(TODD TAKES WITNESS STANtMN HIS OWW DEFENSE IN TRIAL
" ciBC'UIiATION
raire for 1920, 6250.
nuluUon of Salem. 1900, 4268
1910, 14,094; 1920, 1T.7.
Marion County, 1920 47.177; Polk
County, 1920, 14,181.
Member of Audit Bureau bt Circu
lation. Associated Press Full
Leased Wire.
X
THE WEATIIKK
OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday
rain west portion, rain or snow '
east portion; strong south to east
winds in interior,
LOCAL: Max. 65, min. 37. Rain
fall 2.28 inches, total for storm 6.S
In. River 16.8 (17 feet raise in
48 hours.)
fflRTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 278
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1921
"P"RTf!T? TYUTk rtxr'TVTmct os trains and news
"'lUU i. IT V XO STANDS FIVE CENTS
DELUGE
LOWLMDS
Briih&Pleaas'ftenc Need Of Army
II - , - .., ,,,.,.! I
HUGHES
ANSWERS
BRIANS;
French Premier Pleads
Need of Big Army for
France Land Arma
ment Referred
Washington, Nov. 21. (By
The Associated Press.) Secre
tary Hughes assured Premier
Brland that France was n - no
sense In a moral isolation and
that the United States fully real
' itefl her position.
The heart of America, said Mr.
Hughes, carried an imperishable
memory of France's sacrifices
tor liberty. He agreed with M.
Brland that what the world
needed was "a will to peace."
"And there can be no will to
peace," he added, "until the ln
etitutlons of liberty and justice
are secure. May I say in 'reply
to M. Briand that there is no
'moral isolation' for the defend
era of liberty and justice," ,
By unanimous consent the
question of land armament was
referred to the committee of the
hoIe of the five powers and at
J.OS o'clock the conference ad
journed to meet at the call of the,
chairman.
Briand Makes Plea
Arlstlde Briand, seven
Ten Inches Snow
Blanket Tacoma
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 21. The
ten inches of snow that fell here
Saturday and Sunday began to
melt slightly-today, the tempera
ture being one degree above free
tng. The local weather office pre
dicts more snow , or rain today.
Telephone lines to southwest
Washington are down in several
instances. The Northern Pacific is
open to eastern Washington, and
trains are on time, but other lines
are suffering traffic difficulties.
The snowfall covered all south
west Washington except where
higher temperatures prevailed in
Pacific and Cowlitz counties.
There rain fell.
SNOWS
BLOCKADE
TRAFFIC
.Passenger Trains Are
Snowbound In Cen
tral and Eastern Ore
gon by Storm
STORM SUMMARY -
Salem: Lowlands in east and southeast portions of city from
6 Inches to 3 feet under water, some homes completely Isolated and
a few flooded. Bellvue street bridge washed out, tying up Depot
line street cars. South Commercial street bridge closed, to
street cars. New Mill Creek dam on North Cottage street washed
out. , ' Camp grounds and - adjacent' lowland completely .tonder
water and bridges along South, Mill creek all threatened. -f
Dallas: Residences in section north of La Croele creek com
pletely isolated and many deserted. Streets generally flooded in
residence and business sections Sunday and water and sewage
bubbling over streets from sewers. Hospital heating plant., and
dining room flooded and out of commission. Willamette Valley
Lumber company camps at Black Rock closed because of water
and washout of Southern Pacific bridge at Black Rock.
Turner: Houses west ot railroad track flooded with from six
to eight Inches of water. Sidewalks adrift and floating. Power
plant out of commission and city without lights Saturday and
Sunday nights.
Jefferson: Whole region south of Santiam bridge flooded.
Railroad bridge at Millersville out. Telephone poles down and
piece of Pacific highway just south of Jefferson bridge believed
washed out. Santiam river highest in years.
