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HALL ATTACK
IS REFUTED
BY WITNESS
Twenty-One Men, Nearly All
Wearing Uniforms Testify
in Trial of Radicals Ac
cused of Murder
GRIMM MURDER RETOLD
BY YANKEE FIGHTERS
Edward Mayes Describes
Death of Arthur McElfresh
as Shooting Starts
MONTESA.NO. Wash., Feb. 1G.
Ttyenty-one .witnesses, nearly all of
them called yregnrding the shoot
ing from the Arnold hotel and from
Seminary Hill, stook the stand to
day In t'ae Itrial here of eleven al
leged I. W.i W. for the murder of
Warren O. jGrimm. -victim of the
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Centra Ha Armistice day shootings.
Two who testified today wore
their service uniforms. They were
participants in the parade and had
run from the scene of tbeshooting
when the bullets began to fly, they
testified. " Today's witnesses, to a
large extenj
it. were called by the
prosecution
ing clearly
jfor the purpose of show
Its contention that the
.shooting was not the result of an
alleged attack upon the I. W. W.
hall, but for the purpose, according
to state counsel, of showing that the
firing frdmi several strategic points
was not In defense of the hall but
an alleged deliberate attack upon
the marchers.
j Cnre of Shot s Told
Edward S. Mays. Tenino. about H)
miles north of Centralia was the first
witness wearing a soldier uniform to
take the stand. He was in the. Cen
tralia contingent, he testified, facing
south, and the first shots he noticed
came from directly ahead of him. or
from the direction of .the Avalon ho
tel. He ran toward the I. V. W.
hall, he testified, when he heard the
shots and the bullets flying over his
head, but. changed his .course when
he saw glass and splinters flying out
ward from the hall. lie ran into a
vacant lot, east of the hall and
threw himself to the ground when he
.heard someone yell "hit the dirt."
. Hayes saw Arthur McElfresh, one
of the victims stagger into the lot.
lean agtnst the wall, bend over, at
tempt to stand up and then "bend
up like a jack knife." "Then he
vent down and I knew he was a
dead man." Mayes testified. Mayes
also 'testified that he saw a shot
flretf .from a window of the Arnold
hotel, heard the glass fall and saw
a smoke haze emerge from the brok
: en ; window Immediately thereafter.
Defense counsel attempted to have
Mayes qualify as an expert on fire
arms and ballistics, but the latter
said he could not testify as an, ex
pert, although he was familiar with
firearms. .
' i DentiHt Ktate Witness
Mayes was one of the witnesses
called during the afternoon session,
others being A. R. James, Dr. H. Y.
Bell. Dr. A. C. Robertson, and J. A.
Rhodes.
Both Dr. Bell and Dr. Robertson,
the latter a dentist, were participants
In the parade. Dr. Bell helped take
Grimm to the hospital. He testified
to that and told of running to the
- scene of the shooting to a place' in
Second street where he helped place
Grimm in an' automobile and take
him to a hospital. After turning
down Second street, Dr. Bell saw
both Cassagranda, ojie of the victims
and Watt, who was shot but recov
ered, lying on the sidewalk, wounded.
Dr. Bell on cross examination, said
he did not know whether any of the
marchers had attacked the I. V. W.
(Continued on page 5)
t Merc Work Anoreciated
I By Richmond, Or. Mother
' The following letter of
thanks, expressing the appre
ciation of a Richmond, Or., wo
man for the many favors ac
corded her daughter who was
a patient at a Salem hospital,
indicates the high esteem in
which the Young Women's
Christian Association ia held by
the people of this vicinity nad
elsewhere:
"Inez Cook and Mary Fake.
"Dear Friends:
"I arrived home safe last
week, followed by my daugh
ter. I thought of you girls so
much. She is improving rap
idly and I certainly appreciate
the work you are doing, arid
how helpful the courtesies were
to me. It is so nice to know
there is some person in a
strange land you can trust. You
both were so nice to me that 1
-felt perfectly at home.
"Women can be a great" help
to each other. Yours is a great
work, and I trust God will be
with yon until we meet again.
