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- a MATHER FORECAST Orvgun: Tonight and Sunday p: t Mv rain, cooler east lortlua wni.i'.it, moderate westerly winds. jcalSHn. 43, max. 84. mean 34. Trace of rainfaU- River feet, r's- CIRCULATION Average for Six Month adJaji March SI, 1920 C.9CQ u Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press Full Lessed WKre 0TC6S 1 rkDI m i Yjmso "I on mniTu l r 1V.:- - ' : - ' "rvvrHIRD YEAR. NO. 111. " Z-2. - iri- : SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920. ' PRICE S CENTS, fl f? - iA - " " . - - m . . . ' Iess vnnrh a . j; i. ww i p m v i ie. .icy Mwuortea m lianas or Keoei r Mullinix Says Wife of Man He Shot Hired Him to Do Shooting; Woman Is Held Indicted by the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to kill, Mrs. Lena Steiger, age 62, wife of T. W. Steiger, a wealthy farmer residing a mile north of Salem, was in the pnnnrtr nail here today in default of $5000 bond. Mrs. Steiger was arrested ' street3 t0 late last night by Sheriff W. I. Needham and deputies. I 'A wlu be losae Mullinix. 40, in the county kil since March 25 the night on i-hirh Mr. Steiger was shot and ser iously wounded when he came from according to his story. The register of the rooming house bears about 25 entries "J. Smith and if" .v. the barn on his farm after milking j hand writing identified by Mullinix furnished details to the grand i Jury in as having been made durine 191S. 1919. i . According to Sheriff Needham, sev eral letters to Mullinix have been identified as Mrs. Steigrer's hand writing. One of these letters begins uear tieu Hell Kid." . nnnfpssion that resulted in Mrs. Steigor's arrest as an accomplice, it was announced by the district attor ney this morning. Mullinix was ar rested for the shooting of Steiger, ar raigned, and bound over to the grand jury under $10,000 bond. Plot To Kill Told. According to Mullinix's story to the grand jury, Mrs. Steiger plotted and planned the killing of her husband, for more than a year back. Mullinix sAid that it was their plan to kill the wealthy farmer, and she, as his wife and only heir, would then share 60 50 in the possession of his estate that la estimated at $70,000. Last March, according to Mr. Gehl har, Mrs. Steiger paid Mullinix $100 to kill her husband, or hire a gunj man to "do the trick." Mrs. Steiger about toe middle of March, left for Eugene to visit a brother, where she Judge D'Arcy devoted most of his was to stay until the killing was done, 1 speech to vituperative denunciation of Twenty of the $100 was given to her. The Capital Journal, which he claimed for transportation to Eugene by Mui- misquoted, his attack upon the school Unix, according to his confession. i system, and declared its editor must Gunman Sought be run out of the country. He was in Mullinlx, in his statement to the terrunted hv tr.nrv . . capital Journal staff, who vouched for tne accuracy of the paper's report Lie Is Passed At Turner Meeting A meeting of the taxpayers' league was held at Turner Friday evening, at tended by about a score of people im eluding a delegation from Salem. Speeches against taxation measures on the primary ballot were made by Col E. Hofer, P. H. D'Arcy, I. Greenbaum and Senator A. M. LaFollette. J. M. Watson of Turner, candidate for the legislature, presided The lie was passed but interference of the . enemy broke Into the outskirts 'for invegtlng industrial accident funds me town marstiai preserved peace. OI lne lown DUl were nem u" our in Oregon bonds but expresses re- counter attach uor our iroops. in gret tnat he has not lnvested more accordance With orders, started to larKely , achooI bonds withdraw in order to the left bank of, Tno Rrand jury . ,nve8tiBation into the Dnieper river. the conduct of the 8rate treasury de- "In the direction of Pytaloff our partment by Btate Treasurer Hoff was troops repulsed an enemy advance 28 ln8tltuted gome two month8 ago by grand jury, went to Portland in search of a gunman to do the kill ing. Fearing that if he would take another Into his confidence It might become generally known, he returned to Salem, determined to do the kill ing himself. j Twice he went to the Steiger farm bent on murder. The. first trip, he claims, he saw a gang of men work ing on a railroad nearby, and he changed his mind. The second