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FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 81.
AXE WIELDER
KILLS YOUTH
IIS OTHERS
Three Brothers at Death's
Door As Result of In
juries Inflicted by Un
known Assailant
Concordia, Kan., April 6.
Theodore Tremblay, 18 year old
farmer boy, was slain with an axe
it his home last night, . three
brothers, 14, 12 and 10 years old
respectively are near death with
their heads crushed, and the fath
er of the boys, L. J. Tremblay, a
trustee of Shirley township and
another eight year old son were
Injured. The assailants are un
Inown. K
The elder Trembliy was found
unconscious on the porch of his
home this morning, his head in
jured and his feet bound with
wire. He may recover. '
The body of Theodore Trem
blay was found in the barn with
the head crushed and the body
badly burned.
The other four boys, Francis,
Albert, Alfonse and Cleo, were
found in the house. Only the
youngest, Cleo, Is expected to re
cover. All had suffered smashing
blows on the head. " .
A little daughter who bad spent
the night at a neighbors home was
tbe only member of the family to
escape injury.
L. J. Remblay is reported to
have recovered consciousness this
morning long enough to say he
had no idea who had committed
the crime.
There are reports of an auto
mobile said to have gone south
Irom the Tremblay home about 11
o'clock last night, and of another
going north early this morning.
Comparing present methods
with the old convention system of
selecting candidates for political
offices, Frank Deckebach, Salem
business man, spoke before the
Rotary club at its luncheon this
noon.
"For almoat 20 years we have
been getting along in a way, un-n
der what is called the Oregon sys
temprincipally made up of the
direct primary laws and the peo
ple rule policy.
"Is the state better off?
"Does any one here for a mo
ment believe that any of the great
political parties would have stood
sponsor and allowed our taxes to
Increase as they have?
"The party in power was al
ways compelled to stand on its
own record and become responsible
tor the acts of its officers and leg
islation. '
"Today there is no seat of re
sponsibility. "The old parties watched over
each other and would only too
Hadly hold the incumbent officers
nd controlling party to a strict
ccounting of public affairs.
"Today we hear the hue and cry
tfraut taxes from organization ot
taxpayers parties and convention,
Patriotic leapuea and farmer and
labor clubs. All are appealing to
the dear people and in turn sup
Porting Tom, Dick and Harry for
Public office in the hope of carry
'"S out a policy." -
ED
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Dallas, Texas, April 5. Dallas
oday had a new organization as
n outgrowth of recent floggings
"ere, the Dallas County Citizens
Lague with tbe avowed purpose
oppose the Ku Klux Klan in
"Has county, as summarized In
ll8 resolutions adnnted last night
t the organization's public mass
Meeting.
'.'No member of the Ku Klux
'n should be permitted to "hold
Office in nnr ntt and we
"fdge the people of Texas that
will not encourage any vote
"-r any candidate for office who
""onys to the Ku Klux Klan or
sympathizes with it or who
apologies to offer for the
fttnfcatloa or Its acts."
MOBBON SYSTEM
FOUND AT FAULT
CLUB ORGANIZ
TO OPPOSE K
Isle of Palms No Place For
White Man Says Prodigal;
Fever and Ants Plentiful
Andy Anderson former Salem contractor, has returned
from a four weeks sojourn at
island of paradise off the coast
Salem people have invested an
he went to build a club-house for
son returns a walking testimonial of the salubriousness and
healthfulness of the wonderful climate of the "new Eden,
having lost some 35 pounds in weight and looking like a ghost
of his former husky self. He is
the tropical malady, enteric
afflicts nearly every northerner
Anderson also suffered from
with Palmito del Verde forever.
Up to two o 'clock this afternoon
but four jurymen had been
selected to hear the evidence in
the second trial of William Rogers,
Silverton logger, indicted on the
charge of assault with intent to
kill W. W. Birtchett, Salem police
officer, on the afternoon of
December 2, 1921.
Those selected were George Ed
wards, Ernest Denny, Edward
Rostein and Clara M. Morris.
Marion S. Allen, mayor of Jef
ferson was challenged this after
noon by the defense, and H. W.
Smith by the prosecuting attor
ney. This leaves the state with
four more challenges and the de
fense with 10.
