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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13. 1921 SUM GUIS ..HUE! ThrecStraight Heats Taken In Free-For-AI! Pace, Best " 1 :: ; Time 2:02 ' SYIticCfcE. N. Y;i Sept 12 Single (J.7 11-year-old pacer, own ed by W. n: Itarefoot, of Cam bridge City, Ind., won the cham pion stake, f re-vfor-all pace In the grand-:-, circuit meeting- -la straight heats here today, step p ng the second heat In two min utes flat and equalling the fastest time on this track. Best time King Etewah. driven by hen White, Jn winning the Merchants cup, the two-year-old trot, qual led the record for the year for his class, when he negotiated the mile in 2:09 3-4 In, the third' heat. Outdistanced ',in the first 7 heat. King Etewah finished first,, tak ing the two last from Edith Wor thy. Beat time 2:11. The 12:15 trot was - won by Warners Legal J, after a hard battle la four heats. Legal J took the last, two after Crane's Let Fly bad .annexed the first, Let j Fly had ,lo be content with second place Best time 2:07. V -The' J: 12 pacing event went to Tony Mack, after the prettiest home stretch brush of the after noon.. The time was 2:06ri. made by Queen "Abb? In. tbe iat heat., i ' : k : . Thomas W. ;Murphy, driver of Peter Mann'ng. 2:00, world's itV toasted, of course. To seal in the flavor- i . 1 iS&S e most preaous Ltnirinr Think what this world would be with- out confidence that the sun would rise tomorrow! t " Without confidence in the order of- - - things, in our fellow men, in our insthu- - 4 tions,. chaos would reign in the world. ' There would be no security, no progress, no happiness. Confidence is essential to all that is worth while. .. .., Years of satisfactory; experience with Red Crown gasoline have given the mo- r -toring public confidence In "Red Crown. ,t ; - They know that with "Red Crown" in the J . tank they have high-quality . motor .fuel, i ' and that from it their engine will deliver 1 -. ,,its maximum power and mileage. 1 Oil Service Stations, garages, and at other dealers. : - .Look for the Red Crown sign before . you fUL , Y . 1 WAV champion trotter, tonight Issued r-iSv Ed Allen famous pacer. Toe a side stake of any amount trom $10,000 to f 100 000. winner take all. at tbe October Grand cir cuit meeting In Lexington, Ky. I . NATIONAL LEAGUE I 4 At Pittsburgh: .".'First .'game R.Iilrl ronton . 4 H 2 Pittsburgh . . .., 5 12, .4 , Oeschger. Braxton and Gowdy, O'Neill: Cooper, . Adams and Schmidt. i Second game 11 II. E. Loston.v . 4 10 1 Pittsburgh . .. . . 3 9 O Watson. Morgan and O'Neill; Glazncr. Zim, Big bee and Gooch. FILM ACTOR'S V -: ' ' i HANDS TREMBLE (Continued from page 1) condition - did not seem serious until Thursday, of last week, when a consultation was held. . ' .;. . Dr. Rumwell said there was nothing until the post mortem to Indicate she suffered from any violence. 7J: ... ' ' ' j InquPHt Continues Today. j At that point he made up his mind, he said, that this was a case which should be Investigated by the coroner,, and was about to notify the authorities when a deputy ' coroner appeared at the hospital. Dr. William Oppuls. called Into the case to perform the post-mortem operation, described the in ternal injuries, but said he could not' say 'definitely what caused tUCUl. i ,t' The Inquest will be resumed to-! morrow morning. ; , Prisoner Deeply Concerned , - Unable to hide" ms deep con cern. Arbuckle appeared in police court today and heard that he was Charged lth murder and that he must stand tr.SI, He tried to svoid the court ordeal, begging tliat.he be allowed to remain iq hi? .cell , and away ,(from ..the throngs that t be' was told wete) pressing1 Against the' courtroom doors for a sight of him. The quick-changing grimaces and brisk actions, which brougtt laughter-to millions and put Ar buckle on the "pedestal of star dom, have vanished. Ho wears a serious, downcast look H. was silent to the point of sullenness. smoking Innumer s tie cigarettes "throughout the day. ..... .5. s .j . . Jolffe Becomes ImKtirat So long was the process of hrlngln. Arbuckle into court de layed that Police Judge Daniel 3. O'Brien made a demand on Cap tan of Detective Duncan Mathe son that the prisoner, be produced without further delay, i, 1 it "I have Arhuckle's as? on the 'calendar." be said rand he must be brought into the courtroom. He thnst accept the-same-treatment helng accorded other prisoners.. 