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rIIM. I feSSo, I HM PjM, 'j BDf AMIS j : jlDiPfiEO1 ' nmim - j n LflOiWEi: jtfg 4 MfLAIES MMIf ; nif.TnrtniiitVn - 4--'- - n n i rinn i riinrn .'of Fallen Tree i,ed to ? .; ' . 1 - , nw Seventeen Dead and One Hundred Injured Is Toll of ' Wmdstorm Whicfi i Swecpsitoynty v f i'- " ' - " -i,- i . . ' : - y NY.VJCTiMS'ARE CAUGHT WHILE ASLEEP Fifty Houses Are. Destroyed .and Many Wires Put Out 1 of Commission . 1 ' ' ---ill.:...-: - WV " , c 'in - ' ;, COLORADO , CjITY.r Tei,, , jM ay 4. (By. ABBocjatl . piqes. ) -4-Seventeen . fcnpW dead,;1 about one hundred; injured seven ser iously and at least 300 homeless was the - total - tU of the torna do which cut' a wath through' Mitchell county early today. In ""west Toas. A special train' from Big Springs brought doctors, nurses and med ical , supplies. ' Others came from Snyder and Sweetwater, .f ; i The tornado struck, between 4 sad" Injury lnlt iwake- - for 30 caught most of -Its Tlctims in bed. . It leveled bulldlags and .left death and in j nff In its wake f or ' 3 u miles. ; 1 -"J r i , All - the deaths were in more r less Isolated places on,' farms. t)tie to theistanee between farms' and demoralization of wire -lommunication, it was expected here that, it would be many hoars before the entire district could be heard from. : ,' ! - 'Citizens of towns near the (continued on page 2) l6IO;i PLAYERS ! BEAT GDFi bankers, and. bpauidings i Twilight League Meet; ' ; Tomorrow. Evening Thn twn; Airinrinn ' krmleH met FfJlr-F ' V ot : on the Willamette baseball dla ; moad -Monday; night "and nlayed i a slashing game as anybody :. ' woald expect them to do. The ; champ of last year'a Twilight j league, the American ; t legion ! ,team won by a score of 7:to 5, from J the Company P. horsehlde ; warriors. : .,''; . j Bat it -was dose enough I at ! the,. end, of fire jnniner. w,mcn i was all they could pla because i ft'rew'too dark to r plajr Ion gen. that the Guardsmen had a chance f to even it np by the end of any ; regulation game.- L.vka GHU pitching for the ; 4 Guardsmen. I played a good game. ;Hejwas ' opposed hy rBilly'' Bishop, ' of the Legion, and the two pitchers I were , there with 1 as clever a fle p livery as any one would wish. jBaW teams played good enough i ball ta make, the ( tight between l them for the 'series look like a battle ot g!anta. :;:i':x: j: f i The Bankers arp to ! meef the I Spauldings, Wedhe,sday night. LThe dflirerredYgame betweei the i Spauldings and the Legeion.' that ' was set tor tonight, has been i postponed until , May, 24th. ' THEVEATHER i' s '., -' , . ' . . t :;;.':' OREGON: - Rain in west por : tion; cloudy In east portion. ..LOCAL WCATHER . (Monday) - - Maximum temperature. 64. '.Minimum tempetature; 50. River, 3.5 feet: lalllng. '.Rainfall, .03 inch. .Atmosphere, cloudy. 'Wind, south. . ' 1 . - : ' - i 'III ' I I I- f ! VV . . 5 If: . t 4 '1 !! t j t . vl t w4 . y- I, f ti.ieiii'iM n i iimhii ii t,. auva, yi AtA .v- -.g: r T.J j r iJ-tf .T H.T i r . ii II n I I I i I " 1 '., it ' - Anita S tewart, , motion picture star, according to a Los Angeles newspaper, will file a Jdiyorce action against Rudolph Cameron, her director as well as husband. j i j. i u PEOPLE TO HAVE CHANCE T TO CUT FADS AND FRILLS I FROM COURSES OF STUDY, -The I'people'or Oregon are re quested by Superintendent of Pub lic 5 Instruction J. A. Churchill to i , make a survey of the state courses of study, both for the elementary grades and the high school. '-At the request of 'Mr. Churchill, City Superintendent Ager of Bend, president of the State Teachers association,' has appointed a com pilttee to direct the ) survey and report ihe reacAona of school pat rons to, the courses of study, at the meeting of the association in December. Committee appointed is Pean I E. Dj Ressler, Oregon Agricultural college, chairman; Professor F. I Stetson, University TOO Passenger Airplane on Paris- London Jioute brings Death ,to bix - COJSTY. Fraalce, fMa" 14. Six persons, including two Amer icans were killed in the wreck erf a - basse nser airplane on the Pairs-London i route ' this after noon at j the village of . Monsures., One of the; Americans was Laurence Vonpost Schwab of New " Yojrk and . the other is- be lieved! to have been .Miss Juanita Bates,' New York. There appears to be no , doubt of the identity (of Mr. Schwab but therle is" some uncertainty re specting! the woman, the only means of Identification " being papers found in the charred deb ris, which iwere hardly deciphera ble.. st'1 T'H-, ' Mr. 'Schwab: was a member of the firm of tOelrichs and com pany, wool dealers, ojf New York.; He had just completed a business trip to Europe and was flying to London' with the intention to sailing from " Liverpool on the 'Iauretaola. i , DIE IN WRECK v :..:.;.,?: -if .