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OREGON: Tonight and Thursday
rain; moderate southerly winds.
Local: Rainfall, .12; southerly windB;
cloudy; maximum, 57; minimum, 48;
river, 4.4 feet and rising. ,
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-pTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 105.
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS' FIVE CENTS
TO) A 0
RACY
HlfillL.lU'
C.IV
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fffiS WRECK
OPENING
aFETY VAULT
Bandits Secure $12,000
In Sensational JNight
Rnhbery: Night Mar
shal Bound by Thugs.
Denver, Colo., May 3. After
Atlas 9 shots of nitroglycerine
which practically wrecked ; the
frame building of the First Na
tional bank at Lafayettd, 15 miles
from here, early this ... morning
bandits escaped with , approxi
mately $12,000 in currency and
liberty bonds.
George Stubbs, night marshal
was bound and gagged in the al
ley while the robbers were blow
ing the bank vault. - " ., .
One Citizen Shot
When released he said that four
of them entered the town at 3
o'clock this morning and over
powered him.
0. C. Alderson, one of the resi
ients awakened by the blasts got
bis rifle and attempted to drive
off the bandits. He was shot In
the leg and seriously wounded.
The last of the nitroglycerine
blasts was so heavy that the huge
door of the vault was blown thru
lhe plate glass window of the
bank and across the street.
Lineman Spreads Alarm ;'
The robbers worked in dark
ifts, having shot out the light in
front of the bank building, and
nre uninterrupted, haying cut
ill the telephone wires leading out
of the city. - , '
i. A. Mahany, a lineman
ipread the alarm which brought
I flying squadron of police from
this place when he climbed a tel
ephone pole and picked up the
tonnection, cut into the Denver
office. All roads leading into Den
ver lave been blocked by the po
lice. -
SEATTLE ELECTS
8eattle, Wash.. May 3. Dr.
Edwin J. Brown, dentist, yeeter-
y was elected mayor of Seattle
tja plurality of 11,915 votes
wer State Senator Daniel Landon,
Wording to complete unofficial
iisures today. Mrs. Landes and
Catherine Myracle and E. Blaine,
former councilman, were elected
io the city council. .
Proposition VA," known as the
Erlekson measure and which pro
dded that cost of operation and
maintenance of the municipal
'reet railway system be paid from
me general taxation fund, was
"'erwnelmingly defeated, the fin
ite standing 15,281 In favor of
4 0,222 against.
WILL ENTER
SPELLIMATCH HERE
Nearly 300 students of Marion
"ty grade, schools will in all
'robabilitV entor fhc annual rn.in-
jj felling contest to be held at
Salem high school next Sat
"day morning at 10:30 o'clock,
unty school officials, said today.
Pupils from the third to eighth
"Mes, inclusive, will be eligible
compete. Gold and silver med-
will be given as first and sec
J0' prises to the pupil' winning
'rom each grade.
Much Interest has been mani
in the contest, officials
'. Baleni grade pupils will be
Permitted t0 compete.
frSOLDTEMlHALLEY
MOTOR TO ENTER LEAGUE
an!r?h tb8 AmericaI1 Legion post
d the Valley Motor Car company
halem will have teams in the
w'"ght baseball league.
,t 'e " -service men took action
arm regular meeting in the
M ory laH night and are expect-
Put up a strong aggregation.
tii ttf v"ey Motor Car team will
1 ,ke P'ace of the Valley Pack
4i'mpany in tha leaBue, this
h,l? beiDg "ached at a meet
t held in the Y. M. C. A. recent-
vtti'L ,irst me of the league
Played on May 23. -
DENTIST MAYOR
Portlander Travels
far To Learn Own Name
Omaha, Neb., May 3. Ran
dall Scott Perkins, 18, of Port
land, Or., is in Omaha to find
out, if possible, who he really
is. He arrived recently, mak
ing part of the way on freight
trains, in an effort to find his
parents or at least determine
their identity, having- heard
that he was given in adoption
here 17 years ago.
He received his name
through adoption, H. A. Per
kins of Portland being his
adopted mother's fourth hus
band,' according to his story.
He said he had been unable to
learn.. his real identity from
Mrs. Perkins. .
