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OREGON STME IJBRARt -615 3 Ql THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CIRCULATION paily average for November 6060. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wlre service. " TIIE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Wednesday occasional rain west, mow and warmer east portion, moderate southerly winds. Local: Rainfall .23 inch; max. 47; min. 41; south wind; river 1.6 ft. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. SALEM, OREGON, i uuojjai, DECEMBER 19. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS mi ui u h t nil n iiii ii li ii - y H if ir-ii ir. 11 . 11 11 i p i 11. i i t r Lurm . . : m BANDITS 10 ROBBED INI IINCAPTURED City and County of Den ver Offer $10,000 Re ward For Capture Of Quartet of Gunmen. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 19. The frifaral reserve bank of Kansas City late today offered a reward cl $1,000 for the arrest and con' vlctlon of any one who participat ed In the robbery of $200,000 in currency from a federal reserve bank truck in front of the Denver mint yesterday. A limit of $5,000 was placed on the total rewards, which were authorized by the federal reserve board at Washing ton. ' Denver, Colo., ' Dec. 19. The city and county of Denver today ottered a reward of $10,000 for the capture, dead or alive, of the bandits who yesterday shot and killed a guard of the federal' re serve bank and escaped with 200,000 In currency in a sensa tional robbery in front of the Den ier mint. Chief of Police Rugg Williams was still of the opinion today that the men who committee the rob bery are not professional bandits, and informed the Associated Press that he was conducting his search lions that line. He believes the robbers have not left Denver. Last night and during the early hours this morning police made a thor ough search of the rooming houses ana an noteis and there was general checking up of all char acters known to police. Salem Reporter Passes On After Extended Illness Theodore M. Irvine, Salem news paper reporter, passed away at a local hospital at 11 o'clock this morning. He had been 111 for three months. Mr. Irvine, who had been a member of the staff of the Salem Statesman prior to his illness, was formerly employed on the Portland Journal. He had done some writ ing for magazines. Mr. Irvine is survived by his wne, Mrs. Sylvia Irvine; his moth er, Mrs. Ella Hart of Independence and a brother, Roy C. Irvine of La crosse, Wash. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Presbyterian church at Independence. Interment will be made in an Independence ceme tery. STATEMENTS ON SHIP BILL QUESTIONED Erroneous Ideas Spread By Senator Capper In Magazine Questionnaire Says Lasker. RFnilRF TAX flF i FARMER IS PLEff TO LEGISLATURE No Clews Found. Denver, Colo., Dec. 19. After approximately 24 hours ha' eiapsed since the robbery, nolle authorities conceded that the tour tadits and their light touring car e at least temporarily eluded pursuit. The thin air into which the des peradoes seemingly vanished is be "iff charged with radiograms broadmast from several stations (Continued on Page Nine.) FEDEBA IN WL L HEAR PORTLANDE R D. B. Dmlann n.ial iay. 7 of the Portland chamber of "mmerce, wl address the Mar m Community meeting to be held Wednesday cuing at the Sunnyside school e. He will speak on "Cooper live Marketine." Mr. Dodson uncommercial world nd Tina fro Wently been sent to Washington, v., io appear before committee seating matters in which tb Mthwest is Inter.-,. The MflHnTi r ... n ,x. 'Meratinn ..it. - localities in the county, "meets monthiv t ( , general county interest. The ,. g of a weaker so well known nMh, . 4W iweurueu as coin- Z 7 t0 tne federation, as ik.' . on 18 ,n Breat demand "'"ugnout. the north Walter on mnrirati,... 1.1 ,. fifi Mill ni 1 it "IftIL TLftilC PILOT SAFE AND WELL 41r Mail Pilot Hor. n n ., lT? 6ince la8t Frlday morning, mtrmt ."' iu a Diizzaru U.te t0 Rock Sprinirs. Wo., has ! RirU nd aliv apd well at thJ :1 ' .rfncb- 'our miles south of , wrecke Plane was dis 'tau!? 6 yesterday, according I here by "r maU ?f Jj Besolutiou i Up S'ct. , ;"'". uec. 19. By a "took 62 the house to- I'ktti - Uf for consideration the !' !tittion 1 PrP8inK a con ht jl 01 amendment prohibit- Ont ther l8f"anc of tax u securities. Before the Oregon legislature, which convenes here January 8, will be placed a recommendation that tax laws be so amended that farm lands and improvements thereon bo assess- ed not to exceed 80 per cent of that now borne. The move purports to b an- attempt to relieve a part of the burden now resting on the farmers of the state and was launched, on motion of Governor-elect Walter M Pierce, at a meeting of the state tax investigation committee in Portland last night. r In its scope the recommendation suggested by I. N. Day, chairman of the committee, is most sweeping. Coe A. McKenna declared that nothing has been done by the com mitteo about