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PAGE FOUR 'Wo Fct'or Sicey Us; No Fear SJaU Awe From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 j THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. . CHASLES A. SPBACUX - - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sacxrt - - :' r Uandgig Editor Member of the Associated Press " ! . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled t the dm (or publica tion ol ail ntwi dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la inis paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Oordoa a Bell. Security Building. Portland. Ore. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. GiifTlth Brunson. Int. Chicago, Tork. Detroit. Boston. Atlanta. i I Enter at tie Postoffiea at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Close 'Matter, Published every morning except Monday. Business office, SI 5 S. Commercial Street. , . f I SUBSCRIPTION RATES: V Mali Subscription RaUs. in Advance. Within Oregon : Dally and -Sunday. 1 Mo. SO cents; S Mo. U2; I Mo. S2.2S; 1 year 14.00. .Bsewhere IS cents per Mo., or IS.ttO for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 4( cent a month ; $5.09 a year In advance. Per 'Copy 2 oenta On trains and Hew Stands cents. I Organizing the Campaign STATE officials headed by the governor, the speaker of 2 the house and the president of the senate have com bined to carry forward a campaign in behalf of the fiscal ippisiaiion enacieu uv xne last I higher income tax, a sales tax, i . . i 1 A M Al property tax ana reaucuon uc ux. uu iwu 11 wj. xw jprogram is a comprehensive one. To single out one partic ular item and assail it or commend it, is not enough. The whole program must be considered in order to come to a wise conclusion. , ij-Ai reorganized by the legislature the taxing system for'support of government would consist of the following: X. Real property tax, which hitherto has borne nearly the whole load for state and local governments. Under the new plan the real property tax would not be required for state purposes and would be reduced for county purposes. This will mean a substantial saving for farmers, for home owners, for owners of city property and factories. U 2. Income tax: this will be sharply increased, with low er&i exemptions, on the ground that those who are getting incomes are the ones who are able to pay taxes. :t 3. Increased inheritance taxes and a new gift tax. h 4. Sales tax. This is a two-year tax, designed to bring in' revenues at a time when real property taxes are going delinquent. Part of the tax goes to the state and part back to the counties. Farmers do not have to pay the tax on the produce they sell. T The Statesman will support the governor and the leg islature in the tax program. We have been unfriendly to a sales tax; but have come to the conclusion that its imposition is virtually inevitable in order to sustain the credit of the state. We may find it like going swimming: after we make the first plunge the water feels fine. With the provisions which the bill includes: lifting of the personal property tax and sharing the proceeds with counties, many of the objections are mitigated. The burden of taxation still rests most heavily on the wealthier classes because of the very heavy income tax, the increased inheri tance tax, and the new gift tax. f If Gov. Meier and other leaders in the state will carry or" a vigorous campaign of explanation to the people, they should be able to "sell" the tax program to the state, which would mean a definite solution of the serious problems which the state faces in its financial structure. A mere en dorsement in general terms will be wholly inadequate. Toll of the If V aT TT.L.a A.l arA if nraa iMpti tif ipfl ( toHa fisherman. The owner himself, it is presumed, perish- ed at sea. The brief item in tne aay s news is oux one x many which come from seaports. Such items are part of the price which men still pay who make their living out of the sea, part of the price which is paid that those who live far from the sound of the surf may have