CITY EDITION
Daily average net paid circulation Cor
month, ending January II, 11$
FAIR TONIGHT
and Sunday. Slight Chans' In tamper
lure. lUht northern winds.
6548
Local r Max.. 58; mln., IS; rain, tracea
river, 6. ft .falling; at mo., clear; wind,
west, . . j .
AvoragQ daily distribution 7071.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 51
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1923
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POWER LINE IjiYSIEM
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Mountain Slates Company
To Extend System From
Independence To Salem
To Irrigate Low Lands.
Announcement that an electric
line for power, heat, and light
would be extended from Indepen
dence along the county road to
Brunk's corner and thence along
the highway to Salem, tapping one
of tho richest farming districts In
the state, was made today by an
official of tho Mountain States
Power company to H. N. Ord, sup
erintendent of the Eola ranch of
1000 acres, 1 miles east of the
county road, and one of the larg
est plants to be benefited by the
proposed project.
This decision on the part of the
power company has come ns a
pleasant surprise to the farmers
In this section and comes only as
a result of a decision by the Moun
tain States company to extend a
60,000 volt trunk line through as
a unit in the huge trunk line to
extend from Canada to Mexico, now
virtually completed, which will
give an unbroken "tie in" to all
power companies along the coast,
making interchange of power pes
Hble. Only through construction of
uch a trunk line could the light
er voltage local lines be strung, as
the erection of the polca is the
greatest expense Incurred, and the
light lines will find the poles al
ready set. A 2300 volt line, strung
on cross bars four feet below the
SO, 000 volt line, can be transform
ed for tho power, lighting, and
heating of farms with a $50 trans
former, giving every farmer an
opportunity to get a connection.
To Irrigate Land
Proof that tho Willamette river
bottom land can b successfully ir
rigated is said to be one of the fac
tors that has brought about the
decision to build the power line
this spring. Activities lost sum
mer, ono of the driest encountered
: Continued on Page Ten)
PARTY BOLTERS
Washington, Feb. 28 As a fur
ther step in denying republican
arty status in the senate to Sena
tor La Kollette and his chief sup
porters, the republican committee
on committees had tentatively as
signed the Wisconsin senator, to
gether with Senator Brookhart, of
Iowa, and Ladd and Prnzer of
North Dakota to places at the bot
tom of tho list on committees on
which they now hold membership.
The action, which was taken
yesterday over tho written protest
of the three senators who support
ed the La Foiiette ticket in the
presidential campaign, would give
them the samo committee statu
as though elected on an Independ
" ent instead of republican ticket.
Senator La Foiiette himself made
no reply to the committee letter
asking In the case of each senator,
whether they desired the demo
crats or republicans to make their
committee assignments.
The committee's ac'ion Is sub
ject to approval by the republican
party conference, to be held early
next month, and later by the sen
ate itself. Although some opposi
tion is expected at both stages, ad
ministration lea-le.-s believe they
ran carry out their program.
Wife of Governor
Pierce Lingering At
Portals of Death
liic condition of Mrs. Wul
ler M. IMtTtv. w'fe of Gov
ernor rrrcc, hail taken an
other rrlilr.it turn today. It
wtm sn:d .it ib executive of
Tim. Mrt. IMrrrp lin been In
IM ltrnhli for move than tun
year-. At noon It him stated
that th end was only m mat
ter of Imiir. perhaps of mln-
tiles, and there win little
hop or lier surviving the
Jar.
I " I
Legislative Enactment
Goes Into Effect August
31 Similar To California
And Idaho Laws. .
Reform in the motor vehicle
lighting system of Oregon is pro
vided In house bill 264, by Shrock
which passed the legislature and
which will become effective at
midnight August 31. Prior to
that time Secretary of State Kozer
may institute a campaign of edu
cation through the etate traffic
department to make the motorists
of the state familiar with the new
lighting regulations.
The new system is now used in
California and Idaho and is being
adopted by Washington. It is in
use elsewhere the United States
ana its purpose is to bring uni
form lighting regulation through'
out the country. Headlights, spot
lights and fog lights are affected
and signal lights on busses.
