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(II t II. I - CIRCULATION A-i.'for AnrI1 5793- Mtber Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Sunday gen erally fair; gentle variable winds. . Local: Ho rainfall.' southerly winds; clear: maximum, T3; minimum, 45; river, 3.7 feet and stationary. (DIM I 1 t tw""" , lit m frt service. ' gRTFOURTII YEAR NO. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NRWS STANDS' FIVE CENTS n A i 114. IWrnlvflS NIL 1 ul u i . it'siji 2 es 1UPIN0F' CONFERENCE S LIKELYi Reconciliation of French and British on Russian Problem Held To Be Impossible. Genoa, May 13. (By Associ tted Press.) As tiie result of the meeting of the economic confer slice's sub-commission on Russian slate today the situation became 10 critical that it seemed doubt inl whether the British and French positions could be recon died. Alter the adjournment of the meeting which was taken at 1:15 p. m. until 5 o'clock, the British delegation announced that "seri ous though friendly ' discussion had occurred. French Stand Pat. M. Barthou, head of the French delegation, declared at the meet ing that France would never con lent to having: mixed commissioni oO which the Russians served give consideration to Russian credits, debts and the treatment of foreign property nationalized in Russia. Disagreement by - France and Belgium with other countries re- larding the treatment of the sov let delegation is not a reason for drawing out, however, so long as there remains other important Questions to discuss, it was declar ed. Instructions were sent along these lines to M. Barthou, head of the French delegation at Ge noa, after the receipt of y ester day's dispatches, it was added. Delegates Co ilemain. Paris, May 13. (By Associated Press.) The French delegation will remain at Genoa to take part in deliberations on other questions DiODerlv hftfnrn the rmf pretice. although it will have nothing more to do wrth discussion of the Eussions, it was said at the for eign office this morning. As far as the Russian problem is con cerned, the conference ia nnnsider- ed by the French government at an end. SPEEDY GAIV1E IS BILLED SUNDAY With fine weather in prospect od a good field. Jack Hayes ex pects a fast game tomorrow when 'be Senators clash with the Port end Bankers' baseball club at Ox ford park. .. - - Pievious games played on the home grounds have been consider My slowed up by the condition of the field and weather. It has oot, however, ' placed and damper & the Senators ability to win James, for in the four contests of "e season the team has come off dinner. The lineup for Salem Will be: "cKenna, ss; Humphreys, 2b; ""yes, rf; Keene, 3b; Barr, c; Wolph, lb; Duffy, cf; E. Gill, If; bishop, p. The lineup for the Portland Bankor,r T.each and Wagner, c; wessens, Hubach and Wagner, p; "lutuei, to; isj. ituoie, zo; ij. Moore, ss; V. Buono, 3b; Stein bauer, If; Bill Campbell, cf; John oa, rf. Davis will umpire. FAIR WEATHER IS FORECAST Washington - Mar 13. Weath- outlook for the week beginning Monday: Pacific states General T fair and normal temperatures 1 "'"h a probability of occasion 41 showers on thu north coast. STATE OF OREGON Executive Department Salem PROCLAMATION ' Dangerous forces are insidiously gaining a foothold m Oregon. In the guise of a secret society, parading under the name of the Ku Klux Klan, these forces are endeavoring to usurp the reins of government, are stirring up fanaticism, race hatred, religious prejudice and all of these evil influences which tend toward fac . tional strife and civil terror. Assaults have been committed in various counties of the state by unknown, masked outlaws, the odium of which has reflected on the Ku Klux Klan. Whether or not these outlaws were connected with that organization is immaterial. Their vile acts demonstrate that the name of the organization may be used for evil purposes and that from the nature of its activities it has the moral effect of causing unthinking and misguided persons to enter into unlawful conspiracies and to perpetrate un lawful deeds. ,, $ In a sister state this same or i; ization is under judicial inquiry as a result of f ious assaults and unspeakable outrages committed u i the veil of dark ness. . Oregon needs no masked nig s iders, no invisible empire to control her affairs. Oul .rts of law, our law enforcing officers, our whole rm 2iery of government are founded on the fundament; 3 of true American citizenship and are second to no 5 f state. Star cham ber proceedings, dark conspira behind closed doors, are all foreign to our first governmental principles. Danger lurks when masked men parade the streets on missions of a character known to none but themselves. Officers