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OREGON : Tonight and Satur
day fair, gentle winds, mostly
northerly.
LOCAL: No rainfall; westerly
"Winds; clear; maximum 75, mini
mum. 40, set 52; river 4 feet and
stationary.
Price Three Cents JSiB?l?,&$
Salem, Oregon, Friday, May 13, 1921
IFTY KILLED IN MEXICAN RELIGIOUS RIOTING
Joy d-George Says Poles
ershing
Named
Hies Deserted
When Liberty Is
Secured, Charge
keeping Denunciation 0f Polish Policies De
livered Before Commons; Failure To Admit
ResDonsibilities by Government Scored:
Debt to England, France and Italy Recalled
London, May 13. Prime Minister Lloyd ueorge in a
Lutic speech in the house of commons today concerning
be Upper Silesian embroglio said the action of the Polish
nurrectionists was a complete defiance of the treaty of
lersailles-
"I think it is right I should speak quite plainly," Mr. Lloyd
orge declared, "because if these things can happen and we
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ntire which has characterized me attituae 01 una country
1 u its dealings abroad, it is going to be fatal to the peace
(Europe. If that is disturbed I do not see what is going
(happen to Europe.
Urn alarmed. 1 am frightened ways 01 aeanng wun me ouesia.i
Violating Treaty
Staff Chief
Harbord
Chosen
As Aide
l unless some confidence is re-
to the world the conse-
jwces may be of the most terri-
i ebiracter, because the whole
Will world Is so built up on
ud confidence that once
I It shaken 1 do not see how it
1 be rebuilt."
Lloyd-George declared the
it; of Versailles was the char-
to! Polish freedom and that she
1 '.he last country of Europe
) had the right to complain
nit the treaty. Poland did not
1 her liberty, he asserted. Her
kerty was due to Italy, Great Bri-
1 and France.
Divided in War.
Mr. Lloyd-lieorge cited that the
till were divided in the war,
ill of them fighting with the
tuns "and shot down French-
British and Italians who!
lighting for their freedom.
"I see Korfanty (leader of the
k insurrectionists) has said
tthe Poles in Silesia would die
Iter than surrender. If thev
i thought that earlier, when the
We for Polish freedom was be
fought, there would have been
' British, French and Italian
llost. But thev onlv think nt
1 the Germans are disarmed
Ipless. The Polish envern-
JUas repudiated responsibility
' am bound to acceDt that
'tement as reDresentinir thai
'hut it has happened once too
: prime minlstpr rotuj ,..
Wement with t h....i.
'"in, IU
United States. V
' 4 Great Britain were nar-
question, he declared. One was
that allied troops insist on restor
ing order. It was not for him to
express a military opinion and did
not insist on this part of the pro
gram but he was entitled to insist
on an alternative. Either the allies
ought to Insist upon the treaty be
ing respected or they ought to al
low the Germans to do so.
Government May
HaveTo Finance
Railroad Deficit
Washington, May 13. Unless some way is found to m-
, crease revenues and reduce expenses, the railway deficit
I "will have to be met from the national treasury," Chairman
Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee de
j clared today at hearings on the general railway situation.
Chairman Cummins said that the total loss sustained by
j the government during 26 months of its control of railroads
j was estimated by the director general of the railroad admin
istration at $1,200,000,000. Considering railroad claims
conflicting with the government, the chairman said, the total
amount rose to $2,500,000,000 and he gave as his own esti
mate $1,800,000,000 as the final loss which the government
was likely to sustain.
"That situation challenges the permanency of private
ownership," he declared.
Mail Pouch Robbers Sentenced
East St. Louis, 111-, May 13. Guy Kyle, former Free
Methodist minister, and Loren Williamson of Mount Vernon,
111., were sentenced to six years in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kansas, today by Federal Judge English, on
Mount Vernon. January 14 last.
chief of the war staff being or
Rnimrlfi Trieorv Discounted ganized.
" " General Harbord, as assistant
Boston, May 13 The possibility of an arrest m connection chlef of gUft wlu uke oyer a
with the death of Captain Paton C. McGuvary, former i0f the administrative details here
nvoraflaa was announced bv Dolice officials today, tofore handled by the chief of
V 1 T V KJ- J .T V M.
TV, a nsnpcrs of the case, which had been considered one of
suicide in' official circles, has changed entirely overnight,
thev said. Two new witnesses were found wnose testimony
regarding circumstances now coupled
altered the suicide theory.
