SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1923
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DiiRIOC ESCAPE
BY DAYLIGHT
Six: Eastern Inmates Over-
r power Guard Steal Auto,
Rob Farmer of $200 and
' Clothing
PRISONERS EMPLOYED
IN CARPENTER SHOPS
'Collapsible Rope Concealed
i in. ueaar, unest; rsreaK"
1 i ' Lona Planned
PHILADELPHIA,. July 14. -
Six convicts today made one o
r tha. jn,osi . daring .escapes In the
nistory or, the Eastern State pen
itentlary and up to. tonight had
not been caught. . Several hoars
after the escape six men wearing
! :, prison, garb rode into Ogden.-DeL,
1 1 la a .red motor ear, held up a far-
I tner and robbed hint of $2,00 and.
a .quantity of. clothing.
"With, one .exception all the ea
.1 caped, prisoners, were from Phlla-
aeipnia.
Prisoners . and guards at the
prison, told how the six, had. plot-,
ted ' tneJr escape. . some or : the
. prisoners, were, employed in . the
carpenter j shop and. in the conrse
. of j their. work they. made a. cedar
? chest more than six feet long, in-
to! which they smuggled a, col laps
ibla ladder that had been put to
gether from time to time.
t Guard Is, Assaalted
' This chest evidently was locked
Ss; I tscontents were neTer- discov
ered. When the appointed hour
came the chest was carried to the
r .prison yard by the convicts. This
: they were able to do, as they were
' members of the "police gang'
whose duty it was to keep, the
? : prison .clean. , , I
". While the ladder was being put
together Charles Toomey, serving
; time for a $300,000 bank embez
zlement In this city, passed by and
i tried to - dssnade the -men-from
escaping. He was backed against
: wall at the point of a gun. Then
k guard appeared and he was
1 1 1 nocked out with the butt end of
t pistoLi 'f " v-
$ 1 Disappear Over Bridge
All six '. prisoners "climbed up
the ; wall and another guard, was
encountered. ' overpowered and
locked in the watchman's tower
on, the wall. The prisoners drop
jped two ropes, the ends of which
were fastened to the wan, and the
). men slipped to. the, street... They
t tried to steal closed automobile
nearby but -found it locked. A
.small motor track came into view
i 'it that moment and the driver
; was forced. to abandon It.
'i The' convicts t abandoned the
machine i and commandeered an
other, a halt mile away- They
were . last . seen , crossing Girard,
t avenue bridge In Fairmount park
.before they were reported in Del-
aware.
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'Chicken Thieves Wore
Rapidly at Silvertoi
: SILVERTON, Or.. July . 14.
. (Special to The Statesman.)- The
chicken thieves who, have been
working 1 east of Sllverton for a
t few weeks have been going into
their work with a vim j recently.
fOne 'chicken fancier reports his
' loss as amounting to almost 300
purebred chickens.' Others report
recent ; losses of from one doxen
f to 24 chickens. One of the East
Etlrerton residents found' the
thieves In bis chicken pens, but
. they escaped before be was able
to catch them. However, he se
cured the; license plate of the car
they i abandoned In their harried
exit. it is reported that there
were; five grown men In the party.
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i JEWELRY MAN ROBBED
I DETROIT. Mich., July 14.
Joseph Leudao. a Jewelry, sales
man I from M. II. Mann & Co.,
ISO- Broadway,- New York, was
1 held np iat the door of his room,
at - a-- local .hotel , tonight and root
bed or jewels valued at 1200,000.
yTME WEATHER
OREGON; Unsettled', prob
ably t showers ' and local
: thunderstorms and " cooler
Sunday. - i r.
LOCAL (Saturday) ''
Maximum temperature. 94.
Ulnimum temperature, 65.
River .9, falliag. ' ,v
Atmp sphere, clear.
V?ind, south
mm THOUSAND IS ,
SUBSCRKi ro FOND:
FOR m I0SPIAL
Bnih Gives $3C00 and Nine
paign Workers to Go Forth Early Monday Morning
With Determination to.
Every Noon.
