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i .' I it-- --? .,.;.,....-.. .j.f. - :.'vj,.-.f.;i.v',iJ,.. , r.: .,- ---Ai. .: ...Mi-j.' 7. 'i . i : CZKUULATZOH Arena for febreary, ; 1923 : WIN THE CITY OF SALEM . j ' V and elwwhera la : ' . Virion and Polk Conntie Narly Ttrybody reads The Oregcfn Sstatesman THE E0 US KEWSPAPEB i4 .Baadar..onIy .6002 .5420 Arr for ix nontha ending January 1 JSnadty aly 4----i-.580( Daily and Sunday ..1. 5481 SEVENTY-SECOND YEAB ! SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1923. i PRICE FIVE CENTS f4f j : ' A PORTLAND . JEWELRY STORE . LOSES $2O,0OOSMM ' HbHWAYH navnn r wtm. i LOOT STORE Bich Haul Made; in Estab lishment of Gus Cramer: Proprietor 7 and Employes Bound. LOSSES SAID ONLY COVERED IN PART Jewels Carefully Wiped Off That Fingerprints May Not Be Seen. ' PORTLAND Or., March 12. Two armed highwaymen bound the proprietor and two employes one a young woman - in the G. Cramer Jewelry store on an tip per floor in a downtown office building late today and escaped with ' several thousand dollars in jewelry- and watches. ' : Both .bandits were yonng; men. ' fairly dressedi ; -They wore - no masks. They, entered the jewel--rjr store and j immediately drew their rerolTep, ordering Cra- ; mer, C. Tonner, s - -watchmaker, and Miss Mildred, Hall, a clerk. to throw up their' hands and be silent. ,. - . . M : ,-Tti '"bandits produced r.'T6pes "and tied up the " three persons bat did not gag ' them.' ; Cries ' Tor help .' attracted - other per- wns '.in tie ull ding-' soon after he robbers, had fled and the po ke were called. y ' ,- ."cViOsse barfly -Co ei ul - '" ' Ous Cramer, .proprietor of nfce jewelry store said tonight that the robbers took . approximately ? 2 0,0 00 worth dr-J6ose diamond rings and - watches - f When the two robbers entered Tm place, Cramer said, they cor ered the ' fourv persons . present "with . reTolTers - -e,nd ordered them to put up their hands. All complied. ' One robber then held a gua while, the .other f produced a ball of heavy twine and pro ceeded to tie Cramer, C-CV Tonner;- J. G. ; Jasman, 'tlerks "'and Miss Mildred Han,? a stenograph er. He 'then opened ' the show cases, took out the Jewels and after caref ally rubbing ont all f lager prints fwith a handker chief and -warning the store peo ple not to make an outcry," left Vith his companion. .No one. re ported haring see V, tk4-4 iwbl leave, the building but it was ap parent that they had left by one of theV'eleTatorsaU 6f "which were crowded "with people c lear ing tbejr offices after wdy work. '. Cramer : said "his losses '"were only partly corered by. Insurance. Some of the stolen lwels, he said, belonged to customers who toad - left them fhere for -various purposes.. ' . ' Richard-Ormbreck Wedding at Silverton Held . Sunday SILVERTON. Or.. March 12. (Special to The Statesman.) ;A very qoiet wedding took place at. the home' or Mrs. Q.l Ortn breck Sunday afternoon- at' 4 o'clock when j Miss Rnth JOrm breck became the .-wife,'- of Jessie Kichard. The bridal couple IfJ DAYLIGHT were attended - by a iTsiiter .orthe jsalm. - - The "car bore the . . . ' ... ltiTl..-tiLil1- - . . ...... . bride and her , husband Mr. hhd Mrs. Bartlett Tyons. . ; Mr. and Mrs. Richard will1 live at Salem for the present 'as Mr. "Richard is under the medical ; care for!i ati Injury: he - received ' in the Silverton logging camps some time ago. ; t :- v : THE WEATHER ' , OREGON: Tuesday, rain. (LOCAL. WEATHER 7 Monday i Maximum temperature, Minimum temperature. River, 4.8 feet, rising. Rainfall, .19 inch. AtmOsphereV. cloudy. Wind, sou fch. 54. 37. TWD.IH-CONVIGTS J) UP ; B Robert Barns, 40 paroled convict from the (Oregon state penitentiaryMnd Edgar Iewis Smith, -West Linn -resident, who held up arid robbed the State Bank at St. Paul early yes terday only to be captiired afc-Newberg about one hour later, both pleaded hot guilty to a charge of assault and robbery with a dangerous weapon, when arraigned in the justice court late in the afternoon.. A hearing will be given them at 2 p. in. this afternoon before Judge G. E. .Unruh. 7 V 1 When arrested $703.40 in cash FOSTER OP FOR TRIAL Forming Organization to Teach Syndicalism Charge Against Leader. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., March 12. William Z. Foster, of Chi cago, was placed on trial in cir cuit court "here today charged with assembling with an organi sation formed to "teach and ad vocate the doctrines of criminal syndicalism.