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4 ' A: JUN 3 1322 CIRCULATION Average for Hay 6996. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. , The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday cloudy west portion; fair east portion; moderate westerly winds. . Local: No rainfall; northerly winds; clear; max. 78; min. 47; J .mm FORTY-FOURTH YEAR-NO. 139. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1922, PRICE TWO CENTS aSAV IT i-'agf Li lilfl i 11 li 11 U 11 I J Li Li St OTTTt Takes Toll of 3 17 mm RESPONS BL E IS E FOR DAMAGE V "' :1 , Incoming " Tide Carries Eighteen More Bodies Of Storm Victims BEACH RESORT HIT Pleasure Seekers Caught In Wind Which Plays Havoc With Boats and -Amusement Places. New York, June 12. (By Asso ciated Press.) The death toll of the brief but terrific hurricane that swooped down on the metro- polltan area late yesterday passed the 60 mark today with lndlca ' tlons that the total number of dead .might go much higher. The death list leaped ahead when an Incoming tide returned 18 more bodies ' that had been swept out to sea last night. Four more bodies were recovered at Hunters island and two were re 'ported to have been picked up at Travers Island. Beach Resort Wrecked. City Island haven for Sunday pleasure seekers and amateur fishermen was the hardest hit point In the metropolitan area, but casualties, mostly by drowning, were reported from many other points. The beach at City Island today presented a desolate spec tacle. Several hundreds persons, relatives of the missing worn by hysteria, waited In little groups among the wreckage on the Sand for some word of the fate of their loved ones. Marine squad police, exhausted by their all night vigil, continued their cruise, keeping a sharp lookout for additional bodies. More Crowned, Belief. The full toll of the storm may not be known for days, if ever, Boatmen at City Island said there were 46 small boat its yet unaccounted for. Occupants ot many of these undoubtedly were saved by United States coast guards and by members of yacht clubs about the Island, who put out as soon as the blow had sub sided but the police believe many more were lost. There were at least 250 smallboats and canoes out when the squall struck. All the damage was wrought In less than 15. minutes. The New York weather bureau reports the storm, lasted officially only five minutes. It was described as a "severe thunder squall" during which the wind averaged 72 miles an hour There was a brief period when the wind velocity touched 88 miles an hour and it was at this point, it is believed, that most of the damage was done. Watch All Night. New York, June 12. Daybreak this morning found hundreds of parents, children and relatives still standing vigilant at the docks at City Island awaiting the arrival of police boats which dur ing the hours of darkness had searched the waters of Long Is land sound for additional victims of yesterday's terrific storm. Powerful searchlights played over the water as the ghastly quest went on, but the swift tide apparently had borne away the bodies not recovered last night. Woman Admits She Saw Slayer Fire Fatal Shot Kansas City, Mo., June 12.- Following a sworn statement that she was with Denzel Chester the night Miss Florence Barton, local society girl was slain In October 1920, and saw him fire the shot that killed the girl, Mrs. Bessie Curtis, 23, was held today by the Kansas City, Kans., police. Ches ter was acquitted of the murder of Miss Barton 'In May, 1921. PROPOSALS FOR BEI Tsj pE ARE m I Tien (Continued on Page Three.) Schooner Picked Hp Seattle, Wash., June 12.--The fishing schooner Texas, which was disabled off the Vancouver Island coast late Friday has been picked by the coast guard cutter Sno homish and is being towed to Port Angeles, Wash., according to wire less advices received here today from the Saohomluh. I Jhina, June 12. (By Associated .Press) General Chang Tso-Lin's proposals for armistice with Wu Pel-Fu appear to nave been simply a ruse to gain time for the defeated Manchurlan war lord. . Heavy fighting broke out Friday between Chinwangtao and Shankaiwan. The battle has been raging steadily for the past three days. This morning Chang's Feng tien forces launched a violent drive against the right flank of the Chihll army, resting on the sea at the mouth of the Gulf of Liao Tung, Wu's battle line held fast, however, and the Fengtien assault was repulsed. Two car loads -ot wounded are expected to arrive in Tien Tsln from the front tonight. Coke's rifles, a British Indian regiment which left here Friday for Shanhalkwan to protect for eign Interests there, has been held up at Chlntangtao, owing to the fresh outbreak of fighting. General Wu Pei-Fu has order ed his third division, the crack unit of his army and considered the best trained fighting unit in China, to leave its base at Tang ku today for the front. ixty mives RAIL UNIONS PLAN EVAS 0 OF LIABILITY Proposed Strike May Be Financed bv Canadian Oranization To