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CIRCULATION
Averaj,- for Six Monthi ending
March SI, 1928
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THIRD YEAR. NO. iol
Associated Press Full Leassd Wire
Journal:
Agents Told
ToHaltMay
DayViolence
Washington; Apr. SO. Federal
.,nll have been Instructed to "go as
. '. m nllxn," in hroabinv
far as "W"1" " v ' agreed upon
m May Day radical demonstrations, iln conference would create a federal
I making this announcement to-: power commission, composed of the
v, Assistant Attorney General Gar- secretaries of war, agriculture and in
said department f Justice offi-j terlor. This commission would have
ntls were .concentrating on efforts tO:
ik. Ik-da nt officials, federal
uroieci "ir - ----
aid state, who have been marked for
destruction and to prevent violence
generally.
Boston. Apr. 30. An appeal to
workers to show their strength by a
united strike May 1 ia contained in pos
ters purporting to be the "May Day
proclamation of the central executive
committee of the communist party of
America" which are being circulated
here. The appeal Is headed "hail to
the wviets." ' -
Washington, Apr. 30 Warning that
they had been selected by radical ele
ments for assault or assassination as
part of a May Day demonstration has
been receieed from department of Jus
tice agents today by more than a score
of federal and state officials. An
nouncement of the discovery of the
plot by government Agents was an
nounced last night by Attorney Gen
eral Palmer.
The assassinations and assaults
rere to have been a part of the May
Day program planned by the com
munist labor party and other radical
groups, Mr. Palmer said, adding that
the contemplated, violence was to be
Incident to attempts to bring about
strikes in all the basic American In
dustries In behalf of peace with so
viet Russia.
The propaganda used In the textile
manufacturing districts, Mr. ralmer'
said, Included the argument that
strikes would reduce the high cost of
living.
Mc Kean Scoffs
As Sims' Idea of
Unpreparedness
Washlnglon, Apr. 30. Word went
out through the navy department In made "specific levies" as provided by
July, 1915, to "get everything ready tne not, sufficient to cover the state
for war as fast as possible," Read Ad- apportionment plus Multnomah coun
mlral J. 8. McKean told told the sen- '.v'e sudplus according to Leedy's pro.
ate committee Investigating the Sims- test wn'?h asks for a correction of
Daniels row. While the navy was not e distribution along the lines ad-
thoroughly prepared In April, 1917, he
ald, everything possible had been
done, i
Secretary Daniels was loathe to an-
wove recommendations Involving tnat certain counties failed to comply
large expenditures until after war was with the. terms of the act requiring
declared, he suid. (that "the county court o' any county
"lo you know of cases where Secre- desiring to avail Itself of the provis
ory Daniels' procrastination delayed ons and benefits of this act in any
preparation of the navy?" asked Chair year ehall provide by uniform levy
man Hale. ' (on all the taxable property of the
"He did not nlways agree with me !
-..I niirn j inougnt ne should," re
plied the wtlness. "When I was con
duced I naturally thought he should
He was rapid in making derisions
involving spending money. It was par
icularly hard in time of peace to get
to authorize large expenditures.
He had to be convinced that he could
wslily the expense before congress."
Oiitlaw&trikers
'Again Attempt To
Secure Hearing
Hashinirt
fnrt t 7 v muuier ei.
" gam a hearinir hefnro tv, n.
labor board
C, IMil-
W!1M AIQiIa 4 .1 .. . . i I .
repreBp . .. "" ujjiuna to meet tne sum iumu. nucur
delation . ' the non-recSn'2ed er this fund was raised by a levy for
qvit th.i. i iu rallroad men who have! the specific purpose of matching the
fi,,!,! 'e"f.r ,0 Chairman Barton, of-
n Ik.
hiv,h . . ' """eni or tne Broth
Enginem ''ocomtive Firemen and Ing failed to make a levy sufficient to
'wowiieri ar'd that lf the board ! cover the amount alloted to them out
men who had repudiated of the surplus from Multnomah coun
T''WM by the brother- t.
