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SBM ' CTRCTUTJlTIOTf Arwm tor rtbruiy 12 - The Statesman receive tte leased wlr report of the Associated Press, the tmtMt and most re liable press . association la the world. Dunaar obit ... ,, . , , ..,- . PUy ts4 Bund; JtflSl ATrr tor tlx months codinc Jsaasry ' 81. 1923 n f ! w Sunday Wily ' , ' . , KKtM . Dally and Sunday io WEKTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY -MORNING, MARCH 10, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS mm n nnnn I f 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 n i n 3t L L3l 'TIDE TO CHORE THE SOLDIER BILL Comptroller of Currency Would Advise Banks Not : to Accept Certificates As Loans for Security. LEADERS! STILL AVER , ; MAJORITY UNSHAKEN Representative Mills: of New York Announces Opposi- tion to Bonus ' WASHINGTON. March - 9 While announcement today by Comptroller of the Currency Crls- slnger that It the revised soldier bonus bill was passed he would advise national 1 banks not to ac eept adjusted compensation cer tlficatea as security fori loans to former service men, created a stir among members at congress, lead ers regarded It as unlikely that his stand would swerve a majority of the ways and means committee members from their determine tion, to vote the measure to the 'house. ":".:'J.-A'-:,r .;. i -,. . - j With opponents of the legisla tlon conceding thai the bill would have enough friends in the com mittee to reach the house with a recommendation that; It be passed. speculation centered on the at titude of the currency comptrol ler, and its probable effect. Committeemen ;Talk ! Llttlo t ; There was considerable talk among, the members ' In' the lob- bias, most of the representatives taking the position that It would be best to proceed with. the. bill as drafted by Republicans on the ways and meansi committee, but merabers of the committee were reluctant' to express their view. Republican leaders, however, in dicated there would be no change in the plans for consideration of the bill by the i ways and means committee Saturday with the ex pectation that it will be reported at that time, and for a vote oh the measure under suspension of rules a week Xrdm Monday. Twice during tfre. day the bonus question broke into the debate on the floor of the house once when Representative Knight, Republi can." Ohio, denounced the bill as -indefensible from either tire economic or patriotic standpoint, and agalii when Representative Luce. Republican. ,:Massacimseus protested against! the plan to take , v. tmljindw inafuniilnn I (UO IUVMU10 v,mww "a- of rules which would limit debate to 40 minutes tinder ordinary pro cedure, and would shut off am endments on the floor. -Mills Against BUI ,-Mr. Luce declared it! was pro posed that the house after spend' In hours in desultory debate on questions of little importance, de vote only 40 minutes to discus sion of "one of the greatest ques tions this congress has had to deal with." He jcontended that It would be not only to tb nest In terests of the Republican party Wof the house If time were af forded tor members to discuss the bonus question "freely and fully." Another development in the sit uation was the announcement by Representative Mills; Republican, New York, selected as a member of "the ways and means commit tee to succeed former i Represen tative v Houghton, resigned, that he was -Opposed to the bonus bill. He indicated that he would vote against a favorable report of the measure. 's. ' ipordney Supports Plan" CHICAGO, March 9.-p-The sol Air bonus IS going to be passed fnr fctiminitarian reasons and not Fordney, chairman of ihe federal house ways and moans committee. declared in a speech r( before :; a meeting of. the American Whole sale Lumber association. "Wo dta srolna. to report the kin onrdiiv morning. i ask tot ..iwninn'ot the honse rules "on un.. t mnrnlnsr and rush It through before everything else, t.a mailt ! ' The bonus bill as we have it now, will pay the soldier a dollar (Continued on page 3), YOUNGER OF UNIONISTS IS CALLED MAN BEHIND THRONE A ' ' s " '- L FOLLOWING the secret session of the British Conserva ; tive Dartv leaders in London, upon which the fate of Pre mier Lloyd George and the Coalition Government depended, the; British Premier is said tyiaforrjjeusten uiam berlalntaMTrthurlBalfour that he will continue to lead a coalition, including Unionists, on one condition that they remain! spokesmen lor the party. Lloyd George contends he will resign if Sir George Younger is the real "boss." Younger . . . an V 1 J LI 1.sn.M no IS cnairman 01 tne uniomsi pany orgamzanon miu wwwu a the "man behind the throne." With city snd county officers yesterday reporting that no pro gress, had , been made . in eiions to apprehend the