their Friday fish, of halibut or cod, or salmon. i; When one spends a day at a beach resort he may, if the weather is clear see several trollers at work a few miles off shore. They set out from the tiny bays that indent the i:a mnrr fnr a riav HP twn. STOP lid A. niffht Or tWO drifting and fishing. Luck varies with them as it does with anglers in trout streams. Sometimes they come back with a boat load; sometimes tnere are IkAMI " There is variation too m the seawortmness 01 ineir craft The more prosperous fishermen keep boats well caulk ed and painted, their engines in good condition and gear in order. Others take a chance every time they put out of the harbors mouth: an engine that sputters and dies; a leak that ii- 4- jn Vvo!i;nr a TnirMoy thaf fnils when a heaw Vfflf S XUl BICAUJ UMUU( -. w wave strikes. . The tragedies of the trolling ships are seldom recount ed. Only a few ttien man each vessel ; when it goes down with all hands lost there is no survivor to tell the tale of a fight against the elements, with a helpless engine, a broken rudder, or a growing vent in the side. Men still brave the sea however, drawn to it by necessity or by choice; and the sea still claims a toll of victims, spite of man's skill and in genuity. The toll seems peculiarly heavy among the small boats of the coastwise fishermen. - mml . A. tt,a hnrnlnr riack. whenca all but him had nad But not Hon. Rufus. He tha hot spot, irhile he does the fleeing on a cool deck. Snoir yesterday afternoon and men lass-mgai. juiuvu ' Parhana we are wrong in criticising Hon. Holman for his flight . ... i v. .f. inn thnrA tn ret Mexican money 10 Mexico. XXV may vm j i aw in "-"- . ..... .i -i Soring is later mau uusi. Pacific northwest. Spring gets a proportion Uat Our momm cn a" - If er?'ord Is raising money for . . X.ia nnu thinv Tenomoas feud rather than to preserve the memory of It in bronse. " Our program for today: wider and deeper gutters for the new crop of beer drunks. Salem Boy scouts also plan to , i effect an 'emergency mobillxatioa - case of disaster, such aa tiro, flood or atdrm. It was announced ; at ' scout hetdaaarten hero-yesterday. Tha American legion already has undertaken similar plans. -. Scout Kxecutlra O. P. -West .t.fui that m would work out a .Ta- viimhv tha 109 acouta of the II troops In Salem and vicin ity could be called out for emer gency service of any tort wtthin a matter of; minutes. : When lo SCOUTS ID PREPARE FOR MoeiLiin ' - . v -. r rmiii leKisiaiuxe. xma mwuuca a dropping of the personal A 1 ..4-.. Trollers mIaUaj nnAi)1n ro "IT o T'lSa'St n&rt of trollincr bo&t of an As iew nsn 10 rewam . .. ... . ,V . lets the state employes stand on bare-legged Scotch kiltie hands- - " im.. I. oliarartAiHatifi At tka - little later each year; In the same a memorial to the consUhle who thv would work to forget their cated at CorraUIs. West mobilized tha more than 10 scouts there within IS minutea and similar re sults were obtained at Albany. TTnda tha nlan. each scoutmas ter would bo prepared to contact all the boya m his cnargo quicx lw. T.lTihonM. Industrial whlsUea nil hnrlM hlown from sneedlTiz automobiles would bo used to give tha call for mobilisation. Boy acouta rendered notable arvfea inr tha southern California earthauakftv area and haya dona likewise in otner swicxen regions, West pointed out. 4-H Mea Call H. C. Seymour and L. J. Allen, both connected with 4-H club work throughout tha atata. paid a business call yesterday on Wayne D. Harding. Marlon county supervisor of 4-H club actlTitles. Th C GHAPTEat FIFTT-ITVT6 ? - ;. : : ICarv Ifaaeaa ' Vsdshed the darkenisc stain. Eh had.to grope her way along tha landing A faint chink of tight showed her tha door 'of Jess'a room. Eha opened it actV lr, and spoke la a whispe. : -John." - . Tea, Uothart Mr. Flentmlnc wamts U aaa yoo." -What aboatt" -NsTestock. Ge dowa and speak to him. I ask yoa to do It, Jeka. It's only fair U him aad to row The two men met hi tha dusk of tha hall. Wolfe's face looked ganat and grey a hungry faea, yet far vest, and fanatical about tha cyaa. He gripped