""vlolailnn W0Ula be p,ace(1 on
"oiatlon of agreement.
.. " premium u. ...
Radical. ,...
"Wtrino th.,. i . .-.iih inr
heniL , hould quit work
a
been- teaching the
desnitl "mnus were not acceded ,
'"to I),. , I, Wafte areements entered
''M. Mr r repreesn,aves of the
tn. 1 Ur aid, and the itrowth
""tseii "e ' res'tlng In the
wv.. V Iuatlon organized labor
Washingt,
LATE BULLETINS
en, Apr. SO. Without a record vote, the senate to-
PriatZk-H nd sent to conference
!e return t lTri'S $19,383,442 and containing provision tor
mpriatl!0he treasury of $800,615,000 in unexpended war ap
wauons for fortifications. - .
toursj nf8!'"6, Ky- APr- 30. Federal Judge Walter Evans, in the
Lev Cae before him against alleged profiteers, today held
V,. '".lOOd Control net rnnM nnr ho onfrrr-Pfl. "The act is tOO
e and
""ssinirtL J- guage to indefinite." Judge Evans said in ais-
'tics a'p!.-"?11' APr- SO. Henry Jones Ford, professor of pol
l fnn ""ceton university and James Duncan of Quincy, Mass.
nom;n!,?"president of tne American Federation of Labor,
wsta b , d today y Tresident Wilson to be members of the
" vuiumission.
P;.i
ii8 isionn! ?a,n-' APr- 30.
'Moinal t j ine new court of industrial relations law 13 con
N eft.V.dge Andrew J. Curran. in the Crawford county dis
lr!&A!exanHl.umorninE nted a temporaiy injunction, enjom
th KarwaH"- .owat and other district and local union officials of
"nke, u'nct or the United
Water Power
Affects Every Citizen of
Nation Jones Declares
,Y.ri'i"St,APr- 'bed by'rigation purposes after being we
, ui me senate com-
1'merce committee, as legislation afreet -
ing every citizen of the tfntted States,
the nl nn.. kilt .
authority over all matters pertaining!
to the develooinent
which th- h.. " ' "1.1.
which the federal government has Jur
isdiction or In which It Is Interested
as an owner of lands or other property
necessary to such projects.
The commission may issue prelim
inary permits allowing applicants
three years in which to make exami
nations of water power projepts, pre
pare plans and make financial ar
rangements. The commission also may
Issue licenses for a period of fifty
years or It may reserve such projects
as, should be undertaken by the fed
eral government. Preference must be
given by the commission to states and
municipalities If they are. equally
adapted to utilize water resources.
The bill, also would encourage the
building of head-water storage reser;
voirs to equalize power production,
prevent floods and obtain water for Ir-
Marion County Not
In Distribution of
Says Grant County District Attorney
Marion county, together with Hood
River, Klamath, Yamhill and Jeffer-
son counties, are not entitled to share
in the distriubutlon of the state mar
ket roads fund, according to a form
al protest against the proposed distri
bution as outlined by the state high
way commission April 3 filed this
morning by A." D. Leedy, district at
torney for Grant county In behaif of
the county court of Grant county.
Twenty three other counties are
named in Leedy's complaint as not
entitled to share In the distribution of
Multnomah county's surplus.
Onjt' Grant, Columbia, Curry, Gil-
Ham, Lake and Sherman counties
vancecf In the complaint.
Two Points Involved
Two legal points are involved In
Leedy's complaint. One to the effect
county for the specific purposo of
market road construction such an
amount ts may equal the amount ap
portioned to said county by the state
highway commission under this act."
Tha other point raised by Leedy Is
to the effect that with, the exception
of Grant and five other counties the
other counties In "the state failed to
moke a leyy sufficient to meet the
amount due under the one mill state
levy plus the surplus from Multnomah
county.
