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.' I VLARA PHILLIPS BELIEVED CAPTURED A T CASPER, WYOMING j r: 2diii r XSJJ-b- VSU Xy iS-Jil I Ul JlKkwLS UU U'lUj' O U- - '-The Oregon Statesman. SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1922 j PRICE; FIVE CNTS .! , - -J : - - " i - ' ' ; - fc , - . I ;ClllGES ILL llWITIAL HilNG 4 i - P n R n 1 r. . yt unntu STATUTES Frotection of Game Declared ! Inadequate. Under Present System of separate Com missions. FLAT AUTO LICENSE. , FEES ARE ADVOCATED 'Increase in Speed Limit Means Greater Safety, Say Some Motorists ' - Revisions of th - state . game Jivsj ,,; drastic., . changes , la the aatomobile license ' atatotes , and general changes in, motor vehicle traffic regulations are expected to haTtf placet on the legislatlTe , calendar at the coming i session 'ml will, "be counted among4 the mast Important subjects to be , threshed out and passed upon by the two nonsets.v', 'f; - Either of tbera Is -certain ; to 'precipitate a long-drawn-out 'and titter controversy. ,j . ' i ' i Game Oommlsniom Criticised ; ' 1 critieum is oeing levetea at tne I ttate game cdmmlsslon. parties- ' uriy dj sportsmen in toe. souui era part o theetate. It Is de- chred that since 'the old state, ' fioi and gajaA commission, was diTidedinta two commissions., , s, 7Uh commission and ft game com mission, that .tfe.e game! u lawn., of Oregon are not enforced as well s they were under the old re gime, i "; , ''t'A 'i ' Sportsmen f ; are complaining, particularly, because the fishing license fee is now $3, while a tew . rears ago it was' only $1, and they assert that because of that fact I articular care should be taken to enforce the laws that are designed to protect the game of the state. Drastic Change Advocated i Verlr novel and verV Araattc are Y tbe changes that are demanded in J 1h mhtnii aM1a llMtiia la ' At the present time fees on passen ger vehlclea range from .SIS to round $70 while on. the . larger motor. buses the fee may be In ex cess of $90.i In lieu of this some of the motorists of the state are demanding a Hat fee on ail motor vehicles. - Some . of them would pat this as low as $5, while others suggest that $10. would be about right. To make up the difference ia revenues derived from ,the de partment they would hare the tax en gasoline increased . from the present 2 cents a gallon to 4 or cents a gallon. :; j. , ! Enough Revenue Estimated " I The flat fee tor licenses, tuey calculate, should pay for the tags n4 administration,' while the v i tasoline tax would take care of revenues that are needed from the department for the . highway funds., 4 Oregon Is too slow; with Its motor traffic on the highways, the motorists are asserting. . They - demand more speed.' ' It may sound paradoxical;1 but -they de clare that: more speed means greater safety on the highways. - How They Figure li r : This Is the way thV figure It. 'The present limit Is 30 miles an hour on the open road, with 'due allowance made It one car finds it necessary to overtake another. Suppose: a car Is going, along at 20 or 2 5 miles. , Another car crawls up behind and attempts to Pass the first car,, Hubs clash (Continued on, page S) THE WEATHER OREGON: Tuesday;- probably rain or snow southwest por tion; fair and continued cold elsewhere. f . - - V LOCAL WEATHER; I : (Monday Maximum temperature, 44.; Minimum temperature, 31. " v aiver,?6.4 feet above normal level; stationary. L- Rainfall, fcone.,:":i -v,;'. Atmosphere,''-. cleat.':i:.t , ,1 Wind, north. . HELD YESTERDAY; DISTRICT LIKELY f At AuynsviUe Monday af ternoon was held a meeting that may prove to be the solution of the irrigable problem for much of the fertile but all too dry Santiatn valley. v About 40 land owners of the valley met to talk over the formation of an irrigation district under the state laws. They met with a Mr. McDonald, representing the Willamette Valley Irrigated, Land company, and Joseph McAllister, from the state engineer's office. A permanent working organiza tion was formed, with Clarence Bowne as president and J. H. McKinney as secretary. E GOTO Additional Detachment Sent Hundreds Fed from Ar--my Meals 1 Daily ' An additional detachment of ltf supply ; sergeants and j oooks was ordered to Astoria last night by Brigadier . General George A. White, adjutant general ot j the state, to meet the' heavy demand for meal at that place. More than 1700 meals were sews Sunday from the emergency mili tary.; kitchens sent by enerai White to "Astoria following the destruction of the business sec tion and ot : all restaurants.