--'! - . - Three other : charges oX the indictment,- accusing. 'Foster of advocating crime and violence, bave been dismissed "b the court. Conviction Carrie's penalty of 1 X ears In prison or a $5,000 fine, or both. ' 1 r ' nrora Questioned '"Tbe state 'questfohed the pros pective'; jurors, i particularly ;as to whether they had read alleged propaganda 'for the defenses mail ed" "to Vbters j throughout ' , the country ; -by the American J Civil liberties union of New jYork. Although 15,000 ; letters were said !; to have been mailed to as tt&ny voters here only one of the -panel called for jury duty recalled having seen the pamph lets. , '. . ; -;. Mr. Walsh questioned the jur ors about a speech delivered be fore' the local ) club by Allen O. Meyers,; assistant . general man ager of the W. J. Burns National Detective agency. ; ' Eight- Of - tbe 10 defendants wbo ' surrendered Saturday, in cluding ."Rose Pastor Stokes, Kd gar Owen, Max Bedacht, Robert Minor and Ella Bloor, have not yet Arranged to give the $1,000 bonds required. In the mean time thfey are at liberty 4 on their own recognisance. " ; AUTO -: OES :I1S WORK Hjalmar Fossholm of Silver ton, Given Ride1 After Sentence by Court, The "reform car" was given its second airing yesterday when udge G. E. Unruh ruled that 1n addition I to a '$10 fine paid for reckless " driving, Hjalmar Foss holm 'of Silverton . muBt be. Pub licly exhibited to the people of In- scriptions. painted on two , ban ners, "This Is la traffic la W vio lator being taught the rules of the' road." : ' Fossbolm. who - was arrested by State Traffic Offioer ; John Eakin. was charged with reck less arifc - incompetent driving.- It was asserted that he had been caught ziggsagglng1 his car down the Pacific highway in order, to frighten two girl occupants. AGED PIONEER PIES WALL, A. W A La L, A, ' Wash March 12. While the ; funeral cf his aged wife was being held In an r adjoining ; room at the home of his daughter , here, .Au gust Lonnecker, aged 70 t -frio-ncer resident of this , section died C -pneunohiitodar. ' ", , REFORM ST. PAE HELD HERE was found oh Smith. Unmasked they entered , the bank " shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morn ing, ordered W. M. .Murphy, act ing, cashier, and Miss Beatrice Murphy,, bookkeeper, to throw up their hands, and proceeded to scoop up what cash could be found in sight. ; Burns is understood .to have covered the enfployes while Smith took the cash. No patrons .were in 4.he lobby at the time and unmolested, they hurried into a waiting automobile and drove off. Halted By alarshal i " -Authorities were r immediately advised and a description ' of the bandits'and their car sent to near by towns, i At Newberg, , Marshall Amy apprehended ' the men as they drove : through the main thoroughfare, halting them with a shotgun. Three revolvers 4 "were taken from their persons, one of which had been taken from the bank. c. .' , The. bandits "were brought to Salem by - Deputy Sheriffs Sam Burkhart iind Walter - Barber. Questioned as to the ownership of the car they stated that they had borrowed ; it from a friend.: Au thorities, are of the opinion that the machine is a stolen one. Barns Repeater Smith who resided at ' Oregon City tor a number of years, pos sessed a 'checkbook on an Oregon City bank when apprehended. x ' ' 'Burns was 'on parole-from 'the state penitentiary, and whether he will be sent back as a 'parole vlo lator or nnder "a new sentence is at this time a question. In ' the latter -event ie would ' come under the state habitual criminal act. which would subject him to life term, "but this act is of -uncertain character and has never been tried out dn Oregon although It is on the statute books by an act of 1921. .- ' , - ' Ls It TO Rithe'r j Burns told Deputy SHerfff Sam Burkhaft' while being brought 'to Salem from Kewberg, that he was paroled in November by Acting Governor Roy ,Ritner.. This, hQw ever. Is ndt 'tine. iiHe Was paroled a month or two earlier in the fall and left the prison in November. f Smith lso, is an x-convict.'He ras TeceiTed ' from Clackamas county January 5, 1922, for for gery and his time expired Novem ber 15, 1922. He lives at West Lynn. and ts'jnarried. ; Burns record at the prison is a bad one, 'except during the 18 months prior to his parole. I Less than two years ago he underwent a surgical operation at the prison and since had been a good pris oner. :; :'; j'. i'; J) ' ' 4-'-, '4. i 1 ; Served at Monroe 5 Burns did a year In the reform atory at Monroe, Wash., before he cime to the Oregon' prison He was first received ' at this state prison September 19, 1914, from Multnomah county for forgery. With another convict he made a clever escape August 8. 