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f$issotifi Mining Town Partially Demolished by Cyclone There is no substitute for CIRCULATION Pally average lor September 6119. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased' wire service. (DaBiilbei BIT V'" 1 THE WEATHER OREGON: TonlgAt fair, Thursday fair and warmer; moderate southwest erly winds. . Local: Rainfall .05 Inch; max. 66; mln. 36; cloudy; river .8 ft. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 260. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS MW&S Ku Klux Outrage Incites Eabid Sentiment and Invites Armed Division of People Bordering On Bloodshed MANYIT1S OF TORNADO : IN MISSOURI Mrs. Phillips Is Cool at Murder Trial Webb City in Ruins Thought toi1- pead Body Founc 5 d 15 In jured Clou 1 fursts. 13 Webb City, Mo 5" v. 1. This ,8 checking o- jght by I By Harry N. Crain. f Athough the two resident pileagles of the Ku Klux Klan in Medford denied that the Koo Koos 'were in any way Implicated in the I Assaults upon Hale, Johnson and Burr, in signed statements sent to mining city toda! the press there was no doubt in UP on tne navoc; the minds of most of tha neonle tornado which sf g ; at mid ot Jackson county that the Klux- n g Q resulnf I la9 Known trs were not the instieators and aealn 01 one ver injury or a ferpetrators of the outrages. Their SCOre 0r more othera bnef whom tonclusions along this iine are may uie, ana oemonsnea zs to 3U authenticated to a considerabl 1J nouseB m lw widely separated sections ot tne city, property dam age by the storm is estimated in thousands of dollars. Two sections in the path of the gree by the indictment of Dr. J. P Bray, Howard Hill, Bert Moses, Alexander Norris and Thomas E, 'iiOniritn nn plinrcBa nf rlnf anA an. aultwith dangerous weapons, and P"!'" alv lu """J'"' ecu" he "John Doe" indictments of 16 other klansmen. i These indictments resulted from and few persons in the main part of the city knew of the tornado having struck until today. ' Ap- are homeless. Hardly a dwelling in the storm's path escaped .. the terrific winds. Portions of houses were carried hundreds of feet. Search for the dead and injur- ed last night was hampered by a the investigations of state and P' one hundred persons federal agents following ' the or- aevs issued to the state attorney eneral by Governor Olcott direct- g B tiOrOUfdl investip-jiHnri anil jrosecution of the guilty parties. leauTo it iiart it t in i . wiuu Biunu. n is estimated tnat I " " OSt lO a rrnm S tn r,,. Ban. had failed ,,V . " m ion ,, , v j ".liiiv mi r .11 I mi . 1. 1 i . n ., resugation, or take any steps to i.j.in ,.,., v.., (rim Jnnlln J nil,.. .M.t. i i.uui uiuta tvoic Sought to Shift Blame. rushed to the two sections of the I Through their propaganda ma- city which suffered from the Bine the Kluxers sought to lay storm, fie blame for the outrages upon lne storm struck first in the lie shoulders of the sheriff and the 8uth part of the city and, passing Secial prohibition enforcement over the business section in the .Ulcers then active in the county, center of town, dipped down H. Sawver. atatn lecturfir for econ. in eacn place buildings in . ' I pklan, was sent to Medford by agam m lne nortnwest residential fowell, then in dailv communica- an area 01 aD0Ut a Quarter of a Ion with nffi(wa nf th inr.ai mile square "Were demoliBhed Ban. to nttpmnt St tin ln tbe south residential sections f adverse sentiment setting in the resllJences destroyed were prin rongly against the hooded bro- iclpally nose of borers, while lers. In a series of lectures Hw "orinwesi action contains nuiuc ui me nuesi resiaences m tne soutnern part of the city only one -house was left standing in tne damaged area, The dead: Mrs. Nancy Frad, 52. Seriously injured: Mrs. Emma Lott. Less seriously injured: George Barcley, bis wife and two daugh ters, Lela 18, and Jessie 16. Doro tny (iioson, niece of Mrs. - Lott. Hal Scott. Joe Shaw. f sought to cleanse the brethren the stigma attaching itself to j(ontlnued on page four) INRY FORD TO BUY COAL LAND , "isu, ra., xvuy. i. more 40,000 acres of coal land, PtaiuW or,n-.,-i tan f.OOO tons of bituminous coal i involved ln a deal which, it u said here today, was in pro ' of negotiation between Henry Detroit manufacturer and I, "a'Ile Coal company of Pitts- Official yU but well informed coal "Placed