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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10. 1921 SALEM ELKS PLAN : viriTER mm Entertainment - Committee Again Signs Contract . With Lyceum Company The regular fall meetings of the Salem Elka lodge will begin Thursday evening, October 6, ac cording to Harry J. Weidmer, sec retary, : . "On theTollowing Thursday. Oct. 13, .a dozen or more car.dldatea . who are now eligible for admis sion to-the lodge will be initiat- '" !d. At this initiation there will nerved one of , the regulat'on Johnny Jones banqueti, follow ing the initiations. The ( entertainment committee for the fall and winter consists of ' A. 'I Wallace chairman; Paul Stege and I. R. Smith. This com- , mittte ;haa already signed with the same lycenrn that presented so many pleaains entertainment , last winter. The .building committee of the Elks lodge,, -which . will have charge of the building of the new ,Flk ttmole, consists of Charl? R. Archerd, chairman; Homer H. Sm'th. iT. B. Kay, Frank T. Wrlrhtman. Df H. H. O'inger. E. W. Hazard and W. D. Evans. v Incidentally, It may be eald that the present membership ot the Elks lodge ct .Salem is 1.200. and -that it is one of the strong est In the northwest.- 5;! ...... GALLAGHER RISKS ALL .FOrl ACCUSED WOMAN . (Continued from page 1.) She. found out her mistake later, and ; she was trying to get away from him when his insane jeal ousy forced this tragedy. If she could have got away from him, wo "would probably have been married. If I can bring it about we will be yet as soon as. she can CCt.out of this trouble." 1 Occupation Xot IMvulfc.-d The ! Journal knows Gallagher's occupation, and is withholding it for the time being to orevent, if possible, the loss of his position. Hnt Gallagher is willing to stand that,' too. If it will help the wom an ;he regards as his savior, j . Gallagher is about Mrs. Wurtz ' banter's age 37 years. He is wcjf educated, and gives the im pression of a man who has gone through flro and come out tem pered.; ' . '-, .- r ' "I hesitated about coming for ward.! said. "I knew It prob ably meant the loss of my. posi tion and it is hard for a man With! a record to get; good jobs. I' needed the money, because this buro: its A Harley-Davidson ! ! Dad Satis It's America's v n V ! : ; l-inost uictjcio BOYS and GIRLS Get One of These Famous l Harley-Davidson Bicycles Free I There are no restrictions. fciiic Northwest can have one Just secure 30 new half-yearly subscriptions for the Daily Statesman. Make your vacation days count. 'Start at once to get subscription. This is your golden ! opportunity. i . Pay no moftey.v Collect ho money. t! 1 ..... - iln case you are not able to $ret ?,0 suhsrrintinna vnu will be paid a cash commission on every subscription se Here's How ! 1 V i Fill in and mail this coupon today and full information land supplies Mil be forwarded to you by return mail. ri COUPON i STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO., r SALEM, ORE. pept. P. IL ; 1? I want to win a Harley-Davidson Special Bicycle, pmd m full information on howjl can get one free. i. ..;.. '..; : ,r:rT":"; ' tl woman has .none of her own-, and I Intend to devote every cent I can get to her defense. But I Every man's hand seemed against her, and I bad to speak." Sent to Penitent Lu-y It was on March 26. 1924. that Gallagher first went to the peni tentiary for from one to 10 years on a charge of embezzlement from the bartenders' union iu Astoria. "'I'd taken money." he said In telling ot it; "but I hadn't tried to hide the shortage on the oooks. They couldn't have prov ed embezzlement. But there was something else I can't tell you what it was that made it impos sible for me to put up a .defense. 1 (leaded guilty and took the sen tence. "I was paroled at the end of a year. I went to Sacramcnta and went to work. Theu I got care lets: quit reporting. At the end of three years the parole office happened to be in Sacramento, and recognized me. So I went back for another year. Gets Job as Cook "I got out this time in the fall of 1920, and got a job as cook in the Feeble Minded -institute Mrs. VVurtzbarger was the house keeper there. That was how 1 met her." The man's face darkened. "."I was bitter against the world. ' I felt that the second stretch had been unjust. Think of it a year for just failing to repoit. There was nothing else absolutely nothing. You can look up the record and see. "I was just going to wark long enough, to get a good 'front,' and then pull some kind of a job. I didn't know what, but you learu in the penitentiary. Everybody Against llim "Everybody at the institute knew 1 was an cx-con, and they were' all against me. Well, that suited me. 1 was against ev erybody, too." The speaker sot up and began to walk back and forth across the room. "Then Mrs. VVurtzbarger came to my rescue. 