Few people were in the court
room when the trial commenced
this morning, outside of those who
either were directly interested In
the case or had been called on the
regular or special Jury venire.
Attorney Walter Winslow ap
pearing for the defense, stated
this morning that he did not ex
pect that a complete jury would
be selected today. District Attor
ney Carson was of the same opin
ion. Up to noon today Winslow had
availed himself of only one chal
lenge, A. Daue, grocer of Salem,
while' the state had challenged but
one, Frank Leslie of Portland. In
a criminal trial the state has the
right to six challenges and the
defense twelve.
In adjourning court for the
noon recess, Judge Kelly ordered
the second special jury venire for
the trial which has been issued
this week. Sixteen of the new
venire are women. ,
It is evident from the examina
tion of the jury that the defense
will make every attempt to mini
mize any evidence introduced by
the state tending to show that
Rogers was having domestic trou
bles at the time or the shooting
and that he was under the influ
ence of liquor.
District Attorney Carson had
nothing to say regaining the
method he would pursne in this
case.
In the .first trial of Rogers he
was Bave from conviction by the
vot of one juryman, Henry Tade.
Those drawn on the second
venire were:
Alice E. Pugh, housewife, East
Woodburn; Carrie Aim, house
wife. West Silverton; C. W. Saw
yer, Salem Heights, farmer; Wil
liam Rabens, Sublimity, farmer;
Dora L. Cummings, Chemawa,
housekeeper; Emma F. Herren,
Turner, housewife; . Belle Corn
forth,' Salem Heights, housewife;
Emma D. Luper, East Woodburn,
housewife; Almira Hoover Briet
enbush, housewife; Pearl Speer,
Aumsville, housewife; Minerva H.
Eaton, housewife, Salem 12;
Royce Allen, farmer, North How
ell; Gertrude Gillis, McKee, house
wife; Nora B. Broyles, West
Woodburn; Clara B. Volz, house
keeper, Sirverfalls; W. H. Down
ing, Sublimity, farmer; Harry
Elgin, Salem 14, truckman; Anna
Hobson, East Stayton, housewife;
John Goodknecht, South Silverton.
farmer; Effie V. Ratcliff, house
keeper, Salem Heights; Elvie- R
Estes, housewife, Salem No. 2;
Marion D. Henderson, clerk, Salem
4; Dottie M. Carter, Sublimity,
housewife; John W. Evans, farm
er, Chemawa; Bascom H. Hughes,
farmer, Monitor.
J. A. Churchill, state superin
tendent of schools, left today for
Freewater where he will spend a
short time on business.
ROGERS TRIAL IS
JURY
SELECT ON SLOW
Palmito del Verde, the tropical
of Sinoloa, Mexico, in which
estimated $50,000, and where
Salem investors. Mr. Ander
recuperating at Portland from
fever, which sooner or later
residing in the tropics. Mrs.
the fever, and they are through
To Salem friends Mr. Anderson
confided the information that the
island was no place for a white
man, that if the fever didn't get
you, the insects would, and that
he tropic ants ate up crops as fast
as they could be grown, that it
had been necessary to import to
bacco to save the cocoanut trees
from the ravages of tbe ants, and
that he regarded his investment
as a loss. To the reporter, how
ever, Mr. Anderson was more
guarded, having been cautioned
by local investors.
Workers "Not Too Good."
The fever said to be common
in the tropics was kinder to Mrs.
Anderson,. as she was stricken for
only three weeks. But in Mr. An
derson's case the malady came up
on him after a series of boils had
broken out on his body, and for
eight weeks the fever sapped his
strength. '
"Too big a jump too far from
the north to too far south," Mr.
Anderson said a physician ex
plained to him. Yet even the na
tives are said to be subject to the
fever according to Mr. Anderson.
"Are the peons good workers?'
he was asked. . .
"Well, not too, good," Mr. An
derson smiled. "You see they don't
dare work very hard they can't
work too fast for fear of the fever.
I understand, however, that if you
have a boll now and then it usual
ly takes the impurities out of your
(Continued on page five) .
Morris J. Duryea, of the service
department of the Oregon state
chamber of commerce, will be the
speaker at the Monday noon
luncheon of Salem business men
next week, it was announced this
afternoon by Robert Duncan,
manager of the club. -
"Catch the Vision," will be the
subject on which Mr. Duryea will
talk. He has recently appeared
before chambers of commerce at
Eugene, Corvallis and McMinn-
ville and each case drew large
audiences.
