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Circulation Capital 77 Weather OREGON: Tonight and Sunday fair, fresh northwest winds. t20. 6260. ou rival for J'.'t'l', tDO. fZ utU: 192- 17'87' " 'n'y 1920. 47.177: Oi ' Polk """ 14.181 '",DtT' . si.' Bureau of Clrcu- K"Mr "dictated Pre- Full LOCAL: Rainfall, .75; maximum 43, minimum 34, set 38; river 9.0 feet ajid rising. utlon. Wire. I fourth year iTo. 32 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, February 5, 1921 Price Thro Cents ineteen Passengers on Wrecked Ship Are Safe son vemw sisks wiae UDservancP W ametto seen in The Meamer lUamatn Kuns JiihTmTO (Jt Prune Wooh' n Ti rJ .. Crimelight fM" IReauiting dent Declares He gee No Excuse Weakening Our bse Units Feb. 5. President Uay vetoeu if J rwtlnij the war department recruiting until the duced to 175.000 men. . the measure m m president said he was to see m the condition of OlcattAsks Wide Observance Of 'Prune Week ' to Dispose of 4 A UUU, UUU Founds of Fruit L at large or in the needs Kited states any cnuiiga i instifv a restriction up- Limum enlisted strength I men provided tor in ine enacted army reorganlgft- Vi the resolution km re r .. ... j i. r the ennsieu ncim v. I to 175,000 men, the presi- rovuion is muu. ... .-v r the preservinon 01 any Lte strength in the combat- kotthearmy and mere uis- eof enlistment wouiu ior preserve the staff, corps nionately enlisted and Ibintant corps insuffloieilt (jto maintain the Inatrue- I training which ought to uo jf any army ot iro.uun L the efficient in proportion regate lumber. . 4th day of June, 1920, X kill mtd by 111., present providing for the reor- not the army, tiecause ot wdly disturbed conditions i and in order mat lull Light accrue to the people inittd States from the les- I world war a1) to what, lodern conditions. Is requtr- I the nucleus of an efficient etrar department has ree led an army ol approxi- MU. The congress, afr- ang4 consideration, deter- linthorBf and did author- I ttirpiKKion of the army Mfetfu enlisted strength Mt(v 280,000 men, in- tli tic organization new P in lr service and the I nrarp service, the use. litre developments of the I provision for which is a J addition to the pre-war i the army, tuthorized for the first r history I tactic organ- i the array, resting upon In tactical units, and re- t training of the national m the organized reserve in areas of the Unlrad liaociation with the di pt the regular army. At k the congress plainly re ar provision thus made as i which would nrnvida rided arms and new dutlei on the army and for that which the peace time the 1'nited States must pneuclus of mobilization put of an emcrcencv P that I am not able to 'condition of the world at 1 w needs of the United r 'uch chang,. as would restriction nnnn h.i Governor Ben W. Olcott todav is sued a proclamation designating the week of February 14 to 19 as 'Prune Week" to encourage a movement among growers to dis pose of 22.000,000 pounds of prunes which remain unsold. To carry out the plan an organ! zation known as the Oregon Pruns campaign committee has been formed with headquarters at Port land. Growers will ship direct to consumers prunes in lots of 100 pounds or more at a price fixed at ten cents a pound.. The commit tee in charge includes the follow ing: James R. Linn, Fred A, Kurtz E. W. Hazard, Charles Rafield. Ben W. Olcott, Sam A. Kozer, Percy R. Kelly, Phil Metschan, George L. Baker, George, Putnam, Fred S. Bynon and Wm. S. Walton, of Portland are secretary and treas urer respectively. Governor Olcott's proclamation follows: ine prune industry is one of the greatest horticultural industries within the state of Oregon. Nearly 40.000 acres of our finest argicul tural land are planted with prune i-st year, despite adverse weather conditions, thirty million pounds of prunes were harvested in the state, of this number but eight million have been sold. The 22,000,000 'pounds unsold represent an enormous asset to the state ot Oregon if they can be moved and placed in the hands of consumers. The fact that they are lying idle jeopardises this enormous industry. The people of the state of Oregon ..liquid give widest co-operation to the prune growers to meet the grave situation. "I hereby designate the week from February 14 to February 19, inclusive, as Prune Wee!; within this state. I call upon the good spirit of our people to join in a movement to assist this great in dustry, not only for the good of the industry itself, but for the good of the people of the. state as a whole. I urge