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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Tonight and Sunday gen
erally (air, moderate westerly winds.
- Local: Rainfall, .04, total torstorm
.79 Inch; max. 71: mln. 56; southerly
winds; cloudy; river, minus l.S feet.
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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1922.
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Huge Holes Torn Into
Ground and Windows
Broken Guards Fired
Upon by Dynamiters
Roseville. tJal., Aug. 12. Five
tombs thrown Into the Southern
Pacific railroad yards here early
this morning shook the yards,
tore huge holes In the ground and
broke window panes when they
exploded In front of round house
No. 1.
Demitv United States Marsha!
J. Sullivan and State Police Of
fleer M. Costa were slightly
wounded by lead from a shotgun
hen they ran outside the rail
road property in an effort to ap
prehend the bomb thrower and
we fired upon from across the
itreet.
The first bomb was thrown be
tween 1-.40 and 1.47 a. m. In front
ot the entrance to round house
No. 11 -where shop workers slept
at nleht. The explosion tore
hole In the ground and showered
guards wlti earth. A few minutes
later (Area blasts were heard in
side the fence at the fruit express
Icing plants. The last bomb was
thrown over the fence at the en
trance to round house No. 1, but
although all the men were aroused
by the first explosion and swarmed
out of the building, no one was in
jured in the last explosion. The
last shock blew out 23 windows in
the shops and dug a large hole in
the ground.
Fired Upon by Throwers
Immediately after the first ex
plosions deputy United- States
Marshal Sullivan accompanied by
railroad officer R. M. Costa and
another railroad guard, rushed
through the round house gate, to
the street in an effort to catch the
homb throwers. They were at once
fired upon by someone hiding In
the darkness across the street,
armed with a shot gun. Lead shot
from the gun pierced Sullivan's
Hp, face and leg, and punctured
his hat. Costa was struck In the
arm and lee by the bullets but
they failed to penetrate the flesh
Examination of the fragments
of the bombs are said to hare re
vealed that they were made of
pieces of pipe packed with black
powder with the exception of the
last bomb thrown, which was a
charge of dynamite also contained
in a pipe.
Night Marshal Bob Long In giv
ing a version of the explosions
declared the first explosion was
the more severe of the five blasts.
Marshal Long said he was mak
ing his rounds downtown when
the explosions occurred.
He hurried In the direction of
the yards In company with
Deputies Al Hocker and Charles
LaPorte. As they ran the other
blasts went off and the shooting
of the smaller tire arms began,
Long said.
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Council Order to Cut
Tree Older than City
Creates Indignation
Trouble looms for the Salem
!ty council unless it elects to re
consider Its recent order to cut
down the giant redwood tree
the second one of its kind In Ma
rion county which, for 73 years,
has stood at the corner of what
la now Summer and Union streets.
Petitions, requesting the city
council to withdraw its order,
ere on the streets today and had
heen signed by approximately 250
residents of the city. If the peti
tion fails of its purpose, it was in
timated that a complaint, asking
that the council be enjoined
from destroying the tree, will be
filed.
k'o land mark in Salem is more
Worthy of consideration than the
H Sequoia, according to those
h seek to save It. The tree was
6reught to Oregon from Califor
Yards at Roseville Bombed
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USE THREAT
OF ILL TO
FORCEPiERCE
Independent Candidate
May be Bluff to Bring
Democratic Candidate
To Accept Klai o
By HARRY N. (
Portland, Aug. 12.
two possible motives
itatement iSBued Wed
.ng by the Public De
of Oregon, auxlliarj -.Clux
Klan in sponsoi
ical ambitions of Chf
intimated that the .
ceedings instituted In
are are
nd the
r ,y even
League
-. the Ku
he polit
ill which
tint pro-
behalf of
their candidate, will soon be aban
doued and Hall injected Into the
eneral election race for governor
us an independent candidate. In
the face of existing circumstances
aither of two explanations is
plausible.
