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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 301
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925
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BORAH OPENS
BATTLE UPON
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Idahoan Replies To Swan
son And Lenroot De
claring Court -A Part of
League Of Nations.
Washington, Dec. IS. (A. P.)
The battle over the wcrld court
got under way in earnest today in
tho senate with Chairman Bura-h,
of the foreign relations committee
firing the first salvo into the pro
court ranks.
Replying to 111 e opening shots
from Senators Swangon, ueinocrut,
Virginia, and Lenroot, republican,
Wisconsin, the Idaho senator uu
dertook to establish what relation
the world court bears "to the po
litical institution "known a& the
league oE nations."
"There Is so much difference of
view on this particular subject,
he said, "that it seems advisable at
the outset to determine ihat rela
tionship.'
The foreign relations chairman.
one of tbe irreconcilable in tht:
league fight, spoke after Senator
.Louroot had delivered a prepared
address in which the court was de
clared wholly independent of the
league, so that by adhering to the
court protocol the United States
would not involve itself wan tue
league.
Senator Borah said in reply that
those who organized the court had
sought to create an "organ, a legal
part of tb.3 league," and if the
court is not a part of the league,
"it is because they failed iu thel:
efforts."
Asserting that there was much
propaganda on both sides of the
questiun Senator Lenroot said that
most of that in opposition "is very
misleading and alleged statement:
of fact are made that have not th
slightest justification."
Denvine that the court is
"creature of the league and is
owned by it," Senator Lenroot said
"the fact is, as every senator
knows, that this court is American
in its origin and subtsantially in
Its present form was proposed by
American statesmen -many yearn
ago" at The Hague.
WOsnl Dispute Cited.
Referring to the decision of th
court in the Mosul dispute, Senator
Borah said this showed that the
court con render an opinion an
(continued on Page Nine)
HOUSE VOTES -TO
REDUCE TAX
Washington, Dec. 18. (A. P.)
Reduction In the alcohol tax
proponed in the tax bill stirred up
a prohibition discussion in the
house today when Representative
Ralney, democrat of Illinois, arg
ued It would serve as advertising
value to bootleggers.
"Cut this tax on pure grain nl
cohol," he said, "and the bootleg.
gers will use It instead of distilled
denatured alcohol. They will
atill the confidence of customer
In their new product and use It for
advertising."
Representative Orisp, democrat,
Georgia; Insisted a reduction In the
levy would not harm prohibition
enforcement and said Assistant Sec
retary Andrews of the treasury de
partment and Wayne B. Wheeler
of the Anti-Saloon League had so
agreed.
After half a dozen representa
tives expressed different views
the adequacy of the proposed the
proposed tax, the house approved
It as wrVon in the bill. It would
cut the present tnx 25 per cent be
ginninr January 1, 1927, and an
additional 25 per cent a, year later.
A proposal to impose a one cent
a gallon en denatured alcohol was
defeated but approval was given
nn amendment offfrefl by the way.s
nd menus committee roqu'rlnc
that eonfliate! alchnl seized on
ntry Into this country be subject!
to the tax when sold by the gov
srlnment.
Tho n?w tax of one tenth of one
er cent a gallon on cereal bever
iges, asked by the treasury depart
ment as an aid in checking sale.
of "high powered beer" was accepted.
WORLD COUR
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By Stoddard King
OYSTERS WITHOUT
Oysters are likely to cause typh
oid u n leis brandy or some other al
coholic drink is taken with them.
Report to the French Academy ol
Medicine.
"Ho was a brave man, so I lie adage
goes,
Who first ate oysters." No whit
low courageous
Is lie who dares hi these mod days
expose
Himself to genus both deadly mid
contagious.
Who Hwnliows oysters ten or oys.
tors twenty
Without the aid of pplrllus fru-
menli.
Myself when young did eagerly
frequent tue
Oyster cafes, hut had not heard the
news
Tlint it was wise to quaff I lie sweet
lieucntiic
Which moderns label with the
nnritc of booze.
