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r - - x " , Of TB3 CXTT Of tAXJDI ' m4 awar tm ' XariM aaa Falk Owta ' Xaarly tTirjUlr mda The Oregon Statesman xhs Bom nwuina CntCULATXOK - , AVartf for September, l2i ? v. - minaay obit -574ft IU and Sunday avarac w kis tnontht ndinr IU and .5303 Anjru.t 81, 1923 Monday nly .8850 -5491 r Daily and Sunday ; SEVENTY-SECOND : YEAB , SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS rn 4 Bite.! M STORY TOLD BY DEFENDANT'S ins - -. - .. .... , r - 1 : j iH M-F7 .7. IV j ft-, v 'I- : : ' W ATTITUDE OF FRANCE PUZZLE TO TURKISH DELEGAT ES WALTERS AND BOOTH LEAD W. U. DRIVE Methodists of Southern Oreg on District Lay Plans in Meeting at Eugene " MUDANIA, Oct. 10. (B the Associated Press) The ar mistice convention was signed here tonight at 11 o'clock.: ;r IJxe representatives of all powers concerned affixed their sig , natures to the revised protocol which General Harrington; , . had presented for acceptance to Ismet Pasha and which the i 1 Nationalist delegate forwarded to the Angora government for'its decision. ' ' General Harrington had. informed Tsmet Pasha that the convention embodied Britain's last word and that the other l t powers gave their unqualified support to the terms. On his part, Ismet, had replied that he hoped his govern- ment would accept the conditions set forth and. promised a 1 reply by 5 o'clock in the evening. ' In the meantime; the Brit: ' I . ish commander returned to Constantinople, where he remain :t " eduhtil early this-afternponl proceeding back to Mudania on : the Iron Duke to hear the Turks' decision. The Turkish delegates were somewhat disnayed and disappointed over the turn of events in the pa3t two days. The new attitude taken by France after the Paris conference I puzzled them and they were amazed that French friendship on which they: counted a3 a main prop in the negotiations did not yield the results they expected. LONDON, Oct. 11. (By the Associated Press) The an ' nouncement that : the armistice convention had been signed at Mudania between the allies and the Turks reached London ' aarlv ti?a TniT-n?Ti or anA hmiTtrht ' wHof . tft the orovernmeiit VL which certainly ?will be echoed heartily. throughout the coun- AC me session or me comer; PEARL BAHMER IS JAILED lit aj aa 4 i y EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 10. Or ganization plans and an outline of the program of the Methodist church of Oregon to raise the en dowment fund for Willamette university at Salem, were the chief efforts1 of a meeting here to day of -ministers and laymen from various parts of the southern Oregon district of the church. The southern Oregon district has been divided into six sub-divisions for the purpose of carry ing on the campaign for 1,230, 000. Dr. J. M. Walters, pastc-r of the Eugene church, and R. A. Booth, elate highway commission, er, will be in charge of the cam paign in this district. Bishop Homer Stuntz, of Oma ha, Neb., was the principal speak er at the conference here and made a plea for more tnoney for missions as well as for the Willa mette university fund. Girl Believed to Know More Than She Has Told Given Chance by Officers to Think Things Over. TESTIMONY IS NOT FOR EARS OF DAMSELS Judge Leslie Adjourns Court , 1'ither Than Allow High School Girls to Listen areeiBeb Mod. SV Large Gristpf Routine Busi- ness 'Accomplished By bchool board HER FATHER IS HELD UNDER $10,000 BAIL Intricacies Not Yet Unravel ed Relative to Death of. Pastor and Woman OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 10. The trfal of Fred Brown, accused of having kidnapped two young wo men May '27, taken them to his shrci and there held them cap tive in a pit, waa recessed today by District Judge Leslie to pre vent a score of high school girls in the conrt room from hearing what he termed 'saIacious testi mony that developed in the cross-examination c2 Mrs. Jean Jenkins, one of the young women Alleged to have been att.