Escape Responsibility. JLLINI TO SEND TEAM TO JV1EET Chicago, June 12. Announce ment of Illinois' entry In the na tional Intercollegiate track and field meet at Stagg Field next Friday and Saturday was hailed with rejoicing in college circles today, especially among Illinois alumni who bad smarted under the sting of criticism of their alma mater caused by Coach Gill's announcement last week that the Illini would not compete. This criticism was In large measure responsible for Illinois' decision to enter, despite Coach Gill's objections to rules govern ing the national event and the prolonged track season. Aside from allaying criticism the entry of Illinois brought joy to athletic circles because it as sures a feature, probably the out standing one, which was appar ently missing from last v week's prospects a duel between the Illini and California. HITCHCOCK TO SEEK REELECTION, REPORT Omaha. Neb., June 12. (By Associated Press.) Announce ment was made here today that nited States Senator H. M. Hitchcock of Nebraska will enter the July 18 democratic primary for nomination as a candidate for reelection. San Franetsco, June 12. The schooner Edward R. West from Columbia liver poiots with a car go of lumber for South African oorts. is ashore and a total loss off the coast of South Africa," ac cording to a message received to day by the marine department of the chamber of commerce. The cargo Is also a total loss, the mes sage said. The West left the mouth of the Columbia liver April 12. Chicago, June 12. While add! tidnal wage cuts swung over the heads of 350,000 more railway em ployes and awaited only formal release by the railroad labor board to slash another $40,000,000 from the payrolls of the carriers, it was rumored today that any rail strike growing out of present threats may be directed and financed from Canada as a means of evading the recent decision of the United States supreme court holding-un ions liable for damages caused by their members. legality Is Upheld Leaders of the rail unions said to be contemplating the move viewed the establishment of Can. adlan headquarters as legitimate in view of conditions caused by the supreme court opinion because the unions are International organ izations. Final penalties In case of a walkout could thus be averted, It was said. . The expected new wage reduc Hon-order will Increase the total cut from .railway workers wages to approximately $160,000,000 i year. Clerks, signal men, station ary firemen, oilers and marine de partment employes will Join the shopmen and maintenance of men employes as victims of the slash. Letter Urifes Action Strike ballots to the 400,000 railway shopmen sent out from Chicago, were accomsjpnled by the following letter: Every possible effort should be made to obtain the vote of every employe eligible. The ballot will be tabulated as soon as possible and there must be bo stoppage of work until you are properly au thorized to do so. "This Is the time tor action and not talk or unnecessary delay. The railway employes department de- Bires that every ballot shall be In Chicago at the earliest possible moment and In no case later than June 30." Jewell Denies Charge. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 12. (By Associated Press.) B. M. Jewell, head of the railway em ployes' department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, denied emphatically today that the rail way shop crafts unions have un der consideration a plan to move their headquarters from Chicago to Canada to escape any suits brought against them under the Coronado decision recently hand ed down by the United States su preme court. "We have no such move under consideration and I have heard no talk among our leaders of doing such a thing," Mr. Jewell said We are not running away from any fight. . We are not seeking a fight, but it we are forced into one we will battle to the last ditch." Reward of; $1200 Awaits Person Who Caused Man's Arrest Twelve hundred dollars reward, awaits the determination ot the person or persons who gave the In formation leading to the arrest of C. A. gloat, school teacher, identi fied ima morning in Albany as the man who assaulted two little Salem girls on Sunday, March 6, snouia ne be convicted. The reward fund, 'started by The Capital Journal on March 7 with an offer of $100, grew rapid ly until it had reached a total of $12000 on March 17. The contributors are: 97 PERCENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC IS HE ANNOYED GIRLS More than 97 Der cent of the to the fund traffic which passes over the high ways or Oregon todav Is motor ine capital journal siuu, ba- propelled. A count made tav the oireei anway employes Jiuu.istate highway department at varl Homer Smith $100;. unnamed lous points on state hlahwav on contributor. $100, city of Salem May 13, 14 and 15 shows that $500. Louis Lachmund $100, Kill only 2,60 per cent of all traffic iuux Klan XZOO. Is horse drawn. Of the other 7 . in jo wnom the reward for gloat's per; cent, 79.83 Der cent are auto- apture Belongs is not known here mobiles bearlne the Oreo-on licemie today, as the eward is offered to tag, 7.74 per cent are automohllen tn.e person giving the Information from other states, 4.81 per cent lnofUni, I. .. . I I - .. .. . . . iu iui ai i cat uu vuuviu- are ugm auty trucks, 8.13 per hou oi me pervert, ana not neces- cent are trucks of 1.5 tons caoac sarlly to the arresting officer. ity and over, and 1.79 per cent are tsioai was arestea by unlet ot motorcycles. Of an average of roiice John Catliu of Albany fol- 68,789 vehicles counted on each lowing bis alleged attack on two of the three days 45,884 were Ore little girls of that city June 4, gon automobiles. 