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2 FIRST SECTION Pages I to 6 TWO SECTIONS 14 Pages , -i n J YKAU SAL OKECION, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1921 j j. PRICE; F1VE CENTS ' PROPERTY AND CROP DAMAGE 01 INCREASE Worst Spring Storm in His tory Sweeps Chicago; Temperatures Cast Be low Freezing. ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAIL TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED List of Killed and Injured , From Terrific Tornado Grows Rapidly CHICAGO, April 1C. Snow torms and gales that in many ilaces were reported to be the orst in the history of the local wither bureaus, swept an area ront the Rocky mountains to the tlantlc states today. Railroad nd wire traffic was interrupted in many places and thousands of ollars damage done to property nd crops. The worst spring storm in its istory swept Chicago, causing In juries to- many persons and con siderable property damage. A 60 SiUe gale, snow, sleet and rain Combined to obstruct traffic and fsome places to- level wires. Temperatures below freezing were forecast tonight la several States. The storm is expected to diminish late tomorrow. The worst blizzard of the year as reported from Wisconsin, where a foot of snow fell in Mil waukee and vicinity. The trac tion company at Milwaukee was forced to use snow plows for the first time this winter. From Nebraska came reports of eftow and general cold weather. Railroad and. wire, traffic were id to be partly disrupted. Ten tf 14 Inches of snow fell in the Vestern portion 'of the state. Temperatures were as low as 20 degrees above tero. April Records Jlrokrn. All April records were broken I i Iowa by the snow storm that began last night and swept the state today. Des Moines reported five to six Inches of snow in most actions of the state. Northwest Missouri and north east Kansas sent word of the wprst spring snow storm on rec oifd. Many electric wires were t)wn down and damage to fruit tres and gardens is great. Th9 storm swept east through Michigan, carrying a great hail storm that was most severe near Detroit. jlallroad traffic was reported blocked in the Rocky mountain refion. which was digging itself fr?m under 11 to 14 inches of envw. jjs. statement from the local weather bureau tonight said indi cations were that the fruit crop of th4j central west had been de stroyed wherever It was In the path of the storm. Michigan fruit growers, the statement said, had a chance of laying a part of their crop, but little hope was held out for ad jacent states. The high wind was mote destructive to the fruit than thejlow temperature. It was said, the! gale blowing blossoms from i Dei trees. e Memphis, Tenn., April 16. Yntv-fiv persons reported a3 dead, several hundred injured. M(t property damage estir.ated In the millions made the tt 11 of a Mrles of tornadoes which broke Mj yesterday in northeastern Texas i d swept eastward today jjref sections of five state into 'eofSia. Wire reports were very merfcrre, due to Interrupted com tmtications. Fiftr Killed In Arkaoa. Arkansas, with 50 persons re ported klMed In HempLstea.1 nud fr counties, suffered the fullest loss of life. In Alabama 'J bomber of dead was estimated H0; seven wvre killed in Texas "dfslx In Mississippi. In Tn- Kelfcf parties tonight were still rning the st.irm j form crparently broke in wept Ke:;tions of five nor- Mil I I I -i- uun rnu v-ithc into 2rnsgi whore the reported i i.H,t ton,'lf l-"d reached f. 2f P seven persons killed m , i?l,,.re c-uhed to death thir ho ai a in Aii;gT were - wTf ketf. "'mSS' in Arkansas the nom lklrted Tarkana aml cut i T alf-rnile wid through - f woo'l l section s noH'i10- Ark the of r" is itdea1 had reached 20. and th Ht ,n were Ba,d to h"ve ,OBt i ,,Te near Pr-scott. Ark.. srfc I ke number north of Tex Five persons were re s4 killed at Steen. near f ol " ' 10 8tem Mississippi, and twTin. M,slslppl the Ptom AuU down a,n ,n northern In the Aycock com- ?Mp aeven persons were re- ( Continued on page 4.) NEW DEGREE IS RECEIVED BY. MATHEWS Willamette Professor to be Apprised That He Is Hon ored With G. F. Award Trot. James T. Mathews, in- strut-tor or mathematics at Wil lamette university. and well known throughout the length and breadth ot the state of Oregon on account of his many lecture trips, ib due for the biggest surprise of hi life when he discovers that he ha been granted a new decree that or C. F. Professor Mathews does not know that the degree lias been conferred' upon him but those who knw declare he will be prouder of this degree than either the A. U. lie received when he was graduat ed from the university and the