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WEKTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY -MORNING, MARCH 10, 1922
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
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'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
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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.
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' 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 " '-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!!::. -. ,