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NOV x 6 r" There In no substitute for CIRCULATION Daily average for October 6122. , Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased .Irewrvi", m. "1 TM A l ' TT NOV x BiS ' THE WEATHER j)URTH YEAR NO. 270 - - . SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY' NOVEMBER 13, 1922 v PRICE TWO CENTS BTANDaINFivBDcEOT3 SIAMESE ARE DENIEftfiJIT IZEWSHIP RIGHTS ii . "i i .. - I .,'1 . ..II ! Ml IfllUULL MLUI FDRMERU.S. AMBASSADOR PUSSES 01 APPEAL FOR Bellamy Storer, Envoy to Austria, Belgium And Spain, Once Congress man, Dead in Paris. rincinnati. Ohio, Nov. 43. Boii.mv Storer. attorney and lor per diplomat of Cincinnati, died i Paris. France, last night ac cording to a cablegram received lore today. New York, Nov. 13. Bellamy inrr. who died In Paria yester jay was American ambassador to Austria in 1902-06 ana beiore ihit had been minister to Belgium Bd Spain. He represented the first Ohio district In the 62 nd and urA r.nnzresses. He was born in Cincinnati, Au juBt 28, 1847, and was graduated Irom Harvard college In 1867. He entered the law two years later tnd was assistant United States ittorney of the southern district of Ohio. Mr fitorer's death recalls Me diplomatic sensation of a decade and a half aeo when he was sum marilv removed as ambassaum at Vienna by the then President Roosevelt. It was Mr. Storer's wife, who was Maria Longworth of Cincin rati ahmit whom revolved the strlle incidental to the dismissal Bhe was the "my dear Maria" in the remarkable series ot letters written by the late president and published by Mrs. Storer in oe tense of her contention that her husband's removal had been o injustice. It was she. too, who was thanred bv the president with re iponsibility for the complications vMe.b caused her husband s re moval. Mr. Roosevelt in defense o( his action, accused Mr. Storer wtih having delved too deeply in affairs of state and with seriously involvine the United States with the Vatican in Rome and with the governments of France! Spain and Austria-Hungary. - The Storers and the Roosevelts had been intimate friends for many years. Mrs. Storer, aunt of Nicholas Longworth, Mr. Roose velt's sorMn-law, was godmother to Kermit Roosevelt, and Mr. Btorer has served in congress when Mr. Roosevelt wa3 a mem ber of the civil service commission. SHOP SINE AGAIN MADE Oregon 's Railroad Construction Plea Formally Presented Attempt . To Call Out Employees of tchison Topeka and nta Fe Held Unautl ' ' ized. Chicago, Nov. -An appeal for a strike cir s ted among ahon employes of 2 e Atchison, Topeka and Sant p railroad re ceived little att; n of raiiroaa and union shop crafts officials here today. B. M. Jewell, presi dent of the Railway Federated Shopcrafts, said he knew noth ing about it. A, G. Wells, vice nrpatrlfint in charge of operation of the road, declared it did not af fect the road and that the equip ment was in such good shape that reduction of the shop forc es was under consideration. "Mv information is that the circular in Question was issued over the signature of W. S. Pat terson, who was fourth, vice pres ident of the late Santa Fe system federation," said Mr. Wells, aau ine that in his opinion the circu larizing of the shopmen would have little or no effect. Order News to Jewell "The Santa Fe's equipment is in e-nnd condition and we have anph a. low nercentage of bad or der cars that we are about to re duce our forces." "T never heard of it," Mr. Jewell said, when asked concern- in the oriEin of the circular which pertain union men at Albu qerque, N. M., said purported to have been drafted lay union men who did not strike last July l Onlv one of the circulars had reached the Santa Fe officers here. It was picked up in Syra cuse, Kan. Relief Forces Mobilized To Give Aid Through out Devasted Regions Of South America. DRUG VENDOR IS HELD F OR TRIAL Alhnneroue. N. M.. Nov. 13. What effect the call for a second strike of shopmen on the Santa Fe railway would have a moot question today. Santa Fe railway officials here said they did not exnect any of their force to quit, while W. S. Patterson, secretary of the Federated Shopcrafts, said that the. order would atrect o men employed in the shops here and about one thousand men on the system. wo refused to say whether he that number of men to obey the order to strike on No- her 15. He admitted nowev er, that the call, which was not slimed hv anv shoo craft cm- cials, had the approval of the or ganization. It is aimed he said, to attempt to Induce tne men wno did not strike last July or who have returned to work, to leave their work. Portland fir Nov. 13. Re ftewpd efforts of nave T.lgrhtner. alleged member of a Portland nar Cotic rlner. to secure his freedom on .technicalities failed in federal court today when Federal Judge R. R HiiQn rafnoail to nimah the Indictments on which Lightner Is held. Through his attorney, Lightner demurred to the indictment