it. u Mite Q t f i LJ I I. ' '( j TWOJECTIONS ' 10 Pcif mm FIRM SECTION Pages 1 to 6 PK ICK : FIVE CENTS SEVENTIETH YEAH SALKM, OUKCON, WEDNKSDAY MUKNIXC. DECKMKKK 22. 1'jJti s L. IX. v 1 FIGHTING IS SHARPSHOOTERS HUNT BANDITS IN NEW YORK HEVY ALONG i INCUKASF. OF 7fH lAN'NF.I IX DUBLIN ROAD Large Forces of Civilians vEngage in Terrific Fray With Soldiers and Police Outside of CaUan ScHljr Justice Is -Meteil Out : trt Two . ItohlMTtt V1m Attempt m'F.iifer Ikuik LANDING OF PILGRIMS IS CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS SEASON DREARY FOR SOME SALEM CHILDREN VNLESS OTHERS ARE KIND Statesman. lied Cross and Hoy Scouts Will do Their Part Will You do Yours to Make Yuletide Time of Happiness for Unfortunates Who Are Numerous This Year? TERROR REIGNS IN ALL COUNTRY SIDE HOMES Biggest Battle of Day Oc , cured Near Glen Bower EngagingReinforcements DUBLIN, Dec. 21. Heavy fighting has taken place between large forces of civilians on one side and soldiers and police on tbe other. In the section lying be tween Cailan, county Kilkenny, nd Glenbower. connty Tipperary. The military and Tolice were am bushed at not less than three dif ferent places yesterday and num erous casualties resulted on both sides. These Included Sergeant Walsh. It. I. C, killed, some sol- diers. number unknown, killed, 10 or IT. civilians killed and Ser- reant Shannon and several sol .(tiers wounded. About 30 civil- s ians were wounded or captured. .1 Casualties Number 10. rAn official communication is sued by' general headquarters to night estimated the casualties among the attacking forces at 10 and gave the military casualties :as one private severely wounded. No police casualties are men tioned; The statement says that the details are still . in doubt and that no information has yet been received regarding the ambush of police reinforcements from Clon-; mel. u The Inhabitants of the country side are In a state of terror and many, are fleeing from their homes. The first conflict occurred early in the day at the Toot of Seive namon hill. After a sharp fight !b military lorry got through and ' Vent a message "to Callan for re inforcements. In this instance it Is believed the ambushers escap 4 nnseathed. ! JieJaforcements Meet Ambush. S Reinforcements of Royal Irish constabulary and soldiers left Cal lan late. In the afternoon and when about two miles out Tan iinto another ambush near Car-: rickgricken. the Earl of Ossery's hooting lodge. At the first vol ley from the ambushing party. . the soldiers and police dismount ed from, the lorries and spread out and a brisk fight ensued, the firing being Intense at times. The fighting was still In prog , ress when County Inspector Wnyte of Kilkenny with a dozen men of the constabulary dashed . wp on another lorry, running in to the thick of it. It was now becominit dark and the police ...... (Continued on page 2) NEW YORK. Dec. 21. Armed with repeating rifles. 20 picked sharpshooters of the New Yoik police force tonight scoured the city in automobiles in a hunt for bandits. Each sharpshooter was accom panied by three detectives and a patrolman. They were under or ders to hoot every suspect -who attempted to escape them. Other drastic measures to curb New York's crime wave which to day swept into nearby New Jersey towns were launched by. police of ficials and judges. Removal of Police Commission er Enright was proposed in a res olution introduced at a meeting of the board of aldermen. The reso lution was tabled, however. Simi lar action was taken on a resolu tion to approach a committee to investigate the police department and report to Governor-elect Mil ler. ' An increase in the police force of 769 men was authorized by the board of estimates. Judge Mcln tyre of the court of general ses sions ordered 150 persons now on bail of from $15p0 to $10,000 on robbery charges, to appear tomor row when, he said, their bairwin be Increased. , New Jersey police, aroused by today's