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cnunrLATiov a tes cxrr or sale 4 lsrfcr ia Jfrly tTryb4y r as The Oregon Statesman tes boux nwtnra handar nijr lilf and 8nnJr 5633 A war for mentbi ending Joo 30, 1932 Hnadar nly 582 - itmiif Hdr -. 5434 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1922 ' PRICE : FIVE CENTS r A. . ;.. ' - -i " i B Oven Seven Hundred Acres v of Timber in names With y Small Force of Patrolmen Combatting Menace.- BATTLE CONTINUES ALL OVER NORTHWEST Twin Creek Cptmm Offers DifficultiesHgnt- ers Walk 50 Miles . -r j . rr MISSOULA. Mont., Aug. t Not leSS xthan 700. acres of I , xt-4J1 Thr tiiacier ivnvu . - i is in flames , tonight witn tne firo nnrpftdintr north and east it- V. irosi. pnrn(P OI iromiUC . v,, ftrlr. according to word -0roivpH here by officials of utrict No. lv of :the: forest service. ' - J. ice ate fighting the blaze but they got a Utestart and un favorable ; weather conditions n nnpr inn wuik . - tw Maze is a part of a . ffiiffi" fire spread across the river into Glacier parkC e parK officials had been jnoUfied of ' the danirer and it. "was 1 .8HPr rsi men were there to tight i the flames, s a ne-1 ores w 1 ice crews could not Cross the cair from the goTemment for im ice crews ;.wum to medlaie settlement of i the rail river ana vm up - - flttia tenicn imauy wuusu. the . fire within patrol lmeS. Meantime, the par Diaze na i "1aam mnfAaAnxf from 70 acres I to' 700 acres and it IS Still I jromsr. . The Twin creelt fire, on the Clearwater forest, about 60 miles frnm 1 th- Montana-lflaho line, in 'Idaho, is causing some trouble ta the forest service. , Fishters WalkN50 Miles. This blase Is now. 1,000 acres - .... ftni mnreadlnr. Men are xinr sent to fight this fire from rti-nrtnrf. Trfatirf. Ther are taken to P.unglw, 70 miles by truck, tnen ihnv walk 25 miles on a trail and their belongings are taken by pack , train. At the end of .the trail, they Blunge into the woods and go 10 miles with no trail," picking their way as best they can to get to the blase. ' Supplies are being taken into this fire from Superior, Mont;. The supplies ate moved every foot , of the wav :br pack trains of ' mules.' The distance from Super- ; lor to the fire If $0 miles.4 1 , Lookouts Are Useless. A dense haze of smoke which I hung over all forests in district 1 No. 1 made . it almost impos- sibleor lookouts to do any good as far as watching for fires W, concerned. U Many .lookout points I are out of commission by tne I smoke base.- Because of this con dition, fires get bigger starts than they would ordinarily and it is not known tonight how may fires are burning that have not "been re ported.' High winds and electric storms in many of the forests to day Brought' about unfavorable conditions in many localities. ' Lightning Starts Fires. An electric storm la the Black feet forest started several blazes. among them one near Wall Tkai rhlch snread ranldlr. ' Twenty men were sent out today' from WhItefishAfIaht it. Burninr over n memm ttrX m the Hum-bird company's" slashings ia me Kaaiksu sotead: A rMh that the forest service was asked to come to the rescues and a crew or socmen ha 'taken ovei h struggle there, y r After burnina SB acre nt tim. br land, the Priest River flr tn.lnATeral hours considering the pro- n V ' la Ktn V . .1 l , toui. ueia on m. tiaf tai asla. . ; :.i . : Myrtle Creek Blaze Spreads m uniavorable weather con ditlons, the Myrtle, creek blase on lU8 d f . Orielle has spread tcontlaued on page f) - MatitimdaD Park Ds AM as CHINESE IS TOO GALLANT HE IS FINED Jo nine Assessed $20 on Charge of Demanding that Girls Ride With Him Joe Hlng, of Chinese birth, is $20 out lof pocket for befog too gallant, or rather for being too in sistent in his gallantry. Monday afternoon he was fined $20 id Justice Unruh's court on the charge of assault, to which charge he pleaded guilty. Two young women living near Gervais,. had been walking over from the coast, when they were met by Hing, his brother and a white lad, who were driving In their auto. The young men, It is were renised. .Later,- the cat overtook the girls again, and Hing insisted on the girls accepting their proffered lift to their home He Is charged with having at- iiempiea to seize one 01 ue young - 1n w ,n ty.a oar , they were husky enough to make the plan a bad gues8. The coun .,, .... ,w. . n ty to a minor charge, and fined Hing. The other two boys seem ween uuiy Bycciaioro, ua not mnWart Conferences Called in Res- ponse to rTesiaent'S Al- tempt to End Strike Washington, . Aug.' r. (By Assucuiea i Ulk., President Harding t m.j tlTej aad heads of h Btnking craita unions' proposals that mAn ka Mnt hak to work. that the management take them back, and- thai adjustment of the crulclal seniority issue be left to decision of the railroad labor board . Rejection Indicated Though the president was said to consider this the only practical course the government could take. union spokesmen, indicating its rejection, summoned their asso ciates to meet