The position of bead lamps is
fixed at not less than 24 or more
than 5C inches above the surface
of the highway, and the act pro
vides that It be impossible to move
them so the beam of light can he
rj.i.u above t'e center of the
lamp. The act will apply to the
"eight-point test" which is ap
proved by the Illuminating Light
ing Engineers' association of the
United States.
Adiustinp- Stations.
The act provides for adjusting
stations. Any garage or shop
which will provide itself with the
necessary equipment may make
application to the secretary of
state for a certificate as an ad
justing station. The act requires
the adoption of certain lenses and
reflector device3. At present there
are 27 different makes of lenses
and reflectors that meet require'
ments in the state that have the
law. Practically all new cars sold
in the last two years have lenses
and reflectors that meet the re
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STANDARD GIL
FIXES GAS PICES
"Washington, Feb. 28 Independ
ent gasoline interests generally
Uok to the Stindard OH company
of Indiana for the establishment
of price levels an 1 endeavor to
prevent cutting .below those levels,
the federal trade commission to
day reported to the senate.
The report, submitted by Presi
dent Coolldge as a result of a re
cent eeiute request, covered an in
quiry by the commission into mar
ket conditions in 1923-24.
While the several Standard Oil
companies since the dissolution de
cree "generally operate less con
sistently as a group," the report
paid, tho more Important members
of the group as "fortifying them
selves by obtaining control of In
dependents and entering new
branches of the Industry as Intug
rated and dominant units In the
territories in which they operate."
Twj compmtes the Prairie Oil
company and Standard of Indiana
were declared "in a substantial
degree to dominate" the price of
crude oil and of gasoline in the
mld-contirental where about one
half the crude is produced and
nearly one third of the gasoline
produced is consumed.
BORAH TO FORCE VOTE
UPON SALARY RAISE
Washington. Feb. 2.8. Over the
protest of many senators, Senator
Borah, republican, Idaho, nave no
tice today In the senate that he
would pr'ss hla proposal to repeil
the recently voted congressional
salary increase.
A 'snenslon of the rules by J
two-thirds rote would be neces
sary for consideration of the re
pent. To ave time Senator Borai
asked unanimous consent for Its
conldcration but Senator Heflln.
democrat, Alabama, objected.
Ohio Congressman
Wins Speakership
of Next Session
LUNUl!
BE SPEAKER OF
NEXT CONGRESS
Washington, Feb. 8. Nicholas
Long worth of Ohio will preside as
speaker of the house in the sixty
ninth congress and John Q. Tilson
of Connecticut will be the repub
lican floor leader.
The present majority leader was
selected by republican members-
elect in the house In caucus last
night as their candidate for speak
er on the first ballot by a vote of
140 to 85. The causus decision Is
binding on the majority members
and his election to the speaker
ship Is certain.
Martin B. Madden of Illinois,
for whom the 85 votes were cast,
immediately offered a motion by
which the selection of Mr. Long
worth was made unanimous. The
choice of Mr. Tilson was by ac
clamation. Other selections made by the
caucus at which all but ten of the
234 republicans qualified to at
tend were present, Included Repre
sentative Hawley of Oregon as
chairman of the caucus and
Representative Sweet of New York
as secretary and Representative
Vestal of Indiana, as republican
whip, a post he now holds.
Democrats elected to the new
bouse will caucus tonight to
select their candidate for speaker,
with Representative Garrett of
Tennessee, tho party leader, as a
certain choice. Upon his defeat
when the house organizes, he will
automatically continue as the
minority leader.
Fair Inauguration Imy
Washington, Feb 28 "Fair and
rather cool weather" was forecast
by the weather bureau today for
President Coolidge's Inauguration.