To , the; amounts already subscribed, . these additional
subscriptions iwere given' yesterday towards the' Salem
Hospital fund: V
A. N. Bush J. ..i.$3,000
C. P. Bishop l -.-.-... 500
T. B. Kay . ..i ,.J .... .. 500
Geprge F. Rodgers 500
Russell Catlin 500
Miller Mercantile company ; 500
Portland Railway, Light & Power company 500
-Salem Water Light & Power company ....:..... 500
Willamette Grocery company, by Theo. Roth 500
T. B; Jones :.Ll. '....:.:L :...: .,. 500
MWE5T HOT; '
Salem Reports, 94 Degrees
Again Other Oregon.
Points Sweltering
i For two days in succession .the
mercury mounted in the tube an
til it came to rest at the 94 de
gree mark. While the maximum
temperatures, were the same both
Friday, and Saturday, the mini
mum temperatures varied, with
59 for Friday and 65 yesterday,
Saturday evening was consider
ably cooler than was Friday, as. a
cooler breeze was noted.
PORTLAND. Or., July. 14. AI
though a maximum of 94 degrees
had been forecast early today by
the weather -! bureau, - the highest
temperature attained was 9 1 de
grees, at late afternoon. There
after there 3 was a subsidence of
the heat. All Oregon sweltered
throughout the day. Eastern and
southern Oregon points reported
temperatures ranging between 95
and 100. Cooler weather was fore
cast for. tomorrow.
TACO"MA. July! 14. The hot
test 'temperature In 1 1 years was
recorded on the thermometer in
the government observatory today
when 03 degrees were recorded at
4 o'clock. Observer L. C. Covei
predicted that the temperature
would continue to rise slightly un
til' 4 o'clock, '..'j-
The hottest day' on record here
was July 3. 1906, when a temper
ature of 95.6 was reached.- ,
Ml. GILBERT ,
PfSSESBEED
Had Long, Honorable - Mil
itary, Business, Political
and Official Career
Hon. A. N. Gilbert passed to
the great beyond at his late home,'
295 North ..Ubertjr street, at 4
o'clock ,yeaterday afternoon, aged
83 years and .4 . months. " '
He was born at Grand View,
Illinois, March 181840. He serv
ed in the '12th illUnois infantry,
being with the first seven regi
ments going with Grant ? He was
wounded at Shiloh.' Afterwards
he went with Sherman on his
march from Atlanta to the sea.
He was made : hospital - steward
about the middle of the war. He
had enlisted at the first call to
arms. i !
j niivt
Came, west. Fa.iUng- to, connect
with, an immigrant train, be rode
hnran and led a DSck horse from
Illinois to Oregonicoming by way
of Fort Benton t over ' the" Mullan
trail. He. rode into Salerat arriv
ing In August. 1866,. He first
clerked in the grocery store of
the late John G. Wright Then he
was for a ' time' tla. ; partnership
with his brother, John WGIlbert,1
in which I. L. Patterson aRer
ter that he was a partner In the
same, line of business with
Charles TJzafovage. In 1878 he
went Into "the grocery business,
in which I. L. atterson afterwards
joined him. While he retired
from active business about 30
years ago, the, firm of GilbertA.
(Continued fin page 61
Others $500 Each Cam
Finish in Four Days Mee
Although they have contributed
most ' liberally to - the Salem hos
pita in the past, several citizens
realizing that it is a poor bugines
to start a hospital and then not tc
complete the' job, have again given
generously to aid in, securing the
necessary $35,000 with which to
complete the building and thus
give Salem one of the finest hos
pitals In the northwest.
; Generous Response Expected
Among, those deeply interested
in the Salem hospital there is
feeling that with the amount sub
scribed as given above,' there -will
be a 'generous response, from those
cajled upon, this' week, in, order
that Salem, may be assured of the
early completion of the hospitaL
The. active workers in the. drive
will meet Monday morning at 8
o'clock at the , Chamber of Com
merce, and before 9 o'clock every
one. will be out working on per
haps the most determined and in
tensive campaign, ever put on in
Salem.
There is a determination on the
part of those., who have, volun
leered to give their time, that the
full amount must be subscribed
within- the torn: days, allotted for
the. work,- and. that, the .full $3-5,-
000.: must . be' secured by next
Thursday.
V , ; Meet Every . Noon ,
' Each, noon, beginning .Monday,
the. workers, will meet, at the, Mar
lon, hotel t for, a , f u U : report of t th
morning's work. The. names of
hose who have, subscribed and the
amounts will be announced at each
noon "luncheon end 'will -then be
published in the daily papers.':
In addition to publishing: the
names.; of each contrmutor ana
amount glven'durin& the drive, a
Special window placard has. been
prepared Jto. bC given only to those
whd bave contributed during tho
wdek. J This card will be displayed
in store windows. :'
Among those who will volunteer
their time" during the coming four
days there will be but one slogan
and that will be, "Let's complete
the job, and do it now."
