SEVENTY-SECOND -YEAR
SALEM OREGON. FRIDAY' MORNING. JULY 14. 1922
SPRICE: FIVE CT2rT3
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Moves to Back .45 Pfcclam-
j atlOn -jOH Kail biriKe VIW
-fltinrrriri Rail Strike With
nation's Trpops(iII.AeJipn
necessary.
50.000 MOTORCARS
AVAILABLE FOR MAILS
Air PilOtS Offer Services
Pnillrt MnnHIo Milliftn
of Letters
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WASHINGTON. July; 13. (By
the A. P.)presldent 'Harding I
. took' the first step today - toward
backing up with the millUry arms
of the goYernment hli procIama
;t!on warning striking railway shop :
- 'men against 4nterference wjth he
r transportation of Interstate com
merce and the malls.
Instructions were sent at nlt'dl-
fection to Major General John
11
Ilines. commanding the eighth -ar-'
my corps area at ..San An ton lo,
'Texas,! to prepare ;a y sufficient
force of troops to : give adequate
protection to the lines of the Mis
souri, Kansas and .Texas railroad
4 vhlch
r have Wen attacked l by
g shopmen, part cnlarlyj at
' striking
Dealson,
Government WH AW
.The war department advised C fhome. Governor Olcott is expect
' E.:Schatt of St, Loula.; the re-Jed toe one bf the. party, and Dr.
eelver appointed by the court lorrR. j;. L..Steiner of the state hos
tile M," It and T., that he agam pftal will be asked to give them
call on the governor of Texas for
protection for the jallroad proper
ties,5 he jhavlngl reported that pre
vious appeals to the state, execu
tive had been unheeded. :Tbere-
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ceiver .farther waa promised that carried on by, the state under the
Biioua tw apyca. vi
uoa iron ins aiam Miuurmw, i
: "ti e r,f ederal government la ready
to aiiora proieciiua uu w
action H necessary, as soon a you i
cave rep jytrom.tne governor. . been feared as a formidable corn
Secretary Weeks, Twho carried petltor. the state of Colorado, has
-cut the reildent'a ; Instructions been 1 j definitely eliminated. ' JA
after a, conference at the White dinner and a Tlslt to the state
tiftiie . it which he and Mr. Hard-
v . nnAal from tk
receiver for federal jprotectlon, j
"had tcmlght melved i no ireply 1
from Mr.chaff:andbecause;i9f
the .necessity ,:??tora ..for ttto home. The gen-
With Governor Nff of Texas, it Urt fnnnfromenta are. the .tract
Was ' regarded -probable thir Mr.
Schaff would be unable to ' yise
the government'befofaometime
late tomorrow. . i
' '" Officials f Pjrplaltt Art Ion i i
Officials, in announcing : tho
government's actipri. emphaslited
It was taken because the .Missouri,
' Kansas and rTexaSj 'was In the
"hands of a receiver appointed; by
me federal court-ana consequent
ly .was ' under "the supervision; Of j
the federal government. ' No of-
tidal statement was available to I
uuicaia it 1110 ivuvu u
be taken as a precedent determln
' ing the policy to be followedvhy
the j government In other ; cases
- where violence ; aud lawlessness
: arising "from the strike Interfere
with the two essentials , as .enum
erated ;by 'President' ,Hardlng kx
his proclamation movement of
themalls and maintenance, of ln
terstate commerce. It Is under
" stood,lhowever, that the president
possibly 'will pass .uponqther
emergencies that may.arlsecall
Ing 'for the use of troops 1 where
'the question of federal : receiver-
hlp Is not' Involved. I ' i
' Although the action In the case
of the M. K. & T. railroad Was
10 m. .. a .T.vruirowi -ww
hlg step In the -fall itrlke
tion here," there were other
lopmepu Jn' the , capltol In
the
situation
; connection -with thf tr Ike today.