This intimation Is either a
threat to bring Walter Pierce,
democratic candidate, to time and
make him swallow the klan prog
ram, or ft is a forerunner of Hall's
actual plunge Into the waters that
can hold nothing but chilly de
feat for him as an independent.
Hope lies in Pierce.
Unless the political accumen of
the klan strategists Is far below
what they are given credit for,
thev realize the Injection of an
mriennnrlant candidate Into the
race means positively1 the elec
tion of Olcott. Against a split
field he would be any easy win
ner. Their one hope lies in
throwing their support to Pierce
But the klan, and particularly
the influences which dominate its
political activities, is not seeding
to sow Us seed on unknown soil,
and before it throws its support
to Mr. Pierce it may want -to know
just where the eastern Oregon
farmer stands on a few matters ot
more or less import to the inter
ests of the "'Invisible Empire."
To date the said Mr. Pierce has
maintained a discrete silence on
nil mutters religious and klanish,
other than to declare that the
klan and religion are not issues
of the coming political battle. And
(Continued on Page Seven.)
ALL FOREST FIRES OUT
AS RESULT OF RAIN
! Wnsh.. Aug. 12. All
. . in the state, west ot
.u. -r,tRtns have practically
been extinguished by the rainfall
during the past 48 noum,
Pape, state forester, reported to
day A few hlazes, which are
stilVsmoldering, are being closely
watched. East of the mountain
.,a Mr Pane, the rainfall has
been reported light and be was
without further nI"""
h fire -near Deer Lake
t. " .r.i condition was quite
satisfactory, the forester added.
nia during the IS 49 gold rush b
Daniel Waldo, one of Salemj
earliest pioneers, and was planted
in what was then his front yard.
The Waldo home stood for many
years In what Is now Union street
and faced the state capitol.
The tree was growing before
the city of Salem was platted by
Dr W H. Willson in 1850. Al
though it stands near the car
track there Is room for vehicles
to pass on either side of it.
It was said this afternoon that
the council will delay Its action
in destroying the tree Pding j a
further Investigation of the pe
titioners' request. .
Daniel Waldo, after whom the
WTaldo hills were named, was one
S tt. city's best known figures
and his son, John Waldo, was a
member of the Oregon supreme
court.
Arthur Griffith,
Irish President,
Dies Suddenly
Belfast. Aug. 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press) Arthur Griffith,
president of the Dail Eirann died
in Dublin today of influenza, it ha
been learned in Belfast.
Mr. Griffith was ill only ten daye
and his illness was not considered
serious. Yesterday, however, he suf
fered a sudden relapse and died
early this morijing.
His death occurred at 9:45 oe'loek
this morning in St. Vincents hos
pital, Dublin, which he entered
ten days ago for an operation for
tonsilitis. He was recovering from
the operation and apparently re
gaining his normal strength during
the last few days.
Arthur Griffith was one of the
leaders in the creation of the Irish
Free Stale. He was one of the foun
ders of the Sinn Fein movement In
Ireland and from the beginning hap
been among the foremost leader
directing its activities. He has been
somewhat out of eighty howevei.
during the recent military activi
ties, which have been largely di
rected on behalf of Free State forces
by Michael Collins head of the
Irish, provisional government set up
under the terms of the Anglo-Irish
treaty.
Mr. Griffith was formerly an
editor of Dublin and later cstab-
$9200 RAISED
FOR COMPLETION
HOSPITAL WING
The Salem hospital campaign is
going forward steadily and surely
as the result of persistent work on
the part of the directors who have
set themselves the gigantic ta-sn ot
raising the $25,000 necessary to com
plete the first unit of the Salem
hospital. At a meeting held last
night it was found that $9,200 has
been subscribed during the present
campaign leaving $15,800 yet to be
secured before the people of Salem
can have their new hospital open
ed up"for their use.
