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CITY EDITION
Dally average net paid circulation (or
month ending December 11, 124.
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Cloudy; rain In west;
rain and snow la the northeast portion
tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight.
Local: Max., 4; mln., 37; rain, .08;
river, 12.7; atmos., cloudy; wind, 8E.
6366
Average daily distribution 6.7((.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 6
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1925
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Failure To Evacuate Col
ogne Area Protested ;
Allies Expected To Ig
nore Communication.
Paris, Jan. 7 (By Associated
Press) The German note In reply
to the allied communication on the
continued occupation of the Col
ogne area was received In Paris
today. It declares the action of
the allies Is a reprisal and violates
clauses of the treaty of Versailles.
French official circles regard it
merely as a note of protest which
does not call for a response,
It la thought likely the allied
powers will allow the matter to
stand as outlined by their note to
Berlin, giving notice of non-evacuation
on January 10, until the final
report of the military commission
on armament conditions In Ger
many is In hand. They then will
simultaneously reply to the Ger
man protest which Is signed by
Foreign Minister Btresemann, and
make known what their future at
titude will be.
Allied Con ft re life 0hiis
Paris, Jan. 7 (By Associated
Press) The- conference of the al-
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The Lane county court and tho
Southern Pacific company will
not share in the expense of re
constructing tho new overbed
crossing near Divide, Or., accord
ing to an order o? the public serv
ice commission today, but the aiat
highway commission will be e
quired to pay alt of the addition-,!
amount.
The original cost of the cross
ing was 23.493.87, of which the
Southern Pacific company was
quired to pay 40 per cent, Lane
county 30 per cent and the state
30 per cent The cost of the re
construction necessitated by a set
mng ,oi the structure. was
$5104.74. The highway commis
sion petitioned the service com
mission to add this amount to the
original coBt and apportion tho
whole sum of the 40-30-30 basis.
The Southern tacific combat led
this, claiming the settling was
due to negligence In construction,
and tl . commission says In its or
der: '"h're Is no testimony before
the commission as to whether or
not It would have cost a great-.
amount of money than the oris
Jnal expenditure of 923,495.3? to
have constructed said crossing ong
inall;' in such a manner as to have
prevented the settling of eaid
m-Tture, and thus avoided the
additional expenditure of
J5104.74."
STATE REQUIRED
TO BUILD RAIL
CROSSING ALONE
BULLETINS
Washington, Jan. 7. President Coolidge's proposal for
American adherence to the world court will be taken up next
Wednesday by the senate foreign relations committee.
Washington, Jan. 7. The house today approved provisions
of the war department bill for maintenance of the regular
army at its present strength of 12,000 officers and 119,000
men.
yashington, Jan. 7. The senate set a new record for the
session today when it completed consideration of and passed
the $125,000,000 agricultural appropriation bill in one hour
and twenty-five minutes.
Washington, Jan. 7. An effort by Representative Rcid,
republican, Illinois, to eliminate from the army appropriation
bill the provision to transfer the aircraft experimental sta
tion to a tract donated by citizens of Dayton, Ohio, was de
feated by the house today on a viva voce vote.
Asheville, N. C, Jan. 7. The bodies of three young men,
all apparently about 18 years of age were found on the South
em Railway tracks near Skyland seven miles south of here to
day. All were beheaded and the only identification mark
found was that of a Chicago firm in the cap of one victim.
Friends of
Legislation Defeated at Polli
Now Preparing- To Lay Ee
vised Draft of
Income Tax
Before Legislature Next
Week; Division of Vote In
Balloting by People Hakes
Backers
Persistent
By Harry N. Craln
Like the proverbial cat with lte
multiple of live, the state in com
tax agitation will not down.
Defeated by a vote of the peo
ple only two months ago, it now
appears certain that at least one
income tax proposal, and perhaps
others will go before the legisla
ture when it meets here next
week. From Senator Tooze of
Clackamas comes one announce
ment of the Intention to raiee the
q nee t ion again, and there is every
reason to believe that the propos
al drafted by Lewis W. Elliott, a
deputy In the income tax depart
ment for the paet year, wilt also
find its way into the bill hopper
before the session is far ad
vanced. Profess Justification
Friendti of the income tax pro
fees to find their justification for
reviving the tesue at this time in
the contention that half of the
counties in the etate voted for re
tention of the levy when it was
before the people, and its repeal
was due solely to the expenditure
of huge sums of money by advo
cates of its repeal, according to
one member of the legislature
who was active In the enactment
of the law two years ago.