4398 ware auto. and has. been held In Jail there mobiles from other states 2729 since that time on the charge of were light duty trucks, 1775 were vuuiiiouiiiiB io me ueiinquency trucks ot 1.5 tons canac tv and of a minor. over.. 1018 were motorcvcle. and only 1477 Were horse drawn. The count which was made be tween the hours of 6 a. m. and 10 p. in., at 144 different points throughout the state, shows that peak at traffic on state hlgh- between the hours of p. m. The heaviest traffic was found at the Parkplace bridge on the C. L. Weber, arrested here yes- Pacific highway north of Oregon terday on a statutory . charge. City, where an average of 3473 vehicles were counted on each ot the three days. Of these 309 were Oregon automobiles with only 14 horse drawn vehicles In evidence on each, of the three days. The second high point was the Multnomah-Washington coun ty line on the West Side highway where an average of 1727 vehicles were counted dally of which 1498 were Oregon automobiles and only three were horse drawn vehicles The lightest traffic was found at Jenny creek on the Ashland Kiamatn fails highway wbere only II vehicles passed daily. At ten different points no horse drawn vehicles were seen on the three days and at a number of other points only one or two were seen daljy. At no point were auto mobiles missing. CHINA AGAIN RULED BY OLD PRESIDENT LI Deposed Executive Re . sumes Reigns of Govern , ment Sunday; Dr. Wu To Head Cabinet. FIRST ELIMINATION GOLF CLUB MATCHES ARE PLAYED HERE; BOUND OVER 3S waived a hearing when he was arraigned before Judgge O. E. Unruh in the Justice court this morning and was bound over to the Marlon county grand Jury, Weber was taken into custody by Patrolmen White and Putnam after he had been accused of an noying several little Salem girls. Before two of the girls Weber was accused of performing In an objectionable manner, and before three of them he was said to have used obscene language. THREElNRACE EOR SCHOOL JOB WASHINGTON WOMEN'S CLUBS I. CONVENTION Spokane, Wash., June 12 Some 400 club women bad registered early today for the 26th annual convention of the Washington State Federation of Women 'a Clubs, which opened here ' this afternoon. The forenoon was occupied with registration of delegates and a meeting of the executive board of the federation. At a noon luncheon of club presidents, the message of the state president, Mrs. A. E. Larson of Yakima was submitted and Mrs. F. E. Palmerton, of Seattle, spoke on co-ordinating the work of tbe club presidents." At the same time luncheons were served to chairmen of departments and to other delegates. Curtis B. Cross, whose petition tor filing as a candidate for elec tion to the Salem school board was filed Saturday afternoon by his friends, will be opposed In th race for the vacancy on the board occasioned by tbe expiration of the term ot George E. Halvorsen. by E. A. Rhoten and H. L. Clark. KU KLUXERS DENY GUILT OF CHARGE Los Angeles, Cal.. June 12. The filings for Mr. Rhoten and Thlrtv five nrr.n. inrfi,... Mr. Clark were made late Satur-L-.. day, after It bad become known " - Klux that Saturday was the last day for KIaB rald at ln'wood Apru 22 accepting filings. In which Constable M. B. Mosb- The election of the new director er was shot and killed while par will take place at th. annual tIclplltIne ,n th, rald w,r. school election, Monday, June 19. . . , . . Tbe entrance of Mr. Cross Into ,d on to ld tod,jr ln th ,uPer' the contest was one of the lor court. They answered to In- eleventh hour surprises, as his dictments returned last week bv . , .. name nan not Been mentioned m the Los Angeles county Peking, June 12. (By Asso ciated Press.) China, after ten days virtually without an "execu tive head functioning ln Peking. again baa a president and the nu cleus of a cabinet. Horeover, If Indications are borne out, the two will have a fair share of' the sup port from the South China section, whose opposition to the old gov ernment baa done much. If not most, to keep alive civil war for the past five yean. LI Yuan-Hung, .who was presi dent until the monarchical coup of 1917 forced him from office. again la ln power. He came to Peking yesterday and resumed of fice and his first official act was to nominate Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former