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V SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1924 " PRICE FIVE CENTS V u ' $ .. . ' v : k ' v . ( ' r - .J V 1 . : 't- BLOOD 15 SPILLED State Troops Arrive and Martial Rule in Town Is Hourly Expected Ma- i chine Guns Being Used FACTIONS RIOT WHILE , CONSTABLE IS KILLED Sheriff, Mayor and Nine Deputies Under Arrest for Death of Official HERRIN, 111., Feb. 9. More " blood was spilled in turbulent Williamson county last night when the fw o factions tn Herrin referred 'to by the citizens here as the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the Flaming Circle, anti-kian organi zation clashed,' resulting in the death of Constable Caesar Cagie, 3. and the serious wounding of uepuiy snerui .jonn cayman, y $A hurried call for the national guard made by Sheriff George Cal- laghan and the arrival at y4 o'clock this morning of the first II ERR II r " ' "Ul:.- I f contingent of Carboadale 16 miles distant nipped an incipient riot ; which ' many ? residents declared I . might hare exceeded the fierceness r .- of. the riot in Jan 1922, In which f ' 26 men lost their lives. Four f other companies of state troops ar rived here before noon-and shortly t after had practically taken control of Herrin and it was intimated by guard officers tonight that the X town would not be placed under i martial law tonight. k . Sheriff George Gallighan, May or C. E. , Anderson of Herrin, Hugh Willis,-district board mem ber of the United Mine Workers of America, and nine deputies. are under arrest charged with Cagle'a . ronrder. v John Ford, chief of uc jjUice vt Hefrfn is being held In a f7 . Jail at-Murpbysboro, I1L, and S. ' Glenn Young, dry raid leader and who local Ku Klux Klansmen de- ; clare is their paid employe, is act- ing chief of police of .Herrin. - Shortly Wore 6 o'clock tonight, f four squads of guardsmen with , : bayonets drawn and flanked by . : four machine . guns, cleared j. the l main street of all automobiles. . bro'e up groups of men and ord 1 ered storekeepers to close their ( establishments, early. Machine I guns have been mounted in build- ; logs adjacent to the city hall , guardsmen are ? patrolling ' the - streets ! In ' this . vicinity, prohibit t ing any one from.uslng the thor 1 ough fares. , . , Colonel Culbertson, command- ing. the troops, declared tonight 1 that the situation , Is "quite ser- lous". although he added the mili- .r tary and civil authorities have it well in band. ' -. ' " J' . "Ilowevr,,, he continued, rit is j not probable that hostilities may f break out afresh." T I Public Service Commission Has:Iyvehty Davs in Which1 to Make-Answer Judge Percy It. . Kelly of the circuit court for Marion . county granted ja temporary restraining order Saturday preventing the ! public service commission , from ! enforcing its orders reducing the freight rates on farm produce un tl I the case has been tried out in court. The commission is given 20 days in which to answer and show cause; Suit against the commission was - brought by 10 railroads operating in the state. Arthur C Spencer of Portland represented this railroads and W. P. Ellis the public service com , mission as atorneys.' f V:':-' ':' : THE WEATHER OREGOKf-o-Snnday ' fair ; fast; rain west portion; moder ate southerly winds. . LOCAL. WEATHER . (Saturday) . . 1 Maximum temperature; 46. 1 Minimum temperature, 28. ; Rainfall, none. River. 16.6 feet; falling, Atmosphere, clear. Wind, northwest X , , , HIT RATE ORDERS Community Builders 1 - . ii ml S ILiHnt & I ' MINI ! 1 B I . X V. 1 ., 1 . ..... , . WILLIAM H. BURGHARDT comes perhaps in closer touch with more people In a business way than any other man in Salem. , He sells insurance of many kinds and varie ties, he sells a Portland paper for which Salem folk la great numbers subscribe, he is clerk of the school board and comes in contact thua with in entirely different group of'people, ho is a " member of the Salem Library hoard and is sec retary of the Illahee Country Club besides his . affiliation . with the Masons and the Elks. He is a member of the' Salem" Rotary club. Mr. Burghafdt came to Salem 24 years ago Ihis spring and bought , out what la now the Commercial Book store. During the years he " ras associated. with the book store he laid the toundations for the wide circle of frieiids which . lie has constantly added to each year as his busi ness has growh and his business and civic activi ;. ties increased, .t ,v.'. .' "V " Four years after ha came to Salem he became agent tor the! Morning Oregonian and has held this position for the last 20 years. He has been clerk of the Salem school board for 14 years and the vast amount of routine work which 'Imakes the wheels go 'round" for this organization which cares for the education of Salem's boys and girls, is done by Mr. Burghardt. BETWEEN TftX BILLS " 1 ' House Leaders Inform Pres ident, Mellorji Bill Coming , Up Thursday WASHINGTON, Feb. 0. 