SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1922 , ; PMCEt 'tFlVfl CENTO
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Richard Croker. Who Accu
mulatecf -Millions Manip
ulating New York Politics,
Dies at Ireland Home.
CAREER IS RECORD
OF, AGGRESSIVENESS
Democratic Boss Never Told
4 Where He Got His Mon
ey; Lived in Luxury
DUBLIN, April 2 .( By the
Associated Press) Richard r Cro
ker, formerly leader of Tammany
hall. New York, died at
o'cHock , this afternoon at
cairn Castle.Sandyf Ford,
miles from Dublin. ' s u
l The former n pol ltleal leader
spent the better part of the last
10 of 1 2 years In Ireland where
be owned, extenslre estates, mak
ing occasional visits to the United
States. The, last of these rfaits
was in the iprlnr of 1921 when
he went to New York In connec
tion with the Usl proceedings in
stigated by his sons to prore him
Incapable, : of managing his own
affairs. , -..-.v.-:C
4 ; . Ilecomes Sbrfcrnsly III
Shortly after he returned to his
home, at CSlencairn castle he be
came seriously' 111 and his condi
tion was' described as so bad that
it would h impossible for him
erer to Jeaxe his bed. But he
' soon showed signs of improye
ment and early this year he was
reported! to have ' regained ' his
health. ' i Y r'' ' "
Under theileadershlp of Rl!ih
srd Wfelstead Croker, Tammany
hall became one of the most effi
cient and successful political ma
. chines that erer existed In the
United 'States." It was under his
leadership "also; that public , con
demnation, was visited npon the
organization tot unstinted measure
for the allege A unscrnpnlona man?
ner In which It was conducted.
For nine yeaii Crokers masterly
hand absolutely dominated New
' York" City's Democratic o'rganlsa-
' tlon and during that time Tarn
' many was invariably .victorious at
the polls.
Force liWay' to Top
From a poor Irish- Immigrant
. . hov none too well educated, he
- forced himself by' couragex. and
self aggression and by 4 political
tactics that subjected. him. to ex
treme public criticism Into the
leadership, . first of' one of. ew
York City's gangs,i then Into nu
merous city offices" and eventual
' ly Into .the-leadership of Tam
many hall where he came. In con
tact and dealings with many of
the leading flnandjers and busl
, ness men of te city--, I
, lie was rewarded 'by -the accu
mnlatlon of. gVeat - wealth the
' source of which was never exact
ly known by; the, public. ;' ,
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KEY FURNISHED TO
HOUSE Ofj TREASURE
What vast and mighty treasures
of words full of Irlch meaning He
locked up in oaf language hid-
den away from iommon use, and
" enjoyed - only b a learned few.
' It is as If. possessing the mineral
. wealth of Mexico, . mined ; . and
, smelted, and ready for. the mint,
' we turned scornfully, aside, revel-
ling in a voluntary; poverty, ,
s i A dictionary i constitutes the
treasure house of a language. As
a. people, we needlessly --deprive
ourselves ; of the. helps at pur
Command. - Ia' our dally tasks
-not one of .which Can be perform
' ed without the use of words, we
possess only the most primitive
tools, when we might be equipped
- with the keenest and most effic
. tent. KSlf- the. d ictionary .be the
barred "and bolted treasure house
we have mentioned then the cou-
pon we print daily tu this paper
Is its key! .For we have thug made
it possible for everyone to own a
modern, first-class dictionary.
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TAMMANY LEADER IS
SUMMONED BY DEATH
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RICHARD CROKER
Widespread Editorial En
dorsement Given Can
didate for Governor
Widespread editorial encourage
ment and support is being given
by the country press to the can
didacy of Adjutant General
George A. White for the Republi-
nomlnation for governor. Liberal
space has been devoted to his
platform and campaign by the
state press generally and at least
a dozen : newspapers have added
their editorial backing.
The Roseburg Review sees in
Mr. White' s candidacy future har
mony in the state and says edi
torially of the candidate: "He Is
a gentleman who will command
the respect of all elements of the
state, has no connection with any
controversies that divide the peo
ple in any section of . Oregon and
stands for the new order of pro
gressive statesmanship to unite
and harmonize the people."
L Administrative Ability Praised
The Newport News sees in Mr.
White "an able, energetic and
progressive man, particularly well
qualified to preside over the des
tlnies of the state at this time,'
and adds: "Colonel White has
proved a man of exceptional ad
ministrative ability and his selec
tion' as itovernor at this time
would be a wise choice."
