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.. . I FIRST SECTION Eight Pages TWO SECTIONS 16 Pages mm SEVENTIETH YKAlt I SALEM, OUF.GOX. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 120. P1UCK: HVE CKXTH PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IS PRINCE OF WALES MESSAGES OF COLONEL ABRAMS IS AGAIN GIVEN HONOR SITUATION EDUCATOR PLEADS LONG TERM INVITED TO STATE FOR AMERICANIZATION EASTER TIDE ARE SPOKEN IN IRELAND VERY TENSE CONTRACTS ARE MADE BRITISH COURTESIES TO OREGO- NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER SALEM MAX APPOINTED COLON". NIAXS IMPRESS OLCOTT IX OP INFANTRV, RESERVE SPEAKS IX BUFFAIX SHOTATHOME To Accept Bid Noted Englishman Will Find It Xecesarylo Change His Itinerary ' i A personal letter from Governor Olcott to the Prince of Wales, now at San Diego, invites the noted Undecided Whether He Will Aerci- Declares : Principle of American Government Mat be Thmrnaghly Inculcated In Minds of All Service In Two Want and in Guard to His Credit ft Tacoma Lawyer and Ruler of Elks Called to His Door and Shot by Person Believed to be Woman in Man's Clothes ELKS AND LEGION TO HELP FIND CRIMINAL No Possible Motive Assigned Though I. W. W. Enemies . Suggested TACOMA. Wash., April 3. -W. D. Askren, prosecuting attorney, was called to the door of his home and shot shortly after o'clock tonight, His wife called the Elks' club for help and police have rushed , to the home. The motive is as yet a mys tery. ;- - t At 9:20 the Elks' club, of which Askren Is exalted ruler, called on the American legion for helpto co operate with the police in a search lor the man who did the shooting. Mrs. Askren, too excited to talk coherently, - told the Elks club on the telephone that ''a crowd came to , the back door and when Billle went to investigate, they shot him. I do not think he will live." ', Askren, who is prosecutor of Pierce county, recently secured con viction of more than half of, about 60 men arrested on a charge of vio lating the state criminal syndical- - ism act. but it is reported that the attack tonight was made by a woman dressed in man's clothing, and the shooting is not connected with the 1. W. W. William iD. Askren, prosecuting 1 attorney of Pierce county, was shot "and perhaps fatally wounded shortly after 9 o'clock tonight by a woman alleged to be Mrs. Julia Smith, twice prosecuted and convicted by Askren --on a charge of criminal malpractice . - The shooting took -place at Ask- ren's home, the prosecutor being at tacked upon answering a knock at his back door, the bullet piercing bis body through the left lung. Assailant Captured. Julia ? Smith - was apprehended shortly after 11 o'clock at Puyallup Wash., near here, as she, was dnv Englishman to visit an Oregon port while he is visiting on the Paciric coast. The invitation was extended at the suggestion of Clarence It. Hotchkiss of Portland and Is deemed appropriate because of the fact that the second battalion of the 162nd United States infantry, an Oregon contingent, was stationed in England during many months of the war and received may courtesies from English royalty as well as the people at large "It was; the good fortune of the 162nd Lnited States Infantry," writes Governor Olcott, "a regiment whose personnel was entirely made up of Oregon soldiers, to be stationed in England for many .months during the great world conflict. At that time the officers and men from this state were given every mark of cour tesy by the citizens of your nation. "These soldiers and the state they represent would deem it a high priv ilege if you could see fit to order your itinerary changed so that- you could touch at an Oregon port. Ii -a t r 1 T 11 I" rasiors 01 aaiera ieu aigmti- Cance 01 OeaSOn and Man- one! of Infantry, officers kind's Duty in Response to Divine Promise f9 11 a A fi r n a mfliiirtniv I is. . the Pacific Homestead, has been Military buards All KoadS nuiuiea oi ais appointment as col- reserve corps, by the war department. He has not yet decided whether he will 1 accept. Colonel Ahrams went to Europe as lieutenant colonel of the 162nd infantry. He commanded the base post of Le liar re. France, and after ward American rest camps in Eng- and Public Places and Con ducts Careful Search for Hidden Arms (Continued on pare Immortality Is Theme Run ning Through Words of Lo cal Ministers MRS. POTTER i PASSES AWAY Four Years Yields to Ail ments of Age DAY IS FOR ALL, NOT CHURCH MEMBERS ONLY ,and wh,re near,jr l00?;0.00 Amerl- van Duiuirra writ utuuieu n liu 1 ru after landing In England, en route to the training camps In France. Colonel Abra France and served sation center and In Germany and Belgium. He was promoted to the rank of colonel while in Paris on May 22. 