'Decis ions by Republican house leaders to take up the Mellon tax bill in the house next Thursday and to hold it before that body until dis posed of, was Communicated to President Coolidge today by Rep resentative liongworth of Ohio, and Chairman Shell of the house rules committee.! The two house leaders discussed with the president the legislative prorram of their body and " told him that an attempt would be made to consider major legislation1 in this order: Taxes, Immigration, Muscle Shoals and soldier bonus, with appropriation measures sand wiched in between. . The president also was told that house leaders proposed to make every effort to . adjourn by June 1 and that they consider tax legis lation as of supreme importance. - In discussing with tho executive the possibility of passage of the .Mellon bill Representative Jxmg worth, declared that it would be Impossible to obtain house appi al lot the surtax rate of 25 per cent embodied in the Mellon bill and recommended by . tha presi dent, jThe ibest possible rate : to bo hoped for, i Longworth . said, would "be more than 25 per cent, but considerably less than 44 per cent, ' as proposed by- the Demo crats, . ,2 WILLIAM H. BURGHARDT Salem teachers get their checks on time, be cause Mr. Burghardt has attended to this duty for so long he never fails to remember the end of the month and that., the school month has only four weeks or 28 days while for other folk it has sometimes 31 days: Twice each month he acts done, the actions taken which stand on record in his big black book for future boards to guide themselves by. Just, as he has done for many years. . . , - But Mr. Burghardt's real business is insur ance and he does a general insurance business together with fire, casualty, fidelity and surety bonds.' He is agent for all lines of insurance and is thoroughly familiar with the Insurance business especially as it pertains to Salem and near by territory. The total assets of the com panies represented by him being over f 350,008, 000.00. He paid losses in Salem during 1923 of $23,751.63. He represents the oldest fire company in the world and the largest and oldest American fire company, Henry E. Bolinger is a solicitor for Mr. Burghardt in ' his insurance business. Mr. Burghardt is a native of Tennessee and rcejved his education in Kansas where he attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence, Kan. Woman Much Concerned About Time of Disaster BHAINERD, Minn., Feb. 9. i Was Mrs. Marko Tolljan of Crosby already a widow when she was granted a divorce In district court here Tuesday afternoon, and therefore, is the decree Invalid? f This question was raised before Judge W. C. McClenahan, on be half of the woman, whose husband died in the Crosby mine disaster and on hsl decision rests her right to collect the husband's insurance under the workmen's compensa tion act. As near as. can be ascertained and according to the official re port of County Mine Inspector Swanson the disaster occurred be tween 3 and 4 o'clock Tuesday af ternoon. At that time Mrs. Toll jan was in Brainerd waiting the hearing of her divorce case. It was pot until about 5 o'clock when the judge granted the de cree. , . t IS STfLL ALIVE Twelfth Member of Albany Dinner Party Week Ago Still4 Survives ALBANY, Or., Feb. 9. -Two- year-old Horst Ruehllng was still alive ' tonight, just a week since he' ate of the poisoned beans at the Oerber reunion dinner. The boy has been showing symptoms of poisoning since Wed aesday night, 12 hours after the last of; the otber 11 diners had died . - - r i mp4 '1'sHoutvviowa! " (lL- SN r iKiciiOPikirF 8Eti4 TUP as secretary for the school board or of tener if i 1 4 ft. n jannjilal 'ttAaalsfcna tin .niuMrd A Km liHatndM 1 COOLIE STRONG Club Is Organized With Wit liam Pollman Chairman of Committee BAKER, Or., Feb. 9. (Special to The Statesman) An organiza tion of the Baker county Coolidge club was effected here last night at a meeting of local Republicans. William Pollman was elected chairman of the executive com mittee and T. G. Montgomery) vice chairman. The meeting was called at the request of I. L. Pat terson, state manager of the Cool idge campaign, fn Oregon. The members of the club are pledged to the support of Presi dent Coolidge fpr llie Republican nomination for president. Peti tions will, he circulated immed iately in t;he county for the placing of Coolidge's name on the primary ballot. Mr. Patterson expressed himself as being well pleased with the Coolidge sentiment he found in Baker county as well as through out the state. IWW ARRRATKD if SAN PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 9. Four asserted members of the In dustrial Workers of the World were arrested here tonight while, according to the police they. were endeavoring to sell industrial newspapers on downtown tsreet corners. They were booked at the police station on charges of sus pected criminal radicalism. BOK PEACE PL AN TO BE DEBATED BY AIR ROUTE Oregorf and California Teams to Broadcast Speeches 700 Miles Apart , Portland! or., Feb. . a radio debate, declared to be W first in the history of broadcast ing, has been v announced by the debating teams of the University of Oregon and the University of California, to take place Friday, Feb. 2ft. The University of Oregon team, composed of Joe A. Frazier and Walter A. Malcolm, will give their speeches fromp station KGW.' the Oregonlan, Portland, and the Uni. versity of California team, the members of which are Harold Chernifcs and Raymond Sanders, will broadcast; from, station KLX, th Tribune, Oakland Cal. The sub ject -ito be debated is the Box peace plan. The two debat ing teams wjft be approximately 700 miles apart. IDHlLLOil Adjutant General, Governor and Others Speak for Compensation Andrew; J. Mellon and his cost plus 10 per cent men came In for a few hot shots fired by Ceneral George A. White." who spoke at the mass meeting in the interests of adjusted compensation for ex- service men held at the armory last night. He was followed by Governor Walter M. Pierce, who had some pertinent remarks upon the subject. The meeting was sponsored by the American Legion in accordance with the national legion plan of telling the nation the truth about adjusted compen sation. General White is one , of the founders I of the American legion. ". :r ' The blackest page in American hiatory occurred when the men came home from overseas and found no provision had been madf for them after1 demobilization and for hospitalization," General White declared. "Military science point ed to a five-year war, and when f.he end carae so suddenly this country was jnot prepared for a cessation of !E hostilities. When Andrew Mellon and others of thi crowd are forgotten the epitaphs pf ex-service. pien of America will tell how they carried into civilian life the spirit they showed upon the battlefields of France." General White also scored the paid propaganda appearing in the Literary Digest relative to the Mellon tax reduction plan and ad justed compensation for ex-servic$ men. "I am heartily in favor of ad justed compensation for ex-service men," was the openinfr.statemenl of Gorernrfr PJerce, whose only (son served pverseas. "I cannot conceive what rch-men are think ing , about Jwhea ) they are willing and have spent millions to defeat this measure,;. The, methods they are employing are more dangerous than Bolshevism. Were I in con gress I would vote for adjusted compensation, and I hope . that every representative of the state has the backbone and grit to vote for it even if he knows it will be vetoed in the White House." , Governor Pierce said that there may be a. future need for the young men of the nation hut thai; next time they would' respond re-t luctantly. He held that the na tions of the world can never stand another great war, and that it is necessary to keep alive a happy and patriotic feeling. This cn not be maintained unless the ex-servT ice men receive what they 'believe to be justice. "You men believed that when you' came home peace would rel and the battle flag would be for ever furled," Governor Pierce said in closing. fThlngs of which you dreamed have not come true, but somehow and some time the prob lem will be solved." George P. Griffith, vice com- mander of tho state department, presided, and explained the aims of adjpsted compensation. Harley C. White., president of the Cham ber of Commerce, and Carl Df. Gabrielson. commander of Capital post No. 9, -also spoke briefly. Two ex-service men, Davie Jones and Ray J Foxy professional enter tainers from" Portland,? enlivened the program;; COOLIDGE MAN CONFERS CHICAGO, Feb. - 9. .Marshal Hale pf gan Francisco, o leader of the Coolidge forces in 'Califor nia, conferred today with western manager Jamear w, Good.;. HOT SHOTS HIT DEATH R SEE1SS BY01RLS' PAL Killing of "Lou" Lawson and Dot King Connected By Companions Story Told to Detectives CASE IS BUILT UF4 BY MEN INVESTIGATING Musical Comedy Girls Played Together, Some Lost But Did Not Tell Friends NEW YORK, Feb. 9. A girl from the Follies tonight disclosed to detectives; a link between the Louise Lawsota murder of yester day and the still . unsolved myB tery -of , Dorothy ; King Keenan's slaying a year ago. , "Lon" Lawson, the 24-year-old actress, musician and playmate of wealthy men, was strangled to death In her luxurious apartment off CeatraJ park west by two, men, w ho robbed her of valuable jew elry and escaped without leaving a clue. . ; ".;;.;. Almost under identical circum stances "Dot" King, another re- cipient-of the attentions of wealthy men, was chloroformed to death and robbed last year in the costly home off Fifth avenue she called "The Nest." Follies Girl Talks The Dot King murder remained a mystery and that of Lou Law son promised to develop into one until today the Follies girl, talking under a pledge that her name be kept .secret, disclosed that Dot and Lou had been pal Her story, set alongside evidence already ac cumulated indicating that the crimes were almost identical in