THE MORNING OREGONJAV THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1922
115 REINSTATE
, 'FATTY' ARBUGKLE
Will Hays Withdraws Ban
on Film Comedian.
ACTOR ACCEPTS CHANCE
of the city council. Seaman's an
nouncement was made late this
held to discuss the matter.
VICTIMS DESCRIBE
Man Acquitted of Manslaughter
In Virginia Kappe Case to
Slake Pictures Again.
I .OS ANGELES, Ca!., Dec. 20.
Boscoe Arbuckle, motion picture
comedian, has a job in the pictures,
and if he is to come back to the
Iilace he once occupied it is distinct
ly up to Arbuckle and the American
people. This was the gist of a se
ries of statements given out here
today by Will Hays, chief of the
motion picture industry; Jesse Li.
Lasky of the company that formerly
distributed the Arbuckle comedies;
Joseph 'Schenck, producer, who will
employ Arbuckle, and the -comedian
himself.
Mr. Hays requested the produc
ers to withdraw the Arbuckle films
and to make no more of them last
April. He took that action after
Arbuckle had been thrice tried on a
charge of manslaughter arising from
the death in San Francisco of Miss
Virginia Rappe,, an actress. Since
then Arbuckle has lived quietly, tak
ing an occasional trip away, but
keeping out of the public eye.
Boycott Is Lifted.
Today Mr. Hays announced that
he saw no reason why Arbuckle
should not be permitted to go back
to work if he wished to do so. Mr.
Hays said Arbuckle had been tried
and acquitted; that he believed every
man was entitled to a chance to re
deem himself, and that he did not
wish to stand in Arbuckle's way.
He made it plain that he neither
Bponsored Arbuckle's future nor his
filma, but that he was simply put
ting things into train so the actor
could work out his own future, un
hampered by any restrictions from
within the industry.
Mr. Arbuckle declined to comment
on the new conditions other than to
say he would accept the chance and
try to improve. Neither would his
employer, Mr. Schenck, comment on
their plans. The only definite an
nouncement in the matter other than
that of Mr. Hays came from Mr.
I.asky, who said his firm had no
intention of putting existing Ar
buckle films on the market now.
Haya Starts for East.
Mr. Hays left late todr.y to spend
Christmas with his family at Sulli
van, Ind.
A statement of the case was given
out from the headquarters of Mr.
Hays at the Ambassador hotel. It
said:
"Roscoe Arbuckle is to have an
other chance to go to work anu
make good if he can. After the
first of the year he will be given
this new opportunity.
"He has gone straight since he
was barred from the films last
April and he has ple.iged his word
that he will keep on going straight.
His conduct has satisfied Will H.
Hays, adviser to the motion picture
industry; Joseph M. Schenck, who
will employ him, and the Paramount
company, represented by Jesse L.
Lasky, which concern formerly dis
tributed the comedies in which the
fat funmaker appeared.
Announcement that there be no
objection to Arbuckle's return to
work was made today by Mr. Hays
before he departed from Los An
gele's after a busy week here spent
in organizing plans for t'ae develop
ment of a mutuality of interests and
sympathy in the artistic community
which the local motion picture
colony forms, between it and the
civic sommunity in which the pic
ture makers-live."
Arbuckle Makes Statement.
Roscoe Arbuckle said:
I want to say that I am very
grateful to all those who are help
ing me and I will prove myself
worthy of their faith in me."
The career of Arbuckle as one of
the most successful and popular
motion picture comedians, was
halted by tragedy in September,
1921. On the fifth of that month,
Labor day, Arbuckle occupied
suite of rooms at the St. Francis
hotel, San Francisco, where he was
visited by a number of men. and
women, most of them connected
with motion picture or stage work.
One of the visitors was Miss Vir
ginia Rappe, who had been filmed
in minor parts In Los Angeles.
Miss Rappe was taken suddenly
ill and removed to a hospital, where
she died four days later. An autopsy
revealed an internal injury. State
ments were made by other members
of the party that the actress was
alone in a room with Arbuckle when
she began to scream and was car
Tied out, apparently suffering great
pain.