"We are" fortunate In having
Mr. Duryea and 1 expect a large
crowd of business men to be pres
ent Monday," Mr. Duncan said.
RACES TO BEDSIDE OF
HUSBAND IN AIRPLANE
Wenatchee, Wash., April 5.-
Using an airplane to reach the
bedside of her husband who is
crtifcally ill with pneumonia at
the Wenatchee general hospital,
Mrs. James Peacock of Spokane
arrived here at f:30 o'clock this
afternoon. This is the first time
that anyone has come to the city
in a plane on an emergency call
Her husband is In no immediate
danger of dying, according to a
hosptial bulletin issued at noon
The trip from Spokane took two
hours and twenty minutes.
PROPOSED ABANDONMENT
" OF RJULROM PROTESTED
Numerous protests against the
nroDOsed abandonment of the line
of the Oregon Trunk railroad be
tween Metolius and South Junc
tion, a distance of 29 miles, in
central Oregon, are being rneo
with the public service commis
sion here. The move, it is protest
ed, would prove serious to central
Oregon,
H. H. Corey, member Of the
commission, points out that no
application for the proposed aban
donment has yet been filed with
the Btate regulatory body ' and
that when one is filed a full hear
ing of the matter will be had be
fore any action is taken.
DURYEA TO SPEAK
AT CLUB MONDAY
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1922.
LIFE AT DOORN
Berlin, April 5. Some details
concerning the former kaiser's
mode' of life at Doom were furn
ished by the former court chap
lain, Dr. Vogel, in an address at
Koenigsburg. '
"His lunch," he said, "consist
ing of soup meat, with rice. His
guests are given a glass of wine
but he drinks water. After a
siesta he begins a period of in
tensive mental work."
As an example of this mental
work, the speaker mentioned that
William each day during the
Washington conference made
notes from ten newspapers and
formulated his views in a short
essay. He has also written a book
about the cultivation' of orchids
and has erected a meterorolglcal
station, the records of which he
sends daily to Berlin.
"The ex-kaiser," continued the
chaplain, "wears a brown jacket
and high boots during the day and
a field gray uniform in the even
ing. After dinner he reads aloud
extracts from Houston Stewart
Chamberlain 's book, entitled
'Man and God."
CALLED BY DEATH
Chicago, April 5. Mrs. Louis F.
Swift, wife of the president of
Swift & company, died suddenly
at her home today, following an
illness of only a few hours. Her
husband, who was returning from
a business trip to Honolulu, step
ped from the train here without
knowing of his wife's death.
Mrs. Swift appeared in good
health last night, dining and play
ing games with the family until
she retired. Physicians were called
at 11 o'clock last night, after she
had suffered from a violent cough
ing attack. She died a few. hours
later.
AS "EASY TOWN"
Salem's, reputation as an "easy
mark" town appears to have trav
eled "further than we know."
Advance agents for Ethel Bar
rymore, who appears here tonight
sized the Capital city up from
afar, and as a result Salemites are
paying on an average of 25 per
cent more for seats tonight than
Eugene theater fans paid to see
Miss Barrymore last night, or
Medford devotees of the stage
pungled up the night before.
In Salem the price of seats on
the lower floor and in the first
three rows in the balcony is $3
each. The last two rows In the
balcony are listed at $2.60, and
the gallery perches for an even
$1.60.
In Eugene, where the floor plan
ot the theater is identical to that
of the local house and the seating
capacity the same, the ticket
prices were $3 for the first 16
rows on the lower floor, $2.50 for
the last two roows on the floor,
$2.50 for the two front rows in
the balcony, $2 for the next two
rows, and $1.60 for the last two
rows in the balcony. Gallery seats
In Eugene sold for $1.
MENDENHALL HOME IS
' ROBBEDDURING NIGHT
Burglars last night entered the
home ot Eva Mendenhall, 844 S.
Commercial street and escaped
with on wrist watch, two $20
bills, one $10 bill and some sil
ver. The money was taken from
a coat.
Police said today that entrance
to the house was gained through
a rear door. The burglary was not
discovered until this morning.
Alleged Betrayer of
Edith Cavell To Die
Mons, Belgium, April 5.