Records Show Compliance
Members of the state highway de
partment this morning stated that af
fidavits and resolutions on file in the
office here showed that every coun-
ty m the state naa compnea wun me
t-i t v. . u.. riAia c
IliniRIUIlfl U OLl UJ JJIU'lumu "
. . . . .... . . . 1 H ' 1 . V.
state market road fund or whether
such a specific levy was necessary to
meet the terms of the act, they were
unable to state.
Twenty three other counties are
nn.a In T n. f. fl , 11 n 1 iH ,1 1 fl O hflV-
. i.v .
wnereas, uram county u a ic
of three mills raised $25,011.99 tor
. .. I . . nnpnAHUfl he KPt O II t
ilium" ivou .. ,
only $11,189.78 is allotted to them in
the distribution of state tunas or April
third.
While the complaint Is as yet mere-
lv a formal protest to the state high-
way commission ft Is understood that
Leedy Is prepared to take the matter
Ipto the courts to enforce a redistri-
the annual fortifications appro-
Following the announcement of
Mine Workers from calling a
Measure
generation of power.
Provision is made for construcion of
locks in power dams In navigable
streams so as to extend navigation Into
the upper reaches of rivers.
At the expiration of the fifty year li
cense the government under the bill is
given the option of purchasing the hy-
dro - electric plants by Davi
uro-eiectrlo. nlnnte Hi. ,...- i i, l
u .. , . ' -'" WJ
I:.!""! or it may te-
sue a new license to the original li
censee or to a new license who shall
pay the original owner his net Invest
ment. Licensee are placed under the
supervision of state public service
commissions as to rates and regulation
of service.
The federal government, the bill
provides, may take over and operate
any. water power under license in time
of war for manufacture of explosives
or any use conducive to national safe
ty. Senator Jones in a statement said
he was informed tha water power de
velopment to be undertaken on enact
ment of the bill would have a capacity
of 1 more than 4.000,000 horsepowoi
and would open up to navigation more
than 4000 miles of the upper reaches
of streams,
Entitled to Share
State Roads Fund
button f the fund or at least to se
cure an Interpretation of the mooted
points raised in his complaint.
Curfew Changed;
Enforcement is
Chief's Policy
Beginning Sunday the curfew hour
In the city Is made an hour later than
It was during the winter months, be
ing changed from 8:45 to 9:45. This
change ! made pursuant to the pro
visions of- city - ordinances, that
changes the curfew time an hour later
during the summer months. The
hour of curfew shall be 9:45 until
September 4,: then will revert to 8:45
again.- - 1 '
- The curfew whistle Is blown at 9:45
although the hour set when all chll-.
dren, under the age of 18, unless In
charge of parents or a guardian, are
to be at home by 10 p. m., for 15 min
utes is given them to get off of the
streets.
The city ordinance governing cur-
tew will be strictly enforced in the. fu
ture, Chief of Police Welsh said today.
The ordinance has been "promlscous
ly violated" in the past, he asserted.
Parents are regarded as the offend
ers in case of curfew ordinance viola
tion, through a provision that requires
the payment of a fine of from $2 te
$25 for second or succeeding violations
by their children. On first violation
It Is the duty of the officer to accom
pany the child to his or her home,
warn the parents ,and leave. For suc
cessive violations arrest of parents are
to follow. Chief Welsh declared.
Sister Searches
For Long Missing
Actress In Salem
Declaring thnt she had not seen her
sister in " 12 j-ears, Mrs. Edward G.
Smith, who gives her address as Ma
jestic theater, San Francisco, has writ
ten to Chief of Police Welsh here re
questing that he aid her In-the search
for the missing sister. The letter states
that Mrs. Smith learns that her sister
is In Salem.
The missing sister, according to the
letter, goes by hei stage name, Billy
I , - 1 1 U . . U .h. Im ... '. f..iil t
Ernest R. Bolter. Chief Welsh ls
working on the theory that Billy Vin
cent probably will come to Salem with
a vaudeville troupe and that he then
can inform her of her sister's desire to
get In touch with her.