CLIMB MT. HOOD
Hal Hoss Elected President
Tillamook Gets Conven-;
tion Next Year.
HOOD RIVEIt, Or.. July 14.
At Legion camp, on the timber
line of Mount Hood and 6,000 feet
above sea level, members of the
State Editorial association halted
tonight in their climb of the
mountain, counted noses and
found all present and then made
camp for the night. The plan was
to start at daybreak tomorrow and
complete the ascent.
S. F. Blythe. 83 years old, and
dean of association editors, ! was
the first to complete the final
two and a halt miles climb up the
mountain trail , and register at
the camp.
The-association elected the fol
lowing . officers X to ; Berve during
the coming , year: President, Hal
E. Hoss of Oregon City: vice
president, F. H. Soule of Klamath
Falls; hecretary. G. Lansing Hurd
of Corvallis; member of the eze
cutlve committee A. E. Scott of
ForesL Grove. ,
Tillamook was ; chosen as the
place for holding next year's con
vention. CELEBRITIES MARBtED
ROME. July 14. (By the As
sociated Press. )-rr-Ml8f Irene Fen
wick and Lionel Barrymore.
American stage" celebrities." were
married at th$ capltol here today.
GDil
EDITORS
NIGHT ATTACK
IS STAGED BY:
7 DESTROYERS
Four Battleships "Captured
Off Washington Coast; .
Merchantman Flees
PORT ANGELES, Wash., July
14. Seven destroyers "captured"
four battleships and the supply
ship Melville in a night attack off
the Washington, coast, It: was an
nounced here today.
I r In spite of the lookouts station
ed, on every battleship and on the
destroyer tender operating as part
of the battle fleet, the lean gray
destroyers sneaked into effective
range for shots and flashd a red
light signalling -contact."
I ' Immediately the battleships,
which had been ; Tuning almost
noiselessly, turned on all, their
lights. A. merchantman nearby
seemed terrified by the appear
ance of the brilliantly lighted
ships running where dead dark
ness had been a moment before.
The merchantman, -related , the
navy men,, turned, out to sea and
made o(f with all possible speed.
lRICIf
Engine Load Too Light, De
clares burvivor; Leaves
Rails on; Curve
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo
July 14. Two men were killed
and a third, vainly attempting the
rescue of the others, was painful
ly it burned when a Rock Island
helper" engine overturned on
curve betwen Ramah and Simla,
50 miles east of Colorado Springs
today.
The dead are: G. D. Stephen
son, 54, Denver, engineer, and H.
F. i Bonselle, 40. of Limon, . Colo
George Oswald, a brakeman of
Colorado Springs, was uninjured
when the locomotive left the
tracks,, but returning to aid the
others, received deep burns about
the face, hands and feet. He was
broughjt to a hospital here, where
his condition is reoorted as ser
ious.
The accident . occurred as the
locomotive . without cars was
backing toward Limon, after as
sisting - a westbound passenger
train over the grade to Tiptop,
east of Calhan.
According to Oswald, the acci
dent was caused by the fact that
the locomotive tendeis only partly
full of water and carrying only a
few tons' of coal, was too light to
hold the track.
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Connection With League of
NalionsAgainst ltr Says
Senator Walsh
HELENA, Mont., July 14. In
an address before a larre. audi
ence in the Unitarian church here
tonight under the auspices of the
league of women voters, " . United
States Senator T. J.' Walsh gave
a detailed explanation of the crea-.
tion and proposed working of the
international court of justice.
Opening ; his address. Senator
Walsh said that he did not intend
to make argument for or against
membership in the court but at
the end of his talk, which was an
explanation in detail of the work
ing of the court, Senator Walsh
declared:
At the outset I said I would not
make an argument for or against
the court but I ; cannot refrain
from expressing my humiliation
that this great tribunal for which
the world has looked so long and
hopeful should be ; established
without aid or participation by
this great peace loving republic."
The plan tor the election of the
udges to the international court
of justice was originated by Elih:
Root, former Senator from New
York, who was asked to partici
pate in drawing the statue provid
ing for the election of the judges'"
said Senator Walsh.
