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i i t P ! I '! i ii' ' I 1 I i I- i r 4: v Particular . People Patronize Paper Proving Pulling Power The Statesman's Want Ads - In the City of Salem , and elsewhere in' . Marlon and Polk CountleJ - Nearly everybody reads THE OREGON STATESMAN Th Home Newspaper - - - SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS L . , . " ' f i ' - . . i : f f t If. ' flssicmfi HOLDS MEET Covered Wagon Rolls Creak- ingfy Off Stage of North western History at Olym pian Celebration CAPITAL CARAVAN COMING TO SALEM 3. Observing Completion of Pa tific Highway, Two States Wilt Join in Gala Day fOLTMPIA, Wash . Oct. 23 "With flying . banners - and draped ennting over all the main build ings !of the city acting' as colorful background, the covered wagon rolled creaklngly off the stage of northwestern history tonight as the Washington State Good Road association, celebrated at the open ing of its fonr day 24th annual convention the completion of the paved Pacific highway through Washington and Oregon. ; The program tonight 'consisted of organizing the convention rou tine, the delivery of an address of welcome : by ; Mayor George Draham and the appointment of committees by President Fred L. Wolf of' Newport. - Tomorrow the main ' business sessions will be held, together with the election of officers for. the year. Additional automobile loads .of. delegates will leave Seattle and adjoining towns for this city to morrow. On Thursday and Friday an automobile taravan will motor over the new highway to Salem, Or. ; A stop will be made on, the International bridge,' where - VOld Man Detour" will be thrown Into the Columbia river. The problem of the selection of an east and west route across the fctaje may;' come to the convention floor this! year, although most of the road policies will be decided at next year's sessions prior to the meeting of the legislature, declar ed some of the delegates. South west members will probably take the floor for the North Bank hlgh-iren way.v while. King county delegates wilt doubtlessly make a strong f lglif for the Snoqnalmie pass route, it was unofficially stated to night; , - i y ,&r . fir house Convicts Present Rollicking Song , Hits and Spicy ; Comedy at Show Before a capacity house last night the annual prison show with Its varied program: of seven skits went off with a snap and finish that won the warm approval of the spectators, f From the first' com edy to the finale chorus, ''What's the Use of Dreaming." ; the actors appealed to a variety, of emotions ranging from a rollicking humor to a deeper touch of pathos. Dur ing tbe, evening more than 20 of the latest sons blts vere featured In solos, quartet minstrel and chorus work, and the acts were agreeably seasoned with a number of good-natured "take-offs' on a lew 'well known townspeople, as well as a number of the prison of ficials, la the one-act comedy "There Is One Born Every Minute," James Bergstedt did particularly good "work in the role of "Ole". the food natured Swede who offered , his services to the proprietor of the restaurant for "nothing the (Continued on page 3) THE WEATHER OREGON; Fair Wednesday., LOCAL WEATHER (Monday) Haximura temperature, 60. Minimum temperature, 34. River. 3.1, TUing. Rainfall, none. Atmosphere; clear. Wind, northwest. CK AT PHISOiJ SHOW WEW I CRISIS FACES BERLIN GOVERNMENT More Serious Internal Trouble May Result is In Proipect Socialistic Impatience With Stresemann Regime and Indication of Radi cals Threaten Early Break in Ranks. BERLIN. Oct. 23. (By other parliamentary crisis, and one which will harbor far more serious Internal ramifications than that which! recently carried Dr. Stresemann into office for a second time at the head of a loosely joined coalition, is an early prospect, in the opinion of political leaders. Socialistic impatience with the Stresemann government s tolerance of Von Kahr the Bavar ian dictator, and the indignation lute manner iniwhich Saxony js being dealt with under the existing state of military law already constitute points of divergence, which threaten the socialists defection from the present coalition; ' ; The chancellor's failure to make prompt categorical use of his dictatorial authority in enforcing urgent remedial measures is also causing restiveness in the ranks of the radi cal party and its principal organ Vorwaerts which : is not holding, baekt plain spoken criticism of the government in which the party is represented by three ministers. I FARMER Jl lis SELF OF1 OIK French-Canadian Near Bend Sets Fire to Home After Murdering Family BEND, Or., Oct; 2S. After kill- ing,his sister, her baby daughter and his three children, Eli Chasse, . . . . '' i a irencn-uanaaian . larmer living 11 miles north of here, near De schutes, set fire to his home and then ended his own life by shoot ing Himself through, the head with a -revolver, it ras I believed here today following the discovery ol the tragedy early today by W. B. Steele, a neighbor; who ' saw the house in flames, t A coroner's jury returned a verdict that the death3 had been caused1 by f'party or par ties unknown." i ! i . : ; .' A blood stained I hammer was found at Chasse's feef, and a re volver lay beside,-the body.