Circulation
Average for 1920, 5250
population of Salem 1900. 4258:
1910, 14.094; 1920, 17,679
Marion Countr 1920. 47,177;
Polk county, 14,181
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The Weather
OREGON: Tonight end Friday
fair, light westerly winds.
LOCAL: No rainfall, southerly
winds; cloudy; maximum, 79;
minimum, 57; set, 62; river, 3 feet
and falling.
-pthird Year No. 138
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 9, 1921
Vrire Thrpp Cent a Olf TRAIN J AND MEW
mce inree uenis itaxds hvb cents
COAST TIMBERMEN CONSPIRE TO FIX PRICE
Alleged Liquor Law Violators Demand Trial
Police And Lone Man Battle
3 Killed
InToledo
Fighting
Officers Pour Bullets
In Bamcaaea nouse
For Two Hours Be
fore Killing Fighter
Refusal To Pay
Rent Is Cause
Two Patrolmen bnot
to Death In Ellorts
at Capture; Bombs
and Hose Used
Toledo, Ohio, June 9. Thomas
Kelley, 48, of Oklahoma, was
killed by police this morning fol
lowing a battle which had lasted
two hours and in which machine
guns and hand grenades had been
used to dislodge him from his bar
ricaded room in the attic of his
boarding house at 611 Walnut
street.
Before he was killed Kelley shot
and killed Patrolmen Harry Dow
ell and Harold Mossberger wao
had been called to the house to
uhdue him after he had refused
to pay a board bill and had flour
ished a revolver and threatened
his landlady, Mrs. Nelly Key, and
her son Allen.
Hundreds of Shots Fired.
The roof of the hmna a-JO
If shot away by machine gun fire
and hundreds of shots were ex
changed between the officers and
he solitary gunman before he was
finally killed.
Two machine guns were sent
from Central police station, and
high pressure fire hose was used
arf effort to cave l the walls
Ll r Sulphur cau'i'
ZVT in the dweIlin anJ
m, X Ca s dropped int ,ue
c through a skylight in an ef
fort to smoke the rebel out.
Uiiicer Braved Fire.
Patrolman ,rnhD, '
mounted 7o "ThY'rooT oTa
top nnd er fire, swung hjs ,
" ' J? ,00r a five foot
w mi ,fl0r of the a"' and
JM killed by Kelley on the in-
The h d t0UChed the tl'
t it? PatroIan Dowe.l
wb.ne tho k .., wuere ne re
e tae b!ttle went on
TheE,rouM(!.t0tPent.
refuse, f When the
d his room rent
'w a revolver.
. ter the rnr,f .
wine dBn,r . lne nouse was
m "and R ;7ade y T'08 KUns
N report,,. s- Two newspa-
t o? thLaUSht ,n th er
let "It bees " . 6re Unable
flreept upa ,v,hf the tinuous
fogitive ?JS 'he Wllce and the
Beots the "firtf Ted deVe'p
ousands f ' by 8 teIePhne.
the battle fron, nP,erSOns watched
'rnointso, vantage.
Mi Who Drank
Too Much Given
20 Days Id Jail
''Guilty,"
Wty days."
mTtTs were nttered ,n
OanH 6 thlS m-ning
Judee p hnSn W
i "gf Ra. charged with
cr,t ?ne nret -
from ' De known, came
WtcT' d
Cte"8 ""ted on a
reet lMt nfPht y
? "e wa to
hearing this morning.
! fI.-Te Creek
I m county are
kLrt,:,l,,100 'tor,nore
Bulletins
Washington, June 9. Investigation of all government
agencies dealing with former service men was ordered by
the senate today in unanimously adopting a resolution by
Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts, creating a select
committee to conduct the inquiry,
Washington, June 9. The nomination .of ..Albert D.
Lasker of Illinois as chairman of all others named by Pres
ident Harding for the Shipping Board were confirmed today
by the senate.
Berry Situation
Brightens Today;
Cannery Is Buying
Two factors contributed materially to the improvement of
the local strawberry market this morning the slight slump
in the number of berries offered and the announcement of
the Oregon Packing company that they are in the market
for berries.
Fishers Prize
Is Giveei To
L G. Ranton
Irvin G. Ranton of the second today.
