The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 05, 1920, Page 1, Image 1

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    THE WEATHER
Toesday. rain in west; cooler in
. -west: cloudy east portion and
fresh southeasterly gales
along the coast.
wire report ot 'JadSt re
Press, the greatest an
liable pre. association la
world.
SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, .ORKttOX, TUESDAY ' MOKNINC!, OCTOIIEU 5 lvjt
PRICE: IY CENTS
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CHAMPIONS
BATTLE FOR
Brooklyn and Cleveland to
Open World Series Con
test in New York Today,
V Weather Permitting
ALL SEATS TAKEN FOR
INITIAL BALL GAME
Betting It Held in Favor of
Indians While Field Gives
Dodgers Advantage
NEW YORK. Oct. 4. The
Brooklyn Nationals and thedeve-
land Americans open their world
series battle at Ebbets field to
morrow afternoon, weather per
mitting
Twinkling stars in a cloudless
sky ealy tonight seemed to bear
out the forecaster's preliminary
announcement of v 'fair weather
with moderate winds' bnt a fairly
heavy rainstorm came at nine
O'clock tonight the' weather man
said the storm was due to low at
mospheric pressure and promised
that' it would be clear although
somewhat cooler tomorrow, for
the initial battle." ,
Field Is Ready -for Bis; Game
' The playing field of the Brook
lyn, park has bn manicured for
the last time anuevery (reserved
seat .disposed of, while thousands
of disappointed fans are engaged
tonight in. a. fruitless . hunt for
speculators or friends who will
sell or loan them a ticket for at
least one game. :
The Brooklyq players, winners
of the National league pennant,
ars resting tonight. The'Cleve-
' laad clan is due in this city early
tomorrow. Manager Robinson and
every member of the Brooklyn
. team express firm belief in their
ability to defeat their American
leajue rivals, while Trls Speaker
2nd his teammates hold the opin
ion that the world series banner
Till be hoisted next spring in the
.Cleveland park.
- Crowd Mast Give Feature
Tfeeir attitude toward the base
ball elassic and players who-participate
in the struggle is an angle
which cannot be forecast. ;
'.General opinion . among . close
followers of the game leans to the
belief that the thousands who will
fife Into Ebbet's. field tomorrow
will he perhaps more observant
and critical in their comment
V upon the' play but beyond "that, it
was said by baseball enthusiasts,
the recent expose of gambling a
year ago;' will not affect the pop
ularity of the series unless some
vnfortunate occurrence should
arotose suspicion afresh in the
minds of the fans. -All
Keats Are Hold
Certainly the climax of, the
baseball season has shown no loss
of Interest so far as the fans of
Greater New York are concerned.
Every reserved seat at the Brook
lyn park has been sold for the
series. Sunday President Charles
Ebbets stated that he had been
obliged to return more more than
1(9,000 in checks and currency to
those who bad hoped to purchase
tests for the four games for which
the Brooklyn club printed reserve
coupons. ,
. Those In charge of the press
stands reported that at noon "to
day more than , 400 ' applications
were on file from1 newspaper writ
ers from all partis of the country.
About 300 similar requests were
received during the series between
Brooklyn and Boston in 1916.
The sale of unreserved seats In
tk field stands and bleachers be
gan at 10 a. m. " Announcement
made yesterday of the plan to
seu .eats today and as a re-
nlt a line of fans was formed
several hours before the time set
for opening the sale. A woman
hsd the honor position at the head
w the line. When asked how ear-
s y b had come she replied :
I. ?rty eBngb to get first place
.In Ifae,"
These seats sold at two dollars
jor the the field stands and 1
jor the bleachers, pins the war
tax. Purchasers were permitted
J? D0T seats Jor any one or all of
i games to be played at Ebbet's
. It, was estimated that with
111 Mttsi sold and all available
landing room occupied approxi
mately 26,000 persons could see
,h games.
Betting Favors Cleveand
Betting on the series opened to-
"7 with the Cleveland combina-
f' fvorite over Brooklyn.
