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API) r IS2i A TT 1 CIRCUIiATION THE WEATttKR . OREGON: Tonight and Thur. day fair; moderate easterly winds. : No rainfall; northerly winds; cloudy; max. 84, mln. 39; river t.S feet and falling. Average for March 570S. Member Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. ' . Mm m it i r ii Til FORTY-FOURTH -YEARNO. 93. FEDERAL FUND FIGHTASKED High Waters Threaten to Break Levees, Sweep Into Areas Reclaimed From Rivers. Meredosia, 111., April 19. (By Associated Press.) The levee of the Meredosia lake drainage dis trlct broke this afternoon, flood ing 8,000 acres of wheat lands and tk vinmfis of more than 50 mo " AH residents of the district with their livestock are said to have escaped before the levee Drone. Little Rock, Ark., April J9. An urgent appeal to me ieaerai rnvernment for an emergency ap propriation to be used In the ftirhtlne of flood waters of the Mississippi river in Arkansas was telegraphed to Washington today by Governor McRae. Levees Threatened Meredosia, 111., April 19. By Associated Press.) Swept by a high gale from the west, leves on both sides of the Illinois river at thjs point were threatened -with destruction this morning. Families have withdrawn from the McGee creek drainage district which covers territory ten miles along the west bank of the river, and all but a few families have fled from the Meredosia lake drainage district on the east bank. The protecting levees are among the largest along the entire river. Relief Is Bushed Cairo, 111., April 19. The iteamer Three States leaves here today for the Dog Tooth Bend, dis trict between Cairo and Fayvllle, 111., to administer aid to 160 negro families who are reported ma- rooned by flood waters of the Mississippi river. Relief invest! gators declared that several tarn Hies are in a famished condition. Food, tents and medical supplies lave been loaded on the steamer. The most seriously 111 refugees will be brought to Cairo after the marooned families have been moved to higher ground and sup plied with provisions and shelter. BORAH TO INVESTIGATE SEMENOFF CASE CLOSELY Washington, April 19. Senator Borah of Idaho, in charge of the investigation of General Semen off. Russian leader left today for New York on personal business, hut said that during his trip he expected to confer with a few persons on the Semenoff case. Senator Borah said he expect ed to secure Information regard ing the status of Boris Bakhme teff, Russian Ambassador,, who protested to the state department gainst a subpoena by the sena tor's committee, and -who Secre tary Hughes informed the senate Vftfl immune -i xi- uuuer uipiomauc cus tom. MAN, 92, DOCTORS FOR MUMPS; GETS NEW TEETH Elyrla, Ohio, ' April 1 9. John Brlnker, veteran of the Civil war nd 92 years of age, began doctor ing himself for the mumps the other day, when his law began to well. The usual remedies, how ler, brought no relief, and an ex amlnaHnn . w ujutiueeu mat me rci- ran was cutting his third set of teeth. Brlnker has used "store" teeth 'or forty yearg. ... 'TneT gave me good service un "1 a few weeks ago," the veteran aid. "Then my gums became ore. and the teeth Just seemed to "id around, so I took them out nl doctored myself for" the -""ips. But the more I doctored tbe more my gums swelled.' When his new teeth all arrive, B"nker says he will have a grand "lebratlon and test out the molars ' the most approved way. ASK AMERICA TO TAKE PARTINCONFEREHCE 'na. April 19. (By Aesoci- ? Press.) The American fed 'rl reserve bank will be asked to Mrtlclpate in the financial confer ee t0 be called shortly by the European banks of Issue for the Urpo6e of discussing plans for the .fSulation "t currency. Sir Robert "ne. British chancellor of the CU, said today. He express- belief that the American n would consent to take part. worm Girl, Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Real Musician Olathe, Kan., April 19. A piano recital by one who has been deaf, blind and dumb train birth, was given the public here last night by Miss Helen May Martin. She had been called the second Helen Keller, bitt hag mastered something that' Miss Keller had been unable to attain art In music. Last night was her first appearance in a musical recital. F i TO SPLIT PARLEY Genoa, April 19. (By Associ ated Press.) The expected Gerr man demand for discussion of her case before a plenary session of the conference will prove, a "mor tal blow" to t" "inference, it is declared In a O .u . .,. issued here to ? lealing with the R-usso-Germai 3 ity and the at titude of the' ai Mu considering Germany elii S ed from further discussions I a e Russian ques tlon. I Si The cornp .ue says that for the first tin w ? ice the signing