4 Finally be came, after tbe mot ley 'array of usasl court cases .had been disposed of vagrahta, drug iysers, petty thieves and gamblers down the corridors, silent un der a heavy, morbid curiosity, he came haltingly, avoiding eyes that peered at him from eVery angle. As he entered f; the courtroom through a side door's battery of flashlights opened , up upon .him. '. 1 . Arbarkleti Hand Tremble ' Arbuckle was unmindful ot this "but' when ' the 'court- advised him that he would have to stand trial on a charge of murder, his head 'dropped.' and he could not.' keep his hands from trembling. ' ' A" few moments before Mrs. Bamblna Maud Delmont. compan- in the world y Red Crown" is available at Standard STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Califcmk) j. 8tt4i Oil Gmpyt Ion of Arbuckle and his gay com pany In the' party in tbe St. Fran cis hotel. In which Miss Rappe, ac cording to the authorities, i suf fered her fatal harts, bad stag gered from the courtroom after affixing her name to a b 1 gf pa per which said that Arbuckle was accused of murdering MHa Rappe. and which constituted tbe formal charge. . But a few hours away from a s'ekbed. where the tragedy that overwhelmed tbe gay party had sent her. she was weak and halting and hirdly able for the ordeal. , Films Kemain Iark- ' 1 From many parts of the coun try reports came in early that the Arbuckle films now being circu lated would be "dark" until sucn time as be had cleared h mself. - District Attorney Brady. ! and officials of the grand jury an nounced that under the compu! s'on of their duty and a demand from the City's moral elements, tbe grand-jury would meet to night for the purpose of bringing a new charge of murder, if one t justified, against the actor. - - ' Appeal To Public MwdeJ Arbuckle'a attorneys. Frank Do minsnez. Milton Cohen and Charles Brennan. issued a Joint statement in which they aked the public of the country to hold it? judgment in reserve until the courts had acted. "Comedy and tragedy are com bined in the Jives of the fortu nate and- the, unfortunate." the plea net forth, 'in God's plan the two are essential." ' v Grand Jary Acts v The San Francisco county grand jury under urgence of District Attorney Mathew Brady, toay s'de-tracked a number of cases on its docket, in order to reach the case of Roecoe Arbuckle, mo tion picture actor, against whom an indictment if sought charging murder of Virg nia Rappe. actress. When sessions of the grand Jury opened a. group of witnesses marshalled by Milton U'Rren. as sistant district attorney in direct charge of the Arbncklo case, was waiting in the anterooms ready to tU what they knew of a party la Arhuckle's rooms at the St. Fra .Cls hotel which preceded the 11 1 neBs and death of Miss Rappe. Rely on Kvklence Oreat rel'ance in securing an Indictment is placed. U'Rren Bald. In the testimony of Mrs. Rambina Maud Delmont. companion ; o: Miss Rappe: Zey Provost show girl and Alice Blake, guests at Arhuckle's partj ; and Mrs. Jeaii Jameson, the nurse who attended MUs Rappe during the moment when death was near. ' These witnesses hail been sum moned when the jury began its deliberations after 9 o'clock to night. All . -Night Seims Serslons may, last until morn ing, it was saii. and there was 'a possibility the investigation ; of the Arbuckle case ' might not M concluded, tonight. Mrs. Delmont was called as the first witness -and after being clos eted for half an hour, re-appeared from' the Jry room leaning heavily upon the arm of a poVce woman. ' , .., ' - Mrs. Delmont has been ill, due. she said, to the shock Induced by the death of Virginia Rappe. her confidante. Mrs. Delmont Protected i She Is under no restraint, it was said by officials of the dis trict attorney's office but pol'ce protection has been furnish-id hef to guard against any possibility of annoyance from any source that might follow-her participation in the case as star witness for the prosecution. Al Seinmancher. Arbuckle'a guest next was called to the grand jury room. Plea Is Issued A statement by attorneys for Roscoe Arbuckle. charged with murder, sett'ng forth their Taltn In the' innocence of the motion Picture star and asking the pub lic to withhold their Judgment. was issued today. It was signed bv Frank E. Domlnguez. Charles H. Brennan and Milton M. Cohen and follows in full: I 'As the legal representatives