of the law can have no knowledge of the identity, character or aims of individuals who conceal their features, whose oath of allegiance to some private organization holds sway in their minds, and whose mo tives are uncertain and unknown. Even the sanctity of our various churches is no proof against their invasion in disguise. By virtue of the authority in me vested by the consti tution of the State of Oregon to see that the laws are faithfully executed and enforced, I hereby call upon all law enforcing arms of the government, including judges of the courts, sheriffs of the counties and any other law enforcing officers whatsoever to guard carefully against any infraction of the law, to insist that unlawfully dis guised men be kept from the streets, and to prevent further outrages and maraudings such as have occurred in some of our own communities and in the State of California. I particularly cite Section 2046, Oregon Laws, as a statute to be strictly enforced. The time has come to determine whether our state government shall maintain its orderly way, controlled by the voice of all of the people, or whether it shall be turned over to some secret clique or clan, to be made the tool of invisible forces, working in the dark toward aims unknown to others than themselves. The true spirit of Americanism resents bigotry, abhors secret machinations and ter rorism and demands that those who speak for and in her cause speak openly, with their faces to the sun. I call' upon all loyal citizens of this state to give support to the proper law enforcing arms of the govern ment in this movement against masked riders or cloaked and disguised figures who unlawfully skulk about on secret missions for unknown ends. If masked men are permitted to roam promiscuously at large it will not be long before our wives and daugh ters will know no safety, our homes will no longer be out castles, and the streets will be scenes of disgraceful riot. These practices must cease if there is law in our land and true Americanism is to prevail. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the State of Oregon to be here unto affixed this 13th day of May, 1922. BEN W. OLCOTT, Governor. Pair of Amendments and Ordinances t ace Voters Here May 19 at Pendleton, Or., May 13. Mrs. "tele Hall was shot four times in . baik of the bead this morning restaurant and was not ex ited to live. Flovd Hall, her "sband, a taxt driver and ex pidier, was arrested charged with 'riI"g the shots. Hall turned the n n himself but bystanders sobbed him before he tould fire gain, according to witnesses. rs- Hall has been married three es and recently ,ued Hn tor amendments to 1 WO J! i vj. the city charter ana iwo f" .,:,. ,m be nlaced be en y vi um--" fore the voters of the citj of Salem the special eiecuuu Briefly, the proposed amend ents provide: v.. .iv rnuncil be author ized to issue and dispose of bonds the extent-of $l3.suu ivi mirz-haninE a triple purpose ui. l'1" - a . combination fire truck, composed of pumper, chemical ana nu- a.v paratus, for the lire aty"i"- That the chief of police be ap pointed by the mayor with the consent of a majority of the mem bers of the council, instead of elected by the people as at pres ent. The proposed ordinances pro vide as follows: That the citv council be author ized to issue bonds to the extent of $25,000 for the purpose of con structing new sewers. That the council be authorized to borrow $7500 for the purpose of purchasing a pick-up street sweeper for the street department. All of the proposed bond issueE provide for interest not to exceed 6 per cent, and the proposed loan of $7500 would be negotiated with interest not to exceed 6 per cent. The proposal to purchase addi tional fire equipment is strongly endorsed by A. F. Marcus and J. Baumgartner, member of the fire and water committee of the city council. Almost every member of the council has expressed himself as favoring the proposal to make the office of police chief appoin tive rather than elective; vigorous arguments favoring the $15,000 sewer bonds are offered by Alder men Schunke. Hal Patton and L. H. Sutter, of the council's sewer committee, and the proposal to buy a new sweeper ia backed in particular by J. G. Giesy, J. Mc Clelland and Joseph Baumgartner of the street committee. Yesterday, with a maximum temperature of 73 degrees, was the warmest day of, the year. The minimum temperature was 45. No rain fall yesterday and the Wil lamette river, at S.I feet, was stationary. N MUST EXPU GIANT MERGER Presidents of Independent Companies Summoned to Appear " Before Trades Commission. STATE OFFICERS INSTRUCTED TO ENFORCE LAW PROHIBITING USE OF DISGUISES ON STREETS Washington, r.xay 13. Presi