of the treaty j f sallies the world sees the na w al the representa tives of ninety Arers making up an entente affixed to a document which protests German conduct. Trje communique insists that the dragging of the controversy into the full session of the con ference would bring about a sit uation which Europe wishes to avoid, namely, the lining up of new political groups, one against the other. It refers to the sign ing of the Russo-German treaty as "a manifestation of the Bis marcklan spirit which caused the entente bloc immediately to af firm Its unity." ; Paris, April 19. (By Associ ated Press.) The possibility of an extraordinary session of the French, chamber of deputies to consider tbe situation created by the Genoa conference develop ments was being freely discussed in political circles here today. Petitions for such a session were being circulated among the deputies. Andre Tardieu today served of ficial notice upon Premier Poin care that he would present an in terpellation in the chamber as soon as It reconvened upon "the measures the government Intends to take In the face of the menace to France as constituted by the German-Russian treaty." NAVY REDUCTION PLAN IS TERMED DANGEROUS Washington. April 19. Declar ing that the house reduction "in the army appropriation bill Is the "first step toward undermin ing our splendid military policy," the American Legion, through Hanford MacNider. its national commander, formally put before the senate appropriations com-, mittee today an appeal for an ar my of 150,000 men. The house plan for an army of 15.000 men together with the cut in other appropriations, means the upsetting of the army reorganiza tion act so that the country again will be left without an adequate preparedness program, the legion head declared. "We insist-that appropriations rieauate for a continuation of tbe development of the army of the United States shall be made," said Mr. MacNider. "It must continue on a sound and efficient basis." ROBBERS TAKE SECOND HONORS IN GUN DUEL Rnnners Ferry. Idaho, April 19. In a gun fight between Charles and Emil Lundin and three burg lars at their store at Naples, 7 miles south of here early today Joe Stevens, one of the latter, was shot through the left leg and the stomach, according to the state ment of the Lundin brothers to the authorities heTe. They brought Stevens to a hos pital here, where It was said he probably will recover. Three pack sacks full of plunder from the store were recovered. The other two men escaped. SUGAR PRICECUT 10 CENTS San Francisco, April 19. The California-Hawaiian Sugar Refin ery today announced a reduction of 10 cents per hundred pounds on refined eane sugar. The new price is fa. SO. mm GERMAN STAND INJUNCTION ON TO BE ILLEGAL Supreme Court Asked to Vacate or Modify De cree; Misuse of Jury Processes Charged. Washington, April 19. (By Associated Press.) Attacking the government's recent injunc tion against the great meat pack ers as "a highly disastrous eco nomic mistake and wholly un founded in law and fact," the Cal ifornia Cooperative Canneries of San Francisco today asked the district supreme court to vacate the decree or radically modify it Sensational charges that far mer Attorney General Palmer mis used grand jury processes to ob tain Information for use in get- "ting the Injunction and was Influ enced by the National Wholesale Grocers association and the South ern Wholesale Grocers association to obtain it and thereby placed a monopoly of foodstuffs in their hands, are made in the petition. By eliminating the packers as distributors of groceries, fruits and other foodstuffs, the petition says, the grocers were enabled to place "retailers and consumers at their mercy and thus arbitrarily and artificially keep up the price of food. Meanwhile, the petition alleges, the grocers have carried on "boycotts,, reprisals and threats of coercion against any who sought to have the injunction dis missed or modified." CASE SELECTED Los Angeles, Cal., April 19. Four weeks of effort to secure a jury to try Arthur Burch, charged with the murder here last August of J. Belton Kennedy, resulted in success early today, when four women and eight men In the jury box were accepted by both defense and prosecution, although the de fense had two peremptory chal lenges remaining and the state had one. The attorneys then took up the selection of an alternate juror to sit through the trial and to serve if any juror should be disqualified by illness or otherwise. It was stated that the attorneys expected to complete selection of the alternate juror today and the introduction of evidence would start tomorrow. RADIO USED TO BEAT BOOKMAKER ON RACES London, April 19. The first race course swindle by