Arbuckle was indicted for man
slaughter, but a warrant charging
murder was also sworn out and the
comedian washeld for several days
without bail. The magistrate who
heard testimony on the warrant,
held Arbuckle for manslaughter
only.
Film Actor Acquitted.
Three trials followed. The juries
In the f'rst two disagreed, while
the third returned a verdict of ac
quittal. The 12 jurors and two al
ternates in the last trial signed a
statement declaring their belief that
Arbuckle was fully exonerated and
entitled' to a .reinstatement in
public.
Arbuckle's pictures were with
drawn shortly after his arrest. The
aters in various parts of the country
began to run them again when he
was acquitted, but they were with
drawn again by direction of Mr.
Hays, who had recently been made
chief arbiter of the allied motion
picture interests. Arbuckle's con
tract with the Famous Players
Lasky corporation was canceled
during the trials.
Arbuckle had appeared in pictures
for about ten years prior to his
misfortune. His generous propor
tions gained for him the sobriquet
of "Fatty," and, together with a
good-natured countenance and ex
pansive smile, constituted his prin
cipal assets in film work.
Wife Shows Loyalty.
He married Miss Minta Durfee,
a vaudeville actress. They were
separated at the time of the Rappe
tragedy, but Miss Durfee returned
to her husband while he was in jail
and stood by him during the trials.
After the acquittal she went to New
York to resume stage work, but said
she and her husband were fully reconciled.
IXDIAXAPOLIS BAN'S FILMS
Showing of "Arbuckle Productions
Forbidden by Mayor.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 20.
Motion pictures showing Roscoe
("Fatty") Arbuckle will not be per
mitted to be shown in Indianapolis,
according to the statement issued
this afternoon by Mayor Shank,
when informed that Will Hays,
chairman of the motion picture in
dustry, had. announced that Ar
buckle might have a chance to come
back in pictures.
Mayor Shank said he was confi
dent that he could prevent Arbuckle
pictures being shown here, and that
lie would notify all motion picture
theater owners in the city that the
AVbuckle pictures could not be
shown here.
MERR
MASSACRE
Peter Hiller and Otis Clark
Identified by Witnesses.
GUNS BOUGHT FOR FIGHT
BUDGET CUT PROTESTED
Fight for Desired River and Har
bor Allowance Started.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. A con
ference was held today by Repre
sentatives Hawley, McArthur and
Sinnott at which plans were made
for the fight to upset the budget
director's recommendations as to,
appropriations for river and harbor
improvements.
Representative Newton of St. Louis
has been chosen head of a general
house organization to work for the
substitution of the amount asked
by the board of engineers for the
amount favored by the budget di
rector. ' The engineers asked, in
round numbers, $56,000,000 and $13,-
000,000 for construction and main
tenance, respectively, while the bud
get director would allow only $27,
000,000 for both purposes.
ASTORIA AID IS ASKED
fTontinuPd From First Pape.)
necessary before the devastated dis
trict which comprises entirely all of
of the business section of town can
be reconstructed by the municipality
or people of Astoria. The rehabili
tation refers to municipal work
only streets, water and sewerage
systems together with fire and
police wiring. N0 portion is for
property owned by private individ
uals. "Detailed report by engineer of
fcer follows. Estimated cost $1,250,
000. Harding Transmits Report.
The Anderson report sent to Sen
ator McNary was accompanied by
the following letter of transmittal
from the president: .
"My Dear Senator McNary
Agreeable to our telephone conver
sation, I am inclosing you herewith
a copy of the report of Colonel T. M.
Anderson of the 16th infantry after
his survey of the destruction at As
toria, Or., on December 8.
