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I SEVENTY-TIIIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1923
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Alex Kels, Wealthy Butcher,
Confesses to Authorities
That He Killed Stranger
and Tried to Make it . Ap-
pear' it AVas His Body-
Insurance ublect
EUREKA. Cat,: tkt. 3. Alex
Kels. wealthy butcher, of Lodl,
confessed 'early this .morning to
authorities that hfr killed a strang
er on 'his ranch near Lodl, Bep
tember 12, set fire to a haystack
near his automobile and the body
and disappeared from sight In or
' der to "enable 'his wife to collect
i his tiMntraneemoaey.
Announcement"; of the confes
sion ;wt made : by -Assistant Dis
trict Attorney M. .O. ."Woodward
of Fan1 Joaquin county t 12:4S
o'clock ' After he a&4 Sheriff . W.
H. Riecke, who arrired here at
8 fe'clock had. stilled Kels . for
nearly fonr hours.' ; , ,
The attempted hoax was carried
out, Kels told the off leers,, -because
he was In tlnancial distress.
Who the ' man was that he killed
he declared he did not know. : He
picked the stranger lip at a Ijodi
free emplbyont -ageBey.- he said,
and took him to bis ranch. There
he shot the stranger twtee, killing
-him. . He their pvt. the "body' in
his automobile, carered It . with
a laprobe and drore about In the
lclnlty all day. He stopped at
Lodl .late In the day . at an oil
filling sutlon j and obtained ome
gasoline, later drlrinr to the
ranch where the; bodywas tound.
Heaping the hay around the ma
chine, he set fire to It and fled
he scene, walking to Sacramen
to, where he besaa"the trip erer
the southwest Irhiek later led him
5o Ukiah, CaL and from there to
Sureka, where he was arrested
if onday night. ' -
EUREKA, CaL, Oct. J. After
a restless day during whlcb. lie
was held . iuokm unlcade in the
city jail here, Alex Kels, wealthy
Ijodi butcher, supposedly "slainr
and burned September 12,
Questioned here tonight by San
Joaquin , county. .Authorities who
are probing What . is alleged to
hare been an attempted hoar to
collect life Insurance, j
- Kels appeared on the 'rerge of
a nerrons colla'pse when lie 'arose
I this morning and a elose guard
-was kept orer him throughout the
day by Chief of Police en Ban
nister, to 'pTereiit an atteinpt.at
self-destruction TVhen he was ar
rested in a box car yesterday,
Kels apparently was. trying , to
commit fcaiclde by 'alscharginc a
rifle with his toes and authorities
are fearful that Jie may, repeat
the attempt.
Lahore Employed
LODI, CaL,, Oct-J-!6
Kels, Lodl cattleman, la whose
automobile A- man, "belleted for ' a
time to be Kels, was burned to
death September 12i had engaged
a laboffef that ,mdrhlng to work
as a stock f eeder , oA 4he 1 Kels
ranch, it . was aserted today b,y
LeTi At wood, in charge jd. a local
free employment agency. Atwood
related conTersatloa is ald' he
overheard between Kels and the
man who apparently died later
in the automobile fire. ; I
: The fire victim evidently was
an itinerant borer--who i
come here in the Jope of obtain
ing employment as -a grape ;plck-
er. When be arrived, hptr ever ,
-there were: no jobs available in
the vineyards And he remained in
the expectation 6f "taking what
erer other fkaa btreted, i
Kel's wife, an expectant' metier
is in a'eerions .condition. .She
was delirious today and at inter
vals cried1 "Is ne alWet',,:
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OREGON. Rain west, lncreas
- lng cloudiness east ' portion
Wednesday, cooler except
i near the coast. ,
LOCAL . 2ATI1ER --
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TV pirate: 3 .
ixi:-iura, 72.
'air.-Jti, 60.
..er, 1.T. ,
r.ainfall, none.
Atmosphere, clear
SOLON SAYS
WOODPILE TO
BE PROVIDED
KXangus Johnsort. Visits His
. Office in Senate -Confers !