Stayton: Dam of Stay ton Ditch company half mile above town
dynamited Sunday night to prevent further accumulation of back
water. Railroad service suspended because ol wasnouc oi ruaains
River bridge and no mail received. Mill creek bridge on Stayton
Aumsville road out and small bridges out on Stayton-Sublimity
road. ''
The railroad and highway situation throughout the valley is
the most serious in years. '
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 21.
Slight increase in temperature
throughout western Washington
was today melting snow that last
times night lay generally over the dis-
prlme minister of France, held the trict to depths of from one to five
arms conference in a rapt hour inches, according to reports to
today, with the world for his weather bureau officials here,
audience, while he told of the snow was reported falling in the
oeea oi trance for a large army. Cascade mountains and trans
tuviuicDiius sirung nmu oi continental trains due here were
france, acknowledged by Lloyd- p0Btal from one to five hours late,
ueorge as navmg "the first par-, Snow flurries were general over
r""' vo,ce ln Europe - was western Washington esrly today,
the drawing card which packed ater turning into light drizzles.
Memorial Hall of the Daughters RaIn and snow probably both,
of the American revolution with were foreCast for the era today
uch a gathering of distinguished and tonight as the result of low
hotables as seldom Is found under pregsure of the Washington
the roof ot one building. coagt ,
iue premiers voice, ordinarily! Although snow five inches deep
'wrant and penetrating, and was rep0rted in some sections of
Particularly rich in over-tones, ' SeattIe Iast nifhU little trouble
nodulated to fill the hall and no waa experienced and traffic was
more. The effect upon the audi- not halted. Less than a dozen
tor was as though the statesman, traffic accidents, all slight, were
as speaking directly and person-; reported.
Wy to him, rather than to a large' wire ' communication to
wiaerlng. There was no disDlay nv n..ir Mtrit was
'cold storage" eloquence. nalrert
Heads for Protection
M. Briand had before him a slip fl , f r
ZZT? "iFootof Snow
them and in m n j f
. manner of speaking from the
tribune of the chamber of depu
ties. Five feet six and heavy of
"My, the French prime minister
a striking figure, as fired by
own eloquence he pleaded for
"equate protection for his native
Of
the
lm-
In Wenatchee
"A close-up" of the French.
Premier shows that his eves are
Hue rather - .. "
. uuuauai cuiori
Song the dark featured Bretons'
Wenatchee, Wash., Nov. 21.
Wenatchee awoke this morning to
find a blanket of snow eleven
I inches in depth and with snow
still, falling at 10 o'clock. The
"beautiful white" fell all day Sun-
; day continuing over from Satur
day.
With train service broken up on
tunnel and roads blocked by the
snowfall, Wenatchee resembles the
man "all dressed up and no place
to go."
large and expressive of'?"?T J "", c"!ll I.".!
rTi'T But they snap and
"re and appear dark as he
ranges headlong into his subject;
T re touched again with soft-
nc" WS TO'Ce P'eads for
Britain lUplies
Speaking for Great Britain
la reply to Premier Briand
ranee at the arms conference
lZ ATXbnT Jam'8 Balfour,
In the British delegation,
JJ!' ly pledged the support
"Great Britain to France "in
e, 01 the lust
Montana Snow
Record Breaker
for domlna-
Helena, Mont., Nov. 21. More
snow fell during the present storm
in Montana than in any other No
ivember for 25 rears, according to
I .1. A. .V. 1 i .,,
Ttal Batr S,hanzer' heading the bureau. Up to six o'clock this
fir;'" eIeaUa. told the con-' morning the snowfall In Helena
rionJi that 'though Italy since the beginning of the storm
for I 50, 000 mn a just quota at 3:43 Saturday afternoon, had
M f anny'1 P'ans were bc'ng reached a depth of thirteen inch
j further reduction. , Continued snow und cold is
trm Wa"'3 only such an the forecast for Monday nSebt
se It .! Uie arm" nfer- the temperature was nine degrees
,nr m,?5 "sbsolute'y necessary De!ow
rnJ- defensive purposes' Tne storm extends over the en-
t!!"atr! 'T ihs Far Eastern tire northwest. At Poeatello the
""IL I temperature at six o'clock this
.ise TTno. a mnrnine was fifty above, at Boise
forfv sir. at ifait lne unj inn.
terras
ArniT
":-ar4 p 7 apparently
r K"and told the
stilt
All
conference trwla?. ,T"
L"4 cn
rage
passenger trains are ?lay-
Montana from one to three
T"tary plows are being
- "ne truversing the state.