' l'.? Jtrket nd "Porting resorts
til i a odds at 8lx to flve on
s Indiana and reported several
iatferf averaging a thousand dol
these places. v
ii7.a 8taled there was con
hVflWe backing for the Brook
but that tnose who would
u " be ; Superbita desired
Wa..iiTe fo lhelr money and
''i-i . J ccePt the six to five
'jfcj , "ered. Betting commis
6 lh. offered eT more money
tet ,elt of tomorrow's con
' eB In tbe wagerer make his
Clev, ,'Jtween Brooklyn and
. jav-,:-i. : ,' v
-tl6n to Manager Speaker
WORLD TITLE
rWO MEN INJURED IN
PITTSBURGH RIOTING
POLICE AXI F1REMEX CALLED
T Vl'KU' MOB
JOOO People storm Station in an
Effort to Release Four
i Prisoner
PITTSBURGH.. Oct. 4. Police
reserves, assisted", by city firemen,
were, called upon" to resist a mob
of about 1000 persons which
stormed a police station in the
Hill district here tonight in an
effort' to release four prisoners
who had' been arrested during a
clash between a 'crowd iof white
men and negroes.
The trouble started near the
police station when a white man
bumped into a ft egress, according
to authorities. (The negress es
cort struck the' man, they said,
and within a few minutes a crowd
of whites and negroes were in the
fight.
A few policemen on duty at the
Center avenue station rushed into
the mob and arrested two ne
groes and two whites. They took
their prisoners to the station but
the mob followed and tried to re
lease the men. Riot calls were
sonnded and firemen from a near
by station were called in to help
the police, i .When the reserves ar
rived the mob was forced from
the station by officers with clubs
and revolvers.
A police -lieutenant and two
patrolmen Vwere "Injured during
.ih flirht
PARTY LEADER
LAID TO REST
Murray Crane, Senator,
Governor, is Paid High
' ; - Respects -
DALTON. Mass.i Oct. 4. The
body of W. Murray Crane, former
United. States senator and a gov
ernor of Massachusetts and a
leader for ma.ny years in the na
tion, today was layed into a flower-decked
grave In the cemetery
of this village, his home and that
of his ancestors through many
generations .
The funeral at the Crane resi
dence which preceded the private
burialservice was attended by
state and coonty officials. -legislators,;
representatives of large busi
ness interests In New York.- Chi
cago nd BostQa-With which Mr.
Crane was associated ; and by
Berkshire coonty friends, many
hundreds in number.
Governor Coolidge, with mem
bers o 1 his staff and a committee
of the legislature, made up the of
ficial state party. Others of prom
inence were Senator Lodge, for
mer Governor McCall, Speaker
Gillett and Congressmen Tread-
way and Fuller.
Rev. Ralph M. Timber lake, pas
tor of the Tillage Congregational
church, who read the service, pro
nounced ho ' format eulogy; but in
the prayer spoke of M. Crane as
one "who went about as did the
Master, doing - good whereever
there Was need ' for good to be
done, and 'who thought, not of
himself, but only of his fellow
men." 'II v"' ' j
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F. H. Struble Appointed
Raral School Supervisor
The county board of education
has appointed F, " H. Struble of
Salem as rural - supervisor for
Marion county. Mr. Struble comes
highly recommended for, the po
sition, as he Jias bad valuable ex
perience as a teacher. ' having
taught in the Salem high school,
and also in Iowa. He began bis
new duties on October 2. .
Protective Tariff
Causes Classes
RAPID CITY. S. D Oct. 4.
The protective tariff is responsible
Unlted states, declared Vlce-Pres-
ident Thomas Rj Marshall In an
address here tonight.;
Mr. Marshall repeated his
Lcharge that the United States 'was
irrevocaoiy invoiveu in- iuicig
entanglements by McKinley's ad
ministration and, declaed tnai
"for my part, I am willing to risk
what dangers may be tncured in
entangling alliances for the sake
of the advantages which 1 believe
will accrue." 1
Registration Heavy
. in Multnomah County
PORTLAND. Or., Oct. 4. A
voter's registration of 110.627,
the heavies' ever known In Mnlt
nomach county, has been com
pleted here, . preparatory to . bal
loting in the November general
election. " ' ' 1 "
Completion of the official r"nt
today, following the close of reg
istration books at the court house
Saturday night developed & Re
publican leadof nearly three to
one ovg- 5glster)d Democrats,
the totals showing 78,162 Repub
licans and 27.175 Democrats.