-cked by Brown. "We will continue the trial in the morning when the children are at their desks," declared the SISTER MAY CAUSE AT TO TAKE NEW TACK !I0RNlYS-:: IN CASE MBIIMFIKl Freight Tariff , Move Called Subterfuge to Serve Coast Purposes. Witnesses Tell of Bloody Appearance of Phillip Yfcrxta Before Shooting, and One Officer Thought He Ihd , Been in Automobile Accident Widows ; ia Court State Rests Case May Reach Jury Today. Jalk of Disbandment Turns -Out to Be Hoax oy com . mittee on Stunts ' ence expressed" dissatisf actidn "at "t n e terms the allies ' offered. Matters Worse Says Turk He said to.Gtneral Harington: 'Rut vtmr ns armlctlra ' ron. vention is in contradiction to the . w" yun. ou iur assnrauces eiven to me br Gen- ,n "acoin grade school ana one eral Charnv. Th convention in-to mechanical drawing In the stead of paving the way tor Washington junior high, were au- peace onlr makes matters worse." thorlzed by the Salem school OAnerai Harlnirton renlied I Doara la nigm. aiso, xne mgn mereit: ' ' " General Charpy has assented ner'. and coacft ror tbe de" After the close of the formal "1WU" ta" f F'- ices. The Cherrlans sat with, bated While not all the repair bills proceeding' Ismet In the, course nf A pnnTArmt Ann nn tha mrnrrlnv breath at their meeting last night b!pt nf PrflneVnrnTniM miA-lto the past summer are In. it Is . . . . 1 I ' I ll L M It A. . w ,t , esiimu,ea iuai me original uuu get appropriation of 110.000 for this seneral item will not be ex. II. . . V t - aa4 Aal wane mernucr ia .uw , r: t wa' . irpoo Prance's sugges- fleD.Q. wiwr or Buv "Uonthat or army ceased opera- " " i tionj against the Greeks France luiiness ana enoma uibuuuu. ai bans ted. The work has been xuimess ana 7"t"" promlsiug us favorable armistice 1 nttvJ0 7,,: , Z Patton. with choking voice that terms Prance's -resnonsibilitv ne more cheaply than at first caused hi hearer, to sob .with g3go. SSiSSF The, thatl th4 him. pleaded for the home and , "If no agreement is reached our Jtrict saved more than U.000 Its acredness. denouncea me army wI n8,Bt on marchlng lnto ujrv T J I, , numerous organixauona iua ta.o Thrace but every day'B delay- people from tnerr nomes ana in i caused , by our reliance on favor the next "sentence ; praised the J abie, armistice promises, dimln- Cherrians as the most worthwhile ishes our military adTantage." of all the organizations Many of the members took the floor, defending the Cherrlans-and school , house at Washington Jun ior high by day labor Instead of accepting 'the contract offered in response to the call for bids, Pay Next Week The teachers are to have a two- weeks payroll next week. They I i ' French In flncnre Been regretting that some members j.n ju.n, uci. 10. uy The win not nave to wait ror the full should suggest that the organ!-1 Associated Press) After numer-l month to roll around before geU atlon disband ' i - I ueias na ; interruptions, inei ung meir money. wont oi me Aiuaania conference! The board voted not to diverge - ( reached a concludinir nnlnr vtfr.l frnra Its iiannl nnllv In inlnhiK .' rl 'VfOII.V.t.t 1 . . ... T" ' " " 1 J " Wnen A.1UK tn )wiui. ruay W1H the tresentatlnn . tn Ta.lvr.H. nIl ,. ah,.l. .itl,. called upon Charles Knowland for met Pasha, the Nationalist rcnra-lin nwn r.oMt,H,i Hi.rit. his opinion he announced that the senutiv; for acceptance of the The matter came up through a ciuni corammee, oi w--u o protocol agreeo to by all the al- request for a transfer from one chairman, had ben; fusy. and nes. -which as Lieutenant General Ufhool to another. Some latitude that the notice pnntea on me Harington .described ft. would! was bv motion civ to th nnnnr- postcards that the question of give to the Turks their aims with- intendent to transfer pupils to dlsbahdlng the organlxatlon.uld in 45 days. llke ln other scnools r r - - - i . -..w.u6 v.inereane graae in one sanooi l gestion of several members, was 14 clauses, is drawn on liberal overcrowded and the same grad I -to create Interest and to, bring French lnnoerfee on the side of nh0T ot papila. This, however, is nt a erowa. r ; ; . I ""-nwnw. It certainly served both pur poses! done only as. a matter of privilege i Underwit the Greeks will eva- .1.. ..n . a ion trvrt In fiineKuate KBftnrn Ttimro wtiMA i r 1 . . .. .. . . T1- uvmi, v, " I . " ....... J u 1 1 n o nfnsr n utrirr rl nannnt ha the members to reflect; oa the wj complete the transfer toLnforccd on those 'whooT? NEW BRUNSWICK, N: J.. Oct. 10. (By the Associated Press) Prison bars closed tonight on a third important figure , in the Hall-Mills murder mystery, but the incarceration, instead of help ing clear the weird tangle of clues and counter clued, seemed only to emphasize the difficulties. the authorities are encountering in their efforts to check up the ev idence on which 19-year-old Clif ford Hayes stands accused of the double slaying. 