wireless telegraphy, In which two Ameri can citizens are concerned, has been discovered by the Vienna po lice. The Americans, one a wireless operator, backed horses heavily in the Paris races about ten minutes after each race was run. A Vien nese bookmaker accepted the bets. believing that communication be tween Vienna and Paris was im possible except by telegraphing, which takes at least four hours. After the bookmaker had paid out large sums several times he became suspicious and informed the police. Both swindlers were arrested and admitted the fraud. FLOOD SITUATION IN ARKANSAS CRITICAL Little Rock, Ark., April 19. Reports from -Arkansas City, where 1000 men have been work ing day and night to prevent a major break in tbe river levees, ,foMar(i the situation there was still critical. Additional forces are being recruited in southern Ar kansas and northern Louisiana to meet the increasing gravity of the situation. A break at Arkansas City, of fiVIala noint out. would flood thousands of square miles of rich farming land in southeastern Ar kansas and northeastern Louisi ana, including many towns of im portance. Trains Crash: Two Killed. Pratt, Kan., April 19. Engl nera Charles Widaman and G. P. Frick, both of this etiy, were kill ed whn Rock Islaad passenger trains number 311 and 342 col lided at Plains, Meade county, 100 miles west of here early today. JURY N BURCH SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922. Protest Over Fine Don't Go; Words Costly Los Angeles, Cal., April 19. A dollar a minute is the fine which Judge Charles S. Burnell of the superior court usually - Imposes upon all persons jyho are late in his tribunal. . ' . - He offered bargain rates to Mor ris Sofsky, who was to appear against a man charged with bur glary, and was 45 minutes late. "I'll let you off easy," said the court, "and fine you only J 2 5." . "But, Mr. Judge " began Sofsky. "I'll make that fine $30," Inter rupted the court. "Oh, but Mr. Judge " again protested Sofsky. "I make it $35," again inter rupted the judge. . ' -, Sofsky saw the point. He ceased protesting and paid. SEATTLE VOTE IS E; Seattle, Wash., April 19. An official re-check will be had Fri day to determine whether Dr. B. J. Brown, dentist, or Walter S. Meier, present corporation coun sel, was nominated In yesterday's primary election to oppose Daniel Landon, state senator, for election as mayor of Seattle in the muni cipal election May 2. On the face of final unofficial returns, Lan don was nominated by a substan tial plurality, but the discovery of errors in figures announced last night had put Brown's lead over Meier to 66 votes this morning. The unofficial count, completed this morning, gave Landon 17,734 votes, Brown 16,009 and Meier 15,953. ' There were seven candidates In the field. Mrs. Henry Landes, club wom an, candidate for one of the six nominations to fill three seats In the city council, sprung the sur prise of the election, polling more than twice as many votes as her nearest competitor. Mrs. Kather ine Miracle also was nominated, standing fourth among the 21 as pirants. Others nominated to the coun cil were E. L. Blaine, real estate dealer; E. B. Cox, banker; T. H. Bollon, former councilman, and William H. Moore, a member of the present council. A. T. Drake, a candidate for re-election, was defeated. R. H. Thompson, whose term on the council expires in May, was not aocandidate for re election. . - ;"; AMERICAN DELEGATE TO DAIRY CONGRESS NAMED Washington, April 19. H. B. VanNorman, president of the World's Dairy Congress assocla tlon, has been appointed commis sioner of agriculture and delegate of the United States to the gen eral assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture, which is to be held from May 8 to May 18 in Rome, Italy. The World's Dairy Congress will be the first international meeting of its kind to be held in the United States and of broader scope than any previous assembly. It was provided for by the federal agriculture act, approved March 3, 1921, which authorized the president to Invite foreign govern ments to send representatives. JUDGE MAKES HIS WIFE SERVE AS JURYMAN Cleveland, O., April 19. Judge Frederick P. Walther, presiding in common pleas court, was exam- ing Jurors. A woman summoned for Jury service pleaded: "Can't you let me off, Judge? You know I have a lot to do.' "That has nothing to do with it, madam," the Judge responded. If I have my way about it you'll put In a week on the civil side and then round out with a week on the criminal side." The Juror meekly accepted her fate. She was Mrs. Frederick P. Walther, wife of the presiding Judge. Trade Caravan Moves Walla Walla, Wash.. April 19. -More than 100 business men ac companied by a brass