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Newspaper Page TextCrviIGON &TATE LIBRARY v""- nrr i rrifWT hQTjiTH YEAR NO. 189. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922, PRICE TWO CENTb Aim. nv, cents, t$ hff m h h M J iy M In) - I Ml J i C UJ MI UUMb BRECOUNT' Annum miM HUWb liAIN FOR OLCOTT Governor's Net Gain 28; Will Probe Phases of II legal Voting at Salem Next Monday. Portland,' Ore., Aug.' 10. Charles Hall, in the face of turning tables, today suddenly rave up the whole recount feature of his fight for the republican gubernatorial nom ination. "We do. not desire to go any further with the recount' At torney W. S. U'Ren announced m behalf of Hall's counsel "We desire only to go Into the biases of illeeal voting that are chartred in our complaint and to take that up next at Salem." Mthough announcing that he wou4 continue court action In an attempt to prove that many 11 legal rotas were cast against him be gave out a strong hint that he would run as an Independent. When Recount Ceased. Recounting of ballots In . the Hall-Olcott election contest ceas ed this morning when the count ing board completed the Multno mah county precincts left un checked from yesterday afternoon and attorneys for the contestant announced that they were satis lied that there were no glaring irregularities in the official ballot counts and asked that the -court move back to Salem and they be allowed to begin presenting, evi dence in support of their conten tions that several hundred Mar lon voters cast their ballots ille gally. Thfl pnurt olln-wpri a motion Of Jay Bowerman attorney for .the detense that a postponement be taken until Moiviay In order to How time for the summoning of witnesses, hv thfl contestant and to give the attorneys time to per IfiPt their pniira. nf nrocedure The case will be reopened at 10 o clock Monday morning. Governor Gains 28 Votes. The completed recount gives 01 COtt 28 morn votes that he WOS credited with in' the official eleC' tlon returns. His ealn In 29 Mar inn m,r,t n.nnr,ntc woo R In 176 Multnomah precincts 25, while he lost 2 in the 17 Clatsop precincts. Nearly one seventh of the voting Precinct In the state were checked, according to attorney U Ren vhn nnniitll1 Ail that the HalJ forces would abandon the re count feature of the contest. Fraud Trisrayvered. The recount has backfired. After in n t," i n r tVirfinph the can vass of over 200 of the precincts " Marion, Multnomah ana uiat- p counties, in which the Hall forces had allege gross irregu laritles and fraud on the part of Olcott supporters, without uncov- ""6 evidence ot any -oiner ui few scattered clerical errors, the counting board discovered the first indication ot a conspiracy on the part of election officials to (continued on page three) $41,000 OF ACCIDENT FUNDS ARE INVESTED Fortv-nna fhnnaanil dollar Of i&dustHni funda were In tested In Oregon school district onaa by the state bond commis sion t Ti i o v,n,.n: nl1w I50OA nrtinl Ainrt 12 Mor WW county: 15OO0 school district Wallowa county; $6000 school iistrict 9, Hood River county; '20,000 school district 11. Union County; 19.000 school district 25 Columbia county; $1000 school strict SI. iTmmiila eountr. The bond Is were priced to yield an av- Klan to Girl, 5, Sold For Board Bill f i;z mi.'- ' , S' T ' "4 "V ' , - 7 ' fcps"''v X3 I s if A human chattel, s fivo-year-old girl, was sold in a iicago to satisfy a debt. She was Mary Baker, held by Mr. A. Stolpman as security for a $405 board bill incurred by the child's father. She was purchased through the payment of $0 by Mr. and Mrs. John Kenney, of HentviUe, Mich., her uncle end aunt, who plan to take her to their home. , - ., ' Grand Jury Probe Fraud Unearthed In Portland Precinct GUI OF HORROR M Los Angeles, C'al., Aug. 10. A nieht of horror" was a phrase annlicd to the Inglewood raid -of April 22 last, by Fidel Elduayen, one of its victims, who under went cross examination today at the trial of thirty seven alleged knights of the Ku KIux Klan with the planning and executing of the attack upon the Elduayen home and Bonaea wiu cry ma enri his brother, Matias, - a. oaino version of the ar rival of a band of masked men at v,r,,o thn command to be shown a "still" they claimed was on the premises, the eeizure uuu offnrta of the ine meuenn"' raiders to have them accepted as nt two small town po lice stations, before finally leav- .1,. oi-r m lea from nome. of death If they . , a u had h&p.n done to tOia UJ. Yuafc them. . r j RAINS TO HELP vt A o'm a tret- will be done by lleht rains here at me p. time and considerable gooa wm be accomplished In some inswu Ain tn local fruitnen. es, ,v. nam - prunes, peaches and pears they .. .i.u. in carti of these ill freahpn UD l"" fruits, it was explained, probably will this year be twice as heavy wars lasc year, "' . inr waather changes. less oi iuu.