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A WW VJ There Is no substitute tor CIRCULATION Daily average tor September 6119. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Thursday un settled and occasionally threatening. Gentle winds, mostly northerly. . Local: Rainfall, none; max. 67; mln. 48; part cloudy; river 1.7 ft T'-n n n nn n? rin ; J .... ; If A ;. - F - C: Jl u Jill 4 m ii - FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 242. WARREN RELATES STORY OF SHOOTING DRY AGENTS 10 HAVE HIM LIQUOR Indian Declares That he was Attacked After Having Been Treated to Seven Drinks of Moonshine Warned by Stool-pigeon to Look Out for Price Gives Testimony Calmly Dallas, Ore., Oct. 11. (Special.) Phillip Warren, accused of the murder of Glen Price and Gover Todd,: prohibition enforcement agents, in the town of New Ronde in the early morning hours of September S told his story of the shooting affray and the events up to it on the witness stand of the circuit court h( defense closed at noon, the prosecutor made his clq ad dress when court reconvened, for the defense waived his closing address and the court instructed the jury at 3 :30 o'clock, and Warren's fate now rests with the jury. Declarations that Price grabbed, the rifle he had in his hands with one hand and shoved a revolver in front of his face with the other and atempted to shot him, but that the revolver clicked and misfired; that during the evening he had been givn seven drinks of moonshine by members of the raiding party, and that he had been told by Perry, stool pigeon of the federal officers, to look out for Price as Price would shoot him, were the outstanding points in Warren's Btory. He addressed the jury deliberately, gave his testimony carefully, bufwith the demeanor-of one who seeks to be careful of facts and figures, deceive and mislead. Warren, giving his version off the fatal night's happenings be- . J shortly before noon, asserted he acted in self defense. He heard Price's gun click once, he said then started shooting, and he de nied that he saw Todd at all. He testified that he had taken seven drinks during the evening, 3 of them furnished by Perry or by Perry and Price. Deputy Sheriff Holden asked If he was Intoxicated, declared hp had never been drunk in his life and said that he dranK not more than a few spoonfuls on the night ot the shooting. When the state resumed Its re mittal this afternoon It was pre dieted that the case would go to me jury tonight. Warren Relates Story Substantially Warren's story as as follows: That, on the, evening of Sep tember 2, his thirty first birthday, ne took hia wife and oldest daugh t and the baby into the town of New Grand Ronde to attend the picture show and dance. He 'aid that he took them from his Place, about half a mile south of the town, to the dance hall In his father's automobile, and . that hen they reached the dance hall wife and the two children got out and went into the hall. War fen said that he then drove to the house of his father, in town, tha Purpose of bringing his "her and mother and sister to the daace, but that when he got there they had already gone down the dance. He then drove back "n town and parked the car in we street near the butcher shop. Joined Three Friends After parking the car he said e Join,l i . ... they an - mice inenaa ana tnat went Into 'the restaurant "gilt lunch and then went or th P001 hal1 and Dlaye1 two wee games of pool. When the frames had been finished, arren declares that he went to m L 'Mr 01 a store building, the h i at the double doors at Was i. f the stair3 he met and Dick Thrduced t0 a man called late,'.' '3 man Dick' he said was ith i comPany of and drank ttetnf,ilCf.and Perry- When he cfink . 6 latter 0ered him a tairs'an "ley went back dow" of tip k ,around to the east side took , bu,ldine. where they each hisk tHenta'ni'S moonshine ncehin 7 returned to tht t''1aneind Wa"en danced wi?h ' ?De with his wife and to tZTt be then ba Bta ... . u iiiuian. nnrt a TAKE ADVANTAGE OF and Deliberately. 1 an, fral o. and -day t-ling H'iThe this afternoon, the ; rney rather than one trying to man he did not know, and that they went outside where they met Perry, who gave them a drink. At this time, Warren testified, Perry and the stranger were try ing to get Petite -to secure some liquor for them, and also asked him to get them some. In connec tion with their request for liquor Perry told Petite,' Warren asserts, that "you needn't be afraid of us I'm a moonshiner and bootleg ger too," evidently referring to his conviction in the Tillamook county courts for operating a still and possessing intoxicating li quor. Plied With liquor Warren said he then returned to the dance hall and shortly af terward met Perry in the lava tory, and Perry gave him another drink. Before leaving the dance again Warren danced with a Mrs. Wins low. Shortly after leaving the hall he again met Perry and Price on the south side of the dance hall and the officers produced another bottle of liquor, a quart this time. After all had taken a drink Price asked Warren if