Few of us -knew how rash it was,
how risks'.
To sup on oysters without draughts
of whiskey.
Alas! that science slwuld delay It
findings
Vut) quite barren arc Its learned
tin Ma
llow many n souse, with full Mor
occo mmlings.
might have cherished, had 1
known tho facts!
Typhoid lias spared me, but e cu
so, at last
I mlht have bad the pleasures of
the least.
There Is, of course, Mill alchollc
drink
For prophylactic purposes, and yet
I'll get along without It, for J think
Of easier ways oi paying- mi t lire
(K'Ul.
Typhoid is bnd, hut would not one
oc sicker
If he went In for quaffing home
inn tie liquor?
It has been made a rule In Eng
land that cabinet ministers must
not write for the newspapers. That
Is very pleasant for the readers of
the newspapers, but decidedly un
fair to the cabinet ministers. There
should be another rule restraining
people who write letters to the
newspapers from telling the cabi
net ministers what to do.
(Copyright 1925)
10 WE BANKS
Denver, Colo., D?c. lit. (A. P.)
Two Denver banks tho Capitol
ili li State bank and the Metro-
poli'.iun State bank failed to open
their doors today. Three other
bunking institutions, Including
two national banks and a state
bank, were closed yesterday.
State Bank Commissioner Grunt
McFerson announced that his de
partment's examiners had taltcn
charge of the Metropolitan and
Capitol Hill banks. Both arc email
institutions.
Steady withdrawals from tho
Metropolitan during the week and
a run on the CopitoJ Hill yester
day were instrumental In the clos
ing, officials sad.
The hanks closed yesterday wore
the Broadway National, the Drov
ers National and the North Denver
bank, the latter a state institu
tion. These three banks had de
posits of approximately $3,500,
000. The Broadway National was
the largest with deposit? totalling
about $2,500,000.
Impairment of capltaLnnd froz
en paper in livestock loans, were
ascribed as the reasons for the
closing of the two national banks.
Gordon Hollis was preesnt of the
two national banks and his wife,
Mrs. M. E. Hollis, was president of
the North Denver hank.
Submarine Sinking
Blame Placed Upon
City of
Boston, Mass., Dec. 13 A. P.)
A. charge that the story toM by
Captain John H. Diehl of the CUy
of Home of the sinking of the sub
marine F.-hl in collision with ht
vcRel September 15 was "wholly
untrue' was made today by Llcu
irn.mt Com man ter Charles A.
Lock wood, judge advocate before
the naval board of Inquiry Investi
gating the disaster.
Sum lng up a session of the-court
t.'riay In the Charleston navy yard,
Commander Lockwood said the S
Zl was not at fault In any way for
the collision and that the City of
10
Methodist Pastors And
Laymen Vote For
Change Qffered $250,
000 Plant At Seattle.
Another step toward moving
Kimball college of theology from
Salem to Seattle was accomplished
at yesterday's ' meeting at Unlver
tsiy Methodist church, Seattle,
when the 100 prominent Mehodlst
pastors and laymen at the meeting-
unanimously went on record
as favoring the proposed move.
While the action taken yesterday
was not official, and does not nec
cesearily mean that the school will
be moved, if does pave the way for
more active work toward making
the proposed move. Next steps will
be to get official sanction of the
Puget Sound, Oregon and Colum
bia River conferences for the move
as well as official sanction of the
general education board of the Me
thodist church. No difficulty is an
ticipated In either cose, the con
ferences being expected to fall in
with the recommendation made yes
terday, and the general education
board to follow the action taken
recently by Its executive commit
tee.
Expects More Support
Dr. E. C. Hickman, president of
Kimball, stated this morning fol
lowing his return to Salem that he
anticipated getting much more fi
nancial support at Seattlo than has
been, given at 8a fern, due to the
fact that there will be a larger
field at the proposed new location.