the price in exTSess of ".uoo. There was no intl- 7 ', ? t0 when the deal would j "B r 0Ta -Motor company .,: "'messed to have no knowl MEDFORD FIRE LOSS 230.000 Medford, Ore., Nov. 1. Med ford suffered the most serious fire loss in its history last night when the Mason Ehrman Wholesale Grocery plant and warehouse was completely gutted by a stubborn 'inside" fire that burned from eleven p. m. until early morning. According to George Collins, dis trict mafliger of Mason-Ehrman, the loss will reach 1230,000 on r V 1 FIRING SQUAD SETTLES FATE - OF MURGUIA ' C 'l J 1 Jliulizi Mexican Rebel Leader and Enemy of Obregon Executed After Cap ture by Federal Forces. CLARA PHILLIPS ON ASSERTS R HER ATTORNEY Los Angeles, Cal.. Nov. 1 The trial of Mrs. Clara Fhillips for. the liammer. murder'' of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, 20 year, old widow, was resumed here today with the defense offering in evidence several addi tional depositions intended to prove tne defendant is subnormal men tally and subject to psychic epilep- sey, While her father, John Waver Was insane and her brotner Henry m imoeciio. Mrs. Clara Phillips is a "moron subject to epileptic convulsions. and has "the mentality of a hild. her attorney, Bertram Herrington, aeciarea. The attorney asserted he would prove that the defendant did not wield the hammer with which the state contends Mrs. Meadows was beaten to death on January 12 last. He declared it would be shown tnat JMrs. I'nillips' every action on that day was "jruided bv Pectrie wanee, prosecution witness, who testiiiea she saw Mrs, Phillipi striking Mrs. . Meadows with, the El Paso, Texas, Nov. 1. Gen eral Francisco Murgui a was ex ecuted by a firing squad at 9 o'clock this morning, according to a telegram from Mexico City re ceived at the customs house in Juarez. The execution took place ' at Tepehuanes, Durango, where Gen eral Murguia was captured last night. Paulino N. Guerrero, collector of customs in Juarez, .received the telegram and announced that it was an official message, but de clined to reveal " its signature, waiting for the news to go through military channels. "The execution took place un der military rules, and the report is correct" It was announced at the Mexican consulate in El Pa$o hammer. ' concerning any negotiations bui'dlg and stock, largely cov f we tinrni, . ered by insurance. Tha causa of Purchasa w. ered by Insurance. The cause of ""we than an nnn the fire is a mystery, smoke being til i. . acres 01 coal I, . ... j f " 'a Ohio and Pennsylvania discovered coming out of a second i-7 alsn j, I floor window hv n " tmssarhv. fita ""ea Mr. ord bad .. , '. 7 -Iw to discuss the report. Practically the entire town turned fighting it. The building, owned by the Medford Warehouse com pany, was the largest business building in Medford. This is the scond big fire with ROAD IS REQUESTED Turo,zeM of Scotts Mills HALLOWE'EN FAIRLY QUIET IN SALEM; PRANKS PLAYED Although the Salem police were called out several times last night to iook for youths playing Hallo we'en pranks, but little of a seri ous nature was reported to head quarters. A street car on the Seventeenth street car line was derailed. A pile of wood was placed on the Summer strect line and the motor- man was forced to get out and remove It unassisted. A rock was thrown thru a, plate glass win dow at the home of Walter Buch- ner, 14 th and Court streets. Others of the pranks caused lit tle inconvenience. Signs were re moved and wood piles were pushed over. All together, Chief of Police Moffitt said this afternoon, the youths of the city were very orderly. . vciuajr 10 re-i mis is me scuna Dig lire wiiu le Martin 1 . - I . - . t-.. tuuuLT court roriin ft raw navn. tub i.inartv nima ""ea rnsM t ' . I . .. . ' . ' '-ti Mm lne Tree 10 lnS sutiermg an is.ooo loss last k,ir ., n distance is two Sunday. 