crime ah attempted bank robbery in Milltown, the chloro forming and robbing of a girl and two holdups gave orders that all tube stations and ferries in Jersey City be kept under guard to pre vent the influx of criminals driv en from New YorkN ; V .a f . ! matArl Ant frt peHiy justice Ttr lllcvcli two robbers captured this morning when a band of four attempted to rob he First National bank of Milltown. N. J. Within 12 hours after their capture by a posse they! were under sentence of from fouri years and-eight months to seven years in prison. Senator Lodge Declares Message of Forefathers Was to be Found in Their Lives of SturdyManhodd CHRISTMAS day, 1920, is be-j brilliantly-lighted shop windows ins: looked forward to from two wondering if Santa (if their child very different points of view. Tjj hearts have not lost the belief in a larg percentage of the dwellers i the good sainll will 1 .able to PROFIT TAX ! TAKES LIFE WDSINESS ir 1 i A FLEET EARNS OVER BILLION oF. IIUKMIN IS KIlXF.n .LSI OTIIFKS IVJl'ltKI . V. V. Mcer lUlimale IWimagr l .. mm i.l n to 4'nftiMrd Flee le IMrimeiiu tialw fontroj 5 ft. s PACIFIC HEARS VOICE FROM ATLANTIC COAST Guests Trod Leyden Street, First Pathway of Colony to Plymouth Rock I lil.l(Jl. Ill, .JUSS.. 1B!C. .1 j message from the lives of the pil grim fathers and fulfillment of a prophecy made here by Daniel Webster 100 years ago marked the formal exercises here today before a distinguished audience in observance of the 300th anniver- witliin the gates of tli capital city it means home comings and gathringt around a family table, of relatives and close friends, and an exchange of situ to 'he re maining portion it means a repe tition of the poverty and want of nh. other 3f. 4 days of the yea. f.r no matter how much one hears of the prosperity existent in Sa lem, the fact remains that th-re are a great many families hr who are in actual need of the bare necessities. Ark the Salvation Army or the Red Cross officials ir you ar in 'ruht. TIipv will Jell ou that nior calls for assistance have com.! to them this winter than for several seasons past. , There is. for instanc, the case of tht widow with seven children. A i tbe eldest of whom at 1 R years old was the -sole support of the little family, until tli iron-hand of the law in the person of a school au thority came along and sent the boy to school. Now between sell ing papers and doing odd jobs for neighbors the younger children 5 sary of the landing of the pil ' manag" between school bonrs to grims. The message was delivered by United States Senator Henry Cauot Iodge. The prophecy was fulfilled by Governor Calvin. Cool idge. vice-president-elect. Message of PilgrimH is Told. ' Senator Lodge said the message of the pilgrims was to be found in their lives winch showed a eke out a hare existence Then there is the plight of the unemployed workman whose wif'!, in the final stages of tuber culosis, bravely but hopelessly awaits the end out at thestatesini torium. Two small children Jft without a mother's care run fig ged in the streets, pinched fes find -his way to their pitiful abode. , Oinrtitions are no better in the home of the brave lit 1 1- mother who lives in ih" outskirts of tha city. who. her tears not y-t dried, her heart Mill tJrn over the deaih of her last-born, courageously en deavors to do th let with her maeer moans for the remaining six little ones. Jimmy's mother must be away all day scrubbing floors In down town office bnildings, hr-r one source of keeping the wolf from the door, and the little cripple must needs sit all day in his wheeled chair at the clean, cur tainless Window, the nn bright spot In each gray day being the sight of other children, more for tunate than he, playing happily In the out-of-doors, t'nh-ss gen erous hearted Salem folk, who have plenty, think of little Jim my at this Feason. Christmas will be strangely lackjns in this small household. Hosts of others, just as