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a , Dairy Center . a towing.
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!mr.ST, SECTION
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1920
TRICE: FIVE CENTS
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TWO SECTIONS
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X30k lJ Vliiy Jill
SKI-ARE
KILLED IN
lik andWesl Bound New
YorkXentralTrams.Col
ljie Rtinmhg Thr& Open
Switch, in Erie Yards
Uffl-W INJURED. ARE
, EXPECTED TO ult
UbA&ffct Used in Tak
fcg Head and Injured
Froa Tram.Wreckage
ERIE, P-. Oct. 20 Seven per
sona were killed and to injured,
Sre probably .faUlly, when New.
Torsi Central train No. 60., east-.
oiut.. fideswiped train. Nor. 23,!
ie?-.tound, 200 feet west of the
siua depot here at noon today.
A switch, taought to hare been
:rcra" by member of a section
-;:r. working at the Scene of the ;
t::i? is believedto hare. caused;
;cident' t . , .
,T: dtad: ''':'..:'!
I (; ? PAR DQSCH AMPS, Mlssou-,
v.; ". ,-.
ALU JT CARLSON, 14, Sebelta,
!ei. -. " -r- ... ." ;
I ANNA L. TOKLA. 76, Norway.
; ANNA TOKLA. 20. Grinne'l, la.
I T--e unidentified women aged
4) and 45 "years.
t T- injured included. Mrs Jack
x 32. Seattle'Vash.; Alma
y. naack; 34 North Shipping.
j a, dying; Clara Miller Chi-
; Ida Rosenthal, .Chicago;
J. P. Monaud, -Lob Angeles
t ratreal; unidentified woman,"
T fstbound; train had. just
i depot and the eastbouod
. i C!erelan.drBuffaIo : express
"fng Into the station wlien
- h. came, s, A, car' onT the
. T train suddenly; leaped
' , rails , and craslued into
j : :aann - tearing its ' Eteel
' ' : as If, it werei, paper,
o cu;int"of -the r car . were
:rlei . trora their seats" and
'irowa Ififo mass , as th heavy
il'.taaa topped oer '.with the
i-vk side p. ' ' I
Police and firemen were forced
i use ladders ia taking the dead
.d Injured from .the - wreckage.
1 of tha deal werebadly-man-d
and it-is almost -Impossible
1 identify thre- of the dead un
' tap Puilmaa-list can-be cbek
l .' - " . 1 ' i , j'. . ' .
The erewvof th'e eaetbound train
'ared that, the switch was all
i mbmt they looked' at' it.
i, offidiJa are of the opinion
l a member of the ' ueCTian
t benerjng.the switch open,
i aeein; bfi , rapidly 4 moving
a, threw the lever. Others
f at theoplnion that as tha
, en gaog wa..working. uathe
n tnat Ibey may have loos
1 the bolt. , ' i ;
Tk;Central-officials-' te
t annouRced that an invebti
a wduld,.be -made Friday
inr.x Coroner -CaTdotr wttl
hold aa Investigation. "
. b Ask for War Or-;E-a-to
Aid' Ex-
. ';r;.rhticas. ;v;;.
iU&lb!? ftdJn7 the
?tldn de-
Ailson t - I . President
rljnr cottnn r . m In e"
l iTuL'T?: nd-other
irIM!'? "cyer.Jr,
wpwitloB if a airetJr of the
UndsT "Planed that
's-'iM. .wii M-0 were still
,',7 f MJd:it Powers be re-
t i . muus. OI II-
v.ionrr Ttwr.ot a. re-
-d wTi . ' tfn what he
- el Te5y "ci'ng need
'S. l0R ' "edits. "
" CIedits ,nth- Want's
now how to uo
can be most help
b , -l and haling for. Am
er-
!'cVt,!t, e wis!
to warrant a re-
5.-
opinion of others In
;:ntt resumption." he
. ".rln he had consulted
fflQi j
'fesf bankera and
. nnanlmous" in favor
T WKATIIKU:
'"I moderato souther
1 toast." !
RAIL CRASH
WANDERER TESTIFIES.