- . The. report received at national guard i headquarters from Major jr. v. Shur, in charge ot the sup ply) and, commissary detachment of the guard now at Astoria, said that 116& meals were serred on Sunday and 17 00J yesterday, with the 'prospect that there would be no 'immediate : decrease In the number of people who would have to be cared for. - ! j The supplies are being; furn ished ! from Uhe ' relief supplies sen by vaVious instit,utioas and agencies, and no charge is being made-for those eating from the national guard emergency! kitch ens. Half a dosen experienced military cooks .are ; in charge ot the cooking and full meals are being served. . Aesop Voiced a profound m SOLDERS 1SH : EDITORIAL Fox and Mamma Lion. Maxima Fox boasted of the number of her children, 10 or . a dozen at a birth, and commiserated the lion family of only one or at the most two cubs. But Mamma Lion knew the right answer. "Yes," she said, only one at a time but my. child is a LION, and not a sharp nosed thieving fox." i - ,Willamette has jiever been afA haw that only a few years titan inn polleiriate students attending at any one time. And yet out of that almost pitifully imposing US t 8uwnuio, j uu6w, D6y-, ""-e.- 1 r- f.tA of f iVrrs. nhvsicians. editors, high clas3 men and women in almost every walk of life. They are hot foxes, not bur rowing, back-biting underlings but -rear lions in the cause of human service. .. Tt ia a strikincr fact' that bv Willamette student have always been at hast partially self supporting. Maybe it keeps a young man or woman properly human to have to work at; table-serving b? dirt-shoveling or the thousand lowly tasks that Willamette stuaema nave per formed in the past SO years while working out, their own iiratinnnl salvation. But thtr cams through with k spirit refined in .the fires of .adversity, and they carry iheir hu manity into life, a benediction to the-whole world.r ' It might be a misfortune for Willamette td become too rich.- It might spoil the fine flavor of mimamty tnat nas ai vovt nrpvallpd and that has iriven tone to every.life that has passed through the college halls. But the present endow ment campaign isn't a luxury, a menace it is a gryn neces sity, if the college is properly to do its work. The attend tra Tinw nhnost five times what it was 10 years ago. It is now only half what it ought to be, and will be, within three years if the endowment campaign wins. : It's up to the pojntthat it must grow or shnvel. v ; - - ; : , statistics show that an almost negligible tiumber of col W students ever so more than 50 miles to college. 'H there is no college within that distance they do not go at' all. What would Salem be with no college for.its young peonlel Willamette has given Salem a national reputation. . Let's back it up for thg next lap in A, working committee of five men .was named, including T. G Thompson, A. E. Bradley, J. N Duncan, ; Harry Colgin and J. W. McKinney,, to make a careful, ex haustive report on the water rights and ditches of the old .Wil lamette Valley Irrigated , Land company, and to frame up a ten tative plan fer operation. -They will ascertain ', the, cost I of the water, the estimated operating costs,, the -acreage, the sufficiency of the water rlghta, and a number of the vital points in developing an irrigation system, .and will make their report at a meeting to be called by the president, when they; have their work ready to make pubfic. 27,000 Acres In volTcd , Approximately 27.000- acres in all, has. been, move or less hazily "under Irrigation". In that section of the Santlam- valley, j Some f ibe itoaiga lies and v- canal have been built, tJd a few of the prud ent farmers, hare raised some phe nomenal crops -from the water carried in the ditches. But be cause of litigation, and lethargy and distrust, the country has gone on for a number of years, prac tically waterless, while the San tlam carried $5,000,000 worth of potential crops down its unused current, in the season Just passed -and no one was a nickel the gainer, for all that precious water. Meeting Krst Step The meeting Monday was mere ly a first trial at the big thing of forming an official bonding dis trict. What the acreage might be is at present purely speculative. It might run as high as 12.000 or 15,000 acres, or ! iven , more. About 4,000 acres was represent ed at this first meetitfg, though the meeting had almost no adver tising. This acreage is well scat- ( Continued on page ) truth in his story of Mamma a quantity scnooi. ine recr ago, there were hardly more small number, has Come an v - far the larger number of the the race ot liiej STIFF JOLT IS ACCORDED . ON 2 COUNTS James Patterson Punished For Carrying Concealed Weapon and Also Liquor SILVERTON. Or., Dec. 11. (Special to The Statesman.) James Patterson, said to be a newcomer from Portland, was ar rested Sunday in Silverton, charged with the possession of in toxicating liquor, and also with illegally carrying dangerous wea pons.. He was brought up for trial Monday before Justice P. L. Brown and fined $50 for. carry ing firearms and $250 and given 100 days in the county jail on the liquor charge. He was taken to Salem Monday night to begin serving his sentence. John Dick and James Lynch, arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct and fighting, were also up before Justice Brown Monday and fined S50 each. Both elected to He It out In jail, which