, With President
.. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Magr
nus Johnson, Farmer-tAbbr sena
tor " from 1 Minnesota, came to
Washington today to confer with
President Coolldge and to famil
iarize himself with what are to
be his luttfre surroandings an
"Capitol Hill.- He will Visit the
White House tomorrow and will
leaTe la mid-afternoon for Chi
cago where he is to epeek Friday
night. I v
Senator Johnson, accompanied
by George t. Brewer of Minne
apolis, a political adTlser, slipped
quietly ' ' Into town Just . before
noon, coming from New York and
Philadelphia. Boarding 'street
ear, he went to the National ho
tel, 'on 'PenhsyiranlA ayenue, 'a
few ' blocks 1 1 'from ;' the " capitoI,
whidt . in days 'gone by ; was ; a
meeting place of senators and
representatlTes.
. Confronted; by a maze of cor
ridors in the ' senate office build
ing, -Senator Johnson on his ar
rival there I Inquired of a negro
attendant as , to the ; location of
tSbm 125 T? : J ;. y ,
;"Why, - that's Senator Magnus
Johnson's room," exclaimed the
attendant. ' 1 , 4
L' "Yes; 1 am Senator Johnson,"
was -the reply. -
. Beaming with pride, the negro
Introduced the senator to attach
es stationed nearby ; and then es
corted him i to his offices. There
the ' senator "found, a crowd of
newspaper, i correspondents . who
had besieged his offices for' sere
ral' hours. . . - i .
fThe Republican party: prom
ised - three years ago that it was
going to assist American agricul
ture in erery way," Senator John
son . said. "They hare fallen down
on that promise." ; j
; Senator Johnson said he did
not beliete; it would do much
good now to call an extra session
of congress to enact legislation
to rellere the present situation.
IV too fate now- he .added.
The senitor fteclined to TOice
any Tlews as to the" Repobllcan
leadership Wi congress, i ,
"I'll get along fine with every
one ox my colleagues, . ne saia.
"I did so for eight years in the
Minnesota senate and house. Of
course, we'll .hare our .little
scraps. ! I had 'em -out mere, out
that's nothing. '
Senator Johnson said he would
not select! a residence on this
trip, preferring to leave that to
Mrs. Johnson.
"She 1 doesn't like cities, any
how", he said. .X'U need a wood
pile on which to exercise
TOT lil Jill. : :
FOLKS SUM
Chiof 'Birtchet Wonders
About .identity of Lad
, Who Bought Cookie
Bad men can be reckoned with,
but when It comes . to ' dealing
with an 8-year-old ' youngster
whose parents do not claim him,
Cbief of .Pollee Walter ! Birtcnet
admits that he does not know
what to do ' '
The youngster, giving his name
as Forest Martin, was picked, up
Monday night and .brought to
headquarters. Here be said his
parents, who recently j moved to
Salem from Montana, j had given
him , permission to go down town
and purchase a cream j puff . Be
fore the delicacy could be pur
chased,, the boy discovered, he was
tost.. : A- ' - . . I y .
Though he remained under the
care of the police department the
remainder f thei night ; and
through the day,' his Parents ad
not called for him ' ! early lst
night. u : f .. :. ;;':-?
Dffl6n trriQatioMfehT f
. HCia uieeunQs m vaie
.VALE,' Or., Oct. 2. The l3th
Innnal Oregon Irrigation congres
will open-here Wednesday and
continue tThnfsday land , Friday
tt ;wUl -be the biggest t And! most
interesting Mrrlgatlon session ever
held in Oregon. According to
James M. Kyle of Stanflreid. its
president, ' who arrived In 'Vale
today with W. E. Meacham- ot
Baker, secretary and W. A. Stew
ard tof Baker, chairman of r the
executive eommittee.'
AVord has beaa received .. that
'nimrriAH - Walter-11. iPieTca of
Oreron. C C. Moore of Idaho And
Josepb. M. Dixon of Montana will
-rrffptit -to -rartlcirate- ta -tie
jprcsram. '
II CENSOR
IfSIPBRT
Labor Press President Says
Present Censorship o f
Pictures Approaches Eur
opean Methods
RELIEF FROM HIGH '
POSTAL RATES SEEN
One , Resolution Would Have
Federation Enter Field as '
Toliticai Party
PORTLAND.. Ore..
Oct. 2.