Thare are 46.679 imen Republi
cans compared with 15,686 men
Democrats and 31.393 women Re
publicans compared with 11,48
women Democrats.; m
The Increase in registration tor
tals over ths last general election;
that of Novembar.t 1918. is lr
189 voters at tbsJl tlm-3 number
HARDING
PRAISES
SOLDIERS
At the Dedication of Hayes
Memorial Senator Pays
Marvellous Tribute to
World War Heroes
CANDIDATE DELIVERS
MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Governor Cox's Name on
Program, But His En
gagement is Broken
FREMONT. Ohio, Oct. 4. Tak
ing a respite, from, the cares of
his campaign. Senator Harding
motored to Fremont today and
delivered a non-political address
at the dedication of a soldier me-
mortal at Hayee Memorial lib
rary, situated in a public park:
which is part of the old estate
of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Before the exercises the nom
inee and his wife were luncheon
guests, of Webb C. Hayes, a son
of the former president, and they
later f'isited the latter's grave
nearby.
jVeterans Greet Senator,
A parade of Sandusky county
war veterans was reviewed by the
senator as a part -of the day's
program, which, commemorated
the , anniversary of President
Hayes birth. I
In his speech Senator Harding
reviewed the .historical associa
tions iof Sandusky., county and
praised President Hayes as one
"whose official service to Ameri
ca was more healing than heroic
and left a sense of satisfying se
rruity as a heritage of America."
Paying tribute to the soldiers of
the freat war. he said that they
too had "wrought less In bril
liancy but more in glory" and
called upon American citizens to
demonstrate by peace time pa
triotism the same measure of de
votion to duty. i.
! Pays Tribute to Soldiers. -
ri voice today," he said, "a
tribute to the steadfastnessreso
lution, undaunted courage, irre
futable determination. of the Am
erican expeditionary forces. You
world war veterans are the new
leaven in the patriotic citizenship
of the republic, the mightiest in
fluence In American life for a
half century to come.
. "Let us do more even than Is
symbolized in memorial tablets
and monuments, vet us pay our
sorrying tribute to the dead, our
grateful tribute to the living, and
be resolved, alt of ui. to meet our
duties as they met theirs, unde-
terred and unafraid.) and hand on
to our sons and daughters the
legacy of liberty arid temple of
security, our own A. j
Governor Did Xot Appear.
The name of Governor Cox ap
peared beside that) of Senator
Harding on the program, but of
ficials said he had cancelled re
cently an engagement to bef pres
ent. .Referring to the fact that
arrangements for the ceremonies
had been made before the nation
al conventions. Senator Harding
said that he came "because lbe
lieve in keeping contracts."
'Tonight the senator and Mrs.
Harding returned to Marion vby
motor. V
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Today is Final for
Payment of Tax Money
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Today is the final day for the
payment of taxes. From now to
November 5 a 1 per cent inter
est will be charged, and after that
date a 5 per cent penalty will
be added. Sheriff Needham re
ports the last few days hare been
busy ones in the office.
German Consuls to be
Released From Prison
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Oct. 4.
Richard von Schack and Franz
von Bopp, at one time consul and
vice consul for the German im
perial government at. San Fran
cisco, are to be released from the
federal prison here tomorrow,
prison officials announced. Word
was received at the prison that
paroles had. been granted the two
German noblemen who are serv
ing sentences of five years for
violation of the neutrality laws
of the United States.
BOWKX TAKEN IX CUSTODY
PORTLAND, Or., Oct: 4. W,
T. Bowen, an escaped convictfon
from thd. fttote penitentiary at
halem. was -taken into custody
here today. Bowen was seht up
from southern Oregon on convic
tion . of cattle stealing on a 20
year sentence.. He made his es
cape five years ago and had
dropped completely from sight
until the inspectors recognized
him today and placed him under
arrest. He will be taken to Sa
lem today to complete his sen
tence. He has nearly 20 years
CORNELL STUDENTS
VARE GUILTY OF FRAUD
MKX RETURN TO UXIVKItMTV
THIS FALL ON' PAHOLK
First Time in History of School
OlbMng Has Been Iealt Willi
on m Ijarge Scale
ITHICA, N. Y., Oct. 4. A total
of 116 Cornell students have been
found guilty of fraud in the June
examinations by the committee on
student affairs, it was officially
announced tonight. Rumors of
wholesale "cribbing" by many
students had been circulated re
cently and were verified officially
today by public announcement of
the disposition of the cases by the
university authorities.