pervert who as saulted several little girls during tWej past six weeks, chances of bringing the criminal to immed iate Justice are not so good. All peace officers who have been called Into the case have been greatly handicapped by the very meagre description of the man. Since hia appearance last Sunday the Hegenerate has van ished completely, so far as efforts at j location are concerned. In unofficial circles It Is thought that the perpetrator of the crime may have fled to another city. While circumstances of the as saults have bwi such that de scriptions of the criminal have provided very little for officers to iwork upon, a mass of rumors, indefinite reports and blind leads have occasioned much work for the sheriff's effice and the Sa lem police department. In this task, the public has cooperated in many ways, officers stated yester day. The total reward offered wes increased yesterday to $1000. The two victims of Sunday's at tack, girls of 8 and 9 years, are rapidly recovering from the shock of the terrible experience, ac cording to reports received yes LITTLE PROGRESS IDE IN RUNNING 001 DEGENERATE MAYOR'S CHAIR IS ! CONCEDED. GOAL: OF. GHT AT PRIMARY r xtfun rtin RaWn'a next i rs xr iifirai rfntwsterfl are in an effort to line-out the straight trail through the pending campaign. That several candidate possibilities fcre in the of fing with an addition of a few-dark horses, has added to the troubles of the city. warn neeiers. , . ; rj or Out of Race ; For one thing, some pool room politicians' have breathed a . sigh Of relief now that Mayor. George Halvorsen has announced thatjhe will not come ont for reelection. The past -administration ha dic UvJUU U ULjULJU "-fS'i,. :.i:-y,f -:.j.. : oy., -y . , A -rJ terday. Sunday morning the lit tle Elrls wfcrei met by a stranser who lured them to Bush's pasture One of the girls as a result had to undereo operations for inter nal and external injuries. With every officer of the city workinsr tirelessly in the attempt to locate the criminal, another factor nan arisen to add to the troubles of the police. Amateur detectives! . While many private citizens have placed heir services at the disposal of peace officers, noth er and smaller class has evident ly decided that police methods could be improved upon. This type has appeared at the police station with very little informa tion but with a very evident de sire to satisfy curiosity as to the Identity of the child victims of the pervert. In some instances, the would-b Sherlock Holmes have succeeded in ascertaining the identity or the children. No one outside of the -onsti-tuted police officials of this city has been authorized to make property seizures, conduct in quiries or io search premises in the name: of this department" Acting Chief of Police Birtchett said yesterday, following receipt of information that one zealuus self-appointeo was giving police references. mavor? aftxiously voicing this inquiry played a tendency toward upnoiq ing the ef fbns of police depart men t officers and clty court offi cials in. suspeading, the. licenses of several q the ..city's .most unsavory (Continued on page 2) t- JAPAN BRITISH E NER Robinson of Arkansas Says Four-Power Pact Was Drawn to Offset Embar rassment of Alliance. LODGE AND UNDERWOOD ARE HEARD IN REPLY Reed, Borah, Johnson and Others Hasten to Assist ( ance of Opponents WASHINGTONV March 9. Charging that the four-power Pa cific treaty resulted from a Jap anese-British plan to offset the embarrassing effect of the Anglo Japanepe alliance, opponents of the pact sought without success in the senate today to learn ex actly by whom the original draft of the document was prepared. Both of the senate's represen tatives on -the arms conference delegation. Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and Underwood of Alabama, declared in reply to! di rect questions that the delegation head, Secretary Hughes, had con ducted most of the negotiations leading up to the treaty. Mr. Lodge said "many hands' had helped in the drafting and re drafting, and that he did not know who made the first sugges tion. Mr. Underwood asserted that the first draft ha saw was the final one, laid before him by Secretary Hughes. Democrat Has Conjecture The statements of the two sen ate leaders were made In reply to a series of questions by Sena tor Robinson, Democrat, Arkan sas, who told the senate when the cross-questioning was over that "although we don't know and will never find out from any authentic source who wrote the first draft," he was inclined to be lieve that the finished product resulted from the Joint labors of Arthur J. Balfour for Great Brit ain and Prince Tokugawa for Ja pan. He assailed the treaty as an "alliance" and predicted it would do more harm than good. Senator