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I ; FIRSTSECTIOH Pages ! to 6 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR PRICE : FIVE CENTS ZAUJ U'UAUV7L - . - - . - -,- - " . . !" 1 : Ml''M''M'M'aaiBI,1'l'g"MaaasS"SSMMMM . SAT.P.W nRFf.nV TWTIRSnAY MnPVTvn apoit oa 1000 t . -- - - - - ' , - - , ' .-w..... . ...... v, ni. itiu -v, n i r. V I Detroit Millionaire and - Kal amazoo Architect May Go iu rrisun Jor violating Prohibition Statute, i JJIDiIIGHLRIDEAVITH i GIRLS STARTS.JCASE Attorneys Give JJotioe ofcAp I peal and Servtence.With- held By Judge . r, KALAMAZOO. Mich.. April ; 19. Wota Duval Dodge, Detroit mll- i lionalre, and Rex Earl, an archi tect of Kalamaoo..were convicted i in circuit court here late today on i - charge of illegally , possessing. ; transporting and furnishing .U- jauor. ; ' v , Attorneys tor . the defendants :; immediately gave noUce of, appeal t and lodge tWeimer withheld an- liquor Offered Girls I The charges against Dodge and t Earl resulted from a midnight j 4 auiomopue : xiae .nere .on : :,ane i t vlted three young women : into I i their. ear and drore them, against I ) their protests, Into the country, ; During the Jide, the three, girls! testified they were offered liauor. i Mlsa lEmmellse Kwackernaack j a . Western State normal atudent, I i becoming -alarmed, jumped rom I ,the machine and was serlouslT in-1 jared. THe .other, women vjnere 1 V ji'-V-" . - . w - BtHei.'.Clejatns,-ii apra! itadent and BtttfitegongA. Bttt-StfgopgA. n. ; . .' i Under the Michigan laws, Dodge and Earl are liable to sen Uvv i v . fivvy , iui7 win -vvoib r the trial Judge. . The. present case Is the aecond 1 appearance here - within a few weeks ot the Detroit millionaire. ..who is a son ot the late John F. Dodge, automobile manufacturer. Tbinka He'll SetUm Down uooge recenuy gare t out '-s a statement here declaring that .with : disposition of the cases pending against him here he was Vthrough with the law." fie . planned he said, "to, settle down in Detroit and go into busi- . ness." , At: POUCE FOLLOW i DECKER CLUES Portland - Officers Mak? . , Special Trip to Albany to . Verify -Findings. PORTLAND, April ,l.-HSeve- ral police detectives, commanded br Lieutenant: Thatcher, left her tonight tor Albany, Or., on what they . said was a new and impor- ( iani , ciew in tne muraer cue oi ; Frank 3 Bowker, whose slaying !t.MiM tn h.va h 4.nnf -h Russell - Hecker, -formerly, of Alrl . bany Earlier 3n the day. ettorta , had 'been'"' abandoned by the Port . land.xIlcer to- recover the body , of Bowker from the Calapoosa t river, at Albany,: wheret Hecker 1 s eaid' he. had.tjhxown It, weighted and sacked. Grappling operaUons had failed to result in the recov-l cry of the body. - - A.--:.':. 4 ' Miss Nellie Lainbart, who told : the police she had been Hecker's , sweetheart, was "released from! Jail tonight on 12000 bonds to in : sure. her appearance as a. materi al witness..: v, :,:::C$ '- lmm.mmmimmmmmmmm-mmmMmmmmmmmMmm'mHmimwmmmmmmm.mtmmiimmmmmm ' T; IS ALWAYS HEEDED . . . .... Language can best - be studied through a good - dictionary. One should- always have a dictionary, The New UniTersltie Dictionary. muh .Vheiitnr Ton hear Mn word vou don't nader- , , v v. " .fon1 IrvnV it un! r OUT COUDOU Ol - Aiu.h.rA in this nanr. rives all our readers a. chance to pos- coss this word - treasury,- aunost free ; trial,' or both,, at the dlBcrfetion oflpQaj that all musicians of DR. D. B. GRlf Fl ENDS LIFE 2iSTSTitE THOUSAND JOIN MMMUNni1 &Iore,'tb&n!i090 rpcraons swere present - at the community elng last - night in the . armory and at least 1000, per&pns sang under the leadership of . Mrs.