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' SEVENTY-SECONI) TEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL i 16, 1922 PRICE iFTVE CENTS - ft a 4 24 V a, - j ii' L W i : Packers Start Season With Clean Warehouses ,Wo Losses Hanging Over from Preceding Year.' 1 ' : r- G PRICE PROSPECT IN ; UNCERTAIN STATE improvements Are Added to Some uf Salem's Larg- i est Canneries As indicative of the healthy Condition of ' the northwestern f rait busfnesa for the coming year, 1tl 'nnounced that;of the 4300 ears of apple, produced In the Hooo". River and ' White Salmon district, iaH21, there are left tonlf about 30 care In t the Hood Itover storage. Thla la only two- thirds of :i per cent of the total "jet op: - - - '; A storage loss at the end of the season, of only" 1 "per cent,' would "Hot be t all a; serious matter; in deed, it would be almost negligi ble, compared with the Tast vol ume of the -other business already settled. But ;: these 30 cars' are not a "low - They are a fine as set, J or. the apples are still good. - and every apple can" be sold, down to the last core. 'The apple grow . era hare cleaned up, or will do so '.- . , Oon&tloa .PreValent r. It is understood that almost the same condition prevails In all the canned ', fruit trade out from Ore gon. There is hardly a label left - In the Salem canneries. They have sold out slick and clean,' and there la hardly a .knot-hole left of all their tralnloads of packing cases . to interfere with the whitewash ;,ing and xeflaiahlng ot lhelr-work-, lng rooms ana warenouses lor -v; 'other prosperous ; season.. The . The King - company had a, lot of 'dehydrated soup stock, packed In 'cartons, tat ad to le; cut open to fill a belated, bulk order for . soups. That .practically cleans np the company's j warehouses. -, . ; ,AU the Salem 4 canneries .are 'anticipating prosperous runs. The King's Products company's aew factory addition, practically ''; will treble the 'Old capacity. The work . Is Already being . rushed . along ; with gratifying success, conslder . ;lng bad weather. The Hunt Bro thers 'cannery .is being put is or- yder for afl'nnlnterruptedr nn..Thia : cannery r already has ft Tery large " capacity. Last year it had 550 employes at the "height of the sea 4 son. and with, that' many at work can care tot an enormous quanti ty of fruft. -r; O. "v " ! 'JuchlafTT lUwnuged . The Oregon . Packing company on Twelfth street has been Tear- raugrng Its machinery, and put ting In sOmed- hew - continuous- cooking machines, so that its ca pacity will -bef Increased -at least 25 per cent: ta old preparation tooo har been about doubled in capacity so that It can hare a much larger capacity for ovenoaa if necessary. 'The Producers Can ning V - Peeking -company on 'North Commerdial Is being rebuilt 'in many essential features, vlt : 0h a. new nrocessina room, -the last word-in fireproof, acid-proof. . 'concrete and hollow tile construe tlon, and a mueh Increased prepa 'ration room capacity that will gits 'the f aetory; from 5 0 to ,1 oa per cent greater capacity, as well "as far -better working conditions for Hhe female TielpJ ; The company 'last year handled more than 4.- JOOO.OOO-poonds of fruit;-It pack ed 20 per cent of all the canned 'loganberries of the entire north- -.west an unique It not an amaz lng Tecord. This year, its capac ity will be even greater. - Price TJncertaht ' ' j There is nothing authoritative .'to say at the 'present time as to prices. "With the general clean up of all'last year's stock, which 'Included 'Also .the;.', disposal of : : heavy leave-overs from 1921, the ' market starts clean, And . fruits '-can sell on their merits and not ton ft hangorer, panicky market Prices no to 4 cents or even a lit 1 tie better "have been gossiped as Mho base for loganberries, though tin the face of the general defla- ' tion of all prlcesover the nation some hare felt that this price r would be too high. " Some logans ' sold last year, down to 2 1-2 cents, 'The arerage prices was probably ' about 3 1-2 cents. It they should go to '4 cents, It would be a for ; tnn to the r growers oyer t last -year, : -"H. '"r':: THE - GIRL ;ANDiTHE EASTER "BUNNY." 