here Wednesday to pass upon the proposal and called to Washington, for general con ference Friday, the heads of all railroad,, labor . organizations to consider methods of cooperation that might iaake the strike more effective. The rail eec'uthres ' had made no response fo the White House tonight, 'though ' press ' dispatches indicated, that they alsa would meet to, frame a collectlie answer. Union Heads Confer. , j railway department -of the Amer loan r proration of Labor. W. H. Johnston, head of the machinist as80cIaUon ana p. p. Noonan. Immnrisine a committee represeht- hng tn6 striking unions, took the I resident's communication into a conference, later calling in H. E. wni nf th onrineers. Paul Ste- phens of the trainmen .and Arthur J. Lovell of the firemen and en- i Elnemen. all ; three being Wash I ington representatives of brother hood organisations In I the train service which have usually 'acted .n.rt tmm . th labor unions in other branches of service Honorable Bads Sought. The union chiefs, following the meeting, gave out a statement which was taken as foreshadowing their courses, and copies of a lei errsm to W. S. Stone, Chiet OI ine I engineers, and . to E. J. Manien, Inresldent of the telegraphers. I aalrfrirf their cooDeratlon in tne I formulation of a program whkh I would have for its purpose proiec Ition of the public, preservation! I the railroad industry and ant hon I ora.hl basis of settlement. I "Messrs Noonan, Johnston- and I lffn have been ttat. - conference . . . a. A mm v. i nou maoe dt inn mcoiuvm I rtr." th statement said. : : ?' 1 . "We have requested the chief executives of all the striking shop crafts unions and , the ; stationary firemen and oilers to meet us here (Contlaued on. page 2) SELECTION OF US DELICATE JOB Examination of Talesmen in Trial of Ku Kluxers at In glewood Proceeds Stowfy First Day. ATTORNEYS GUARD AGAINST PREJUDICE Seven Women Called and at End of Day None Had Been Challenged LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. The examination of" talesmen in th trial of 37 persons who are al tegea to nave participated in a Ku Kluz Klan raid at Inglewood. a suburb, on April 22 last, pro ceeded slowly today, in Superior Judge Frederick? W. Huser's court. both defense and prosecution at torneys propounding numerous questions ta each' person called oh the subject, of prejudice for or against the Klan. The lawyers on both sides also demanded from each talesman a statement as to his or her opinion on methods of law enforcement Enforcement Ideas Gleaned The defense contends the raid ers were seeking to aid law en forcement officers when they seized wo proprietors of a winery at Inglewood. The attorneys on this side s.sked the- talesmen it they would be prejudiced against persons who sought to enforce the law it H were shown they were Klansmen. They also asked the talesmen it they bettered in en forcement of the prohibition laws. The prosecuting attorney asked the persons called to the box if they believed In the constitution of the state and : nation and the enforcement 6f all the laws by properly constituted authorities. Many are Women. Seven, women were among the first 12 called to the box, and none had been challenged when adjournment was taken for the day. Ten men ; were questioned during the day. One was. ex cused for cause, two challenged by the prosecution' and two by the defense. The man excused said to be said for the defendants. Peremptorftes Take Time. The defense is entitled to five peremptory challengers for each defendant, or 185 in all, while the prosecution may challenge three for every five challenged by the defense, or a total of 111 if all the defense challenges are exercised. TO BE ETJL State to Feed Two Million Young Salmon in Ponds x During " Autumn Two million "young salmon wUl be fed in the ponds at the state fish hatchery on the Santiam river above station this fall, E. C. Clan ton, state f ish ir ardea, said yes terday. The state fish commission 'has I1500 left of the 1921 appropria tion to apply on 'improvements at the Santiam hatchery. Mr. Clan ton said that an engineer will visit the hatchery in a few days to make an estimate - of the ' cost of the proposed extensions.. Harry Vaughan Candidate For Congressional Place SPOKANE. Kash.. Aug. 7;- Harry J. Vaughan of Spokane to day announced his candidacy for United States representative ' on the farmer-labor ticket In oppos ition to Congressman J. Stanley Webster. In announcing his can didacy for congress, Mr. Vaughan withdrew from the race from the Republican nomination as repres entative to the " state legislature from the third district. MM HATCHERY GERALD VOLK. NOT UPSET; WIFE INJURED Car Turns Over Twke Going Into Ditch Near Dolph Vacation Trip Marred When the automobile of Ger ald Volk, 1499 Court street, rolled down an embankment near Dolph and turned over twice on the way down but landed right side up, Mr. Volk was still sittinr at ha wheel as calm as it nothing had happened. He has had experience on the