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The Statesman rerelTes the leased
! wire rtport of the Associated.
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Generally fair; cooler east por
fress. tne greatest ana mo?i rc
(liabJ press -association In the
world.
tion. rresn soutn 10 wesi winas.
SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
BEBS VISITS
DAUEHERTYTO
PRESENT GASE
Socialist Leader, is Allowed
. j To Make Tripl From At
lanta Unattended;! Action
Unprecedented.
JUICE USED
BY FARMERS
ON HIGHWAY
Electric Lights Distributed to
Nine More Hand Families
Near .Gcrrais .
INTERVIEW IS KEPT
SECRET UNTIL OVER
Political Prisoner Uncom-
j municative; snows wo
Desire to Talk
Nine more farmers living Son
the Pacific highway south or Gr
vals. In December of last year
ordered the Portland Railway
Light & Power company to Install
little over two mile of electric
power line from Gerrals to sup
ply tbem with electric light and
power service. This line was re
cently completed and the farm
era ar now enjoying the comforts
and conveniences of electric light
and power service.
The 11d was promoted and put
through by M Us Sylvia Jones, of
the well known Jones family of
Gervals. . Miss Jones and a few
of ner neighbors have for some
time been rery anxious to have
electric light and power service.
and it Is due to the energetic ef
forts of Miss Jones and her neigh
bors that this line was subscribed
for and installed. -,
The farmers being supplied
with service from this line -are
S. V. Jones, I. C. Smith. A. H.
Thornbury. Mrs. Ida Schwab,
john , S. Harper, John II. Cutn-
forth.! Frank Eder. John Cuts-
fort h and Frank Adelman. fc
ALLIES TOLD
OF
TO PAY DEBT
Ambassadors' Conference
Put Off Untill Thursday
No Suggestions Made for
Forcing Payment.
M'MAHAN TO
BATTLE FOR
POWER SITE
Attorney Protests Filing of
Local Paper Company on Mill
Creek and Santiam
GERMANY BELIEVED
ABLE TO PAY AMOUNT
Disposition of New Bonds
Do Not Modify Obli
CITY MOURNS
Fl
R CATHOLIC
L. II. McMahan. Salem attor
ney will protest the ruing maae
a few days ago by the Oregon
Pulp & Paper company on Mill
trees, and the north fork of the
Saniiam river for the develop
ment of water power, according
u- a counter filing placed with
Hie mate engineering department
bv Mr. McMahan yesterday; -
velop power on .ort n rnmi
str-ft utilising a fall of 2S feet,
and discharging water into the
Willamette river shrt distance
above Uh mouth of North Mill
creek. The proposed develop
ment is 312 horsepower for sale
pnrnoses.
The filinst by the pulp and pa-
er company was a protective
available as soon as the company
te prepared to extend its mill op
erations tn Sal Jin. li is under
stood McMahan will file a com
plaint.
ARCHBISHOP
NOTED CHURCHMAN IS DEAD
Body of Cardinal Gibbons j
Will Lie in State Through
Rest , of Holy Week Services.
ilO IRE KILLED
WASHINGTON. March 24. i-
Unattended and without the
kaowladge of the public, Eugene
V. Debs, Imprisoned socialist lead
er, came here today f rom TAtlanta
penitentiary and for three hours
discussed his case with Attorney
General Daugherty. The unprece
dented trip was made with the ap
proval of President Harding, who
recently requested Mr. Daugherty
to review the Debs ease and make
a recommendation.
The allorney-fceneral. In an
nouncing Debs was on his way
hack to Atlanta, said that while
ftS5 VVl StSSuS Farmhouses and Barns Are
bad been deciaea in conwrenw
with President Harding that Inas
much as Debs bad defended him
self at his trial, lie should come 10
answer such Inquiries as the gov-
... ilulml trt - aik Ur.