The Gresham Outlook devotes a
doable column space on its front
page to an editorial advocating
Mr.' White, viewing him a! a' man
of action and saying: "It is cer
tain that whatever he undertakes
he has. the courage and ability to
carry through without political
fear or favor." Commenting fur
ther the Outlook says, "He is en
thusiastic in whatever he undertakes.-
He is a Republican, but
more than that, 4 broad-minded
patriot."
The Pacific Herald, published
in Lindioln county, sees in Mr.
White's platform and record theh
hope for . deflation of ' state gov
ernment, saying, "What , better
platform could a Lincoln county
taxpayer demand? Mr. White will
give the taxpayers a new deal. He
has had training enough to say
'no to the special Interests.
t Minimum of Politics
The Bend Press (Deschutes
county) says editorially that Br.
White "Each day is becoming a
more formidable candidate," and
thls'in spite of being no politician,
for, the editor goes on to say, "His
earnest supporters would not ac
cuse htm of. being one. (a politic
ian), judging by the blunts out?
spoken decisions he has reached
In . regard . to what his state
needs" and adds "The strange
thing about Mr. White is that
not being a politician he evident
ly knows what the politicians
have done to Oregon." .Comment
Ing directly on Mr. White's plat
form the Bend Press : remarks.
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BEORG 1ITE
DALLAS IS SPIC
AND SPAN AFTER
CLEAN-UP WEEK
DALLAS. Or., April 29. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) The
clean and paint-up days institut
ed by the Dallas Woman's club.
together with the Dallas city
council, has been a success this
year, judging by the amount of
trash being hauled off by the
transfer companies.
Load after load is hauled to
the city's dump groundn each day
andn the effects of the call to the
citlzenvn to make their premises
more sightly is seen on every
street.
The paint-up program also
finds favor with local citizens;
and the local painters bave more
work than they can possibly take
care of. The city also ordered
the painting of some of its city
buildings in order to set an ex
ample to other residents.
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Charity Marks Seventieth
Birthday of Ben Selling
PORTLAND, Or.. April 29.
Ben Selling, born at San Francis
co in 1852 and for many years
past a merchant here, celebrated
his 70th birthday anniversary to
day by giving an aggregate of
$27,000 to various charities. He
was guest of honor tonight at a
dinner tendered by citizens.
Clyde Love, Baker Man,
. Mysteriously Disappears
BAKER, Or., April 29. Search
was being5 prosecuted today for
Clyde Love, prominent rancher
who disappeared Tuesday morn-;
ing. The horse on which Love left
his ranch returned without a
bridle. A reward has been offer
ed for it in the hope that its re
turn may disclose a 5lue to the
missing rancher.
Herbert Wilson Faces
Charge, at Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, .April 29.
Herbert Wilson was held today in
the justice court to answer to a
charge of murder growing out ol
the shooting of Herbert R. Cox
here on April 9. Wilson, who was
formerly a minister and an evan
gelist. Is accused of having shot
Cox as the two were attempting
to escape from the county jail,
accompanied by Eddie O'Brien.
BANDITS ESCAPE
SEATTLE, April 29. Four
unmasked bandits who this morn
ing robbed Frank Webster, office
manager, and Wilma Meyer, cash
ier of the Seattle Star, of $4400,
the newspaper's ' weekly payroll
fund, and escaped in a waiting
automobile, were still at large at
a late hour tonight. Police said
they were without a clue.
RAILROADER PASSES
EUGENE, Or., April 29 Harry
Weber, an old-time Southern Pa
cific locomotive engineer, retired.
dropped dead at his ranch home
near Cottage Grove while work
ing with his car in his garage to
day. He was employed on the
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon
for many years and was widely
known.
MINERS ENJOINED
CHARLES, W. Va., April 29.
Three preliminary Injunctions
were granted by Judge George
W. McClintic in the federal dis
trict court today, restraining the
United Mine Workers of America
from organising activity in vari
ous southern and central coal
fields of the state. "
GETS 13 MONTHS
PORTLAND. Or., April 29.
James Hadden, convicted narcot
is peddlerl was today sentenced
by United States Judge Bean to
serve 13 months at McNeil island
penitentiary.; ' ;
LENINB HE CO VERS
MOSCOW, April 1 2 Premier
Lenine is recovering rapidly from
the effects bt the -operation per
formed on him for the removal, of
a bullet. He was resting quietly
HURST'S PLEA
IS DENIED BY
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Bingham and Kelly Do Not
Grant Bequest for. Prelim
inary Restraining Order to
Block Recall Move.
