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SEVEmY-FIRST YEAR
Three Seattle Youths Held
Jn Custody Officers Be
f lieve No Action Will Be
Taken Against Them.
THIRD ARREST ON
STREET YESTERDAY
Hours of Grilling Necessary
Before Dark Scheme is
Divulged by Three
f Chief, of Police Motrin in the
presence of .Mayor jfalvorsen at
the police station yesterday oft-
tolned'Troni" Charles CT" ; Haw--thorne;
alias ic. ' Ai; Hendricks, a
. confession .that be and two other
men' had.! formulated a plot to
hold up and rob , the messenger
carrying receipts of the state fair
from the fair grounds down town.
' Hawthorne refused--to divulge
the names of the other two. Later,
However. Chief MpIfiU obtained
separately from i L. Purdee, aliai
IL L. AUeni and Everett Tolson
- that they were parties to the plot.
Several hours of quizzing preced
ed' the i confessions. k of the
men claim tor be from; Seattle.
Hawthorne is 26 years old, Pur
dee I8 22 and Tolson Is 23,;
I Hawthorne and Purde are the
two 5 men who were arrested on
the ralr grounds late Friday night
when they went to one of ithe con
cessions to claim a grip, In which
daring .their absence, had- .been
found a! gun, black masks' and
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f Mrs. A. Glover of 796 Market street, . Salem, held .the
stock: in'.the Forti Sedan of the American Legion wljichi was
disposed of Jast. evening at the armory. ! lA - I
'Ail the stock tickets were
ttxnUKe sale that thelortunate
nothing, to do with thc selection, the barrel was revolVed a
number of tunes. 1
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t Then to make sure that all was
right, a committee consisting of
Ci n. Webb. Herbert Stiff, Dr. O.
A.f Olson,. S Page. and It B
Duncan, vwas appointed to take
note of . the proceedings, j j
! A little girl was picked from
the crowd who proceeded to draw
out" the stock tickets, -the an
nouncement having been made
that the 13th was to bo the fortu
nate one. . . "-- '--.'t
But It happened that this tlck-
; Taking' advantage of a heavy
line to plunge i again' and again
through the miich lighter line of
tte Willamette, Coarcats, the UnU
tersity or Oregon -lemon and yel
low aggregation yesterday took
Its,' game on Sweetland field by a
score of 7 to 3, despite a stiff bat
tle' on the part of the Bearcats in
which the 'visitors, wero held . to a
0 to 0 score during the first half.
No i opportunity was. given
Coach "Shy Huntington to make
thd game, a testing for an of his
men as his intention had been an
;: YESTERDAY: BY. SCORE
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SEaFTLE
FAMOUS FIGHTER
ATTFJUDS RACES
Tom Sharkey, Who Met the
Best of Heavyweights,
Here A1I1 Week
A celebrated personage who has
neon attending the races at the
state fair grounds during the last
week, and whose presence was
known to few in Salem unStil the
latter part of fair week,. was Tom
Sharkey,; former ..heavyweight
pugilist who was known the world
over and who met the best of the
modern figltters. Among ien; be
fought nMf 'Jalnes J. Cprbett,
Robert Fitzsimmons, James J.
Jeffries and others. He once re.
ceived a decision over Fitzsim
mons because Lanky B6b fouled
him. . ; - ! -
. t6harkey is still, a. very formid
able appearing man and: carries
the typical cauliflower ear that
was, accorded him by Fltzsiniraouq.
Sharkey Ja now in his 50's.and is
well preserved. He is following
the races 1 - . . tiif ! i
;Sharkey began his -pugilistic
career while in Uncle Sam'sj navy.
He said yesterday that when he
left.the navy he had $12000, all
of which,! he made In Honolulu. ;
Sharkey was a contender f ot
the heavyweight championship of
the world but never quite attained
that honor. He is concedldi how
ever, to have been one of the most
ferocious fighters of all time.
LEGION CAR
placed in a large barrllj and
owner xi the stock reaiV had
. !
'fr
et was not countersigned &aftd as
the printed contract vstfp9latG3
iuai i was noi vana, unless toun
terslgned. that stock ileiet was
Of 4icessity discarded. 1 j .- j
It was decided by those in
charge that the next sttocjt ticket
withdrawn from th'e bafre? was to
be regarded as tlie on hat was
entitled to ownership oi te kedan
and this happened to fet'Mts. A.