pitiful, eqnallv deserving, will be' depend ent this year upon the generosity of their fellow men. an whether Christmas day. 1S20. Is made a day of rejoicing or merely left to be a repetition of the other 3 f tiAiih Ranker Otto H. Kahn De I Glares Tax Burden Has Already Stopped Com liercial Development SALES TAX TO RAISE I CONSUMER'S BURDEN Rate Is Proposed As Initial Test ForvTrial of New Tat Measure Sf4 5 it iC.SHINGTON. Tmx. 21. E ta!lrt-li?iient of a wiles tax. rep! ,;'t' J" la ," J'. - diSion of the tiicher" rales on In ctf.U Mirtaxes apward. nin'on office tarifr and the levying of a Uiirtax on net proliii of corpor atijs. were advocated bfore tbe liiSuSf! ways and means committee t4l4' hy Otto II. Kahn. New York b;jiRer. In a comprehensive lis- ci-aon of lax i vision legisia- Gordon Election Case Pat on Hearing Docket Arrangements were made yes terday whereby , the election con test of Leslie W. Murray vs. Her bert Gordon, as representative or tha l$th district, will be given a hearing Friday, December 24, at 10 a. m. in the ciicuit court or Marion county, before Judge Per cy R. Kelly. The petition for contest was filed last Saturday by Murray on the grounds that Mr. Gordon was not legally a candidate for office, for the reason that at the same election he was a candidate for mayor the city of Portland. i petition contends this to be a di rect conflict of law. Should the rontest be; decided in favor of the contestant, it will undoubtedly result in Mr. Murray being declared elected' to the ot fice. as he stSod next in line In the humber of votes received at the primary. i Though this county Is not a part of the 18th district, the con test will be decided here as the law provides that an election con test must be held in that county in which the certificate of election to the office in question issued. EYEWITNESSES TELL OF RAIDS Ireland Can Be Won Yet By a Sincere Policy Declares Miss Robinson ViA4rSnr miiiA r mrf rf tliA nrtVfrf v strong, act ice sense of public duty.J to wbioh thPy arP subjected. No obedience to the law and the Plac-l(,oub, ,ny hay, more tnan on0 ing of the spiritual above eco-j stooi wistfully gazing Into the nomic values. t t . - While the great republic is true in heart and deed to the memory of the , pilgrims of Ply mouth, it will take no detriment even from the hand of time," was his preoration. L Webster's Phophecy Is lulfillel In the midstu of his address, just after he had spoken of the significance of , Webster's speech, a telephone bell rang. The sena tor went on to recite Webster's prophecy that "from those who shall stand here a hundred years hence the voice of acclamation and gratitude commencing on the rock of Plymouth shall be trans mitted through millions of sons of the oilCTims till it loses itself In the murmurs of the Pacific sea."l The bell rang again and the re ceiver was lifted. Across the con tinent came a voice from Califor nia. A moment later. Governor Coolidge.nspeaking from the chair of a governor of Plymouth colony, delivered ai greeting to Governor Stephens and the Golden Gate from the governor of Massacnu- setts and Plymouth Rock. Distinguished Audience Listens stirring poem was read by Dean Le Baron R. Briggs of Har vard university and Governor Coolidge made a brief ad3ress. The distinguished audience in cluded ambassadors and represen tatives . of foreign governments, governors of states, congressmen, member of the judiciary of state and nation, literary lights and civ drab days Is up to th citizens of Salem. In another section of this morn ing's paper, the Statesman's plan for relief and of bringing cheer to the cheerless is told. " Thn Statesman the Red Cross and the Hoy Scouts will do .thrlr part Will you do yours? KRUVOSKY MUST ANSVER CHARGE U.les Tax Is KmIib lnMvjil. tM. Kahn. one f th tw wit- nsBs invited by the committee VENICE." Cal.. Dee. 21. Dam age estimated at SS.0AO.Q00 wn au-rd by fire which burned for two hours on the amusement