of P.oscoe (Fattvl Arbuckle. we re spectfully submit that the courts of California, famous for fa'r mi ay and Justlce4 will determine that our client Is innocent. Innocence Declared "We. with complete knowledge of the facts know that he is lu nocent.' The patrons of the silent drama, having knowledge of the smile and the heart ot the famous 'Fatty Arbuckle will not believe st he i gu'ltv of the charges jnade against him until proven in a court of justice. "The Christian sentiment ' f this Ood-fearing nation will not adjudge any person guilty of an alleged crime until the same has teen proven In the sp'flt of Our Master, who said: t Quote Scripture Judgo not. lest ye be judged.' "The whirlwind and typhoon of unjust criticism is now on. Truth will dispell the clouds of false hood. ' "Truth is mighty and wfll pre vail and. the courts of this land will sustain the basic principle of the Anglo-Saxon .idqi that the 'presumption of Innocence pie vails until tt has been disproved beyond a reasonable doubt. Ijogfc and Pathos. I "Comedy and tragedy come in to the lives of the fortunate and uBfortunate. in God's plan the two are essential. "With an abiding confidence that the Christian charity of the civilised world will be manifest In this case, we appeal to the con wlence and the heart of the Amer ican public to hold in obeyaace any judgment until .the courts have determined the guilt or in nocence ot our client. - We ask the public to suspend judgment in this case until such time as a Jury of peers of Roscoe Arbuckle shall determine his guilt or innocence. ' Courts Trusted. Iu ; . "With full knowledge of our ob ligation as attorneys,, we ' assert that Roscoe Aiauckle is innocent of any and all charges , made against, him In connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rapps and the courts ot California will austain our confidence In his In, nocence. .'.:''. : :' 0.'.,- ; : 1., "To oir countrymen and. ta his admirers we positively declare . that the charges made against him are false and that the same will FIRST iZ 'rJrf w USTTRIBUTETO BE Bodies of ZR-2 Victims Will Reach New York From England Friday XKW YORK, Sept. 12 Com rades fn arms today were pre paring to pay their last tributt t- the American officers and men who perished in the ZR-2 disas ter. The British cruiser Daunt less will bring the bodies of the 16 Americans to the New York cavy yard from England Friday. There American bluejackets will receive their own dead and will accord them full naval honors. -A fleet of destroyers, aircraft and possibly several battleships will escort the Dauntless into port. : A special chapel is being built to receive the flag-shiouded cas kets. . Ther two guards of honor, picked from marines and seamen, will watch fever the dead. : .The victims will come home as a unit. It originally was plan ned that the, Dauntless should paU33 to coustgn to the deti the body of Lien tenant Couunander Emery Coll, in' accordance will his wish. It was decided, hew4 ever, that his .body houldJXrdtI rest cn native ' sou. n nen trie burial later Is made in lantic, it will be from the deck of an American warship. Plans for the memorial service as announced today railed for services in which high : govern ment officials! headed by the sec retary of tb! navy, .will partici pate. ! j be. establishes Inulue time In the courts. "Bias and prejudice cannot pre vail. We have an abiding faith in the rectitude, the honesty and integiity of the constitution of the state of California, the courts of justice and its executive officers." Affidavits Sworn To. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 12. Frederick Fischbach, and Lowell Sherman, said to have been mem bers of the party entertained by Roscoe 'Arbuckle in San Francis co, the day Virginia Rappe wad alleged, to have received injuries resulting in her death, made sworn statements here tonight to W. C. Doran. chief denutv dls- f ttict attorney, Deputy Raymond I. Turney and Charles A. Jones, chief of police. DLstrlct Attorney Aits. The statements were made as the result of a telegraphic request from Mathew Brady, San Francis co district attorney, to the dis trict attorney's orfice here. Doran and Turney immediately communi cated with Fischbach and Sher man, who promptly went to the district attorney's office and made their statements voluntarily. It was announced . the state ments would not be made