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CntCTJLATIOH Arr-r for- fcptentr, 1S22 , tx TRZ cttt or aLT ad Mtnrkm ia ? Mu-m aad Paik OnmIi ' Maarly WTbj naaa The Oregon Statesman TKX QOICX xwairc. Dally and Sunday imici for month, andiar Aaruat 81, 1922 un si, iv undajr only unay onir . Daily and Sunday SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1922 ET) I o MEflFD ;LTS m ' mi , - "'SaTaTaaTWMalaBStaTaTaMaTafataTaTaTaTatta ' i M ? v 'v ' I PRICE! STATE fTNTQ . - i -. V i t t V. i llgLOjE Judge ..Carleton Resents At- tempts to Place Blame for Killing Upon Wife Bish op Faber Scored. NEW ANGLES OCCUPY V OFFICERS AT HAVRE U Questions Prepared by Mrs. s'i; Pyie Not Placed Before , Prosecutor, i - . ' LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31. Mrs. Margaret Carleton, who, with the -. Her. Leonard J. Christler was ' found shot to death in the Christ ,ler home at Havre, Mont., last I Friday, had confessed her lore for I the Rev. Mr. Christler to her hus- hand, Frank E. , Carleton, former Judge ct the district j court at r Havre,. Mr-V Carleton,;. declared to night In a signed statement to the Associated Prosa.-: . " ; Text of Statement ' . 'I can no longer remain silent v la the (ace of the studied and desperate attempt to whitewash this bishop of all out doors and shield ' Ms church from 'stigma, . - k - . . at ana wmcn attempt was cumaxea , by '. the startling - statement . of Bishop "Faber given to the Asso ciated Press that' 'I -believe as a i : result of the Investigation I have ' : j . . . m , t , iue oi ine irKajr wuica occur9 i ; Friday morning and after ques- ')- - a -. a. aL upmng mose wno Knew aoouc u, that If thi womanJadJbee able j ?tq work her will on Mr. Christler he would be alive today, nnraitn- lat to his wife, hut still living.' TnYMtlr-Hnn ftanffed At 'vi " "This attempt to., make it ap pear to the world ibat -Margaret threw herself upon this man that he tried to remonstrate and lead her Into a spiritual path, has goad ed, me into expression, r y "Though he be a bishop and a Christian man I challenge the sin- 1 cerity of his belief as expressed In 1 the statement above referred to. The so-called 'lnvetlgation' allud ed to by his reverence 'must of necessity have consisted of taking V a . few v perfunctory statements from the close friends and protec tors of the . pastor, "for 'any thorough, fair and' impartial delv ing Into the facts and. circumstan ces surrounding this matter would have so . conclusively shown : the true part that Christler- played. that escape from his- condemna tion would have been Impossible. "I protest against this attempt t tor ' la that th r.hristlnn anlrlt that was exemplified by the life ( of Christ? Does such a statement come with good, grace, from the lips, of one who Is the temporal H representative of a great churchT "The great bishop, refers to this g iui aua . uia wuiuau. ef the church can do no wrong as in the olden days the king was accredited with that attrlhuter . '4I wonder did hla .reverence i know when he made the statement aoore referred to that this pastor lrt l I. .1.1 -A - . I . n tiA i only a friendly and ministerial In terest 1b the Carleto family, had . written letters to Margaret Da yen- sent them-care of general' deliv- ery. What occasion for this sub- : vonuge u nis interest in ner was I ueh as the bishop and friends of h ;the man-would have you beljeve? Says Havre C1Uza Kaow ' " J "The ; citizens of Havre . well ,now the part that he has played d any. Investigation -that was Frthy of the name would have completely forestalled any-such 'an expression of opinion as has been j giren by Bishop Faber. r !- . Let It be well understood-that (Continued cn psora C) ; -THE WEATHER OREGON: . Wednesday, ; occa sional rain. . Txral Weather Maximum temperature, 58. Minimum temperature, 41. s River, 1.1 below normal level. Falling. Rainfall, .63 Inch. , Atmosphere cloudy. "' Wind, west. , ' .' If 'TTTi TWO ENVOYS WILL ATTEND HOME COMING Ambassadors to Exchange Greetings of Universities of Two States EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 31. A plan fhitiated by the University of Oregon home coming commit tee for the exchange of "ambas sadors' between the state univer sities of Oregon 'and Washington, November 11. when both institu tions hold their home coming ceremonies, was announced to day. The University ot Washington collegians . have announced the selection of Judge King Dykeman of Seattle as -their delegate and the Oregon "ambassador" will be announced soon, It was stated Eash "ambassador" will have a place, on the respective programs of the Institutions and each will occupy a seat in the governor's box at the football game that will feature each, homecoming. The delegates will carry good wishes of one institution to the other, according to the plan out lined by the committee. The football game In Eagene on: that day will .be between 'Unl versity of Oregon and Washing-. ton State college and at Seattle wmti TTnlvMaitv of