on thft rrmmJ flint tt AtA nnt hpur tie signature of the United States d'.Ut rit t. t .5 ..41.AM that 't did not specify with sufficient clearness what overt act of Light er's constitutes a violation of tie Harrison act. Judge Bean held thaf the in dictment was not intended to cov w specific violation of the act, ut was based on the grounds of onsplracy to violate the narcotic regulations. Germany to Propose New Plan to Allies Berlin, Nov. 13. (By Asso ciated Press.) The German cabinet according to the Ach tuhr Abendblatt, has decided to make new proposals to the al lied reparations commission based on the readiness of the relchbank to authorize to the extent of several million gold marks in an International loan to stabilize the mark. QUAKE TAKES 1,000 LIVES IN CLUTCHES fiantiasro. Chile. Nov. 13. (By Associated Press.) Relief forces to aid the thousands made home less hv the earthauakes through out Chile early Saturday morning and the flooding waves which followed the shocks were being mnhiHzert todav. The death toll probably will be at least 1000 and the property loss will run into tne millions, as several towns were almoBt entirely wiped out and heavy damage to buildings and particularly ships along the 1500 miles of coast affected by the huge waves has resulted. The extent of the casualties, nrnnnrtv riamaere and distress has not been learned yet except in a general way,- as many communi cation lines, both overland and Washington, Nov. 13. An or der requiring railroads operating In Oregon to build several hun dred miles of new line within that state was sought today from the Interstate commerce commission in a complaint filed by the state public service commission. The new railroad lines are necessary, the state authorities al leged, to develop some 22,500 square miles of territory, to open un large timber tracts and give the stock industry proper trans portation facilities. In addition, the state contended that the pres ent facilities impose undue bur dens on shippers because freight shipments have to be consigned over circuitous routes and that the military interests of the Uni ted States require a north andl south line of railroad just east of the Cascades. The construction proposed would include a line from Oak Ridge, a terminal of the Southern Pacific, eostward to Crane, a ter minal of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company. A second line crossing this shouia run from Bend, a terminal of the -Pnrtlnnd & Seattle rail- road, to Kirk, another Southern Pacific terminal. - The state also asked for several branches reaching out from the main stems. No estimates were made a to the distances involved nr the cost of construction. The roads which would be required to participate in the new construc tion are the Central Pacific, Oreeon-Washington Railroad & Mnvleation company, Oregon Hhnrt T.ine railroad. Oregon Trunk railway' and Deschutes Railroad company. 0ESN11G Try Trial Marriage South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and All Mountain States Suffer First Touch of Winter. Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 13. Eastern South Dakota today was experiencing its first snow of the year. Wire communication was interrupted at various points. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 13. A snow storm in western Nebraska which began last Saturday night delay ing railway traffic still nrevailed in that section today, moving east ward, the United States weather bureau here reported. Prediction was made that It would rain or Bnow in eastern Ne braska by tonight. (Continued on page five) OLD OREGON TRAIL lACHAM'S TOPIC LIST OF GOLD STAR WOMEN TO BE ml 1r,i iinnnlea nf T,n Fnvflttfl fTnd.1 Hiffll School pupils, wllO flV'J..'k VVH'UH w j ' . 'J ' ot. a l-r mnnths' trliil marriace tiact. had their drCams UDUUCU fcW H tl ' , rudely shattered in the middle west, where they were arrested. The ages of the bix couples ranged trom rourteen to nineteen, irumo. Zufall, fifteen, was the bride of Glenn Cunningham, seventcon. They were captured in St. Louis. Mary Alice -Morehouse, sixteen, was the bride of Level Cunningham, nineteen, xney were arresiea m diuuw ington, 111. . ORIENTALS UNO IT BE NATURALIZED Federal Supreme Court Holds OnlyFree Whites And Persons of African Decent Eligible. : Cars Stalled in Mud. Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Nov. 13. Continued rain today prevented hundreds of motorists from going to North Liberty to get their au tomobiles which were stored there last night after they had become "mired" in the mud, returning from the Iowa-Minnesota football trams' at Iowa City. It was said today that practi cally, a thousand cars were stalled between here and Ibwa City and Iowa City and Davenport and on other roads leading in all direc tions from Iowa City. Women and jChlldren were forced to go witbiut food from noon Saturday until yesterday morning. PHEZ CASE NOW IT IN C01 AGAIN COMPILED AMERICA NOT TO BE INVOLVED IE EXONERATED OF ' . AIDING BOOTLEGGERS Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 13. 