It is generally bolievcd that it is
Continued on Page Eleven)
T
Washington, Dec. 18 (AP)
The first big appropriation bill of
tho year that for the treasury
and .postoffice departments-
was reported to the house call
ing for Increased expenditures
amounting to $103,902,000 over
the total allowed these establish
monts in last year's allotments,
The amount, $Sli7, 852,000 Is $4,
006,000 below the budget est)'
mate.
A large part of the Increase Ib
for the postal service to meet in
creased salaries and to handle a
greater amount of mail.
The coast guard Is allotted $24
213,000, an increase of $3,615,000
the added funds being designed
to permit an increase of 1580 en
listed men for the force engaged
in battling rum smugglers.
The direct appropriation pro
posed for prohibition enforce
ment is $9,306,000, or a decrease
of $304,315 over the fiscal year.
Of this sum. the amount allotted
for the procurement of evidence
is increased from $50,000 to
$250,000, of which $50,000 Is
available.
The bill would allot to the post
office department $738,23G,000,
an increase over the current ap
propriatlons of $101,966,000.
which Is a decrease of $3,411,000
Rome Crew
Rome was entirely to blame. The
judge advocate said the conduct
of the City of Rome was "repre
hensible." The S-51, he maintained, was a
"crossing vessf-l" and as such had
observed all the rule nf the road.
Commander Lock wood said thai
the 3-51 was allowed to approach
within 0 feet of the City of Rome
without any action showed & lack
of attention on the part of officers
and crew of the latter vessel. He
described the City of Rome as a
"blind ship," with only one man
l.i the pilot houae to steer and keep
a lookout.
IBM
BE MOVED TO
PuGET SOUND
PRESIDENT
CRITIGIZED BY
LA FOLLETTE
Coolidge Attitude On Coal
Strike Compared T o
True History Of Boston
Police Strike.
Madison, Wis., Doc. IS. (A.
P.) President Coolidge is criti
cized by Senator Robert LaFollette
Jr.. Wisconsin, in an editorial In
the current issuo of LaFollette s
Magazine for his reported attitude
toward suspension of anthracite
coal production. Another editor
ial, signed by Senator LaFollette,
sets-forth a refusal of the Wiscou-
delegation in the house of rep
resentatives to "compromise or to
bargain" with Speaker Longworth
or with "any other member ol the
house.
After reviewing; the anthracite
situation briefly, Senator La rot
lette writes:
Thrinr nf Strike
'The possibility of a soft coal
strike hanga over the country,
President Lewis has written Presi
dent Coolidge in strong but re
spectful terms, calling attention to
the critical situation in toe soil
coal fields by violation of tno oa-
called Jacksonville agreement -by
many operators.
Continued on Page Eleven)
Chester, III., Dec. 18 (AP)
Ira D. Perry, Jr., son of a Chi
cago manufacturer, woe back in
the penitentiary today after 47
days of freedom, on parole, from
a life sentence for murder.
Fearful of being killed by de
tectives hunting him on old in
dictments and afraid of possible
vengeance by five youths sen
tenced with him, he sought and
obtained incarceration in the
Stateville prlaon here rather
than the Jolict penitentiary to
which he was originally sent
throe years ago.
Paroled to Iowa after his re
lease, Perry was returned to
prison under arrangements made
by his father with Judge Chaun
cey H. Jenkins, director of the
state department of public wel
fare Judge Jenkins characteriz
ed the entire affair as a "Chicago
coppers' Roman holiday" as the
25 year old prisoner was started
for Stateville last night after mak
ing charges in Judge Jenkins'
Springfield office that third de
gree methods had forced his con
fession of the murder.
Perry declared ttiat ho was
starved and beaten by Chicago de
tectives after Mb arrest, eleven
months after the murder. Once,
he said, they forced him to drink
a gallon of water without stop
ping and threatened to throw him
from the third story window and
announce that he had committed
suicide after confessing.
IM CHINESE BATTLE
Tientsin, Dec. 18. -f A.J.)- A
telegram from Tcchow, Shantung
province, received htls morning by
the American mission, declared
that after 10 days fightlns the an-
tl-Kuflninchun (the forces under
Marshal Chang Tso-lln, the Man
churfan dictator) had gained pos
session and that there had bem
considerable looting. The hospltaU:
were overflowing, the telegram
?alri, but the foreign compounds
were safe.
