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I - " ' i; ' " ' '. "'4.'.' " ?"v cikculatio "Uy oly .. ., .,' S825 i Daily m1 (jakdaf 54 S3 , Aftrac tor six waUxs ading FinrT i i2a . p , Soadar aly " 1 5591 Iaily aa Baadar , MM di th cm or SAXJE3C - aad kwker la Uiria aad P!k 0aatWa Nearly rcfybedr wada The Oregon Statesman tss xroks Kxrsri?Ei SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR . v S ALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1922 PRICE : 1 FIVE CENTS rn crzi n n , t ' J j rzr r rz3 tL j if IMDIEID DAMAGE BIG If! Ruined Farms and .Isolated Villages Left in Wake of , Electric and Wind Storms In Indiana and Illinois. RELIEF IS HURRIED JO STRICKEN POINTS 1 i. Deaths Reported at Lafay , etteVWilliamsport, Alex andria and Elsewhere , INDIANAPOLIS, InL, April 17. A .series of electrlo and wind storms passed across Indiana ' to day, leaving mined . farm and isolated Tillages In -their -wake. : ' , Comnmnicatlon In the state" is difficult. Washouts hare caused delays or suspended serrlce on many Internrban and steam rail way Jlnes and telegraph and. tele phone serrlce Is. seriously, crlppi- Tornadoes -were . reported as Tisitlnr six Indiana towns today. Hedrtck and Sloan, . near 1 Dan ville, .in.,' nattered fworst,j ac cording; to early , reports Tor nadoes were also reported aa vis iting Summtivllle, Gaston. Matth ew and wheeling, northeast . of here. j . . :;.. - The loss at Wheeling and Gas- i ton. Is reported aa heavy,, though no lives are believed lost. , . . Deaths Reported 1 mTTNOTON. Ill- April 17. Rellef workers 'from - Centralla 1 and enrrounding towns, including ' a" eorps ot Red Corps workers, were hero tonight, earing for homeless and a number of injured , persona , fonowlng the tornado early today which practically had erased this town from the map. Four persona are dead and about ; 40 othert are seriously injured, according to a, check-up ; by re lief workers., ; . rr Damage caused by the. tornado Im estimated at -approximately $200,000 in thia town or about ,100 homeafand businesa houses, ,nd whera the tornado cut a path through Marion, Washington and Jefferso eonntiea, " The scene , here tonight is one of desolaUon. . Half of the homes . haTe beea demolished. A atrip ef more than 15 miles long and ' about 150 yards wide was swept clean by the twister, which flat tened .itself V toe , earfh and ' .fcaMiired everything in its path. - Transportation ,by re UcaUy. at atandstilU due to ttt ' torrential raina wi. the tornado. t ... . . ... . -' -: ( Continued, on page. ) COLLEGES POLISH PEBBLES AND DIM 'diamonds iiAxm As Robert Ingersoll said, i 'College is a place where pebbles - are polished and diamonds are dimmed;' I aerer studied the ancient Assyrian languages. . and ; I Daren't felt the lack of them. 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This . iMhe first and lonly tflictioary erer published illustrated by this t woderful and beautiful auotone r rscess cf rictorial printing. TWOMHUONS IN DATiIAGE IS , DONE BY FIRE .FOCOMOKE CITY, Md., April 17. -with 10 acres in the heart ot this city burned oyer, causing an estimated property damage ot more than $2,000,000, Governor Ritchie tonight ordered a com pany of the First regiment, Mary land national guard, at Salisbury to proceed here at Once to protect property which escaped the flames. Tonight the town Is in dark ness. Wires are down. ; The heart of the business section is in ruins.' Both banks have been de stroyed and in addition to busi ness structures, 50 homes fell prey to the flames. Communication with the out side world has been established by tapping wires on the outskirts. Realizing that after nightfall there would be no means to Il luminate, the streets, Mayor Cull telephoned to Governor Ritchie for troops. Council -to Aid . in Boosting ' Tor Measure mat uoes .. on May Ballot . In endorsement of Alderman Giesys - statement concerning the economy, of purchasing a pick up street sweeper, the city coun cil last night accepted a. sugges tion: that the proposal be given every measure of aid prior, to its iappea)-ance upon the hallot 'at the primaries. May 19, 1922. "Street . Commissioner Walter Low has made a most careful scrutiny of street department ex penses and estimates that pur chase of this machine would ef fect a Baring of $3000 each year,' said Alderman Glesy. At tne same . time it would extend the radius ot the street cleaning de partment and would make It pos sible for. the department to go orer every pared street In the city at least once each week. It is-impossible to dd this at the nresent time, although the street department is allowed $6000 an nually for thia Item." The city's financial status is such that we mast find a more economical method of handling this department,! reports ixm- mU.ir.nfir Walter Lowe. "This mitir driven, pick-up sweeper is a needed economy. By Its use we would eliminate three men and .rA Worses now empioyea me rear around, aa well M to ais- iwnia with tWO exira men two teams employed. as extra equipment during seven months f the rear. ' i . At the present time me c" i- vtnr imsv on gutter cieanmg The eweeper would do away with all gutter work. Tne wecyt v.. . Aanaelrr of three cuhlc yards, and dump statlona would he established to eliminate un necessary runs to nlsunt dump grounds." nrrfttiT business men ana other citizens who hare informed as to the wastefulness . tv 'm-aoATlt gnd Jneinciency method of cleaning streets tinutle In support oi proposal to purchase the automa tic- motor-driven aweejr, m th ronncllmen. vno-x r vA That the macmne can r.