'Girl Goes to Jail The third to go to jail was Fearl Bahmer, the 13-year-old girl who, M. Raymond Schneider says, Hayes thought he was slay ing, with her. stepfather when, ac cording to Schneider's story. Hayes fired four bullets into the bodies of the Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills on the night of September" 1,4 on the ' deserted Phillips farm. Schneider is held as a material witness. Girl Incorrigible Pearl was not officially jailed in connection with the Hall-Mills case. The charge against her which she calmly admitted was Incorrigibility. Prosecutor Striek er of Middlesex county, who has been active in the investigation of the" Halls-Mills case, appeared personally against her. County pudge Daly departed from the tule of secrecy, in juvenile cases and threw his court open, because he declared, the people ""Have a right to know why she is being put in jail." - Stepfather Held After she had testified to intim acy with Schneider and her fath er, Bhe was officially committed for a week, pending a decision on the incorrigibility charge. Unof ficially, it was said she was be ing given a chance to "think over" the conflicting stories she has told. Nicholas Bahmer later was arrested as a result of the charges preferred by his daughter and held in $10,000 bail follow ing his arraignment. Girl Puzzles Reporters Pearl, who was with Schneider when the bodies of Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were "found" two days after the murders, on more than one occasion has given newspaper men working on the case reason to believe she knew more than she was telling. mm Los .Angeles Police Think Man in Jail Here is ! Person Wanted There i If Chief Moffitt hadn't had a hunch, in good working order, C.C Hall, now hard and fast in cus tody, might by now be well eva porated to wherever he wanted to go. But the Salem police hunch said that when a man sold a Cad illac car for $5, it wasn't a good sign. They wanted to hold him, arid see what happened. The law didn't offer a very good oIsId hand-hold, but Chief Moffitt w,ae aemana aeierrea puiung me stretched a point, and got busy fate Into ef,ect for that thorough en the wires. Also, he got Hatl'j n aenoeraie investigation wnicn flneer-orints and took them out importance demands. Beg you tft th nenitftntiarv tn trv nd nick to reconsider your refusal to BUS- Binahlo work that the organiza-1 the Turks in an additional month 4 -w..' "fining fnr Salem and I The -Turkish eivil adminiKtratlnn to change. This order does not "T h -Z -Ti: i wiif fnitn.. tt,eAi i coniuct wnn tne application oe- varinn ronntv. ine .raw wbi i - - an ine neem on. , , , . . , . - - N . --.,,.. I me ooaxa last nigat, wnicn . ri: " jientlrA ir.f . f.- mvoivea anomer point man mat V the cnemans are sunerIa n wC .Th.-".:"! overcrowding. Purchases Authorized A number1 of small purchases were authorized at the discretion of the committees on supplies. determned. to the desecration ofl0?6 was Tl8ea Lfor tne jun,or ine nemallsts. subject to the uea approval. ; nf thPir orcaniaatlon than BuPerT,o of the allied missions X they have ever been. They are ana 11,ea frces provisionally oc- . .... x.ki i i uiign I copying Thrace, not piuIk. ntin. n tiirht for it if necessary. I minus " - " V DUl lO aisoanu uc'wi' 1 cherrlans Have llsrfon Tha Cherrlans are a civic or- ranixation'lwlth a real mission ? There Is nohting selfish about it. i 1 It' costs the members , a lot of money as well as time and pers- piration te wear the uniform, drill seven, batallions.. The number nf I Turkish gendarmarie is left un- high schools Another was clocks for the new-rooms. Tet another is a new piano for the Washing ton school. More seats and desks for several of the departments are Especially are seats Athens rnder Martial Law ATHENS, Oct. lO.