- Early peaches are bow - gathered and the heavier picking will commence within a week or ten days, it waa said Local fruit men " " har will Te P afternoon tu , - Proximately M00 000 pound- .SAYS KLAN VICTI MARION CROPS prunes m " year. Run Hall f or Portland, Ore., Aug. 10. W. H. Emerlck, chairman of the election board In precinct 201, where the recount yesterday developed that Governor Olcott had been robbed of 18 votes and Chas. Hall pre sented with 18 not cast for him, fhln , mornlne admitted when liroctlv nnestioned that he had voted for Hall. Last nlgnt America zioinra.i thnt. he was an Olcott man Naarlv an hour before District Attnrnev Mvers reached his office thiB morning Emerlck was mere waitlne for him. With him were H n TTolman. C. S. West and vrr nrnm. other members of the election board. All of them reiter ated Mr. Emerlck 's previous state .riant thnt fhev were unable to ac count for the glaring error in the court of their precinct. TMn,fn Attnmav MVerS waa nroceeding with his Investigation tha nnnarent fraua in me j"" Mnnt thin mornlnit ana win iy hfs flndines before the grand jury when it convenes Monday. Attorneys on both sides or tne uaii-niRntt fiaht immediately oaraarl on a reausst for an in vestigation and District Aitorney Myers declared that the inquiry wnnld he made without, oeiay when the grand jury reconvenes Monday. -t nn rpaann whatever for this dlscrepency", W. H. Emerlck, chairman of the election dohiu "- -T am absolutely sure tne ballots were counted and checked properly. So far as I can see there was no chance ior a -m willing to vouch for the hon esty and Integrity of every man on .v. v,.r. ' H also deled a -rumor that the board was strong ly Ku Klux Klan In its sympathies. The suspension oi me 'o1"1"" left Olcott with an advantage of 28 votes in Multnomah county and of S2 in-the state. Political experts drew the hint that Hall will eventually drop the entire fight for nomination ana run as 'an independent, according . ..ataman of the public de fense league, an organisation that has been backing the recoup Directors of the Snow Creek ir rigation district, ta Debate, coun ty have decided to start eaily -.;.a of two new ditches to tap ' v aA Tfcraa ere te snow ewr - i provide water for 1O00 acrea. THREATEN TO SPREADS!! Hundred Tie-Ups Similar to Joliet Likely to Occur As Protest to Use of Troops. Chicago, Aug. 10. (By Asso elated Press.) Threats by rail road brotherhood, chieftains that "there will be one hundred Blmilar cases to the tleup on the Elgin Joliet & Eastern, where engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen refused to work because of the presence of troops in the Joliet, Til . vard. further complicated the railway strike situation today. Leaders of the Big Four lert to the train service men the right to decide for themselves when their working conditions at terminals were objectionable. Troops remained at guard at Joliet and the E. J. and E-, outer belt line of . the Chicago district was tied in a traffic knot by'thc suspension of work by the train men. Disorders Continue A Disorders in connection with the strike as Important developments approached were few and widely scattered. An exDlanatlon by S. M. Felton, chairman of the western commit tee of public relations of the Association of Railway Execu tives, of the view of President Harding's proposals and the posi tion of leaders of the shopmen's strike, made publlo today, said that a large majority of the public has been misled regarding the stand of union leaders and that there is considerable confusion over the president's proposal with respect to the seniority question. He said; "Tha labor leaders. In their let ter to the president, did not agree to accent tho rulings of the labor board in the future. Every word they said upon this subject shows that thev have reserved the right to strike In future against any de cision of the board which they do not like. AUTHORITY FOR STRIKE IS GIVEN Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 10. (By the Associated Press.) W. G. i aa nranldent of the Brotherhood f noil mad Trainmen today tele graphed general chairman of his organisation on tne Illinois neu tral Chicago and Northwestern onrt rhicaao. Rock Island and Pa cific systems, advising; that "If employment on your line Is un bearable on account of conditions n,,a to nhonmen's shrike, your general committee should be con vened and if a majority of Buch .nmmittaa votes in favor of a strike, authority of the undersign aa will ha eiven." Mr. Lee said similar instruc tions would go forwarding com plaints "that our membership Is i jo near of their road as a result of armed guards or defective loco motives and equipment. BAIL FOR IflAN FIXED AT $5000 h of the Justice eo-jrt this afturnocjh demanded $5000 for the release of John Tnmn 66. charged with assault with intent to kill Charles Wltte. 