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HV21
NO. 272
Mail Tribune
T.R. HIGHWAY
MEASURE JS
CALLED BACK
State Senate by 17 to 12 Vote
Reconsiders Action of Last
Week : Senator Thomas
Explains Vote Geo. Mans
field Outlines Program to
Aid Oregon Farmers.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7 .The senate
today by 17 to 12 voted to recall from
the houHO the Norblud-Hull Roosevelt
highway bill for reconsideration. Tho
action was over tho bitter protest of
Senators Hull of Coos and Curry coun
ties and Norblad of Astoria. On tho
vote to recall many members explain
ed their voto. Senator Thomas said
he supported the measure last week
under tho misapprehension that the
highway commission was for it.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 7. Authority
would bo conferred upon tho irriga
tion committees' of tho senate and
houso to conduct an investigation of
nil past irrigation transactions in the
state and all now contemplated, with
power to subpoena and hear witnesses
under a joint resolution introduced in
tho houso today by Representative
Gallagher of Harney and Malheur,
chairman of tho irrigation committee.
Tho Mansfield :irocram
George A. Mansfield, president of
tho Oregon State Farm bureau, ar
rived here today from Medford for
the purpose of looking after tho bu
reau's legislation lW'ogram. Briefly
this program contemplates:
An amendment to the present ex
tension work, law -making it manda
.ory on county courts to confer the
benefits of this work von the farmers
when they petition for it. '
An appropriation to match tho
funds nmdo.-avjivble- under the
Smith-Lever "act for "extension work.
Adequate appropriations for all ex
periment stations.
A feedstuffs act.
An appropriation to match federal
funds available for rodent extermi
nation. An appropriation for tho investiga
tion of the diseases of dairy cattle.
An amendment to tho present law
governing statistics.
An amendment making bounty law
more workable.
An appropriation for premiums for
Pacific Livestock exposition.
A purebred bull for certain coun
ties. An amendment making the present
co-operation law conform to the needs
of tho present co-operating marketing
movement in Oregon.
"It is not my intention to lobby in
the sen ho that term is generally used,
for these measures," said Mr. Mans
field in announcing tho bureau's pro
gram. "I am sure- tho legislature will be
only too glad to grant these rea
sonable demands of tho organized
farmers of Oregon when properly
presented to them "
10 PAT BLUM'S WIDOW
SAX FRANCISCO, Fob. 7. A de
cision compelling the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company to
pay $20,000 accident Insurance to the
widow o Samuel iBlum, of the First
Banks of Cordova and Valdez, Alas
ka, who was killed In a fall through
the window of his office in Seattle
in January, 1919, was handed down
by the United States circuit court of
appeals here today. The company
had resisted payment on tho ground
that the accidental nature of Blum's
death was in doubt.
Harrison Son Is Horn.
MANILA, Feb. 7. A son was born
here today to Mrs. Francis Burton
Harrison, wife of the governor gen
eral of the Philippines.
SCHOOL
RESULT OF 100
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7. Frank
Lee, 14, a student at a grammar school
in Las Vegas, New, was reported in a
serious condition at a hospital here
today, as the result, it was charged
by his mother, Mrs. Dora Lee, in
structor in the Las Vegas high school,
of a "severe boating administered by
a man teacher for a trivial misde
meanor." The boy was brought here last
Wednesday, when a slow paralysis
was said to have developed from the
Nys 1st lino down wa rd, Th rcc Jof
Schooner "Klamath"
Breaks in Two, All
on Board Are Safe
SAX FIIAXCISCO, Feb. 7.
Tho steam schooner Klamath,
which was swept ashore early
Saturday morning at Del Mar,
85 miles north of hero has
broken in two and has been
abandoned, according to a wire
less message received today by
the coast guard service from Its
Bteamer, Inalga.
Tugs which had lines aboard
have cast off.
The passengers and crow were
taken to Fort Bragg today and
will arrive In San Francisco to
morrow. Aside from slight cuts and
bruises sustained whilo being
transferred from the wreck to the
rocky headland, they aro in good
condition.