1917, by catting through the roof about 10 o'clock in the morning and! drop ping to the ground between two windows t a point at the! front of the main prison building Which is -not easily seen from paard posts. The two walked out of the front gate. They? were captured two days later at Sikevr Creek Falls4 '; 4- . ;. 4 i ' -Again' Fools Guards f The next time . Burns tricked the guards ; was May 29, .1918, when he threw a shovel across his shoulder as trusties were accus tomed "to do, fooled a new brick yard -guard and got away, but was caught the same day."'--. . On September? to. 1919. Burns was paroled. Then in Portland he pulled a robbery, 4 n4 was ' con victed on a charge of assault and robbery whUe. armed with a danf gerous weapon. His maximum senfe'nee was 15 years. ; He was' received on. this charge February X9t -i92g. '-, -,j KILLS MAN V. . LlftlGE GREAT Death .List in Hinson in creased to Thirty; Resi dences and Buildings Un roofed and Wrecked. INTENSITY OF WIND SAID ON INCREASE Many Victims Being Treated in Hospitals Death List Increases. An angry sweep of weather from the Pacific northwest which caused - millions in property dam age, loss of scores of lives and, for a time stilled wire communication throughout a great portion of the country, was swinging ; northeast ward from the Lake region and lower Mississippi valley .tonight with -diminishing intensity. . Communication facilities .were being restored to " normal - in - the east and central. west, trains again were moving on schedule, blustery winds were subduing And snow flurries and driving hall storms tonight were turning , to rains. Continued cool throughout the northwest central and valley States was forecast for the next 24 .hours by spring' temperatures were in early prospect. , Damage Great; The storm that was central over Missouri Sunday night moved rapidly northeastward to the 'up per lake region with a marked Increase in intensity during Sun day night and it continued to ad vanco northeastward over Michi' gan and Lake Huron Monday with decreasing intensity. i ; Sunday and , early Monday tne storm had been attended by strong shifting 'winds and gales in the lake region, the great central val leys and atong the north Atlantic coast and by precipitation almost generally east of 'the Missouri and lower Mississippi valley. 4 Damage which will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars was 'done by the wind in Indiana today . 1 ' Business buildings, residences and barns were unroofed and Wrecked in ' many- localities and livestock on farms was killed. The heaviest sufferers were the telephone, telegraph and interur ban cdrapaniesr " . ! 4 1fe ahy "Deaths Result K. Twenty known dead and prop erty damage expected to reach $250,000 was the toll In Madison and Chester counties, Tenn., where two towns, Hinson and Deadenburg, were especially hard hit. - v ' ' . . i At feast nine deaths resulted In Kentucky. , 4 4 Reports , from Htlchinond said that three- persons lost their Urea in that vicinity when the wind lifted a .small farm house with three adults and 1 0 children from its foundation, carried it 50 yards and hurled it to the ground "- in splinters. ' At Lexington, the betting shed af the Kentuck Racing associa tion -track was wrecked, plate glass store fronts shattered and telephone poles and trees felled. A Vorkmait -was killed near El dorado. "Ark., when an oil der rick blew over on him. Many derricks were demolished and a heavy loss from damage to storage tanks and other buildings is reported. - ' Property damage estimated be tween $300,000 and $500,000 was' caused in Montgomery county. Tenn. ' - -' ' i NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12. 