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JUN 0 S?tv CIRCULATION Average for May 6996. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Friday fair. Moderate westerly winds. ' Local: No rainfall: northerly winds; part cloudy; max. 77; min. 81; rivw 4 leet and falling. iJJJl.J', 'J ft i Member Associated Press Full leased wire serTice. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 136. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS SINSDii TvYN Ti TTTH i H 1 BO!! LL l n MslsaMMlA Irti Prob ers 11 KLANSMEN 'SwflRS Participants in Inglewood Rioting To Face Trial For Acts. JURYMEN MAY REVEAL ORGANIZATION DETAILS Grand Goblin of Pacific Domain and Two Klea gles Included In List of Accused. PRICE TO RETURN Atlanta, Ga.t June 8. G. W. Price, king kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in California, who was indicted in Los An geles in connection with a raid, will leave here tonight to face the charges against him, E. M. Clark, imperial wizard pro tem of the klan, announced to-' day. Los Angeles, Cal., June 8 The grand jury which has been inves tigating the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Los Angeles coun ty will probably ' take up the question of submitting a report on the klan organization at Its session here today. Officials of the district attorney's office sub mitted the last of their evidence to the grand Jury yesterday, and that body returned 43 Indict ments. Seek Coburn's Arrest That the. Los Angeles authori ltes will ask for the arrest and detention of William S. Coburn, former official of the klan who is believed to be In Atlanta, Ga., pending extradition proceedings, was indicated, . following a con ference between Deputy District Attorney Doran and Under Sher iff Blscailuz. That Nathan A. Ba ker, kleagle "ot the klan, who is in custody of the psychopathic ward of the county hospital, had made elaborate plans to leave Los Angeles before his arrest was an nounced here by Under Sheriff BiBcailuz. Baker was arrested at the request of the district attor ney's office, and is being held under $10,000 bail. Thirty four of the alleged mem bers of the klan who were indict ed yesterday will appear before Judge Frederick W. Houser of the local superior court today and de posit bail in the sum of $1000 each, according to their attorney, Paul B. D'Orr. Bench warrants will be Issued for those who do ot appear In court. Los Angeles, Cal., June 8. Three high officials and 34 al leged members ot the.Ku Klux Klan were indicted by the Los An geles county grand Jury late Wed- ( Continued on Page Five.) FORTY MILL TAX LIMIT IN WASHINGTON URGED Seattle. Wash.', June 8. At a conference of King county dele gates to the republican state con vention which meets in Chehalis next Saturday, held here last night, Malcolm Douglas, prosecut ing attorney of King county, was recommended for the temporary chairman of the convention. The vote for Douglas was unanimous. A resolution Introduced by State Representative George A. Meecham calling for a state plank for a forty mill state tax limit was recommended for adoption. RUTH HITS FOURTH HOMER Chicago, June 8. Babe Ruth hit his fourth home run of the eason with RobertBon pitching in the first Inning of the game with 'he White Sox. .None was on fcase at the time. The ball saile-i 'over the rigbtfield fence. May B Dayton Woman ,Born In Ireland 100 Years Ago Walla Walla, Wash., June 8. Madam DeBeaumont, the oldest woman in southeastern Washing ton, celebrated her one hundredth birthday Monday ot this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M E. Curl In Dayton. She was born in iray, uounty Wlcklow, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822 and com pleted her education in Dublin fitting herself for a teacher, which she followed for 16 years in England, Ireland, Scotland and France, where she married Count George Henri James Beaumont de le Barthe. They moved to Canada in 1861, to Garfield county, Wash in 1882 and to Dayton in 1900. She is the mother ot six children, grandmother of thirty and great grandmother of 37. Besides her daughter in Dayton she has three other surviving children, Herbert DeBeaumont of Clarkston, Mrs Lena Olds of Sudoka, B. C. and Mrs. W. H. Eaton of Pullman When she was born Queen Vic toria was but five years of age and Abraham Lincoln was only 16, while railroads, the telegraph and telephone were still in the future. She has not been in good health this spring. STRIKE VOTE 10 BE ADVERSE SAY L Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8. While union heads( generally re frained from commenting on the probability of a walkout as the re sult ot the release of strike ballots to 400,000 railway shopmen, some leaders expressed the belief that it would not be sanctioned unless the sixteen brotherhoods and or ganizations presented a united front. Doubt was expressed that the four transportation brother hoods would