-r Carrie ; B. ; Ad am of ' Portland. f iOld iand , young, .men, women and, children sang and seemed to like , it and want more. They sang under Mrs. .Adams Cirection Swanee RiTer. "Old Black Joe " "Sleigh tBells." America." and 'Marching ifThrough Georgia," closing .with 'Star Spangled Ban ner.", , , ' : AUyn.f.O. Adams raang a aolo from, an as yet, unpublished oper- , etta, See America First," the I song, of the captain "be Old i Ship,CnrQUhaf He responded io an -encore .with "I'm Trareling I I Back jtov Dixie." Mr. Allyn later sang '.'Old Black'iJoe,'-' whUe the j auaience jomea jn tne enorus. chorus ( aang - two . - numbers ! from the -"Mound Builders:" The Sa- lem Cherrian band played for all songs .awhile .Miss Dorothy Pierce presided, at; the aland. The band played a number Of special numr bers under the direction of XJacar Steeihammer; , leader. r ne jueuer finnvus -wwa, span- ( mm www w wie eaiwn juic iwca- m?1o?,. o ,r beef f ff "ccz pcoriuag iu vuusf in cnarge. ? Ane:prorna re w PPn;o .ip ,-,00, t wmougn bo i i rar iiim ' DiieriDrA iiavA ,oeea i tftken nn to 'alrr th cost or rentals or nans ana pianos ana i nth oi . m nnr errvenseit it van the city - had donated their ser- rices-for the numerous-concerts which have been given this week. Yakima Officers Believe .Stains on Clothing As Earhart's .Blood YAKIMA, Wash., April 19. Two pairs of overalls, shirt and underclothing all bearing stains which the of fleers said "they be lieved to toe blood, were brought to the county Jail today by Deputy j Sheriff "N. P. Strubln and Elmer Cantrill, who said they found the eannents at the home of ' Ed Wheeler, Indian Of White Swan. Wheeler Is one of the Indians who has been suspected of connection with the murder of George Ear- hart near White Swan on March 2T. The officers said they expected the discovery to cleat. p uncer tainty as to the slayers' identity." Chemical analysis of the stains j were ordered to ; determine their character. - "tH Coroner William Brown today applied for letters of admlnlstra- S,w? " K 1" WQ1CU at cnuui.icu .v " 15060. J.1 B. -Earhart, a broher. living In Hutchison, Kans., la be lieved to be Earhart only aumv. ing relative. V FLOOD ADVANCES CLINTON. la.. April f 1-Thc - , . .... MiMissinnl flood waters washed out a portion of the dike on the river bank opposite Clinton late ihu afternoon and ' threatened thousands ot acres of farm lana protected by the levee. ' BEATER IS FINED CHICAGO. April 19 "He beats me because I beat him when he was little." Mrs.' Pauline Pithow- 1 ' " . . itz testuiea m court umay agama bjer son George. '21 r years old. "Yotf didn't beat h'm half en- okIl" said Judze Bneee and fin- ed the son. S200. 11 I . - I THE T , , . :. - 4 Fair; moderate .;v 80Bhey T iwlscs. . EIEE F01D ! If J i 1IJR01R CASE El; WIFE FINDS HODf "JVhile'his him to keep an appoint ment at his offices in the Terminal building yesterday after noon, Dr.. Griff in, 64, of this city, took his awn life at hla residence at 698 South Twentythird street. His body was Hwcoverel several hours later when Mrs. Griffin, tired f -waiting, returned to her home, finding her husband's body lymjr m a pool of blood in the kitclien of the residence. A: 20-guage shotgun was found beside the body with a notation 1 p. in." The note was signed by the doctor and conveyed the following statement: "No domestic trouble but financial. Ill health, a cancer developing and becoming worse. 'UJearest wife and buy: I as I believe God will." Dr. Griffin had practiced medicine in this city for many years, ne was away some years, returning six years ago. Recently he returned from a visit tb California where he had spent several .months for his health. Before coming to Salem, Colorado. Mrs. Griffin told officers that her husband had given no intimation tha he contemplated The dead man is survived by tw-n hrotr,Prs. T)r W M Griffin T w. o-.-ff;n ftf pftrf c-fttf "Kansas anH hv twn sisfprs: Mrs! W tru. ni r,,.' a c-a c ;niA -v.-"J' "v c" P1: iuer xventucKy. vx)ronor rioya lugaon veruiiea tne circumstances poim- mg to suicide yesterday and stated that an inquest would not be necessary. At a meeting1 of the Associated gt d . wd of Willamette uni Tergny yesterday the following Btadents were nominated for of flcea. n u a m... nm.. U Z""L-tL"".",' vr n-i- Vice-president Grace Bralnard and Sadie Pratt. Secretary Ruth Smith. Treasurer Albert . Logan, An drew Gillett Editor ot the Collegian Au- dred Bunch, Robert Notson and Miss Helen Hoorer. Manager of the . CoUegian Gordon Kelso and Orey Hisey. Members of Marlon county Po mona grange, at a meeting neia at Ankeny yesterday went on rec ord Indorsing the legi slatlVe pr o- j gram outlined by, the Oregon Tax Reduction league, and censuring the United States senate for the seating of Senator dewberry of Michigan. "The Marion County Pomona grange." said a