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Till cr.::co:r ctatzciia::. sALiiir, o?.zgon. v,t:d:oDay nonrrcrG, rovrzicin: c, 1:27 ? Mf.l'8UiFE Wisconsin Couple Stopped On Highway,' Man Robbed.of $350 APt-Xlisguislng tliruielves as state 'police, three men forced Ur. aad -Jra. Alvin Crtrcawaldt to stop Va9 Ma f aisac last-cUa. beat the husband to la ser tOIir, kidnaped jlrs. Greea- ; waHIt . sad 'after mntiiaUJng ; aad robbing her, strangled - her to ? decUw": ': J z - - - -A' :;:": -' M'. ..GreeawaldlV body was faced today by a milk wagon drlnar, 35 miles f ma the scene of attack. OreanwaUt. after re galnkig eonsclousna, crawled to a Dftarby roadhouse, related the v attack and was taken to a hoo- ; plt&V He had been robbed of : . . . . . ; . " ; It' wee tiia second Uxav- with! a :. years 014. Md been wayuua wus-e no tor lag ob a highway. Tha motive for : the attacks Is a. xajvtnry ahhongh a possible . c?e was provided by detective wbo seJJ Greeawaldt admitted he was' engaged la he IHloU liquor tra, ad may bare beea as- eaalted by rival. " - - -: Milwaukee police; discredited tie theory of Sheriff Alvin Red- toftl of Waekesca county that tbflaw was any, eoniscU'on between th ease aad the carder at Lillian Orte. IS year old Milwaukee rr! wboae body bearing narks of blen aad rfrun!tUM waa :- iw- . e'jvw-ed froja.tb Fox' river throe m2Je fron the scene of the Green ' wJt attack Satarday morning. JMlsa Grmef . kadi been missing tTa "blind data? for W sister, tttldred. aad want to near" Jack' ,ttf ealy aaaae by whmh. the aaaa wtts known". He has . sot been fbaad aad the murder Is unsolved. flAX MACHINES TO BE BUILT AT PLAUT HERE (Con tinned from Page One) " or' the main. Industrial bonding. Where the breakers are operated, preparing the retted straw for the 'catching machines.', which j sepa rate the .fiber from the shires, .. and xcake line fiber and spinning fbe preparation here of the fiber fW ehfpmeat to the markets of the world, and for supplying the . two Salem linen mills. This- Is the largest watching plant in the world. Its capacity is to be much Increased .by the mechanical scutcher which Is now on the way from England. .' ' The Lime Plant r They examined the lime plant, where there Is being turned out to tons a day of agricultural lime, 6 much needed on the soar soils of the Willamette and coast coon tfes. which hare a tendency to be come more soar with the inking -off of eseh saceeseiTe crop. The rfme rocfc cornea from near Gold Kill In Josephine county, and is ground at tbe state plant, ; and shipped oat all over western Ore fon in various ways. To Build. Machines Tley visited the tailor shop. wce-re tne ciotnmg la made, ana ehoe ' shop, which has been inbred to .the room just east of the e&ee shop.' and provided with im proved appliances and given much ; better working condUIons. ; They rlsited the machine shop, where they found among ! other thlnrs a riax pulling machine be in dismantled, to provide the patterns for the building here of fl pulling mach-'nes. Consent ( b2i been given for this by the Ca nadian patentees, noon, the pay- jment of a royalty, which will pro vide these machines for Use here , . about $600 less than the for mer lowest cost to the state flax fndnsUr a very 1 important ad vance, considering the constantly Increasing secestity for the use of more pulling machines. l,-. They visited ether parts of the prison, and they found the man agement has , already, secured a machine, to be tried oat and pur chased if approved,, for the knit ting of socks to be operated by the women prisoners. There are now 1 4 woman prisoners. 