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.ATtrac for ,ry ti9aa- , Holiday onlr ssst avvJf- " S?.7 nlr . 5506 - Ply. M Sunday 510 Tha Statesman receives th leased wire report of the Associated Press, the ere test and most re liable press association la the world. j . BEVEKTY-ttBST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1922 FIRST SECTIONS-SIX PAGE3 i - - : ! " i : : . WHEAT PIT 15 WILD PLAGE AS GRAIN GOES UP Excited Trading and Big Jump Keep Chicago Board of Trade in Whirl Throughout Tuesday. MARKET IS SEETHING AT ' MnilR flF Pi ncilUftl ... ..WWII VI WUWWIIIUI iudi ui u -ivciu nibc, Wfiich Came at Outset, Retained at End. uiunuu, cu. 1 1. ciciiea tradlnr mil Mb- nm in ; . r- t - srepi toe wheat Dlt of the Chicaro I Board of Trade in a whirl todaj. The scene at the ooenins esDe-1 dally was one of the wildest wit- nessed for some time, and al-1 thoagh the disturbance was later! omewbat subdued, the market! waa again seethinr at the cloBe. I Xf. ti- Lv;: v7:v . '1 -Tvi JvVHr -V a x. Iv I 1?? wen Kthe closinsi gong halted further bus- aUoBB..w.ku iu iurei at !. I? T-".' onei ror way op- nuu, ana ll.Jl IO 11,21 lor I Oulr, the two months In which I BpwniauTt aeaunga are at pres-1 ea wnwreo. - tT ,',, 1 'Tonight leaders who had acted on & belief In higher prices were eredlted with haying as. a rule tOught additional holdings today instead of seuing out. Sources Miscellaneous A6cordlng to current gossip the I hlk of the day's ; selling came from miscellaneous sources, and Iras chiefly to secure profits re sulting from the sudden bulge in values. . V , The advances In prices here fol lowed, gains made yesterday at Liverpool and other foreign mar ket centers, while American mar kets . were . closed during yester day's holiday. f Wail Walla, $1.10. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Feb. it,r Hard wheat was quoted to- day at $1.10. the highest price since the-1920 crop came on the market.- . jg BE PUT ACROSS i A . : i Special Committee Appoint- ed at Meeting of Boost er Club Last'Nlghf 'At -the monthly dinner and. bus iness meeting' of the , Cherrlans held last night at the Commercial club, a strong sentiment devel oped in favor i of holding a Cher rlan Chcrrlngo, similar Jn many Tesoects to the one held In 1913. in order that the organisation Bin might be fully informed as too insurance poucy was maae Dlans anl lust what wterUicment out. When tne claus relating hould be put n,-a committee consisting of K. Cooke Patton. chairman. C. B. Webb and A. H GUIe was named. The- report of the committee mill be made at'tbe March meet ing and If approved by a rot of Cherraln v plans will be mU3 for an old time Cherringo to be held some time In May at the armory. E. Cooks Patton, In suggesting a Cherrmgo, Bald that witn tue talent now la the city, a first - class amateur cirrus could be pnt on as one feature, minstrel showldeavor union which opens in the as another,' and high class enter talnlng in every. respect. As an aid to the proposed eiv tertalnment. It was announced and a western Oregon conven that them Is in storace consid-1 tion each year, but this year there erabto material left over from the 1912 Cherrlnro.v The oninlon wasl freely etpressed that the Cher- pected that this 32nd annual con rlana could put on an entertain-1 vention will be the greatest in the went that would be a credit to h orMnliatlon tne organisation. . . communication was M from th Christian Endeavor en- tenainment eunuiiw . . ..blM rm the use . Saturday arternoon irom 2 nu B o'clock, t. Jung uing ncuiicnns Instructed the entertainment com- mlttee of the Cherrlans to secure the necessary cars for the occa sloa. t 1 THE WEATHER ; Wednesday; 1 Rain west; , cloudy east' portion;' moderate ', ' esiterly winds. PERSONS WHO BUILT ILL-FATED . - ' t ...... CALLED TO ACCOUNT WASHINTON, Feb. 14. for the grand jury by the coroner jury's investigation which brought in a verdict in connection with the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker picture theatre January 28, re sulting in the death of 98 persons. The nine men, all of Washington, were: R. G. Geare, architect of the building; J. H. signed the roof of the structure; OTVOfn wlmri flm tViao vn man the builder; Donald Wallace, Fire Proofing company which Donald, the contractor who Costigan, engineer and computer building department, who passed on the plans, and Julian R. Downman, the assistant building inspector when the build rm. i i Ae inquest was uegun last , , t . ii nesses were neara Deiore me hind closed doors. It was out if a -finlinn- The coroner's jury In its vcr diet, declared that tho "collapse of the roof was due to faulty dc- signing - and inadequate supervin lion ana inspection. ' recommendations, one. being that all theaters and places where th-3 public assembles be ilosed and keDt cl0Bed ontI, guch tlme la whlcn their safety Is assured District Attorney Peyton Gor- don HAln tnnirht that tho mm would be submitted to the grand jury "as soon as possible." -That body Is in session now fand the opinion was exprensed in formally that It would be in po- RIEST MCOSED OF KILLING BROTHER TO