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FEDERAL
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AND POLK COUNTIES
.' Oregon's federal immigration bureau is. busy. During the
past five weeks 30 Japanese coolies,-smuggled into -this couht
try through various avenues, have been captured by It. P. lion
ham, chief of the Oregon bureau, assisted by Inspectors Wat
, kins, Cunningham and Smith. '
Marion and Polk counties have been the scene of two raids
in which 13, of the wiley Orientals were taken.
In the last raid made several-weeks ago, one slippery Jap
anese laborer made up his mind that he would not be taken
into custody. lie was working on a hop ranch near Salem and
when the officers appeared he made a flying getaway. For
hours the locality, was combed for the missing man. Finally
he Was found by Mr. Boham and Inspector Watkins, having
taken refuge in a lake where he had stood in the chilly water
with the water on a level with his ears.
Y Although raids hare been In
pr6gress for some time no public
ity was gtven to the work as the
slightest warning would have re
sulted in a scurry to cover, as
the coolies are always aided by
their; brown-skinned ' brethren
who came to America prior to
passage of anti-Oriental laws.
, Pat Aboard Ship
The last of the captured were
put aboard ship a few days ago to
return to Mikado land according
to Mr. Bonham, who was in Sa
lem yesterday in connection with
the return to Portland of a
Chinese coolie arrested by Bon
ham, Friday. V, f
"I want to thank the newspa
per men of Oregon tor their co
operation during the round-np of
Japanese," said Bonham yester
day. Had the 1 ' orientals , been
; warned, we could not. hare made
.. single capture.--' All i ot, these
men have been returned to Japan
or are on their way.
Smuggling Scope Wide
These i captures of orientals
- whd have entered this country
' without proper passports are an
Indication of the scope of the
coolie smuggling. . Japanese and
Chinese laborers pay big money to
Individuals engaged in this busi
ness. ; ...
"Take the case of the three
Chinese captured, by our office.
durlnc the past week. These
.men slipped away from a steam
er which was docked at Portland
The cap Jain of this ship furnished
. me with photograpns or tne trio,
Two of the photographs checked
with men apprehended by us but
the third picture was not of the
uncaptuTed coolie. We finally
found this man at Salem but the
work was made very difficult be
- cause of the misleading . photo
graph..- i ' v- i :
Chinese in Hard Straits
! "As an example of the smug
gllng situation, one of the three
Chinese' affords a good 'illustra
tion. This man went heavily in
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; : ' Starting in with 650 members already signed up, the Marion
county branch of the Oregon State Farm, bureau perfected its
, organization at the Commercial club rooms' Saturday.
Considerable canvassing work was done in Marion county
- several months ago, but the formal organization was delayed
until this late date.- Now the bureau is ready to do business on
large scale,. because of its large. Membership and its careful
study of, the situation. V 1
-Sidneyl'Miller of "Woodburn was elected president; Charles
riottinger of Stayton, vice president; and EL G. King, Salem,
route 6, secretary and treasurer. ; Delegates to the state con-
vention, to be held next winter, are JE. Smith, of St. Paul.
nmnlzatlon convention
was . made up of delegates from
eight Marlon county xones, or dis
tricts, in each of whicn Is a local
chairman and one official dele
gate to the county organization.'
i" 'Delegate XAsUA 'S:, ;r
The delegates taking ; part In
the contention were: " ::
District No. 1, Aurora E. E.
Bradtl. president; O. W. , Atwood
tiolegate: 70 members. -
, District No. 2, Donald -Pramke
Perkett, president; F. I Matthew
delegate; r 70 members. ; '
District No. 3, St. Paul J. E.
Smith, president: . C. S. Muller
delegate; 50 members.
BUREAU IS
1 MARION
mm
Only Hasty Action in Courts
Can Stay Penalty for
Rathie, Kerby, Casey
Chief Justice Burnett of the
Oregon supreme court yesterday
denied petition for a writ of error
to the United States supreme
court in the case of Elvie D. Kir
by, who is sentenced to be hang
tor implication in the murder of
Sheriff Til Taylor of Pendleton in
July, 1920.
This is another of a series of
unsuccessful , efforts by his at
torneys to save Kirby from the
gallows, and the procedure affects
in identically the same way John
L. Rathie, convicted and .senten
ced to die for the same offense.
: HaHty Action Needed
Three men are sentenced to die
by the rope at the state peniten
tiary on July 7, less than a month
away, and only hasty action can
stay the executions. The men are
Kirby, Rathie and Dan Casey, who
Is under sentence of death upon
conviction of the killing of
"Buck" Phillips, railroad police
man of the Southern Pacific com
pany in Portland.