public. Fischbach, who made his state ment first, talked for nearly two hours, and Sherman an hour and a quarter. .It was said the statements would be mailed to San Francisco tomorrow. HOME SPEAKERS HOLD SWAY AT CLUB LUNCH (Continued from page l. sale. We need to make boosters ot all the knockers, and the way to do It is to get behind every sales move." Pnper Mill Rousted E. T. Barnes, general manager ot the Oregon Fulp & Paper com pany, told briefly rome interest ing facts about tbe paper, mill. 1 it employs 150 men, aside from ail the wood haulers, wood cutters and other away from Salem. It uses between 40 and &0 cords ot wood a day, mostly white fir. that has practically no oth?r market here. Some 'other non-resinous woods can be used. like the hem lock or possibly the yellow pine; the sulphite , process used here will not treat the resinous wooes like the red fir. - The company now has orders on file, that will keep, the mill running until perhaps the first Of f December Only -two paper ma chines are. running: there shoula be four, to meet the demands ot the trade and to ut.liie the rest of the mill. The present plant in only a fa'r beginning of what the timber Will supply and the mar- ket Justify, and tbe 8 per cejtfy Id end on preferred stck,lwdtae cumulative dividends on common PICTURES OF THE ' " :- -ry A -V..::;V;YY. y - - x -v - -: . yv" yvc " y I '. ; h w-r7hrf . Y-Y.WY . I. ; ' The upper picture shows the wreckage of the United States dirigible balloon ZR-2 in the Humber River after the fatal crash when the giant gas bag was completing its final tests on August 24. The rising tide of the Humber sweeping over the structure of the dirigible as the rescuers are at work. Again the rescuers are shown in the lower picture at work trying to extricate the bodies of the victims. An idea of the size of the. ZR-2 can be obtained by comparing the visibls part of the wreckage with the tug which is directing the rescue 'parties. stock that are going into im provements, make paper stock a fine investment. The mill is es pecially a good community asset, 'nnnat' it takes the second growth 'white fir that otherwise has no the AHf16, atl fives the farmer good pay for clearing their rarms ana getting them into cultivation. Sulphur Fume llralthful "Maybe we won't charge the city for our services as disinfect ants and health-preservers." said Mr. Barnes, "but we .have gone over the matter of the sulphite fumes that four t'mes ;a day es cape from the mill when the big digesters are being blown off. and science assures us that they are not at all harmful, but rather beneficial. In one of the Califor nia sulphite sulphite mills, where other departments had 50 men Ul from the flu during the great epi dfcm c. not one man in the sul phite department was touched. No one need be afraid of this odor; it's harmless, and perhaps bene ficial I might add that of the three processes of making paper, this sulphite process is the last objectionable. Some of them they have to taki- off into the w 1 derness, away from where people live." Edward Schunke told of the brilliant prospect for the paving df North Summer street, if some one doesn't throw a monkey wrench or a bomb into the wbeels of progress. The council ,1s hold a meeting this week, to ask Tor bids, and it is possible for the matter to go through this year. City Gets Christmas Jift But the beat thing that has happened to the city in a Ion? time." said the councilman, "is the paving of lower Court street. We claim that is genuine Christ mas news for Salem." The crowd agreed that it certainly was a bear, and they gave it a tiger fo cood measure. , Mr. Schunke expla'ned that the subscription paper being circulat ed for the paving of North Capi tol street to join the fairgrounds pavement was taken on condition that the owners of the land through which the new road pass es, donate the land free of cost to the city. They did not feel like giving the land and then helping to pave it also. Dr. E. E. F slier told of his having come to Salem, to believe in the town, its people and its in dustries. He took on me of the Kings products and paper mill stocks, and the latest investment he had helped .to make for Salem was $40,000 worth of radium, which is coming this year for hos pital purposes. The first install ment w'il he hpre in December. Students Have Champions "The paper mill fumes may kill the germs of trie