time he went to the farm he passed the house along the highway, but could not muster enough courage ' to shoot Steiger. Tolls Of Shooting. In detail he related how he went to the farm on the night of March !5 awl met Steiger as lie the barn. He told how he fired the' room ot tl3 Hotel Marion, May 12, 13 ...., men nea, oellevlng that hel ana . which Is to be known as an ex had killed the farmer. When Mr. hlbitlon of the work of the artists of welger screamed in pain, Mrs. Steiger the northwest, and includes pictures to carry out her part in the grusome'from artists, who have not only at- , . ? ""l"1 lu 1118 assistance, it be- tamed local distinction, but snme .hn all suspicion are known nationally as well. Among the later Is Paul Morgan Gustin, of Seattle, whose three pictures arrived this week. Nearly every mall, and ex press has boyght something to delight the members of the league, either In the form of an acceptance of an invi tation to exhibit, or the pictures them- CLEAR Oil TIIAT TRASH! The clean-up campaign which is scheduled for May 10, 11, and IS, by recent action of the Salem, city council, will be under the direction of Street Commissioner Walter Lowe and has been mapped and out lined as follows: The city is to be divided into three sections. South of Mill street to the city limits the rubbish will be hauled on the 10th. Between Mill and Union the east city limits, hauled off on the 11th. From Union street to north west it must be placed on the 12th. All rubbish must be put In receptacles of some kind and placed in-alleys. In the alleys running north and south it must be placed on the north end; in alleys running east and est it must be placed on the west end. Jury Holds System,Not Hoff to Blame Condemning the system which plac es the responsibility for the invest ment ot state funds on the shoulders of one man the Marion county grand jury in its report on the conduct of the state treasury department by .State Treasurer Hoff, which was fil- ed with Circuit Judge Bingham late Friday afternoon: Recommends the creation of a board of at least three members to be entrusted with the investment of pub- lie money. ; Declares that provisions should be made whereby the state could go into the open, market and bid on county, school district and municipal bonds, . eliminating the middleman and his j profits. Condemns the policy of the state treasurer in investing such large sums of money in one locality or invest- ( ment; also his theory and practice of .buying bonds that pay a high rate of ' interest without looking to the val ue of the property back of the bonds that must ultimately redeem the prln cipal. Crltlciees the policy of State Treas- London, May 8. Polish and Ukrain urer Hoff in paying for bonds before ian troops captured Kiev Thursday de"vf,'.'y1 theJu-f' t . I Criticize ths payment of excessive night, according to an official state- profit8 tor bonds purchased by Hoff ment issued at Moscow yesterday and through Moris Brothers which, how received here by wireless. - ever, it holds up as "an Impressive The text of the statement says: , llutration of the cost of doing busl . , . ,ness through a middleman," rather "In the Kiev region, during, the than a fault on the part of the state night of May 6-7, our troops engaged .treaBUrer.. a condition that should superior enemy forces northwest and t and mugt ot ,onser exlst , southwest of Kiev. Toward evening, rnmmort H,, Hff $2, 500 Per Year Held Minimum Salary Upon v Which Five Can Live Washington. May 8. A minimum of $2500 a year is necessary for the support of an American family of five, W. Jett Lauck, consulting eco nomist for the railroad brotherhoods, asserted today before the railway la bor board. Mr. Lauck, who yesterday i charged corporate profiteers with be ing chiefly responsible for present living costs, presented today a demand on behalf ot the 2,500,000 railway employes for the establishment of a minimum wage throughout the Indus try. He presented to the board a com pilatlon ot budgets on the cost of liv ing. "It is impossible," he said, "for a family of five in the United States to maintain Itself even In decent pov erty undar existing conditions for a Ukrainian-Pole Troops Occupy Kiev.Is Report penny less than $2500 a year." He quoted the estimate made by Professor Royal S. Meeker, commis