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FIRST SECTlOll Pases 1 to 6 nrosECTious 12 Paget SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY ORNmG, JULY 23, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS EDITOR POSTS LABOR BOARD HEADS noes SEEK THREE ISSUES BLOCK SIX PERSONS STRIKE LEADERS i'S I TO SETTLE MEET DEATH HOLD MKT PARLEY TOE! STRIKE RAILROAD STRIKES 1 1JERS STAND Blls SurtB HARD EFFORTS 4 S Wiliiam Alien White Orders v Placard ;! Removed ; Until Legal Questions Are Fin , 4 ally Determined. ACCUSED MAN REFUSES I - TO CHANGE OPINIONS ' Warrant Signed by Roland . Boyntorr, Nephew of De ft . 1 fendant in Action 4 EMPORIA. Kansas. July -22. By j the ' tAasociated Press. A warrant" charging William Allen White, author and editor,' with rlolatloB of the Industrial court . law In displaying a placard sym- i patblziag with the striking!, rail road shopmen, was issued is dls- trlct court here late today.; Mr, ' White through his attorney gave bond ..f off hla appearance 'when the y ease- is called: .tor .trial In district court here : next October, v : The warrant signed by County Attorney Roland, Boynton, and a nephew of Mr. White's, was is- , sued on an Information filed bj ''at I representative of Governor . , Henry J. Ailed, lifelong friend y cf Mr. White. ,- 5 . - Placard Is Removed v I a statement given out when the warrant was issued Mr, White laid (he , objectionable .placard rould ,not be displayed pending tegnl settlement of the case. .The statement explained that this ae- j lion was1 "bo- compromise-abso-lately no. bat followed" "m pro found belief In law. and legal pro cesses.". , f0' - j -. Several day agio Mr. White , posted the placard in a window of his newspaper 4 office; theroa- xette. j The. yeUoif;,.-poster :..ira- . nounced we are for the, striking . railroad nfen 60 per cent."" Mr. White said, he wonld add I per cent 'each day as the shopmen's strike , continued, declaring ."the right to- free utterance of honest opinions is a fundamental right," - But Governor Allen, his friend, publicly, and personally for many years, aad. thw companion of the editor on an European trip dur- . ing the world war, differed in his interpretation of the industrial court act. He held that display- Ing the sympathy card in the Ga zette window as a violation of the picketing clause of the Industrial ? 'court law. 1 Conference at Emporia A conference held' at Emporia last night' between the "seconds' of Mr. ' , White and Mr,. Allen re sulted in a deadlock. Mr. White through . his representative . in formed' . the governor's1 emissary : that he would not , back dowji. When Informed of this, the gov ernor said he would cause Mr. White's arrest It the placard was till up today. It was. Throughout it all they gover nor and Editor White have ' iterated' that there wa no per sonal ; feeling between them, de clariaf . that their, personal friendship- ha pot been ; affected by their differences of opinion over Interpretation of the law. Removes Placard t Immediately after" the' warrant for his arrest had been served, Mr. White removed from display the placard which today read 52 j per cent sympathy with striking' railroadmen. Yesterday it read "Fifty per cent," the day before ) forty-nine per cent." f Mr. White gave bond in the sum of 1500 to appear when his case is called for trial at the fan term of the district court. ' " . Both Governor Alien and Edi tor White will appear on the same - program tl. th Kafasaa state' nor- mal schopl here- Monday. i J . The occasion is Governor's day at the school. The chief execu- tlve was to make u speech. ' To day school ofndals- Invited Mr. 3hite to appear and he gave bis consent. Hts subject was not an nounced. Persons in charge of the program said they expected (both speaker to express thblr views on Mr. White's case. v Will Test law "-'' The warrant ' for Mr. White's arrest charges specifically that he "hindered, delayed, interfered with and suspended operation'! of r . tiains on the Atchison, Topeka it ' ) Santa Fe railroad. , . ; , j, y "When a law or ruling or ai le ' gal authority, affronts man's con- ? science, just two courses- are cPen to him,", said Mr. White la a (Continued on paxi 5) WASHINGTON, July 22. (By the Associated Press.) President Harding spent eight hours today in clcise study of the , railroad strike! situation, but when his ac tivities were couctuded there was not the slightest intimation con cerning conclusions reached lor possible course of adequate ac tion. ! Ben W, Hooper, chairman of the - railroad labor board, was the