dents of more than half a dozen independent steel companies men tioned in connection with the re ported projected merger were call ed upon today by the federal trades commisison for "full and special information as to the plan of proposed merger before the plan is consummated or actual trans fers made." t The commisison's request, made after receipt of the LaFollette res olution adopted yesterday by the senate was addressed to the presi dents of the Midvale Steel & Ordi nance company. Republic Iron & Steel company, Lackawanna Steel company, Inland Steel company, Yougnstown Sheet Metal & Tube company, Steel & Tube Company of America, Brien Hill Steel com pany and the Bethlehem Steel cor poration. Anouncement was made in con nection with the request that the commisison had Its attention call ed formally to the projected mer ger last December 27 and since that time it has had the matter under investigation. ' BEAUVAIS DENIES HE STOLE LETTERS Montreal, May 13. Specific de nial that he had ever sold any let ters to lawyers of James A. Still- man who is suing his his wife for divorce, was made today by Fred Beauvais, the Indian guide. - At Poughkeepsie, yesterday, it was stated in court that Beauvais had sold four letters addressed to him by Mrs. Stillman for,$ 15,000. Beauvais said be had seen no body connected with the Stillman case this week in Montreal; that he had never received "any special letters as were described in court; that he did not know Edmund Leigh, the detective said to hav! paid him the money, and that the whole thing was untrue from be ginning to end. ' ' Beauvais, accused, by Stillman of being the father of the boy, Guy, said Mrs. Stillman was "an absolutely pure and innocent wom an." ' f ANTIBLUE LAW LEAGUE FORMED Organized for the purpose of educating the "people of Oregon in 100 percent Americanism" and to "oppose any and all proposed freak legislation," the Anti-Blue Law League with headquarters In Portland, filed articles of incor poration with the state corpora tion department here today. The incorporators are George W. Burt, P. Mcintosh and A. R. McKinley. The league has no capital stock but will financed by membership fees. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES American. R. H. K. St, Louis 4 10 1 Philadelphia 7 7 0 VanGilder and Severeid; Rom mel and Perkins. Chicago 12 4 Boston. ,. 3 & 2 Leverette and Schalk; Penneck and Ruel. " National. Boston 8 8 2 Pittsburgh . 5 10 3 McQuillan and Gowdy, O'Neill; Cooper, Morrison and.Mattox. Brooklyn Cincinnati K. H. E. 3 12 1 8 12 2 Knights of i Bar Kfansmen from r Lodge Membership :' San Francisco, May 13. William Dadew, supreme chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias whose home is In New York, announced here today he would request the suspension of any member of the order belonging to the Ku Klux Klan. . The supreme chancellor said the Knights of Pythias could be expected to take a definite stand on the subject of the Ku Klux Klan at the knights' na tional convention, to be held here August 8 to 15. BAPTISTS OF 2 E i . " Independence, Or., May 13. The annual conference of the West Willamette Valley associa tion, comprising the Baptist churches of Polk, Benton, Yam hiljj and Lincoln counties, opened Tharsday morning at the local Baptist church for a three-day session. Rev. Walter L. Bailey of Carlton, moderator for this dis trict, Is the presiding officer at the various meetings. Thursday's program included addresses by Dr. W. A. Waldo of Portland and Rev. Trawint of Mc Mlnnville. Friday morning's ses sion was occupied with the asso- ciational board meeting, Bible study, and an address by Rev. J Cr iAustin,. , Friday afternoon reports were read fi-om the churches of the dls trlf.t which showed a total mem bership of 1486, about 200 less than were reported last year. There were 57 baptisms and 113 added by letter. The reports show ed -4 7 9 tithers in the district .nd $8529.50 was subscribed for the new world movement. An hour was devoted to a discussion of the needs of the association. A portion of the afternoon pro gram was devoted to Linfleld col lege. John F. Mason, who has been visiting the high schools of the state in the Interests of the college, told of the splendid work being done by Lin field graduates in the teaching profession. Presi dent Leonard W. Rinley gave a recital of the improvements and progress made since be became president sixteen years ago. He gave the final status of the col lege in detail and explained the plans for increasing the endow ment fund to $870,000 by Novem ber 1, 1925. In the evening an evangelistic sermon was delivered by Dr. S. J. Reld of Portland. Today's program includes round table discussions . on the Bible school, and addresses by Dr. Young of Portland, and business sessions, including reports of com mittees and election of officers for the coming year. EAGLES HEAD JUNIOR TWILIGHT BALL LEAGUE Rivalry between the six teams of the Junior Twilight baseball league for the championship of the city and being sponsored by theY. M. C. A. is proving keen. The Eagles, captained by Don Donnette is at the head of the league not having lost a game so far. The schedule started two weeks ago and will not be finish ed before the end of school. The standing of the teams follows Eagles 1000 Angels 666 Yankees 600 Luclcy Stars 500 All Stars 333 2 RUNAWAYS CAUGHT HERE Although they registered at the. city jail here last night as residents of Portland, Fred Will iams and Jack Mitchell this morning admitted to Chief of Po lice Moffitt they are runaways from Vancouver. B. C. Each of the boys is 16 years of age. "It wasn't as much fun as we thought it would be," one of the lads told Moffitt In referring to their experiences In "beating it." Chief Moffitt this afternoon wired the chief of police at Van couver for instructions concerning the disposition of the lads. Chief Executive, In Proclamation, Declares Out rages Perpetrated In Name of Secret Organ ization Threaten Stability of Government, and Endanger Peace and Safety of Commonwealth- Declaring that "dangerous forces are insiduously gaining a foothold in Oregon," and that these forces "in the guise of a secret sciety, parading under the name of the Ku Klux Klan, are endeavoring to usurp the reigna of government- are stirring up fanaticism, race hatred, religious prejudice and all of these evil influences which tend toward factional strife and civil terror," Governor Olcott this morning issued a proclamation calling upon all law enforcement officers of the state, including judges of the courts, sheriffs of the counties and all other law enforcing officers, to see that all "unlaw fully disguised men be kept from the streets, and to prevent further outrages, and marudings such as hiTve occurred in some of our own communities and in the state of California." ; Section 2046, Oregon Laws, dealing with the subject of unlaw ful, disguises and consequent pen alties, is especially stressed In the proclamation. Klan Held Responsible. "Assaults have been committed In various counties of the state by unknown, masked outlaws, the odium of which hag reflected on the Ku Klux Klan," the procla mation reads. "Whether or not these outlaws were connected with the organization is immater ial. Their vile acts demonstrate that the name of the organization may be used for evil purposes and that from the nature of Its activi ties it has the moral ' effect of Funds Provided for Trans-Continental Mail Service by Air Washington, May 13. The house today agreed to a senate amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill, providing $1,900,000 for operation of the New York-San Francisco air mall service during the year beginning July 1. Olcott Benefit For Boys School Band Is Success Portland, Or., May 13. Chaun cey Olcott'B Initial appearance in a series of four this week at the Hellig theater, where he is play ing "Ragged Robin," netted the tidy sum of approximately $1500 for the Oregon State Training School for Boys, to be used In the purchase of instruments and uni forms for a school band. W. L. Kuser, superintendent of the school', said yesterday when in formed of the amount that the first music the band will be taught will be the airs to some of Olcott 's favorite songs. Judge Kanzler announced the results of the benefit performance at noon yesterday. As was gen erally known, the Progressive Business Men's club had taken over the entire house for Thurs day night for the purpose of rais. Ing sufficient money to provide band instruments and uniforms for the state training school. Judge Kanzler was chairman of the committee, and because the house was packed to capacity with people eager to hear again the golden voice of the famous Irish singer, the sum he announced re sulting from the benefit was larger than was expected, and Is ample for the purpose. Y. M. C, A. EAGLES BEAT ANGELS; SCORE IS 7 TO 6 By a score of seven to six the Y. M. C. A. Eagles slipped defeat to the Angels in the game played last night as part of the sched ule of the Junior Twilight base ball league. It was a pitchers' battle be tween Hale Cade of the Eagles and John Barley of the Angels. The Angels made three runs in the first inning on errors. In the fourth inning the Eagles tied the score. In the fifth Inning the score was tied six to six, but was won In the same frame by a hit of Ersklne Sandy's. The lineup: Angels John Varley, Bud Richards, Otto Kleen, Mllfred Miller, Walter Chance, Clyde Johnson, Weldon Kirk, Delbert Swabbaner, Bill Slsson. Eagles Ivan White, Donald Dunnette, Harold Kade, Paul Dev- ers, Jerome Hanson, Ersklne San dys, Harvey Brock, Claud Grime, Hugh Adams. MILL NEAR AIRLIE REOPENED Independence, Or., May 13. The Davis & Weber mill, located one mile above Airlie, started up last Tuesday after being closed down since February. The mill has a 40.000 foot capacity and the logging operations require from IS to 20 men. The company is short of loggers and had a man in Independence Friday trying to In terest men in that work. The wages paid amount to $3 50 and $4.00 a day, with board at $1.20 a day. 