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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAB
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1922
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DELEGATES TO
C. E. SESSION
LACKING ROOMS
people ot saiem Tardy in
a a a. ft bm
Offering Accommodations
to Christian Endeavorers
of Ail Oregon.
APPEAL IS MADE TO
MEMBERS QF CHURCHES
Delegates Arriving and First
Program Is Scheduled
For Tonight
TOXIGHTH PROGRAM FOR
CHKISTI Af; BNDKAV
r Oil CONVENTION
' Howard Zlnser, presiding;.
,7: SO Seng senrlce, led by
Mrs. W. E. Wright.
Welcoming addresses, the
, mayor ot Salem, George
E. . Halvorsen, and Cover-,
nor Ben W. Olcott.
Response, LeRoy Robinson.
Selection, cwnvention chorus.
Devotional. . .. - . ,
Address "Listening to the
, Master," Luke 9:35, Dr.
L. A. McAfee.
With prospects of 1000 dele
rates eomdnr to Salem to attend
the state annual convention ot
the Christian Endeavor, wnicn
nnena today, hardlr half enough
rooms have been offered for the
entertainment ot the visitors.
- Registrations j recciveJ in ad
vane tend to show that the can
ventian will b attended by 1000
-or more, and. as the matter stands
the entertainment committee is up
against At. i
'- Church Members Urged
Members of churches have been
urged to volunteer rooms and the
Harvard nlan of entertaining
room and breakfast, but as yet,
those Interested In Christian work
iavn not volunteered - rooms u
sufficient number.
Del prate will begin to arrive
today and tto first meeting of
the annual conference win oe
held tonight. There is necessity
nt more rooms being offered, and
(am wilrinr to heln should tele
phone this morning to Miss Lu-
die Ross, 1U7W, or Howara zm-
mt. 455. 1 - i
, MnOmcikev Urate Cooneratlon
Speaking of this unfortunate
condition, T. E. McCroskey. man
' a(r of tha Commercial club said:
"It will be a. serious calamity
If delegates come here today and
tomorrow and not ' . proper ar
rangements ' made for their ac
commodation.
HI PHI
' MJEBIPPED
Arrests1 in Us Angeles Be
lieved Connected With
Many Other Cities
L03 ANGELES, Feb. 15. A
terrorist program of International
acona mav be revealed through
the arrest here last night ot eight
Alleged members of a band or ex
tnrtionlsts. It was aald tonieht by
federal and other' officers who
participated in the arrests.
j ThrM men arrested recently in
widely, separated American citiea
are believed to have had in their
Dossession "unmistakable en
dence" of ' affiliation with the
men taken into custody here, it
was said. f
These three men were arrested
tit ' Salt Laka Citv. Des Moines.
and Cleveland; Ohio, officers said,
and farther declared clock bombs
! and duplicate Instructions were
found on all three.
Storm Warnings Hoisted
. Along Coast of Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18.
Southeast storm warnings were
ordered hoisted at all Oregon and
"Washington coast stations today.
The weather bureau said that the
indications are a severe storm is
ranidly approaching from the
north Pacific
, District Forecaster Wells says
snow will not fall in Portland or
other western. Oregon points, but
that a heavy fall is expected In
eastern Oregon, . , ' .
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EDWARD F. SANDS, alias Fitz-Strathmore, former valet
to William Desmond Taylor, slain motion picture director
for whom the police of every State in the Union are making
every, effort to capture. A formal complaint, charging Sands
with murder, has been filed in Los Angeles. Sands has a
charge against him of grand larceny and burglary preferred
by Taylor that has never been dismissed. " "
REDUCTION LEAGUE FORMED
AT TAXPAYERS' GATHERING
The nomination of candidates
for the state legislature indepen
dent of their political party affil
iation, and so selected that they
will represent all parts of the re
spective counties is in general the
plan of this Oregon Taxpayers'
Reduction league, a Marion
county branch of which was tem
porarily organized at a meeting at
the Marion county ' court house
Tuesday night. An objection cited
to the usual Marion county dele
gation is that most of the delega
tions have been Salem men.