president's chief Informant, but a - part of the time Senators Cummins of Iowa; Watson of In diana and Kellogg, of Minnesota, all Republican - members of the senate interstate commerce com mittee. Were closeted with the president and Mr. Hooper. Later, also, ' Senators Underwood and Pomereae,- Democratic member of the . same senate committee, saw the president, .For these con ferences,,, all the.; usual White House .engagements were set asldei . , . Hooper Xttendls Sessions Mr, Hooper left the sessions a fterj lunching with; the president and tonight returned to Chicago. He gave the president a full ac count of every move that had been! made by the labor. board since the shop craftsmen walked out July 1 and further; a view of the i positions taken- by the strike leaders and by the executives of the1 !rallroad- with whom the board has dealt. This was sup plemented by the three Republi can i senators, : . who themselves went over ; issues in the contro versy with heads of eastern rail roads In ' a. meeting in Washing ton this week. . There was no discussion con cerning the enactment of legis lation. Senatorial participants insisted, and President . Harding was represented as believing that a new law would be unnecessary andtntfhelpfui; for' the moment. The 1 question of seniority rights was ; agaia held to be the chief stumbling block to the return of the men now out, aiload execu tives insisting that strikers had lost; their, relative service posi tions in . employment by striking, and' the union leaders contending that employes taken on In their places should be dismissed. I Labor Act Discussed' Suggestions that the president intended to take action in the rail strike without reference to- the labor board were made after the session,, but - apparently without official sanction.' There- also were ; Inferences - that Chairman Hooper might be carrying back to Chicagq some new suggestions on: which tentative negotiations in, an endeavor to get the strike called off might be resumed. Participants, however, were un willing to discuss any phase of possibilities that the White House discussions revealed.. I The , transportation act under which the .railroad labor board' is created,." the power , which ; It places In ; the government and Bmltatlons. was also discussed at the-conferences. . . 1 1 ' Settlement in Sight MOOSEHEART, 111., July 22. (By the Associated Press.) Fol lowing a conference here tonight with B. M. Jewell, head of the striking ' railway shopmen, and shop crafts president, James J. Davis, ; secretary of labor, an nounced ' that he believed the strike could be settled if the fbads would give the striking shopmen their seniority rights, and ' there wag a' re-hearing by. the United States railroad labor board on other disputed questions. 1 Immediately following the con ference tonight Secretary Davis talked to President Harding over long distance telephone, submit ting a report of the Information be had gathered to the- chief ex ecutlve. f : Clerk " Still . ott Job ., , ,t CINCINN ATI," July 22. A gen eral strike of 400(r clerks, freight handlers, station and expressmen en the Big Foar railroad was averted today when the clerks and company officials entered in to an? agreement covering "farm ing" out of work, and working conditions. Secretary Davis' jwid that the principal obstacle to a settlement ol the strike was -the seniority question:. .Earlier la the day Mr. Jewell had issued a.- formal state ment at Chicago assorting that failure,, of . the- roads to agree to national adjustment .boards and to stop the practice of contracting (Continued on page ?,) PRUNE LABOR WAGES FIXED; BONUS GIVEN Willamette Valley Is Organ ized Into One Large Fruit District Fonnatlon of one large district to bo known as the Willamette v.alley district to include all dis tricts In the valley from Eugene to Portland, and the setting of a uniform wage scale of six cents a box for prune pickers, were two of the results of an Oregon Grow. ersr association directors' meeting here. ' : 1 Heretofore each vicinity in the Willamette valley has had its own district supervised by a board of directors, with no district for Sa lem and vicinity. The packers pay will include a two-cent bonus, it was said. CONTEST GASH Letters Calling for $15 Con tributions Sent Out to Raise Contest Fund That; the local organization of the-Ku Klux Klan is inviting con tributions of $15 from each mem ber for the purpose of creating a fund to carry on the, Han contest against Governor Ben, W. Olcott, was made known in a circular let ter mailed out by the Klan dur