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Dally average net paid circulation
jnontn ending November 30,
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FORTY-SEVENTH YJ
ON TAX BILL
Insurgents Refuse to Com
promise Longworth
Elected Speaker; Pro
hibition Issue Foremost
Washington, Dec. 7. (A.P.)
Congress came back into Beesion
today after its longest recess in
years.
With the opening ceremonies at
noon, the b!g republican majorities
rolled up in tho Coolidge landslide
of 1924, took the saddle In both
senate and house, but kept a weath
er eye on the democrats and insur
gents who again were threatening
a coalition against some of the pet
projects of the administration.
With almost a mid-session mo
mentum tho house put the new-
tax reduction bill at the head of
its calendar and prepared to
to work at once. -
Meantime the senate, after its
customary manner was organizing
leisurely and putting off its de
cision regarding the recognition to
bo given republican insurgents on
Its big committees.
Jjonirwortli Elected
In the house that issue had been
settled by the open revolt of the
Wisconsin delegation against the
nartv slate of house officials.
But even without their help the
ronubllcnn organization had votes
to snare for election to the speak
era bin of Nicholas Longworth of
Ohio son-in-law of Theodore Roose
velt. and republican floor leader
In tho last session.
Introduction of bills was not in
order in the senate during its brief
session but hundreds of legislative
proposals were showered down on
tho desk of the cicrK oi me nuuse.
Among them were suggesteu so
lutions for most of the major issues
now before the country, including
the problem of prohibition.
TlPnresentative JIH1, republican
-Mnrvinnd. nronosed in a formal
(Continued on Page Seven)
J
WIN FIRST POINT
FOR DAMAGES
Portland, Dec. 7 Japanese
nlaintifts in damage suits grow
Inir out ot tho donortatifln of Jap
anese mill workers from Toledo,
Ore., last July, won the first
point in the litigation in federal
court here today when Judge
E3. Wolverton overruled the mo-
tlon of the dcfemlanls, residents
of Toledo that the plaintiffs put
un cost bonds totalling 12,000.
B. A. tireen, Attorney for the
defendants contended the bonus
should be put up because the plain
tiffs were aliens and not resi
dents of Oregon.
D. Takeoka, resident of Port
land, offered an affidavit stating
ho had known four of the plain
tiffs for from four to eighteen
years, and that they had been
residents of Oregon during that
time. The fifth plaintiff,
Ogura, made his own affidavit,
dating he had lived In this slate
ten years.
Green In a statement to the
court declared the crowd ot To
ledo citizens who induced the
Japanese to leave Toledo went to
the mill, and in a quiet, law-abid
Ing manner explained to the orlen
tals that they weer not desired,
He said the Japanese agreed
leave if transportation to Port
land weer provided. He said the
townspeople furnished automo
biles to Corvallis and money
pay the fares of the apanese from
Corvallis to Portland.
The only violence, he said, was
wncn certain mill officials ap
peared with revolvers. The wea
pons were taken from these offf-
clals and thrown into tbe lake.
The officials were struck on tbe
heads with boards, the attorney
amiuea.
Five damage suits, each tor
fZo.OOO were brought by tbe
Japanese against Toledo residents,
CONGRESS IH
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I No. 291
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By Stoddard Kins
LAB WORK
StudcnUs from several colleges
have offered to become subjects
for experimentation In the study
of the phenomena of sleep. Edu-
sational Hem.
hen doctors study
cancers
zoologists cswny
To tackle evolution is a brisk and
tliOI'Ollgh way
Slicy write u requisition, and the
proper niuii prepares
To send along n dozen crates of
guinea lilgs or liurcs;
But when investigating sleep, why
use a com moii iet.
iiiio eager hi idcrgmd nates are
easy things lo get?
takes no anaesthetic, bo it's emi
nently cheap
To send a college student into deep
una nmn mess sleep,
Just seat him in a classroom and
begin at once to teach
The history of Iceland or the Ger
man iinrts or Hpoeen
Continue IS minutes and you'll
ijihi mat an tno rows
Are filled with snoring students In
- a sweet and blissful doze.
Then, If you would determine, for
the book that you will make,
flow long a college student can
contrive to say awake
Just fill the laboratory with
syncopate! tune.
Beginning, say, nt midnight and
contluulnc: till noon,
There'll be no demand for sleep
ing mi i lie orcticstra is thru
Which Is ever so much better than
n guinea pig could dot
Organic evolution -has been ellm
inated from the school books of
Texas, but the story wan only good
for a stickful of type In the papers.