"It was simply another case of
the tail wagging the dog," eaid
this legislator. "Multnomah coun
ty, with its entrenched financial
interests, defeated the income
tax."
Scrutiny of the official returns
on the November election, while
supporting the contention of the
friends of the income tax that
half of the counties favored its
retention, does not reveal any
particular cause for jubilation for
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County school superintendtu'.
of Oregon, at their concluding
meeting here yesterday, adoptou a
resolution urging the legislature
to restore the county instituto law
as It was prior to an amendment
by the session of 1933.
Trior to 1933 the county super
intendent was required to call a
tree-day institute each year, end
teachers were required to attend.
If they did not their certificates
could be revoked. Senator Stray
er of Baker county introduced an
amendment which would have ex
empted teachers in districts of the
first class. Discr initiation, whicn
it was feared would be unfair, was
seen in the amendment, bo it was
further amended to exempt all
teachers from compulsory attend
ance and relieved school boards of
the necessity of dismissing school
for the three days. While this
amendment, which was passed, did
not repeal the county institute law
it had that effect, since no teacher
was required to attend.
L
Speech Attacking Demo
cratic Members of Con
gress Is Stricken From
Record By Request.
Washington, Jan. 7 After a
tongue-lushing by leaders of his
party in tho senate, Senator Dial,
democrat, South Carolina, today
withdrew from the senate record
the address he made last Saturday
blaming democratic members of
congress for the party's defeat last
November. '
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
the democratic flojr leader, de
clared Senator Dial's speech seem
ed "a deliberate affront to his col
leagues, a dishonoring of the con
stituency which honored him with
election and a befouling of his own
nest.
The debate, the fourth Intra
party squabble in the senate in as
many days, started when Senator
Dial asked permission to correct
the record of his speech in cer
tain details. Senator Robinson and
Senator Smith, the other member
from South Carolina, suggtted
that Mr. Dial might do well to
withdraw the entire.
OffensA Not Intended
"I did not realize that tho
speech was offensive to anybody,"
said Senator Dial, interrupting an
appeal by his South Carolina col
league, Senator Smith, that toe
address be stricken from the rec
ord. "I was speaking on the general
trend of the democratic party,"
said Mr. Dial. "If it was ofteus.vc
I withdraw it."
Previously, when he had sought
to withdraw only a portion of tuc
speech. Senator Uial had been as
sailed by Senator Robinson, ihu
party floor leader. Taking up a
remark by the South Carolinau
that be had not prepared iht
speech before hand, Senator ttob
mson asked:
"Did not the senator, as a mat
ter of fact, read me entire specuu
from a carefully prepared, type
written manuscript?"
"Not a prepared manuscript,"
replied Senator Dial.
lie added that he only wisaed
to withdraw those remarks whicn
ice nied to infer that the democrats
lost th3 election because they
oufcht to have lost, and those
which referred to "political sabot
age." Harbors Kill Slashed
Washington, Jan. 7 The house
rivers and harbors committee to
day reduced by $13,214,000 the
$52,000,000 rivers and harbors bill.
The committee reduced by $?,
000.000 the $16,000,000 proposed
for the lutei coastal canal along
the Gulf of Mexico and by $3,500,
000 the $10,200,000 recommended
for tho Los Angeles, Cal., break
water. Washington. Jan. 7 The $289,
000,000 annual naval appropriation
bill and the $107,000,00 deficien
cy measure, the first of the season,
were reported today by the senate
appropriations committee.
TREE FALLS UPON
AUTO: 10 HURT
ItOf-eburg, Or., Jan. 7. Clintoi
Humber and George ilinkle, resi
dents of the Calapuoia district,
near Oakland, wore seriously tn
,u red late yesterday evening when
i big tree fell across the automo
bile in which they were riding.