ing the-, week, a copy of which was made public by .the- gover nor's office yesterday. The letter also calls upon all members - to attend the meeting of the Klan on Tuesday evening. at ; which time "a class of aliens will be naturalized." The text of. the letter follows: Ku Klux Klan! Headquarters, Salem, Oregon. Read, then BURN THIS LETTER. Charles Hall is the true and legal Republican nominee tor Governor of Oregon. This is shown by. affidavits and Information in possession of the (Continued on page 2.) FOREST fill I NO Forests of Inland Empire Threatened . fiy Flames Situation is Critical SPOKANE, July 2 J. Fear of winds- which would fan already threatening forest fires of north eastern Washington and northern Idaho into fiercer flames, domin ated Inland Empire forests to night. The situation was char acterised by authorities and lum ber organizations as critical. I At' Newport, Wash., fires were reported T worse, and spreading further. ; Two separate fires are being fought, one in the Mead ows vicinity, near the Stevens County line, the other on Rocky creek. The Floodwood creek fire, as reported from Potlatch, Idaho, is spreading north, and will be.com- Ipletely ;out of contrc If high winds rise. The situation at Wal lace is said to be practically un changed; along Marble creek, where 400 to 500 men are fight ing a large blaze, experienced woodsmen declare unless 1 rain comes, a high wind may spread the. fire and do immense dam are. ..One new fire was reported tonight near the Hecla miae, at Burke, Idaho. No further trouble- is being ex perienced in northern; Idaho' with strikers among fire fighters,! J. D. Foster, of the Idaho state con stabulary. - stated at Moscow, ; to-. day. ; He also-stressed the . seri ousness of the Marble creek fire. saying a west wind would sweep' it over the divide into-the Fish hook timber reserve which em braces some of the finest timber iljr the: northwest, " " " FIRES More Than 610,000 Said to Have Answered Call to Lay Down Tools, NEARLY EVERY STATE IN UNION AFFECTED Survey Shows That no Min ers Are on Strike in Ala bama or Virginia , WASHINGTON, July 22. (By the Associated Press) Approxi mately 610,000 coal miners are on strike in the nation's bitumin ous and anthracite coal field and 185,000 still are at work, the de partment of labor announced to night upon the completion Of a survey of the coal mining indus try. The survey shows that no min ers are on strike" in Alabama and Virginia, but that the full work ing strength of the miners has been set idle by. the strike in the bituminous fields of Iowa, Illi nois. Indiana and Ohio, and in the anthracite fields of Pennsyl vania. , The effect of the strike as re vealed by the survey is set forth by the department in a table which by states gives the approx imate number of men now on strike as follows: State On strike Alabama none Arkansas 4,000 Colorado ,000 Illinois . . 90,000 Indiana 30.000 Iowa ...... ! 15,000 Kansas ...... .' 12,000 Kentucky 5,000 Maryland 5,000 Michigan 3,000 Missouri ..... ..... 11,000 Montana 5,0 oo New Mexico 1.000 Ohio i. 50,000 Oklahoma 9.000 Pennsylvania (bitum.).. .155,000 Pennsylvania (anthra.) . .155,000 Tennesse'e 4.000 Texas WW Utah 2.000 Virginia nne Washington 2,000 West Virginia 40,000 Wyoming 7.000 Totals 610,000 Now at work 1815,000 Amnnv thosa miners now listed . work." are included, it was said, about 10,000 pumpmen and firemen who have remained to keep the mining property in condition and prevent iiooamg oi mines. " IT Polk Farmer Arrested With Gallon of "Moon" Outside Dreamfand Rink Bd. Stewart, Polk county farm er, was arrested last night by Chief of Police Moffitt. Patrolman George White and Deputy Sheriff Walter Barber, and lodged in the city Jail on a charge of violating tht nrohibition law when the of ficers' discovered a gallon of "moonshine" in his automobile parked outside tha Dreamland Rink dancehall. Stewart is held without bail .and his automobile is being held by the officers pending action of th government by confiscation pro ceedinrc. According to officers, they had teen watching Stewart's custom ers visiting the car for nearly an hour before they saw Stewart ap proach the machine with, another. man. When be started to take possession of . the machine the of ficers then plaeed him under ar rest. The fact that there was an empty suitcase in the' car, the of ficer contend, is sufficient evi dence that fie had been doing a good business before they arrived en the scene. ' He will be given a hearing Monday morning before Justice Unruh. WEATHER Fair and cooler; rain eastern