sioner of labor statistics in August, 1919. The estimate was $2263. The estimate for May, he insisted, should be $253$. Mr. Lauck in his statement declar ed that "the fundamental cause of all economic Instability, all industrial unrest, all interruptions of produc tion and distribution has been high prices ani profiteering by organized capital and ntiddlemen and retail ers." . In concluding the brotherhood spokesman requested that the board curtail its examination of wage data and proceed immediately to the de termination of the question of what Notable Works , Of Art Secured For Exhibit Here Plans are well under way by the of ficials of the Salem Arts league for .Attorney General Brown on instruc ts the plan to waive from her. Mullinix told how he was dlscharg ? ' A"KU8t 1918 by Steiger. Mrs. Melger the night of his being dis harged warned him, his confession runs, that Steiger had threatened to Jim u ne ever returned to " -unmix had been; tion of tgumen (east ot Minsk) the Uons from Governor olcott. 8tate enemy attempted to cross the Bere- Treasurer Hoff, himself, had asked sina river near Beresina village, but for tne lnve8tiBatl0I, following re was driven back across the river. ;peated publications of newspaper stor Reports that Kiev had fallen were ,eg to tile effect tnat exceBB,ve pro,. current in Warsaw Monday of this Us nad been pald , the inveHtment week, but ' subsequent developments . , f,,n . ,rt.,t,.i the exhibit to be hung in the Mmple'j1-e"tnese reports to have-W(,nt commission Tn' municipal tiorrrls erroneous. and that Hoff had shown undue par- Kiev, a city of 250,000 before the tiaUy t() Morrls Brothers, Portland war, Is the capital of the Ukraine. ;bond brokers ln tne purchase of bonds The town has changed hands sever- The repoi.t wnlle not exonerating al times during the fighting between ,gtate Treaaurer Hoff from blame for contending groups in the Ukrainian the wlde mal.Rlng paid ,t0 Morrlg territory ana me coniuei ueiwee.i Brother8 on bond8 purchased with the Deniklne forces and the bolshe- fundg of the indu8tria, accident com- the hired hand to attend tn tv,'8elves' ren -Strickland, a youm. stock. fiiin la Found. u c,ue nag Dfen missing wuriv, us is uiso lvirs. Aiireo ".at would hinge the crime jointly Schroft of Eugene, who has promised on Mrs. Steiger, authorities said to- to 8end some of ner beautiful minia "'. and that was the loss of the re-!tures' she ls now '" Portland, work inr.that flred the shts. Sunday im on important commissions. " " reek' flowing through Salem I Tne vlsit of R- Monroe Gilbert in that rined an1 the revolver one Tortland this week was fruit in brlng w " belonged to Mrs. Steiger 'ln8 many splendid pictures to Salem Wfc'' lyl"S ln the muddy bottom 'for the exhibit. Many of the artists thro;'. 'T s:,ld. '"at ing. tne mght ot the shoot vikt.. mission, practically vindicates him so Dnieper, the Poles and Ukrainians to day, crossed the Ras river and captur ed Blalatserklev, 40 miles south ol Kiev, and Rokitna. The drive began I in the Skvlra region, continuing east- the! Portland artist who is rapidly galnlngl ward and tne northeasterly as part a place for himself, ls among the lat- 01 tne encircung movtmnu ouuUl est to add work, as is also Mrs. Alfred Klev- Blalatserklev was tne rousn gace- Steiger was not seriously wounded, and .. PUai ZZ n'eeks a local hos- "o hiTfarm5. ,reCVered andeturn- Ctale states ,n h" cn- l"vsironand num"ous clande Steiger ,? . 8eVeral occasIons Mrs. he al,"0 thn dozen local roomm! eLBr had rl8ted 'n wif m'n, "owes as "J. Smith to,w '""'ana and had stayed p,sng'of!'"S ?U b,ame r the H' d that hSl I T n MnL Steler-in- . :nat he be eved th. . '"'horitu. ,:Tpted ani he told - .it-- w vas glad to "hnvp Siting the old man out written by Mrs. - nana." in of the av ' Pket of it ? elr to Ar .. w""en 'oedham . 