Surely there is nothing more nec
essary today in Salem than the
completion of this strictly sanitary
modern fire proof hospital build
ing, a place where we may take our
sick folk with -the- positive assur
ance that they will receive the best
attention, as good as is posible in
any hospital on the Pacifio coast.
The directors engaged in this work
are all busy men and have made
considerable sacrifice to do this
work. Some of them can give no
time after this next week. It would
be a great encouragement to them
if persons who contemplate making
a contribution would telephone or
advise any member of this board
within the next day or two.
REFUSETOORDER
TRAINMEN BACK
t ino-olPK. Cal.. Aug. 12.
D E. Crayne, general chairman
h.. r,t the Brotherhood of lre
mn nd Engineers, said today in
,.Hnn with the telegram
fm President W. G. Lee ot the
Brotherhood; of Rlway "Train
men that he could not and would
not order the men under his jur
isdiction to return to work.
He said It was an Individual
matter where the brotherhood
men left their work as individ
uals due to hazardous conditions
of employment following a state
ment from the brotherhood execu
tives that they could leave their
work if the conditirns were haz
ardous. In view of this action
by the men. he said he would take
uo steps to order them back to
work.
This walkout was on the Santa
Fe system, where the trainmen
left passenger trains, with hund
rP.1i. cf nassengers, stalled at des
ert points under sizzling temper
atures, at Neeaies. eii,i"";
Barstow and other points.
! j' '
Arthur gy'iffi t-fey
lished the newspaper United Irish
men, followed by the Sinn Fein and
then the Nationality, both or wmcn
presented the wing of the republi
can movement favoring dominion
status for Ireland.
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BOMBS HURLED AT
San Bernardino, Cal., Aug. 12.
Four additional bomb explo
sions occurred today In the Santa
Fe Railway yarns here, follow
ing the explosion yesterday morn
ing of 23 bombs in the same yard.
Officers are investigating four
fragments of large bombs, con
structed out of pipe elbows
plugged with steel slugs and ap
parently loaded with chemicals.
No one was injured by the bombs
and no damage of consequence
done.
Two additional United States
federal deputy marshals to assist
in preserving order, and federal
department of justice men came
here to investigate the explosions.
Lieutenant J. J. Kane, with six
men from the army post at Ross
Field, Arcadia, near here, operat
ed an armored automobile patroll
ing the streets. Officers arriving
here reported that roads into the
city had been strewn with large
tacks, apparently for the purpose
of puncturing tires.
With a temperature of 120 and
with food running out, marooned
passengers at Needles and Bar
stow were said to be In distress
today and it was reported here
that railway officials would make
an effort to bring them Into San
Bernardino today under heavy
guard. Some of the elderly per
sons among the passengers were
reported to be on the verge of
heat prostration.
KLANlRIALTO
PROCEED MONDAY
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 12.
No session was held today In the
trial of alleged members of the
Ku Klux Klan on felony charges
growing out of the Inglewood
raid, adjournment until Monday
having been taken yesterday.
With its resumption, there will
be only 3 defendants, as the court
decided to declare a mistrial In
the case of Nathan A. Baker, for
mer Kleagle and admitted leader
ot the raid, whose 6udden collapse
Thursday halted the trial.
His physician reported it would
be impossible for him to attend
court in less than 90 days and
upon agreement between state
and defense. Judge Frederick W.
Houser, presiding, assigned mn
alienist to examine him.
ML ; Jf A II
OUR ADDIli
SAN BERNARDINO
ONLY 55 NOW
ACCUSED OF
VOTE FRAUD
Ilall Again Reduces List
, Of Marion County Ac
cused Charges To Be
Heard Here Monday.