1 will tell you, man, you can't know what that meant. She stood up for me against all of them. She talked to me as she would have to her own son and she has raised tw fine children. One of them is working with me right now her 17-year-old son. She braced me up. I saw " where I was wrong, and I made up aiy mind to go straight." She Realizes Mistake He halted-abruptly. His face darkened again. " "She married Wurtzbarger last May,", he went on, with obvious effort. "I thought it was going to be us," but well, even she wasn't entirely Irce of the, nsual prejudice against an ex-con. 1 knew she bad made a mistake, and so did she by the end of the first Week; He conceived an in sane jealousy for me. He used Any boy or girl in the Pa- of these bicycles. You Start if : i to beat her constantly. I wanted to do something but where did 1 get olf? He was her husband, and I knew what they would say if I butted in. 'Last month, she finally left h.'m. I saw her when she came here to visit her boy. She was going back to get her things and then quit him for good. She went back and found him sick. I got a letter from her. Ill, She XurM Him " My friend, my friend.' she wrote; 'what am 1 to do? 1 know deep in my heart that this repentance is only on the sur face, but I cannot leave him when the is ill. I will do my duty as his wife until he is well, and then I will leave him and go to Otis.' Otis is the boy. "That was all I heard from her for a month. Then Otis came into my rooms and said, Well, ma finished him. 1 didn't get the idea at first. Then he told me all about it. ''The last time he had seen his , mother, her throat was blue from la choking Wurtzbarger had given her. One of her ears was helf torn off still is, in fact. I. tell you he was a brute. Naturally the boy was glad. He felt the man had got just what was com ing to him. He Threatened H.t "I know the way the world will feel about it. If she had shot or stabbed him while he was beating her, everything would have been excused. Hut she didn't dare to. He weighed 10 pounds; she weighs about 125. He ssid to her: 'When the morn ing comes, you won't be alive.' So she beat him to death beat him to death with a hammer while he was asleep. "I can understand how nearly crazed she must have been to do such a deed. But I know the sort of woman she is. and the world doesn't. That's why I am speaking. Someone must speak. Ask the inmates of the institute. They knew and loved her. She was a friend to all of them. This , Lrute simply drove her to des peration. She took the first weapon which came to hand and defended herself in the only way she could." Forced to Aid Her He stopped. "I don't know what this will mean for me. I don't even know that my talking will do her case any good. But I had to do it. It was all the world against her. and not a voice raised in her defense." He finished. "I know what that means." Mrs. Wurtzbarger was expected to be brought to Portland for trial today. Her prosecution will be in the federal court, because the killing occurred on the grounds of the Chemawa Indian school, which i3 under United Sister jurisdiction. Prison records at Salem con firm Gallagher's story of his life. FORMATION OF CLUB COMPLETED FRIDAY (Continued from page 1.) Joseph Adolph. Karl G. Becke. Frank C. BramwelL R. D. Barton. Claude Belle. Kenneth J. Brown. J. R. Buck. William Bell. John H. Carson. Ralph H. Cooley. F. G. Delano. W. C. Dyer. Fred Ellis. Fred A. Erlxon. C. H. Farnham. Daniel J. Fry, Jr. Curtis B. Cross. Julius H. Garnjobst. Carl D. Gabrielson. llay W. Hartman . M. F. Hathaway. Faul Hauser. L. G. Havford. L. M. Gilbert. Tero M. Hicks. Fred A. Jacobs. S. K. Kafoury. E. L. Kapphahn. A. A. Keene. C. A. Kells. Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick. Sam A. Kozer. Charles O. Kupper. Frederick S. Lamport. Louis Lachmund. Henry Lee. Harry M. Levy. C. E. Lewis James R. Linn. J. B. Littler. H. T. Love. Dr. John T. Lynch. Carl E. Miller. Henry E. Morris. Dr. W. W. Long. O. J. Myers. W. I. Needham. A. C. Nelson. U. S. Page. E. Cooke Patton. Otto K. Paulus. P. D. Quisen berry. Thomas Alva Raffety. Arthur J. Rahn. Lloyd T. Rigdon. Thomas A. Roberts. T. S. Roberts. G. Ed Ross. Caleb Tatum Sawyer. Edward Schunke. Dr. O. L. Scott. D. L. Shrode. Roy F. Shields. Earl Simpson. Oscar A. Steelhammer. Edwin D. Socolofsky. Frank H. Spears. L R. Springer. Herbert L. Stiff. George E. Waters. K Harry Weis. Elmo S. White. Fred A. Williams. W. E. Wilson. Sherwood and Sheridan To Clash Again Sunday SHERIDAN. Ore.. Sept. 9. (Special to The Statesman) The local ball nine has been sched uled for a game with the Sher wood Tigers on the latter's field nxt Sunday, according to V. W. Flanery, Sheridan manager. Sheri dan dropped two games to tho Tigers last week-end hnt tho in IS Cherrians Do Not Overlook Any Booster Club in Bids To State Fair All uniformed organizations in the state who make it a business