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T.rr for July, f II Al fil f A A-t ' S- JM fl JL fL rs the cmr or satjqi 4 kr in If Mfen a4 rlk OMBtU . XHy wykdy will Jhc Oregon Statesman TUB HOMfi VZWSTAIZX SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR : SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12. 1922 . ,K , -. ;, ? ;V .y. PRICE t-FIVE CTOTS i t 7 : t-4 IV KLAN TRIALTD BE HELD BACK iTILMHAY Mistrial Declared in Case of ' Ex-Kleagle! Baker, Who Will Be Examined by Men- ; (af Experts. STIPULATIONS MADE BY OPPOSING SIDES Not Necessary, to Empanel New Jury Situation Is . .Without Precedent LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11. The trial of 36 alleged! members of the Ko'Klux; Klan on felony charges growing out: of the Ingle wood raid of April 122 last, will proceed next. Monday and a mis trial - will be declared as to ex Kleagie. Nathan Baker,' admitted leader of the. . raid according to an agreement reached today by 'counsel in the case. , ,:.v? , . , Baker : waa taken ; ill in ; court yesterday and a physician report ed today Jt would be impossible for him ; to attend court inside of 90 days. : . - i r.v- .-. , , - -Otbier Defendants Ready .' ' A stipulation was :. signed . by each of the remaining 36 defen dants, requesting j that- the i trial proceed at to them, and waiving any right they may have had to ' demand the presence of Baker as a defendant. The stipulation was approved by Judge Frederick W Houser,' but no order was entered v In the trial today as the Jury bad been dismissed until Monday be- ore the agreement was -.reached. The status of" the case tmhown in I the records ' 1st tha?" siYrecess taken yesterday when' Baker be came ill, has been continued un til Monday. ' V- ':' ." lialier Has Delusion 6 X; Baker, according t to the phy Biclan, is suffering from complete ' nervous prostration, is irrational . and possessed, of "a delusion that he-la in danger and" someone is .purttuing him., , . .. ... - Denntr District 'Attorney Asa Key's asked the court to appoint a specialist in menial diseases to examine Baker 'and report to the conrt on his condition next Mon- Former Attack ltcnl : "I am'lntormed'Jlhe proseca tor said, "that 'this man had an attack Vhich may have been of a similar, nature to that sonle time aw. and recovered In ' a very "short time." f V - f This was agreed to: by the de fense and Dr. T. J. Orbiaon, alien ist, was assigned by Judge Houser to make the camlnation at the patenva home. . " ;-' The nrosecutor withdrew a re : iciest that a mistrial be declared as te all the defendants, and new Jury empaneled when Baker was able to attent, and consented tor the program contained in the stipulation. ' O . W : ' , ' Case Without Precedent -Attorneys on both sides said they had been nnable to find in law resorts of anr state a de cisions covering a case parallel to this. ;. Judge. Houser said he was satisfied the situation, was unique so far as California was concern ed. ' One of the attorneys suggest ed that the Judge -might as well make a little law" himself.' City of Cork Captured by the National Forces WATERFORD, Ireland. Aug. ll-(By the Associated Press.) -The National forces captured the "city of Cork late Thursday eenlng,v according to a1 report , received ' from a reliable source tonight.1 The report said that everything now was quite in Cork. LONDON, Aug. It: (By the Associated Press. l-The National troops have entered Cork, accord ing to an official announcement Just Issued. They took. GO pris oners.' Seven of the national troops were killed and many wounded. THK.WEATHKIl Idaho: . Saturday, showers: 1 cooler south portion. Jf 'Washington and Oregon Sat vrday, showers. 1 ' HARLEY SLDSHER IS PUT OVER IN CLATSOE? COUNT Y ASTORIA, Or., 'Aug. 11 That Sheriff Ole Nelson was re called by the election in Clatsop county today and Harley J. SI usher was elected to succeed him by a majority of approxi mately 300 votes was indicated by the returns received to night. 