THAT HE IS INNOCENT:
COXFFJiSIOX OF MUHDER WAS
WRING FROM HIM BY KORCfcJ
Original Story is RepeatedAVord
foe. Word as H Was First
Given by Defendent-
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. Carl-Wanderer,
.-testifying in his own' de
fense in the trial for the rrurder
lot his wife, today declared he
'ra inhocnt and repudiated th2
1 signed statement in which" he con
fessed slaying. his wire, their un
born child, and a vagabond' he,
said he hired to stage a mimic
holdup and thus divert suspicion
't from himself. He said the. con
fession was wrung from, hinv by
'bullyragging arid violence' and
that he made it "so the, detectives
would let him alone and? let Trim
Ret a little sleep." Ha was .beat
en and mauled, in " his: cell until
he confessed, he testified.' X ,
Dr. Williairi Hickson, head of
the psychopathic service testified
previously that the defendant wan
insane and had the mind of a 40-year-old
child. He was insanw at
I he time of the murder and when
he made the confession" Dr. Ilick-
Uson said he believed. ,
' Wanderer entered the court
room, humming an, Irish love bal
lad. At no time during the thrse
nours he was on , the stand, did
ne hesitate in answering ques
tions. He repeated the original
vers ob of. the shooting of hisJ
wife by the tramp and the slayinu
of tha hobo, tailing almost word
for word , the story given- the po
lice : the day of the . affair, and
wh'ch made him" a nero until he
was; arrested charged with, murder.-
. i
v "Ruth fhia; wife) -and I-went
io a picture show.", h said. "On
the way back I npticed a ragged
straURr- .. following us but
thought very little of it until lat
er when I recognized him as the
man I bad shot. Ruth went Into
the. vestibule' in the hallway ahead
ofme. I could see the. outlines
Of a. man, but before I could do
anything, he began) firing. I
drew my-revolver1-and emptied it
in his direction." '. .'
"DIdt you shoot " asked one of
Wanderer's counsel. :
"I shot in the direction of the
man,," - he : replied. , -
" "Did 5'ou shoot your - wife?" -.
, " "No, sir, I did not shoot my
wlte. said Waaderef.
MilEte: SEEKS
it
League Has Not Force Nor.
Funds to Enable it to
- Take Mandate, i -
, BRUSSLS,Qct.20v What, to
do with Armenia, and how. to ar
range for the protection of the
rights of the minorltie- In the
territories that have changed sov
ereignties. ' were the principal
questions discussed by the council
tot the league of nations, which
met privately, this morning at the
residence of . Paul Hymans, for-
mer Belgian foreign, minister, and
this afternoon, also privately,) at
the Palais 'dea Academies.
. Leon Bourgeois,, for. France;
Signor. Tlttoni of Italy; Arthur J.
JIalfour for 'Great Britain; Senbr
Qtlinones de- Leon for Spain;, Dr.
Gaaton. de Cunha for Brazil; M,
Caclamanps for Greece and Vis
count Ishitl'for Japan, .were, pres
cnb M. Hymans' presided.'
No results of the discussions of
views regarding-the possibility: of
finding a substitute for the league
of. nations as a mandatory, for
Armenia were'" reported." ' The
league has been obliged to decline
because of. rack of : force and? of
funds, to carry out mandates.
The eligibility of Armenia to
niember.sh.5p ih.lhe .league ot' na
tions was'discussed. Mr Balfour
started . the discussion., witli a
general rtort oa the -situation.
Signor . Tittoni . brought u : pthe
question of protecting minorities
endert the Bulgarian andAustrian
treaties' -opening the discussion
as to the best. was and means
Tor dtBcfiaTglng-the'Uague's duty
In making this protection erfec
uve. ;. - : ;;.. - ,
Tc most. important questions
on. the' program , to come up, later
are the .Polish-Lithuanian dispute:
the draft of the internation finan
cial and economic ; organisation,
an U t he - nora 1 riat loo of a pe r ma
r.ent mandate commission ,o su
pervise, the adminiFtratlon of col
onies 'and !! mandated territories
for the league of. nations.
Rev. Thomas S. Anderson -;"
to Resign His Palpil
Rev. iThomas S. Aftd arson., pas
tor of the Presbyterian church of
this city, 'announced to his con
gregation Sunday night that he
was preparing of iolally to-tender
his resignation as pastor of the
Salem , church; on account of 1 ill
health. Rev. - Mr. Anderson has
served, this church for the past
two;yaars.v;' ,"; : ..