8 neIa W Sheriff him were Z . U8ed ln th(,m Ml 8Wr? St endearlng. """atlonai r,!.arrest and Mullinix's had exhibiting at the second spring exhibi tion of the Portland Palette club at the Central library were seen by Mr. Gilbert and promised to send some of the work exhibited In the display there. Among the number is R. Bruce Horsfall of Portland, who has won na tional recognition through his paint ings of birds; ln fact he 1b considered the best in his especial line in the Uni-, ted States, much of his work being reproduced in the geographic maga zines. Clyde Leon Keller, whose work Is well known here through his exhibi tions at the state fair, will be another to send pictures, Including his "Barn on the Hill," which won first honor able mention ln 1920, at the Seattle Fine Arts society; also his "Mt. Tamal pais" which won honorable mention in 1919 at the exhibit by the same so ciety. Paul Laurit, of Los Angeles, whose Alaskan and California paintings ahave brought him into the limelight will be represented in, the local exhibit. A charming picture of Crater Lake from the brush of C. C. McKlm of ""atlonal cn "lUllinix s remano win aua mucn iiuerem io me w,ln8 evldeno reca1'8 lnter- list of Oregon paintings. ?m'M 'mmedint "nearthei by auth-1 Other pictures of a high order, by Th piece of m"" tile ""oot-'s. Muno, a Japanese artist of Port p" Nrth Churrh apron found Iand w111 bw be shown. with :" "treet' "ear Mini Th dlsDlav of Strickland's work, be- "hot SteiJL c"tr'de the size! mg as it is. so comprehensive, and In-' Pushing northeasterly towards the far as any intimations of mismanag. ment of the funds are concerned, "The right to invest the money of the state in bonds should be left to no Individual person," the report of the Inquisitorial body declares. "The legislature should create a board con sisting of at least three members therefor and It would not be neces sary to create any additional state of way during the Tartar invasions. , fice for 8UCh purpose. A man may be There stands the Polish defending cas-jever so honest, and yet if he lacks tie built In 1515 which the bolshevikl business acumen as sometimes is the used against the Poles. The castle was taken in hand to hand fighting. Cooperative Firm is Organized at Junction City case among public officials he is U able to be misled Into making poor investments." Referring to the payment of exces sive profits to bond brokers and its recommendations for an elimination of the third party through direct pur chase of bonds by the state from its various agencies the report says: "The state for the purpose of in vesting money constituting the indus trial accident funds purchases the ob ligations of its own agencies through bond dealers at excessive profits. "It should be remembered that the various counties, school districts and municipalities are but agencies of $12,000 filed , y,c 7"' nas n UlrtJUfc utreica. ,u win. ... Organized for the purpo.se of co operative buying and selling of farm products the Junction City Coopers,, live Exchange of Junction City, Lane county, captialized at aiiivicn vi ...... ..... w , oownplps corporation department here Friday. ,of .M Wncte . . The incorporators are Julius M Wilde, bg CharleB A. Reets. George H. Gilmore. w.th. Jacob Jager, William N. Jensen, H. P-f",1 notlce to the state and Mackunen and P. H. Peterson. Other corporations filing articles Friday were: Federal Securities company, Port land, $500,000; R. M. Fox, Fred C. Taylor and L. F. Anderson. Ball Lumber company. Eugene, $50,000; O. H. Ball, W. F. Gibson and Henry Shannon. American Contractors ' association, Portland, $25,000; Peter G. Schreud ers, Jessie Withycombe and Lial H. Freeman, Johnson & Simmons, Inc., Silverton, Marion county, $15,000; A. E. John son, C. E. Ros rand E. C. Simmons. Resolutions of dissolution were filed tot14 by Alumni,?"!6,'''1 nearby; 1 eluding i0 'many studies of exceptional by the Great Northern Casket com- 10 Oavs k.. . "'n'1 n his Confoaolnr. . J. .... , i nI..J ,r,A tV,a SnrlnvhrnnV n trnm interest, merits, tne Arts league urn- iraiiy, fui n,,, 0 hack Was found in , . 01 exhibition. In consequence his work hill county, u 7" een tn, W"1W,UI hV 10 Mr Steiger tk811 be" !ciaU feol a date and Place ot Canning ompany, Sprtngbrook, Yam 'ter th ShinP'ng street f 5 " be on display at the public library, shooting lew "ays c, and M . . ' " could i u " Iar I Zzun a have been O- tuprlair artomnnn anil tavPnlnC fV "lis, and there is also a possibility that ears, and so far iMr. Strickland may be persuaded to A i 1 fnm a i,n In tha Pvenintr And eivA A talk Hr . Xka ,n statement to Sh, --"inn es any aswicii, .... 8mm e Rtate that the 3? 