(By Associated Press.) The cen
sorship of motion pictures is dang
erous ; to freedom' of speech . and
the press guaranteed by the con
stitution was declared in af report
submitted tonight At ' the tenth
annual "' convention of 'the later-,
national Labor Press of. America,
submitted by its president, Mat
thew WolL -
TWe are fast approaching- the
older Berepeascmetbeds of repres
sion," said Woll. , "Slowly 1 but
bu reify freedom of speech and of
the. press and assemblage are be
ing converted into mere licenses,
subject to such condition and re
strictions as may be imposed by
political board of censorships
v' 1 ' Fertile Field. ; '
"This form of .repression , and
censorship has found a .; most
fertile field In the exhibiting bf
motion pictures.;' ' Many good peo
ple are; misguided into favoring
this form, of repression because
of their desire to protect the
morals of the people, particularly
the youth of the land. Unfor
tunately, In furthering this form
of repression and licensing this
method of expression a : greater
and morel dangerous evil 'fa be
ing rate4,TUtUfattentlon rf-ls'
given the fact, based on the
world's expertenee, . that the reg
ulation of morals' by the state
has ever been a -complete failure.
"The thing to do is to uproot
the idea of censorship In any and
all forms, from our American soil.
"We are not confined to legis
lative f; and censorship repression
of freedom of speech and of the
press. indeed our. j uaictary in its
eqhity dirlslon and -by the issu
ance bf injunctions' has torn the
first section of America's Bill of
rights, enacted into theAmerican
constitution, all to pieces.! - EtI-
dently our . courts belleTe them
selves "greater and more powerful
than the constitution or congress.'
We find our judges almost dally
issuing decrees taking away from
the workers their freedom of
speech and denying labor : publi
cations the freedom of the press."
' 4 Relief Discussed. 1i f ?
-Possibilities of relief being af
forded from the .; existing high
postal rates on second class mat
ter, said Woll, are to be found
in the plans for an exhaustive in
vestigation of costs of handling
the various classes of mail, which
is being conducted at present by
the pestoffice department, -h ' I,-
The convention of the American
Federation pf Labor stood ad
journed this afternoon, while com
mittees were working on accum
ulations of resolutions and rec
ommendations of the executive
committee. " ! .
Among resolutions, under con
sideration were two urging, the
federation : to ' amend its settled
policy, in regard to politics and
launch into the political field ia
A third party in conjinctioA with
the farmers.
Bandits Make Escape
!WWith $8,000 in Seattle
EATTLE. Oct. 2. Four arm
ed . bandits sheld up the cashier
the timekeemer la the mam
olUco'of the Western TJnidn Tei
ecranh company here j late ttoaay,
obtslnlnc :8.000 And I a&aKing
their '-escape. ; . ' ; :
The robbery was one or the
most deliberately planned bhm
daringly executed, daylight, rob
beries In the city! history, ) ac
cording to tlhe police Anthontles,
who . have ' been unable up to
late hour tonight to find a Hrace
of the four men. ; ; :'"
More than 0 empleyee j were
at -work in the office at the? time
df the hdldup in the'hallway thU
afternoon, but none caw the man
her la which' the unmasked men
succeeded In getting the 13,000
which S. M- Fowler, cashier. And
L. R. Williams time keeper had
rci2y-to-3rartrxT:ryE vt the
traffic department. f 1 '.
PRINCE BIDS
FAREWELL TO
COMPANIONS
Lord Renfrew Says He Hopes
lie Can Come Again in Re '
gponse to Invitation' ":
CALQARY. Alta.. OcU 2- Lord
Renfrew's departure - from Cal
gary this afternoon was featured
by the Informal manner In which
parting exchanges were given. !
"Good-bye, we hope to see. you
next year." wero the parting
words expressed by the distin
guished . guests at the station.; -
"Good-bye, " I hope I can," ; re
turned Lord Renfrew as his train;
was leaving the station platform.
Oni the stattoni platform? Lord
Renfrew exchanged greetings with
everyone. He expressed, previous
ly to bis manager. Prof osaor.Car
lyle, that he had enjoyed the Tisit
and .profited botb phyeically and
mentally from the trip.
. Each time the crowd obtained
a glimpse of , Lord . Renfrew on
the station platform they sent up
a series of cheers. "As the special
train started to leave the crowd
cheered. Lord Renfrew could be
seen remaining on the platform
of the last car until out of sight.
