Capital journal., January 21, 1926, Image 1

TAX BILL AND WORLD
CIRCULATION
Dally average net paid circulation for
month ending December 91,
7519
Average Dally distribution 7948.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR,
raw
World Court Proponents
Unable to Get Agree
ment for Date of Vote
on Tax or Own Bills
Washington, Jon. 21. (A. P.)
Failing to obtain uu agreement for
definite (laics to vote on either thc-
tax reduction bill or the world
court, proponents of the court
bit veil notice today that they
would hold it continuously before
the enate until a roll call wok
called.
Negotiations for an agreement
to set February 10 for a voto on
the revenue bill and 10 days later
for final action on the court col
lapsed, at ieast temporarily, when
opponents of the tax bill notified
leaders they would not accept a
definite date. Opponent of
world court countered that they
would agree to no time for voting
on the court.
Chairman Smoot, of the finance
committee, in .charge of the tax
bill, said the senate must aci if
the proposed tax reduction is to
uttect the March 15 tax payments
After passage iv must go to con
ference and then bo approved
again in the house and senate.
While the negotiations were ap
proaching their deadlock, Senator
Heed, democrat, Missouri, resumed
bis speech against the court.
"I think, numerous members of
this body ought to be warned of
their impending fate," he said.
"They are to be deluged with more
propaganda from Edward W. Bok's
paid agents."
Senator Reed got into an argu
ment with Senator Walsh, demo
crat, Montana, as to whether Car
negie fortune is behind the move
ment for American adhesion to the
court.
Senator Walsh said the official
organ of the Carnegie Foundation
has been silent on the court ques
tion and that those In charge of
the foundation are against the
court, but Senator Heed replied:
Carnegie money is behind this
propaganda and I will prove it if
'Continued on Page Seven)
BETTER TIMES
Urbana, 111., Jan. 21. (A. P.)
Agriculture may be distressed, but
it is far from disabled and in the
long mn will have its measure of
prosperity, said W. M. Jardine, sec
rotary of agriculture, addressin;
the annual meeting of the Illinois
Agricultural association here to
day.
"When the tide turns badly
egainst us, it but sets In motion
those forces which ultimately will
wining it in favor again," be said.
"If the experiences of previous
generations teach us anything, it
is one of the best times to buy a
larm wnen farming seems in poor
est repute.
"It is essential to have the best
possible readjustment of produc
tion and market requirements.
Rapid progress has been made In
recent years by public agencies In
collecting and disseminating the
necessary information which helps
xarmers to adjust their production
programs to the consuming- de
mands to give him great advan
tage fn hia planning.
"It is essential to have the ut
most efficiency fn farm operation
Every farm management stud
that has been made reveals a wide
range in farm business organiza
Hon and methods. On one side of
a. line fence Is a man who organ
izes his business expertly, who
plans ahead, who uses his labor to
Advantage, who gets high yield?
from his fields and his animals. On
the other Fide of the fence his
neighbor may worry along on a
haphazard basis, his crop yields he
low par, his livestock more of a
liability than an asset. There If
Bo formula under the sun that can
(oar the well being of the Ineffi
cient producer."
CONTINUOUS
SESSION UNTIL
C apital jyJoEffial.
1986.
No. 18
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By Stoddard King
MI It AGE
An Island In the ocean
Is what I'd like to own;
To live there la my notion
rnougn not, or. course, nione.
sneclal sort of Island
With very little rnln,
A little Hit of Highland,
tiny stretch oi iiiaiu.
.Some clean niul sandy benches,
A chilly, gushing spring,
An orchard plums and peaches
mocKing ntru to sing,
Home" Iiich to inn It o an arbor,
All prcreraniy grape,
An Inlet ami a harbor,
A headland or a enpo.
There Is no man or woman
Whom I have ever known
Hut wauled which Is human
An island of Ills own;
Vet luck, If wc should strike It,
Would do that dream no good;
Wo wouldnl really like it
Still, lets pretend we would!
The Washington Opera company
is going to produce an opera based
on the melodies or the Omaha
dians. It could be sung in the lan
guage of the Omaha Indians, too,
for all the difference It would
make to a hardened opera audi
ence.