11 I ' i - W"""- JH r ' ' - v - ' t ? ,v j - j - v'; S Iff -v Bal DIE IS CUESTilT E Writer7 and Spiritualist Be lieves He Hears bhost, . - Audit's a Goat NEW YORK, - April 15,Sli Arthur Conan Doyle saw Ms first baseball game today at the Polo grounds as the guest of ' Charles A. Stoneham, one of the owners of the Giants. He sat In a dox near the 5 Brooklyn dugout and when the I Giant batsman finally were retlred after scoring 11 run In ; ther first inning, he t heard a loud wall. v Always alert for anything su pernatural, - ha turned to Mr. Stoneham and" asked, laughing: "What 'was thit; a ghost?" "No," replied Mr. Stoneham, ';a roat Mr. Wilbert Robertson's goat. ' It just became lost and 1 trying- to find itself 'Extrabrdinary,' observed Sir Arthur. - " "Elementary my. dear Sir Ar thur,' replied Mr. Stoneham. "l can always deduce anything con cernlng goats." Boy .Scout Honor Court : Will Meet on April zi The Boy Scout Court of Honor Is to meet Friday night, April 21, instead of Tuesday night, April 18 as heretofore -. announced, at the audience room In the city library. A number . of .awards of merit badges, scout honors, and promo tions In ecout . grades, will be made, and ft Is urged that all the scouts be present: Yakima Fruit Dealer is Buyer of Bank Building YAKIMA, Wash., April 15. - C. TJ. Holtilnger. fruit dealer of this city tday purchased the) build ing of the defunct Central Bank & Trust :. company here for . $ 3 1 ,- 500, The sale will enable Receiver Harry: Coonse of the bank tolpay a second dividend of 10 . per cent AVESLE1AXS WIN HELENA, Mont prll ,15. Montana Wesleyan college tonight defeateAd Michigan 'Agricultural college, assuming-the affirmative side of a resolution for the open 1 shop la American industry. : ;i. Campaign Headquarters tor George A. White Arranged To Operate in Multnomah PORTLAND, Ore., April 15. 8uch dimensions have been reach ed by . the George A. Whlte-for- governor movement In the past few days as to put alarm into each one lot the rival camps.. Favorable commnt by the Oregon press gen erally upon his candidacy, spring ing up of clubs in scores of cities and a daily growth of White sen timent has continued rapidly. Temporary White headquarters were opened today in the Chamber of Commerce building by friends of Mr. White and the campaign In Multnomah is now being quietly organized. Partisan sections of the Demo cratic; press were the first to see the omen to their interests of the White candidacy. Such papers as thePortland Journal and the Sa lem Capital Journal at Salem have tried to say something disagree able nearly every day for a week Description of the manner in, which Arthur Lewis, anti-saloon league 'employe, was shot and seriously wounded by James M. Brown, of near Salem, was giv en in department No. 2, circuit court, yesterday , when five wit nesses testified relative to the shooting. , .r . "We will prove that Mr. Brown was walking along the road and was suddenly confronted by Lewis who brandished a gun at Brown and stuttered, 'Here! Here!'" de clared T. W. . Glllard, defense council -at the tim of presenting opening argument to Jurors Fri day, v' Primrose Describes Scene -'I heard someone coming down the road behind the car in which Lewis, Mike Caples, Fay Harned, Hosea Drew and myself were tit ting," said Jameg Primrose, citi zen witness for the state, while on the stand yesterday. . . .Primrose said that as Brown approached the car, Lewis left the front' seat of the machine and strolled around thec"ar. S. B. Sandef er, at that time , state Spe LEWIS DID NOT DRAW WEAPON, IS TESTMONY IN BROWN CASE i. .. .'..-.-- ' - : - clal agent in chirg9 3f the' party,! Continued oa page 5 h g& 1 these papers are plainly favorable to no one that hasn't approval of at least one clique of the Demo cratic war horses. Their effect on Republican politics In the primary campaign is negligible, according to most obserrers, as a motive in their methods is too clumsily ap parent. White and Patterson are in the lead in Multnomah county, which is an important battleground In the campaign, in the opinion of many. White sponsors contend that because of his wide personal acquaintance in Portland gained through 18 years - of residence here, he will be able to carry Multnomah county against the field, once he launches his cam paign in Multnomah. They say he will hare 'hundreds of enthusias tic personal workers which the opposition in the political crowd cannot meet successfully. was several hundred feet from the car . in conversation with Forrest Brown, a son of the alleged assail ant of Lewis. According to Prim rose, Drew, Harned, Caples and Lewis, In testimony, the following conversation took place between J. W. Brown end Lewis himself: "Where's the boy?" asked Brown. . ' . "He went down the road." an swered Lewis. Brown hesitated an instant. "Where's the stuff?" asked Lewis. Brown Starts Shooting Then, the witness testified, Brown opened fire upon Lewis, who, they said, had not drawn a gun. Lewis fell at the. first shot a bullet