"Yours very truly,
"Mrs. E. E. Burgan."
SPAULDING PLANT PLANS TO
INCREASE PAYROLL FOR 1920 !
Enlarging of their plant to meet future demands and in
creasing their payroll for the year V.Vli) to a sum in excess of
$:(X).(M(), was announced by the Charles K. Spaulding Lagging
Company, through Oliver Myers, superintendent of the plant,
"in an address at the regular Monday luncheon of the business
Men's league held in the commercial club rooms. Following
the lum-heon the business men-were taken through the mill
and kindred plants and were shown the operation of the var
ious departments.
Mr. Myers, in his address, recounted briefly the growth 6f
the business since the plant was taken over by "its present own
ers in March, 1015. At the time the change in ownership was
consummated the cut of the mill aggregated 25.0O0 feet of lum
ber a day , while under the present system of operation more
than l(H),(tX feet of lumber is cut each eight hours.
Last year, according to Mr. Myers, the mill cut a total of
2o.(Mj(.(K)0 feet of lumber, and practically all of the output was
sold in the local and outside markets. During the vear 1919
the mill operated 27.1 days, 200 men were employed and the
total payroll amounted to approximately $227,000.
Operations were hampered for a few weeks this spring by
the inability of the company to secure logs, Mr. Myers said,
due to low water which made it impossible to permit the drive
to the mill.
The capacity of the box factory will be increased fully 100
per cent t his year, according to Mr. Myers," based on the "pres
ent consumption which is from 15,000 to 20.000 feet of lumber
per day. Hecause the company now has only seven and one
half acres of land where 20 acres could be utilized, Mr. Mvers
said tne expansion of the company s business in the immedi
ate future would not be as great as had been anticipated.
ate future would
HOLD TONGUE ON
STREETCARS IS
COUNCIL'S PLEA
HOLD TONGUE PLEADS
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Talking to Motormen is For
bidden Under Provisions
of Proposed Law
CITY PILOT IS PEEVED
Simeral Fights Back When
Confronted With Loss of
Municipal Seat
Patrons of the Salem street railway
system may be forbidden the privi-
lege of holding converse with the'
motorman while the car is In motion I
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if an ordinance introduced at last
night's meeting of the city council
makes its way to the statute books.
Objection to the ordinance was voiced
by Councilman McClelland who want
ed to at least reserve to passengers
the right to ask for a transfer. Coun
cilman Vandervort countered with a
suggestion that such trifling details
could be attended to before the car
started or "if you knew the motor
man personally you could arrange for
a transfer the day before you expect
ed to need It."
The ordinance, it was explained,
was endorsed by officials of the street
railway who desired such a law in
order to enforce their rule forbid
ding conversation with motormen
which practice, it was stated, was re
sponsible for many accidents. Pro
vision is made for a fine of from 1
to $10 or a day in jail for violation
of the ordinance, which was sent to
committee for consideration.
The resignation of Councilman V.
A. Wiest of the sixth ward, who ex
pects to leave soon for Klamath Falls
to engage in the practice of law, was
accepted without comment. Before
adjournment: the council extended a;
vote of thanks to Wiest for his "con
scientious service in behalf of the
city" while a member of that body.
WIest's attempt to secure the elec
tion of a successor at last night's
session was blocked by Councilman
Simeral who, it is said, sees in the
vacancy a chance for. his own re
election as a member of the council
when the adoption of the city ward
ordinance shifts him from the first
to the sixth ward.
The resignation of W. T. Thompson
as patrolman was formally accepted
I by the council and J. F. White duly
elected to fill the vacancy.
An ordinance abolishing the of
fices of deputy health officer, sani
tary inspector and plumbing in
spector and creating the office of
sanitary and plumbing inspector at a
salary of $100 per month was intro
duced and rushed through to final
passage.
Hoover to Have Place
on Ballot in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 16
The name of Herbert Hoover will be
placed on the Republican presiden
tial preference ballot in Indiana, it
was announced tonight by Dr. Har
ry Barnard, former state food ad
ministrator. Dr. Barnard, who has
just returned from New York where
he conferred with friends of Mr.