Jewell Sends Telegram , j ;
President' Harding received ; a
telegram from JJr M.vJewell, head
of the railway employes ' depart-
. tnent of the American Federation
.of .Labor and head t pf the airiK -
,lng hop crafta. .j , ' :;
Tw.Mvi.. .vii .fti rAnlr -
BVt 141UK Mlvtf va
Ing to his proclamation and set -
II.. v ' :Af thA
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striking workers.", po -ar
i-.tA t.- . White
House tonlzht . the president had
not determined whether the tele-
gram called. for reply. - "
The.nrocUmatloh of lthe presl-.
dent towbUhthe employes-
srtm.tooK excep";
, "incomplete intof matlon," -was
commended.br theoard of dlrec-
tors-pt the Chamber of commerce
of (ti. TTnitMt .Rtates Ina resoiu
tion which called ,upon business
organisations of ;thxV; country to
assume leadership In crystallizing
president K
itv'fA.: Srrflre
..v- ... nf the striking
, . ,
- . intim. on case S.) .
KID-SLIDES
DUG OUTX)F
Youngsters Can now Go Head-
;lrst Into Mill Creek or
. ' Light; on Lawn r
The "kld-siiw k.'..
l.nrrected rmM ,. I
w ?aaaa,B. M EC H S IT 1
whers theyAad .toVed ,rom
Prehistoric dara when salm
a""c r when Salem was
ISS Kr?:JK
park playgrounds. V -.One slides off
Into. M1U creek and the kids' all
hot; wore tt out renter Aa , It.
. -:
nrsi oay. , Tfte other shooU 'em
out on the grass, where the timid
rer Willing to take bumps Instead I
orwatery gasps. ; 7 : : - h
iTne first flag raising. wa heldK
-Iren present and taking part. ? They
I sanr "Columbia the n. ti..
.sang "Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean," and gave the flag sal ate
in tnmung -style.
raanpAvoritatvAe I nnVhn fae
ir. - ' wuww,a vwl ..l.Tuesuay next u tnai aaie.is pigre r
Hosptal Site, to Be Shown
State Farms Near City ,
.Tentative preparations are be
ing .made for a heart-to-heart con
representative, when they come to
(site for their national children's
the story of " the . Oregon state
farms around Salem.
The KYeOmen expect to ; buy j a
farm of .from 800 - to 1300 acres.
and thn snccAan of th IdAal farm a
sieiner qirecuon is expeciea v 10
pave aue weight, it is announced
bt the Vlsitora are already al-
most soia on uregon climate, sou.
social conditions, and what had
f.m. hm,,h th onnti
..n.i ci. in k. r h-
program. C ; ; J "
Itwo other Oregon cities. Rose-
burg and Med ford, are being eon
Qfi0 00 acres, more" or less, In a
co.tIgBOU8 odyrW
clty or -004 townthat can ar
wrjinB iuBuiuiH)ui uscus, cuw-
tlonally, socially and in a business
way;;' and. railroad service within
a .maximum of three miles. . Fer-
tile oll and j healthful aurround-'j
Ings are other prime essentials.
It la undemoog that -.luiinau 1 candidate,; Jwhen wjritten. W on. essarUy cover ;the whole of the lo
dozen '.Of the Marlon CduntylDemocratlc; .ballots; that -persons Sanherry .season.
Reaitora'
association mcmBcn
have V proffers to make of -anqh
tien Be3r believe would meet
.t am a Aa saw a wmiin mwi
111! IDs CUUUIIIUUS.
ttlilfillLi
Dr. BI5odgood Will Lecture
.on uancer ai rirsx uon-
. gregationai vnurcn
Joseph COlt .Bloodgood, profes-
" rMrr At John Hopkins
!,t" to leln Salem to-
tw night. P '
.A u one of the leading enr-
J ' fth4 uaited SUtes, and
I Qf the entire woTld. ; ,,
He has been, attending a tnedl-
cpnTention at Spokane. -and
hm in , Portland Stoday and ,to-
morrow, and the medical f rater-
1 nlty ; 0j Salem has .been xorxunaia
( enough :to t- secure Aim to : rlslt
l.vi - r.A rtva a lecture Jto-
1 UI1B i laV T" w r ,
m0rrow iIghL
1 TT, ... anm film tO lllUStrale
I ' . ; J t.m VlMt IV.fl.
jnia ieciure,."