Pierce to Operate
New Seven Story
Hotel in Corvallis
Changes in Marion hotel man
agement effective May 1 were an
nounced today whm H became
known that A. N. Pierce, manager
of tho hotel for the past five years,
will go to Corvallis to take charge
under lease of the new seven story
community hotel being constructed
there, which will be christened Ho
tel Benton, and James R. Linn,
principal owner of the Marlon,'
will assume personal management
of tho hotel here.
Mr. Linn stated today that with
slight exception he will maintain
the same organization that has
been functioning under the man
agement of Mr. Pierce. Harold
MacGrcgor, one of the clerks under
Mr. Pierce, will go to Corvallis
with him. Dean Fowle, who has
been niht clerk at the hetel will
become auditor and William Cain,
day clerk at the hotel, will have
general charge of the offices and
room management.
Mr. Linn stated that while some
improvements were contemplated
in a general way at the hotel
these are all more or less in the
air and in a formative stage just nt
present.
Thn new hotel at Corvaliut which
Mr. Pierce will manage and con
trol under a 29 year lease will be
WEEKSDENIES
MUZZLING OF
ANY OFFICERS
Neither Mitchell Nor
Others Gagged Says
War Secretary But For
mer Disobeyed Orders.
Washington, Feb. 28. Secre
tary Weeks today told the house
aircraft committee that Brigadier
General Mitchell, assistant army
air chief, had directly disobeyed
President Cool id ge 'a order In
writing magazine articles with
out obtaining the approval of the
war department.
The general, Mr. Weeks said,
had the articles published with
out war department approval, de
spite the fact that President
Coolidge had written him cau
tioning him against It.
After the 1921 tests, Mr. Weeks
said, the secretary of the navy ob
jected to several articles writ
ten by the general and in order
to prevent further controversy
with the navy he was ordered to
submit further articles for ap
proval. Last fall, the secretary contin
ued, Mitchell went to the white
house accompanied by a repre
sentative of the Saturday Eve
ning Post to discuss with the
president some articles he pro
posed to write. The president in
formed Mitchell he' had no ob
jection to the a r tic Ien provided
they were passed upon by the war
department and later wrote
Mitchell cautioning him against
publishing the articles without
permission. They subsequently
were published, Mr. Weeks said.
without being submitted to the
war department.
Mr. Weeks explained he had
issued the order regarding Mitch
ell after the secretary of the navy
had objected to the articles on
the 1921 tests as "reflecting on
the navy."
Secretary Weeks added that he
wished to etate "emphatically tho
war department had not muzzled
either General Mitchell or any
other officer to keep them from
telling the truth, to congression
ai committees. He read the war
department order on that subject
made public yesterday and said
if any officer did not know he
was permitted to give his person
al views," be must be a tlm'.d
soul."
The discussion shifted to the
question of war department ap
nronriations and Mr. Weeks tee
tified flie department had asked
for approximately $280,000,000
for the next fiscal year and had
received $192,000,000. The air
service allotment, he said, had
been curtailed from $26,500,000
to $18,000,000. The ordnance bu
reau was reduced 13 per cent
more than the air service.
a fire proof structure or seven
stories, with 125 rooms. 70 of them
with baths or connecting baths,
The new hotel will have a beautiful
dining roo:n, ball room, mezzanine
floor, two private dining rooms and
will contain a coffee shop And two
stores In addition. The building Is
locate 1 ac Fourth and Monroe
streets In Corvallis on the Pacific
highway and also on the street
leading from the downtown section
to the agricultural college.
The building will be ready for
r.ccupancy about May 10 and open
for business My 20. Mr. Pierce
plans to leave for Corvallis May
1. He has had a long and active
career In hotel management, start'
tng in the game as a bellhop In the
old Cutler housi at Grand Haven,
Mich., where Mayor Brown of
Seattle started in the hotel busi
ness, becoming a clerk under J,
Poyd Pantlind, one of the best
known hotel men In the middle
west, proprietor of the Panillnd
hotel at Grand Rapids, Mich. For
10 years before coming to Salem
he managed the Seward hotel In
Portland.
He has benn active in various
community affairs while here and
Inst year served as Kin King of
the Cheirians.