4444 4 4
GREAT NEED
OFF
Secy. Meredith Tells Wiscon
sin Farmers Critical Prob
lems. Can Be Solved by
Scientific Knowledge
Closest Co-operation.
and
MADISON, "Wis., Feb. 7. Secretary
of Agriculture E. T. Meredith told
Wisconsin farmers, gathered here to
day to study marketing conditions,
that the greatest need of the farmer
today is "cost statistics."
'The whole problem of tho actual
and necessary cost of distribution of
each commodity," said the secretary,
should be carefully studied under
different systems and different condi
tions until a reasonable and just cost,
under an efficient methud has been
obtained."
Mr. Meredith frankly chlded farm
era for their lack of foresight and
want of appreciation of tho labors nf
tho agricultural research worker.
"Too many farmers think that little
remains to bo done," said the secre
tary. "Many believe the task of today
is simply applying tho knowledge
already at hand. As a matter of fact,
we are confronted with the most se
rious problems.
"The word I want to leave you to
day is that tho scientist cannot make
his work effective unless he has the
earnest and sympathetic support of
the farmers."
BARRING L. STEFFENS
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 7. Appli
cation wa:i made in circuit court to
day for an injunction to restrain
Mayor George L. Baker and Chief of
Polico L. V. Jenkins from preventing
a meeting tonight at which Lincoln
Steffens and St. John Irvine Tucker
were scheduled to speak. A hall had
been obtained, It had been announc
ed, after the failure to obtain the
city adultorlum or tho auditorium of
a high school. City Attorney Frank
S. Grant obtained postponement of
a hearing until 4 o'clock this after
noon.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 6. Indi
cation that Mustapha Kemal Pasha
and other Turkish nationalist leaders
had reconsidered their refusal not to
participate in the near East conference
In London was given in a dispatch re
ceived hero today from Angora. It
said the Turkish nationalist delegates
would leave Angora Monday for Lon
don. LAD NEAR HEATH
LASHES WITH STRAP
Angeles surgeons agreed there was a
hemmorrhage of the spinal cord. An
operation was performed Saturday,
since when meninghitis is said to have
developed.
iJr. S. A. Lewis said today recovery
was doubtful and that if the boy
should recover, he probably never
would walk a train.
Karle F. Eglington. a brother of
Mrs. LeP, said he had been told his
nephew had been "given 1 00 lashes
with a strap" and that "the besting
lasted four pilut-."
SYSTEM
ARMERS
U. S. BUSINESS
OUTLOOK
NOW
OF BRIGHTEST
John Skelton Williams, Retir
ing Comptroller of the Cur
rency, Informs Congress U.
S. A, Now Sounder Than it
Has Been in Years,
WASHINTON, Feb. 7. The coun
try is now In many respects on a
sounder basis economically than it
lias been for years. Comptroller or the
Currency John Skelton Williams in
formed congress today in what lie de
scribed as his "seventh and last an
nual report."
Deflation, obviously inevitable a
year ago, has come, he said, and
prices of many basic commodities and
raw materials havo returned to pre
war levels or below. "It now remains
for the middleman," ho declared, "to
adjust his profits to the new prices
before tho ultimate consumer will re
ceive the benefit of thu reduced cost
of living."
Labor, however, must soon deter
mine whether a shut down and idle
ness Is preferred to a lower wage scale
which takes into consideration the
lower living charges, ho said.
1'nrticipation by labor with capital
In profits was suggested as the only
principle to restore business.
Prices Must Decline
"When conditions abroad become
more settled or stabilized." said his
summary of the present outlook, "and
when at homo much needed adjust
ments are effected in the costs to the
consumer of steel and iron products,
which are still quoted at twice their
pre-war prices, and when coal for
which the government itself has paid
in recent months as much as four
times tho pre-war price, and certain
other commodities which are being
kept up artificially or as a result of
monopolistic control far above the
pre-war figures, get back to normal
level, our country, rosting on a solid
foundation, will bo prepared to enter
upon a now, and let us hope, long
enduring era of prosperity and heal
thy progress,"
Best Jlernrd In 40 Years.