1919. as a reward for meri torious service. He received his dis eharse from the service on October 24. 1919. Colonel Abrams served through the Spanish war and Philippine In surrection as an enlisted man. He was a commissioned officer in the The Oregon National guard continuously until America entered the German war. While In command "oX the Sa lem company he constructed the Sa lem armory. Salem's big auditorium IRISH PAPER MAKES APPEAL FOR RESTRAINT m w?9.trturnedK1to Easter a Particularly Danger ved at the demobill- . ous lime ior fusing in Erin This is Easter morning i - . . uuce more ue world, a bit war torn, perhaps, and not exactly sure of itself in spots, but still His world. celebrate (he anniversary of the greatest single fact of history question of the hour is. Are you go ing to chure hthis morning? and the answer is supposed to be. Yes. for who does not go to church on Easter Sunday? Father Buck of St. Joseph's Cath olic church, admits however, that mere are some legitimate excuses which would keep folks at home. even on taster buncay. ana a num ber of other pastors of Salem seem willing to believe that there will be R.;.1Mfr f P.alem PDle no wm n HM,UM1 v iui v sj i church today without respect to rea son. For the Fisherman, Too. To many, even of those who will be in church, Easter is a time of new clothes or the end of lent or a con venient holiday to open the fishing season. Salem pastors emphasize the point, that the Easter message was Mrs. Charles N. Potter died at 1 o'clock this morning at her home. 2031 State street, where she had lived continuously since 6omlng to mean( jugt a. mttcn for th man wno JAPS ECONOMIC MENACE TO U.S. California Publisher Says They Drive Americans Out of Business DUNLIN. April 3. The military precautions in Dublin exceed any-f thing of the kind seen since Ealr 1915. Particular attention is being paid by the military cordon aronnd the city to loads of bay. which aru probed with bayonets, while even the suburban street cars are stopped and the passengers searched for arms. At Finglas on the north side of the city the military have taken pos session of some unoccupied houses and appear to contemplate a stay o a few days. St. Endas college at Rathfarnbam. formerly conducted by Patrick Pearce. who was executed during the rebellion of 1916. is also occu pied by soldiers. They have erected a barricade with barbed wire, on the roads outside of Gifllenwood house in Ranelach. where Pesrse's mother lives and the children's school kept by Miss Duffy, sister of George Garan Duffy, who was iden tified with the defense of Sir Rog-r to Fire-Year and Ten-Year Agreements With Valley Berry Growers . .BUFFALO. N. Y.. Aorll 2. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, speaking pnlhnmnt Interests Enter In- nere lonigm on Amencanixauon, de clared every ahlld and every alien should be grounded in the principles of American government so thor oughly that not merely' assent be giv en to such principles but that an ar dent belief be arroused as would caase a man to defend those princi ples with his life. The speaker concluded: "Government muit really govern; authority must rest somewhere and revolt against the authority of gov ernment in a republic Is very Cirier- ent from revolt against authority In an autocracy. "No system of government will last that does not rest upon the convic tion and effection of men. Force mav defend or maintain it for a time but in the long run .any government will fail In which the masses of men do not believe and for whose purpose and ideals they have no continuing affection." MINIMUM IS FIXED; MORE MAY BE PAID Rapid