Hoover, stated that petitions are pre-1
pared which will be disiriDuiea
the state.
COREY RETURNS
AFTER HEARING
Service Commission
Public
Represented at Joint Ses
sion in Idaho
t . t . ,-. . , , . y-v- I
H. II. Corey, member of the Ore-
pon public service commission, has
returned here after 10 days passed I
at Boise where he held a conference j
I
with the
Idaho public service com-
mission with regard to an application
ft f Va T 1 V TnnAM ni-r Til fn. in
increase in the" present rates for fur
nishing, power for irrigation purpos- j
es.
The company operates in both
Oregon and Idaho, according to Mr.
Corey, and has more than 1000 miles
of transmission lines. Under the
present high costs of operation the
corporation contends that it is real
izing but 2 per cent from its invest
ment, and that because of this fact
ft has been unable .to attract outside
capital for expansion purposes. In-
creased demands upon the company
for the year 1921 already have been
made, according to testimony ad-
duced at the conference, but this
desired expansion will be impossible
unless financial relief os forthcom
ing. EBERLE GOES TO
FLYING SCHOOL
The Philippines were last visited
Salem Man to Take Training ' acd here the Parly aa deeP,y im
odicm mu iu ime training, unA .rr, nPO,t ihr.t Ameri
at March Field for Potrol
Service
II. J. Eberle. assistant state for
ester, left today for March field.
California, where he will receive in
struction at airplane forest fire pa
trol school which opens there late
this week. Representatives of the
vraious state and government forest
ry offices from all sections of the
Pacific coast will be present to re
ceive instruction.
It is said that this school is a fore
runner of permanent airplane fire !
patrol service during the summer;
months on the Pacific coast. I
FLYER DELAYED
AT EUGENE BASE
Major Smith, En Route From
'Frisco to Camp Lewis
Delayed by Fog
i
El'GENE. Or.. Feb. 16. Major A.,
D. Smith, who arrived hre Saturday'
night in an airplane from San Fran-!
cisco is Kt ill In Eugene, not beins
able to get away for thf north on ac-,
count of the fos. If the weather is
clear tomorrow he expects to hop off
for Camp Lewis.
Former Mayor of East
Portland Reported Dead
PORTLAND. Feb. 16. N. B.
Crane who death was reported today!
at Oroville. Calif., served a part of
one term as mayor of East Portland
about 1890. prior to the consolida
tion of that "city with Portland. He
was for several years a member of
the city council of East Portland and
was an active figure in that city's
early progress.
MISS MARVIN
SEES ORIENT
AND UNREST
Librarian Impressed by Stu
dent Meetings Intended to
Encourage Return of Stable
Government
DOLLAR LOSES VALUE
IN EXCHANGE MARKET
Japan, in Contrast to China,
Declared Nation of Patriot
ism and Unity
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state libra
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Sag from four months passed travel
ing in the Orient. Japan, Manchuria.
China. Korea and Manila were in
cluded in the travels and Miss Mar
vin. She is very enthusiastic about
the Far Eastern eoples and speaks
of this as the most interesting and
enjoyable of 'numerous trips which
have taken her to almost all coun
tries of the world.
Miss Marvin and her companions
found steamship and hotel accommo
dations difficult to obtain because
of theextremely large number of
Americans going into China. Be
cause of the revival of business in
i that country Americans and British
are competing with each other for
) the business in this new field, and
i Miss Marvin said that un immense
amount of machinery and supplies
J3 henK ,taken, into China by Amer"
i .r. r hiialn trcn firms
Far Kat Impreiive.
I hTe days in China were very ex
i citing because of the political un
1 rest, and unsettled conditions of the
! . if : I I I . . 1.
vuuuirv. .mas .Marvin Buuntr ui iuc
Btuden meeting9 in ih 8treeU of
tne Chinese cities and villages as the
most impressive thing in the Far
East. Hundredsof young students
t f Ph no cq nn (far cnoak rtn thp
,, nA .,, itnnrnmnUi meetings
urging the peopeffor a fixed govern
ment. .