PE0DEIE6ATES
II
1000 Women Gather for Na-
. tronal Conventiorv-BO r
. From Iowa . '
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. Vl-
More than ltJOO delegates df the
PEA Sisterhood, representing 28
states, the national capital and
Canadian provinces arrived here
today for the formal obenisg of
the :26th biennial conrention.', ;
The Shrine temple ..was .the
scene of a large banquet for, the
visitors and members Ml the local
organization. The actual work of
the convention: will start at
Drake. will lead the devotional ex-
eretses. Business matters will oc
cupy the attention of the dele
gates until 4 p. m. 'tomorrow
when they will be the guests of
the Seattle DAR. A dinner, fol
lowed by a business meeting, will
close the convention -tomorrow
night. :,::-. C . -
Three ? hundred members Ar
rived from eastern states at 2 i 50
p.. m. today' on A special train.
Iowa, the native state of the first
PEO chapter, headed in the list
of visiting members with 60 reg
istered. Missouri was second - 1th
a representation of 48 and Kansas
third with 31.
W. MOore May Get
Post on City Council
The vacancy in the city coun
cil from the fourth ward, ca-naed
by the resignation ot Arthur H.
Moore, will be filled by the coun
cil at the next regular meeting.
The name of J. W. Moore, an
employe of the secretary of state's
onice, was recommended for the
position by the retiring alderman.
They are not related. , The resig
nation of Mr. Moore, while ex
pected by the .members of the
council, came much sooner than
they, had- anticipated and v they
were unprepared to elect a suc
cessor, 1 was said. x r, :
Mr Moore -has just moved In
to his new apartments on High
street, which ,'ere recently com
pleted, and no Monger 'lives with
in the boundaries of ward Kt His
term of office. would -not have ex
pired until three years from Jan
nary:!. '
Mrs. Park's
By ELLA
MEET II SEATTLE
I newer knew that tile time Would come when I could1 so Chor
oughly enjoy myself earing just what I like in the newspaper.
f-Wnen you are a reporter and getting wages every Saturday might
but I cannot go into that, for already I have spent a great
deal ot this beautiful, cold, shivery .Tuesday morning tearing -up
that old gray coat 1 wore several winters when I was tramping hp
one street and dawn another hunting news for The Statesman
and I've got ali i the grapes that Are hot moldy stewing --on the
stove to make jelly, and some other things need my personal at
tention.' But ever since I read : the- Announcement ".that Mrs.
Charles A. Park would teach alible class s suAllthls wMltrfr I'Ve
had a hankering to go and hunt a little house in Salem in order to
attend those classes. ,-: : .--u-
; I wonder. Folks, If we hsve ever, stopped, to think just what
Mrs. Park's Bible class means to Salem. When you, have spent a
single afternoon, listening to her wonderful enlightening interpre
tation ot 'the Bible you will agrree that she And her classes com
prise the biggest religions Institution In the city, wlth ail due. re
snect to the Deonle who are doinc good along other lines. '
Mrs. Park has'had the advantage of a trib tb the Holy land.
going there with a definite idea of what she Wasted to -see and
seeing, with the eyes bf. a devoted. Intelligent Christian. And tells
the story i.so that yon 'too may see it. How mAny years she has
given freely of ' her wonderful store :of knowledge, promptly on
hand for her class when she was obliged to drive with horse and
buggy oter those (then) muddy
knew how they manage such things, but I think that Salem should
have a :. Mrs. Park DAT, when all should meet to . 8o her "honor.
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SAN QUENTIN
IWW CONVICTS
STAGE STRIKE
Solitary Confinement Bread
; and Water Diet Punishment
Is Given Prisoners W :
i SAN QUENTIN,; CaL.'Oct. .2. -Solitary
confinement in. dungeons
and cells .and a diet of bread and
water - is t the punishment' being
meted out tp 68 Industrial Work
ers of the World serving sentences
of . from ' one. to 14 'years in San
Quentin prison for vtotatlon ' of
the criminal syndicalism law, who
staged a ; new ''sympathy , strike"
today .in protest, against the- Im
prisonment: of fellow member.
The punUhment will, be continued
until they, agree to return to work,
"and behave, themselves," War
den James 'A? Johnson announced.
The, priffoners qult their jobs
In the jure "mill today after J. B.