that every homo in Oregon take advantage ot the op portunity which is presented by the prune growers to become well stock ed with this nourishing and healthy fruit. I ask co-operation from ho tels, grocers, restaurants, or from any other source which may Kive assistance, and I also besoeaik the hearty co-operation of the press, which is always freely given in the furtherance of every proper and beneficial movement. This is a ser ious situation, involving the wel fare of thousands of our best citi zens. Prompt and hearty response from the people of Oregon m the purchase of one of our sreafv home products will relieve the sit uation and bring about a quick bet tei ment of conditions. I am certain the appeal of the will not be in vain. prune growers Daniels Jailed for Forgery; 'Kidnapping' Tale Recalled; Salem Police Offer Expose I"' resolution is proposed by the er Slain Ex-Client In of Court k Or.. Bird Hunting Hog :: Indisposed :: Points Three Days Natchez. Miss.. Feb. 5. The famous bird hunting hog owned by Tucker Gibson, widely known Louisiana huntsman, has suffered "nervous prostration" and is in a serious condition, according to Us owner who recently brought the hog here to train for competition with the dogs In the Springfield trials. He had intended exhibiting the dog in vaudeville, he said. Mr. Gibson left home for several days, leaving some birds in a cage. On his return he found the porker had located the birds and had been "pointing" them continuously for three days and nights. The in tense mental strain, together with the fact that the hog had not eaten during that time, he said, brought on a "general collapse." Girl Is Knocked Unconscious By Fall from Bike Knocked from her bicycle by low-hanging branches of a tree when she essaved to avoid collision with an automobile about 11 : 30 acters previously mentioned. A Another chapter which bids fair to be thrillingly near the grand finale of the "dime novel" career of Lewis Edward Daniels, 23 year old Salem bridegroom, who claim ed to have been whisked away from the heart of this city's business district on January 7, placed on the Shasta Limited, drugged, and then to have awakened on a ferry boat in Oakland bay, was related by the police this afternoon when it was announced that Daniels has again disappeared from Salem. This time Daniels is safe. Thieves and robbers and drug dispensers cannot harm him. Anxiety may -tie felt for his fuiure, but his activi ties will not be kept secret. Daniels is in Jail at Pocatello Idaho, charged with the forgery of four checks, of which Salem mer chants were the victims. Kxpose is Made With the announcement of Dan iels' arrest came what Chief of Police Moffitt believes to be a con elusive expose of the wild story related to the police by Daniels on January 12. Southern Pacific agents, after staging a lengthy in vestigation have been unable to procure any evidence to substan tiate the "kidnaped" man's tale, and Daniels' own story was. at dif ferent sittings, refreshingly diver sified, according to the police. For example, Chief Moffitt said, at no two times did his description of his "captors" tally so that they might be recognizable as the char- e eh r , Prominent atfnrn,. - !T "not in the lnu at oy job. r at . r Js ne tt-fla :,i,n, . L. ',ut,l 111 'ior on ih,. thi.j , - '.in,, iiour raust MinrtR. ,-..... . P mbutance on the J.I ml Poechl, Srifvanros Pr,'ored f0r ' who mil against the than ten 'as rn'nnif.ri ident In 19,0 the i,inn sutferins and r.lt.. 2 damage, from the SErny was due Attorn. '""Ration to ,h'' ' ms poster- lie pniifl , .. te 10,,' "' that t "l r a very klll him , , T 10 Scar.- l,; .. . at ,k. . ? d m hi,, .i"vnot- '-rl. "f lrat his ...... 7 "IKlng to " th I, " ' " !,s ; a h, ' tn"'"e was fat! ed to rhJeh 11.. Ik. rtnort seee-jr.,. against a explode. the re- P'-i'.I on the 15 . was the TLrr9m the at- range was Point- iIr Schnabel --eporting cel. Shor" and col. "twined con- 0'Jr.d rd a , hov. th. eventh Bead H. o'clock this morning, ten-year-old Berha Babcock. