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1 Senator McNary Wires From Washington That He Will Actively Cooperate in the Improvement of the Channel of the Willamette Insurance Kates tiere Are loo tligti; More Protection Is Needed, and Then If Necessary a Concerted Demand for Reduction' i st: Kaini west and local irhp forecn rains nd snows P1 The Spanish-American war Is over at last. Spain has announced that she will return to Cuba all relics of Cuba's war of Independence, found in Spanish museums. 4, rains and snos - east and temperature: -$ temperature Ivnnthnaat wind river 6, rain- wind north. fall .1, atmosphere ..- ?g4mEVENTU YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS m 9 i .3 It i I WW V. )-:-I. WRESTS m ' rnn nrr 1 n u iLuH UrriusHLd i QEFUNCT Pll ieral and State Men Step n and Begin Examina tion of Books .AD OF COMPANY ILL :,eibck nnfl Cooke Brokerage If.u- Files Voluntary Pe tition In Bankruptcy at Portland Yesterday I PORTLAND. Feb. 2 (AP) I;tate and federal government rep- i renentatives rcoved into the de- Ifunct Overbeek and Cooke brok- nrage homse today and opened an investigation of the books of the vecked concern to determine ther criminal . responsibility ,ld be laid against officers of company. A receiver, appoint- barge of the records of the firm lamea P. Cooke. Dresident of the company, is confined to a hospital. Ills physician tonight said he Is "a very eick man." Charles S. Goodwin, vice presi dent of the firm, could not be lo cated tonight. Telephone mes sages tohis home brought only the information that "he is not at home." No Answer Made "They do not answer." is the eNplanation of the telephone ex itmnge for failure of telephonic i i MTiort ion with the home of I! .ward F. Philpott, secretary and ti ;uror of the wrecked company. low high the losses to customer- vill run was still undetermined to. h Estimates made by those atf" plar4fjM9bable loss at on. u'ill'on and a halt dollars. a volunteer petition in nanK tu !.. signed by Goodwin as vice jjpr. siU nt of the company was filed in.!. iy. The petition did not list Jt ptor nor estimate the firm's , 1 nther than to admit that v. iny was nopeieissiy uun n:d that it possessed assets i:t '1.00,000 in Portland. . t 1.. 1 1. rn ; of .If. seili Giilingham. receiver, Fai ! u i. sht that it was his duty In tl). til. if : I . rr!iir as far as possible all ' f r the benefit of creditors, i: I find that the officers of wf-iked company traded with i:: -iii's money in other words, li- are indebted to the firm M coing to take every legal make them repay. i HILL HIRES MAN TO COVER GKAVt M:sTIOAL TESTIMONY (.IVKX IN MURDER TRIAL An, Gardener Tells of Receiv ing Two Dollars to Smooth i round Over Corps (TTAWA, 111., Feb. 2. (AP) ll.ir-y Hill, charged with slaying In mother. Mrs. Eliza A. Hill and rl- iu:-ing her in the basement 01 fipvShcir home, paid the family gard 'juer $2 for smoothing the grave 4 Tawd relaying basement bricks the gardener testified today. His price . ;tas only 75 cents, he testiriea out I u.i .. M uitl vova htm If BUliru 1111 juuuj 0 ' Ci 12 and told him to be sure to re- 'f; f lam the following day and care ,jf Jior the lawn : r As he told his aramauc 1 Veter Busch, the 73 year old gard f ntr. stilled the Jammed court I ooni. and then caused it to hear the cautions of the bailiffs when f. they roared with laughter at his uaint expression. On the way to the Hill Tiome, lU'ch asked: Harry where his pother was and Harry replied she ti gone on a visit, the gardener stified. It was dark In the cel- ir and the old man's eyes could t find the pile of dirt and bricks. V-'I'Arry lighted a lamp. Busch tes-?-'. tiflnA. and detailed the work to ?V-rH-he extra dirt was to be carried vJ3lMto the alley and nsed to fill up "boles, Busch said and the grave was to be tapped down to a level -.ith the brick. Nothing was to be dug up. Z Hill asked the gardener how much he owed him for the work and was told 75 cents. The wit- testified that Hill gave him "Didn't the state's attorney or rome of his men tell you you were i' accused of killing Mrs. Hill?" ask- : ed Defense Attorney Arthur Shay. " "No! No! Dat's a lie, a He!" -. cried Busch. ""I know her many years. cMdn't kill her! " he shouted. FWO COMMITTEES ROW OVER PROBE ,SH NI ,NI KIK Senator Hwl of Missouri Orders Vare Ballot