Reyiew Legality
of Grain Laws
Washington, Nov. 21. Recent
legislation by congress regulating
future trading in grains and pro
viding for the admission to mem
bership in grain exchanges of co
operative farmer association will
be reviewed by the supremo court.
Announcement was made by the
court that arguments in the case
would be heard the week begin
ning January 3.
Man, 60, Hit
By Auto Is
Badly Hurt
J. C. Swartz, about 60 years of
age, is confined to his room at the
Marion hotel today, seriously In
jured, as a result of an accident
which occurred yesterday. Mr.
Swartz, struck by an automobile
driven by L. F. Unruh, 318 UnrT
ed States bank building, had not
improved this morning, it was
said.
The Unruh car was moving
west on Ferry when the accident
took place. Mr. Swartz, who is
employed as a porter at the hotel,
was pushing a hand cart along
Ferry street when he was bowled
to the pavement, according to the
report made to the police.
Body injuries which the elderly
man received were said to be very
severe.
18 Inches Snow
Yakima Country
TVaah NOV. 31. BUSi-
ness in Yakima is today almost at
a standstill as a resuu oi "
inch fall of snow which covers the
entire valley. ' Streetcar transpor
.... rfomnrslized. some ol tne
lauu" w " " ,
rural lines not having had a car
... t. ,w Snndav noon. The
Wapatox canal, through which th
city gets its water tun).
with slush ice and water pressure
is resultingly low. Automobiles
mi tn hnck the drifts and
are uuw-
the government camp in the moun
. wimrock is entirely cut
off from communication. Mrs.
Alice Bender. Yakima's "weather
man," says Sunday's eleven-inch
fall of snow is tlie recora io. ".j
since the weather office was es
tablished here in 1905.
Burned to Death.
c With.. Nov. 21. A. O.
Thompson, aged 69, proprietor of
the Kensington apartments here,
was burned to death early today
in a fire that damaged the three
story brick landing. His wife
escaped by jumping ten feet to
the ground but has a bchvw,
burned arm.
RATE CUT
ORDERED
BY BOARD
Sixteen Percent Re
duction On Hay and
Grain by December
27 Required
Washington, Nov. 21. A posi
tive order was issued by the in
terstate commerce commission to
day requiring railroads to put the
approximately 16 per cent" (de
crease in hay and grain rates into
effect on or before next December
27- .
The order follows up the de
cision given October 20 by the
.lommission which declared grain
and hay rates from the Mississippi
valley to the Pacific coasS unrea
sonably high but which did not
carry compulsory orders. The Oc
tober decision instructed fhe rail
roads to make the reduction by
November 20, which was not lone
because the railroads opened nego
tiations with the commission sug
gesting that i It per cent do
crease in freight rates on all agri
cultural products be substituted
for the larger decrease on grain
products and hay alone.
The Nmmission, however, by
the order issued today disregard
ed the compromise proposed by the
railroads and makes the larger da
creases on hay and grain manda
tory upon the roads. .
Lambert Appeals
From Decision
of Justice Court
Notice of appeal from the Jus
tice court where he was sentenced
to pay $25 fine for assault and
battery on Melvln Nipple, October
25, was filed in the circuit court
this morning by Nicholas Lam
bert.
Lambert pleaded not guilty to
the charge in the justice court,
though the state displayed a plate,
an Iron poker and a club which it
alleged were used by Lambert In
his attack on Nipple.
Marine Arrives to ,:
Guard U. S. Mails
Tn accordance with orders Is
sued from Washington, two ma
rines. Corporal Roy Thomason and
Private Tom Fitch, arrived in Sa
Iern this morning to protect the
United States mails from robbery.