city council and isn't eas ily upset. Mrs. Volk wasn't so fortunate. tor she suffered the fracture of three ribs, and Mrs. H. H. Krei- kenbaum. who i&companied them. suffered a sprained knee. The ac cident happened yesterday morn ing. It was the beginning of a two weeks vacation for Mrs. Kreiken baum and the party was on the way to Tillamook. The road was newly constructed and an auto mobile "iust ahead of them had skidded, loosening ' the gravel. When the Volk car started over the same bit of . road the gravel gave way and the automobile was precipitated into the ditch. . A physician was called from Cloverdale and brought Mrs. Volk back to Salem.' She is making satisfactory progress toward re covery. The top of the Volk automobile was shattered and the machine otherwise damaged slightly, but Mr. Volk drove it back to Salem. IS AHEAD 4 PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 7 Wjth only twenty-six more precincts of the 135 in which the vote is being contested by Charles Hall within Multno mah cbuntjpfo check, the sta tus of candidates for the Re publican nomination for gov ernors of Oregon remained to night exactly ' the same a3 whpn thi rpcniint nrtprtml rir Governor Olcott gained v. four votes today over Hall overcoming the earlier, lead of the contestant in this dis trict. The net result of the count m Marion and Multnomah counties to date has been to increase the official majority of Governor Olcott from 521 to 526 votes, the gain being uncovered in the -Marion coun ty canvass. - f Governor Not to Go on Caravan Tour of State Governor Olcott will probably find it impossible to leave his of fice to accompany the 1523 world exposition caravan on its swing around the state. The caravan i to leave, Portland Saturday, Aug ust 12, and will return Sunday. August 20. A letter received b? the governor yesterday from W. P. Stranborg, who Is to be official camel driver of the caravan, in vited the executive to go along. If possible, Mr. Stranborg wants an airplane to accompany the caravan to herald its approach to all the principal cities of the state. Road Taxing System in Washington May Change .SPOKANE. Wash., Aug! 7. Proposed changes in the present system of taxation for road build- in r nurooses will be considered soon at a-meeting of the execu tiv committee of the Eastern Washington Highway association according to an announcement to day by Frank Gttilbert of the Spokane County Good Jloads as sociation. The executive commit tee is composed ef one member selected from each of the 15 coun ties comprising the district.' MR OLCOTT IRECOUNT ITHIOE PAY PACT IS LATEST E Restoration of Wages Paid Miners When Strike Be gan Will Be Proposed to Both Sides. HARDING WAY APPROVE ADVISORY COMMISSION Proposal Said to Have Favor of President Lewis and Alfred Ogle CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 7.? (By the Associated Press) Settle ment of the nation wide soft coa strike under a definite plan may result in tne making of wage agreements on substantially a na tlonal basis will be presented to a conference here Wednesday of coal operators, who are expected to come from all parts of the country, with ofifcials of the un ion miners. In the main the plan provides. for resumption of coal production by union miner? under the wage scales that existed when the strike began last April 1 and for the ap pointment of an advisory commis sion of inquiry within the coal in dustry, the personnel of this com mission to be approved by Presi dent Harding. Some Operators Approve Existence of the pian, which has been approved by some oper ators scattered over the country, became, known here today when union officials and operators con trolling about one-third of the output 'of the central, competitive field, met both separately and jointly with a view of taking ac tion toward breaking the coal strike. The Joint conference here today adjourned until 3 p. m. Wednes day, by which time it was an nounced officially that it was ex pected that "other substantial in terests" would join in the meet ing. Plan Now Ready The plan, which was understood to have the approval of John L. Lewis, president of the minere. and Alfred M. Ogle, president of tne national coal association, may be presented to Indiana and UU nois operators tomorrow, their meetings, to be held in India napo lis and Chicago tor the purpose of deciding mho will join the con ference here. Confidence was ex pressed here tonight by operators and miners that the Indiana and Illinois operators were expected from several districts outside the central field, including West Vt ginia, Missouri, Iowa and Wyo ming, and some southwestern states. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Aug. 7. (By Associated Press.) A plan for the settlement of the coal strike has been discussed by Ralph Crews, who has been prom inently identified with the opera tors, and W. A. Glasgow, Jr., coun sel for the miners' union in in dependent cases, according to A. M. Ogle, president of the Nation al Coal association, Mr, Ogle, in a statement . to The' Associated Press, declared this plan was ap parently the basis of reports from Cleveland to the effect that a strike settlement might be affect ed at thefconfereece called there by President John L- Lewis of the miners. Mr. Ogle declared, however. that so far as he knew no other interests or districts than those now represented at ' Cleveland would attend the conference. Mr. Ogle added that the plan proposed by Mr. Crews and Mr. Glasgow would "no doubt receive serious consideration from all the inter ested parties. Widely Known Lumberman Victim of Appendicitis NELSON, B. C, Aug. 7. J. S. Deschamps aged54, widely known Rossland lumber man. died today at Cr an brook, where he was taken from'the train with a severe at tack of . acute appendicitis. An operation failed to save him. Mr. Deschamps was identified with the Kobtenays from the earliest days. IV W. E. RORISON KILLED RAIDING STILL: PAUL ALLEGED L Competition Among Roads for Hauling Citizen Sol diers May Take Slump Competition among railroad companies for hauling national guard troops to and from camps will probably take a severe slump in view of the ruling of the Unit ed States supreme court received yesterday from the war depart ment by George A. White, adju tant general of the state, that guardsmen are entitled to land grant rates, quite the same as sol diers of the regular army. j In the past railroad companies have regarded hauling citizen sol diers as full-fare business and competition for the hauls has been keen. Now the supreme court holds that under the national de fence law, the national guard 'is an integral part of the army of the United States, is subject to United States control and regula tion and consequently must be hauled at land grant rates over land grant railroads. That this ruling will make available larger sums for training purposes was the opinion of Gen eral White! upon receiving the ruling. Under this ruling the cost of carrying the southern Oregon and, . Willamette valley companies i to maneuver - points will be only a traction of the charge made in the past. The funds for transportation are paid by the United States treasurer, but comes out of the cash allot ments to the states based upon the number of organizations and men maintained up to federal standards in Oregon. Charges Break IHeart, . Bishop Parfdock Writes HOOD RIVER; Or., Aug. 7. In a private letter to a friend here Right Rev. R: L. Paddock, bishop of the eastern Oregon dio cese of the Episcopal church, who is facing charges of disloyalty and failure to wear robes at services, announces thaUhe will tender his resignation at The convention of tne chureh to be held in Portland In September. He declared his heaHh was broken. In the letter written to an old friend and neighbor. Captain C. A. Schetky, Bishop Paddock writes: "These charges fiave , broken my heart." Corner Stone Laid for Gervais Catholic Church GERVAIS, Ore., Aug. 7. The corner stone of the new Catholic church was laid Sunday by Arch bishop A. Christie of Oregon City. The old church was burned down recently and the new building which is being erected will be fireproof. This is the second time the Catholic church in Gervais has burned, the first church having burned more than 30 years ago. The loss was complete the last time, all fixtures in the church being lost. Archbishop Christie gave a brief talk following the laying of the corner stone. It Is hoped to have the new church ready for dedica ti6n by Christmas, according to the committee in charge of the construction. - Dinner was served by the wom en of the parish in the town hall following the . services at the church. The archbishop was a guest at the dinner which was at tended by the people of Gervais generally. SARDINES ENTER RIVER , ASTORIA, Or., Aug. During the past two days an immense run of sardines has entered the Columbia . and a few fishermen who have been making drifts with the little mesh" nets, have secured large catches. " THE WEATHER Oregon Tuesday fair except cloudy or foggy in the morning near the coast; continued "warm io the interior. ; ID GRANT BITE FOR 6UAU MOONSHINER, IS DEAD STEVENSON, Wash, Aug 7 W. F. Rorison, 3S. Clark county, Washington, deputy sheriff, was shot and killed in stantly in a battle with Paul Hickey, a moonshiner in the hills three miles northeast of here today, and J. A. Morgan, United States prohibition agent of Tacoma, was severely wounded by Hickey. Hickey was shot through the groin, and died a few hours later. v ' Harold Ahola, 22, was arrested by Sheriff Sweeney of Ska mania county late today and held on suspicion of being an accomplice of Hickey in the operation of the still. Posses immediately formed after hearing of the battle and hastened to the scene where they found Hickey lying be side a large still whkh was in full operation. He made no resistance. He died while being moved to this city. . v Morgan was in the Stevenson hospital tonight with his right side paralyzed as a result