Tho origin of species Is no longer
the origin of speeches.
If you doubt that society Is be
coming standardized, try to find
artist with a Windsor tie,
physician with a vaudyke beard
literary fellow who needs
haircut.
Some women hunt lions in Africa
Others hunt them at home, and we
don t know, when you stop to con
aider what can happen at a
ccptlon, which class faces the
greater peril.
(Copyright 132D)
R
TO DREDGE RIVER
The Willamette and Yamhill
rivers arc to come in for further
improvement under recommenda
tions made to congress by Major
H. T. Coiner, engineer for the first
and seo:ml Portland districts.
Expenditures on tho Willamette
above Portland ond on the lam
hill amounted to $20,000 for the
last fiscal year. This is to be in
creased to $22,000 for the present
year and $20,000 is asked for
1927. The project provides for
channel deepening from Portland
to CorvaHis, on which $1,120,000
haa already been spent.
Engineers at Portland have rec
ommended that improvement of
the Yamhill river above Dayum
including the operation and care
of the Yamhill lock and dam, be
abandoned because of apparent In
difference of the people of the lo
cality toward the development of
local water-borne traffic.
Tho program recommended to
congress covers all navigable Ore
gon coast rivers and harbore,
some inland streams.
Five Homes
By Burglars During
Absence of Families
A watch and some jewelry i
from the home of Dr. F. L. Utter,
446 Oak street, and a revolver
and a woman's ring from the
home of Ben F. Forbes, 102o
North Capitol street, appears to
have been the net amount of loot
by burglars who entered at least
five Salem homes Saturday night.
Besides the Utter home on Oak
street, three other residences In
tbe same neighborhood were en
tered. They were O. L. Fisher,
380 Oak street, Dr. J. H. Garn
Jobat, 380 Leslie street, and D.
A. White, 749 South Liberty. The
Forbes home Is a mile or more
from this district, but there are
indications that the burglary was
by the same persons.
Mr. Forbes believes the burg
lars
were frightened away from
his home when he and lira. For
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F
BY COOLIDGE
Cooperative Marketing
With Government Aid
Cure For Farm Ills Says
President.
Chicago, Dec. 7. (A. P.) Con
vinced that co-operative marketing
with governmental encouragement
is the best solution of the farmers
problem. President Coondge in
tends to give the movement his ac
tive and energetic assist a nee. He
is opposed to proposal that the gov
eminent sell and buy farm products
or fix prices directly or indirectly,
Further, he believes present tariff
duties benefit the farmer and
should not be revised.
Outlining his views on the agri
cultural situation and proposed
remedies in an address today at
the annual convention here of the
American Farm Bureau federation,
the president said that despite its
press nt embarrassments, agrlcul
tule as a whole should lead indus
try in future prosperity.
Future looks. Secure.
I believe that the past hiBtory
of the relative trend of prices be
tween farm products and other
commodities is of tremendous sig
nificance,' he told his audience
made up of representative farincvR.
The surplus lands oi the country
are exhausted. The industrial pop
ulation is out stripping; I'he farm
population. Manufacturing is ex
panding. These must come to the
farmer fur their food and raw ma
terials. While wo can produce
more, the markets for food are in
creasing much faster than presen
farm productivity. The future ot
agriculture looks to be exceedingly
secure.'
Referring to the co-operativi
movement as the most important
development of late years in tin:
agricultural field and emphasizing
the crop surplus problem as u vex
ing factor in the farm price situa
tion. Air. coonuse expressed '
opinion that with the economic in
formation furnished by the tie
partment of agriculture with hot
ter warehouses and storage facili
ties and a better credit structure,
much can be done to take care of
the ordinary surplus.
Government Should Aid.
"With a production influcnci
by information from the depart
ment," he continued, "with ade
quate storage, supplied with nec
essary credit and the orderly mar
ltet effected through co-operative
marketingagriculture could occupy
its place on a sound and indepenu
out business basis, wnne me gov
ernment ought not to undertake to
control or direct, it should supple
ment and assist all efforts in in
direction.
"The leaders in the co-cperative
movement, with tho advice oi in
department of agriculture having
prepared what is believed to be an
adequate bill embodying these
nrincinlm which will be presented
t.n the coneress for enactment. I
nronose actively ond energetically
to assist the farmers to promote
(Continued on Page Ten)
Entered
bes returned In their car. The rear
door had ben forced open and the
house ransacked, trunks being
overturned, bed clothing and mat
ressea strewn about and closets
turned topsy-turvy. Entrance to
all the burglarized homes was
gained In a similar manner and
considerable ransacking was done
in most of them. In some cases
money and jewelry was overlook
ed, apparently In the haste of the
burglars to get away.