.V.'f svk: "r.. '
Two Killed When Stage
Tarns .Over Near Fresno
: -f , ',, k ..r
FRESNO. Cai.. Oct. 20. Two
persons were kilted and- several
intu'rwl.. nn or two Drooably fa
tally tonight, when an autpmobir
stage turned over aooui u
north of Fresno, the police" re
ported. The stage, turned i prgr
when a wheel came off.
ADMITTANCE
COX ASKS
RQ.OT T O,
RETRACT
upyernor Denas. , I elegram
ip ,iina Koot Uemandmg
an . Explanation of His
sation
REC0RDSW0ULD PROVE
FALSITY OF STATEMENT
dares oicnme
of 3 1 Republicans is ,
Mystery 1
' BRIDGEPORT. Conn . Oct. 20.
Governor Cox today sent a tele
gram. to Elihu Root asking him to
"correct" what the Democratic
candidate declared was a "false"
statement In Mr. Root's address
yesterday regarding the gover
nor's position upon the league of
nations; issue. ' The governor de
nied Mr. Root's statement that he
demands the league "just as Mr.
Wilson negotiated it," and called
upon Mr. Root for a retraction.
Cox Take Issue. With Hoot
In making public his telegram'
to Mr. Root, Governor Cox issued
a .'. statement ' declaring that Mr.
Root and 30 other prominent Re
publicana.signing the recent state,
ment in behalf of Senator Har
ding, the Republican nominee,
were "attempting to deceive the
voters because they are permitting
their, partianship to. rise'above
their' patriotism and trusting per
haps that the. last wobble of Sena
tor Harding may be made in their
direction."
Governor Cox restated his pro
posal to accept-any reservations
"helpful" to the league and con-,
tended, therefore, that Mr. Root;
had'made a statement "which the I
records show . js false'." . J.
The ;l g&vernor's telegram fol-lowi.'-
." I, .
"Elihu Root. New York City,
i "Ihaye; before me a quotation
from i your address . on iheleague
of nations delivered In JJew; York
Citr. October 19. which reads!
."Mr. Cox declared that he will
insist upon the treaty Just as-Mr.
Wilson negotiated it J
i"I am- advising 'you most re
spectfully with recognition of your
integrity of .purpose an,d :th, sig
nal service which you have: ren
dered as a public man, mindful f
the fact" that you may have fallen
into error through ignorance of
the situation 'owing. ta'your ab
sence from the United States dur
ing a part of the presidential cam
paign, -v. Your statement, - however,
is not in keeping- with the facta
which, you. are aasomed -. to. know
by perusat of the dally papers. I
have invariably stated . in my ad
dresses,, and restate j here.' my
wholehearted desire to make the
United ", States member of the
league of natioas and, that, to se
cure that conbumation of the pur
pose of-Amertea when she entered
the" war, I. will accept reservations
that will clarify, that will be
helpful. -. that; will , reassure the
American -people:1 and that as a
matter of good, faith, will clearly
state to our - - associates i ' In the
league that congress and congress
alone has the right to declare
war, and, that our constitution sets
up limits in legislation or, treaty
making beyond which , we cannot
go. I have stated further that I
will accept reservations from any
source which are offered; in. sin
cerity and with a desire to be
helpful. I" have also stated that
If -1 am - elected preside . nt. my
election can -be construed only as
a "mandate of the" American peo
ple; and that- to secure ratifica
tion of the treaty and the league,
I would sit down with the mem
bers of the United States senate; I
would confer with-Mr,.Wllson and
with you. Mr. i Root, as well as
with Judge Tatt and all others
who have a Sincere purpose and
whose service in the past equips
them especially as advors In this
work." You knpw 'and know full
well that Senator Harding very re
cently said: I am not interested in
clarification; I am interested in
rejectidn.' As I have stated at the
beginning I; pl$aced a charitable
construction iiupon your -statement,
that perhaps your partianship has
prevented your reading my ad
dresses '.and. your . prejudloe has
prevented you from realizing-the
destrujCtionist - attitude of your
own candidate;, but you nave naue
a statement concerning me which
the -records show is false,, and I
firmly but respectufully call upon
you to correct this statement at
once . Mr. RooL.you have- arrived
at an honorable station In life.