of the shock of the bullet which plowed through his scalp, but physicians said that he would recover in a few days. Hickey was convicted of selling whiskey here last week and was fined $75 in justice court. . According to Hickey, who inanrired to relate part of the story oflhe fight before he died, llorison shot him just as he fired the first shot at Morgan, He told officers that he then fired at Rorison, killing him instantly, and immediate ly afterwards shot Morgan again. Hd saw him fall as if dead, he said, and then though grieviously wounded dragged himself fifty feet to where his still was located. Here ho lay slowly bleeding to death, until found by the posse. - 1 IKER CAUSED WRECK Pilot of Fast Missouri Pacific Train. Gets Blamed by Coroner's Jury DESOTO, Mo., Aug. 7.- (By the Associated Press) Blame for the Missouri Pacific wreck at Sul phur Springs Saturday night, which caused death to 35 and in jury to more than 100, was fixed on Engineer Matthew. (Giager) Glenn of fast passenger train No. 4 by a coroner's jury which investigated the disaster late to day. The jury at first returned an open verdict but later reversed its decision, stating that Glenn, who was killed when he leaped from his Cftb, bad failed to observe sig nals warning him that the track ahead was not clear. Crew Members Heard In arriving at the verdict, the jury heard testimony of members of the crews of both trains, which in effect, was that neither train received orders pertaining to the other." After the first verdict wa re turned. Coroner George W. Eld ers, of Jefferson county objected and the Jurymen thereupon , re versed themselves and returned the following verdict: "The persons killed in the wreci came to their deaths through the negligence of Engin eer Matthew Glenn's failure to observe signals. Orders "On the Run Engineer Glenn had received orders "on the run" to pull over on a siding at Cliff Cave. IS miles south of St. Louis, to allow the Sunshine special No. 1 to pass, and it is believed he was reading these orders when he passed the block signal earning of an un clear track. No orders had been receivod concerning No. 32, the testimony showed, and the signals were the only means of showing the track was not clear at Sulphur Springs. Conductor Testifies ' ' ' James A. Long of this city, conductor on the local, testified they had received no orders to- take a siding at Sulphur Springs, addirg "we had no idea No. 4 was so close behind." Long stated he did not see the fast flyer approaching but beard some one yell, "here comes No. 4!" and that he was running to tell the engineer when the crash came. - Engineer T. Gross of No. 32, stated the crash occurred before he had time to put out a flagman Fireman, Heard Cries - W. E. Long, fireman on No. 3Z, and brother of Conductor Long, testified orders had been receiv ed for No. 32 to take a siding at Wickes. several miles . north,- to allow the fast flyer to pass. J. E.' Gregg,f of St. Louis, con ductor on No. 4, testified they (Continued on page t) W HIC1 TO BE MM Southern Pacific Company Makes Concession to . . 'Shippers , ' SAN FRANCISCO," Aug. 7.w Transit privileges, such as milling sorting and dressing, will be per mitted en route on, shipments o lumber and shingles from. Paclfi coast points to eastern points be ginning September 11, it was an nounced today at the Southern Pa cific company's ofiieea here. - The company also ; announced that reductions will be made in transcontinental freight rates on Bee Hive lumber from California to eastern points, effective the same date. . ,' The announcement said eastern lines had concurred ia the recent reduction ' in , transcontinental freight rates on bath tuba from eastern points to Pacific ; coast points. The new rates, ranging from 2.44 per 100 pounds, from Cincinnati, to 12.66 per 100 pounds from New York will made effective - as soon as new tariffs can be published; it was said, - , JERSEY Figure Placed at Old Level at Meeting of Fair Board lift a f neia Yesieraay - Jersey premiums at . the state fair next month will be as high as those of -any of the other breeds, which is a maximum of 30 for first awards. Some years ago the national . Jersey ' associa tion withdrew Its support from the premium list and the fair board 7 lowered t s the maximum premium to 625 . This has been objected to by Jersey breeders and day, voted to put it back at the former figure. - . The board took up business' rel ative to amusements : yestcrdar. The policy in this regard will be the same, as that of lass year, barring all games of chance and other amusements to which ob jection might be made as improp er for a state exposition. BOARD .MEMBER HERE I 3. E. Reynolds of Union county, member of the atate fair board and a prominent breeder of fine stock, was a Salem visitor. Mon day, to attend the meeting of th fair board. ; He reports a fin rain at hia home en Thursday of last week, enough; to wet even the hard ground to a depth of sev eral inches.'. LEY, TIJSIT IE WW Oil EQUALITY