join in such a move, as their members' wages had not been cut by the railroad labor board. Significance, however, was at tributed in a letter sent to all lo cals following release of the bal by the executive council of the federated Bhop crafts. In which it was declared: "This is a time for action and not for talk and unnec essary delay." Returns of all bal lots by the executive council of the "thus making it possible to advise the membership before July 1." Preparation Continue. Chicago, June 8. Railroad un ions continued preparations today for their strike vote with union leaders predicting that the refer endum will be in favor of suspen sion of work In protest against wage reductions by the railroad labor board. These predictions were made in the face of statements by several railroad presidents that strike sentiment was largely confined to union leaders. If the ballots call for a strike when they are returned June 30, the day before 1110,000,000 is to be slashed off the wages of shop and maintenance of way employes, the suspension likely will become effective July 15, according to leaders of the rail unions. NON AUTO OVERTURNS Although Mrs. E. B. Hanford, of Portland, was thrown a con siderable distance thiB morning when an automobile driven by her husband turned turtle in a col lision on the Jefferson road, no one was Injured, according to the police. Ed Sauder, of route 4, wno was driving his car into the high way was the other driver to fig ure in the crash. His machine re ceived but minor damages but the Hanford car was badly wreck- jdThe accident occurred about J: 15 o'clock. are KtKlux I ADppp ppnpC LHIAuLIA UIAUrO JUNE REPORT Federal Forecast Shows General Increase In luction Over Last r; Wheat Good. croj tod cul j pr(fe-v oofi : ington, June 8. Larger tan last year were forecast y the department of agrl l Winter wheat showed ind ent to the extent of 22, I bushels, since May 1, with a forecast of 607,000,000 bushels, or the fourth largest ever grown The spring wheat area is 1,000,000 acres less than last year but prod. uction is forecast at 247,000,000 bushels or 32,000,000 bushels more than the 1921 crop Forecasts of production of other crops were: Oats, 1,305,000,000 bushels; barley 191,000,000 bushels; hay 106,000,000 tons; apples 180,000,- 000 bushels; peaches 64,700,000 bushels. The condition on' June 1, and the forecast of production . of spring wheat by principal produc ing states follows: Minnesota condition. 32; prod uction forecast 30,928,000 bushels. North Dakota, 91 and 88,S1,- 000. - . South Dakota, 92 and 81,22 V 000. Montana, 94 and 31,501,000. Washington, 83 and 17,613,000. Other details announced were: Winter wheat condition 81.9 per cent of a normal. Spring wheat acreage 18,639,- 000, condition 90.7. Oats acreage 41,822,000, condi tion 85.6. Barley acreage 7,600,000, con dition 90.1. Rye condition 92.5. Hay condition 91.1. Pasture condition 93.8. Apples condition 72.75. , Peaches condition 77.1. HALL LIKELY TO F Portland, Or., June 8. Charles Hall will not yet concede that he was defeated in the recent pri mary for the republican .nomina tion for governor, although the vote, with the exception of that of Jackson county, has been can vassed by Secretary of State Kozer and, according to report, erives Governor Olcott a lead of 623 votes oVer Hall. That the lat ter is contemplating asking for a recount in indicated by a state ment given out by him Wednesday an-nlm for publication. In his statement Hall said: "After primary day the unoffi cial newspaper returns on the re publican nomination for governor were conflicting. "Since then, many well authen ticated reports of gross irregular ities, errors, miscounts, etc., throughout the state, have accu mulated to such an extent that my friends believe and claim that the legal ballots actually cast in the ballot boxes have made me the republican nominee for governor. "In the meantime, until the of ficial count and reports are an nounced. I shall continue to ln- vestigate the facts reported. and thereafter determine my course in the light of such facts. "I shall be glad to confer with my friends at headquarters, which are maintained at room 387, Mult nomah hotel." Eivers Still Basing Portland, Ore., June 8. The rise in the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers will continue until Saturday and the stage of the stream here will remain sta tionary Sunday, according to the forecast today of the weather hi.reau based upon reports from up-river points for there has been a lull in the snow water. run-off of melting PREDICTED! Compulsory Public cu-ui auv. Debated Harding Condemned As Enemy of Labor Houston, Texas, June 8. A resolution condemning Pres ident Harding as an enemy of organized labor and declaring that all members of the organ ization should work to prevent his reelection, was adopted to day at the convention ot the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. BE