-Lfpy The fnr nflri visit towns aU over the I Associated Press) Martial law AArii for thA heh M,ni a : state and'adjoininlng sUtes, and pnKlaimsd in Athens tonight, the assembly. Tuesday morning. 1 to take the band : with-them" In Tnlf cop has been uken to pre- ag Bald that far 75 of the stuJ ; order that Salem may; ue wen V l "ie arrajr irora nts had to stand, and the high 1 and favorably, known. It is the fPPoslng; the government's decis- scnool haTe fBy 150 more . . lt. I. .1 -.. . 1 kind of a mission that is, worm 1 students i by the; time the mid-, while, and the members are me ' " i ?; . , . J winter promotions are made cream of the Salein business com- . . ., """"1 "w signca Attendance Estimated c t- rhArrian. will bn T Constantine on the eve of rb-h (Continued on page 2. lernment ; . 1 r xj I j(Coatlnued pa page H Kansas Carole Violator Is Arrested at Eugene EUGENE, Ore.. Oct. 10. Wil liam Wallace Patterson, wanted at Atchinson, Kas.. for alleged violation of a parole from the state penitentiary, was arrested here today and will be taken back. Patterson said he had been sentenced to serve from one to , five years on a statutory charge. I THE WEATHER OREGON: Wednesday unset tled, probably rain r cooler east portion. Maximum temperature, 67. .Minimum temperature, 51 , Set, 58. s River. 1,6 feet below normal level. Palling. 1 -Rainfall, ,.01 inch. , Atmosphere, clear. Wind, north. pen vs. Phillip Warren, Grande Ronde Indian, this afternoon. According to the testimony of J, H. Jap - Perry. Mstool pipeon" used by the slain officers, it was brought out on cross examination that Price had, partaken of liquor on the night in question. ' ;- ' ' ' - v, - Pf-.rry testified that he himself had several drinks during the evening and had given away several, 4pos3ibly two." He saw Price take a drink, too, said Perry, but declared he could. not have taken much because the liquor was in a small brown; beer bottle apd after the shooting it was about half full, i l i , : , . : 1. : j, t ' . a it was aeciarea vy rerry mat DALLAS, Ore, Oct. 10. (Special to The Statesman) Inconsistencies between the story of the shooting of .Grovcr Todd and Glenn Price, as told by witnesses for the state and that told by Pauline Warren, sister of Phillip 5 Warren, the defendant, who faces a charge of first degree murder, and Helena, Mont.. Oc. so. in testimony to the effect that at least one of the two slain protest against a cut of 7 cents men had indulged in intoxicating liquor on the night of the a hundred pounds on wheat for Is hooting , were developments in the case of the "state of Ore- : I ti tr j :t 3 . j? i export from Montana points to 1 Pacific 'coast ports the. following telegram was sent the . Interstate Commerce Commission; today by E. G. Toomey, secretary of the Montana railroad commission "Press dispatches here carry the news that the rate expert, of the department of public works in the state of Washington states that the rate on grain from Mon tana to Pacific ports is sought by North Pacific coast interests to bring empties to their; states for eastern shipments. This confirms our telegram of October 7 point ing out that the export rates are merely a cover for purposes other than export. The grain will be unloaded at Pacific coast ports and there manufactured into flour at seven cents a hundred pounds under Montana millers who in fact are shipping it under identical circumstances and for Identical destinations on highef domestic rates. : "What assurances have carriers given you and what assurances can they possibly give you that the identical wheat will travel without diversions into Pacific bottoms under1 charter for the Orient? This proposition is vital to Montana producers and Mon tana millers and to two-thirds of our agricultural population, and yet you have not in the face of a Man Accused of Killing Wife to Be Witness in His Own Behalf up his