A vit to the front revealed that
LIchins-Iinjr. Chlhli village gover
nor had straightened out his left
flank. The national people' army
(Kuominchun) of which E'en? Tu
Hsiang, so-called christian general
Is the head, and whoso attack on
the enemy's center Wednesday
morning was thrown bnck with
losses, since has given no sijens of
activity.
CHRISTMAS CHEER RESPONSE IS SLOW
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Barren Yuletide Is Looming for Kiddies
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FUND SHORT
CHRISTMAS CII12ER FUND
Capital Journal $ 25.00
Salem Ad Club 10.00
Deputy Santa Clous.... D.00
Marion-Polk County
Koalty Association 10.00
A Friend B.00
Unknown 8.00
Contributor 1.00
Henry Jucquct..; B.00
A Friend 10.00
Stenographer ...... 6.00
Henry lAHi...... . B.00
A Friend 5.00
Helper 8.00
A Rotarhill 3.50
A Friend 1.00
Mrs. Funny Tracy 3.00
Bonus Commission
Fniployees B.7B
Pleasant l'oint
Sunday School B.00
Total '. $t08.7S
With Christmas but a week
away and only 6 more days re
maining in which to complete Ub
task of locating and determining
tbt needs and Christmas wishes
of all of the children of Salem not
on Santa Claus' list, to say noth
ing of the tremendous job of see
ing that those needs are filled, the
committee in charge of the Fifth
Annual, Christmas Cheer Move
ment of the Capital Journail and
the Salem lodge of Elke Is now
baHling against tho weather as
well as technical problems of
Santa Clausing.
Springlike weather, while re
ducing the actual suffering among
the needy families of the coinmun
ity, is also submerging the
Christmas spirit which usually
at the season of the year blos
soms and bears a harvest of boun
(continued on Pago Niu
IB
Wayhiualon, Dec. 18. (A.P.)
The Washington government has
received from the league o na
tions council an invitation to par
ticipate officially in preliminary
discussion at Geneva for a disarm
ament conference and with it a
notice that solution of the problem
will depend upon its consideration
in its entirety and with tue co
operation of all nations. .
n amplifying document, mailed
from Berne by Minister Gibson,
giving details of the workings or
the preparatory commission, is due
to ariivo here next week and it Ih
expected that f-irmulaUng of f
reply by President Coolidge am
Secretary Kellogg will wait Its ro
celpt. Th: invitation disclosed that ev
ery direct and related phase of
land, sea and air nrmaments is tu
be studied by the commiFtiion
making It clear that It an Ameri
can delegation attends the session;
it must take with it u large tech
ileal staff of military aud civilian
experts.
The invUtUton, bearing the
signature of M. Cciuloju, acting
president of the league council, de
clared the league council believes
the time has come for ntudying the
practical possibilities of the rc
duction and Mm I lotion of arma
ments undor the guidance and re
sponsibility of the governments.
It exp rased the hope mat
the moment when all the nations
of the world are consclouH of
common need, it will bo able to
count on the full and direct co
operation of tho government of the
United States for a work which so
closely concerns the peace of the
world.
WAGON GRANT LANO
TIMBER BRINGS $60,280
UoBcbtir?. Doc. 18. (A. P.)
Thirty million feet of timber from
1000 acres of land were Bold today
to nine bidders in a public eal?
conducted by the Hoschi.rg land
office. Tho sale of timber, from
O. & V.. and Coos Bay wagon road
errant lands, netted the govern
ment $60,280.33. All of the tim
ber is in Coos and Lane counties
The buyers were as follows:
W. A. Woodward Lumber com-
nr-nv. Cot Use Grove. 160 acres,
O. & C. lands In Lane county, $11,-
",..:.';;); n;eo igo acres adjoining,
io ; i'jjd.