minister at Washington, to De nis premier. Wu'i Support Valuable. Dr. Wu has been a power ln the Canton regime Blocs that admin istration arose as a protest ovei tbe very circumstances which ousted LI, and his adhesion to the new executive, if confirmed. Is likely to do much toward solidify ing the country ln its support. LI comes at the behest of many members of tbe old parliament which he dissolved In 1917 and at the urgent appeal of Wu Pel Fu. dominant military leader of Chi na. As assets of Its new venture be may count on the solid support of Wu Pel Fu; the good will and confidence of a large proportion of banditry than has been the case assembling and re-establlahin It self as at least the terporary rep- The first elimination matches oi tne juibee golf club for the president's cup and the cup of the directors Were played yester day. In the president's matches Thlelsen won from Olinger, Harbl son from Williams, Hutcheon from Mangls, Locke from Cox, Landls from Lytle, Daue from Robertson ana Farmer from Leffingwell. In the directors' cup matches Farrar won from Roberts, Mrs. Baker from Griffith, Mrs. John Farrar from Burghardt, Keen from Brown, Baker from Gabriel son, Mrs. Oliver Locke from Olson and Mrs. H. H. Olinger from Man- Due to some misunderstanding concerning th handicap the match between T. B. Kay and O. Fry has not been settled yet, The match between Greenbaura and Baumgartner for the directors cup ended In a tie yesterday and Will be played off tonight. Further matches will be played next Sunday and tbe winner de elded in two weeks. ASSAULTS CHINESE WOMAN LANDS IN JAIL resentatlve of the people and a more nearly complete auoDresslon of banitry than has been the case n many years. This last laraelv Is due to Wu Pel Fu s energetic campaign, particularly against Chang So Lin, the Manchurlan war lord, who recently sued for an armistice. To Eliminate Tuchans. As liabilities he may count ud- ou tbe open opposition of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of tbe South China government and so many of the old parliament members as Dr Sun has been able to Induce to sup port nim. ur. Bun, too. has a s-ood force of troops ln the field, som (Continued on Page Seven.) Charged with having assaulted the wife of But Sun. Salem truck gardener, Lai Quong, Portland Chinaman, was placed under ar rest late this forenoon by Sheriff O. D. Bower and Walt Barber and is now In the county Jail. According to the story told of fleers by ul Sun, Quong, who was ln the employ of Sun on the lat ter s truck farm located near the Klser school on the river road," as saulted Mrs. Sun during the ab sence of her husband ln town. Mrs. Sun attempted to set her husband on the phone, but man. aged to withstand Quong 'a attack until he returned. Sun struck his assalllant over the head with the butt of a revolver, breaking the scalp but doing no serious Injury. eeven stitches were taken by Dr. W. H. Byrd in the scalp of quong before he was placed ln Jail. He la said to be about 40 years old. Formal charges will be filed against him this afternoon by District Attorney Carson, It Is thought. SMALL TRIAL ENTERS - EIGHTH WEEK TODAY Waukegan, 111., June 12. (By Associated Press.) The trial of Governor Len Small opened Its eighth week today with the prose cution still presenting evidence in an effort to prove the alleged con spiracy by which the governor Lieutenant Governor Fred K Sterling and Vernon Curtis, Grant Park, banker, are accused of da fraudlng tbe state of between $1,600,000 and $2,000,000 ln in terest on public funds. ifl SALEM GIRLS IDENTIFY MAN as mm Oakville ' School Teacher Held in Albany for Attack on Tots. TO FACE 5 CHARGES C. A. Sloat Recognized as Pervert for Whom Re ward of $1200 is Of fered in Salem. , City Candidates File Expense Statements, Moff itt Spends Most SEATTLE MUST PAY TAXES UPON PLANT rand any of the rumors ss to possible lir. ri,..- ,.,.,., a candidate only upon th. urgent "daasault with a , deadly weapon. All the arraign- ta UIDBUIU UDl gUllty. W. S. Coburn, grand goblin and G. W. Price, king kleagle. who also Indicted, were not pres ent, but Deputy District Attorney W. A. Doran Informed the court 12. that he had been advised by Go to-I burn that he would leave Atlan ta, Ga., tomorrow and that Price was already enroute from the east to plead. Judge Frederick Houser set the case for trial for August 7. K was announced that tbe state Tbejplanoed to try alt tbe defendants inee I Jointly. Tbe latter however, have the righgt to demand separate trials If they so elect. In announcing Coburn's prom ise to return Mr. Dorsn said the mesaage also stated that Coburn was do longer an official of the Ka Klux Klaa. Olympla, Wash., June The supreme court, en banc, day reaffirmed its former depart ment of opinion ordering the city of Seattle and the Puget Sound Power and Light company to pay taxes for the year 191 amount ing to $401,017.75 on the munic ipal street railway system. city purchased the street car March 21, 11$. and claimed tax