pier here tonight before it was brought mijer ron'rol by the combined ef fcits of the,Vnice fir depart ment and two corn pan . from Ixs Ansele' just m it was threatening in destroy the riiy. The estimate of the damage was jad C. C. Meyer, a di ittinr ol !:e Venice rhamlr of einiiiirre The lire ra'i'M-d the death of .ne tciltiiH'tr fire fighter and Itm rerions injury of three others. The in-on prol.atily fatally in iuretl was Jones Cully of Venie. an eniptoe .f the danre hall. When the lire broke out. appar ently from an overheated gaa stove, and th dancers, in a panic ; tampered toward the exits. Cully was in the rear of the building, lie rltrubed to the top of the biildinK from a rear window and then lot-! his hold. He vat taken to a hospital with a banal frac ture of I be skull. The, fife was ;rcuit under control at lt:So o'clork after rtjinase estimated at fl.o0o.iMMi had been done. At that time the pir had been burned to the water's edjte at the land eod and Iftr more than Sao tet. r one-iblrd its length. SI ore than a wore of eonrerns had len destroyed. For First Time in Sixtr Years American Shipping is Independent and Car ries American Insurance l oi Appear' Ixfore it. dwelt at of a ales letH"?! oil the question tj..$iarlly In r!ponse to indl taliis in the eommitt-e that ibrsort. of tax In ramlns in fa v i Chairman Kordney. Ik fore Mt;ahn was called, raid he and sejv:! other members tKlievetl KORitj tort of sales tat would een Hitft. but were feefcini: mthKla by.jr-hich the lax wonld not be nnflfjplied and the consumer tin jtijtr taxed in th firnl purchase. Ha result of the chairman's si orient. Mr. Kahn dUcusscd r e r c-n ' 1 1 fiin eriieoi . OeCOnd Ot UrOUp Ot Aliegeaitht haso of the problem, advo- Gangsters Faces Jury on Assault Indictment &1JV7V1 CLAVS FOR POOR UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED AND COMMANDEERS WAREHOUSE WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Ah arraignment of the coalition gov- ernment tor wnat was aescrioea: as "its lack Of sincerity in its pol icy toward Ireland." was present ed today by two English women to the commission of the Commit tee of 100 investigating the Irish question. Miss Ellen O. Wilkinson of Manchester, one of ten women who investigated conditions in Ire land for. the women's internation al league declared that if a refer endum were taken, it! would be found that the "mass or British opinion was not behind the gov ernment in its present policy to ward Ireland." Miss Annot Robinson, also of Manchester, joined her in the' dec laration that) while the British public hardly was ready to accept the Sinn Fein plan of an Irish rfrt public, "Ireland can be won yet" if the government adopts a sin sere policy. Both women indicate DEPARTTiIENT OF COMMERCE ASKE President-elect Confers With Senator Poindexter and Got. Morrow PRIVATE OWNERSHIP FAVORED BY BENSON Quick Action Sated Monop oly of Ocean Tonnage by Great Britain : w -s t :nn In a tin rl roH nf tha I rtTin the mue hail saijtheir belief that dominion home with tirkpt ! r uie wuuiu piuic iuc nuai 4tsM.nA rf ft XT rrt rmong them descendant of the (tion to the Irish question. , ' " " 41 . ,K .,.,!,,. "Little scraps of nations ar MiT,5. f , ;r or two Ti posed by the English as inviting "l1""!3 na,?f,aL u'Tn ?r struggles between masters." Miss re op- All in favor of MoHy Statesman, acting as Salem's banta v,iaus v please say aye. iThere; all right.it is unanimous. . r-n v,e nhnno nnmbGr is 106. and she is m the news rooms upstairs, and she has charge of : the are house just back of the of f ice, the red building just back, of the V. C. T. U. corner. . She has the names now of a lot of families in ac tress. She wants other names.the names of all families in Salem in distress. . And she wants you to bring m nour, potauuo, -ions, carrots, beets, cabbage, beans, "cei.f"e"er kind, and clothing-anything that a family hxhiklren tf M e xvnor nrnsA at Chnstmas time or any