Of the 116 men "tried" by the
committee, nine were exonerated
and the degree of one wan with
held until after September of this
year. Of those found guilty. 101
were dismissed from the univer
sity for a year but this judgment
was suspended and the men have
been permitted to return to the
university this fall on parole.
Three others were suspended and
one dismissed permanently. An
other case is to be passed upon..
Thisjs the first time in the his
tory of Cornell that fraud has had
t6 be dealth with on such a large
scale. Information was obtained
from examination papers by cer
tain students, it was charged, im
parted the contents to a large
number of men students, mostly
members of the freshman class,
before the examinations were
held.
COX ENTERS ON
LAST STAGES
Completion of Democratic
Campaign Arraigned by
Party Leaders I
DAYTON. Ohio. Oct. 4. Pro-4
visions for completion of the Dem
ocratic national campaign, now
declared by leaders to be enter
ing its last staees. were.' formu
lated today by Governor Cox. Na
tional Chairman .George White.
Senator Pat Harrison, chairman
of the national speakers bureau. 3
and E. H. Moore, the governor's
pre-convention manager. .
As a ; result of the conference
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, West Vir-
glnia. New York. New Jersey ahdJ reaenUtlen in the offering of se
Maryland probably will be the veurltles was discussed by the
chief "battle ground until election,
according to Senator Harrison.
Governor Cox will spend four days
campaigning in his home state,
three days in Indiana, one day in
West Virginia, one day in New
Jersey and most of two days in
Illinois. Night meetings have
been arranged for Indianapolis for
the 28th and Chicago the 20th.
It also was announced that the
governor will speak in Baltimore.
The governor's first speeches in
Ohio will be on October 3 4. He
will speak at Van Vert. Lima and
Bellefontaihe. with a night meet
ing either at Springfield or Day
ton, his home city. The next day
will find him at Detroit and then
again in Ohio with a noon speech
at Akron and a night speech at
Cleveland. From Cleveland he
will go into New York state,
where on the 18th he will speak
at Rochester at noon and Buffalo
at night. Two days will be spent
in New England. It was said. He
will speak at , Madison Square
Garden in New York on the night
of the 23rd. , ,.
Next Wednesday evening the
swing Into Kentucky, Tennessee,
Indiana and Illinois will, begin,
leaching the most extreme west
ern point at St. Louis where the
Governor will speak on the night
of October 11, swinging back to
ward Ohio through Indiana and
Illinois on the 12th and 13th.
The candidate spent most of
today resting. He received a del
egation of women, beaded by Mrs.
Florence Kelley, general secretary
of the National Consumersleague
and Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chair
man of the National league of
Women voters. The governor
talked to them on phase' of the
league of : nations, particularly
why women rhoutd be interested
in its adoption.
On most of the questions pre
sented by the women, especially
child welfare and the Ken yon cold
storage, bill. Governor Cox told
them he had stood for such re
forms for 12 years and that Ohio
had' laws similar, to those they
sought nationally.
Governor Cox said tonight he
had received a telegram from Ed
ward A. Ryan, who was arrested
at Baltimore when he sought to
ask Senator Harding a question.
Eayingiie was for the Democratic
candidate. The text of the mes
sage was not made public.
American Textile
Workers Convene
MANCHESTER. N. H.. Oct. 4
The opening day of the twentieth
annual convention of the United
Texttile Wokers of America, was
given over chiefly to organization
and an inspection of the Amos-
keag mills.
Philip Buns, a representative of
the non-Partisan League, urged
the delegates to vote for friends of
labor at the national election.