During tho fiscal year ended June
30, 1020, tho comptroller said there
were 8157 national banks in opera
tion, the highest number ever report
ed, and despite difficulties they made
the best record In immunity from fail
ure in about forty years. The per
centage of tho capital of the failed
banks to tho total capital of all banks,
ho explained, was about two one
thousandanths of one per cent, or six
teen times better than the average for
tho entiro 67 years sinco the inaugu
ration of the system.
Combined resources of all banks in
the country June 30, 1920, including
.national, state and federal reserve, the
comptroller said, aggregated $;,
153,704,000. Near 2 Billion to Farmers.
Figures showing for the first time
tho business of the principal bor
rowers from national banks were pre
sented by tho comptroller. Loans and
discounts November 1 5, 1920, ho said,
aggregated $13,764,000,000 of which
loans to farmers and livestock raisers
amounted to $1,998,000,000 or 14 per
cent; loans to manufacturing concerns
approximated $2,802,000,000 or 21 per
cent: loans to merchants, mercantile
concerns, individuals in the jobbln:;
business and trading wholesale and
retail $3,581,000,000 or 20 per cent.
Loans reported to bond and stock
brokers and dealers investment secu
rities aggregated $664,000,000; to
railroads, shipping companies, elec
tric, light and ptnvcr companies,
$225,000,000, whilo the loans to pro
fessional men, including doctors, law
yers, teachers, chemists, engineers and
clergymen amounted to $:i75.000.000.
Miscellaneous loans amounted to
about $4,000,000,000 or 30 per cent of
the total.
Cr rnss ea rn i n gs of the n at i o n a I
banks during tho past fiscal year ag
gregated $1,109,000,000. while their
total expenses wcro $735,000,000 of
which $ 175,000.000 was for salaries
and wages and $287,000,000 was for
interest on deposits.
Hank Profits Large.
National banks in the city of New
York showed earnings on capital stock
of H76 per cent; Philadelphia na
tional banks 33 V4 per cent; Chicago
24 per cent: Huston 23 per cent; Min
neapolis 2Vj per cent; St. Louis 17 Vj
per cent: Klchmond 20 ii per cent:
Dallas, 30 per cent; Kansas City 17
per cent and in Han Francisco IS per
cent. Pueblo, Colorado, with 55 per
cent reported the largest earnings In
any reserve city.
During thu past fiscal year the
comptroller reported three presi
dents, eight cashiers and thirty as
sistant cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers
and others of national banks were
convicted of criminal violations nf the
banking laws and sentenced to im
prisonment running up to six years
and varying fines.
Hlg Salaries Paid.
Mr. Williams made public a table
showing the salaries paid the execu
live officers by all national banks 'it
the country, whose resources were In
excess of $20,000,000 and showed the
largest salary paid any national bank
president to have been $100,000 a
year.
Discussing excessive salaries, the
comptroller declared "such im-qua If -He
would eviflt to much less extent
Lassen Peak Opens
Its Spring Campaign
With Big Eruption
$ 4f
REDDING, Cal.. Fob. 7 After
two short periods of activity yes
terday and early this morning,
Lassen peak, in northeastern Cali
fornia, at 10 o'clock this morning
had resumed its eruption and tho
volume of smoke and steam wus
increasing in intensity. The lat
est eruption was said by obser
vers to be thrice its volume of
between ti a. m. and 8 a. m.
Smoke was rolling off to the
south in great billows.
REDDING, Cal., Feb. 7 Las-
sen peak, California's only live
volcano, threw out clouds of
steam for two hours this morning
and then sank into a somnolent
stage. A similar phenomenon oc-
curred yesterday, observers hero
say.
3 4 4
E 10 SETTLE
BELFAST, Felt. 7 Ono constable
was killed and two others wounded by
the explosion of a Iminh thrown at
them while they were on duty near
Dunkalk last night.
DUBLIN, Feb. 7. Interesting ru
mors are circulating In Dublin today
regarding fresh efforts tho government
is reported to bo making to effect a
settlement with southern Ireland. The
belief is growing that tin important
development may come to light when
parliament reconvenes.