Glover of 79S Market tfet, Sa-
lem. ' s
nouhced, for ho was forced to hold
his ffrst lineup With bnt slight afci
teralion Id the light, the outcome
of :.whlch until the latter part of
I ' i in
tho first half was In dOubtA
i Nrat Goal Kirird T
' Willamette won its scoretlin'tu'o
last I quarter when "Tuf fyf i Irvino
dropped a neat drop kick squarely
jotween the goal postsr, rronif
20-yard lliiei AVillamtstte 1
aluedithe4Jall8hortlyftcr the
opening Of Jtho - quartet and had
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MAN
ACGU
DIE
ilURY I
Definite Move is Made to
Relieve Present Condition
Of Unemployment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Capi
tal and labor joined forces herd
tonight to Rive impetus' to carry
ing out through community or
ganization of the emergency pro
gram' for the immediate relief of
the nation's idle wage earners
adopted by the national confer
ence on employment;
jln an appeal to the business
men and chamhftrg-af. wamerce
of the country to actively support
the program, Joseph I H. Defrees,
pije3ident of the Charnberof Com
mjerce of the United States;, de
clared that "business has a great
responsibility in the situation, it
must furnish employment,";
Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of La
bour, in a formal statement, ex
pressed his confidence that "the
trade union movement In each
cokamunity will join energetically
in; the effort to assist in the task
ofj 'providing work for the thou
sands who are idle'
iljsoth Mr. Defrees and Mr. Gom
peirs are members of the confer
enee and assisted in drafting the
emergency program, f
Utah Feels 'Jar of
Many Earthquake Shocks
ALT LAKE CITY, Oct, 1.
Earthquake, shocks' have contin
ued, at intervals during the last
24 hours at Elisnor and Monroe,
120 miles south of Salt Lake. Five
distinct shocks were felt : last
night and this morning a severe
tremor completed tho work of dis
aster; in wrecking ! of buildings
damaged Thursday. 'it is estimat
ed that 20 buildings at Elsinor and
Monroe will have to be rebuilt
At Richfield, a near panic en
sued when the shock struck there.
People ran from j their house,
stores and offiees. Chimneys
were thrown down, windows were
broken and cracks appeared in
several buildings. One man; was
injured by falling brick. At Elsi
nor two chimneys iat the sugar
factory were toppled over.
" At Monroe the hot springs: scut
forth water of almost blood red.
The mountains to the east were
shaken up and great rocks rolled
down their sides. Reports from
Monroe Canyon are to the effect
that bbuldjpfs weighing maany tons
bounded down the steep sides
causing a land slide.
Varnell Will Referee
Oregon-Idaho Contest
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 1. George
Varnell of Spokane has been
chosen to referee the Oregon
Idaho football game In PoUland.
October 15, and Plowden Sfott of
Portland will umplN. according t'
Jack ! Benefiel, graduate manager
at the University of (Oregon.
-. George Cave, a former -Washington
State college; man, now in
San Francisco, will, referee the
game with Oregon ! . Agricultural
college In jEdgene on November
13 and Sam Dolan Will referee the
game with! Washington State col
lego at Pullman November 15.
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CORVALLIS, Ore., OctHl. ,
Football: Chemawa ' Indians 0;
Oreson Agricultural college 68.
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Sunday fair; , heavy; frdst eafit
portion gentle northerly winds.; '
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SALEM,'. OREGON, SUNDAY
ECLARES
:ng wife
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 1
James E Mahoney, charged
with killing his elderly bride
for her money, was found
guilty of murder in the first
degree, his penalty fixed at
death, by a jury in superior
court here tonight.
Mahoney is 38. He former
ly was a railroad brakeman,
and at the time of his arrest,
May 3, was on parole from the
Washington state penitentiary
where he had been sentenced
for robbery. He and Mrs.
Kate Mooers were married
here February 10. She jvas
67 years old, and owned prop
erty reputed to be worth
$200,000. ;
i Sister Collapses
When the verdict was read Ma
honey gripped hisl eha'r, find
seemed about to risej, but settled
back in his seat. His sister, Mrs.
Dolores Johnson, collapsed and
was carried from the court room.
The Jurors, four J women and
eight men, were poUed. and each
answered firmly that he or sne
had signed the verdict of guilty
and the special finding specifying
the death penally
. Mahoney Stolral
The verdict was .reached
11:10 o'clock, five hours and 40
minutes after the Jury retired to
deliberate. Crowd3 waited about
the corridors all evening, and the
:ourt room was full when the ver
dict was announced. I Mahoney.
beyond a preliminary start, re
ceive! tha news sto cally.