-v. tar 17500 and the say ing effected would pay for the iv... win purchase price wiuun iu.r . .t.nnr argument for the 1H . OH vr o " measure. - tTrarii? H. RrarhweH is i iri Chartje of State Bank ! PORTLAND, Ore- April 22. The SUte Bank of Portland which foruwi two months ago was taken fn charge of SUte Bank Examiner Prank C Bramweu toaay i fun of ef forU by the banki nfrtir to formulate- workable plans for 1U re-opening within the 80-day period prescriDea . oy w, Bmrnwell said steps to Uquldat the bank's assets would be taken nnless a final effort launched by a depositor's committee to save the bank ahall result favoraDiy oy Mar 1. .-'. - -- ; T tMiiere denosltors will re ceive 75 cenU on the dollar. Bramwell said. - PiCK-UP SWEPEH ' RECEIVES FAVOR BOGUS PAPER DECLARED TO ' OOas " Secretary Mellon Demands Evidence on Which Article in Plate Printer, Union Publication, Was Based. UNEASINESS ON PART . OF HOLDERS FEARED Special Report on Bureau of Printing and Engraving Due This Week WASHINGTON', Ayrll 17. Secretary Mellon today called up on the Plate Printer, official or gan ofthe Plate Printers' union employes at the bureau of engrav ing and printing to furnish , him immediately with any evidence upon which that publication had based its statements . that, the country was flooded with millions of counterfeit bank, notes, bonds. war savings and other stamps, war bonds and coupons. Any such evidence, he added, would be in reetlgated at once. The Plate Printer recently pub lished an article criticising what it declared was a flood of counter feits with the recent reorganiza tion of. the bureau by President Harding involving the removal of Director. James L. wilmeth and other officials. In a letter to Frank J. Cole man, editor and business manager of the Plate Printer, Mr. Mellon said that "statemepts of this sort. reflecting as they do upon the government bonds In the hands of investors,- are calculated to cause widespread uneasiness on the part part of such holders and at the same time. If uncontradicted. might tend to Injure the credit and standing with the public of too securities of the government" Mr. Mellon added that it had been the custom of the treasury to send out circulars describing every counterfeit Issue when dis covered and requested that he be furnished with any evidence other than that contained in such cir culars. The report ot the epecial com1- mlttee which has made an inven tory of the stock of the bureau, probably will be completed this week, according to Mgh treasury officials, Who, however, did not Indicate whether the report would be mtfde public by Mr Mellon or would be sent to President Hard ing. The situation at the bureau was discussed . today at a conference between President Hardin and Chairman McFadden of the house banking and currency committee Mr. McFadden said that very good progress was being made on the check-up ot the bureau. i E Business Man Expected ! to Announce His Candidacy For Mayor Today Political dope concerning the mayorality situation was totaII upset yesterday when friends of W. T. Rigdon. announced that Mr. Rigdon would probably announce his candidacy for mayor this af ternoon. . " . Should Mr. Rigdon declare him self, Salem voters will be asked Co make a choice from four can didates,) ; aa Henry . . Vandevort, John B. Glesy and F. L. Utter have already filed for the nomin ation at the primaries of May is. . Mr. Rigdon has. lived in Salem since his childhood and is well known - as a j local business man. He was a . member of the Salem city council for several years and for nearly 20 years has directed an undertaking establishment un der his name. - I , , Should Mr. , Rigdon declare himself, it 'is held by politicians that his action will be in answer to the efforts of a group of citi tens who' have expressed dissatis faction with candidates .now ) in the field. Several citisens have been asked to participate In the race against those who already have declared, -" , 1 men likely TO ENTER H INVESTIGATION OF SCHOOL IS BEGUN BY SPOKANE COURT SPOKANE, April 17. -"Indict all persons contributing to the delinquency of minors' Judge A. W. Frater of Seattle instructed the Spokane county superior court grand jury, em panelled here today to probe reports of alleged delinquency of students attending Spokane high schools, and also to in vestigate the juvenile court. .