'Whether these students will ever
accomplish anything or not.
I crin't
i say. but this movement of 'Young
hina is most impressive, ' said Miss
Marvin.
Deeply contrasted with the chaos
in bina was the beautiful and peace
ful Japan where patriotism and uni
ty were the outstanding features,
iss Carvin spokeof the polite court
esy which is shown to all American
tourists in Japan, and of the won
derful methods of the Japanese in
teaching the younger ones patriot
ism and by taking them to the most
important places of JapanM.
Exchange is Disappointing.
hTe rate of exchange in the Ori
ent is very disappointing to tourists
for nowhere ia the American- dollar
taken for face value, tourists getting
from 75c to 91c on the dollar in the
various countries.
In Korea the party visited the Am
erican hospital and found its work
very interesting.
While in the Far East iss Mar
viMn found that American books
sold cheaper than in the states.
cans had accomplished so much with
these people to make them a civil
ized, modern and self-governing
country.
The party planned to spend some
time in Honolulu but were not al
lowed to leave the ship because
the serious influenza situation.
of
INFLUENZA ON
WANE IN OREGON
Five Deaths and 82 New
Cases Reported to Portland
Health Officers
PORTLAND. Feb. 16. Five
i deaths and K2 nrw cases wr re
i ported to th city health office dur-
' ing the last 24 hours, but the influ -
j enza epidemic is on the wane,
i nicipal authorities stated today.
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D..l.n. Jlftt C--r
ttiOSebUTg May MCttie
Home For Aged Women;
ROSKIilTRO. Or.. Feb. 16.
The Women of Woodcraft com
mittee investigating sites for
the home to be built on the
Pacific coast for aged mem
bers 'of the order, visited Rose-bu'-g
yesterday and inspected
several pieces -of land;
Secretary Heinlein of the
Chamber of Commerce and
other citizens accompanied the
committee, composed of Mrs.
Grace Taylor of Los Angeles:
Mrs. Cora Wilson of San Fran
cisco: Mrs. Grace Campion., of
Denver and Mrs. Christiania
Hlair of Spokane. ,
They will report their find
ings to the executive commit
tee which meets In Portland
February 19.
DEALER LN BOGUS PASSES TO
BE RETURNED TO LOS ANGELES
PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 1C An order to return S. R. Pow
ell, alias T. W. Powell and Mrs. Powell, alleged to I impli
cated with a group of railway pass counterfeiters, back to Los
Angeles for trial, it was expected here today, according to Wil
liam Bryon. head of the I'nited States department of justice.
Powell and his wife were arrested in Portland shortly af
ter their arrival here and with their five-year-old daughter
are to be held at city jail.
The arrest of Powell and his wife was made in conjunction
with that of O. E. Brown at Los Angeles and the arrests of
Dthers in various cities of the Puited States on charges of hav
ing used the counterfeit passes.
Powell denied being one of the ringleaders of the gang,
according to department of justice, although admitting having
sold some of the passes for Hrown. Department of justice of
ficials said they thought Powell a leader in the counterfeit operations.
DOCTOR TO FACE jBODY OF WOMAN
TRIAL THURSDAY! FOUND IN HER
Man
Hearing of Salem
Charged With Violating
Syndicalism Law Set
The preliminary hearing of Dr. A.
Slaughter, who was arrested here re
cently on a charge of violating the
state syndicalism laws, has been set
for Thursday. Tiie hearing will be
held before Justice L'nrnh. It I
charged by the federal officers who
made the arrest that Dr. Slaughter
has been active in the Communist
Lahor party, and contributed funds
for the operation of that organiza
tion. Active membership in the Com-munist-Labor
party is denied by Dr.
Slaughter who contends that he de
serted i.u organization as soon as he
discovered its radical tendencies. Ue-
rn,i ,nf in tu viinitv th h.orine
Is being watched with more than or-
dinary interest.