Forgeries Found
In April the couple had an
nounced to friends a contemplated
trip to St. Pau.l a "deferred hon
eymoon." Mrs. Mahoney was last
seen April 16C according to state's
witnesses. Mahoney's relatives
testilied they talked to her on the
telephone April 17.
The investigation that resulted
in Mahoney's arrest was started by
Mrs. Kate Stewart, of Vancouver,
B. C, who told the police she had
received several letters from
point3 in Idaho and Montana pur
ported to have been written by her
aunt. Mrs. Stewart proiiunced
the letters forgeries.
After Mahoney's arrest, the po
lice uncovered evidence that Ma
honey had hired an expressman ta
deliver a trunk to the shore of
Lake Union the night of April 16.
There was further evidence that
Mahoney had placed the trunk on
a skiff, and rowed out. The au
thorities then began dragging the
lake, and ' employing1 divers, but
with n.o 'result unill August 8
when a trunk containing the body
of a woman was found floating on
the surface, a torn ropo indicating
that It had cast leose from an an
chor, i
The woman's face had been dis-
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LARLEE
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MID
GET L
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Larry Hofer's Larlee won the 10-mile event and the pig
end of ; the $250 purse in the automobile races at the state
fair grounds yesterday on Lorie Oak track. The Eyerly
Midget built and entered by Lee Eyerly, driver of the Hof er
car, proved itself by far the fastest on the track in the 20
mile event, but the decision was given the Elgin, entered by
J. A Johnson of Portland, for the reason that Rhodes, driver
of the Midget, in passing' an opponent passed to his left. Ey
erly will protest th decision of the judges, it is said.
The Larlee and the Eyerly Mid
get k-d most o the way it; tiic fir.it
race and ran a : close race witJi1
each, othfsr. In this event': taa
Washington Park Spial, drUcn
by Clankenshlp wnt through the
fence In one ot the early laps and
the urlve,- was eomewhat. injur-riv'
but not seriously. Two othec cars
ci ilided in ihis rac-i and were put
MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1921
Six-Days' Attendance Esti
mated at 125,000, Splen-
; did Showings Are Made in
All Departments .
NIGHT'S PROGRAM ENDS
WITH FIREWORKS SHOW
Special Feature Wins Much
Applause, Whitney Boy
Chorus Sings
Today
Establishing a wonderful new
record of approximately 125,000
admissions during fait- week, and
with an attendance ypterday far
ahead of that of any past Satur
day m Ita history, Ahe Oregon
state fair officially closed its
Kates last night. The next best
total attendance was 90,000.
Features Excel. .
Fair attendants of many years
assert that the Oregon show of
1921 excelled all former shows
hi quality and size of exhibitions,
daily programs and special feat
ures such as the horse show and
the mid-way.
"This year's fair is undoubted
ly a credit to the state of Oregon,
end especially to those exhibitors
and boosters from .all over the
state who have labored tirelessly
to make the undertaking a suc
cess." said Secretary A. 11. Lea
list night.
Workers Praised,
Exhibitors and attendants have
voiced appreciation of the splen
did work accomplished by all de
partment heads iu making this,
tho COlh annual state fair an
epoch marker.
Last night's program attracted
a large crowd to the grandstands
and much enthusiasm in the auto
races, horse rac.es and auto polo
games was manifested. An elab
orate display of fireworks con
cluded the night's card, lasting
until nearly 11 o'clock.
Inlofr IVogrnm Staged.
In the auditorium of the agri
cultural building a program of
music was given at 8 p. m.
The day was featured by an
unusually large attendance of
Shriners, these pilgrims flocking
cto Salem from several cities.
The red phes was the marker of
merriment throughout thei day,
and wa3 found throughout the
largo crowd. i'
Whltnov Ohorti! Today.
; Today at 3 o'clock the Whitney
Boys' chorus, a musical organiza
tion comprised of 1000 boyish
voics from Portland and Willam
ette valley points, will be present
ed. While a large portion of the
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S TEN-MILE
EADS, BUT
cu.of rommissioa. An exceeVi'r g
lr dusty track, mafc:r.; it impossi
ble for the spectators to' see the
racer except when they passed
the stand was mainly responsible
tor the accidents,. Eyerly's time
was 11 minutes and 3.3;seepnds.
( In the 2 0-mile race, Rhodes and
tho Eyerly Midget suffered a mi
nor accident early in the race and
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AUXILIARY OF
FOVR-L PLAN
AT SILVERTON
Organizer of Women's Branch
Lists Members High Cost
of Living is Target
SILVERTON, Ore., Oct. I., f
(Special to The Statesman) i
Mrs. J. E. Owen Phillips, commun
ity organizer for'the Loyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen, is at
Silverton for the purpose of or
ganizing a chapter of the woman's
auxiliary to the 4-L association.