GAIN HIS ESTATE MONTREAL, Feb. 14. priest, was arrested tonight on his half brother, Raoul Delorme, an Ottawa University stu dent, whose body was found in a suburb of the city January 6, with six bullets fh the head. Father Delorme, who had all day, was taken into custody after a coroner's jury had found him criminally responsible for his brother s death. The long lost will of the dead man, who took out life in surance amounting to $25,000 at the direction of his brother, just four "days before "his death, was found today and dis closed that the Rev. Delorme was chief heir to the estate. At the hearing before Coroner McMahon January 24,'Theopht!e Marot, of La Sauvegarde Life In surance company, testified that the priest had come to his office where they discussed Insuring the young student. He said the priest aakd for applcatlons of a $10,000 policy and figures on 120,000 and $25,000 policies were given to him. -- .. -- . Marot further testified that the priest came again to his office, this time with his halt brother l ana tne application ior me zbv 1 The big "Foursquare" conven I tion of the Oregon Christian En Salem armory Thursday evening lis an all-state gathering. It is the usual order to hoia an eastern lis to be but the one session Because or mis iaci it is ex- wstory oi 14 ,s thought that probably . - iaaa ac. win h " ""r:. .C. 5f rti Th B fwa -vm w-v aT " 1 1.1 0trfafnmpnt rnmmittee still asks that If anyone can possl b. kee deleKate- on the Har- d t)ianbed and breakfast- to -ure and ,et M,B8 Lucne R0g3 know, phone her 1187VV. The opening session - will be Thursday, 7:30 p. m. with song service led by Mrs. "W. E. Wright of Portland: addresses of wel come by the mayor of the city and the. governor of the stste, and a I special address. ,' Prominent and very forceful ENDEAVDRERS FROM ENTIRE STATE COMETO CONVENTION THEATRE r - , Nine men were ordered held Ford, the engineer who de- Morris Hacker, building in nnnotminfad UVonlr T. lVom general superintendent of con built the walls; John L. Mc erected the steel ; Thomas L for the District of Columbia m i j r :a xuesuay ana scores 01 wu i ... j i-i v jury uegan us ueuuerauons ue seven hours before it, returned sition to take up the Knicker bocker findings by the last of this week. Those who were recom mended for the grand jury -were not taken into custody tonight but It was stated they would bs given an opportunity to appear at the district attorney's office, the first thing In the morning. Their bonds. Mr. Gordon said, would be $5,000 each. Witnesses Are Scored The coroner's Jury in its find ings recommends that there be a thtorough revision of the building code in the District of Columbia with heavy penalties provided lor (Continued on page 2) The Rev. Delorme, a Catholic a charge of having murdered been placed under police guard to payment in the event that the policy became' a claim was reached the witness testilied that Father Delorme said : "la my place I would make it payable to my heirs. You can then dispose of it by a will or otherwise." ; This was done, the witness de clared, and later Father Delorme telephoned the agent inquiring If the policy was ready, explaining that he wanted to make his broth er a present of if. Marot said he obtained the policy and delivered it to the priest at his home, young (Continued on page 2) speakers will be Paul C. Brown of Los Angeles, and at present Nortn west Christian Endeavor secre tary. He is well known to the young people of this state as a specialist in intermediate and con ference work; Dr. H. L. Bowman pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Portland. He is also a favorite among the young people and during the time he has been In that city has won an eviable reputation as a public speaker. He brings to this gathering two worth-while speeches on Friday afternoon and evening; Dr. E. V. Stivers, pastor of the Fim Chris tian 'church of Eugene. Mr. Sti vers has done a wonderful work In that college city and speaks weekly to from 1.000 to 2.000 peo ple. He will deliver the decision address "Obeying His Command' on' Sunday afternoon. " Mrs. W. E. Wright will have charge of the convention singing She is a trained and experienced leader of song as well as an ac complished soloist. For a nam- (Continued on pago 2) SENATOR TELLS VICTORIESOF G. 0. P. RE Accomplishments for Do mestic Welfare Through Congress and for World by Conference Related LODGE SPEAKS BEFORE MASSACHUSETTS S0L0NS Program Outlined for Dis armament Parley 100 Per Cent Successful BOSTON. Feb. 14. What the Republican party has accomplish ed in congress since it came into power and what it has done in in ternational affairs through the armament conference, formed the subject of an address by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to the Repub lican members of the Massachu setts legislature at a dinner here tonight. The three great objects of the United States in the armament conference, said the senator, were the limitation of armament, the termination of the Anglo-Japanese alliance and the attainment of "all we could for the benefit of China in which the dominant fea