they ate. now doing. CLARA IS BELIEVED IN PRISON CASPER, Wyo Dec. 11 In the arrest of a woman who got off the Burlingtort pas sedjer from Bilings ' here early tonight, Captain Clayton oi the police department be lieves he has captured Mrs. Clara Phillips, ' convicted of the hammer murder of Mrs Albert Meadows, at Los An geles. The woman, accompanied by a man, got off the train here about 8:15 p. m. and im mediately entered a closed taxicab. Two motorcycle of ficers followed her and made the arrest within two blocks The police .announce the de scription of the woman fits Mrs. Phillips closely, r. i The woman answering the description of Mrs. Phillips asked the police to be locked up in a dark cell and the po lice took the precaution to place her .in one of the strong est cells in the city jail here. As soon as she was placed under, arrest, the woman clos ed up like a clam, refusing to answer any questions as to where she came from or who she was. She carried a suit case filled with clothing; but there were no letters or per sonal addresses which might enable the police to identify her. In the vanity case which she carried there was only a powder puff and rouge. There were no cards or other mat ter which might hssist the police in any way. , She asked Chief Nlsbet, former ly police head in Denver, that no body be permitted to see her to night. Early tomorrow, the pol , ice expect to, etart to cross- examine her. She Is described by Captain Clayton as a woman of about me dium height, weighing approxi mately 155 pounds, fairly good looking, dark complexioned and dark hair which was not exactly black. . She appeared to be about 35 years old. She was well Pressed and wore a fur neckpiece. When shown a newspaper pic ture of Mrs. Phillips, Captain Clayton said he felt reassured in his belief that the woman held in the jail is the real Mrs. Phillips. i He said that she answered practically every detail of Mrs. Phillips' description as sent out by the Los Anegles authorities. ! ; ' Woman is Silent The two officers started after the taxicab ; on motorcycles. A block from . the Burlington de pot, the car In which the woman was riding turned Q?f on a side street f whila the other taxicab J Continued on page ?) i fl: S. P. MELODY I MINSTREL IN SCORE HEAVY Performance Given at Pen- j itentiary aid to be of Real vauaevme uaimer All Appreciate. ICKETS REPORTED . ALMOST ALL SOLD Band for First Time is Com posed Entirely of Pris on Inmates By STANLEY C. EISMAN. A well known connoisseur of stardom once said:- "Ninety per cent of the nation's footlight tal ent has never seen the' vaudeville stage." As far as most of us are con cerned he's correct. , But In that 90. per cent belongs the Oregon But Penitentiary Melody Min strels.. - It applause and appreciation Is a criterion of the program which they put on last night for the benefit of the inmates, the war dens and their wives, then Hippodrome,- Pantages, Orpheum would; book the whole show ; In aiininnte if they could. The In mates were ' jabre fortunate than than the general public for they saw a real quality "big time" show Just 24f hours sooner.. Practice Long Critics say there is suiih a thing as "spreading the molasses too thick." But when inmates of a penitentiary spend 10 years in conscientious and laborious prac tice1 to" perfect a. minstrel show, it is bound to get better and bet ter. And that sums the 1923 show up in a nutshell. It's bet ter and bigger than It has ever been before. Forty-nine inmates and two parts comprise the, show. The first part, which features the well known prison minstrels is a melange of jazz, , harmony and syncopation, interspersed with local prison jokes for the bene fit of the Inmates. In this act several soft shoe artists of pro fessional caliber and two songs, "Down by the Riverside," and "Irish Lullaby," took the house by storm. The entire act was put on In a style that rivaled the fa mous George Primrose minstrels in appreciation. "A Letter to Walter M. Pierce" also proved a big hit to the audience in this act. ' Taylor MIrthmaser The second stanza of this musi cal concoction includes acts 'by Individual stars, featuring especi ally the "King of the Harmonica" "A Little More Scotch." the O. S. P. band and throughout all a whirlwind mirthmaker, one Fred Taylor who kept the prison audi ence in a continuous fit of con vulsion. Taylor, a full blooded negro. Is completely at home on the stage and his ability as a "nut comedian" is as taking as the popular patter for which such men as James J. Morton, Joe Whitehead. Harry Hines and Neal Abel, vaudeville's past and pres ent kings of comedy, are so well known. And the other acts which called for a rare display of musi cal and character ability were in tensely appreciated. Jazz Excels The O. S. P. band, featuring "The Tall Cedars," and "Noboddy Lied" brought" the' high quality show to a triumphant conclusion. The band and orchestra, com posed entirely of inmates for tho first time in the . history