Kept, Not Trust ing Special Group WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. (AP) The senate's slush fund and elections committee came to a parting of the ways late today on the counting of the ballots in the Vare-Wilsou senatorial contest from Pennsylvania. After conferring with Chairman Waterman of the elections sub committee. Senator Reed of Mis souri, chairman of the senate elec tions committee, wrote to David Ffiarr, the senate sergeant at arms, directing him not to turn over any of the Pennsylvania ballots to the elections committee. Earr was reminded by Reed that the ballots now In his cus tody and brought here from Phil adelphia and Allegheny counties were seized unaer me autnoniy of the Robinson resolution, which directed that the campaign funds committee proceed to take over the ballots in the case of the con test brought against William S. Vare, republican, by his demo cratic opponent. William B. Wil son, In the 1926 senatorial elec tion. The Waterman sub-committee decided late today to start the count of the ballots next Monday, including thoe which have been ordered seized in four other Penn sylvania counties, Delaware Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Schuyl kill. While Senator Reed has made no public pronouncement, it has been no secret at the capital that he has been very much dissatis fied with the manner in which the elections committee has been pro ceeding with the case. Whether the differences be tween the two committees can be amicably settled, or will eventual ly reach the floor of the senate, Is a question the answer to which lies in the future. 29 LOCOMOTIVES BURN Klr Testrov Roundhouse In Pennsylvania with Engines CONNELLSVILLE, Pa.. Feb. 2. .(AP) A roundhouse in which 29 locomotives were standing and the adjoining machine shops of the Baii'iicre and Ohio rai!.-o:'d, -ere destroyed by fire here toJay with a loss unofficially estimated; at as much as $3,000,000. All of the locomotives were badly dam aged and It was said that official estimates of the loss could not be made until they were examined. The locomotives late t d y were laying amid the smouldering ru ins, several with whistles blowing as fallen timbers lay across the whistle cords. The fire was caused by defect ive wirine In a heating plant, a report from the d:v!sion superin tendent's office sii.l. It started In a room from which heated air was driven by a fan to all parts of the big house. Driven through the heating pipes by the fan, the statement said, the flames broke out at several points simultaneous ly. They were discovered shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon and gained such headway workmen were unable to remove any of the equipment. The engines were valued at from $75,000 to $120,000 each PRINCE LEANS TO MECCA Maharajah of Indorr May Become Moslem to Wed Nancy BOMBAY. India, Feb. 2. (AP) Suggestions that the former Maharajah of Indore remove re ligious obstacles to his marriage to Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Se attle, Wash., by turning Moslem seems to have inspired a section of Hindu propagandists with the conviction that such a notable fig ure must not be lost to them. The former unbending attitude toward the supposed unfitness of Miss Miller to become a Hindu ap parently received a Jolt today tnj a declaration by the deposed ruler who has been urged to embrace Mohammedanism, that "Islam of fers protection to emperors and beggars alike. It can lead them to spiritual and worldly loftiness." The potentialities of such an an nouncement In a region where re ligious rivalry often amounts to hatred are difficult to realize else where. DRYS CALL CONVENTION Formal Invitation Broadcasted: .Chicago Convention City NEW YORK. Feb. 2. (AP).