- The bodies of the sister and four child- were burned j as they lay in their beds where they had been beaten to death, with the hammer. The dead are: j j Ell Chasse, 45.' Mrs. Anna Lauzer, sister of Chasse. '.'.-ill u -'.' - Rita Lauzer.i aged 2'4 years, daughter of the dead woman. Estrange Chasse, aged 5, daugh ter of the dead; man. ' Viola Chasse aged 7, daughter of the dead man. i ! Wilfrid Chasse, aged 9, son of the dead man. fj ! Evidence taken at the coroner's Inquiry developed the . fact that Chasse had been despondent late ly becau3e of financial difficulties. It was also testified by neighbors that Chasse's sister had expressed fear of her brother because of threats she said he had made. . Rhineland Republic Dies Natural Death AIX LA CHA j'ELLE, Oct. 23. (By V Associated y. Press.) Tne Rhineland republic tonight is vir tually dead, as far as Alx La Chapelle Is coilcerned, after two days of a precarious1 existence. The loyalists have recaptured all the buildings in Aix held by the separtists except the provincial government building and failing the arrival of reinforcements sum moned from Crefeld, this building probably will be evacuated during the night. ; ! The separatists also have been defeated - at a number of places where they established themselves two days ago,- including Julich, Muenchen-Gladbeck, Neuss and Mayence. j i j " - The recaptures were "attended with a certain amount of - blood shed but the worst fighting took place in Aix, where a. number of persons were killed or wounded during the bight and this morn ing when the rival parties battled for two hours. C j y ? The Belgian-authorities deputed the local police to restore' order when it looked as If the separa tists would be annihiliated by the townsfolk. The Belgian troops' are aiding the police in patroling the streets. At 7 o'clock tonight the curfew was rung; sending the people to their -homes as a pre caution against further trouble. the Associated Press.) An of the radicals over the reso Among the reichstag: leaders there is a feeling that Chancellor Stresemann's majority is no long er a liable asset to him in parlia ment and that ' he may find him self without adequate ' support when the house ' reconvenes next Friday. The government will then be called upon by the radicals to explain the apparent ' discrepancy whereby; Saxony is Overrun " with reichstwehr divisions, whereas Ba varia is permitted to flout the cen tral' government's, authority at pleasure. : -.- ; Dr. Von Kahr'i rebellion is pri marily aimed at the socialistic re gime which he asserts has con stantlydominated the Berlin cab inet and on this score it ia not precluded that the socialists will force the IsSue by withdrawing from the coalition, leaving the chancellor or President bert the choice of orgahlslng a bourgeois government or dissolving' the reichstag and then placing the fed eral authority In the hands of a directorate. ' " ' : Sufficient political and econom ic combustibles have been accumu lating the past week i to bring about a crisis overnight. An at tempt to modify the Weimar con stitution' in favor of more pro nounced federalism might precipi tate a conflict which would im mediately terminate the socialists' relations with the government. Briefly stated, the chancellor and his ministers seem to have lost their way in an Impenetrable gloom, born of the chaos which Is engulfing it and the German peo ple at a peace which neither mar tial law nor dictatorial legislative authority means capable of halt ing. " IS T Former Salem Woman Held in Portland on Charge of ; Forgery Mrs. Ruby Purdy, former secre tary of the state bonus commission and for Beveral years employed various state offices at Salem, was Arrested yesterday in Portland by Detective Tom Swennes, police bad check expert, on a charge of forg ing the name of a girl to two checks totaling $50. A. H. Mlley, local