SUPREME COURT MAY
TEST OUT QUESTION
Both Williams and Buchiel
of Service Commission
Refuse to Resign 1
RECALL STAJt'S
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r red A. Williams an
Fred G. Buchtel of the pub
lie service comraiseion in
lorni Secretary of State Ko
rer that they will not re
sign. Roscoe P. Hurst of Port-,
land, attorney for the Law
and Order league, files two
complaints in Marion coun
ty circuit court, one relat
ing to Buchtel and one to
Williams, asking restrain
ing order against calling re
call election.
Case is argued before.
Judges Bingham and Kelly.'
who refuse to grant the or
der. Hurst now expected to
take case to supreme court,
eitaer by appa! from the
judge's de.i'fcicn yesterday,
or by first tryu:r case on
its merits in circuit court.
Law and' Order league
complaints make startling
charges of forgery, misrep
resentation and ether fraud
ulent methods against pe
titioners for recaH
It is now apparent that the
move of certain elements center
ing in Portland to recall Fred A.
Williams and Fred G. Buchtel of
the public service commission will
be tested out in the state supreme
court to ascertain whether it has
been legal In all respects.
Charge Are Startling
At a hearing given Roscoe P.
representative of the Law and
Order league, yesterday after
noon. Judges Bingham and Kelly
of the circuit court for Marion
county refused to grant the pre
liminary restraining order asked
by Hurst to prevent Secretary of
State Kozer from calling the spe
cial recall election.
Startling charges of fraud and
misrepresentation were made
against the recall petitioners by
Mr. Hurst, and since the restrain
ing order has been denied he
has two methods by which he can
carry the case to the supreme
court. One of these is a direct
appeal from the decision of the
judges Saturday and the other is
again to bring the case before the
circuit court here and try it on
its merits.
Hurst Now Vndecided
In the later event the Law and
Order league would appeal if it
were beaten, and doubtless the
other side would appeal if it were
beaten. Before leaving for Port
land last night Mr. Hurst had not
decided what his next step would
be. Referring to 'his allegations,
he asserted that to prove any one
of them would invalidate the re
call election.
Two complaints were filed
with the court by Mr. Hurst, one
relating to Williams and the oth
er to Buchtel. They allege that
thousands of names have been
placed upon the recall petitions
fraudulently.
Outright. Forgeries Averred
On the petition directed against
Buchtel are approximately 3 3.0 00
names. Hurst alleges that 1500
or more of these were outright
forgeries, that 1500 or more were
fictitious, that another 1 00 or
more were secured through mis
representations to the signers and
that 1500 or more were illegible,
that 500 more were obtained from
territory outside Buchtel's dis
trict, which - comprises the coun
ties of western Oregon. ..
Further, relative to the Buch
jjgontinued en P5
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CHAUNCEY DEPEW ENJOYS BIG
CAKE ON HIS 88TH BIRTHDAY
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CHAUNCEY DEPEW has just passed his 88th birthday
count the candles. He is still active in business life and
reviews the past and peers into the future with the rare op
timism that has made him f amous.
0. II G. LOSES TRACK
TO
SEATTLE. Wash., April 29.
University of Washington track
athletes today won for the third
time in succession the annual
Washington relay carnival, defeat
ing Oregon Agricultural college
by 1 1-2 points after a nip and
tock battle all afternoon between
the two schools. In the class B
events, for schools with registra
tion of less than 250 .students
Gonzaga university took first.
Pacific university second and Col
lege of Puget Sound third.
The score for the class A events
follow:
University of Washington 25;
Oregon Agricultural college 23 1-2
University; of Montana 5 1-2
Washington State college 5; Uni
versity of Idaho 4; University of
Oregon 2; and University of Brit
ish Columbia 1. I was he Univer
sity of British Columbia's first en
try in an American track ;meet,
the Canadian team's only point
being a fourth place in ths two
mile relay event.
In the class B events the spe
cial 100-yard dash and the mile
relay. Gonzaga University score
11 points. Pacific University won
six and the college of Puget
Sound 2.
Records Broken.
; Three carnival records wfere
broken during the afternoon, the
first when Oregon Agricultuml
college's relay team won the two
mile relay for class A schools in
8 minutes 9 1-5 seconds, better
ing the best previous mark by
2 4-5 seconds. Washington's half
mile relay team smashed the ear
nival record for that event, fin
ishing in one minute 31 1-5 sec
onds as compared with the pre
vious mark of one minute, 33 sec
onds set by fhe University of
Southern California's team last
year.