- , After being sworn in and receiving instructions the jury, consisting of six women and eleven , men, recessed for the day. It will begin active investigation tomorrow. , Judge Frater laid stress on the necessity for a thorough probe of the juvenile court. The jury was told to make rec ommendations for changes should they find "there has been discrimination, lack of kindness, on -the part of the juvenile court The original charges of wrong action on the part of high school students were made by juvenile court,, who also called DALLAS. Or., April 17. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) . The annual conference of the United Evangelical churches of Oregon closed last night in the Dallas church with a stirring sermon by Bishop Heil of Allentown, Pa. The sessions began in the morn ing with a sermon by Bishop Heil. In the afternoon a missionary ser vice was held with Miss Bertha Magness. a returned missionary from China, and Bishop Heil as the speakers. Following the evening services the stationing committee "com posed of Bishop Hell and". ,L. Lovell, presiding elder ofthe Oregon conference district, made the following report regarding the stationing of ministers for the ensuing year: Oregon conference district Q. L. Lovell, presiding elder; Port land, First, C. P. Gates; Portland, St. Jbhns, H. H. Farnham; Port land, OcWey Green, A. R. Schmalle; Portland, WithiU, E. REACH HANDS After the presentation of wit ness after witness who testified concerning the shooting of Arthur Lewis, the prosecution rested yes terday afternoon having built up a strong case against J. M. Brown, who on September 4, 1921, shot and, seriously wounded Lewis while the! latter was aiding Special Agent S. B. Sandefer In an effort to intercept a delivery of 20 gall ons of moonshine liquor. The defense with T. W. Glllard and L. H. McMahon as counsel, also concluded Us case yesterday and. court adjourned last night a few momenU after Deputy Prose cutor Thomas Brown had opened the argument tor the sUte. The case will reach the Jury today. Intentions Admitted J. M. Brown, the defendant, and Forest Brown, his son, while on . the witness stand both admit ted the truth of testimony by San defer and four others to the effect that they had arranged to deliver 20 gallons of moonshine whiskey to Putnam and Kelly, "under cover" men for Sandefer. While on the witness stand J. M. Brown did not lapse from the Indifferent attitude he has as sumed throughout the trial. He told the jurt that he had always carried a gun "From the time I was a little feller." BroWn and his son stated that they had failed to get the liquor from "A fellow who had some for sale." They denied knowledge of the 20 gallons of liqnor which stands in the courtroom as an ex hibit In, the case and which was found by Sandefer and his depu ties shortly after the shooting which' occurred on a lonely detour on River road about one mile south Ot Salem.' Brown Tells Story ; "I got out ot the car and wait ed around for about a half hour. Then 1 walked-back to the car and found another machine near,' said J. M. Brown. "Forest was not In sight land I asked the peo Ml T I BROWN SHOOTING CASE WILL or any other lax methods" Judge B. M.. Webster of the tne grand jury. C. Farnham; Adna. W. E. Simp son;. Brooks and Middle Grove, G. E. Erskine; Corvallis and Beu la, A. P. Lay ton, S. M. Wood as supply minister; Dallas, A. L. Lonsberry; Dayton, F. E. Fisher; Eugene, A. W. Curry; Florence, F. H. Neff; Hillsboro and Laurel, J. Holdeman; Kings Valley, H. Correll; . Lafayette, C. A. Hoyt; LewisvUle and Airlie. V. A. Bal- lantyne; Waterloo, to be sup plied; Mapleton. to be supplied; Rickreall, J. Li Burns; Salem. L. R. Willard; Summit, R. J. Phelps and Warren, G. It. Stover. The quarterly conference mem bers- appointed are ais follows: Portland, First, Dr. P. Bittner; G. D; Kunke, J. A. Goode; Sa lem.- O. N. Thompson; Corvallis, R. O. Caves; Dallas, M. B. Young, M. J. Ballantyne; Florence, T. A. Tost; Adna, W. S. Plowman; Summit, V. Urblna; Ockley Green J. Bowersox. The conference voted to meet next year in Portland on May 24 OF JURY TODAY ple in the car, 'Where is the boy?' Somebody jumped out of the car and ran around it and shoved a gun into my face and said, 'Here! here!' I was carrying my 45-cali- bre Colts automatic in my hand and I opened fire. This man stag gered but did not fall and I start ed to walk rapidly away when somebody opened fire and shot me in the hip. "I then fired two more shots and that man fell. They all start ed to shoot at me and the bullets came fast. They chased me until I tripped and fell and then at least two of Sandefer's men jump ed on me. They beat me up al though I was not unconscious at any time. Sandefer pulled them oft of me and they