In the case of Kirby and Rathie
it is now up to the attorneys to
apply to the United States su
preme court for a writ of error.
The application will be made to
one of the justices of the court at
Washington, who may call other
Justices in to consultation.
Constitutionality At Issue
The case at issue is the consti-
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EMI BUREAU EFFECTS
CMTY ORGANIZATI
i District No. 4, woodburn E.
T, Wells, president; Sidney Mil
ler delegate; ISO members.
District No. 5. Salem Q. T.
Hackert, president; O. L. Bru
baker delegate; 0 members.
District No. 6, Macleay H. E.
Martin, president; H. G. King,
delegate; SO members.
District No. 7, Silverton A.
P. Hobart. delegate; 90 members.
District No. 8, Stayton Theo
dore Minden, president; - Charles
Nottinger delegate; 100 members,
Purchasing Agent Discussed
- The convention debated the se
lection of a ourehaslnr. agent, but
finally decided to put this orcr
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LURED GIRLS
Story Told by Albany Tot is
Similar to Description of
Methods of Degenerate
Once Active Here.
C. A. SLOAT ADMITS
PREVIOUS CHARGES I
Asserts Innocence, However,
Held in Linn County Un
der Heavy Bail
Has the pervert been captured
Yho for several months made
sudden appearances here and dis
appeared after assaulting young
girls? v ...
C. A. Sloat, 34, has been bound
over to the Linn county grand
Jury and is held In the county Jail
at Albany upon failure to furnish
bonds of $3,000 after waiving ex
amination on a charge of assault
ing & little Albany girl, ace 9
years.
The details of the crime for
which Sloat is held are identical
with details of an assault upon
two girls In this city, Sunday,
March 5. Sloat has been identi
tied by the little Albany girl, it
is said. She Is reported to "have
suffered Internal injuries as the
result of an attack. One of the
Salem tots was injured in the
same manner, their stories of
their assailant's actions corre
sponding.
Reports Verified
Sheriff Robert Kendall, of Linn
county last night verified details
concerning Sloat'g arrest which
was made by City Marshal John
Catlin of Albany. Both little girls
were lured away by a man who
offered them candy and who told
them he had a little daughter
who would Join them presently.
Chief of Police Verden Moffltt
interviewed Sloat at Albany yes
terday. Sloat told Sheriff Ken
dall and Chief Mof fitt that he
had been held at McMinnville un
der similar charges about a year
&go.
. Denies Crime
"I am a 'victim of circum
stances," Sloat told the officers.
"This charge has been brought
against me before just as I hap
pened to be in some locality
where it occurred. I am inno
cent."
Sloat told Chief Mof fitt that he
made visits to Salem during Jan
uary, February and March. These
journeys are being investigated.
A reward of $1100 has been
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until the next meeting. July 8.
In counties where the county has
a farm agent, he is usually select
ed as the bureau's purchasing
and tales agent. Marion county,
however, not having an official
farm director, the local organiza
tion has to develops Its own plan
for financing and selecting such
an agent. , The? expect definitely
to formulate a plan for financing
and to select such a business ag
ent at the July meeting, v .
. Board Finance Itself
Not following the usual proced
ure where the delegates draw
mileage and car fare for attending
the monthly business meetings.
the present board yoted to fin
ance Itself individually and do
nate it all for the good of the
cause, at least until the first ot
next January. It, means a con
siderable investment for the more
remote members, but they are go
ing through with it on this basis.
May be Banner County
While Marlon county was late
in getting into the bureau. fold,
state officials ot the organization
expect this to be the banner coun
ty of the -state, from membership
and interest point ot view.
ON
MERGER OF
LIES BAD Oil
1ST OREGON
Commissioner Corey Draws
Dire Picture That Would
Follow Separation of Cen
tral and S. P. Roads.
MOTION TO REHEAR
MAY SAVE SITUATION
Divorce of Systems Cannot
Go Into Effect Until
Fall,.Hawley Wires
H. H. Corey, member of the
Oregon public service commis
sion, . yesterday issued a state
ment pointing out the tremen
dous financial loss and inconven
ience that would be suffered ;by
western Oregon, all the Pacific
coast states, in even the dissolu
tion of the Central Pacific and
the Southern Pacific railway lines
goes into effect, as has been de
creed by the United States su
preme court.
Among other things, Mr. Corey
declares the lumber industry In
western Oregon would lose be
tween $6,000,000 and $7,000,000
annually.