The tree was being cut down,
and in falling did not take the di
rection expected and dropped
across the road. Uamber and
inkle were driving home and as
the tree came down it struck the
front of their car and actually cut
t In two. The two men were t
TOthT In the front sat. and h-;
trunk fell across their laps wttii
su"h force that It drove both of
th'-m through ihe bottom of tre
r.
Hinkle was driving and receive
a little protection from the stor
ing wheel and pot, but It amber ar
pgs were terribly mangled, the
lion beinrf completely thattored
Ammitation may be n-cesary.
The men were taken into Oak
land yesterday mntnic and thn
brought to the r.osehurs; hospital
last night.
SENATOR D!A
WITHDRAWS
HOT REIVIARKS
Al Smith Says
Volstead Act
Is Sufficient
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7. Gov
ernor Smith told toe legislature in
his first message today that the
Volstead act must be enforced but
that no state legislation was nec
essary in this respect.
This legislative program of the
republicans, who control the leg
islature, includes a state prohibi
tion enforcement act to supplant
the Mullan-Gage law, which was
repealed with the approval of Gov
ernor Smith in a previous admin
istration.
"Any sensible man or woman
can readily realize that we have
law but what was lacking is en
forcement," said Governor Smith.
After pointing out that "every
peace officer and every official ol
the state charged with the en
forcement of law should enforce
the Volstead act as vigorously as
he would any state statue or any
mandate of the constitution it
self," Governor Smith said. "The
whole question of enforcement of
the federal act sustaining the 1 8 1 i
amendment is imbedded in instn-
cc.lty and hypocricy. We are suf
fering from too many statesmen
who talk dry and act wet."
FULLY UP TO SET
Washingotn, Jan. 7 After ex
amining Secretary Wilbur and
other high officials of the navy de
partment, the senate naval appro
priations committee concurs in the
view of the hoiwc committee that
the country need not bo alarmed
about reoorts that the American
navy has fallen below the 6-5-3
ratio.
Adopting a report similar to that
of the house committee, the senate
committee declared today that with
tho exception of the battleship
Florida, Wild up for refitting,-"no
one can say that as to capital ship
the 5-5-S ratio does not prevail.
"Much Is heard of tho navy's
relative standing with respect to
the navies of Great Britain and
Japan," said the report. "Self
Htyled experts and others who can
not possibly be in a position to
speak authoritatively seemingly
with little difficulty, get Into the
public prints with article depict
ing us as retrograding in varying
degrees, and the effect has been
to create quite generally the im
pression that our navai prestige is
rapidly waning. The committee
dors not feel that the country need
be alarmed."
Washington, Jan. 7 In the record
time of 15 minutes the senate to
day parsed the I3G7.000.000 appro
priation bid for the postoffice and
treasury departments.
Heeaii-Q of its provision for the
needs of two departments the
measure is the largest pease time
appropriation bill In hirtory. it
carries approximately $8,000,000
less than the budget estimate tut
$12,000 000 more than was appro
printed for the departments this
year.
Washington, Jan. 7 The senate
will vote at four p. m. tomorrow
on the Underwood bill, tho crux of
the Muscle Shoals leasing fight.
Washington, Jan. 7 The $39,
000,000 rivers and harbors auth
orization bill will come to a vote in
the house next we ?k un ler a pro
gram agreed upon today uy repub
lican leaders.
BIDS OPENED ON BRIDGE
Portland, Or., Jan. 7. The (ill
pin Construction company of Port,
land submitted the lowest of ekht
bids opened today for construct .on
of the Sfllwood bridge across the
Willamette rlvor, the figure benin
1442.500, In 2r.O work ins days.
Other participants In the blddin-;
included enKinceilns firms of
Angel and Spokane. Final le
cislon awaits action by Bridge En
gineer Consultant Ir. Custav Lln-dcnthal.
SENATE BREAKS
RECORD IN VOTE
ON MONEY BILL
ISROCKEDBY
EARTHQUAKE
Tremor Lasting 15 Sec
onds Recorded; Houses
Ave Rocked and Cit
izens Flee To Cellars.