ZTr.lf Vded that he believed NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Mar. 24-
be bad the authority to place the J Two persons were killed, one fa
prisoner on his bonor and that he I injarei tna tett seriously In
lua assumea jponu..,. . j jared in a tornado which started
Wrecked; Livestock
Killed
PARIS, March 24. The repar
ations commission has officially
notified the allies of Germany's
refusal to pay the billion marks
due yesterday. The commission
makes no suggestion concerning
measures which the governments
should take to -coerce Germany
into paying. The ambassadors'
conference, whkh was to have
met tomorrow, will not hold a
meeting until next Thursday,
The commission's note said in
part:
"The commission' has waited
s long as possible, thinking the
German government would take
the necessary measure 3 to fulfill
its obligations. It now Is per
tuaded such Is not the case. 'The
commission -demanded payment of
one billion gold marks because
of the certainty that: Germany
possessed sufficient . funds to
make immediate payment.
"The commission did not fail
to add that after the one million
gold marks had been paid, it
would be ready to discuss any
farther nronoRitlmi vhlrh mlrht
n tn t-h rfenartmeat of lust ice I st Berlin, a village ten miles west j be D resented hr th Herman
aboot 9:45 o'clock, conferred wua i oi .uewisourg. iaie louay snu
Mr Dangberty and G. V. UOii, 1 swepi norinessiwara across war
assistant to Hhe attorney general. shaU county for 15 miles.
for about three hours and left ati Twelve residences ana Darns
3:20 o'clock. His movements from were blown away, many other res-
th'e 'time be left Atlanta yesterday i idenoes were slightly damaged.
were kept secret. For that reason, i mucn timber was destroyed ana
newspapermen wao .gainerea iwi ia. railway station at Anes was
the attorney-general weeny cob- i torn down.
terence, refused for a minute w xt South Berlin station on the
believs their ears when they heard j Lewisburg branch of the Louis-
Mr. Daagaerty aay: . .1 rUl and Nashville railroad sev-
Ldt Is Secret. I eral can are said to have been
I don't believe I have mncn I fm fr,v T-lpnvonft
news for you. gentlemen, but re-1 nBea jn Marshall county are down,
garding Debs' visit. J hare had Thm Nashville. Chattanooga and
FUNERAL WILL BRING
GREAT CHURCHMEN
Bell in City Hall Tolls Age
Of Prelate to Announce
Death
THREE YOUTHS
M Glfl LIFE
Boys Who Shot Seattle.Pat
rolman Sentenced to
Prison"
statement prepared.
. Ur. Daugherty gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"In connection with the inves
tigation of the Debs case and after
coafe.ence fwltb, the president and
SL "Louis railroad has dispatched
a special train from here to the
scene.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Mar. 24. A
tornado swept over the western
with his approval. I had Deb. partof Scott eounty Ute today
come for the purpose of making
certain inouirles of him.
"He hat returned to Atlanta. I
have asked him to refrain from
string anything regarding the
mbject of the inquiries made. I
am sure no well-meaning person
will urge him to discuss the mat
ter or anything that took place on
bis journey or his stay here.
i "Debs presented his own case to
tbs trial court and Jury. He was
permitted to do so here. The Debs
cane, as I have said before, stands
alone. I could not, of course, go
te htm.
"What took place and the In
formation I have acquired will be
reported only to the president and
thaUn connection with any recom
mendation that may be made
wUea the Investigation Is con
cluded.
"Debs came without guard and
to returned -to Atlanta. Colonel
Gay D. Goff. assistant to the at
wrecking farmhouses, barns,
fences, telephone wires and kill
ing livestock, according tt reports
tonight.