Precincts Starting Point..
The plan of organizations calls
for a start in the precincts which
will choose delegates to a county
convention. The county conven
tion will choose delegates to a
state convention to be held in
Portland on March 20, when the
policies of the league will be more
definitely outlined than at pres
ent. The move began with a meet
ing at McMInnvilte early in the
winter. J. C. Cooper is president
and Roy Stockton secretary and
treasurer of the state organiza
tion.
D. W. Fisher was elected tem
porary chairman and S. M. Endi-
At the annual meeting of the
Marion County Federation of
Community clubs, held last night
at the Commercial club, George
W. Hubbs of Silverton was elect
ed president; A. N. Fulkerson of
Salem Heights, vice president and
C. J. Espey of Donald, secretary.
Mr. William Everett Anderson
addressed the meeting on "Music
week" to be held in Salem and
asking the cooperation of the
Federation ot Community clubs.
, Community Sins Dated
Especial attention was called by
Mrs. Anderson to the community
sing to be held at the armory on
the evening of Wednesday, April
19. and to this Mrs. Anderson in
vited all members to attend and
bring their friends.
The idea ot attending again a
community sing at the armory
was given favorable attention by
the delegates and it was voted
not only to accept the invitation
but-to make special efforts to
bring in people from all parts of
HUBBS OE SILVERTON N1ED
HEAD OF COMMUNITY CLUB
cott temporary secretary and
treasurer of the local organiza
tion. having been elected at the
meeting Tuesday night. Speakers
were Mr. Endicott, Seymour
Jones. Dr. B. L. Staaves and Hal
D. Patton.
Endicott Has Statistics
Mr. Endicott in his address
gave the results of Investigations
he has been making at the state
house for several month and
which, it is said, revealed several
causes of expenditure of state
funds which it is believed can be
eliminated. Mr. Endicott, among
other things, said he found that
30 members of the senate employ
ed 90 clerks and stenographers.
and the 60 members of the house
135 clerks and stenographers, or
two and one-halt and two and one-
fourth clerks to each member re
spectively.
" Relief Measures Fostered
The state organization probably
will place most emphasis on draft
lng tax relief measures. . One
measure probably will provide for
placing the state penitentiary on
a paying basis. Another will call
for an elimination of the millage
(Continued on page 8)
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the county for the occasion.
McCroskey Is Speaker
T. E. MpCroskey. delegate from
Salem, spoke briefly on the work
of the federated clubs and urged
that the meetings be held regu
larly each month as in the past
The invitation of Silverton for
the meeting to be held during
March was accepted. Following
the business session, a luncheop
was served.
Delegates in attendance wero
as follows:
Salem T. E. McCroskey. W. C
Franklin and L. J. Chapin. .
Silverton George W. Hubbs
T. P. Risteigen,. John Steelham
mer. H. B. Latham and Charles A
Reynolds.
Salem Heights Fred Thomp
son, R. D. Hulsey, George Will
son. Harvey Burnside and A. N
Fulkerson.
Jefferson George P. Griffith
Donald James Feller, J.
Groth and C. J. Espey.
Aurora A. W, Krause and
Paul Robinson.
WORD PICTURE
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Hotel Proprietor Tells How
Mrs. Obenchain and Burch
Sat and Gazed at Kenne
dy's Home.
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE
SEEN ON LAST DAY
More Love Letters Read at
Trial Appear to Shed
Light on Case
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15. A
word picture of Mrs. Madaiynne
Obenchain. sitting shoulder to
shoulder with her co-defendant,
Arthur Burch. at the window of
his room in a downtown hotel,
both of them looking toward the
office of J. Bolton Kennedy, in a
building across the street, late
today was given to the Jury sit
ting in the woman's trial on the
Thomas Haley, proprietor of
hotel in which Burch stayed, gave
the picture, under examination by
Asa Keyes, deputy district attor
ney. Visits Were Frequent
"Burch asked permission to
have the woman visit him in his
room, saying she was bis cousin
and he would prop the door
open," Haley testified. "I saw her
there four or five times. She and
Bnrch always were sitting to
gether, looking out of the win
dow toward Kennedy's office. I
lso observed Burch daily from
uly 24, when he rented the room.
till August 5, the day preceding
the evening Kennedy was killed,
sitting at the window."