Robert ITenunlng's hand hard. - ' ' : -Ska is asleep now. X eaa tire you ten ninutaa. It la Just touch and go, the weight of a feather la the scales." I us going to speak out frank y, Wolfe." The franker the better." "To-day we elected you our Med ical Officer. Threadgold has e tigoed. Ton hare won your way. Dont saerlftee a una opportunity." He saw Wolfe'a profile as they turned, gaunt and dear against a hard sky. Tou think I am acting, selfish ly?" "I tMpfc that no maa should put hia private interests before tha ia teresta of his his yoa know what I mean. There la a good deal of feeling in the town. 1 came aa a friend." Wolfe'a eyes looked lata the grey distance. His face was very stern. Tor three months I haya given Narestock the Ttry blood of my body. They begrudge ma three Have. I shall not leave Moor Fans untH we have either lost or won." "1 think you are wrong." "Too are ana of the few Mr. Flemming, to whom I would surrender, if it wen possible." "Would this girl wish you to do this. If she wen capaoie oz joag- Wolfe faced round almost fleros- wSh has more courace and gen erosity than twenty Narestocks. It waa she who kept me hen. I should have kicked the dust off my boots last vftar if she had not backed me up. 'Stay and fight,' she said. I ataved. If Kavestock owes me any- thing, It owea it to her. AH this hen is a matter of nursing. I would trust no one but myself. They want me to give her a worse enaaca Thv can aro to nerdition." It was dark still when Wolfe left Jcca alMmn. aliooed out of the room and made his way downstairs. In the recess under tha stain be fnrmH life overcoat and boots. Ha unfastened the porch door aad smelt tha keen fresh smell ox rintv morninir. Tha nicht had bean critical, and the day would be in sympathy with the night. Wolfe felt tired and hearr-headed. with a hot ache in the eyes and dull blood in the brain. Strength of will alone had kept him awake, with his whole body thirsting for sleep aa a dry land uursta zor rain. e e Mary Mascail put her work aside, and went quickly to the parlour window. Tha heads of two black horses had passed across tha gap In tha holly hedge when the gar dea gate opened. Mary Mascail could aee the shining hat and the red face of the coachman, and the slim figure of a young footman standing stiff and erect, and press ing tha gate open. "Bless me, Mrs. Brandon!" Mary Mascail hurried to the porch door. She opened ft aa Ur sula Brandos waa stretching out a hand to the beu-puIL "Good morning, Mrs. Maacall. I tare coma to ask after our lost turse." I (WIS liEwp lallenge or 1(1 ff If Vtil lit "I waatad to seo you. aa r asked to saeV" aaM Ursula Bri "She is much better, thaak "I am so glad to hear it." Then waa no apparent why these two wensaa should feel uneasy under each others eyes, yet some rague fenrmj-te airtipathy woke at the Tery meeting of their voices. The one waa eaauaL calm. cold om the surface: tha other, ruddy, warm-voiced, mellowly viva cious. The blue eyes of tha farm er's wife took on a queer surface- gleam of watchfulness. "Tou an sun that aba fa out of danger? la a way, I have felt myself responsible." "Dr. Wolfe is very much more hopeful." "That la a good sign to. have antra doctor convinced. Is Mr, Wolfe here, by any chance t" She maintained her level, casual calm under the full stare of Mary Maacau'a shrewd blue eyes. "I will send Dr. Wolfe to you." Thank you so much." When Wolfe came out to bar she met him with the easy friendliness of a woman of the world. Mary Mascail had remained with Jess. and then waa no questioning and mistrustful feminine spirit to be dealt with, merely a blundering thing called maa whose methods were like trampled elephaat tracks through the jungle. "I am so glad to hear that she is out of danger." Then la stm some danger.1 "Of course then must be. I want ed to see you, so I asked Mrs. Mas- call to send you down to me. When an you going to remember that then Is sueh a place as Kave stock?" "I am giving myself two mon days." She smiled at him, and the smfle puzsled Wolfe. It suggested eo many subtle mental attitudes. Her