Further indicating their appar
ent intention to attempt to prove
one or two instances of Individ
ual fraud by voters In the pri
mary election who cast their bal
lot for Ben W. Olcott and then
drop the recount proceedings with
the declaration that the rulings
of the court prevent them from
proving Chas. Hall to be the le
gally nominated candidate ft the
republican party for governor Dy
establishing a sufficient number
of such frauds before general
election time, attorneys for Hall
today served upon Olcott's coun
sel a newly amended list of al
leged Illegal voters in Marion
county. '
. In the original list more than
700 alleged illegal voters were
listed. Yesterday the list had
been cut to 162. Today, there
was a further reduction. The
amended list bears the names of
only 55 persons.
. chvil subpoenas, for their ap
pearance In court Monday were
secured today by Will Carver, for
mer newspaper man.
Prosecution of the charges will
start in Salem Monday morning.
Not Republicans
The particular charges and
those affected In Hall's accusa
Contestant submits the fol-
tlons, follow:
lowing list "of names of those
who voted Illegally in Marlon
county at the nominating elec
tion on May 10,. 1922, because
they were not registered in good
faith and were not members In
good faith of the republican par
ty: Mary Faber, Robert McNa
mee, John Bannick, Charles Meier
W. H. Farr, Josephine Nibler,
Theodore Highberger, LawVence
Faraschwejler, John F. Theo B.
Drentano, George Putnam, Peter
G. Brazell, Fred Meier, Jennie
Farr, John Ditter, Frank Bell.
Influenced by Priests
Contestant submits the follow
ing list of names of voters who
were unduly influenced at said
election, contrary to law, by the
priests and officers of the Catho
lic church: Mary Faber, Robert
MeNamee, Peter G. Brazell, Ajina
Stadler, Casper J. Gerbarr,' Ber
tha Schwab, Josephine Nibler,
John F. Theo B. Brentano, John
Bannick, Walburg Reiland, Ma
rie Kraemer, John Hertl, Alois
Duhl, Lawrence Faraschweiler.
' Failed to File Affidavits
Contestant submits the follow
ing list of names ot voters who
changed their registration from
democrat to republican without
filing the affidavits required by
law: Marie Kraemer, Margaretta
Wirtz, Casper J. Gerhaar, Mary
Eberle, Remigl von Beiram, Hel
ta Wachter, M. Anton Biglow,
Jcsephlne Beyer, Sophia Erpeid
lng, Harvey Ballweber, Louise
Rieger, Joseph R. Starvens, Uw
is Dubois, Molly Cohen, Suel Shep
herd, Eleanor G. Luper, Rose Ka
bul, Mary Bishop, Leta Nibler,
Peter Lelek, Arthur Dubois, L.
Masters, James Luper, Joseph
Schneider, Albert C. Bishop.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
CHARGED TO 2 HERE
H. M. Dickson and Pearl Coop
er, both residents ot Independ
ence, were arrested here this
morning by Police Sergeant
Birtchet and Patrolman Thomp
son and were charged with being
drunk and disorderly.
Both men were arraigned be
fore Police Judge Earl Race and
nlnM not guilty. Dickson's
bail was placed at $25 and Coop
cr's at J50. Their hearing was
set for Monday morning at 10
o'clock-
Washington, Aug. 12. Nomin
ations for postmasters today in
cluded Roseburg, Ore., Charles S
Uelnllne.
Million Dollar Damages -Sought
by Follies Dancer
cf Harry Payne Whitney
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
Aug. 12. One million dollars
damages is sought by Eva Bur
rowes Fontaine, a dancer. In
a suit for breach of promise
against Cornelius Vanderbllt
Whitney, son of Harry Payne
Whitney, , according to the
statement of Miss Fontaine's
attorney, Charles Firestone
during the argument of a mo
tion in the case before Justice
Henry V. Borst hye today.