1 bTi0,a Seta fortn toat the 'aty 7 roughest in Marlon i-anf,"1" havy traf- 'raves tK m . . ,1 i i i nrli r k i 18 PaTed and there- 38 miles north of here, when a ?h -J. . aa eondiUon. locomotive on a Trinity & Brasos .on. , C0UTt' " is said, is Valley railroad freight train ex $ .i.: "c lu relief asked, oloded. W. J. Crawford, engineer, sih: , , fund makes It was killed and his fireman. O. H on. w worm tnto I jverall. iniured. Botft live ai Teague. locomotive Explodes. Houston, Texas, No. 1. One man was killed and another 'seri- HOSPITAL DRIVE TO START Twelve thousand dollars is to be sought in a drive to be started at once to complete the first unit of the Salem hospital, it wag announc ed yesterday. According to Henry Meyers, president of the hospital board, the work if the money is secured, may be completed within 60 days. Mr. Meyers said that it is vir tually necessary to rash the work. Members of the board who will act as captains of the drive teams are nn. jucuiicanst, ir., j&usseu Catlin, Theo. Both, L. J. Bimeral, Frank Deckebach, August Hucke- stein, Bv Shields, C. A. Park, H. W, Meyers, Mrs Win. Brewn, Mrs. A. L. Steiner, Mrs. A. N. Bash, and Mrs. Grover Bellinger. Mexico City, Nov. 1. (By. As: sociated Press) General Francis co Murguia is being held at Dur ango City and his fate probably will be settled today, following his arrest last night at Tpehuanos, Durango. The rebel leader was hiding in a small room behind the high altar of a church when taken The identity of the captive has been definitely established. He made no resistance, being sur rounded while sleeping by federal soldiers under General Abraham Carmona Father Cazares, In charge the church at first protested the" troops that he knew nothing of Marguia's whereabouts, but later led them to the rebel gen erals hiding place. The priest was not detained. News of the cap ture created a sensation here. ROTARIANSHOSTS TO HI PLAYERS Every member of the Salem hlgi school football team, Hollis Huntington, coach; Geo. Hug, superintendent of the Salem schools; J. C. Nelson, principal of the high school, and a chorus of 12 members were the guests of the Rotary club this noon at their weekly luncheon as an expression of the interest taken by the club in backing the team. Mr. Nelson as the principal speaker said, "I would not take the least bit of interest ln foot ball if I thought that it did not have some educational value. It teaches the men leadership and the value qf cooperation and trains them tix think and act quickly." Mr. Nelson deplored the fact that too many take an interest in football merely from a sporting and betting proposition Mr. Huntington, representing the team, expressed their appre ciation of the fine spirit of the club. The chorus under the direc tion of Miss Lena Belle Tartar sang several well received selec tions. Mr. Hug presided. In order that the team might feel that the townspeople are back of them every member of the Rotary club, so far as is pos sible, is going to attend the game Saturday when the local team meets the fast Corvallis team In what is scheduled to be the cham pionship of the valley and pos sibly of the state. -Ban Francisco, Nov. 1. The regular quarterly dividend ot $1 s share has been declared on Its outstanding stock, payable De cember 15, according to a notice to stockholders made public by the Standard Oil company of Cali fornia today. j Salemite Offers $50ForReturrr . Of Mate'sLove Chicago, Nov. 1. Fifty dollars is tha reward offered by Charles i Martin ot Balem, Or., for the re turn of his wife's affection. The offer was made by Martin in a letter , to August W, Miller. clerk of the circuit court, here. The letter read as follows i "Dear. Mr. Miller: Resrardine the suit for annulment brought by Mrs. Roy Dean Martin against me may I ask you how it came out. Was our marriage annulled or not? "If you will find Mrs. Martin and get her to marry me again I will give you $50. I had no fault to find with her. I loved her more than any other woman. I will do anything for her. Name it. Thanking you very truly, "CHARLES L. MARTIN." Investigation - disclosed that Martin's marriage was annulled about a year ago, after evidence had been offered that Martin had Informed his wife that he had two other wives. Old s-tlme residents of Salem were today unable to place Charles L. Martin, who, in a circuitcourt in Chicago, offered a $50 reward for the return of his wife's affec tions. Mr. Martin said he was a resident of Salem. Only one Charles L. Martin is registered ln Marion county. He is a resident of Aumsville, route 1 and is ntit the man referred to. FASCISTI BAR COMMUNISM FROMTTALY Onslaught of Young Poli ticians Has Rendered Radicalism a Paralyz ing Blow; Seize Temple MOTHER PLAi FURTHER PROBE HAVRE TRAGEDY Havre, Mont., Nov. 1. (By As sociated Press) Unexplained fea tures