'The . death list from Sunday's storm in the "little town of Hin son. in MadisOn county, Tenn., Was, increased to 30 this afternoon When 10 additional bodies ,were brought into Jackson by train, according . to dispatches .received here from Jackson. '-44'"- More than' 75 storm victims are how being treated in Jackson hos pitals. ' ' - - t ' " M The total number of dead from yesterday's storm - in Hinson was estimated at 16," with 75 persons Injured, in reports tee'efved here' " ICpntlnnej on yag 2 - 4 SAY LIQUOR IS DELIVERED j TO JUDGE 4 : Many Grave Charges Made Against C. J. McFadden ; 4 Intoxication Alleged. CARSON CITY, Nev., March 12. Liquor seized by! officers in raids in the ninth judicial dis trct of Nevada was 'delivered to the home of Judge Clarence J. McFadden. district judge, accord ing to testimony gien in the Nevada legislature today which heard ' evidence -offered to. sup port removal charges against the judge on file in the legislature. A witness also testified ' Jhat Judge McFadden was intoxicated at times and that he frequented places where liquor was sold. ' In court and. out, the judge's method , of dealing with attor neys was antagonistic,, witnesses testified. He admitted attorneys to practice in an irregular man ner, collected no fee and threat ened to eliminate an unfriendly attorney from the community, according to th eevidence sub mitted today. The hearing will be resumed tomorrow when witnesses for Judge McFadden will be heard. FIGHT BEGUN BY Pierce Offers Data in De V fense of Increased Tax on Gasoline. In an address before the Salem Chamber of Commerce at noon yesterday Governor Pierie inaug urated a fight against a proposed referendum of an act of the re cent legislature adding another 1 cent tax on gasoline. . The move to refer the measure is already un der way in Portland, and it is said there is to be a conference there this week of those who oppose the increased tax. u Highways Threatened 1 Governor Pierce declared that the movement seriously threatens the future of Oregon highways and finances, and that if the . law is referended 'It win mean that the state is unable to complete necessary links in a highway sys tem that " has cost millions upon millions of dollars. It will mean that many districts will go with out the roads to which they are entitled. It will mean that prac tically no hew construction can be undertaken." ' "In 1922," said the 'governor, "automobile license . fees yielded to the'fcighway fund $2,558,987. The gasoline tax yielded $948,509 the 8&me year. It is . estimated that the license fees will yield approximately $2,500,000 in 1923 (Continued on page 6) Twelve Annual Installments Provided for Minus Ship Receipts. PARIS. March 12. (By The AfcBOc'ated Press.) Secretary of State Hughes has. before iiim to day the allied plan to pay the costs of the American military -occuption of the Rhineland as telegraphed to him by Assistant Secretary i Wadsworth r wbot ; is conducting the negotiations with the allied financial exports here. The essential features of . the plan are,' first, to reduce the total by the amounts .received by .the American 1 government from the; sale of German ships and the appraised value of those retained by - the 4United States and second, to pay : the ' remain der in 12 annual ' installments, out of - the future receipts from Germany on 1 the reparations "ac count. , . - J" "Secretary Hughes' tVepfy Is ex pects 1n ' time for the' next con ference meeting "Wednsday, HR MfE PAUT PLAN WOE FRENCH READY TO E RUHR VALLEY When Germany Begins Pay ment on Reparations France and Belgium, Will Leave, Report. DEATH OF OFFICER LAID TO OWN MEN Action Is Wanted, Not Prom ises, Declare Representa tives of Invaders. ! RRlfSSELS- March' 12IBV The j Associated ' Press.) The French and Belgians '"by declar ing this afternoon that they are ready, when Germany begins payment to evacuate the Ruhr and the territory recently occu pied cn the right bank of the Rhine, believe they have dealt a big blow to German propa ganda, entirely controverting the German statement that they were actuated by political mo tives in occupying the district. A formal declaration given out In the form of 4 a communique following : today's conference of Premiers 'Poincare and Theunis, was in .part as follows: J It was noted in "some quarters taat no mention was made of the Uhineland in the statement. Want Action As regards .the evacuation. It is pointed out that the same principle is applied as when, the Germans evacuated French ten-l tbry atter the! Franco-Prussian the troop withdrawal' being war. carried out progressively,' as