Many people trust you. You have
no right to decleve them. They
want the truth In this campaign.
Your conscience will tell you that
duty to it should be superior to
duty to your party. ;
(Signed)' "James, M.. Cox.
Asks Roots to Retract.
Governor Cox's statement com
menting upon the Root message
said: . , . ,
. am tqday addressing a telc
grajn to Elihu'Root, calling upon
him for an Immediate retraction
of a misstatement In his New York
(Cohtinoed on page i)
HOSPITAL TO QUIT
SCHOOL BUILDING
HOARD APPOINTS COMMITTEE
TO MAKE REMOVAL PLANS
Quarters Not' Yet. Procured and
Difficulty in Finding Ira
tioa is Antiriitated
The Salem hospital hoard met
late yesterday and appointed a
committee to make all necessary
arrangements to vacate the Mc
Klnley school building, so as to
meet the demands of the people
of juth Salem. :
This Information ia official.
The committee did not meet last
night, but it will meet soon. No
me' has a guess as to where the
hospital will go whtn the McKln
iey school building is vacated
or at least one guess is as good
as another; considering the fact
that Salem is very much crowded
and a suitable available building
will be hard to find inueed, any
building at all.
4
RESERVESYSTEM
IS UNDER FIRE
v; , .
Resolutions Adopted Con
demning Methods Used
, by Board
WUSHINGTON. Oct. 20.
While a suney of the financial
policies of the government by
Secretary Houston drew the at
tention of delegates today at the
general session of the American
Bankers' association convention,
state bankers, in the second meet
ing which followed brought the
administration of the federal re
serve system under fire. They
adopted resolutions "condemning
and deprecating methods em
ployed by the board'' in its re
lations with state banks, which
are not members ot the reserve
system,1 although the board, did
not lack defenders during the dis
cussion. Indignation against the board's
regulation compelling the collec
tion of-checks and remittances of
the. face amount' at par was freely
expressed. Governor Harding was
styled a "usurper" . of authority,
and a . committee was named to
seek amendment of the reserve
act so. as to "guarantee' to all
bankers the rights and privileges"
of rixlng a charge on the handling
of checks drawn on all excepting
local banks. .. . .
Speakers declared Governor
Harding had "employed force and
coercion by forcing the use of the
par-clearance system, under which
many state banks were said " to
hafe been compelled to enter the
reserve system or lose certain
classes of business. This was '"not
only unfair, but without basis in
law," it was asserted.
Charlee De B. Claiborne of New
Orleans declared the service ren
dered by the banks, in the trans
fer of checks, was legitimate and
that- the banks were entitled to'
compensation. He asserted that
the arrangement ordered by the
reserve board for par-clearance
"does not make every check worth
J Oft cents on' the dollar because
there 'is nearly always an ex
change charge, so the merchant
who supports par-clearance does
not . gain anything." If the mer
chants have benefited by the sys
tem. Mr. Claiborne contended, the
public "has not .been able to see
It reflected in reduced prices."
The reserve board's staunchest
defender was OAH. WofTe of Phil
adelphia, who asserted that the
abolition of the clearance and re
mittance charges and establish
ment of the country-wide gold set
tlement saved bankers and commercial-interests
$135,000,000
last year. . This amount, he said.
would have been exacted as "tax"
on' business, had not the board
organized a system to clear all
exchange of bank drafts.
Although he joined in the pro
test against the par-clearance
regulations. E. C. McDougal of
Buffalo, who was elected presi
dent of the state bank section of
the association, expressed unqual
ified approval of the reserve sys
tem. He declared it had "come
to stay," and, nrge'dthe. state
bankers, to work- together- for its
growth instead of "complaining
about it all of the time.' "
Mr. I McDougal warneSThe
bankers that the '"fool's paradise"
through which you have lived for
rtie ! past two or three " years
"would not always continue." He
urged restoration of the conserva
tion which prevailed in banking
circles' prior to the arrival of the
"seller's market, when anybody
could make money because "im
munity from losses" cannot con
tinue indefinitely.
t.
