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I:imiWdnt Ta &owMax? Your ContreieP Vfithin the Next Two rttaii I i n -7 lit ii ii r i i i i SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR sIIlled io he m m 'Bloody Herrin' Again Scene of Faction Gunplay; State Troops Called FIVE OFFICERS KILLED Apparently Unimportant Election Brawl Takes Six LIres; Furious Battle Rages at Polling Place HERRIN, 111., April 13, (By Associated Press.) Bitterness be tween klan and antl-klan forces brought gun play back to faction torn Herrin today as citizens went to the polls to rote In the state primary election. Six men were killed and one slightly wounded in the fighting. The town was out wardly calm tonight. The dead: K Harlan Ford, brother of former Chief of Police John Ford. Mack Slzeinore and brother, Sizemore, both constables. ' Deputy Sheriffs Briggs, Weaver and Treadway,. The wounded: John Smith, klan leader, shot in neck. Condition not serious. Streets of the town were virtu ally deserted save for the militia man although there seemed little likelihood that martial law would be declared unless there were; fur ther developments.; In general there was little to remind one of the fur(ous battle that raged about the Masonic hall late today and its counterpart, the pistol battle around the. rarage of John Smith. Shops., s open and places of amt 'tLat carried on as usual to night, but few people seemed, iar cllned to take advantage of the opportunity offered, although the military was imposing no restrict ions on free' access. Comment on the day's events was for the most part guarded, the residents seemingly inclined to hesitate about discussing the inci dents. While some were inclined to attribute today's flareups to feeling engendered by a hotly con tested county election, it was al most , genetrally believed that the election merely served to bring to a head the bitter factional feeling that had been brewing for some months. Out of the mase of conflicting versions of the affair one thing is certain a comparatively unimpor tant election brawl served as a medium for the opposing sides to renew an old conflict which pre viously had taken a toll of 14 lives. The opening incident was an ar gument between John Smith, klan leader, - and an unidentified man, growing out of Smith's action in challenging votes at an election precinct. Smith was struck on j.he head in the ensuing argument a.nd a man made hasty retreat. After this, incident Herrin re burned its normal atmosphere ap parently in toe belief that the in- . (Contiaat ea pars S) Tuesday In Washington The senate 'resumed debate on the Italian debt settlement.. Secretary Mellon - outlined- a plan for refunding; of '$230,0 00. 000 war time railroad loans. ' .... . . ' Senator Schall - was upheld In the Minnesota election contest by a senate sub-committee. , Attorney General Sargent and Assistant Attorney General Wille brandt urged law observance. -.r, : The Cummins railroad consoli dation bill was approved by the senate interstate commerce com mittee. Ttef&dipping board accepted the t t,000 bid of R. SUnley Dolthe Admiral Oriental line aiilps..' , . Democrats at a Jefferson Day dinner were told by Governor Jlltchie of Maryland of his un yielding opposition to prohibition. . ; . ' ; Secretary Jardine : urged crea ' tlon of a federal farm board; sen- ate -agriculture committee -f en dorsed the corn belt farm relief JbilL ' i Wets continued their.testlmo ? before the senate prohibition cor mittee; the" house liquor trs' fcommittee decided to, make Tnjbute pi Friendship Is Paid Luther Burbank Judge Ben Lindsey Pays Sincere Mark of Respect to Wonder worker of Plant Kingdom; Burbank Was Most Contented Alan in World, Judge Says SANTA ROSA, Cal., April 13. (By Associated Tress.) Judge Ben F Undsey1 of Denver, who has transplanted many a. drooping human tendrii from the sour soil of the streets and brought it to the fruition of a fine citizenship in the sunshine of affection and understanding, is here today to pay tribute at the simple bier of another wonder worker for human kind, Luther Burbank. The kindly judge, who changes the nature of the little human plants, and the kindly field worker and philosopher I who has drawn a new flora from CHERRIANS WILL MARCH IN AL KADER RECEPTION FAMOUS TEMPLE BAND WILL STOP HERE ON APRIL 26 Tentative Plans for Summer Visit to Eugene and Klamath Outlined Cherrians will appear in uni form and take part in the 'recep tion to be given members of Al Kader Temple, Portland' and the famous Al Kader band, which will stop a few hours in Salem on the afternoon of April 26. On motion made by S. A. Kozer, secretary of state, the Cherrians attending their monthly dinner at the Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to appear in uniform and march in the parade the af ternoon members of Al Kader Temple are fn Salem. Tentative plans for. the Cher rian visit to Eugene and Klamath Falls were presented by Hartley O. White, King Blng. Although