portion. - BOOZE TK1 OK Municipal Heads. Would Meet Operators and Strike Leaders in Joint Session for Discussion. FUEL SITUATION MORE SERIOUS, JS REPORT Herbert Hoover Selected to Have Chargi of Coal Distribution WASHINGTON. July 22. (By the Associated' Press) Another effort to bring about a conference settlement of the national coal conroversy was ; suggested to President Harding today by Mayor John F. Durkau,. of Scranton, one ef the five mayors of anthracite cities in Pennsylvania who have tendered their services to the ad ministration in the interests of conciliation. Immediately after presentation to President Harding of his plan for settlement of the 'strike in he anthracite fields.! Mr. V Dnrkan wired John 1 Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, with he previously had discussed the pos sibility of peace, inviting the un ion leader to meet with the five mayors in ScrantOn or New York, the first of the week. Settlement' In Sight Mr. Durkan would not disclose the plan of settlement which the mayors laid before Mr. Harding, but declared that 'while their in terest lay mainly in the anthra cite problem, should the bitumin ous dispute be inseparably linked with the hard coal situation, both branches of the industry would iieHacussed at the proposed con. ference. Formation of the president's ar bitration commission was under stood to 'be nfearinfr completion and it was thought the announce ment of its personnel would be made before the expiration of the ten days or two weeks during which It had been Indicated the administration will await the re sults of the- Invitation to operat ors to resume production. Fuel Situation Serious Meanwhile various agencies of the government are combining to effect emergency distribution of fuel to railroads, public utilities and localities- in need. Attorney Daugherty spent the day in pre paring a report to Secretary Hoo ver on legal aspects of the plan for using local committees in the producing fields, ; working under a central committee of federal of ficials to pool and distribute coal by means of . rail priorities and block undue price advances. ' The attorney general's opinion is expected tomorrow and Mr. Hoover went ahead today with preparations for a conference with some 3D or 40 operators from the producing fields Monday when the plans will be discussed and administrative aids to the central committee selected.' Hoover Program Advanced- Mr. Hoover's program is aimed at giving the country the full benefit of the present bituminous production in the face of a rapid ly dwindling coal supply and ac tive mine force. According to a survey .issued tonight by Secre tary Davis, 610,000 miners are now out on strike but 185,000 are still at work. The policy of the administra tion to go slow in the assignment of the federal troops to gnard duty hi the field mines was' indi cated today by Secretary Weeks, who stated that except at the re quest of state governors, the re ports would be detailed only af ter a survey of the situation in a troubled district. Burglars Prowl Two '; Salem Homes in Night Growlers Friday night entered twQ Salem homes, but received only 5 for. their efforts, accord ing to reports made to the po lice department yesterday. The home of W M. McGilchrist at 695 North Summer streeC was entered some .time during the night and as far as could be learned only $5 In money was taken. Apparently the same thief or thieves entered the home of J. G. Caughell, 240 North Cot tage street, during the night but had his trouble for nothing, as the owner was unable to report anything missing. RAIL STRIKE SITUATION ' IS SI M)LMUZK1) A new peace, plan is sub mitted to President Harding and mine workers leaders by John F. Durkam, mayor of Scranton. Pa. Government agencies take ntcps to effect emergency distribution of fuel to rail ways and public utilities in need.. Federal survey of strike situation gives 610,000 min ers on strike and 185.000 still at work. Michigan officials report coal shortage becom'ng more acute with supplies at severaf state institutions practically exhausted. London reports heavy de -mand. for ships to transport English coal to the United states. President Harding spends most of day conferring with? Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the United States rail-i road board and members oZ stnate committees on the? railway strike, but no coursm of action is made public. ? Agreements betters lhe; , roads and employes prevents, -strikes of 7,300 clerks.? freight handlers; station and express employes on the4' Chicago and Northwestern railway and 4.000 on the Bjg our. A committee representing the "big four" brotherhood , complained to Senator Cum- , mlns that engines and en gine equipment are getting in poor order and possibly in a dangerous condition. , Car Hits Pole After Colliding With Other CarLos An geles Women in Hospital Four Los Angeles women, driv ing north in an automobile on the Pacific highway were severely in jured end narrowly escaped death yesterday morning when the ma chine driven by Mrs. C. L. Shetts of Los Angeles crashed into a telephone pole after being struck by another machine owned by J. M. Stovall of Williams, Cal., and driven by his daughter. Accord ing to the version of the drivers concerning the accident as told the police the driver of the Sto vall car was attempting to pass a ihay wagon when it crashed head-on into the other machine rThose injured and now in the Deaconess hospital are Mrs. C L. Shetts, age 28, suffering from bad cuts on head and limbs; Mrs. Grace T. Lloyd, laceration on fore head and severe bruises; Mrs. G. M. Stoddard, 53. mother of Mrs Shett?, compound fracture of left arm and shoulder, gash over one eye and severe bruises; Mrs. Madgo McDonald, 30, cut and bruised. Neither Mr. Stovall nor his daughter were injured. All of the Injured women are from Los Angeles. TO Father, 65, of Woman, 30, Heid Under Cash Bail on Serious Charge M. L. Patterson,, aged 63, was yesterday bound over to the Marion county grand Jury under $1000 cash ball and his daugh ter, Mrs. Dorothy Hazel Radke, aged 30, was also held to answer when they appeared before G. E. Unruh in justice court on a statutory charge. Mrs. Radke was released from custody on her own recognizance,' while her father was placed In the county Jail in lieu of the bail. The father and daughter were arrested several days . ago upon a complaint, charging a ' serious offense, signed by District Attor ney John Carbon. AUTOS CRASHr Mill on GRAND CHTCAGp, July 22 (By The Associated Press) Three prin cipal Issues now prevent, a possible settlement of the railway shopmen's strike, B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employes de partment of the American Feder ation of Labor, said tonight. These issues, he said, are found in the .refusal of the rail1 executives to diecontinue contracting work; to establish a national board of adjustment; to continue seniority rights of employes who suspended work. . "The responsibility for increas ing losses to the railroads, to the communities they, service and to the wage earners upon the rail road end elsewhere through con tinuance of the present suspension of work,- the statement - said, "rests now plainly; upon 'the as sociation of railway' -executives and r artlculariy upon that small out aomtnatinz croon nDnmnt Ing the New Yorlt banking inter ests."' .. -v.;-..v. S1mp Work CoBtracted,,' Pointing out that the railroad labor board has decided against the practice of contracting rail road work In certain cases. Mr. Jewell asserted that the Erie rail road, the New York Central and its subsidiaries, including the In diana Harbor Belt line, the Mich igan Central and the Big Four and the Wesiern Maryland road have all contracted out shop work. . i Assertinr. that the. Erie. New York Centrar and Western Mam land as well as other roads have announced their decision to fight decision in this matter to the high est' court, Mr.- Jewell said ? the board's decision against the prac tice would be set at naught for years by some roads, while he said if courts continue to decide that the board's powers are only advisory "eventually all roads will be able to adont the contract ing out method of evading- the transportation act wherever it Is to their advantage." ' Several Issue fWtlpd The contract issue is the? only one of the thVeo issues on which a. strike vote was taken, which Mr: Jewell's statement today said held up a possible settlement. The other two strike issues were wages and working rules, it having been virtually agreed at conferences that these matters could be sub mitted to the labor board for re hearing. The seniority and adjustment board issues have been brought up since the strike started. j Appealing for national adjust ment boards to decide disputes Mr. 