he had been able to get any liquor for them and Warren replied that he "hadn't had a chance to see anyone." Warren said that he had three more drinks with the members of the raiding party, one by the side of the garage and two under the grandstand of the baseball ground. Under the grandstand, he said, he had a drink with the man named Dick and with Perry, that Dick left them and that he and Perry "killed" what was left In the bot tle. Perry, he said, then told him to go and get some liquor and to meet them down where the auto mobiles were parked. Refused to Enter Car. Perry, said he was unable to get any liquor,' but that when he went down to where the cars were park ed the officers called him over to them and told he and Petite, who was already with them, to get into the car. Perry refused, saying that he had to go back to the dance, and he declares that the men then tried to force him Into the car. "I asked them," Warren said, "why in hell I should get into their car? And Price said, 1 11 show you.' " Warren said they then grabbed him and he saw Price pull a gun. The I smashed him," Warren said. "Then he shot me, or I thought he shot me." (Warren was here referring to the blow other witnesses said Price struck with his revolver.) Warren says that then Price ran down the street and Perry said to Warren, "Now, fellow, you want Alfred E. Smith Smiles At His Nomination Mired' X . Smith:.., The victory smile of former Gov ernor Alfred E. Smith, of New STork, when ha won renomination in the Democratic State Convention at Syracuse. to look out for that , he'll shoot you." Warren declared that at no time had the men told him they were revenue officers. He eaid that he then went to his father's house and got a rifle for self protection and returned down town. He ad mitted that he asked severaTlieo- ple where the fellow driving the "Dodge car" was,- but denied that he told the wife of the confection er that he was looking for the "revenue officer driving the Dodge car." Glen Otrden Testifies. Glen Ogden, a resident ot Gand Ronde, testified he saw Price and Perry on the evening ot the murder. Both, he said, were tipsy, and Price was telling of his wife and children. Price, Ogden testified, said that he had met Perry several weeks' previous and that "they had been drunk ever since. Ogden said he had one drink with Price and Perry. Sidney Willings, another Grand Ronde man, testified .he met the revenue officers in a lavatory at Grand Ronde. He said he asked them if they had anything on their hips and that Perry answer ed "yes." Subsequently, Willings said, Perry brought forth a bottle and all those In the lavatory with the exception of one man, took a drink. Inongus Bonouch, also of Grand Ronde, said, from the stand that he was present in the garage when Price and Todd were brought In following the shooting. He said that Holden, the deputy sheriff produced a bottle and passed it around and added that those in the garage were "feeling good" and had several drinks. Helped Carry Todd. Another Grand Ronde man, Gus Winslow, said he helped carry Todd into the garage. Holden, Winslow testified, offered him a bottle as he, Winslow, was work ing over Todd, and that he an swered, jno, L aon t iniuit n would do." Sheriff John Orr, on the stand. testified that he got on the scene of the murder about 2 o'clock. He said he smellcd liquor on both Holden and Perry and declared it was quite evident that Perry had been drinking. Contrary to the story told by state's witnesses yesterday, the federal men told him, 'Orr testi fied, that Todd was on his hands and knees when shot, lester- daj testimony Indicated that Todd had been standing at the time, iian Dies Here of Lockjaw, Reoree K. MacAdoo, 21, who with his mother has been living ln Monmouth for a short time, died yesterday afternoon at a local hos oistal of lockjaw. The disease, it is said, is thought to have made a start from a tack Which was in the bottom of MacAdoo'a shoe, making a small cut. Besides a mother, Mary E. MacAdoo, the young man Is survived by a sister, Mrs. Leon C. Grove of Haines, Alaska. The body will be sent to Portland for funeral services and cremation. THE BARGAIN SUBSCRIPTION SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, Preacher Earns $5 Offered by Yoiera for Playing Fool Waukegan, 111., Oct. 11. Rev. Robert E. O'Brien, pastor of an Independent flock ln Zion City, today had complied with the terms of an offer from Wil bur Glenn Voliva, overseer ol Zlon $5 "if he will stand In front of a newspaper office all day to show the people what a fool he is." Rain beat upon Mr. O'Brien most of the day but he held his post from sun rise to sunset. He. said he would give the award to Zion City poor. E Portland, Ore.; Oct. 11 Dr. H. J. Minthorn, Oregon educator, uncle anjj foster father of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, died here today. Dr. Minthorn came here recently for an operation from Met lahltatla, Alaska, where he had made his home for some years. Physician, educator, minister of the Friends' church, missionary to the