The ' only argument he has
heard against the world court Is
tha$ It was connected with the
league of nations, be said.
JAP SHIP IN DANGER
ASTORIA, Ore, July 14. A
wireless' message from North Head
tonight said that the crew of the
Japanese steamer Yonan Maru,
aground In the. Columbia river,
had been taken' off. and that the
vessel was deserted. Her nosi.
Uoou according ' to "the ' messages
was regarded as dangerous.
OBI
nni n miidt
HUIILLI UUUlll
noo STILL
UNDECIDED AS
TO CIDIDACY
Business. Not Politics. Oo
cupying Time on Business
Trio, Declares Former
Cabinet Member
REFUSES - TO DISCUSS
HENRY FORD'S CHANCE
Presidential Nomination Is
Described as American
Free-for-AII
! CHICAGO. July 14. -There is
no reason why Henry Ford. De
troit . manufacturer,, should not
enter the " 194 presidential race,
if. he I desires f to be a candidate;
according to -Will Jam G. McAdoo,
former secretary, of -the treasury,
who pa&sed through Chiago on his
way to New rors..
I "The presidential race is the
great American free-for-all," Mr.
McAdoo said when a newspaper
reporter- asked 5 him what he
thought of Mr. Ford's chances.
' "I see no reason why he should
not enter it if he 'desires to be a
candidate."
The former treasury secretary
said that he had made no state
ment in Kansas City last night as
reported, ' that! he had not decided
if he would seek the nomination
for the presidency. He said that
he had not . discussed , politics
while in Kansas City.
"My trip is a business one and
it is important enough to bring
me clear across the continent in
mid-summer..' he said. "I am not
discussing politics at aU on this
trip."
Government Offer Taken;
1 k Single Bug Is Shipped
! WASHINGTON, i July 14. The
off4r,. of the department of agri
culture to buy 1200 bed bugs for
Its Insect experiments station at
Vienna, Va.,' has not Teen with
out result.
Today a ' single - bug, shipped
from Philadelphia in a tiny paste
board box, reached the station)
alive and well and ready to make
the supreme sacrifice in the name
of science. Officials would not
disclose the exact address of the
Martyr's former , domicile.
SAM PROG
BE BROAD CA
OREGOHN
Mayor Giesy to Give Ten-minute Address and Local
Musicians, to Entertain All Western America Monday
. ..... ' -. . . . ..;- r : -
EveningRadio Fans Within Circle of 2000 Miles
Will Listen!
Mayor John B. Giesy will
Monday evening at 9:30 o'clock and his audience will be
Dartlv in the neighborhood of Calgary, Canada; others on
the Hawaiian islands, while another part of his audience will
be away down close to the Mexican border. Also, Salem, Ore.
This extensive audience is dueHo the fact that the Orego
nian at Portland invited the Salem Chamber of Commerce
to put on a community nroeram Monday from 9:30 to 10:30
Monday evening from the Oregonian radio station, broadcast
ing on 492 meters.
Women Delegates Taken
Oyer Columbia Highway
PORTLAND, July 14. Four
hundred ; automobiles returned
here tonight from an all-day trip
on the Columbia River highway,
foaded with j delegates to the na
tional, convention of business wo
men, which closed last night. To
morrow a special trainload of del
egates, will make an excursion to-i
Seaside. Many will leave f6r their
homes upon their return here to
morrow night, and by Monday all
will have gone. The only un
finished business is a meeting of
the new : executive committee.
bich will be held some time Sun
day.
"riiiY" ;uen guilty;
DENVER. Colo., July 14 Four
former, prohibition agents who
served under. E. H. McClenahan,
pleaded guilty to charges of mak
ing false reports were fined $300
each- in the United States court to
day, '
REPARATIONS
BIdRt
Reply to German Memoran
dum Must Be Expressed
in Proper Terms Believed
by British Cabinet
ADVICE OF AMERICA
! MAY BE CONSIDERED
Passive Resistence to Be
.Touched Upon; Must Not
Offend French
LONDON, July 14. (By The
Associated Press.- The members
of the British cabinet will forego
their usual golf, cricket and ten
nis over the week-end so as to
give undivided thought to Great
Britain's forthcoming reply to I be
German memorandum regarding
reparations. It is desired to find
the best form of expression, so as
not to run counter to French den
sibilities. 4 i
I ' Finish Draft Soon i
Jt is hoped to have the complete
draft finished by the latter part
of next week.