whole presence hinted at clearer. broader skies. She. waa so much mon mature, so much men com plex, so much mon eaauaL "Dont you think that you eould deny yourself these two days? suggest it aa a friend. I think the patience of the people in the valley Is very nearly exhausted." She gave a slight shrug of the shoulders. "Oh, you proud aad sincere spir its! Don't you know that one learns to humour fools and to triumph over them by smiling over their folly? Drive down with me now, My carriage can bring you bade I again." I He stared beyond her for the I moment, but his face remained ob The Light That Failed oves Wfmi 14 Mrs. MasaS to stinate. "No, I stand by my wombe to myself." ... Ha aeeosBpsaied her dowf the stone path to the gate, aad aaw her into War carriage. "Give my leva to Jess." x win." Try and relaat towards tha grumblers at tha end of your two days. Good-bye." Wolfe'a spirit of inexorable in dependence was to bear the brunt of a second and mon strenuous at tack is tha course of the same day. Tha two carriages must have pass ed each other on the way, that of Mrs. Ursula Brandon going towards "Pardons," Josiah Crabbe's hired fly climbing up from Navestock. Aa usual, Josiah Crabbe had aO his news from Adam Grlnch, and even the old cynic had been alarmed at tha outcry Wolfe'a ab sence had aroused. The town had turned like aa uncertain-tempered dog. Infamous neglect of duty, aa audacious hardihood that went out of ita way to flaunt the public opinion that had consented to be taken by the nose! The gossip of the river alleys said that Jess Maa call had never been in danger. John Woire had Just taken himself off to show his masterful independ ence, and hia contempt for public opinion. e e e Mary Mascail had left them alone together in the parlour. xou wicked fooL to have let a pair of soft arms rat raund n neck. Man, you an spoiling every- uung. we nad them beaten, we had them cornered, and now you play' the womanish fooL" His bright, dark eyea flashed at Wolfe out of tha yellow thmi of hia angry face. The energy of his Impatience burned at white beat la his shrunken body. Affection and scorn wen curiously mingled. Turrell has been back ia the town a week. What, you hadnt heard T They an working against you. They have got old Baggelay'e nephew down from London, a smart young whipper-anapper.with a bag ful of diplomas. Partnership with Threadgold; pushed through oa the sly. Turrell has beea fathering young Baggelay, tratting aim round, mixing up soft-eoas. Then haa been a dinner-party at Beech Hill. It'a aa plain as the palm af my band, and very sieve." CTs 5 Coattaoee) OserHfkt. , 1M. ky Robert M. atcBrids ft Ce DistHbotea ks tSm Features Symeleate. laX Yesterdays fiSl.'i:Ol OU Salem Town TaDcs froas The Statea '" maa of Esriter Days March 24,1008 After almost' being persuaded to put up no ticket and to fuse with tha Statement No. 1 republi cans, the Mariba county demo cratic conference yesterday decid ed to put a straight democratic ticket la- the field. Named on a committee) to urge candidates to coma out were: George SwIegeL August Huckeeteln. Late -Cara-naugh, IX J. fry and Grant Corby. HONG KONG. Tha boycott crusada against tha Japanese Is growing aad notices declaring tha Japanese "barbarloua humbugs" and posted everywhere la this city. William J. Bryan, in aa effort to carry his own atata of Neb raska at tha coming presidential election, haa enlisted tha prohibi tion forces. March 24, 1023 Tha referendum is to be in voked oa tha state income tax act passed by tha 19 XS legislature by the Oregon Just Tax league of whteh R.