4 ... The vote cast was about two-thirds that at a recent pri mary election. Complete returns from all precincts in Astoria, Warren ton and Seaside as-well as from six outside precincts showed a majojrity of 470 for the recall and of 5C9 for the election of Slusher. There were 18 precincts to har from but the vote in mem wm oe smaii. , The charges against Sheriff was based were drunkenness, enforce the prohibition laws and inefficiency. The chargea were brought 'by the , citiens' committee of Warrenton and the Astoria Law Enforcement Slusher. ' :- The vote by the women in EMPORIA EDITOR IS AGAINST BOOZE, SO HE ABANDONS JUDGE UiMrOKlA. Kans., Aug. zine advocating the return of Whiter Emporia editor and author, today resigned the edi torship of Judge. In a statement to the Associated Press today Mr. White said:-y ;. - : ( . "The bos3 has his ideas and per; this is, a free, country;, if it. If I had livpd in New York in-Kansas, I might have tried was talking was hard and quitting was easy. So I quit." STRIKE HITS Coast Steamships and Auto Trucks Seek to Relieve Passenger Traf fib LOS ANGELES. Aug. 11. Southern California felt today for the ftrst time the full impact of the strike of railroad shopmen which has spread on the big San ta Fe lines centering in Los An geles to include members of the "Big Four" brotherhoods, engin eers, firemen, conductors and brakemen and had thereby resist ed in the almost complete tieup of the Santa Fet transportation work and a very marked retarding of freight handlings. These were the principal effects of the new rftuatlon. Coupled with it were the' marooning ol 12 transcontinental lines at des ert points,' where" from 2200 to 2600 passengers waited with what patience they could muster ' for their Interrupted journeys to be resumed; an announcement by postal authorities that mails would be moved north and south by boat and east by motor trucks; an embargo on perishable freight over Santa Fe lines; and an euort by stage companies' to do what they could to aid the traveling public in doing away with seat reservations, abandoning sched ules and adopting the . plan .of sending out a stage on any . route whenever there was a load for it. The Southern Pacific lines in the southland were not affected today. Its trains were moving aboat as usual. i At Needles, the passengers of three tied i Up trains Invaded the Harvey House and made the. best of the situation. They, informed Santa Fe men there that they ap proved the stand of the trainmen and, did not like to see guards around, so in deference to their wishes the guards were removed and put in a "bull pen,r pendens the departure of the trains. Coast steamer lines reported decided increase In 1 the demand for accommodations today. Scv eral vessels scheduled to leave the harbor tonight and tomorrow for j points north were reported to hate lull passenger lists. 11I0TES Nelson on which the recall disorderly conduct, failure to league, both of which endorsed .. , Astoiia was unusually large llKather than edit a maga wine and beer, William Allen -. imposed them upon the pa you don't like your job quit or if Judge could be printed to out-talk the boss, but as it Firemen and Yardmen Also Quit lobs at Salt Lake i And Pocatello SALT LAKE, Aug. 11. Mem bers of the Brotherhood of Loco 's motive FiremVn and Enginemen employed by the Southern Pacific at Ogden failed to repot for work today, thus tying up traffic in the Ogden yards and stalling four passenger andnlne freight trains In Salt Lake, City yard employ es of the Denver & Rio Grande Western failed to report for work and at Pocatello the yardmen of the Oregon Short Line quit their jobs. The situation In Salt Lake and at Pocatello is little affected by the walkout, but at Ogden train movements are held up. Today two Southern Pacific, one Oregon Short Line and .one Union Pacific passenger train failed to move and brotherhood officials there state that as soon as other trains come to Ogden they, to will tie up, as tnere win De no urem to take them out again. This afternoon upward of 50 additional firemen failed to go on duty at the Southern Pacific Og den yards and it Is claimed that traffic from Ogden west to Carllh. Nev.i will be. affected.' The Ogden workers failed to report, union officials said, be cause the' railroads declined to accede to their demands to dis arm guards and put the rolling stock in better shape. The Salt Lake and