detail, convinced the authorities that Pot King apd Lou Lawson were slain bf the same men or by members of cliques of cabaret habitues whom both girls had known. "The Follies girl told of a clique of musical comedy chorus girls. including herself, who had ehum med together, associating with the same "gentlemen friends," danc ing nightly attendance at chosen Broadway cabarets and entertin Ing at prtles in ech other's apart ments. "Jou was friendly with that crowd, too," the girl continued "Most of them are at Palm Beach now. There were only three of us left in New York. We met at some prominent hotel almost ev ery afternoon for tea, dancing and again at some cabaret at night. Now there are only two of us." Ktory Corroborative This girl's story was said by detectives who have worked on the Dot King case for a year to corroborate their evidence that she was only one of the victims of a well-knit organization of crooks who operated In the white light sone. Members of the gang dress and dance well. They are quick, according to the authorities, to note and trail such a clique as that to Which Dot King and Lou Law son are reported to have belonged, appearing often in the most ex clusive places, the girls exquisite ly gowned, jewelled and beautiful, their companions big and easy spenders. Eventually these crooks, work ing in pairs or trios, single out one of the girls, invade her apart ment when she is alone, bind, rob and sometimes kill her. As the follies girl was reported to have told detectives "the girl seldom squeals. She's afraid to. If they get her jewelry she tells her friends she "lost" it or "hocked" it. It is bow believed that Dot King's death was a "slip up" that her assailants accidentally gave her the killing dose of chloro form; and that the death of Lou Lawson by strangulation yester day,' after she had been gagged and tied down, was similarly un intended by those who robbed her. THKEK TOWNS TAKEN" SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salvador, Feb. 9. The Hoftduran revolutionists under General Car las have captured three towns, ComSjagna, Marcala and La Pase, according to advices received here from revolutionary sources. Gen eral Cartas, an unsuccessful can didate in the recent residential elections, took up arms against the government last week, after congress failed to elect a new president and President Gutierrez whose term expired, decided to continue la office, 41 JO AY FAST PROVES EASY"" SAYS WOMAN Spokane : Ilbusewife Finds It Easy to Cook Meals for "Family and Not Eat SPOKANE, Feb. 9. A fast which has continued now for 41 days h& not interrupted . the housewifely duties nor recreation of Mrs. M. B. Weichert of Spo kane, she said today. She under took the treatment, she explained, while suffering from pneumonia for the third successive winter, and in an effort to relieve ear and teeth trouble. Mrs. Weichert said she cooks for her husband and three growing children, takes care of a five-room house, and still finds time and strength for , a one-hour lesson a week in classical dancing and two vocal lessons each week, ,' - r ' She is five feet, five inches !p height and says she weighed 170 pounds at the beginning of her fast and now weighs 13? poands- She expects to continue1 the fast for a few days longer. ." OLD H EIUO IS H f h f i i 31' Old Fashioned 'Affair Cele brates Henry Ford's Open, ing of Wayside inn SUDBURY. Mass., Feb. 9. Waysido inn, relic of an age that has already faded into the back ground of American history and which since the days of Longfel low's "Tales of a Wayside Inn has known the vicissitudes of a changing era and .declining for tunes, was radiant tonight with life and light and laughter. Twenty couples, led by Henry Ford, as master of ceremonies, celebrated Ford's long planned "old fashioned New England party," as a house warming for the old place which .. he bought last year that it might be saved in commemoration of old New England. . ' There was an old 'fashioned dinner with old - fashioned food and there were old fashioned dances and old fashioned amuse ments and old fashioned music. The party, some of the members of which arrived with Mr. Ford last night, passed a quiet day at the ancient hostelry. The motor manufacturer and his guests went skating on the rink near the" inn, Mr. Ford apparently enjoying' the occasion to the fullest extent. Most of the rest of the day he passed in rambling across the snow covered fields and through acres of woodland which form part of the estate. As bight came there was more of life. The windows of the old building blazed with lights and the old time dinner was served. More guests arrived and the evening's entertainment was- be gun. , There was little of jazz and just a few modern dances wera mixed in the evening's program for the benefit of the .younger couples for, although Mr. Fprd en joys dancing, he knows only the older dances and he hag stead fastly declined to learn the pres ent day steps. Mr. Ford'g private car add Eome