Johnson Loses
More Ground In
Race With Wood
Newark, N. J. April 30 Formal ap
plication for a recount of the vote In
New Jersey's preferential primary last
Tuesday may be made here late to
day, according to supporters of Sena
tor Hiram W. Johnson ot California,
who, on the face of unofficial returns
from all but four districts was deieat
ed by Major General Leonard Wood
by 1220 votes.
Charges of manipulation of the
ballots, made by Johnson supporters
were ridiculed by Wood adherents
who pointed out that the vote, as an
nounced, was entirely unofficial.
The four districts yet to be heard
from are Hunterdon eounty, which
has given Wood a .majority In the In
complete returns. The total vote ear
ly today was:
51.377.
Wood 62,597, Johnson '
HILLSBORO PEOPLE WANT
BETTER DEPOT FACLITIF.S
Better facilities in the station of printed on a single piece or bona pa
the P. R. & N- railway at Hillsboro per without Imitation of silk threads
.Kke.t fnr in a petition filed with:Another Is a Z0 note on
,v, ,,Mir. ervic commission. Thurt-
j.. ... i- A Pctemnn and fit Hern.
Fills c' Thayer and others filed an'
anolication requesting an extension
of the service of the Southwest Sid
Wat-r company In Multnomah coun-
tJ .
k.ftnm;..J,,)a)l Saving
ui,uuuuiioij
And Bankers
TaHrECL
NewYork, Apr. 30. Bankers, edu-
... 7, L
fnd caused of"6 infT.T "!?
"l.?Urj,:L ilfitt 0" d
' ........ u.tj a l viiv nil-
annual meeting of the academy oft
puuucat science wnicn opened here to
day.. Ir. B. M. Anderson Jr.. of the National-Bank
of Commerce In fw
York, declared that the shortage of
goods and the attendant sieculation
is the prime causft of present high
high prices in this country.
"When our enormous export bal
ance disappears. a4 when our domes
tic markets art' called upon to absorb
three or four hundred million dollars
worth of goods a month which they
have not been absorbing, we shall see
lower prices," he declared.
Production Is Low. '
' The speaker said that increased nro-
ductlon had been expected when the I
five million men withdrawn fmm in.:exceed that at any former gathering
dustry for the army and navy re-
tutrned, but that it had not come i
Dr. Anderson declared hunt 'vnn.
sion nas been "more a passive result
than an active cause of the rising
prices."...
i-dwln T. Kemmerer. nrofessor nf
economics AnA finanro r .-I-.... I
verslfv oft.. viwn .v.. .
, . -'-""& vwu Kiuups
of causes for inflation the country has
experienced, which he classified as
"non-war - causes and war causes"
said:
Inflation Altl ln"Var.
"We won our Independence nearly a
century and a half ago In a war fi
nanced predominately by paper mon
ey Inflation. w maintained the union
a half century go by a war financed
extensively by paper money inflation,
we he.ve Just preserved our political
in herltance by a war financed In the
United States- largely by deposit cur
rency inflation and yet we nearly all
condemn inflation as a, most Inennlt-
able method of financing a war.
"The great difficulty has been and
I fear, will continue to be. that finan
cing a war by inflation, with all Its In
justice and with its necessary after
math of economic and social problems,
is none the Iess'hoth politically and
economically, ' during the war Itself,
the line of least resistance."
COXSTRITTION MORE NFEDKT)
THAN ItKCONSTRUCTION NOW
New York, Apr, 80. Construction,
rather than reconstruction Is the great
task confronting -this congress, the
next congress and perhaps even the
sixty-eighth congress, Senator Walter
E, Edge, of New Jersey said, speaking
at the luncheon meeting.
Senator Edge declared "there is too
much government In business and not
enough business In government."