TAX AUDITOR IS
NAMBY HOFFlsiUDENTS HEAR
R. A. Reid to Have Charge of
Inhpnfanr Tav KiiiinMt !
in Multnomah County
Because of the increased business
in the inheritance tax department of
the state treasurer's office, R. A
Reid, of Portland, today was appoint
ed special inheritance tax auditor
and will have charge of all Multno
mah county estates. Mr. Reid was
formerly deputy clerk of Multnomah
county.
Estates aggregating more than
$15,000,000, tiie larger part of which
are in Multnomah county, are now
under investigation by the inheri
tance tax department. State Treas
urer Hoff says the addition of Mr.
Keid to his staff of employes is jus
tified because of the' marked in
crease in the revenues of his office
uie to a strict Investigation of all es
tates subjpet to the payment of in
heritance tax.
TROLLEY BRIEF
FILED IN SALEM
Public Service Commission
Expected to Give Decision
in 30 Days
Th brief of the legal department
of the city of Portland in the case
of the Portland Railway. LU'ht and
Power company for permission to in
crease the street car fare above the
prevailing six cents was yesterday
tiled with the public service com
mission. The company's brief was
submitted last week and a decision
I j,y
the commission is expected early
next month.
The brief of the ci:y summarizes
the points brought out at the recent
j hearings by J. P. Newell, the city's
1 consulting engineer, who maintained
; ,nat a RtfVen-eent fare with one cent
! charged for transfers outside of a
i central zone or an eight cent fjre
with tickets selling seven for 5c
will yield sufficient revenue to the
company ot relieve It of financial dis
tress.
Child Instantly Killed
While Engaged in Play
MKDFORD, Or.. Feb. 16. L'.oyd
Cardoza. 13 years old. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Cardoza, living on
the Cogcins ranch 42 miles south of
Med ford was instantly killed yester
day by the accidental discharge of
a shotgun in the hands of Charles O.
Kelly, of Hilt. Cal.. according to
word brought here today by Coronor
John Perl. The gm exploded when
Keily was unloading the chamber,
the Cardoza boy being in front of
the muzzle. An inquest will be held
Weduesdya at Ashland.
OWN FRONT YARD
I Troutdale Woman Found
With Bullet Hole Through
Head Sheriff on Trail
DEATH CAUSE UNKNOWN
Suicide, Accident, Murder
Suggested .Solutions For
Mysterious Death
PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 16. Mrs.
i Russell Clark. 29. was found dead in '
j her home near Troutdale, near hera
j tonight, with two gunshot wounds
I in ber head and one near her heart.
Officers who Investigated said the
had been murdered- and began
j searching for her husband, an aviator
j and former automoBile agent, who
' left his home early today after tell
! ing several neighbors that Mrs. Clark,
j was ill and must not be disturbed, it
was alleged.
RED CROSS HEAD
Swimming .Pools on Top of
School Buildings Urged
for Dual Purpose
Commodore Longfellow of the
.American Red Cross spoke to the
students of Willamette at chapel
yesterday. A suggestion of timely
interest to his hearers was that
swimming pools be built on top of
the school buildings, and thus serve
th double purpose of protecting the
building from fire and providing a
convenient location for the pool. If
this plan were adopted then the pool
could be used by the boys of the
community during the summer
months when the building proper
would perhaps be closed.
The most of his lecture was ac
companied by demonstrations of th
newest methods of rescuing and re
suscitating a person from drowning
MUNICIPAL STAGE IS SET
FOR COUNCIL MANIC MOVES
TOWARD LINES SH
With Councilman Vandervort's
"point of order" blocking final ac
tion on an ordinance defining the
new wards into which the city of Sa
lem is to be divided in conforniitv
vith the new state election law and
Councilman Simeral postponing ac
tion on the election of a successor
to Councilman Wiest of the sixth
ward, whose resignation had pre
viously l en accepted, the stage 1
now set foe the most complicated
Kanie of checkers eer played upon
the municipal board in the history of
Salem.