Washington, May VS. Selec
Uon of General John J. Pershing
to be chief of staff of the army
was announced today by Secretary
Weeks.
General Pershing will assume
his new duties July 1, succeeding
Major General Peyton C. Marsh.
His assistant will be Major Gen
eral James G. Harbord, who was
General Pershing's principal staff
assistant in France before he as
sumed command of the service of
supply.
As chief of staff. Secretary
Weeks said, General Pershing win
direct training of the regular army
and organized reserves which he
will command in the event of ac
tive field operations before his re
tlrement. He will retain the du
ties recently anigned to him as
with the shooting
Deaths In Kentucky Border
Warfare Total Four; Gun
Fighting Resumed at Dawn
have been killed!
t:i,-..:ii Tz,r Moir 13 Fnnr nersons
and one man wounded in fighting along the Kentucky andUJw.l:njy Wjll
wrt Virginia borders during the last 24 hours, according to ; lKETUUIg " "
reports received here today.
The principal firing toward the
Kentucky side came from Spriggs,
W. Va., according to the reports,
when Pike county deputy sheriffs
and a number of miners approach
ed the state line. West Virginia
state policemen and miners are re
ported to have participated in the
firing.
Earl Smith, a Pike county depu
ty sheriff, was reported shot and
seriously wounded by State Police
man Henry Bentley at the West
Virginia end of the Tall bridge at
Williamson.
Sanrests Two Wans.
Fighting Resumed.
Williamson, W. Va., May 13.
Mountain warfare which raged all
nf voatoritav unit in termi tent 1 y
seven-' nigm
mile front in the West Virginia
Kentucky coal strike region, was
resumed with vigor this morning.
Reports sent to Captain J. R.
Brockus of the state police at
headquarters here said heavy tlf
ing was in progress at McCarr,
Ky the eastern end of the trouble
zone and at Merrimac, W. va.,
where yesterday's shooting start
ed. An unidentified man was killed
on the bridge leading from McCarr
to the West Virginia bank of Tug
river this morning, bringing the
known casualties to three killed
and two wounded. This includes
a member of the attacking party
reported killed at McCarr last
Not Make Trip,
Olcolt Advised
"loa was occiir,iu.i 1.,, " ,- , throuerh the nisrht over a
r . Uj ieguiar
""I in defiance nf the '. "
s said. "Thov .i.
retire snd they said 'we have
B"ultyforit.' The same
happening now. The same
r of responsibility. Arms
n i-oland and officers
her frontiers mir i ..,,
u to feel that those repudi
; but
responsibility
are any-
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Mother of Bergdoll
Admits She Buried
$105,000 In Gold
Pnrt.y verbal." Washington. May 13. Mrs
pleaded for Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of Gro-
ver C. Bergdoll, draft dodger, told
room investigating committee
' ,v that she buried the $105,000
paiem Cods Want Rogue
ii
vjutiery;
"elpOf Council Sought
t Rut t.
tell ,1. .
- .mr nearest pa-
u rse the staff photo
111 right mister, take the
- s off at the first
w the sonth j
... '. " e want our
Nriurr II Ukes Place is an
!riLJlid a the Salem
c5J should the
Va? tonideration
Wha.zT'J''? fortheom
'i7l!!t,Ire Chle' Mof
.(1Lf,', cilery.
aZ the council
'n the near
tfitt announced
this afternoon. "As yet I don't
know wbat they'll think of it, but
I'm going to put my plans before
them anyway."
For a small cost, the chief ar
gues, a suitable camera might be
purchased and as a result of which
forgers, bad check artists and oth
er criminals who may be caught
here may leave their likenesses af
ter they have departed. In case
any of these men might be sought
afterward for similar crimes their
pictures might be forwarded to of
ficers of other cities.
In case the council acts favorab
ly on Chief Moffitt's suggestion,
the basement of the city ball im
mediately below the police station
will be used as a gallery.
in gold obtained from the treasury
in the fall of 1917. She refused
to give any information regarding
the burial place, but .indicated it
was not as far away from Phila
delphia as Hagestown.
Asked where the gold was now,
Mrs. Bergdoll replied:
"In my possession and buried in
the same place I first put it."
Counsel for the committee said
it was important to know if it was
near Hagerstown, Maryland.
"No," she said. "I never was
around there in my life," adding
that nobody else knew its location.