According to one report tho govern
ment is trying to bring the Ulster len
ders into lino with a well formulated
SCheillR to llCl-Klin'M tile Iwman In im.
cept tho partition provided for in the
homo rule act and work under It. This
version has it that the prize to be
offered for acceptance Is a grant of full
fiscal autonomy to both sections or
Ireland. This would be coupled, so far
as tho south Is concerned, with an
offer to release the political prisoners
and grant amnesty to Irish republicans
generally, including members of the
Irish republican army..
Negotiations to this end are proceed
ing now, It Is said, between Lloyd
George and Sir Edward Cnrson, Ulster
leader, on the outcomo of which de
pends whether the plan will be official
ly announced.
Representatives of the Sinn Fein
have refused to treat tho reported
scheme seriously, saying that" until
some concrete, bonafido proposals bad
actually been made they would not
waste time in speculation.
Prominent nationalists said they had
no doubt that a concession of flscnl
autonomy would go far toward satisfy
ing the Irish peoples demands for in
dependence and If offered In a genor
ous spirit would greatly weaken tho
position of the Sinn Fein if the repub
lican parliament should reject it.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 Jack Domp
scy, heavyweight champion, planned
to leave today for .New York, stopping
over to visit his mother at Salt Lake
City.
Detnpscy reiterated his appreciation
of having been made an honorary
member of the disabled veterans of
the world war, yesterday, when he
boxed at a benefit for that organiza
tion. Huron H. Fltts, commander of the
American Legion, department of Cali
fornia, called attention to the fact that
the disabled veterans of the world war
had no official connection with the
American legion, although some dis
abled members of tho legion aro also
members ui the veterans organization.
"I have heard no change In the attl
tilde of many legion posts which con
demned Dempscy's record during the
war, ho said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The house
today unanimously passed a bill auth
orizing the construction of five hospi
tals for disabled war veterans at an
estimated cost of $12,500,000.
if top stockholders of banks wore In
formed fjf the salaries paid to their
executive officers, but unfortunately
It Is an exception rather than a l -lie
that the majority of the stockholder;,
of the banks fire so informed, "
BOMB
ATTACKS
LAUNCHED BY
MBOMDS
Archbishop of Mexico's Resi
dence and Juergens & Co.
Factory Destroyed by Dyna
mite Fear Prelude to Bol
sheviki Reign of Terror.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7 l'ollce
authorities and government secret ser
vice agents were engaged today In col
lecting evidence which might lead to
the arrest of men who homhed tho res
idence of the Archbishop of Mexico
and the building occupied by Juergens
and company hero yesterday. Four
men are under arrest but It is known
several others were Implicated.
The residence of the archbishop was
badly damaged. The Juergens build
ing was virtually destroyed by the ex
plosion of tho Infernal machine placed
in front of It. Its entire street front
age was wrecked and windows of
houses across the street were blown in.
The upper story of tho factory, which
Is located In the residenco section, was
occupied by the families of tho owners
but no one was injured.
information gathered by tho police
would seem to Indicate that four men
did the actual work of setting off both
bombs. A small car was seen to ap
proach tho archeplscopal residence
shortly before -I o'clock yesterday. It
stopped a moment whilo ono man
alighted and then started off at a
rapid pace, being well down the street
whon the explosion occurred. What
appeared to bo the same car, or one
of similar make, stopped In front of
the Juergens factory an hour later,
and then hurried away. Four men
were said to havo ridden In each car.
Itadleal activity has been Increasing
In Mexico City recently nd newspapers
here say that two communist con
grosses will bo held this month, ono
in Mexico City und tho other in Tarn-
pIco.
Bolshevik Agitators
Tho newspapers also havo reported
tho arrival during tho past week of a
number of agitators, two of whom have
been characterized by El Universal as
being "delegates sent to Mexico by
Nikolai Lcnlno to work among labor
ers in tho interests of tho third Inter
nationale of Moscow."
Ca'-'os Itehg, manager of tho Juor
gons factory, declares radical agitators
havo beon exceedingly bold nt his
plant, having several times stationed
themselves at tho entrance- and threat
ened the 200 oniploycs with violence if
they dared to enter. This aggressive
attitude led to the recent closing down
of the plant.