Metlen, Purple and Gold entry
in the pentathlon, feature event
of the day, sprang a surprise of
the meet by winning the pentath
lon 1500 meter run in four min
utes 41 2-5 seconds, a new car
nival record for the event. The
best previous time was five min
utes, three seconds, set in the
1921 carrival by Arthur Tuck of
the University of Oregon.
Washington and the Oregon Ag
gies fought out a hard battle, de
cided, at the last moment when
the mile relay, final. event of the
day, was won hy the Washington
team by a scant margin. Sunde-
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leaf of Oregon took the lead from
the start with Miller, O. A. C. sec
ond and Pratt of Washington
third. On the second stretch
Hatheway of Washington jumped
from third, to second place and
on the last turn out sprinted Wy
att of Oregon, taking the lead on
the home stretch by three yards.
Free of Washington held the po
sition throughout his run and
Douglas increased the Purple and
Gold margin to five yards at the
finish line. O. A. C. was second.
David Metlen of Washington
easily won the pentathlon -with
firsts in the javelin throw and
1,500 meter run, seconds in the
broad Jump and 200-meter run
and fourth place in the discus
throw. Under the method of
scoring his low mark of ten placed
him a a winner. Dal ton of O. A.
C. with a score 'of 15, was second.
He took second place in the jave
lin throw and 1500 mete run and
third in the broad jump and dis
cus throw. Snook of O. A. C,
tieing with Schaefer of the Uni
versity of Montana for third, took
first place in the 200 meter run
and the broadjump and fourth in
the 1500 meter run. Schaefer
placed first in the discus throw
and third in the 1500 meter run.
Men Are Placed
Summaries: Pentathlon: Met
len. U. of W.. first ;.Dalton, O. A
C.t secjond; Snook, O. A. C. and
Schaefer, University of Montana,
tied for third; McGowan. U. of
Montana, fifth.
100-yard dash Class A Hurt
ley, U. of W.. first; Snook. O. A.
C, second; Davis, Washington
State college, third, Sullivan. U
of Montana, fourth. Time 10 l-
seconds.
Half mile relay. Class A. U.
of W. (Pratt. Wilson. Free, Bar
ley), first; O.A.C. (Miller, Ger
hardt, Hollinger. Snook) second;
Montana (Sullivan, Anderson,
Fredericks. Egan). third; Idaho
(Graf. Keith, Hillman. Casboll),
fourth. Time 1 minute, 31 3-5
seconds. (
One mile relay Class A TJ. of
W. (Pratt, Hatheway. Free Doug
las), first; O.A.C. (Miller. Dodge,
Stone, Hollinger), second; Univ
ersity or Oregon (Sundeleat, Wy
att, Risley, Rosbrough), third;
Montana . (Sullivan, A jderson,
Duffy, Egan) . four. Time 3 mln-
Lutes, 29 seconds.' - -
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EVEN
MUCH BUILDING
OF HOMES NOW
ON AT DALLAS
DALLAS. Or.. April 29. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) During
the past week five new homes
have been started in Dallas, mak
ing a total . of 22 houses under
construction or just finished , In
this city this spring.
A contract was let by Mrs.
Anna Vilwock. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Voth.for , the
construction of a modern resi
dence on Court street adjoining
the property of her parents. 'The
residence will consist of five
rooms with a bath and built-in
conveniences and will cost In the
neighborhood of $3000.
Jostah Wills, school superinten
dent of Polk county, also started
constrnction of an up-to-date res
idence on his lots on East Ash
street this week. Mr. Wills dug
the basement for the home at odd
momentns andn Intends to do the
finishing work after the structurt
is Duiit, 'The outside measure
ments of the residence la 31 by
32 feet and the porch and fire
place is to be built of rocks taken
from the bed of the La Creole
river at this place. The rest
dence promises to be one of thi
most substantial In the city.
Lee Clement started work on
three different residences of his
own the first of : the week. Mr.
Clement built a home a short
time ago and sold It before' it
was completed. He la now build
Ing three more residences for
sale on Court and .Lewis streets.
State Exposition in Salem
Likely to Open on Satur
day This Year
Superintendents for several of
the Important departments of the
1922 Oregon state fair, were id.
pointed Saturday at a meeting of
the state fair board held In Sa
lem. The heads of departments,
thus named, are: -
Cattle William Schulmerich
Hillsboro.
Sheep Prof. O: Nelson, O.A.C
Swtne Thomas Brunk, Salem.
Poultry Ed Shearer, Estacada
Floral James J Forbes, Port'
land. . . J v
Dairy C. L. Hawleyi state food
and dairy commissioner.