"The United States must open and
cultivate world wide markets for its
goods," he continued. "The people of
the United States cannot , consume the
entire production of the land, nor
would there be any profit for them If
they. could and merely Interchanged
dollars among themselves: so, either
world markets must be won and culti
vated, or American production must
be curtailed, with resultant poverty,
distress and unrest." .
Assistant Secretary Laffingwell of
'the treasury declared that the govern
ment of the United States "Is dead-
locked against Itself, a government of
obstruction."
Failure of the government to deal In
a consrructive way with any one of
the vital national problems he attrib
uted largely to the fact that the gov
ernment Is "divided against itt-elf."
"At this most critical moment In
the history of Europe," he declared,
"when our financial and economic
stake in Europe affairs Is so great that
disaster there could mean only dis
aster here, many of our own people
have turned gamblers and wasters.
For plain living and high thinking, we
have substituted wasting and bicker
ing. We enjoy high living while we,
grumble at the high cost of living."
Mr. Lefflngwell assaulted the w
ernment's administrative policy as
"penny wise and pound foolish," reclt
'"8 how "congress had struggled to ef
feet economies at the expense of effi-
clent administration while it takes
tlmes to add $65,000,000 to civil war
pensions." - ,, I
"Instead of telling the people frank
ly and boldly," he said, "that prices
are high because they are waiting, we
fix prices and prosecute profiteers In
order that the people may buy more
and pay less. Instead of telling the
young men who were drafted to fight
the war, and who came back better
and stronger and more fit to fight
their own battle than they ever were
before, to go to work and save their
money and look out for themselves as
any self respecting man should, we
listen complacently to their organized
demands for a bonus, euphemistically
called 'adjusted compensation.' "
Eugene Warned
Against Bogus
Paper Currency
rnn Or Anril an T.cal hm1I"i lernuie contmion,
office authorities are ln receipt of let
ters from the Inspecting service of the
department cautioning them of the
appearance in circulation of a num
ber of clever counterfeit bills.
One is a $10 reserve note on the
Federal Reserve bank of New York,
bearing a portrait of Jackson. It Is
the same
bank, but bearin
a portrait of Cleve
i lana. it IS prmiru un iww inwu ui
paper and has Ink lines to imitate the
silk fiber in the genuine.
A $50 not on the same bank, bear-
ing a picture of Grant, completes the
sj-ries.
Revived In Mills
Silverton, Or., Apr. SO. Notwith
standing the fact that the daylight
saving law was repealed by congress
some time ago, the Silver Falls Timber
company is pretty well satisfied with
the system they worked under last
year, and beginning tomorrow the
working hours will be from 7:00 In
the morning until 4:00 In the after
noon. The Silverton Lumber company will
vrte on object of changing hours
".at both mls will
' "e same plan during
l tne summer.
Many Expected to
Attend Plumbers
Convention Here
Striving energetically to make it
the greatest convention ever held yet
in this state for the craft, A. L. Fra
ser, president of the Salem Master
Plumbers association today said thut
he believed that attendance to the
master plumbers 19th annual state
convention here May 14 and 15 woula
ot Plumbers In tne state. Mr. Fraser
18 8Slste1 W E. S. Patton, secretary
of th Salem Master Plumber asso-
elation. In sending Invitations to all
plumbers and their wives in tho state
, ,......
' flip tha rnnvAnMnn
The convention will be held In the
auditorium of the Commercial club
here. Between business sessions at the
convention the visiting plumbers will
be shown through the various state
Institutions, and along the "blossom
routes" surrounding the city. The
final evening of the convention will
be marked with a large banquet. En
tertainments have also been arranged
for the occasion.
The convention will be attended by
several distinguished men In the
plumbing craft, who will address the
convention. Among these men are:
William J. Woolley of the trade ex
tension bureau of Texas, who will
tftlk nn "Trade jxtenNlnn,M Harrv T.
Klimm of California, who will address
the assemblage on the national asso
ciation. Students Work
In City Offices
For Experience
In the last six weeks of the book '
keeping, salesmanship, ami stenogra
phic courses in the Balem high school
the students are given an opportunity
to get actual experienepece bydolng
half day work In the business offices
in the city.