flu."' n? said.' "but there are some, like those of cancer and other malig nant things that it won't destroy; and eo we're going to make our city more helpful with radium. One could take $30,000 worth ol radium for a pinch of salt, and even then wonder why they let the ealt cellar run dry." . A. C. Bohrnstedt presented the need of the small army of Willam ette university students on coming to Salem, mor8 of them.need'ng work this year tnan ever "before. "We've been getting all the work we can for these boys and, girls, bat we need ; more . places for them to fill. Some of us have been failing , to realize just what an asset this university Hi for. Sa lem. In Corvallis, the college ts the whole thing.: The people do everything' to make it a winner. WRECK OF THE - - 7 - Wc treat it too much as a.s'da line, when these armies of boys and girls ought to be made Into our life-long boosters and friends, through every boost we can give them." J. B. Littler strongly seconded euch a concerted move, and Allen Kafoury told of having had stu dent help in the Kafoury broth ers store, that tad. been eminent ly satisfactory. "These young people who come here to work for an education, are the kind whom one can trust to do anything one wants done," was his testimony. Houxe Building Iiru!d The discussion turned to the building of houses to care for tho increasing demand for housing, and as an industrial safeguard for the coming winter, it was said that even in labor circles it is agreed as probable that there will be an eventual lowering of the i wake scale for all the building j na(j an additional charge of car trades ..and that with such a low- j rynK a concealed weapon filed ering in prospect there was no against him. money in sight for other than ab-j solutely necessary building this fall. If the change is to come, it was pointed out that if it were now. it would be almost certain to insure the foundations being la d for many houses this fall, be fore the rains set in, so that the houses could be enclosed and fin ished during the winter, where the prospect now is that almost every building trade, will be ulc for a number of months. UJu h Kvrrywhore C. E. Nelson of San Francisco, i general western agent for the Re Bal Shoe company of Boston, told of the gratifying progress "Loju" a Salem product is making on the national market Tie d met up with it all the way Trom Boston to Florida, from Mexico to Cana da, and he said that for a good kick it is fast taking the place ot the historic highball. VAN 0ST0L TAKEN BY FEDERAL OFFICERS (Continued from page 1.) ccrned when he was turned over to the custody ot Deputy Pace. When he came out from the local jail, smoking his pipe.- he greeted j his wite and daughter, who had j come from Newberg to help bini. j and conversed with - them most j of the time until he was taken to the 7:55 Oregon Electric trahi for his trip to Portland. He will be arraigned before I'nited States Commissioner Frazcr some time tomorrow. t i Federal authorities have had reason to suspect the Van Osdol Urm before, Deputy Pace said, but after a jfisit which yielded them nothing, they had dismiss ed the case for the time being. The raid upon his home Sunday was made after federal authori ties had read in a Portland paper that he was being held here on a booze charge. They immediately notified Chief, Moffitt that they wanted the man held until their deputy could j arrive. -U A United States deputy marshal had hunt ed for the roan In IcMinnville but a few days ago; it was said. OfTlceW la Walt - In the rail j which led to his capture here, iChlef Moffitt and Officer Victor played the leading roles. . In order that they misht arrest the offenders 7 with the booze in. their possession, tbe two officers waited, outside for near ly three ho'qr until , the party broke up, and i they brought the J ! 