Robinson's inquiry in to the origin of the four-power idea was a part of a field day of debate wh'.ch lrep the senate floor in turmoil all afternoon. The treaty's opponents kept the floor throughout the session ex cept for the explanatory state ments by Senators Lodge and Un derwood. In the midst of the at tack the senate recessed until to morrow when the "irreconcila bles" are again expected to take tb3 offensive. w roadsides Delivered Broadsides against the pact were delivered by both Senator Robinson and Senator Read, Dem ocrat, Missouri, while Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho, John son, Republican, California. Wat son. Democrat, Georgia, Shields, Democrat, Tennessee and others joined in with suggestions which struck at several other conference treaties. The next extended re sponse from the treaty supporters is expected Saturday when Sena tor Underwood plans to take the floor with a prepared address ex plaining the purpose and results of the pact. Arguing that the treaty really nledges more than claimed for it by its proponents. Senator Robin son called attention to the pro vision against discussion of "do mestic questions" under the treaty clauses, and asked why It was I necessary to make the ex emption if "nothing but conver sation" was provided for between the four signatories. He declared that threo other powers regarded the power as an alliance and pre dicted that the United States would have to do likewise in any future war. where Great ritain, Japan and France joined forces against an outside nation, i AmetKluints Reqaestejd The "no alliance reservation presented by the foreign relations committee. Senator Robinson as serted, would not be sufficient to (Continued on page 2) NTRIGU SEEN LARGE LIQUOR HAUL IS MADE, FROM JAP SHIP PORTLAND, March 9. Cus toms inspectors today turned coal miners in tho bunkers of the Jap anese freighter Meliiru Maru with rich results. Under the vessel's 70-ton coal pile they found 77 bottles of fine champagnes cognac, the like of wnicn nas not been smuggled, in to the port In seven years. A great quantity of Scotch whis key and some Japanese liquor was also disclosed. "It was one of the biggest hauls we have made," said Deputy Col lector of Customs George U. Pip er. The steamer was not seized by the officers. . ; - f FES ANGRY New York Psychologist Says Visitor May Be Polter geist Variety CALEDO!CIA MILLS. N. s.. March 9." Apparently sneered at the stubbornness of the "Anti gonlsh ghost" who thus far has refused to make his acquaintance. Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, New Tork scientist and director ef the American Institute of Scientific Research, declared somewhat testily "that he would stay on the job until he had found out some thing." " This 16 the statement attributed to the doctor by Dan McGillary, who lives near the Alex McDonald home, reputed to be the home of the ghost, and the scene of its ac tivities when twisting the tail of MacDonald's cattle. Prince has refused to be quoted, devoting his time and energies to arranging a reception for his eerie visitor should it deign to put in an appearance on this, the third night of the scientist's tenancy. Dr. Prince said he was work ing on the theory that he has a "plotergeist" to deal with. Ploter geist is German for "racketing spirit" being In scientific terms "phenomena attributed to the ac tions of a spirit." The poltergist occupies large space in psychical history, many volumes having been written on the subject. Curiously enough, in most cases in which this type of phenomena has figured, some person, usually a girl, has ap peared as an agent." Dr. Prince has made a secret of his desires to interview closely Mary Ellen, 15. adopted daughter of the MacDonalds, who was pres ent at the mysterious haoenings which drove the family from its honse in the dead of winter. Mary Ellen, however, was not present in the house the night Harold Whidden. a Halifax re porter and P. O. Carroll, a pro vincial detectire slept there and claimed' to have been slapped by the mysterious. Whidden and Carroll had roone to the house after its evacuation by the Mac Donalds to investigate the strange tale. It was their report, corrobor ating the MacDonaia story that led Dr. Prince to take up the ia vestigation. Probably the most widely known case in which the polter geist has .figured is that which oc curred in the Workshop, Encland. cottage home of a Mrs. White where dishes were said to have walked in and out of the house. flown through the air with no ap parent propelling force; coats ambled into the house from no place in, particular, a clock Jump ed over a bed and various other phenomena occurred. Thfs : was in February and March 1883 and' during all the manifestations a child, Eliza Rose, was present. With her departure, peace was restored to the Wbite household. MAX KILLED ASTORIA- Ore.. March 9. L. Sawyer. 