OF LAST YEAR'S TOTAL
A Tip from Santa Claus
There is a giftless, cheerless Christmas only seven
days away for approximately 200 little boys and girls
last Yuletide, the public contributions total less than
half what they aggregated on December 18, 1924.
Last Christmas more than' $500 was subscribed to
the fund, and on December 18 contributions had passed
the $200 mark.
At noon today only $97.50 had been raised. It is a
small start toward the amount that will be needed in
the purchase of shoes, clothing, Christmas dinners, toys,
candy and the like that will be required.
Small contributions are particularly slow in respond
ing this year the usual flow of dimes, quarters, half
dollars and dollars has so far developed into little more
than a dribble, and the Christmas Cheer box -on the
Capital Journal counter has a discouragingly faint
jingle.
Take a hunch from Santa
Your contribution, however small, may mean the
difference between a giftless, cheerless Christmas and
a joyous Yuletide for some trusting little kiddie.
GANG OF BANDITS
Dows, Iowa, Dec. 18. (AP)
Making captives of the town mar
shal, the telephone operator and
the railroad operator and severing
all wire communication with oth
er towns, half a dozen bnnk rob
bers invaded this village early to
day, wrecked the safe of the Slate
Bank of Dows and escaped with
cush and bonds amounting to $8
000 or $10,000.
The bandits worked In the
hank for more than an hour be
fore they were able to open tin
safe. Meanwhile the marshal and
telephone and railroad operators
were held prisoners In a closet of
the bank.
Numerous Dows citizens were
aroused by tho explosions but no
outside resistance was offered the
robbers.
The local telephone manager,
roused by the explosions and find
ing all telephone wires cut drove
into the country where he tapped
a long distance line and enlisted
the aid of officers in surrounding
counties.
Pasadena, Cal.. Dec. 18. (A
P.) Mrs. Louise Lee Arms, better
known perhaps as Mac Marsh, film
celebrity, is the mother of a seven-
pound baby boy, boin nt the 1'aea
deno hospital this morning.
Uses Gun To
And Search 3 Boys
Cutting Xmas Trees
Collecting Christmas trees now
apparently comes under the cate
gory of offenflcs justifying com
pulsory detention and search of
Individuals by zealous law offi
cers, who flourish guns to com
pel obedience to their dictation.
Three Salem youths, Honry
Klosseu. John Irons and Floyd
Seamster, are the victims of this,
latest form of official persecu
tion, according to their story of
how they wero stopped and search
ed by W. P. Lewis of West Salem,
special deputy sheriff ot Polk
county, while gathering Christ
inas trees about five miles west
of West Salem Tuesday after
noon. According to the story told by
the boys they wero accosted as
they were driving along In their
automobile by Lewis, who drew A
oi balem unless the iig Brothers
and Big Sisters of the city, who
are more fortunately situated, op
en up their hearts and their purses
to the call of the Fifth Annual
Christmas Cheer Movement of the
Capital Journal and the Salem
Lodge of Elks.
Today, with the investigations
of the committee in charge of the
Movement revealing that Santa's
need for assistance here this year
will be as great if not greater than
by
OF
Constantinople, Dec. 18. (A.P.)
The decision of the league of na
tions awarding Mosul to Irak which
Is under British mandate, was re
ceived with consternation In Tur
key. When the award reached Angora
the cabinet was cnlled In extraor
dinary session. Under the chair
manship of President Mustnph
Kcninml I'jiha and with the par
ticipation of tho chief of the staff, I
the miniate sat late Into the night
examining all an Rles of the situa
tion. Turkish public opinion as ex
pressed In tho newspapers consid
ers that tho question has not been
solved but Is entering upon a new
phase, more complex than that ob
taining prior to tho loague decis
ion. All papers criticize the "servil
ity" of tho league, which they as
sert Is the tool of Grcnt Biitian.
Most of them ure awaiting the
leod from Angora before Indulging
in any more definite comment, but
Djuir.urict declares: "We shall save
Mosul a we saved Smyrna.