Boston, Mass.. Jan. 7 An earth
tremor lasting 15 seconds and of
considerable intensity was record
ed at 8;07 o'clock this morning at
the Harvard seismograph leal eta-1
tlon. Because of some storm or
disturbance off shore at the time,1
it was not possible to estimate the
distance of the tremor, officials
said, but the direction was beliov-
ed to be north.
The preliminary tremors 6y
which seismologists estimate the
distance of earthquakes were ob
scured by some unexplained dis
turbance, it was said. The inten
sity of the seismograph record
was attributed to the fact that the
tremor was local in character.
Officials said they believed that
the direction of the tremor was
north bv reports from points north
of lioston indicating that It was
most severely felt there. Glouces
ter, Marblehead, Sat em and other
noith shore cities and towns re
ported heavy shocks, lasting from
20 t 30 minutes and accompanied
by n rumbling resembling the noise
made by a loaded truck on a pav
ed street. In Swampsiott stove
covers were dislodged and In Ma
hant pictures were knocked down
from walls.
Houses were shaken and dishes
were jarred from shelves. In
Marblehead, where the shock was
unusually heavy, scores of persons
sought safety in sellara.
DECLARED FALSE
Chicago, Jan. 7. Reports that
valuable jewelry shipments were
aboard the Chicago & Northwest
ern train No. 12, of which a mall
car was entered by thieves Mon
day, night between Chicago and
Omaha were discredited by Robert
Lewis, according to postoffice In
spectors in charge here today. He
expressed the opinion that nothing
of large value was contained in
the parcel post matter.
Chicago. Jan. 7. Loot of up
wards of $500,000 worth of jew
elry may have been taken by
thieves from Chicago and North
western train No. 12 between
Omaha and Chicago Monday
night, according to reports to pos
tal inspectors here.
Chicago, Jan. 7. A theory that
an organized ''and, familiar witu
the movements of valuable parcel
post mail, broke into a sealed car
of Chicago & Northwestern train
No. 12 somewhere between Omaha
and Chicago, Monday night, wan
held today by investigators.
The amount of the loot has not
been determined. The robbers
evidently equipped with keys used
to lock the cars and their strong
box, probably boarded the train
at Omaha, r'-nday morning, and
cfter ransacking the contents look
it at one of the stops before Chi
cago,
The robberv of the car was th
third n several months, official:'
'-aid.
STATE DEPOSIT
E
State Treasurer Kay announced
today that he has changed the pc
live riopwitory of the ntate from
the First Nation: 1 bank of Port
land to the Ladd A Ilunh bank of
Salem.
Jefferson Myers, Kay's prd;
cc o.- In of.' co, when he was ap
pointed treasurer last March by
(Jovt-rnor Pierce, moved the active
depository to Portland, the flrat
time it ever has been outride of Sa
lcm. His reason was that Port
lard, as the financial center of the
ntate. should be the seat of the ac
tive depository.
1500,000 LOSS IN
TRAIN ROBBERY
BADMAN ALSO CAVEMAN
SB 8B ffi 8B - SB 8B 8B
Possesses Homing Instinct
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EATS COMMON VICTUALS
R. D. Highline, St. Paul bad-
man extraordinary, who wears
horseshoes on hie boots, brandishes
revolver with three notches on
the handle and now looks wistful
ly through the bars of the Marlon
county jail as a culmination of his
reign of terror in the St. Paul dis
trict, was also a potential cave
man, it became known today.
All of his activistic tendencies
cropped ou when he saw the
sorry plight of a widow near St.
'aul who was trying to get alon
on a fertile ruucu with urouu
acres, many cows, and a bank ac
count. Her trying condition went
down deep and warmed the cockles
of the heart of this St. Paul gun
wieldcr, showing that a spark of
sentiment burns in every bonoin,
oven when one's heart is flint.