I -.ttinnal rhurch has been .secured,
I with Us, moving-picture machtae,
I for Uhe lecture.
I v .r"v . "
, e; lecture w" .c':
-.m . month out Of b
w-; toward fuhd that
owj
- - ntrr to teacH the,people
how topravent. the spread of eau-
" The lecture wiu e,iong ibis
in ..vv.v . .
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fire wm be no charge , Tor
V . .. K.JLA.mTntrhtana'I
1.. .v wch wW be pack-
EOT SUBEE0I1
. nA to the doQTS, as it should be.
..l-ea.lu-. .r. . ; - - .
IlLt EOOTEST
I T
fOR JULY
0
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Attorney for . Both ' Governor
flnH Hnntpstant Arire on
and Contestant Agreed pn
Date Hearing .first pf
' Seven issues.
GOVERNOR URGID TO
RAISE LEGALITY' QUERY
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Whether Voter Had RtghttO
8 Phnn 'Dnr4i AffJUotiAn
f j . - . ' . . . I
.Change Party Affiliation
Chief Point . Involved
PORTLAND, July 13. By mu
tual 'agreenent of coujnsel 4he
first of seven Issues In the guber-
! natorlal "Republican " nomination
contest lnstliutett by vnariitlTft the nraiect all tha roavl I
nan, .ueieaiea canaiumi.
Governor Olcott. ; re-nominated,
would be .heard before Judge
v r T IT
George , G, Bingham at Salem: on
able to the court.
VnestKm sof -iugnt riavava i
At v inference iheid. In :Port-
land today between attorneys rep-1
resentlnc Mr. Hall and those re-
talned by Governor Olcott, it was I
J
Tf fSl ? jS!!
agreed that the latter fhould file
can ' change his party af filiation I
on election day, as Mr. Hall con-1
tends was, done by. many 4tdher-iie
ents of Governof Olcott. ' U is
tWs issue that " wMl J be argued
Tuesday. . , -
AH were agreed 'that an early
i decision 'by the court upon this
Irst .controversial point would
materially simplify the . situation
1 vuvusa ul outer yomia wouta re
mxn at issue. The hearlne of
though 'six other points would re-
arguments and the taking of te
l tamony on these will make the
contest k lengthy' one and leave
i the identity of .the nominee In
i question' for some time.
six point. At ha .
,Briefiy,the.iMeaining point.
at .Issue as charged la the contest
TOies p,er erroneously
counter for Olcott and that a'
re
count in certain YirMf - mn
determine , the truth or. falsity of
taUota'caaTVoV
3ecM elecUoa offlclala lie -
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Sro er, w
ltotrr'
primary ballot .Without' reglstra-
tion; thai In certain instances
the cumber of votes tnntea was
in excess of .the anmhi n
lots cast; that votes were connt -
ed , for Olcott as. a epdblSean
1 not cit ieu nr not miMmi. k .
precinct, or not reltr.
permitted to rote.
r wavm a a . . . -
Court Set lat
Wffiemfav ia - .v- -iJ
agreed pon by the ittorln
ine contest , case or CnatAP v. m
t cott. !fo'r the Republican Bomina
tion for Govern. f r.: -
th9 that ieairir:in wurt ",Tr-e 1t one-ba,f 1.1922
case eomea Jefor Jnd. rj-l.hroP to . independent buyers after
Bingham and Percy Kelly: n' the
oiacicn county circuit court.