1 ZR - 2 AT HULL, ENGLAND ' , ' ? - ' 1 Y- 7 - '. is 7! - jj : - , !:ooze that remained out to their rar. As soon as they had loaded all of the liquor m the car, tbe otficers nailed them, and in the ensuing fight Officer Victor was pushed from the running board o'f the car and - thrown to the ground. At the first warning of the attack, the men in the car attempted to speed away, but drawn revolvers in the hands of the officers evidently convinced them otherwise. Ilooie of Good Quality Kleven gallons of the firewater were found in .the car and five more in the room which they had left. The booze was of an excep tionally fine quality, and was be lieved to have been made on tbe still on Van Osdol's farm. The four were held in the city jail for the rest of tho night, and in the morning were arraigned j,ef ore judge Race. Van Osdol BIG PAYMENT MADE BY PACKING COMPANY t Continued from page 1 ) tetion of the state. With ma chinery that hs been placed in the plcnt ince the company was organized. Mr. Kurtz places tho alue of the plant at $80.00. Since it has been in operation, there has betn packed about 100,000 cases cf loganberries, strawberries, cherrit-s. plums, prunes and pears. In Run Ahead Mr. Kurtz says that the plant will run until about January 1. all deiending on the length of time .necessary -to handle the ap ple crop. During the pist fo'ir months, the- pay roll of the plant has av eraged In excess of $1,"imj a week for labor alone. ORGANIZATION FORMED TO HELP STUDENTS (Continued from page 1) promote co-operation among the people of the community. . Employment ' for such as will: endeavor to work their way to an i education, is .one jof the most j pressing needs, and equal Import J tance.is the welcoming otstu-' dents to the homes of the com munity. A. A. Lee, representing the First Methodist church, was chosen president and Mrs. Harry Styles, First Christian church, recording secretary. Vice presidents from respective churches were elected S-foIlows: Mrs. R. J. Hendricks. First Congregational ; Miss Feree, Leslie Methodist; Dr. Bowman. First Congregational; R. A. Har ris. Jason Lee Methodist.. M. . Savage, business manager of the University, was chosen as exscutive secretary. ' , A meeting to further perfect rhe organization will be held next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock In Eaton hall, where it is planned to extend It to other churches and organizations of the city. AUTO HITS MOTUI ICVCL& A motorcycle driven by, C. Rad cliffe of 1459 Lee street was struck last night by an auto driv en by Ira r Mercer. No damage was reported. v v ! Yi KliS;U First Regularf Luncheon; js ! Scheduled for Tuesday, " Sept.-20;- ..i The Salem Kiwan'iS club. with, its membership! of 75. is prepar ing to get down to business. The first regular luncheon will be held - . Tuesday evening, September , 20. In order that the club, may beg I Us activities at oncei directors net last night and selected tue following committees:1 Program: - K. Cooke Patton. Carl D. Gabrlelson; EdwInSoco-r lofsky, Oscar Steethammer." , , Membership: ;Arthnr A, Keene, W. I. Needham.fRay W. Ilartman. Edward Schunke L.-Harry Wies. Grievance: Kenneth J. Brown, siepncn rv. naiumy, v. iiiiuiu Long. Carl E. Miller William Wilson.'- w, ;- -,V. Attendance: Ihlmol 8. jVVhlte. George V Aldefrln. Marcus V Hathaway. Harry M .Levy, Her bert L. surf, i . 1 ,. William Hell. W. Connetl Dyer, L. G. Hayford. Frank j H. Spears.. House: Fred Krlxon. James B Littler, Harry T. love, Ear Simoson. O. h. Scott. 1 - Financial: Frederick S. Lam port, Joseph Ado! ph. Paul I fa user, Ernest L. Kapphahn, Adolph C. Nelson. 7 I duration: Dav'd L. Shrode, 1cvf M Gilbert, John TV Lynch. Caleb T. Sawyer.- Publicity: Otto K. Tallin. Charles O. Kuppor, Henry Lee. James R. L'nn. i j Inter-Cltv Relations!: Fred 11. Jacobs. C. II. FarnhamL IJlalne li. Kirk pa trick, Thomas A. Ratfety, Fred Williams, f ' Public Affairs: - Ionl larh mund. Frank C ijBramwell. John 11. Carson. Claude I. Lewis. George '.Water 7-j' - Bnsiness methods: CL Kd Roi. Jacnh R. Ruck. Claude Belle Claude A. Kelts, Lloyd jit. ."Spring-., er. :-'-""' '"'.iif' "! Classlfiestlon: iWt Scott v Pag., Richmond D. Itarton.-Italph H. Cooley Fred Ell's, Perry. D. Qula cnberry. m-: W) 777; Help Them Help Yours If When you consider the steady, continuous never - Interrupted work demanded of the . kidneys, you do not wonder that they musl have help occasionally to filter and cast out from in e blood stream tbe waste matter j that , forms, poi sons and acids if permitted to re main, causing backache, rheuma tic pains, stiff Joints.' sore mus cles, dizziness. floating specks, sallowness and Irregular bladder action; ' Foley Kidney Pills give relief promptly. Sold everywhere. Adv. - 5- ' WOOL STUONt; I)NDON. ScpU,12.-The wool auction sales were continued to dav. with offerings amounting bales. 7 All j grades : were strong at unchauged prices. , - Read The Classified Ads. I 1 MMMITTEES