88 who, with Mrs. Inman. Tues ao returned to the Inman ranch. six miles southeast of Salem, after an absence of several month. Today Inman was unable to furnish the amount and waa held In the county jail. Judge Unruh announced that the amount of bail may be reduced aa soon aa Witt, who 1 at present In a crit ical condition, is out of danger. ' - - ' " 1 "' '"' " "" . v a r xr. ma Governor as TAFT FAVORS IRE POWER FORJUDGES Failures of Justice Due to Withholding Power from Courts Declares ..Chief Justice. San Francisco, Aug. 10. (By Associated Press.) Dependence upon action of congress to effect reform to remove delays and to bring about speed in the adminis tration of justice, "has not brought the best results and some different mode should be tried,"' William Howard Taft, chief jus tice of the United .States, told the American Bar association today. "The failures of Justice in this country," said Chief -Justice Taft, "especially In the sta,te courts, TiavA lipfin morn lareelv due to, the wUhhnMlnr nf nmmr from i ud e:es over proceedings betore tnem, man to anv other cause, and yet Judges have to bear the brunt of criticism which Is so general as to the re Hiilts of nresent court action. The Judges should be given power com mensurate with their responsibil ity. Their capacity to Teform matters should be tried to see whether better results may not be attained. ; Courts Hot To Blame "Federal judges doubtless have their faults, but they are not chiefly responsible for the present defects In the administration of justice in the federal courts. Let congress give them an opportunity to show what can be done uy vest ing In them sufficient discretion for the purpose." TnaHea Taft. said that litigation had so Increased with the increase of the general business of the country that even In fields always occupied by the federal courts, the judicial force had proved in adequate. He remarked that addi tional burdens had followed the enactment of new statutes, partic ularly the Volstead act. 'A Iitll which nrovides for 24 new district Judges and one cir cuit judge in the fourth circuit ha. bean reported to both h m laps " he continued. "It Is opposed and will doubtless lead to rfioaimsfon : hut in view of tne previous votes In the two houses, It aaoma liltp.lv that trie DUl win nasn before tne Close ol iuib . a. . 1. ( congress. . Ends Abroad Situation "The new bill authorizes I ii.itui aniinrtl of ten iudges. con slstlng of the chief Justice ana th senior assistant Judge of each air It which is to meet in wasn tnatan tha last Monday In Sep tember, to consider reports irom each district Judge with a descrlp nf tha character of the ar . a raenTmnandation as to th. a-rtra lurlicial force needed in imiB ,- Hiatriat The conference thus if,.j (n in consider at large plans for the ensuing year by which tne rttatrlrt iudges available tor as mav ha best used. BlftUUlLll. ' J - int amis the absurd condition wMi-h each district Judge has had to paddle his own canoe a. a h. ilone as much business as he thought proper. Thus one judge has broken himself down in ai t .,! r tn nt through an Impos Bible docket, and anotner naa iei VI. Mara rrnff. in a calm phllo- sophlcal contemplation of them as an inevitable necessity, mav not cause hjm to He awaae mgnis TO PROBE HEATING COSTS The Oregon, public service com .:..i- tarrtav directed lt en JIIWIVU J ' . . i lTartment to investigate the operations of the Nortb.we.tern Electric company wit a reuon, m its team heating aervice in the city .a twfl.nit VI A " , i.;i attention oi tne engi neers wa called to tse recent de crease in cost of fuel oil and the relative cost of producing .team !... w nso of variooa kinds of t. . atatament imed by the com !..;. it waa aaid that the rent " - . .... ., ... v.. declines in tne eoti oi .ffiy.i.nt to warrant some redaction I ... . . -. - ,a gteam heating rates. Seven Governors Urge Government Seizure and Operation