5. r. mt
DROP iriflflTES
Voluntary Reduction on Kla
math Falls Branch Will
Be Made Soon
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Mar,
4. Voluntary reduction of
f re'tfct rates on the Klamath Falls
tontey "general, was present dor- branch has been promised by the
lug the Inouirles." Southern Pacific company within
Xw nHeKssT aafsisiul tt : Am l of the local chamber of commerce
ment'on the presentment made by traffic department, today, and In
ruiKa .H -c w i w linn mnuiiiuc uu "viiwu w w
to ten years' imprisonment tor Uker on th Buzgeon of Fred
Eolation of the espionage act. U- Williams, airman of the
jl'l . . waugnerry sam. i-t-i-.th Vail. 1Y its rate Com
He was said to be In fairly ood SJS1"
Pbyslcal condition, although ap-1 California and Oregon com
Tarently nervous. The prisoner's missions ana UWr, ,
judical eondition. Mr p6 Local shippers protest an extra
httr"M lT cbargT of 40H cents a hundred
nest in iu decision
la the neni tent lsrr Debs Is em
Ployed part of the? time in the hos-
F.:u and part In the library.
ernment before April 1 with the
view of partly substituting for
gold and foreign securities goods,
merchandise or tie proceeds cf
roreign. loan.
We cannot agree with the
German government that in the
event of the twenty billion marks
remaining unpaid May 1. the bal
ance may be settled by the de
livery of the German bonds pro
vided for in. paragraph 12. The
o.eoo,oo,000 gold marks of
article 225 mast belaid in ca3h.
securities or the equivalent, and
be used partly to defray the cost
of the armies of occupation and
me revtctuilllng of Germany in
foodstuffs and raw materials.
what balance being left to be ap
plied to reparations. -
The dispositions, concerning
new bonds, in no way modify the
obligation taken by Germany to
pay the twenty billion marks. In
any event the total amount must
be paid before May 1. Nonful
fillment of this article Toild en
tail penalties.
The above face being stated.
there results that the German
government, by reply in; nega
tively to the commission's re
quest and especially by infusing
to make the paymrnt of one bil
lion marks gold, due Jlirch 23.
must be considered in default or
fulfilling Its obligations. Conbe
quently the commission has de
cided Immediately :o call the at
tention to such default of each
of the Interested powers.
y :
Campaign on Japanese
Question is Planned
SEATTLE, Wash., March 24.
Louis Madsen. 18; Ward Daniels.
19, and C. A. Brown, 20, were
sentenced to life Imprisonment In
the state penitentiary today for
the klllins of Patrolman vomey
L. Stevens in a pistol battle here
January 14. A motion for a new
trial and a stay of execution was
denied by Superior Judge Walter
M. French. '
Daniels. Madsen and Brown,
together with Crelghton Dodge,
were captured after slaying Pa
trolman Stevens and making their
escape in an automobile In which
they had kidnapped anoiner jw
Dodge. wno was saia
WAI.TI.MOnE. Md.. March 24.
-James' (Cardinal) Gibbons,
fcixiioutriop of tialtlmore and sen
ior orelate cf th Catholic church
la the United States died at 11:33
a. m. today, passing away so
quietly that even his nurse could
not be Bare that It was the end.
Five minutes passed while she
leaned above the slight, still form.
watching
Then from the house where he
had lived and worked in the shad
ow of the cathedral of the As
sumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, went the news of his death.
His grave will be a niche in
the crypt under the high altar of
the cathedral. A slab of marble
carved with an inscription in
Latin In the north wall of the
crypt will mark his resting place
A Dove this vault, behind whose
south wall lie the aix archbishops
of Maryland who preceded him
Is the sanctuary of the cathedral
to which Cardinal Gibbons par
ents brought him as a baby to be
baptized, where he was conse
crated - a bishop, where he was
later consecrated an archbishop
and where on June 30. 1886. he
was invested with the robes of
tire eardinalate
There, too, stands the throne
of the cardinal and above the
V-
V1 '
lic ofTlcer.
tn v.,. imitt-t firin? the shot
that killed Stevens, later died of j throne will hang the cardinal's
wounds received In the battle.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 24.-
Plana for an educational campaign
In th e middle west and east on
the Japanese question were laid
today 'at-a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Japanese
exclusion league ofT California, It
. . f
was announced. r
White Shrine Installed, ,
Portlanders Are Present
pounds from San Francisco and
intermediate points ro
Valla orer the San Francisco Med
ford rate. The distance is held
. I I II U KLLII..IIJ V.
jjcbs reached the department ot f Portland and Intermediate
j ' .ice about a onarter of an nour i in.t.i .tim.