of the institution ' syncopated through "Noboddy Lied" with the whin ing trombone and groaning saxo phone in a way that rivaled the Royal Purple and George Olsen's orchestra. Nothing but well deserved praise can be said for the entire entertainment. The general pub lie will be admitted for the rest ot the week. According to latest reports , from Schaefer's drug store, more than two-thirds of (Continued on page, 2.). STENOGRAPHER'S CHARGES M DOWN WHEN JURY REPORTS SMi AFTER 28 MINUTES RETIRE011 Dime or Dollar Dropped Into Pot Bans Blues, Avers Ella McMunn; Salvation Army Needs Described By ELLA MeMUNK Along about this time of the year, when the wind howls around the corners ot the house and the rain creeps in under the doors and you are literally freez ing to death the moment you get two feet away from the fire, It is about time, as I said, that I like to tell what I know about th Sal vation army. Once two sisters, one of them 5 years old and the other TO, lived in a little house on North High street, working around "for enough to keep soul and body to gether. They had come to Salem from eastern Oregon in order to be near the son of the younger woman. The lSf-year-old lad was in prison for complicity in a shocking murder! Bad crime, of course, but you -' know how moth ers and aunts will cling to the bad boys, 'and It is a good thing,' too. The mother became 111 and sup plies ran low. ' So the ?0-year-old aunt' of the hoy asked a Salvation army man to sit with, her sick sister while she went out to the prison, to see if the boy had some money he might give. them. He had. " It was 35 cents. ' So she walked all the way back again to save carfare. In! her absence the army man had split some wood and had prayed from the depths of his soul that help would come. And. sure' enourh. he hadn't brushed the dust from the knees of his trousers when along came a woman who heard aU ibout it and who told the States man, and the Statesman published the story, and the Ink wasn't dry On the paper when help came pouring in. Influential people got busy with the' governor, the lad was pardoned, and he cared Tery tenderly for his mother and aunt during their remaining years. Timely Help Comes Then out on the hill . by the cemetery a young couple lived in a shack. They were recent arri vals from the east. Discouraged, and out of money, the young man tramped the wet streets and wet roads seeking work. His wifea frail girl, was just up from pneu monia. The wood gave out just as a pot ot beans had started to ELI M. OWSLEY WILL COME HEBE National Commander of Am erican Legion to Be in Sa lem January 5 National Commander Elvin M. Owsley of the American legion is to be in Oregon the early part of January, visiting in Portland, Sa lem, Eugene and other important cities of the state. He is to bo in Eugene January 4, in Salem and Portland Janu ary 5, and probably will spend two or three days in Portland. He will be in Salem only a few hours, according- to. Adjutant General George A. White. Elaborate preparations are be ing made by the state legion of ficers, it is understood, for the entertainment of the national commander while he is here. Dempsey Says He is Ready to Meet Willard LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight ring champion, is ready to meet Jess Willard. - former v champion, auy time or place within the next 48 hours or six montha if Wil lard Cad ' interest a legitimate promoter In' the match. Jack Kearns, the champion's manager, announced here today. j cook, but the young woman ate some of them anyway, and then went back to her sewing of some very small garments she was seek ing to fashion out of her own clothing. Her tears fell and blurred the stitches. Pretty tough to be away from your mother at such "a time. But the Salvation army found her and-the Statesman. laid the matter before the good people of Salem, ' and again the deluge of kindness. Judge Burnett gave 20 and dug his fists into his eyes and didn't want his name mentioned Well, bless his dear soul, I have kept quiet 14 years, and that is quite long enough. And Dan J. Fry. the druggist, came hurrying down with a tray of hot breakfast for a mother and sick daughter as soon as he read about them fn the Statesman, end those who know Mr. Frr may b anite . mnrm the tray carried something In addition to the breakfast. ; Death and Poverty Next . They lived in a hop shack .Jn the country, although the' time for picking hops waa long past. There was a father and mother and six children. Nobody knows fhat they suffered. . This first anybody knew the mother was dead, just before Christmas', too. There wasn't even a sheet fn the house to place over the r other's 5 till form, so someone ripped up flour sack and hid the sharp, pinched face from the little ones. Everybody helped, but I recall that it was William Fleming; the real estate man, who sent the $5 that bought warm stockings and caps for all the babies. ' Altogether the Salvation army found 70 cases that