- The national committee of the pro hibition party today issued for mal call for the party's national convention at Chicago, July 10. Candidates for president and vice president will be selected and 1 platform drafted by 1,537 dele gates, D. Leigh Colvon, national chairman, announced. OWNERS PAYING TOO MUCH HERE FOR INSURANCE Hazards Less Than In Port land, But Rate Some Cases 50 Per Cent More PROTECTION ADDED SOON Wide Streets, Lack of Streetcars and Traffic Jams, Substantial Buildings Here Reduce Danger of Fire Fire insurance rates in Salem are too high. This is not meant as a claim that they are unduly high In com parison to the hazards not yet. But Salem Is naturally a fire- safe city, because it has wide streets, no streetcars, no traffic jams, wide lots and wide spaces between houses, fireproof build ings generally downtown, and well built homes throughout the city; no ehack district anywhere. Portland Rates Lower Portland, admirable city though it is otherwise, has all of these handicaps to face in solving its fire protection problem; and yet Portland has insurance rates In many classifications not two-thirds as high as the rates here. This fact was brought out yes terday when a man who owns buildings in both cities visited Sa lem. On a building of a certain type in Portland, he pays $1.10 a thousand annually; on the same classification of building here, equally well built, and with the advantage of a wider space be tween it and adjoining buildings he must pay $1.93. Higher Than Taxes This man said that while many people are worried about high tax es, tlte truth is that fire lrrnnraiiee in Salem in many cases costs more. For the time being, the effort (Continued on page 10.) BIG STORM ANTICIPATED California Prepares For Heaviest Gale of Whole Year SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.- (AP) The heaviest storm 6f the year is expected to sweep in over California tomorrow bringing rain from the Oregon to the Mexican borders, Major E. II. Bowie, local forecaster, stated here tonight. Rain fell today in most parts of California and It is forecast to grow heavier tomorrow. Rain even started falling In the Fresno district tonight, bringing an end to a prolonged dry spell. Storm warnings were hoisted today along the entire coast line cf-u-n jgAsy n rvv m"' rv ...... 1 a no J ivw II VUII II I I'll. I I El r vAi NOT. 71 M .V II I i fl.l I it m. villus I I II I Jf'Ml, 1 . .tr.llll I I f 1,1. Ill lilt I I I II 1 I X1 J 1 M II Iff tf 1 1 I Mm EiimiiJI li SJ M if w BJI I Mil I I II I I ' f ; I " WALLACE BOUND TO GRAND JURY DAYLIGHT BURGLAR ADMITS THIRD VIOLATION Ball Set at $2300; Thefts From Brick Only Ones Charged In Court Lauren Wallace, dajlng daylight burglar was arrested Wednesday on charges of daylight burglary, was yesterday bound over to the Marion county grand Jury follow- ing his appearance before Justice of the Peace Brazier Small. In the criminal complaint sworn out against him Wallace Is spec ifically charged with stealing only three things. These are a travel ing bag, a kodak and a gold watch, all the property of Joe Brich, 1160 South Commercial street. Officers declare, Jiowever, that he has also been guilty of stealing other articles although the ones listed against him are sufficient to secure him a substantial sen tence if the charges against him are proved. Bail was set at $2500 by Jus tice of the Peace Brazier Small. Failing to furnish ball, Wallace was placed in the county jail. Wallace confessed Thursday, the police reported, to a third bur glary, the taking of a wallet from the home of Pascal L. Traglio, 1330 Marlon street. The depredations he previous ly had admitted were daylight en tries into the J. M. Herberger home at 1160 South Commercial, and the Paul Stega home at 1330 Center street. He was arrested aft er fleeing when Inspector Lou Ol son was looking him over in a downtown pool hall. MAY TRIM PHONE RATES Charges In Portland Held Exces sive In Recommendation PORTLAND. Feb. 2. (AP). A cut of 15 per cent in the Port land telephone rates, as suggested to the city council by A. E. Clark, chairman of the state committee which Is investigating the sub ject, will be recommended to the city council by John M. Mann, commissioner of TJfTBlfc utilities, he said today. Mann also announced that he will recommend that the council provide in the new telephone fran chise that advance payments of telephone charges be eliminated where persons and firms have es tablished their credit by paying for one year's service. WIRE OPERATORS STICK Telegraph Men at Fall River Stay Until Driven Out BOSTON, Feb. 2. (AP). Op erators of the WeBternUnlon Tel egraph In its Fall River office to night sent out news of the great fire which swept that city tonight until their building was in flames The record In the log of the office said that the, men "stuck until their shoes were burned." ANOTHER FAMOUS FABLE JURV SEES