D 'rrr ri r:. sive, they cuim
IK Wl IU. ACUU MUMS.
I11 -tractions. attendanU ushered
k. a tut ik. tit f( f V..nV niTlT
Heated him In a small private
j! wim . Iimwh .nit .Innrh
1 t and black shoes, officials said.
aa carried an overcoat and
c-ck bag.
Abtfnt Ifl'IA m'.IakV TVbK. want
'"to conference with the attorney,
tinertl and Colonel Goff., and re
gained wtlh them until about
l::o. - - ;
He then returned to the private
tmce and remained there until 3
o clock when he left for the sta
He told officials he did not
ot lunch and spent the hours
waiting his train In reading rari
?nt Papers he took from4 his bUck
ntn w
officials said -Debs was not
CITY OFFICIALS
PROMISE ISUPPOBT
Will 'Aid Portland in Demand
For Hearing in Rate
Case
(Continued on page 6.1
Prominent members of : Port
land White Shrine No. 1. to the
number of SS. were in the city
last night to participate, in me
installation services of Willam
ette White Shrine , No; r 2, "which
took place In the Masonic tem
ple. . m.
The new order boast of 64
charter members and Is the sec
ond largest organization of its
kind in the state.
Notable among the Portland
visitors were Dr. O. WV Elliott,
klnr: Mrs Freda Hedgeworthy
nriestess: Miss Helen Herner,
oueen: Miss Anna A. Brown, no
ble prophetess, and J. J. Johnson,
watchman of the shepherds.
Week Awards
Statesman Classified
Ad Contest
Each week the Statesman
will give three cash rewards
for the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The awards will be announc
ed each Tuesday morning;
-1st reward, 32.50; 2nd re
ward, 41-50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants must see that
their -stories" reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning of each week
in order to be considered.
Last Week's Award ju
A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, and the Judges
have decided upon the fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward. $2.50 Pearl
Brown. Lynch, Neb. f
2nd reward. Miss Cerald-
Ine Davidson, Brownsville,
R. F. D. 1, box 5. Or.
3rd reward. Leona Neal.
1055 South 13th.
Out of the large number
of stories received, the Judg
es have decided that the fol
lowing should have compli
mentary mention and will be
published in future issues.
1st. Eugene T. Prescott,
541 Mill street.
2nd, Miss Olive Smith.
1815 Trade street.
3rd, Ruby Jayne Allen,
290 South 2 1st street.
The story winning first
complimentary mention Is
published in full below; the
others will be published In
futre issues of The States
man. Watch for them.
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PROMOTER IS
NABBED
E
BT QFFIGEBS
R. B. McFarland Charged
With Obtaining Money by
False Pretenses Relative
To Apartment Proiect'
MAN AGED AND ILL
WEEPS IN PRISON
Authorities and Real Estate
Men Collaborate to Halt
Operations
JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS
31
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V"
1 8 Year Old Boy Arrested
While Rejoicing Over
Outrage
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
A Classified
Ad Aid
Man.
the Fruit
hat. symbol of princedom In the
Catholic hierarchy. There it will
hang while the cathedral stands
Requiem 3Ias to tie Held.
The death In the midst of holy
week devotions will not affect
the services. Through Good Fri-;
day and Holy Saturday and the
dawn of Easter the body of Car
dinal Gibbons will He In his own
room. On Sunday night it will
be moved to the cathedral to lie
there throughout the masses of
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
where his people may see htm
for the last time. A high requiem
mass will be his funeral Thurs
day. From there tha body will
be borne to its niche in the crypt.