The evening Kennedy was kill
ed. Haley testified, Burch left the
room with a package wrapped in
newspapers, which "resembled a
shotgun in two pieces."
More letter Head
Testimony of Haley closed tha
court day, which otherwise was
filled with the reading of love let
ters written by Mrs. Obenchain to
Kennedy. According to the state's
theory, these letters showed the
motive foe the slaying. The pros
ecution attributes to Mrs. Oben
chain the rage of a "woman
scorned." It is contended this is
shown by such passages as:
I wouldn t give two cents for
the rest of life if anything hap
pened to you," written in 1917,
in the early part of the romance,
and "you are a coward, laughing
at a bleeding heart" written a
short time before Kennedy was
killed.
The letters were all read to the
jury in the trial of Burch, which
terminated a month ago in a dis
agreement of the jury.
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Little Change in Belfast, But
Leaders Work Toward
Peaceful End
LONDON, Feb. 15. (By the
Associated Press) While there
has been little amelioration in
conditions in Belfast, firing at in
tervals throughout the day hav
ing been almost as serious as yes
terday, adding considerably to the
list of casualties, the general sit
uatlon appears much more prom
ising.
Winston Spencer Churchill, sec
retary for the colonies, was unable
to give the house of commons the
important news that on his sug
gestion a joint commission has
been agreed upon to investigate
the facts of the border conflicts.
Lord Birkenhead In the house
of lords, in making a similar an
nouncement, added the opinion
that he was not too sanguine in
detecting in this step hope of fur
ther cooperation between Prem
ier Craig and Michael Collins, at
fording a prospect of a Pacifie
settlement.
Another satisfactory incident
was the release of 26 of the kid
naped Ulsterites through Mr. Col
lms' efforts; while, according to
Mr. Churchill's statement in the
house the government evidently
desires that the northern govern
ernment should liberate the foot
ball players, whose detention pro
bably is the only reason why some
of the kidnaped men are still held.
Mr. Collins had a long confer
ence with Mr. Churchill today, bat
apparently has not seen Mr. Lloyd
George, . ...
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SITUT1
MOB
HIS
200 YEARS
IS AGE OF
CLOCK HERE
I. J. Crittenden Has on Exhi
bition Timepiece That Has
Recorded History
I. J. Crittenden has on exhibi
tion at the Satterlee-Crlttenden
Btore, Ferry and Liberty streets,
a clock that has a real history.
It is a genuine grandfather's
clock, almost seven feet high, and
Grandfather Amos Crittenden,
himself, fought In "The American
war." which was the war of 1812.
He was then, living near Toronto.
where the family has settled years
before. The clock itself was made I
by J. W biting, of Winchester, tng-
iana. ine aaie is noi aeumieiy
known. but family history fixes i
the date at more than 200 year
ago. l ne wnoie mecnanism is 01
wood, the gear and pinion wheels
being of wood with not the slight
est reinforcement ot metal. Some
of the" moving parts are of metal,
the rods and pinions, but the
wheels are entirely of wood. The
case is comparatively new only
about 100 years old, it was made
by the senior Crittenden, at his
Canadian farm home.
The present owner refused an
offer of $300 for the ancient time
piece, before he brought it down
from Canada last year. It has
not been in running order for 20
years, until this week, when Rich
ard Morrison, local watch maker,
overhauled It and it is now run
ning like a chronometer. The
ancient lead weights were left be
hind, as too heavy to ship so they
are temporarily replaced by some
of the queerest "antique" junk
that could be imagined. There is
one electric iron; a dry battery
cell; a box of modern cartridges
and other things that pious
Grandpa Crittenden would have
burned at witchcraft if he'd see
'em. The world has moved a lot
since he left the clock, when he
was 8S years of age. The old timer
was not worth half as much in his
time as it would be, today which
is one ot the changes the years
have brought.
American Consul Kills
Himself at Wilmington
WILMINGTON. Del., Feb. 15.