Want Sheriff f to
Guard Hen Coops
; As Well as Sheep
Threats of an organization of
chicken raisers throughout the
county as a chicren protective so
ciety to not alone guard hencoops
against raids, but raise a, voice of
protest eo the sheriff must heed!
every time a chicken coop is ma
rauded, are voiced In a letter re
ceived from Mrs. Charles E. Allan-
bach of Gervais, Oregon, sent to
The Capital Journal.
This appeal to poultry raisers
places the eehriff, as It were, lit
erally between "hell and high-
water," as the echo has scarcely!
died awa:' from tne clamor of H.!
H. Vandevort about the annrehen-
sion of sheep-killing dogs.
bilggestions are offered that tho
sheriff divide hs iorce of four
deputies Into two squads to be
known as the chicken thief squad
SUIT 10 FORCE
10 PAY
Portland, Ore., Feb. 28. Suit
to force Ladd & Tilton bank of
Portland and associated defend
ants to pay back money Invested
In the Oregon Kings company of
Delaware was filed in circuit
court today.
Tin, demand Is based on charges
paralleling those made In reports
of Oswald West and George Black
committee of the governor which
investigated various corporations
recently.
Agnes Boyd WIgle, who de
clared she bought stock In her own
right and has also been assigned
stock of other purchasers, asks
$30,620.
The defendants on whom the
demand Is made are Ladd & Tilton
bank, S. L. Eddy, Isaac D. Hunt
Cameron Squires, F. N. Clark, E.
A. Clark, Mary A. Wittenbere.
Mason Wittenberg, Ralph S. Wit,
tenberg, t. c. Stettler Manufac
turing company, Walter D. Whit-
comb, William J. Picpenbrlnk,
national Commercial company
A. L. Dundas, G. F. Martin, Mult
nomah Lumber & Box company
F. A. Douty, George F, Judd and
Kings Products company.
Two principal charges are made.
The first Is that the dependants
sold stock to the public on the
basis that the money raised was to
be used In developing the com
pany, -whereas It is asserted most
of It went to the bank, the Wit
tenbergs and the company treas
ury.
Most of the stock sold, the com
plaint alleged, was not treasury
stock but was actually owned by
some-of the defendants, particu
larly by the bank.
With a Inftt minute campaign
that netted 260 members in three
days, the KUem porit of the Ameri
can Legion closed the two month
drive for members with a rush
that la expected to aid In putting
Oregon in line for the stale trophy
In the national race for member,
according to Charles Goodwin, ad
jutant of the Salem pout.
Celebration of tho successful
close of the r.-arnpaiKn will bo fit
tingly observed Monday niKht with
a special Imported vaudeville pro
gram, and a banquet In the legion
hall, according to Mr. Goodwin.
Every ex-service man in Salem
Is Invited to the entertainment,
whether he has Joined the Legion
or net, says Mr. Goodwin.
TY COBB HIT OVER
HEAD BT WAITRESS
Atlanta, On.. Feb. 23 Ty Cobb,
manager of the Detroit Tigers, is
under bond to appear before the
city recorder 4oday to answer to
a chargr of disorderly conduct
crowing out of a depute with a
waitress over the amount of a din
ner check last night.
Police reported that Cobb'i dis
pute over the dinner cheek was re
ferred to Ihe wife of the restaurant
ma natter, and that she hit the
Georgia peach over the head with
a arlass and calk- 'he police.
LEGION DAM
260 MEMBERS
and the sheep-killing dog squad,
these two squads or two apiece to
spread themselves over the coun
ty, on j squad roosting In chicken
coops all night and the other dis
guised as sheepuerdcrs, crouching
on the thousand mils armed with
anvjonia guns lying in wait fur
dogs. By adroit use of a serleB of
disguises It Is believed the depu
ties could operato in this ma n nor
to the eternal terror of chicken
coop looters and carnivorous dogs.
?.:ra. Allenbacb In her letter is
quite pronounced in her views.