Thev are cart of a detail from
Maro island and will be on dutv
all the time guarding the office
and the man wagons.
SALEM IS
TAKEN BY
TEACHERS
SCO Instructors Are
City's Guests When
Institute Is Opened;
Dr. Sisson Speaks
- Three hundred Marlon county
teachers men and women who
are memtcin of 't'he most import
ant of all professional bodies"
Ihis morning appeared In Salem,
took possession of the city, and
incidentally opened their annual
teachers' institute which will
contlnuo tomorrow nd Wednes
day., Despite the fact that a number
of instructors were prevented from
ariving this morning on account
of the heavy rains which made
vehicle travel extremely difficult,
this year's Institute will set a rec
ord for attendance, officials said.
That the world has at last come
to know the "absolute truth that
education is the principal busi-
3ss of the statei' was the declara
lon of Dr. E. A. Sisson, a mem
ber of the faculty of Reed college.
T,o illustrate his point Dr. Sisson
pointed to the large bouquets of
fjowera which had been presented
te the teachers by the Salem Ro
tary club.
, "A few years back such a thing
uusmess men stopping to re
member that teachers wer with
them would have been unheard
of, Dr. Sisson said. "Nowadays
they realize that teachers are per
haps performing the most import
ant work in the world." v
Instructors, Dr. Sisson. added,
are working with boys and girls
a work which, he contended, will
be most effective toward making
the world a better place to live in.
'-'We hope that those persons
who become instructors will make
teaching their life's work," said
Dr. Sisson . "Take an Interest in
your work that is essential it you
would succeed. Seek earnestly for
those things which will keep you
young in body and mind."
Implying that he believes the
work for disarmament a move
which 'at the present time means
more than any other considera
tion before the people of the
world, Dr. Sisson touched briefly
on the) Washington conference
subject.
'You are not a good teacher
you are not doing all that you
should if you. do not seize the
newspapers daily to follow closely
every step at the conference," he
declared.
The singing of "America," fol
lowed a prayer by Dr. J. J. Evans,
Salem pastor, opened this morn
ing's session at 10 o'clock. The
county organization of teachers,
through a vote taken, was made a
unit of the state teachers' organ
ization. B. T. Yoell, superintend
ent of Sllverton public schools,
was made president of the new
unit, a Mr. Applegate, of Aums
ville, was chosen vice-president,
and W. H. Bailee, county super
visor of school, was elected secretary-treasurer.
' The institute re-convened in
general session at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon with musical selec
tions by Lena Belle Tartar, Adella
Chapler, Phoebe McAdams, Katha
rine Arbuthnot, H. S. Tuttle, Inez
Miller, Adella Chapler, Gretchen
Kramer and Dr. Sisson were
among the speakers on the after
noon program.
Business Men
Hear Sisson
Urging that more interest be
taken by business men in the con
duct of schools, Dr. E. O. Sisson,
of , Reed College, Portland, spoke
to members of the , Commercial
club this noon.
"I don't care how good your
schools are here In Salem, they
are suffering from not being ln
touch with the practical world,"
stated the Speaker, "The schools
have and are depending too much
on books." , . : .
Dr. Sisson stated that a certain
time ought to be devoted by
school children in going through
the industries of the city, in or
der that they might have more
comprehensive ideas back of the
knowledge they obtained from
books. Such an innovation, how
ever, might cause protests from
the people of certain communities
he said, because of the view hold
by a great many persons that
school children should confine
themselves "to book learning."
Speaking of the disarmament
conference in Washington, the
speaker recommended that tele
grams be sent to American diplo
mats commending them on their
open stand for disarmament.
