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Newspaper Page TextAJoinraal C apital 3 "CITY EDITION THE WEATHER ORBQON: Rain lati tonight or Friday la the west portion. No chant la tem perature, fresh west winds. Local: Max. 45; min. 17; rain, .04; river, 11.4; atmos., cloudy; wind south Dally aTerags net paid circulation for month endlnc December SI, ltzt 6366 Arena;, dally distribution 6.761. Member Audit Bureau o( Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 7 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925 npTpr rpnriwp r-TTMTQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS rtiUjEi lllKEilii STANDS FIVE CKNTS mm ELEVATION OF GUNS IS HELD PERMISSABLE Program For Moderniz ing Battleships Allowed Under Arms Treaty, Is Hughes Contention. Washington, Jan. 8. Congress was informed today that the ad ministratiun does not regard the much debated proposal to modern ize American battleships as con flicting with the arms treaty, but that President Coolidge believes both the modernization program and certain proposed new con struction would conflict with his policy of economy. Secretary Hughes, in a letter to the house naval committee, de clared Japan and the United States agreed that elevation of guns on American capital ships would be in harmony with the treaty, although Great 13 ri tain has taken the opposite view. Secretary Wilbur, appearing be fore the same committee, said al though the navy department would like to see enough coustru tion and alteration to bring the navy as a whole up to the 5-5-3 ratio, the expenditures necessary bad been vetoed by the budget bu reau with the backing of the pros ident. Secretary Hughes took the posi tion tnat elevation of guns on American capital ships would not violate the arms treaty, although It migiit have the unfortunate tf feet of tending to promote naval competition. The letter also recited that -while Great Britain had taken the view that the alterations proposed would prove a violation of the treaty, Japan took the opposition po.ltion. M. Hughes wrote the commit tee in response to a resolution asking whether any protest. against the elevation program hud been made by foreign powers. Th British ambassador, he said, o March 15, 1923, had brought up the subject, "earnestly appealing' to tho state department against any alteration of the present gun elevations and giving positive as- lurances that no such alteration bad been made on any British cap ltal ship after its commission. PLEA FOR DRASTIC STATE ECONOMIES Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8 Governor Charles W. Bryan, former demo cratic vice-presidentiat nominee, bid goodbye to the people of Ne braska's governor today, surrend ering his office at inaugural oxer cises to Adam McMullen, 'republi can, after making a plea for rigid economy through the abolition of rveral state departments. Following up hi plea, made al so In his budget mess.iRe of yes terday, when he asked for draitic cuts totalling $4,838,202.72, the rtiatng executive reviewed his two year administration, pointing to tho reduction in the number of mate employes and the cut In tax M which he said totalled opproxi hiatety 3J per cent as compared to the preceding repub!ian adminis tration of and 19'ii. Salient points of Governor Bry an'a farewell message were: Advocated abolition of state de partment of agriculture, finance and Insurance departments. Recommended the legislature to adopt full program of capltol com mission for construction of new state house. Expressed opposition to the pro posed gasoline tax. Rec jmmended that the child la bor amendment be submitted to popular referendum. Advocated state government de velopment of water power; re enactment of statute providing for beard of mediation '.o serve In dis putes between capital an J labor, and advocating deposit -jf fees col lected by state in cne general fund )Mngt am Resigns To Be Sworn In Hertford. Cnnn., Jan. I Govern or Hiram rttneham resigned today less than 24 hours after hi Inau guration yewterdny and was tworn in as United Ktv.es senator. ROA !1DIN RELP0 Audit of Books Reveals Big Shortage For 1924 With December Claims Yet To Be raid. Dallas, Or., Jan. 8. Tho Polk county general road fund and market road funds are in the red fur a total of $45,332.35 with the December bills against these funds yet to be added, according to tne books of County Clerk Hugn i. Black. This comes as a rather startling revelatiun, inasmuch as the county has long followed a r.ay-as-you-go policy In the matter of roads. Apparently the exact status of affairs was not known by anyone until the county clerk's books were totalled up to show the con dition of things at the end of the year. Eeal Shortage Concealed. At the budget meeting it was brought out that the funds were overdrawn and Judge Robinson stated on questioning by Judge elect Hawkins that the market road fund was overdrawn about $15,000 and the general road fund about $5000 or $0000. The coun ty books show that there is $17. 