winter, and the Statesman told the stories, and the big-hearted Salemltes hunted up food and clothing, and jobs and doctors. - Personally, I have never cried so, much, nor had such a glorious Christmas In my life, and : It Ldoesn't matter how "blue" and discouraged I become, I always find that something lovely hap pens right away It I drop a dime or a dollar Into the old black pot over which the Salvation army presides at Christmas time. Just try it. - - " ER MAY GET N JOB Minton May Be Selected for Parole Officer, Latest Gossip is The latest gossip here relative to the appointment , of a parole officer at state penitentiary by Governor-elect Walter M. Pierce when, he goes into office, is that the appointment will go to a Portland man. . Wiseacres here have up to this time been positive in their as sertions that Joe Minton ot Salem would get the job, but now It seems the wind has begun to blow toward Portland. Opinion that W. L. Kuser will (remain as superintendent oi the appears to be crystalizing. Some of Governor-elect Pierce's closest party friends are said to be for Kuser and asking that he be retained. Mr. Kuser is recognized at one of the most capable men in the United States in the training of boys. Since he was brought to Oregon by Governor Olcott seT- eial months ago from Iowa, how ever, he has been the center of a political whirlwind, particular ly around Salem, because ; the salary attached to the position ras lifted slightly to get him to come to Oregon. The position is one of the hardest in the state to fill for the reason that It re quires a specialist in the train ing of adolescent boys. POMD OXFORD, Misa Dec 11. (By the Associated Press) 'A verdict for the defendant was returned at 6:0$ o'clock tonight in the suit jfor. dam-' ages instituted by Miss Fran ces JBirkhead, stenographer, against Governor. Lee ZL Rus sell; for damages based ; on charges of seduction and oth er allegations. ' , . ; ; The verdict, merely saying, "we, the jury, find for. the de fendant; was returned .just 28 minutes after the case was submitted to it. - Neither the plaintiff. nor the defendant was;,; in" the court! room;:". - T 'i?'. "4" ' S954.34Q IS . LATE FIGURE Nearly$300,OOO i f.!ore Is Needed by Campaigners -for .Willamette Fund " y. But' for their rale of "announc ing only the pledges' definitely In' the office, signed and irrevocable, the Willamette campaign commit tee would haw another 115.001 , ' to add to yesterday's ntares for the endowment fund. 'But sinc4 ' the papers are not yst definite!; In their safe, they announce only $964,140. .:-y' ( That's a nice : utile ' sum - of money but It Isn't enough,. ; They , need a lot more almost "$300,- . 000 more. , . , V; ' ' - $ The 4tixnt. set', f pr i closing, the campaign, December 20, is only a few days .off. It "means Wednos, day night of next week,,, and to day Is Tues Dec ii. , "It, means a little more than 135,000. a ' day. or twice as much as any day yet1 rport64.o;;;., U ; .With KlwaaUuis Today i".. I The campaign committee -tor -Salem meets 'with the Klwanls club, with the . wniametu-wor av ers as hosts tor the occasion.-The Klwaniana had planned , a Csa program, with s Miss .'Cornslla ' Marvin , ot the state library ; as principal speaker, and, Mrs. Phil Newmyer as soloist. . 3Hsa . Mar y in,, however, told them that she would rather give the day to Wil- lamette university, while the) big . endowment., campaign Vis on, "so the club meets as part of the en . dpwment army and not 4s sep- irate nmnlcatloa ,'.. ''. ;. Salem reported a tine Increase in subscriptions since the Friday ; ' report, which wss the fast public ' announcement. - f 12,745 was- fad ed to the local account. At that, however, Salem Is still 1100,009 abort of the allotment set' by, the ; estimating committee, and the lo ' eal army that has been working night and day foresees another hard week-before the campaign ' Is ended and won. -v ' '. umk'ttirtk&vUiir ; ': v i i Rev. Ward Willis Long if as the high captafa for Monday; .with subscriptions of ,$2000 to add to the campaign fund.:'. The Wallace ' army had a . slight' lead ' tor Uke day , over the Morris ' f inancfers, :: They had, respectively 14416 an4 " $3020 for the day's report, w,ith $5300 of subscriptions " secured divided, equally between - the two ' armies,, $2650 apiece. v , ? Dr. B. Ij, Steevejv president of the Willamette .board of trustees, was the chairman for the Monday meeting. He told the Interesting :4 fact that the; board had not in tended to put on the big endow ment campaign this year, but the conditions Imposed by the general board ot . education regarding k their Own big subscription of $350,000, and . the interc.it that, they have been advancing for the past two years, made ltt Imperative to do it now. : . ' . . . . Short fiwwhmi ftraril Several one-minute speeches were made, by Claudo A. Kclls of the T.M.C.; Vernon ' Sackelt Tor the graduates. 'Eric Butler, Ot to Paulus. nev. Ward Willis Long. (Continued on page 2.) , -