Afmand Jeannes was condemn
ed to death in the court here
last night for treason and es
pionage against Belgium and
the allies during the war. He
had boasted that he was instru
mental in bringing about the
arrest and execution by Ger
mans ot Edith Cavell, British
war nurse, but this charge was
ndt mentioned in the indict
ment against him.
, There was a burst ot ap
plause in the court room when
the sentence was passed and a
great crowd outside jeered
Jeannes as he was taken to the
death cell.
SPOILS POLICY
Washington, April 6. Senate
republicans and democrats clashed
again today over the question of
whether the Harding administra
tion has been observing or vlolatr
ing civil service regulations.
Without much fuss or flurry,
two democratic resolutions on the
subject by Senator Caraway,
Arkansas, were disposed of tem
porarily, but a third caused pro
tracted debate. In connection
with one of the Caraway resolu
tlons, Senator Borah, republican,
congress to' ask the president for
Idaho, questioned the right of
his reasons for dealing with gov
eminent employes.
"If the president violated the
law, there is a way to reach him,
said Senator Borah.
'Yes, we could impeach him,''
Interrupted Senator King, demo
crat, Utah.
Senator Borah rejoined that, a
"former democratic president had
told congress that his management
of .executive employes was none
of Its business.
MANIAC KILLED AFTER
TAKING ANOTHER'S LIFE
Chicago, April 6. Charles Fal-
fleld, enraged over being dis
charged by the Jones Foundry
company, today rushed into the
Office of E. J. Powers, superin
tendent, shooting wildly from a
pistol in each hand and in a brief
reign of terror, killed one man,
wounded three others and then
was shot to death by Powers.
- Falfield entered the noon hour
when several employes were gath
ered there. He was cursing and
yelltng and as he opened fire those
in the room rushed for cover
Powers ducked down behind his
desk but within a few seconds bad
taken a pistol from it and opened
fire on - Falfield who fell after
Powers' first shot.
PIGS VALUED AT FIFTY
MILLION DIE OF DISEASE
Birmingham, Ala., April 6.
Pigs valued at more than $50,-
000,000 died this spring from dis
eases resulting from insufficient
vltamines in their food, according
to a report by J. S. Hughes and
H. B. Winchester of the Kansas
Agricultural college, presented to
day to the American Chemical so
ciety, in session here.
"The opinion is quite generally
held," said the report, "that this
great loss to hog raisers of the
United States is due to the feed
ing of too much corn."
Aged Couple
Get License
-: For Marriage
The oldest couple who ever ap
plied for a marriage license at
the ; Marion county court house,
from what could be determined
front tbe records this morning,
was' Christopher Mill, 74 years of
age, residing at 1442 North Six
teenth street and his bride Mrs.
Martha Jane Powell, 72 years old,
who resides on Madison street of
this city.
They were married by Judge
William M. Bushey of the eounty
court yesterday, court house em
ployes acting as witnesses.
The groom was born in Ohio
and this is his third marriage.
The bride was born In Iowa, and
this is her second marriage.
Mills gave his occupation as
that of salesman.
ARBUCKLE ON
STAND TELLS
STORYAGAIN
Says He Found Miss Itap
pe On Floor In Bath
room, Moaning; Placed
Her On Bed
San Francisco, April 5 Roscoe
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle took the
stand in his own defense at 10:45
a. m. today in the third trial of
a manslaughter charge against
him resulting from1 the death of
Miss Virginia Rappe.
Arbuckle followed Dr. George
Franklin Shields, defense medical
expert and one of the defense
alienists in the first trial of Har
ry K. Thaw for the alleged mur-r
der of Stanford White.
Arbuckle smiled as he took the
stand. He said he knew Miss
Rappe for five years. He acknowl
edged being present at the party
in the Hotel St. Francis in which
he is alleged to have fatally in
jured Miss Rappe but said he In
vited a tew of the guests.
Booze Was Served
Gin, whiskey and orange juice
were served at the party, he said.
Breakfast was served at 2 n. m.
while most of ''the guests were
there. He left the room in which
the guests were at 3 p. m. and
went into his own room to dress
for an engagement with Mrs. May
Taube, a friend," he said.
"I went into my bedroom and
locked the door," he said. "I
went to the bathroom and the
door struck something. I looked
in and saw Miss Rappe on the
floor. She was holding her stom
ach and moaning.