The witness said she had been
told by the late D. Clarence Gib
bonev. her attorney, that he was
depending on the advice of Judge
John W. Wescott in efforts to od
tain the release of her son.
"I did not understand, however,
that Judge Wescott was one of my
lawyers," she added.
Mrs. Bergdoll said she never
heard of Grover's pot of buried
gold until after the escape.
A week ago, Mrs. BergdtIl tes
tified, she sent Grover, who is in
Germany, $10,000.
"That is all I've ever given him
since his arrest." she added.
President Harding will not be
able to acocmpany the gov- its
of the United States on then, n ip
to Alaska in July, according to a
letter received this morning by
Governor Olcott in reply to an in
vitation urging the nation's execu
tive to participate in the junket,
which is scheduled for July 20.
Declaring that it is his inten
tion to visit the west, including
Alaska, if it is at all possible,
some time during the forthcoming
summer, President Harding adds,
however, that "it is going to h
wholly out of the question for me
to get to the west coast so early
as the time set for the conference."
In a letter received from M. C.
Riley of Madison, Wis., secretary
to the governor's conference, it is
shown that sixteen governors have
signified their intention to make
the Alaskan trip, fifteen have de
clared their inability to go and
five are as yet uncertain.
staff, Mr. Weeks anounced, leav
ing General Pershing free to direct
the organization and training of
me army 01 me united states as a
whole, including the national
guard and the organized reserves
Fight the forest fire fiend.
Bankers Play
Legion Tonight
A team selected from baseball
fans of different banking institu
tions of Salem will play represent
atives of the Twilight league on
Willamette field at 6 o'clock.
H. J. Wenderoth, manager of
the bankers, has anounced that he
will select his team from the fol
lowing men: Smithers. Sueing,
Wenger, Marr, Townsend, Doan,
Waterspiel, Astell, Simpson,
Grimes and Harris.
The American Legion team has
not been announced as yet.
The first two games of the Twi
light league have been shutouts
for the losers and the game tonight
is expected to offer an exciting
contest.
Gasoline And
Gas Prices In
Portland Drop
Portland, Or., May 13. An ad
ditional decrease in the price ol
gas was announced by the Port
land Gas & Coke company today.
The reduction will be combined
with a new schedule of rates now
being prepared by the public serv
ice commission.
The new cut is the result of a
reduction today of 26 cents a bar
rel in the cost of fuel oil.
This reduction added to the 20
cents a barrel reduction announ
ced on May 5, will give the com
mission a total of 45 cents a bar
rel on which to base the new
schedule.
Fred Williams, chairman of the
public service commission, issued
a statement at Salem upon receipt
of the gas company's message in
which he said that the investiga
tion now being conducted would
be continued to guarantee that the
patrons of the company will re
ceive the benefit of every reduc
tion in the manufacturing cost ot
the gas.
Coincident with the announce
ment of the reduction in the price
of fuel oil, the oil companies op
erating in Portland all announced
a reduction of two cents a gallon
in the price in the open market.
The price is now 28 cents a gal
lon. This price includes a state
tax of two cents a gallon.
The gasoline reduction was di
rectly due, 11 was announced, to
the reduction in the price of fuel
oil which dropped today from
$2.35 to $2.10 a barrel in the Port
land market.
Too Seep, Folks.
Spencer, Mass., May 13.
Speaking of mix-up families.
Whon Mrs. Catherine Demarco
and jjiiiis Gagner were married
here
The bride became the sister-in-law
of her son-in-law, John
Gagner.
The bridegroom became the
stepi'ather of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Gasner's daughter.
John Gagner, brother of
Louis, married the new Mrs.
Gagner's daughter, Jennie,
some ime ago, therefore, his
new ifister-in-law is also his
mother-in-law.
Another daughter of Mrs. De
Marco Gagner married another
brother of Louis Gagner, who
by nis carriage to their mother
became their stepfather.
Tincher Bill Passed.
Washington, May 13. The
Tincher bill to regulate dealings
in grain futures was piseed by the
house today and sent to the senate.
rUy safe with forest fire.
Berg Arrested for
Speeding; Mr. Mills
Pined Ten Dollars
Another alleged speeder, A. H.
Berg, was overtaken by Bert
Smith, county traffic officer, yes
terday afternoon, and was placed
Binder arrest. He Is cited to appear
before Judge Unnih in the justice
court today.