A. M. he won later, lie really is due for a I). IX but this latest de gree has no relation to the I). I). The news of the conferring of thin degree arrived in Salem from Newberg, and was sent by his sonj Donald Mathews, who is teaching in the U i q h school in that city. T-o some who may not know what the degree O. F. stands for some, say it requires the recipient to siand Cor a great deal it means (Jit ANPFATHKR. Nlw it's out. Congratulations are in order whenever or wherever the profes sor is found. Just at present he is preaching at Fargo and Donald, and nine chances out of 10 if he knew he would choose a text from Genesis concerning "Go forth, multiply, and replenish the earth." Donald Mathews, son of Pro fessor and Mrs. Mathews, was graduated from, Oregon Agricul tural college last June and that same month married Miss Goldie Everest of Newberg. They met at Willamette where both were stu dents. ELEVEN HE List of Farmers Pledged to Broccoli Program Gets Big Boost Eleven more acres of broccoli were : pledge to the industry for the Salem district yesterday, as follows: Elrjah A. Kurtz. 428 North Church street, Salem, six acres or more George W. Brown, Gervais, two acres. Mr; Smith, Gervais, one acre. J. Barker, Salem, route 6, one acre. ; J. R. Rickman, Salem, route i, box 22, one acre. The total now pledged is 126 and a half acres. Since there is probably seed enough for 150 acres, and as some of the members of the Salem Uroocoli association are affiliated with the Oregon Growers Co-op-eratlv association and will be furnished their seed by that or ganization, there will likely bo enough, after supplying all who have enrolled up to date, and per haps 25 to 39 acres more. So names will continue to be taken, as long as the seed lasts. Thei distribution of seed will begin within two or three days as soon as the lest Is completed. Odd Fellows in Salem To Observe Anniversary Chemeketa lodge No. 1, Inde nomlpnt Order of Odd Fellows, will celebrate the 102nd anniver sary of the founding ot tne oraer In America on the night of April 97 at the hall in Salem. The local Odd Fellows expect to have as their guests rrom an iooe in Marion county. The main fea inr will be an address by Uev. F. W. Keagy of Siiverton. There will bet other short addresses ana music. ' ACRES Lineup of Senators Strengthened For Game With Canadian Leaguers at Oxford Field This Afternoon The Salem Senators will have a stronger lineup when they meet the Regina leaguers this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Ox ford field than tney had when the twio teams clashed a week ago. and when the Senator were the victors. The Salem battery will be Lefty'' Miller and Edwards. Miller Is unknown to Salem fans, but he Is said to be a reg ular cyclone of a hurler, and "Frisco" Edwards showed his mettlo last Sunday. Another new man in the Sa lem lineup will be Lind. a first baseman, who has arrived from Eugene; Lind is a former Uni versity of Oregon player and is said toi have a good record. The critics irlll watch Lind closely today. The Senators have another good pitcher coming in "Hed" Lund, who has found employ ment at the state hospital. lie LAND IS HOPEFUL EOR T Labor Quarters Still Excited Over Action of Railway Men and Transport Work ers Over Strike. RAY OF HOPE SEEN IN ATTITUDE OF HOUSE No Further Move Expected From Miners Before Con ference on Friday LONDON, April 1 :. Although still confronted with the trlke in the coal mines, and the possibil ity that work will not be resumed for several days, KnKluiuf lal this week-end somewhat more hopefully than it did the ta.st. All labor (juarters were excited ly diHoussiiiR yesterday's action !y the railway men and transport workers in calling off their strike and the effect on the future in terests of labor The beBt hop.' for an early sol in ion is held to Ho in the new attitude for an Inde pendent investisation shown bv a large section 0f the house of com mons. In view of the possibility oT a protracted stoppage 'of mining op erations the board "of trade, in line with the other precautions taken by the government agencies, tonight issued injunctions for drastic enforcement of the regula tions governing use of coal, light and power. ( No further move by the miners is expected before the conference here Friday. Quick Confirmation by Sen ate Expected on Labor Commission WASHINGTON. April 16. Nominations to fill the threp va cancies on the railroad labor board, considered particularly important because of the contro versy between the roads and their employes, were sent to the senate today. As labor's representative Presi dent Harding named Walter l