KNIFE USED BY SLAYER ATTEMPT TO SHOW INSANITY CONTINUED AT TRIAL Grueso; me Exhibits Shown Court; Women Visibly Affected By Details IIALI4 OF JUSTICE. LOS AN GELES,; Feb. -2. (AP). The sanity trial of William Edward Hickman today produced an lnti- mate picture of his early Arkan- sas home life, painted from the witness stand by his father, moth er and brother, and left in trial as evidence the heavy knife with which he killed Marian Parker. The sixth trial day also brought the first of Hickman's alienists to the defense of his plea of insan ity. A broad shouldered, ruddy faced father whose testimony of his family unhapplness broke him down sobbing, testified the early life of the defendant had been af fected by a melancholy, weeping mother. He repeated the asserted threats of the "nervous and pe culiar" mother to kill him and their five children. He told of her showing signs of insanity from their early married life, down to when doctors told him she was "crazy." Admits View Changed The witness, on the other hand admitted to Prosecuting Attorney Asa Keves. that before his wife was sent to an asylum for a short period he had stated to the com mitting officials that he never had seen any signs of insanity un til she attempted suicide a few months earlier. The father denied that he be lieved his alleged relations with other somen had caused his wife's unhappy condition. He admitted that when he left his family in 19.20 ttat he married again across the border in northern Mexico. The gray haired, unemotional mother, in sharply metallic ac cents and tone, testified that she remembered a "few times" when she threatened to kill her husband. She testified she attempted suicide 15 years ago because "nobody seemed to want or care about" her, and she "might as well die." Knife Seen By Jury Women Jurors were -visibly af- fpfted when thev Inspected the murder weapon, and the morgue (Continued on page 10.) DANA, SR., PASSES AWAY Father of Portland Newspaper Man Dies At Own Home PORTLAND. Feb. 2. (AP) Rev. Watson Dana, 90. father of Marshall N. Dana. Portland news paperman, died yesterday at the home of his son, Walter W. Dana, Evanston, 111., after a protracted illness, according to word re ceived here. Rev. Mr. Dana for 70 years had been a Baptist minister. He was educated in Marietta college, and started hla career as a storekeep er at Newport. FIRE HITS CITY DAMAGE TOTAL DP MM 1 Flames Destroy Most of Downtown Section of Fall River, Mass. 4 BANKS, 3 HOTELS GO Three Theater Buildings, Court House and Many Office Estab lishments Razed to Ground Last Night FALL RIVER, Mass., Feb. 2. (AP) A disastrous fire was checked at 2 a. m. today after sweeping over an area of five blocks and levelling at least 25 buildings, Including many busk ness structures. Estimates of dam age ran as high at $35,000,000. Lack of water pressure handi capped the firemen, who were re inforced by detachments from many Massachusetts and Rhode Island cities. The prevailing low temperature caused ice to form on the ruins. The Pocassett Mills, where the fire had originated re sembled an Ice palace. Five firemen were Injured, three being caught under a falling wall when dynamite had been used to make a fire break. Reports that several firemen had been kill ed by the collapse of a wall at the Pocasett Mills were denied. Phone Service Fails Most of the lights were out in the city and the firemen at many points worked In darkness. The telephone service to the out side world failed shortly before 11 o'clock when the operators were ordered out of the building. The Western Union offices also were vacated when fire drove the operators from their wires. -- Because of the severing of com munication by fire, the represen tative of the Associated Press had to drive to Taunton, 12 miles from Fall River, to send his dispatches. FALL RIVER, Mass., Feb. 3. (AP) More than two score build-! ings in the center of the Fall Riv er business district were destroy ed by a great fire which swept the city last night. At one o'clock this morning the fire was still working Its way along the main business street, but appeared to be nearlng control. The residen tial district at that hour seemed to be in no immediate danger. The officers of one of the three dally newspapers of the city were demolished, while those of an other were badly