Mr. Berg Is accused of driving
4t miles an hour on the Pacific
highway near Salem. Roy Mills,
of the Spaulding Logging urn
pan), yesterday appeared in the
Justice court to answer to a charge
of speeding and was fined $10.
Big Meet
Of Schools
Tomorrow
County Schools Will
Compete for Track
and Basketball Cham
pionships Tomorrow
six high schoots of the count,?
outside of Salem will compete for
track honors on Willamette field
tomorrow afternoon following the
baseball games which will be play
ed In the morning to decide the
county championship.
The first event of the day will
be the baseball game between
Buena Crest and Marion grade
schools to decide the county cham
pionship, called for 9 o'clock In
the morning. Following this will
be the game between the Wood
burn and Stayton high schools
played for the same purpose. The
grade school track meet will be
held at the same time high school
events are taking place.
Cups will be given winners of
the games as well as to the schools
winning the highest number of
points in the meets, and for the re
lay and mile races. Individual
prizes are to be warded individuals
taking each event.
No school will be allowed to en
ter more than two contestants of
each event and all entrees must be
made in the morning to L. O.
Heppe, manager of the meet and
principal of the Woodburn high
school. No event will take place
unless two entrees are made.
Eleven events will be staged in
both the grade school and high
meets, entrees having beon al
ready made for each. They are:
100-yard dash, 440-yard run, 880-
yard run, one mile run, relay, pole
vault, running broad jump, stand
ing broad jump, high jump, shot
put and discus throw. 1
The high schools entered are:
Woodburn, Sllverton, Hubbard,
Jefferson, Mill City and Stayton:
The eptries in the grade school
meet are not yet completed.
Catholic Protest
Against Church
Pillaging Cause
Demonstration Protesting Alleged Desecra
tion of Houses of Worship Ends In Blood
shed When Police Aided by Radicals Seek to
Disperse Mob; Further Disturbance Feared
KTexico City, May 13. Fifty persons were killed and a
score wounded last night in Morlia, capital of the state of
Michoacan, says reports to the Excelsior this morning, when
police, aided by unsolicited help from radicals, charged a
large group of Catholics. 4
The latter were demonstrating against alleged desecration
of their churches last Sunday by radicals.
The Catholic population of Mo-1 "
relia was much incensed Sunday W"l
reminine
Bluebeard
To Return
Fugitive Mail
Robber Escapes
Pursuing Posse
Napa, Cal., May 13. Search
for Roy Gardner, escaped mail
bandit, was virtually given up
by Sheriff Charles Harris today
when It was determined that
Gardner had evidently slipped
through a ring of armed deputies
and farmers that had surrounded
him in Gordon canyon, near here,
the sheriff's office announced.
The sheriff and deputies return
ed today but a small posse of
farmers remained at the scene
and continued the hunt for Gardner.
when radicals entered several
churches there, broke many images
and eventually placed tneir rea
flag on the cathedral tower. A
demonstration of protest was held
yesteftlay, according to dispatches
received here, but was broken up
by police, aided by federal soldiers,
when clashes with jeering radicals
on the side lines threatened seri
ous trouble.
The demonstration was resumed
again in the evening. Vicente
Coyt, Inspector of police, led a
large unit ' of fully armed
gendarmes against the demonstra
tors, few of whom carried arms.
The latter refused the demand of
Coyt that tlvey disperse and when
a volley was fired over their heads,
the dispatches state, they charged
at the police, who levelled their
guns at the crowd. The Catholics,
some of whom were women, were
dazed at the action ot the police,
and seeing their comrades lying
dead in the streets, fled In panic.
General Garcia, chief of mili
tary operations In the state of
Michoacan, and General Muglca,
governor of the state, combined
their forces to restore order and
present further outbreaks, which
it Is feared will occur.
The latest dispatches from Mo
relia to Excelsior indicate intense
bitterness is being manifested
against the extreme action of Coyt
which is believed here to have
been unwarranted. Coyt, who led
the police personally, was injured
and three of his men were among
those killed. Isaac Arriaga, social
1st leader In Morelia and head of
the agrarian commission there
also was killed.
Bicyclists Visit
On Trip from San
Diego to New York
With San Diego their starting
place and New York city their des
tination, Floyd M. Still and J. B.
Anderson, world war veterans, ar
rived In Salem today on the bi
cycles which they expect to carry
them across the continent.