Indians, and Civil War veteran, Dr. Minthorn had a Maned career He came to Oregon in 1882 to take charge of an Indian school at For' est Grove. This school three years later was moved to Chemawa. Dr Minthorn became first president of Pacifie College at Newberg and later began the development of the prune industry in Willamette val ley. He also developed Minthorn Springs in Clackamas county and built the first , hotel at Hot Lake, in Union county. Born in Ontario He was born in Ontario, Canada, April 26, 1846 and when ten years of age moved with his parents to Cedar county, Iowa, where a large farm was purchased. He obtained a common school education and when fifteen years of age entered Western college, in Iowa. He later entered the Iowa State University and while there at the age of seven teen enlisted with a company of college boys in the United States army as a member of company D, Forty-fourth Iowa Volunteer In fantry end served during the civil war with the seventeenth army corps under General A. J. Smith and Colonel Henderson. A short time later at the terminus of the war he was honorably discharged and he resumed his schooling. From the time of hia graduation nntil 1873 when he entered the med ical department of the University of Iowa, he taught school. In 1847 he was graduatedfrom the medical college with the degree of M. D. He practiced medicine for about three years and then entered the Jefferson Medical College, Phila delphia, and was graduated in 1877 with another degree. During the two succeeding years he practiced med icine in Iowa and then entered the government service in the Indian department as agency physician of the Ponco agency, serving in that capacity for three years. At Indian School In February 1882, he was sent to Oregon to take charge of the Indian school at Forest Grove and in Oc tober 1884 was trasferred to Okla-" honia. In the following year he re turned to Oregon and took charge of the Friends Pacific Academy, which is now Pacific college. In 1SS8 he moved to Salem and became the president of Oregon Land Company and of the Salem Street railway company. After six years, he re turned to Iowa in 1894 and en gaged in the practice of medieine for two years when he was forced to go to Alaska on account of ill health. Two years later he return ed to Oregon and after operating a farm near Scotts Mills for a year, built and conducted a hot springs sanitarium at Hot Lake, Oregon, in company with B. S. Cook. The san itarium proved to he very success ful and at the end of two years it was sold for a good profit. In 1901 the doctor went to the University of Southern California where he specialized in the descases of children. MINTHORN HOOVER'S UNCLE CROSSES DIViO DISPLEASING TO RUSSIANS Soviet a World Power To Be Reckoned With Says Tchitcherin Concerning Turkish Issue. Moscow, Oct. 11. (By Associ ated"' Press.) Russia as a world power must be reckoned with in the consideration of all matters bearing upon' her interests, such as the freedom of commercial navi gation through the Dardanelles and therefore any proposition to leave- the Soviets without repre sentation in the first conference proposed by the allies for settle ment of the Near Eastern ques tion is altogether Unsatisfactory to the Moscow government. In ; expressing thia view, M. Tchitcherin, soviet foreign minis ter, said: "We are not making threats and are not rattling the sword, but we do insist upon proper considera tion in all questions relating to the Near East, particularly the commercial freedom of the straits. . "Questions in which we have tremendous interests will natural ly hi discussed at the first con ference, and the Russian govern ment feels it should be invited to that, as well as to the one to be held later. "Russia today has recovered and is a world power to be reck oned with. We believe that the action of the allies In blockading the etraits, thereby cutting off trade from our southern ports where we are striving to reestab lish our economics by our own means desDite the failure of the Genoa and Hague conferences to helD us. is very unjust, and we will act accordingly." With reference to the United States. M. Tchitcherin said there were: several obstacles preventing resumption of friendly relations with Russia. "Secretary Hughes," he said, "has taken a stand which has blocked the possibility of the Cm ted States and Russia coming into closer relationship, for the time being at least. The United States seems to look upon Russia as a vacuum so far as trade Is concern ed, and some how the Americans still regard us as bandits and rob bers and apparently will for some tim& before they change their views, despite our willingness to meet the United States half way in an impartial proposal." INDIANS ACQUITTED OF CATTLE STEALING Medford, Ore., Oct. 11. Char les and Fred Hood, Klamath In dian: youths charged with steal ing: government cattle from the reservation, were acquitted by a Juryin the federal court Tuesday afternoon, after twelve minutes deliberation. A previous trial re sulted in a disagreement. The case . lasted two days, and fifty witnesses were examined. The trial of C. A. Lynch of GranU Pass, charged with con cealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding, the specific charge being a note for $126, was begun today, and Is the last case for the present term of the federal court. Docrkey Lost in Man's Stomach for 50 Years is Found Chicago, Oct. 11. A door key that his father "lost" more than 50 years ago, was found by surgeons operating on the stomach of Phillip J. Keifer, 59, recovering today in the Ash land Boulevard hospital. Shown the key, Keifer said he "probably would have got a licking" if his father had known who was responsible for losing it. 1922. 