130 outstanding against the gen eral road fund and $28,195.57 against tne marKet road fund. This latter huge total Is due part ly to the fact that the state is withholding approximately $13, 000 pending an adjustment of af fairs because of purchase of road machinery out of market road funds. It will not be known until the court acts on December bills, at an adjourned meeting to be neld today, just how much more will be placed against these funds. The general fund of the county, like wise is low and with all the De cember court house expenses tu meet yet, there is approximately $4000 remaining. Mp-ket Road Fund Relieved. While the condition of the gen eral road fund has shoved the county Bomo $10,000 to $12,000 deeper into the hole than the darkest forebodings of the incom ing county court members had m ticipated. the matter of state (Continued on Pace Four) BARNES VISITS CITY AFTER 25 E T, H. Barnes, real estate opera tor in Salem 25 ' years ago and more, is back in the city today try ing to locate old landmarks nnd old friends. The former, he finds, are about ae scarce as the latter. "I looked through the directory, but I found few of the old names. Some, however, I recognized as the sons of my old-tiuae acquaint ances." Mr. Barnes left Salem In 1900, and is now making hie home in Alliance, Nebraska. During his years here he wae actively en gagei': In real estate promotion and was one of ose responsible for opening up the Englewood addi tion. It was largely through hi", efforts that the subscriptions nec- e r-y to secure construction of the INorth Seventeenth street car line, abandonel during the pis' few months, were secured. Commentirg upon the radical growth and changes In the city. Mr. Barnes said that the period of expansion through which Sa lem Is now passing Is what he and his associates looked for 25 years ago. "But I guess we were a little bit prematura" he remarked. Mrs, Bern"! Is also with him. and they are stpping at the Mar lon hotel for a few days. They ire parents of L. O. Barnes, also i former realty operator here, now In Long Beach. Probe pry Bureau Washington, Jan. I Under the leadership of Senator Watson, re puolican, Indiana, administration force suveed?d In having the op ening of the senate Investigation of the prohibition enforcement unit behind closed doors. McCoy Given 1 to 10 Years For Murder Los Angelee, Cal., Jan. 8. Ki McCoy, ex-prize fighter, convicted of manslaughter here last week for the murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors last August, was sen tenced today to from one to ten years in San Quenttn prison. Superior Judge Charles Crail. before passing sentence, denied the defense motion for a new trial which contained charges of 15 counts of error during the trial. The most prominent of the charges was directed at the "com promise verdict" of manslaugh ter. McCoy was indicted for first degree murder. Attorney H. L. Gelsler, who de fended McCoy, announced that he would appeal to the higher courts. Paris, Jan. 8. (By Associated Press.) The conference of allied finance ministers, called to settle a number of points connected with German reparation payments, bad a session of half an hour this aft ernoon to consider a program. The hours preceding the session were spent by the various delega tions in unofficial conversations which so far have comprised most of the progress achieved by the ministers. American Ambassador Her rick, Winston Churchill, British chii cellor of the exenequer; French Financ ; Miinster Clementel, Pre mier Theunis of Belgium, Finance Minister Stefani of Italy and Vis count Ishii of ''Japan, ambassador to France, held an unofficial not ing earlier in the afternoon at M Clementel's office. This meeting lasted about one hour and a hilf and at its close Ambassador Her riclc and Mr. Churchill, arm in arm, walked slowly to the foreign office for the official meeting They appeared to be carrying on an earnest conversation. The conference rteclded that the best way to do its work was continue private talks between the delegates and an adjournment was taken until Monday. BROOKHART TO FACE CONTEST Washington, Jan. 8 A contest of the election of Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republiean, Iowa, was filed In the senate today on behalf of Dan F. Stack, his demo cratic opponent. The petition was filed by Sena tor Robinson of Arkansas, the dem ocrattc leader. It will go to the senate privilege and elections com mlttce. Errors and irregularities in counting the ballots in earh of the 99 counties of Iowa are charg ed by Seeck. BE CAREFUL Three accidents are listed on the police records for today. Willirm Carotliens and VV. W. Zinn clashed In front of the Ore gon theater. An autoomhile driven by W. W Chadwick and a truck driven bv C. Bauman collided at Church and Chemeketa, Chadwick claiming the truck driver did not see him. Bauman claims Chadwick was speeding. K. M. Gunsley reports a