Burns opera tive, assisted in the case. :-. Mrs. Purdy, Swennes charged, entered the room of Edith Strong, roomer in the apartment house at 43 S. Taylor street, operated by the woman, and finding part com pleted checks of Miss Strong, made them out to Betty Moisan, room mate of the Strong girl, and cash ed one at the J. C. Penney: store.' Edith Strong is a Myrtle Point girtT scarcely 18, attending busi ness college In Portland. ' , Mrs. Purdy cashed a $30 check at the Penney store, Swennes says, and on Monday tried to pass an other $20 check at LIpman. Wolfe & Co. , This latter attempt was un successful he said, r . . Mrs. Purdy has three children, one JMars lurdy, who achieved considerable prominence recently' for continued absences from home. He ran away on three separate oc MRS RUBY DY IMS casions and still is missing. The woman is held at the city Jail in lieu of $500 bail. ; SIX HOURS VACATION I IS ENJOYED McNeil's island Prisoner Who I Slipped Away From Wood cutting Job Is Retaken - TACOMA; Oct. 23. Randolfo Alaniz, 20,i a prisoner at McNeil Island penitentiary, enjoyed six hours of liberty this afternoon when he slipped away from the wood cutting crew with which he was working shortly before 2 o'clock and was captured tonight at 8:20 by John Lnnr, a farmer on tne island. 1 Alaniz was found on the beach not far from the peni tentiary. He offered no resist ance. He made his escape while his comrades engaged the atten tion of their guards by arguments. : Alaniz, a jMexican, had , been at the penitentiary about two months and was serving an 18 months' sentence from San Diego for smug gling aliens into the United States If Acceptance Is-Immediate Niagara-Detroit Stretch Starts 'at Once Bids for the construction of 72 miles of highway between Niag ara and Detroit will be opened November S land it the bids are accepted construction of the road way will begin at once. Ffnal de tails of the agreement between the federal government and the county court , were completed yes terday when the county court went to Portland for a confer ence. The county's share of the con struction expense will be paid for out of funds-which have been ac cumulating several years in that district from a special tax. - The part of the highway to be constructed at once is that : part tendiug7.12 miles toward De troit. The estimated cost of the entire road is more than $250,- 000 and the cost Of the first part to be built win be about $195,- 000. The county pays 12 1-2 per dent of the cost and the mainten ance will be divided equally be tween the county and federal gov ernment. FINAL FLASHES I 5 BRUSSELS. Oct: 23. (By the Associated ! . Press) A- detachr ment of nationalists from Cologne is reported to be marching on Du- ren, now occupied by the'separat- sts and a column of peasants from the Montjoie district Js marching oh Aix La Chapelle. P1RNA, Saxony, Oct'. 23. Reichs'wehr troops entering Pima today were received with shots from the civil population. The troops returned the fire. One per son was killed and several ? were wounded. BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 23. i The German mark was' with drawn from trading on the Swiss bourse today. The last quotation was fifty centimes for one bil lion marks. BERLIN, Oct. 23.- An uncon firmed report - from Essen says that all the industries except the mines have dismissed their work ers, giving them only a week's no tice. Eighteen thousand workers are affected at Gelzenkirchen alone. It is said. ' DRESDEN, Saxony, Oct. 23. Reichswehr troops entered Dres den today, marching to the strains bf martial music. General von Mneller, whose orders were re cently defied by the Saxon gov ernment, reviewed the troops, who were equipped for field duty and accompanied by armored cars and machine guns. f ATHENS,'. Oct. t 23. (By the (Associated 'Press) -Official in formation shows that the govern ment '- has ' been successful in its struggle to put ; down the revolt started Monday with General Met axas as its leader. LOS ANGELES, CalM Oct.; 23 Under a ruling of the state rail road commission today, subscrib ers of .the ' Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company in Los Ange les county are entitled to a' 20 per cent reduction In their month ly - bills for every day or fraction thereof that subscribers' - tele phones are without service. ' OPEN ROAD BIDS OliOVEMBER 8 LAST SPEECH HI ENGLAND Retiring Ambassador Com pares His Start in Great Britain to That of Zev, Champion Race , EFFECT OF FIRST SPEECH RECALLED Good Feelings Between Two Nations Cited By Official On Eve of Departure LONDON. Oct. 2 3.