Masked Men Hold Up
k Klamath Falls Hall
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Oct.
20 Two masked and armed
men entered the Shlppington pool
room a sawmill suburb, last night
held up a crowd of 35 patrons and
escaped with loot variously esti
mated at between $700 and
$1200, according to word brought
here today. i
Witnesses said that gambling
was in progress and the men col
TheJ
.
lected all stakes in figlit.
robbers worked quickly
searching pockets, ; whir?
on
other covered the crowd with two
revolvers. The cash register was
not touched;
GILE INTERNATIONAL
ROTARI AN DELEGATE
PRKSIDKXT OF SALEM CLLII
WILL IJO TO KDIXUl'MGII
Secretary Knzer Add re a Meeting;
Roy Scout Worker Coming for
Next Weekly Meeting
H. S. GUe. presid?nt of the Sa
lem Rjtary club, was named as
delegate to the international con
vention of Rotary clubs which
will be held In Edinburgh. Scot
land, next year, at the regular
weekly luncheon of tha local club
yesterday noon at the Hotel Mar
ion. Mr. Gile accepted the appoint
ment, and states that he would
go. taking Mrs. GUe with him.
Alternates named wera C. P.
Bishop, William McGilchrlst. Jr.,
and J. F. Hutchason. . Iteserva
tfons have already been made for
the delegates. It was announced,
with a leading steamship com
pany, Sam Kozer addressed the club,
defining the work of the secre
tary of state.
At next week's luncheon C. K.
Warne, field executive of . the
northwestern district of Boy
Scouts, with headquarters in
Spokane, will address the men on
the activities of the organization.
He will be in Salem Monday and
Tuesday, remaining over Wednes
day to attend the Rotary club
session. ;
LEAGUE CARRIES
ITS OBLIGATION
Borah Declares Advocates
Have Changed Minds
as to Troops .
PERU, Ind.. Oct. 20-Senator
William B. Borah, in an address
hera tonight declared advocates
of. the league of nations at the
beginning of the presidential cam
paign had attempted to satisfy
the voters that if the United
States joined the league, this
country would hs under no obli
gation to, send troops to Europe
and that congress could exercise
its discretion in the matter. That
position has now been abandoned
he asserted, awd by the construc
tion now put upon articles ten
and elev-jn by those who wrote
the covenant the average citizen
of this country can no longer be
in ddubt as to the obligations
these articles 'now entail.
"For instance, the president
himself." he said, "in answer, to
a .question Dropcnd(ed to im
bjA Senator Knox, .when he was
b?fore the foreign relations com
mittee settled the whole contro
versy. Senator Knox 'asked him
this question:
"'Suppose that it is perfectly
obvious there had been an extsr
nal .aggression against some na
tion, would we.be under obliga
tion to participate in the contro
versy?" "The president responded: W
would be under an absolutely an
absolutely compelling moral ob
ligation to do so.
:"Now whether you call It a le
gal or a moral obligation makes
no difference as long as it is ab
solutely compelling. The thing
which the people of this country
are called upon to determine is
whether they, want . to pledge
their hoys to become policeman
or soldiers to patrol the boun
dary lines of every nation in Eur
ope. And it ought to be remem
bered in this connection that if
we were now members of the
league under article ten our boys
would, some of them, be in Eur-
oie and others would be on their
way."
Bodies ol Heroes
Will Arrive Friday
PORTLAND. Oct. 20 The bod
ies of six war heroes who gave
their lives in France will arrive in
Portland Friday afternoon, ac
cording to Maj. Frank P. Ting-
ley, depot quartermaster. . They
were members of the 20th engi
neers and all lived in Oresron save
one. ' The bodies are those of
Private John A. Laakko. Astoria;
Private Sidney W. Hernia. Marsh
field: Private W. Matthews. Bel
lingham. Wash.; Private E. A.
Houston. Prineville; Private Wil
liam F. Morln, Tieard; and Pri
vate Theodore E. Lewton, Tort-'
"land.
Body of San Francisco
Woman is Identified
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20.
The body of the woman found
gagged and bound in a downtown
hotel here today was tonight
identified as that of Mrs. Rubv
Allen of San Francisco, hy Wil
liam T. DUgins, taxicab chauffeu
and a friend, arcordiug to a state
ment tonight by Capt. Dnncan
Mattheson. head of the San Fran
cisco detective bureau.