400 Percent Dividend Upon Standard Oil for Current Year New York, Oct. 11. Direc tors of the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey announced that a special meeting of stock holders had been called for No vember 8 to Increase the au thorized common stock from $110,000,000 to $625,000,000. On approval of thta increase the directors propose to pay during the current year a stock div idend of 400 per cent in $25 par common stock outstanding. CITY'S NEED IS FIRE APPARATUS That Salem needs additional fire fighting equipment and need ed it badly, was the assertion made this noon at the luncheon of the Rotary club at the Marion ho tel by Joseph Baumgartner, mem ber of the city council. He asked that the Rotary men do all in their power to see that the bill provid ing for the bonding of the city for an amount not to exceed $13,600 for the purchase of a triple com bination engine should be passed by the people of Salem at the com ing election.; The Instance of the burning of the girls' training school building several weeks ago was cited as one of the many examples when the city is left without adequate pro tection. At the time of the train ing school fire all the fire appara tus left in the ctiy was the chemi cal wagon. "I doubt If there is enough equipment all together to handle a fire such as might, break out in any of the large buildings of the city," Mr. Baumgartner said. City Attorney Smith also made a short talk explaining the situa tion in which the council was placed by not being able to have control over the chief of police. He asked that the Rotary aid in the passage of a bill to come up at the coming election whereby the chief of police would be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the majority of the city council. Thomas Kay, member ot the legislature from Marion county. sDoke briefly on the question of taxation SCOTT A. R1GGS SALEM PIONEER PASSES AWAY The death of Scott A. Riggs, 77, one of the pioneers of Marion and Polk county, occurred this morn ing at his home, 1190 Center street, after a brief illness due to heart trouble. Mr. Riggs was born ln Exeter, Illinois, May 26, 1845, and with his parents and others crossed the plains with an ox-team in 1851. The father, Zadoc, died on the trip but Mrs. Riggs with the children completed the trip and settled on a donation claim on Salt Creek in Polk county nine miles north of Dallas. The family later moved to Salem and as soon as Mr. Riggs reached his ma jority he took an active part in all civic affairs. He served as alderman on the city council from 1900 to 1904 inclusive. He was a life long member of the Christian church. He was not affiliated with any lodge. Besides the wife, formerly Adella C. Sears whom he married December 5, 1871, Mr. Riggs is survived by a brother, John L. Riggs, who resides at 492 North Summer street, a daughter, Mrs. Frank Mulkey, ot Salem, a son, Zadoc J. Riggs, proprietor of the Capital pharmacy, and a grand daughter. Funeral services will be held from the Rigdon & Son Mortuary, Friday afternoon, Oct. 13, 2:00 o'clock. OFFER OF ROTARIANS TOLD PRICE TWO CENTS TURKS SIGN PEACE TERMS fli ALLIES Danger of War in Near East Averted for Pres ent by Giving East ern Thrace to Turks. Mudania, Oct. 11. (By Asso ciated Press.) The armistice convention signed by the repre sentatives of the Turkish nation alists and the allied powers here late last night contains the exact terms submitted by Lieutenant General Harington, the British delegate and the specifications of which were made public yes terday by the Associated Press. Isjnet Pasha, the Turkish repre sentative, held out for a larger number of gendarmerie in eastern Thrace and argued at length on several other points, but eventual ly gave way on every point of the allied demands. General Harington and General Charpy, the latter the French delegate, left for Constantinople this morning after a few hours sleep aboard their warships. London, Oct. 11. (By Associ ated Press) A peaceful solution of the Near Eastern tangle has apparently been reached on the basis ot the surrender-of eastern Thrace to the Turks with proper safeguards for the christian minorities and the neutrality of the Dardanelles. A convention putting into ef fect an armistice between the Kemalists and the Greeks was signed by the delegates at Mudan ia late last night. The news brought great relief here, where there was