ture, was the return of the prov ince of Shantung." Whole Program Succeeds "In all three of these objects," he continued, "we were success ful. I did not underrate m me least the earnest good will and cooperation that we received from all our colleagues representing the other nations, but the lead in the conference belonged to the United States because we issued the invitations, and that lead we had throughout. Almost every proposition, certainly all of any Importance, was brought forward bv the American delegation." The Republican party since it last came Into power, ha made a record In international and do mestic accomplishments by which It may ask the country to stand "without fear or misgiving." saia Senator Lodge. Arhievments Reviewed Inviting Republicans to pay no heed to those who call the pres ent government a "do nothing body, but "rather to go forward in the good old Republican way and carry on," Senator Lodge re viewed the achievements of the party since it gained control of congress in March. 1919. "I know," he said. "I am speak ing within bounds when I say that no congress in time of peace ever has shown such an amount of ac tive and remedial legislation as has been enacted by the present congress since it has been in ses sion." The Republicans, he said found the worst situation eco nomically which any party in this country had ever been called upon to face and we have a right to be proud of our record." IlardJnjr GiTem? Credit Senator Lodge dwelt at length upon the fruits ofthe armament conference, which, he said, we owe to the wisdom of President Harding in summoning it." More was done by the conference for the world's peace in 12 weeks, he add ed. "than has bene done anywhere else in twice as many years." When the Republican party gained control of congress fn 1919 it proceeded to reduce appropria tionstof the Wilson administration for the last year by $1,500,000 000, Senator Lodge said. "It also repealed war appropriations ag negating more than 18.000,000, 000 and continued to reduce them until the fiscal year ending June 30. 1922. the appropriations stood at $3,909,000,000." "Since the present congress has been in." the senator continued "they have reduced appropria tions asked for by the depart ments of $5,337,000,000 to $1 43R.0OO.Q00. This was the work of the present 'do nothing con gress. Somebody did something. Revenue Act Mentioned Referring to the revenue act of 1921, Senator Lodge said: ' "I should have been glad per sonally to have made those sur taxes on incomes lower than they were finally agreed upon, but we were compelled to get the money somewhere and it seemed to -the Republican majority of the con gress .that the most Important re lief to be given to business and (Continued on page S) I FLU CAUSES PASSING OF PEN INMATE Miles Monaham Succumbs City Has Hundreds of Cases of Disease in Light Form Miles Monahan. 4 4 years old. prisoner at the Oregon state peni tentiary,' died yesterday from In fluenza with which he had been ill for three or four days. About oO cases of the disease are reported from the prison, but all have been of light nature with the exception of that of Monahan, whose body became almost black after death. Monahan was received from Benton county July 10, 1917, to serve from 15 years to life on a statutory charge. When he bo came ill he was working as a trusty in the prison garage. He is survived by a father who is in Florida, his mother who is in As toria, a brother at Corvallis aud a daughter who lives near Port land. Physicians have admitted that Salem now has from 500 to 1000 cases of influenza, but declare the disease is not in virulent form and that the epidemic is losing Us hold. About 500 pupils are out of school with various ail merit 3. ED NOT GUILTY PLEA ase of Violating Prohibition Law Will Be Heard February 23 Ed Barry, who is said to bear several aliases in addition to be ing the alleged owner of the largest still ever seized In Marlon county, yesterday appeared before Judge Unruh in justice court and pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession and manufacture which have been filed against him. Judge Unruh announced last night that District Attorney John Carson has filed action against Barry on rioth charges and that the case will be tried before juries on February 23 and 24. , Barry is held in the county jail under bonds of $1000, according to county officials. It is reported that Barry's attorneys are mak ing every effort to have the amount of this bail reduced. ine seizure of Barry's still by Chief of Police Moffltt and the subsequent arrest of Barry by In spector V. W. Blrtchett of the local police department has caused much comment in certain circles in the city. At the time of Bar ry's arrest it was reported that the police had seized certain mem oranda which indicated liquor transactions with local men. A photograph of the still in running order in a house at 1205 South Fourteenth street is also said to have been found with articles jgoj sessed by Barry. A large portion of the still was found in a bouse at 319 South Eighteenth street. The "can" it self was found outside the