' C
Hi-
T
IS
Washington, May 3. American
financial conceptions need revis
ion to provide longer term financ
ing for agriculture, Eugene Mey
er, managing director of the war
ordnance corporation, declared
today before the house banking
and currency committee, which is
conducting hearings on pending
agricultural relief legislation.
"Our fundamental conceptions
are based upon the imported Eng
lish and continental conceptions
of what constitutes soundness In
banking," said Mr. Meyer. "But
the basic business of America Is
the production and distribution of
agricultural commodities and six
ty and ninety day financing does
not adequately meet the market
ing need of the producers.
"I maintain that six and nine
months loans on wheat and cot
ton are as liquid from the point
of- view of security as the 90 day
paper representing advances to
merchants and manufacturers,"
he continued.
The federal reserve system, Mr.
Meyer declared, has partially rec
ognized the need for longer term
financing for the agricultural
turnover, but the financial sys
tem as a whole has not adequate
ly recognized the necessity of co
relating agricultural financing
with the normal processes and
consumption.
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
Cleveland-Chicago game . post
poned; rain.
Petroit, Mich., May 3. St.
Louis- Detroit game postponed;
rain. -
R. H. E.
Washington 0 9 1
Boston 8 11 1
Phillips, Billheart and Plei
nich; Quinn and Walters.
" R. H. E.
New York 2 7 3
Philadelphia - 8 1
Hoyt and Devormer; Rommel
and Perkins. . .
National.
Chicago-Pittsburgh game Post
poned; rain.
R. H. E.
Boston :... -- 9 13 2
New York 16 3
Rudolph, McQuillan and Gow
dy; Nehf, Barnes, Shae and Smith.
Portland, Or., May 3. Seattle
Portland game postponed; rain.
PRODUCERS NEE
Man Injured in Auto
Crash Here is Faced
By 2 Liquor Charges
Complaints charging him with
driving while intoxicaiea a..u
with the unlawiui pubo." -
liquor were faced Dy na.u."
Hatch, Salem electrician, who sus
tained injuries in a car crash here
last night, when he was arraigned
before Judge G. E. TJnruh in the
justice court this morning.
Hatch pleaded guilty to the pos
session of liquor, but was granted
time in which to determine the
nature of his plea on th
of driving while drunk. His ball
was placed at $200 by Judge TJn
ruh and be will receive sentence
tomorrow at 10 cclocs-
(Li PRQMISESUIT TO
MENDER
UNFULFILLEDHEARD
Offer of Members Who
Took Part In Ingle
wood Raid Fails To
Materialize Today.
Los ' Angeles, Cal., May3. The
promised surrender today of 100
or more persons who took part in
the Inglewood raid ten days ago
failed to materialize today.
It had been announced by W. S.
Coburn, grand goblin of the Ku
Klux Klan, that members of that
organization and others who, ac
cording to his statement, partici
pated in the raid that caused one
death and a wide investigation
would march to the office of the
district attorney today in a body
and there surrender to face any
charges that might be placed
against them. The surrender was
to be made today and the hour
was set for ten o'clock.
Ten o'clock came but the raid-.
ers did not.
Federal Employes Members
San Francisco, May 3. A list
of annroximately'160 alleged mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan in San
Francisco most of whom hold of
fices under the federal govern
ment or in the police department,
has been submitted to officials of
the department of justice, by
Thomas Woolwine, district attor
ney for Los Angeles county, it
was learned today. The names
were obtained from the state
headquarters of the klan in Los
Angeles.
No announcement of the names
will be made here until those on
the list have been questioned, it
was announced by department of
ficials. Announcement of any act
ion that might be taken also was
withheld.
tt,o Hat names 28 employes in
the federal post office building,
about 50 holding otner reaerai po
sitions, 22 employes in the city
hall and 25 members of the police
department, It was learned.
5 GENTSQUQTED
Five cents a pound for cherries
this vear will perhaps be the low
est price received by growers, ac
cording to Fred A. tangis, neaa
of Mangis Brothers commission
house this morning, which Is now
for the Lioa-
UUlllg HAW - s
California Glase Fruit company of
San Francisco.