Chlldfi,a new.Jrlsoner, eenteoeed
at Los Angeles early last month,
refused' to continue at .his tasks
and was .ordered con fined to the
dungeon. 5 Three other- similar;
strikes baro been held by the
IWW convicts. - ,
ISTICE our
TO OE OBSERVED
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Date Is November ,12 Pa
rade, Oratory.andnnual
. Football Classic ! r
Armistice day, to be observed
on Monday. Nov. 12, will be fit
tingly celebrated. : This was de
cided upon last bight at a meet
ing bf Capitol Post No. ,9, Amer
ican Legion. "-'-y":rJV' "
'Included on 'the proposed pro
gram, plans for Which are' now be
ing devekped, is a parade, parti
ciated In by all the patriotic and
fraternal organisations of Slem,
if filiated auxiliaries And schools.
With the high school football
Lnil.i lit xim.ori
c ween saiem ana Kugene, and a
big dance under Be auspices of
the American Legion In the eve
nlng, a rousing celebration Is con
templated. It was also decided
last night that a prominent man
be obtained as orator -of the day.
Business transacted last night
included plans for a bU: get-together-
meeting two weeks from
last night, at which chow call will
be heard v ; The payment of dues
soon, ; to include all of 1924 and
a subscription : to - the Pacific Le
gion; a membership campaign to
bring Into the post all eligible
members in -the district .and ' the
ordering , ot a standard for . the
post.; ; . : ?; :--:,Tr; 5 '4
Robin Day, delegate to the state
convention . At Seaside, gave A re
port f the; gathering, while Com
mander Griffith, who is lira a
member j of the state executive
committee, told of plans formu
lated for the year. ; , . V j
Voyageurs in Volture 163, Les
Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chev
aux, are planning to attend the
ceremonial to be staged in Dallas
Saturday, night, it was announced
last night. Included with these
are several from Silverton and
Woodburn. ;., ' L
Lutherans of Silverton
h Will. Motor to Portland
. J BILVBRTON, I Or., ' Oct 1
(Special 'to -the Statesman. ) i
great many Silverton folk 'Sixm
making plans to , motor . to ,Port
land Sunday . morning io Pattead
th .Lutheran Sunday ischol, con
vention to be hId there. Several
carloads ; are going , from Trinity
and St. John's Lutheran .churches.
Biblei Class
McMCNN
roads of Polk codrity! .1 don't
EM ABOUT
KfJ 1YDR
While Head of Oklahoma
City ; Unionized Police
Force Winning Favor Wth
Organized Labor :
LABOR ENDORSED HIM
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Great Crowds Attended His
Inauguration Following a
Sensational Campaign
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct.
2. (Ir the Associated Press).-
Govenror ; J. r C. j WaUon appeared
on the political stage in Oklahoma
when, as mayor of Oklahoma City,
he'unionlzed the city police 'force
in 19 1 9, thus gaining the active
friendship of organized labor in
the state. ; ' : 1"'
In the spring of 1921, ' while
mayor, he was endorsed for gov
ernor by the State Federation' of
Labor and i by the newly orga
nized Oklahoma ; Farmers' labor
reconstruction league.
Campaign Made
With the support of these or
ganizations he made a sensation
al campaign for nomination on
the Democratic ticket, Involving
the ;' services of an automdbile
caravan carrying, a' singer, a Jaxx
band, and an advance agent. He
was nominated by- a substantial
majority, i :l ' , !
"', With his' victory In the general
November election, , he retired to
Cuba for rest while preparations
were made for a. monster barbecue
and inaugural celebration that at
tracted the . attention of the na
tion. r , , . .
Approxlmately100.000 persout.
thronged the state' fair grounas,
ate barbecue from pits more than
a mile In length and drank coffee
from vats,! holding -thousands of
gallons and s heated by steam ; en
gines.: :) :U
a f i 4,
: , Appointment Opposed '
'A ; ' ? -: :-'. :.!' i;
The Unanguratioh oyer. Gover
nor Walton plunged Into a whixl
of activity that has kept him be
fore the public eye virtually with
out interruption. . -"
. Charged by his opponehts ' with
radical tendencies,' he stoutly de
fended the j Reconstruction league
again3t its j enemies who branded
it an offspring-of the Non-partisan
league of! .North Dakota and
named as head of the Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege George Wilson, ah organizer
of, the league" In Oklahoma! ' j J
The appointment drew the fire
of the American. Legion which op
posed Wilsom . The state was a
political turmoil for weeks. Then
Walton removed Wilson and broke
with the Reconstruction league.