real property, and he outlined a plan which would relievo real property from state taxes, but make it subject to local taxes. He proposed shifting the burden from land to business and suggested as sources of revenue a gross-earning tax on public corporations, a not income tax on private corporations, a net income tax on unincorporated businesses and a personal income tax. There is but one opinion in the committee on an income tax, and that is the advisability of such a measure. There has been a differ ence of opinion as to whether there should be a flat rate or a progress ive rate. The committee, by major ity, favors tho former. Mr. Pierce as governor, will advocate the pro gressive rate. One of the main drives the com mittee is making is to urge a ccn tral system of assessment. At pres ent there is a wide range in assess ments on the ame thing in differ ent counties, and the committee from the beginning has recognized that this was one of the first places for reformation and to equalize the hington, Dec. 19. Accur- G J statements made in a ques- c,' ire sent out by Capper's 2 ily, published by Senator Cap- republican of Kansas, head the farm block, to ascertain jn Dlic sentiment on the admlnis ation shipping bill is Questioned "f Chairman Lasker of the ship ping board In a letter received by Senator Capper. In his letter, made public by the shipping board, Mr. Lasker told the senator that "whatever may be your position upon the pending ship subsidy bill, I am sure you do not desire the readers of your papert o reach their con clusions upon either inadequate or erroneous statements." Statements Inaccurate. "Because the statements In the circular of the organ controlled by you are not accurate and are whol ly at variance with the facts," the letter continued, "I feel it my duty to you, to myself and to the peo ple we both represent to give you the facts and thus enable you to correct the .erroneous impression your publication has created. You certainly would not wish and certainly could not permit any part of our people to be misled concerning the provisions of the ship subsidy bill, or the facts sur rounding it." Mr. Lasker questioned particu larly statements in the question naire that the government intend ed to sell its far built merchant flet for approximately $200,000 000, planned to lend $125,0UO,lU0 to recondition the ships or build burden of taxation. RURAL CREDIT HEARINGS E Washington, Dec. 19. Hear ings orf rural credits legislation before the senate banking com mittee nears a conclusion toaay, with members of the committee predicting that a comprehensive bill embodying features of sever al of the farm relief measures now pending would be ready for submission to the senate early next week. At today's committee session Ben C. Marsh, who said he repre sented the People's Reconstruc tion league, composed of progres sive farmer and labor organiza- tfnna asserted solution of the present agricultural situation lay in passage of the Norris govern ment corporation bill, rather than In the extension of further farm credits. Whgt agricultural needs, he said, is not credits, hut nigner prices and legislation which will divorce the farmer irom me Wall street owned afnd controlled federal reserve system." He also charged that the committee was not permitting the farmers to lay their side of the ase oeiore u adequately, but was giving a hearing to all bankers' represent atives who wish to appear. PAPER TRUST BED OF PRICE FIXING Pacific States Paper Dealers Association Target Of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, Dec. 19. The Pa cific States Paper Trade associa tion, its officers and members are cited in a federal trade commis sion complaint " issued today which averred that, by concerted agreement and adherence of mem hers of the local association. schedule of prices was maintained and that certain dealers and channels of trade were arbltrar iiy designated "legitimate" "illegitimate." The association Is said to be comprised of a number of "local associations" embracing practic ally all wholesale dealers in pa per, and paper products in Ore gon, Washington and Californi and others in Idaho, Nevada, Art zona. Montana, New Mexico and Alaska. The respondentg"vere gi eu aw uays in wnicn to answe: the complaint. HUMBLE HOMES HELPING HI I P - 95 68 89. 