the date of the Cher rian visit to Klamath Falls is not as yet definitely set, it is prob able that the visit will be on Au gust 19, 20 and 21. According to the tentative plans, a Pullman special with Cherrians and their friends, will leave Salem at 11 o'clock. Thurs day morning, August 19, spend ing the afternoon and evening at Eugene. - The night will be spent on the Pullmans. Friday morning, August 20, the Pullman special is scheduled to leave Eugene about 8 o'clock, in order that all may view the scen ery along the- Natron Cut-Off road, arriving at Klamath Falls that evening about 5 o'clock. All day Saturday and Saturday evening, August 21, will be spent in Klamath Falls, leaving for .Sa lem Saturday night about 11 o'clock, and arriving in Salem about 10 o'clock Sunday morning. It is estimated that the three day trip will Cost less than $40 each, including all meals to be served on the Pullman diner. Before the business session, the Cherrians were entertained by Jean Rahn in vocal solos, accom panied on the piano by Donald W. Riddle and also by Earnest Beals, an accordian player from the Ore gon Agricultural College. NEW WILLAMETTE FRAT TAU KAPPA ALFIIA NATIONAI FORENSIC INITIATES Willamette university's' Bar W club was formally installed Tues day night as a chapter of the Tau Kappa Alpha national forensic honorary fraternltyv The meet ing was held at the Marlon hotel. Prof. L. M. Ross, coach of ora tory at OAC and a member of the national fraternity chapter at Wabash college, did the installing. Six were taken into the Willam ette chapter as charter members. They are Charles Redding. Joel Berreman, James McClintock, Hazel Newhouse, Warren Day and Victor Carlson. Prof. Horace O. Rahskopf and Dean, Frank M. Erickson were also taken in. The fraternity is said to be one of the most prominent in' its field. There are chapters at University of Oregon and University ot Washington. WILL' PLEAD FOR CODY PORTLAND DELEGATION WIIX SEE GOVERNOR TODAY A delegation of ' Portland, resi dents will call on Governor Pierce today in an effort to secure execu tive clemency- for ', Archie Cody, who is under C sentence to be hanged at the state penitentiary Friday: for the killing of Sheriff Goodman of Harney county, it was announced - Tuesday. - The' delega tion will include members of the central labor council, progressive civilization league; prisoners'Trtd society, in addition to club wom en, business men and attorneys, the committee said, r Invitations tor the execution of Arch'Codr. slayer, of ISbQrJft Aus ' Goodman ot . Harney county, sent out by Warden Lillie of Oregon penitentiary Tuesday. execution U ' scheduled for the soil of his Sonoma fields, were friends ot years standing; drawn together through a kinship in growing things, plant and human. While the judge conversed with his friends in hushed tones men were ,busy in the gardens across the way dinning a grave in the shade of a Lebanon cedar. Out on the highway that fronts the garden a throng of the curious watched, some with hats doffed and heads bowed in the strong April sun. Tomorrow when the sun is dying out behind the hills toward the coast, the body of Luther Burbank attended by the Denver judge, the wjdowj and close friends, will - be borne across the wide highway-to that grave and deposited .there without ' requiem prayer, for he was na believer in the literal here after. "Burbank was the world's most contented man," Judge Lindsey said. "He had more real satis faction and Joy from his work than any other human being." Referring to the religious con troversy that recently swept around Burbank, Judge Lindsey said: "It is a pretty pass when a man cannot air his opinions and views without a flood of criticism such as befell Burbank. We are living in an age of intolerance and fan aticism approaching savagery. What the country needs' is brave men who will withstand such criti cism. Burbank was one of the greatest prophets of his time." RETURN DEATH VERDICT PORTLAND MAN IS1 CONVICTED OF MURDERING WIFE PORTLAND, April 13. (By As sociated Press.) John Butchek was found guilty ot . first degree murder by a Jury tonight in con nection with the killing of his wife at their home here last January. The verdict automatically carries the death penalty. The Jury was out about nine hours. Butchek took the stand- in his own behalf in the course of the trial and contended that he had killed his wife in self defense. He related that after a quarrel over her alleged affections for another man she attacked him ' with a hatchet. He wrested the weapon from her hands and killed her with It. . -v- . - - . , , , '." ... .......jjt j '.,-..- -.?'". . 