July 10 Is the dste on which the
two men hope to reach New York
city. rney expect, to spend two
days in Salem.
Both Still and Anderson are
overseas men. Still saw action at
Chateau Thierry and Anderson
fought in the Argonne.
Man Pays Fine of
$10 For Speeding
Charged with speeding, R. Q.
Balderee Jr., appeared before
Judge Unruh in the justice court
this morning and paid a fine of
$10.
Mr. Balderee is one of several
recently arrested on the Pacific
highway recently by Bert Smith,
county traffic officer.
Baltimore. Md . May 13. sobn
Benjamin Goodwin, 71, wbo for
If years had been grand secretary
of the sovereign grand lodge. L O.
O. F.. died today. Mr. Goodwin
for 31 years was a lawyer ia At- unless a sigh tariff was placed on
Ian ta and twice mayor of that city. : solar.
Sfsrar Advances
On Frisco Mart
San Francisco, May 13. The
price of sugar advanced today
from the record low price which
baa been in effect for three days,
the two local refineries announc
ing a 20 cent increase in fine
granulated sugar, making the
price $7.10 a hundred pounds to
jobbers, for cane sugar. Beet su
gar increased ten cents to $6.90.
Higher prices paid in New
York for Cuban raw sugar Is re
sponsible for the increase, it was
announced by refiners who also
stated that indications did sot
point to farther price climbing
Thini';h the domestic cat avoids
water, it Is a natural swimmer
when '.mn-.erned. Even a tiny kitten
swims strongly.
Alleged Murderess of
Four Husbands Says
She Will Not Fight
Extradition
Honolulu, May 13. Although
Mrs. Paul Vincent Southard, wife
of a navy chief petty officer, ar
rested here yesterday on orders
from Los Angeles In connection
with the deaths In Idaho and
Montana of four of her former hus
bands, a brother-in-law and child
of one of the men she married, ex
pressed willingness last night to
return to the United States with
out legal process, arrangements
for her early extradition were be
ing made today by insular author
ities. Friends Stand Br Her.
The Southards arrived In Hono
lulu from San Francisco January
12. According to Mrs. William
Setezer ot Honolulu, who said sha
knew Mrs. Southard in San Fran
cisco, the couple lived at married
people's quarters maintained by
the array and navy Y. M. C. A.
here. Later they moved to a room
ing house where Mrs. Southard
was arrested yesterday.
Mrs. Stetzer said she knew Mrs.
Southard as a "good sweet wom
an." The landlady of the room
ing house said Mr. and Mrs. South
ard came to her place about six
weeks ago and were quiet people.
She said when the police arrived
to arrest Mrs. Southard she went
with them without protest.
Mrs. Southard Bince her arrest
has been kept from public view
and her name has not been put on
the police blotter. Only the wonit
au's husband was permited to set
her last night. Mr. SouthaiJ,
chief petty officer of the U. S. 8.
Monterey, was recently transferred
from the U. S. S. Chicago.
Officer to Get Woman.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 13. V.
H. Ormsby, deputy sheriff of Twin;
Falls, Idaho, was on the way to
San Francisco today, en route for
Honolulu, where Mrs. Lyda Meyer
Southard was arrested yesterday in
connection with the deaths of her
former husbands. Ormsby before
leaving here said he planned to
meet a matron from the Twla
Falls sheriff's office who ould ac
company him to Honolulu and
lake Mrs Southard to Idaho. Mrs.
Southard's fourth husband, Ed
ward F. Meyer, died at Twin Falls
September 7 last.
Never throw away the winks ot
turkeys, reese and chickens. They
answer for dusting the stove or
range, ort o clean the furniture.
Police to Hold Target
Practice In City Hall;
Score of 90 Required
Within a few days members of
the Salem police force will not
need to go oat in the country for
target iractlce. Chief ot Police
Moffltt announced today he has
made arrangements to fit up the
basement ot the city hall for gun
work.
Work In clearing up the base
ment so that it will be suitable for
target practice will start tomorrow
and the range will be ready within
a few days. There will be fifty
feet available. Moffltt stated.
Practice with pistols will la tt
future be compulsory, Chief Mof
fltt stated. Each officer will be
required to take his tarn at the
target twice monthly, and every
man will be required to make a
score of at least 90.
Along with this arrangement.
Chief Moffltt hopes to have
rogue's gallery. The council will
be asked for equipment In the
near futnr.