fiume. He occupied the
Fiume city hall by a coup d'etat
lata year and was elected presi
dent of the Independent state by
the constituent assembly on Oc
tober 6.
Kay Undergoes
Operation; Is
Doing Nicely,
The condition of T. B. Kay, Sa
lem manufacturer and representa
tive In the lower house of the leg
islature, who underwent an oper
ation for hernia yesterday at the
Salem hospital. Is reported to be
good, and the patient Is recover
ing nicely. There is nothing nn
UBual concerning his condition,
hospital officials stated.
Efforts are being made by the
American Legion to secure Fort
Stevens as a location for a voca
tion and rehabilitation school for
ex-service men.