Riessbeck JCa$e . Again
- - Postponed lor Trial
' "r ue ec.ona "e aince his
rrest 'last Saturday night, .fol-
lowing a fight with the "jjollee on
the 'streets, the - case . of Oliver
For the second time alnce his
tCul) 'Riessbeck was Indefinitely
J continued wnen.H came up for
neanqg in justice court yesUr-
day.'.J : .. .' '-. ' -.
ti Riessbeck s ' thargedv with the
j unlawful . possession of ! llquqr.
i cn ester ? Foster, r arrested at jthe
J gam time, and later fined , 1JO0
inm a n hra aiM" a V k
wa whwDV. v cs c
I tny.' 'It,-. WtW.A.UI.I.'Sl..fi1.i..tad.V..M.ni.,uIIl. ..J ll.. ,I.Hkl. .VW.
I l l. ; " .1 r.,. - .V - !I , "i-
i mopnsnine. -f . -. --: ; ..-.;.
1' -rh i rihllo. fi K
charges qt realstlhg an of fleer
I using loud and .profane language
j and cusoraeriyv-. conauict against
Blessbeck. but these cases will. of
IfQPESTO PISTBJCT AFIRE
- MQUESTO. Cal, Jtfy M-A
PT
wniuw .via-,, .uwioi
. r t 1 , ! r . - . . M
. . ..
fronting : the Sou therm .pacific
imrka s em"-J EtsSith stre." The
flames were dlacovered at'12iSO
la; m., and are burnlns fiercely.
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CONVICT AGAIN
IN OBENCHAIN
: HAD 'MADALYNNE IN 'ROMAN A
ioMJON-POLK
REALTORS FAIL
"wn Atrnil WTT1
f 1 I 1 1 1 MH ltlLl
, . r . T v.- . ..!.. not testify. r. . ; ;.
The oil-well committee of - the I
MrLcn-Polk .Realtors' a&swcta-
!on -agree that they are not wH
enough post e J on oil. to make a
scientific report or to recommena I
the project to the buying public! j
wr th. rnmmitt tk Ve
-.."- ;" ,T
Thursday 'noon.laa.: cayTthat t
would be unfortunate If the wptk
now being done at St. 'Paul should
! be stopped short of the promised
3000 feet If necessary, to thor
ouglly test What loks . like t a
good chance to develop a resource
of fabulous value.
The committee visited the
Paul oil prospects, talked with
the oneratora.and the neo&le. aadlhe was in ' Polsom nrlson. Mrs. I
thines that a business In vest lea. I
tIon by non-oil , eipefu coujd
rlva Thev thst lf -.ffi-ien.-iof
fiunda to mak thi tea can ni
Tuna w mase tms test can only
De raised by public subscriptions
this ahould be one from among
tnose -wno can afford to take; a
chance. The Realtors have from
the first sought to give the prom-
"ng new industry a chance, aad
n unoiased investigation of the
011 Prospects, after speakers at
two or more of their meetings
had ' been invited to present their
kope and elalms. Is the result of
11 helpful spirit. The commlt-
m.aaing the report were D. D
socolofsky. Jameg O. Heltiel, Ar
thnr E. Peterson and Jeorge' H.
uraoensorsf,
Mugusi 7Lentz ,Kemporariy
Kestrained from IDeliverr
iiift Deilieb USewnere
Jude George. Bingham yester-
tion "reltralnTnggu QnU
trom 8e,1,n his loganberries ,td
n,- .v n V.
era have unde, r "Tm
iae case came up on short no-
tce Wednesday and was brought
P for an immediate hearing be-
cause of the urgencv of the deel-
' - . The present order la only
temporary, but it will almost nec-
The rnntmrt la arttotiooiiit 1
ldrawn. in Uie minion of th rnirr
1 aa.a .m . . . . j
vua reiernng 10 we contract -Be-
tween the .Growers and the indi
vidual fruit producer.