'Meral Judge James C. Wilson exonerated of all charges Sjunist him today following a P months Investigation by a Settee of twelve lawyers from r" "ant Bar association. The Ptigatlon Ttaa demanded by n' trlena. following publl- . , " ,a Dallas church paper ""'menu in sermons here ' 7" M easy on bootleg er. that he st. -.v. thta ,therw!8e encouraged Washington, Nov. 13. The im pression apparently prevailing m Constantinople and reflected in yesterday's news dispatches that the United States has sent a new note to Europe regarding the wast neace settlement was said at the state department today to be based on mlsunaersianuius of the facts. Department officials said the only American note on the sub ject, which Is in the hands of r.. Admiral Rristol. American commander at Constantinople is a copy of the statement oi iu American position sent on October 27 In the form of an aiuo iu olre" to Ambassador Child. Tiristnl. in common J Ulll'l . . , with diplomatic representatives ol the government at otner cv'"" has authority to make use of hla f the "aide memolre" and - . . . . . . it is assumed ne nas uuuo correct misapprehension as American views. Hearing Postponed xrnv 1S. Hearing on the Chicago board of trade bill declaring unconstitutional the federal act regulating trading In grain futures and for an injunc tion to restrain enforcement of the law today was postponed to day In federal district court until tomorrow. One of the largest crowds which has attended a Salem Chamber of Commerce luncheon this year to dav heard Walter Meacham, secre tary of the Baker chamber or commerce, talk on "The Old Ore e-nn Trail." Passage of a bill in the Oregon lee-islature re-establishing and outlining the old Oregon trail is the object of Mr. Meacham in Ms talVa over the northwest. Idaho, he said, intends to see that such a bill is put through its legislature. In concluding his talk before the Salem chamber Mr. Meacham minted Colonel John Cradle hanE-h'a "Where Dreams uome True " . Tnnieht Mr. Meacham will InflvA for Astoria where, tomor row noon, he will address Astoria business men. Wednesday he will speak at The Dalles. Elmo White, presiding at the meeting todav. Introduced Mr. Meacham. INTERNATIONALE TO FIGHT FASCISTISM Moscow, Nov. 13. (By Asso ciated Press.) The third interna mi la considering tactics to combat the wave of fasclstism which Is reported to be making t.aroenAmia strides in Germany, Poland, Roumania, Hungary ana Czeche-Slavkiia. Th neWnnaner Pravda says tne nf the fasci&ll is becom ing international, both politically and economically. 91) PLAYERLIIT TO RULE COAST LEAGUE San Francisco, Nov. 13. : A . i, man nlsver limit, 18 of .v .hail not have had any ex perience in a club higher than a orfnnted as a policy C1KBV , " " i-j-- vr th hoard of directory of the Pacific Coast baseball lea- i n.aatlna' here. Tne airoci- ors adopted a $3900 waiver price rule. Chicago, Nov. 13. (Associated Press) One hundred and sixty one names of "gold star women" American girls who gave their lives in the world war are found on the list made public by the women's overseas service league, cnmniled as a feature to Armi stice day. Most of tnem rest un der French soli, some in far oil Siberia, Armenia, China and Ma nila, and others in England. Plans for a perpetual testimon lal to the former service women of the American expeditionary forc es were announced in connection with the list, which will be pre sented at the league's conven tion here in June next year, cni cago headquarters of the league said in the announcement. "There is a handsome bronze tablet in the Army and Navy hiillilfne in Washington, memor ializing the mules and horses who died in the war, but nownere in Washington in there found a record of the women who died excent army nurses until we compiled it," declared Miss Helen C. Courtenay, originator of the memorial movement. Jane A. Delano, beloved head of the Red Cross nursing service, who died at Savenay, April 15, 1919; Marion Crandell, Y. M. C. A. canteener killed by a German shell at Chalons-sur-Marne March 26, 1917; Winopa C. Martin, kill ed in a Paris hospital by a bomb from a German air raider and Ruth Landon, by a shell lnSt. Gervais church, in Paris; the Pmm well Misters. Dorothea and Gladys of New York, who came to a tragic end at sea Jan. 19, 1919. as they were about to set sail for home, and two other sis ters. Viola and Ruth Lundholm of Petaluma, Cal., both army nurses, who died within six days nf each other in October. 