Development of Lower Valley Is Predicted by Representative ' (CLEVELAND. April 3.r Japanese Casement. and Sinn F-ln rnrnli K1-. I. ..... In r.llf(.l. I - Vlli .. . and their standard of living so low U. S. May Yet Have a MUitary PcUcy WASHINGTON. April i. The senate cleared the way today for con sideration of legislation proposing establishment of a definite military policy. Debate on army reorganisa tion lill framed by the senate mil itary committee. Is to begin Monday and Ms passage in about ten days or two weeks Is predicted by senate leaders. The bill differs radically from the "We are contracting berries for a term of either Are or ten years. said W. U. Bentley of Hubbard yes terday. -- Mr. Bentley Is not only an exten sive grower of loganberries bat be is also representing - the Pnyalkip and Sumner Fruit Canning company of Puyallup. Wash. 'We are writing term contract now." continued Mr. Bentley, Tear- , anteelng growers cents a pound for strawberries for five or ten years as a ml a l ran m price lor .each crop. Should the market price rise above this minimum, we will meet the ad vance figure at any time during the life of the contract. Mr. Bentley explained that th? same contract terms are being writ ten covering loganberries, goose- house measure passed March IS. la that it provides for compulsory mil-1 berries and raspberries. The bottom ttary training, consoildaton or tne i price on logaas for five or ten years national guard, regular army, and reserves composed 6f trained men into one citizen's army, and also for a general stalf eligibility systems Oregon 44 years ago. She was 30, years old and death was caused by the infirmities of old age. Mrs. Potter was a member of a prominent family ot the Willamette valley and well known to the older residents. She was born In Ohio and before coming to Oregon lived in Michigan and Minnesota. Her hus band died about four years ago. Mrs. Potter leaves three children. five grandchildren and . one great grandchild. The children are L. W. Potter of Salem. T. J. Potter of New York city and Mrs. Dean Cromwell of Salem. The funeral will be Tues day but complete arrangements have not yet been made. Interprets it in a' fishing, expedition as for, the most devout and reverened churchman. Easter has a universal appeal. Rev. Thomas S. Anderson, of the Presbyterian church, ' calls at tention to the message nature speaks. "Times and. seasons open . new pages in the book of nature to teach lessons to human lives. In a few days fruit trees will be In bloom and the butterflies will be in the air. The bodies of dead humanity are feeding the crocuses and lilies. Just so our human existence may feed a spiritual lite and i fulfill a celestial mission. 1 There are perhaps few who will not concede, with the ministers of Sa- that any immigration policy other than exclusion will result in the ul tlmate destruction of the American population in the west, if not in the whole United States. V. S. Me Clatchy. publisher of the Sacramento Bee, asserted today In 'a luncheon address before the city. club. The Japanese have neither the ability, the desire nor the power un der their government to become citi zens of this country." Mr. McClatchy said. "They are unasalmlable. They do not care for citizenship.. Their gov ernment expects Japanese in this country to remain loyal to the coun try of their fathers, and they are tive at Paris. The residence of Mrs. I aimuar to tnai in me r rencn army. Humphrey - sister of "the O'Reflly" The house bUI left the compulsory i military training issue tor separate .Continued on page 2) legislation. ' , LEONARD WOOD WILL RF HIITCT (V UI I?M ru uuliui vi uauuifj Iftam PATTrirr to WITHIN THIRTY DAYS not ole hmson is S rents a pound; on gooseberries it is 4 cents a pound, and on rasp berries the lowest Is S cents a pound. The price may go above these Quo tations, but never below them. Mr. Bentley predicts a rapid de velopment lor the lower Willamette valley through the stimulation com ing from the extensive fruit canning ! Industry. He says that the Paulhamus in terests, as the Puyallup and Banner' canneries are sometimes called, have ' comt into this district to remain