" compiautt.recitea that then
Uregon Growers. , a .co-operative
association, for the sale of his ber-
lrJ: bt that he had already de-
!he G,rowers had ,readT
them, it Is charged. It happened
that the Growers had sold these
particular berries to a local can
nery. but It is alleged that a sob
of the defendant had delivered
berries there all last week. In hi
own namei.t -tv'"?-- "y::
The Growers, on leamini? , of
on
this private degery outside ,of
mis private degery o
their contract, brought
th injunction, Whleh w
ed. The court required
Bun ior
was grant -
the plain-
f tiffs to put up' a
13000 bond. In
addition to their first bond of
J1000 to insure a hearing. Jhe
: bond was prepared and Is In the
custody of ,the court. - " jf
j j i The defendant claimed to have
I Parte
1 farm
parted, fwhh the control of the
on which the berries are
I Fn .. tk.
iq4" s.aaa ao ovaa uu
1 it : ' ' ?i . . ' li
BET iSSlOi'l
i me perpetual coniroi or tne lanu iio aeep wiuua &igmoi ue ae-
itUxioiipf havar Hi.lmAnii fiam ndnn ar hA
Jlemporary restfaihlng order knC
j the rest" of the 'berries will beile -
uverea to xne urowers accoraingi
to the orlgfrfal contract, T
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GUARD ENTRAINS
SEDAUArMo.; "July . 1 4. De-
t.chments' of the national guard.
pa, good money:ck-
i wuiu,i'i ,ux
i . . .
I rAfr aAAISil
dtyv preaumably .In connection
r with the railroad strike, at 7
a.m.; It was learned from an auth-
rorltatIve: source. '
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TAKES STAND
MURDER TRIAL;
LOS AKGELEfL July iS.Ar-
thnr C. Burch, co-defendant with
Mrs.'. Madalynne Obenchaln. cm
trial for the murder of J. Belton
, Kennedy, vu called as a witness I
by the prosecution today, bat on J
"
Burch, Who ts charged t with
baTlng shot Kennedy at : the In-
summon or Mrs. UDencnam, sai
I In the witness chair facing her
as she sat at the counsel table.
but no slgn Cf recognition passed
between tbem. He reDlled to a
question asking his 'name, after
which hU counsel objected to his
.-iMsUfytog unless the IndlctmeBt
th' proMCtttlon -Uted It would
Snot dismiss the Indictment. Burch
aeainst him was dismissed. WJien
I not dismiss the Indictment, Burch j
was excused and led to his cell
: In the county jail.
; Convict on Stand
The principal witness today was
Paul i Roman. convict, , who pre
vious! 'testified ' that in several
conversations' at tne' county jatif
and' in letters' written 'him while
Obenchain sourbt to have him
give false testimony tor her. Ko-
I man was; recalled" at n the request
the defense for farther cross
examination. He testified that
wmnwon. vwneu iu.
his real name was Paul Koman
Jowskl. and that Ws parents. Mrs.
Ursie Romano wskl and Michael
S:' Romanowskie reside In Pern,
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Writes Gushing Letters
The defense -introduced two
more letters, which Roman iden-i
"fled. as having been by
I him to Mrs. Obencbain ' while he
was In Folsom prison.
In one of them he said he was
spending his leisure time writing
a romance, in which there was to
I". ..ft'"!'
m.r rtnrt
It with a description of Mrs. 01
enchain.' ' V '
Clad in Pajamas. Man
. 7 .Days Without , Foodi
NOGALESH Ariz.; iuly 13.--11.
Gordon, Glore, Nogales . contrac
tor, whose fishing schooner sank
1. .eT
uessiy saiong- the "Darren aonora
coast about 75 miles west of here,
according to a telephone message
received here tonight. Glore was
tlad r.nlv In n1ma and had not!
Usted food in seven days. ;
The recnA aa effected br t
sMrahinr tiArtv ; from Alo. Aria,
Glore'. shTng've,sel sank on the
4 about nine miles
north of St. George's bay. He
ana riamon x-oraies. an iupiojrc.
ihe only person aboard, manlged
to ' swim ashore. Poralea ran
more than 10 mile3 to Caborca.
I Sonora, and telephoned to Nogales
word of Glore'. plight.
Nearly 15 Million Pounds of
-Dried (Fruit Predicted f
In Salem District
Prunes to be sold through Sa
lem and vicinity thla year prom
ise to bring fully $1,350,000 to
I the rrowersi lS. A 00.000 Donnda
0f dried and C. 000, 000 pOunds of
i g-a-n BrDM worth resnectirelv
I ... P.nta -n1 .-.I 4 i
UOQni.- .