'Jewell said that the associa tion of railway exeenttvmi nnnrfeerf such boards for the purpose bt "deliberately" overlanding the la bor board. - 1 Employes desire one' national cause shop work conditions are Doara. tne statement said, "be- practically the same everywhere uniform national rules have been promulgated by the labor board uniform interpretation of such rules is desirable and intermed iate boards1 will create Inharmon ious rulings and regional boards would impose duplication and un fair expense. , i Seniority Right Sought I "The proposition to deprfve men cf seniority rights because of suspersion of work," the state ment said, "it utterly Indefensi ble if the facts are, understood The purpose of destroying senior Ity Tifhts is a vicious attack on the right of men to refuse to work under non-acceptable condi tions. Depriving the men of sen iority, he said, would be a sweep ing injustice, unparalleled Tn mod ern history' i j "If the railway executives In sist upon this suspension of work which they forced upon the em ployes as an excuse :for depriving them cf the rights of lifelong con tinuous faithful service," , the statement' said, "they will only give further evidence of the ab solute necessity for the organized employes Ao fight to the last ditch the-conKpiracy against their funda menal rights and against the eeru eral welfare of men who live by labor. . ' '. i NIGHT ROBES ARE BARRED ATLANTA. July 22. Knights Of the KB Klux Klan ha hoon ordered to discard their masks; rones and other regalia except when In their lodge room. It was announced here tonight at head quarters of the organization. The order as first made public in a letter to Governor HardwIck4of Georgia from E.. Y. Clarke, Imper ial wizard pro-tem, mentioned only Georgia Klaasmen. hut later it was stated the order was gen- Engineer Fails to Slow Down For Siding Fast Trains Meet in Head-on Collision in Missouri. FIVE IN ONE FAMILY ' v HORRIBLY CRUSHED :aiih( Father, Mother and Children pead Fireman Jumps, Engineer Killed SPRINGFIELD, Mo . July 22 Six persons, are " dead, including five members of one family, fa ther, I toother, two daughters and a son, as a result of the failure of Engineer CM. Ring of Monett, Mo., to alow down tor a siding near Logan, southwest of here at 3:05 this morning. Ills engine, 8t, Louis, San Francisco Meteor No. 9. one of -the- fastest trains on the system. . crashed head on Into another fast St. Louis, San Francisco passenger train which was waiting on the siding. -f ; Engineer Stark to Last V Ring's fireman, A. W. Gelker, jumped to safety while the train was traveling at a rate of It miles an hour. Engineer Ring remain ed unt'l the emergency brakes were applied the last time before the crash; He was crusned to death. ' The dead: Engineer C - II. Ring, ' Monett, Mo. Andrew. Hammer, about 2S years old, Stoutlaad,.Mo. : . Mrs. Andrew Hammer, 22. i Vera Hammer, 12. p .; f Clara, Hammer, 10. V; ! Don Hammer, 2. ' - ill VJIEESS ii Mrsr Caffee i Makes New Statement in Phillips Mur der' Casej Gun Bought, : . LOS ANGELES. July 12. -A new statement was obtained by the -sheriff's office today from Mrs. Peggy Caffee, eye witness of the slaying of Mrs. Alberta Mead owa on July 12, And Mrs.? Caffee was assigned a special, guard by the sheriff. , m- ?i i The guard, a woman; will stay with Mrs. Caffee until Mrs. Clara Phillips, who if alleged to have killed Mrs. Meadows with a ham mer is brought to trial. - In the statement today, it was announced, Mrs. Caffee declared Mrs. Phillips, while delivering the hammer blows, which, she assert ed, took the life of Mrs. Meadows, used unprintable language and said: ;."'VV' t -: i--'- . -f. - . "I am going to kill yonl" ' Mrs. Caffee, said, according to investigators, that she knew noth ing of the alleged purchase of a revolver July 11. by Mrs. Phllllps.3 Tbe district attorney's office an nounced It had a sales record showing that the purchase had been made, y v In the record, tbe purchaser gave her age as 27. Mrs. Phil lips atUhe time of her arrest, gave her age as 23 and said she was married at Houston. Texas, when M years old. At the district at torney's office today. It was stat ed that an T attempt was being made to check: the apparent dis crepancy, f .:-. a .j-; . ' ' , ; Air Pilot 'Crushed to l Death in Wreck: FRAMINGHAMV Mass,, July 22. --fcteuo Miller of Boston, pilot of an airplane that crashed in a qhagmire near thelFramingbam flying field late today, was pin ned uader the weckage and died before be could ba released. Dr. Clarence Gamble of ' Pasadena. Cal., one of the passengers, wss probably fatally injured. The other. Ralph K. Miller, a brother' of the , pilot, escaped with pain ful cuts and bruises. - TWO BHOPME3 SHOT ' LAKELAND-,' FJa., July 22. Two striking shopmen were shot and slightly injured late today daring 's clash between the strik ers and new employes at the At lantic coast line shop's here. . ORB 6 1