footprints therefrom. Telegram Received He did' it apparently. Tuesday night, he received an urgent wire from the chief of police at Los Angeles, telling him to hold with out fail one It. M. McCabe, . alias K. M. McDonald, wanted in Los Angeles for forgery and for im proper relations with a Chevro let car. Hall and these other two California aliases seem to be practically the same person. The officers- down there want all ot them, and say they'll get out ex tradition papers aad file com plaints. Hall said last night when the chief read him the long telegram from California: "Well, you've kind-a handed me a surprise, haven t you. But I'll show you something. I'll get an attorney, and I'll never go back down there." Hall Likely to Jlove The chief expects to lose his prisoner as a boarder very soon. pend the rate.1 BUDGET BESCIS SI OF S7.42l.50 Y. jyi. C. A. Canvassers Hope tp uompiete rmanciai Qampaign This Week. A total of $7,421.50 was report ed TfuoBday night as having seen collected or pledged on the Y. M C. A. annual budget fund. The ranvjassers met at the Y and com cared their notes, and laid out theij plans for today's work. Tley find that last year they had about 510 subscribers. They have! already secured only about 250 lof this list, with, many new- The state of California and the comers, to pick up in, the city, and federal authorities, it appears, J more are doubling their subscrlp both want Hail, and the Salem f tions than are failing to subscribe. police hunch seems to have been The outlpxjk is fine for the can all to the good. Hall had told a vass to gel the Y every dollar it rplendid story about having has asked for, a little less than bought the car in Portland,' and $12,1)00 in' subscriptions, and per- driven it down tp Taf t, Cal., and I hapsj even get some of the most this far on the road back, but he desperately needed improvements didn't like it and he sold it dirt thatf they have so reluctantly kept cheap and was going to buy anoth. off (heir present budget. er in Portland. The police are I The hope Is that the canvass looking for a claimant for this lean jbe completed this, week; and Cadillac car, other than the new that the Y will have adequate $5 owner. I provision made for its, many vital activities that have been serving at l4ast 800 Salem boys and fully POUT Dead POllOWing Tie Y cause was presented In MUtiny Of PriSOnerS nlnejof the Salem churches. Sun. daylmorning or evening oj cap- DUBLIN, Oct. 10. (By the I able! Y enthusiasts. Carle Abraras Associated Press) Four persona j visiced Leslie Methodist church; are dead and a number o others! Mead Elliott was at the South wounded following a mutiny 01 isaiefn Friends' cnurca; uuo raui- Ir ish regular army prisoners in I us spoke at the First eMthodist the Mount Joy jail today. The and the Presbyterian churches; dea& afe one national soldier. Dr. Frank Brown addressed the two policemen and one mutineer. Firsf Baptist congregation; C. E. v A search of the cells of thelAlbih was at the Central Congre- mntineers after the disturbance j gatipnal revealed a Quantity .of materials I the SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10.- Henry Wilklns will take the stand In his own defense in an effort to disprove the Prosecution's con tention that he is guilty ot the murder of his wife, Mrs. Anna Wilkens, it was announced today by Wilken's attorney. I The defendant was confronted .with numerous witnesses who gave testimony corroborating that of previous witnesses that Mrs, Wilkens was killed here the night of May 30 in a mock holdup plan ned by Wilklns and Walter and Arthur Castor. Three of the Castor, brothers. Arthur, Robert and Harold have gone to the stand already to tel their versions of the events sur rounding' the death, of Mrs. Wit kens, and a fourth, Chariest may also be called by the prosecution Arthur Castor, principal " wltnera against Wilkens so far, has been promised immunity against prose cution In connection with the slaying of Mrs. Wilkens. Walter Castor died by his own hand when the police sought to arrest him. ' Toda-y there was produced $100 bill which the prosecution contends