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Babcock, 631 S. Commercial street, was rendered unconscious when her head force fully struck the pavement. The little girl regained con sciousness shortly after she had been taken home by a motorist whose name was not learned, and will recover shortly, her mother stated this afternoon. MIes Babcock was riding north on Commercial between Center and Marion street when the acci dent occurred. Drawing over close to the curb to avoid an approach ing car, she failed to notice the branches of the tree which swept her off the wheel. Bolshevik Take Steps to Smother Revolt Plots London. Feb. 5. Drastic meas ures to stamp out anti-soviet ac tivities in Russia and in surround ing territories have been taken by the bolshevik government in Mos cow, says the London Times. The newspaper publishes a translation of the decree by Lenine, bolshevik premier, December 1. appointing M. D.ierinisky, head of the all Rus sian extraordinary .commission, delegating to him the task of "eradicating foreign centers of counter revolutions and prevent ing military enterprises against soviet Russia." M. Dlerjinsky issued secret in structions December ,5 the Times declares, by which his agents were ordered to "crush all conspiracies hostages be taken among relatives Mnd revolts engineered by foreign agents." He recommended that in Russia of ail members of White Guard organizations and also de creed that traitors to the soviet cause should be ruthlessly destroy ed. Terroristic acts against en tente military missions were also planned, the newspaper asserts. Men Studv rooking. State College. Pa.. Feb. 5 Twen ty students', garbed in aprons of the butcher type, supplied by the sir domestic art students, started work in 'he Pennsylvania State col lege kitchen laboratory, heretofore occupied exclusively by women. They are enrolled in the special cookery class for men, a new course.. Eat more prune. note which, Daniels said, he was forced to write to his wide under duress in which he explained that he was going on a long journey and didn't know when he'd re turn, was never received by Mr3. Daniels. Dentil Threatened, Claim Chief Moffitt said today that he had at first given but little cre dence to Daniels' story, but he had investigated It thoroughly with a view to giving the youth a square deal. He added that, in the light of present developments, he is con vinced there was no truth in Dan iels' drawn out declaration that he had been abducted from Salem at the point of a gun Breaking in on the police Jan uary 12. Daniels told them he had Just come back from California, whence he had been taken by two men. His abductors had approach ed him while he was in the Ore gon Electric station here, he sai i. and had ordered him to enter a waiting taxicab or be killed. Sub sequently he was given a joyless Joy ride about the city while his 18 year old bride, a daughter -f Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Dickson, 16113 Front street, waited for him to re turn with the railroad tickets which were to carry them away to a farm in Swam Valley, Idaho, which Daniels says he owns Drugged on Train Daniels didn't return. Nobody has yet disputed that fact. Tt was the following Tuesday that his wife received a telegram from him in San Francisco, in which he said: "Am stranded. Wire money for me to come home on." Later Daniels told Chief Moffitt that he really didn't need this money, bu mere ly wished to ascertain 11 nis wne was all right, the idea being, pre sumably, that if .she forwarded him funds, she was still unharm ed. No conversation took place while he and his mysterious com panions taxi-cabbed about Salem. Daniels stated. At 5:49 in the af ternoon, he said, he was driven to the Southern Pacific depot an 1 was placed on the Shasta Limited. The porter was ordered to make up his berth and he was ord?red to retire. A few minutes later one of the men held a handkerchief, saturated with a drug, over his face, and subsequently he was tne victim of arrested cerebration. When he awakened, he insisted, he was on a ferry boat crossing (Continued on Page Five.) Strange Bird Wooes Hen :: Is Slain by Rooster Cornwall, Vt., Feb. 5. Ornitho logists are endeavoring to deter mine the species of a strange bird that descended in the barnyard of Mrs. F. D. Manchester, wooed a Plymouth Rock hen and was slain in a duel with a jealous rooster. The intruder was grey, about the size of a duck, had a long red beak and such short legs that it waddled with difficulty. Its feet were webbed and it used its bill like a rapier. Superior, agility won for the rooster. Old-time FigliU-r Dead. Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 5. The death of John J. (Jack) Fogarty, a well known middleweight pugilist a generation ago, was announced today. In February 1886 he fought Jack Dempsey. the "non-pariel" in New York for the chamiponship bet of $2500 a side, and a purse of 1000 and lost after 27 rounds. Alleged Safe Blowers Are Brought Here Men who gave their names as Max Wallace and George Barton. charged with complicity in the safe robbery at the tuberculosis hospital here early Thursday morning, are in the county Jail and esse Jarvis and Asa Tindal! were returned to the state penitentiary yesterday after they had been ar rested by Portland police. Jarvis and Tindall were on parole, and their privileges have been revoked. Sheriff O. D. Bower, who yester day returned with the prisoners. lid that money and other articles stolen from the safe were found on certain of the prisoners when they were arrested. A large safe was stolen from the hospital about 2 o'clock Thursday morning. After it had been loaded Into a ir, it was taken down the road for a mile and there smashed open. Several hundred dollars worth of property was taken and the battered safe was left lying in the middle of the road. Paris Police Are Rounding Up Communists Paris. Feb. 5. Six alleged Rus sian communists were arrested her last night and and it is expecte, that others will be taken into cu-- 'odv todav, twenty-one. warrants having been sworn out late yester day. Police officials are contlnu ing their Investigation of commun ists activities and have reported ire..H-ful operations at Havre and Nancy. The authorities at Frankfort have arrested fourteen persons, among whom are several com munists and leaders of armed or ganizations, says a Mayence dis patch to the Matin. Newspaper here declare that, it has been found that communists in France are ob taining American money from some source in Berlin. Willamette Endowment Drive Opens Trustees Name Com mittee to Campaign For Million Dollars; Frats Rapped With the appointment of a com mittee by Dr. B. L. Steeves, presi dent of the board of trustees of Willamette university, yesterday at the semi-annual meeting of the board held in this city, the drive for the million dollar endowment for Willamette university was begun ip. earnest. Dr. Steeves appointed the follow ing as a committee to have full upervision over the plans for the endowment campaign: Carl Gregg Doney, president of Willamette uni verslty; A. F. Flegel, attorney of Portland; Rev. W. W. Youngston, Methodist district superintendent of Portland; J. W. Day, 847 Kerby street, Portland; Bishop O. J. Shep ord ol Portland and Dr. B. L. Steeves of Salem. Drive to Last Year. According to r. Steeves. the committee have plans under con sideration which indicate that the campaign for the million dollar fund will terminate within a year. l'he million dollar endowment fund includes an offer of $350,000 from the Rockefeller edu'cational found. This offer, it is said, is tena ble for the next years, 111 the mean time the university derives benefit from the interest thereon. The bourd of trustes. after heated discussion it is said, nipped in the bud the aspirations, of the local fra ternities! to become organisations with national affiliations, as the board voted denying the local chap tcrs the privilege of petitioning na tional organizations. According to reliable sources, as a whole, the board of trustees favored fraterni ties, but the sentiment changed w hen Hon. R. A. Booth of Eugene spoke against fraternities, quoting letters from deans of the leading universities of America who were said to be opposed to fraternities. Mr. Booth, it is said, informed the board that he had first hand In formation gained by several years residence next door to a fraternity house at Eugene. Reports Are Heard. The other business transacted by the board of trustees consisted of Lreports from th( various commit tees, and also a report of Dr. C. G. Honey in regard to the financial status of Willamette university which showed, notwithstanding the fact that many improvements in building were made during the past summer, that the finances of the university were on a sound basis. Extentions Sure In Salem-Kings Packing Plant Plans for the extension of the Salem Kings Products plant have not been completed as yet, but the company is certain to erect a new warehouse on front street, add an oher unit to their present plant which will increase their drying space and also build new receiving room . Erection of the extensions will be begun so that they will be ready for use with the opening of the packing season. The capacity of the plant will be ncreased to almost three times its present one, and the additional labor employed will be about 50 to 75 per cent more. Montreal, Feb. 5. Police to day are searching for the murderer of an unidentified young woman about 20 years of age, whose body was found on a sidewalk in the suburb of Westmount. Her head had been crushed with an axe, which lay nearby. Miss Mary Girard, a resident of the neighborhood told the police she saw a woman fall and that a man who accompanied her fled. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 5. Counsel for Mrs. Maybelle Roe, convicted last night of first degree murder for the slaying of McCullough Gray don, announced today he was preparing an appeal. The Jury fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. The conviction is the first of a woman for first degree murder in Los Angeles county. Spokane, Wash., Feb. B. Frank Hall and Frank Kelley, who have been held by the police since a few days after the robbery of the Spokane state bank here, on suspicion of having been involved in the case, were free today. Charges of highway robbery were reduced to vagrancy charges when they were brought to trial in police court yesterday, but the prosecu tion failed 011 these, and they were dismissed. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 5 A man who gave him name as Benja min Fuller and his home as Toledo, Ohio, confessed hen.' today, the police say, to the theft of mail pouch containing $20,000 worth or checks at the Illinois Central railroad depot at Kalamazoo, Mich. Postoffice At Williamston Is Burned in Reprisal Dublin, Feb. 5. In an official reprisals Thursday the postoffice and a busines? house at WiHiam town were burned. An ambush oc curred there January' 28. in whlcn divisional Commissioner Holmes of the Royal Irish Constabulary was wounded, dying the next day. Five taMaa also were wounded in Uiis attack. Peete Case Put In Jury's Hands Los Angeles. Cal., Feb. 5. There 'is nothing in the nature of cir cumstantial evidence that renders- it less reliable than direct evidence" udge Frank It. Willis today in structed the jury which heard the rial of Mrs Louise L Peete on u charge of having murdered Jacog Charles Denton. it is not aeoeeeary to prove movtie. th'1 judge a instructions continued, "but the absence of a motive is to be considered in favor of the defendant." He said the "benefit of a reason able doubt" shoild be given the de fendant if the iury decided such I "reasonable doubt" existed. The prosecution's case against Mrs. Peete was built on circum stantial evidence and her defense on "a reasonable doubt." The Jury received the 11:44 a. m. Two Leaders of Jap Opposition Party Expelled Tokio, Feb. 4. Defeat of a Huf frajU measure supported by the op position in the house of rAprcwenta tlves today has resulted in the pulsion of Yukio Ozaki and Daiki ohiro Taiiawa, two leaders of the organization. The reason asHigtu'd was their failure to support the party's bill, M. Ozaki announcing that the measure was out of order, since another suffrage bill support ed by the Kokumin-To party was before the house. M. Ozaki has been prominent in urging a resolution that the Japa nese government approach torcign powers with a view to reaching an agreement restricting armaments and it is believed its attitude in this matter affected his situation the party, as his views were not shared by M. Katto, head of the op position party. Immediately after it was announced that M. Ozaki had been read out of the organiza tion, twenty-seven members of the house resigned from the opposition party out of sympathy with him. Ashore off Point Arena On Voyage To Portland Message From Relief Vessel Standing by Says No Signs of Life Evident On Schooner and Lifeboats Hang in Davits; Persons Aboard May Have Been Landed by Life Savers San Francisco, Feb. 5. The passengers and crew of the steam schooner Klamath, driven ashore near Point Aram early today, have been landed safely, according to a wircteaa message received from Captain M. Hall of the steamer Curacao, which is standing by, to the San Francisco Catt. at Man Pays Fine of $20 For Speeding Hailed into the police court this afternoon on a complaint filed by Councilman A. H. Moore. R. W. Mathls, of this city, pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding his auto mobile and was fined $20. Mathls admitted that he had been In court once before to answer to a similar charge. "If you weren't leaving town soon. I d ask that your driver s license be revoked," Judge Race observed. Mathls said he believed he was fender was damaged Houston Leaves Financial End To Next Secretary Washington, Feb. 5. A letter from Secretary Houston of the treasury department, saying he would not during the remainder of his term of office, proceed