It is expected Washington will
be acquainted with the contents
of the document et the time as
the; allied powers.
3 'he best manner in which to
ase Great Britain's acceptance
of the plan for an international
bod of experts to appraise Ger
many's financial strength, as ad
vised originally by the American
secretary of state, is giving the
cabinet members a good deal of
thought. i
Question Canvassed
They desire to find some way
of overcoming France's conten
tion that such an organization is
not envisaged by . the .Versailles
treaty and that therefore Its de
ciaions would be without judicial
force. They will probably sug
gest the, idea that such a body
could act as a subsidiary to the
existing reparation : commission.
and its findings and recommenda
tions be normally if not legally
binding.
The cabinet is also canvassing
the; question : as to how far it is
expedient in ' the draft reply to
touch upon Germany's passive re
sistance, . suspension- of which
France regards as indispensable
to any negotiations.
RAM: TO:
SIfROI
'SJOIER
deliver a 10-minute address
As the Oregonian's radio is one
of jthe strongest in the west, the
audience that will listen to tho
Salem program may be found
easily - within a radius of 2,000
miles from Portland, ' 1
Hence all those who can borrow
a radjo or arrange a chance to
visit friends, with a radio, are
urged to get busy and tune their
instruments to the ' Oregonian
Monday evening at 9:30 o'clock.
F. jS. Barton of the Salem Electric
company. will give those in the
vicinity of the Masonic temple an
opportunity- to hear the Salem
program.
.The complete program is as fol
lows: Address, "Salem, the Capitol '
city
j Mayor John B. Giesy.
Solo, "I'm a Jolly Good Rover"
.."...,,. O'Hara
I Albert Gille. baritone.
Solo, "Less Than the Dust" . .
J ..... . ... . Woodforde-Findon
Mrs. J. J. Roberts, contralto
Willamette trio, Walts, from
) iCjgntiflUf 4 QU pajge 52. -
DEPOT PRAYER
BY NORSKY IS
MISCONSTRUED
St. Paul Police Arrest Trav
eler and Take Him to Hos
pital; Ticket Lost
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 14.
Trygve Romnlng of Norway, on
his way to visit a brother at As
toria, OrPJ was a mental patient
at a local hospital here tonight.
He had -i lost:; his railroad -: ticket
here and because of his strange
actions railroadmen refused to
take him on the. train, and noti
fied the police.
Romning, at first refused en
trance to the United States by im
migration officials, according to
the story he told to the Norwegian
consul here, finally was granted
conditional permission to . enter
and visit his brother at Astoria,
When he arrived at St. Paul to
change trains his ticket , had dis
appeared, and he appealed to the
Norwegian consul here, who furn
ished him with another ticket. .
He was kneeling in the depot
here offering a prayer when po
lice took, him to . the hospitaL
II
eBHHE
Thousands of Dollars Worth
of Alaskan Machinery Is
Found Rusting
ABOARD PRESIDENT HARD
ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN. Alaska
Railroad, July 14. (By the As
sociated Press.) President Hard
ing,; traveling over the- Alaska
railroad from Soward to Fair
Fairbanks, today inspected- t,he
Chickaloon mines, where the Am
erican navy made its first experi
ment, generally regarded as un
successful, in the production of
coal. . .
The presidential train was run
up from Matanuska on the main
line 20 miles north of Anchorage,
during the night," and after break
fast aboard,. President Harding. In
company with; Secretaries Hoover
and Work; inspected, the. proper"
ties. These were rendered inoper
ative after the navy department,
following a policy st in 1917, had
expended about $1,000,000.
The president was told that the
coal, which is a soft anthracite,
was available in large quantities,
but that the cost of production
was too great. .
The party -saw thousands of dol
lars worth of machinery rusting
away, and a deserted village of
about 20 houses and bungalows,
with electric light, water and., a
ball park.
Returning to . Matanuska, the
president saw. the. bituminous coal
fields from which the Alaska rail
road gets' its entire supply. , :
The train then proceeded north
ward toward Fairbanks, where It
is due to "arrive tomorrow night.
Jl JOT Oil 0IE0
German. Marks Drops from
bight; Other Exchange
.Rates Are Not Given
BERLIN, July 14.-For! the
first time since the marks de
preciation began no official quo
tations on foreign currencies were
announced today. This created
confusion and embarrassment, not
only for the speculators in dollars
who have always regarded the list
of exchange, rates as the outstand
ing news of the day, but also, for
businessmen and tourists, who
subsequently found themselves un
able to buy necessary amounts of
German currency.