per manently la the fruit packing business. Is the reduction of our regular price oh every article in the store. What in vestment bears a better rate of inter est? ..; And hear In mind that merchandise of Ilarnes Cash Store- quality is worth very, much more today than, our regular prices. Scarcely any can be duplicated at wholesale. In addition badly broken lines have been reduced 20, per cent and in some- instances as much as 50 per cent. Can you pereene what this means to you in the face of a constantly rising marketf Very Special Goffs Silko and'Angora Skirt Braids, chet Silks In colors. One half ounce spools, now costing $1.00 wholesale, each ... .-. i . y . .... . . 85c J. & P. Coats' . silk finish Crochet Cotton, colors, full 100 yard spools 5c Tatting Silk, colors.-each. . . .SOc Texto Crochet Thread. 2 spools 25c Goffs Silko and Anfora Skirt Braids, all colors, 5 yard bolts each . .. 10c Lot of printed Cretonnes reduced to yard . 50c Women's toe Rubbers, medium round toe, sizes 2 to 4 at. . .35c and SOe Misses and Women's one buckle Ar tie Overshoes, reduced to, pair..5c 3 i I J y -- -1,-.,-. - 1 J " "- - r - ; -r:V":.T" loyal to Japan.-i iem, inai me ' "Th. rhur nhWtlon to the J.i- anese is not racial antipathy, but the knowledge that their economic ad vantages make It hopeless for the white 'race to compete with them. Is that which has been preserved as the essence of Christianity. As Father Buck, says, "Most of us claim I to be Christians, and a Christian, In the original meaning of the word, was one who believed in the divinity of Christ. The fact of the resurrec tion of Christ was hia Invincible proof that He was God. Therefore, if we lay claim to being Christians and willfully neglect the house of prayer on the anniversary of his res urrection, we are, to say me teasi. Inconsistent." Universal Longing Kxprexsod. Easter is the perfected expression of the longing for and belief in a fu ture life that has, from the nrsi. been a part ot the heritage of the human race. Mr. McClatchy explained. "The Japanese question is really an economic one u is simpiy whether or notsthls nation can ad mit to the country a people who can drive the Americans out. The Japanese work longer hours for smaller pay than Americans; their women toil In the fields; they concentrate in close communities. They have wonderful business co operation and they control tne pro duce trade in manv sections; he said. Because of these factors, they grad- Wilhin a month (Jeneral Leonard Wood, one of the loading ean- lidatcH for president of the Cnited States, accompanied by Mrs. Wood, will Ik in Salem for a speaking date. There is a possibility hat at the same time, or on another date about that time, Theodore Joosevlt, Jr., also will speak in Salem. This is the information brought to Salem by Walter L. Tooze. Sr., western Oregon organizer for Leonard Wood for President clubs, and .Mr. I ooze has it directly from the Oregon manager. ii ually drive Americans out of every ser. a mA 'fserAr enmM Atmctlv business they enter Vi aamc uinrr as easi . I 1 .n via 1 1 n.. "l " - . 1 . . ,1 . 1 V Tmu, n i -lofl W Porter rtT Itiff I I'raciitai it tuunui '"' Christian church. "It means ley in southern California: have 85 the place or time of rising. Resur rection is from the same source as n n n meana a flnwftie in I?.,- 'r..nv. then, as' the sun rises, trol the southern California fisher- mm-j .-. .n..tntir as the waves beau let! les .... . . thmnfS Him who I The sneaker recited a in rKiu i u lu ub waa vr p i per cent of the Hock Ford melon bus iness of Colorado; hold half the Hood River apple district, and con- Came as the author of lite to give it more abundantly. Easter Is our soi emn festival acknowledgment that hliPTA His authorsnip oi our oe- inc. nd our existences nere ana hereafter.' number of figures from the California bureau of vital statistics tending to i-how that' the Japanese increase about four times as rapidly as Americans In California, and mat wnue me American birth rate there is decreas- Retiring From Business " ... ... .. , I . . . kl .1 1. . & t . .t.tnr t r T n.ttnr nf the HlIDlaDa I lnK. me japantrrc umn i Friends Church has given an eloquent plans to admit Japanese ty ratios or f tVio moHRBce oi easier oroDoriiuoa uku " " la Interpreted by the Christian here or now citizens, such as the " ver&rJ 7 Gulick plan and the Dillingham CUUrvu. -.,-. . . . .. . ... t..tA.