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There is no substitute for ' CIRCULATION pBHy average for September 6119. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, jtember Associated Press Full leased rr. rvlc. "FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 249. 3 t , mm Ku Klux Invades Most of the Communities Along Eailroad aid is Active at The Dalles, Baker and Has a Strong Membership Among . Eailroaders at La Grande I - By Harry N. Crain. i More or less generally the Ku f Klux Klan has Invaded most of the I Oregon communities along the Co- flumbia river east of The Dalles land In some of these sections has 'developed considerable strength hue Dalles, La Grande and Baker fare the principal points that have lelt the damaging effects of the :Uan, but-in none of these places Vsm the resultant damage been as fmarked as in Astoria and Pendle- ton. This may be due to the fact Ithat in The Dalles and La Grande 'opposition to the movement has Ikeen unorganized and spasmodic, land without an organ through fwhich to speak in exposing and denouncing the menace. At The Dalles. In The Dalles the klan has had son its membership rolls at one ime or another a total of not over lOO names, but the organization liere has been used almost entire ly for political purposes. One rea son for this is that the klan in lust city was started for purely political reasons, and religious Controversy has been engaged in ply to a minor extent, except as we religious issue was interwoven f ith political measures and candi dates. The klan here was launch- d as an incident to the ambitious rogram o the Ku Kluxers to con- rol the state government, after heir experiences in other com- fcunlties had taught the Knights the Kmghtie the political dan gers incident to stirring up a re- Jgious light. They, therefore con- ined their efforts princiDally to fipitaliiing the grievances of fose political factions then "out r oiia luoKing longingly m ' on lOvernmental control. The principal streneth of the m m The Dalles in any one fac- on was deveolped in the Ameri a Sion, through capitalization the bonus and anti-alien prin ces or the Legion. So strong an the invasion of Legion by the ""smen that the" post was at one threatened with disruption. Id Grande Situation. to La Grande the' Ku Kluxers ' been a mnm aaviM,. ,t Ubl.uua .UlUMVU, f 'here the organization methods . typical with the Catholics as 19 target for tho nmniiirinli In. flent to the campaign for mem irs and 121.50 donations. Be- 0 (Continued on Page Two.) EVIDENCE ST JAILED PORTLAND IM Portland, Oct. l9At noon i&Sto", ha'lTM- 90 da ited i . tour 01 tne en ar Wl nifht an1,had dis- J ; Ttose Ilvlns ,n Port- 4s J' UrnR,i l00se anl "iner or serve hoV,!!n'? eommissioner today IhlTd f Sheriff T- M Hurlburt rjh f'a"etln to hire deputy lice in . '"operate with the Wt lnbattin& L W. W. jfteonlr. vatf ont etrike. e?t in thjail aWa,Uns 5 thl I court 8anK radical lh if window. a''ads tl t0lay asked the OS f,M P ln clearing ln- U t25i tralns of Ulner- ',V- U,d f thi8 c"y by the ! clty rock L,ann0unce1 lhat "Uaerf P 9 would receive e. w wlo refused to Hall' Mills Murd - i ; . AGAIN rzn 7. u i LEGION ASKS Ml OF GEN. SAWYER President's Physician Ta- get of Bitter Attack Pershing Given Ovati' Upon Appearance. Convention Hall, New Orleans, La. Oct. 19. (By Associated Press) A resolution demanding the removal of Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer from post as coordinator of the federal bu reau of hospitalization, was pre sented the American Legion con vention by department Comman ded Barren of Minnesota. The res olution charged "utter unfitness.' The attack was inspired by the report of Rice Means of Colorado, of the national rehabilitation committee, -which accepted the pledge of cooperation" given by General Sawyer. After a prolong ed and heated debate the removal or sawyer was demanded by a vote of 601 to 375. Declaring that "an armistice has been signed" and "it is time to stop fighting," Adolphus Graup ner of California spoke against Mr. Barren's resolution. H , Eow Over Resolution A demand from the floor that a statement be made as to wheth er General Sawyer had signed an agreement in writing was, ans wered by Colonel A. A. Sprague of Chicago, chairman of the re habilitation committee, who said the committee had taken General Sawyer "on his word." : T. J. Brady of New York reach ed the platform. "If Sawyer shows his face in this hall, smash