4 :X t 4 Viiiii i 'in -LuitiijLjiniBijiiiii mi f ' ' -i-H-' u 'ii nw.pMiMiu. '-ii nWW" iWF I . SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,, APRIL 14, 1926 SITU HE Calumet & Arizona Mining Company Will Operate on Present Capital 3 PROPERTIES BOUGHT Cabins Going Up, Saw Mill, Air Compressor and Rock Crush er Will Be Installed There at Once (Under the heading, "A-Future Butte City on the Santiam," the "Aumsville Star of last Thursday carried the following story:) While on a trip up the Little North Fork of the Santiam the first of the week, we learned that the Calumet & Arizona Mining company of Blsbee, Arizona, had purchased three valuable claims in that section. The Lewis . & Clark silver-lead mine, the Dawes silver-lead mine and the Silver King mines are in cluded in the group of properties. The company is now on the ground building cabins and a saw mill and will operate an air com pressor and other labor-saving machinery to break up the valu able rock on these claims. These properties have been idle for the past twenty years, and the Calumet & Arizona Mining company, which is one of the big gest mining concerns in the Unit ed States, have had their eye on the claims for some time and. fin ally got hold of them. j Engineers and geologists, who' have been with the company for 20 years, are on the ground and work Is started In earnest. New roads will be built And every movement the company makes will mean money to them. No stock will be sold as the company has all the money they want to develop the claims, and outside of hiring a large number of men and distributing a large amount of money in this district for labor, machinery and other equipment, the profit "will go to the new concern. At present there are nine men in the camp and more will be on the Job as soon as the cabins and necessary arrangements are com pleted, and no time will be lost for the want of equipment. The Star editor has, for the past two years, told his readers that the Little North Fork of the San tiam held minerals that were rich and it would only be a matter of (Continued on pace 8.) FISHEBMAN"S LUCK! T HELD PERMITS SHOW ; BETTER HOlES Average Value in April $3, 783; Average in 1925 Below $3,000 TWO PER DAY IS RECORD Analysis of Building, Permits In cluding First Ten Days of April Shows More Money Put Into Houses Home construction in Salem meant a daily outlay of just $7,567.50, through and including the first ten days of the month. Twenty permits for construction of homes were taken out, repre senting a total outlay of $75,675. This is unusual for two' reasons; first, it means an average of two homes a day, Sunday include and second, it means thaf the average value of earfrnome for this motttii Iras been $3783.75, homewhile the average of homes built in ISaTem last year was less than $3000 per home. Last year in April, 34 permits for home construction were taken out representing a total invest ment of $107,425. In. order to equal last April's home building, Salem has to have issued .permits representing a total of $31,750. Three permits have been issued so far this month for the con struction of business buildings, representing a total outlay of $72,000. Four permits have been issued for alterations and repairs, representing $6250, and one per mit was issued for the construc tion of a $1200 garage. , Thus, the total amount repre sented by the building permits issued in the first ten days of this month is $155,125. The com plete building total for last April was $268,675, ac compared to $3 65,300 for the total of April, 1924. C. A. DOWNS INSTALLED NEW MEMBER SEATED AT . A BOARD MEETING TUESDAY At the meeting of the school board Tuesday night. Dr. C. A. Downs was formally installed as director to succeed P. M. Gregory, who has resigrji. Dr. Downs took his seat for the meeting. Dr. H. H. Olinger, chairman of the board, performed the installation. Dr. Downs was appointed to fill the committee vacancies created by Mr. Gregory's resignation. He Is now chairman of the finance committee and a member f the building committee. Armed Bandits Terrorize Several Wounded by Ballets; Gunmen; Hundreds of Police Axe Bushed to West Side Precincts CHICAGO, April 13 (By sluggings, ballot box thefts cinct woricers by, Chicago gangsters featured, today's primary here. , .... . Disorder in one west side ward becAme so pronounced late in the day that hundreds of extra policemen were dispatched there after nearly a score of reports of i irom nearly every polling place before the polls closed. One man was shot and seriously injured by a policeman who tried to stop a factional fight and was set upon by both sides in the controversy. One of the bold est ballot box thefts occurred in the 24th ward, scene of disturb ances throughout the day, when 12 armed men in three automo biles entered a polling place, forced the occupants into another room and scooped up all the bal lots in sight and fled. Later elec tion officials said most of the bal lots were blanks. Almost simul taneously seven armed gangsters Lraided another precinct in the same ward and took all the ballot boxes. In another outbreak, earlier in day, a policeman was severely beaten while trying to quell a dis order In a polling place. A balmy spring day aided in bringing- out what election officials considered as a heavy vote for an off year