Viaduct Oppoaed
The fair board declared vehe
mently against the building of
the viaduct across the Southern
Pacific tracks, near the fair gates.
saying that it 'would be rutnouv
to the fair grounds entrance and
the appearance of the place, f
The swine barns are to be re
modeled and made both more
commodious and more convenient.
New roofs are to be put on some
of the stock buildings, where the
old coverings were too leaky to
be comfortable or safe.
Auto racing Is to be sanctioned,
though the exact program bat not
yet been made oat. Some of this
will be- done following the auto
races at the track, June 2 and 2.
Racing Events change
A full program of horse racing
has been adopted, amounting to
about the same as last year,
though there are some changes in
the events. The Judges and track
officials have not yet been select
ed. H. C. Browne will direct the
horse show. There will be night
lacing, according to the present
plans. The Illuminated track ser4
vice last'fall, proved so attractive
that the races will be continued.
The board has received soma
interesting "dope" on the interest
taken in this year's fair, in its in
quiry for competent judges and
superintendents. William Bishop,
the noted Holstein breeder of
Chlnacum. . Wash., declined to
serve as a Judge, or to propose a
name.
7 "I'm coming down there this
year with my whole herd," he said
'.'and I couldn't have anything, to
do wth selecting the judges.;.- t
.... Brown Will Exhibit
Frank Brown, the equally famous-
Shorthorn breeder of Carl
ton, Oregon, said about the same
thing; he wanted to' exhibit his
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Salem Veteran of World War
Asks Courts to compel
Bonus Commission to Re
cognizer Appraisals.
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LOCAL LEGION POST
STARTS LEGAL MOVE
Edwin "Woodford Asserts
$2900 Valuation Brought
30 Percent Offer
"Asserting that the Orcspon
State Bonus; Commission had
set aside thef report, ct, the
qualified appraisers and had
substituted its own valuation
of his property, Edwin Ste
vens Woodford, of Salem yes
terday; fllecijjwith the Marion
county circuit.court a petition
for ' a wrft ! of n mandamus
against the commission. This
is a test case instituted by
Capital Post; No. 9, America
Legion in an effort to require
the commission to make loans
to the. value. of 75 , per cent
of the security as stipulated
under the state law. "
Mr, Woodford asserts that
he has the ; qualifications of
fomer seryiice'and of Oregon
residence as required by the
state law. ;-.
According; to the complaint,
Woodford, expecting to re
ceive benefits from the re
cently enacted loan legisla
tion, purchased a tract of land
in the fruit "district south of
Salem. This purchase . was
made August 12, 1921.
Appraised at $2008,
On January 13, 1922, Mr. Wood
ford claims that he made appll
cation for beneflU ' under th
bonus law and on March' 9, 1922,
the property was appraised by M.
D. Lebold, George W. Johnson,
Jr., and Philip Gilbert. This ver
ified appraisal was for the sum
of $2908.
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Acting in accord with the cor..
mission's" regulations, Mr. Wood
ford mads alt definite appUcat'ca
based upon the appraisement,
This application was tor $2170,
or 76 per cent of the appraisers'
value of the security. . !';.
On April 4, 1923, the commis
sion reported upon bis applica
tion, offering him a $1000 loan,
the commission holding that the
property was ( not of sufficient
worth to warrantn a larger am
ount. This offer would be about
35 per eentn j of the appraised
value; it 1 estimated, v c f
The complaint hold that a
large part of the $10,000,000
worth of bonds authorized by the
bonus' act have been sold and
that the commission has at all
times bad sufficient funds with
which to finance the requested
loan." : . ,..f--. ;- : ' "
. Estimate Lower
'"The sole reason why the ap
plication for this loan had not
been completed Is because of the
commission's .action, In placing Its
own estimate ow that of the
authorized appraisers,' concludes
the complaint.! -Vi--"
Roy r. Shields, Robin D. Day
andn Brazier C. Small, Salem at
torneys, are counsel for the Am
erican egion and In charge of this
action, r : ;. ,a
-Governor Ben W. Oicott. Secre
tary or State Sam Kozer, Adju
tant General j George A, White,
Arthur C. Sender and Lyman Rice
re ' members of the commission
who are named defendants In the
action.
Wilson Foresees Crucial
Period, in World Affairs
' WASHINGTON, April 29 For
mer President! Woodrow Wilson
declared In a letter read tonight
at a dinner tendered to Chairman
Cordell Hull of the Democratic
national committee by ' women
members of the' committee that
"this hr undoubtedly a critical
turning" point In the affairs of
mankind and it clearly falls to
the Democrats of the Unit !
States to lead the-wsy to f
light-
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