A proposition to raise a million
dollar fund for combatting any
attempt to lower wages in the tex
tile Industry in the United States
and Canada, and methods of ob
taining a universal 48-hour work
ing week will be discussed.
PENDER, NOW FREE
GREETED BY NEW AGE
PEOPLE THINK. TALK ANI ACT
DIFFERENTLY, HE FINDS
Irfttfer Absent ami Everyone on
(ho (i)-.Mtt( h of Change At
tributed l Prohibition
J-
No drunken men on the streets,
while a decade ago drunkenness
was rampant and unhidden; no
idle groups loitering at the en
trance of the saloon and the dive,
while ten years a&o groups of
idlers, with unsubdued oaths and
smutty comment were common;
few persous on the streets carry
ing evidence. of poverty, while in
the old days the wolf snarled me
nacingly at many a door; ' ram
shackle buildings supplanted by
modern structures tnese are the
changes noted In Portland by
John A. Pender, recently pardon
ed from the tate prison. '
Pender, once sentenced to hang,
then fortunate enough to have his
sentence commuted to life Im
prisonment when doubt er his
guilt became stronger and finally
pardoned completely and restored
to citizenship when the weight of
evidence and public opinion Indi
cated that he did not commit the
crime for which he was sentenced,
now goes about a free man. and
more than men who have not
gone . through experiences of the
kind, is interested In the things
he sees.
"I thought I would be as smart
as anyone when I went back- to
Portland." mnsed Pender yestei
day as he sat in the office or
Governor Olrott. "But I" wasn't.
Things were different, every
thing, everywhere. The state was
wet when I bean my sentence,
and prohibition has made won
derful changes. In Portland you
see no drunken men. and you see
no groups of swearing men on
the streets. Nearly everyone Is
well dressed, and everyone is on
the go.
; "There is much more evidence
of prosperity. People look dif
ferently, and they think, talk and
act differently from what they
did in. the old days." s
Pender was invited to Salem
to attend a meeting of Hal H lb
bard camp. United Spanish War
veterans.
Plan to Control
. Security Frauds
-IIOSTOX. Oct. 4. The question
of control of fraud and misrep-
committee on legislation of the
Investment Bankers' association
of America, in a report read be
fore the annual convention here
today, by Howard F. Ileebe of
New Yor.
"It seems certain." the report
said. '"that acts seeking to con
trol the evil in the various states
will have to be made uniform and
very active co-operation between
the officials of the various states
maintained in order to control the
fraudulent securities menace. Jt
seems logical - to believe that
eventually a national act will be
required to supplement the vari
ous state activities."
The report reviewed conditions
in, the several states and said "it
Is felt that real progress has
been made."
The committee on taxation in
a report read by Roy C. Osgood.
Chicago, expressed ' belief that
"Ihe excess profits tax must be
repealed." The statement was
made In the course of a review
of the taxation situation for last
year and under the assumption
that they "probably would be
called upon during the -coming
year to make suggestions relative
to a general revision of federal
taxation."
Colonel Robins
Opposes League
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SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 4. Col
onel Raymond Robins, formerly
leader of the progressive party
and member of the republican na
tional committee, addresses two
large audiences here today. ir
senting a message of appeal to
vie voters' of the northwest to
respond to the needs of the na
tion in this hour of its crisis."
Colonel Robins opposes the
league of nations "bvcause' the
league, as written. Is not a league
Uf peace bat in effect a military
alliance and obligations to serve
bankrupt governments in main
taining the economic imperialism
of Europe and secret diplomacy.
The colonel delivered an address
at noon before the women's King
county republican club and to
night addressed a gathering of
several hundred under the aus
pices of the King county republi
can rlab.
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Futther Damage Is Done
to Polk's Prune Crops
. DALLAS. Or.. Oct. 4. (Special
to The Statesman.) Rains of the
past r'lew days have played ad
ditional havoc M Polk, county's
bumper -prune crop, and in many
of the orchards the fruit is rot-
tine on the trees on account of
the inability of the pickers to
harvest the crop.
In many instances the mnd Is
knee deep in the orchards and
it is next to impossible' to get
the boxes of fruit' from the or
chards to the dryers after they
have been rvked.