This will be approximately one-
fourth of the entire prune crop of
the north west,' it i. believed. '
To handle, this immense crop,
more dryers will be In .operation
than ever before. The Salem and
Sllverton fonn dories have been
j fairly swamped with orders tor
I i -
. I UlCU 4.lbMvji ;, J T o KIUU(
I . . . . .. .... I. . - ..' .
Ing built,? and ipractically ' every
. J old p dryer to the valley la being
iwuj r ua
vice.
While no definite wage scale
growers'. It is expected - that the
pickers will receive approximately
the same ; as last year, " 7 to? $
2 ti"XZl
cents a box. 'With the promised
va. ...w in
GRQPEXPECTED
r.u&.a cak.&u . u ... k ,u . . . aw.ui. .
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Tins WEATHER:
Friday fair; continued -warm.
JEALOUS IE
;:JWBIil
yife of Los Angeles Oil fro-
mntPr Tat-pry In' niistnriV
-Following Murder in
Southern City.
BOULDER USED TO :
COMPLETE DEED
A. L. PWlKpS, JHUSbandt All
Poea naniae Cnitnrlntinn
Case, - Denies Foundation
For Wife's Jealousy
LOS ANGELES, July 13. Mrs.
Clara Philllns was arrested to-
night at Tucson. Am.; cnargou
with the slaying here last hlgUt
nf "Mr-. Aihprta ' Xlearinw: who
lhatn to dath with a ham-
mer anjd a houider, according to
telegraph ad vices' received at the
sheriff's office.
The arrest was based upon ad
missions said to have been made
to the sheriff by A. L. Phfliip, a
Los Angeles oil promoter and hus
band of the woman taken Into cus
tody. J
Jealousy Prompts ;Deei
Jealousy; said by Phillips to
have been ! unwarranted, was . the
motlyQ for the aUeged murder, ac
cording to the sheriff, W, I.Trac
ger .tonight. V": ' ;
Identification of the dead wom
an" was effected only after, Phil
lips had made a statement to the
I I., .l.. A.Ik ..
and the sheriff's office were busy
on that phase of the case during
mu of the day. . v v
The on promoter reve&iea ner
name; her age as 20, and the. fact
that she was a widow. He said
his wife was 3 years old.
Sheriff Traeger, In making pub
lic the details of the case as he
said - he had received them from
Phllllps. 'declared the slaying had
nody on a nuume wunin ; tnree
feet of Montecllo drive. In the
I northeastern part f the city; was
completely solved.
The Sheriff Summed UP tae
case as follows:
"An unwarranted Jealousy,
sudden planning of the slaying;
f er decoy tjget the victim
td the scene of the murder; e
hetween two .romen
evenly matched In size and age';
the blows with the hammer; the
stealing of the slain girl's auto
mobile; a flight home; a confes
sion to the husband ; his efforts
to aid her -in leaving the state;
the disposal of the automobile;
the departure on the train " and
the' arrest -at Tucson." "
Dead .Woman a r Widow
Mr "Meadows, as the sheriff
said Phillips bad told him, had
been a widow, several months, her
husband having been killed by
electricity i here several, montUs
ago. The widow, employed s a
bookkeeper at a bank, left that
Institution ; about 4 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon.. ; She had a
small automobile parked at Ninth
and Main streets. TH ,
When she reached the parking
place, she was accosted by rs.
Phillips who said she ; had bee.n
down town shopping, one of her
purchases having' been a ham
mer.
"Are you going home?" Mra.
Phillips was said to have asked.
Yes." -j , -
Have yon time to take me
home?"
Yes, I've nothing to do the rest
of the afternoon. .