The Oregon Packing company
is the first cannery to enter the
open market for strawberries,
and from present indications is
the only cannery which will han
dle any other than contract ber
ries. Just how much of the crop
they will be able to handle the
: management was uaable to say
year class, was awarded first place
in the contest for the Fisher prize
of $20 yesterday afternoon, of
fered annually to a Kimball stu
Their price has been set at 3 Si
! cents a pound, or about 63 cents
for the 24-box crates. During the
I week, when they will commence
canning, the company plans to
dent who can best read certain ! handle about 1500 crates a day,
of the Bible. P. M.ibut how lonS they will continue
Blenkinsop was judged second.
Examinations have been con
cluded and many students have
already gone home. The formal
graduation will take place tomor
to operate on this scale is uncer
tain. They will handle Wilsons
exclusively.
Fewer Berries Offered
With the season for Oregon
nearing its close and the Wilsons
row at 2:30, when a class of three not yet in full bearing, the deluge
Guilt Is
Denied
By Seven
Pleas Entered This
Morning; June 20 Is
Date Set for Trial
of Durdall
On secret indictments returned
Saturday by the grand jury,
charging the possession and illic
it sale of liquor, seven eases were
arraigned before Judge Percy
Kelly of department No. 1 of the
circuit court this morning.
Arrests were made yesterday
by Sheriff O. D. Bower and the
Indictments filed this morning.
Bail was set in each case at $500.
Frank Grimes, charged with the
unlawful possession of liquor, L.
A. Williams, J. F. Clark and
John Doe McKinney, Indicted as
Harold McKinney, charged with
selling liquor, were the four cases
which succeeded In obtaining
ball. Jesse Padden, J. Christen
sen and Ralph Wagoner, held on
the same charges, failed to furn
ish bail. All men pleaded not
guilty.
Dates for the hearings of the
prisoners have been set as fol
lows: J. Chrlstensen and L. A.
Williams, June 18: J. F. Clark,
June 22: Frank Grimes. June 24;
Ralph Wagneer, indicted as
Munk Doe, June 25; Jesse Pad
den, June 2T; Harold McKinney,
date not been set.
The trial of C. Burton Durdall,
who was Indicted on June 6 by
the grand lurv for obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses, was set
for June 20 this morning.
13 In Jail
Here; Most
In 8 Years
With 13 men behind s white
washed bars, Marion county's jail
this morning contained the larg
est number of prisoners It has
held during the past eight years,
according to Sheriff O. D. Bower.
Early this morning Sheriff
Bower was on the street in quest
of a supply of eating utensils to
augment the pseudo silver outfit
already at the disposal of inmates.
That which was available was
inadequate for the a la carte ser
vice extended to the sheriff's
guests.
A large number of those In jail
were indicted during recent ses
sions of the Marion ounty grand
i jury.
will be given diplomas.
Flood Relief
Donations Are
of' berries which has swamped the
local market for the past week
eased up slightly and the com
mission men and grocers were
able to handle nearly all that
were offered this morning.
The decreased picking served
to temporarily halt the downward
imovenieui ui piu:ea auu lub icgu-
OIlflTnf' rlPTf1 lation 24-box crates were quoted
UUUgllt I1WV at rom n for patcn run tQ 1 25
i. n 'for firsts. The stiffening of the
Salem people who m to , con-. m where the whole
tribute to the relief of the Colora-!
do flood sufferers are given the P stjmulat
direct oDDortunity in the an- . . , . , ,
ea ouying ny me speculators aim
rnouncement of the manager of the, ' 6 ' "T , h-p,l(.
local American Express company ,""' , ' ' '
oTnce this morning that he had went begg.ng during the day.
been instructed by his head office! Grocers Cnticized
oeen " ' mn.v qn.i Grocers are loud in their crit
to accept donations of money ami " , "7 , . -
supplies for transfer to Pueblclidsm of some of the local grocers
and other flood stricken points. who are retarding quantity con
Persons wishing to aid in the'sumption in their efforts to keep
relief are requested to leave theirithe retail price up Some grocers
donations at the office of the ex- are still selling at 10 cents a box.
nress company, from where they or three for a quarter, despite the
will be forwardd to the mayor of fact they are buying rirst
Pueblo, or the Red Cross in that slightly over 5 cents a box.
city at the expense of the company.
for
Sugar Takes
Another Drop
New York, June 9 A decline
of one quarter cent to 4.25 in raw
sugar today carried prices tn the
lowest level in more than four
years. The new price was estab
lished on sales of 6700 bags of
Costa Ricans, import duty paid.