-4 (By thft Associated Press) -Ambassador Harvey delivered a long farewell speech at the pilgrim V dinner to night in which he reiterated the willingness of' the United States to help assess Germany's capacity to pay reparations, reviewed the Monroe doctrine and declared that America must and would keep aloor rrom the broils of Europe. He reminded his large audience which included the British prime minister. Stanley Baldwin: British Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes and the French, Belgian and Jap anese ambassadors that the Unit ed States had waived all, repara tions claims from Germany for the joint account of the allies and therefore disinterested but that when America came to the door of Europe to assist in a settlement of the reparations she found the door closed. ! Started Like Zevi "We are ready to promote any scheme for the economic 'rehabili tation of Europe," he declared. "We are ready to join in any con ference' which win promote the recuperation and stability of the world but we cannot smash in 'the door." i Ambassador Harvey recalled In humorous vein his first speech to the Pilgrims in which be said. proved successful In' evoking quite unprecedented disapproval from the public prints of Imy na- tive land." ? ! "My start at least was equal to that of Zev," he continued," "yetf since that -evening much water has splashed over the dam and in the .mutual interest of - our two countries at least I am happy to believe that much good has been accomplished. We can most eas ily reckon the approximate total by visualizing conditions as they would appear today if no changes had transpired in the meantime.1. "Suppose in addition to the troubles now besetting, there hov ered above us the clouds of an Anglo-Japanese alliance which, having served Its original purpose, had become an actual menace to the peace of three great nations of constant and ever-Increasing per il, of possible, even though acci dental clashes on the Pacific ocean, of the multiplying from the necessity of self protection, of naval armaments to a degree nev er before imagined, of growing distrust, rapidly approaching , re sentment, concerning the financial relations of Great Britain and the United States and, finallyj per-j haps most disheartening ot all, the seemingly unending centuries old problem in Ireland, whose sat isfactory, solution has become ab solutely essential to faith; and friendship between England and America. uuuooK urigncer j "How Vastly more desperate, if not Indeed, positively hopeless, would be the outlook here in your country . and everywhere throughout the world if those' por tents of distrust o-f only j three years ago still blurred the skies of today. Happily they have dis appeared and the way to peace to that extent at least is clear. "These things did not jmerely happen; they were done . by men. And out of the doing sprang per haps the greatest of blessings in the establishment of a faithful relationship between all the Eng lish-speaking peoples such (as has not existed In many years) more than a century. I would not as sume to depict the sentiments of the English or Ireland or the far flung dominions, but I do feel that I can speak with fair confidence of Canada, as I know I can with surety of the United States. I doubt If anyone here fully com prehends the magnitude of the change in the attitude in the peo- (Continued on pace S) LONG FLIGHT TO BE TAKEN BY AVIATORS Nort Stop Border to Border Run Will Be Made Within Few Days' Time CAMP LEWIS, Wash., Oct. 23 'Captain Lowell Smith and Lieu tenant John P. Richter, who were scheduled to attempt a non-stop flight from the Canadian border to Mexico,' arrived here at dusk af ter leaving Eugene, Or. late this afternoon. , The aviators were de layed on account of a heavy fog at Eugene this morning and were unable to leave for Blaine., Wash. where the planes will start on the coastal trip, .refueling at Eugene and Sacramento. ' - - Captain :- Smith and Lieutenant Richter arrived here with another pilot in a third plane at T p. m The fourth plane, which started with them at Eugene was delayed more than an hour and did not arrive here until 6:30 pi m. BARRICADE TODAY Fred Enxon to Supervise Construction for Friday's Ceremonial Construction of the barricade to be erected across Capitol street at its intersection with Court, which win be formally removed by Gov ernors Pierce and Hart as a part of the Capital-to-Capital highway celebration Friday, will begin ihis morning. The work Is to