The students who are granted this
privilege are Just ready to graduate
and this work is given as a finishing
touch to their thorough business train
ing before placing them In permanent
positions. No charge is made for their
sei vices as they are given credit for
this in their commercial course, ,
Merritt Davis, head of the commer
cial department, has been conducting
the work In this way for the past six
years and It has proven very profit
able to both business men and stu
dents. There are twenty or more students
now ready for this apprenticeship work
and Mr. Davis will be pleased to send
these young people to the business of
fices where they are In need of a book
keeper, salesman or stenographer.
The commercial courses in the high
school are becoming more popular ev
ery year, since the demand for gradu
ates In bookkeeping, salesmanship and
stenography far exceeds the supply.
There are more, than three hundred
and fifty students enrolled In the com
mercial subjects this year." , . .. "
Youth Plunges To
Companion's Aid;
I y
DOtll Are DrOWned
Bandon, Or., Apr. 80. Lee Hollen
beck, 20, .and Frank Lewis, 22, em
ployed on the steamer Relief, were
'""" ln thf Coqullle river yester-
aay wnne loaning miiK on tne Doat at
the Panter landing near Lampa.-. '
Hollenbeck stumbled and fell Into
the river. Lewis plunged Into the wat
erto rescue his companion and had
succeeded In swimming with him for
about 50 feet, when both youths sank.
Lewis wan formerly a member of th
Bundon coast guard. . On April 25, his
companion, D. A. Davis, was drowned
in a similar manner here.
. ' 0
Salem-Dallas 4
Road Closed By
Paving Work Now
On account of paving having been
resumed on the Salem-Dallas road yes
terday, the road has been closed be
tween the water tank east of Eola and
the Salem & Fall City railroad cross
ing near West Salem. Ail traffic must
go over the bill hill now and the road
Fourteen au-
tomoblles were held up for nearly an
hour last evening on the dangerous ber 6, 1917.
passage on account of a car beingjHer property, papers, will and mar
sUlled near the top of the hill. Per- rlage license were found in Watson's
sons traveling by automobile to or
from Dallas will find It more conven
ient to go by way of the east side to
Indpendence until the road Is opened.
C'l'RRY WITHDRAWS
The withdrawal of "George Hunt
ington Curry of Vale, as a candidate
w h...
state representative from the twenty
seventh district, was filed with Sam
A. Kozer. deputy secretary of state,
Thursday. Curry explains his action as
due to lack of time.
Huirt To Plead Guilty To
Murder Charge;. Promised
Life Term as Punishment
Los Angeles. Cal., Apr. 30 Walter Andrew Watson, confess
ed bigamist and murderer, will be indicted by a county grand jury
next Monday for the murder of Nina Lee Deloney ; he will then
appear in court and plead guilty and in consideration of his plea
and the saving to the state, the district attorney will ask for &
sentence of life imprisonment against him, instead of the death
penalty. This statement was made here today by W. C. Doran,
chief deputy district attorney, after a conference with Watson's
attorney.
Los Angeles, Cal., April SO. Mur-l
der, and not bigamy, will be the
charge to be faced by James R. Hulrt,
who last night admitted, after an In
vestigation extending over nearly a
month and enmeshed him beyond
hope, that he had killed two women,
had at least contributed to the deaths
of two more and had married at least
twenty. Including; the four who lost
their lives.
The murder charge, according to
the officers of the district attorney
will be based on the alleged confess
sion of Hulrt that he killed Nina Lee
Dejoney, one of his "wives" in Hs
Angeles county, and afterward con
cealed her body at a lonely place in
the mountains of Imperial county,
whence he carried it, over a travelled
highway, wrapped In blankets and
laid In hi's touring tar.