Jumps Three
Stories; Only
Breaks Ankle
Mrs. George Shaw, a patient at
the state hospital here, jumped
three stories down a dumbwaiter
shaft at the institution this morn
ing, escaping with only a broken
ankle. Mrs. Shaw was at work
in the dining room on the third
floor of the hospital. When the
elevator came up with the morn
ing supply of food and the door
was opened she jumped into the
opening and plunged three tor
i ta the bottom of the shaft. She
I was rmnmitted to the institution
Death Summons
President Of
Textile Union
vaU River. Mass., June 9.
Word was received here today of
he death at Brooklyn this morn
ing of John Golden, general pres
ident of the United Textile Work
ers of America. Burial will be In
I this city, where he has maoe nu
jhome for many years.
Teai Baseball
Men to Receive
Letters In Fall
Ten members of the 121 base
ball nine of Willamette univers.ty
will be awarded letters next fall.
Men earning their "W ' during the
part season are: Irvine, pitcher:
Towner, catcher; McKitrick. first
baseman; Page, second baseman.
Basler third baseman; Sharer,
short stop; Power, Dimick and
Janians. outfielders.
All of the men except Towner.
Shafer and Ganians already pos
sess base bail letters.
Former Rail
Chief To Be
Buried Friday
Seattle, Wash., June 9. Fun
eral services will be held here
Friday for Henry R. Williams,
former vice president of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway who died here late yes
terday after an illness of several
months. He was 72 years old.
WilhoiTWul
Open June 12
Completion of $75,000 improve
ments on the buildings and
grounds of Wilhoit mineral
springs, and official opening of the
place as one of the largest reswrm
of its kind in Oregon, on juub i.
was announced this morning by
the management in charge.
Special trains from Portland
will take parties to Molaila where
they will be met by auto stag's
to Wilhoit. Stages will also run
all summer long from Salem to
the springs, a miximum distance
of 39 miles.
Included In the Improvements
announced are dancing pavilions,
natariums, and the general en
of the -hotel and in
creasing the service and accomo
dations.
One of the features of the open
ing SuSnday is the concert by a
75 piece band led by Lieutenant
MacDougal, director of the Mult
nomah Guard band.
Wilhoit mineral springs were
discovered 60 years ago and the
curative qualities of the water
have become widely known out
side the state.
Sims Says
Statements
Will Stand
Rear Admiral Refuses
To Repudicate Ton
gue Lashing Given
Irish-Americans
SENATE ORDERS PROBE
Washington, June 9. In-
vestigatlon of the recent
speech in London, touching
on Irish sympathizers in this
country, was ordered by the
senate today without a rec-
ord vote. The resolution was
offered by Senator Harrlsou,
democrat, Mississippi.
London, June 9. Read Admir
al William S. Sims, U. S. N., is
quoted by the Press Association
today as saying In regard to the
speech he delivered on the Irish
question here Tuesday:
"I stand by all 1 said, every
word of it. I shan't repudiate a
single word I said, and I see
nothing un-American in It, even
if Senator McCormlck does."
Admiral Sims, who this morn
ing said he had not received the
cablegram reported to have been
sent him by Secretary of the Na
vy Denby Inquiring if the admir
al was correctly quoted In the
press reports of his sireecn, s
arranged to have the cable mes-
lanffA . ' v.v.,1 l him fl nnnn tut
It reached London.
Speaking at a luncheon given
by the English Speaking Union at
London on Tuesday, Admiral
Sims was reported to have made
a bitter attack upon Irish sym
pathizers in America. He was said
to have declared:
"They are like rebras either
black horses with white stripes
or white horses with black stripes.
But we know they are not hors-
tt they, are asses taca oi inese
asses, however, has a vote, and
Uie-e are lots of them." H de
clared that the persons he assail
ed were Americans "when they
want money, but Sinn Feiners
when on the platform," and add
ed "they are making war on Am
er today," according to cabled
versions of the admiral's re-Marks.
Conspiracy Is Charged To
Douglas Fir Producers In
Trade Commission Report
Police Patrol
Attacked When
Planning Raid
Belfast, Ireland, June i. A po
lice cycling patrol which waa
about to search a bouse near New
ry last night, ran into an ambush
of armed men and a fight ensued
in which one constable was shot
dead and another waa wounded.
Two republicans in the attacking
party were killed and one wat;
wounded.