Raymond Schofield Curtice, Unit
ed States consul at Nahasakl, Jap
an. committed suicide today by
shooting himself through the head
at a local hotel. He was on a
vacation in this country and had
been here since February 6.
Man Kills, Wife, Her
Mother, Then Himself
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15.
Three children tonight mourned a
triple tragedy here today that took
the lives of their parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. George A. Hoden. and tne
letter's mother, Mrs. Julia Taylor.
Boden shot and killed his wife,
after he had failed to effect a rec
onciliatlon following her filing a
suit for divorce, and her mother
and then took hU own life, ac
cording to the police.
A sister ot Mrs. Boden. Mrs.
Bessie Walters of Bakersfield
Cal., escaped by plunging through
a window. Three children rang
ing- in ages from 8 to to 17 years
were at school.
In Boden's hand was a note
written In a childish hand. It
read:
"I guess I'm rather stupid.
can't say pretty things to you, but
honest, if you will let me, I'd be
awful good to you. Your Valen
tine."
Taylor Murder is Still
Baffling to Detectives
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15. De
tectives investigating the slaying
of William Desmond Taylor, mo
tion picture director, today con
tinued interviewing persons who
were thought. to have information
possibly bearing upon the case
but without . definite result, Dis
tirct Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine announced late in the after
noon.
None of the persons' questioned
was brought to the district attor
ney's tfflce. Mr. Woolwine said
the investigators had . Informed
him that many of those whose
statements were being sought had
expressed a dislike to the public
ity they thought would result
from their going to his office
"Speaking frankly," the district
attorney added. "We are no near
er a solution than we were the day
after the slaying."
Protesting Innocence,
Priest Asks Early Trial
MONTREAL. Feb. 15. Protest-
in' his innocence, the Rev. Ade-
Iarde Delorme. Catholic priest.
charged,, with tbe murder of his
half brother. Raoul. an uttawa
university student, tonight plead
ed to be tried as soon as possible
"I know I will be found Inno
cent of the charge against me," he
said. v
. The preliminary hearing In the
case was set for February Zl.
MINTO QUITS,
MAY RUN FOR
CHIEF'S JOB
HI Health Given as Reason for
Inspector's Resignation An
nounced Yesterday
Inspector Frank Minto, of the
local police department, last nUt
served his last duty with th4ocal
department. Chief of Police Mof
fitt announced that Mr. Minto had
resigned because of ill health.
Both Chief of Police Moffitt and
Police Commlssoner Walter
Thompson said yesterday that
Minto's record with the local de
partment has been an excellent
one,
"Since his appointment oh Jan-
uary v inspector Minto ham ae-
quired repute as one of the best
officers on the force," said Mof-
fltt. He leaves the department
with my personal wishes that he
regain his health speedily."
Since receipt of news of Minto's
resignation, it has been widely ru
mored by his friends that he will
be on the slate for the office of
chief of police phould his health
warrant at a later date.
When questioned yesterday, Mr.
Minto said:
'It is true that many of my
friends have suggested that I an
nounce my candidacy for the po
sition. However, conditions are
such that I cannot make a defi
nite decision at the present time."
Minto is a Salem born resident
and a member of the family . ot
Oregon pioneers of that name. He
has had much experience as a po
lice officer and has also served
in various executive capacities.
BLEAK GRAVE SITE
BE
Body of Famouo Explorer to
Find Resting Place in
Frozen island
WASHINGTON. Feb. K (By
the Associated Press. ) The body
of Sir Ernest Shackleton, which
left Montevideo todar. will find
resting place on the island of
South Georgia amid frozen wastes
as dreary and lifeless as any of
those encountered by the British
explorer in his travels.
A description of the island of
South Georgia issued today by
the alional Geographic society,
describes it as a land of perpetu
al winter with an average mean
temperature of about the freezing
point. It lies in the south Atlan
tic about ltQO statute miles east
of the Cape of Good Hope.