It Is believed the burglars were
seen by Gerald Volk, 1277 South
Commercial.
Mr. Volk lives next door to
George' Hug, Salem superintend
ent of schools, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hug were away from home when
Volk heard someone on their rear
porch and then saw a man at the
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OWED
OF CONGRESS
SALEM, OREGON, . MONDAY,
Elect Longworth
Speaker Of House
On First Ballot
Representative NIoholas Long-
nrni-t h nf (Mnclnattl. Ohio, son-hv
law of the late President Theodore
Roosevelt, who will preside over
the destines of the House of Rep
resentatives.
BILL TO LOP OFF
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Washington, Dec. 7 (AP)
The new revenue bill proposing a
slashing of $325,736,000 in taxes
during the next calendar year
and providing relief for virtual
ly everv federal taxpayer was re
ported to the house today as the
first legislative business present
ed to the new congress.
In presenting the report of the
ways and means committee, which
drafted the measure during a
seven weeks' pre-congress session
Chairman Green served notice that
ho would ask the house to take it
up tomorrow under the plan to
send it to the senate before the
end of the second week of the ses
sion. A saving of $193,175,000 to In
come tax payers on taxes payable
exi year is tile principal relief
proposed by the bill and leaders
of both the house and senate have
set March 1 as the goal -for enact
ment of the mcasuro into law so
mai una benefit may be taken
advantage of in the payment of
first installments of the Income
hub iwarcn 15.
Although unanlmouRiv wnnw.
ed to the house by the ways and
lucniiB commnteo tne report on
the bill contained scparte state
ments of views by Representatives
Kainey of Illinois and Hiel of
Tennessee, democratic members of
the committee.
DEFEAT
EBELI
Beirut, Syria, Dec. 7. (A.P.)
The French forces after several
days of bombardment nnd the de
livery of attacks have completely
occupied the town of Jlnsbelya,
the stronghold of the rebel Druseo!
They now are holding it and the
town of Rasbelya and Jcdldeh. nn.
flltlons form a triangle nnd from
which thc will now endeavor to
carry out an envelopment move
ment agnlnt tho large number of
Druses within the area. The French
have 7000 troops and the Druses
lews than 6000.
The Drunks are said to have been
defeated with heavy casualties at
the wlllage of Kadcm Just outside
of Damascus.
General Gamelln, the French
commander in chief la of the opin
ion that Lebanon will be freed of
rebels by Christmas and that the
Druse either will be captured or
compelled to retreat, some of them
into Dalestine, where they would
be Interned by the British. The
dislodging of those of the rebels
who are In the mountains, It Is
admitted, will be a alow operation.
aomraai
DECEMBER 7, 1925
AS PASTOR OF
Popular Preacher Leaves
Pulpit of First Christian
Church For Mission Job
In Caliornia.
Rev. J. J. Evans, pastor of tho
First Christian church of Salem
tor tho past five years, tendered
hia resignation to his congrega
tion last night.
The resignation came sudden
ly to Uev. Mr. Evans as well as
to the congregation, and was
made in order to accept a position
as state superintendent of mis
sions for the Christian church in
southern California. He receiv
ed .the offer for the position by
telegram late last week.
"This comes wholly unexpect
ed, and without application
my part," eaid Rev. Evans this
morning. '
In- his new position Mr. Evans
WH1 have charge of the $100,000
program for missions in southern
California. He will visit churches
throughout the southern section
of the state, keeping their inter
est .from lagging, will establish
new churches and look after the
weaker ones. His headquarters
will be in Los Angeles.
Came Here In 1898
Rev. Evans came to tho local
church in the fall of 1020. It was
the second time he bad been call
ed to this church, the first term
being from January, 1898 until
tho fall of 1900. The pastorato
f Continued on Page Seven.)
The first note of appreciation foi
Uv honor that in to befnll Augus
Uiiilutt on Friday evening of this
wc, when he is to bo elected to
membership in the Salem Longfel
low club, was received by Dr. A
G. Bates, head of tho organization
this morning. A letter received
this morning from tbe Bell syndi
cate- of New York, regarded
headquarters for Mutt and Jeff, ex
pressed thanks to the local club
Cor tho coming event. The letter
reads as follows:
"Thank you fur your letter of
November 24th. 1 am sorry to say
that. Mr. Kisher Is away at presen
but I am letting him know nJjout
the election of .Mutt to the Long
fellow club.