of the guests will return to Detroit tomorrow night but Mr. Ford plans to tarry at the old place for a few days. Plans for New German Gold Bank Formulated BERLIN. Feb. c -(By the As sociated Press). Definite plans for the establishment of a new German bank of issue on a gold basis have been formulated and kubmitted to Dr. Schacht, head of the Reichsbank, by the first com mittee of experts which Is study ing the German currency situa tion. The projected bank would exchange its own note for those of the rcntenbank and the reichs bank. The committee will inform the reparations commission that, in its opinion, the plan it proposed should be put into prompt opera tion. The members of the committee will have a further conference with Dr. Schacht in Paris Febru ary 18. NAME CHANGED SEATTLE, Feb. 9. An order wag signed In superior court here today formally changing the name of Mateo Starceyis to Matt Star wich. Affidavits presented assert ed that iStarwieh. sheriff of Kine Uounty, wis naturalized in Sailo county, ill., October 30, 1894, un der the name of Mateo StarceviHt. .The official desired to adopt a more Americanised spelling of his name, he stated. HOT Mm Silo FOR BDiJFILS Denver 'Editor Continues His Testimony That Money Taken Was-Not Bribe to Keep Out Story " , . DRAMATIC SESSION OF , COMMITTEE IS FEATURE Reed Attempts to .Gain Ad mission That Silence Was Purchased by Sinclair WASHINGTON,; ' Feb. ' 9: Per sistent bqt unsuccessful effort of Chairman Lenroot to-force from Frederick G. Bonflls. publisher of the Denver. Post., an admission that Harry F.. Sinclair bad pur chased the silence of his news paper In connection with the Tea pot. Dome lease wera made today at another dramatic seeslpa of the senate oil committee. J Mr.:Bonfil was emphatic )n his denials. , He charged that his engmie in Denver, had inspired the Questions, and declared that the contract which Sinclair , en tered into with the publisher and J. Leo Stack, a Denver oir man, whereby be was to pay them II, MO.AOQ, jwaa In aetUementlDt, a liability under contracts which Stack had with Standard XHi eub Jddiaries whose claims in Teapot Dome . Sinclair previously had pqrebased for $1,000,900. Reed Questions -" "While the grueling cross exam ination of .the . publisher by Fen ator Reed, 'the senate renewed its debate pn the . Denby resigna tion resolution and finally reach ed, an agreement to call off all.' discussion at 5 p. m, Iopday ind j begin voting on 'all pending' amendments and finally on the resolution JltPlfv : Adoption of the measure in ppe form or another yd$ forecast." ' ' , """.'-.'. 4 . Simultaneous with these events vi ihe capitol rumors of " impend ing changes were revived, ' but they wererwithont any verifica .tioni -Attorney General DaUgher ty, whose name , -; frequently has teen drawn into the oil discussion on the senate floor, returned from Florida and - immediately con ferred with President Coelidge. V , Upon leaving the White House, Mri Daugherty said' the oil lease Investigation A had entered largely Into the discussion with the execu tive. He denied that he had been requested by the president to re turn from Florida, denie'd he had tendered bis resignation, ahd re fused to talk about details of the oil inquiry. Dnby Merta Week , . Secretaary Denby Who had ' conference with the president after the cabinet meeting yesterday was closted tot a long time today with Secretary Weeks, who has been his friend for many years. There were indications that the senate situation was discussedij)ti-there was no eviderfce : that -Mr, lDenby had changed his announced deter mination to remal non the job de spite the pending resolution ask ing that he resign. By completing the examination of Mr.;3onfils to day, the oil committee cleared the way to hear William G. McAdoO Monday with reference to his pro--fessional services with the Doheny Oil companies. ' Mr. McAdoo, who is a candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination will appear at dis own request. t Announcement wgs made today to the committee by Senator . Walsh, Democrat, Montana, that George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information during the war, had sent aim a request by telegraph for , hear ing."?. It was agreed, however, that a, number of other witnesses now in Washington would be examined first. Mr. Creel's request grows put of testimony bjrE. U pohney that ha had advanced $5000 to Creel, who was to undertake to prevent the leasing of the oil re serves to 'Republicans after the Democratic administration ended. College Boys Indicted For Murder of Woman stillwater; okia.. Feb. Indictments charging, murder end rioting were returned today by the district grand JuryT-here against Roy G. Doak. David D. Zink and I. E.EarI Nutter, stud ents of the Oklahoma A. &M. college ' here as the result of the death of Mrs. Mtaiida Hodges who was accidentally shot and killed February 1 while the, students were trget shooting in the back yard of their fraternity bousa .