'rThen I wish you'd take - me
to my sister' home, Mrs,. Phil
lips was alleged to. have request
ed, . - rx -V f-i
' ..Drive to luruer Seem -i'i
"They entered the runabout
and Mrs. Phillips lwss said, to
have directed Mrs. - Meadows to
1 lonely Montecllo? dve. wnen
mi t MM . - t .
1 "WU.-WI. ra. XCW1UI Wll
found,', according to the sheriff.
Mrs. Phillip, aald: ,
"Let8 get out, I want to talk
something over with jrou.'., 4-,
. Both left the machine: "f
.Then according to the version
f TnJf,. bye sheriff.
i "l want to know yottv relations
with my husband." :;'Z V
The'young widow denied 'any
th3n$r improper and th wife, ac
cording to 'the " sheriffs story,
countered wlth the recital of a
I numuer. oi auered incidents to
. L ... . . ... .
which she attached importance.
but-which Phillips told the sher
iff were only Idle goslp by neigh-
bora.
-; (Continued on page 4) -
WANTED TO
SEE GRANDMA;
KIDDIES SKIP
Boy, 12." Puts Silr. 9, on
IIondkbars--Rides45 Miles
' When Police Interfere T
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. July
11. Determined to yislt Mhelr
grand areata at Antelope, Or,
whether or no, Glenn Durman, II.
took his sister, Nadine, trom . tae
handle bars of his father's bicy
cle Wednesday afternoon and
started but, leaving no Inkltag
ihat' -' th'eyt were leaving. They
rode to "Weston, about 25 miles,
the same afternoon, .stopped with
some 'family in Weston and .rode
nto Pendleton today, a distance
of 43 mil. whre they "were
picked up by the police. They
will1 be returned to their parents
tomorrow.
Manager of Association Re
lieved of Office Will
, NofSpeak'Here
The "Pacific Cooperative Poultry
producers' meeting ? which was
called for .Saturday afternoon at
the Salem Commercial club, is
not likely to be held. It la cer
tain not to be . held exactly as
scheduled.
It was to have been addressed
by U., L. Upson, manager of .the
association, and At was to have-
been partly an opportunity to ex
plain certain charges of extrat
agance In the handling of the
business.. But a letter of advice
that came to the Individual . mem
bers Thursday, says that the ex
eciitlve ' committee has . relieved
Mr. Upson of his office, and thai
President J C. Schroeder, of the
board 61 directors will run things
until a permanent executive' ts
selected. Mr. Schroeder ha. j for
years "served aa "an auditor t.Ior
the O. W. R. N. and the Bock
Island Tall roads, and Is represent
ed ' to be admirably ' equipped to
handle the corporation affairs.
Addressing .the members, the
executive board 'says: We feel
warranted in assuring that there
Is no occasion for alarm over; the
situation. There will be a meet'
leg' of the board of directors on
July 21, at wtyich time the actions
of the executive committee may
be fully reviewed. The members
of the association have consist
ently shown their , loyalty J and
faith In the principles of-cooper
ation . The experiences , through
which we are passing may eome
to any organization, and we re
quest your full and complete co
operation while we are effecting
necessary adjustments. .,.,
One of the alleged complaints
against Manager Upson, accord
log to . members of the associa
tion, was ythat where he had as
sured the association .that! the
business could te ; carried on
levy of 2 cents per dotenj , the
costs had mounted up to 7 cents
a dozen, .which was absolutely
ruinous to the poultry men.. There
are between 40 and 50 members
of the association In Marion coun
ty, with about 20,000 hens, j
JESS Wil
Is Considering Offer to Meet
: Some 'Heavyweights
n
Open Air bhow
LOS ANGELES. July 13.--Jess
Willard,; former heavyweight box
ing champion., today received
telegram - from Capt, Harry! Han
sen, matchmaker, for the ortland
Or., municipal boxing commission,
inquiring if he was "available for
a date in August 'to meet j some
local heavyweight In a ten-round
bout In an open air show in the
Portland ball park, under the
auspices of hhe commission."
. Gene Doyle, Wlllard'a local rep
resentative, ald the former cham
pion had taken : the offer under
advisementJ"v':";i ; '.