-W. Hagood la president and B. O. Isler secretary. Sioux City, la., was being inun dated today by flood waters caus ed by backing up of the Floyd river by tha Missouri. Residents are fleeing ia panic. SILVJCRTON. A woman's aux iliary of tha Delbert Reeves post, American Legion, bare la to be formed soon. Delbert Reeves post is the second largest la the state. Testerday'a question was : "What do you think of the sud den exodus of Mr. Holman for Mexico with the atata warrants incashed and uncashable?" W. If. Lanktreo, painter: "I think he did a dirty trick. I don't think a man'a got any right to vote like he did and then run off and leave things." Lynn Martin, Clarion manager: "It looks to me like a foolish thing for a man in Holman's po sition to do." Magda Hoff. insurance: "The whole affair looks like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera if It weren't so disgusting." The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAR WARNER BROS. ELSIXORE Today Richard Dix in "The Great Jasper." - e WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante, in "What, No Beer?" Saturday Double bill: Una AU.mv7. in n UUUJUg 111 the Dark," Eric Linden In "Past of Mary Holmes." THE GRAND Today Tim McCoy In "End of the Trail." TEE HOLLYWOOD Today Buck Jones in "High 8peed." The Elslnore theatre is the scene of Richard Dix's new tri umph. "Tho Great Jasper" is a translation to the screen, literally and la spirit, of Fulton Ounler's novel of the same name. And Jas per Is the most beguiling lover who ever begged the pardon In ad vance of hia conquests. Dix is splendidly supported, Wera Engels, a new German Im portation, having a fresh young beauty that is charming. Florence Eldrldge gives a true portrait of the stern wife and Edna May Oli ver is a Joy as the taking clair voyant Bruce Cabot,, Betty Fur- Today and Satarday The Daredevil of the 1! Scree J Buck 'High Jones in Speed" 11 Also Comedy, News fl aad SwfaJ Harrlcane J Double FeaUtre fl! Mickey Mouse j Satarday 1:80 PJ4. sarsAnoMAL, hCLOCOAMA . ' -COMING BUND AT ; : GLEN IUCB 'f and . his original : BEVERLY 1 BILLIES ' New Views TIM , Oa the " eatawautait jl 1LJ (or ...... By R J. - Tha Beala and Baker - . murder easa one merat ; , s s h . Aa inquiry comas from a Call tornia town to tha oftico of tha prosecuting attorney about this historic earlv dav traredv. and la relayed to tha writer for aasworaj mm inera are irequanx rexerencea to tha case, a review of it la un dertaken; partly of what has ap peared la this column,' and soma now newly found particulars. Briefly: " ! v Tha crime waa committed Son day evening. January 9, 1SI5. Monday. March ID, following, the case came to trial before Circuit Judge R. P. Boise, at tha old court house in Salem. Verdict of guilty brought in by the jury the following Saturday. March 25. Tha execution May IT. 1818. May IT of that year fell on Wednesday. That being unusual for a hanging, the writer, in or der to confirm the date, has Just made a search of tha old records, and found tha date correct, and also tha day of the week, known from tha tables sueh as are kept at tha state library, and other li braries. It tallies with the old records, going back to tha Men day of tha opening of the trial, when the day of the'week begin ning the court term was set down. S Tha murderers were George P. Beala and George Baker. The maa they killed for his money was Daniel Delaney, Sr. Beale had come as a youth In the same wagon train across the plains with Delaney, and had been befriended by him, on tha Journey and after ward. It was the famous Apple gate covered wagon train of 1843. the tint to bring immigrant set tlers clear through with their wa gons. S Aaron Purdy was foreman of tha grand jury that indicted Beale and Baker. The 1nrv that fnnnrf them guilty of murder in the first aegree iouows: Wright Forshay, Ell C. Cooley, L. D. Hall. S. L.1 Kenwortby, Walter H. Tucker, Frederick W. Geer, William T. Patton. W. V. Wood ridge. Cole man B. Burnett, King L. Hlbbard, Thomas Dehaven and Green C. Davidson. Prominent pioneer names, those. The witnesses summoned in the case and answering, according to the old records: D. C. Criswell, Matthew Farrens, Robert Smith, W. Kenyon, C. H. Bowker. Thom as Cross, J. B. Greer, Benjamin Vaughn, Mr. Sheldon, Wm. San ford, James Greenwood, James Harpole, Mrs. Greenwood, M. D. Sweggette, Mr. Evans, Mary Ev ans. Simon Swarts, Levi and Al onro Swarts, Andrew and George Taylor, Mrs. Sarah Taylor, Mary Taylor, T. J. Beale and Elisabeth Beale, W. H. Ruby. H. Z. Taylor, James Morris, Dan