There havo been suggestions that
feeling over tho electrocution of two
Mexicans, Sanchez and Garcia, in the
New York stato prison nt Sing Sing,
might havo led their friends to have
attacked tho Juorgcns building but of
ficials of tho company are Incllnod to
believe untl-AmerlcanIsm did not enter
into tho sotting of the bomb. They
assorted that it was a more threat on
tho part of radicals because their do-
mands had not been met.
FREIGHT RATES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. A'reduc
tlon In freight rates was asked today
of tho Interstate commerce commis
sion by six of the largest cattlemen's
associations of tho west. Their
spokesmen told tho commission that
market prices of sheep, cattle and
wool had fallen so low Hint western
cuttle raisers and farmers wero no
longer able to sell their prodimo for
enough to pay freight rates.
The complaint contended that fi
nancial conditions made it Impossi
ble to obtain loans to condition cat
tle for market properly and that
growers wero compelled to sell "for
whatever they can get In an unmark
etable condition."
"Sheep havo so declined that thoy
Will scarcely pay tho freight to
market," the complaint suld. "Tho
wool is unsaleable and crops of last
year Bie stored with no buyers.
"Within tho last ninety davs cat
tle have declined 40 to 50 per cent:
hogs have declined an equal amount
and sheep havo declined as much or
more. This condition leads to bank
ruptcy and ruin of the entire farm
ing districts or the country which
prices below cost of production while
cost of production Is 7." per cent
ihove pre-war eoss "
Senate Overrides
Wilson's Veto Army
Bill by 67 A Vote
WASlMiNOTON. Feb. 7. Tho
house resolution directing that
army enlistments be stopped un
til tho army was reduced to
17.'., 000 men 'became a law lato
today over President Wilson's
veto. The senate placed the
resolution on the statute hooks
by voting to override tho veto.
The house voted overwhelming
ly to overturn the veto last Sat
urday. The senate vote was G7 to 1.
Senator Klrhy, democrat, Ar
kansas, alono voted to sustain
the veto.
START MOVE TO
WET RATFORM
Mayor Hicox of Red Lodge,
Montana, Elected After Ad
mission He Knew of Liquor
Law Violations, Now Faces
Ejection.
HKIiKNA, Muni., Kcb. 7. Ouster
proceeding to rcmovo from office
.Mayor i C, Hicox of Rod I.odye,
Mont., who was re-elected after he
Iliad admitted his knowledge of liquor
law violations and resigned, have been
Instituted by Attorney tJeneral Ran-
iiui, iiv mi iiiiu in iru luuii,
The attorney general yesterday
mailed to tho district court of Car
bon county a petition asking for an
ouster hearing Me said that he would
ask the stilt e supremo court for an
order to Compel Hicox to say why he
should not be removed Immediately,
pending the ouster hearing.
At tho time of his resignation
Hicox was quoted as saying that "tons
of grapes have been made into wine
by foreign residents of Red lodge,"
and that he believed prohibition laws
impossible of enforcement there.
following his re-election, Attorney
General Rankin gavo him 48 hours
to resign before- ouster proceedings
wcro started. Ho said today he had
not received Hlcox's resignation at
tho expiration of tho 48-hour period.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. The
United States circuit court of np
peals hero held today that the Vol
stead prohibition enforcement act
abrogated tho act of congress 1 8715
which demands a special tax for the
sale of intoxicating liquors, when It
overturned tho conviction of ltohcrt
C. Ferlcy, a Snohomish, Wash., tavern
keeper, under tho old law. Farley had
been sentenced to sixty days tu jail
anil fined $500.
The court ruled that the old law
was not only Inoperative, but that
Farley had been given a more severe
sentence than tho statutes called for.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. A bill
authorizing $100,000,000 for road Im
provements during tho fiscal year Wll
was passed today by the houso -'78 to
08. Tho measure also would make
avnllnblo for an additional two years
federal funds already allotted to states
for road work but not expended.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. A resolu
tion proposing congressional Investiga
tion of the West Virginia coal strike
situation, Including armed violence In
tho mining camps wns Introduced to
day by Senator Johnson, republican,
California.