city where ' It is said to have been moved during a recent raid scare Those who doubt that the huge still has been used In the manu facture of liquor should visit the court rooms of Justice of the Peace G. E. Unruh. The warmth of the room has caused strange odors to emanate from the vats and stil aparatus. Prison-Made Table is Presented to Daugherty WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. massive wooden table, heavily in laid, adorned the office of Attor ney General Daugherty today The work was done In the federal penitentiary at Atlanta by prisoner. "I hare asked the pardon attor ney for his record." Mr. Daugher ty said, "and I may turn the table on him." Extortion Charged at Industrial Institution WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Federal investigation is being made into charres of extortion practiced upon negro former ser vice men at the Tennessee Agri cultural and Industrial institu tion at Nashville. Tenn., Director Forbes of tbte veterans bueran said today. If the charges are sustained Mr. Forbes said, he would remove the 200 former service-men from the institution within 21 hours, BARRY ENTERS it isfe LOVE LETTERS Exceedingly Gushy Missives Pass Between Mrs. Oben chain and J. Belton Ken nedy. MAN'S LOVE WANED AS TIME WNT BY Telegrams Used in Birch Trial Are Not Admitted Again as Evidence LOS ANGELES. Feb. 14. The prosecution today began reading into the court record the love story of Madalynne Obcncbain and Belton Kennedy, the man she is charged with having murdered. The state offered the first sur prise of the trial when It nro- duced Kennedy's letters to the woman. Defense counsel had ex pected her letters but were not prepared for his. Dating back to March 4. 1917. the letters exchanged by the two provided, according to the prose cution, a -complete record the development and decline of the romance. Kpnncdr Knamored In letters written to the woman while she was in the east. Ken nedy told hr "I think cf you every day, dear Madalynne. and when I have the glooms I wonder ir you nave them, too " "We will soon be eating our S. W. B. (shredded wheat biscuit) togeth er; "Do not rclinaui8h vour sentiments," and "I hope you have good time and think of me often. Much love." Repeatedly In her letters Mrs Obenchaln wrote Kennedy that his "friendship means more to me than anything else in the world.' Doctor Xo Good From Rochester. Minn., in 1917 she wrote: "Belton dear: I went motorinz tonight with my uncle's doctor. I didn't like him because I was thinking all the time how much happier I would have been alone in my room writing to you. You feel so near to me that I can hear the things you ay and feel your hand reach out and touch me ever so gently. It is hard to say good night though we're thou sands of miles apart." From Fessenden, N. D.. she wrote: Belton my heart feels so good when I talk to you even in cold pen and ink. ' Ah! A Woman's Hate As the date of the letters ad vanced, the state claimed it would show by them that Madalynne re alized Kennedy's regard had failed and that he did not intend to marry her, she grew to hate him. Telegrams exchanged between Mrs. Obenchaln and Arthur Burch her co-defendant while sne was in Los Angeles and he was In Chicago, were offered for identifi cation during the early session of the trial through testimony of William Laughlin, commercial agent here for a telegraph com pany. These messages were not read Into the record nor admit ted In evidence. Hurry Call Sent According to the prosecution these messages were used as evi dence at the recent trial of Burch which terminated in a disagree ment of the jury and included among others, a telegram In which Mrs. Obenchaln urged Burch to hurry to Los Angeles. Battleship Oregon Will Be Floating Memoria WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Un ter scrapping provisions of the naval treaty, the historic battle ship Oregon probably will become a stationary floating memorial to her great days as "bulldog of the navy." Her big guns that roared in tri umph at Santiago will be silenced; the pulse of the huge engines that drove her 14.000 miles to reach the fighting front will be stilled forever; but In appearance she will remain as she was to stir the pride of future generations of Americans ARE READ FOR COURT RECORD " I I LAW RESPECT IS DEMANDED OF CITIZENS Drinking of Intoxicating Li quor to Excess Bars Appi cant, Judge Rules ASTORIA. Or.. Fern. 14. ThJ drinking of Intoxicating liquors to excess Is a bar to admission to citizenship, according to a ruling made by Circuit Judge Robert Eakin today in the case of the ap plication of John Ingvald Hansen, native of Norway. When asked by Examiner Tyler if he had been rrested. Hansen said he had been arrested for being drunk so many times that he could not remember tlw number. In denying the application Judge Eakln said. "One of the requisites of the applicant for admission is that he must be of good moral character. By your own admission you have been an habitual violator of the law. No one who violates the aws continually can be of good moral character and you have no right to ask for