band left Walla Walla this morning in an automobile caravan Tor a trade trip to Pasco and Kennewick. Business men of these two towns will be their guests at a luncheon and dinner today. Tbe party ex pects to return tonight. CLOS BALLOTS TO BE RE E KED IS GENOA BELIEF Removal of Germans from Russian Commission of Session Eases Critical Situation. Geona, April 19. (By Asso ciated Press.) The Genoa confer ence apparently has been saved. For the last two days it has been tottering on the edge of collapse, due to Indignation of some of the more Important leaders over the action of the Germans and Rus sians In secretly concluding a treaty covering the principal and most delicate points under con sideration by the conferees. Now, however, the delegates are to go forward with their work, hut the Germans are barred from participating In all deliberations concerning the question. The penalty was laid down in a note of censure to the Berlin delegation yesterday after; consideration of the situation by representatives of the five inviting powers and In the little entente. : Germans May leave Whether Germany will continue at the conference is problematic. but her delegates are drafting a reply to the note of censure, and it is thought that while protesting their debarment from the commis sion dealing with Russian affairs, they will remain. Their reply Is expected to make the point that only the full confer ence has power to bar them, and In this they are supported by the neutral nations, headed by Den mark whose delegates already have protested to the conference leaders. That conference delegates were (Continued or page ten) L London, April 19. America's proposed shipping subsidy Is caus ing no little worry in British ship ping circles. Guarded comment on the pro posed subsidy, declaring it to be a mistaken policy, has been made in several of the London newspa pers, but It remained for the Sat urday Review, owned by Sir Ed ward Mackay Edgar, to come out with a bitter attack upon the pro posed subsidy. Sir Edward is con cerned with large British shipping interests.. ' "Now perhaps the eyes of the blind will be opened to the real attitude of America With regard ta this country," said the Satur day Review. "Our readers will re member that we gave the first news some weeks ago of a propos ed subsidy for American shipping, but we refrained from comment until the rumor should have been confirmed. Now the confirmation has come, and it is worse even than we expected. President Hard ing has not been long in deter mining what America is to do with the money to be saved on her navy. Shipping and ship build ing ire to be subsidized to the tune of some 32,000,000 annually-" SAYS CHURCH MEMBERS FROZEN J1VER AT MOUTH Tacoma, Wash., April 19. "The trouble with church mem- berg today is that they are like the rivers of the Far North, frozen over at the mouth," Rev. Paris E. Wells, D. D., of Minneapolis, de clared here today, addressing tbe 66th semi-annual session of tbe presbytery of lympia. Arguing for the need of evan gelism. Rev. Mr. Wells declared be had noticed "more men and women, in churches going to the devil In the east than ever before." "There is more rottenness in the high schools than in any place else where people gather," be said. "There is time for everything in the rckools today except God Al mighty." Lisle Bank Goes Broke. Springfield. 111., April 19. The AGAIN SAFE ItsElan "Lisle Bank" is broke. , Cause: Robbery and negligence of the guardian of the "safe." "Judge, he just cut my stock ing and took $70 right out while I was asleep," Louise Thomas charged, pointing an accusing finger at W. L. Griffith. The prisoner was Jailed, charged with grand larceny. ; Mental Diseases Are Study of 60 Doctors At Clinic Held Here McNary Seeks To Have Shipbuilders Repaid Washington, . April 19. Re imbursement of shipyard build ers who suffered from, abandon ment of the government's wood en ship program was proposed In a bill introduced today by Senator McNary, republican, Oregon. TREATY EFFECTS Paris, April 19. (By Associ ated Press.) The reparation com mission is to be asked to consider whether the Russo-German treaty signed at Rapallo on Sunday vio lates the treaty of Versailles In respect to the German owned property In Russia. This proper ty, under the Versailles pact, is pledged to the commission for pay ment pf reparations. The French government Vill await the action of the commis sion before taking up the question officially with theNallles. It 1b held, however, in official circles here, that there is a distinct vio lation of the Versailles treaty in the Rapallo agreement and it is declared that whatever action the Genoa conference may take, the allied powers cannot tolerate