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Conference Arranged With
Railroad Labor ; Board
When Adjustment of Dif
ferences Will be Tried.
PLAN PROPOSED IS
NOT GIVEN PUBLIC
Attitude of Union Leaders
Receptive and Not Inclin
ed to Prejudice
? CLEVELAND, O , Oct. 19.
'-Four of the "big five" rail
road transportation chiefs left
' tonight for Chicago, -where to
morrow they will be joined by
L. E." Sheppard, president of
the Order of Railway Con
ductors, and confer with the
railroad labor board. - '
, I Prior to the conference with
the labor board the five chief
executives with hold a meet
ing to discuss the situation
and coordinate plans govern
ing their action when they go
into session with the board.
i The chiefs said they did not
have any idea of what propo-x
sals the labor board intends to
submit to them tomorrow.
Their attitude was one of re
oeptiveness and disinclination
to discuss anything which
might be prejudicial to any
conciliatory move contcmpla-
ted. .-' z-'-'-'-::-:hr':':a
I T. C. Cashen, president of
the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen W. S. Stone, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, and
W. Si Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Firemen and
Enginemen to Chicago. "
fit was announced that the
members of the ' advisory
board of the engineers and the
executive committee of the
firemen , will remain here
pending further instructions.
Peace Kfforts Ilegln
t CHICAGO, Oct. 19 Piepara
Hon for the various moves
through which it is hoped the
threatened rail strike will be
averted were completed today and
tomorrow peace efforts will be in
full swing.
s Tonight heads of the unions
and of the carriers were silently
with f iiTiirHtivflY soeak.
lag one eye on the conference
tomorrow between tne -oiff
mil union leaders and the rail
. road labor board, and the other
on meetings of officials of 11 un
inna which hT - not ' vet ' Joined
the conductors, englnemen, train
men, firemen ana swucnmen in a
strike order, for both sides were
agreed that out these conferenc
es would come the final decision
as to whether a general walkout
of rail employes would matenai
; ise.
Cancelled Order Possible
!Th conference with the labor
board rested the possibility of the
"big five" being persuaaea 10 can
cel their order for a walk-out,
urhiiA in thA meetings of the 11
unions, which actually started to
day,!, was to be decided whether
these organizations, noiaing me
' balance of man. power througn
Tmmberine three-fourths of the
nearly 2,000,000 rail workers In
their membership, would, join tne
"big five" if they walked out Oc
tober 30, as planned. .
!W. S. Stone. UTesident of the
Tlrntherhood of Locomotive En
gineers; ; W, G.- Lee, president of
tfca Brotherhood of ' Kailroad
TYftinraen: W. S. Carter.' presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Loco-
(X T. Cashen, president of the
Switchmen's Union of North Am-
(Contiaued on page 4.)
x More than 2000 people joined last night at the armory
with Mrs. Carrie B. Adams, Governor Olcott,. Mayor George
L." Baker of Portland, arid Mayor Halvorsen of Salem in sing
ing ?' Glory,- Glory.' Hallelujah '!,' r It! was the greatest com
munity sing ever- held in the
auspices of the Marion County
bwaymg the big audience
Mrs. Adams soon had them
time rousing songs as "The
Hurrah!" and "Three Cheers for the. Red, White and Blue."
Mayor Baker' enthused and joined in singing and directing.
"Iixic" rooMi Zeal '
In the singing of "Dixie"
fha
audience showed the greatest- of
enthusiasm. In fact, "under ' the !
wonderful and magnetic directing
of -Mrs. Adams- it - appeared that
those who never . sang before
joined In the chorus of 'My Bon
nie Lies Over the Ocean," and of
"Darling Nelly Gray." And to
cap the climax the audience rose
to - the " occasion in singing
"Suwanee River." j j :.