from Brown's heavy cali bre automatic pistol crashing- in to Lewis right leg and smashing the leg bone Into seven fragments according to a series of X-Ray nhotoeraDhs taken during . the four months Lewis was confined to" a hospital bed." . ' -r'' When Lewis fen to the ground as a result of f the first shot Brown ! fired repeatedly at . the - , Sdeidbe Veteran Doorman in New York Department Store Declares There Is no Style fori Women Anymore. EASIER COSTUMES ARE WHATEVER THEY PLEASE Some Wear Sleeves, Some Don't; Skirts Short, Long; X Manv Rainbow Hues NEW YORK, April 15. Father and Mother Knickerbocker J to night were laying out their; togs .for" the Batter parade on the ave nue Fifth avenue, of course. ? ; Father. wasn't' worrying about . his costume. It would be just the nsual cutaway and. topper, with the addition of a spotted necktie and pierhaps " something new in the way of a walking stick. , But. mother was frankly Just a little nervous. ' Style makers have been cutting 'funny capers this season and she wasn't quite' ure whether "her hew tailor-made ould be the "rlghtest . or right linfira or that rIia had Kelaeted !the correct color for her bonnet. J; T Rainbow Review Lfkely.; fashion "experts, when asked , what would ' be 'predominating i shade on, the 'avenue, shrugged their shoulders if they were Par isians or muttered '1 dunno' if they were American. ' All in rail,, they were Inclined to think 'the famous old thoroughfare was go ing to look' like a rainbow. Judging -by shop windows, It lis-going to' be the gayest, bright-' est and most miilti-eolored New' York has ever seen.. Purple and' vermllllon; periwinkle blue, "mi-.; mosa yejlow and jade green I1 fweret-' on - display and the frocks were : as gay. as the chapeaux. And, if there was variety in col or, there certainly was variety in cut. No two modists seemed to agree on the correct length for skirts, and the stocking, "well gorgeous," seemed to be the word to describe them. Footwear, too had a way of breaking away from the happy mean, and indeed, it seemed a bit doubtful as to whether any mean at all. All were the standard old ties'" behind the glass, and in with them a variety of slippers and sandals slashed like the jack-. ets of the gallants In the days of the cavaliers. Style Dead, Says Doorman Robert Hatfield, doorman at a giant department store, for 42 years, was frankly disgusted. Robert who incidentally ijevejv has left his post in 23 years ex cept one day when he was ill, and who admits he's a bit of a jeritfe on milady's apparel contends that style is dead. In between wbiles, when he wasn't opening the doors of a limousine, .Robert consented jto give his opinions. "There is -no such thing as style now," he said, "it's nothing nut taste. There's a flagrant disregard of sartorial conventions 'Something has happened and whoever It was who ever said what woman should wear must be looking for a Job. Maybe it's the flapper. Maybe it's the flap per's mother. Whatever it is, it is a mystery. Look At 'Em, He Says. "Women this year are wearing exactly what they please. Look at 'em. Paris talks of long skirts, they don't seem very long, do they? , "hey say colors are not exactly fashionable. Did you ever Bee so much color on this street be fore? r , "No, style Is dead. If a wo man wants to wear purple,! she does; it she likes black, she wears it. If she likes short sleeves', she forgets the long ones. If you go on the avenue tomorrow, take it from me, you'll see as -many- dlf ferent varieties of rigs as: you will see different women , Revolt Haa Arrived. Standing here every day for the past few yearn. I've seen a-change coming. Now It's here. "Onee there was some one the women called 'they who sat be hind the scenes and dictated what tbe fashion was. Let year the women began to revolt. Now the revolt is here." WEATHER Sunday vinda. fair; . moderate 4 west YOUNG WHEN HIS CATCHES IN Clarence Stanfield, 32, a farmh- five miles east of balem, was almost instantly killed yesterday afternoon while attempting to repair a gasoline piace east 01 me cuy. The accident occurred about Kenneth, aged 9, a Ron of Mr. Stanfield. The little boy told his mother of the mishap and Mrs. Stanfield hurried to the scene, finding the body or her husband, the belt from the engine's drivewheel, hurling him against the plank floor of the engine house. force that his skull was fractured lie is survived, ny nis wiaow Kenneth 9, and also by his mother, three brothers and three sisters, all residing at Lake City, Iowa. The remains are at the Rlgdon mortuary, funeral arrange ments to be made later. ONE WOMAN CAUSE OF TWO SUITS Seattle Theater Manager and Wall Street Operator Both Enaomored of Her. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., April 15. William J, Lester, Seattle theater manager, is suing George Williams, Wall street steam ship operator for $100,000, and Williams is suing Lester for $150,000, all over the affections of Mrs. Amanda Lester, who in her time has been the wife of both men. And now, according to the two men, she is living with neither of them. Williams married her in 1900 in Camden, N. J., and they lived happily until 1914, when, accord ing to his complaint made today, Lester alienated her affections. Then Williams got a divorce and Lester married her. Lester's: suit, filed two weeks ngo,altegss that ttrl 9i9 Williams went to Seattle with a Becond wife, dropped her there and began wooing his first spouse, took her away from Lester and brought her back east. Lester charged that Williams and Mrs. Lester were now living together in New York. This allegation Williams denied today in a formal answer. TO INVITE BRYAN KANSAS CITY., April 15. The Kansas City committee of 100 in charge of arrangements for the lnternatinal Sunday school con vention to be held here in June, adopted a resolution today favor- lng the invitation of William Jen nlngs Bryan to speak before the body. WOULD HALT CRIME NEW YORK, April 15. Broad way resembles an armed camp to night. In a determined effort to halt the crime wave that had swept the city for several weeks, Police Commissioner Enright had every available patrolman and staff officer' on the force more than 11,000 ,men on patrol duty throughout the greater city. BLEACHERS FALL BEND, Ore., April 15. The bleachers collapsed here this aft ernoon with 50 high school stu dents, for the most part girls. who had just seated themselves to witness the opening of the Hend- Prineville high school baseball game. No one was hurt. EGAN CONVICTED SIOUX FALLS. S. D., April 15. George W. Egan, three times a candidate for governor of South Dakota, was found guilty tonight by a Jury In circuit court on charge of making fraudulent claims to insurance companies In connection with the burning of his home two years ago. Sentence will be passed Monday. SEATTLE FAVORED WASHINGTON, April 15. Farther improvement of the Lake Washington ship canal, Seattle at an estimated cost to the federal government of $446,000 is recom mended In report transmitted to day to congress by army engl neers. PAYMENTS MADE WASHINGTON, prll 15. Pay ments of $19,872,000 by Great Britain as the second installment of the debt of $122,000,000 creat ed by that government's purchase of silver during the war was re ported today , by the federal re serve bank. ' ' FARMER DIES CLOTHING MACHINE woodsaw at the Henry Fletcher 1 :30 p.m. and was witnessed by whose clothing had caught in He was thrbwn with such by contact with a fkwr beam.l ana two sons, naroid 8, and j . BECOMES BETTER Ray of Easter Hope Seen By I enor s Wife Messages Come From Afar NEW YORK, April 15. . For the first time lh several days John McCormack, the tenor, who - hat been critically 111 of a throat af fection, was able to take nourish ment tonight, according to a , bul letin issued by the attending physicians. - Mr. McCormack has been rest ing comfortably. Blnce 1 p. m. to day , when anti-toxin was - admin istered," the bulletin adds, The physicians announced that it probably would. . be necessary again to lance the, singer's throat tomorrow.' I now see a ray ; of - Easter hope,: the singer's wife said to h'S?; fV rn p ted vigil of three nights at hir bedside. f ; Telegrams and cablegams of sympathy and good cheer' con tinued to pour in upon the slngei throughout the night.' One cable gram, was from Japan, and tele grams came from ' Washington, signed by 24 members of the United, States senate. Seattle Couple Killed JOHN MCOBilH '-v nnycic isicwivinnUl it almost was oa the ship. LOS ANGELES. April 15. A man am a woman found by the police to be Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kline of 8eattle, Wash., were killed late today when an auto mobile In which they were riding, was struck by a Pacific Electric train on a grade crossing in the southeastern sections of the city. The automobile was hurlel 20 feet and caught fire and tbe man was burnel to death beneath the wreckage. The woman was thrown against a telegraph pole, breaking her neck. Paters found in the wreckage Include! receipts made uuk hi ! uia ikiiuco, uvi tamo iu Los Angeles about a year anl a half ago. Mother at Yakima Saves Her Baby from Flames YAKIMA, ApriV-lSi Risking