7. This may conceivably lead to any im portant department of the Indus tries there. It may come to mean the making of socks there for ihe prison, and for other state insti tutions; from wool j-arn.' or cot ton, or flax, or other materials." r - 8M-KxijjMuioBu ? ; ; The party t had lunch at : the officers dining - room, fat which Governor Pattei eon presided and called for aa explanation of the production end, np .o -the' fiber stage, of the flax industry by Col. iiartram. who made soma lnteiet ing repos : concerning the great progress so far, and predictions of the future of the industry. He pred cted ' t hat from the -3000 acres for the' state flax plant next year, the- industry will ere -long be using 5 00 0 0 a eres of land in flax, in this valiey. There were many question put by Governor r.terson.. - bringing '2 out clear j statements' of progress. :- : Hod. T Kay, treasurer, was called upon to explain the manufacturing end, by the two Salem - linen ; mills. He explained the difflcolUes of the experimental stages which -tie mills have-gone thTOUgh had to encounter and! are still going through. But be said that, with , the sale ot th 1 10.600 bond issue now. offered by tbe Oregon Unea Mills. Inc. there will be greater progress in the larger mill, leading up to a stage . of the business that will make T the company a - going con cern. -with profits, and increasing profits with further developments which wEl come naturally. v .After loach, tbe party made an InspecJon of tbe two Salem linen mills. , ' - a . A newspaper page .or more might be filled with the findings of tbe tour of yesterday It will no- doubt serve in giving the met ropolitan newspaper .people a bet ter understanding of what Is being done and attempted here, towards making the Oregon penitentiary a self supporting Institution, aad la aiding In the development of what will finally become the second; If not the first industry in Oregon !or all ; time; disputing ' the primacy with oar wood working industries, f ::U 3 " " v',::' There are. now- SS0 Inmates of the Oregon state prison, a record number, and there Is not an Idle man among them all, ttnlees ln canacitatec by sickness or - for some other good reason. . Notes jof Industries Mr. Kay said In his talk at the luncheon that the Oregon Linen Mills. - Inc.; owes - about S 7 0,0 0 0. This is due to several things. For one thing,- Portland fell short of her promised stock subscriptions nearly that much. And other sub scribers have failed to pay'jlhelr subscriptions, in part or in full But the bond sale will provide the money to pay the debts, and sup ply some working capital. The party yesterday inspected the stock of raw materials under the flax sheds, and found them la fine condition.. fUnder the pig new shed there Is threshed straw, ready for retting, that will bring in a good deal more than S100.000 when worked up.' . . l- - The sales of products from the industries: brought into the, state treasury in October $51,000. The party ; found in the big warehouse 100,000 pounds of fiber and spinning tow that is now be ing loaded out for shipment to Belfast, some of the line fiber wo'r th above 3.0 cents a pound Also big . supplies of surplus cut flax that could not be put Into -the sheds for lack of room.' and a big stock of :upho!stering towalI of it ordered : by various furniture factories. . 1 ' "DETECTIVE" BUT SECOND FANATIC EDWABJ BAITUFF .103LX 6IGX1XG JIAN'S XAIE Admits She Has tSv' Direct Evl dence Against AVUlLam Nasli -of Portland TACOMA, Nov.' 8. (A P) Edward Batlutf, who wired Port land police today to hold William ash l without ball. Is Mrsh. Ed uarda Baltuff of Purdy, ia small Nash without bail. Is Mrs. Ed uff, who claims she is a 'private detective,' declared- she bad been working for 1 8 months gathering evidence against a large group of communists, nihlists an ' anar chists for the dlauibutioar of vir ulent disease germs throughout the'l woria. . - i - . . : Mrs. Baltuff was found in the apartment of the Rev. Mrs. R. A. Bundy, pastor of the First Chris tian Spiritual church, whoee mem bers meet., in: a 1 rentM hall here. She declared she and Mrs. Bundy had gathered a large amount of evidence which has -already ""been sent to Washington, D. C- and stated additional evidence would follow- soon' '.' T :T. f "I -. iJ She , has no '- direct evidence against ' Nash, she said, bat de clared he is one of the internation al ring and should not ba released from jail; .She is to go to Seattle tomorrow morning to present ad ditlonar evidence of her activities before federal authorities, she asserted. . , : i ;'.