Pocatello walkouts af fect fire builders, fire J knockers, cinder pit men, engine watchmen, water tenders, coal passers, coal chute men, stationary firemen, coal hoist enginemen and their helpers- Y ' Officials of the Southern Pa cific at Ogden stated late today that they were not ft a position to forecast ' the probable result of the walkout of the firemen ht!ocat railroad officials said they did not expect the strike of firemen to spread to Salt Lake or other points In this district. STANFIELD AND raiiiiTEs G Flexible Tariff Pjan Adopted by Senate With Oregon and Idaho Members Tak ing Opposing Stand. SOME LIMITATIONS PUT ON PRESIDENT Duties Cannot be Changed After July, 1924, Unless Congress Approves WASHINGTON. Ang. 11. A flexible tariff plan proposing authority for the president to in crease or decrease tariff rates In the pendins bill until Jnlv 1 - 1924, was approved tonight by the senate. The vote was 36 to 20, with three Republicans op posing and two Democrats sup porting. : With the flexible tariff fight out of the way, the-senate ap proved , provisions dealing with unfair methods of competition and unfair acts In the importa tion of merchandise into the United States. Amendments Taken Up It then began consideration of the so-called scientific tariff am endments proposed by Senators Frelinghuysen, Republican, New Jersey, and Jones, Democrat New Mexico. The roll call on the flexible tariff follows: The Roll Call For a flexible tariff: Republicans Brandegee, Bur- Fun, CaJderi . Cameron, CappeM Colt, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harrold, Jones of Washington, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick. Mc- Cumber, McClean, Moses, Nichol son, Norbeck, Oddle, Pepper, Phlpp, Shortrldge, Smoot, Spenc er, Sterling, Sutherland, Town send, Wadsworth. Warren and Watson of Indiana. 24. Democrats Broussard and Kendrick 2. Total 36. Against a flexible tariff: Republicans Gooding. McNary and Stanfteld 2. Democrats Ashurst, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Heflin, Hitch cock, Jones of New Mexico, Myers, Overman, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed. Sheppard. Simmons, Smith, Trammell and Walsh of Montana 17. llarsoni Plan Adopted Just before approving the plan, the senate adopted 34 to 19, an amendment by Senator Bursom,. New Mexico, which would pro vide that after July 1, 1924. no duties could be changed except by authority of congress. Eighteen Republicans and all of the Democrats supported this amendment. The Republicans were: Bursum, Cameron. Capper, Gooding, Harrold, McCormick, McNary, Moses, Nicolson, Nor beck, Oddie, Rawson, SJiortridge, Stanfield, Sterling, Sutherland, Wadsworth and Warren. President IJmited The plan as finally approved is a sharp modification of that originally proposed. The presi dent is prohibited Trom using Am erican valuation except in the case of dyes and certain coal tar products covered in two para graphs of the bill and is required to base changes in rawss ou "in differences in the "costs of pro duction" at home and abroad in stead of on differences in "con ditions of competition." Also the president could not change duties from specific to ad valorem or from ad valorem to specific, nor transfer articles from the dutiable list to the free list or from the free list to the duti able list, nor could he raise any rate beyond any maximums.speei fically fixed in the bill. Five Lose Lives When Yacht Shirin Explodes MIAMI, Fiai. Aug. 11. Five persons lost . their lives and two other are believed to nave beett. drowned when an explosion and fire destroyed the converted rach; Shirin, three miles off Miami Beach late today, an hour after it put out from here for Nassau. ENGINE JUMPS, MAN IS HURT, HE DIES LATER Tony Zezh Passes Away in Silverton Hospital Follow ing Accident in Camp SILVERTON. Ore.. Aug. 11. (Special to The Statesman) ToSy Zezh died at the Silverton hospUal last night from wounds received in the. wreck of a Silver Falls en gine at cauip yesterday. The en gine was leaving -ainp and com ing from the switch into the main line. , It is reported a bolt waa gone from a rail, which turned the engine crosswise. A. W. Greene, the engineer, and six.Or seven other 'men were in the cab.. AH of these with the exception of Mr. Zezh and Mr. Green were thrown out. Their injuries were of a minor nature. Mr. Zezh was caught between Jhe cab and the tender. He was re moved at once to the hospital, but died from loss of blood and shock. As far as could be learned Zezh had qo other relatives but a brother living at Portland. He was leaving camp to go to Port land at the time of the accident, it was reported. 