Mr. Mangis stated that he ex
,i tn handle about . 3000
pounds of cherries and that there
might be an Increase in price De
fore the season was over. If the
present rain . keeps up for any
, .w Hmo ft is exDected to
prevent pollination and so cut
down the crop estimate.
In regard to strawberries and
loganberries Mr. Mangis was of
the opinion that the price for the
former would be arouna six cents
and the later around five.
Packers and commission men
seem to be unanimous in their
opinion that the grower ought to
receive more than four cents to
make a profit on loganberries.
Hatch, whose automobile crash
ed head-on Into a larger machine
on State street last evening, sus
tained a number of lacerations
about the face and he was taken
to a local hospital for treatment.
E C. McCallon, a resident of
Dallas, who was driving the ear
. . . i. Tjath automobile
witn wnicn
coliaed, was not injured. He told
police that waxen
the wrong side of the street
O'ficers who investigated the
case said they found a pint bottle,
partially filled watt liquor. In the
Hatch ear. - .
AS CHERRY PRICE
BONUS LAW IS
Circuit Judges Reserve
Decision After Hear
ing Arguments Relative
To Appraisal Clause.
Arguments- in the "friendly uit
instituted by the American Legion
Post No. 9 of Salem against the
veterans' state aid commission for
a construction of the law relating
to the 75 per cent loan provision
of the bonus act were heard by
Judges Bingham and Kelly, Who
took the matter under advisement
before granting the wTlt of man
damus thismorning. ;
Roy F. Shields, Salem attorney,-
representing the American Legion,
in presenting the arguments ot
the ex-service men stated that to
loan one applicant 75 per cent ot
the appraised value and to deny an
fother applicant a loan ot not more
than 25 per cent was class dis
crimination left- to the arbitrary
whims of the commission. " t
Holds Appraisal Binding. ;
"The act provides for appoint
ment of appraisers," said Shields,
in making his argument. - "That
their appraisement was not In
tended to be advisory only, Is
clearly shown., by the fact that the
maximum amount of any loan de
pends absolutely upon the ap
praisers' report even though the
commission might actually believe
the security offered to be worth
three times the appraisement
made. If this appraTsement is fin
al as to maximum of the loan, and
there was an intent) to make it less
binding as to the, minimum, the
act would certainly have : ao
stated."
Mr. Shields admitted that the
commission had a right to make
rulings governing the-appraisements,
but when an appraisement
was made in accordance "wn
these rulings. It , was 'absolutely
binding. -
Operation Explained." "
' Pointing out that the legisla
ture in passing the act that loans
made would approximate 75 per
cent of the value and in many In
stances be considered below the
standard of ordinary commercial
loans, Mr. Shields referred to sec
tion 11 of the law which requires
that on sale of any land mortgage
to a person not entitled to a loan,
the principal shall be paid down
to 60 per cent ot the original loan.
"If 76 per cent of the appraise
ment amounts to the original loan,
and it is paid down to 60 per cent
under this section the principal
would thereafter be 45 per cent ot
the appraised value, or the cus
tomary proportion observed in
commercial loans," said Shields.
"On the other -hand, the loan
would have to be paid down to 20
per-cent of the appraised value, a
result clearly not contemplated by
the framers of the act.
Loan Object Defeated. j
Section 1 provides that the pur
pose of the loan is to enable the
applicant to provide a home. For
this purpose and acting on the
common interpretation placed up
on the act before and after its pas
sage numerous applicants have
purchased property for homes ex
pecting to get a loan of 75 per
cent of its appraised value. A loan
of 50 per cent or less Is of no use
to them.
"In other words, a person who
is homeless, neither has the finan
cial standing required by the com
mission, nor the rear property of
twice or three times the value of
the amount of the loan, and as a
result cannot use a loan for the
purpose intended and therefor-, so
far as saving the state money, it
is obvious that if the applicants
do not obtain satisfactory loans
they will all elect to take the cash
bonus, with the result that the
money expended &y the state. If
that course hi taken, will far ex
ceed that required to make up the
few losses, if any sustained, if tbe
proper construction is adopted."
J. A. Benjamin presented the
state's side of the case and point
ed out that many of the soldiers
who were entitled to only $60
cash bonus were permitted to take
the loan to the limit. ,
Brazier C. Small and Robin D
Day were associated with Shield
in presenting the case.