( : Mrs. Baltuff came before the public attention some months ago when she drove a large number of officers from the speedboat Zer, which had been ' confiscated by federal authorities for alleged rum running activities by her di vorced husband. ; She, -l single handed and alone, held : the boat for - two dsys. ,i.: She claimed the boat was hers and brought action In court., The action is still pend ing. ; : . She Is the mother of three small children and said she had become a private detective to ' snnnort them. Althoagh she is a eoonty pensioner,' - she. claims' I she ;: has spent a large amount of money in gathering evidence which she has turned over to federal authorities and for which she has received no pay. Captain of Detectives John S. Strickland, whom she names as a reference. - sstd he knows the women as she bad once .asked po lice aid in a search for her has- vTorlr of Rehabilitation Irt Flood Area ; Under -;.W; ( ; ..-' Htm tmnm w tmmmmmn 1 m . s 1 : J s . i t :- - if i 1 ' .i " ' - . t .-' ? - t . ... - - tf i m i 1 t . . 'r s r m t , ... m w t w , .. . t ltn. "- -;' ". .. 1 x i -; -- ' . ; . ' ,. : .V '-i-' I s m a J 1 j -i . . x ? t 't i 3 i i r band. SOCIETY ( Continued from Page Three)' . ! tire with crimson tapers - and chrysanthemums, for Mrs. Fred WJ Lange, Mrs. Ross Bidwell, Mrs. Paul tU Hauser.v Mrs. ' Harold Hughes, Mrs. G. L. Forge, Mrs. Wlllard H. Wlrts, Mrs. 1 Vincent Diss, Mrs. Guy Irwin, f Mrs. H. A. Gueffroyi ; Mrs. Fred i Williams, Mrs. C. V..McKelvey Mrs. W. H. Hogan, and the hostess, Mrs. Flack. . i ' - Bridge was the diversion of the afternoon. . High score prize was won by Mrs.4 Vincent Diaz. Mrs: Irwin -will entertain the club in a fortnight. ; G fjiiienHSTEnBT-iiL - A 1 1 Xy f - A AL SMITH WINS STATE VICTORY IM NEW YORK (Continued from Page One) INTERNATIONAL RED PLOTS BY PRISONER (Continued from Page One) Hi I' LLI A. t4l Mn I'n 1 mt ni b mm ill Why Risk V the Dangers that result from A Bad Cold , . It is easier and safer to stop that cough now with SCHAEFEIVS TIIROAT AND , JLUXQ BAJLSAJL2I - Sch ie' iS3 North Cc-n;iciil Zl. Phc 3 1C7 Sampson by a' majority of 4,070 votes on the basis ot returns from 3.441 precincts. The result was itill in doabt. The only, other governor elected yesterday . w a s in .. Misslssippr, which went through the formality ot electing Theodore G" Bilbos a former governor and a democrat. The mayoralty battle in Phila delphia ; resulted in victory for Harry A. Mackey, republican, with Vare support, over J. Hampton Moore, Independent, by a large plurality. ' V:: - : Mayor John W. Smith, wet, ont the face of returns from one-fifth of tbe city's precincts, was leading John C. Lodge, dry. for mayor of Detroit.; while Mayor James Rolph, Jr., ot San Francisco, had a slight lead over James E. Power, former San Francisco . postmaster, when the first few precincts were in. Unofficial returns from 400 of San-Francisco's 911 precincts in dicated that James B. Power, who resigned the postmastership here. with a salary of $9,000 a year, to run against James Bolph, Jr., in his campaign for election to the $8,000 a year Job as mayor, might be out, of both positions. If the later returns show the same trends as the early, Mayor Rolph will be elected for his fifth consecutive term, after beading, the city gov ernment for 16 years. The returns from 409 precincts were: Rolph-19,437; Power 25, 410; UU 4,788.;-' --.'r1 .Hints from RepubUcaa ana Deasocntie headquarter Indicate that San Francisco aad Detroit are beinx eoosidered as conventie citica i Detroit Is hoping to entertain -the Democratic . party and San Francisev is eager te have the Republicans choose it as their convention sit Top. Detroit's water' front, and, below, San Francisco's financial distrktT one could get virulent germs,: but where one could obtain them I do not know. , Anthrax sometimes may