He maintained throughout that he
was still fighting the battle lot
the' farmer! and laborer, but that
the league did not have authority
to represent these groups.
Martial Law Extended
Coming quickly upon the heels
of the Wilson flurry, martial law
was proclaimed, in 1 Okmulgee
county. ' The governor announced
be was seeking tocurb mob vio
lence. ' Later .Tulsa county went
under the rule "Of the military end
then the entire state.
It. was then that the governor
declared he was fighting the Ku
Klux Klan. .:The issue became in
vblved through - his alleged abro
gation of constitutional rights of
citlzena of connection with the
klan fight.' ; ...
Inrine Personally Hunts '
For Man Who porgea name
CHICAGO. Oct. 2.- When the
tfrnature on a bold was found to
be forged, : Judge Francis BorelU
. - a
stepped down from tne -municipal
bench several ' days 'ago. donned
old clothes and Urted out to find
tho man who signed the fictitious
name.. ' r r V-7 ' '
He came back today with his
man after visiting half the dives
of Chicago's underworld, running
down the i non-existent David R.
Lee: -Irho 1 sighed the : bond for
lease of George Holmes, charged
with robbery "with a gun.
J A , three-inch cut over; his left
eye. caused by,' Judge ' BorelU's
flst when he resisted arrest, Wil
liam Mayer was brought in as the
alleged Lee. Mayer admitted: re
ceiving $100 from John Foley and
was ' promised another: $100. by
Harry Morris, two menjworklng a
number ' of fake ' bond casee ; ac
cording to Judge Borelll." Both
werA arrested vdoi Jndre Borel-
lll's information.
jr uskUAA ixiup aula
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j.IjCt i
Amendment Which , Permits Lchlzlc: j
Assemble At Ovvn::Call :T
peachment Of State Officials Ccrrlz I
Large Majority -r Soldier 1 Bchui SI.T-,
Fails To Pass. n
-- OKLAHOMA 'CITY, Oct. 2. (Bv Associated Prcc.)
Rettirns late today f rom the state-wide election showed 11
a trohstitutional arnendraent authorizing the state 1::'
ture tb convene itself to consider impeachment cl
against state officials had been carried by a trcr.:;:
majority, despite a proclamation issued by Govcmcr - J. '
Walton that no election should be held. - -
.A $30,000,000 soldiers' bonus measure was defeat :
were also two other constitutional amehdmehts, oce kutL: . 1
ing the state to refund deposits lost in failures of stela L
and another providing death ' compensation , under th? t
industrial laws. . .':. ' . - .
Two measures . that apparently carried on the f : : c
returns from7 approximately one fourth of the stata 1: :I
a minimum Jevy of fifteen mills for every school u. 1:
in the state and removed political limitations from ;z.
making them eligible for all of ficesi . ' :i t
SWSOVEUED
i
Malpltas Cal., Person Would
Put All Idle Corkscrews
' ' To Wofk -
f Here is an interesting and sug
gestive letter received by Manager
C. EiWllson of the Chamber of
Commerce ''from m Malpitas, Cal.,'
person who catls 'himself Samuel
Shovelhead: -f '
.'Gentlemen: Being, as .you
are, in close teach with. the indus
trial activities of the nation, you
of course know, that 'there - are
millions of idle corkscrews In the
country, as is indisputably shown
by statistics salvaged:: by the
Smithsonian Institute and fully
published in the Hilarity Dept. of
the Congressional Record," page
2813 par. 1323U AaeV-AB- i Is
well "known that your commend
able organization la Opposed to
Idleness, I am asking -you to as
sign ' me your moral support in
putting these idle corkscrews to
work. : My plan is to buy up all
these corkscrews and start a fac
tory Ih Salem to hammer them
out .Into ten-penny -nails. You
know that hand-hammered ten
penny nails 'are in big ' demand,
for houses we must have, although
beer and bread we can get along
without. After the Industry Is on
a paying basis there may be a
limited amount of stock sold, but
only oh the guarantee that. It will
remain permanently Invested, and
the Investor need never withdraw
It from the corporation's treasury
or ' wherever; It may have fetched
up In. .; : - ' :': .r
. MA - to - irresponsibility, I can
refer s you. without , permission, to
Hon; P. H. D'Arcy, Hon. 'George
H. Burnett, the trustees of the
Lake Labtsh Academy of Musle',
or any member of the board of
aldermen of the city of Eola. .