1917. In different .hospitals in rrance, are among the outstanding names. Denver. Colo.. Nov. 13. Relief from the first real snow storm of the winter in the Rocky Mountain states, which resulted in snow averaging from 10 Inches to two feet in some districts, .and sent the mercury down to 4 below zero at Billings, Mont., and Lander, Wyo.; was promised by the district weather forecaster today. Snow fell generally during the last; 2 hours in northeastern Arizona, southwestern Colorado and Over the entire Rocky Moun tain sIodb and the plains states, according to the weather bureau. Plalnvlew, Colo., on the Denver and Salt Lake road, reported two feet 'of snow, the heaviest in the region outside of the isolated mountain passes. The mercury went to zero at T.oarivliie Colo., and Yellowstone Park. Other temperatures report ed were: Cheyenne, 10 above; Gobdland, Kan., 12 above; Den- ' . i t ilAH qn ver, 4 above; urana juuuhuu above and Durango, coio., above. DEF IN PHILLIPS CASE PORTLAND HAS FROST Portland. Or.. Nov. 13. Port land and vicinity experienced the second frost of the season early today. The official minimum temperature was 14, though un official reports Indicated, that In places freeiing temperatures were recorded. The day beeame warm m Mn am arlv Tnut cleared J away. ENSE OPENS PEACE PARLEY YET UNCERTAIN Testimony of several growers, regarding the amount of logan berries raised by them, was taken today at a continuance of a form er hearlne of the case of the Phez company against the Salem Fruit now lor jNovemoer ... . L I I 1 nlra IhQ Vloitf flint Union and others in tne circimiew 4" mT i i n.tioi.nRr TJOBiDonemenv wia fun I L iiHrn Luua v . I London, Nov. 13. (By Associ ated Press.") Although the Laus anne conference for the making of peace In the Near East' has been postponed fora week, being fixed now for November 20. official The underlying purpose of the hearing, ' held before ; Circuit Judges Percy Kelly and George Bingham, is to obtain In part an accmmtinir of growers who con tracted and failed to deliver their 1919 and 1920 loganberry crops to the company. At the former trial the Ques tion arose as to whether there was a recision of the contracts In question. The lower court held that there was and dismissed the case. On appeal, however, the supreme court held that there was not and remanded the case for trial. Ahnnt 200 growers are involved in the case which had been con tinued in order that the guber natorial election contest, Insti tuted by R. R. Coster In behalf of Charles Hall, might be held. A part of the record of tne former trial was introduced in evidence this morning. necessary it Great Britain falls to win her Dolnt that a preliminary conference must be held by the representatives of Great Britain, Italy and France. The British eovernment Is in sisting on some sort of consulta tion w It h the other allies, either through personal talks or, failing that by means of notes, in oraer to learn exactly where Great Britain stands before she enters the conference1. COLOR SCHEME AIDS IN TREATING DISABLED FALL IS FATAL T 01 BRUDER Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 13. iw.rtaa Attorney Betram a. Hri-ina-tnn today opened his argu mt tn the 1urv In tne case ui Mrs. Clara Phillips, on trial ior the murder of Mrs. Alberta 'ire malne Meadows, whose body was nr. a innelv side road in the northweBt section of Los Angeles last July, . Herrington pleaded wltn tne Jurors to disbelieve the enure testimony of Mrs. reggy uairee, principal witness for the prosecu tion, because of her admission on the witness stand mat sne naa testified falsely before the grand .rM at the coroner's inauest as to certain Incidents connected with the slaying. OREGON AGGIES PLAN FOR BIG HOMECOMING "inralHs. Or. Nov. 13. At the Oregon Agricultural college plans are being laid for the great ore-gon-Aggle homecoming November 17, 18 end 19. The complete squad will be in readiness and in condition for the Oregon name, .unrein to Coach Rutherford. All the men who have been on the crippled list are out for practice araln. The dual cross country run be tween Oregon and the Aggie will be held lust befors the game starts. A fractured skull received when he fell from a ladder i on which he was working at the Starr Packing company plant, south Church street, last batur iIrv afternoon. Nov. 11, resulted In the death yesterday evening of Wm. J. Bruder, 60, a resident ot this city , living at 356 Union street. Mr. Bruder was conscious but a few minutes after the acci dent. Besides the wife, Mrs. Rose Bruder, there survive two daugh ters, Mrs. Myrtle Waring anu Miss Elsie Bruder. a son, Claude Bruder. all of Salem, also four sisters and a brother, all resi dents of Missouri. Funeral serv ices will be held Wednesday af ternoon, Nov. 15, at a o clocK from the Rledon and Son chapel. Interment will be in the City View cemetery. JURY TO TRY SHERIFF FOR BOOZE RUNNING Atlantic City. N. J.. Nov. 13. The use of paint in helping shell shocked soldiers to regain their health was the subject of a paper prepared by S. T. Balllnger ol new York for the annual convention of the National Paint, Oil and Var nish association here today. According to the paper, a young snlilier. a mental wreck, regained his health rapidly in a room fin ished