The loss to the growers will
run into the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS
DEPENDABLE
Senator : Borah Declares
America Through Repub
lican Party Will Hold
Its Independent Rights
WILSON'S LEAGUE IS A
PLEDGE TO MORE WARS
Any Covenant or European
Alliance is Opposed by
Idahoan
DANBURY. Conn . Oct. 4
Senator William E. Borah of Ida
ho told a large audience here to
night that the Republican party
"as a party and regardless or the
views or particular Individuals,
can be depended upon to maintain
the untrammeled and nnpawned
independence of the American re
public. He promised that there
would lie "no compromise on the
principle of American sovereign
ty." '
Aimtica Is Hafe With Party.
He said that America, through
the Republican party, favors do
ing its part in the family of na
tions, but "the public conscience
and not a signed, contract must
always determine our course In
international affairs."
In a statement Senator Borah
commented on the reported as
sertion of Senator Harding that
his views and those of Senators
Borah and Johnson were In sa
tire accord.
"From: his service In the sen
ate. Senator Harding knows my
views." Senator Borah said. "If
he accepts them, then we are in
perfect accord."
Declaring himself unequivo
cally opposed to an association
with the nations of Europe, he
said he had nothing to say in fa
vor of proposed substitutes for
tLe league of nations.
" Opposed to Any Contract.
"A league, concert, alliance,
combination, co-partnership or as
sociation, it is all the same to
me." he declared. "I always hae
opposed and always will opjose
such an alliance. There can be
no question of who I am sup
porting for president. Cox favors
going Into the league, while Har
ding has declared in favor or
staying out."
Senator Borah began his talk
by declaring he did not propose
to attack "the league of nations
which President Wilson went to
Europe to get. but to fight to the
bitter end the one that the pres
ident brought home with him."
"That league is not an Ameri
can league." he continued. "It is
a European league. Its purpose
is not for peace but for war. In
the entire covenant not one word
is said of democracy. It Is the
instrument . of a military auto
cracy.' i
Preseat! League Attacked. -Senator
Borah attacked the
present league on four counts.
each of which, he said, unfitted
It for American participation. He
declared that President Wilson's
principle of the freedom of the
seas has been summarily with
held . from peace conference con-
rfderation because Enghtnd de
manded preservation of her naval
supremacy."
Another of the president's 14
points; without which he quoted
the president as saying America
could not participate." was that
of peace-time conscription. This.
he said, likewise received no con
sideration. The third count of
the senator's indictment was
based on the secrecy which " at
tended the framing of the cove
nant, despite the principle of
open covenants, openly arrived
at." The !astcount reterred to
the president's declaration against
Imperialism.
"Since President Wflson an
nounced there should be no more
land grabbing." declared the.. sen
ator. "England has had l.CuT.-
63 square mil-s of territory
added to hr possessions, includ
ing 4 0.000.000 people. The
leaeue would now ask us to guar
antee England's retention of ev-ry
pait of that territory."
America Is Peace Giver.
"There is today in the world."
said Senator Borah, "no influence
for peace and civilization equal
to the free and untrammeied Am
erica, and the best citizenship of
the country, regardless, of party,
will preserve that influence, un
co ni promised and untarnished.
-Our right as a people, unem
barrassed by alliances, leagues or
associations to determine for our
selves in every crlsi and in the
face of every confronting situa
tion what it is our duty to do and
what it is In the interest of hu
manity and of civilization to do.
involves the - whole question of
self-government, the whole ques
tion of an independent republic.
and I venture to say that the vot
ers of the Republican party will
never compromise this right.
"The voice of Maine was the
voice of Lincoln speaking through
the sturdy and patriotic men and
(Continued on Pare 2.)
HIGHWAYMEN MURDER
THEN ROB VICTIMS -
SOCIETY WOMAN IS KILLED
AND FIANCE WOUNDED
Sit itooberie" by Three Mrs la
Ylrlaity of Munler Have
llren !teorteI
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct. 4.
Robbery was the motive that led
to the fatal shooting of Miss Flor
ence Barton, young society wo
man and th? wounding of How
ard R. Winter, her fiance, on a
lonely road near here late Satur
day night.