RECORD
RAINFALL
RIVERS TO
IN FEW HOURS
Railroad Traffic Tied Up by Washouts and
Highways Flooded; Stayton Dam Dynamited
To Prevent Deluge; Damage Runs Into
Many Thousands of Dollars
'The city council and community
club of Newport are planning a
stone wall along the waterfront
that wilt protect the city f -annual
Incursions of the sta
Loyalists Offer
Aid To Ulster
London, Nov. 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) A "loyalist"
meeting held In London today as
a demonstration by supporters of
Ulster adopted a resolution call
ing upon the government to enter
Into no agreement on the Irish
question until the Sinn Fein not
onlv swore allegiance to the
I throne, but gave effective proof
o the reality of such allegiance
rd until the idea of a separate
-v for Ireland was abandoned.
TODDTELLS
LIFE STORY
TO JURORS
Portland, Nov. 21. Shortly be
fore noon today John W. Todd
took the witness stand ln his own
defense and upon the advice of
his counsel, Judge Miller, told the
federal court jury the story of
his life from the time he left col
lege. He then followed with his
brother's history as a minister
and teacher, and the story of his
brother and wife securing a tim
ber claim from Byron in 1908.
Among other preachers secur
ing claims from Byron at that
time, Todd said, was Bishop R. J.
Cooke, formerly in charge of the
Oregon Methodist conference.
Todd showed a contract for a
claim he signed with Byron July
23, 1908. Byron delivered the
claim, he said.
Dr. Chester B. O'Neill, Andrew
A. Lee, Carl B. Webb, all of Sa
lem, William W. Seymdur ot Ta
coma and Charles W. Schumway
of Vancouver, testified that Todd's
reputation was good.
Todd carefully explained to the
Jury his lack of business experi
ence except in school matters.
Indications point to the case
reaching the Jury Tuesday.
SWELLS
BRIM
With the barometer still falling and weather bureau of
ficials predicting southerly winds and more rain for tonight
and Tuesday, fear is felt locally that the flood danger ni and
around Salem is increasing instead of decreasing despite the
reports from the upper Willamette river and its tributaries
that the water is receding.
This afternoon the barometer was down to 28 in Salem.
the lowest mark reached in several years, and was still fall
ing at 2 o'clock.
Late this afternoon Southern Pacific officials renorted the
condition on the main line between Salem and Albany to be
unchanged. The high water has prevented anv repair work
on the bridge at Millersville and trains are still being de
voured Dy way of Uorvalljs and Gerlinger.
Oregon electric service between Salem and Albanv is at
a complete standstill as. the result of two washouts. Two
bents of the trestle over Mill creek in Salem, between Com
mercial street and the foot of Mill street have been washed
out and the fill approach to the Santiam bridge is also out.
uregon Electric officials said this afternoon that it would
probably take a week to repair the damage. They also feared
further trouble between Portland and Salem.
Thousands of, dollars in damage
China Offers To
Pay Interest Due
Washington, Nov. 21. Offer to
pay interest due on two loans ex
tended China by American bank
ing companies has been made by
the Chinese bankers' association,
Paul S. Relnsch, legal counsellor
to the Chinese government, said
last night in a statement. .The as
sociation, however, requested that
the re-payment of principal be ex
tended for six months or a year,
he added.
"We must understand that an
extensive popular movement' is go
ing on In China for the re-organization
of the government," the
statement said. "This movement
is organized through the chamber
of commerce, the educational so
cieties and industrial bodies.
"This asssciation of the people
of China has declared emphatical
ly that It wishes the government
to make no further foreign com
mitments until the internal situ
ation in China is settled and the
reconstruction completed."
Car Hits Lightless
Auto; Is Damaged
Considerably damage was sus
tained by an automobile driven by
L. C. Marshall of Portland when it
collided with a car parked on State
street between 12th and 13th Sat
urday night, according to Mr.
Marshall's report to the police.
The -stationary automobile had no
tail light burning he complained.
Damage was slight on the other
automobile. No one was Injured1
in the crash.
has been done, railroad and auto
Mobile service is tied up ln many
places and scores of farm and city
homes are under water as the re
sult ot the rainstorm which has
been sweeping the central Willam
ette valley since Thursday.
From all sections come reports
of washed out bridges, flooded
roads and an almost complete pa
ralysis ot transportation. All ol
the rivers and creeks are out of
their banks In most places, and
the lowlands are floded to a dopth
ot several feet.