of Goal Mines St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 10. (By Associated Press) Fac lng the most serious coal hnrtf in historv. arovernors or their representatives from "Seven northwestern and cen tral states met here today to agree on some uniform meth ods of procedure for meeting the situation. Governor Blaine of Wiscon sin urged government seiiure and operation of all . mines necessary to supply the coun try's coal demands, while Gov ernor Preus of Minnesota urg ed an organization of the states during tha emergency with representatives establish all at WaHhlnartcn. Other states represented were North and South Dakota, Montana, Michigan and iowa VOTE IN FAVOR OF NEW SCALE Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 10. (By the Associated Press.) The pol- Icy committee of the United Min Workers of America today voted to proceed with the negotiatlo nt a wasrn scale aEreement with the operators of Ohio and Westeri Pennsylvania, Indiana and ..Illin Ala arhr, ata here for the Join conference that was called with the view of breaking the soft coal strike. in Announcing the committee rtpefsfon. President John L. Lewis nt the miners, said: i annfirientlv nredlct that whan a scale Is made here 75 per cent of all the bituminous tonnage now on strike will sign the scale and return to work within week." Oct tiomnnt of the strike In th anthracite regions, which also have been shut down since April when the miners walked out would "na turailv follow," the re sumption of 'work In the soft coal Industry, Mr. Lewis said. nafiinal of the Indiana and in innii aaaociatlons to Join the con ference. he said, "would make no difference" in proceeding toward making an agreement, rie as tartar that tha miners had "defin its assurances that Important nrodncers" ot these two states would accept any scale decided on by the conference. LONG DRY SPELL Tacoma. Wash- Aug. 10. The long dry spell In southwest Wash ington was broken today by rain declared to be worth many thonxanrin of dollars to dairymen fruit and berry growers and tim ber owners. The last previous rain mi Mav 24. or 77 days a rrr ami tha drv stretch, the long est in several years, reduced berry crops all over the southwest, dried up pastures and parched the woods to that forest fires ragea with freouency. The rain today began 10 iau ai a m after slieht sprinkle last night and It waa continuing today aver tha entire southwest section A half Inch had fallen here up to n nVWk this morning. t a Karrv ernna are exnected to be revived by the rain, "and present forest fires checked ana nuiBihlT axtinsulsbed. The rain has dampenea ine wnrWIan. areas of the northwest waahlnrton section to such an ex tent that this morning Fred Papa, state forester, aent an or der to all district foresters in wes .fn Wauhlnrton suspending his order -of early July prohibiting tha ntirnlna of slashings. Mr c.na aM that hereafter permits for burnings may be granted for a short period in all section at rataH hv tha rain. The rain was also general over the Olympic peninsula. IN E WORKERS SHOWERS BREAK Independent BLAME FOR FAILURE ELECTION CONTEST UPON DECISIS Public Defense League Issues Bingham and Kelly For Recount Fizzle and Demanding Independent Candidacy of Hall at Coming Election--. League Is Ckuk of Ku Klux Kkins Activities By Harry N, rain Tortland, Ore., Aug. 10 The stage is all set for the scuttling of the Good Ship Recount and the embarkation of rciT, r.hns. TTall in the lifeboat "Piffle" on the sea of p-eneral election politics as a seeker of succor for the Feder- :. " ........ i t ii. - 1 ated Patriotic Societies crew In typical, Ku Klux style the Public Defense League or Oregon, mouthpiece for the klan in its support of Hall, lata yesterday issued a public statement placing, in effect, the blame for the failure of the recount proceedings Instituted by R. R. Coster in behalf of Hall on Judges G. G. Bingham and Percy R. Kelly of the Marion county circuit court , ad mitting their inability to prove the charges auegea m xno contest petition and issuing proceedings are to be dropped and Hail presented as uie m i i f t-Ua tlon and Ha nf filiated societies laepenuenL ctwiuiuuic m mo fin the general election to oppose Governor Olcott for re-f election. . I n H i" , . 