A search is being made far the
three "night riders in a motor
car who. according to Winter,
tired the fatal shots.
Six robbris by thre. men In
a motor car In the vicinity of the
murder have been reported to the
police recently.
FEUDALISM IN
SICILY BREAKS
Amid Cries of! Rejoicing
and Thanksgiving Peas
ants Occupy Estates
n I, Ill I- ...
PALERMO. Sicily. Oct. 4.
Thousands of armed men have In
vaded the large estates of almost
the entire Island of Sicily, which
I still held in practically feudal
conditions by the barons. These
absentee landlords. 1 whose prop
erties, though not well cultivated,
usually - yield Immense profits,
spend root.! of their time and
monev In Naples. Rome, Paris and
Madrid. '
Picturesque scenes were enact
ed, especially at A lea mo. where
peasants marched waving the na
tional flag, bearing religious
standards and singing popular
songs. There were leaders from
all parties. Socialists. Catholics
and former combatants, even the
monk. Father Brancatelli. who
proceeded on horseback, crucifix
in hand, surrounded by a start
composed of (Catholics and ex
combatants, symbolizing the new
alliance of the cross and sword.
Amid cries -of rejoicing and
prayers of thanksgiving, the pro
cession occupied the large estate
of-the Duke of Corigllano. No
resistance was offered.
Similarly the peasanti occupied
the estates of many others of the
gentry. The perfect of Catania
was warmly appLtnded by the
people for having Issued a decree
legally permitting the occupation
of estates and their division Into
small holdings among the peas
ants who fought in the war.
Only one deplorable Incident
occurred. Three hundred horse
men from the village or Santi An
gelo. led by their own mayor,
were returning after having oc
cupied the Muxarello estate, es
corted by ten carbineers and two
sargenta when, withont warning
100 peasants from the nelchbor
ing village of San Biagio. hidden
tehiad trees, fired, killing one
and wounding several others, and
then escaped.
The attack by the peasanti is
attributed to the fart that the
people of San Biagio considered
Muxarello within their province,
and therefore treated the Santl
Angelo peasants as usurpers.
Dakota Officials Would '
Send Beidel to Oregon
A 7mall controversy has arisen
between authorities of Aberdeen.
S. D., and Oregon authorities rel
ative to whMher John Beidel. ad
judged insane at Aberdeen,
should be confined In a South
Dakota hospital or sent back to
Oregon. The office of District
Attorney Evans of Portland re
ferred the mase to Dr. R. E. Ie
Steiner, superintendent of the
insane, and Dr. Steiner has in
formed the Dakota authorities
that there Is no fund with which
to bring tha men to Oregon and
that he should b kept in South
Dakota until he can be expatriat
ed through regular channels.
Information la. that Beidel mar
ried at Endicott. Waih.. In 106.
and now has seven children, the
oldest 13 and the young?st twins
of 21 months. The family raraa
to Multnomah county ia June.
1920. and bought a farm at
Gresham. Beidel lived there with
his famllv until Sninihr 7
- - -
when he disappear!, and later
was found at Aberdeen. S. D..
wandering the streets in an ap
parently insane condition. An ef
fort W9a matt tt h tti A i..
trict attorney's office In Portland
t : . f 1 t a 1 .
uTiiig iwiwri oars on a rnarge 01
nun-iUDDOrt. but thai rnnLf tint'
be doua because of his. mental
condition.
West Pointers Past
Before Frenchman
WEST POINT. N. Y.. Oct. 4. '
With all the dignity that Is West
Point's. America's future army
officers passed In review this aft
ernoon before General Marie Era -4
He Fayo'.le. the distinguished
French soldier who came to this
country as France's representstlve
to the American legion conven
tion, i
The trip up the Hudson was
made In Secretary Daker's yacht
F.ARTHOUAKES ARE FELT
El'REKA, CaL. OcL 4. Two
flight earthquakes were felt here
today. The first was at 5 a. tn.
and tonight at 9 o'clock a more
prolonged and severe shock was
felL No damage resulted.