"As soon as the great loss was
called to my attention by the mayor
of the city, I directed the war de
partment to make an official survey
of the situation and of report. You
will note that every possible tem
porary relief has been bestowed
with great promptness. The appro
priation for rebuilding out of the
federal treasury is necessarily a
matter with which congress is called
upon to deal. I am very glad to be
able to place this official informa
tion at your disposal. Very truly
yours,
"WARREN G. HARDING."
Storekeepers Testify Regarding
Purchase of Firearms to Be
Charged to Union.
Herrin, who, one of the witnesses C""I
testified, was a spectator of the . IJ-
death march through the town, an
nounced his resignation today.
EMBEZZLER IS PARDONED
Clerk Who Padded Umatilla Pay-
. rolls Released by Mr. Rltner.
SALEM, Or., Deo. 20. (Special.)
K. C. Amann, who was received at
the state penitentiary here 14
months ago to serve an Indeter
minate term not to exceed five
years, following conviction on a
charge of padding the payrolls in
the office of the Umatilla county
road master, today was released on
conditional pardon Issued by Acting-Governor
Ritner.
Amann was charged with, embez
zling approximately $9000. He re
paid $1500. The conditional pardon
compels him to pay the remaining
$7500 at the rate of $25 a month.
The pardon was recommended by
the state parole board, and request
ed by a large number of citizens of
Umatilla county.
BUILiDIXG CLAIM REJECTED
Reliel Committee Declines to Act
on Bills for Opening Safes.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
The relief committee today i
fused to pay a bill for $207.77 for
the construction of a temporary
street leading to the wholesale dis
trict. It also declined to act upon
claims amounting to $415.10 for
opening safes which were in the
fir,e. The committee has directed
that a complete list of subscribers
to the relief fund be prepared and
given to the press.
Telegrams were received from the
Seattle National bank, the First Na
tional bank of Philadelphia and the
Chase National bank of New York
saying they had urged the members
of their respective congressional
delegations to work and vote for a
federal appropriation to assist in
the reconstruction of Astoria by es
tablishing a harbor improvement
project.
Among the permanent buildings
to be erected at once in devastated
district is a concrete structure by
the Lower Columbia Dairy associ
ation adjoining its creamery. The
structure will be 36x45 feet.
Goods, Stolen in Fire, Found.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Several hundred dollars' worth of
stolen goods, consisting of men's
and women's clothing and articles
of jewelry, have been found by the
sheriff's department in Warrenton
and here. No arrests have yet been
made, although two boys have been
under investigation. The district
attorney stated today that com
plaints will be filed within the next
few days. The property is alleged
to have been taken during the Jlre-
Banks Resume Business.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
The four local banks esumed busi
ness today for the first time since
the fire. The deposits were about
$400,000 in excess of the withdraw
als. They will begin cashing checks
on old deposits as soon as they are
able to open their vaults.
MARION, 111., Dec. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) Peter Hiller and
Otis Clark, two of the defendants on
trial charged with murder in con
nection with the Herrln riots, were
pointed out in court by two of the
four survivors who took the witness
stand today.
Those summoned who occupied the
stand most of the day were William
Cairns, P. J. O'Rourke, Bernard Jones
and Robert Officer, the latter a Uni
versify of Pennsylvania graduate
and a bookkeeper at the "strip"
mine where the riots started which
resulted in the death of 20 non
union men. The first three were
guards at the mine.
Cairns testified that the 48 men
in the mine surrendered under-a
white flag between 6:30 and 6
o'clock the morning of June 22, and
were marched out of the pit with
their hands above their heads after
being told that they would not be
harmed. He said he had seen C. K.
McDowell, the crippled superintend
ent of the mine, led away by Otis
Clark, who had a gun, and another
man.
Massacre Is Described.
"We were marched on until we
came to a barbed wire fence," he
said, "and someone shouted, 'All
men with guns line up to the right,'
and then someone else cried: 'Now,
you fellows run.' "
Then the firing started.
When he was wounded and lying
beside the fence with two bullets, in
his body Cairns said he saw Peter
Hiller come up to another wounded
man who was leaning against a tree
and fire into his body after shout
inr. "You great, big , can't we
kill you?"