damaged. The third building of the Fall River Globe stood as a barrier against the advance of the flames along Main street. Four banks, fhree the aters, and three hotels were de stroyed as well as the court house and a large number of the down- (Continued on page 2) DOCTOR DODGES BLAME Chicago Plastic Surgeon Says As sistant Did Leg Job CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (AP) Ap pearing at an inquiry before the state department of education and registration. Dr. Henry J. Schire son, plastic surgeon, today denied he had performed the leg-straightening operation on Miss Sadie Hol land which "her family contends led to the amputation of both her legs after a gangrene infection set in. Dr. Schireson said the operation on the girl's legs was performed by an asistant, Dr. S. D. Zaph, al though he said he himself operat ed to remove a scar from the girl's shoulder at the same time, saying that was how he happened to be present. He said he received a fee of $300 while Dr. Zaph received 1500. Miss Holland was in a serious condition tonight. 1 SHOT IN PRISON BREAK Prisoners at ITuntsville, Texaa, s Effect Delivery HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Feb, 2. (AP) D. E. Long, guard at the Eastham state prison farm. 28 miles from here was shot and kill ed by Tom Bozeman, another guard, wbo mistook him lor a prisoner during a prison break to day in which 16 men escaped. Ten of the prisoners had been recap tured this afternoon.. Long, wearing white trousers like those supplied the convicts was ordered to halt in the dark by Bozeman who fired when Long paid no attention to the command Boteman reported. SAN JUAN HAILS COL. LINDBERGH JO GUN'S T.OOM SALUTE FOR AMKRICAN AIR HERO Thousands Gather Along Water Front at Porto Itic:m City to Glimpse Lone Eagle RAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Feb. 2 -iAI'i. Porto Rico greeted Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh when lie landed at Eijcambron flyine field this afternoon with a salute of 20 guns one less than a presi dential ealute. He heard also the shouts of many thousands who had gathered along the sea front and in Munoz rivera park. Sirens, ships, whistles, horns and the din of all sorts of noise-making de vices added to the riotious wel come to the youthful airman. The tops of houses and public buildings from which the field could be seen, were jammed with still other thousands eager to see the Spirit of St. Louis from the time it was first glimpsed in the east at 1:40 o'clock until it was safely landed and Lindbergh alighted at 1:55 p. m. Colonel Lindbergh was In the air two hours and five minutes, having taken off at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, at 11:50 local time. He made good his previous prom ise to fly over St. Croix, one of the United States' island possessions. While he flew alone, following not far behind him was the Santa Maria, a West Indies aerial ex press plane, carrying a dozen pas sengers. The Santa Maria landed 30 min utes before Lindbergh for the Spirit of St. Louis slowly circin the rUy Defore starting downward for landing. Governor Horace M. Towner, Mayor R. H. Todd, and Colonel George II. Estes. were among the first to greet the aviator. After only a few minutes on the field during which the Spirit of St. Louis, was safely housed, Col. Lindbergh was escorted to a dec orated car which he entered with Governor Towner, the mayor and Pol. Estes and was driven to the federal building for the official welcoming exercises. A hundred other cars followed d there were shouts of welcome ;n two languages, tnniwii Spanish. The soldiers 01 me ojui Infantry stood at attention as the flying colonel passed and were the onlv Individuals visible, who did not join in the vocal and acrobatic demonstrations of rejoicing Ti,.nniii tho street of the old A All u II Q " ity proper, the cheering and hand-clapping was just as enthu siastic. Governor Towner, in welcoming Colonel Lindbergh, called him "our modern winged mercury not merely a classic figure but a real American youth winging your way to fame and Immortality, not hy imaginative dreaming but by hard work, by dauntless courage, by high and steadfast purpose." RIDICULOUS SAYS MOUNT Conspiracy Charges of Union Ser vice Association Denied Governor Patterson Thursday received a