Washing- i ton and University of California. E Marion County; Organization After 'Persons Who Gam ble on Election The Marion County Moral Im provement league, composed of several churches of Salem and vicinity ' and kindred associations such as Y. M. C. A., W. C. T. U., Y. W. C. A., Salvation army, and Brotherhoods met Monday eve ning at the First Presbyterian church for the purpose of consid ering - men and measures to be voted on November 7 next, and to determine - the attitude of the league with xeferenco to the. is-; sues in the forthcoming election. ' That the league Is active'and proposes to continue its efforts for the moral Improvement of the ; community was evident by the ap pointing of a number of special ' committees for active service and the passage of. resolutions, one of which looks toward the continua tion of the league in full force and effect for-at least another year with two or. more represen tatives from every organiation in the city Interested in moral up 11ft, , lA,v ;-r' . -: The league went on record1 as favormg the amendment proposed to th city charter of Salem to make the office of police chief ap pointive rather than elective, on the ground that If that official should be held difectly responsive to the mayor and common council of the city ot Salem instead of to the electorate at large more effi cient law enforcement could he se cured, 1 :. ' Reports had reached the mem bers of the leagup concerning the activity ot persons engaged In the illicit manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating ljquors and. this special feature of the organiza tion's work will be In charge of a special committee. Strong resolutions were passed condemning' alleged -open and frequent gambling about the city and" an effort will be made to have the district attorney, sheriff, constable, marshal and local police force, charged b section 2107 of the laws of Oregpn with the duty to stamp this out, to give the sit uation special attention. Reports were prevalent of gambling on the elections and members of the league propose t challenge the votes of persons who are guilty of this practice and to do all within their power to break up the eviU intercolleaiate Debate - Schedule; Opens Deo :-8 wiTr.T'.vii'. Ore. Oct, 31. The rn Intercollegiate debate sched ii in will begin' December 8 when University of Oregon meets Ore gon Agricultural college at Cor vallis, according to announcement at the university today. The coast championship debate will be held March 4th het ween Washington, Stanford and Oregon, - cu m beSiithdraw BY BRITISHERS Consulate at Newcastle-on-Tyne Not to Be Reopened Until Slater and Brooks Are Exonerated. FULL INVESTIGATION IS MADE INTO AFFAIR English Foreign Office Made Aware of Determination At Washington WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (By The Associated Press) The Unit ed States government has decided definitely not to reopen the Amer ican consulate at Newcastle, Eng land, until the British government has - unconditionally withdrawn the charges it made against Con- aul Slater and vice consul Brooks and publicly exonerated the two officials. The British foreign office haa been made aware of thfc determ ination, it waa learned today. reached after exhaustive investi gations of the situation at New-, castle which disclosed no founda tion whatever, in the opinion of American officials, to support charges which led the British au thorities last August to cancel the exequaturs of Slater and Brooks. Charges Cause Closing Action ' of the .British govern ment in cancelling the exequaturs wa followed by the closing of the consulate, and three separate in vestigations by the Washington government In charges that Slater and Brooks used their official po- sitions of Newcastle Improperly, in discrimination of British shipping interests and to the advantage of American steamship lines. The (Continued on page 6) TO BE Marion County 100 Percent Membership in Associa tion Solicited Membership of 100 per cent Btrong for Marion county will be the goal of the Oregon State Teachers' association when a membership campaign will be held in the county, in connection with the county teachers' Institute. Thanksgiving week. The goal for the entire state is 6,000 members. Eighteen counties have already reported 100 per cent member ship. - E. D. Ressler, secretary-treas urer of the association, and dean of the school of vocational educa tion at Oregon Agricultural col lege, urges the enrollment ot every teacher in Marion county for the following reasons: . Teachers Owe Support "Accomplishments of the six years of the association since its reorganisation hate - merited the support of every teacher in the state. "Unsolved problems demand the support of the strongest possi ble organiazticn. Among the many things to be accomplished are a more equitable distribution of tax es in support of schools, a retire ment fund, and a tenure of office. Oregon's association is organized in line with the most approved