cf tha double killing early Friday of the Rev, Leonard Jacob Chrietler, an outstanding church man and orator of the state, and Mrs. Margaret Carleton. a mem ber of his congregation, still puz zled authorities here today. When a coroner's Jury, Saturday night" returned a verdict to the effect that Mrs. Carleton had done the shooting while under the in fluence of an overdose of sleeping powdersj the matter appeared closed. But Mrs. Carleton's moth er, Mrs. Joseph Pyle of Butte, was not satisfied and started a further Investigation. Within the past 24 hours, it was shown that the bullet which killed Mrs. Carleton had been fired downward, not directly in and upward, as had been testified at the coroner's inquest. The hus band of the deaid woman, former District Judge Frank E. Carleton, issued a statement asserting that Mrs. Carleton had confessed to him her love for Rev. Mr. Christ ler, and "hud intimated that her love was returned. Mr. Carleton condemned what be characterized as an "attempt fo whitewash" Mr. Christler's character. Mr. and Mrs. Pyle left today for Helena where a second funeral service for Mrs. Carleton will be held. One was held here yester day. Mrs. Pyle admitted before leaving that she as yet did not have sufficient evidence to de mand of the authorities a reopen ing of the case, but stated that either she or Mr. Pyle would re turn to Havre tomorrow to carry on the Investigation. Rome, Nov. 1. (By Associated Press.) Italy will be on the road back to normalcy today after a most exhilerating week that saw the younger generation rise to power and in a great triumph overthrow the older politicians. Tens ot thousands of the vigor ous young fascist! and their en thusiastic admirers who accom panied them here from all over the land were on the way back to their homes today. Yesterday theirs was the thrill ot a real Roman triumph in which a mil lion people made the streets rings wth plaudits for king and coun try after Dr. Benito Mussolini and his new fascist! ministry had tak en their oaths before the sov erelgn. . Today the flush of triumph gave way to the drab bueiness of toil. Dr. Mussolini was on the job early and he said he was going to see to It that everybody else en gaged in the business of the na tlon followed suit. He made plain that he was going to rule With an iron hand that Italy might the sooner be restored to better economic basis and a more powerful place in international affairs. For the moment, at least, com muniem has no part ln the life ot Italy. The onslaught of the fas cistl has rendered all radicalism a paralyzing blow. Carrying their battle into the labor temples and the meeting places of their antag onists, the militant nationalists have seized the records and ros ters and burned them. ' Politically the chief topic in Ita ly today is what the fortune of the new cabinet will be when it goes before the chamber of deputies. One thing is certain. If Mussolini's government does not receive a ma jority in the chamber, he will have parliament dissolved - and then the fascist! will take their case to tne country. juuBsonni made this clear last Monday when he built a new cabinet at the request of the king. Mother Stole ForChildWho Sold Her Oiit Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 1. A mother who stole to teed her four children and then to have one of them, a 12-year-old, betray her for a 1 5-reward, was still at lib erty today while authorities In vestigated further her story of misery and poverty. Penniless and stung by the pleas of her children for something to eat, the mother, three "weeks ago robbed a neighbor's clothesline of silks, linens and apparel, valued at $100. When police were unable to find the thief, Mrs. I. N. Nelson, the owner, offered a reward of $5 to any neighborhood child who could give a clue that would lead to the arrest ot the culprit. A sobbing, grimy faced youngster yesterday succumbed to the lure of the $5 and Informed Mrs. Nelson that his own mother had taken the gar ments. Most ot the stolen goods were recovered. TURNER HEARS AlIlfrIS IN COUNTY JAIL Fred Larkin, well groomed "ales specialist" who was arrested here 8aturdanight on charge of grand larceny, has been unable to furnish the bail required for his release and was today held in the Maritr. ftoua-tv jail. Larkin was con ducting a sale at Valitoo' store ere at fhe time 01 tus arrest, no is accused of taking a number of ar ticles of wearing apparel from the store. Arraigned before Judge G. Uarah he waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. His bail was set at $750. 