letter from Robert Mount, manager of the Portland Better Business bureau, in reply to charges that Mr. Mount had conspired jvith Fortland under takers and the tate corporation department to prevent the Union Service association from obtain ing a permit to sell stock in Ore gon. The charges against Mr. Mount were filed bv Charles Yates, as sistant manager of the Union Ser vice association. He criticized Mr. Mount severely for opposing issuance of the nermlt. Mr. Mount, in his letter to the gover nor. branded the charges as ridi culous. J. G. Arnold. Portland attorney. also has sent a letter to the gov ernor explaining his connection with the Union Service associa tion. It was charged fy 'Mr. Yates that Mr. Arnold had repre sented himself to be a close friend of the state corporation commis sioner and that he could get the permit in five minutes. Mr. Yates alleged that Mr. Arnold demanded $500 for such service. Mr. Arnold branded the charges against .him as untrue. Governor Patterson said he would have nothing to say re garding the chars until puch time as he had completed his In vestigation. Y LEADER HEARD HERE Secretary A. E, Roberts Addresses Group at Banquet Secretary Albert B. Roberts of the town and country boys' work for the YMCA was the principal speaker at a banquet meeting of the young men's division last night. Roberts outlined the work of which he is in charge. T. B. Kay acted as toaetmaster. The meeting was well attended, a arge .delegation from Stay ton coming in. LEADING GROUP CALIFORNIA BACKS HOOVER All Factions In Republican Party Represented In Appeal To G.O.P. PLEDGE HEARTY SUPPORT Present Member of f'o.lidge 4K Inet Strongly PraUed In Statement Made Public At San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2 ' AP Leaders representing U factions in the republican party today set aside their differern"i of past years to unit in hu appeal to citizens to support Ilerhr Hoover for the republican nomin ation for president. The appeal was headed by Tbe nnme of William II. Crocker. r publican national committeeman from California, and carried tfce names of many members of tfow progressive wing of the parly wheih was started in this state try former Governor Hiram W. Joter on, now United States sena-ior. Governor C. C. Young and P. fV Meek, all members of the Jrt- on political group have sit'd the appeal. Johnson and Hoovr were j ponents for the republican iiflmin ition at the president ial pr'ir irles in 1920. Johnson won. Candidate I.aud "The republican party wiii )e honoring itself In presenting Her bert Hoover as it candidate trr president, and w call upon the citizens of California to Join wit us in assuring a delegation to th republican national convention which will unanimously a4 wholeheartedly support Hrr.crt Hoover for the republican nomin ation for president of the I'd:;-. States," said the signed fi:-" ment. "The time has come to t;ie public expression to the already evident fact that the republican if California are united in support of Herbert Hoover for president, and in the determtra- (ConlinuaJ on ! c I'll COUNTY FOLLOWS ZONERS REQUEST rtO ADS 60 FEET WIDE TO PtfC RULE, DECIDED Court Consider Petitions For Ar teries in Varlou Com- munitle.4 In future main roads construct ed by the county within a six mtie radius of Salem will be built 5 least 60 feet wide, according to action taken by the Marion cooe ty court here yesterday. This action was taken in com pliance with a petition of the Sa lem city zoning commission &4 presented to the court with view to providing far future ex pansion of the city. As no action was taken with re gard to present existing roads VI is considered doubtful whether y thing will be done to widen thi In the near future. Other action taken by the coao ty court at yesterday's meettac included orders to survey mC view two new roads, open atfcfo and defer action on others. The road near Broadacres, -titioned for by Hunt and others, was approved as to survey and view and ordered opened. A road near Shaw, petition! (Contioued oa pe 2) Review "Private Life of ' Helen of Troy Rules The contest Is open to every one, irrespective of age or sex, except employees of this news paper. First National Pietnr, Inc., and the Elslnore theatr and members of their families. 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