primary election although it was believed not more than half of Cook county's nearly 1,200,000 registered voters had gone to the polls. Late in the day several election officials and "watchers in various precincts had been reported kid naped and spirited away by bands of gangsters as they were prepar ing to count the ballots. Several arrests were made when it was charged that voters were duplicating their ballots, first vot ing 4n one ward, then going to another and voting under the name of some registered voter who had not put in an appear ance. . .:, ' - GEORGE W. EYRE DIES HJEAKT ATTACK, FOUXmiNU STROKE PROVES FATAL George W. Eyre, vice president of the United States National bank since its organization, and a retired farmer and stockman, died at his home 1973 Mill street at noon Tuesday, at the age of 69 years. Death was due to -a heart attack, following a stroke suf fered several months ago. Mr. Eyre was born In Illinois on July 10, 1856. He came to Salem in 1904 and has been a resident of this city since. He is the fath er of David W. Eyre, president of the United States- National bank, and was one of the organ izers of that institution. He Is survived by his wife, Ida M. Eyre, two sons,. David W. Eyre and Charles E. Eyre, an employe of the Salem postoffice, and four daughters. Mrs. Edith Eyre White, Pearl, Mary and Winifred Eyre. Seven grandchildren also survive him. Funeral services will be held from the Itlgdon & Son mortuary on Thursday, April 15, at 10 o'clock. The -body will be for warded to Onarga, Illinois, for interment. TEACHERS TO. BE NAMED TEN EVINCE NO DESIRE TO RETURN NEXT YEAR Members of the city school board will hold a special meeting Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock for the election of teachers for. .9 2 6-27, George Hug, city school superin tendent, informed the board last night that about 10 teachers are planning to resign, although the outcome of the teachers' salary election is said to have nothing to do with it. A report to the board from the Marion county child health dem onstration indicates that the health service is to be for teach ers as well as for students. v WOOD CONTRACT IS LET -v : r S PAULDING BID ACCEPTED TOi FURNISH SCHOOL FUEL - C K- Spaulding Logging com pany was allote the contract to supply the schools with wood for , - - t . noxt .winter. v Bid ; were read at the 'meeting of the school board Tuesday night and-. Spaulding's w fout3d ta.be most satisfactory. tntract ea'll for-the de- f 735 cord-' .ylWill et jay, hau! "ood. The t the dellv vood need- )i5 ss2lt . c- - i Ballot Boxes Are Stolen by to Bestore Order : Associated PressVShootinirs arid terrorizing of election pre-? violence were received in the Ward within two hours MUSSOLINI IS FLAYED IN DEBT DISCUSSION v . 1 PRIME MINISTER SAID CURSE TQ ITALIAN PEOPLE McKellar'a Speech .Hit by Other Senators; Is Declared Un called For i WASHINGTON, April 13. (By Associated Press) Another storm of debate! about Premier Mussolini broke today in the senate as the Italian debt settlement again, was pressed fo the front, i An address opposing the settle ment and bristling with attacks on the Italian prime minister was de livered by Senator McKellar, dem ocrat, Tennessee. It brought pro tests from both sides of the cham ber. ; Characterizing Mussolini as a "despot," j Senator McKellar said he was the greatest evil that has befallen the Italian people in 100 years," aldding that the king was "putty inj his hands," and that the royal household has been "bought off" by large appropriations for their use ! Then, ibringing 15 specific in dictments against the fascist! lead er, the Tennessee senator declared he had destroyed constitutional government in Italy; abolished free speech; muzzled the newspa pers; in effect had abolished both houses oj parliament and had es tablished! an "autocratic rule" 'as complete jas that of the bolshevlsts In Russia!. " ' ! ' A protest against the speech Was voiced by Senator Reed, Re publican,! Pennsylvania, who de clared n senator should make such an address about a friendly government. He added that one reading ihe senator s" Remarks might conclude that they were prepartoryj to a declaration of war. j .'. "I wanl; it understood that the senator is Speaking for himself and not for th rest of the senate," de clared Senator Reed. "His state ments are bound to wound the feelings of the Italian people." . j Senator Copeland, democrat. New York added his voice In pro test, declaring that if the people of Italy- 'vant a dictatorship -by Mussolini, "that's their business." STATE FILINGS TO END ALL CANDIDATES MUST DE 1 CLAREl BY FRIDAY NIGHT The tinVe for candidates to file with the secretary of state for the primary election to be held on May 21 Expires at .the close ot business jiours Friday. The re cords show that approximately 100 filings had been received up ' to Tuesday night which is 48 less fil ings than were received at a cor responding time prior to the prim ary election two years ago. j Whether, the secretary of state will keep I his 'office open after S o'clock Friday afternoon, as has been his practice on the last day for filing : declarations of candi dacy in previous years, had not been announced" -at the state, de partment Tuesday, . , 1 DRY LEADERS MAKE TOUR NEWELL AND LEVEN8 START TRIP OF 'INSPECTION j PORTLAND, April ! 