Although encyclopedical ac
counts speak of it as an unin
habited British Island, informa
tion in the hands of the geograph
ic society show that there are sev
eral Norwegian whaling stations
on Jt and it was to one ot these
that Sir Ernest Shackleton made
his way in 1916 after the loss ot
his ship, the Endurance, In the
Antarctic ice He made the trip
to South Georgia in an open boat
from Elephant island of the south
Shetland group a Journey of two
weeks through tempestoua winter
seas and after landing on the
southwest shore of the island,
made a thrilling climb over the
mountains to Stromness bay, on
the northeast shore, and there
found a whaling station. It was
from this point that he sailed
to South America and back to
Elephant island to rescue his
marooned shipmates.
South Georgia is one of the
dreariest patches of land in th
world, the geographic society
says. It rains or snows five days
out of every six in the year and
the chief form of vegetation on
its 1600 square miles is tussock
grass. The lure which keeps
sturdy Norwegians on this outpost
of the Antarctic Is the whale fish
ing. Formerly American seamen
also took large numbers of fur
seals on the islands but the seals
were exterminated many years
ago.
Fatal Epsom Salts Has
10 Percent of Poison
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 15.
The package of epsom salts from
which Mrs. Edward Rhodes of
Klaber, Wash., administered doses
to her five children last Satur
day which action was followed by
the death of all five, contained
about 10 per cent of an alkaloi
dal poison, according to an
nouncement made here tonight
by Herman Allen, prosecuting at
torney of Lewis county, following
an analysis of the package by the
state chemist.
Analysis of one of the child
ren's stomachs had not been com
pleted Mr. Allen said that an
inquest probably wonld ba held.
He and Dr. David Livingstone,
county coroner, were to confer
late tonight.
ABANDONED
BONUS BILL HALTS
AS MEMBERS STRIVE
TO SELECT MAN;
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The soldiers bonus bill to
night was very much in. the air.
Congress was without any official word from President
Harding as to his views on the subject, and, meantime, the
committees which have been handling the problem continued
to mark time. , , '
Among senators and representatives generally; there was
considerable private discussion and conjecture with the 're
vival on the house side of talk about a slashing of annual
appropriation bills as a means of providing the necessary
finances for the bonus. ; 4 : i n
FAY HA1ED IS
RECALL TARGET
Woodburn Officer's Careful
Enforcement of Law Makes
Enemies Active
City Traffic Offieer Fay Harned
of Woodburn will be recalled if a
petition which has been circulated
and sgned by a number of Wood
burn business men is favorably
acted upon at the next council
meeting.
The arrest of several prom
inent Oregon citizens who are
said to have "scooted" on that
city's streets at the. rate of 36
miles an hour or better. In some
cases the speeding drivers were
accused of being under the influ
ence of uqlior, but tho fines hare
been light in instances. The ma
jor portion of traffic violations
are brought Into city courts al
though a few are brought into
local Justice court.
Presentation of the recall pe
tition Is expected to cause a furore
and battles between councilmen
are looked for, as the traffic offi
cer has many friends who assert
that Harned's record of consist
ent arrests will compare favor
ably with the records of county
or city traffic officers throughout
the state.
"These traffic arrests hurt the
city," is the argument which has
been presented to persons who
have signed the petition, it is re
ported.
Another cause of enmitj to
wards Harnel. it is said, is that
with Constable Covey he has been
unalterably opposed to a clique
of liquor violators and booze ped
dlers. It is reported that these
officers are to "blame" for tho
recent arrest of William Alt and
Ed Corder of that city who were
arrested and entered pleas ot
csilty. reccving heavy fines and
county Jsil sentences in Judge
L'nruh's court at Salem.
While fr'cnda of Harned have
not considered the situation to be
serious enough to circulate conn
ter-petltions for htm, it Is predict
ed that both factons will make
things uhm when the city alder
men convene.
E
AND
IS
CHARGE OF TRAINING
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kuser, who
have arrived from. Eldora, la., for
mally took over the superinten
dency of the state training school
for boy yesterday, upon its' re
linquishment by I. M. Gilbert.