88 & POOR ASK TO HELP POOR THREE EASTERN ELEVENS READY (Continued on Page Nine.) SALEM TO HELP TELL OF ASTORIA'S PLIGH J. C. Perry, nresiden t of the Chamber of Commerce, is in re- ceipf of the following telegram from Congressman C. N. McAr- thur: 'Representative Hawley has in troduced $1,000,000 relief bill for Astoria emergency and sec retary of war has directed com manding general of the Ninth army corps at San Francisco to order army engineer to Astoria for immediate survey and tele graph report. "We cannot get legislative act ion unless this report is favorable Wnnld Biieeest that efforts be made to convince engineers as to necessity of Immediate relief." Acting upon the suggestion, di rectors of the Chamber of Com merce in session last evening, wrote the Portland chamber of commerce and the Seattle cham ber of commerce, asking whether it would be advisable for the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce to send delegates with other chambers oi commerce to am in preseuuiiy the needs of Astoria in the right manner before the engineers w-ho will Burvey the situation at Astoria. HEATRICALP RODDCER , FAGINGjjANKRUPTCY New York, Dec. 19. Alleging liabilities of $1,000,000, inree creditors today filed an involun tary petition un uamiuw .r)nt Max SDiegel, theatrical ,,,r of this city. The assets were not mentioned in the peti tion. PENH STATE LEAVES FOR PASADENA GAME cw n.nr. Pi.. Dec. 19. ti, Pi.T.n State college football team was scheduled to leave here this afternoon for cnicagu first lap of its Journey to Pasa dena. Cal.. where the Nittany Lions meet the University of Southern California on New Years day. About 30 men will make the trip. " m ctiiit uiroT iu mam nui Astoria on IJ-hdrndr Blue Jackets Leave; 3 Banks Open Today San Francisco, Dec. 19 Trans continental journeys are being started this week by three east ern football teams, representing Penn State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia, who are to play west ern elevens in California in the coming holiday season. The Nittany Lions of Penn State, under Coach Hugo Bezdek, are coming to meet the UniversI ty of Southern California in the annual Tournament of Roses east vs west game at Pasadena New Year's day. Bezdek has given his team a shakeup since Its last game agd, according to reports has sent five of his regulars, in eluding Captain Bentz, center to the second string eleven. The lions are expected to start West today. Glenn Warner, the veteran coach, is leading his Pitt Pan thers to a game with Stanford un iversity, which is coached by his lieutenant, Andy Kerr. Although Warner Is coach of Pittsburgh and advisory coach of Stanford, the game will be a fight from start to finish, reports from Stan ford indicate. The Panthers leave for the coast Thursday. West Virginia's unbeaten elev en, which is to play Gonzaga at San Diego Christmas day, Is due at Los Angeles Friday for a work out. West Virginia is one of tht few eastern teams undefeated this year. The Gonzaga eleven left Spokane yesterday for San Diego. FOREIGN WAR VETS TO ELECT THEIR OFFICERS Members of Marion Post No. 661, veterans of foreign wars, will meet at the armory Wednesday evening for the nomination and election of officers for the ensu ing year. Nominations will be made from the floor. It Is understood that with the exception of post quartermaster, now held by J. R. Coulter, there will be considerable competition for the principal officers of the post. For commander. It Is probable the contest will lie between Allan, Jones, present senior vice com mander. George Willit and W. W. Smith. For that of senior vice com mander. it is understood the con test will be between Carl Abrams and Byron Conley, although other candidates may be placed In nom inatlon. For the post of Junior vice Mmminder. the nomination will be made of Chris. Kowitz and Lyle Page. As yet no candidate hag ap peared for the post of chaplain. The membersmp or me rrai 70. Major H. 0. Miller is the pres ent commander. Can't You Spare Fifty Cents Worth y , - Of Christmas? Consider the 50-cent piece. It toilg not, yet it spins away mer rily. . Tossed on the counter of a con fectionery store it will bring a bit of candy. It will purchase one hair-cut or double the number of face iscrapings. For it, the tobac conist will hand you a few cirars ., ' . , ,. That same half-dollar that identical four-bits, left at the office of The Capital Journal will buy three car-loads of happiness for some balem kid. Some young afjy who's looking for a rag doll; some youngster who wants a pop-gun or a candy cane will never forget this December 25 if you'll forget expenses, become indiscreet and plunk a portion of your pile on The Capital Journal counter. ..Feel around. The old semi-cartwheel is jammed down: in your jeans now. The Elks need it to buy a cheap present for a youngster who isn't going to have much of a Christmas any way you figure it. Pluck from your pants' pocket those five dimes and step to The Journal -office now. If you can't bring it, mail it. You won't miss them and some youngster will miss much if you don't. The money will be turned over to the Elks who are trying, with the aid of The Journal, to reach every family that's needy in the city. Today is 50-cent day. Will you give yours? Who are the givers? Who are the ones determined that Salem's unfortunate youngsters are not to be entirely miserable next Christ mas dayt Along a dimly lighted street The Capital Journal automobile crawled last evening. It was a far corner of Salem and the address of a volunteer contributor wis sought. In the distance a big white louse loomed and the driv er concluded