'Continued on page eight) S. A. OFFICIAL TO SPEAK TO ROTARY In connection with the Salva tion army home service drive for Marlon county, which starts here Monday, Major HarriB, matron of the White Shield home in Portland will speak to the Rotary club at the Marlon hotel, Wednesday noon according to Ensign Thomas Bloss who Is directing the drive here. Booths have been placed on the streets where donations will be accepted and to call the attention of the public to the campaign. It has also been arranged with the United States National bank, Ladd & Bush and the Capital National bank to receive checks for the drive. Headquarters ol the campaign are being maintained at 193 North Commercial street over Gale's store. CONFERENCE ON DEPOT FACILITIES REQUESTED A request for a prompt confer ence on depot facilities at Oregon City, has been forwarded to Ben C. Dey, general attorney for the Southern Pacific company, by Fred G. Buchtel, public service commissioner. Buchtel expresses appreciation of the many dil?icultteg encounter ed in the company's attempt to comply with the commission's or der for improved freight and pas senger depot facilities at Oregon City but points out that with the definite location of the Pacific highway at that point the way has been cleared for definite action by the railroad. Bonds Certified The state irrigation securities commission Friday certified to $20,000 in bonds of the Wallowa valley improvement district No. 1. The issue Is to be used in securing an additional water supply. Bonds aggregating $125,000 have been certified to for this district here tofore. The project which com prises approximately 900 acres of irrigable land, has been practical ly completed. SPEEDING TRAIf THREE ARE DEAD Batavia, N. Y., May 13. Three persons were killed when the Black Diamond express on the Lehigh Valley railroad struck an automobile at LeRoy. The vic tims were Thomas R. Brodle ot LeRoy driver of the car and E. E. Crosser of Niagara Falls, a rail road yardman and Lee Clay, a traveling man of Portland, Maine, who died on the way to a hospital here. Twenty-five Injured were tak en from the wreckage of theJbre passenger coaches which over turned. Three were believed fatally hurt. The train was going about 70 automobile. The derailed passen mileg an hour when It hit the ger coaches plunged over a 40-foot embankment. A Pullman car also left the rails. TO "LlBtcn, Look and Laugh," the home talent motion picture staged In Salem by Harold J. Binney, na tionally known producer-director, under the auspices of The Capital Journal, will be entirely develop ed and assembled tomorrow and will be exhibited at the Bllgh theater here Monday, It was an nounced by Frank Bllgh, mana ger, this afternoon. "Indications are that we will show the picture to one of the big gest crowds which ever saw a film in this city," Mr. Bligh said. "We have had hundreds of calls from persons who wished to learn on what dates the picture would be exhibited." Five days we're required for the filming of "Listen, Look and Laugh," and more than 250 res idents of Salem make up its cast. Forty three persons were signed up for major and minor roles. Governor lcott. Mayor Halvor- sen, Fred Thlelscn, Mrs. W. Carl ton Smith, Mrs. Arthur Rahn, Carl Hinges, Nancy Thielsen, Chief of Police Moffitt, Police Sergeant Ralph Davis and several other well known residents of Sa lem were among the principals used. "The picture is a success," Mr. Binney said over long distance telephone this afternoon. "Listen, Look and Laugh" Is a comedy drama of two reels. FAIL IN TULIP FARM RAID Young men and women whose names were not made public were caught last night f-!i'ing a raid on the Franklin-Dibble tulip lrm in Polk county, near Sulem. Lr4fr, another attempt to steal flowers was frustrated. Members of the party, it wa4 said, were In two automobiles. One of the youths was caught, but was later released. "The nextx time a similar raid occurs the parties involved will be prosecuted," W. C. Frankllix, aid this, afternoon.