SUGAR ADVANCES 1.
PORTLAND. Oct. 20. An ad
vance of $1 a sack in the coast
sugar market, announced today
by San Francisco refineries, m-ill
not go into effect here, according
t' local jobbers, until the pres
ent stock of sugar. mmmitcmI at the
eld price is consumed by the trade
. .. I. 1 .. n
1 trices on mo
new. shipment
the,wlll be quoted
at $13 a sack
wholesale in small lots, and
$12. SO for orders of 2 sacks or
more.
HARDING'S
POSITION IS
UNALTERED
Senator Offers Reward to
Anyone Who Can Pro
duce Evidence of His
Change of Position
REPUBLICANS TO GUIDE
People Are Ready to Ac
cept G. 0. P. Doctrine of
Tariff Protection
JACKSON. O.. Oct. 20. Reply
ing to Governor Cox's charges of
Inconsistency on the league or na
tions issue.. Senator Harding of
fered In a speech here today to
"give a reward to anyone who
would produce specific evidence
of a change of position since he
accepted the Republican nomina
tion for the presdency.
No Kprrifk riaa
Mr. Harding also- asserted that
if he had no specific plan for a
world association, the same was
true of Governor Cox. who had
not told th people what reverva
tions to the Versailles covenant
he was willing to take.
"I do not believe in very much
of the. president's league." said
the Republican nominee. "And
if the Democratic candidate wants
to regard ' this as my thirteenth
change, I give him notice that I
have one morG yet to give him.
because, you know, I am entitled
to fourteen.
"But aa a matter or fact. I
will give a reward to any man
In America who can take my ut
terances on world politics, from
my speech of acceptance down to
the speech I am making at this
hour, and point opt any Incon
sistency or change ot position.
No Wilaon League
"I have said from the begin
nlng that we wouldn't bay the
Wilson covenant and I say that
to you again now. Bat I have
said repeatedly that America wtll
gladly play her part In a suitable
association of nations which does
not Involve the surrender of Am
erican sovereignity, which is
built upon the ideals of justice.
rath?r than force; and I say that
again.
"I have not, of course, speci
fied just how we would do it. be
cause I am going to be called up
on to make good. But, my coun
trymen, never, with article ten.
the heart of the league. That is
a heart of steel under a coat ot
mall, while we want a heart and
sojU or justice for a better order
in the world.
Better Order la World
"I hope that does not leave you
in very great doubt. Let me ask
you a quest ton: Have you beard
anyone who is insisting upon
specific plans? Have you heard
o? anyone who tells us they will
take the Wilson league with In
terpretations or reservations and
hav- yon heard any of them with
their gllbness of tongue tell you
what reservations they are going,
to take? No. you haven't."
The senator's reference to the
league was made in the course of
a speech at a Republican barbe
que here attended by several
thousand; people from southern
Ohio and neighboring states. Im
mediately afterward he left on a
special train for Rochester. N. Y..
where he will speak tomorrow be
fore winding up his campaign
trip with a night meeting at Buf
falo. t
Besides the league Issuer the
Republican nominee dealt with
many other subjects In his barbe
que speech.; He attacked the
Democratic party as a party of
"phrase-making" and praised the
Republican protective policy as
an example of constructive "per
formance" under Republican
guidance. He also again assailed
the Interstate commerce coramls-
slon for failure 'to pro-rate coal
cars nnder the provisions of the
Esch-Cummlng act, declaring that
were hs president, he would, "set
aside" a commission which pur
sued such a policy.
In his discussion of the tariff
the candidate made particular
reference to the Iron and steel
industry as an instance of helpful
development under protection.
He called attention to the south
ern1 tariff congress recently held
at New Orleans and added f
"They weren't quite ready to
accept the Republican covenants
but they were good and reaty to
accept the doctrine or tariff pro
tection. They took the first steps
t sward, -emancipation from para
lyzing democracy.
KfWommls Itw
Detailing the provisions of the
Esch-Cummins law, Mr. Harding
said it not only contained a new
bill of rights for labor," tut of
fered a means of Improving the
coal situation by authorizing the
interstate commerce commission
to Insure an equable distribution
of th cars.