be found In hair brushes and is discovered in hairs of animala It would be extremely difficult to obtain, the germs In such quantity that they conld be broadcast. It is the same sort of scare that we had during the war when germs were suspected" In every thing and when we were constant ly examining food for- ground glass and poison. I do not know about his (Nash's) connection with the Soviet, of course, but as for - the : possibility of spreading leprosy germs by such means, it can't be done. Believing it possible r that the statements. In the "leprosy" letter are false, police tonight see a pos sibility of the letters having been written as an attempt to' spread terrorist propaganda. - red plot. My ' report already in Washington. D. C. This man is Important-link, References Cap tain Strickland, Taconia, Wash." A few minutes before this tele gram was turned overi to Captain MBore 'of the inspector's division, police department, Inspector Tack aberry had filed a request with Bruce Cameron sanity expert; to have Nash given a hearing to de- jtermine his mental condition. ; I Hearlne Postponed T V" With the telegram before them, Cameron and ' Captain : Moore agreed to delay the bearing: until further information' was received from sTacoma, Seattle, or Wash ington, D.C. Jn the meantime! activities ' of federal authoritiee ; in Portland were not revealed. Police inspectors, believing It the-: province , ; of governmental agents to make a thorough exam ination of Nash's room, did " not carry out tneir earner plan ' to make the complete ; Investigation ot its contents, although they de clared their casual survey yester day brought forth details of an extensive, correspondence between Nash and Siberian and Mexican writers. It also became known tonight that there le mall consisting' of several letters and a package wait ing, for Nash at a postoffice here. Police have not yet been, able to ! obtain possession of this delivery. , Nash, himself the: victim of s' loathsome disease, today in Jail refused to talk of the letters. . Doctor Scouts Tale i Dr. Robert I Benson, consult ing pathologist of the United States veterans bureau, today characterized as "bunk." the pur- SCHOOL BUDGET PARED CLOSELY: IS $299,000 (Continued from Page One) ces. $4511; district tax (6 per cent limitation) $158,989. Total, $299,000. , . ; ,'. The' retirement of indebtedness to tie extent of - $ 75,9 9 7 will be taken care of by a district tax for redemption and Interest on Bonds in that amount. A ; meeting .;- of taxpayers has been called for November 30 to give final approval to the budget. , Mentbers of the budget" com mittee who met last night were tT. G.J Shipley, chairman' T. M. Hicks,. Dr. F. L. Utter, 'W. H. Dan cy and W. H. Gahlsdorf. uiiiFOBiY soueiir FIRE ALAR319 AT SCHOOLS COXFUSIXO, REPORTED .The lives ot children are being endangered by, the lack of uni formity In fire alarm signals ' at the various city schools, accord ing to a letter submitted to the school board last night by tbe fire committee of the city council. . At the senior high school five soundings ot the gong are used In fire drills, and at Parrlsh-.nlne signals are given.: Consequently, when the fire switch is turned on with its single alarm, confusion is bound to result, the letter charged. It was recommended that a uni form signal of one alarm be. put into practice. Fire hose at -the senior high school Is tied us with twine in several places and would be prac tically useless If a big tire broke out. the committee declared, Recommendations made to im prove tne situation were to re move the twine on the hose, to charge fire distinguishes yearly, to place tire hose In the basement near the ' furnaces, to place two 3 -gallon fire . extinguishers near the furnace and one near the stage In the auditorium, to place fire alarm swltchce In ' a red circle marked "fire alarm," and to' sub stitute' vibrating gongs on knife switches. f-.W. X Fire hose "at Parrlsh high school are In good condition, said the let- BOSTON, Nov. 8. (AP). New