"We are trying to get Fisher to
make a special drawing for use In
the Capital Journal in celebration
of this event.
"I am returning the clippings
herewith, because I thought yo
might want to use them elsewhere
I am retaining one clipping to send
to roller as it will help him If h
Is able to make n special drawing
Y'Mirs sincerely,
TUtS BELL SYNDICATE, Inc.
J)r. Hates had written to the nyn
(Ilea to two weeks ago, Inclosing a
numlr of clippings Irom local
ncwn!apers.
EVANS
QUITS
LOCAL CHU
Youths Cracked Safe,
Got 63 Cents; Threw
! Papers in Willamette
A stolen safe, broken opon and
rifled and left in a vacant field in
North baJem, found two night
ago accidentally by Officer Jack
Cutler of the Balem police force,
has brought a confession from one
Salem youth that be had a part in
the burglary. The arrest of an
other youth Is expected shortly.
The safe was found by Cutler In
a field between Laurel and Hazel
avenues. It bore the names of tbe
Cofteland Lumber agency and of
C. Dill man of Salem. Tbe Cope
land Lumber agency Is located at
Multnomah.
Investigation by Cutler result
ed in Information that the aafc
had bea stolen from house In
STRICT DISCIPLINE
TO BE MAINTAINED
,j Vl
'V
New 1'riMin orrli lnls
Top: J. W. LUllo, Warden! mlilillo,
W. R 'flrililpn. flrmifv wurilrm; hnl-
torn: J. J. Quinltin, Superintendent
of lduKtr!e.
the rear of Conrad Dillinan'a resi
dence at 2011 Maple avenue, but
Dillman apparently hadn't yet
missed the safe, although tho theft
is beJleved to have occurred last
Thursday.
By further work on tilio case
Cutler got a tip that cmised blm to
question Donnld Wilbur, 1770
North Broadway, and Wilbur, ac
cording to tho officer, has admit
ted that he helped carry the safe
away and loot it. The safe was
broken open with a alcdge ham
mer. Wilbur declares they found
only 63 cents In money In the oafc.
A amall strong box and some in
surance papera, he cays, were
thrown into ttia Willamette river.
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ORGANIZE
PRICE THREE CENTS
Improvements Recommended By Probers To
Be Carried Out Stronger Morale Among
Guards With Younger and Physically Fit
Men Fraternizing Between Guards and
Prisoners To End Prepare For Breaks'.'
By Harry
All of those changes recommended by Governor Pierce's
prison investigation committee that are found to be practi
cable and possible under existing financial conditions are to
be carried out under his administration of the state peniten
tiary, J. W. Lillie, appointed Saturday to succeed A. M. Dal
rymple as warden, declared in an interview this morning.
iu iiuuuiun, mo new waraen nas under consideration sev
eral changes and reforms nf ha n-.vn tint rni i
effect as rapidly as circumstances will nprmif T-Viova will
be no general revolution of methods and practices inaugurat-
. j y' e ew waraen "as a very definite goal of
standards foi- the conduct of the institution in mind, and he
says he intends to keep plugging away until they are realized.
Strict discipline in handling
the prisoners and stronger inoraia
among the guards ure two objec
tives Lillie has in inlnd for the
immediate present. As the re
organization progresses younger
and more physically active men
are to bo selected as gmirds, and
strict attontion to their business
at all times is to be lneleied upon
"There is lo be no politics play
ed in the selection of guuids," said
Lillie-, "Wherever it la possible to
get them I want young men who
are physically fit, preferrably be
tween 30 and 25 years old. The
job of organizing them into un
efficient brdy, ready to function at
all times nnd in any emergency
will be handled by Captain Golden,
who will be responsible for their
conduct. They will be thorough
ly drilled, and target practice once
a week will bo required."
One practice that has been gen
eral in the pant, and noted
in the invcotigatfon committee'!
report is going to bo stamped out
Immediately, tho warden announ
ced. Under his administration
there is to be no fraternizing be
tween guards and convicts. One
of the first orders to be issued to
the guards at the regular con for-
onees that are to be a part of the
new system ia that "guurds are not
to converso with the prlBoneis at
all, except wliero it is ncccsHury
in the line of duty."
To cope with emergencies finch
as the fatal break of August 12,
last, a reserve force of at least 10
guards is to be kept on duty con
tinuously at tho guard's quarters.
A definite method of procedure to
govern their conduct in such emer
gencies Is alrfo to be worked out
Arms for their we nro to be avail
able in the nreeiial ?n tbe new tow
er that has been constructed In
front of the main gntc.