At the funeral will gather the
greatest company of churchmen
ever assembled In the Unltd
States. In the many telegrams
and cablebrams that members of
the cardinal's household sent all
over the world today were mes
sages to v 1 00 bishops,. 14 arch
bishops and countless monsignors
and priests everywhere.
Two cardinals may come Car
dinal O'Connell from Boston and
Cardinal Begin from Canada.
Monsignor John Bonzano, apos
tolic delegate at Washington, will
pontificate at high requiem mass
Thursday.
The fnieral procession will in
clude the cardinals, the archbish
ops, the bishops, the apostolic del
egate and virtually all the priests
In the diocese of Maryland.
Representatives of all the
church's orders will be there
the abbots from the monastars In
robes of white, brown or black.
Glennon Will Prrarlu
Archbishop J. J. Glennon of
the arch-diocese-of St. Louis will
preach the funeral sermon.1 ' He
preached the sermon at Cardinal
Gibbons' golden jubilee at the
cathedral In October. 1911.
News of, the cardinal's death
spread through the city rapidly
and the mourning was city-wide.
Practically all the courts in the
city adjourned when the tolling
of the bells announced the cardi
nal's death.
Mayor Broenlng ordered the
tell in the dome of the city hall
tolled 86 times, one for each year
ANARCHISTS ARE HELD
Explosion is so Great That
Iron Shutters Are
Shattered
MILAN, March 24. The lat
est reports of the bomb eiploKlon
In the Diana theater kIiow 31
persons killed and 100 Injured.
DALLAS PLANS
MUCH PAVING
City .Council Decides on Six
inch Concrete (After A
Torrid Battle
15 BLOCKS ON PROGRAM
Width of Hard-Surfacing
Improvement Is Placed
. At Forty Feet
DALLAS. Ore.. March 24.
(Special to The Statesman) At a
sperlal meeting of the city council
the type of hard surfaced pare-
Tbe explosion was terrific. mert to be laid on about 15 blocks
Great excitement prevailed in me of rity streets tins summer was
theater. This was rendered more
frightful by the screams and
moans of the wounded in dark
ness. Police and carabiners were
called out to rc-estaMish order
and prevent further bloodshed In
the city as the result of the ex
plosion. -Many arrests have been
made
decided upon after one of the hot
test fights In the bUtory of the
council.
A" concrete pavement of six
inches in thickness was chosen
after bearing arguments from
makers of several kinds and the
city auditor was Instructed to pro
ceed with the nofices to property
onet of the proponed Improve
ment
Through the collaboration of
District Attorney John II. aCrson.
Kute Corporation Commissioner
T. B. Haadley and two real estate
firms of the city, R. D. McFar
land. believed to have been at
tempting to launch a "wild cat
apartment bouse scheme in Sa
lem, was neatly trapped yester
day, lie was arrested by Consta
ble DeLong and is la the county
Jail on a charge o! obtaining
money under false pretenses.
McFarland is C2 years old and
afUicCM with taralTai. He wept
over his misfortune yesterday af
ter ne nad been placed In custo
dy. Though he had laid before
certain local persons his scheme
to build. an $80,000 apartment
house here, only 39 cents was
found on his person when he was
searched after the arrest. With
bis scheme nipped at the start
and persons protected from whom
ne nas obtained rmall sums the
charge against . him may be
dropped.
Rase Is DaiMrd
McFarland obtala money
from Charles W. Nlemeyer. real
estate broker, and the. realty
firm of Becke Hendricks, This
was after he was under suspicion,
however, and the real estate men
in apparently falling in with cer
tain of his plans was part of the
play of the authorities to nip la
the bud his operations here. Mr.