brought me to jail." Prisoner Threatened, Claim While awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Bower In his office, the Browns asserted that J. M Brown was threatened by Ernest Caples who, they said, brandished a gun. until he was taken from the office by Sandefer. This alleged attack has been much emphasied by Brown's at torneys, Sandefer and Caples while on the stand, both told a very clear story of this Incident Brown had been laughing as if at the predicament of Lewis, they said, and Caples had excltimed Don't laugh at me!" and had started toward Brown while he was carrying the latter's empty automatic pistol. This story of Caples alleged attack was virtu ally subsUntiated by Lemuel Hob- son, courthouse Janitor, who tes titled that he had seen Caples when the latter started toward Brown. During the! past two days, wit nesses for the state have testified that the elder Brown's tracks led to the cache of 20 gallons of whisky. . ..-.i; - Character Witnesses Called .'Several character , witnesses (Continued on pace I). 1 ARTHUR HAS CANVASS IDE ON NAVY BILL Oregon Representative De Clares 1923 Sea-Povver Budget Will Be Adopted With Margin of 60 Votes. IGHT EXPECTED TO BE RESUMED TODAY hairman Kelly Sees Good Faith in Disarmament Conference at Stake Washington. April 17.- The fight over the 1923 naval budget to be renewed tomorrow in the house, "brr.ught today from the op posing sides an outline of the pol- cy they intend to pursue in the remaining stages o' the struggle- fupplemenUng his announce ment that a roll, call nuld be de manded and obtained in , the house proper, on the Vare amend ment. Increasing the enlisted force from 7,000 to S6.000 Chairman Kelly in charge of the measure, declared he also would demand a record vote on all amendments reacy for presenta tion which seek to increase the amounts appropriate.1 for the bureaus of engineering, ordnance and construction and repair. McArthur Seo Victory Speaking of those who put through the 86,000 proposal. Rep resentative McArthur. Republican Oregon, declared' a check showed it wouldiwin by GO votes, com' pared with - 47 majority in Com mittee of the whole Saturday. Chairman Madden of the appro priations . committee and Repre sentative Barnes joined In the de mand of Chairman Kelly for a record vote on the enlistment and other amendments. "Our supporter unable to be here last week will be on hand when the next show-down comes and the personnel figures advo cated by President Harding will win by a margin of 60 votes, said McArthur. Treasury Onslaught Hit Making no prediction as to the final vote on the disputed sec tion, and referring directly to ef forts to obUln other increases in the bill, Chairman Kelly said "if th.e onslaught on the treasury for naval purposes is not stopped, the good faith of the conference on limitation of armament will be open to serious consideration of the people of the world." HOUSES BURNED BELFAST. April 17. (By The Associated Press) Seven houses were burned tonight in Antigua street, in the old park district. There also was considerable firing In the same area, and two men were wounded. PUZZLE PROVES MENTAL TOXia Judges, ministers, chorus Girls forget troubles in quest of "R" words. Brush up the old bean! Begird the benumbed "brain against mental beri beri and bluff out the ben zine board. Start In now turn to the picture puzzle page and have a look at The Statesman "R", jtazzle. It will help you mentally, socially and maybe financially. This observation puzzle is proving the greatest little mental hors d'oevre offered the town In many a moon. It intrigues the fancy, cap tivates the interest, makes the day brighter and the nights more Cheerfnl. Socially it 'has become a necessity, as one must be familiar with It to carry on a conversation in any circle whatever. . Judges are for getting their decisions; min isters their sermons, chorus girls their limousines, to figure it out. Financially, you may make a lot of money easy, but excellent and efficacious money by solving the rid-. die. Play the r picture puzzle game. , '-lr -,r. '' 1 '.. ' .1 ;..--;, J - a,- r mil i BARBED WIRES TELL ACCIDENT TO SHEEP MAN PENDLETON, Or.. April 17 Mrs. J. C. Hosklns of . Pendleton is In a critical condition as the result of Injuries sustained near Stanfield when she was run over by a small automobile which she had cranked without throwing the Engine out ot gear. 8 The car hurled her to the ground and dragged bar until the machine struck a fence. ' The vibration of the nglne which continued to run after the car was Stopped, was made known over barbed wires In the. fence to a sheep herder "three-fourths of a mile away with his flock, lit came to her assistance. Mrs. Hosklns' is not expected to live. Her breast bone Is brok en and she Is crushed and injured internally. inal Opportunity Given Cit izens to Make Peace ; With Polling Lists REGISTER! REGISTER! Today