She addresses It to -the readers
of The Capital Journal and the
sheriff of Marion county.
"1 wonder why we pay taxes to
support a sheriff supposed to pro
tect u from lawhiear.era and then
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00L
A potato apiece to be taken to
Sunday school next Sunday school
attendant Is one of the plans for
securing food for the Associated
Charities to carry on its work dur
Ing Its present drive. Tho lowly
potato is the most needed of all
forms of food Just now, Mrs. John
A. Carson reports and It Is believ
ed if every child docs his or her
duty in the premises the necessary
spuds will become available.
Tha work for next week, to be
known ns "Charities Week" is lak
ing on definite form.
Sunday morning pastors of nil
churches Including those not af-
filiatea with the ministerial asso
elation, will as their congregations
to bring to their respective
churches on Thursday, March 5,
clothing and beans. Tho potato
situation It is expected will be tnk
en euro of by the children. On
tho .following Sunday, March
church members wll be asked to
bring money to assist.
Other organizations are slated to
gather up shoes and clothing for
women and children and any such
staple food as may bo available.
The stream of money and food is
to converge Into the Associated
Charities at 640 State street.
$151,000 PERMITS
More than $151,000 were repro
wentej in building permits Issued
at the city recorder's office dur
ing the month of February, doub
ling tho amount ropresented in
permits filed last month. In the
February permits, 32 of the 4
issued were for residences.
Those filed yesterday and today
were by vn Pahlburg, S. O. Hen
kle, A. W. Myer, Charles Evans,
and A. J. SehurHJiker. All the
houses are to le constructed by
.Mr. jfamnurg, his own at 440
Hurai avenue, to cost $2500; Mr.
Henkle's at 660 D street, to cwt
$3400; Mr. Myers at 725 North
luth street, to cost $4400; Mr.
Evan' at 1770 South Church to
cost $35i)0; and Mr. Rchumaker's
nt 1475 South Commercial, to cost
Visou. Mr. pahlburg has Also fll
ed a permit for the erection of i
noue at 1025 Belmont street, to
cost 14200.
FARMERS' BALLOT
To ascertain the sentiment of farmers upon the auto
parking limit in the business district of Salem, country
readers are requested to cut out, mark with an X their
preference and mail this ballot to the Capital Journal.
n Favor one hour parking limit.
Favor two hour parking limit.
'o limit.
Name
Address ,
DICKINSON
BILL CALLED
CAMOUFLAGE
Market Measure Passed
By House Declared An
other Effort To Kid the
Farmers Just Mush.
Washington, Feb. 28. The
Dickinson cooperative farm mark
eting bill, substituted by the house
Cor the Capper-Haugen bill was
described today by Chairman
Carey of the president's agricul
tural conference as the "cleverest
piece of camouflage ever drawn."
Appearing before the senate
agricultural committee, he said it
was drawn by Henry C. Taylor,
chief of the jurcau of agricultural
economics, who, he Buid, was an
antagonist of the conference and
would stir up "one of tho greutest
fights ever seen in Washington,"
if enacted into law.
The Dickinson bill would pro
pose to extend aid to farmers
without the. regulatory provisions
of the Capper-Haugen measure.
It will be just a step toward
killing anything that may be done
in the future, Chairman Carey de
clared. "The bureau of agricul
tural economics which will be giv
en all power by this bill has this
power now. The bill merely pro
vides two junkets annually to
Washington for GO members on an
advisory council. They will be
pat! $25 a day on these trips. The
hill alo gives four other men
$10,000 a year to give advice
which the he.:d of the bureau of
agricultural economics ran veto.
(Continued on Page Nine)
HARBORS BILL
Washington, Feb. 28. Notice
was given to the senate today by
Senator Gooding, republican, Ida
ho, thut unless his long and short
freight rate proposal Is attached
to the rivers and harbors bill that
measure has little chance of pass
ing at tills session of congress.
When he made his declaration,
Senator Uoodlng had been speak
ing for more than three hours In
fuvor of his proposition, whicn
as rejected by the house at the
last schhIoii. There wus no indi
cation how much longer he ex
pected to hold tho floor.