U boost for their localities, have been mailed invitations by Kins Birg Knowland to become the guests of the Cherrians Tuesday, September 27, at the state fair. This is in accordance with a motion carried at the last meet ing of the Cherrians. when it was decided to send invitations to din ner to all members of boosting uniformed organizations in the state. tue invitation means that the Cherrians will entertain at the state fair grounds the Iiosarians of Portland, Radiators of Eueene, Pirrians of McMinnville, Hubar ians of Albany, the Portland Ad club, and the East Side Busi ness Man's club of Portland. In addition to sending invita tions to the above named uni formed boosting organizations, the Cherrians have officially In vited 91 commercial clubs throughout the state to come to '.he state fair on Tuesday, Sep tember 27, when there will be big things doing. , With one of the finest pro grams of the week promised by A. il. Lea, and the special en tertain ments to be put on by the visiting boosting organizations the second day of the fair prom iFes to be on? of the most inter esting days of the whole week. ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO HOUSE VISITORS (Continued from page 1.) The telephone company has ar ranged to put isi a special phone serv'ee for the booth, but not un til the morning of September 2Z. Those having rooms to rent should not telephone the hotel un til that date, as the staff of work ers will not be there to respond. Details Iu-t Up Given For the benefit of thoso who will have rooms, it has been sug gested that they have this infor mation ready when telephoning on September i!."?: Name and ad dress, how many tingle bods, now mm mm SALEM i 1 j j I ' 1 : : "N ' y : Tf 1 ' ' 1 1 f n 1 fVf ' .- ' Rich flavored and full bodied. lliil ' jt ' 1 tionsandvacuumpackcdBctecr ' j l j MM SM I coffee cannot be produced. It MAM WW$tWMMil Ml ' hasbcenthcrccognizedstandard IfypilB for over thirty years. Your gro- JRriml "aWtt 1 1 .III lAllltf III Vhi . IS. established i8;8 ! UA many double beds, and whether' with or without bath. j Also be ready to give the price of sinple or double rooms, or whether breakfasi will be served, also the question t price to be charged, as last year, there was some misunderstanding between ; these who rented rooms and thos? who paid. Index System To Bo 1wmI As soon as a house is tlephon-! ed in to the Marion, that home is, given a number on the indexed card system so that when tele-f phoning as to rooms to rent, the! number is given, by which quicfc relerence may bs had. j Last year th.- Commercial cluoj handled the housing problem. ; But this year ifter a conference; between the thrc hotels and the Commercial club, it was dee'drd to accept the proposal of using the lobby of the Marion hotel. s MOUNT ANGEL FILES ANSWER TO COMPLAINT (Continued from rage 1.) to a small stream. The city alleges in its answer that its sewerage plant was con-! structed in accordance with plans ; and specifications approved by the state board, and that It is be ing operated In accordance with such plans. On July 27. Martin Horst en-: tered suit again-t the city of Mt. Angel, in whicn he, alleged that he owns a farm of 10 acres through which flows fluid from the city's septic tank. He also allege. that on account of this teweiose, tho small stream flowing through his farm has become polluted and worth-1 less for iarm purposes. Also that i the stench arising made it irnpos-! sible to work and that it was n j menace to healtii. He asked tor $2 000 damages. Cara B. Hougham filed suit against the city lor $10,000 d?s!n-' ages. She allied in her com plaint that she owns some "''') acres and that the Rmall stream flowing through lir farm had be come useless on account of the fluid from the septic tank flow ing into the stream. In a joint suit, both of the plaintiffs ask a estraining order against Mt. Angel, restraining tlie city from discharging its sewer age Into the small stream and from discharging its sewerage in to its sewer pipe. PAIXTKKS ELECT DALLAS. Tex., Sept. 0. Joseph ! F. Clark of Tacoma. Wash., was elected fourth vice-president of : Brotherhood of Painters. Decora-' tors and Paperhangers at today's session of the 12th general asseni- ! bly of the brotherhood. CUIUS ABE i TOLD TEB DUTY I t King Bing Knowland Sends Pointed j Letter to Ail Members of Club In explain to Cherrians just why it is their duty to assist in entertaining boaster organizations Tuesday and fThursday of sute fair wek. Charles Knowland, King Hing, argues thusly in a let ter s-?nt aU Cher: .ana yesteriiay: "We no lonjger spend any time or money on ;a cherry fair, and the state fair bf ers us a wonder tul opportunity : boot for Salem by mak'ng enjoyable the visits of prominent and influent al men from all over! the state, such as members o:' these booster organi zations, j "All loval Gherrian? arc