exemption for tbe year. Tbe county asseeeor had made the as- seeament March IS. Tbe King county superior court ruled la favor of the county and both the city and the company appealed1. Chief of Police Verden M. Mof uti spent more money than any other candidaate for city office during tbe campaign preceding the recent election, according to tbe statements filed with City Kecorder Earl Race. morriii, woo was seeking re election, expended $41 ln his own behalf, according to his statement. Henry H. Vandevort, candidate for mayor, came second on the II with an expenditure of $35.75, and Dr. F. L. Utter, who also ran for mayor, was third with $21.15. inner statements filed were as follows: W. T. Rigdon. mayor, 14: John F. Glesy, mayor, $15.80; Mark Poulsen, city recorder, $l(.(5: P. L. Frarler. city recorder, $12.- 50: Charles F. Klein, cltv recorder. t roj Walter W. Btrtchet. ehlf of police, $12.10; John T. Welsh, chief of police. $11. St; Clyde Rice, tlty treasurer, $5.41; Gerald Volk. councilman, second ward, $5 15; Fred Klrkwood, councilman, sec ond ward. Nothing; Batty Cooper, councilman fifth ward, nothing; A. F. Marcus councilman, third MYSTIC SHRINE MEETS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION San Francisco, June 12. Ban Francisco Is on her prayer rug ln a long, low salaam to the Mystic Shrine today. Throughout the hosts of Islam are swarming from the minarets of tke embarcado, which nod to the wide bay, to the place of the twenty kneeltnc camels and the great city hall which might be taken today as a new 6t. Sophias. It is the time of the golden lu- bilee of Islam. For many days tbs great caravans, long and pictur esque as tbe safaris that wend their way across tbe wastes of Araby, have been passing through the city gates. Only yesterday Karem temple from the oasis of Waco, Texas, arrived In Mecca. ward, nothing; A. H. Moore, coun cilman fourth ward, 20 cents; L. J. Simmer!, councilman, first ward, $7; R. A. Harris, council- mis, first ward, $2.15. The two little Salem girls, aged 8 and 9, who, on March 5, were lured away from a local church by a moral pervert who later assault- " ed them In Bush's pasture, on Mis sion street, this morning definite ly identified as their assailant C. A. Sloat, Oakvlla school teacher, 4 years of age, who, at the pres ent time, is held In an Albany Jail on a charge, ot contributing to the delinquency of a minor child. Five Charm Contemplated. District Attorney John Carson anonunced this afternoon that in all probability five charges will be preferred here against Bloat. Two ot these will be rape charges, two will be crimes against nature and one will be a delinquency charge. ararngements can be made. Carson said, Sloat will be brought Balem this week and will be taken before the Marion county grand Jury at a special session. At his hearing in Albany, Sloat waiv ed a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Linn county grand Jury. Sloat, It was learned this after noon is a former resident of Salem and ha mad many visits to inn city. Officers said they have defi nite Information that he was la this city on the morning when th two little girls were encouraged to abandon their visit to Sunday school and to accompany the middle-aged man to an unfrequented xpot ln Bush's pasture. Attended School Here. Sloat, who has taught school for msny years, formerly was an In- structor In a rural school on the Santiam and. It was said this aft ernoon, at one time attended WU lamett university. He was always a mediocre teacher, state school officials said, but, at that time had no quetsionable record. He mnae bis home ln Marlon county about eight year ago. The two little girls assaulted la Salem are daughters of a promi nent Salem family residing ln North Salem. Unacocmpanled. on. the morning of March 5, they, were about to enter the First Methodist church when they were accosted by the stranger and lured Into Bush's pasture. That afternoon the elder of th two girls was taken to a local hos pital where, as a result ot the as sault, she was forced to undergo a minor operation. Neither of th girls was gravely Injured. Won't Faoe Girls When the two girls were taken before Sloat ln Albany tbls morn ing, be refused to look at them, according to Chief of Police Mof fitt who was a member of the party. When he was forced to turn his head so that they might see his face they announced Im mediately that ha was the man sought, Moffltt said. Sloat Is at present held under $3,000 ball which he has to date been unable to furnish. District Attorney Carson said this after noon that arrangements' will be made to here the amount raised It Sloat seeks hi freedom. Tbe Linn county grand Jurv does not convene until August and in view of that fact Carson will - make every effort to have Sloat brought here Immediately. On at least one other occasion Sloat was faced by a criminal charge. On November 23 he was tried at McMlnnvllle for assault with Intent to rap. His case was heard by a Jury and Sloat wa acquitted.