ii lb call tai, . , w. . " - ' - other time. r Bring in things from the country. - Send things from your homes. Buy things and send them in. Order your grocer to send them. . . They will all be taken care of. and entered in a l)ook of memory, and published. i. . . - The Boy Scouts will attend to ah this. And thev will no doubt have help from others. , ... ' -And the Boy Scouts will distribute all the thmg,, oni 4i, im Ti-Vioeo thev are most Tiectleci. Send in things today, tomorrow, Friday and hatur- day y Then, if there is further need, keep on sending them in, till there are no families in Salem in distress , The sun is turning its face back towards the good old summer time, and spring will ere long be here, j But there are several weeks ahead during whicn the families in distress will need help. Let's see that they get it. . . V p Salem's heart is big. No one will be allowed to suf fer, if the Boy Scouts will stay on the job. j . That warehouse is at the service of the community, to rel idea rtlo esaa fill snrinff. if necessarr. Let it not be said, or even whispered that Salem dees not take care of its own. dence here still full faulty in their English, school children and visi tors from distant states. To ex press their more intimate senti ment the townfolk held a supple mental service of hymn and pray er, poem and speech. Guests Trod lieyden Street After the exercises, the guests trod Lyden street, the first thor oughfare of the colony in a pil grimage to the rock, now fully ex nosed for the first time in years. A few alert in the morning hours had obtained chips of the historic boulder as workmen trimmed its Kise nf n rement bed and others who sought souvenirs stripped the ground almost bare of an accum ulation of denns irom me leanns down of the old monumental ran opy and the excavation for the new seat or Fiymoutn kock. The sea rolled In with, smooth currents under a sparkling sky, in contrast with the wintry picture that history presents of the pil grims landing on this., day C00 years ago. Wilkinson said, adding that the fear of other powers usinx Ire land for military bases probably SAN' FRANCISCO. Dec. 21. A jury was examined and sworn, th prosecution's opening -statement made and the direct examinatiot of the complaining witness con ducted to a conclusion In the train here today of Edward (Knockout! Kruvosky. pugilist and second of a group of alleged gangsters to face a jury on charges of attack ing girls here. Edmond Mnrphy, first of the group to face trial, was convicted last. night. Activities of the gang led to the slaying at Sawta Rosa, near here, of three peace officers and the lynching of their accused murder ers by a mob which stormed the Sonoma county jail. Miss Jessie Montgomery, of Re no, Xev., the complaining witness, repeated her testimony offered in the Murphy trial, in which she was also the complainant. She said that she met Krnvosky in a cafe in tbe Mission district on the night or Thursday. November 24. a few hours before the attack and that she later accompanied him. James Carey. Thomas Brady. Murphy and George Boyd, one of the three hangl at Santa Rosa, to a nearby house where the attack took place. She accused the group of attacking her repeatedly and then leaving MARION. Ohio. Iec. 21. The world peace situation and various domestic issues were discassed by President-elect Harding today with Senator Miles Polndex'er of Wahincton. a Republican Irre concilable in the treaty fight and with tlcvetnor Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky. Neither of the callers who came here at Mr. Harding's invitation, would talk about the dttails of their conferences, but both said they believed he was working along hopeful lines In his efforts to formulate an association of na tions. Senator Poindexter also too!: " - . creation lo urge me eeieciion ot xt;n ana conunuea in ausoru;a western man as secretary of the Interior, ruccestins that th ap- would prevent