-l.wf aa "The Easter message is one oi diu, air. wunuj v..v.v.. hope ot salvation ot lite. It speak- traps which would resuu nnauy n f an emntT tomo ana a risen uuiu. me ui rruiufi --w n... . i. M.nrmt nn i meaninEiess i mis rouniri iu wunw, .v. ohi iuc . . 1 . -, ha inn t.i . iVa rnt rtTton aiiu inn in. iiuuck uiaii. i. " - " crucifixion is poweness without the 000.000 Japanese would be living in ...nmutinn in the lau oi man ibb America, ne wj. hnl race are constltuiea sinncr. Then pepalty for sin is death! Soroe- Kiwiv must die', either tne sinner wuu committed the sin or an ? adequate nhtltnte must be found. Jesus, the Rni-man. is the only one iouna xo be without sin. He was aenverea ior . ,h employ of the state fish ani our offenses and raised again for our ame department. Is reported to justification. The whole human iam- have b?en kuied by Oregon Klec ilv was dead in trespasses ana sm trie train No. 9 near Albany jester and must ever remain o unless we dajr afternoon accent, on God s own terms, reaemp- tion through Jeius Christ. The empty Ra'tlroaA . k iho F!atr morn are ever lUeXlCan IailTOaa present reminders that the plan of reaempuon is uuuiirvt. Christ Uvlnjc f orce. To DrjiE. S. Hammond or the Kim ball College or Theology, means two things. -First. It means life alter deatn. ... a A ar S 1 a. I a. Ilw Second, It means ma ynnsi. "-, , .nnmmc-ment bv labor of VI MV I . - . , II I . liciais. iae enipioj ' wm Joseph Metzger Killed by Train near Albany Joseph Metxger. who fbrWrly was Prisoner Taken to Cenlralia Proves to be Not L W, W, Wanted for Mnrder Tied up With Strike XOGALKS. Arls.. April 3. Th- Easter Southern Pacific railroad ot Mexico operating sou in irum inn pice w completely tied up today by a strike of virtually all its employes, accord In e force In the world today. roan who does not go to church Eas ter means that hia hope for a future -rUtencB centers around the One Continued on page 2) despite an injunction from the . Mex ican federal courts, ordered yester day by President Carransa. which was to delay the strike 72 hours. Mr. Too re has just returned from trip of nearly one month's dura tion and declares he Is positive Wood will bo an easy first choice In Ore gon. Wood. Johnson. Lowdcn. Hoover, is the order in which he places the popularity of the candi dates, and adds: "The second choice of the Wood men would undoubtedly be for Lowden. Five Count lea Covered. On the trip just completed Mr. Too re covered Lane, Douglas, Jose phine. Jackson and Klamath coun ties. "At Eugene two clubs were organ ized." said Mr. Tooze. "one in the city and another at the University of Ore gon. Clubs were also organized at Klamath Falls. Ashland. Med ford. Grants Pass, Riddle and Roseburg. "The result of my campaign over this big territory has developed the fact that Leonard Wood is not only leading all other candidates who are aspirants for the presidency on the Republican ticket, but that today he has a majority vote over all of them. N'V don't want a military wan' and 'we do want a business man' is proving to be a great asset for Leon ard Wood. The .fact that four mil lions ot our American sons offered their lives on the altar of their coun try during the great war and that all ot them may just as well be called 'military, men as Leonard Wood, and the "fact that they regard him aa one of their own class, makes this weapon a boomerang in the presidential contest. Wood Held P.aines Man. "The idea of a business man for president is certainly a good ene. but these American legion men and soldiers point with pride to the rec ord oL Leonard Wood In Cuba and Moroland which conclusively proves , blm to be the greatest business man1 now before the American people. They urge further that the cryliiK need ot the hour is to have a chiet executive at Washington who has proved by his great service In Cuba and Moro province that-he is a re constructionist and a genuine builder of government -that