Officers Seek Body
After Hulrt had finished his state
ment, at midnight last night. District
Attorney Lee Woolwlne, two deputy
i sheriffs and other investigators left
by automobiles for tha soot described
by the prisoner as the place where I
he had hidden Mrs. Dcloney's body.
The-trlp will require at least two days
and it was said that no formal charge
of murder would be filed until, the
party had returned. Enough evidence,
even without the finding of the Dody
ot Mrs. Deloney, or the admission of
the alleged confession, Is already
available to support such a charge,
the officers said.
The murder charge and all subse
quent proceedings, will be brought
against the man under the name oi
Walter Andrew Watson, it was said;
this course will be taken because the
defendant told the officers, they said,
that he did not know his true name,
but was. most frequently known as
Watson; because the marriage with
Nina Lee Deloney, which preceded the
alleged murder, was solemnised un-
I der that name and because It was the
I name most used by the man In Los
Angeles county.
C'onfcHnlon Long One
'--Watson's story was told last night
In the presence of District Attorney
Woolwine, Chief Deputy W. C. Do
ran, a shorthand reporter, two depu
ty sheriffs and J. M. Marmaduke, an
attorney who had previously brought
and abandoned a writ of Tiabeas
corpus ln Watson's behalf. The state
ment was given ln response to ques
tions and more than four hours time
was devoted to its completion. It was
transcribed , at once and will be pre
sented to Watson for his signature to-
The presence of Watson's attor
ney and the complete deliberation
with which the matter was handled
caused sheriff's officers to express
the belief last night that some prom
ise of immunity from the death pen
alty had been given the man ln ex
change for his aid in clearing up the
Involved mysteries of his marriages
and as a consideration of the ex
pense that would be avoided by elim
inating a trial.
RelatM Life Story
Watson's statement, ln brief, was
that he was a native of the south,
probably of Tennessee; he said his
first memory was of finding himself
ln an 'orphan asylum where he re
mained until he was about ten years
old then, he said, he went to live
with a family named Harper and re
mained with- them for about five
years, moving to Pittsburg, Kansas;
he said he next "found himself" work
ing for a blacksmith and while in
that employment he was struck on
the head and knocked unconscious
, 1, 111 41. V. 1 .... I ,
y un anvil luiiuiK irum uio uiuv
where It rested. Then, according to
the transcript of his statement, ne
went to a farm nearby where he llv-
ed for, about two years and then he
began to drift over the country.
' His first marriage, he said, was In
Canada "during the war." He told tho
officers he had been married so often
since that time thut he could not re
member names, places, nor dates.
He gave them, with frequent prompt
ing, the following list, the first tour
being those whom he admitted had
died cllh.'r by his hand or with his
connivance, according to the state-ment.-
' Lthls Many Wives
- Nina Lee. Deloney, home Eureka,
Mont., married under the name of
Charles N. Harvey at San Francisco,
December 5, 1019. She had property
worth about $20,000, he said.
Bertha A. Uoodnlck of Spokane,
married under the name of II. L. Gor
don, North Yakima, June 11, 1910.
Her body was found near Plum Sta
tion, Thurston county. Wash., a short
time thereafter; her trunks nave
been located ln a Vancouver, B. C,
warehouse.
Alice M. Ludvlgson ot Seattle, mar
ried under the name of Andrew Hil
ton, at Port Townsend, Wash., Octo-
effects.
Elizabeth Pryor of Wallace, Idaho,
married tinedr th name of Milton
Lewis at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Murch
21. 1911. Miss Pryor, who - was a
waitress had little property, although
some tax receipts in her name were
f'-und in Watson's possession.
Other admitted marriages wete:
Mrs. Gertrude Wilson of
married under the name of J,
Seattle,
P. Wat-1
on at Seattle in the summer of 1917.
Beatrice M. Andrewartha of Cana
da, married under the name of Harry
M. Lewis at Tacoma in February 1119
Agnes Wilson of Alberta, married
under the name of Charles Newtoa
Harvey at Edmonton, date uaknown.