1 anma lf-Ua fT X the heels of the discovery ot the recount board of an error of 34 vntaa In a single Multnomah coun ty precinct that had given Hall 16 more votes than the number n fr him and robbed Olcott of 18 that had been cast by his supporters. The error constituted tha first evidence ot a conspiracy to favor either candidate in the canvass of the 224 precincts re counted In Marlon, Multnomah and C'atsop counties and further added to the public disrepute Into which th contest proceedings have been gradually descending. The statement gives official cognizance on the part of the Hall forces to the rumors freely circu lated during the past two or three days that the recount would oe dropped by reason ot tne uiier f..nra nt tha contestant to aub- stantiat any of the charges made, when It seeks to create tne im pression that the canvass of the ballots was but a formality not expected to reveal anything more than a few clerical errors aim pleads that the decisions oi Judges Kelly and Blngnam nave made it impossible for them to nrove cases of Individual irauu although such do exist. Court is Accused Tn afreet, the statement accuses Tiiiii,ra TUn chain and Kelly oi having deliberately acted to crip nia tha nrosecutors of the con test action and to favor Olcott in declaring that voters of one party (Continued on Page Two.) RHFRRIANS MAY GO TO ROUND UP AT STAYTGN Tha Ralem Cherrians may be or.ir.nir thiiHa nresent at the Stay i. rn.init-nn. to be held oepicm- her 1 S and i. according to Wil liam Mcailchrist, jr., king blng of the organization, a aecisiou nn the nronosed visit will be made by the boosters at their next meei lng. Veaterdav the Cherrians were invited to attend the Stayton fes tivities bv the secretary or tne round-up committee. JOHN G. KEFER DEAD John a. Kefer. a well known farmer died in Silverton thi morning at 6 o'clock at the age or k veara. He was born in Indi ana, and moved to Silverton at the age of 5 years, living In soutn sil verton until 18 months ago. He narria, in 1 BOB. lis was taken til at hia home Monday evening and passed away this morning, in ,ttenritne nhvsician pronounced his case that of ptomaine pol- aoninr-naralvsls. He la aurnveo by a widow and 1 children. A heavy hailstorm and water spout did considerable damage to roads in the farming section south of Baker, according to reports. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Friday show ers;, moderate southerly wlnda. Local: Trace rainfall; southerly winds; cloudy; max. 80. mln. SS; river, minus 1.7 leet and tailing. OF PLACED OF COURT Statement Blaming Judges lelt stranaea on tne wnxn.. an implied warning mat R OF TWO TOWNS IN JOLLY PICNIC The picnic and get-together ot the Hotary clubs of Salem and Mc Mlnnvllle at tho Wheatland ferry yesterday afternoon and evening waa pronounced a huge success by all who attended. It was report ed to be a riot ot fun from tha qpening contest until tha conclu sion ot the camp fire. T'rnbablv the most popular num ber of the day was the baseball, game between the two clubs. Torn, Kay was the captain and catcher for tho local nine while w. u Staley occupied the hill top. For McMInnville Bill Houk gave tha orders. when thn smoke of battle had cleared the score board rend 10 to with McMInnville on tha long end.- Two boxing matches were stag ed with several boys from the In-, dustrlal school as principals, i.acn fighter was nauieu iui mwo i" inent Ilotarlau of the neignoorins cltl. The first bout was be- ween wild John McNary of Sal-, cm and Battling Bill Btryker oti McMInnville and after three ias; rounds of mixing was called draw. Next on the list wera Knockout Scniieying ot Balein and Knock' 'em Dead Houk of Mc- MInnvilla, K. O. Schnelllng wlun-, lng tho decision. Two wrestling matches were , nut on with the same principals nn the boxing bouts. Wild John Mc Nary won the first and k. Schnelllng again proved the win-. ner In the secono. uoc riuiier was the third man in all the bouts. , The horse shoe pitching contest won hv Tom Kay of Salem af-. ter the judges had announced that Luther Chapin ad lauea to auai lfv with his pair ot mule shoes.. The score ot Tom waa 21 while his nearest opponent has S. Tha tii-o'-war causea a ioi ui OTARIANS lvalry and excitement among the( . . . .. rna wnn htf thA fia. pectators and was won by the Ha- , la eraw. There were 1U men io , each team and the winner was de- , cided in two out of three pulls. Bill McGilchrlst was the promoter , f the affair. Lunch was served by Johnny Jones and was "some feed. Fol-, lowing, the lunch the Kotariana, gathered aronnd tlve camp fire. with Bill Btryker n cnarge. niu, McGilchrlst gave several vocal se-. laettnna and everybody joined in singing the popular Rotary songs. It waa decided that McMInnville, had the better liara but that Sal-, em had the most. " of S.20.