him, he's been pussy-footing two years," he shouted. Department Commander Gil bert R. Betterman of Ohio spoke against personalities. "It would be futile," he said, "if the legion demands that Harding remove Sawyer. If Harding does not re move him, where are we?" Growls from all parts of the vast hall stopped Bettman. Y. 0. Mathes of Texas spoke against "damning anyone unless you can get them. The president has stated definitely he will not remove Sawyer, so all your reso- luting would not do any good The thing we must do is rid Sawyer and ride him and rida him till he does what we want him to do." Ovation to Pershing A demonstration for General J. J. Pershing got out of bounds when he appeared before the le gion convention here this after noon. He was greeted with a pro longed cheer and then a rush-to the platform of the banners of all the states,' leaving the assembly floor almost bare of state names. ine general climaxed his part . the demonstration by kissing Miss Margaret McCauley of Ma son City, Iowa, who carried Io wa's banner to the rostrum. Ban ner bearers returned to their plac es, leaving their standards lean ing against the platform at the general's feet. TAKES SWIG. OF BOOZE BffOBELOSING TOOTH Shortly before noon today a fashionably dressed . woman enter ed the office of a prominent Salem dentist. - "I want a tooth extracted," she said. Preparations were rfrade. The dentist reached for his forceps. "Just a moment," said the wom an. She stepped from the chair and went to a handbag she has de posited nearby. Taking from it a quart bottle of bonded liquor she took a drink. She returned to the chair 'while the dentist slowly scratched his head. "All right," she said. The toosh was pulled. , er Mystery Claimed ': ' -J- , . Second Taxi Baby " Born in Jitney on Way to Hospital Chicago, Oct. 19. Mrs. Rose Simons is the mother of her sec ond "tfxicab" baby. She was on the way to a hospital when jthe child, a girl, was born in cab. On October 3, 1919, chile being taken to a hospital jiX a cab Mrs. Simon became the cnother of a boy. . 201 Arrested in Raid Un der Syndicalist Law- Suspend Sentences Giv en Men Are Deported. Portland, Ore., Oct. 19. r Suspended sentence of 90 days each were being imposed today by Municipal Judge William A. Ek wall upon 201 men arrested by the police last night, following announcement by Mayor George L. Baker that the police had been ordered to round up alleged mem bers of the I. W. W. connected with a etrike of longshoremen called by that organization here. The police announced that the prisoners would be taken to the city limits this afternoon and al lowed to leave. Three parties were to be escorted from the jail, one to the southern limits, one to the eastern limits and one to the interstate bridge aeross the Colum.bia river near here.- Of the 201 men who remained in jail over night, only about half had bunks and the rest over flowed into the corridors, as the jail has sleeping accommodations for only 120. Bail was fixed at $500 each last night and only one, William lord, credited with being the leader in the strike movement, was able to obtain that amount. It was furnished by a member of International Longshoremen's Union No. .6. Portland, Or, Oct. 19. With the declaration that Portland was threatened by an invasion of thou sands of members of the Industrial Workers of the World, coming here to participate in the water front strike now in effect here. Mayor George L. Baker last night and early today by orders to the police caused the arrest of 350 men for investigation. The arrests were made by the authorities in wholesale raids in sections of the city where most of the dock workers reside, and when the men had been checked over at the police station, 225 men, most of whom were believed to be mem bers of the Marine Transport In dustrial Union No. 610, this city, were held in jail on charge of vag rancy. The others were released. William Ford, said to tie head of the Portland I. W. W. organiza tion, was among those arrested. He was later released on $500 bail furnished by Frank Cornel, a member of International Long shoremen's union here. Two of the men arrested, according to the police, were identified as I. W. W. organizers from Chicago. Their names were given as Elmer Han son ana bweri swauson. ueorge Quinlatfer, secretary of the Port land branch of the I. W. W., also was taken into custody. -Reports In the hands of the of ficials were said to show that I. W. W. papers in various parts of the country have adopted the slo gan on to yortiancr ana tnat plans call for an immediate march of more than 25,000 members of the organization to Portland and other points on the Pacific coast. During a conference held yes terday in the mayor's office, word was sent to the city council con cerning the situation and an ordi nance appropriating $10,000 for tn immediate hire of 7 special officers to aid in combatting the I. w. W. was passed as an emer MER RUNS fl mm bomm m mm -mm m mmr 5 iiinnm irA it llll II II II II 1 1 I II I y gency act. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, H UN AND THEN H'SELF Statement Made by Alleg ed Witness Declares Shooting Followed Quarrel With Preacher. Trenton, N. J., .Oct. 19. Ellis H. Parker, Burlington county de tective today made public an un signed statement made from Phil adelphia purporting to solve the rifiall-Milla case as one of murder and suicide. The text follows: "One afternoon about three weeks ago I lay down in the grass on the Phillips farm and fell asleep. About dusk I was awaken ed by loud voices scolding. Look ing up I saw not far from me a man and woman. He was sitting close to a tree and was cutting the bark. She was sitting nearby sorting letters. "She asked him to keep his promise. He told her he had made none. - He took the letters and threw them away and was going to leave her. She grabbed him by his coat and tore it. He boxed her in the face. She pulled his hair and scratched his face. ' He stab bed her with his knife and she cried and told him she would tell his wife and get him arrested. Then he shot her in the face. She screamed loud and long. Then he shot her more, two or three times. "Then he saw me. He looked awful and then he shot himself. After a time I went over to offer help but. they were dead. I straightened them out and their clothes. I saw a card with the letters near his feet. I have been sick since that day but told no one. When she fell he knelt on her and cut her throat." Mrs. Hannah Dorks of Salem, who charged her husband, Harry Dorks, former pastor of the United Brethren church here, with sua taining an improper relationship with a Eugene woman, today was granted a divofce by Judge G. G. Bingham of the Marion county circuit court. She also was awarded the cus tody of her 14-year-old son and $30 monthly so long as the boy re mains in Oregon. Alice Simmons, a Eugene mil liner, who was named in the com plaint, was superintendent of the primary Sunday school at a Eu gene churchy when Mr. Dorks be came acquainted with her, Mrs. Dorks testified. A receipt for a Portland hotel room in which, she alleged, her huaoand and his ac quaintance had stayed, was intro duced in evidence. Mr. Dorks served as pastor in the United Brethren church in Eu gene for some time. Later he be came an advertising man on a Eu gene riewspaper and did not ap pear at the hearing bare. Prior to the time that her hnsband became acquainted with her, their married life had been happy, Mrs. Dorks said. Marion Kathleen Cenner, a Sa lem telephone operator, also was granted a divorce by Judge Bing ham this morning, and was allow ed $1000 alimony. Her husband did not appear. , Mrs. Conner said her husband had accused her falsely of meeting other men, and on one occasion had shaken her. She said he had not, for some time, contributed anything toward her support. PAOT Sfl WIFE SECURES DIM .FROM FORMER PASTOR BRITISH PREMIER RESIGNS AFTER LEADING GOVERNMENT SEVEN YEARS ';'.. ' . I i J ' ' 'A 1 i ' ' ' " ' ; .,. r i Km Klux Sends His Own Son k To Private School May the goblins and kleagles, wizards' and terrors of the invis ible empire have mercy upon his pillowcased soul! Pray, brothers, pray! - Fred U Gifford, exalted cyclops of Luther Powell Klan No. 1, Knight of the Ku Klux Klan and co-author of the so-called compul sory school bill,' has betrayed his trust. Months ago Gifford wrote into the platform of one Charles Hall, whom it will be remembered was twice -a candidate for gubernator ial honors, a plank condemning the private and parochial schools of thfl state and country as being dangerous to the perpetuation of true American principles , and ideals in the younger generation. Loud and long did he and his propagandists preach of the dan gers to the national principles of this -United States of an education al System which took cognizance of any other than the free public schools. ' TWO PRISONERS TO BE : DEPORTED