HELD HERE The ' Oregon and Washington district ot the Missouri synod, the largest Lutheran body In America, comprising 25 districts, will meet here from June 22-28, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congrega tion, Sixteenth and A streets. Over a hundred delegates from wasn ington, Idaho and Oregon are ex pected to be present. The district will enjoy the hon or of having the general president, Rev. F. Photenhauer, D.D., of Chi cago, and Professor J. H. C. Fritz, dean of Concordia seminary, St. Louis, Mo., present at all sessions. Dr. Photenhauer will deliver the opening address on Thursday morning, June 22, which will be commemorative of the 75th an niversary of the formation of the Missouri synod in 1847. The president of the Oregon and Washington district, Rev. W, Janssen of Yakima, Wash., an nounces the following - program: Paper will be read by Dean J. H. C. Fritz, on "Secret Societies Ckft'lstian Burial Church Disci pline": by Rev. W. Janssen on "The Christian Home"; by Rev. C. J. Beyerlein of Albany, first vice-president, on "The Christian Day-School as a Missionary Insti tute." The educational sermon will be delivered by the Rev. C. Bernard, pastor of Grace Lutheran church, Portland; the pastoral sermon by Rev. H. Brockman, Odessa, Wash. Owing to the limited space In the auditorium of the local congrega tion, the Jubilee services on Sun day, the 25th, will be held at" the fair grounds, the Rev. W. F. George of Portland, general field secretary for this district, and the Rev. J. H. Fritz speaking, irne Portland Choral society, all Luth erans, unaer tne direction ot itev. R. Messerll of Oregon, will aid the local choir in the music ren dered. Incidentally the Lutheran edu cation society, with a large mem bership scattered over- the three states will bring many members to Salem for the semi-annual meet ing held during these sessions. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES National R. H. E. Cincinnati 7 11 2 Brooklyn 2 8 4 Rixey and Hargrave; Reuther, Cadore, Decatur and Miller. Pittsburgh 7 16 0 Philadelphia - 5 11 2 Carlson and Gooch; Ring, Sin gleton, Weinert and Henllna. Chicago 6 10 3 New York 11 11 0 Aid ridge, Steuland, Kaurmann and Hartnett; J. Barnes, Causey and Smith. American. R. H. E. II! 1 Washington Cleveland 1 6 2 Uhle Zacbary and Gharrlty; and O'Neill. Philadelphia 6 12 10 Detroit 7 Rommel, Moore and Perkins. Bruggy; Olsen, Dauss and Bessler, New York 7 15 1 Chicago . 2 r Shawley and Schang; Bnr-yjn and Schalk. Secrets By Grange " McMinnville, Or., June 8. Delegates to the annual conven tion of the state grange, in ses sion here today were considering two question which are under de bite, one relating to the present method of election of officers of the state grange, and the other an Issue raised by a resolution providing for compulsory attend ance at state schools by all chil dren in the state between the ages, of 6 and 18 years. The lat ter question was before the com mittee on education. The grange was on record to day In favor ot denying orien tal! the right to lease or own land in the state and denying all Ori entals privileges of citizenship. Resolutions to this effect were unanimously adopted. The grange also adopted a resolution criticis ing Judges for laxity In enforce ment of the prohibition law: A resolution oposing a federal sales tax was adopted without debate, and another one was adopted instructing the national grange to take up with congress the question of exempting grange entertainments for tax, on the ground that they were educa tional in scope. Delegates today went on a to';r of Yamhill county and were to . reconvene late today and se lect next year's meeting place. Newport was the only city that bai extended an Invitation this morning. . ELKS' FLAG DAY JUSTICE TO TALK Justice John McCourt ot the Oregon supreme court will be the chief speaker at the Salem Elks' flag day exercises to be held at Willson park on Wednesday even ing, June 14, it waa announced this afternoon by the committee in charge. The exercises will be quite elab orate and there will be several speakers on the program. A pa rade will form at the Elks' temple in the evening and will march to Willson park. It will be headed by the Elks' band. Following the address by Judge McCourt, Robin Day will make a short talk on "The History of the Flag." He will be followed by Joseph Benjamin, assistant attor ney general for Oregon. All members of the local Elks lodge are expected to participate n the program here, as Elks In all parts of the United States will be doing. FOUR BADLY BURNED i IN PITTSBURGH BLAZE Pittsburgh. Pa.. June 8. A general alarm of fire called all the city departments to tne plant oi the Young Paper company in 34th fr this afternoon. Five men. including K. P. Young, president of the company, were taken to non-hir hosDitals. all Injured by explosions In the tar section im mediately after the fire started. CELEBRATES 75TH BIRTHDAY Manv friends of Mrs. W. R. An derson of this city, Tuesday, gath ered at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. G. White.. 