Whether an artist can succeed
in business remains an unsettled
question. Mme. Alma Gluck made
a couple of hundred thousand dol
lars in a real estate deal, but Mme.
Sehumann-Helnke lost J10.000 fi
nancing a movie ebneern. The only
moral to bo derived from these two
incidents is, perhaps, that It would
be well for artists, and others, to
buy New York real estate -rather
than movie stock.
Mme. Gluck Is not the only vo-
calinl who has been associated
with metropolitan realty. You re
member the Singer building.
(Copyright 1925)
YEW LINELIKELY
Indications are that rather
than ask the Salem Street Rail
way company to put its trolley cars
back on the Yew Park line In
place of the newly-established
busses, the city council will ask
that it put on an extra bus In the
early part of the evening.
The petition from 379 residents
of the district, read at the city
council meeting Monday night,
was based mainly on the fact that
one out-going car In the evening
shortly after G o''clock, Is very
much crowded, making it neces
sary that many passengers stand.
It is believed this condition can
be quite easily corrected by the
company.
It is said that thero Is a strong
element in the district that pre
fers the busses to the street cars.
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
TO ANTOINE WOLF
Gervais, Jan. 21 Antoine Wolf
of this city, who wag injured in
an auto crash on the Parkersvflle
road two miles east of hero on
January 10, died this morning.
He was 22 years of age. At the
time of his accident Wolf receiv
ed severe injuries In his abdomen,
being thrown against the steering
wheel of his car. He claimed that
a man named Norton, driving a
car abend of him, turned into a
side road suddenly without giv
ing the proper signal, with the
result that Wolf crashed into the
automobile
Fourth of July, 1846,
Observed With Style
By Valley Settlers
(Editor's Koto) This Is tlio 7th of a series of articles on the history
of Salem reprinted from "Sketches
of Its First Settlement," by Lewis
party, in Ilrown's Salem Directory
The 4th of July, 184G, was cele
brated In a style highly creditable
to the people. The Oregon Rang
ers were out in full force an.l
marched to the rump me3iinK
stand, where prayer wag offered
by Rev. Divid Leslie, the Declara
tion of Independence was read by
.f. S. Fmlth and an oration dyliv
ored by W. G. T' Vault. The ac
count states that it rained heavily
that day. Colonel T'Vauit s ad
dress was published in the Oregon
Sreotator.
In the summer of 1846, the town
surrey was made, as before staird.
10
BE REMOVED
. 10 SEATTLE
Trustees Approve Moving
School of Theology in
Summer of '27 Future
of Building Unknown
With official action by the
bonrd of trustees of Kimball
schol of theology taken yester
day afternoon in favor of moving
the school from Salem to Seattle,
the last obstacle in the way of
the proposed change was remov
ed. It Is now definitely stated
that the move will be made in the
summer of 1927, and that the
school will open at Seattle in Sep
tember of that year.
Committees arc-to be appoint
ed to work out details of the move.
The main reason for the change
is given as the wider field in the
new location. Kimball authori
ties believe that the enrollment
of tho school will materially in
crease if the school is situated at
Seattle, due to the fact that It
will be near the University of
Washington campus, a school hav
ing about 10 times as many stu
dents as Willamette university,
on whose campus Kimball is lo
cated at the present time. There
will also be a wider opportunity
for students of Kimball to support
themselves while going to school,
by filling smalt pulpits In the Im
mediate vicinity of the campus, it
Es believed.
Willamette university authori
ties for the most part have ex
pressed themselves as being in har
mony with whatever action Kim
ball authorities may take In the
matter of the proposed move.
President Doney of Willamtte,
who Is now in the east, stated be
fore leaving, "Dr. Hickman and
I have talked this matter over
fully and have agreed, in a friend
ly way, to disagree on the propo
sition. '
The question of what is to be
come of the building now occu-
(Continued on Page Seven.!
CRUSH PLOT.
N JUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia1, Jan. 21
(A. P.) More than 200 suspects
have been arrested and raids are
being enrried on throughout the
country following discovery of an
alleged communist plot to over
throw the government. Hundreds
of houses are being searched for
evidence.