There is now apparently ft
chance for relief from the situa
tion. Representative Hawley at
Washington yesterday informed
the Statesman that he has been
advised by the clerk of the Unit
ed States supreme court that? a
motion for rehearing is pending
and automatically holds up en
forcement of the decree until Oc
tober for the reason that the su
preme court has adjourned.
Mr. Corey's statement follows
In full:
'The effect of the supreme
court decision of May 29. 1922.
dissolving the common ownership
of the Southern Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific properties will be ex
tremely harmful to western Ore
gon as well as to all of the Pacif
ic coast states.
linn Almost Inseparable
'During the 52 years of com
mon ownership and control of
the Southern Pacific and Central
Pacific properties, branch, main
line, terminal and othe facilities
have become so Interwoven' that
in the event of separation of these
properties a great deal of time
would be consumed in arriving
at a workable arrangement for
the segregation of properties
without seriously interfering with
public service.
'Many lines of Southern Pa
cific ownership will be isolated
from the main system. The Une
of the Southern Paciilc in ure-
gon is separated from .those in
California, the Central Pacific
owning a considerable portion of
the main line south of Ashland.
Oregon Would Be Isolated
"Thus the Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon will be isolated,
there being no connection be
tween them and the remainder of
the Southern Pacific system.
There will be 17 or possibly
more new Junction points as be
tween railroads of independent
operation and tolls accordingly.
Thousands of new joint rates wil
replace the single rates of the one
system now in effect. Tram
service, freight and . passenger,
confined to rails of one owner
ship as competitive measures, will
result in disruption or the pres
ent service to a large degree.
Round-about routes will replace
direct routes. Where communi
ties now enjoy two routes thehy
will have only one, in many cas
es. In other instances their new
line of traffic will be more
round-about than the present
one. v
Termlnals Not Prepared
The shops and . terminals
were located from the -viewpoint
of 'only one system and are not
adapted to the new condition.
"The railroads are operated in
divisions with the necessary ter
minal facilities to take care of
locomotives and cars, for housing.
minor repairs and storage facili
ties for .making up trains. These
investments, representing mil
lions of dollars, will . : be very
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27 STICKS OF
GUM CHEWED
AT ONE TIME
SILVERTON, Ore.. June 10.
(Special to The Statesman)
The Silverton high school alumni
gave their annual reception to the
1922 class of the Silverton high
school Friday evening in the
Eugene field auditorium. Due to
the circus in town a large number
of the alumni members were ab
sent, as were also a few ot the
incoming members. However,
about 75 persons were seated at
the tables.
The first part of the evening
was spent with the usual roll call
and rites of the alumni associa
tion. This was followed by a
short program which In tarn was
followed by the initiation of the
new members. The association
deviated front former years in
that the greater part of the even
ing was spent in initiation instead
of the usual dancing. One amus
ing feature of the Initiation was
the gum chewing contest which
the commerce girls were obliged
to partake in under the order
that no commerce girl is an effic
ient stenographer unless she can
pass the gum chewing test. Misf
Clara Scott won the medal, she
being able to chew 27 sticks of
gum at one time.
A great deal of amusement
was also afforded by the toys and
all-day suckers with which the
members were provided.
At 12 o'clock Mrs. Gertrude
Wolcott Smith played a march
and Miss Ella Moores and John
Larson, two of the new class
whom the alumni had dressed up
as youngsters, led the way to the
tables which were decorated with
red roses. . Ice cream, cake and
punch were served. -
PAY BIG FEE
Burdensome Charge Made
for Recording Instruments
At Court House
When Uncle Oregon wrote it all
down in his little law book that
he was going to be good to the
soldier boys of the World war, he
didnt have his fingers crossed or
his eye on the soJdlers' pocket
books. He honestly meant to give
the boys something.
"They earned it," he said in his
law.
Boys Plucked by iAjv
But just now the state is pluck
ins the soldier boys like Fagan
and his light-fingered crew. He
does it through process of law-
it's regular, scoundrelly regular.
and as smug as taxes or an under
taker's bilK
The soldiers' loan mortgages
are coming in now, for filing, and
every one costs the soldier boy
from $4.80 to $5.60 to record
"Plug him while he has it on him'
might be the motto of the filing
law. The bonus mortgage blanks
read like a worst-seller novel, in
length. At 20 cents a folio of 100
words, they cost the bonus-getter
an average of a little more than
$5 each.
Many Honrs to Transcribe . .