resolution adopt ed at the meeting, "indorses the initiation of a bill to go before the voters at the general election in November, providing for .the compulsory assessment and classi fication of all property, real and personal, and to provide for the repeal ot the 1.2 millage tax for the support of the . higher educa tional institutions ' We further Indorse the pro posed measure providing that the taxes,- raised by the various mil lage levies, shall not exceed the amounts ot money that would be available computed upon the as seesed valuation for the year 1822." It was argued at the meeting RADIOS IN SALEM HOMES BRING MUSICAL PROGRAMS FROM BIG COAST CITIES t Salem radio fans Vtuned up" to the Oregonlan broadcasting ra dio heard Mrs. Hallie ' Pariah I v - e a. iuuS, oiu oiu6 night. The only radio receiving station which has an amplifier in Salem was at the F.' S. Barton ihome. .The outfit wm be lnsui- I t - m ..a v . T11 I e uo -Vir.ajr ,ouc 1 . i ne concerx iron we irregonian j came 'intdheBarton : receiving station as wear as a oeu last nigm. t uiaer- concern egging ptu .tiiq I fear mental collapse. could not neip it. Forgive me Dr. Griff in lived at Denver, taking his life. his wife, his son. 14. and by nf Girard. Kansas and Dr. , ' . . ; Byron Arnold was nominated to the honorary position of organist One member .. from the nomi nees will be chosen by the student body for each office at the next regular meeting. These off icehs will be Installed daring the last of the semester, i Several petitions were acted up on and'passed. One petition' was to secure the Wednesday of each week tor the meetings of the lit erary societies and the Y.M.C.A. The resolution for the student tax for maintenance of the gymnasium was held over until the next meet ing for a few desirable changes in the wording and phraseology. of grangers that the remaining seven-tenths ot a mill tax, based on the equalized assessments, will raise an amount of money nearly ly as large as is realized from the present millage levy. Information was received here last night that J. C. Cooper of McMinnville, president of the State Tax Reduction clubs, is dis satisfied with the action taken by a' committee of the organization in attempting to reduce the mil lage levy, and has threatened to initiate a bill at the November election eliminating the entire millage levy for the educational institutions. . Members of the tax reduction clubs said last night that such ac tlon on the part , of Mr. Cooper would be opposed by a large ma Jority of the tax reductionists and might result in the calling ot state convention. Such a convention, it was aver, red, might unseat Mr. Cooper as president and elect in his stead a man more heartily in accord with the members of the tax reduction organization. Barton station were that jof the band at Vancouver barracks. Van couver. Wash.; a concert from the Seattle Post-Intelligence and other smaller concerts. All came in dear. It was the first night the radio receiving station .has been . tried - out and Mr. Barton was well pleased to have - had in working order so soon. Other radio receiving stations In town which listened in. on the 1 1: - .(Continued on page l . ; ninninn imam U CHICAGO I! IBS! Falling Trees and Signs Kill Persons on Streets Ve hicles Overturned in Busi ness Area, r ' FREEZING TEMPERATURE HITS LAKE DISTRICTS Policeman Blown from Horse Fire Department ' Clears Boulevard CHICAGO, April 19. -Several persons were killed and scores injured today by a 60-mile wind which uprooted trees, unroofed many buildings and destroyed hundreds of windows and signs. Snow flurries and freezing tem peratures followed in the ( wake of the gale's which lashed Lake Michigan into a fury and caused storm warnings to be sent broad cast to mariners. Pedfutrians Suffer ' In the downtown district the tall buildings acted as giant wind scoops, catching the gale and shooting it into the streets; with such force that pedestrians were swept from their feet. A mounted policeman, in one nstance, was blown from his horse while riding to the re&cye of an overturned ,wagon. On one downtown corner alone seven wagons were overturned by the wind in leas . than two hours. Many automobile tops were swept from machines on Michigan boulevard.