"That's thi Cummins-Eech
bill." he continued. "I know It
is net enforctd but that's not
a very surprising thing under the
prejent administration. The in
tersta'e commerce commission
took U upon itself to set the law
aside and if I were president I'd
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METHODIST PASTOR.
ARRIVES IN CITY
REV. IL I'm KIRKPATRICK Sl'C
CEKDS DR. AVISON
Appointment to Salem Chare It
Come mm Srprir Other Ia
' porta at PaMorate Held
Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick. the
newly appointed pastor ot the
First Methodist Episcopal church,
arrived In Salem Wednesday from
Greencastle. Ind.. and Sunday
morning will fill the pulpit of the
First church, taking the position
left vacant by the change of pas
torate of Dr. Richard N. Avlson.
Mr. Kirkpatrick. who is a young
man, is accompanied by his. wife
and two children, a small son and
baby daughter. Following a re
ception and luncheon by officials
of First church yesterday, the
minister and his family were tak
en to the parsonage, where they
will live during the time that
they are In Salem.
The new pastor Is a graduate
of Northwestern university, and
of the Garrett Biblical Institute.
Since his graduation he has filled
three Important pastorates. Trin
ity Methodist church of South
Pend. Ind.: First Methodist of
Crawfordsville. Ind- and College
Avenue church of Greencastle.
ind.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick Is also a grad
uate ot Northwestern university.
Their appointment to the Salem
church came as the greatest sur
prise to them, and gave them
about tour days In which to pre
pare their household for the
move. Mr. Kirkpatrick states that
several of his friends had been
out here, and all united in con
gratulating him on his new ap
pointment. In consequence of
mis eulogistic description, the
family came here with the hap
piest anticipations, and Mr. Kirk
patrick asserts that they are not
In the least disappointed.
Dan Sleeth Oat
Searching News
PORTLAND. Oct. 20. That
Dan Sleeth. newspaperman, 'has
not met with accident but has left
Portland on a trip on which he
will write news articles and syn
dicated editorials, is the an
nouncement made today by the
Portland - News, of which Sleeth
was former editor. Relatives had
asked the police to find him, fear
ing that be had met with foul
play. Sleeth has written a Port
land lawyer ot his whereabouts.
It was announced.
Child 14 Years Old
Dies From Lockjaw
CANYON CITY. Or OcL 20.
Cora G. Wooley. 14 years old. Is
dead here, at the home, ot her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Dunavan. from lockjaw, re
sulting from an Infected finger
from which a berry briar had
been removed.
JKNSEN HEADS BAND
SILVERTON. Or.. Oct. 20.
At the meeting ot the Trinity
church band and orchestra Mon
day evening, officers were elect
ed as follows: president and
leader. Alfred Jensen; vice pres
ident. Walter Toft: secretary and
treasurer, Chester Goplerude:
serjeant-at-arms. James Thomp
son. Monthly dues will be
charged and the money used In
the purchase of new music.
SALEM PASTOR HAS ADVENTURE
WITH SINN FEINERS . .YBTLE ON
HONEYMOON VISIT TO IRELAND
By MOLLY BRUNK
Caught in the 'maelstrom ot
the Sinn Fein movement (correct
ly pronounced Shin Fane), on
their honeymoon In Ireland, waa
the experience ot Rev. and Mrs.
Thomas Achesoa (Mlta Mary
Con who returned to Salem
Saturday night, after an absence
of two months, the greater part
of their absence being in the vi
cinity of Belfast- Mr. Achesoa
resumes the pastorate of Jason
Lee Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Acheson left Sa
lem last May. Immediately fol
lowing their wedding which was
an event' of May 12. Before sail
ing on the steamer Baltic, they
vihited friends In White Plains,
N. J.. and In New York City,
landing In Liverpool June i 1.
From there they went to .Mr.
Acheron's boyhood home in Ca
van Cavan county. Ireland, visit
ing there his mother, five broth
ers and two sisters.