practice In other states and Ore gon must keep pace with them." 4 Oregon Behind In the contest conducted by the National Educational association last year for the largest propor tion of members in the national association. Wyoming ranked first and Oregon 20. Utah took first place and Oregon sixth, in a sim ilar "contest for members in their own state associations. It is the purpose of the Oregon State Teachers' association, ac cording to article 2 of- its consti tution, t"o promote the interests of ; public education, to advance the standard of the teaching prrv fession, and to secure the condi tions necessary to the greatest e ff 1 e i e ncy of - teachers and schools,, ' . TEACHERS ENLISTED SALEM MAN SEEKS WIFE IN CHICAGO Charles L. Martin Offers Re ward of Fifty Dollars if Clerk Will Find Her CHICAGO, Oct. 31. Fifty dollars for a reconciliation was the price offered to A. W. Miller, clerk of the circuit court today In a letter sent to him by Charles L. Martin of Salem. Ore. The Setter said that the re ward would be paid to Miller If the latter found Mrs. Martin and succeeded in getting her to drop a suit for annulment of her mar riage which has been brought in the Chicago court. Investigation showed that the marriage had been annulled last year. Inquiry here last night and a perusal of directories tailed to lo cate Charles L. Martin, referred to in the above dispatch fom Chi cago. . , Olcott Proclamation Clears Doubt in Minds of Ore gon Citizens To clear away doubt that ap pears to be in the mind3 ot Ore gon citizens as to whether Arm istice Day, November 11, is a le gal holiday, Governor Olcott, by proclamation yesterday, declares k to be a legal holiday,, in this state. ' The doubt arises through am biguity of the statute which does not dearly bring out whether the day Is a legal holiday. The gov ernor's proclamaion asks observ ance of the day as a tribute to sol diers, sailors, marines and others who participated In the World war. Secretary of State Declares Efforts of Democratic Party Futile JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. Jl Declaring that the present cam paign' the Democrat9c leaders are waging is a 'futile controversy with no purpose of achievement. Secretary of State Hughes asked the voters of the country In an address here tonight to uphold the hands of President Harding by returning to office those who have helped to write the adminis trations record- of accomplish ments. In every field, foreign and do mestic, Mr. Hughes, said the ad ministration officials had correct ly interpreted and carried into ef fect the desires of the American people. And as we pay our just trib ute of appreciation an esteem to the leadership of the president. he continued, "so we Invite con fidence in those who have faith fully worked with him and made success possible." The secretary praised in par ticular Senator FrHinghhaysen who is seeking re-election in New Jersey and declared the sena - tor's "experience in affairs, inde Tatigability and intimate know ledge of what Amercan prosper ity demands has been of the greatest aid to the administra tion." "When this . administration came into power," said Mr. Hughes, "every one was talking of the difficulty, if not the im possibility of Us tasks. It sad dened our friends of the opposing party to think of what we could not do. But we have gone for ward so successfully and swiftly with one accomplishment after another that our opponents are compelled to resort to false is sues which cannot serve them. In every position they take, you will Observe that they seek a futile controversy with ! no promise of achievement; the administration as sought achievement with a minimum of controversy. , ARMISTICE DAY . , LEGAL HOLIDAY HUE Oil STUMP FOR REPUBLICANS SALEffiiSTANDS BAD PLAGE SAYS MARSHAL Fire Protection Here Poorer ; Than in Any Other City of a . a Like size and Class in America. MEASURES PRESENTED ' AT RICHMOND MEETING Necessity of Passing Police Chief Bill Pressed by Speakers A meeting was held Tuesday night at the Richmond school to discuss the two city measures up for settlement at next Tuesday's election.' i The fire'btll provided for S13,- 500 bonds for a combine, d pumper and ' hose machine, was ably dis cussed by Fire Chief ''Buck" Hutton. and by A. C. Barber, state fire warden. Mr. Hutton' spoke of the danger to the citizens In all the outlying parts of the city. through having so little fire pro tection. Unique Distinction Here Mr. Barber declared that Sa lem has the distinction of having less fire protection 'than any city of its size and class in all the United States and Canada. Both urged support of the bill as a necessary protection to the city showed that the bond issue will cost but 10 cents a year on every thousand dollars of valuation, to pay off the bonds.. Police Bill Urged Mayor George Halvorsen and 'Attorney Smith spoke on the need of close coordination In the matter of city administration. which could be secured by sup porting the measure to