England's flood stricken communities today ' took up the work of rebuilding their ruined homes and industries as the swol len streams fell back into their normal 'channels and communica tion was gradually restored with the outside world. " Tonight there were ; few' places which relief agencies had - not reached. ; As outsiders entered the last of the towns In northern Ver mont, cut off since last Thursday by the flood;: they found men armed with picks and shovels dig ging themselves orft of. the debris of wrecked houses and piles of mud, erecting temporary bridges and ;i laying out roadways over which such needed supplies may: be brought. , . Throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, 'Massachusetts and Connecticut the streams continued to recede and there appeared no further danger , from the waters. The Connecticut was dropping all along its length, and residents of towns and cities along Its lower stretches breathed freely once more. Similar reporta came from along the Merrtmae, In New Hamp shire and Massachusetts. - Vermont, hardest hit by the flood, was on its way toward re covery. Governor John E. Weeks today called together the heads of state departments at Montpeuer and set machinery . In motion to bepng order out of the confusion. There were few reports of food shortage. NftWDort. Vt.. where a famine was feared, reported that there were no fatalities and thit outside, communication had been established by which a food sup ply was assured. There was talk of a special ses sion of the Vermdnt legislator to take relief measures but no action was taken. The Vermont capital received a supply of cash for lis banks and Governor "Weeks was offered a fund ot $10,000 for re flet work by James 1 Colgate, of Old Bennington, Vt. The army air headquarters es tablished at Concord, N. II., wer-3 . ordered transferred to Burlington, Vt , in order to be In closer toac'j with the region most seriously at-. fected and preparations were im mediately made fo move all t!)?,. aerial activities to that point. An army pontoon bridge was on iu way from Fort Dupont, DeL, ta , Burlington, for uee In restoring. communications between Burling ton and Wlnooskl so that, relkf. may be carried along tbe Winooski river valley . where the 'flood claimed 86 lives. ter, but tbe fire system as a whole Is inadequate. The matter was referred to tbe buildings committee of the school board for investigation. GUESTS AT. BARNTJMSV INDEPENDENCE. Nov. S. (Special)- Earl Robinson was Sunday guest of bis slater. Miss Rebecca Robinson, and Una Hyatt of Oregon City and Wilbur Rowe, a teacher In the Milwaukle schools. were guests at the Barnum home. WOULD PROVIDE DRESSING ROOM The removal of the old Wash ington portable building to the high school athletic field so that It might be used as a dressing room for athletes was proposed to the school board last night. Ths matter was referred to the build lng committee. The committee was also asked to bring about a settlement with Settergren brothers, contractors on the Leslie school, on, the de fective floor. A letter from the contractors : last night asked for an Immediate remittance of $213. 15, an amount which the school board withheld pending word as to what would be done to repair the cracked concrete. B UPPER POSTPONED The pot luck supper of the Yo Marco class of the First Methodist church scheduled tor tonight has been postponed on account of the Mrs. Shel3on, Mrs. Bolt Miss Wolf death of Mrs. Klefer. - . er and Miss Robards. WILL ATTEND INSTITUTE INDEPENDENCE, Nov. 8. (Special) The critic teachers from Independence training school will be instructors at the teachers' Institute held in Dallas Wednesday and Thursday. Those taking part in the program are Mrs. Barnum (2o vc. EUGENE o NOV. 11 P Special Train Lv. Salem. 