the French paid "the indemnity. ,The f ranco-Belgians say: ' ' " . f "wnat we want rrom uermany Is. action not promises." "-, . .t With this political aspect of the conference settled, ' the rest of the ' meeting twas devoted to the immediate aspect of the sit uation, especially1 ' to obtaining coal for Belgium "and coke for Prance : from Ruhr. Stipulations vere made that any German workmen helping' to load :T coal at the mines would not be allow ed to become the objects of Ger man reprisals, -when the Ruhr is evacuated. ' The conferees took special measures for granting Import a yd export licenses and facili tating the foreign trade of the occupied region. These meas ures are said to have been taken In consequence of the complaints recently made- by Switzerland and? Holland and In an effort to relieve dissatisfacyon in the 'Eng land occupied area around Co logne. ; DUSSELDORF. March 12: Owing ? to interruption of the military telephone line, .xlue, It is beleved to sabotage, detals Of the situation In the Teglon cf Recklinghausen are lacking The guards throughout the Ruhr hate been ; increased. 4i TENDON. March 12. (By The Associated Press.) The German government. say "a Central News dispatch 'from Berlin, has Issued an 4 official statement declaring that the assassins 'of the French officer, and civilian Blaln Satur day night "at Buer, were Frencn soldiers and not Germans as al leg. d by the occupation author ities. ' ' :. ' " - ". ' " ' BERLIN, March 12. (By The Associated Press.) The French authorities ' in 1 the Ruhr , have arrested 'Frauline' Marie Tuders, a member of the reichstag ; at Herdecke, near Hagen. r Mehama Collegian Makes Big Grades at Corvaliis OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvaliis, March 12. Harrison Phillips of Mehava re ceived grades averaging "A" 9 per cent for the fall term at the college. .Sixteen students made "A" averaged. Three of these were girls. Three were freshmen, one sophomore.' four Juniors, four seniors and four: special. , Eighty six made averages above 93 per cent, 27 fif whojn; srerg girls, .j T BETTER WmiM M By a majority of 266 votes Salem taxpayers yesterday authorized a bond issue of $500,000 which means that the three-year building program made by the school board of the district may be carried out. :.: A total of lSeL'votes was cast, a record vote in city school elections, according to those who-have watched local selec tions. The vote for the bonds was 811 with 545 against and five votes defective. , . ' " " . The building program as outlined by the school board with the Chamber of Commerce provides for a permanent unit and equipment at the high school, one permanent unit and equipment at Grant school, one permanent unit and equip ment at Washington school,' one permanent unit and equip ment at Lincoln school and a number of needed improvements at McKinley, Englewobd, Garfield, Highland, New Park and Richmond schools. South End of Polk County Highway Agreed to by Both Factions. Through an agreement that will serve temporarily, contractors will begin paving the West Side. "Pa cific bfghway south of Monmouth by starting, at ."the extreme south ed of the project where a mile and a half of the stretch Is com mon to. both sides in the warring Polk county tacUons. 4 4 4 (The highway was routed from Monmouth? south; ' Independence citizens took up the fight, insist ing that it should run from Inde pendence south. The lower courts in three cases' affecting th3 -West Side highway, held with the high way commission, but the case has been appealed to- the supreme court .where it is now .pending. ' - Contractors Protected ; " ' ' ' -: ". v..- ,'.::"-. r. i It Is believed by the time the contractors, Cummins & LaPointe, have finished the mile and a: half which is satisfactory to both sides, the supreme court' will have hand ed down its decision. .. Should the supreme court hold against a the highway commission It , was agreed yesterday that the state shall reimburse the contrac tors for "their losses.- This agree ment was made for the reason that it ' will cost the contractors more- proportionately to pave a mile and a half than it would the whole-eight miles. Government Urges Action 4 The hjgh way department has re ceived a letter from C.'H. Pur cell, district engineer represent ing the federal bureau of public roads, which will share the cost of the construction, urging that this project and also the Holmes Gap-RIeKreall job. be expedited. The Purcell letter follows: "It has come to our attention through the local press that pave ment is under way to further de lay the construction of ' Oregon federal aid project. No. 57 (Monmouth-Benton county line section ;of the West, Side highway.) 