Discovery of the plot is said to
have followed a raid on the homes
ft 60 communists ,Jn Zagreb and
Sarajevo. -
Among those arrested are a num
ber of Important personages, in
luding Professors Nivkovic, Simon
i;nd Timolijcvitch, the last named
(he son of a former minister of
justice.
A number of opposition newspa
pers have been seized and the
greatest excitement jirevnils.
of Solcin ItB History from the Date
If, Judon, member of the Lausanne
for 1871).
and the name was given to It
which It now bears.
Dr. William H. Willfeon, late In
the fall of 1846, built a dw?I1in,
house for bis own family residence
near where the Salem flouring
mills now siand, whi-h is the earn
building now standing in the rea
of the Smith's shop, opposite to the
Union hotel, and is occupied as n
wagon shop.
In the autumn of 1846, Rev. J
L. Parrleh bought from the own
erg of he Chemeketa mills the pos-
x-sEory right to a piece of about
Pair V!-e
KIMBALL
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1926
JlJ
Coldest Wave of
Winter Predicted
for Middle West
Cliicngo, Jnn. 21. (AP) 1
Tho coldest wcntlior of tho
winter Is headed toward tho
middle west and below ero
temperatures were predicted
tonight and for the next two
days, Henry J. Cox, district
forecaster announced today.
Moderation by Sunday wns
promised.
Tho ctld wave has been
ctyuo.rcd over northwestern
Canada hjvchiI days and to
day Minnesota was in Its
path, with all conditions
proper for Us sweep Into tho
middle west;
Temperatures ranging from
6 to 16 degrees below zero
wero registered In Minnesota
and tho Dnkotas last night.
In the Canadian northwest
the readings ranged from 8 to
82 below.
Pussywillows were bloom
ing In Montana, wliero I ho
minimum temperature wns
3D nbove.
JAIL SENTENCE
Fl
The sentence of B, W. Wagner
for selling Intoxicating liquor was
educed by Judge McMahan today
to a fine of $500, eliminating the
Jail .sontenoe.
Wagner was recently convicted
In Justice court and Justice of the
Peace Small imposed a sentence of
six months In Jail and fin of $500.
Today he appealed to the circuit
court and pleaded guilty before,
Judge McMahan. The court at
first made the fine $650. but was
reminded by Assistant District At
torney Page that the law allowa a'
maximum of only $600, -whereupon
the court changed the figure. I
There are many aggravating
things about this cose," said the
court In passing sentence. "It Is
aggravating that the people should
pass a law and then so persistently
violate It. It Is aggravating that
officers charged with enforcing the
law should be parties to Its viola
tion. It is a disgrace to the state.
It is not necessary for the people
to hire men to tempt other men to
violate the law. This is a case In
which one instance ot crime would
not have happened had it not been
for the officer who hired the de
fendant and bribed him to violate
the law. It Is a contemptible prac
tice."
Several character witnesses wore
ntroduccd by both bodies. When
Prohibition Officer R. E. Amy was
on the stand the state tried to In
troduce testimony as to reports
that ha dbeon received by the pro
hibition department concerning
Wagner.
"I want no rumors," said Judge
McMahan. "These reports bandied
around by stool pigeons are not
very reliable."
"We are not Introducing any
thing from stoolplgcons," said the
state's attorney.
"Hasn't this witness Just stated
that he bought liquor from the de
fendant, and Isn't that what we
commonly understand a stoolpigeon
to be?" asked the court.
The state's reply was a denial of
this. .
"The purpose of a law officer Is
to prevent crime, not encourage It,
said Judge McMahan.
YOUNG AUTO
E
Theft of su automobile in Sa
lem from Thomnfl La Duke and
several other offenses, Including
burglary, have hern admitted at
North Rend by F. L. Franklin,
Virgil Roberta and ThomaB Man
ning, all youngsters. Roberts Is a
fugitive from t&e etate training
school.
After stealing the automobile
in Salem fhe boys say they burg
larized a store at Garibaldi on
January 15. They claim they
changed the license plates on the
automobile 22 times. After looting
the John Benson store at Gari
baldi the three youths drove to
Marshfield where they arrived
last Monday. Monday night they
broke Into a waterfront garage,
tried to open the safe and stole a
number of tires. Other burglaries
were committed the same night.