-: '. of Oregon; : president, J. S. Lani ders, Oregon Normal school; Pro fessor Frank ' M. Erickrion,' Wil lamette university; city superip tendent, A. C. Strange,' Astoria; Hopkins Jenkins, principal Jeffer son high school, Portland; county superintendent, M. L. Fulkerson, Marion county, Salem; B. E. Tat ro, The Dalles high school; Mrs. Ine Willets, grade teacher. Persist, aJckson county. " f. ? ' ;j A tentative plan tor the sur vey proposes: vi First -That a course ;of study be sent .to any school patron re questing it. . : I 1 ,j f" J -: Second That the committee formulate astatcment for all in vestigations that will assist in di recting the . survey, and getting such? definite information' as to what things are now in course of studjf that may be omitted with out disadvantage to the ' children and to ' the school system of the state.-; ', 'j Third That the , com mlttee make diligent inquiry from ( lead ing citizens in the various commit tees' through Parent-Teacher asso ciations, women's clubs, ! Kiwanis clubs. Rotary clubs ,'and ' all the civic; organizations most interested in education, as to what; the sub jects are now in h public school curriculum that may be classed as "fads and frills." j j J M CSijperiBtendenl Churchill hopes tof get through ;he fork th cOnimittoe 'from Several thousand people of the state, definite sug gesU'ons and constructive e cricij cisms as to- subject matter in the courses that ' can profitably'' be eliminated.:, , ! iri ;";! ;' Miefore revising; the courses of study -last -;year,T Superintendent Churchill wrote a letter to i every teacher In the state, outside ot the city of Portland, ijsviting" their as sl8tance tri the rebuilding of tb courses. The reports of the tpachj ers were classified by subjects and all considered and many adopted by the revision committee. The present courses V' therefore, the product-of the best thought ana the richest experience of several thousand eachera of the state, . Representative W. C.- Hawley Expected Soon to Be Chairman of Ways and Means Committee CONGRESSMAN HOME FOR SUMMER SEASON PJans Outlined Business Is Better, But Transporta a tion Lagging Congressman Willis C. Hawley who returned late Sunday night to his home in Salem, reports that the total federal appropriation for Oregon for the current year ; is approximately $4,350,0000, of which $2,192,000 Is for itiver and harbor improvements, and the re mainder for rdads and other im provements. " The federal fund for the Roosevelt Highway is in readi ness for the state of Oregon to match and make the road a real ity. ! - r-- Mr. Hawley is now . second in order of seniority on the way a and means committee. if ' Con gressman ; Greene of Iowa should be appointed to the federal dis tfict court, as is the present ex pectation, it would letve Con gressman I Hawley (the chairman ship. . j , Billions Handled . i s . 'This is the greatest money handling organization , in the his tory of the world," said Mr. Haw ley. "In the six years that1 1 hate been on the committee it has spent $75,000,000,000 -in money that has been raised in taxes or bonds. This, of course, has covered the war-period, whei expenditures were , necessarily; e "enormous. One can hardly conceive what an enormous sum that is; but it has actually : been handled through this body of men." President -Harding is to start on his trip1 to Alaska in time to b Jn Oregon about July 4.,, He may be able to give a Fourth of July address at Portland; and he may be able to go to the1 formal opening of the Oregon Trair paved highway over the Blue bountains. Congressman Hawley Visited with the president a day, before his own departure ' for home, and talked over this Oregon visit, along with ofher business.. World Court to Fore j It Is Mr. Hawley's opinion that the president will speak on the world court a various points in the west. The general impres sion in Washington is that some thing of the kind must be adopt ed, though until a concrete bill is drawn and brought up- for debate no one could not' do much more than approve the idea. It will come up for a definite hearing next winter. f Mr. 'Hawley says that business conditions; generally are better in the east than for a long time past. There Is less unemployment, less uncertainty in business affairs. The factory output is not always larger than it was before the war, but the net result of all business In an increased production, ;pcf capita '-'as well as In totals. He can not see a possibility of a 're turn to the low prices for either labor or products that prevailed before theL war. I I ; Transportation Frollem 1 "The ' most active ; element nin business . discontent and - nnpros perity Is the shortage ot transport tation," says Mr. Hawley; "With the volume of railroad , traffi'S doubling every 12 years, the rail roads haye not kept pace with this demand, so there is an enor mous shortage of shipping facil ities. ; The stage and truck com petition that : unsettles general railroad