colli ilon at Mission and South Com mercial with a man named Hun-?, while the former wan stopped for a street car discharging pas sengers. o5i LANDLORDS T0RSEEKSTOD1V0RCEMIIflllMI UNDERWOOD IKE WAR DENOUNCED BY BILLPASSFS ON COOLIDGE V 80 DEPUTIES VOTE 48 37 President Stirs Up Hor nets Nest In Effort To Regulate Rentals In Washington City. Washington, Jan. 8. President Coolidge, at the November elec tion, was given a four year exten sion of his lease on the White House, but nevertheless he ts hav ing plenty of trouble these days with Washington landlords. By initiating steps to bring about permanent government regulation of residence rentals in the District of Columbia, Mr. Coolidge, whose own home In Northampton, Mass., is the rented half of a double house, has brought down upon his head the wrath of Washington real estate men. The result has been to fill the air here with statements and counter statements regarding rents, the insertion of half page advertisements in newspapers by the real estate interests, and broadcasting by the realtors of urgent appeals for aid from their associates in other cities. President Coolidge entered the lists about two weeks ago on the side of the tenants by requesting Richard Whaley, chairman of the District of Columbia rent com mission and a former member of the house from North Carolina to draw up a regulatory bill based on the police power of the federal government to maintain sanitary and moral conditions in the dis trict. The new legislation requested by the president would take the place of the existing Ball rent act, first passed in 1919 and since twice extended, setting up a com mission to determine fair rentals on application either of the tenant or owner. This law, enacted as a war emergency, expires next May and since last June has been in operative by court decision affirm ing to the contention of the real estate men that the war emerg ency had ceased to exist. TO C ROSS R. E. Clanton, former state master fish warden and super! ir iendent of hatcheries, is here to day perusing testimony that was submitted at the hearing given Dr, Thomas Ross :ome time ago fol lowing the attempt by Governor Pierce to oust R'.t as a member o the fish commlnlon. Roes, in his testimony, assailed Clanton, declaring that waste of funds which he formerly had at tributed to Carl D. Shoemaker he had discovered, after becoming : ember of the commission, we due to CI ;i n ton's management cf !he hatcheries. Clanton said today that later he expected to issue a statement re futing Uoss' statement. "I was with the commission for 15 years," said Clanton, "un.1 i som of the best commissioners the state has ever had, and 1 nni going to protect my reputation." The governor has not ynt an nounced his deeffdon as to wheth er he will remove Ross. Wlien first notified b. the governor tin he had been removed Rons refund to quit without a hearing, and a the conclusion of the hearing th governor took the case under ad visement. CAMPAIGN MANAGER CHANGED ELECTION RETURNS New York, Jan. 8. George Rosken, a campaign manager Vji Representative Nathai Perltnjti. republiean, who was re-elected to eongress from the fourteenth New York district last November to day told District Attorney Barton that he had ben hired to change the returns in Perlman'i distr'tt so as to count out William I. Hir v leb, democartie candidate and re elect Mr. Perlmao. 'jT I 1 $ ft w if rt - MRS EDNA oTAMBS SCXIT. Startling allegations, which have thrown Washington society into a furore, have been made against Mr. Edna James Scott, wife of Representative Frank D. Scott In the latter'a action for divorce in the courts at Alpena, Mich. He accuses her of extravagances and indiscretions. She denies his charges In toto and has depicted the wetness of a dry congress In her testimony. a Heroic Rescue of Drowning Airplane Achieved by Minto "Rush quickly, an airplane just dove uose first into the waters of the Willamette river!'' Out of breath, a stranger yester day ru; hed up to Policeman lew Olson on the street with the fore going terrifying news. Being a man of action, Ols n acicd. Full steam ahead he ru.sii ed to the police station, routed out Chief Minto, some of his aides, t!ii city pulmotor and a section of the fire dciarlmeiit, wtih ladders aiid completo equipment except tho new aerial rm':, which seemed to have been overlooked some way in tho excitement. Down to the river rushed the light brigade, witb citizens ahcid of them, to the right, to the left of tliem, and citizens behind them. The stranger, all this time, ws an active participant in the prepa rations. Speed was the requisite In this emergency and the emergency got it. It Is doubtful if more than a million gallon of vater had gone under tiie bridge between the Mme the stranger accosted Olson nnd the rescuing party reached the in tercom) ty bridge. Out onto th" bridge they rushed, apparently deeming this the place for est'ib IfKh winter quarters to talto up the work of rescue. One portion of the purty r(iniinandi'i'r',. ROBBERS M Bend, Or, Jan. 8. .Mix Roucliei'k, !., Russian mill work er, v.as ion iid brutally in urdu amid fianies of his cabin Mere by city firemen at 4:30 o'clock thi morning, Roue heck was strut. ' down by an unknown u su ilatit. Scveial deep gashes were inflicted on hand and face. Authorities be lieved robbery v.