The boys will be prosecuted at
COURT DEADLOCKED
TO
IGNORE ACTS
OF KOWITZ
Predecessor Claims Elec
tion Illegal and Refuses
to Turn Over City Rec
ords to City Attorney
The refusal of Chris Kowitz, re
tired from the city attorneyship by
the council's election of Fred A.
Williams to that office Monday
evening, to turn over such record
and papers as are In his possession,
or to recognize the election oi
Williams as legal, has so far failed
to Interrupt the operation of the
city's legal machinery.
So far ns he Is concerned, Ko-
wltz's refusal to recognize his elec
tlon, or turn over the records will
be entirely ignored, Mr. Williams
declared this morning, adding that
such records and papers as Kow
itz possesses are of no vital con
corn to hun, and If they were turn
ed over would all have to be check
ed anyway. Williams also exhib
ited hia official certificate of of
fice, signed by the city recorder at
the time he took the oath of office
Monday night, and declared that
lie would continue to operate un-1
rtTsr it without reference to Kow-
Itz's action.
Until there Is some legal rea
son advanced why I should not do
so I will continue to recognize Mr.
Williams as the regularly elected
and qualified city attorney," was
Mayor John Giesy's comment this
morning. "I can do nothing else.
T took no hand In the mattor of
selecting an attorney aside from
urging members of the council to
get together and agree upon some
one with whom they could all work
in harmony. I took -the position
that whoever was selected by the
council may see fit to take will be
agreeable to me."
Kowitz this morning denied that
he had declined to surrender the
office to Williams, or that he had
authorized any announcement to
that effect. He did say, howover,
that his actions In the matter
would be governed entirely by the
advice of a group of "local attor
neys," whom he did not name.
Kowitz also admitted that the
question of Williams' election as
city attorney while he also held of
fice as member of the council was
known to him prior to Williams'
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T
TA
Portland, Ore., Jnn. 21 (AP)
A state law that would close
road houses at midnight, a stan
dard of salaries making them the
same In counties of like popula
tion, nnd acceptance by county
commissions of state compensation
for peace officers wore urged In
resolutions by the State Sheriffs'
association today.
Tho resolutions were passed
JiiBt prior to the opening of the
joint session of the sheriffs with
the district attorneys' association
and the Association of County
Judges and commissioners.
Tho sheriffs also passed resolu
Hons of sympathy to tho families
of E. P. Ellington, sheriff of Coos
county, who was killed In a wreck
and 8. N. Warfied, sheriff of Ren
ton county, who died of heart dis
ease just following the sheriffs'
convention here last year.
The proponed law directed
against road houses would place
the same regulation against the
dancing and amusements features
of road bouses, Inns and tav
erns'' as would hold against dance
halls.
The County Judges and Com
missioners' association late yes
terday favored legislation that
would require auto owners to pay
an additional tax ot one cent
gallon on gasoline for county road
purposes. It was pointed out that
the present state gasoline tax of
3 rents a gallon reverts to the
state, nnd that the counties, as
WILLIAMS
Ik?
Ask Sportsmen
For Advice Upon
Closure Orders
Portland. Or.. Jan. 21 fAP
State Game Warden Ed F. Avorill
today asked sportsmen of the state
10 iorwnru to him any objections
which they may have to orders re
cently Issued by the game com
mission closing certain streams
for conservation purposes. He ask
ed that the objections be specific
as to streams. His statement fol
lows:
"All recent orders of tho state
game commission closing certain
streams to angling will not be put
iuio otiect until arter tho Febru
ary meeting. The purpose of hold
ing them up is tu give an oppor
tunity to correct any errors that
have been made. Everyone of
such orders was made in accord
ance with, recommendations re
ceived from tho organized sports
men In each of the counties af
fected. "Tlic commission desires to hear
SOVIET RUSSIA
S LEN1NE
S
Moscow, Jan. 21 (AP) Sov-
ot Russia today commemorated
the second anniversary of the
death of Nikolai Lenine, "the
father ot bolshevlsm."