AS ALIEN Warrants for deportation of two prisoners of foreign birth, John Stranmann and Sllzlano Martinez, who have been in this country less than five years from their last time of entry, have been served by Raphael Bonham, Portland, head of the department of immigration for the Oregon district. Mr. Bon ham arrived in Salem Tuesday morning in time to deliver a talk to the Kiwanis club on immigra tion problems and since that time has been checking up on the In mates of the penitentiary. Johrr Stranmann, 2,4, a German by birth, entered the United States in 1914, but went to Canada four years ago for a short time and then returned. He thus comes un der the five year ruling. Stran mann was received at the peniten tiary on December 10 laiit from Multnomah county to serve a term of 20 years for assault with at tempt to rob. Martinez, a Mexican, was re ceived from Multnomah county last June to do a term of three and one-halt years for larceny in a dwelling. 1922 Solve ; ; ' Cyclops - With the defeat of Hall and his public school plank, it was Gifford and his terrors who rushed to the rescue of 100 per cent American ism and caused to be initiated the compulsory school bill. Still loud er did they proclaim that patriot Ism must be instilled in the hearts of the younger generation, and more emphatic did Gifford and hte klansmen become in their denials that the measure was not directed at the parochial schools of any church. The crying need of the hour, they declared, was the elim iifttioh of all but the free public schools, the melting pot of alien elements and the inculcator of pa triotism. . And now Fred L. Gifford Jr., son of Fred L. Gifford, cyclops, is enrolled as a student at Hill's military acad emy, a cursed private aehool. But, perhaps Fred L. Jr., has al ready learned the A. B. C. etc., of patriotism and Americanism. DURYEA AIDS IN CAMPAIGN M. J. Duryea, secretary-manager of the organization and service de partment of the state chamber of commerce, is in Salem to assist Manager - Robert Duncan, of the local chamber of commerce, in putting across its three-day mem bership campaign beginning next Monday. The organization and service de partment of the state chamber was established for the purpose 'of ren dering direct service to the com mercial organizations of the state. FEDERATION MEETS TONIGHT With M. J. Duryea as the prin cipal speaker, the Marlon Connty Community federation will hold a meeting at the Salem Chamber of Commerce tonight. Twenty three communities In this vicinity are represented in the organiza tion. "The Pilgrim Spirit" will be Mr. Duryea's subject. Donald Mar vin, who wil) have charge of the song service, arrived in Salem this morning. Professor Roberts of Salem will serve as planlBt. Women are urged to attend the meeting. I I 1 If I i - . I J J 111 uO ; sJ ; ; s r 1 i . nnrrra murn nT?-Kjrra tiXXVSU XJ cOH COHN MINISTRY 1 FALLS WHEN CON REFUSE FURTHER SUPPORT Premier Presents Resignation to King Bonar Law Asked to Form New Ministery General Election Probable in Near Future Political Confusion And Uncertainty Follows Cabinet Upheaval London. Oct. 19. (By Associated Press.) The govern ment of Prime Minister Lloyd - The resignation of Prime Minister Lloyd-George carried with it that of his entire cabinet. London, Oct. 19 (By Associated Press.) Andrew Bonar Law has consented to form a new ministry in succession to the ministry of Prime Minister Lloyd George, the Evening News says it learns. King George summoned Mr. Bonar Law asking him to undertake the task, declares the newspaper and Mr. Bonar Law agreed to comply. . Lloyd-George outlasted all the other statesmen who guided the great nations through the world war. In the turmoil, of readjust ment th'at followed that conflict, he kept his seat at the steering wheel when all around him were losing theirs. ' ' Oatlasts AH Statesmen The men with whom he sat at Paris as the "big four" of tho peace conference long ago were toppled overPremier Orlando of Italy was the first to go. His cab inet resigned in June, 1919. The following January, Clemenceau, the French Tiger, was cast aside. Two months later the senate of the United States refused for a second time , to ratify the peace treaty Woodrow Wilson had brought home from Versailles, and not long afterward his party was beaten at the polls. After all of the three others had been put aside by their coun tries, Lloyd George became prob ably the most outstanding figure among all the