T. E. McCroskey lntroduced
Governor Olcott, who spoke brief
ly of the great value of commun
ity gatherings and complimented
the Marion County Community
federation in attending the first
great county community sing
Halvorsen Is Eloquent. ' j
Mayor "'George E. Halvorsen,
who welcomed all for tha city of
Salem, spoke' with more than
usual eloquence of the benefits of
community gatherings and of 'the
DALLES OFFICER IS
TWIC
Ei WOUNDED BY
MADDENED CHINESE
THE DALLES, .Ore., Oct. 10. Frank Heater, chief of
police here, was shot twice late tonight in a -battle with
three Chinese. One bullet! struck the star ' on the chiefs
breast, penetrated the metal arid lodged in his breast. An
other bullet struck him In the left leg. Neither wound as
considered serious. j
Three Chinamen opened fire on Patrolman M. Dun3more,
stationed in the Chinese quarter to prevent possible trouble.
Chief Heater, hearing the shots, hurried to the'tee'ene arid was
wounded in the encounter which followed. About 30 shorts
were exchanged between the chief and the three Chinese.
The Chinese escaped. '
TEH APPLICANT
TO GITIZE
Although 28 citizens were sup
posed to appear at the' naturaliza
tion essionsof the Marion county
circuit court yesterday, Judge
Percy R. Kelly presiding, when
the day's work was over, only 10
had made report who Justified the
United States naturalization ex
aminer and Jndge Kelly in admit
ting them citizenship.
Those who- were, fortunate
enough to satisfy the court they
were eligible to citizenship were:
Marie Hedwig Feirsbend, Prank
Erhard'tKlelnke : William More
heim, Andrea Marie Ipsen, Ernest
Lipman Camfield, Charles Colum
bus Chaffie, Oscar .John Olson,
Wilhelm, Krueger, Linus L.' Grico
and Herman Fresla. -
' "More "Study Needed ' r .,
Gerhard Frit 'William i Pardy
needed more vstndy and his case
will come up again at, the Febru
ary term. -j ri-j,.
Cornelius Erhard Jepsen had
his citizenship denied for five
years.. . , j
Henry Fred "Pardy'g 'case' was
continued for additional study on
American Institutions.;., f r . I-j
"Oregor ;Zellnka needed -more
northwest, and was under the
Community "federation.
1m - her enthusiastic directing,
all joining in singing .such old
Union Forever, Hurrah ! Boys,
great work being" doile by the
county federation. T. E. Mc-
Croskey ' introduced Mayor .Fred
Schwab of Mt. Angel. Mayor
James 'j. Ilall 'of Vodburn and
Mayor j L. O. Eastman of Silver
ton. :
A pleasing tart of the program
under the direction of Mrs. Adams
was the singing of Mrs. A. J.
Rahn, who sang "Oregon, Our
State," of Albert H. Gille, who
sang the old-time song, 'Wait for
the Wagon," and of F. S. Barton,
who sang "Just a Song at Twi
light," with the audience swing
ing into the chorus.
Portland Lacks Spirit
Mayor Baker, the principal
speaker of the occasion, aroused
the enthusiasm of his audience in
his opening patriotic references,
and m finally declaring "It is
about time we do something to
put Oregon in the limelight. I'm
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knowledge of American institu
tions and he will be obliged to
Elady some before being admit
ted. Nicholas Maguin was also con
tinued for study and to become
better acquainted with American
ways.
William Walter Psetak was not
admitted to citizenship, but was
continued for Judge George G.
Bingham.
Another Chance Later
Emerick Shatx will come before
the court again next February and
take another chance at citizenship.
The same is true of Frank Rada
and Steve Joseph Schmidt.
. Anton Hanowski wilt need more
study; in order to understand Am
erican institutions before , ; being
admitted. ,'
Joseph Donezal's ease was conu
tinned until such a ''time-as vfci3
wife can speak English
George Edward Schopf'was not
admitted and his case was 'con
tinued for further study and in
vestigation as to his loyalty.