OUST MAYOR ON
S.E. POLICE DANCE IRISH JIG THEN
ARREST 121 CHINKS FOR GAMBLING
SAN FIIAXCISCO, Feb. 7. Tho
Chinatown squad of tho whllenian's
police danced a few tseps of an Irish
Jig in tho Chinese quarter last mid
night to celebrate the opening of tho
Chlnoso new year and then continued
celobratlng by arrostln 121 persons
for hailing the new year by transfer
ring their avocations from tho innoc
uoub pastime of dominoes to tho for
bidden gambling game of "pt-gow."
Hut the activities of the polico failed
to restrain the crimson rain of confetti,
or muffle the chatter of fireworks, the
beat of gongs and tom-toms or the
shrill wall of the Chinese horns. The
narrow, exotic streets of the quarter
wero crowded. In special booths wcro
sold candled sweets, fruits and other
delicacies but the largest sale was at
nlne( by the Chinese lilies, Ihn na
HI
Republican House Leader De
clares Issue Is Reduction of
Armament or Bankruptcy
Obligation Rests with U. S.
A. Secy Daniels Con
demned for Jingo Sentiment
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. An interna
tional agreement for limitation of arm
aments Is absolutely essential to the
avoidance of bankruptcy by some of
tho morn important nations of tho
world, with its attendant moasuroloss
confusion nnd distress, Iloprosentatlve
Mondell of Wyoming, republican houso
leader, declared today boforo the
houso naval committee.
If an agreement Is not reached in
tho near future, Mr. Mondell said, the
fault will be that of America as In for
mer days tho fault was that of Ger
many. "It. Is our duty to lead the way," he
added, "because strangely enough we
aro the only great nation that slnco
tho world war has officially taken a
position favorable to tho Increase rath
er than tho decrease of armaments and
warlike expenditures nnd tho one na
tion in which, I fear, there is a really
dangerous sentiment In favor of in
creases rather than decreases of mili
tary establishments; a sentiment lim
ited, It Is true, to tho number of people
openly avowing it, but a sentiment
nevertheless deeply planted, shrewdly :
calculating nnd very persistent."
Mr. Mondell attacked the executive
departments of the government '. for
their advocacy of incroasod naval itnd
military rorcos and assailed particular
ly "Secretary Daniels' recommenda
tions for a navy second to none."
"Wo havo not followed Secretary
Daniels' ambitious program," he said;
"we shall not follow It."
Representative Mondell said that al
though Japan had outlined a preten
tious naval program It remains as yet
merely nn announcement and thai
England hnd refused to follow suit.
Complote disarmament was not pos
sible, ho said, and ho regardod thoso
advocating it with suspicion.
IS UPHELD BY COURT.
SAN FRANCISCO, FpCtA diS
trlct court condemnation appraisal,
of !)(), 000 for 2500 acros . of land
required by the 'Warm Sprlngs--,irrl-n,M
gallon district of Oregon rpr, a jresery'J ' ,
voir site, was1 upheld by the -Bolted ' -States
circuit court of appeals hero
today.;; :i V ! --'
Orders of the district court allow
ing tho Pacific Livestock company,
owners of tho land, the right to main
tain their Improvements and graze
their cattle on the property subse
quent to Its purchase by the Irrlgr-
Hon district was uphold.
VENICE, Cal., Feb. 7. Ethel Ham- '
mor, 15, high school studont, today
entered tho sixteenth day of a siege of
slcoping sickness. Her physician said
there was no sign of returning con
sciousness. tion's emblom" of purity. Chinese cus
tom dictates that all debts should be
paid by tho new year. Tho lily Is the
symbol of compliance with tho custom.
Tho salo prico of the lily was "two
bits."
"Happy Hooligan," pntrlarch of the
section, who discloses from fifty cents
to two dollars worth of a person's fu
ture life, according to his client's de
sire, opened tho celebration at the be
hest of the spirits, after he had drunk
of "ng ga py," a Chinese medicine of
high alcoholic content. "Old John,"
his companion in notorioty, furnished
the overture on his one string violin.
It was "Hot Time in the Old Town To
night," followed by "Tipporary," the
only selections ho has learned since
the Spanish-American war. He repeat
ed them through the night.
Tim celebration lasts ft weelf, j
1