Hold-Up
revolver and commanded them to
stop. After tuny bad complied
with the order they wore lniorm-
ed bv Lewis that he was a deputy
sheriff, and ho ihon proceeded to
search their car.
All three of tho hoys declare
that Lewis never did tell them
what occasioned the search, other
than that ho had received a tele
phone call from tho neighborhood
asking him to go out and hunt
for an automobile.
Sheriff Hooker of Polk county
said yesterday that he knew noth
Ing of the Incident. Lewis,
cording to Sheriff Hooker, has
been a special deputy working out
of tho West Salem Justice court
for tour or flvo years, and that
lately he has been working with
the state prohibition department
In watching tor booze carriers In
the west Salem neighborhood.
ITCILIO
BE SUSPENDED
FOR 5 YEARS
Aviation Critic Found
Guilty by Court Martial
Approval Up To The
President.
"Washington, Dec. 18. (A. P.)
A resolution to restore Colonel Wil
liam Mitchell to his proper rank
in the army, and to suspend for
five years Major General Patrick
Nolan and Brigadier General Hugh
A. Drum was introduced In the,
house today by Representative
Blanton, democrat, Texas.
Washington, Dec. 18. (A.P.)
The friends and defenders of Col
onel William Mitchell set out to
day to discredit the methods and
overturn the verdict of the general
court martial which yesterday
stripped the air crusader of rank
and pay for a period ot five years.
Representative Frank R. Reld of
Illinois, who was the colonel's
chief counsel during his long trial
for Insubordination, charged open
ly that the court martial proceed
ings had not followed ordinary
rules of procedure hut that at the
beginning tho word had been pass
ed down to "got Mitchell. v
COnfrress to Ant.
Another Mitchell supporter in
congrosH, Representative Laguar
dla of New York introduced a bill
to prohibit courts martial from
suspending for more than 30 days
those found guilty under the ar
ticle of war which Colonel Mibchell
was held to havo violated in pub
licly attacking government avia
tion policies.
AnotJher proposal which will
come before President Cooiiqge,
who must oiprove or disapprove
tho findings of the court martial,
contemplates reduction of the sus
pension sentence to two years to
expire at the time Colonel Mitch-,
ell becomes eligible for voluntary
retirement from the army.
Manv Technicalities.
This feature o-f the situation,
however, Is surrounded by many
leal technicalities. There is some
doubt whether the years an officer
Is under suspension can be counted
in fixing the time of his retire
ment. It ahvo is discretionary
with the president whet'her an ap
plication for voluntary retirement
would ho granted or refused and
the army's legal authorities are
not willing to pass on the legality
ot an actual resignation from tho
army during a period of suspen
sion. Colonel Mitchell himself Is not
disclosing his plans, except to re
new his determination to secure a
greater air service. Through his
counsel, Representative iteid, lie
told the country today that the
fight would not he InterrupUd by
the verdict of the court.
The fight for "an adequate na
tional defense," Mr. Reid said,
has only begun.
Tin denouncer! the court for (all
ure to pass upon the question ol
whether evidence onereu was e
conted In proof ot the truth ot
Colonel Mitchell's statements or
whether It was received merely la
extenuation or mitigation ot hii
illeired offense. It was for tan
renson, he said, that the defenefll
decided not to make a closing
argument before the court.
1ir.,l,l .,r linn 18 f APi-M
Investigation of the federal pow
er commission H upprurni ui m
ject to nam mo uwuium
neor Prleet Rapids, was asked la'
the senate today by Senator Stan
field, republican of Oregon.
to nam me river at i-nii
1,1 a ,lit,nll nrMrutflnV Salmon
spawning, the senator said, would
destroy nan tne spawning
of tho entire river.
The proposed investigation
which would be made by a special
senate committee of three appoint
ed by the vice-president, would
call for Information surrounding
the granting by the federal power
commission ot a permit to thf
Washington Irrigation and de
velopment company for construc
tion ot a nyuTO-wecinc puwor
1 l - it, uilt am Tt amllf
also call tor Information on th
effect of such development on ,
fishing Industry of the t1tcs