"I gave her some water and
asked if 'there was anything I
could do for her. She said 'I want
to lay down.' I carried her to a
bed and returned to the bath.
When I came out into the room
Virginia was on the floor. I again
placed her on the bed and went
out for Mrs. Bambina Maude
Delmont, her friend, and one of
the guests."
Garbed in Pajamas
"A number of the guests came
into the room, including Miss
Alice Blake, Mrs. Delmont, Miss
Zey Prevost and others. Miss
Rappe sat up on the bed, tearing
her clothes. Her sleeve was hang
ing by a thread and I pulled it
off."
"I went out of the room and
returned later. Miss Rappe was
lying nude on the bed. I tried to
cover her up and Mrs. Delmont
tried to stop me. I said to Mrs.
Delmont 'shut up or I will throw
you out of the window'." -
The witness said he was dress
ed in lounging robe and pajamas.
He described the summoning of
the assistant manager of the ho
tel and the removal of Miss Rappe
to another room.
Denies Bribery Story
Asked if he placed his hand
over that of Miss Rappe on a
door of the room, which is in ev
idence as an exhibit behind the
witness chair, he answered "I
was not near that door for the
whole time I was in the hotel ex
cept when Miss Rappe was car
ried from the room."
Finger prints on the door are
alleged to be those of Arbuckle
and Miss Rappe.
The witness denied all knowl
edge of Jesse Norgaard who tes
tified that while he waB watch
man ot a motion picture studio in
Culver City, Arbuckle attempted
to bribe him to obtain the key to
Miss Rappe's room;
"Ice" Charge Denied
Arbuckle confirmed certain
statements regarding first aid
given to Miss Rappe made in Los
Angeles to Warden Woolard, re
porter for the Los Angeles Times.
He admitted telling Woolard that
Mies Rappe had thrown a fit."
He denied having been ordered
out of the hotel.
A statement to Woolard that
he ordered Mrs. Delmont out of
his room "became too boistrous"
was admitted by Arbuckle. "She
was in pajamas and I told her to
go and dress herself," he explain
ed.
He denied having put ice on
Miss Rappe's body as testified to
by Al Semnacher, prosecution
witness.
Arbuckle testified In a full clear
voice and without hesitation. In
answering a prosecution objection
Gavin McNab, chief defense coun
sel, nettled the court and was or
dered to "sit down." Arbuckle'
interview with Woolard was gone
into In detail.
PRICE TWO CENTS
Papsr Winner
In Trial Here
Of Speed Case
The only contested speeding
case in which the widely-adver
tised "Red" Abbott was the ar
resting officer, was won yesterday
afternoon in the Salem police
court by the Portland Oregonian.
While Abbott claimed that a truck
ot the newspaper was traveling 31
miles an hour, the newspapers
employe insisted he was not mov
ing in excess of 20 miles an hour.
The jury was out less than 15
minutes before it returned a ver
dict, upholding the newspaper.
O. Frank Ryersdorf was the
driver of the truck. A man named
H. C. Graham accompanied him.
Guy Smith, Salem attorney, rep
resented the newspaper. '
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Los Angeles, Cal., April 5.
Theft several months ago ot $90,
000 in $1000J)ills from a safety
deposit vault in the Farmers &
Merchants National bank has
been solved, most of the money re
gained and surety company offi
cials today are considering arrest's,
according to an announcement by
officials ot the bank. The money
was the property of the local
branch of the Yokohama Specie
bank and its loss was discovered
February. 23.
Investigation by private detec
tives, according to the bank
statement, revealed that William
Hc.McFee, 51 years of age, tor 26
years a trusted employe, was
spending funds beyond his income
and giving $1000 notes to women.
Confessions were obtained from
McFee and Ray Whltehlll, a clerk
according to the bank statement,
that Whltehlll made a duplicate
key from the key of the Japanese
clients and gave it to McFee.
T
AMERICAN BILL
London, April 6. (By Associ
ated Press.) Acceptance by the
British government of the Ameri
can views pertaining to the main
tenance costs of the American
army of occupation as expounded
In the recent note of Secretary
of State Hughes to the allies, has
been Informally conveyed to the
American government, although a
formal note, officially confirming
the acceptance, has not yet been
dispatched.