men of the world who were engaged in public af fairs. His position, cone&intly in danger from a possible dropping away of one of the groups form ing the coalition on which his gov ernment rested, was strengthen ed, so far as. history is concerned, after all the other war statesmen had gone, because it was he who acted as Great Britain's spokes man in the parleys last winter with the rebellious Irish leaders parleys vhich led to the crea tion of .the Free State and peaco after 700 years of strife between England and Erin. London Oct. 19. (By Associat ed Press.) The Lloyd-George coalition received its death blow at the hands of the conservative party when the conservative mem bers of the bouse of commons and government ministers at the meet ing in the Carlton club today vot ed by 186 to 87 to appeal to ,the country as the conservative party. This creates a situation oft the greatest political confusion and uncertainty" the country has known for many years. Prime Minister Lloyd-George presented his resignation to the king and advised his majesty to summon a conservative leader to form a government, as the con servatives have the largest num ber of members of commons. The conservative leader expected to be picked for the task is either An drew Bonar Law or the earl of Derby. , Election to Follow. Austen Chamberlain, the gov ernment leader ln the house, ad dressed the meeting first. Stanley Baldwin, president of the board of trade, who leads the conserva tive members of the cabinet op posing Mr. Chamberlain, followed the latter. After two or three lesser lights in the party bad spoken, Andrew Bonar Law, who was the official party leader before he retired on account of poor health, took the floor. The vote of the conservatives at the canton ciud was taken on a motion by Colonel Pretyman, un (Continued on Page Seven.) THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Friday occas ional rain; moderate to fresh southerly winds. ' Local: Rainfall .03 inch; max. 68; min. 60; cloudy; river 1.9 ft. UN tkains anu news 6TAND3 FIVE CENTS SERVAII George resigned this afternoon. - $205,000 GIFTS FOR ENDOWMENT OF WILLAMETTE Gifts aggregating $205,000 to Willamette university have been announced in the campaign for $1,250,000 endowment for the institution. The campaign dates have been set for November 20 to December 20. R. A. Booth of Eu gene, and F. S. Collins of Port land have each given $100,000 and J. W. Day of Portland gave $5000. The gifts mentioned above real ly bring the amount now subscrib ed for the Willamette endowment fund up to $555,000. The Rocke feller foundation has agreed to contribute $350,000 to the univer sity fund. This, however, ia con tingent upon a total or $1,000, 000 being subscribed. All pastors of the Salem dis trict of the Methodist church, district superintendents of the Oregon conference, the officials of the campaign for the million and a quarter dollars endowment for Willamette university, and offi cers and trustees of the college met this morning and this after noon at the First Methodist church for the purpose of hear ing inspirational addresses and the organizing of the district fof the campaign. The pastors of the various churches will organize their charges as soon as possible so that the work will be carried directly to the community. Speeches this morning concern ing Willamette and the Forward Movement campaign who spoke this morning were R. A. Booth, Dr. C. G. Doney and R. N. Avi son. C. P. Bishop, Paul Wallace and E. S. Collins were among those wSo gave minute talks. At noon luncheon was served ln the church receptjon parlors. This afternoon was given over to the explaining 'of the plans for the campaign by the officials ot the campaign who were appoint ed by the Methodist conference which met here ln September. Sunday, October 22, has been selected as the kick off Sunday for the churches of the state. From then until about the mid dle of November a program of education will be put on in the communities. From the middle ot November until December 17 a very intensive campaign for funds will be staged all over the state. MAN IS GRANTED DIVORCE David Miller was granted a divorce from Olive M. Miller in a decree handed down this morning by Circuit Judge George G, Bing ham. Desertion was charged la the complaint. Mr. and Mrs. Miller wero mar ried in Salem on August 18, 1914, and have no children. On Sep tember I0f 1920, Mrs. Miller left her husband, the complain charged.