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PAGE TWO THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON CONSPIRACY TO Trenton, ; N. J., June 19.- Colonel Marcellus H. Thompson, vice-president and active head of the Auto-Ordnance company of New York, has been indicted by the federal grand Jury here on the charge of conspiracy to ship arms ' to Ireland in violation of the neu trality laws. The announcement was made today by Assistant Unf , ted States District Attorney Thomas V. Arrowsmith. Indictments also have been re turned against the Auto-Ordnanee company and seven other Individ uala on the same charge, as the result of the seizure at Hoboken last June of the Cosmopolitan line freighter East Side, In the coal burners of which were found 459 machine guns. The guns were al leged to have been destined for use by Sinn Fein In Ireland. The other individuals Indicted are: Six Others Indicted, Frank Williams, alias Lawrence DeL&ey, alias Lawrence Pierce, who is alleged to have paid for the shipment of guns and his orother, Fred Williams, alias Ed ward DeLacy who Is alleged to uave been Implicated in the pur ' chase of the guns. Both are be lieved to be In Ireland. George Gordon Roke, a sales man of Washington, who Is al leged to have placed an order for the guns with the Auto-Ordnance , company. Frank B. Ochsenryter of New York and Washington, who is ac cused of placing the first order for some of the guns with the Auto Ordnance company. John Cuthane, a truckman of New York, who is alleged to have carted the guns from the Amer ican Railway Express company la New York to his storehouse in the Bronx for Frank Williams. A Mr. Brophy, whose first name is unknown to the federal author Hies, who is alleged to have dart ed the shipment from Cuthane's storhouae to the east side. Guns Made by Colt The guus were manufactured by the Colt Patent Arms com pany of Hartford, Conn., and arc alleged to have been sold by the Auto-Ordnance company. Their inventor is said to be Oeneral John T. Thompson, father of Colonel Thompson. The latter is a son-in-law of Colonel George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain. There was considerable mystery about the guns nfler their seizure and an investigation was started by the United States shipping board and the department ol jus tice. Frank Williams claimed ownership of the guns after seiz ure. - He declared ho had pur chased a number of guns through the Auto-Orduance company and stored them In a warehouse. He said " they had been stolen from the warehouse and asserted he did not know how they got on the ship. Korke later waa arrested and was said to have admitted that he sold the guns to a group ot strange men. The Indictments were returned by the January federal grand Jury, which eon eluded Its work la April. Information conceruiug the la dlrectmenls were withheld, it was indicated because ot the inabil My to reach some of those indict ed. The technical indictment against the men as a body charged theut with "conspiracy to Bet on foot and provide the means for military enterprise to be carried on against the territory of a tor eign prince with whom the Unl ted States waa at peace. w ilia mette Vi tlle.y e w s POWELL CLAN TO Sport Briefs St. Louis Kenneth Williams cracked out his 17th home run of the season while St. Louis was defeating Philadelphia yesterday. Staler also poled a homer. Incidentally the Browns took a firmer grip on first place as the Yankees were defeated by Cleve land 9 to 2. It waa the. New York club's seventh straight loss. Hoyt was knocked from the box. Detroit won from Boston yes terday, making it 7 victories out of their last eight games. The race In the Junior circuit now threatens to resolve into a three club dash after all. Monmouth, Or., june 19 (Spe cial) The fourth annual reunion of the Powell Memorial society, composed of the descendants and relatives of John A-, Noah and Al fred Powell, pioneers of 1851, will be held next Sunday, June 25, in the Copeland grove on the site ot the original Powell donation land claim eight miles east of Albany. Since the society was organized, each meeting has been attended by about 200 of the Powell rela tive from various parts of the Willamette valley. The officers are: President, Dr. J. N. Powell of Monmouth; honorary presidents, Mrs. L. J. Powell of Monmouth, H C. Powell of Albany,' J. G. Powell of Cottage Grove and John W. Propst ot Albany; vice-presidents, P. O. Powell