For two days all the govern
ment departments, factories, stores
offices and restaurants will be
closed. The cities and towns
throughout Russia are draped In
red and black, amusements have
ceased, and the sale of alcohol Is
forbidden. Any person found
giving a party or entertainment
will bo fine,'. $50. Films depict
ing scenes of Lenine 's life and the
ceremonies at the time of his
doath, are being shown through
out the union. Lectures and ad
dresses of eulogy will be made by
bolshevik orators In theaters clubs
and public squares the populace
listening in by radio.
Tho newspapers today devoted
whole pages and, even their entire
issues to articles extolling Len
Ine's virtues nnd achievements.
Several thousand people, mostly
workers and peasants shivered In
the snow-covered Red Square in
Moscow, awaiting a chanco to en
tor the wooden mausoleum and
view the embalmed features of
the bolshevik idol.
Hetwoen 0:20 and 6:30 o'clock
tonight all flugs will be drawn to
half mast and all activities will
cease to mark the hour of the
premier's doath two yanrs ago.
Pondleton, Or., Jnn. 21. (A
P) Rain that started shortly af
ter eight o'clock yesterday mom
ng and stopped for a fow hours
yesterday afternoon continued all
night and was still coming down
totlay. The rain, which is falling
slowly and steadily, is welcomed
by wheat fnrmers and stockmen
In the higher altitudes of the
Blue Mountains it Is snowing, ac
cording to reports available here
Astronomers
New Heaven In Sky
Chicago, Jan. 21. (A. P.) Fori
years astronomers have speculate!!
wnettier various nebulous forma
ions In the heavens belonged to
this uaivcrfte or were "Island" uni
verses of their own, inutternble
distances away.
Some of the white patch oh were
known to be true nebuluo, com
posed ot luminous gases, or star
clusters "that dissolved before the
telescope. But others puzzled, no
telescope being strcAig enough to
eparoto them Into their compo
nent pn"t:4, some astronomers sug
gesting Hint they were universe
of suns so far away that they ap
peared as one mass.
Evidence that another universe
really exists is offered by Dr. fid
wln Hubble, in a study published
today by the University of Chicago
PRICE THREE CENTS 0N trains and nbw
xmvcj fJlH 1 J 8TANU8 PIVD CENTS
ML
-
from each sportsman having any
objections to offer. It is import
ant that those making objections
should stnte tho names of the
streams affected by tho closing
orders which they think shotild
be left open. All petitions should
sot forth' clearly tho stroams
which the signers want left open.
Those signing petitions should al
so give their nddress and the name
of tho sportsmen's organization
with which they are affiliated.
"The closing orders were all
made uniform for a period of ten
years, the reason being that while
it is complicated and expsnsivo
matter to close any waters to ang
lers, It is a very simple and inex
pensive matter to open them. Any
streams closed by tho commission
will bo reopened at any timo the
organized sportsmen of the coun
ty in which the streams are locat
ed ask tor it,"
CITY PROGRESS
Abolition of the city dump, city
junk establishments at the comer
of Front and Center streets and
North Cnpilol streets, co
ordination of names and numbers
of Salem streets, co-operation and
assistance for the city zoning com
mission, effecting a sanitary sur
vey of the city and improvement
ot the city lighting syutem were
lavorcd by Fred A. Williams, Sa
lem city attorney, in a speech be
fore ho Marion-Polk County Real
tors association at Its luncheon
this noon.
"Wo have passed the time when
ilcnce Is golden," said Williams.
"Unless our city presents a beau
tiful appearance to the traveler.
and he outside world is made to
known what kind of a city wc have
here, then tourists will take their
irips elsewhere.
"At tho present time Salem hat;
certain cancerous looking sores in
prominent places about the city.
There are three principal mils
ances. The city dump should be
abolished and an incinerator es
tablished in its place. A junk shop
located on North Cnpilol streets
is to be done away with by orde
of the Icty council, and I take it
upon myself to see that the one on
('enter street at tho comer of
Front street must also be cleaned
up."
Alluding to the zoning commis
sion, Williams declared that m
commission "is to my mind the
most Important one the city has."
The purpose of city zoning, he said
Is not to work a hardship on nny
one, but to secure the proper site:
Tor the proper esabllshmcnts, and
keep each in its place, with the
eventual result that It will not
f.nly beautify the city, but make
the industries themselves mon
profitable.