10:43 a.rn. Ar. Eugene , 12:30 p.m. Returning Lv. Eugene 5:30 p.m. Ar. Salem 7 :25 p.m. Have Luncheon and Dinner the Dining Car la $3.10 " to Eugene and Bad Special . fare go Nov. 10 cr 11, return any time prior to midnight Nov. 14. Phone 80 or 41 City Ticket Office 184 North Liberty St. BAR INSULTING GESTURE Portland Movie Censors Object to , Thumbing of Koees PORTLAND. Nov. 8. (API. Thumbing of noes is not. consid ered good form by- tbe municipal motion picture censor-: board and tbe board today issued a flat bar ring the gesture .from Portland screens. Hereafter producers of pictures must either expurgate the procedure - from films booked in this city or invent a technique of of insult . less objectionable.- ? - ' What is Pessimism? Pessimism is Idealism turned sour by disillusion The Ameri can Magazine. 44 J i Tilt: PARADOX OF LOVE Woman, whose profession is ro mance, ; is a realist, while man whose profession la reality is a ro manticist, according to David Cert writ! - T .- J - la the : OTP" :r i:?"3 c -I couldnt look 'eiN people in tne face. f wa an ashamed of my skint It was always oiotcnea with pimples and blackheads and at times itched terribly. I had tried every thing and was so discouraged that I couldnt bring myself to take hope in anything. You can imagine my sur prise therefore when one application of Mentho Sulphur almost completely cleared my skin. I could have danced with joy! In a short time you wouldn't trwnr n k jrv it was SO dear. SO SOf t ported attempt of Nash to Infect, white." -'-v - v-v; .;":' Americans with gerrna of leprosy i Thousands of people are discovering and anthrax. . The germs of lep-" that there la a remedy for skin trouble even fiery, ttctung ecremai n a w magical combination of sulphur and menthol sulphur for clearing the skin, runthi-l f nt- hmilimr the broken and most diffieuU to ipreadj irritated tissue. All drurrsists have leprosy," be said.: ' "blethers IniT'enthoEa-'phurin iarsready to use, at many cases cave carea lor teem a tew pennys cost. children and rot contracted it. and only in rare cases do nurse3 con tract it.'. : r-rJi. : ; Leprosy may be spread by kiss- lng and it may be contracted by a direct fcanfiiirj of the scales from tie patient, tte ratioio-L't rati.: ;Mr.llr3.x raay I ; scattafei il a rosy could be put in tooth paste and not cause the disease, h de clared. . ; . 1 ; v, 'JZ' l," "It Is Yen "Can't Do a Those pimples, yellow spots and that aSowness tncy come xrom a deeper. cause than you think. These slon blem ishes are the symptom of a dangerous toxic or poisoned condition of the sys tem which is due ta a "ball-dead" or slugsish liver. Theliver becoming weak or congested under the strain of our ab normal living habits, fails to cleanse the blood of the poisons formed in food waste. Then toxemia with stubborn skin troubles. If complexion is bad it is a sign that the liver needs a little fx!?. There is nothiez better for this, as me dical men know, than a little ox Call Ox gall has been found to be a great natural stimulant for the liver which is a purifer of blood and skin. The gena-; me, pare ox gall is to be had, dainty and tastelsss, in the form of Dioxol tab-! lets. Each tablet represents 13 drops of J pureoa gall and costs less than Z at, pood dru-rlst. To be sure ef r"."? the genuine, lock for the earns Vlasoi and picture cfcx'sheaicnC?; zcl Z- - urn is a good oppoirrmoTY to gitt men ghad vtiltoii ai;d taNrrrcn nucaAT at a pnicn nzvi ireca ErxoTf- tc ezsulah rrjci a' cavtkg op' 23 to zz.qu a irmurr: cccd rATrzzi:j 9x12 Karadi WUton . ITegiilar $95.00, Sale 9x12 Lakeside Wilton Ilegular $970, Sale . V'rch Chniel Co..tnr. Tr" New oik. Vvpt. MC23. " " w Ma3 tne Free Saaaple aWSslibnr- Kw York. Dept. C23T ' k 1.12 w Fre EZ ixsl Sazka.. ; 9x12 Sammarkan Wilton, Regular $760, Sale .;. . 37.50 $59.50 $50.50 9x12 Balbeek WHton Kegular ?35.C0, Sale 9x12 Karnak WUton, Regular $123, Gala 9x12 Sha-Atba Wilton, Regular $87.50, Sale f r r- i- i r a lahgi: ssLECTioN o? ziiallzzi slze vjxto:;s 23 to cor. Dizcouirr. Cxl2.ATn1r.hUr, Gsci Grade, C42X0 333.50 Reauveux Cxl2 Trr:c'.ry nr3 :rt. pen f Cxl2 Wiltca VclTtls v M O W- i tut.. Cxl2 VCX Hzzs and vzz' :ri T7 7-:i Ar-'-Irr ht"- sSMssaBSMsssBsBeete3 or 'TV rV-'-T y--"-tv turn -4