47 VOTERS Hall's Complaint Mentions Marion County Persons Who Are Charged Marion county persons to the number of 162, and Including 47 residents of Salem, are named in the allegations of Charles Hall as having voted illegally at the pri mary election on May 19 when Governor Olcott won the Repub lican nomination thatjs now con tested by Hall. Thirty-one of the 74 Marion county precincts, 12 of which are in Salem, are mention ed in the allegations. The largest number of alleged Illegal voters Is named for East Mt.. Angel, precj?rct where 40 per sons are challenged. Specific charges that it 1s presumed Hall's forces are prepared to make against each individual may be fraudulent registratfon. voting without registering, not citizen of the United States, not resident of Oregon for legal length of time, not of legal age.; The list of alleged illegal vot ers as named by Hall is as fol lows: St. Paul Christopher Gunder son; Albert Bochsler. Mary Fa ler, Jacob Sonner, Walter Mur phy and Robert C. Yonce. McKee Harvey Ballweber Ixiuirt Rieger, Leta Nlbler. Scollard Elizabeth Hunt. East Gervais Arsta Jones, J. B. Susce. West Gervais Asa Simmons, Louise Simmons, Josephine Nlb ler, Peter Lelek, Benjamin Jeld erks, Joseph B. Starvens, Frank FunkhauBer. Fairfield Lewis Dubois, Ar' thur Dubois. Peter G. Brassell, W. C. Forcier, Agnes Forcier, Julia Pierce. Salem No. 1 Sarah Lindsay. Lydia Welborn, L. Masters, Molly Cohen. West Mt. Angel Walburg Rel land, Frederick Sciesser, Frank Uselman. Anna Stadler. iq Mt Anerel Marie Krae- mer, Helen Wachter, Margaretta Wirtz, M. Anton Bigler, Casper J. Terhaar. Josephine Beyer, Mary Eberle, Sophia Erpelding, Remigi von Beirum, Herman Schultalbers T onnnlil R. Paul!, feier mjgcu, John Herti, Bertha Schwab. An ton Bell. Sr.. Eugene J. Hotter, Mary Keber. Barbara Degen, Mary Mucken. Antony P. Kraemen. Alola tPhl. Anna C. Berning. Lud jard Bertl, Rose Hassing, Eliza beth Annan. Frank J. Ficker. Mary A. Ficker. William R. Kern. Joseph Krengel. Barbara E. Paub. Paul L. Bucholz. Nicholas Dof fing.. Joseph F. Kapsner. August Scharbach. John Schindler, Frank Glllis. Salem No. 2 Mary Johnson, Merle R. Ivie, Suel Shepherd. Salem No. 3 Jerry Simpson, Frank Lenon, Fred A. Williams, Maud WilUams, Emanuel Irrin. Salem No. 4 Mary Alice Che ney, Dora Phenetton. NichlaT P. Olson, 4essie Taylor, Edwin H. Norene, Dorothy L. Norene, Le Roy Cometock, lames Luper, Eleanor G. Luper. Salem No. 5 Charles E. Tatro, ARE ACCUSED (Continued on par 2). CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENT'S STRIK IS TENDERED BY EXECUTIVE WOMAN SAVES TWO GHILH Homei at Cottage Grove Is Burned Tots Tossed to Safety by Mother COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 11. Explodine tar. beinc heated on a cook stove, set fire to thai homo of Earl Neal here today. Mrs. Neal had just gone into the yard when the explosion occurred. In a moment the Interior of th house was in fiames. Mrs."Neal rushed to an upstairs room where two small children were sleeping, seized the bedding from under them, threw it out of the window and then threw the two children on it. She then lowered v herself through the vindow and pickel up the chi ldren unharmed. The house was destroyed. Dublin Postoffice Set on Fire by Irregulars (By the Associated Tress.) DUBLIN, Aug. 12. Twenty Ir regulars entered the postoffice ii Amiens street last night, says an official statement, disarmed the sentry at the entrance and over powered the Inner guard of seven soldiers, one of whom was shot and seriously wounded. They rushed into the Instrument room and after scattering gasoline, set it on fire. ' 5 Considerable damage was done to the floor and furniture. The fire brigade arrived promptly and put ont the fire. Thus, adds the