the English people 'b" in a semi-conscious condition from willingly accepting the com Dlete severance of Ireland from MAYOR OF SEYAItI SHOT the United Kingdom." Both women told of the bn idling of homes and the destruction of property in Ireland. While English opinion is becom ing more aroused to the needs of a proper policy in Ireland." Miss Wilkinson said. it has been hard for us to believe that our men were committing the crimes with which they were accused. I had a brother in the military service who was stationed for a time in Ireland." Miss Wilkinson described re prisals by the military in Cork, which, she said she witnessed in October. "At 10 o'clock-at night." sne said, "the curfew sounded, and the streets became quiet.-with siartline suddeviness. Lights were cut off and up the street on which J my llOlel was Miuairu, mure body of infantry in extended for-; mation. A searchlight from the end of the street played upon their plistemne bayonets ana .'in which state she remained until the police found her. She was accompanied through out by her companion. Miss Jean Stanley, formerly of Portland, she testified. Miss Stanley offered tes timony in the Mnrphy trial that she was also attacked by the group. Miss Montgomery's cross exam ination is to be i-omlii-te tomor row. The defendant's wife, brother and mother attended the trial. Ih wife sitting beside him. VICK BUILDING IS DEDICATED i Rich Program, in Setting of Holiday Decorations, Marks Opening) wKjcb. would require the tax to In ijjaide known in each sale and ade to th felling price as a Fcjjnimte item. Riicn an arTan.-e-rm'tits he said, in his opinion, w-ieilc check "the profiteering wlrhhas resulted" from "the er cc profits tax. fn Shis discussion jof.Jhe need foi) Jj revised taxation program. Mri l-Eahn declared that American bnLinl could not experience a heaStft.- rrowth if the government ccitiijied "on a road of excessive taxtin and continued to absorb th4i& blood of bvsinep through coijre(jtratlon of taxes on Incomes an capital." TaS - Kunlen Stop Ieveloment. He padded that the "tax bur der" gready had actually stopped coigmircial development. V3at hn hapTnsl 4n the pa.' Jhe continued. can reason ably lq- eipected to happen again In tlwwfudire. We have f.een the eixf this tax plan and we have ffiix His disastrous results. It hasifeVed every busirtej-s house lo ruii tfi banks for credit to con-n duy cusiness. but finally th banish an oet and the federal re-fc-rge &oard had to call a halt. lr tbl came the collapse 't l.i.kets. It hit the farmer lir?4 Wit none have l.--u spared. n fj a tuln', ha felt the rf ferd. JThe retailer has not le-n itruV-kttto the extant that I fear he Wip- He can see from that wh.fl jfrilj happen nnfens th prin eip S changed." (Qwof the ufan'Miri:-t'd bv Mr.tKJlhn for lifting the present tavb) tadn was a fundinr of the victfrfi nots and war savings MC'SiiC. lie ufged payment out of rjtetreasury certificate of In- (l.-l.y-iiJeKjt. liiiwever. saying it ap- ea iji.e i His coma M- done witn oiit ti2nveiiience Iwfure they fall dnii.S , l(.-iSi.ing the al,-s tax. .Mr. Kihfi $ail be hud "wavered and w.ri.jl" on tbe piopoMtion for ffimi jjniTilh. not fueling rur-' thai! 1- h:i a richt ' sticrt its. v tjink a man might to !.m b. it d." the wiln-.-. roniin- uetl.i l-3vhn h" prop. liiinS-i nl by which h A ' V ... J Will ?.inefit l.r tne 2"V rthele. M-Iievi polntment might well be given to Governor-tWt Joepb M. Dixon of Montana. Another ca!lt-wra William Butterworth ot Mollnt. ML. vice president of the chamber of com merce of the United States, who talked atout business conditions. He asked .especiaUy that the de partment of commerce be placed under the supervision of a iwere tary willing lo co-operate with the nation's burines interest. Iate m the afternoon. Senator and. Mrs. llardlng motored to Weaierville. Ohio. 0 mile away, to take dinner with Mr. Mary E. Lee. an old friend. NEW YORK. Dee. 21. MoT than