- , Fire Department' Busy ToniKht the fire department was busy in many outlying sec tions clearing the streets of trees snapped off or uprooted by the wind,:' fallen signs and electrical wires. One boy was killed by a falling sign; a man died from in- urjes received when he was struck by a tree, and another was fatally Injured when he came in to contact with an electric wire. Move Under Way to Recall Klamath Falls Executive KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April 19. Charging complicity with bootleggers and other illegal ac tlvlty, the Klamath County Civic league today was circulating a pe tition for the recall of Mayor W S. Wiley. The league proposes Councilman J. C. McCulIen for mayor. Lane County Proposes to Recall Bond Issue EUGENE, Or., April 19. The petition to place the question of the recall of Lane county's $2,- 000,000 road bond issue on the ballot at the primaries May 19, will not be filed, according to an nouncement today or the mem bers of the committee (having it in charge, but instead it will be filed for the November election. it is announced. Strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the proponents of the recall to aban don the measure entirely. A. I GOT IT Some one in the near fu ture is going to let out a big shout for Joy. Some ono is going- to feel the thrill of five hundred dollars all in a lump! The Statesman Publishinr company will pay-$500 for the best list of "R" words if it's entered in class "D" in the most amusing ana . simplest puzile game that ever entertained the readers of a newspaper. Anyone can afford to qualify for the bigger prizes. No expense is Involved be j yond paying a subscription at the ; regular rates. You may subscribe for yourself .or If you . prefer, you may 'send in a subscript ion for neighbor, relative, or friend. Old subscriptions counts tho : same as : new- subscriptions. -? Anyone can t ulf Ul , the aim iple requirement ; r ; BRIDE OF FOUR MONTHS IS : SOUGHT ALL OVER NATION- " f. 1 j i I .. 5 ! 5 I - 1 i i j mmmmmmmmmAmku 11"" X.,.tiJSliMnJ MRS. MABEL E. HOLDSWORTH, 17 years old, married four months, ago in New York city, whose mysterious disappearance has caused the police of many cities and local ities to search for, her. It is feared that she has been kid naped or else detained at some strange place against her will. A thorough search of hospitals and institutions has failed to reveal Any trace of the young bride. : A countrywide search is in progress. V TOT OF 1 Little Evelyn Hunt at Deac oness Hospital in Ser ious Condition Little Evelyn Hunt, 2 years old. is at the Deaconess hospital in a very serious condition as the re sult of burns received yesterday when, jher .closing caught fire while she was playing near a stove at the Hunt residence, Au burn, Salem route 6. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hunt who were absent from home at the time of the accident. Evelyn had been left in ,charge of an older sister, Martha, 14. The older girl was absent from the houre for a few moments and when she returned the baby's clothing w,as on fire. Martha par tially quenched .the flames with water and was assisted by a neighbor, who summoned medl- (Continued on page 3) MANDAMUS YEARS Sffl IBM FILED AGAINST BONUS BOARD Mandamus proceedings against the state bonus and loan commission will be instituted at once by Capital Post No. 9, American 'legion, in an effort to force the commission to gra X loans in accordance with the state law which provides that tx-service men may receive loans ur to 75 per cent of the appraised Value of property .offered as security. The action will also demand that the records of the commission be heid open to the public as in other public matters. This action was taken last night at a special meeting at the Salem armory when a committee report ed upon the situation after a con ference with members and offi cials of the commission. Members of the commission are Governor Olcott, Secretary of State Sam A. Kozer, Adjutant General George A. White. Arthur cJ Spencer of Portland and Lyman Rice of Pen dleton. Suit Win be Test " In Its report the committee ver ified complaints upon which the legal procedure will be based. The personnel of attorneys repre senting the