Cnder the term of fie new ordi
nance framed ij comply with the
tate election law requiring that citv
ward lires must conform to the
boundaries of county and slate elec
tion precincts seveial members of
the present city council will be 'eft
high and dry on foreign soil when
the ordinnace becomes effective
March IT,, if rinally passed. This
condition has been foreseen by th
council, however, and a tacit under-
standinc i- ?aid to exist whereby
those members of the present organi
sation who are 'jerrymandered" out
of ofrice through the shifting of the j
boundaries of their present wards j
will be reinstated in office by elec
tion to membership on the board a
representative? of th new 'ards in
to which they are shifted.
Simeral KlghU Hark
This arrangement leaves no chance
for an argument except in the case of
the new sixth ward Into which Coun
cilman Simeral will be shifted from
the first ward and the resignation
JOHN CARSON
MAY RUN FOR
PROSECUTOR
Young Attorney Expected to
Make Formal Announce
ment Within Next Few Days
According to Report
LAWYER HOLDS RECORD
BEFORE OREGON COURT
Young Man Passes -Legal
Tests Five Months Before
Reaching Majority
John II. Carson, a yoanc Salem
attorney and member ot the law firm
of Carson Sc. Brown, will ' probably
announce his candidacy tor district
attorney ot Marion county with la the
next tew days, aceordlnr ' to an
nouncement made here last nixhL '
Mr. Carson Is believed to hold the
record of having Qualified, for. ad
mission to practice law before the '
courts of Oregon at an earlier ax
than any other attorney. Be passed
the examination tire month before
he reached his 21st 'birthday; and
because no lawyer is admitted be
fore be attains his majority, tha an
preme court help op Mr. Carson's
certificate and presented It to him
as a birthday gift November 3. II IS.
He has been in active practice tinea
that time except .for some months
spent with the Oregon troops on the
Mexican border in U1C, and servic
with the United States troops sta
tioned at Fort Monroe. Ya.. dttfjis
the war with Germany, r
Record .Is Reviewed,
Mr. Carson is a son of the late
John A. Carson who won a wide rep
utation tor his ability as a lawyer,
and who represented Marion eoanty
county in the state senate. The
younger Carson worked with his fa
ther in the law firm for a time and
at the death ot the latter dropped
into. his place as a member, ot the
firm. He had a thorough knowledge
of legal work even lone before he
took the state examinations and hie
service with the Salem firm dates
from the fall of 1113. Since become
ing a member ot the firm he has
demonstrated nnCsnal ability In both
civil and criminal law practice and
the big clientage ot the firm has
been maintained. He has appeared
several times before the supreme
court in important litigation. Be is
considered one of the best qualified
men in the eonnty tor the otflca ot
prosecutor.
Candidate Satire Born.
Mr. Carson received his schooliaf
in Salem high school. Mount Angel
college and in Willamett law col
lege. He was born In Salem.' Be
is a member of the American legjoa
and has fraternal affiliation with the
Mason, the Elks and the Workman.
He is Junior warden of Salem Lodre
No 4. A. F. & A. M. and MasUr
Workman of the local lodge ot the
A. O. U. W.
Interested both In political and
civic affairs Mr. Carson has partici
pated fn the several social and 'pa
triotic campaigns of recent months
and has given a number ot pnbUe
addresses.
FT
of Councilman Wiest which was pre
sented and accepted by the council
last night presents the only loophole
through which Councilman Simeral
can hope to crawl back onto the Job
after the organization Is resarrected
from the upheaval that pends In con
nection with thd boundary changes.
Therefore, when Councilman Wiest
last night moved to proceed with the
election of a successor to himself
"in order that the people ot the
sixth ward might not be without toll
representation on the board Simer
al threw himself into the breach wftb.
a motion to postpone action nntii
(Continued on pace S)
I First Spring Blossoms
Are Making Appearance!
The first blossoms of spring
are now smiling before a home
on Cbemeketa -street. They
are a lot of cheery-faced vio
lets nstllng contentedly In a
hank of green foliage. They
are apparently unconcerned
about the twang of wtnter still
lingering in the air.
Nearby is a row of pretty
jonquils, their big yellow pet
als just ready to unfold. Mute
ly these flowers salute all who
pass if they will give them
-only a glance ot recognition.
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