Salem Woman Included
Mrs. H. L. Gordon of Canada, who
married him under the name ot II. L.
Gordon at Winnipeg April 12, 191J.
He deserted her eleven days later, h
says. She is now reported to be In;
Vancouver, B. C. Her true name la
unknown.
Katherlne Krus of Nelson, B. C,
whom he married under the name ot
James P. Watson at Nelson, June 13,
1913. She Is now at Salem, Or. A joint
bank account has been located at San
Diego, from which, according to tbe
officers, Mrs. Krus was drawing funda
up to the time of Watson's arrest
April . t
Mattle Irene Root of San Francis
co, married under the name of II. I.
Gordon at Sacramento, some time in
1919.
Maude E. Goldensmlth of Wallace.
Idaho, married under the name ot
Charles Newton at Tacoma tn Janu- .
ary, 1919. She Is reported to be now
at Wallace, and the officers here say
she has expressed a wish to prosecute
Watson as a bigamist.
An unknown woman at Wallace or
Kellopp, Idaho, who sent an anony
mous' letter to Chief of Police W. J.
Weir at Spokane, Wash, giving Wat
son's itinerary from December: 14,
1918, to February 3, 1920. A cheek
of this Itinerary has shown the Infor
mation In the letter to have been cor
rest in all essentials.
Mrs. James .Creamer of Spokane,
Wash., who believes she married Wat
son under tho name of Creamer at
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October 31,
1918. The bridegroom In this case
vanished a few months later with $t,
000 ot the bride's money.
Mrs. Minnie 10. Belle of Chicago,
who telegraphed the sheriff here that
she is certain Watson Is the man who.
married her there last fall and dis
appeared shortly afterward with a val
uable diamond ring,
Mrs. Elisabeth F." Williamson of
Sacramento, who married Watson un
der the name of Lewis. Mrs. William
son came here recently, Identified
Watson at the hospital and was prom
Ised a financial settlement for money
advanced to him.
Mrs. Catherine Wonibacher of Se
attle, who married Watson In Beat
tie In October 1919 and was living
with him at a house In Hollywood
when he was arrested.
Mrs. Alma Estelle Snyder of Spo
kane, who knew Watson under the
name ot L. Gordon, returned from
Los Angeles to her home early thin
month, & few days before Watson's
arrest, according to the police. It wast
snid by them that she was to have
married him within a few days, If tils
career had not been halted.
Restaurants In
Chicago Reduce
Price of Meals
Chicago, Apr. 80. -Two restaurants
In the businers district here had in ef
fect today a price reduction of flv
cents on seven standard "orders." Th
restaurant are part of a chain group.
The management asserted that ellm
lnatlon of wantage had reduced tha
cost of "orders." , ,
A federal grand jury Investigation
of rPHtaurant profits will be made, aqr
cording to an announcement today.
The seven Items reduced by th re
tauranteur ares
Soup, formerly 10 cents, now five.
Beef stew, 20 cents to 15,
Corned beef hash 18 to 10 cents.
Baked beaux 15 to 10 cents.
Frankfurters and pntnto salad 23 to
20 cents.
Corned beef and potato salad 25 to
20 cents.
Two t-gga and tout 25 to 20 cents.
Resolution To
End War State
Reported Today
Washington, April 30. The slate
of war with both Germany and Aus
tria would be terminated under a
resolution reported today by the sen
ate foreign relations committee as a
substitute for the house resolution, to
end the war with Germany alone.
The vote on the resolution was nine
to six with all of the republicans sup
porting It, and all of the democrat
lining up solltlly ln opposition. Sen-
! store McCumber, republican. North
j Dakota, and Shields, democrat. Tenner-see,
were absent and did not vote.
j It in planned to call up the reswlu
tlon for debate ln the senate next
jweek and final action Is expected
I within two or three weeks.
Lawrence Markham, a resident of
IrrlKon, broke his leg in three place
while attempting to catch a baseball.