Sl.OOO.flOO.OOa In groaarev nue has been earned by the gov ernment controlled mere halt fleet lnc It began operatlona. Chair man Itenson or the shipping board declared tonight la an addreaa be fore the Municipal club of Jtrook-" I)n. ' , lUUkw IkolUrw Sujn r- H ' While the boarc canaot show a profit as larg a would bate been the cane if the fleet Toad been t-rivaily owned. Chairman Ben son said, this billion dollars re mained in this country, and bat fer the porion of fleet built by the tovernmeat. would have teen spent for the nse ot foreign bottoms. Had there been bo na tion able to take up C.ermaays portion when ber maritime pow er was wiped out. be aaaerted. "ocean carrying tonnage wonld have ben monopolised by Great l-.ritaln. whose crying trade needs Inatarally woald have come first. A great deal of dlaeatUfaction ! -l.ln, frnrt rxenl dereloomeats wilt dl?appear. the ehalrman 4e- clared. through realization that tte country has a great lleet of vessels profitably employed in spreading the prod sets of Amer ica ta all part of tbe world. -I". K. t;raiaartr tiire lasaraae. On June 3. l2a. the net re turn to the shipping board. be continued, after -manlng - r pen&e had been paW. not not tak ing into consideration rertaia bookkeeping item, was S4ff.0e. 000. Ths amount embraced largi same owed ns Ly lie army for trantportation charges, cash that had been returned to the treasury C. 090.090 a- rash tands oa hand and a boat J5.00.000 ia aceoaats receivable. "We had total current nabfll ties ot $.2Rl.fcOO at that time, with total current assets to meet,, tree liabilities amoantiag y 3S. 200.009. which amount d'.d not take Into consideration the ' vatue of oar fleet, the total cost of which as ot Jane 20. was ap proximately three billion dollars. For the first time in more 'than Co year, not only im America ship-independent, bat It can honestly ay it is able to carry" it own insurance ia American in surance concerns. Walter Alexander Killed by Airplane Propeller fit iax. c-i t Entertainment, rich iir'art. armored formal sociability, civic pride m- steel helmets Three armoreu iimai swumai), mn. in.i.-. riwwi and hehind them dustrial achievement and in the filled with men. The gladsome spirit of It I 111 4ft 1 will Iwne- sale in- Ihe roii5umers in" the holiday time. Ust SEWARD. ! Xeb.. Dec. '21. fieorge A. Merriam. mayor or Seward, was shot and ; Instantly iKlliea loniRni ny " alias Patrick McFarland, his son- i,..ian- Mr: Merriam. wue oi the major, was shot twice and serlouslv wounded by Andrews, who following the fhooting. cut his throat, dying a few minutes later. The tragedy, which oc curred in the Meniam home about s nVlnck. is the direct result of ",x - j :.. v.r,ioh Kir Mrs Andrews. j mss Robinon told of the re-putting across an event that was , - . Wet la attlUtJ Der CCIU JiUrcessiui. if.";'.v' r""'.. v.;; Broiher. . distributor. Wilkinson. After the refusal sne ------- --- v.c;te,i the office of the consul mu aiurao,. , general at London, she said, and when she returned to Manchester her passport was vised after she had promised not to "encage in propaganda or to give interviews for the newspapers." Destruction of co-operative in- . . r.A irlih nroi-iuinn and ' Ilia K-(l I lie ivi 1111 u-uiiif. discipline thro-igh the nnietnisht of the new place of binew streets Suddenlv they commenced just completed by ick BrmheM firing." methodically. into the at High and Trade streets. Some houses Thev marched back and of Salem's leading .musicians and forth and until 3 o'clock the next dancers, a big representation of morninr l could hear constant fir- business men both-of Sa N and "f ehaliemreS of sen- other Willamette valley cties. and - tlio rherrian ioined the firm 111 FIRE THREATENS FO)H DAWSON. Y T.. Dec. J21 The entire fowl supply of tne Klondike region was endangered bv fire in the general store of the Northrn Commrcial company. The fire department assisted by- volun teers extinguished the blaze