statement, the main object of ihe Irregulars destruction of the Instruments was not accomplished. It is ex pected normal service will be re sumed today (Saturday.) One member of the raiding party was arrested. Cork Tremendously Hurt By Factional Flames DUBLIN, Aug. 11. (By the Associated Press.) Conflagra tions raged in Cork throughout hours of the day and night. Fire men were powerless to put out all the fires. All the business part of the city is In ruins. The dam age is estimated at 2,000,000 sterling. The National forces from Pas sage West have consolidated their positions and pushed outposts to the outskirts of the city. They do not appear, however, to have entered the city as yet. The bulk of the Irregular troops are be lieved to have evacuated th city although leaving behind numer ous snipers who are concealed In the ruins of buildings and terror izing citizens. FOR CONGRESS OLYMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 11. J. M. Phillips of Aberdeen, farmer-labor candidate, filed today for the nomination for representative in congress from the Third dis trict. Uew Presidency May be Offered Sun Yat Sen SHANGHAI, Aug. 11. fBy the Associated Press) Sun Yat Sen, deposed president of South China who fled from Canton two days ago and is on his way to Shang hai, may be offered the presiden cy of United China by the Peking administration, according to Run's representative here Eugene Chen. Opponents here of Sun character ize Eugene Chen's announcement as absurd. CXTON. Aug. 11. (By the Associated Press) An immed iate revival of business in Canton following Sun Yat Sen's flight Wednesday to Hongkong and Shanghai. His armies in the north on which he wa3 depending to regain control of the south China government - are reported crushed and shattered,' Union Leaders Make. No Statement but Will Have Re sponse to President's Plan Todayromnuttees to Wait Upon Executive at White House Roads Re luctant to Take Men Back NEW YORK, Aug. 11A committee represcntinff the railway executives tomorrow will wait on President Harding with a reply to his proposal for settlement of the rail strike that was desciibed by one railroad official as a "conditional acceptance." What the conditions were, he did not state. While this announcement was not made by the official spokesman for the conference, it was made by one in close touch with the executives. -., , - , . He declined to permit his name to be used or to amplify the phrase "conditional acceptance. ; " Y A statement issued later by T. Dewitt Cu'yler, xhairman of the Association of Railway Executives, simply stated that a committee beaded by him would wait on President Hard ing at 4:30 p. m. tomorrok when the conclusion reached to day would be submitted to him. Mean while the statement said, the decision reachedxwould not be made public, FORD CARAVAN Exhibition of Power Machin ery for Farms Makes His tory on Tour "Residents' of Salem are due to witness an attraction of real merit and one that la, wholly different from anything they have ever seen before," said W. U Phillips of the Valley Motor company, in discus sing the Ford and Fordon power exposition caravan which will vis it Salem Friday and Saturday. August 18 and 19, remaining over Sunday on Its return to Portland after a highly successful tour of southern Oregon towns. "A dozen or more of America's greatest manufacturers of auto motive appliances are associated in this enterprise," continued, Mr. Phillips, "and the caravan embra ces practically every automotive utility in the power farming, com mercial and Industrial field, not to mention a number, of power driven specialties of peculiar in terest to women. , , . ConcertsVle)ular ''The rad la coVVts form an en tertainment fttot that has prov en immensely, pop'nlar, as are the Tree movie shows. , Tie latter are changed from night to night and consist of innumerable and widely varied subjects of an educational and entertaining character. "The Ford owners parade Is still another interesting and a in us ing portion of the show. In some of the smaller towns south of Sa lem there have been from 60 to 100 entries in each of the several Ford day parades, and we natur ally anticipate a much larger parade at