'J'0' z7t,y'n "volver In rwr the Ir al8 retu' to 17" - the o:Pfn ,l)Una ' Mill urn, form"ly owned by S'Ven 'hat he and M" R,onh sn" Tt,neBbout lwice h. 8;,:m A"8,ust t """"S as xi. ?'"B "ou-e and 1 , , r- and Mrs. J. Smith. snack night at en Shipping street, concerning- the sketches which com prise his exhibit last year at the Port land Central library. It is a comp.eit pictorial diary of his travels from Portland to Germany and return. .On the opening night of the exhibit, the members of the league will be giv en a private showing, following the lecture at the library by Mrs. Grace R. Wilmot of New York, lecturer on house, d'jcoratlng for the federal gov ernment. The lecture is to be free to the public, and is to be given under the auspices of the Arts league. Motorcyclists To Have Picnic May 9 The Salem Motorcycle'' club will Journey Sunday morning to a point f.ve miles north of the city where a picnic and impromptu field meet will be held. The club members will be accompanied by women friends, about S5 motorcycles and sidecars maKlng the trip. " A' special lunch will be prepared by one of the club men, an ex-army chef. After lunch, stunts and general events such as sand races, broad jumps and climbing contests will be staged. The picnic grounds are located on . ,...i, ii,t r ir.: the east bank or the river, ana tne plane. Ls being prepared at Bend inj,"trail" from Salem will b, , Mm anticipation of the arrival of C. J. with gu.de sign, indicating tlx route Thompson In a biplane. I taken. publicly advertising the sale of any and all bonds ln some local as well as metropolitan newspaper. "The state should go Into the open market and bid on the bonds of Its agencies. When the state of Oregon has any conifiderabls. um of money for investment in bonds it should (Continued on page eight) 3304 WANT ADS Totalling 17344 lines, not including Real Estate and V10u- llVVi mui nvuu a-w a torv ads, carried in the Capital Journal during the month of Mar. 1920 Over double the number in all other Salem papers combined. Mehama Hatchery Nearly Finished Big Work Planned Work on the Mehama state fish hatchery ls being rushed and it ls ex pected that the entire buildings and accessories will be completed within a few weeks. Under the direction of Le roy Ledgerwood,. superintendent, a orew of men are working steadily and already have the hatchery building nearly completed. About $10,00 has already been ex pended on the hatchery, Superintend, ent Ledgerwood told Ivan O. Martin, Salem attorney, and Thomas A. Tomp kins, who sold the property on which the hatchery is being erectd to the state, but additional funds will be nec essary to complete the hatchery as It should be to accommodate all the fish es expected. Five thousand dollars of the above sum was appropriated by the legislature, and the other $5000 was donated by the state fish and game commission. The hatchery building contains 100 troughs, making It the third largest hatchery building in the state. There will be accommodations to feed 400, 000 trout, and during the egg stage there is accommodation for 20,000,000 eggs. Just now there ls difficulty pro curing trout eggs, Mr. Ledgerwood said. Work is under way on a pipe line that Is being extended from the hatch ery 2600- feet up Stout creek where a dam has been constructed. Later It ls planned to dam the Santlam river near the old Silverton Lumber company's new bridge, when it will be possible then to handle steelheed and chtnouic salmon. The appropriation from the legisla ture for the hatchery was gained large ly through the efforts of Mr. Martin, who was then a representative. Mr. Martin and Mr. Tompkins returned the hatchery last night. Capital Journal i Ads get results and the t Capital Journal' is the rec- ognizeH want ad medium I of the Willamette Valley, I because it reaches the peo- pie and is read by the peo- pie and gets results. J Improvement of City Streets to Begin on Monday With plans completed by City Street Commissioner Walter Low, the city's street Improvement program will be gin Monday morning. With a crew bf about a dozen men Commlsloner Low will begin Monday Improving Division street, between Water and Front .along In front of the Hunt cannery. The next street to be Improved is Ferry, between 14th and 15th streets. The street Improvement program tm this season ln the city calls for the paving of about 40 blocks. All of these streets will have concrete base, and some of them will have 