Herman Sproed will also need
more j stady as he was rather
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SALEM,' OREGONV THURSDAY
SHEEP INVADE
WOOLEN STORE
ATSILVERTON
VVooly
Tlock Confused 'by
Their Reflections in Mir- ..
rors at Front Eihlrance
SILVERTON, Ore., Oct. T9.
(Special to The Statesman)
A band of sheep,' undoubtedly an
ticipating their ultimate end,
rushed into the Silverton Woolen
Mills store today greatly frighten
ing a group of women shoppers
and Trpsettfng the morale of the
store in general.
It is of general opinion that the
large mirrors in the front section
of the store prevented a disas
trous upheavel of both "live" and
'prepared woolens. As it was
the foremost sheep paused at the
sight of himself, undecided wheth
er to move on or wait for the
sheep in the frame to make the
first move. This hesitation on the
part o the sheep enabled Otto
Legard head clerk, to gain an
advantage, and with the assistance
of a tew school boys who" had
rushed' to the scene, Mr. Legard
managed to get the intruders out
with the admonition that it would
be more seemly in them to wait
until better prepared to enter a
woolen mills store.
A number of Silverton business
and women called later to con
gratulate the proprietors of th
store on having an article . so gen.
uine that the sheep could recog
nize! t as their own.
Damaging Evidence Against
i Lyda Meyer Southard 1
Continues in Trial
The last of the evpert witnesses
which the state will use In the
trial o"f Lyda Meyer Southard,
charged with the murder of K'l
ward F. Meyer, "her fourth hus
band, occupied the witness stand
today."
Edward F. Rodenbaugh, state
chemist of Idaho, and German
Harms, state chemist of Utah,
placed in evidence the results of
their analysis of specimens from
the bodies of the woman' threa
I previous husbands and a brother
I in-law. In every cas3 th9 analy-
sis showed the presence of poison
in the organs examined, they tes
tified. : Cross-examination failed to
shake the testimony of either wit
ness. Samples of insect exterm
inator which it is alleged was
used by the defendant to poison
all five men, specimens from tha
"bodies of .which have "been ' anal
yzed, was also submitted for ex
amination to Chemist Harris. The
analysis showed the presence of
substantial quantities of the pois
on. Harms testified.
Dr. H. W. Wilson of Twin
Falls, who treated both Ed and
Robert C. Dooley, respective brother-in-law
and hnsband of tha
defendant, up to the time of
their deaths In 1915, declared on
the witness stand that he assign
ed typhoid fever as the cause of
death for the reason that he did
not know what tc call it. He was
never satisfied with his own diag
nosis of the cases, he said.- - . .
TEXAX PASSES.
It ALTS, Texas, Oct. 19i John
R, Ralls, millionaire land owner
and cattleman and founder of, this
lilac, ., died today. He ; was 60
years chL , '
"WEATHER
Thursday fair; moderate south
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MORNINGj OCTOBER 20, 1921
Compromise Bill Subjected
to Attack by Both Repub
lican and Democratic Op
ponents Yesterday.
AMBIGUITY IN DRAFT
DECRIED BY SPEAKERS
Moses of New Hampshire
Ridicules Efforts of
Agricultural Bloc
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The
compromise tax revision bill was
assailed today in the senate by
Democrats and Republicans.
Senator Underwood of Ala
bama. Democratic leader, charac
terized the measure as the worst
presented to congress. No one
understood it, he declared, ex
cept the few treasury experts
who drew it, and he predicted if
the bill became law the courts
would be several years in inter
preting it.
Lack of Candor Charged
Charging Republicans with a
failure to be candid with liie Am
erican people, he said they were
trying to have it go out that tax-,
es were to be reduced when as a
matter of fact they would be in
creased through operation of the
administrative provisions of tho
revenue measure and the propos
ed American valuation plan in
the tariff bilL
Senator Moses, Republican,
New Hampshire, paid his respects
to the committee bill and also to
the amendments sponsored by the
agricultural bloc which he term
ed the "Ken-Cap-klan," a play on
the names of Senators Kenyou or
Iowa and Capper of , Kansas, lead
ers in the bloc.
lion 1 Exemption lecriel
Supreme coure decisions in tax
cases got into the debate. Senator
Nelson, Republican, Minnesota,
complaining about opinions hold
ing state and municipal bonds
exempt from federal taxation.