Flood Dead
At La Junta
Number 18
Crest of High Water
Believed Reached at
Denver; Damage Es
timates Rise
Pueblo, Colo., June 9. Eigh
teen persons are known to have
been killed by the flood in the La
Junta district, according to Cap
tain J. B. Mock of the Colorado
national guard, wht arrived here
today after a fifty hour battle
against the elements. Captain
Mock's report was the first of
ficial statement of the situation
around La Junta.
In an interview with the Asso
ciated Press today Captain Mock,
who assisted Mayor Fred Sabin in
the work, of rescue, and in the
search for bodies, estimated the
property damage in the district at
from $800,000 to $1,000,000.
La Junta itself is not flooded,
Captain Mock said.
South Platte Receding.
Denver, Colo., June 9. The
South Platte river reached its
crest In Denver and Colorado last
midnight. After flooding for four
days two square miles of Denver's
lowlands on the west side and in
unda.ting farming sections along
its course through northern and
northeastern Colorado, the flood
waters have begun to recede.
The recession of the Platte is
expected to be slow. Intermittent
rainfall in the mountains nas
served to make the fiver rise dur
ing th last few days. It rained
again last night, but not heavily.
In Denver hundreds of frame
dwellings and manufacturing
plants were surrounded and rail
road yards submerged by the wa
ter, which was at Its highest yes
terday at 12 feet, 1 inch.
Second CaCsualty Reported.
. The second flood casualty oc
curred here last night, members of
the poliC3 safety patrol reported
today. A cry for help late iu the
night was heard. Workmen found
footprints on the river haul . dis
appearing In tho waters. Mud,
torn up by the victim's hands, In
dicated his struggle for life. The
body has not been recovered.
FarniB in northern Colorado are
inundated by the flood waters of
the Platte. Ranch bouses are
flooded. Bridges, by the score, are
washed out, highways were made
impassable and railroad tracks
torn and twisted. Official esti
mates of the damage Indicate the
loss will pass the million dollar
mark. Weld, Boulder and Larimer
counties suffered most. Logan and
Morgan counties escaped the flimd
waters because of the low valley
through which the Platte flows In
that section.
Huns Apologize
For Attack On
French Forces
Paris, June 9. Dr. Mayer, the
6erman ambassador here, called
it the foreign office this morning
and presented the excuses of the
German government for an attack
upon the French troops in Silesia
yesterday by the forces of Gen
eral Vo Hoefer, head of the Ger
vtan defense forces in the district.
Dr. Mayer said the attack was an
error, the French having been
nfaualrn Inr Pllh
Standing Timber Tlleged to Be In Hands of
Mill Operators, Who Boost Value of Logs to
Restrict Apparent Profits; Prices Kept Up
by Artificial Means
Washington, June 9. Charges that loggers and lumber
manufacturers of the "Douglas fir region" on the Pacific
coast, the future "chief source of the country's lumber sup
ply" are organized to fix lumber prices by "concerted re
striction of production" are made by the federal trade com
mission in a report submitted today to congress.
"They have been engaged
Salem Native
Passes Away
This Morning
Nathaniel K. Colbath, native of
Salem and resident here all his
life, died this morning in a local
hospital at the age of 48 years
and two months. His death came
after a period of illness that last
ed several months.
Mr. Colbath was well known
here as a salesman. He Is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Camilla
Lott of Salem; three brothers. A.
C. Colbath of Salem, James Col
bath of Portland, and C. B. Col
bath of Salem, formerly sheriff of
this county. Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Colbath, bis father and mother,
now both dead, were well knows
pioneers of this section. Nathan
iel Colbath was a nephew of Ben
jamin Haden, one of the most
prominent attorneys Salem has ev ,
er bad.
Service will be held at the
Webb and Clough chapel tomor ;
row at 2 30 p. m. Interment will,
take place la the Oddfellows' cent-!
been engaged in
such activities for 2 years," the
report said, adding that evidence
from which conclusions of the
commission were based was pro
cured from the tiles of "The asso
ciation concerned with the produc
tion of Douglas fir."
Charged "Pixed" Prices.
Eight concerns are presented, in
an addition to lengthy excerpts
from' correspondence from which
the analysis was complied. The
first conclusion asserts thatr fir
lumber Quotations wwnt up from
300 to 500 per cent between 19161
and 1920, and most items doubled
In price after the armistice.