Over S Inches Rain.
, During the 48 hours ending at
5 o'clock this morning the official
records of the weather obrorver
showed a precipitation of 3.3
Inches of rain, an amount nearly
equal to the average rainfall for
the entire month of November in
Salem. The average rainfall for
the entire month is only 6.49
inches.,
Two and twenty-eight hun
dredths Inches of rain fell Sunday,
or nearly two and a half times as
much as fell during any one day
last year. One Inch of rain was
the maximum for a single dy
during the winter of 1920-21.
Never has the river been known
to rise as rapidly as it did yester
day when it came up 13 feet to
the 16.8 foot level. This morn
ing it was still rising at Salem, but
reports from the upper valley and
along the Santiam and other tri
butaries announced a drop over
night, Indicating that the crust
has Just about been reached here.
Jefferson Hardest Hit.
The region around Jefferson
was the hardest hit by the water
which Btarted to rise Saturday aft
ernoon tand reached its highest
mark about 3 o'clock this morn
ing, according to reports received
here. Telephone wires to Jeffer
son are down, few details as to
the extent of the damage were to
be had here up to this afternoon.
At Millersville, inree miles south
of Jefferson, a Southern Pacific
railroad bridge was washed out
last night, completely tying up the
main line and necessitating rout
ing of trains from Albany to Salem
via Corvallis, Gerlinger and West
Salem.
At Jefferson the Santiam river
was far out of Its banks, flooding
all of the lowlands and threaten
ing the railroad embankments and
the Pacific highway. The South
ern Pacific has a crew of men busy
piling sandbags along the up
stream side of Its long fill ap
proach to the Santiam bridge, and
an unverified report received at
noon said that a section of the
highway Just south of the bridge,
which has been under water since
(Continued on Page Nine.)
The Hood River Women's elub
has adopted resolutions supporting
disarmament ar.d has sent a tele
gram to President Harding apply
ing him of the action.
DAMAGE
HERE IS
SLIGHT
All ot the lowe parts ot the resi
dence sections ln the eastern and
southeastern Salem are under waS
er today as a result of the record
breaking rainfall ot the past 6ft
hours and many houses are com
pletely surrounded by water.
Water was reported in the first
floors of some of thq houses east
of South Twelfth street and many
of the streets in that section are
under water to a depth of from
six inches to two feet.
Aside from this inconvenience
and slight damuge Salem has suf
fered but little from the high wat
er. oBtU branches of Mill creek
running through the city are swol
len to the brinks and are overflow
ing in many places. Basements in
many homes are flooded.
The new diversion dam of the
Salem power company on the
North Mill creek, near Cottage
street, was washed out last night
and Is expectedt o delay the elec
tric power development plans ol
the company several weeks.
The bridge over South Mill
creek on Winter street also went
out last night and has completely
tied up traffic on the depot street
car line. Passengers are being
transferred -across the bridge to
day with cars operating from both
endt.
The Mission street bridge across
Mill creek is nearly awash and
dangerous for travel. The opera
tion of street cars over the South
Commercial street bridge wai
halted this morning as a precau
tionary measure after two bents
of the nearby Oregon Electrl
trestle had gone out.
Practically no damage has been
reported by the telephone or elec
tric light companies locally. Wa
ter in four or five cables in dif
ferent parts ot the city put about
250 telephones out of commission
last night, but the electric llfbt
service was uninterrupted.
Trouble on the transmission
lines of the Oregon Electric rail
road last night threw the burden
of furnishing power for the oper
ation of all-trains south of Mult
nomah station onto the Salem
plant of the Portland Railway
Light & Power company. The
Juice waa furnished over the Mt.
Angel line from the Estacada por
er plant and distributed 5000 volts
thru- the local trapsformer sta
tion, which is designed to cany
a maximum load of 2000 volts.
Damuge and service Interruptions
f-cm this overio.irt are feared l.y
'he company officios.