hii destination had been reached. But the number was wrong. On he drove to another large bouse, barely silhouetted against a blackened sky. But again the number was not the one sought. The driver was puzzled. Then, far back from the road, he saw the flickering bf an oil lamp. Through the mud the man maae nis way to the house, the dimensions of which were at least eight by ten feet. He knocked. "Yes," the mother said. Short ly she returne d with alarge pack (Continued on Page Nine.) WALLACE REID SAY IPROVIi DOCTORS TODAY Astoria, Or., Dec. 19. Blue Jackets which have been maintain nig guard here since fire wiped out the business section of the city December 8 were withdrawn today and the destroyer Yaraboroueh was to leave if weather condition; permitted. Police and citizen guards took over the patrolling of the burned area apd the residence district, Details of special officers hired by the four banks whose buildings were wrecked by the fire will guara tne vaults until they are opened and the contents removed All the banks today opened In temporary quarters, three in the court house and one In a building which was spared from the flames, They announced they would do business with new accounts but would oot cash checks on pre-fire accounts until the vaults are open ed. Special precautions are being taken by local and federal prohibl tion officers to prevent bootleg gers importing liquor. Some ar rests have been made. Every au tomoblle entering the city Is sub ject to search. A car belonging to the Evening Budget and carrying In Us ton neau a font of type loaned by. the Portland Telegram was stopped The guard read on the end of the type case '118 point Howland caps" and promptly dumped out the font of type; saying afterward that he believed the caps were dynamite caps. : COW BEATS BUTTER RECORD Omaha, Neb., Dec. 19. "May Walker Ollie Homstead," a Hol- etein cow owned by the Minnesota Holsteln company at Austin Minn., has broken the world's rec ord for a year's production of but ter, her figure for 365 days end ing at midnight last night being 117.27 pounds of butterfat, the equivalent of 1521.6 pounds of butter, according to A. L. Eber hart, president of the company and manager of a local packing plant, c The former record of 1506.9 pounds of butter was hejd by "Duchess Skylark Ormsby," a Hol steln whose death occurred In Minneapolis a few year ago, ac cording to Mr. Eberhart, who said information concerning the new record was received by telegraph from V. S. Culver, secretary-trea-j nrer of ' the Minnesota Holsteln concern at Austin. I WAITERS SCHOO L WILL START SOON The Becond session of the train ing school for waiters will be held at the Marion hotel Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the large dining room. Miss Jennie Baker, head wai tress, will be in charge and take up the work of Instruction as out lined by the state board of voca tional education, department of trade and Industrial education. The course of training will In clude 20 lessons, to be given 'eil nesuay aiiernoon of each Week wtlh an hour for each meeting. In struction will be practical, and those . wishing to Improve their work will be given real demonstra tions as to how things should be done. At the meeting Wednesday aft ernoon, each In the class will be given an opportunity to make a list of the necessary articles used at each of the three meals. Also to state just where should be placed on the table the line, glassware, silverware, bread and butter and other practical matters. Some time ago the state board of vocation training of the Oregon Agricultural college approached A N. Pierce, manager of the Marlon hotel, and was given every assur ance that the hotel would cooper ate In every way and offering the Marlon dining room and service With this cooperation, the school class was established. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19. Re ports available today from the sanitarium where Wallace Reid, motion picture actor, is suffering from a breakdown which relatives ascribed to complications follow ing his breaking away from the use of whiskey and narcotics, indi cated an Improvement In his con dition today. Reid's physicians said the ac tor's temperature was nearly nor mal and thut his pulse had drop ped from 130 to 112, and he was able to take a little nourishment The physicluns said Roid's de cllne followed his abandonment. o: the use of drugs and liquor, but the specific ailments which threat ened his life was influenza. j ne Metnodist Preachers' asso ciation , of Southern California planned to ask the city .council to day to appoint a commission of men and women to make a thor ough Investigation of the extent of the use of habit forming drugs in Los Angeles. IS F STATUTE ffiJPHELO Supreme Court Hands Down Opinion In Case Of State ts. J. J. Chase Involving Law. 100,333 NEEDED FOR WILLAITTE URGES ADMISSION OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES Washington, Dec. 19. Dr. Ells worth Hunting of Yale