there fore urged to! set aside Tuesday and Thursday! of ctate fair week on which they! will serve on com mittees in this! work of entertain ing these cisitors." It is promised that those who respond w 11 receive definite a signments in orc.er that each rrry know just what to do in helping put the day over. PURSUIT OF GARDNER TRIED ON NEW LINES (Continued: from page 1.) that the topography of the islana made a search! from the air im possible and the aviator returned to the lake. j. One rifle sfe'it shortly l?fore noon today brought immediate in vestigation frojn several sources and the reserves of the island were held in read ness far qutcK action. It dvdloped that Captain John Eden, living near the shore on the south side had shot a chicken hawk. The guards smil ed on receiving the news but did not relax their vigilance. Neither had 'it been definitely establ shed tonight that the prowler shot at twice Thursday night by Charlies Savage, jit 1)'? home while off. duty as a guard, was Gardner. DOUBLE-HEADER TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP (Continued from page 1) club by Hartman Brothers, re- r v 1 garuless of whether the team wins or loses. The ether prize olfers are: Great Western Garage One tire tube for th first stolen be sc. Bligta Hotel barber shop $3.50 in trade fcr the first sac rifice h!t. Kafoury Brothers Two rip for men participating ia first double play. Trunk Drug v.-ire S'lver pen cil for the f rst two-base hit. Schei's Clothing store -Silk tie to piayr driving i:i the f.rst ruu. The Spa Pox of candy for man who makes first wore tn each game. Bishop's Clothing store Stet pna hat tor every home run made by the Senators. Anderson & Brown- Pocket knife for the flr.-t single. Oregon Winter Wheat Yield Is 17,816,475 Bushels PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 9 Oregon's yield of winter wheat this year will total 17,$ 16,4 75 mushels, from 726,275 acres, and the yield of s;rin? wheat will be -i.i-2d.723, from 301,075 acres, according to statistics by F. L. Kent, agricultural statistician of the department of agriculture. Spring wheat yields have been disappointing, with more or less reduction in the earlier yield pio.spcct in all parts of this state, said Kent. Texas Tornado Causes Heavy Property Loss AUSTIN. Tex., Sept. 9. Re ports received from Creed Moore, a Fmall village south of Austin, state that several persons were seriously injured and several thousands of dol'ars of property damage was done today by a tor nado. Telephone communication was cut off entirely. Civilian Loses Life When Airplane Falls WASHINGTON. Sept. M.J. L. McNickle of this city, a civilian employe of the naval aeronautical testing laboratory, was drownod today, v. hen a navy seaplane felt into the Potomac river. The body was recovered. The plsne. it was reported, ran into an air pocket when making a turn, and plunged into the water. Lieutenant Hugh W. Rouglcy, a reserve flier, who es caped without injury, was the pilot. is T j Phez Company Alleges that j Dorman Did Not Live : Up to Contract Alleging j that he did not . live up to his jroutract by delivering loganberries during the jrear 1520, the j Thes company has brought sujit against M. Dorman. who lives hear Liberty, for $450 and $100 attorney's lees. ! ... 5, - In tho nLiinlai If to lUf.n.r, that Mr, l)orman entered Into ai contract with the Pheasant Fruit ' Juice company Juno 15, 191S. to deliver all! his loganberries grown on a six-acre tract noar Liberty,.-. fcr a period of live years, f The price waa to b 3 i cents a pound, ' Salem delivery". .- It is aljso alleged that in tho : contract it wa provided that should Dorman fail to deliver, ho was subject o dKimager on a basis of 1 j cents a pound. That Donuan'g cron in 1920 amounted to 30.000 pounds and that he failed to live up th hia contract P4 not delivering la al leged, j Rased oin his crop of 30,000 pounds and the contract provid ing a penalty of 14 cenU im pound la case of non-delivery, the Phez company, successors to tho Pheasant jCruit Juice, company, asks tho 'court for judgment against M. 'Dorman for $450, and also for $No attorney's fees. While ho information was available regarding the fcuit. It is thought jthat Hi's is the begin-, t niug of a silica of suits that will be brought ' against loganberry growers who, it is claimed, fail ed to live hip to their contracts. 1 San Francisco Team " Wins at Field Meet SACrtAMK.NTO. Cal.. Sept. 9. Th'.' Olympic club of San Francis co won. thft track nnd field meet ! itt the state fair here today with j a score of ffa'A po'nts. The Unl ! erslWv of iCalifornia was seronl with 50 points and the Los Ani geles Athla t!c club third with 13 ; po'nts. Panner of-the Olympic clun " smashed th!-? Pacific Coast record for the javelin throw when he registered BR7 feet, 7 Inchen. ME HI cal boys are practicing hard ia aa . fTf n rtnit..t.