admission to citi zenship.. I shall deny your appli cation, but will permit It to come in again when you can show a clean bill of health for the five years preceding the filing of your application." E TO T. W. STEIEER Man Whose Wife Was Found Guilty of Trying to Kill Him is Freed A divorce was granted yesterday to the plaintiff In the suit of T. W. Stelger against Orlena Steiger. In the complaint, Steiger alleg ed that they were married in 1903 and lived together until they sep arated in September of 1SZO, at which time his wife and Jesse Mul- linix began to connive and plan to take his life. Steiger also alleged that Mul lfnix and his wife did attempt to take his life by shooting him sev eral time "and that when tried for assault with intent to kill, on September 28, 1920, she was con victed and sentenced to serve sev en years in the state penitentiary. She was paroled when sentenced. The granting o fthe divorce closes so far a chapter of domes tic trouble that attracted much attention. Her accomplice 1 now serving out his sentence in the penitentiary. TWO EXECUTED MEXICO CITY. Feb. 14. -(By the Associated Press) General Antonio Ruiz and Captain Lugar do Perez of the federal army were executed this morning In Chihua hua City after having been found guilty of rebellion by a courtmar tial. PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR FINE HOME FOR OLD FOLK At a meeting of the building committee of the Old Teoples home held last night, plans were completed for the erection of a home on the property owned by the home at Center and States man street to cost $55,000. According to plans submitted by Fred A. Legge. architect, the building will be of Queen Anne architecture, with two large gables facing on Center street. The shape of the building as shown by the tentative plans, will be that of a letter "U", facing Center street, with the court in the rear. The building will be construct ed entirely of brick and will be 91 1-2 by 105 feet, with basement aad two stories. Upon entering the building from Center street, the plans call for, a large living room 27 by 35 feet. At one end of the room there will be a double fireplace, extending out partlp into a sun parlor. Just in tho rear of the big living room there will be a dining room large enough to ac commodate 60. J On the left of the main entrance will be located the office andraa tron's rooms and 1 uuarters fori nurses. Just back of these reoxns SAFER METHOD . IS SOUGHT BY Executive In Favor of Relief I for Soldiers, But Does Hot Want to Upset Nationh! Stability. ; ; , READINESS OF PEOPLE C TO BUY BONDS DOUBTED White House Views on Sub ject Likely to Be Sent in Writing Today' ' Washington; Feb. President Hardin? thinks it is impracticable to raise by a bond issue at this time, a large sum of money to furnish ; the soldiers bonus, it was stated at the White Houst and he is unalterably opposci to the suggested eight-point i agreement ' -," ...rtV j The executive was reported f as being favorably disposca towards the bonus legislation and it was emphasized that when he appeared before ths ' senate last July to ask that ' its enactment be deferred, he had not taken a' position of hostility. It also was stated i that promises made by Re- j publicans in the 1920 primar- . ies had not been lost sight of, but it was pointed out that no exact time had been fixed fcr the passage of an adjusted compensation bill. '. ' The attitude of the execu tive, it was added, had to be that of finding a sane and rea sonable method for the ful fillment of the promises made on the one hand' and bavin? regard for restored ' stability, on the other. . vu Holding that there was a question whether there was the same sweeping determina tion at this time that there was during war's responsibil ity when the, government could have raised almost any sum, the president was said to doubt the possibility v of ob taining now through a bond issue the sum required for the soldiers' bonus without an ad vance in interest rates' and (Continued on page 2) I there will be nine privste rooms for those who Cannot, on account of age, occupy rooms up stairs. ; The right wing of the second story will be arranged partially for nine rooms to be occupied by men. On the left wing of the socond story, plans drawn, By Mr. Legge call for 1 rooms for wom en. In all there will be 25 rooms for women, nine rooms for men. two rooms as hospital rooms and the matrons and rooms for nurses. Built m the artistic Queen Anne architecture with large gables fac ing the front.- and constructed en tirely of brick, tbse Old Peoples home will be one of the most at tractive buildings in the city. The lot now owned and upon which the home will be erected faces south 262 feet on Center i street, 1X2 feet east on Statesman street, the rear of the lot '228 feet on the north and 2l7 feet on the west, . Mr. Legge Is now. working on the plans and specifications ready to submit, to contractors for bids by April 1. The building - committee In charge U Mrs. Fred W. Selee. president of the board: Mrs. J. II. Baker, secretarp; MrS-'.E. E. Up- meyer. Walter C. Win slow and e E. Price. n I! !