Nlemeyer was the first to sus
pect "McFarland and Immediately
be telegraphed to BeUIagbam
and Mount Vernon. Wash, for In
formation. McFarland claiming to
have promoted similar apartment
projects in those towns and slst
in Walla Walla and Yakima. The
replies received by Nelmeyer
were derogatory and warned him
against McFarland. ' On the
strength of this Information It
was decided to halt bis opera
tions here.
McFarland claims Boston as bis
home and sav he has a son living
In that city. A telegram -may be
sent the son relative to the ar-
Test.
It was first believed McFar
land might be held under the
"blue sky" law. bt Corporation
Commisftioner Handley Is doubt
ful if that statute covers the case.
Prmpertus Is Kl borate
After coming to Salem McFar
land announced his intention to
promote a four-story apartment
The width of the streets In the
uaities. ii is u-y. ' - - Nn cat down to 24 feet by the
Considering the number of cas-
.. 1 ! I I 1 fr t Vl A OT. ! 1
mprovement district which bad
All
For many years I have used the of the cardinal's life.
classified columns of The states
man In promoting ray i WASHINGTON. March
2 4.
PORTLAND.' March 2 4. Of f ic-
iala of nine municipalities In Ore
gon have promised support to city
officials of Portland in roe de
mand for hearing of the telephone
rate case.,
Afctqria. Albany, Eugene, Pen
dleton . Cdttage Grove. Baker.
Roseburg. Wasco and The Dalles,
through their mayors and city at
torneys, hare indicated their wil
lingness to join the city council
in preparing its case.
The city has not yet selected
an . engineer to aid in preparing
its ease. Several names are tinder
consideration, but the council will
withhold final decision until all
cities In Oregon have Indicated
their attitude on the re-opening
of the telephone case.
business and to rent rooms and for AmerJca tor m0urned the death
numerous omer Duruuc-B. inf r.ntin.i rikknn. rtfiti.
suits bar always been most satis- from Pre8ident Harding down, ex-
wiur,. pressed sorrow at his death and
ing resuii- paid tribute to him
we experience iu - The president in a messace to
mind at this time was during the R Corrlgan. auxiliary
apple harvest of last fall. blgh f 8ald that the
The apple market last fall was d cardinal was a "die-
in oaa cuniuuvu; auciv ws
little hopes for an Improvement
during the season. Wages were
the highest In my experience. It
was a question whether the apples
were worth picking or not. If
left on the trees they would breed
disease and that worst enemy to
the apple grower, the Codling
moth. " ' -
I was very much discouraged,
as 1 considered the outlook, until
my old-time friend, the "classified
ad" stared me In the- face and
seemed to be saying to me, "be not
tinct loss to the country." Vice
President' Coolidge praised the
cardinal's scholarship, patriotism
and devout piety. Secretary
Weeks characterized the cardin
al's death as "an irreparable
loss to his chuich and his coun
try. Dr. L. S. Howe, director
general of the Pan-American
union, added that his death also
was "an irreparable Joss to all
the republics of the American
continent."
Senator Lodge described the
(Continued on page )
(Continued on page 2.) -
ninnlY missile, was a large one. i
It. was reported today" that nine
of the wounded were In a dyinU
condition.
The cltyvwas calm today.
the factories were worum
Details regarding me
are still confused. So violent was
the exoloslon tnai u
windows In bouses nerJ "a
twisted and bent Iron shutters.
Some persons maintain that the
missile was launched from the
upper gallery, while others Insist
It was thrown into the theater
..nnm nor lar that the bomb
was placed Inside a door and ex-,
ploded by a time fuse.
A boy. aged 18. was arrested
today T.bile rejoicing over th
outrage. He declared such acts
were In reality humanitarian, be
ing the beginning of the definite
liberation of mankind from the
red tape of law and tyranny oi
fellow men. The youtn uas rea
cued by the police from a crowd
which threatened to lyncn mm.
Some anarchists have Teea ar
rested on suspicion that the ex
plosion was Inspired by them as
a protest against the Imprison
ment of Malatesta. the anarchist
lpader.