She is registered at the Anderson
hotel. ill
Mrs. Phillips called ai small
preliminary meeting yesterday
afternoon at the hotel to discuss
the organization of the new aux
iliary. An open meeting will be
held at the 4-L hall Tuesday eve
ning. At this meeting the oftu
cers will be elected , and plans of
the future meetings will be made.
Although it is customary to; choose
the officers for this association
from the wives of the 4-Ls any
women interested in community
affairs will be eligible to become a
member of? the auxiliary.
The purpose of the auxiliary is
to co-operate with the 4-Ls for
community and Bocial'-work. The
members also carry out a system
atic plan of hospital service. I The
auxiliary will also try to ; formu
late some plans whereby the high
cost of living can be reduced to
a miniiSum.
LEAGUE PEIli
Carl Mays Pitches 27th Win
ning Game of Season for;
Circuit Leaders !M 1
NKW YORK, Oct. 1 New Yotk
won its first American league
championship todny. defeating
the Philadelphia Athletics In 'a
double header o to 3 and 7 to
The second game went 11 innings.
It was only necessary for! New
York to win one game to capture
the pennant. t j I
Carl Mays won the first game
for New York, his 27th victory of
the seasoiv. Sullivan.! a ThreO-1
league graduate, pitched against
Mays and inade a good showing
Wild throws beh;nd him handi
capped his efforts. f ; )
Ths second game was a bur
lesque, in which Huggins used all
of his extra players. iRuth shift
ed from left field to first base,
then to pitcher. Philadelphia
tied the score by making six runs
on Ruth in the eighth, but New
York won In th 11th on Rogers
dauble . and Mitchell's single.
Ruth made only ono single in the
double header. :
SIX KILLED
PORTLAND Ore.. Oct. 1. Six
persons were killed in automobile
accidents and one in a street car
accident during September.; ac
cording toithe monthly report pf
Dr. Earl Smith, county coroner.
EVENT, ; ;
PENALIZED
got nearly a lap behind. Rhodes
made it upi passing all other cars
on the course and' Winning, by a
wide margin. as far as speed is
concerned, i but losing the decis
ion because he mssed an opponent
oh the wrong fidc His timo was
23 minutes. 4 seconds. ! The
purse was 7500. . I
The Elgin, -which was accorded
first place in, he 20-mile event,
dropped out oT the first race on
accoount of the dust The Elgin
was the Only? car entered which
was an absolutely stock car.' It
was a touring car with the body
removed and racing ! seats instal
led in its placeJ While no records
were broken incount of i the
dusty condition of the track ! the
second race .was a f good
well
start
fought sporting event from
to finish.
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TEXAS 1 SHERIFF AND
9;0THERSHiUNlP
BY ROBED
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WACO, Tex,
Oct ri
been tsoanded and others
injuries iahen a posse, headed by Sheriff Boh, fjhenz
attempted to disperse a parade of Ku Klux Klanszien cl
Lorena hear heri tonight : .. ?
Until midnight no deaths had been repotted, al
though due to the crowds wluch thronged iht section
where jthi engagement took place, it has been impossi
ble to determine the exact number of injured or the ex
tent of their wounds. ' "'V," s j'-ljf j '
Those hnewn to be suffering from knife to bullet
wounds are: j . - v-t-:--'f-i4t 1 1
Sheriff Buchanan, Waco,
Lewis Crow, Waco.
Carl West, Lorena.
Will Lawson Lorena. " "1
Ed. Johnson; Waco.
Mien Minier, Waco,
Will Austin, Lorena.
Charles Westbrook, Lorena.
S. Dumas, f - -
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ESDELEGA1ES
Salem! Contingent Leaves
j Today for State Conven
tion at Portland
i Members: of the Salera Central
Labor Conncil j reprjcEenting the
federated labor ! unions of Salem
held an enthusiastic meeting last
night preparatory ! to sending of
delegates to the state labor con
vention at Portland, starting
Monday and concluding October 6.
Salem delegates will make an
aggressive fight for placing of the
1922 convention at : Salem. All
delegates have pledged themselves
to work toward this end and del
egates from otner cities have ex
pressed themselves as favorable to
the Idea, j ' i - -:
Decked ' with booster badges
and banners, the Salem men will
jeave tor? i Portland tomorrow.