It takes the girl at the record
er's office, the greater part of half
a day to transcribe this long
printed form tothe record page;
over and over and over and over,
the same wilderness ot words for
every separate Instrument, the
same multching of the once-sol-dier's
pay to meet the legal
charge.
"It almost breaks my heart to
see their money taken from them,
this way." said Mrs. Mildred
Brooks, recorder of Marlon coun
ty. "But the law specifically de
mands that the charge be made,
and every Instrument must be re
corded precisely aa It is written.
If it is long the owner is out of
luck. The county court has no
authority to reduce the charge;, it
ia up to the legislature. But cer
tainly there ought to be a relief
from this heavy charge.
Standard Form Impossible -
The county recorder had plan
ned to have a standard form
book "printed, that , once verified
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IN
CANDIDATES
WHEN FILING .PERim
SUDDENL I NEARS ENL
KENNETH DOERFLER FATALLY
INJURED WHEN RUN DOWN BY
PASSENGER TRAIN YESTERDAY
Kenneth Doerfler, 29, of Mar
ion, died yesterday afternoon at
the Salem. Deaconess hosDit&l
from terrible injuries sustained
when ha was struck by north
bound passenger train No. 16 at
o'clock yesterday morning. Tne,
accident occurred on the Southern
Pacific tracks a few miles south
of Turner.
The circumstances of the acci
dent may never be known. Vary
ing reports of the mishap indicate
that Mr. Doerfler may have suc
cumbed to fatigue or sudden Ill
ness while the train was approach
in?. He had juct finished the
Alice Mallett Attended Wil
lamette University and
Lived at King Home
Miss Alice Mallett, matron of
the Crittenden Home for Girls in
Jackson, Mich., who was .killed in
Jackson Thursday night attend
ed Willamette university as a
special student in 1912-1913, ac
cording to Prof. W. R. Kirk of
the university.
The name carried on the regis
trar's book at the university is
Lenna Mallett whose home was
in Ontario, Oregon. The woman
murdered in Jackson, has a mo
ther and several sisters living in
Ontario, according to press dis
patches from there.
Professor Kirk said last nigh
that he thought Miss Mallet had
m3de her home with Judge Will
R. King's while in Salem.
JACKSON, Mich!, June 10.
Authorities here believed to
night they were nearing a solu
tion of the mystery surrounding
the slaying Thursday night ot
Miss Alice Mallett, welfare work?
er, whose head was crushed with
an axe.
Their Investigation today, the
officers stated, tended to show
that the arrest at Painesville, O.,
of a negro circus employe, who
is to be brought here tomorrow,
might clear up the slaying. The
negro's clothing is said to have
been stained as though with blood
which led to his detention.
Special services for Miss Mal
lett are to be. held after which
the body will be' sent to the home
of her parents in Ontario, Or.
BOIMED
ON TROOP SHIP
Naval Boats Crew Under
Guard When 8,000 Quarts
of Booze is Taken
NORFOLK, Va., June 10. Ap
proximately 8000 quarts of liquor
valued at nore than $10,000,
were said to have been seized by
marine guards of the navy yard
today in a raid on the naval
transport SSrins under orders of
Rear Admiral Ralph Andrews,
commandant of the Norfolk nevy
yard.
Officers and T men of the ship
are confined to their ship under
guard.
Officer Quizzed
The commanding officer of the
Sirius. according to Admiral An
drews was detached from the ves
sel today and ordered to the re
ceiving barracks at the navy base
and meanwhile aboard ot investi-
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MURDERED WOMAN
LIVED IN SALEM
night tour of duty os track walker
for the Turner section and was
returning -to Marion when the ac
cident happened. According to
neighbors. Mr. Doerfler had been
working day and night recently.
At the local hospital It was dis
covered that in addition to injur
ies of the head and upper portions
of the body, both- legs were
broken. . The injured man did not
regain consciousness after being
picked up by the tram crew.
He is survived by a -wife and
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Doerfler, all of whom live
at Marion.
OFFICE RECORD
IS
Recording of Instruments
Yesterday Believed Big
gest Ever Known
What is believed to be the larg
est day's recording receipts In
the-history of .the office, -from
scattered, Individual instruments
and not from collected, corpora
tion or other massed filings, is
reported from the Marion county
recorder's office for Saturday.
There were 40 instruments fil
ed for record, that paid a fee of
169.90.
A good average day's work is
f 30. Some day's the receipts fall
down to almost nothing, to he
equalised by the big days like
Saturday,
THE WEATHER
Generally cloudy.