FORD TO INVADE MEXICO
WASHINGTON, July 12. The
Ford : Motor company plans the
dstabllshmenC of a larg ! plant
for the assembling of IU cars in
Mexico, according to advices-re
ceived - here today 'from Mexico
city. . ' ' :
FORD'S SJJOflLS
OFFER TilSLEO
By coz
i I
u
Acton Pcstpor.bd en , C i!;;r
Offers cyr Acncu:!
Committee Until -.Tlcxt
Saturday. 1
FORD'S REPRESENTATIVE
ASKS EARLY A!SV.Ta
Manufacturcr Too III to At
tend Private? Confcrcr.cs
jUrge Congress to Act
WASIUXGTQN. July IS. Af
ter a stormy session the secaia
agricultural , committee dec! Jei
tonight to postpone action on U,a
Ford and other offers for de
velopment of the governmpnt'a
properties at Muscle Shoals. AU.f
until next Saturday.
At that time, 't,he ' commit tr
agreed to vote without further
debate on the question of report-
log 'one of the proposals to the
senate for final consideration
there.
. Offers Reported Out
it was understood that of tb t
offers before the committee, eith
er that proposed by Henry Ford,
or by Senator Norrls of .Nebraska,
committee chairman, would L'e re
ported out. , The eommlttee's con
sideration tonight centered prla-
clpklly o ntbose two offers, a
wide division being apparent la
the eommlttee.1 w.--. .
Thirteen of, the sixteen ccra-
mlttee members atetnded the t
slon. Unofficial; reports maJ
following the committee tup '. :
reported the committee as t -
five against the report of tLs
Ford offer and eight In favor.
.Representatives of Henry Far .
the Alabama power company t .1
Frederick ."Enstrum were cal: :
before the committee's execu. :, j
meeting and remained clc Ul
with the committeemen for about
an hour. '
Ford Not Ireeent i .
J. W. Worthing presented a
telegram from W.' B. Mayo, 'chKi
engineer of the Ford Motor cor .
pany, who regretted that llln' 4.'
prevented his being present "
"Mr. Ford, position with re-'
f erehce to , make modifications,"
the message continued, "is clpar
1 youtllned In his letter to ' lit.
Julius Kahn, It has now been over.
a year since our offer was sub-.
mltted to the secretary of war.
We have waited patiently for def
inite congressional action. ' ' V'e
earnestly request that the.llul's
SDoala project be disposed oi
this session of congress.
Shoals Project Unaffected
'Thomas W. ' Martin, president
of the Alabama Power , eons rn.y.
it waa learned, made It clear V. it
the approptiatlon .of $7,500, C : j
authorized by congress for i . ..
construction work on the WU ? ' i
Dam did not In any way affect V 3
offer made by the power compary
for development of the power r e
ject : at Muscle. : Shoals. In tL
event the authorized fund was
expended, he explained the power
company's proposal ' could easily
be adjusted and allowances tnai a
for the difference. In the sua
of completion of .the Wilson dam
between the - time as orlglnal'y
made and the present, or In tha
futute.
van fiouien asks io
Be Retufned to Pen
David Van Ilouten, through
Mrs. J." O. Anderson of Missoula,
Mont., today appealed to the Ore
gon supremo court for an orjler
transferring Van Houlen from the
state hospital to the state peniten
tiary. ' ; , , .
iVan Houten .who was .original
ly committed to the penitentiary
from Portland on a minor offense,
later ' was declared Insane and
placed in the hospital. Mrs. An
derson sets forth that the transfer
was Illegal.
Steals Gas from Car,
: Fiow in County Jl
Forest E. Barker, arrested at
Woodburn and tried In the Justice
court on a charge of larceny was
yesterday brought to the county
Jail here to serve out a fine of
$25 -imposed by the Woodbura
court. . ;
Baker.'it'Is said" waa conrltt.
ed of siphoning gasoline from
the automobile of another I r. t
his own machine, lie will serve
12 1-2 days In Ja.ll.'