Despite reductions in 1919 and
1920, it continued, present quota
tions on "substantial portions" of
the production, '-'are still more
than double the October, 1915,
prices and fir logs In May, 1921,
were quoted at prices identical
with those which were fixed by
the war industries board aa the
war time maximum." '
Ownership of standing timber in
the region is "concentrated in the
hands of a comparatively few
strong concerns," the report states
and "control of timber Is the key
to control of production," which
is In turn used to control prices.
Real Profits Concealed.
"Ordinary manufacturing prof
its tend to be absorbed In the
price of logs," the report declared,
"and the valuation of timber par
ticularly on falling wholesale lum
ber markets. The frequent and
present claims of unprofitable mill
prices are largely explainable by
the collusive action of loggers and
timber-owning mills In enhancing
the value of logs and standing tim
ber." "Prompt" exchange of informa
tion as to prices Is said to be car
ried on between fir manufacturers
and also between this group and
southern pine manufacturers "for
the purpose and with the effect of
securing harmonious price action
by both groups."
Western pine manufacturers are
declared to have "adopted without
change" prices of the fir group on
certain classes of lumber.
Canadians in Combine.
"The success of the DouglaH fir
loggers and manufacturers con
cerning efforts to advance prices
In 1919" Is asserted to have been
threatened by Canadian importa
tions which "led to efforts to pre
vent such importations."
"Failing In this," the report
continued, "the British Columbia
loggers became affiliated with the
American associations and adop'ed
the lattcr's prices."
"Despite the fact that retail
prices on lumber in January, 1921,
had not been reduced proportion
ately to the decline In wholesale
prices," tbe commission said in
concluding its summary of condi
tions, "the manufacturers joined
hands with the retailers In an ad
vertising campaign to revive buy
ing, which, If successful, will tend
to prevent such reduction in retail
prices."
"Mill operators are so eager for
business and so jealous of one an
other that they will take orders
at almost any price.
"There Is a mistaken Idea In the
Mississippi valley that there is a
great lumber trust In tbe Pacific
northwest, and I believe this no
tion had much to do in causing the
federal trade commission to reach
erroneous conclusions
Lumbermen
Say Charge
Propaganda
Price Fixing Allega
tion Made In Trade
Commission Report
Discounted
Portland, Or., June 9. The con
clusions of the federal trade com
mission are untrue insofar as they
refer to the lumber producers of
Willamette valley, declared F. G.
Donaldson, secretary of the Wil
lamette Valley Lumbermen's asso
ciation. L. A. Nelson, secretary of the
Oregon district of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, said:
"The findings are a part of a
campaign of the Plnchot conserva
tionists to put over the Capper
bill now before congress to place
government control over all for
ests products Industries.
Speaking as an independent op
erator unaffiliated with any'asso
clatlon of lumber producers, F. II.
Ransom, manager of the Eastern
and Western lumber company, one
of Portland's largest lumber pro
ducers, said the findings are pro
paganda againBt the efforts of tbe
lumber Industry to obtain a pro
tective tariff on lumber Importa
tions." It is true that fir luuintr
prices advanced last year beyond
all precedent just as everything
else went up in price because of
Increased cost of production. But
lumber prices arc down now to a
lower level than they were before
the war.
"The federal trade commission
should have Inquired from Duns or
llradstreets about the financial
condition of the lumber Industry.
The commission would have fouid
many of the sawmills In this reg
ion closed down and In bankrupt
cy. Demand for lumber is not in
evidence."
Sherman County
Election Returns
Slower This Year
Sherman county which for
yean haa held state honors as
tbe first county to submit Its of
ficial election figures to the sec
retary of state'e office, fell from
grace this year. The figures rrom
Yamhill and Washington eoun
tlea were received today but
Sherman county Is yet to be heard
Mitchell
Requested
To Resign
Criticism of Harding's
Opposition to Uni
fied Air Service Is
Motive Says Report
Washington, June 9. The res
ignation of Brigadier General
Mitchell as assistant chief of the
air service has been requested by
Major General C. T. Menoher,
chief of the army air service, Im
writtrn recommendations to the
secretary of war.
Repeated published statement
by General Mitebell urging a uni
fied air service, made since Pres
ident Harding addressed con
gress In opposition to such unifi
cation was said to have been one
of the reasons prompting the re
quest that the officer be relier
ed of his preeent assignment.
Professor Thomas A. La.ra.nor
of the University of Or---on law
school has accepted an offer of a
full professorship in T'llancd uni
versity at New Orleans.
The strawberry crops of Marion
and Polk counties bid fair to ap-
from Halsey about a year ago.