SHATTERED
Prize Winners Are Announced in ,
Students' Essay Contest Put on
to Promote "Clean-up" Campaign
Ruth Griffiths of the high
school, Lowers Horn of Grant
Junior high and Katherine Mul
vey ot Richmond school are win
ners of the prizes offered by Sa
lem business men for the best
essays by pupils .in the schools
on the "clean-up, paint-up" cam
paign promoted here by F. W.
Jobelman. John A. Heltzel of
the high school and Irene Black
erby of Park school received hon
orable mention in their respect
ive classes.
Ruth Griffith receives a prize
valued at S5 given . by Hartman
Brothers, Jewelers; Lowers Horn
receives a prize of equal value
given by the Dixie bakery, and a
S5 cash prize from the local of
fice of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company is accorded
Katherine Mulvey.
Judges on the essays were Miss
Elizabeth Macleay of the high
school faculty, J. C. Perry and
Mr. Jobelman.
Prizes also were given fpr the
best posters designed by the stud
ents, but the results of the Judg
ing could not be ascertained yes
terday.. The Judges were War
ren Gilbert, Murray Wadf and
Henry Lee, It is said these ex
hibited a wonder degree of un
derstanding of the "clean-up.
paint-up" campaign on the part
of the pupils.
The compositions likewise in
dicate that the writers have a
very clear conception of what the
campaign is for. It is declared
by Mr. Jobelman that putting the
contests through the schools
brought a greater result than any
other form of publicity for the
reason that it carried the spirit
of the campaign into the homes.
The winning high school essay
by Miss Griffith is given lelow.
The other , two will be published
early this week.
IS'SEEM
'When it was suddenly dis
covered yesterday that the
period for the filing of candi
dates for the Salem school
boarji mmld" expire at mid
night Ust liight,, instead of t
week later, there , was much
scurrying about among patrons
of the BchOols to have the
names of "candidates of their
liking recorded with the school
board elerk. The race for the
one position on the board is
now among E. A. Rhoten, Cur
tis Ii. Cross and II. L. Clark.
The general impression had
been that a week longer would
be available, but someone yes
terday, to make sure, had tho
matter looked up, and it was
found that under the law tho
time expired with yesterday.
The school election is Mon
day, June 19. While controv
ersy over the situation k has
been bitter the two factions,
one standing solidly with tho
school board. and the city sap
erintendent, and the. other op
posed to some of their policies
relative to the employment of
teachers, have , been rather
leisurely getting their candid
ates in line. Bat there was a
very sudden whipping up when
it was found that the filing:
time would end last night. j
The name of Mr. Rhoten was j
placed in.! nomination by ft pe
titlon . circulated by friends and j
school patrons taxpayers 1a the
district Mr. Rhoten when lo
cated last night said. that he had
not; been Informed of the petition,
being circulated. : ; " :
Cross Announced Yesterday
Mr, Clark, announced himcel
as a candidate during the week
while Mr, Cross, quietly and with
out announcement, filed his pe
tition Friday. When asked last
night Just what his platform was,
Mr. Cross said that he had no par- i
tlcular platform. When asked
regarding his attitude toward the
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HALKM-TirE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Did you ever go from your
own home town to some remote,
and wonderfully interesting new.
community, only to find, as you
entered the city, whether by rail
or highway, that your dream was
a nightmare, and your beautiful
town ,a veritable garbage heap?
Perhaps this has been the exper
ience ot some expectant tourist
upon his first entrance into -our
city. Would it not, therefore, be
a wise fdea to seek out our unat
tractive and uninviting districts,
and. by a little honest effort, and
application of. true community
spirit ' change these "eye-sores"
Into attractive and beautiful bits
of scenery to rest the eyes of the
toil-weary travelers who may. pass
through our town during their
pleasure or business trips?
The casual traveler or passer
by Is not the only one to be con
sidered in making the city attrac
tive. The residents of any com
munity will be much happier and
will make much tetter c'-tlzens it
their homes and towns are beau
tiful and nicety, kept np. Salem
has always been classified as one
va vavw m Mavot, asvea a a, a U & VlHOn
hut the fact that it retains this
reputation is largely due to the
favorable location of the city,' not
to any strenuous effort i on the
part of Us residents.- Ct C
As Salem Is the capitol of the
state, end therefore is Visited by
people from every part of Ore
gon It should, by all means, be
kept as clean and as free from
filth of all kinds as the efforts ot
the townspeople can. : make It.
Fences should be kept Iq good re
pair, tumble-down houses and
disreputable shacks should either
be repaired or torn down, and
other a: necessary - improvements
should be attended to with tha
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