, "And so, feeling sure that you
will recognize a feood thing when
you see It,
"Very T.tY
"SAMUEL. SHOVELHEAD."
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Verdict in Favor of Salem
Man Returned at Dallas -Last
Night
In the circuit ' court at Dallas
last night shortly before 9 o'clock
a verdict ! ot . not guilty was re
turned by a Jury in the ease of the
state against . Floyd McQuinn of
Salem. ' McQuinn was accused of
a statutory offense against a
year-old girl. v . '
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v It ; was said i that evidence
against McQuinn was lacking and
that he apparently proved several
alibis.
: The Jury, retired shortly after
5 o'clock; but went out for lunch
before beginning its deliberations.
- The offense was alleged to have
taken place in West Salem.
OFFEHSra
HELD
DT GUILTY
us i s w
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. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., C
2. (By . the Associatal Vxt..i ) .
With virtually" one fourth cZ i
state heard from at 9: SO o' '
it was indicated -that a cc
tional amendment to cjea tl3
for the itater leslalature to c
slder (he official record c! C
ernor ; Jf !cl Walton ha i'i .
victory with the greater t i
ever recorded : in an t! . '
Oklahoma. '
' 'Onthe basis of.retu::3 r;
that hour compiled ty l--r :
papers or the -state, Jt v.- :
cated that the tne a- ..
carry . by approiimattly . ;
, Six hundred and firty jr c..:
oat of. 2,827 in the suta c .
proposition givs; Yec, iz.Z : :
no, 17,511. f ;
- It a estimated that "tie t;
vote , will be approximately 4 Z :
000. ; . -
Partial returns from 3 cjt
77 counties in the ..state iailcat
that the measure had won ia c
. In two counties, no votes t
cast, because election but
not arrive from Oklahcz: C;
the state election havins te a. .
layed by last minute !!;" I
over the election.
Returns -from 479 rtc:
compiled by four Oklahoma r:
papers for th legislative
ment give: Yes, 62,638; no, i:
442. : --;, ,:
. One hundred and five cf t
precincts , were In " . Cklii :
county..- .
If the ratio. of voting ccr.!:
it is estimated that 450,033 v :
have; been cast, which is nr.:
cedehted In". Oklahoma e-s
elections.
. If this estimate proves -corr:
the total will be within c; ;r:
mately 50,000 votes of tie L.':.
number ever cast In any e : . : : ;
in the state.; ... . ;
' Eight hundred and sixty -c:.
precincts out of 2.637 in the-tt:
tabulated from returns gsthtr.
by four Oklahoma newfr"' rs r
the . legislative amendntat giv
Yes, .94,l6fi; .no." 22.SS7.
. ' One ; hundred and . twelve
cincta are.ln Oklahoma cc-nty.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ckli., C
2. (By the Asociaiei Press). -Representative
- W. D. UcTl z 3 t
Stephens county, sail in a ei:
ment tonight that sucli aa. ov
whelming majority has t.;
Governor Walto n 's a i I r. Is tr a t:
that It' no, loeser can I -3 r-
sentative of a small portion cf t
people. Representatir 3 IZzV.t 2 ;
a--leader- In the lr: -movement
against the err:uil
"Governor Yalton's d : ,
methods and high Lan'-i r; .. '
of handling aftairs dur: tl 3 f
months. he has beea cca-crtcr I
become so dlsgu"stir;3 to tLi f:
that they haver risen c? Li t
first opportunity at the pcl'js l
by a possible five to one r.:j. . .
have given him sneh a r-:I .
than an ordinary Kin would
recover in I years," Represent:".:-.-MeBee
aBserted.
Walla Wdla Ku IC!-r
- Initiates Tv;d C :
: WALLA WALLA, W
2.- A crowd estimated
2, OOO assembled at .
grounds ; tonight to r
initiation of two clif
women and one cf r
Ku Klux Klan. Ti E:
lighted ' by .searctl' -fiery
rcc?e-3 -wer-a c
. -No annourc : : r
the nuEater ia V t
100 Kh-:-u t
cerf sc! .
at t-
t! ;
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