1259 Ferry street, when Mrs. Anderson cele brated her 75th birthday. Guests included Mrs. Minnie Patterson, Mrs. Flora Clark, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Bertha Viesko, in. Ella Jones. Mrs. Nellie Au- rance, Mrs. Mary Thatcher, Mrs. ettie McFadden, Mrs. Mary Bil- inn. Mrs. Fanny Moore, Miss Viola Mynette, Mrs. W. H. Eley, rn. Sarah Hobson, Mrs. W. A. ,iston, Mrs. Flora Zinn, Mrs. oiAer Inrrey. Mrs. W. E. Ander- wn, Mrs. E. G. White, Miss Sylvia White, Homer Ingrey, Frankle Hill and Delbert White. BRITISH TAKE 8ALLEEK ID OCCUPY FORT Irish Irregulars Driven Out of City by Tommies New Troops are Gar risoned In Londonderry Belfast, June 8. (By Associ ated Press.) Balleek was occu pied today by British troops which advanced this morning to take the salient from the Irish Irregular forces, The fort overlooking Balleek was captured by the British troops. At the Newtonards mill head quarters this afternoon it was stated that Balleek was retaken without loss ot life and that no prisoners were taken. Situation Complicated. A correspondent at Ennlsklllen telegraphed this morning that from observations around Lough Erne and other information, the program was for the Lincolnshire and Staffordshire troops, support ed by battery ot howitzers and armored cars, to endeavor to dis lodge the Irish. "The situation," adds the cor respondent, "is somewhat Gllbert lan and could only happen In an Irish war. There is Pettitgoe In the Free State, loyalist to a man. now under the authority of Brit lsh troops, while on the other (Continued on Page Five.) REALTORS HERE TO BE UNIT OF I0NAL Members of the Marlon-Polk County Realtors association today voted to become members of both the National Realtors association and of the Northwest Realtors as sociation. Although membership in the two organizations will en tall added expense, local real es tate men felt that the benefits to be derived would well be worth any additional cost. At their noon luncheon the realtors also voted to Indorse and to assist with the program for a fourth of July observance in 8a lera. Plans were laid for a picnic of Marlon and Polk realtors to be held next Thursday evening at Rlckreall park. Members and their families and guests are ex pected to be on the ground at 0 o'clock. Baseball and other sports will be featured. ASK ETHERIDGE CASE BE KILLED Portland, Ore., June 8. Motion was on file today in the circuit court for dismissal of an Indict ment against John L. Etherldge, bond house head, charged with embezzlement. The motion was based on the ground that the case had been permitted to drag along for months since it should legally have been brought to issue. Etherldge was indicted follow ing the collapse of the bond house of Morris Brothers, Inc., In Decem ber, 1920, and since then he has aided in reorganization of the con cern's affairs. His trial has been set for June 15 and the motion will be beard at that time. JURY SELECTED TO TRY MRS. CSENCHAIN AGAIN Los Angeles, Cal., June 8. The jury in the second trial of Mrs Madalynne Obenchaln, charged with the murder of J. Belton Ken nedy, was completed and sworn shortly before noon. Seven womer and five men were selected. A thirteenth or alternate Juror, i woman, was also chosen. Brumfleld Appeal To Be Argued June 23 Arguments in the case ot the state vs Richard M. Brumfleld, now before the supreme court on appeal from the decree of the Douglas county circuit court, have been set tor 23. Brumfleld is now under sentence of death for the mur der of Dennis Russell, Douglas county hermit. His appeal to the supreme court is based largely upon failure of the lower court to grant his plea for a change of venue. Consti tutionality ot the capital pun ishment act Is also attacked in the appeal. Brumfleld , was sentenced to hang last Janu ary but appeal of his case to the supreme court, however, automatically stays the execu tion of his sentence pending action on his case by the high er court. IS Paris, June 8. (By Associated Press.) An Idea ot an interna tional loan to Germany has been given up by the committee of bankers, and they are meeting to day to agree upon the form of their report to this effect which will be submitted to the repara tions commission. The work ot formulating the report, it is stated, may take two or three sittings. The prevailing conviction among the members ot the bank era' committee la that two things are necessary to loan: First, there must be unanimity among the leaders, which were to include all the countries represented on the reparations commission. Sec ond, that the credit basis ot Ger many must be outlined clearly. The bankers look upon the rep arations commission's reply to their recent note as an official