Mr. Kuser becomes superintend
ent and Mrs. Kuser matron of the
school. Mr. Kuser has been con
nected with a similar state Insti
tution at Eldora for 21 years, the
last 15 year as superintendent
Mr. Kuser, was graduated from
Lincoln normal university and the
state university of Nebraska, and
was admitted to the bar In that
state. He began his work with
boys in the Industrial School for
Boys at Kearney. Neb., planning
to do this work only temporarily.
It had a fascination for blm
however. He saw what a large
field lay before him and the possi
bilities of good service which lay
in this field.
After a few years In the Ne
braska school, he went to Iowa
and accepted a position as family
manager and principal of the
school department In the boys
school at Eldora. Later he was
made assistant superintendent,
and a few years later superintend
ent. He wss at the Iowa school
exacfTy 11 years the last 15 as
superintendent. During that time
he made marked changes for the
betterment of the Institution.
Not only was he Instrumental
in making, his institution the best
in the country, according to the
committee when Governor Olcott
Mondcil Is Alert i
Representative ' Mondell, Wyo
ming, and some other leaders in
the house were understood to be
giving this the closest study. Mr.
Mondell called at the White Hon so
early In the day but did not lea
the president. Il said after-!
wards that the supply measures
would be examined carefully i to
determine whether much ot : the
sum needed for the bonus could i
not be obtained from that direc
tion. ,i ;
This proposition met with con
siderable response from members
of tha house, where apparently
there Is a growing desire to put
tne bonus through - There were
suggestions that as a result cf
the agreement for a naval holiday ;
as much as $200,000,000 could
be cut from the naval bill and ;
that another large sum could be
saved by cutting down the size
of the army. - Mr. Mondell and ;
other leaders were not prepared
however to make estimates until !
a more careful study ot the sub
ject had been made, - -
Sale Tax May Win
With the executive knows to
look with disfavor upon either ;
the suggested eight-point tax pro
gram, or a bond Issue, sales tax
proponents pushed their campaign
with, renewed vigor and were un
derstood to be weU satisfied with
the progress made, r They were:
said to be hopeful that the pres-:
ident would sign this kind ot tax
In his expected communication to ,
Chatrmsn McCumber of the sen-!
ate finance committee. !
Await Harding : ' .
' Some senators also thought 1
that tttr. Harding; might make 1
such a suggestion, but this be
lief did not appear to be general.
Sentiment In both the house and :
senate against a sales tax was tail 1
to be strong that there was HUle I
probability that the bona bill,
with a provision -for this tax,
could be passed. it
Congressional leaders were un-
derstood to be without informs
tion tonight as to when the pres
ident would communicate with
Senator McCumber. or , whether
his letter would contain sugges
tions that might assist congress
In shaping Its program.;
THE WEATHER
. .-..: v.
Thursday, rain west; j rain or
snow east portion; strong south
easterly gales, v 'i''.'-
sent east to investigate Institu
tions, but he toog avery kui'
part in town, county and state af
fairs. During the war he was a
four-minute man. as he is a very
able speaker; wss chairman ot
south half of Hardin county thrift
stamp campaign, chairman bureau
ot military affairs, president of
war service council and assisted
with all liberty loan and other
drives. '-'- ' ' '
He was largely responsible for
the fact that Eldora secured a Ro
tary club, and was Its first presi
dent. . He is a member of the
Methodist church and has given
all the time he could spare from
his Institutional work to church
work. He U a 3znd degree Ma
son, a Shriner. an Odd Fellow and
a Knight of Pythias.. ; j
Mrs. W. L. Kuser was graduat
ed from Wellesley college, After
which she taught English and lit
ersture in the high school at Clin,
ton. la., for three years. ' She mar.
ried Dr. George L. Everall of that
city; and after his - death, : four
years later, she went east with, h Jr
Infant daughter, Eleanor.
About thts time, the State In
dustrial School for Girls, at Lan
caster. Mass., .was looking for a
superintendent, I Mrs! Errall.
though one of many applicants for
the position was the one appoint
ed, 'i.'-n - "A l ,j
Mrs. Everall. now Mrs. Kuser.
was superintendent of the Massa
chusetts school for -10 years
"school
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