The senate, after a long tech
nical discussion, voted down. 56
to 12, a committee amendment
under which treasury experU had
figured the government would re
ceive taxes on about S3 per cent
ot the earnings of "close" --.or-porations
accumulated prior to
March 1. 1913.
LaFoltette Attacks IU11
Senator LaFollette. Republican,
Wisconsin, renewed his fight
against provisions of the bill
which would exempt from taxa
tion that part of the income on
foreign traders and foreign trade
corporations derived from sourc
es outside the United State3.
Senator McCumber, Republi
can. North Dakota, again defend
ed the provis:ons on behalf of the
finance committee, contending
that they were necessary so that
American concerns might do bus
iness abroad on an equal footing
fcwith foreign corporations.
Senator King, Democrat, t'tan,
introduced an amendment -which
would authorize the president to
invite the states to appoint a rep
resentative to confer with repre
sentatives to be appointed by him
to discuss cooperation between
the federal and state governments
in the levying of taxes and parti
cularly to recommend means for
the elimination ot conflict be
tween federal and state inheri
tance taxes.
Builders Association
Sends Delegates North
PORTLAND,-Ore., Oct 19.
Charles Holbrook. president of
the Portland Association of Build
in g. Owners and Managers, will
head a delegation from the local
association - to the fditrth confer
ence of building owners and man
agers of tha Pacific. Northwest In
Vanconver, B. C, FrJday and Sat
urdav. . J ,j .
V. Three of .the speakers5, will be
from Portland. They are Mrs, N.
n. Siiva,"Rr MJ Tattl and James
J. Sayer. 1 --tnj
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GOOD HARBOR
FOR PORTLAND
IS PROMISED
Lansinj Hi Beach, Chief of
Engineers, Tells Chamber
He Will Give Support
PORTLAND. Oct. 19 Major
General Lansing II. Beach, chief
of engineers, Hoday gave Portland
ers warm encouragement in their
desire for a; better ship channel
to the sea. After viewing the ac
tivities of the harbor, the gene
ral spoke briefly at a luncheon
given in hisjhonor'at the Cham
ber of Commerce.
"You can Jcount on all , the as
sistance I can properly give you,"
he said, "and I can give you all
the assistanee you can show; is
necessary.'!- '
The project urged .upon Gen
eral Beach sjcontemplates ship
channel 30 feet deep or better and
500 feet wide from Portland to
the sea. . f
Mayor Baker Has Plan
to Fight Unemployment
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 19.
Collectian and sale of marketable
waste material is a plan devised
by the unemployment committee
appointed by Mayor George L.
Baker to finance work that will
be necessary; in the event Portland
is faced with an acute unemploy
ment problem this winter, it was
announced today.
In following out this plan the
unemployment committee will co
ordinate the;' functions of the Am
erican Red Cross, the Salvation
Army and the public welfare bu
reau, i
All three? of these bureaus are
now engaged in salvaging wast to
some extent; as well as handling
cases of ' unemployment.
BILLIARD WINNERS NAMED
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19
Ralph Greenleaf, title bolder,
Bennie Alien of Kansas City, Mi
chael Kovach, Trenton, N. J., and
Walter Frfenklin, Kansas City,
were winners of today's matches
in the National Pocket Billiard
tournament.1 Greenleaf, playing
the last match on tonight's pro
gram, defeated Arthur Church dl
Yonkers, N. Y., 125 to 102 in 26
Innings.
ATTEMPT MADE TO ASSASSI
AMBASSADO
PARISI Oct 19. (By the Associated Press) A 'small
oblong package wrapped in white paper, tied with a strong
cord and market "perfume" lay on a table in the American
embassy all thi? morning. .J.V tV'V
It was addressed to the American ambassaqorMyron'T.