was received by Walter Castor from Wilkens after the the slaying. Schultz Not Guilty of Manslaughter is Verdic STOKAXE, Wash., Oct, 10. Herman Schultz, charged with manslaughter, was found not guilty in superior court here this afternoon after the Jury had de liberated one hour and 40 min utes. Schultz. a farmer, was ac cased of driving his automobile into another machine on a high way near here on June 19, kill ing G. fi. Ileglar and E. li. Chambers. Allen Kafoury visited First Congregational, T. E. for use in making bombs, exploe-1 McCroskey the First Christian, ives, revolvers, several ' bombs. ammunition and I and C. M. Roberts the Jason Lee Methodist t&jjehja. Non-Stop Flight to Be i. Postponed by Aviators SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 10. Lieutenants J. A. McReady and Oakley Kelly, aviators who last week broke the record for sus tained flight here hi the big mon oplane T-2 and who had intend ed! to start tomorrow on a non stop . flight to New York, : an nounced tonight that they would postpone that flight as the result of unfavorable weather in the middle west, BUMP PASSES , RIVERSIDE. Cat; Oct. 10. (C-2) The army blimp C-2 flew ewer Riverside at 9 : 3 0 o'clock to night on the way from Ross field Arcadia. Cal., to Langley Field, Newport Jsws4 ya. he did not know- to whom he gave the drinks. '.V'V;: A ' T-: ' Invited! to Drink V " ( Henry -Petite,, Indian, testl; , fled when, called! by the defense, : however, that Perry had ' ap-1 proached him ; and Warren ln a' pool hall at New Grande Ronde -and had Invited them out to have' - drink and that the three: had taken drinks from a bottle pro duced by Perry. . - r ' i petite also testified that even up to the; time Warren ' escaped ; front the custody of Perry the of-" fleers had ': not revealed them-" selves as such, kit i V-'i4 I Pieced togethejilthe atorlea of. the witnesses for the defense as to the circumstances surrounding 5 tbe shooting provided a narrativt almost Identical ' with that re ported in the press at the time ol the affair. ; - - Testimony Corroborated , Perry's a tory of the attempted arrest of Warren after he ' had sold him a bottle of .moonshine for $2, Warren' attempt to es- w.ape, the scuffle in, which Price hit the Indian on the head with the butt of his gun and Warren's subsequent escape and his return with a 'rifle - was ' borne ont by other witnesses . called by the state. . ";' v- H.-: A story which '': casts " new , light on the ' details of tha ac-, tual . shooting was told 'by Paul ine Warren, 17, however. v ' Girl's Story Plffcrs According to her testimony, to which '. he ; stuck consistently, through a gruelling cross-exam-, inatlon by Walter "L. Tooxe Jr . the ran to the dance hall to tell ' Phillip Warren's wife of. his In-, jury after the defendant had ap peared at his father's home cov ered with blood , and apparently . excited. She was In bed, she said, when her trother appeared at the " house near the edge of town but was called by her mother and hastily dresed and hurried to 'the hail.-.-- "V. .-v.? On reaching the ball and Just . after she had told Warren's wife to come and help the shots were heard. Pauline then' ran down stairs to the street and toward, the garage in front of which the . shooting took! place, ! her, testi mony revealed. lOn, the way she heard the last ' shot which was , fired. . ... -v - , Did Xot See ToWI . . Running up to 'the scene the girl declared, she came up behind, a man in a gray, suit and asked him it anyone had been hurt: As she spoke, the man felt . over backward and she saw that he had a gun ln hia left hand. Later bhe said she was told the man was Price.- She' saw nothing of Todd, said the witness, and only saw one. other man. in an over' coat and a group of men ln front of the garage door on the scene. Her brother; Phillip Warren, was not seen by ; her. testified Paul ine. From here she went directly home and found her - brother . there, she declared, t '- - j Tillamook Of fleer Called . 1 None ot the witnesses called by the state mentioned ; . the girl's having come upon the scene, and according to their, story Warren i V