conditions, has never come up In" congress, as most of (Continued on Page 8). CLEVELAND, O., May 14 A makeshift grave, a shallow, two foot hollow at -the roots of a fallen tree between he ashes of three bonfires in which the charred re- mains of Patrolman Dennis Grif fin's clothing were found, near Chargrin Fals, east of here, . to day gave up. the .body of the mur dered policeman, who has been missing since early Rriday morn ing.' . ; ; A- warrant was issued today formally charging Whitfield with murder. . The hunt for Whitfield is oh throughout the nation. Post ers bearing his description have bsen sent to every police chief In the country, but no ttace of him has been found since 4 p. m. Fri day. Griffin arrested Whitfield as the alleged leader of a band of auto mobile accessory thieves at Whit field's home parly Friday morning. Whitfield went into the house to change his clothes and while there, according to his wife, slip ped a revolver .Jnto his pocket. Griffin searched him before per mitting him to go Into the house, but not: after. The last seen of Griffin 'alive' was when he and Whitfield reft the latter's home In Whitfields' automobile for ; 1th a police station. i mmm SHANGHAI; May 15. (By Associated 'Press-4-Uriless the foreign diplomatic representa tives in China guarantee by tonight that- the Chinese gov ernment will carry out all the terms fixed": by the Chinese bandits in the Shantung hills, the ' foreigners heldT captive trill all be killed, Father Will iam Lcnf ers, an aged priest, who . conferred w i t h the bandit's chieftain Sunday reported-to the American coun sul at Lincheng, today 'Father Lenfers described the chieftain, - called tVang. as "a young man; clean, well dressed, wearing eye glasses.' The priest persuaded Wang to extend for one day the limit to his ultimatum, which has been fixed at two days from Sunday. Wang told- him that the pledges of Chinese of ficials meant nothing to the ban dits, and hence the j word of the foreign 'diplomats must be 'given. ; j . . " I " ' . - - William Cherrtngton Dead; . f Funeral Will Be Wednesday The funeral of William' Cher rtngton, who died early Monday will be heud ; Wednesday at 2:30 from Rigdon's if chapel. Rev. Blaine E. Klrkpatrlck at the First Methodist church will be in charge.r: '- : Mr. Cherlngton, who .has been ill for several weeks, died early yesterday at; the j family ' home. 987 South High street., He had been a resident, of Salem since 1830 and was for manf years In the music business here and was active head of the (firm until two years ago. j He was Shorn Febru ary 9, 850,: in Ohio ;and was more than 73 years! old it the time of his r deafth. f He was a member of the Salem lodge j No. 4 of the A. F. and A.j M. i He is survived Jy his widow. Mrs, Lena Cherlngton and four children, 'EdwarcB VA, 'John S., and George. AJ Cherington, and iMIssiLenalMajk ChWrlngton. all o(f Salem; j a ; brother Tnma J Sherrington or -Dallas, ana i.wo sisters.. Molly. Martin : and Lou Holllday, both ot whom live . in THREATEN GftPTMS MANYWOBBLEES PLACED IN JAIL One Hundred IWW Fail to Obey Police and Are Put In Stockade LOS ANGELES, May i. More than 100 alleged members of the Industrial Workers of the World were brought from San Pedro late thiel f afternoon and placed in a stockade at the Lincoln Heights police station pending a hearing on charges of criminal syndical ism..7; ' . According, to the police several score more IWW were to be added to the nummber unless bail was , secured for, them: : Bonds for a large number, of accused IWW, werO furnished at San Pedro. The accused were arrested when 400 Los Angeles -police or dered, the dispersal -of -1900. men taking part, in, a parade in sup port; of ' the Marine Transport Workers' union . strike' at San Pe dro. Most of the pa raders drop ped j out when the police order came, but a number variously. es timated at from 200 to 400 stayed in , the ; streets. They were -surrounded by the police, marched..to the San Pedro police station, after which the transporting to Los An geles was begun. Valley Oil Company j Answers Mr. Jelderks An answer to the complaint of B. Jelderks against the Willam ette Valley OH company was filed in, the circuit court yesterday . According to the . defendants the plaintifif on August 10, 1922, agreed that in 'consideration of work performed bf him ,5000 shares of stock In the Willamette Valley Oil company might be as signed a- trustee to be disposed ojf by him the proceeds to be applied on payment of claims due the plaintiff. The ; plaintiff is said to - "have entered Into a written release ..c(f the obligation under these terms. After- that . time the plaintiff continued to perform services for the defendant, the answer alleges the duration of time being from August, 1922, to-March, 1923, at $5 a day. The sum of 345 was finally due it is asserted of which $200, was paid, leaving an unpaid