with any further financial negotiations with foreign government was read In the senate today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader. The secretary said there "have not been any official proposals on the subject that would In any way bind this government or 'he for eign governments other than the agreement of the foreign govern ments contained in their demand obligations held by the United States to give long lime obligations, if requested in exchange therefor.' Rotary Clubs To Be Seattle's Guests In March Seattle, Wash., Feb. 5. Rotar ians from 19 cities In Oregon, Washington and British Columbia will temporarily swell the popu lation of Seattle, by 1500 or more, by attending the Northwest con ference of Rotary clubs, to be held hero, March 14 and 15. Acquaint ance among members is one of the leading features of Rotary clubs, and is oxtended to acquaintance with the members of other clubs; so annual conferences are attend ed by approximately fifty percent of the Rotary members of the dis trict, many of whom bring their wives along to enjoy the enter tainment features offered by the club, which acts as host. The Seattle Rotary club expects that attendance at the district con ference will run between 1500 and 2,000 Botarians and ladies, and are making preparations to make their stay in Seattle enjoyable and enable them to get thoroughly ac quainted. A large committee on arrangements and entertainment was appointed several months ago, and has been at work on plans to equal or surpass the programs of conferences held during recent years in Victoria, Portland, Spo kane and Vancouver, since Seat tle last entertained the Kotarians in 1916. Delegations will attend the con ference from the following .cities: N.anaimo, Vancuover and Victoria, B. C. ; Astoria. Pendleton, Port land and Salem, Oregon; Aberdeen, Bellingliam, Centralia. Chehatlis, Everett, Hoqulam, Olyiupia. Spo- kune, Tacoma, Walla Walla, We- natchee and Yakima. Washington. Unification of Air Units Plea Of Service Men "The ship is rolling and pounding heavily on the rock and the bluff, off Delmar and had two lines ovt forward to the bluff," the mesrage said. "If weather moderates pos sible to save vessel by tuga." The Klamath's wireless reported to the Bolinas station of the radio) corporation a short time after aha struck that Captain Jamleara thought he had a line ashore but that the wireless aveial was fall ing. The Curacao could not locate the Klamath until dawn on ac count of the dense darkness. Th company sent two towing veaaeta from here to salvage the Klamath. The Klamath went ashore in a wind that was blowing 100 miles in hour near Eureka and Si miles at Point Arena, the weather bnreaa said. A gale that reached a velocity of 85 miles was blowing at Point Arena and the Curacao was unable to draw in closer to the Klamath. A view of the schooner through marine glasses indicated that she was intact and in no immediate) danger of breaking up. The Klamath, a steamer schoon er of 1083 tons, left San Franclsc last night for Columbia river porta. She grounded at 2:15 a. m. The Curacao, northbound, prooeedrd to her assitance. Her call also wh picked by the steamers Queen and Alaska but they were too far dis tant to render aid. The fact that Captain Thomas A. Jamleson of the Klamath has net mado further use of hia wlreiesa was accepted In marine circles aa indicating that the passengers and crew had left the ship. Four of the Klamath's passe n gers were hound for Seattle, the re mainder for Portland. Their homo addresses are not known by the steamship company. The Seal lie passengers were: Mrs. M. L. gtingcriund, jj. Culver, L. Lefvre anil N. Liken. As the high winds ripped down many telephone and telegraph wires around Point Arena the Ite- Cormick company found it difficult to get word through in regard to the disposition of the passengers and crew. Tentative arrangements were made to have them cared for at ranch houses at Delmar sivrt Oualaln and then to have them brought to the rnllroad llnm at Cloverdale and returned to Ban Francisco later. Those Portland bound were: V. Murphy, P. L. Flack. Paul Ander son, II . .1. Johnson, I. Harp, A. Melchart, Mrs. C. T. Buckley and child. Sam Woodward, W. Ilram- II. J. McOlllcn. Miss Irene, hfc- tiillen. Miss Kthel McQillen. J. Shelton, D, Long. Washington, Feb. 5. Army ad vocates of a united air service car ried their fight today into the camp of the enemy. Appearing before the house nav 1 committee with u number of Ides, Brigadier General Mitchell, chief of the army air service, urged immediate unification of all army, navy and commercial aerial actlvi- and reiterated his belief that the airship had made capital naval vessels useless. Qeneral Mitchell urged the sub stitution of enormous nlr and sea plane carriers to accompany the lght vessels of the fleet in place of battleships and battle cruisers. "I think with our present avia tion facilities properly developed. isserted. 