Fasclstl today rushed the office
of the anarchist newspaper Hu
manlta Nov. and destroyed It.
tv fnrnltnre. machinery and
rolls of print paper were thrown
into the street and burned. Ex
plosions coming from tne duiti.iik
furniture indicated bombs bad
been hidden in It. tuner r as
sist! attacked and destroyed head
nn.ri.ri nf the anarchist and
syndicalist union and also rooms
of the socialist club.
An explosion occurred early
today at the electric works where
three bombs were thrown. No
damage was done. Royal
guards arrested an anarchist
named Amleto Astolfl. 18 years
old. who Is supposed to have
been the author of the outrages.
Among those injured In the
theater explosion was the actor
America , Guastl. who was In a
. ... Vvf .r. ..tit f Vl A
Idox wnu uiua viiu w n.u
performance. Dlna Galll waa un
insured, i
council at a previous meeting
were widened out to their original
width of 40 feet except In those
portions of the district where the
curbs are not installed.
Bids for the work will be called
for within a lew weeks and It Is
the intention of the city council
to have the work under way and
perhaps completed before the ex
treme hot weather of the coming
summer sets in.
.A
Mil HELD FOB,
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1
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Teeth Are Knocked Out and
Nose Cut Off In
Fight
KELLOGG. Idaho. Mar. 24.
Mrs. John Louma. wife of a far
mer near bore, was arrested lite
today charged with having shot
and killed her husband after he
had severely beaten her as the
result of a family quarrel. Th?
woman was treated tonight at a
local . hospital foe Injuries to her
face and body which -'she ma'n-
talas were inflicted by her hns-
land with a knife.
Nearly all the woman's teeth
rntre knocked out and her no?e
was completely severed from her
free. A farm hand was witness
to the tragedy.
The dead man. In IS 12, was
convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to serve ten years in
the Idaho state penitentiary, for
the alleged killing of a man in
a feud over timber property.
Louma ( however, was pardoned
arter serving five years.
A complete wriskey still was
found on the farm by the aherifL
house, of IS apartments, and to
cost $80,000. - He exhibited an
elaborate prospectus and a pic
ture of the building. The scheme
was a cooperative one whereby
the tenants would purchase their
apartments on a basii of 10 per
cent cash and the balance la 10
years when they would come Into
complete possession of their
apartments. It is a plan said to
be well known In the east and is
thoroughly sound when properly
financed.
McFarland claimed he had
$48,000 available In the form of
a first mortgage and that the re
maining $22,000 was to be ob-
talned by issuing preferred stock
which wss to be obtained oy sell
ing $10,000 worth to two incor
porators In addition to himself, he
to be president of the rorpo ra
tion. The remaining $22,000 of
the preferred stock was to be car
ried by the contractor of the
building. The whole 80.000,
however, was to be sold to the
purchasers of the apartment In
common stock out of which the
preferred stock was to receive Its
returns. The $48,000 would be
a Tirsf mortgage, which would
leave the preferred stockholders
protected only by a second mort
gage. Of this preferred stock
McFarland. It is said, was to have
7 per cent for fees as supervising
architect. 5 per cent commission
for promoting the company and
obtaining the capital. 6 per cent
for the selling of the property and
was also to receive one apartment.
amounting to more than $13.oev
in commissions for himself out ot
the preferred stock.
Option ObtaJaed From Kay
McFarland obtained from T. B.
Kay a 30-day option on a lot on
Court street, west of and adjacent
to the Court apartmenta for
$9000. Nothing was paid on this,
however. After obtaining the
option McFarland began to en
large on his scheme. Not being
satisfied with his representations.
Mr. Nlemeyer, through whom ne
had been negotiating for a lot.
decided to investigate. McFar
land, It is said, claimed actually
to have erected similar buildings
In Mount Vernon, BelUngbam.
Walla Walla and Yakima and that
all were being financed by a well-
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