after several hundred dollars damage working under ' great handicap, with the tempera- tore at 30 degrees below xero. I'-ii't- i fte eitiiMiii"iw in i ii- I in.i J ; vah will not suffer lh" 1 :ir'tTtnnd'i a sate ta that they liowlimler under Ihe exr.s urof- ts ixq vy manufariuter andvry e.l man ndde1 more to .rise of hi rnminwlitie In WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Walter R. Alexander, son of Sec retary Alexander of ihe depart ment of commerce was killed in stantly today at Boiling field here by the propeller of an air plane in which he vu preparing to make a flight. It struck him on the lead. The commerce secretary's son wa a eonimlsoione,! officer ia the air eri" duriag the war and had gone to the aviation field today to maVe a flight la keep in trainioz. Mr. Alexander, who was 28 years, of ne. had been connected with I be shipping board a1 had reeently returned from a trip to Kurop on government buines. BemMM Favor rHvate Control. Chairman Benson went on re-' cord as nnalterably opposed to government operation of tha fleet" and declared it was encouraglag when congress laid down the law, that the fleet shosld be privately owned and controlled. "A government-owned fleet. Ia order to meet the keen competi tion. mul be constantly aided by I; rte appropriations front pvblie fond." be said. Every effort will be made to haten the providing ot American shipping facilities. Mr. Benson' said, ia order that tbe preferen tial rail rates on goods eoatUaed forbipment In Amerlcaa bottoms can te made effective at ihe earli est po-ible dale. IRISH lLl IJTi:il Dallas Wife Slayer St'dl AUce Last Night ""'" Wrt. ml 21. Twenty; i.n-' m Ireland) J- ,lr' IINI)N'. Iee. persons were killl during Ihe lat wet-a-end. aeeord ins to a statement made In tb hone of common t"lay by Sir DAUJVS Or.. Dee. 21. Spe cial to The Statesman George F. ho shot and killed his Monday at the home of rown and then tried to kill himself by drinking carbolic arid, was still alive tonight, bat paseed a bad day. Ills stomach ....... - Mime sal-fi t ler..ri building which is now the firm's headquar ters is a' three-story concrete structure of 26.0rti square. feet floor space and cost the firm up wards of $100,000. A monument to the firm, some of the speakers called it. and it has the appear- ( Continued on page 3) I (Continued on Page 2.) I.llsi the anlilipl on of the profits tax thai hi has h.id a risht In add II Ih! j'-tarf ef at the. very 1 uiiuiiri! f ilie lite of a mann fact irtJ :irii-!.. and contimi'-d on IhroJStn the ftailer. The eon-i aid it alt. I Mihmit the t would !' a lightvr bur- ii jaft." IIaIo I'rcel f.r Te-f. T J ilnes aid he was not prr in say a sale tat would he :iS -,Qce.. He said, however. thatS ha be'.ii.vej it would work sncc lifWlly l-ut lerau-e it was in ot an experiment, he propose a l"w tax rateC.r:tbe initial test. He sng- geii&I 4rate of 1-2 of 1 per cen. tirtiatCf, g that such a levy w.as.. w .a - a a. i Ji llamar Greefi w.i.j.1. ch.-f srre- oauy nurne irom ine ana. tary lor It. land. Sir llamar aid ni believed be has a chanc-i three p. rons were murdered by j to recover. unknown Individuals. Theothers! ' wer Hvilian Sinn Feiner. who; THK WKTIIKIt: were killed while atlacrlns crown I Wednesday, rain In H; rain or force or attempting to evade ar-1 snow east portion; fr-vh rest. ' . easterly winds. LEST WE FORGi-T Ihe T a OS re wonll ?f ot et ICOiUaued on Pate 2.) 5 America must make jrrxwj in this drive for the Euro-. poan sufferers, or 17,00 American relief stations will have to close after January 1. The wistful, hungry eyes of HJV00.000 innocent suf ferers are turned to America, the last and only hope of a distracted people- Surely, vc cannot fail them in this, their hour of greatest need. There are no committees to visit you. You mut send in your subscription unsolicited. Send it to your bank in the name of the Americart'Relief council. ' Do it now. You will be the happier for it. IS