balance of $145. . .. ES W vmmw Following an altercation and scuffle with another inmate of the. state hospital for the insane last night, C. N. (Nap) Lake, pioneer sajoonman of Salem, suddenly died at the hos pital. There were no bruises on the body and 1 it was be lieved his death was caused by dilation of the heart. Dr. R. E. Ii. Steiner, however, asked for an investigation by Coroner Rigdon. The -coroner said last night there would be no in quest, but that a post-mortem examination would be made today. ' . ; Lake's death occurred about 8 o'clock. He and Fred Reno, the other patient involved, were, roommates on ward No. 5. They were j separated by other inmates , before the arrival of an 'attendant. Lake was 67 years old and Reno is about 45. - - . Lake ived in Salem at least 40 years, and at one time operated a saloon at State and Gjmmercial streets, where the Smith cigar store is now located. In later years he moved to Portland and was committed to i the state hospital from Multnomah county in October, of Portland. - . HOT SPRINGS; Ark., May 11 Hot Spring city of many disasters -was , stricken tonight as. never! before when water and flames united -: in a general devastation that left death and disaster in its wake. - - t ; -'-. , How manv are dead is not known. 1 Waters in torrents. ragring like mad, split the city. into' three sections. .Flamc3 followed in the path of the flood and at Nightfall, water cov ered all sections before a surnmary could .be made. - CRUWDS MM BRITISH SCALPS Soviets in Demonstration Hblil "Imperialists" : .Guilty .of Killing - ' VLADIVOSTOK, May 14. (By the . Associated Press. . A huge a n. t i-British demonstration . ' Was staged . here today, he l crowds holding that British "imperialists were responsible tor the 'assassin ation , a t Lausan ne o t -Vcro vsk v. the soviet delegate to the Near .&ast peace conference. s T h e demonstrators demanded the death of the British "imperial ists." . Local -Englishmen were .not molested. . LAUSANNE, May 14. (By the Associated Press) The civil cere mony today over thepody of Vor ovsky, the assassinated Russian delegate, symbolized in detail, Red Russia ahd' afforded a striking manifestation of . RussofTurkish friendship, for Ismet Pasha and the members of J his delegation were the only persons having re lation to the Near East conference that attended the service in the little chapel of the cemetery. The red mahogany casket was covered with crimson cloth. heaped -with! red flowersaad dec orated 'with red .banners. Itwas transported through crowded thor oughfares to a special car r which will leave tomorrow for Moscow. There was no religious ; service but soviet representatives dis coursed on bolshevism. , PLAYWRIGHT BETTER NEW YORK. May 14. Monta gue Glass, author and playwright. was reported tonight as slightly improved and to have a "fighting chance for life," at Roosevelt hos pital, where yesterday he under went an operation for Appendi citis. . - :'.-".; ' . - - mwm ING SCUFFLE 1921. His widow is a resident TO Oil:.: The flood originated in the up per basin of the mountains north of ;HotSpirIngs 'from a veritable cloud bursty : About 4 : 3 0 o'clock after ' terrific , rains -for .about 1 8 hours-there came e slight flow of wafer "d o wh throogh : Central ave nue from Its Junction with .Vhit tington Park: at the north' end of the valley. . When the water be gan to make its appearance there was little alarm, but in a few min utes the water began to rags down the vilUj. TEXARKANA,-Tex., May 15. The Missouri Pacific operator here report that: the Gordon, Ar kansas operator - states that one one-halt miles; of Missouri Pacific track have been trashed., out In mediately south of Benton, Ark., and that train No. 3 is standlr t at Benton unable to proceed.. All telephone Wires from-: (Hi point to Arkansas! are down. St are r Repo . Many) Reported Dead , MUSKOGEE, Okla.,7May 14. Seventeen persons were drowned in a cloudburst and tornado at Hot Springs Arbu, tonight, a tele phone exchange man at 1 Littls Rock, Ark., kold a local telephone operator hy kpog distance tonight. The word was carried "hy automo bile from Ht Springs. SHAWNEp.1 OklaJ, May 14. A Chicago. Roik Island and Pact fie railroad operator at Wlster, Okla., reported to the local railroad offi cers i that tie; death toll in tha Hot Springs jf lood and fire tonight had reached 50. he had learned. Hot Springs! lies at the foot of and k between jtwo mountains . In streets form -a! natural stream bed for ; any torrent originating On either slope. Heavy rains always result '! Jn water entering jlower floors of dwellings and stores in the central part of the city. Manager Baxter later announc ed that he had notified nenry M. (Continued on pages) Watch j for Friday -Bargain Pagfe There'll be sometMngi there for you. thing you Perhaps just the need most. 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