told the house Immigration commute to day that the admission of Near East refugees proposed in the pending White bill would not de grade the status of American civil ians. He favored their entry he said, on biological grounds, be cause they would be of higher average than the general run of immigrants. Dr. Esther Lovejoy of Portland, who has worked among the refu gee camps In the Near East since the Smyrna disaster, also f"red the bill. With less than 36 hours left in which successfully to complete the Willamette forward movement campaign there must be raised a total of $100,333 of which Salem must raise $36,000. At the lunch eon tills noon of team captains In Sulem and the Kiwanls club there was reported a total of $8398 raised in pledges during the past day. Report being sent in by tele graph show that the eastern dis trict, which was given a quota of $75,000 will not be able to raise the amount by at least $15,000 The southern district with a like quota has more than made up the amount with a total of $110,642 being reported to date. Word waa received by officials of the cam paign that Portland waa within $5000 of the amount and would endeavor to rabse and additional $5000. "Tomorrow night at midnight we will know the destiny of Wil lamette whether she will keep her place with the rest of the col leges of the state or take a step beck ward," declared John Mc Nary, chairman of the local organ ization. "What will the rest of Oregon say about Salem If we do not raise our quota?" At the meeting today It was re ported that a pledge had been re ceived from Senator Charles Mc- Nary, who Is at Washington, D. C. Another pledge of $10,000 was re ported from a Sulem man who had already subscribed; the pledge be ing given with the understanding that i twas not to count until all but $10,000 had been raised in Salem. The captains will meet again to morrow noon for tht last meeting. The act of 1921 making women eligible to jury duty in this tt is constitutional, according to an opinion written by Justice Me- Bride and handed down by tba supreme court today. Also that provision of the act requiring the presence of an equal number of women and men on Juries sitting In sex crimes In volving a minor girl, meajna Just exactly what it says. Justice Mo Bride declares. In other words In a Jury of 12 persons slttine in Judgment in a case of this naturn six of the Jurors must be men and six must be women, the act per mitting "any suitable nrocesti nr mode of proceeding which may appear most conform able to the spirit of this code." n be adopted in attalnlnir this emml. ity of representation. lower Court Upheld The case upon which the opinion Is based is that of th state of Oregon vs. J. J. ChaBe. the defendant being found guilty of tne crime or rape upon the nerson of a nine year old girl. In drawing the Jury !n this case six man and five women had neen drawn. The next name taken from the Jury box was that of a man. Judge Sklpworth of the Lane county circuit court ordered this name to be laid aside as the male quota of the Jury had . been filled. The names of other men were then drawn In the search for the sixth woman Juror and thu calling of a special' panel of Jurors was necessary in order fn fill out the quota of women on the Jury. The plaintiff objected to this procedure as a discrimination against the male Jurors and, there fore, as unconstitutional. Women Now Peers "The constitution guarantees to a defendant the right of trial by an Impartial jury, leaving the legislature to provide the 'method of securing such a jury." Justlc Mcanue points out In upholding the proceeding adopted by Judge Sklpworth In selecting the Jury In this case. "So long as It is a Jury of his peers, that is of qualified citizens Impartial between the state and himself the defendant has no right to complain because a particular class of persons ts Included or excluded. Women are now the peers of men politically," the opinion points out, "and there ts no reason to question their eligibility upon constitutional grounds." ANTI LIQUOR EDICT ATTACKED Washington,' Dec. 19. Tb decision of Federal Judge Hand at New York, holding that foreign vessels cannot bring Intoxicating Iquors Into the territorial waters of the United States was attacked as contrary to immemorial uaag and unwarranted by any present aw In a brief for the foreign lines filed In the supreme court today by former Attorney General Geo. Wickersbam. BANKER IS INDICTED . TODAY OH 32 COUNTS Albany, Ga., Dec. 19. S. 0. Watson, former president of th First National bank of Colquitt. Miller county, Ceorgls, and former mayor of Colquitt, was today In dicted by the grand jury in Uni ted States court here on 32 counts, alleging embezzlement of sums to talling nearly $100,000. Petroleum Price Lower. New York, Dec. 19 The Stand ard Oil company of New York to day reduced the price of petroleum for export half a cent a gallon making refined in cases 18.(4. cents and in tanks 7 cents. ...tiw.-.ffi.t.'W'5-"'",