For, he declared to all ruund
about him, so the story comes up
from St. Paul, that no widow
should be left to struggle against
such odds as being compelled to
make out her income tax blank by
herself and he vowed by the naiis
in his horseshoes that he would
wed her. Not woo and wed her
that wasn't bU style. He declared
if ehc didn't marry him, he would
marry her anyway, intimating u
nigl.i; raid, a sudden clatter of
hirseshocd boots, a widow torn
violently from her home with a
three-notched reroiver at her
temple, a daah to the Justicn oi
24 SUITS TAKEN
What might have been a job of
"Inch and a Quarter Jimrnv."
who has been eluding the vigilance
of Portland police for so long, was
pulled off at the City Cleaning
Works, 1261 Stute street, durlim
the night last night, when the
front dotr of the establishment
was cleverly jimmied and at l?ast
24 suits of clothes belonging to
patrons were taken. When final
check Is made the number may
run up to 30 suits. One of the
suits taken belonged to Will
Moore, insurance commissioner.
Deputy Sheriff Smith ami
George White, of the police force,
investigated the robbery. Wcitc
had hi finger print outfit with
him. A copy of The Capital Jour
nal of January 3, which the n-cn
at the cleaning works are certain
was dropped by the robbers, wis
found In the shop.
E. H, Kennedy, proprietor of
the works, states that the checkup
so far shows 24 suits of clothes
missing. He said there might b
more, vut he is unable to say at
this time. He was unable to place
any valuation on the clothes tak
en. Officers say that the work with
the jimmy on the front door wars
the work of an expert, the dour
leiitg jimmied open and scarcely
a mark left on it, the Job being on
a par with that done by the fam
ous Portland artist who Is i 1 1
baffling the police of that city.
With King Illng Al N. Pierce
becoming a member of the order of
past kings and J. C. Perry taking
up his duties rs leader for 192',
tho Cherrians with fitting cere
mony ushered In a new year of en
deavor last night at their annual
banquet and jollification.
Ten candidates paswed through
the grilling ordeals which w.ll
permit them to become a part of
the live) lost booster organ iz&Hj:
on earth, these being Arthur J
Kahn, C. A. Towns. Bert Koid,
Hollis Huntington. C. B. Irwin,
Jaek Elliott, C. K. Olese, A. C
Koff, Reed Rowland and Lester
Schlosberg. Thone sitting on liic
qualiflcatlo- s of the candidal
were Mai I), Pat ton, Charlci E.
Knowland and H. H- Olinger.
Special entertainment was fur
nished by the Hhaw Amusement
company of Portland, among tho
giving numbers being W, T. Day
baritone, Frances Bliss, Gladys
, McConnell and Grace Lawlls.
the peace, and from then on a
softeued badman in charge of the
broad acres and the bank account
Love'a dream was shattered. How
ever, by two deputy sheriffs, who
rudely pulled him from another
man's bed where he was sleeping,
after having driven the other man
from home.
Highline is docile as a lamb In
the county jail. While Sheriff
Bower was wondering if he
wouldn't have to prepare some
special dishes of wildcat steak.
rattlesnake tail soup aud a flagon
of ox blood for the desperado to
quaff. He was startled to find
that the badman eats oatnwai
gruel with the same gusto as the
tame brand.
"Why 1 believe the bird would
even eat cake If It were offered to
him," remarked the astonished
deputy, Sam Burkhart, when the
news was broken that the badmin
could eubsit on ordinary victuals
Highline was before Justice
Small and has taken a day or two
to plead, until some timid lawyer
can be persuaded to visit him in
his lair.
In the meantime St. Paul com
munity is breathing more fres!y
with their wihlman In captivity
and It is understood that Peter
Stute, who wr.s driven from his
1 ouee by Highline to make a Uir
for the badman, has returned and
is living his old life once more.
SUES TO COLLECT
The tombstone business In Mar
ion, Polk and Yamhill counties
hue been flourishing during the
past few years as revealed by an
amended complaint filed in cir
cuit court in tho case of W. W.
Ityals against-J. C. Jones & com
pany in which Ityals asks for
$8bJ9.75 alleged to still be due
him as commission on Bale of
tombstones after the company had
paid him $5000 for his services.
He btatos that from May, 1918,
to June, 1924, he sold for the com
pany tombstones to the value of
yiO 469, that he assisted In til.'
sale of tombstone: to the value of
$1175 tud that he canvassed fcr
the ale of torn Intones on deals
afterwards completed which re
suited in the sale of 12 more of a
value of (i9,99l. Between Janu
ary, 1923. and June, 1924, b
stutea he sold 52 more tombstones
valued at $8599.75 and canvassed
for $18 more wajch were later sold
for $3263.