SAYS SMALL WAIYED
RIGHT TO CHALLENGE
Waukegan, 111., April 5. (By
Associated Press.) Governor
Small waived the right to chal
lenee the Jurv list of Lake county
when his attorneys several weeks
ago agreed to the drawing ot a
venire tor his trial from the names
then In the jury box, the state told
Judge C. 0. Edwards today in re
ply to the governor's affidavit at
tacking the jury list because it
did not include names ot women
voters.
STORM WRECKS 13 HOUSES
Natchltouches, La., April 6. A
storm struck Hyams, six miles
above Natchltouches late yester
day, destroying 13 tenement
houses, wrecking eight others and
the Texas & Pacific freight depot,
it was learned today.
3643 .
WANT ADS
Totaling 17,286 lines; not
Including real estate and
slassified directory carried in
the
Capital Journal
In March
One paper in every city
leads lo Want Ad Advertis
ing. In Salem It's
The
Capital Journal
90,000 ROBBERY
INALLY SOLVED
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENTS
BIG COLLIERY
NOT WILLING
TO ARBITRATE
Largest Coal Producing
Company In Ohio Not
To Be Represented at
Coming Conference
Terre Haute, Ind., April 5.
Indiana coal operators to
day rejected the proposal of
Chairman Nolan of the house
labor committee for a joint
wage conference of operators
and miners unless the entire
central competitive field com
prising western Pennsylva
nia, Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois were represented in the
conference.
Cleveland, Ohio, April 5. Mem
bers of the JPittsburgh Vein Oper
ators association at a meeting
here .today, turned down the re
quest ot Congressman Nolan,
chairman-of the house labor com
mittee for a joint meeting between
operators ot the central competi
tive coal field, and officials of the
United Mine Workers in Washing- ,
con, April 10,. Michael Galligher,
president of the associated, an
nounced late today,
Toledo, Ohio, April 6. The
Ohio Collieries company, largest
individual coal operating company
in Ohio, will not be represented in
the proposed joint conference ot
miners and operators in Washing
ton on April 10, the company an
nounced today.
Hearings Continued.
.' Washington, April 5. Follow
ing up the overtures It has made
toward settlement ot the bitumin
ous coal strike, the house commit
tee on labor continued its hearings
on the subject today by consider
ing briefly Attorney General
Daugherty's statement of last
night outlining the administra
tion's "hands off" policy for the
present.
Representative island, republi
can, Indiana, whose resolution to
direct the president to appoint a
coal inquiry commission occas
ioned the labor committee's inter
est in the matter, read Mr. Daugh
erty's statement into its record
and upon learning that President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
had left the city, called to the wit
ness stand John Moore, executive
representative ot the union in
Washington.
Refusal Is Denied.
"Mr. Daugherty says, after de
claring that the operators were
wrong in refusing to confer with
the mine workers in an attempt to
settling the strike issue in ad
vance that the United Mine Work
ers' officials themselves refused
last fall or some later time to con
fer with the operators for the
same purpose," i..V. Bland said.
"Now has ever there been a
time when the United Mine Work
ers have refused to open negotia
tions with the central competitive
field operators tor a new wags
scale after April 1 in accordance
with their agreement?"
"No sir," Mr. Moore replied.
"There never has been such a re
fusal." Publio Not Menaced.
After Senator Borah, republi
can, Idaho, had declared in the
senate yesterday "that drastic
public action" nlght be demanded
by the strike' stMiation, Attorney
General Daugherty raised the
posslblltiy of a divergence in
views between members of con
gress and the administration when
be issued a statement saying:
"The government Js not under
taking to do anything in the pres
ent situation' of the coal matter."
Declaring that "men have a right
to quit work and men have a right
to employ other men," tbe attor
ney general said the public was
not menaced by coal shortage and
that the Interest of the govern
ment was in the preservation of
order and protection of property.
He added that he saw no reason
at this time to fear disorder.
Bandits Bob Bank
Los Angeles, Cal., April 6.
Bandits today entered the Pint
National bank ot Arcadia, near;
here, forced the employes to lie
on the floor and escaped with
from $2500 to $4000 in cash.
0. P. Hoff, state treasurer, left
Salem today for Portland where ha
will spend a short time transact
ing business.
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