Kronenberger, J. R. Hen-en, D. W. Jones, T. B. Rickey. H. M. Thatcher. Mrs. Tlchneal, Louis Lafore, Wm. Gro- ver, and Black Jack. Quite an array of old time names. Note toe witness. Black Jack. He was ness, James Bush and Walter Wal ker acquit themselves well in im portant roles. Today & Saturday It's Packed with Love ... Comedy ... Thrills! Here is the new Richard Dix that you've been waiting for ... He merely reached oat and took what Ufa sent him . . . and it was usually a woman! at thw frew-Ianct lover ia.dfal With WERA EKGELS EDNA MAY OLIVER Starts 8aaday " King of BITS LAST TIMES TODAY "WHAT, NO BEER" with B aster Keaton, Jimmy DtrranU : TOMORROW- and SUNDAY 2 BIG FIRST RUN FEATURES Broadway's greatest! comedian brinirs his ion nlest play to the screen! 'WHISTLING IN THE DARK" . ' with Ernest Troex Una Mexkel Joha Mfljaa, Johnny Hines tola boya iwav U . e M . "" . was sua awcx sm the Ia. tha same Uv, -- tag- tuameat i v J auasi waa marderedl I HENDBICKS tha' most Important witness of all, tha little colored boy. tha ni mr im tha. wi)n!U . h aaw tha murder aad saved hia Ufa by running away and hiding la tha wood pile unta Tdaylight tha next morning. - v.v - When overtaken with Indict ment and arrest, Beala and Baker hired tha best array of attorney obtainable. They were Logan A Strong and Caton ft Curl. They tint made a motion to quash, tha ' Indictment; overruled. Next they presented affidavits of the men and asked for a change of venae, claiming they could not hava a. fair trial in Marlon county; over ruled. Heaie signed his affidavit, in a hand showing poor perman shlp. Baker signed his with a cross. He could not write. George P. Beale was the chief conspira tor. Baker was the dupe, though a willing one. The records show the name of George A. Edes, coun ty clerk. He waa tha father of Mrs. Henry W. Meyen of Salem. Tha papen were served by the then Marion county sheriff, Sam uel Headrick, and he made tha re turns on tha execution, showing that he had dory performed his duty e! hanging the culprits. S S In those days, it was up to the sheriff to find a place for the exe cution, to hare the scaffold built, etc., and the hsnglngs were in the open, witnessed by all who came or could get positions with the proper visibility through or over the other men, women and chil dren, tall or short, who crowded to the scene. As the Beale and Baker hanging was witnessed by perhapa 6000 people, all In Ore gon who could get to the scene. It was a notable one hence the great Interest that has followed it; to say nothing of the enormity of the crime expiated. W In late July and early August, 1919, issues bt this column many of the particulars ver rirn Briefly, they follow: George P. Beale was a saloon keeper in a building that stood where the Marion hotel is bow. George Baker was a butcher. Dan iel Delaney. Sr., their victim, had his donation claim near what is now the town of Turner; about 10 miles from Salem. As before said, Delaney had befriended Beale on the 1818 plains Journey, and after their arrival In Oregon. The court records show that some time before the murder, Delaney had started suit against Beale, probably to safeguard a loan of money he had advanced. There is also a record that Beale had been arrested for the violation of a law against allowing minors In his saloon. There was another member of the family here. Wm. K. Beale. In the Rogue River Indian war, he waa secon dlleutenant of one of the Salem companies of volun teers, of which J. W. Nesmlth waa captain, and L. F. Grover first lieutenant. Most readers know that Nesmlth became 0. S. sena tor and congressman, and Gro ver governor and U. S. senator, and both men held many other positions of trust and honor. Tha court records show that his wife (Turn to page 9) Extra, Royal Samoans in -Aloha OeM Screen Souvenirs News MICKEY MOUSE MATTXEX SAT. .1 P. M. Special Feature Harold Lloyd ta "Feet First the Jungle tf aad laurei Hardy Comedy Tim Aay 25c REX BEACH'S with Erie, Linden Helen MaeKeHar Jean Arthur -"Sheets" Gallagher -i C " 1 daMaWamMawssaaMsaUM'eur r"tir'f-' itesasii inn i - ' 4 4 ¬