13. (By Associated; Press,) W. K. Newell, deputy federal prohibition' direc tor for Oregon and W. S. Levens, state prohibition director are on a tour.ot jinspection through, cen tral and southwestern Oregon. Tiey plan; to go south from The Dalles toj Bend ? arid . Klamath Falls. Most of the cities of south western Oregon will then be visit ed before they return to Portland. TRACTOR KILLS FARMER MACHINE! ROLLS OVER ON OP ' ERATOR, CRUSHING HIM . 1 i ROSEBURO,: April lsl -(AP) f-K. L. Thornton, a resident of Green Valley, was killed shortly before noon today when, a. tractor rolled ove" on hinu. He was driv ine the machine out ef a denres- sion when1 it turned over be?-- wards and -crushed him bene iti He was.rnshed to Oakr but died oft the way to. town. was 4 0 years . of age and lea v slim il iirja tvzjn cv- .PRICE FIVE CENTS TUXEDO TRACT Petition to Ask Place on Bal lot for School Site chase Starts Pur- BOARD HEARING FIERY South Salem v Residents Outcome of Election, Inp of Ballot Said Discuss Word- De- 7-: manded by Attorneys j Although the Tuxedo Pajrk school site had Apparently been laid to rest as, the , result of the special election, ..Monday, - it sprang to fiery prominence at the meeting of the school board Tuesday night when several residents t; South Salem, put; forth certain Questions and-suggestions., , j .- Outcome of; the. discussion re vealed it is practically certain the matter of transferring t&e bonds to buy the : site and start the school unit will be placed on the ballot on June 21 when two direct ors will, be up for election. Resi dents expressed hope that the peo ple would understand the meas ure by that time. - The board nioved to re new the options for the two tract i in case the matter should be brc ught up by ballot again. - Dr. JVO. Matthls, .pre! Ident of the South Salem ; parent-teachers association opened the d scussion by asking the school bo ird why it had chosen but. two tra :ts when South Salem had spoken for three, and-why the issue bad be sn. word ed on the 1 ballot la th i special election as It was. , . - Dr H. JX. Olinger,- chairman of the board had seen . fit t chobsa but two tracts'- because t le third is divided from the other, two by Church .street Although .tha street Is not, through : the sits right now. It Is dedicated,' and soundings from the city council indicate Uiat there Is nc chance to : have the street pert lanently closed. , . t ' . i "7 : As for the wording of the meas ure on the ballot, it had to go in that way to satisfy the. liond. at torneys. ,v Great, .fear; .has beeS caused in bond . circles bepause of certain bond troubles in the state of Washington, and the attorneys insisted that the bonds, slight; be invalidated if t he measure should -be worded differently j ' ; Dr.' Olinger, further brofght out that the measure was wooded the same as , the Parrlah ' schiobl site measure,;;, which carried; When this explanation had beep given, Mrs. LA-. McAllister wasj extend ed the courtesy of the flor. - . "The old phrase, penny-wise and pound foolish, certainly ap plies, to the school board,"! she de- , clared. .'.'You told us you would go to bai on thre4 tracts ind then you failed to keep your word. You tell us if we had the thijrd, tract we would not have a west ' front to our school site. We doh't want a west front. Wo want la north front. . "--) ' - j . "It's all nonsense that the city won't close Church street!. They would if wo bring pressure) enough, to bear." - I - . . 'V: "As fbr you people who profess ed to be working for the site," Dr. Olinger, retorted, "your plubllclty department ; failed to function. You were going to explain just what was : whatH to the taxpayers. You did not make one attempt to do so. Where we made ojur mis take, it would seem, wa9 in trying to give you . more than you were entitled to." : j "! - In reply ' to Mrs, McAllister's assertion that the city would close ; Church' street, ; Director Simeral. (CoattsBao- ea pars 4.) WILL SING FOR OHEGO'J ; - . - I ' WILLA3IETTE GIRL NA3IED BY GOVERNOR IN CHORUS : Miss Gladys Mclntyre of Salem and a student at Wllamete uni versity has been, selected Jfcy Gov ernor, Walter M. Pierce asjone of Oregon's singers at the jSesaai Centennial ; in Philadelphia c a July -it Approximately 2tf0 sii. ers from, Oregon will par icipata in the ceremonies, accord Sr z ta announcement made at the; cxecu- tive department. .: , .. ' v Miss Mclntyre is a- member of the senior class at the university. a th time of her freshman she has been, a rientcr ct t Willamette university : s' i club, and has been feature 2 g?!??n 3 til IIOTEIO .; ' . L I'.-i . i,v I I