-as the motive. Identification cards show Roue heck entered Minnesota 10 year ago as on alien under nam of Alex Krowezyk. He received mail here tinder nanus of Rou check and Krant. Money orders for $100 have b.en sent Maryna Hldorowna Kram In Pnhind. Rou cherk, according to Shevlin-llixon mill officials where he worked, was married, and has a wife r. ji I three children living in Russia. INCREASElfPROPlTION FOR CITIZENS TRAINING W.ifhinuion, Jan. S The houte to-' :y npprove.l an anim Intent by Uer fiiiai.ve Conn illy, democrat Tex.m, th war 4l;i,irtnint "P prrpri.ilin bill to inrr-ic the 2. 32O.0C0 cflrri'd for clfln mili tary trtiintnir rnmps to $1.12, 471, the orlSTTial budget estlnciifl. Spauldiug's tugboat for a flank at tack by wat'r. Everything iai scientiiically arranged for Hie on slaught onto the river, and the bombarding apparatus placed in position. Then the chief tuiiit-i to the stranger. "Now, bring in your airpluno," said the cliiel tu the strunger. But in the meantime the stranger had been gazing off into up ace, his eyes bulging out, bib lower jaw dropped onto his chest and his entire appearance being of the typo that novelists luoel crestfallen. "What's that darned jigger ove there?" asked the stranger, hat ing seemingly lost all interest in the airplane, as he pointed at the steam shovel of the saud and grav el company, just pushing its nos down into the river. "Bun't you kno v a steam shovel when you see one?" queried the petulant chief, anxious to be aft.r the airplane and its occupants, who he believed by that time, must have their clothes nearly drench ed. "Well, that's the darned air plane 1 saw," remarked the stranger. At that the pnity broke up and that is why Chief Minto today was passing around the cigars. All re cipients of cigars have agreed thai the chief meant well, at the worst RAIL OFFICIALS San Francisco, Jan. 8. Of ficials of the Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and Great Northern railroads are in conference here today to formu late an answer to the report of Examiner Kcphart of the inter state commerce commission con taining proposed plans for the ex tension of railroad facilities in central Oregon. According to Ralph Budd, prcsl dent of the Great Northern and conferee for that system. Die reply must he in Washington by Jan uary 17 and Its contents will not be divulged before the commission has had a chance to examine It "The report of the examiner suggested certain changes in which my line Is not particularly interested," Mr. Budd said, "i do not know its details. 1 under stand that It called particularly for a road across the state from the east to the west.' Other conferees are William Sproule president of the South ern Pacific company; A. C. Spen cer, attorney for the Union Pa cific, and Judge C. If. Carey, representing tbt Northern Pa cific Aventive Opposition Re fuses To Return To Parliament As Protest Against Fascist! Rule. Rome, Jan. 8. (By Associat ed Press) At a plenary meeting of the deputies of the Aventine opposition today it was decided to continue to abstain from par liamentary work as a sign of protest against the fascist gov ernment of Premier Mussolini. The meeting, attended by 80 deputies, also sent out a message to the country violently denounc ing the fascist regime and set ting forth the reasons of the op position why the coming elec tions should not be conducted by the present government. Rome, Jan. 8. (By Associated Press) Arrangements are under way for the reopening of the chamber of deputies, which ad journed last Saturday until its committees should be ready to report on the electoral bill intro duced by Premier Mussolini. Interest centers in the question whether the deputies of the Aventine opposition will decide to reenter the chamber or con tinue their policy of absentlon. A plenary meeting of the various opposition groups is being nein today when it Is expected their plan of enmpaign will be decided. The most prominent opposition leaders have joined in framing a manifesto to the country which they already term a "historic doc ument." Those who have read It say various passages can be rec ognized as coming from tne pens of Signor Turati, leader of in- transicant socialists; former fro ntier Glollttl and former Premier Orlando, Meanwhile the excitement over the first energetic measures adopt ed by the government In its cam paign to "clear tho situation" Is gradually subsiding, and It Is not considered likely that the oppo sition's manifesto will cause much of a stir except perhaps warm discussions between th- fascist and opposition newspapers The