will never fall to function. This is one ot the strong arguments ot the service men. That he. though at the head of the army, was kept from going overseas with his division, appeals to their sym pathy and their judgment that the rules ot the game demanded that he secure a 'square deal which he ut- C EXTRA LI A.. Wash-. April J. Centralla resldeatsw who went to Chehalks. near here today la an at tempt to Identify prisoner arrested at Ellentbunc. Wash- and brught to terly failed to get. Thousands quote Icbehalia, said hte man was not Ole the fact that he is the only candidate Hanson, alleged I. W. W..'eharged of all parties who has given hit en- with the murder or warren v. tire life unselfishly to build up this Grimm. Central la armistice day par mighty republic And whose sons were ade victim. Among the number soldiers during the war. were several who knew II in son per- "That the American legion as fh- tonally, dlvlduals and the rank and file of the Tj Prisoner, who gave his ame. Republican voters and conservative as Harold Rurg. probably .will bo business men are overwhelnnaly fori released as there Is little evidence Leonard Wood throughout the entire connecting him witn tne ceuiraiia section where I have traveled is be- tragedy. J. H. Jahnke. deputy prose cutor of Lewis county, said tonight. SENATE ASKS- ABOUT ARMENIA yound question. Acquaintances Hoo Wood. "At Medford I bad the great pleas ure of meeting Colonel II. II. Sar gent and wife of Jacksonville. Ore. Doth of them were speakers at Med ford on the evening that the Leonard Wood club organization waa perfect ed In that city. . Colonel . Sargent - A ,1 M .1 - Ian..,!! U'nful In Pnhl and also In the Moro province, and I Mnrh DisCUSSed Harbord Re- LMr. sargent was at an umrs ni helpmate and companion'. Their en thusiasm for Wood is boundless and they are ceaselessly active In this campaign. Their addresses were masterpieces ot eloquence and logic as to the record ot Wood's achieve ments. port at Last Bern; Con sidered WASHINGTON. April 2. While the American mission under Major General Harbord. which Investigated "The one Important feature of this conditions la the near east last year campaign is that the active Republl- did not recommend that the United can leaders In all localities declare stales accept a mandate over the that Wood is the one and only Ideal former Ottoman empire. General candidate for the presidency. Judg- Harbord In his report said some Ing from the sentiment ot the coun- power should accept a mandate aa ties which I have csnvamed I would the only solution of the Turkish estimate that th vote would be problem . Wood. Johnson. Lowden and Hoover. Constantinople. be said, should be Lowden without doubt would be the included In tb mandatory territory, second choice of the Wood men. but he disapproved several msnds- State AUve With Bovine-. torics for different portions of Tur- "Wherever I have gone business iukev all lines, of endeavor nas never m all the history or the state been more prosperous. Hotels are all over crowded and nouses lO rem. -' unknown feature. M At Klamath Falls I learned some .m.iinr facts, nsmely. that city s oavroll is second In the state. 15.000.- 000 annually. Kiamam '"-"'" out 100O cars of livestock and 7000 cars of lumber and poxes annually, and tributary to that city offSOOO people are 30 billions of leet or mm- "Grants Pass. Ashland and Med ford are booming, and their wonder ful scenic attractions and great fruit orchards are drawing large number of eastern Investors. This is equally true of Koseburg and Eugene.- Th much-discussed rerrt of the mission was transmitted to the sen ate today by President Wilson, in response to a second resolution or requett adopted several weeks ago. after the senate had failed to hear from the White House concerning its first resolution adopted in No vember. While estimates ot th number of troops required for a mandste varv from 23.000 to 20.f0. Geseral Harbord declared that In hia Judg ment .0ft would be needed for the first year. The cost or the man date was estimated at t273.00. for the first year. Including $. SOO.000 for the array and- navy and at T5.000.00 for the tlrst five year.