Herrick, and had been delivered by registered post. Think
ing it a gift, the ambassador's .3ecretary, Lawrence Norton,
carried it ;to the ambassador's residence at 1(5 Avenue de
Messine. jEarly this evening, the ambasador's valet, Blan
chard, saw? the package on a desk and started td open it. :,
Removal of the paper revealed a small pasteboard box.
Almost immediately a spring was released and a3 he lifted
the lid, Blanchard, who was formerly. a bomber in the British
army, heard a familiar noise. He hurled the boi. through the
bathroom door and ran. The bomb exploded in jthe doorway,
two fragments hitting him m
ously injured.- s, ;
The "ambassador, his daughter-in-law,
Mrs; Parmely Herrick.
and her "f-iear-old son were as
cending the; stairway. Blanchard
'came running out as the ainbra
sador reached the top.
, . Blanchard GoHapAes
" "A bomb; was exploded and 1
ROSEBURG,Ore., Oct IP.-vJ jory in the circuit
court tcnigkt brought a verdict of gmlty of murder m the
first degree in the case of Dr. Rithard M. Brumfield,
charged with the slaying on My 13 last of Dennis Rus
sell, a bachelor-farmer, whose headless body was found
beneath the smoking wreckage of Brumfield's autonio
bile beside a road near here. 1 , : ' ' r
The penalty) for first degree murder: is death by
hanging. ' ! - A:C !::
Judge Bingham will pass sentence ortDrj Brumfield
at 9 a.m. Saturday, he announced: The jury announced '
that it had arrived at a'Wdtct 'city 125 'pVnu alter be
ing out for three hours. I '' '
The prisoner received the verdict with no show of
emotion, but Mrs. Brumfield, the defendant's ivifecoU '
lapsed end had to be assisted from the court room.
Dennis Russell, a young rancher ' who 1 lived clont
near Roseburg,was slain July 13 last. His headiest
body was found by the roadside a few miles from town,
under the wrecked and smoking remains of an autdmo :
bile belonging to Dr. Brumfield. j Certain articles of
Brumfield9 s clothing on the body and: a ring on one
of the fingers which was the property of the dentisVat
first led the authorities to believe that the body was
Brumfield s and that he had lost htslije in an jinomobilef
accident. -v- (-.:j.1.;.t i w
It was found, however, that Russell was missing and .
this was followed quickly by the discovery that while
a portion of the clothes on thebQdy were BrdmHeld's
other articles on it were Russell's. Closer examination
disclosed certain physical peculiarities which result e I in
the identification of the body positively ' as that of Rus
sell 1 ! iuZ:i$
Mrs? Brumfield, wife of the dentist, refused to' ac-;
cept this identification, declaring the body was that of
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R1YR0NT.
the back. He was not sen
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am hit!r he shouted. "Thank
God yon weren't ia the room."
i Blanchard collapsed and was
carried down stairs. The ambas
sador motored immediately to the
Hotel Crillon to ask General Per
shing the best thing to do and the
prefect of police was summoned.
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The bomb Is believed by the po- ;
lice to have been sent by French
communists as a protest against
the conviction of two communlati .
in the United States charged with
murder; it contained the deadlteat
of explosives, according to the po- (
lice, i , ;'t :
Hoiofle Partially .Wrecktsl
The ! bathroom 'was wrecked,
much .damage being done In the "'
bedroom and seven fragments
went through a thick steel ward
robe, while . others made deep ,
dents In the metal 'doors' of a
cabinet..; s, !; ; :i . . :
-. . Th'e lambassador'S: first thought
was to fgnore the matter but
General Pershing and! others ad
vised him to : make the full de
tails public because of the possi
bility of other1 bomb' outrage.
Presliaent Mllltirahd was among
the first to congratulate the am
bassadbr on hia escate. He a33ur- -ed
Mrj Herrick that the outrage
was deeply resented by . every
Frenchman worthy, of the i name
ana that' -the jreatest -efforts
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