the pact. The recourse of the allies against the pact is the same as that against other violations of the peace treaty and the present case Is regarded only as adding one more to the other causes of action on the German question which the allies will take up im mediately after the Genoa confer ence. . . Premier Poincare is reported to have taken tbe initiative in an Invitation to the allied govern ments to consult, with a view to meeting a Joint protest to Ger many against tbe Rapallo treaty. ANNUAL COED CARNIVAL SLATED FOR SATURDAY Girls of the Wlllamete univer sity will hold a carnival Saturday night in Waller hall. Each class of the university, each sorority and Lausanne ball will compete with original group stunts. A silver cup will be presented to the organization offering the best stunt. Tills co-ed carnival istan annual event at Willamette, having been begun in 1920. ' None participate except the girls and ladies of the faculty. No men are to be ad mitted. The rules for the opeta tlon of the stunts are that no stunt shall take more than ten minutes for presentation, and none'sball cost more than $10 for preparation. STEEL MILLS FACING FIRST LABOR SHORTAGE Hammond, Ind., April 19. Scarcity of labor in the steel mills and big factories of the Cal umet region was Indicated here today for the first time since 1919. Help wanted placards appeared on the gates at a number of places. Return of foreigners to tnelr homelands during the recent in dustrial depression and the mini mum wage scales of 28 cents an hour was given as causes for the present shortage of.laborers. TONG GUNMAN IS CAPTURED Astoria, Or., April 19. Fung Cbong, member of tbe Blng Kvng tong, was under arrest here to day in connection with the killing last night of Go Yet, foreman at a local cannery and member of the Hip Sing tong. Fung Chong is proprietor of the place where the shooting occurred. He declared to the police he bad no knowledge of the shooting, being In another room at the time. Officers allege Fung Chong's place Is a drug den and said he declared Go Yet had been there several hours smoking before the shooting. After spending two days trans acting business at Jefferson, Geo. Griffith, candidate for state sen ator, returned to Salem this morn ing. RUSSO GERMAN WILL BE PROBED PRICE TWO CENTS Sixty physicians from many counties in the Willamette valley yesterday gathered in Salem to attend a clinic at the state hos pital for the insane and last night following a banquet held at the Commercial club, listened to speeches -and saw motion pictures offered in the club's auditorium. A study of types of mental dis eases received the chief attention of the doctors, and at. the clinic, held at the receiving ward of the hospital yesterday at 4 o'clock, Dr. L. F. Griffith of Salem, ex hibited various cases showing the different types of mental diseases. At the meeting last evening Dr. Griffith read a paper on "The Classification of Mental Diseases." Physicians making up the group here yesterday were mem bers of the Marlon, Yamhill and Polk Medical society and of the Central Willamette Medical socie ty. Doctors from Eugene, Corval lis, Lebanon, Junction City, Al bany and other towns were guests of the local organization. Dr. S. M. Kerron, Eugene physi cian, led a discussion held last evening concerning the relations of the health officer to the general public. Following Dr. Kerron's talk six reels of motion dealing with social problems were exhibit ed under the auspices of the state board of health. Somerset, Pa., April 19. Pres ident Brophy of district No. 2 and other officers of the United Mine Workers are temporarily restrain ed from holding meetings with miners on the property of, or in the vicinity of property owned by four of the largest coal companies in Somerset county, through an in junction granted today by Judge John A. Burke of the Somerset common pleas court. Pittsburgh, April 19. Supple menting a list of 129 non-union coal mines and coke plants in western Pennsylvania which un ion officials claim have been clos ed by the strike, headquarters of the mine workers today issued re ports from Somerset county that about 300 non-union workers at BobsII had left the mines of the Davis Coal and Coke company. Additional strikes were report ed from the Llstle operations of the Stafford Quenahonlng Coal company and from Ilolsopple, Keelerun and Dilltown. ROTARY CLUB OBSERVES NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK In observance of national music week, an excellent program of muBical numbers was given at the Rotary club luncheon this noon in the Marlon hotel. Mrs. Carrie B. Adams of Port land, nationally known as a com poser and song writer, delivered a talk on "Better