of Moumouth, Fran- els E. Shafer of Salem, Charles Powell ot Cottage Grove and Albany; annalists, Mrs. Marlntha Arant ot Monmouth, Mrs. Mary McKlnney of Turner, Mrs. Tills. P. Taylor of Cottage Grove and Mrs. Jeanette Dickenson of Salem; secretary-treasurer, Frank Powell of Albany; chaplain, Frank Cor nett of Albany. The morning program for the reunion which begins at 11:30 o'clock will consist of singing of The Star-Spangled Banner," the president's opening address, a vo cal trio by Gweneth Davis, Juanita Davis and J. F. Powell ot Mon mouth, and a tribute to the mem ory ot the late Ralph. McKechnie, by Captain Frank Powell. The singing of the doxology and a prayer by F. D. Cornett of Albany will conclude the morning pro gram. There will be a big basket dinner at noon and the afternoon program will open at 2:30 with a musical number by Mrs. Lois Tower, soprano, Mrs. Rhetta Pow ell, piano, and Burns Powell, trombone, of Portland. Then will follow the reports ot the annalists, short speeches and toasts, and various musical numbers. The first copies of the Powell family history, which Is dedicated to the memorial society, will be distributed at the reunion. The history, which" was compiled by Dr. Powell and P. B. Arant of Monmouth, is nearly 200 pages tn length and contains complete ac counts of the Powell pioneers, and a record of all their descend ants, numbering about a thou sand persons. Livesley News Llvesley, Or., June 19 Mr. and Mrs. IS. Prescott and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Chenoworth ot Salem were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cook, Sunday. Darwin Phillips is sick with a severe cold on his lungs. Fred Crist left last Tuesday for Portland, from there he expects to go to the mountains or some springs for his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Philips sold their place to H. MInch. Mr. ana Mrs. Minch will soon take posses sion. - There will be a picnic in the Meredith Woods, Friday, June 23 given by the Livesley M. E. Sun day school. There will be games and races and a good time planned of all with a basket dinner at noon. Everyone in the neighbor hood is invited. The Tumalo irrigation district has let a contract for the construe tion of a feed canal from the Des chutes river to the Tumalo canal at a cost of about $300,000, the contractor to take bonds in payment. The Hugh- Aspinwell house, lo cated on the M. L. Jones ranch about seven miles north of Salem on the Pacific highway was com pletely destroyed by fire last Sat urday afternoon about 1 o'clock. The loss estimated between . three and tour thousand is covered by Insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Aspinwall had left for Salem about 12:45 o'clock and at 1 o'elock workmen in an adjoining ranch saw clouds of smoke arising from the house. They hastened to the place and by quick action were able to save the piano, phonograph, library table, case of books, and other small articles out ofv the front room, a dining table, dresser and one bed. The only clothing saved was a small amount of under clothing which was In the draw ers of the dresser. Mark Aspin wall, who was staying with his brother, lost everything but what he had with him in a little grip. Fire destroyed the sedan In which Miss Veronica" McPherson was driving alone from Klamath Falls to Bend, she reported on her arrival at Bend. The fire oc curred In the vicinity of Fort Rock. THE VICTOR STOVE BUHNER . See It demonstrated at 271 N. Commercial Street. Burns kero sene, no ash or soot, no wood to chop or dirty floors to sweep, Just turn the handle and light. Demonstration now at 271 JTorth Commercial St E pr b d b (re H Paris Heroe XII, ttie favorite at odds of S to 1, won the grand steeple chase at Auteul yesterday. Boise The Boise polo club de feated the tenth field artillery quartet ot Camp Lewis, - 9 to 5, and won the northwestern polo championship. Juarez Lee Anderson, negro light heavyweight champion of the world, and Ted Jamison, Mil waukee, will meet in a 15 round bout here tonight. - ' . Ladies' Patent Colt Pump One strap one button extra srood quality, air $4.98 Ladies' White Canvas Oxford With black leather trimming, pr. $2.49 JOHN J. ROTTLE Proprietor 167 N. Commercial Street Salem. Oreeon LADD & BUSH BANKERS ESTABLISHED 1863 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. An increase In the rate of gas lo users la Pendleton- baa been granted by the state public service com minion. "Slash bits expressmen." aays a headline. Maybe that' what glanced off and demolished that last shipment of which the rem nant waa delivered' to us. Capital Junk Company Is in market for all kind of JUNK. Will pay market price. Quick service. 