DAY
rMBER UNION
OFFICIALS SA Y
CHARGE FALSE
Portland, Or., May 3. The
Douglas Fir Exploitation and Ex
port company was organized un
der the Webb-Pomerene act and
the' company has tried to operate
according to its provisions, ac
cording to a statement to the As
sociated Press today by Ralph H.
Burnside, president ot the Willa
pa Lumber company, one of the
trustees of the, accused Company.
When the company was formed
in 1916 a representative of the
department of commerce was pres
ent and the minutes and every
thing pretaining to the organiza
tionf were furnished the depart
ment," said Burnside. "The com
pany has repeatedly asked for ad
vice, as the law provides that the
commission shall act fn an advis
ory capacity toward concerns en
gaged in foreign trade. ,
"We knew this complaint was
coming and applied for an injunc
tion in the courts of the District
of Columbia to prevent it being is
sued until the federal trade com
mission had acted in advisory ca
pacity. The court, however, did
not consider the injunction neces-
sary and dismissed the case."
F
ORDERED TO PUT
T
Dublin, May 3. On motion of
Eanion DeValera, the Dail late to
day adopted a motion ordering the
opposing sides in the Irish repub
lican army conflict to cease firing
immediately and arrange a truce.
Mr. DeValera eaid he would like
to see the army executive who had
taken an independent position Is
sue similar order and would do
all he could to that end.
Richard Mulchaey said his side
had done all possible and Arthur
Griffith declared their men were
only defending themselves.
Griffith pressed DeValera for a
definite assurance, and the latter
said couriers should be sent to es
tablish an immediate truce. Grif
fith ureed that DeValeri should
speaker at the Four Courts in Dub
lin, the headquarters of the Dissi
dent army faction. -
Richard Mulcahey seconded De
Valena's motion for the order to
cease firing and arrange a truce,
and after its adoption the house
at'6:05 g'clock adjourned until
Friday.
NEW LIGHT SHED
E
Newton, Mass., May 3. Will
lam B. Powell. Boston district
manager for a commercial agen
cy, shot and killed his wife, Mrs.
Lena E. Powell, last evening after
he had called her and his butler,
Michael H. Mahoney,' before him
and accused them of intimacy, the
nollce were told today by a maid
In the Powell home.
Powell first fired three shots at
the butler who fled and escaped
unhurt. Then he pursued his wife
to the library, where he shot her
three times, and went upstairs
and killed himself. Miss Josephine
England, the maid, said.
Mrs. Powell was the widow ot
R. H. White, a Boston department
store millionaire before she mar
ried Powell.
1922 FRUIT PROSPECTS
FINE SAY JNVESTIGATORS
Vrnm nresent appearances the
condition of the prune crop In the
Willnmette valley look very en
couraging, according to C. A. Park
of the state board or horticulture.
H. P. Barss and A. L. Lovett ot O.
A d who made a tour of investi
gation last week.
Danger from the tnnp la noi
se.-Jsu?. though in some places It
has' done some little damage.
Every grower is advised to watch
-Urely his trees and immediately
he thrip occurs go over them with
- pray.
IRISH
0 FIGHTING
ON MURDER CAS
Seattle, Wash., May 3. The
Douglas Fir Exploitation and Ex
port company has acted "strictly
within the law" and hopes to be
able to convince the federal trade
commission, of that fact; W. H.
Talbot, president, declared today
when shown an Associated Press
dispatch stating that formal
charges of conspiracy to restrict
competition had been filed against
the company.
Mr. Talbot denied the - charge
that the company had stifled com
petition, asserting that when the
company had entered the foreign
export trade "exclusively" it has
actually invited competition from
other mills and that a number1 of
other organizations had entered
the trade since that time.
"We have acted in accord with
every provision of the law," Mr.
Talbot said, "and we think we are
strictly in the right in this mat
ter. Our business has been con
fined strictly to the export trade,
placing us clearly within the
Webb-Pomerene law. I am confi
dent we can convince the federal
trade commission that this is cor
rect." Horses Left Out
Officer Sent For
But Does Naught
Dr. A. R. Andrews, Salem hu
mane officer, has a hobby. It Is
protecting horses. He insists.
however, this does not mean he is
unduly interested in hobby-horses.