The banks refused to buy any
foreign bank notes or checks even
at yesterday's official rates, at
which the dollar stood at 187,000;
they told their patrons that, It was
impossible for them to do bo, be
cause they could not get mark
currency- themselves, ana were
not permitted to sell foreign mon
ies. -: '
M'DOUGAL IS CLEAIiED,
PORTLAND. July 1 4. Walter
C. McDougal was cleared of the
charge of kidnapping his nine
year old son when a not true bill
was returned Friday by the Mult
nomah county -grand jury. Mc
Dougal was accused of kidnapping
the boy from the Hill Military
Academy, , by his divorced., wife,
Jsobel McPougal. .
M6
INSPECTS
ON MB
PHER
IS ISSUED BY
IfOHItENTS
Rum Runners and "Vct,f
Atlantic Vessels Are Given
est Dy uniciais oi Vol
stead Amendment"
STATEMENT, GOVERNS
ALL MANUFACTURING
Processes Are Described in
Simple Manner as Is
System of Permits
WASHINGTON,' July 14. For
the moment, prohibition officials
hare diverted , some of their at
tention away from rum' runners
and wet Atlantic liners and are
preparing to bverhaul the regula
tions relating , to cider.
. An announcement from the pro
hibition bureau today said that
the fruit juice regulations are now,
"under revision and would be Is
sued in the near future.' Offi
cials would add no details but by
way of preliminary advice the
bureau gave out the substance of
a legal opinion on the subject pre
pared by James G. Br'itt, its chief
counsel. "The statement was In
the form of a primer and was sup
posed 'to make if perfectly clear
when, if ever, it is permissible to
have on hand hard cider and why,.
It follows: -
"Cider is Juice"
"The word 'cider' shall mean;
the. expressed, juice of .whole,
fresh, sound, ripe apples, exclu
sive of any extraneous or foreign
matter and without regard to the
fermentation or alcoholic content
thereof unless otherwise Indicated
by the. context.
f 'Sweet' elder Is the fresh Juice,
obtained by the first pressing ofj
whole if resh, sound, ri pel apples.
i Priirvfil iiwAftt ' f lAnr' 1i
sw.eet cider as defined above in
which alcoholic fermentation la
prevented, or materially retarted.
(1) by the addition immediately
upon pressing of U- S. P. benxoafe
of j soda in the proportion of not
less than four to 4 avoirdupois
ounces to each barrel off not ex
ceeding 50 wine gallons capacity
or (2) by pasteurising or steriliz
ing and immediately placing earns
in .small, impervious sterile sealed
containers, such as, bottles or jugs,
- V Mns Have, Permit,
'The presence of 4 percent of
acetic acid will be considered as
constituting the article vinegar
and the, presence . of as much as
1 percent of acetic acid will be
considered vinegar stock.
: "Other acetic solutions of sim
ilar strength made from malt, etc.,
shall t also be considered to bo
"Jn order to manufacture com- .T
mcrcially, a permit must be ob
tained and bond given' in accord-. J
ance wifb the "customary . regula
tions of the department. The pro
duction of non-intoxicating cider
and frnit Juices in the home is not
controlled in . the same manner.
Permits are not required unless
the cider or fruit juices are sold
to vinegar manufacturers."
KLEAGLE KOLLEGTS
: U Id D1TES
Kohvention Held Without
Masks! Figures on Initiates
- Are Varied. .,
SEATTLE, July 14. -"-.Sheriff
Matt St'arwlch took three deputies'
with him today to a picnic held
by the Ku" KIux Klan at Renton
Junction, South of this city, lin
gered for a while looking in vain
for any one wearing a mask in
violation ; of state law, and left
the deputies on the lookout and
returned home.
. The sheriff, whose announce
ment that he would not permit
masks to be worn at the picnic
resulted in a vain request by Lu
ther I. Powell, king kleagle of the
Klan in the Pacific northwest do
main, that , Governor Hart send
troops to "protect" the picnickers
in their regalia, declined a pro
posal to have his picture taken
with officers of the organization.
King Kleagle Powell announced
that 1200 candidates were InltiaU
ed into membership tonight. News
papermen declared that -the. clas
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