McMenlmen, acting president of the Brotherhood of Railway train men. Samuel Higgins of New York, former general manager of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railway, was named to represent the management group, while Governor P. W. Hooper of Tennes see was appointed to represent theJ public. Quick confirmation by the sen ate is expected. W1X.H SWIM3IIXO KVBXT. CLEVELAND, April 1C Hugh Addison of Columbus. Ohio, won the national junior 100 yard backstroke swimming champion ship here tonight in one minute, 1 1 2-5 seconds. FIGHTING IV IXDIA. SIMLA, India, April 16. Se vere fighting is 'reported in the Wana and MaBptid areas on the northwestern Indian frontier, as the result of the reappearance of the Afghan leader, Abdur Razak. who is carrying on anti-British propaganda. comes here from Steilacoom. Wash. Lund Is a former leaguer. Manager Billy Speas of the Reginas had not decided on his pitcher last night, but is ex pected to put in one of bis best throwers for today's game. All kinds of inducements are offered for top-notch play in k by the home club today. Clark's tire shop offers an inne- tube for th first home run of the game, and a tire for the man making the winning score. The Cray Helle offers a four pound box of candy for the first home run and the Spa a big box of candy for the first run. T. G. Bligh offers two thea ter tickets to each team for the first "bon-head" play. The Salem lineup will be about like this: Stepp cf. Holmes if. Hishop 3b. Hayes rf. Edwards c. Proc tor 2b. Lund lb. Mike Miller ss, "Lefty" Miller p. ENG SETTLEiEN HUNS FOB MIL BOID MADE MOTHER DOG BEGS FOOD FOR BABIES Goes From Door to Door Seek ing Morsels for Puppies, Eating None Herself CLEAR LAKE. Minn.. April J. When the ownr of a dog and nine puppies turned them . out without food and refused to fe-il tl.ein any lunger, tiie mother d'tf iliil just what a human mother would have done in s.iuilar eii-'Min.-t;vrif s. She went from door in (!o,r ! pjring food for her IH i !e on.'S Tin- doK would scratch ar the I a 1 doors of Clear Lake houses and when opened she would IihiK into I he lace of ih.- person who came and then at her half starved puppies, filing as eloquently as she kin-w how that they were i;i need. Her anpeul was always lieedt l and .food was provided for tliff wanderers. Rut in every instance the mother dog hungry as she must have been, refused to touch any of the food until her little ones had had all they wanted. The case was reported t Wngth to .Sain I". I'ulleiion. exec utive agent of the Minnesota S cuiy for the Prevention of Cruel ty, who in vestiKaded the story and found it true in every particular. Mr. Fullerton compelled the dog' owner to ta! e her and her puppies back to provide enouph food for them. CAN YOU WRITE A GOOD AD? If you think you know how to write a good classi fied advertisement, here's your chance to win one of the three cash awards the Statesman will give each week for the best story en titled "How to Write a Classified Ad." The first awards will be announced in Tuesday's is sue of each week, the first announcement Tuesday. April 26. Contestants must see that their "stories" reach the Statesman office before Monday morning of each wek in order to be considered. The awards will be as fol lows: first award. 2.50 second award, $1.50; third award $1.00. The Statesman wants your Ideas as to how these ads should be written to get the best results. Tell us what you would say In your ad and why you would say it. Don't forget the why. For example, do you think it should contain price of the article offered for sale, or the price you are willing to pay for an article you want to buy? If you think the ad should contain the price, tell us why. If you think it bet ter to leave the price out of the ad. tell us why. Should it contain descrip tion? Why? Should it contain location? Why? Should it describe quality? Why? Tell us about ads for "help wanted" and ''work wanted ', etc , etc. Also about any and all other kinds of classified ads. Write your stories plain ly on one sid-- of paper only and mail to Classified Ad Manager. Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon. Iast Week's Awards. A nnniber of very inter esting "stories" about the value of Statesman classified ads were received last week the judges have decided up on the following as winners: 1st award, $2.r.0, Wayne Rlaco. route 2, Turner. Or.. 2nd award. Mis. Frank Koschnider. 2. S. Twenty first street. Salem. :ird award. Hale Mickey. JC'.'l South Twelfth street, Salem. This story is one of the many stories received and is deservitiK of complimentery mention. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ' Oh. mother; I want a nic bulldog so badly.'' said little Al ice to her mother one day as sh? ran into the house from her play. Now, mother was perfectly will ing for Alice to have her dog. out where was he to find one? Durinu the following week a man appeared at their door ask ing t hem to subscribe for The Daily Statesman. Mrs. Williams. Alice's mother. told him she would try it one month. About this time the Ilrowns. who also lived in Salem, found it necessary to leave for a larger j city and Johnny iirown could not; lake his pet bulldog to the city, so decided' to pell him. So the following morning a "for wale" advertisement appeared, offering the dog for sale,. Now. Alice had heen watching for some one to have a dog for sale. o was quite excited as she ran to her mother with the good news, asking if she might have the dog and. o?oiirs her wish was granted and there was a happy little girl and a con tended bull dog. About two weeks later Mrs. (Continued on page 3) !! -, M . - "" " TRAVELING American Tourists Will Find Great Difficulty This Sum mer Compared with Pre War Comforts. HOTEL FACILITIES ALWAYS OVERTAXED Conditions Along Rhine Are reported as Not Being Especially Inviting HKULIN, Ap,ril 16. American tourists who come to (iermany this summer will find conditions of travel far lews uttractive than in pre-war times. In Hamburg and Berlin hotel facilities are con stantly overtaxed by business men and een persons who have tele graphed days in advance for ac commodations are turned awav I by the first class hotels. If for eigners are assigned to rooms they pay far more than is charged to Germans. Conditions along the Rhine are not especially inviting for tourist?. The larger places are overtaxed by the occupying armies, and it is almost Impossible for outsiders to get first-class hotel accommo dations. Cologne, Coblenz, and Mainz are filled to overflowing by British, American and French officers, respectively. Most of the hotels are under control of the military and cannot be used ty civilians unless they have author ization from commanding officers. KegJstratioa Strict It is also difficult for tourists to travel between the various sec tions pf the occupied area. Po lice registration is very strict and permits must be obtained to en ter and leave various areas. In south Germany conditions are more inviting to pleasure seeXers. Dresden and Munich are not so filled with business men and the better hotels are usuaTty able to provide tourists with rooms at rates much les than li Berlin and Hamburg. The passport problem is annoy ing even within Germany's own boundaries. For example, it is necessary for a tourist going from Berlin to Bavaria to have the vise of the Bavarian legation in Ber lin. The precaution )ias been tak en by Bavaria to prevent red agi tators from invading their terri tory from Berlin. llread Cards Xecensary Trains are normal in Germany. Bread cards are necessary to gJt bread in dining cars and hotels and most of the bread served is heavy and black. In the smaller cities and villag es tourists will find living conftT Hons much the same as they were, before the war. Americans mo toring throuph Germany or trav eling1 on trains are courteously treated. There is no longer any disposition to resent the use ot the English language. So far this year there have ben few Americans in Germany ex cepting business men and persons who came to visit relatives. Most of these found the passport reg ulations very irksome. Touris'.a arriving at Hutch, Belgian. Frenrij or English ports suffer delays i" getting vises for Germany, and travel across the bpunoarles In'o Germany involves an indless making of declarations. It is almost impossible under present conditions for tourists o travel on a fixed schedule in cen boundaries. Passport office's are frequently crowded. Much time is lost in getting vises and trains tral Europe, especially if their! trip necessitates the crossing ot have interminable waits at cus toms stations. V'at Train Lacking Through trains are now operat ing between Paris and Warsav. which make the rail trip to Po land and the Maltic stales far eas ier than it han been since the arm istice. Trains will soon be run from Berlin to Higa. Letvia. Bar ring pasport annoyances, travel is almost normal between Berlin and Prague and Berlin and Vienna. There are no fast trains now between Berlin and Hamburg and Berlin and Bremen, such as exist ed before the war. The great German steamship lines cooperaVng with American lines now operate touring com panies of their own which are prepared to conduct parti?.; throughout Germany at