DEPARTMENT
WOULD RENT
CITY HALL
Unless Negotiation With
City is Successful State
Highway Offices Will be
Ttlored to Portland" -
DEFINITE OFFER IS
MADE SALEM COUNCIL
Police Judge Empowered to
Impose Jail Sentence for
Traffic Violation
Fnlcss the state highway com
mission Is successful in making a
deal with the city council for the
rental of the upper floor of the
city hall over the glslative per
iod, the department will be moved
to Portland. This was Informs
tion given Alderman J. ti. Giesy
yesterday by Roy A. Klein, sec
retary of the commission. Mr.
Giejy told ths council meeting
last night.
At laat nlrhl'i 'mtlr r iYm
council an offer of 1150 a month
aa rental was presented the coun
cil from th highway department,
members of the. department hav
ing Inspected the proposed quar
ters In the !tv Vlll -wmtMrAtr
The offer Is for three months if
in legislature Is one straight
Session of the rerular lnnh nr
for five months if the session Is
aiviaeu as contemplated In a bill
on which the people will vota la
November. It Is said lh high
war rflmmlidnn m n vn ths
clty'a answer by Saturday cf this
week, for It will be necessary for
me omcej to move December 1.
Repairs Necessary
Some re Da Irs tn the nitv fc.ti
through. Including installation of
radiators and the celling or a part
or the space. The city engineer
was Instructed to confer with of
ficials Of the htfhva rianartm.nl
and ascertain in detail what re
Pairs will be necessary to the eon
tamj 0 uenrnuaea on. it is pro
bable that the cost, if the depart
ment rents the floor, win u .m.
sented before th t(.iit nr. .
a claim on the part of the city.
Aiuennan nanmgartnr told
the citr that It Is MrM
ant that the. space be rented to
in commission so that It may be
kept In -Salem. ShnnM ki. a
partment be moved to Portland.
"J aeciared otner, other depart
ments Will follow. 'l nlh
U available tn the city.
Clab Claim Protested
There is some donht
the council will pay ZQ which
ine commercial club requests as
the city's part of the expense of
maintaining a bureau to provida
rooms for visitors during the
state fair. A letter from T E.
McCroskey, manager of ths club,
relative to the auhlot m-.. re
ferred to the ways and means
committee after- a motion to reject-the
claim nad-ben wmA
down.
'The club Is an Arrinliitlna f
business men.' aM
andevort. TTher aet the viai-
tors here and then rob them. Let
them pay It.")
"Yon better mfwtir tv.t ...-
ment." Aldemaa Schunke replied.
"There have been mi nn n.
instances In which excesslrj pric
es a r reported.- v
ion must remember. laughed
andevort. -that the fair grounds
are now In lirs city llmiu, and
' noea mem blind nt
there."
Street Pisa Changed
A report of the aoeetal Mmmit.
t?e appointed to Investigate com
plaints of Hlah iirMt
owners that grading for the pave
ui-ui uriwwoHjBioD and Division
streets drains to th- r , v-
block and not to the end of the
blck at Division streets as pro
vided In the original plans -wss
that the work had been donj ac
cording to plans that differed
from thMe originally adopted,
substantiating the assertion made
betore ths council two weeks ago
by L. 11. McMahan. attorney for
the property owners. Alderman
Giesy. chairman iof the special
committee, however said that
when a conferenra was arranged
between the committee and the
property owners only two of them
appeared with their attorney and
that th?y are not au nit ln the
contention for a change to the
original plan. He said an agree
ment was made for the property
owner to make report to the
committee and that they had not
y?t ben heard from.
ftoitrf IU Above Par
The firm of C mi n m. r..t.
was the highest bidder on f.20
000 city refunding bonds, sub
mitting a bid above par of &u
cents on the thousand. The pro
posal, nowever. asaed that the
bonds be payable! in N?w Tork.
while the city's advertrse-rnent
specified that they b payable la
jtaiem. 11 uarien t.aris agree
to thi they will b- accorded the
bonds. Otherwlsei the city re
corder will advertise them for
Salem to the local public.
An ordinance vu passad em
powering the police Jud ga to Im
pose prison penalty tn addition to
fines for violation of. traffic ordi
nances. Some protest was made by
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ing 99,438. . i .-. I
yet to serve.
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