HeHt"d several Inslancet, when
(Continued on Page Sovcn
Discover
In Starry Nebulae
Dr. Hubble describes this uni
verse ns containing bright und dim
dtars and nebulae In a heaven liu
our own nnd offers photographs
nnd definite measurements of the
mass of celesUul bodies that com-1
pose it.
Ho found that this externnl
galaxy, similar in many ways to
our own, although enttnly outside
of the earth's balactic system, Is
700,000 light years away, as astro
nomical measurement which car
ries seventeen figures when re
duced to mites. According to his
'-omputntlon it is 4000 light year
across.
The galaxy's general appearnncv
was described as like that ot th.1
Magellanic cloudr.,a mass of nebu
lae like the milt way In the skies
nt Hit, mttlmrn liemlnhorP.
FAIR TONIGHT
and Friday; no change In temperature,
fresh southerly winds.
Local: Max., 46; mln., 46; rain, .OS;
river, 1.8; atmos., oloudy; wind, southeast.
LEADBETTER
SEEKING FUll
OWNERSHIP
Organizer of Company
Buys Collins and Spaul
ding Interests and Of
fers $125 for Common
By purchase of stock of E. S.
Collins of Portland, C. K. Sp abid
ing of Salem and possibly others
iu the Oregon Pulp & Paper com
pany of Salem, F. V. Lead better
ot Portland organizer and large
stock holder, has gained control
of the common slock in the mill
and Is offering to buy out all oth
er common stock holders on a basiB
of $125 a share, or $25 over par.
Ho offers to buy on a basis of one
third cash, one third in six
months, one third in 12 months,
with interest on deferred pay
ments at 6 per cent.
What Lcadbetter plans to do
with the property he now con
trols and aims f own outright is
mystory in the minds ot those ,
having knowledgo of the deal.
The nnpor company has a can-
tnl stock of $2,100,000 of which
$800,000 Is preferred, nnd it Is
understood that Collins held $60"0,
000 in common stock. Snauldlne
about $100,000 and there were
other heavy stockholders as well
ns numerous small stockholders.
According lo the story. Lead-
better sold out his holdings in the
Crown-Willamette Puper com
pany to the newly reorganized
and refinanced concern for $1,
400,000, and it Is considered like
ly it Is with this money he is out
after complete ownership of the
Oregon Pulp & Paper company.
The story is that Collins, before
he would sell out his share, which
with a few others carried control
of the mill, exacted a promise
from Leadbetter that Leadbetter
would give the other stockholders
in the mill a chance to sell on-the
same basis at $125 a share for
their common stock, and that
Leadbetter in making the general
proposition in a circular to the
stockholders Is enrrying out his
agreomunt with Collins, as well as
gaining complete control of the
mill, providing all ot the com-
mon stockholders will sell.
Numerous guesses are made as
to what Leadbetter plans to do
with tho newly acquired control,
rie owns a mill in Los Angeles, Is
a heavy stockholder, and probab
ly controlling stockholder in a
mill nt Vancouver, Wash., and is
(Continued on Page Seven)
0
New York, Jan. 2t. (AP)
Marine police early today seized
ihe ocean going tug Rescue with n
:argo of liquor said to be worth
more than a hitlf million dollars
after a rhane off Sandy Hook ir -which
half a dozen shots from s
one pounder wero fired.
The Rescue is valued at about
i 2 50.000. The present owner u
unknown to the police.
A coast guard launch first ob
served the Rescue and fired a
shot across her bow. The tug put
on speed. A police Inunch hearing
tho shots. Joined the chase and fir
rid several hundred rounds from a
machino gun, but the tug was not
struck,
Meantime the Rescue extinguish
ed Its running lights and boldly en
tered the harbor and went to a slip
at Jefferson street. Before the
blue coals could read her the Res
cue's seacocks had been opened and
most of the crew had fled. The
four men who remained a boar J
atirrendercd. Policemen dove lntc
the water In the hold and closed
the seacocks.
Coast guard officials said thi
craft had on board 25,0u0 case
of a5orted wines and li'iuors.
Coast guard officers said they
received a lip three weeks ago that
the tug was bound for New Torli
with n million c'.ollar cargo.