Is the last day In which Salem and Marlon county voters can register with local registrars. County Clerk U. G. Boyer has made arrangements to keep the courthouse registration books open until 8 o'clock tonight. In the pastmany voters have Ignored the legal registration per iod and have imposed upon elec tion boards by asking to be reg istered upon election day. This practice has brought about pro test from election officials who are not highly paid and who re port that tardy voters interfere with those who are qualified to cast their, ballots. Voters who have changed resi dence since last voting or who have failed to ballot at legal elec tions durine the oast two Years should present themselves at the county clerk's office today. Snow almost every day last week, was reported. by IX. G. Holt, head - at the logging department of the Spaulding Logging com pany, from both the Grand ROnde and the Black Rock camps. . The latter camp, where only a little clean-up work remains to do preparatory to moving all the operations to the Grand Ronde district, is at an elevation of ap proaching 2,500 feet; the, Grand Ronde camp, farther north, is at an elevation of only 700 feet but both have been about equally snowy. While the snow has not been heavy enough to seriously impede traffic, it has been: dis TODAY IS LAST FDR REGISTERING GRAND RUE AND BLACK ROCK MPS STILL YIELD TO SItt EIGHTEEN SEPARATE BOOKS ' P TO FURNISH A total of S11.535 was tfi result of filings of declarations of candidates and statements for the candidates pamphlet for the primary election May 19, 1922, when , the time for filing declar ations and statements expired on April 14, according, to Secretary of state Kozer. There were 229 declarations filed by Republican candidates from which the fees amounted to 46010, and. 57 dec larations from Democratic candi dates from which filing fees am ounted to $1500. There were 92 Republican candidates who filed statements for the candidates' pamphlets, from which the fees amounted to and five Dem ocratic candidates for which the fees aggregated 360. i ; ' "Comparing the total fees re ceived for the 1922 primary elec tion - for tiling ' declarations 1 and printing statements in the party pamphlets with similar filings for the primary election in May, 1S20, we find that the fees for CERItfi 5IG0 Allied Delegation Astonished and Resentful and Treaty Will Be Examined by Ex pert Corps Today. i LEADERS NOT APPRISED OF PENDING 'ACTION Conflict With Cannes Reso lution and -Versailles Agreement Feared BOGUS PAPER SAID TO COVER NATIOfl (By the Associated Press) GENOA, April 17- The sijjninjj ot i treaty between Germany and Russia which nullifies the , Brest-Litovsk treaty .and re-establishes full 1 diplomatic, relations between these two countries on a basis of equality i has ; caused - pro found astonishment and re sentment amontr the allied The ministers of the now- ers which convened the con ference; decided at a meeting; held tonight to have a com mittee of experts examine this treaty tomorrow morning to determine Whether it con flicts with v the Cannes Reso lutions v or 1 the i treaty of Versailles'1- -' -'- v- '4 : Subsequently the convening powers will meet with Poland, Czecho-Slovakia? Rumania and Jugo-SIavia to ascertain the views of the lesser powers and 'deal with the report of the experts.! ' ; The British and French delegations declared today that they considered the sig nature of , the treaty a dis- , (Continued on page f ) - agreeable and has slowed produc tion. - - .- : logs Prom Grand Rondo 11 The Spaulding company is sow getting an average of about 18 to 17 cats of logs a day, some times aa i many i as , 2 1 cars, from the Grand Ronde' camp, . where about 0 men are at work. When the Black Rock outfit Is taken over to the Grand Ronde, to es tablish a second camp, the com pany expects to open up the New. berg mill. This mill, with a ca pacity of abiut 100,000 feet a day, la now being overhauled and should be ready to start In two (Continued on page I) ELECTION DATA the latter amounted to $11,975," said Mr. Koter. "In 1920, how ever. It must be remembered that there were many candidates for delegate to the party national conventions, and also a number of candidates for nomination for president, who filed ' lengthy statements. ; '.; V;'--v "It will require a total of 18 separate pamphlets In order that the statements submitted maybe printed ' and j appropriately ' dis tributed to the electors of the Republican and the Democratic parties, as the corrupt practices act provides. Prior to the prim ary election in . May, 1920, the statements submitted required 19 separate pamphlets to accomplish the same results. The work of editing, printing, binding and dis tributing the 'pamphlets is under way,- and under the law is re quired to be completed not jess than eight days before the prim ary election, ; occurring May 19, 192V ; ...