GROWERS PLANS
CROP DISCUSSED
V
A meeting of the directors of
the Oregon Growers association
was held at the central offices
yesterday and last evening to
discuss plans for handling the
fruit crop this year. Owing to the
heavy crop of prunes this season
two extra dryers have been leas
ed, one in Salem and the other at
Sheridan, as the association dry
ers have not the necessary capac
ity. The pooling committee was
formed for the proper determina
tion and division ot the fruit crop
As the early varieties of apples
bring a better price man the late
aniiles It -was derided to form two
separate pools tor that fruit, Ihus
giving the growers of early ap
ples the benefit of the higher re
turns on their apples. Although
no definite action was taken, the
same may be done with pears.
The directors authorized the
filing of a suit against C. A.
Meyers of Medford for non-deliv
ery of fruit. The suit will be
handled In the Medford courts.
The association will ship the
first carload of loganberries of
the season on Monday when a car
of dried loganberries will be sent
to Chicago. The local plant Is pre
paring the berries in 25 pound
boxes.
Picking of early apples will
probably be started the middle of
next week and packing will fol
low immediately.
F
T CAUGHT
BY RAIL I UP
Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 12.
There are approximately 2,000
cars of fruit from northern Cali
fornia on the rails bound to eas
tern markets, according to Sacra
mento fruit shippers and there
are approximately 40,000 car
loads remaining, much ot It yet
to be picked.
One thousand cars of peaches,
plums and pears ?.lpped by the
railroad fruit distributors are on
the road east, practically all
routed the Ogden gateway through
which an embargo has been de
clared by, the Southern Pacifio
and Western Pacific roads, it was
stated by Wiimer Seig, sales man
ager of the fruit distributors.
FAIR PRICE BOARD
TO FIX COAL PRICE
Washington, Aug. 12. Wiile
high hopes for early settlement of
the) Icoal strike are 'entertained
by the administration, averting
any necessity of resorting to dras
tic action by the government re
peatedly hinted at, results of the
prolonged stoppage In psoductlon
are expected to keep the govern
ment coal distributing machinery
busy for a long period.
The central coal committee
controlling government agency In
allottment of coal priorities in the
strike emergency, according to
Fuel Distributor Spencer, Is mapp
lng out its course so as to adjust
the price question to meet any
turn of events In the producing
fields. The committee will prompt
ly close the priority door, he Bald
on any producer who fails to con
form to the Hoover talr prlci
schedule.
1 PRESIDENT INSIST UPON
DELAYS PLAN RESTORATION
FOR SEIZURE OFSENfflM
Harding temporarily post
pones Grabbing Of The
Railroads ; Nation Wide
Paralysis Threatens.
Washington, Aug. 12. (By the
Associated Press.) President
Harding was said by administra
tion advisors today to have aban
doned temporarily at least his
plan for asking legislation of con
gress to deal with the railroad sit
uatloh.
The conditional acceptance by
the railroad ot the president's la
test proposal was declared to have
been the controlling factor in the
president's change ot plans re
garding legislation. In view of
the executives' attitude, the pres
ident, according to advisors who
conferred with, him, last night,
was Bald to believe that any Im
mediate legislation toy congress
was unnecessary.
Nation-Wide Paralysis.
Chicago,, Aug. 12i (By As
sociated Press.) Nation-wide
paralysis ot railroad transporta
tion threatened today as big four
brotherhood men in various parts
of . the country called meetings to
consider Joining with the traln-
mens walkout which started when
crews tied up transcontinental
Santa Fe trains in the California
and Arizona deserts and freight
traffic on the Elgin, Juliet and
Eastern, outer belt line of the
Chicago steel and shipping dis
tricts.
The walkout of trainmen spread
to other sections during' the last
24 hours. Switchmen Joined en
gineers, firemen, conductors and
brakemen in protests against
working where troops, deputy
United States marshals and other
guards were on strike duty at
former trouble centers.
F
1500 GERMANS
Strasbourg, Aug. 12. (By As
sociated Press.) Expulsion from
Alsace-Lorraine of 1500 Germ
ans, Including the wives and chll
dren of the married men, began
today in compliance with the ord
er Issued yesterday by the commis
sary general.