a fixed price, including hotel accommo dations, railway fares, guides and carriages. The rates are higher than before the war. eve,n taking the favorable American exchange into consideration YmcHcun Touri-ts Few Since the armistice there have been few American tourist parties in (iermany on regularly conduct ed tours. The great tourist agen cies have not been able to guar antee fixed rates because of tho wild fluctuation in exchange and the general disruption of the or ganizations through which ar rangements were perfected in pre-war days An effort is being made by (Continued on page 3) GEiMtf NOT EASY PROCESS . II. g . NEST FULL OF CLOTHES DISCOVERED Articles Left in Chicken House Are Found To Be Stolen Yesterday looming when O. A. Ia Course who lives at 435 North Liberty street, went out to gathT the egs, he found that some en terprising old hen or possibly rooster had laid a nest full of clothing consisting of men's hand kerchiefs, collars, a shirt and, for the sake of appearance, a razor and a jar of face cream. The ar- ides were unwrapped and upon investigation by Police Ofticer Porter, it was learned they weir, the property of Hoy Livingston and were stolen from his room on April !. Apparently the gui: ty one wished to rid himself the goods and thus made the de posit. This explanation is made mi order that there might not le made a raid on Mr. LaCourse's henhouse. i on Hs up Second of Two Games Goes , to Lemon Yellow Base ball Crew EUGENE, Or., April 16. The University of Oregon baseball team evened np the series of two games with Willamette university when it won on the local diamond this afternoon by a score of 12 to 7. - Score: R. II. K. Oregon 12 10 f, Willamette 7 7 S Jacobson, Ford and Leslie; McKittrick, Towner and Kirk. Resignation From American Federation Council Accepted PHILADELPHIA, April 16. Secretary Hoover today resigned as president of the American En gineers council of the Federated American Engineers society. The resignation was accepted. Illustrating the need for reor ganization of the federal govern ment, Secretary Hoover declared in an address before the council tonight tha so many independent agencies reporting to the presi dent had grown up that th exec utive's otfice was "overburdened almost beyond the point of en durance." While all these outside organi zations could not be placed under existing departments, he said much could be done to remedy the duplication of conflicting forces in the executive branch. "The question of government aids to navigation ! not by any means one of the principal func tions of our government," he said, "but it must be a Fore trial to the hearty mariner. He must obtain his domestic charts from the department ot commerce, his foreign charts from the navy de partment and his nautical alman ac from the naval observatory and he will In soms circumstances get Failing directions from the army. In a fog he may get radio signals from both the navy and commerce. and listens to fog horns and looks for lights and buoys provided by commerce. If ho sinks, his life Is saved by the treasury. He will anchor at the direction of the army, who rely on the treasury to enforce their will. Ills boilers and lifeboats are inspected by the department of commerce; his crew is certified by one bureau in commerce, signed off in the presence of an other and inspected at sailing by the treasury and on arrival by the department of labor.'' A similar story. Mr. Hoover said, could be fold of the govern ment's relations of industry and to domestic and foreign com merce. Economy could be made he asserted, by placing most of thes functions under one hand. Cigarette Believed to Have Started Flames Fire broke out about 2 o'clock vpsierdav morning in the Oregon F.lcctrio building in a bedroom on the second floor. A ready re sponse of the part of the fire de partment prevented serious datn ae" ami the ftre was extinguished with a chemical apparatus. It is thought the fire started from a cigarette, which a roomer had been smoking while lving in bed. The man evidently fell aslcp and let the cigarette drop on th bedding; When the fire was dis covered the bed was in flames and was completely destroyed, though the other articles of furn iture were said to have been saved. s m 'i HOOVER QUITS ENGINEERS POST mm. OFfiCERS SEARCH PREMISES ID IKE HAULS i Three Local Men Arrested and Under Bonds of $250 Each One Woman, Two Chinese, Two Roomers And Others Taken r- Quantity of Canadian Club Found in Safe at CIuE Stables Investigation of Two Weeks Under Authority of County Court Precedes Round up Last Nighl xx, T triee 8?uads of federal officers under the direction of VV. J. Herwig, president ot the Anti-Saloon league of Oregon and with the assistance o the Salem police department, con ducted a series of raids iti Salem last night and were contin uing the raids early this morning. Up to 2 o'clock this morning the results as far as known were ten arrests and the confiscation of a considerable quantity of liquor of various kinds and also some opium and opium pipes rom a Chinese merchant. ' ' The arrests were: James Inglis, under bond of $250. Clarence Joy, of Ingliatpool hall, under bond of $256. ?J"" Boedigheimer, manager of Club stablesjunder bond of $250. 