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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
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Arena;, dally distribution 6.761.
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 7
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925
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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.
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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."