'that we can sink any n, if,.Ju;iB im hung In the nemy vessel, armored or unarmor- davltg ear(y today, it was Captain Weather Reported rum. San Francisco, Feb. 6. The Charles R. McCormick company's steam schooner Klamath, bound to Portland, Or., with nineteen pas sengers, is ashore off 1'oint Arena. 100 miles north of Han Francisco. The safety of her passengers and crew is uncertain but a wiraless message received from Captain M. i Hall of the steamer Curacao, which is standing by two miles from the stranded Klamath, said there were I no signs of life aboard and that the Machines Damaged In Three Crashes; Occupants Unhurt, Several automobiles were dam aged more or less yesterday in three sinash-ups repored to the police. Cars driven by L. L. Thomas, 340 Division street, and Ben Clements, were slightly damaged when they collided on the Fair grounds road. K. A. Fafferty told officers that his automobile, parked near the north entrance to the state house, was run into by a car driven by a man whose name he did not learn. A rear wheel, a fender, and his tire rack were smashed, he said. H B. Churchill, 705 Belmont street, told a similar story. A ma chine sruck his car while It was parked on Court near the state house, he said. His left front His request innocent of the charge preferred i that the unknown driver stop went by Councilman Moore but added unheeded, he told officers. He that, due to the fart that he is procured the license number of leaving' for the cast early next the other car. week, he would be unable to stand trial. i Fat prunea during prune week. d. that comes within 20(1 miles of our coast. With airplane carriers housing at least 30 planes, we could extend this area fur out to sea." Chairman Butler Interrupted to remark that he did not think the people could be lnterestvd In large expenditures for air forces until they know what had heeome of money appointed for bviation dur ing the war. Fleet to Leave Chile for Return to Panama Today Valparaiso, Chile, Feb. 5. I'nlts of the l'nited States Paclfip fleet prepared today to leave Chilean waters for Panama. where the fleet will Join the Atlantic squadron in Joint maneuvers. The conclud ing number on the program today was a reception on board the flag ship New Mexico. President AlessandrS yesterday boarded the Chilean flagship O'HIgglns and reviewed the Ame rican fleet which lay in a semi circle. Five airplanes whirred overhead and the personnel of the American ships atood at attention as the president passed. Returning to shore, President Alemandrl and Admiral Rodman reviewed a parade of four thous and sailors and marines. Hall's belief that the passengers and crew, numbering 55 persons, had ben landed aBhore by the Point An n. i life saving station. According to the marine depart ment, the weather was reported bail in the vicinity where the Klam ath grounded. Fish Rock Is a no toriously dangerous spot along the rocky northern California coast. The Klamath left San Francesco yesterday with passengers but had no cargo. She is a 2 ton veaeet and was used in the lumber trade be' ween here and northern porta. A few minutes after H o'clock the Marine Exchange received a wire less report from Captain Halt er the Curacao that he had reached a point two miles from the K lamefh Mid could s , n signs of life eei board. The seas were too heaey tn admit of closer approach, he said. Aero: dmg to the weather bureau here there wan an 85 mile nerth westly gnlc blowing st Point Arena, a few miles from Fish Rock. The Klamath Is being operated by the C. R McCormick 8tenaaaMa company of this city. There nee 19 passenger on board. More than $4000 was expended by the Red Cross in its home serv ice at Salem during the year 1920. It spent 1000 in fighting the in fluenza epidemic. McAdoo Confers Long With Huerta Mexico fit; Feb. r,.- William O. McAdoo. former s.eitar of the treasury of the l'nited States, con ferred for more than two heeirs yesterday wi'h Adolfo l)e La Hner ta. secretary of the treasury. Me statement was Issued. Mr. MeAahnS was later given a formal reception by President Obregon.