30. an employe of a log urine company at Grays River, Wash., was fatally injured while at work tbere today and died as he was 'being brought to the hos pital, here. A log that -was being hauled out swung , around and struck the man, crushing his hip and injuring hint Internally. , GIST NOT 1 PRO MAN IN STATE HOSPITAL SAYS HE KILLED HIS SON; IM HERE R, R. Pailthorp of Federal Department Assists Grow ers of Valley R. R. Pailthorp, specialist In fruit transportation and storage Investigation, United States bit-' reau Of markets, department bf agriculture, was in Satem yester day,1 having come here to make Observations and give help to the growers and shippers during the broccoli harvesting season. Spokane is the headquarters point for ,Mr. Pailthorp. His main work In that district has ben chiefly concerned with the prob lems of apple transportation and storage.;.:!,,... : ' 5 Crop Is Late Mr. Pailthorp looked over only one field near Salem yesterday and he found very few heads be ginning to form, and in these the curds are only about the size of a walnut.' It is evident that the shipping season for the Salem dis trict will be a month or more late; that little broccoli will be shipped before the first of April. This is a general condition all over the coast. The broccbli crop in California was very late. Mr. Pailthorp will go to Rose burg today, where the broccoli comes on somewhat earlier than in the Willamette v'tey- Then he will go to Independence where he understands the crop is earlier than in other sections of the val ley districts. Will Remain During Season Put, however late or early, Mr. Pailthorp will be in and out of the Oregon broccoli sections dur ing the shipping season, with the object of studying conditions and giv'np all the help he can this year, and getting information that may b of use in future years. The coming of Mr. Pailthorp was not unexpected. The author ities of the United States depart ment of agrlcultnre had promised tbis assistance to the managers of the Oregon Growers Coopera tive association, as there have been some losses in the past few years, due to improper packing or treatment in the cars in tran sit, and it is the wish of the men at the head of the federal de partment of agrciulture that the broccoli induitry in this district should be encouraged, as they realize that it promises a great future, when all the matters In connection with the growth and the delivery to the markets of this aristocrat of vegetables shall have been worked out and stan dardized. The three unusual periods of freezing weather through which the growing broccoli plants passed. In both the Umpqua and the Willamette valleys, has no doubt very materially cut down the prospective output of market able heads, but there may tbrn out to be a larger salvage than was at one time expected. How ever, this is for the present matter largely of conjecture. N. R. Dale Killed in Auto Wreck in Canada DALLAS, Ore., March 9. (Special to The Statesman) N. R. Dale, son of Mrs; Llzie Dale of this city, was killed in an au tomobile accident at Lethbrldge Canada, the first of the week. His body arrived in Dallas last night and the funeral services . were held today from the Chapman un dertaking parlors. Dale was well known to the ol der residents of the city. The par tlculars leading up to his death have been very meagre and little can be learned ot Just how the ac cident happened. 1 Interment was in the I.O.O.F. cemeteery. iicoii. if JOHN PAINTER AND KILLING DESCRIBE: Admission Made Voluntarily to Dr. John C Evans and Later to District Attorney Carson Story It That Fight Preceded Shooting MoYernenti Following Crime Are Related by Youth Carson IX (Pete) Beebe, who arrived at the state hospital here a few davs aero followinc acnuittal in thfe Linn county I nesday in a confession made to Dr. John C. Evans, a physic cian at the institution, admitted that he killed both Painter and his son, William, and buried their bodies in a shallow grave some distance from the Painter home. At the time Beebe was tried for the murder of the elder ainter he denied the charge and alleged that John Painter killed his son and then committed suicide. For fear that ho would be implicated in the affair, Beebe told , the officers hat he buried the bodies where they were found later by searchers- The jurors, after trial, acquitted Beebe on the In his confession to Dr. Evans: which later was repeated to John H. Carson, district attorney of Marion county, Beebe said he; had been employed f by he murder the latter went to some moonshine liquor and Beebe said he and the two- liquor. v. -- , . FIRST POOL OF LOilS CLOSED