Those attending the meet are L
J. bimeral.i Harry Hill, C. R. Bar
bour, Tom Newberry, Fred A.
Thompson and several others.
H
Oklahoma! Bearcat Unable
to Beat Youngster Who
, Accepted Challenge
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Ellis iv
hite, champion .wrestler
of. the alem high school, last
night threw "Oklahoma Bearcat"
in 11 1.2 minutes on k side ahov
mat at the state fair grounds. A
large crowd of local fans wit
nessed the contest and cheered the
Salem champion. j
Ina battle ! Friday night. White
held his own with the professional
for ! a 25-mInute go for which he
was given a dollar a minute. The
match Friday was staged in re
sponse to a challenge j to all local
champions... to enter against, the
professionals.
s White? handled his opponent
with much more ease than intni
flrstv contest. Several 4ime'lie
brought him almost ' to the mat
but was notj entirely successful
He received a purse of $25 for his
scrap yesterday. " -
SALEM
WRESTLER
Ml S SHOWMAN
PRICE -i FIVE CENT3
I it
MARHEK
Nine men are know
o hsvs
are thoasht to have received
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Free For-All faoda
The fight took place M the In
tersection of the main business
streets -where several iithousand
persons, had gathered to witness
the parade, when Sheriff bob Bu
chanan,; of McLennan; fcountr.
leader of the posse, Stepped In
front of the approaching; column'
and attempted to wrest ?the Amer
ican flag from the leading white
clad figures. .- -' n JyS Iri- :
In the free-for-all wh&h' enannit:
Sheriff Buchanan was ahdt twice,,
onco' ln the neck and ofico In the
ouy ana iewis tjrow, a. spectator,
was severely cut. ; i li J .
'Paradera JSot nirt
aThe tiheriff was the only mem
r of the posse known ?ito hare
been wonnded. None ofltlie parti
cipants In the parade was hurt, r
Sheriff Buchanan, with Depu-
ties Bur tch and' Wood!! left here
early tonight for Lorbna after
having declared he would either
atop the parade or kno who was
Ieading.lt,. About an hour before
the parade was schedule to start
the sheriff went to thatrmnce
where the paraders were being
Bent, having been toidfj be could
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T
UUAb I ts AS to ALU
AKOEM 13. POBTUtfcl
AVD S
TOKTLAND. (Jrt. 1. liAtlM Am.
featd wPartUnt totr IS to H. i Tk Aa
H md 20 hit off Pilloli, tinrlndinff
home mn by Orifpr Witts lb 1
filled. 8tt mt. i fir hiti; la firm
time up. Tb Bsstt Uee4 rail?
in the. ninth, ncormc five ram bnd driT-,
ing Crandall from ths noaaii. j
: -i- ilf in. n. e.!
hot Aocelea 3 8 2Q
Portland j B IT a '
Bitt-rii Craodalt, Sorialj and Stall
age; PilktU and Rawer. I
FBISCO to, SXATTTS f
" A!f FKANCI8CO, IM. tT-iBf win-tiinr-
todar'a gaina from 8ealtli 10 t
7, Kan ancieo made it potkil to ti
l-o Anter tomorrow for fiit plac in
tow peasant rae, provided th feeata win
two Kainea tomorrow: while lhe AnceU
ke two, according to unofficial compi
lation here. - : jj. t ,
2 ft b..zJ
San Franrlaoo 4 in is, j:
Seattle , S j T H 4
fiattorieo Coneh, Keefe, nft Yell;
Bentos VmOtr,' 3laek"d
OAKZJUTD 1, 8AXT Likx 0
.SAN FBAN-CI8CO, Oct. i.-M)ak!and
fehoiout Salt lke Jodar 1 iiol O. in
itct, hattio between Kaai and
Broinler. The latter Joat tho Igame in
tho aixth inning by ewalklnr Pinelli,
who atoie second and waa briught in hi '
aerifir.' 8t Laka filled th baka with "
one down in the ninth, but; could not
bring in score. , " '.i, ,--r !
Falf take o 4 O
(k land . . . . a
16 O .
Battertea Bram ler.
Iteiger tand Ljrna;
Kratwe and Send.
I.OS ANGELTS.. Cat A n.-
-Sac
wet
ranient-Ternoa game postponed,
growndsv Double header Jw(xew.
STAKDISa OF THE cittBS
Ase1a:.-. lot :7
Rarrantento-- loft !7 .
San Praneisro ., , inS: IH1
Heattlo , 10$. t
Oakland 10 5
Rait Lake . 7l lf9
Portland 6& 133
Prt.
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