declaration that unanimity does not exist among tha prospective leaders, and therefore feel that plans for a loan cannot be advised. SAN DIEGO GUESTS San Diego, Cal., June 8. Secre tary Edwin Denby ot the navy de partment today became the guest of San Diego and will remain un til 6 o'clock tomorrow evening, when he will depart aboard the United States transport Hender son for Japan. The secretary is accompanying members of the An napolis class of 1881 who are voy aging to the Orient on the trans port. The Henderson entered San plego bay early today and was moored at the municipal dock, where officer ot the navy and marine corps, accompanied by army men and by a committee of citizens, greeted the visitors at 8:80. A short reception on the Henderson was followed by a pa rade through flag draped down town streets, an escort of cavalry leading the procession with the secretary and other guests occupy ing flower-decorated automobiles. After the parade. Secretary Denby acocmpanled navy officials to north Island where navy air planes maneuvers bad been ar ranged. SHRINERS TO BREAK' GROUND FOR HOSPITAL Portland, Ore., June 8. Fre- land Kendrlck, who as imperial potentate ot the Shrlners when the imperial council met here two years ago, proposed a plan for establishment of hospitals for crippled children, 'arrived here to day to officiate at the breaking of the ground tomorrow for the hospital to be erected here, one of bIx in cities of North America. Assisting Mr, Kendrlck in the ceremonies tomorrow were to be Samuel Cochran of Dallas, Texas, chairman of the national board of trustees; Dr. Oscar M. Lanstrom of Helena, Mont., and Frederick W. Keater of Tacoma, members of the national board. PRESENTATION TO SENATE IS N Senator Williams Objects To Receiving Bill and Delays Program. PROPOSAL PROVIDES - FOR OPTIONAL RELIEF Reduced Federal Expen ses and Refunding In terest Payments Expect ed to Finance Scheme. Washington, June 8. An effort to present the soldiers' bonus bill to the senate today was blocked by Senator Williams, democrat, Mis sissippi, Chairman McCumber of the finance committee gave notice that he would make another ef fort later In the day to get tha measure to the senate calendar. Billet Prevent Action Because of the parliamentary procedure under which the senate was operating, unanimous consent was necessary to present the bill and report, which earlier In tha day had been made public by Senator McCumber, Senator Wll. Hams refusing such consent. Asserting that congress had paid the claims against the gov ernment of "war profiteers," and that every time an effort was made to pay compensation to the soldiers there was objection, Sen-' ator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, urged Senator McCumber to inova that the bill be received. "The time has come for the uue of pluck And grit and courage and sand," the Arizona senator tariff bill would not be laid aside shouted. Senator McCumber ex plained that he could not offer such a motion because there was a gentlemen's agreement that the for controversial measures with out advance notice being given. Wants Tariff Sidetracked Senator McCumber said that after consultation with members on both sides of the chamber ba would ask later to lay aside the tariff bill and take up the bonus measure. Announcing his opposition to the measure, Senator Underwood of Alabama, the democratic leader. said he would be very glad if tha bill went over until after the November election so that the American people could voice their ontlment with regard to the meas ure. Extra Tax Not Likely. Washington, Juua 8. The sol dterB' bonus bill was formerly pre sented today In the senate by Chairman McCumber of the fi nance committee The senate bill estimate was prepared by treasury experts and is based on the theory that 75 per cent of the 4,458,191) veterans who would be eligible for compen sation would elect the adjusted service certificate option; 2 2 Mi per cent farm, home and land set tlement aid and 2Vi per cent vo cational training aid. Should all of the veterans select the certifi cate plan, the total cost would be $4,486,545,975. With reference to financing the legislation Chairman McCumber' report said It was hoped that tha reduction in governmental expen ditures plus the payment ot in terest on the refunding obliga tions would be sufficient to obvi ate the Imposition ot additional taxation. "It It does become necessary to Impose additional taxes," the re port continued, "it is believed we can better determine the amount of the necessary levy and the methods ot distributing such bur dens for the future at a later date when the future condition of tho treasury will be more accurately established." Cash Feature Held Sown. Senator McCumber explained that an attempt bad been made to reduce to a minimum actual cash payments under the bill during the next three years while the (Continued on Page Right.) A mm