A'l told he says his commission.,
run to $13,201.15 on the businoss
ho has brought to the company
or been Instrumental in securing
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 7. An
option un 14 acres of land In the
steel shipyard will be closed at
once, said William E. Douglas, to
establish a linen mill that will em
ploy 2000 workers inside of a year.
The plant will begin operations In
90 days. The lease will extend for
30 years and Includes the cast pari
of the old plate shop with an area
of 200 by 450 feet, five railroad
tracks and a loft 80 by 450 feet.
Eastern capitalists and linen
manufacturers .Including J. Sid
ney Starling, North Tonnawaridi
N. V.; Robert Simpson of Clift-i:.
N. '.; Joseph J. Alfred of Lock
port and F. J, Galbraith of Syra
cuse, '. J., are said to be backing
the enterprise. A. J. Riach of
Vancouver and Mr. Douglas of
Camas are local representatives.
The incorporate.' papers will b-
filed at Olympln and locally by
Judge A. L. Mill'T. The capital
stock will be fixed at $)00.000. A
flax pulling machine nlso will be
manufactured and will reduce Ih
cot of harvesting the flax to a
minimum. P. VI. Thomuwon ol
Turner will be field man for the
corporation and one of the direc
tors In the company, said Mr.
Rlnch.
A heated argument chills any
atmosphere.
en id
AMERICANS
NOW AGREED
Churchill Announces Re
sult of Conference With
American Envoy Bids
Well For Settlement.
Paris, Jan. 7. (Dy Assucia'i-d
Press.) Vinatou Churchill, Bitt
iah chancellor o the exchuauer.
and James A. Logan, Jr., rei):o
aenlative ot tho United Stale
witn the reparation commission
conferred this evening following
the plenary session of the allied
finance ministers conference, and
it was understood that the pr is
pects for a settlement of American
claims for reparations were favor
able. The British chancellor eava nut
the following couimuniuue (tar
his meeting with Mr. Logan.
"Mr. Churchill and Mr. Lrnran
had a friendly personal talk after
tne plenary scxslon of the coher
ence on a particular Doint out
standing between Oreat Britain
and the United States. While no
uccision co'Ud he reached on the
actual details there was a general
agreement that the matter would
ue uiscussed further with a good
hope of reaching a solution equit
able to Great Britain and tha
United Stales. The prospects of
an early settlement therefore arc
considered favorable and If an
agreement alio .Id be reached be
tween Kngland and America the
general work ot the conference
would be facilitated and expedllc-l.
Paris, Jan. 7. (By A.woclated
Press) A highly Important talk
between Finance Minister Clrm-
entel of France and Winston
Churchill, llrlllsh chancellor ot
tne exchequer, held today in ad
vance of the opening of the fi
nance minister's conference, serv
ed once more to bring out the
tendency ot all European debt
discussions, no matter what their
beginning, to veer towards Wash
ington before they have nrogrexa.
ed very far.
A communique Issued threw lit
tie light on the discussion, mere
ly declaring there had been an un
official exchange of views on the
general aspects of the Inter-allied
debts. It le understood, however.
that Mr. Churchill onened the
discuenion by setting forth the
well Known British standpoint
that Great Britain must receive
from her war debtors sums equiv
alent to those she must pay the
united Ktates.
The French finance minister 'a
reply was that the French were
obliged to take exactly the same
attitude that France likewise
could not forgive her debtora
while obliged to pay her credit-
ore.
BE CAREFUL
Two accidents were reported at
the pn'ice statio i today.
11. II. llnrrtft reports (hat a car
of the Stiff Furniture company
ran into the rear u his automobile
at Mission and I mimerclul while
lie stopped for a street car to dis
charge passengers. Me said the
accident wan cue to poor brakes
on the Stiff aitomobfte and that
the driver admitted responsibility.
O. H. (iingrich reports that he
ran over a bicycle ridden by an
unidentified person at High sad
State streets and that the caH
wat that the cyclist hud no Hunt
on hit bicycle, there was no injury.
TWO ACCIDENTS
IN DAY'S REPORT