in nrimrose yellow. irttrK oninra nroduced melancholia, her had a temporary stimulating ef fect, fololwed by a nervous reac tion, hlna caused a calm, green resulted in happiness and vitality, and yellow caused amiaoimy. Hunger Eiot Staged nri in Nov. 13. Advices from Cologne report that rioting which beean Friday in the sutmrg .ain spread Saturday and Sunday to the suburbs of Kueineim ana mhrenfrled. Many shop windows were smashed and the mob ston ed the police, shouting "hunger, hunger," Many arrests were maae Washington, Nov. 13. Jap anese ate not eligible for natur alization in the United States, it was held today by the supreme court. In its finding the court dis posed ot two cases, one brought from Hawaii by Tako Ozawa against the United States and the other brought by Takuji Yamashita and Charles Hio Koko against the secretary tf state of -Washington. In the latter case both Jap anese had been naturalized by a court ot the state ot Washington, but were refused incorporation as a real estate firm on the ground their naturalization naa Deen il legal. The lower federal, courts denied naturalization in both cases, but the ninth circuit court ot appeals, In considering the Ozawa case suspended its decision and asked the supreme court for Instructions as to whether Jap anese are eligible tor citizenship under the naturalization laws. The Question largely turned - upon whether section 21699 of the revised statutes, restricting natur alization to "free wnite persons'' and those of African descent was still in force. Questions Outlined, The court stated that the ques tions before It were: "1 Is the naturalization act of June 29 1906. limited by the pro visions of section 2169 of the re vised statutes ot the United States? "2 If so limited, is the appel lant eligible for naturalization under that section?" The court answered the first of these Questions in the affirmative and then in discussing the phrase "free white persons," as It. ap pears In the state, said: "Undoubtedly the word 'free' was originally used In recognition (Continued on Page Five.) Ice Cream Makers Convene. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 13. Sessions of the seventh annual convention of Paclflo Ice Cream Manufacturers association opened here today with a luncheon. The afternoon program included a number of addresses. Football Player Dead. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 13. Hubert Curley, 15, member of the Cathedral Latin football team, died this morning of Internal in juries sustained in football prac tice three weeks ago., , Four Burned to Death. Amory. Miss., Nov. 13. Four persons were burned to death In a fire which destroyed the "T. P. A." hotel here early today. Allotment Of River Waters Of Colorado To Be Made By Board 1 Spokane, Wash., Nov. 13. Se lection of a Jury In the trial of Sheriff Thomas Parker of Ferry county, north of here, and five other men on charges of conspir acy to violate federal prohibition law. occuDied the United States district court here today. Barker was re-elected sheriff last Tuesday. Besides the sheriff, the defend ants are J. Guy Duncan, Jesse B. Cook, R. F. Carpenter, LeRoy Powers and John Woods. Cllne led Gerwood, also indicted, has not been apprehended. - The men are charged wltn Hav ing conspired to transport liquor between Canada ana .northwestern cities. Santa Fe, N. M., Nov. 13. (By Associated Press) Mem bers ot the Colorado river com mission expect to write a com pact for the allotment ot the wa ters of the Colorado river at the meeting now under way In Santa Fa it was indicated today. The commission, which held Its first formal session last saturaay, al ready has before it a number of nnrta siiB-irentlons as to the form the comnact should take and members believe tnat Detore the conference here breaks up an agreement will be written. The sessions of the commission are ex ecutlve. After It has been written, tne compact will be signed by Her hart Hoover, chairman ot the anRimlanln-n. as representative of the nresldent of the United States Pacific I and by each ot the seven state commissioners on behalf ot the seven states within tne rivers basin Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevaaa, man. and California. When approved by congress and the seven state legislatures involved, the com pact will dispose forever ot all controversy over the equitame ap portionment of the water supply ot the Colorado river. The treaty making powers ot the states frequently have been availed of In matters respecting Interstate boundaries, fisheries and other like subjects, but this la the first instance in American history where several states are attempting to make an equitame apportionment ot the nenenis to be derived trom the uses of the waters of an interstate stream prior to the development of con flict respecting established uses. and before the construction ot large enterprises which migh give rise to interstate conflict.