make the chief of police an appointive in stead of an elective office. This, they showed, was in har mony with progressive city?build Ing everywhere. At Highland Tonight Another meeting Is to be held at the Highland school tonight, to present same two measures. Hal Patton and Attorney Ray Smith will present the police bill, and Fire Chief Hutton and State Fire Marshal Barber will talk on te fire protection measure. Similar meetings are to be held at the Englewood school, Thursday evening, and at the Lincoln school Friday at 7:30. TUB PEOPLE Rally Held by Republicans Stanfield and Mulkey At Jefferson Speakers in behalf of Governor Den W. Olcott and other Republi can candidates were warmly re ceived at a rally held at Turner last night. Henry S. Daly, Oregon pioneer farmer from Aumsville, was one of the speakers and gave a rous- iing, patriotic address, urging tne people of that community to vote for Olcott . ' . e Rev. J. W. Perkins, retired Methodist minister of Salem, gave an address on the efficiency of the state departments under the present administration. Mr. Per kins has many acquaintances in the Turner district who appluded Lim rounadly. The tax question was well pre sented by Lloyd T. Reynolds, one of the candida-tee for the legisla ture who answered many of the fierce contentions. Walter L. Tooze. Sr.. county chairman of the Republican cen tral committee, presided and spoke briefly. A rally will be held at Jeffer son Thursday night. Nov. 2, at which the speakers will be United States Senator Robert N. Stan field and B. F. Mulkey, Portland attorney, HEAR SPEAKERS SCOTTS MILLS CITIZENS ASK PAVED ROAD Delegation of Forty Persons Presents Case to Members of County Court Forty citizens of Scotts Mills came to Salem Tuesday, to pre sent to the county court their pe tition for a new paved road from Pine Tree to Scotts Mills, a dis tance ot two and one-half miles . The road4n question, which in their petition they allege is "the roughest road in Marion county that carries as heavy traffic leaves the Ml. Angel highway that is paved, and goes on its own through nothing but gravel. It Is part of the regular market road system of Marion county, and as 6uch has been worked by the county, but the board finds that there is not money available at this time for giving It a hard surfacing, which it is estimated would cost $25,000 more than has been appropriated for the purpose. The county court is anxious to Rive the relief that the petition ers ask, but the shortage of funds for the purpose makes It impossible to do the work this season. The general policy of hard-surfacing all these market roads as rapidly as possible, how ever, Is to be carried on witlfout petition. ARE I. R. Smith Elected Tempor ary President Another Meeting Nov. 2 . At a meeting of the Salem re full rlcor nnrf tnhfl cm rfpalpra held in Smitn Billiard room on Sunday, October 21, It was de cided to organise the Salem Re tail Oigar Dealers', Association, and the following temporary offi cers were elected: , ' President, I. It. Smith; vice president, E. Li. Kappahan; di rectors, Sam Soiof, Otto Klett, A. L. Williamson, F. J. Rupert, John Hughes; treasurer, E. Bles sing. : It was arranged that Mr. Bles sing would act as secretary until a permanent secretary waa elected. The following were appointed a price committee: Joe Adolph, Sam Soiof, Jim IngHs. A meeting will be held In the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Friday,. November 2, at 8 p. m. for the purpose of confirming the action taken at the October 21 meeting, and perfecting the or ganization, and also to transact other, business. Every dealer In tobacco prod ucts is expected to be in atten dance at this meeting. Testimony is Concluded Murder Trial of Mrs. Hazel - Compton CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 31. (By The Associated Press) Tes timony was concluded and sum ming up of arguments by the state begun late today in the first murder trial of Mrs. Hazel Cham pion, 22. charged with the slay ing of Thomas A. O'Connell car nival promoter of New Haven, Conn., in a restaurant here last July. In his opening statement to the Jury Edward C. Stanton, county prosecutor, asked that the Jury impose the death penalty on Mrs. Champion, declaring she was guil ty of O'Connell's murder. - "This girl Is from Texas and shoots from the hip," he de clared. This ntatement was objected to by defense counsel, paying there was no evidence supporting- the f'hip shooting." The court sus tained the objection. . TB DEfiLtfiS ORGIZED DEATH PEW FOR WOMAN ASKED ! .v - r WEDDING s ER AFTER SLAY ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 31 Mrs. Merle Brumfield, widow of R. M. Brurnfield, Roseburg dentist and convicted slayer of Dennis Russell was married to Howard Mozena of Portland, at Seattle, September 26 last, 19 days after Dr. Brurnfield committed 3uicide in the Oregon penitentiary where he was incarcerated under sentence to be hanged: ; j News of the wedding of Mrs. Brurnfield