Install Hupp Siren.
The installation of a huge siren
lo net an a warning for the sur
rounding country and the guunU
outside the grounds in cuse of a
break are also on the program as
Is an Inlet nat alarm system that
will serve a emergency system lor
mobilizing the guards.
Warden Lillie Is aluo planning
a distinctive type of uniform
for all of tho guards except those
employed In the ehoiw and tho flax
plants, whtre uniforms nre im
practicable. Whether these uni
forms will be olive drab or blue
has not been decided.
A distinctive garb for trustleit In
another of the innovations con
template!. This, probably, will
take the form of a shirt ot a dif
ferent color to distinguish them
from the inside prisoners. If it I
possible Lillie wnnte, In time, to
devise a means whereby nono of
the ouUide trusties will ever
mingle with the convicts Inside,
but that will require the construe
tlon of outside living quarters, un
dcr lock, whero tho trusties ca
be housed at night.
Seerepation of Trnsties,
"Segregation of the trusties
working outside so that they
would have do communication
with the other convict would go
a long way toward preventing es
capes and attempted escapes." said
Lillie. 'There would be practical
ly no smuggled letters get
then, and the danger of having
weapons and other Instruments
smuggled In would bo greatly
lessened.
The suggestion that trusties b
chosen only from among those
prisoners who have served their
PROBABLE RAIN .
tonight and Tuesday, moderate temper
ature, moderate easterly winds
Local: Max., 53., min., 38; rain, .OS;
river, .9; atmos., clear; wind, southwest
ON TRAINS AND NHWB
8TANU8 - FIVD CENTS
N. Crain
minimum sentences has the full
annrnvnl nf tho nnur ...-,!.,
ne announces that this will be the -policy
generally followed.
Concerning the recommenda
tions of the governor's committee
as to changes in tho physical plant
wuruen 1.11110 explained that sev
eral of the suggestions have al-
eady been carried out and others
will bo made ae rapidly as possible.
As regards these- recommendations
the situation Is as follows:
Clmnp-es Mode.
The steps leading to tho guard
towers have all been removed.
The new towor In front of the
main gate has been constructed
and Is now in use, and houses tho
arsenal.
One of the oak trees iu the front
yard has been taken out ond tbe
other two will be cut down at once.
The old guard tower at the
southeast corner of the walls will
be torn down or boarded up so
that it cannot be used.
The dog house in the yum
will be torn down.
The roof ot the cell house
through which Murray and bis
partners cut their way so easily
will be reinforced with steel, or
otherwise safeguarded. It is also
planned to Install a sprinkler sys
tem that will reduce the fire men
ace of this wooden roof.
Better lighting facilities to safe
guard tJie flax plant have already
been Installed, and a wiro fence
has also been built arcund the
plant.
Barbed wire barriers have baen
erected on the tops of all of tne
walls, as recommended In the re
port.
Reortrnnizfition Bepnn.
Alrea ly Warden Lillie has com
menced hia rc-crg:inization, and
has announced the appointment
tt three new guards to succeed
Ciua rds AI. J. Myers, Frank Myers
and J. It. Carey, who have resign
ed. Lou Hayburn, Jue Warwick
und Fred Jackson, all former
guards, take their places.
n the place of Mrs. M. J. My
ers, who resigned ns matron of the
woman's ward, LUHo announced
I he nppoi n t men t of Mrs. J. 11.
Phillips of Portland, widow ot J.
II. (Buck) Phillips, former guard
at the prison under Olcott ad
ministration who wnfl killed while
on duty as a Southern Pacific spe
cial officer. For his murder Dan
Casey was hanged at the prison
hero.
Tho full report of tho prison
committee which will be followed
by the now warden was as follows:
Salem, Oregon,
August 24, 1925.
Honorable "Walter M. Pierce,
Governor of Oregon,
Salem, Oregon.
Dear Sir;
Pursuant to your Instructions the
undersigned, comprising a com
mittee named by you under date
of August 21. 192S, for tho purpose
of Investigating and reporting upon
conditions at the Oregon Stat
Prlflon, with speclnl refernce to
(Continued on Page Six)
Burwash, Sussex, Kng., Dec, 7.
(AP) nudyard Kipling paw
ed another good night. HI
strength was being maintained
thbt morning and the iunch con
(II tlon wae the same ae yesterday.
The noted author le eufferlni
from bronchial pneumonia.
New York, Dec. 7. (AP)
Percfval S. Hill, president of th
American Tobacco company, died
suddenly at his Fifth avenue
home today.