215 Center Street Phone 393 Oregon Normal School, "Mon mouth, June 19. (Special.) An unusually large enrollment is ex pectea in the normal summer schools at Monmouth, - Ashland and Pendleton, which open 'Mon day, June 19. Indications point to an attendance of about 800 stu dents at the Monmouth session. The following additions to the faculty for the summer at Mon mouth have been announced by President J. S. Landers: Superin tendent George Hug of Salem educational tests and measure ments; Miss Ruby Lorence, music appreciation; Miss HolUday, art and mechanical drawing; Miss Marie Schuette, formerly musical director at the normal, will teach fundamentals and primary meth ods, and Miss. Katherine Gentle, music supervisor in the Corvallis schools, will also give a course in music. The Monmouth training school and the Mountain View rural center will be in session for six weka and nearly a full .at tendance is promised for: both schools. There will also be a small attendance at the Independence training school. . j George A. Briscoe, superintend ent ot the Ashland schools, will be in charge of the Ashland sum mer normal, and will be assisted by the following Instructors: Mrs. Gertrude F. Coll' -s, Esther Hal verson, Verl Burkhart, Julia E. Norris, L. L. Gooding, Grace Snook, Callie Vogeli, Susanne Homes, Emily Spalenka, Peter L. Spencer and Miss Wattenberger. The Pendleton "normal will be conducted by H. E. Inlow, super intendent of the Pendleton schools. The Instructors are: Clara M. Pratt, Florence Beards ley, Florence Enschede, . Rozine Epple, Mrs. W. A. Barnutn, Mrs. Ora Hemenway, Agnes Campbell, W. W, Green, E. L. Keezel and E. McNaughton. HOSPITAL PATIENT ESCAPES Hugo Johnson, a patient at the state hospital, made his escape from the institution last night, ac cording to a report made to the police. Johnson is 28 years of age and is five feet eight inches tall. He has light hair and blue eyes and is of slender build. He was wear ing a brown suit and cap at the time he left, officials said. The Stayton cannery, which has been in process of construction for several months, began opera tions Saturday, the first pack be ing strawberries.- Being an Elephant's Valet Peeves Sailor; He Quits Steamship New York June 19. "I'm tired of being an elephant's valet and a nursemaid for boa constrictors and pythons," Jo hann SchulU complained in quitting his job as deckhand aboard the steamship Hansa, which arrived here from Ger many, carrying a menagerie consignment for a circus. "Every night I have to croon the man killing apes to sleep and pacify the Senegambian ham varmints," said Schultz, who declared that he preferred shoveling bricks or other man ual labor to grooming the Jun gle beasts and birds. The cargo included eight elephants, seven baboons, twen ty five assorted snakes and 150 birds, including three long legged fowls of the genus Ka gus from Burma. "Walking the deck with a seasick gibbon Is no Job for a he-man," Schultz asserted. "I'm through!" FRIENDS TO MONDAY, JUNE' 19, 192a SESSION TODAY Contracts for canned fruit amounting to more man $100, 000 have been accepted by the Roseburg cannery. Newberg, ' June 19. The larg est crowds of the entire session of Oregon Yearly Meeting of Friends were in attendance at the services Sunday. Meetings were held at 8", 11, 3 and 8, with Bi ble school, and a special meeting conducted in the interests of the Friends rescue mission of Co lumbus, Ohio, thrown in as ex tras. The annual gathering will close this afternoon, it is thought. Three departments are to report Bible school, temperance and so cial service, but neither ot these will require a great deal.of time. Aside from these departments there is little except routine bus inss to transact. The annual reports ot the Christian Endeavor society were presented Saturday evening. They show a healthy growth in the work of the young people during the past year. Extensive prepa rations are in progress for the summer conference ot the young Friends at the beach in August. Emel Swanson of Portland is to head the department of Chris tian Endeavor tor. the coming year. 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