her own life Mrs E. Harrington riuhed into her burning home near Wiley City, 12 miles west of here as the roof was abont to fall and saved her lS-months-fcld daughter. ; The child had left its bed and was crawling towards the door, and its cries guided the mother through the dense smoke. Competitive Fares Are nnniinAni4 Ux. Di ukJa riiiuuuiiwcu uj nam uaua Eight-day round trip tickets are now being sold over ' the Suthern Pacific lines to and from competitive points up and .down the valley. The round trip rates are the same as announced by the Oregon Eiecric, which also put its similar new schedules into opera tion yesterday. . On the Electric the old round-trip return was good for only three days. jf NULrr held OAKLAND. CaL, April 15, James McNultr. wanted in Wash lngton in connection with bank robberies In Sequim and Poulsbo last February,; was arrested, by local ' poliice today and is being heeldT ;in jail herew j McNnlty s capede after a chase by. the aa thoriUes which resulted itt the capture of a pal, according to the police, v,;; : 4-i.7.ir v 'v?? VESSEL GHASEO SMI Passengers Huddle in Fear As Tremendous Monster of Deep Threatens Des truction to Carmania.: WAVES TWISTED AMD HURLED TOWARD SKY Demon Subsides JUSt -AS It - ic' Readv to'Rparh Fnr - j - www" . -a m. . Hundreds of Lives JEW YORK, April 15. The ' story of a gigantic water spout which chased the Canard liner Carmanla halt an hour and then suddenly subsided when It was almost upon the- hard -driven ship waa told by officers and passen gers when she arrived today after a round trip to the Near East. .1 1 The liner was about 800 miles out of New York when the apout was first sighted. At first, pas-.; sengers said, it appeared as light disturbance of water about eight miles south of her stern. Then the waves were twisted and churned and hurled skyward with terrific force in an ever Increas ing volume,; while myriad colors played, through "the angry mats of water. . ' . . .' :'; ' ; Passrngera Terrified , For a Jtlmethey said, it stood still 'while Captain Q. W. Nelson. after pronouncing It a btgwater epout, ordered; the , liner sent ahead at. full, speed. ; At almoat the sams moment, ; the spout . seemed to take wings and rush at ter the. ship. - , : 7, : Passengers crowded aft. Smoke belched from the shin's funnels while the Carmanla strained ev ery atom of her strength to es cape. w JU ihe .. .apouf . traveled it P-ew .larger. It widened rapidly and towered high Jn the air, thfowlnf off tons of spray. ; , , At first1 passengers thought it Juit a wonderful phenomenon. They began to bet on its speed, on, whether It would V catch the boat or pass it. Then as ft tow. ered In " the Carmanll's j wake, gaining rapidly,, it suddenly oc curred to . them that . It carried certain death with it that th race waa one for life. Bpxmt Subsides Soddenly Th spout ; continued to . gain The passengers huddled, awe stricken, along the decks watching th nncAmfn maaa nf ila, ... had only to reach out for the ship -and It subsided as suddenly as it had risen. Five mintftes later, there was nothing to show there had been any disturbance of the placid ocean. 1 Frederick Pratt, ; Standard Oil official, aald' it was the most ter rific but at tbe same time the most wonderful sight he had ever seen. Captain Melson smiled when he was asked about 1L J'lH -never tell what would have Upened lf wt htS Uen mt In fact I never would, have told. I would have been listed as miss ing on the marine register." Dictograph Used by - Officers at Yakima YAKIMA, Wash April. 15. Sheriff Pad R. Bear today re- I id that brmoisi of a dicto- graph in the county'Jall, officers had been able for more than a week to listen to conversations be- tween Indian prisoners held for investigation in connection with the murder of George Earhadt en I March 27, near White Swan, Warning reached the prisoners f rom " "?now"and th ucu considerable information regard ing the murder was obtained. Morris Smith and Susie Simmons, Yakima; Indians, have been arrest ed for Investigation In connectln with the crime. , . , ' Utah Farmer Arrested After Fatal Shooting SALT LAKE CITY. April 15 Gordon 8tuart, Salt Lake county deputy sheriff, was shot - and killed and Joseph Irvine was shot and dangerously wounded at the ranch of Cj&orge Gardner near Welby, Utah, at noon today, ac cording to word received here;. j A posse arrested Gardner soon after, the shooting. He is allege! to. have shot Stuart anl. Irvine without warning when they came to, serve attachment papers open him. v The papers were in behilf of Irvine. OFF NEW YORK (CczUanei on page S)