be done under the direction of Fred Erix i. Posts six foot high and two feet square will be placed on each side or Capitol steet and about 12 feet north of the Intersection with Court, Mr. Erlxon said yesterday. Two gates Will be attached to the posts, graduating": from five feet at the point of contact with the posts, to a heighth of four feet at Hthe center of the street. The gates will be of framework, covered with wire netting so as to facili tate decoration with roses. Holes will be bored In the tops of each post and It is planned to have an American flag on one and either a British or Canadian flag on the other. With moving pictures to be tak en of the ceremonial opening of the gates by : the two executives and the subsequent passing of the caravan, this location was selected by the committee In order that both the CaDitol ' and the state house grounds might provide ex cellent backgrounds for the photo graphy. A large crowd is expect ed te 'be present at this time. Fol lowing the removal of the barri cade, the caravan will proceed to the house of representatives where the main speeches) will be given. So far the call fpr Canadian flags has fallen upon deaf ears, and with the exception of one rather small-sized Canadian flag, the committee has none with which to welcome the visitors from across the ' northern line.f Four automobiles have been promised to Dr. Henry E. Morris, general chairman of the celebra tion here, to make a trip to Olym pia and return with the caravan. Those planning to make the long trip are William Bell, B. C. Miles, Dave Eyre and an automobile from the Standard Oil company Lost Forest Service Men Are Safe at Home , MISSOULA Mont., Oct. 23.-r-John Klack, fire assistant of dis trict No. 1 of the forest service, and K. D. Swan of the public re lations department, reported to day in a Great Falls dispatch as having been lost In the Mission mountains for nine days and that a searching party had been organ led to look for them, are safe at their homes tonight and deny that they had been lost. The men left Missoula October 15 on an explor ation trip up Glacier creek in the Mission mountains but at no time had they lost their bearings.? u Theodore Shoemaker of - the house relations department who is In Great Falls", called district head quarters here today inquiring for the two men and it was said here that he was informed that - the two men were expected in today. They arrived this afternoon. FORMER EDITOR DIES SEATTLE. OcL 23 Cyrus E, Maxfteld, 68, i who was employed In the comptroller's off Ice here for 20 years and a former newspaper man, ' died at his home today fol io wins an illness ot several weeks. START BUILDING RELIE F OFFICII;. MfflES Resolution Passed by Vote of 36 to I Following Submission by Lower House Bill of Impeach ment Charging Corrupt Agreement With ocaie neann commissioner. , v 'am-ft OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 23. (By Associated.) Governor J. C: Walton was suspended from office at 6:40 p. m. when the state senate by a vote of 36 to 1 adopted a resolution . temporarily relieving him of his. official duties, following the submission' by the lower house of a bill of im peachment aganst him. ' - . The impeachment bill charged the executive with enter ing into "a corrupt, agreement" with Dr. A. E. Davenport, state health commissioner, to place T. P. Edwajrds, the gov ernor's personal chauffeur, on the payroll of the health, de partment at $200 a month; and that thereby "certain monies were diverted from the statutory, object and purpose for which they were appropriated by law." - - . - The suspension resolution was introduced by r Senator W. M. Gulager of Muskogee. A committee was named to inform the governor and lieutenant governor of the actioiL T a i . m ( - -i . . - ueuienam uovernor xrapp is m oapuipa ana was noti fied by telephone. v I The committee delivered in his office. " . Immediately 1 afterward 3, charging the governor with grand jury that was to inquire senate accepted it .also. V ; 2 G. W. Davis" Says d'Autre- mont Twins Were at Lib erty Last Friday After being shown pictures of Roy and Ray d'Autremont in the office of Sheriff Oscar Bower yes terday, O.. W. Davis,' former Ash land resident, was positive that these were two! of the three young men ne saw in a red "bug" near Liberty .last Friday. - uavis machine was standinr near Liberty when the dark red bug" drove up with a man whom Davis feels certain, was Ray d'Au tremont at the-wheel. Another of ioe ino, wnora ne laentifted as Roy d'Autremont, got out of the bug" and looked into his car. Davis eaid, and then looked over to Where he, Davis, stood. He im mediately got back into the "bug" which went as far as Bluett Pass. returning a short time later at a high rate of speed.' Davis did not get I a look; at the third man in the other car. V".