"Hello, doc," a voice greeted
Andrews over the phone this
morning. "Some low-down cuss
left his horses standing out all
night on Ferry street. Didn't even
have a blanket over 'em. Cold,
too. Can you do something about
it?" '
Andrews could. Stepping under
his hat he prepared to take the air
and the names- of the offending
parties.
At the armory, however, the
humane officer looked in vain for
some shivering plugs. Then, over
at one side, he saw the wooden
horses of a merry-go-round. They
didn't appear cold. One of them
even seemed to be smiling.
Said Dr. Andrews: "Well, I'll
be " .
But that, as Mr. Kipling once
remarked, Is another story.
The steeds are part of the equip
ment to be used at the Cherringo,
to be held at the armory May 4,
6 and 6 for the benefit of the Sa
lem hospital.
LEGION SPLITS
Medford, Or., May 3. Six mem
bers of the Medford post of the
American Legion publicly an
nounced their resignations from
that organization today following
a meting last night in which a
resolution condemning lawlessness
and violence was defeated by a
close vote.
The resigning members in a
public statement declared one of
them had been threatened sup
posedly by the Ku Klux Klan for
supporting the same resolution at
a previous meeting, and that un
der the circumstances they felt
they could not consistently retain
membership in an organization
which refused to gn on record for
what tbey regarded as tbe funda
mentals of good citizenship and
true Americaniem.
According to some members of
the Legion who opposed the reso
lution they did so not because they
approved of the Ku Klux Klan
but because they believed the or
ganization should not take any
stand on such a contriverslal ques
tion. Colonel E. E. Kelly and
Colonel Gordon Voorhies, both of
whom saw active service in
France, are the resigning mem
bers.
Two college boys, Leonard
Young and Frank Anderson, are
under arrest at Corvallls and
have confessed to the theft of an
automobile belonging to Dr. Harrv
J. Anderson.
KLAN ISSUE
Valley Fruit Ira Good
Condition, Is .Report
Portland, Or., May 3. Fruit
bloom in Oregon is very back
ward but made considerable
advance during the week, says
the weather bureau's weekly
crop report. Cherries in the
Willamette valley are ap
proaching full bloom. Pears in
the Rogue River valley are
mostly past full bloom. " Condi
tions have been generally fav
orable for pollination. Prunes
are blooming well. Apple bloom
is confined to the warmer sec
tions. Frost did some damage
to strawberries in Umatilla
county. '
IN SOUGHT FOR
T
Ronton. Mav 3. An all-night
search tor Edmond1 Pitlock of Chi
cago by police Investigating the
fatal shooting ot William B. Hub
bard, manufacturer ot a vegetable
germicide, by Mrs. Carrie N. Hub
bard, his wife, at their Roslindale
home late yesterday, ended today
when Pitlock surrentterea at po
lice headquarters tor examination.
Tbe shooting was said by Mrs.
Hubbard, who is 45, to have fol
lowed threats by her husband on
her return from a walk with Pit
lock. The latter had gone when
police came.
Pitlock. 22 years old, a naval
veteran under treatment at a hos
pltal here, had been guest at the
Hnlilinril home from time to time
before he returned several "months
ago to his wife and child at Chl
cBrrt. Vlsitinir Boston for medical
attention, he was invited, by the
Hubbards to stay at their nome
and had been a guest there foui
days.
Mrs. Hubbard said she and Pit-
Inclc went walklnE for two hours
yesterday and when they returned
home found her husband awaiting
them In an angry mood.
Mrs. Hubbard pleaded not gull
ty to a charge of murder, and was
held without bail for the grand
jury.
M'ADREW LAID IN -ARLINGTON
VAULT
Washington, May 3. Another
comrade from France joined
America's unknown hero in Ar
lington national cemetery today
when the body of Major General
James A. McAdrew, chief of staff
ot the American expeditionary
forces during all the days ot Its
fighting, was laid in the receiving
vault with full military honors.
A squadron of cavalry and
mounted band escorted the flag
draped casket from the war col
lege, where it had rested in state
ail night under guard of the
bronzed khakl-clad' men ot tbe
line, to St. Patrick's church.