'i-- V Kate Hart, arrested on charge of disorderly conduct, under bond of $25. f v , Jim Lee, under bond of $25. Hee Him, under bond of $25. Wong, under bond of $25. . ' Ottovio Natali, in jail. , ii A Amos Schindler, in ja& ! Harry Hart, escaped. ' S- ."; , The raid of last night was preceded by an investigation of two weeks conducted by five agents under authority of the county court. Houses entered last night were by authority of search warrants. $ I t The heaviest haul was made at the Club stables of Bruno Boedigheimer, who was arrested oil two charges. One charge was viuiauon oi me proniwjion law and the other was, disor derly conduct, Boedigheimer and the woman, Kate Hart, having been found together In a room. The'wornan was arrested also on a charge of disorderly conduct. I ': When asked to open his safe, Boedigheimer declared he was unable to do so, according to officers. But when an order was given to confiscate the safe, Bodigheimef con sented to open it. Inside were 14 quarts of liquor, mainly Canadian Club. ' In the Inglis pool hall wis found a quantity of moonshine' and hard cider. Liquor wis found in the place of business operated by Jim Lee, Chinese and opium in the house of Hee Him, another Chinese. V 1 -j- At the Clarke rooming house, 144 Front street, Ottovio Natali and Amos Schindler were arrested with a barrel of hard cider. t A "buy" was made at the Streeter pool hall a few days ago and the liquor has been sent to Portland for analysis. ' At Wong's place both opiutn and yensen were found. Harry Hart was arrested on a driink and disorderly charge when the raid betran at the India nool hall. Hart succeeded in', getting away, but has been located. FEDERAL BOARD IS EXCORIATED Horticultural Farm Loan As sociation Upholds Work Of Bohrnstedt SHOW-DOWN DEMANDED Resolutions Adopted Will Be Forwarded to Influential Officials The members of the Horticul tural Farm Loan association held an all-day nessioj. yesterday inJ tne baiem ( ommercial club rooms with President I'lank presiding The secretary-treasurer of the as sociation. A. C. Bohrnstedt pre sented to the stockholders, of whom approximately 50 were present, all of the correspondence which has passed between the b cal association and the Federal Lank bank at Spokane and also with the farm loan board at Wash ington. I) ('. A vote of confidence was ex tetui'd to Mr. Kohrnstedt and to the board of directors lor the manner In which they have con ducted the affairs of the associa tion and for having upheld the rights of the members against tha unfriendly acts of the farm loan board. National SupjMrt Pledged The report of the commute which has made a thorough Jn vestigation of the dispute, consist ing of C. K. Spence, master ofth State grange, P. O. Powell, secre tary of the State Farm Bureau federation, and Carle Abrams, edl- (Continued on page 4.) LAST MUTE , GALL IS IDE More Autos Needed; Com j munication With Com mercial Club Asked ORCHARDS ARE AT BEST Dibble & Franklin Cut 6000 Blossoms to Give Visitors Although 150 cars had been; called for to carry the tourists ever the route outlined for Blos som day, only a few more than; 10.0 had been volunteered up to! last night. Ah a final appeal, all! those who are willing to offer their cars. and they do not need to j be Cherrian. are asked to communicate with the Commer cial club this morning. Any others, who will give the ! Service of their car for a part of i the day are also asked to get in ' touch with the same source. In i addition to this a reserve list of 1 foerson who will help if needed Bnfl who will remain at their bWes during the day so that they can, be secured. If needed, is mnch desired by W. M. Hamilton, car dispatcher, who will be at the Commercial club throughout tho day; to receive and dispatch cara. v A laat minute survey of the or chards surrounding Salem jrester dayj: afternoon by King Bin Knowland of the Cherrians and T J. McCroskey of the Commer cial club, showed everything in Up-top shape for today's big cele- (Continued on page 4.) i . i