The married men were each al
lowed to take 5 pounds of bag
gage and 10,000 marks and single
men were allowed one half ot this
sum.
Simultaneously, the sequeBtra
tion of the accounts of Germans
in Alsace-Lorraine banks went In
to effect today.
Santa Fe Trainmen
Abandon Trains in
New Mexican Desert
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 12.
The twelve transcontinental
trains of the Santa Fe system
that were - halted at Barstow,
Needles and other points in the
deRert east of San Bernardino,
were still there today and Assist
ant General Manager Brewer,
said he did, not know when the
trains could be moved. Mr. Brew
er said food, water and other es
sential supplies were on hand
for several days after that more
would be taken In motor trucks.
He said that appeals to the
trainmen to move the trains lad
been fruitless and they would
neither do the won tnemselves
nor permit others to do It. He
said reports were that barring
the discomfort Incident to the
lesert heat, the passengers were
not suffering any hardships and
that the railroad would do all It
Heads of Striking Unions
Reject President's Of
fer Rail Executives
, Accept Conditionally.
Washington, Aug. 12 (By the
Associated Pross) Heads of the
seven railroad organizations now
on strike were declared by one of
their chief officials today after a
final conference to have decided to
reject completely the last strike
settlement proposal put forward by
President Harding.
Demand Guarantee
The striking unions in a written
response were said by this official
to have told the president they
could not call off the strike un
less a guarantee was given that all
of their men would be reinstated
in service with seniority rights un
impaired. The president had pro
posed that the seniority status of
the returning strikers be left to ad
judication by the railroad labor
board.
Soon after the response of the
striking shopmeni reached the White
House, heads of the non-striking
unions who hjive been in conference
with the shop craft leaders for the
past two days, arrived at the
White House and 'went into confer
ence with .President Hnraing.
Secretaries Hoover and Davis chair
man Hooper of the railroad board
and Chairman Cummins of the sen
ate interstate commerco committee,
also participated 3n the conference.
, Executives Accept
Headed by T. DeWltt Cnyler, the
oiglit railway executives carrying
the roads, reply to the president
reached Washington shortly before
3 o'clock. Mr. Ouyler declared ho
had nothing to say before the While
House conference and while he pre
sumed thoro would be a statement
after their meeting .with the presi
dent, he did not know whether it
would be issued by the White
House or the rail executives.
Mr. Cuyler declined to tTac'Iose
the attitude of the represent afives
toward the approaching conference
with the president, but declared he
hoped to return to New York to
night. Before going to the Whits
Houso the rail heads proceeded to
the local offices of the railway ex
ecutives' association.
The executives reached the
White House about 4:20 while
the president was still closeted
with the heads of the railroad
labor organizations not on strike.
The executives were ushered into
the office ot Secretary Chrisialn.
ERICKSON RETRIAL MONDAY
The second trial of Jack Erick
son of Sllverton, charged with the
unlawful possession ot Intoxicat
ing liquor, will be held In the jus
tice court Monday morning before
a Jury.
Erickson, arrested in Sllverton
July 3, was accused of being In
possession of 85 pints ot liquor.
The Jury which heard testimony at
his first trial disagreed.
could to help them avoid further
discomforts.
To the list of Santa Fe trains
held at these points ft was neces
sary to add today the south
bound (coast bound) trains of the
Salt Lake line, which were halt
ed at Callente, Nev., by strike
conditions. These trains were sup
posed to be equipped with diners
and to have their water tanks
filled. The plight ot those aboard
was even worse than that of the
Santa Fe passengers, however, as
the roads about Callente wee lit
tle more than trails and the ex
treme heat made automobiling a
hazardous experiment.
Mr. Brewer said arrangements
had been completed to detour
westbound trains from points
east of the strike area and bring
them to Los Angeles by Southern
Pacific lines. This, he said, ap
plied to trains due tomorrow and
Monday.