considerable anxiety lest the Turks remain recalcitrant despite the newly declared unity of the allies. While the fragmentary dis patches from the scene of the con ference did not state so categoric ally, it Is believed that Ismet Pasha, in signing for the Turks, did so under orders from the An gora government, to which allied terms had previously been for warded. Turks Delay Acceptance The Kemalists had been given until 5 o'clock yesterday after noon to accept or reject the allied proposals, and the reason for the delay is not known unless last minute changes ln the original document were found necessary. It is assumed, however, that the armistice, as concluded, cor responds closely to the allies' terms, the main points of which provided for evacuation of Thrace within .15 days and complete transfer of the civil administra tion to the Turks inan additional month; delegation of new neutral zones along the Dardanelles and Bosphorus by mixed military commissions and non-occupation of Thrace by Turkish military forces until a peace treaty Is signed. SEEN AT EUGENE Word was received this morning from Sheriff Stickles of Lane county that two men correspond ing to the descriptions given of William Lovelace and "Kid" Wil liams, convicts who escaped Sat urday from a farm near here, were seen this morning in the vicinity of Eugene. Posses were at once put on the trail but nothing defi nite had been heard at press time. It was reported yesterday mat posRes had surrounded the pair near Wilsonville but penitentiary officials said they did not know anything of the cornering of the criminals. Williams, colored, was received May 30 last from Douglas county to do a term of five years for burglary. Lovelace was received from Union county September 28, 1916, to serve one to ten yearn for attempted rape. S3 A YEAR ESCAPED ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS F-IVB CENTS Boycott Favorite Weapon of Coersion Invoked To Ruin Those Who Eefuse to Become Citizens of Invisible Empire ByKlan (Editor's NoteFollowing is the third of a series of articles deal ing with the history and growth ot trie Ku Klux Klan in Oregon, written by a member of The Cap ital Journal staff from personal ob servation and investigation ln an extended tour of the state. The articles will be a daily feature of The Capital Journal.) By Harry N. Craitt, For their refusal to pungle up $21.50 and their self respect for membership in the Ku Klux.Klan several men in Oregon have drunk deep of the dregs of financial em barassment and business failure. To most of us such a statement seems absurd, but it is true never theless. In every community where the klan has gained 'a strong foothold there are half a dozen or more merchants and pro fessional men who have either been financialy crippled or broken by the most un-American ot the offensive weapons used by th "100 per centers" the boycott. Boycott Utilized. Upon the numerical strength ot the klan ln any community, of course, depends the measure of success with which they can wield the boycott in most cases. But not always, for the klansmen do not depend upon the withdrawal of the business of the members alone to make a boycott effective. Hand ln hand with the boycott proclamation against a certain business house Issued to members goes a propaganda program de signed to drive others away from that business house. The klan (Continued on Page Eight.) L CAUSED BY STRIKE Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 11, (By Associated Press.) The recent strike in the coal Industry caused a total loss of $1,190,000,000, J. G. Bradley of Dundon, W. Va., former president of the national coal association, declared here to day before the annual convention of the American Mining Congress. Resolutions condemning the paternalistic attitude of the gov ernment, deploring the entrance of government Into private busi ness enterprises, and urging in dustrial cooperation between labor and capital as a means of Increas ing production, augmenting pros perity and lowering prices, were introduced and set to the resolu tions committee. According to Mr. Bradley, the loss ln wages by the United Mine Workers of America as estimated by "the American Educational as sociation was $450,000,000; .the loss to railroads over $300,000, 000; the loss to the public In the cost of fuel $400,000,000 and the loss to the mine operators $40, 000,000. Mr. Bradley asserted that coal fields ln the state of Washington, Colorado, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, and that part of West Virginia south of the Kanawha river, have passed from control of the United Mine Workers. ROME UNDAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Rome, Oct. 11. (By Associated Press.) A strong earthquaxe shock in this city today causing great alarm among the population. No damage, however, has been re ported up to 1 o'clock this after-, noon. The apprehension among the people was stimulated by the recollection of similar shocks, al though much less violent, in 1917 which continued a whole month. BY MAIL IN COAL MINES 4 JC .1