was; received here today. ; ; . i- . ' i-, 5J The couple are now In California, . LEGION PLANS TO CELEBRATE Armistice Day. to Be Observ ed in Big Way, Accord ing to Announcement Armistice day, Nov. 11, is to be fittingly observed In Salem, according to te plans now being made. Joe Minton, commander of the American legion; James Dusenbury, United States army; finkham Gilbert, Col. George A. White, Allen Kafouryand Dr. B, F. Pound, have been named as a general committee to have charge of the" arrangements Mayor George , Halvorsen has agreed to act -with the committee and nut the influence .of the city back of any anniversary obser vance that' they care to put on. ;, SHtorea to Close It is proposed to have all , the stores close from. 1:30 until " 4 o'clock, even though it is Satur day afternoon, and give everybody a chance to take part. A parade will take place to end at the Ar mory where the indoor exercises will be held. The committee Is to meet to night at the Chamber of Com f or the observance of the day. Other Clubs Invited Invitations' are being sent to all the civic organizations and or ders of the ctiy, to' send com mittees and Join in the arrange ments that will be made tonight. The Rotary. Klwanls and Lions' clubs, the lodges; the womans clubs, and other organizations, will be urged to tae part in to night's preliminary meeting and in the proper patriotic observance of the day. v ' IS Elf Quarters Has Over $500 up and That Much More Ready Says Dalrymple Anybody wanting $500 worth of action on his political money can get it at the .Marion County Democratic' headquarters, up stairs in the Patton building. "We have the "money, the honest-to-good ness coin, deposit ed for a good sporting bet, and it's ready for anybody to come and get," said. Secretary A. M. Dalrymple Tuesday. "We have tried to get it up at some of the headquarters where' they said there Was unlimited Olcott mon ey, but the bettors seemed to be out, or any good reason. And we have more than this $500 too, to put up on Pierce. Maybe we haven't enough campaign funds to hire a band or to buy advertising, but. thf 3 wager money comes in and, somebody ought , to take It. Fierce Fight is Staged Near Clifden, Ireland DUBLIN, Oct! 31. (By The As sociated Press.) A fierce fight took place today at Clifden, 45 miles northwest of Oalway, be tween national soldiers and a force of irregulars. Eighty of the nationals were captured after a 10-hour battle. One of their bar racks was burned to the ground and another, was blown up by a mine. . In southern Ireland the cam paign ot destruction continues. DEMOCRA HAVE Ml TO WAGER 19 D1S? UICIDEOF HUSBAND Pranksters Otherwise Amuse Themselves by Slashing - Auto Tires . The derailing of a street car on. the Seventeenth .street line,,. la Englewood, was only one ot an un usual number ' of 'Hallowe'en pranks last night that got beyond the realm of Innocent fyn, accord? ing to the police.- : . , , , An Associated, Oil sign had bea placed on the track. The motor man, was unable to stop! h is. car before striking he sign,, so at tempted to scoop K up with the fender, not suspecting It was wir ed therails The. obstacle, wss securely "anchored. however, and . derailed the car. . ..'. .. ',. . Several instances were report! j of automobile tires, some of thea new. being slashed and punctured with knives, while on another cat the mechanism was so disarranged that the auto bad to be towed to a garage for repairs. : ' At the New Park school a bag gy was deposited on.-the front porch, and W, Fr,Buchner, 1310 Court street, reports that some" youth amused himself by hurling a heavy marble through a plate glass window t.t his home. , Mr, Buchner offers a reward of $25 for information leading to the ar rest and conviction of the culprit. Many pranks of less serious na ture were reported. ' DIE ' A TO STKSOOil Sum of $12,000 Needed to Finish Unit Nurses ' School Endangered The board of directors of the Salem hospiital will begin at once a drive for $12,00Q which Is nec essary to complete the first unit of the hospital. With the needed sum. of. money, according to Hen ry WK Meyers., president of the board, the hospital mar be com pleted ...within 60, days. v 'wJtilCvitally;"jiikettry!.o' rush, work, on the hospital, Mr. Mey ers says, that the nurses training; school may be saved to the local institnttoa. ; - ' Members of the board of " di rectors' who will act as captains of the teams which will go- out' this week for subscriptions are William MScGIlchrlst Jr., Rnssell Cayin, Theodore Roth, I J. Sim. era!, Frank Deckebach August Hnskesterfn, Roy Shields. C. A. Parks, !H. W. Meyers, Mrs. Wil liam Brown. Mrs.., A. L. 8telner. Mrs. A. NT. Bush andd Mrs. Gro ver Bellinger. . ,- '" hit bV cait, . "AJ'T. Moffitt, or 'Salem, was struck 'by a Portland car, Tues day forenoon, and' received some painful Injuries about the 'head that required a trip to the doctors to have them sewed up.' The in juries are not believed to bo ser ious. v a . ., IS DERfiED 0 TA