The witness said he saw another
man approach John Shoemaker, as
sistant superintendent at the mine.
who was lying wounded in the field,
and say: "Here's that ma
chine gunner." Cairns declared the
speaker then drew a pistol and blew
Shoemaker's head off.
The witness said he was1 picked
up and taken to a hospital by Sher
iff Thaxton about an hour later.
O'Rourke told of being shot twice
at the fence, of fleeing through the
woods until he was recaptured and
marched with five other bleeding,
pleading victims through Herrln to
a cemetery outside the city, where
all six were shot down in the road.
Prayer Brings Knife Slash.
The witness said he remembered
praying for any Christian in the
crowd to bring him water and, in
the name of his mother, for someone
to notify her of his fate. He said
someone knelt over him and slashed
his throat with a pocketknife.
O'Rourke was picked up with seven
bullet wounds in his body.
Jones testified that he had raised
a white flag at the mine on the
order of McDowell and was told by
the leader of the attackers that those
in the mine would be taken safely
out of the county. He told of the
march from the mine while someone
In the crowd shouted "Kill them,"
but that others cried: "We are
going to put them on a train and
get them out of here. They've had
enough alreadv." He quoted Clark
as saying: "We're going through
with this if I have to shoot them
all myself."
Jones said that when the firing
at the fence started, he leaped over,
ran through the fields and later
took a train for Chicago, after being
given refuge by a farmer.
Guns Are Purchased.
A. T. Norman, a Herrin hardware
dealer, testified that on the after
noon of June 21 a crowd of men and
boys came into his store and tot
three guns and asked him to charge
them to the Herrin miners' local.
Norman said he refused and asked
for names and they gave him two
and said they wanted the guns In a
hurry.
A. A. Mosley, another hardware
dealer of Marion, testified that 15
or 20 men came into his store the
afternoon of June 21 and seized nine
shotguns and had charged them to
the Herrin locals and told him if he
wanted "verification to call up Hugh
Willis or Will Davis, miner, officials.
Robert Herron. chief of police of
Federal Road Money Wanted.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 20.-
(special.) The Vancouver Prunar-
ians today urged passage of the
proposed federal appropriation of
$7,500,000 for road work. The reso
lution was introduced by W. J.
Knapp. president of the Vancouver
branch of the 'Automobile club of
Western Washington. The prune
men also decided to entertain Miss
Lidwln Dillon, prnnarian queen, at
the next session. Miss Beryl Wood
ruff, Miss Henrietta Shoemaker and
Miss Bernice Russell, prunarian
princeses, will be guests at the reception.
Elks to Build $60,000 Temple.
CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial ) At a regular meeting of the
Corvallis Elks' lodge last night it
was voted unanimously to erect a
$60,000 temple. Building operations
are to start In the early spring.
Julian McFadden and Johnson Porter
agreed to give a lot 100x100 fronting
on Second and Monroe streets to
start the enterprise. The offer was
accepted and the Elks are now out
after the necessary money to erect
the building.
County Farm Bureau Elects.
WALLA "WALLA, Wash., Dec. 20.
(Special.) S. P. Maxson was elect
ed president of the Walla Walla
county farm tbureau here today, suc
ceeding W. A. Ritz. F. A. Fields
was name vice-president. The secretary-is
named by the executive
committee. It was announced that
the state farm bureau meeting will
be held here January 15 and 16.
Boom Hearing Resumes Today.
SALEM, Or., Dec 20. (Special.)
Hearing of the application of the
Oswego Boom company for a fran
chise to operate on Oswego lake will
be returned in Portland tomorrow.
This was announced at the offices
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Country Clnb Elects Officers.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
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"VVenatchee Bans Arbuckle.
WENATCHEE, Wash., Dec. 20.
Pictures showing Roscoe ("Fatty")
Arbuckle will not be permitted to be
exhibited in Wenatchee, according
to George Seaman, chairman of the
notion picture censoring committee
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