'asphalt sur face, Commissioner Low said today. The streets scheduled to be paved, and the number of blocks on them, are: Ferry street. Fourteenth to Fif teenth, one block. Division street. Front to Willam ette river, one block. North Church, street, Highland to Pine, two blocks. North Twelfth street, Marlon to Un ion, one block. North High street, Marlon to Divis ion, two blocks. Maple avenue. Highland to Locust, four blocks. Alley ln block 3, Robert's addition, one block. Brey's avenue. Center to D streets, three blocks. North Sixteenth street, D to Market, four blocks. Alley in block 8, city ot Salem, on block. Trade street. Church to High, one block. f ourth street, Belmont and Pine, eleven blocks. Alley in block 17, city of Halem, one block. Summer street, Market to Fair grounds road, seven blocks. Germany To Name New President Late In August London, May 8. Germany s prescl dentlal.electlon probably will be held late in August, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The Deutsche Zeltung Is quoted as saying President Ebert will r.ot ek re-election. Moiiitt Arrests 3 More Speeders Three more motorists felj prey to Traffie Officer Moffitt last night for violations of the ctly traffic ordinance. Mrs. P. II. Spencer of Portland was arrested for speeding on South Com mercial street. She deposited a bond of $5, which was forfeited to the court. . C. M. Ruggles, arrested for speeding on South Commercial street, deposited a bond of $5 for his appearance in court-today. W. H. Patterson was also arrested by Officer Moffitt for speeding on South Commercial street. Two more motorists fell Into the po lice net set for traffie violations Thurs day night and the city realised $5 for a fine from another offender today, E. M. Angcll, arrested several nights ago by Traffic Officer Moffitt for driv,. Ing with faulty light, paid the fine to Judge Race this morning. Theodore Fisher df Shaw, Or., was arrested for parking his car on a side walk. He was released after being ad monished of the requlrtmentB of Sa lem's traffic edicts. Verd H. Shrunk of Independence was reported for driving past a stand ing streetcar at the corner of Miller and Commercial streets. Report ot a youth riding a motor cycle on the sidewalk near her home was made by Mrs. A. Ruoker, 2440 North Commercial street. Petition Asking Albert Freedom Being Circulated Portland, Or., May 8. A petition asking that the prison sentence of J. Henry Albert, wealthy Portland mill ing man, convicted under the federal espollnage act and sentenced to a three year term at McNeils Island, be lifted by presidential clemency was circulat ed, here today. Burt C. Jones, a book keeper, was circulating, the petition, which asked that the prison sentence be suspended upon payment of the fine also assessed against Alters. Department of justice officials said today tnuy were Informed that Albers personally had prepared similar peti tions, giving as an excuse a plea that he was "going blind, and wished to die In peace." Albers was convicted of making al leged remarks derogatory to the Uni ted States government while riding on a train between San Francisco and Portland. Three State Capitals In Rebel Grip El Paso, Texas, May 8. Revo lutionary forces under Gemim! Benjamin Hill have taken Mexico City, according to an unconfirmed rMK received here today from 'Chihuahua City and made publta by revolutionary leaders here. The message from ClUhuuhim said: "It hus been confirmed President Vnrnuiia left the capital for Vera Xrut." - El Paso, Texas. May 8. Threw state capitals in Mexico fell into the hands of revolutionists today through, the revolt of Carranjiu garrisons coln cidentally with an unconfirmed report given out by revolutionists here that Mexico City, capital of the republic, had been taken by General Benjamin Hill. -. Saltillo, capital of the state of Coa hulla, which borders' on the United States, revolted late yesterday, revolu tionary advices today said. It was an nounced that General J. Augustln Castro and Basesereo Castro, former Citrarnsa leaders, had revolted with their troops ln several garrisoned towns, including Saltillo. General Esplnoso Mlreles, Carransa governor of Coahulla, which is the hohie state of the Mexican president, fled with all the public funds to Mon terey, Nuevo Leon, where Carranals tas were