4 "We feel compelled to protest any further delay In the construc tion of this project. The record of this project shows that If was formally presented for approval as a federal aid project on Novem ber 26, 1921. The project state ment was approved on May 24, 1922. On July 28, 1922, a co operative agreement was finally executed by the ?state' highway de partment and by the secretary of agriculture under which the state agreed to construct this project in accordance with plans previous ly submitted by the state and ap p roved f by the bureau - of public roads, c Bids were opened with our approval oh May 10, 1922, and very satisfactory bid prices 7 se cured. ' - . '" ' , ; J Funds Tied rP " 44" ,.. "By reason of litigation Regard ing funds involved, the state.' de layed the " award - of the contract during the season of 1922, and the project has remained In an uncompleted condition '- with 1 the federal and state funds tied up. Fn the meantime, believine that tfi'e' 'slate" would-' (BOmply ' With ' its legal bblfgatiohs; we have approv-( cd other projects opon 'this 'same blgnwav which J will not 'properly j serve the ; public' until .the Mon-1 tnoulh-south and Holmes Gap- (Continued on page 2J, ROAD WORK WILL BEGIN '. The campaign for tha school bonds . has been characterized by an organized effort on the part of the Chamber of Commerce to in form the people of Salem just how overcrowded - the present school buildings 1 are and an effort was made to show the need not only for- new quarters 'for the present enrollment but for the constantly growing population. .The polls were open yesterday in the office of the Associated Oil company on outh - Commercial street between 2 -and 1 O'clock and a constant stream of people passed in to the office and were let out through the lobby or the Hotel - Marion because of the crowds, outside the polling place. The school bond issue was en dorsed by very civic organization in Salem, by women's clubs and organizations and by' nearly aU of the churches, where 'special talks were given Sunday in favor cf the, bond issue. BIGB'Efffl PROJECT IS FIRST OF m Unclertaking Is i Largest I rri-Vgation-Enterprise Under - ; taken in U. S. : u WASHINGTON, March -12. Survey of the Big Bend district of the Columbia ' river recently or dered by the interior department is to mark the inauguration of an active policy in the interest of western rrigation projects, Secre tary. Work ndlcated today. . .- "As secretary of the interior," he said, "I am particularly inter ested in seeing the successful de velopment of these, barren dis tricts of the west until avery acre Shall be under cultivation produc ing whatever crops are suitable to their Boil." ; The Big Bena project consti tutes the largest single irrigation enterprise in the United States, comprising three million -acres ' of which at least, two-thirds are deemed "reclaimable" by the de partment. ' ''But there remain many acres of land," Mr. Work said, "barren because of the sandy, unwatered soil. So monumental is the task of converting these vast expenses of arid desert into 'farm lands that corporations financed by-private capital have been unable to over come the natural barriers. It remains, therefore, for the natio nal government to solve the prob lem of reclaiming these lands." Young People's Society -Gives Program at Church SILVERTON. Or.; March 12. (Special to' The Statesman.) Trinity Young Peoples' society gave a program at Trinity church Sunday afternoon to an audience of oyer 200. The program consisted of the following "numbers: Selection by Trinity band; vocal solo' by Miss Esther Larson, piano accompa niment by Miss Dora Hfenrlksen; reading, by Mrs-. L. M. Larson; piano trio by Miss Louise lien ricksen. Miss Ethel Larson and Miss "Dora Henrlcksen; tcrnI solo by Harry Larson with piano accompaniment by Mrs." L. "U. Larson:-vocal duet by Mr. snI Mr4 Martin ".Tf nglestad i i' piano accompaniment by rif "? Nettie -Benson; reading 'by fUta Torvend; talk by Rev. G:ur; m nenrlcksen; selection by Trlzliy band.