Music," stating that all music had its foundation from the higher order of composi tions. Mrs. Ward Willis Long, In il lustration of Mrs. Adams' talk on better music, sang the "Rosary" encoring with "Sweet Genevieve," both of which were highly ap plauded. Mrs. Arthur Rahn sang one of Mrs. Adams' own composi tions entitled "Angel Chile." Miss Dorothy Pearce and Mrs. R. O. Snelling were the accompanists. STUDENTS WOULD BEAR GYMNASIUM EXPENSE The student body of Willamette university this morning adopted a resolution pledging the students as a whole to pay to tbe school a gymnasium fee of $5 per student per year, such payment to begin whenever the board of trustees commence tbe construction of tbe gymnasium, and to continue until such time as In the judgment of the board sufficient money has been received through endowment sources "to meet the maintenance expense of the gymnasium. - The purpose of the student reso lution is to assure the board that when the board does begin to con struct the building the students will aid by carrying on the main tenance expense until the board can relieve them of this burden. STRIKERS MUST HOLD MEETINGS OFF Ml LANDS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS m NARY BILL IS APPROVED BY PRESIDENT Measure Creating Great Revolving Fund for Re clamation Work Given Harding's Sanction. Washington, April 19. Ap proval of President Harding ot the McNary bill providing for crea tion of a 350,000,000 revolving fund to be used for development ot western and southern reclama tion and drainage projects was given today in a congressional delegation who called at the White House. Members of the delegation which was headed by Senator Mc Nary, republican, Oregon, and Representative Smith, republican, Idaho, said the president expressed deep Interest in the legislation pending in both senate and house. Mr, Harding indicated, delega tion members said, that he would confer with party leaders on the matter. Fast Results Outlined The president was told that was strong support for passage of tbe measure at this session ot congress and that enactment of the bill would result in the reclamation of millions of acres ot land and pro vide homes for thousands ot peo ple. A memorandum submitted by the delegation showed that un der the reclamation act ot 1908, approximately 3,000,000 acres of desert lands had been reclaimed, more than 40,000 families had been established on farm lands and the national wealth should be Increased " approximately $600, 000,000 and foodstuffs valued at $150,000,000 raised each year on these various projects in 14 states -all at an expenditure by the government of approximately $130,000,000 from the fund creat ed from the sale of public lands and from land fees of various kind. Example Project Cited Representative Smith presented to the president a detailed state ment of the Minidoka project in Idaho as typical of the status of the other projects. Tbe cost ot the construction ot this undertaking was $5,800,000, of which $1,000,- 000 has been repaid. Value of the farm implements and livestock was placed at $30,373,000, as sessed valuation of $14,570,000, value ot crops at $5,924,000, and various other assets which he said showed the highly success ful result of the undertaking. BONUS RIDER TO TARIFF SOUGHT Washington, April 19. Presi dent Harding was represented to day by white house callers as fav orable to suggestions that a sol dier bonus revenue raising provis ion be Inserted in the tariff bill now before the senate. The pres ident was said to be still insisting that any bonus bill adopted should carry or be accompanied by some provision for obtaining the neces sary revenue. Action of the senate republican caucus yesterday in voting to re quest tbe finance committee to re port a bonus bill in a reasonable time was said today to be con strued by advocates of the meas ure to mean within three weeks and some senators who are back ot this project are said to have stated they would support a mo tion to discharge the finance com mittee and bring the pending bill before the senate if a report is not made at the end ot . three weeks time. OLD AMMUNITION DUMP BLOWS UP; DAMAGE BIG Belgrade, Jugoslavia, April 19. (By Associated Press.) A ter rific explosion occurred today at Monastlr In the southern part ot Old Serbia when an ammunition dump blew up. Tbe railroad sta tion was destroyed and enormous damage otherwise was done by the blast. The number ot killed and wounded, says the dispatch from Monastir reporting the explosion,, is still unknown. Rev. W. W. Long, pastor of foe First Presbyterian church of Sa lem spoke at the Albany college today during the chapel hour. His topic was "Choosing a Business or Professional Career."