reported concentrating to re sist the revolutionists, It was announc ed. ' Carranza troops at Lnsvacas, across the International boundary from Del Rio, Texas, revolted, according to lo cal rebel leaders. Coal mines and towns In northern Coahulla wera re ported in the hands of the revolution ists. "Pledras Negras, across the boun.4 ddry from Ragle Psbs, Texas, will fall today," the, announcement said. "General Reynoldo Garsa ln a tele graphic communication with President Carranza afked him to resign and said he was holding Laredo notwithstand ing the fact his soldiers were on tho verge of joining the revolutionary movement." All railway and telegraph communi cation between Aguas Callcntes, Zaca tecas, Torreon and Saltillo was report ed cut. " ' - - Farmers9 Store Is Opened By Durdall Re-establishing the Durdall plan Farmers' Cash Stores, C. Burton Dur dall, well known Salem business man, hus opened a store at 247 North Com mercial street. A general line of mer chandise will be carried. The store was Informally opened several days ago, but the supplementary stocks are still arriving. The first Durdall Farmers' Cash Store was located on North High street, In the salesrooms now occupied by the Salem Automobile company. Mr, Durdall discontinued the store during the recent war, giving up busi ness Interests to serve two year In the navy. About five weeks ago, he opened a similar store at Silverton and In op erating both of these enterprises, he states that "all efforts will be made to make these stores as successful and as useful h the public as our first stores proved themselves to be." Senators And K.C. Team Meet Sunday When the Senators step Into tha diamond Sunday afternoon with Chet Hughes' Knights of Columbus team Riddle Bishop plans to present a new llneup'to be tested by the fast Port land club. Despite reports to the contrary, th Salem manager has received assurance from Btllle Stcpp, that he will be on hand to take his position in the out field. By placing Stepp at center and shifting the Infield! Kiddie plans ti overcome the jinx that has stayed with the team since opening of tho season. Hayes will be seen at first, whllu Procter moves from third to second. Blnhnp, who has recovered from In juries received In the Balom-Rupwrt game of May 1, will cover third base. Tbe grounds t Oxford Park ?re re ported to be In first class condition and a i-jst game Is predicted by the Senators, The lineup for Sunday follows: Cole or Craig, pitcher; Kracke, catcher: Hayes, 1st base; Procter, 2nd base; Bishop, 3rd base; Miller, shortstop; Stepp, O'Mally, Holmes or Knicker bocker, In the outfield. Boston, May 8. Governor Coolldge has vetoed a bill Intended to legalize the manufacture and sale of beverages containing not more than 2.75 per cent Funeral For Old Resident Is Held The funeral of ftteven Bulllut, 70, who died at a local hospital Thursday nfter a lingering Illness, was held at the chapel of the Webb & dough com pany at 1:30 p. m, Friday. Burial wasi In City View cemetery. Mr. Ball let, who was the father-in-law of Mrs. A. Lansfleld, 1525 La street, Salem, came tn Oregon 88 year ago and has resided in Marion county and Salem most of that time. ' Vancouver. B. C, May . Cocaine, morphine and other drugs of an esti mated retail value of $0.000 were seized by the Vancouver police Wed nesday night, it became known today. Last wee ka seizure ot $50,000 worth) of drugs was made at the same place, the police stated. LATE BULLETINS Trieste, May 8. Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio today captur ed the Italian steamship Baro Fejervary, bound from Trieste to Cantania wit ha cargo of grain. He sent two anti-submarine craft to make the capture. Washington, May 8. Rationing of sugar of manufacturers of non-essentials and an agreement between the United States and foreign countries not to bid against each other for this com modity were suggested today by Herbert Hoover as means of re lieving the present sugar situation. WashingtonMay. Winter wheat production this year was forecast at 484,647,000 bushels or 75.6 per cent less than last year's crop by the department of agriculture today. The condition of the crop May 1 was 79.1 per cent of a normal compared with 75.6 on April 1 this year, 100.5 on May 1 last year and 87.1 ten year May 1 average. . r Sr 4V.