The conference agreed that the
chances of the $41,000,000 meas
ure had been endangered by what
was termed "the filibuster nuw
proceedings against the Cape Cod
purchase," and the proopsul to
prohibit the charging of a higher
rate for a short than a long haul.
Senator Hobinson, Arkansas, who
presided ut the meeting said it
was agreed that each of these rid
ers should be treated "as sepurutc
measur?s." Leaders on both aides of the
chain" er withdrew both the Good
ing proposition and the Capo Cod
can I purchase atrendments as
siders on the bill, as they had re
ceived word from hoiine lcadern
that If theso were added the rivers
and harbors bill vould fail.
"The west hasn't got a chan..e
h'Te," Senator Goodnight said in
announcing that he had been in
formed thut Chairman Jones of the
commerce committee would love to
lay on tho tuble both of the in
tended riders.
EBERT DEAD
FROM EFFECTS
OF OPERATION
President of Germany
Dies From Peritonitis
Following Operation for
Appendicitis.
Berlin, Feb. 28. (By Arsoct.
ated Press) Frlederich Ebert,
first president of the German re
public died at 10:15 this morn
ing from peritonitis which fol
lowed an operation for appendi
citis five daj's ago.
The former saddle maker,
whose skill in guiding the Infant
republic through the first turbu
lent years of its existence, was
acknowledged even by his bitter
enemies, made a gallant fight for
life. But his system bad been un
dermined by an attack of influ
enza before the operation and hla
heart was not equal to the bur
den Imposed by the poison which
had spread throughout his sys
tem. Around his bedside when the
end came were his wife, their
daughter, Amalie, and her hus
band, Dr. Wilhelm Jaenecke, and
their sole eon to survive the war,
Frlederich, Jr. State Secretary
Meiener was the only other per
son present aside from the doc
tors and nurses.
The political attacks upon the
president which culminated In
the Madgeburg trial, and the ef
forts to connect him with the
Barmat loan scandals, added."
greatly to the burdens imposed
upon him as chief executive of a
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E
Forging the name of Charles K.
Spauldlug, locul lumberman and
capitalist, and representing him
self to be a log scaler employed by
John Kohling & Son, a man who
registered as F. D. Miller of souttt
San Francisco succeded In getting
two nights' room rent and the
change from a $20 bill, out of A
bogus $20 check drawn on the Sa
lem Bank of Commerce. The check
was returned marked "no funds'
as Spuulding does not carry an ac
count in the bank in question.
The stranger evidently Is a slick
forger of somu renown In the
northwest as immediately after
Manager Pierce nad called Detec
tive Tom Swenness of Portland
and advised him of the man's age
and height Swenness had hint
spotted and said he could round
him up In a short time. No word
of his arrest had yet been received
this morning.
The check pas-jr was a smooth
looking individual, 60 years of
age, ti feet 2 inches In height,
weighed 190 pounds, bad a ruddy
complexion, wore a blue serge
suit and a black soft felt hat.
Ho stayed at the hotel two
nights, ran up a bill of $0 or $7,
presented the check, which was ft
perfectly good looking document
with a signature attached of
which Charles K. Spaulding him
self might have felt proud and got
the change. He also left his for
warding address as the Umpqut
hotel. Koseburg.
Nothing could he learned today
of any other operations on tht part
of Miller in Salem.
LUUI Ui
WHILE IH JAIL
NVii:hbor look 47 chicken!
from the premlscH of Albert Old,
while he waa in Jail, according to
complaint filed yesterday at th,
i Ixtrkt attorney's office by Mr.
Olds, who Uvea out near Talboi.
A quli by the attorney disclosed
the fuel that Mr. uida hod prom
ised the chickens to the tnkcrs.
Vern Collins and John Doe Collins.
11 n exchnnpe for some money ha
owed them, and the two men wer,
simply seising an opportunity and
the chickens. The case has beea
dropped.