local 0$ Oj the Am MILITARY BAIL SLATED TOHT ExrService Men of Any War : to Appear in Uniform Grand March at 9 The military ball for the benefit ot the Salem War Mothers will be given tonight in the armory. The affair is being sponsored by local military organizations. All men who have served in any branch of th9 army or navy In the last, war or in any other are being requested to wear their uniforms. Others may come in evening dress. Since it is a public affair it is said those who desire may attend in informal dress it they desire. - The grand march, led by Gover nor and Mrs. Ben W. Olcott, will begin promptly at 9 o'clock and will be preceded by an hour's con cert under the direction of Prof. John It. Sites. Flute, cornet, vio lin and voice numbers will be giv- (Continued on page 2) PROCEEDINGS TO BE erican Legion has : not been an nounced as all members of the ex ecutive committee were not pres ent last night. The cxecotlve com mittee has been given authority to retain counsel and to bring suit The suit will test out the newly enacted soldier's aid law which provides that the borrower can ob tain a loan to within 25 per cent of the. appraised value of the se curity. It will determine whether the commission -may authorize a Joan under75 per cent. : .Two candidates for governor win be among the " defendants to the'euit as Governor Ben Olcott la a candidate for re-eleetloa aud Ad- T illOG SSfil TO TB,! Almost 1 Perfect - Smelting " Yield Uncovered Thousand : Feet in Tunnel on Proper ty of Lotz-tarsen Co. SHIPMENTS TO BEGin WITH GOOD WEATHER If Salem Were Butte It is Declared Stampede Would Be in Progress IL H. Lotz, mining engi neer, of the Lotz-Larsen Min ing company, stopped over in Salem yesterday on his way to Tacoma where he la going to see the smelter people. : Mr.' Lotz carries with him some very important news, in the shape of a paper by Pro fessor ; Harding of Portland, giving an analysis of ore just opened up 1000 feet . in the tunnel of the mine on the Little North Fork; of the San tiam river, f rim ;which ship ments of ore are to begin 113 soon as Inroads' are passa ble. The contract was mada with ihe emeUer people some time ago, as reported in The Statesman. . , , -- Nearly $60 a Ton According to. the " analysis, this ore runs in values to $58-85 a ton figuring coppct at 12 cents a pound ; and it i now around vl3.75 cents a pound. The percentage cl copper is 22.65 ; of iron, 21X3 ; of , aulphur, . -23.05 ; r insoluble, 26.82, and : $2.60 in value , of pol I and silver. 1 It is ; an al most perfect smelting ort ? This ore was struck on Sat urday, April 3,.and Mr. Lotz immediately took it to Pert land for thorough analysis by an outcMe party, though:. he himself was sure from his own tests that it was- a big fctrike. . ':-"-: WouM Excite Butte j ; When Mr.- Loti was ' in Butte, Montana,, a strike , of this kind m one 01 jhe mines there sent up the value of the stock of the company owning the mine $10 a share, over night. . If Salem were a min ing center, where such values are understood, as Salem is bound to be some day, it is said, ; there would be excite ment hTe over such a find. " r Boon to Ship Ore ; ' There Is two feet of snow now at the mine. - As soon as the enow melts, and the roads are passable, the shipping of ore destined for the Tacoma - emelter will begin. The rock road leading to the mine. (Continued on page 3) Jutant General White is. one of Mr. Olcott' opponent! !n tte race for the office. V . , ; . Political Tampering HU - ; American Legion memterf who use their connection with the le gion as a means of farthering lb candidacy of any aspirant for po litical office were scored last night by those who attended tha meet in. .-vv --.p i'.:' It was the expressed will of the post that any member who ' vio lated the . eonfttltational - rula against political tampering would be faced with charges of insubor dination against the organization. This action - was V not directed against any one candidate but was a reminder that the name of the American legion must not be ased by legion members in the-further-ence of tb9 cause of political can didate. Speakera at iast ni!;t3 meeting condemned the action of civilians who would ettemrt to bring the politics. American If