Salem, many fine prizes being offered. No entry fee Is charged and any Ford owner Is eligible to compete. It Is possi ble; also, for a single entry to win more than one prize." Salem Is Expectant Elaborate arrangements for the reception of the caravan are be ing made, and it Is believed that Salem, being the largest city in the valley, will have by long odds the greatest celebration of them all. Personal invitations have been sent broadcast throughout the country and from present in dications, a huge attendance seems certain. t " ' . The Ford caravan is not ... ex clusively a power farming show, however. There Is a considerable amount of contracting and miscel laneous industrial eauinment. fsuch as lan dclearlng machinery, road building tools, machines and implements, heavy duty trucks, and other apparatus, the whole amounting to about one hundred pieces of equipment. . Daily Outlay-Heavy The property invtstment in the caravan is said to approximate $100,000, and the daily operating expense is more than $500. Thirty-fire skilled mechanics and a number of technical experts In their respective fields accompany the show. . J. p. Jordan, assistant branch (ConUnued on page 2.) E'iOFFEK Mr. Cuyler's statement said: "At their .meeting today, the railroad . executives, gave to the proposal of the president, dated August 7, 1922. the thorough and conscientious . -' consideration to which It was entitled, . , AU Elements CoraldmI Theylook Into fhelr consider atlonan the elements In the sit uation which affected the public welfare and arrived at a conclus ion which they will present to the president of the. United States. "For the purpose of making this presentation , a committee; has been appointed, t The committee will call upon the president to morrow at 4:30 p.m. The actios of railway executives cannot .tt made pnblie until It has beea sub mltted to the president.". . Not Antagonistic The position taken by the ex ecutives was one they understood was neither : antagonistic to the president's proposal nor to the stand they took a week ago Tues day In saying they would hate to stand by their, guarantees tif their old employes who bad re mained loyal and to the new men employed in place of the strikers. The terms upon which the. rail executives . agree to accept Pres Ident Harding's plan were unoffic ially said to be s follows: .. , Terms Are Named - First, that : the president's re quest that ths strikers be taken back would be interpreted thai the roads would re-hire, only at many of the strikers as would be needed to recruit their present forces to normal. : 1 Second, that such 'strikers as are ' taken back . return uncon ditionally, their seniority rights later to be established by the rail road labor board. - Union Not Ready ; V WASHINGTON, Au. 11 (By the Associated Press). After sev eral hours conference behind closed doors, chief officials of all the railroad labor organizations adjourned tonight until 9 a.m. to-' morrow, declaring themselves still unready to make response to Pres ident Harding's final strike settle ment offer to the shopmen and stiU unready to make, public the policy, which unions not now on strike intend to follow in the cir cumstances. j ; : Answers Gume Today Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Engineers Brotherhood and chairman of the meetings, an nounced at its close, however, that both .these expressions would be forthcoming tomorrow. Officials of the seven unions on strike will reply to Ihe president for them selves, Mr. Stone said, while the remainder of the organizations In tended to join in a declaration of their position to the public. ; Mr. Stone, In commenting oil the walkouts of trainmen In various places now progressing, said that be had reports from SO terminals "where our men are facing con-, ditions just like those," and ad ded that "there .might be walk outs!' at such terminals, complete ly tying up transportation. ; Armed Guards Objected to ' At the White House, the admin istration's view of these walkouts, attributed by the union leaders to the presence of armed guards, was said to be that no strike anywhere of any character which had as their.' purpose, the 'preventing of (Continued on page ),