-.. Davis said yesterday that he be lieved the man be thinks to be Roy d'Autremont, eaw his regis tration card in the car, and when he found this to . be issued to an Ashland man, informed his com paniona and that the subsequent burst of speed was to prevent pos sible recognition if Davis was an officer after thenh The "hue Davis said, had three spare tires on the rear. Well along in years and a little hard of hearing. Davis admits his memory of names is a little faulty but that he is sure of faces, and through some : incredulous " ques tioning, remained firm In his-assertion that -the two photographs in possession of the sheriff are those of the two men he had seen neaT Liberty. ' : V 2000 Feet of Sande and Zev to Be Shown Here Salem is to be the first place in the northwest to view the mo tion pictures of the great inter national horse race which was rutf last Saturday , in .New York. The film is being sent by express and airplane to the coast and will be shown at the Grand theater Friday, Octoberr 2 6-3ust, six days after the race was run. The film Is 2,000 feet in length and be cause Salem is considered more interested than other, northwest towns It is to have the ' first chance to see it. ; ' : " V Earl Sande," premier American rider,' who piloted Zev; the Amer ican colt, to victory, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sande of Sa lem and 'the race was of more than usual Interest to Salem folk. VESEffiCll 1L1 i : j . X '' their, message to the governor " . -. the - house 'transmitted ' Article preventing the meeting of a into his official acts and the '' " : The text of the resolution sus pending the governor follows: -rr"iV;.7:.":'TeittLCIvea'"'','.'' y' v" "Whereas the house of .repre sentatives otthe ninth, legislature pursuant to the provisions of the constitution, aa filed with, the sen ate articles: ot impeachment, and "Whereas, j;C. Walton, gover npr of Oklahoma, is charged with offenses made grounds - of im peachment i by the constitution. and.' -f r -: :. "Whereas, "the filing of the ar ticles with the senate automatical ly suspends J. C. Walton as gov ernor and th nfMca with it. Un ties and compensations evolves upon the lieutenant governor; "Now, therefore, be It resolved by the senate that the governoi and lieutenant governor be ad vised as to their duties In this event and that the secretary of the senate notify the governor and lieutenant governor of the "pro ceedings thus had and to present to each of them a copy of this resolution." ' The senate will resolve Itself into a court of impeachment to morrow morning, it waS said. Chief Justice J. LC Johnson of the state supreme! court will preside. Meanwhile the house Is to con tinue consideration of the remain ing 20 counts In the impeachment' indictment. :- - 'Walton 3Iakes Inquiry i Governor, Walton was among the last to leave the ' darkened state house tonight. v With, a small group of friends he walked slowly down the stair way to the main floor. The governor halted briefly to read, a' copy of the senate resolu tion suspending him from office which a press, representative handed to him: "The vote was 36 to 1 for the resolution." the governor was : "Who voted for me." he In quired in a low voice. I ;t "Senator Barker." : A. The' governor inquired about three other votes all of which had been cast against him. "Will you have any statement tonight, gov ernor?" he was asked. i "Not a word," the executive re plied. ' .-:'-. ..c ' The . vote; on the Impeachment charges in the house came unex pectedly late in the day. After most of the session had been do voted to reading testimony: taken by the investigation committee and one effort to suspend the oral presentation had been voted down the house ; suddenly changed Its course, cut off the reading and plunged into consideration of the second article on- the Impeach ment bill. Consideration of Ar ticle 3 followed at once. Article 2,r the second of the 22 specified charges against the gov ernor made' in the committee re port-was approved without dis cussion by the house. It alleged that Governor Walton had divert ed state funds to his own use b placing- his : private chauffeur on the state health department pay rolls. - -v; -vf A brlef debate preceded adop- (Continued on page 3Jt