chief efforts of the opposi tion at present are understood to be bent toward avoiding a senium between those who wish to return to the chamber and those who in- sib: upon remaining away. TO CONFER UPON Dallas, Or., Jan. 8. A Jui.it meeting of tho Polk and Lincoln county court will probably be held in the near future to consider :-omj feasible plan of building the Kails City-Lincoln county highwa to establish a short route to New port for all valley points north and cast of Independence and .Monmouth. A delegation t Fail City business men met Wednesday with the county court, in company with representatives of the Dallas commercial club. The Lincoln county district chiefly interested iu tho road has proposed a joint Polk-Lincoln road district for tho purpose of levying a special tax to build tht road. As only a mile of Lincoln county road will be unfinished U.( Polk county section would receive a heavy share of the funds. But the road would open up and de velop a rich section of Linen. n county which now needs an outlet. There Is no prospect of Polk county aid on the road this year, hut the court and Falls City and Dallas citizens are Interested In it and undoubtedly the movement is underway. Some legal obstacles may be in the way of a Joint county district. Broker Under Arrest. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 8. On charges in a complaint of II'-' wonts telegraphed from Idaho. F A. Mc Waster, a broker of Uj'.o Kails, was In Jail here today. He was arrested yesterdny on activa tion of accepting $651 from Nell son brothers, of Idaho Kails !i sugar stock that be didn't deliver. After Month's Debate Measure Providing For Leasing Muscle Shoals Project Wins Out. Washington, Jan. 8. The sen ate today voted to substitute tho Underwood bill, providing private operation at Muscle Shoals, for the Norris government operation bill, but left the measure penatus subject to amendment. The vote vas 48 to 37 and many of those who voted believed they were disposing of the problem to fur as the senate was concerned. After a long parliamentary wrangle President Cummins ruled the action was merely on substi tution for the Norris bill. The Underwood bill, providing: for private leasing of the proper.y theu formally was substituted tr the measure passed by the houre leasing the property to Henry Ford, by a viva voce vote. Mr. Kord has withdrawn bis offer or the property since the house acted. That body must now act again on the subject. The senate roll call follows: For the Underwood bill: Republicans Ball, Butler, Bur sum, Cameron, Curtis, Dale, Edire, Fernald, Fess, Hale, Jones ot Wushlugtou, Keyes, Ladd, McCor mlck, McLean, Means, Metculf, Oddle, Pepper, Phipps, Reed o Pennsylvania. Shortridge, Smo.Jt, Stanfield, Sterling Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller ani Willis 3 p. Democrats Bayard, Broussard, Bruce, Caraway, Dial. Edwirdj. Fletcher, George, Gerry, Harrison, Merlin, King. Owen, Pittman, Robinson, Shields, Stanley anl Underwood 18. Against the Underwood bill: Republicans Borah, Brook hnrt Capper, Couzen'-. Cummins, Ernst, Krazler, Gooding, Harreld. How ell, Johnson of California, LnFd letto, McKlnley, McNnry, Nor bock and Norris 10. Democrats Ashurst, CopelaiUl, Dill, Ferris, Glass, Harris, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick. McKel lar, Mayfeld, Neely, Overmi.n, Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith, Swnnson, Trammel, Walsh of Massachusetts and Walsh of Montana 20. Farmer-labor Shlpstcad 1. Total 37. Following the vote the senate tied Itself into a knot over the question of whether it was merely on substitution for the Noma measure or amounted In fact to adoption. It was pointed out that Senator Jores, republican. Wash ington, has pending a substitute for both the Underwood nnd Nor Is bills. Pairs were announced as fol lows: Spencer, republican. Missouri, for, with Ralston, democrat. In liana, against; hioscs, republican. New Hampshire, for. with Wheel er, democrat, T.fontana. against; Stephens, democrat, Misisslnpt, for. with Johnson, farmer-labor, Minnesota, against. Senators altsctit and unpairel, were: Elkins. West Virginia; Lenrutt, Wisconsin, and Greene, Vermont, republicans; and Rood. Missouri, democrat. Pails. J:in. 8 (By Associated Pics) The British-American ne gotiation concerning the payment of war damages to the United States are proving more arduous than orlclnally expected, but both tho British and American deleca tlon expressed confidence tonicht that '.hey would be ready to go hc fnro tho pb nary session of the flnanee ministers conference Mon day morning with a proposition acceptable to all tho allies. rails. Jan. 8 (By Associated Prejt.) Finance Minister Clemen tel ribriUMlng the American d-bt nuest'in with the l'reprh press Is quoted today as saying: "I hope we will nirlvo at n(gotlntlcns with the t 'lilted States on the matter of our debts nnd that they will be fruit ful. But there la nothing belnf done now."