Three long lines of foot troops
stood at present arms as the gun
carriage rolled to the steps and
seven brother officers stepped for
ward to lift the casket down and
carry to rest before the altar. .
L. J. CHAPIN DISCUSSES
MUTATIONS FOR R0TAR1ANS
Laws of hereditary, mutations
and evolution were discussed by
Luther J. Cbapln before the Salem
Rotary club at Its luncheon in the
Marion hotel this noon.
Mr. Chapin's discussion was re
ceived with enthusiasm, many of
the club members commenting on
his construction of Mendel's law
and tbe short history of Its redis
covery by two different men In
different parts of the country.
TRIAL OFlPEEDERlONOAY
The trial of J. A. Perdue,
charged with driving his automo
bile at sn unlawful rate of speed,
will be held In the Salem justice
court Monday morning at 10
o'clock. It was announced thiB
morning by Judge G. E. Unruh.
Purdue was arrested several
days ago. When arraigned before
Judge Unruh he pleaded not
guilty.
GIVES HIMSELF UP
DOUGLAS FIR
ASSOCIATIO
N
SUIT TARGET
Federal Trade Commis
sion Alleges Coenin
and Unfair Methods In
Establishing Monopoly.
Washington, May S. (By Asso
ciated Press.) -Formal complaint
was. Issued by the federal trade
commission ; today against the
Douglas Fir Exploitation & Ex
port company and 107 stockhold
ers and otf leers in the respondent
association who are lumber man
ufacturers in the state of Oregon, .
California and Washington.
The complaint charges conspir
acy to hinder and obstruct compe
tition and alleges that the re
spondent association is not en
gaged solely in export trade and
that it therefore does not come
within the jurisdiction ot- the
Webb-Pomerene act. The re
spondents are given the usual 80
days in which to answer alter
which the case will be tried on Ju
merits.
Monopoly Charged.
The trade commission In an
nouncing the complaint said:
"It is alleged that the associa
tion controls the manufacture and
sale ot 85 per cent of all the Ore
gon, pine, red fir, yellow fir, Co
lumbian pine, Puget Sound pine
and British Columbia pine which
is manufactured and sold in the
United States. ;
"It is further alleged that in or
der to carry out the conspiracy,
the respondents:
"Coerced competing manufac
turers to join their association and
to abide by their plan of equaliza
tion of distribution ot orders;
"Attempted to injure competi
tors in foreign countries by cut
ting prices;
Boycotting: Alleged.
"Refused to sell to export mer
chants unless they agreed to pur
chase 85 per cent of all their re
quirements from respondent;
"Refused to sell to export mer
chants who bought tor export else
where; "Circulated threatening and co
ercive, statements to competitors
to become members of the associa
tion; "Consplrtki with a British ex
port association which they help
ed organize In fixing prices ot
lumber to American and foreign
purchasers;
"Prevented customers of com
petitors from obtaining steamship
facilities for transportation of
lumber;
Circulated False Rumors.
"Circulated misleading and un
fair reports concerning the bunt
ness reputation of competitors and
prospective competitors."
Issuance, ot the complaint fol
lows an investigation made by tLo
commission Into conditions In the
Douglas fir region of the Paclfio
coast, on which a report was made
to congress about a year ago.
DEFEWB
T
Indianapolis, Ind., May 3. (By
Associated Press) Albert J. Bev
eridge, former senator, was lead
ing by 18,725 when 2936 out ot
3382 precincts had been tabulat
ed here today from yesterday's
primary. The vote, which Includ
ed 127 out of 207 in Marion coun
ty (Indianapolis) was: New 149,
489; Beveridge 168,314.
W1LLAMETTE-MT. ANGEL
GAME TODAY POSTPONED
A steady drizzle ot rain which
fell last night and today made
necessary the postponement of a
baseball game which was to have
been played between Mt. Angel
and Willamette at Mt. Angel this
afternoon.
Coach Roy Bohler, ot Willam
ette, said today that his men have
shown but little Improvement dur
ing the last few days and hs pre
dicted a Bearcat defeat at the
hands of Mt. Angel. The-local nine
is held to be very weak is its bitting.