Captured by Outpost
All about them were the activ
ities of the Sinn Fein, and It was
not long after thlr arrival that
tb'lr town was Included. This
particular uprising was inspired
by the passing of a bill in the
house of commons known as the
arms bill, making it punishable
by law to have arms in the house
hold. Acting accordingly Eng
land sent out a call for all arms
and ammunition. Answering the
issue, the Sinn Feiners. forming
in masked groups of eight or 10,
! Iegan raiding par lie 1 ou their
' own account, the hours chosen
j leing from 10 p. m. to 3 a. ra.
Vry little resistence was offered
and wherever it was, rough us
age and frequently bloodshed
was the result-
At 11 o'clock one night Mr.
IRISH RULE
IS WORST
IN HISTORY
Debate in House of Com
mons Resolves Into a
Duel Between Opposition
and Government
LEGITIMATE LIMITS
HAYE BEEN EXCEEDED
Question of Lord MacSvri
ney is Raised by Joseph
Kemrortby
LONDON. Oct. 30. The Irish
debate -In the house of commons
tonight resolved Itself into a duet
between the opposition and the
government, the former demand
lag and the latter resisting an In
dependent inquiry Into reprlsals.
iHirl Iebte Proceed
The defense of the government
set up by Sir I la mar Greenwood,
chief secretary for Ireland, was
that "while the Asquithians put
the emphasis oa the reprisals, I
put It on the provocation.
He insisted that no case had
been made out for what he char
acterized as Arthur Henderson's
Insulting resolution, demanding
an Inquiry lato the reprisals by
the police and soldiers In Ireland. (
He incidentally remarked that
America was no longer welcom
ing Immigration from Ireland be
cause it did not desira to swell
the vast total of disturbing ele
ments in the republic and he de
clared his iatentlon to rake Ire
land from end to end. Including
Ulster, la the search for anas.
Inquiry Is Urged
Lord Robert Cecil, former as
sistant secretary tor foreign af
fair, and former Premier At- .
quit a both pressed urgently for
an inquiry. Lord Roberts declar
ing that the admin titration, in
Ireland In the last IS months wu'
one ot the most disastrous ant
tactless things In the country"!
history.
Mr. Asqnith asserted that then
was prima facie evidence tha
some officers and servants of thi
-executive In Ireland had far ex
ceeded the limits of legitimate
self-defense, and that until the
perpetrators ot the reprisals re
ceived punishment there would
not be the shadow of respect for
the authorities la Ireland.
Andrew Bonar Law, govern
ment leader in the house, based
his refusal ot aa Inquiry on thj
necessity of supporting the offi
cials and others responsible for
the security of law and order. Ha
declared the authorities had con
demned the reprisals, which since
then had been greatly reduced.
The government, he added, could
be no party to any surrender to
crime.
intra Mayor's roaditlow
On a motion to adjourn. Com
mander Joseph M. Kenworthy, In
dependent liberal member for
Hull, raised the question of Lord
Mayor MacSwtaey, who Is a hun
ger striker in Brixton prison. He
( Continued on rage 2.)
and Mrs. Acheson. and his bro
ther and sister-in-law formed a
.roup to escort a neighbor home,
and they had not gone far when
they were Intercepted by a Sinn
Fein outpost, who demand-d
them to halt, and as they were In
no mood to rebel, no vlolenci
was offered, the only disagree
able phase of the situation being
that they were compelled to re
main In the custody of the Sinn
Feiner until the district had been
canvassed for arms. -
Threat Carried Out
All persons visited on ihttn
midnight raids were threaterret
not to make reports, and thoe
who were loyal to the British
government and disregarded
these warnings live! to regret It.
In the very midst of the upris
ing, studying its every r-hase. and
gaining first-hand knowledge of
the motives and activities ot the
Sinn Fein. Mr. Acheson states
that he is unfavorable to it; that
it is not representative ot the
right-thinking peopl- of Ireland
It is more a movement under
keen political leaders. who
through careful manipulations
during the. period of war. were
succer.ful in subjugating the
young manhood of the country,
and wh3 now are being used as
tools for the Irish republic.
. It Is his conviction that It the
republic were secured It would
not be what the masses vision:
that it would resul in a soviet
form of government, for every
tactic used to secure It
I has been bolshevik In tendency,
j"" great mas-Cof rtrlih people
j desire to live peafsb'y. he -I
serts. but a the British have
lost 'heir hold, and the common
wealth cannot expect protection
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