hecks Will Be Mailed Mem bers Today Second Pool Being Formed Loganberry pool No. 1 for dried loganberries has been closed by the 'Willamette Valley Prune as sociation on a tasis of 27.17 tents a pound and checks will be mailed today to members of the pool, ac cording to W. T. Jenks, manager of the association. This is on the basis of front 4 to 5 cents a pound, Mr. JenkS said, for the green fruit after drying expenses are paid. : He regards this as the highest price paid for green loganberries th past season. The association is now working on pool No. 2, he said. . " " With reports from all parts of the country that canned logans are practically cleaned up, and that the, vast quantities of barrel led loganberries which have been held in cold storage since 1919 are now going into consumption. the outlook for the loganberry business is most encouraging, Mr Jenks said. The coming crop of loganber rieig will be sold on practically a bare market, with no old stocks to hold the market down. Much of the old stock, which was bought at a high price has been placed on the market and unloaded at a sacrifice. ' With a fine winter for logan berry vines and the disposition ot all growers to place their vines in good conditions, , everything points to favorable conditions for a large crop and the same for a satisfactory market, Mr. Jenks said. Tax Collector Finds "Honest" Moonshiner YAKIMA, Wash., March 9. An assessment sheet turn-ad fn at the office of County Assessor Lin coln D. Luce Thursday by Deputy Fred C. Fear listing $2000 worth of "moonshine" equipment for as sessment, sent Sheriff Pad It. Bear and his deputies on what proved to be a wild goose chase over the Satus country Thursday afternoon in an effort to grab the conscientious bootlegger's - plant, The property described In the sheet turned out to be merely a wide stretch of sage brush instead of a ranch. There was no sign of a house or the moonshine lay out, .either. , THE WEATHER ' Friday: Showers: strong south west to west winds. hearing the testimony at the grounds of insanity " Painter and the day bef oris Lacombe where he purchasea clover seed. Upon his return, Painters drank heavily of the ' J . V . The ! following, morning Beebe said the drinking bout was re sumed, and that he and the elder Painter engaged in a fight. Dur ing the fight Beebe said he re ceived a severe blow on the head. with the result that he started to run from 4he house. - Shooting Defltiibed x i It was then, he said, that th Mor Pnlntar rnrhr1 fnr a ahnfc gun which stood in the kitchen. Fearful ot being killed, Beebf said he then whipped out his re volver and shot Painter three times the latter falling dead in his tracks. Reebe said Painter's son then started to run from the ranch, apparently to notify a neighbor of the: glUlng. In order to con ceal the crime from publicity. Beebe said he then shot young Painter. Youth Not Killed Outright i Beebe said he later wrapped the elder Painter's body in a blan ket and dragged it to the barn. Young Painter's body was placed alongside that ot his father. , Later In the "-'day,' Beebe told the physician he bitched up Pain ter's team tad drove, to the home of his father. He returned to the Painter ranch that night, how ever, and according to his sttae-. ment, burled the bodies the fol lowing morning. Toung Painter, Beebe said in his confession, lived for some time after the shoot ing. - ( :- . 4 Figbt Is Doubted ' District Attorney Oarson said last night that he placed credence in many of the statements con tained in Beebe's confession, but doubted that part of his state ment with relation to Painter's purchase of moonshine and the subsequent fight. The district at torney also said that it was his opinion that the elder Painter was buried the day he was killed, for the reason that fresh flood was found in his grave, r --, v; i When Beebe offered voluntar ily to -tell Dr. Evans the alleged fleta'ls of the double murder, the physician said he appeared great ly relieved and talked freely. Dis trict Attorney Carson later was notified, and Beebe repeated bis confession. - , . Another Trial INMslbfe Beebe is also under Indictment for first degree murder in con nection with the killing of Wil liam Painter. Whether he will he tried on this charge had not been determined tonight by Dis trict Attorney Lewellen of Linn county; . v;-- ;f7;.7 ';;7:ir. Physicians at the state hospi tal said today that Beebe is of low mentality, but they would not say that he is insane. One mental expert at the Institution remarked: i "Beebe is not insane and should not have been sent to this hos pital." i t ' John Painter's shoes were found en Beebe after the murder, and the prosecuting officers con tended at thev trial that robtcrr was the motive for. the I!!::. -. ,