1 CHURCHILL RETURNS $13,423 TO STATE Of the $15,000 appropriated by the legislature of 1920 for the us of J. A. Churchill, state superin tendent of public instruction, Ii connection with his work in ad ministering the Soldiers' Educa tional Aid fund, $13,423.97 wlu be returned to the general fund of the state. Only $1,576.03 of the $15,000 appropriation has been used according to Churchill's report to the state budget com mission. Under the provisions of the Educational Aid act, Church ill, as state superintendent of pub lic instruction, was required to investigate and approve the work of schools before the fund could be drawn upon by ex-service men completing their education under- the provisions of the act. .1ANKAT0 ALSO BANS SENATOR LAFOLLETTE Mankato, Minn., Nov. 1 Senator' Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who is touring Minnesota in the in terest of the candidacy of Dr. U en rick fihipstead, farmer-labor candidate for United States Sena tor, was denied the use of the arm ory here, where he was scheduled to deliver a speech, tonight. Colonel W. S. Fulton of the Min nesota national guard declared he took all responsibility for the re fusal of the armory to Senator La Follette because ox ha war record. HBO CAMHIMS IGNORANT OF HOW PASTOR MFJDEAI Widow of Murdered Rec tor Breaks Silence Con cerning Tragedy Did Not Know of Affair. A large number of residents of Turner and vicinity intended the republican rally which was pre sided over by Walter L. Tooze Sr., chairman of the republican cen tral committee, ana were very much surprised to learn that the deraocratie-Ku Klux candidate for governor, Walter M. Pierce, as member of the senate showed his attitude toward the flax growers when in 1917 he was one of the two who voted against the pay ment of the farmers who sent flax to the state flax plant which suf fered Borne deficiency that year. Henry S. Daly of Scotts Mills, an old pioneer Oregonlan, address ed the audience and was followed by Lloyd ' Reynolds, Salem, who discussed the taxation question and showed the premises of Walter M- Pierce ln the light of his former record were not to be relied upon. The republican party Is pledged to the lowering of taxes all that is possible and the record of Gov ernor Olcott as executive warrants his re-election," Mr. Reynolds said. Rev. J. W. Perkins of this city gave a short address in which he outlined the economic manner ln Which the present administration has kept up the business of state and the state buildings. The Wil lamette unlverstiy men's quartet was present and gave several se lections which were roundly ap plauded. Tomorrow night Senator Robert N. Stanfield Is to be the chief speaker at a meeting at Jefferson. B. F. Mulkey, a Portland attorney, will also speak. He is a brilliant speaker. Representative Lloyd Reynolds of Salem will also speak. The Willamette university quartet has been engaged for the evening. London. Prima Minister Bonar Law of Great Britain Includes fair representation of members of bouse of lord ln list ot remaining officers of his government. 50 Percent Dividend by National Sugar Latest Melon Cut New York, Nov. 1. The Na tional Sugar Refining company today declared a 50 per cent stock dividend on Its capital stock, subject to the approval of an Increase in the capital by stockholders at a special meet ing November 15. It Is proposed to Increase the capital stock from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. In this case the stock dividend would amount to $5,000,000. New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 1. (By Associated Press.) Breaking her silence today for the first time Mrs. Frances Noel Hall today told, reporters that sne was absolutely ' ignorant of how her husband, tha P.ev. Edward Wheeler Hall, cams to meet bis death with Mrs. Elea nor R. Mills, choir singer, on tha Phillips farm September 14. The rector's wife in an inter view in her home arranged by her attorney, Timothy F. Pfelffer, as serted that she had absolutely no knowledge of the shooting, that she was not on the farm the ni&bt . of the double shooting, that sho bore no enmity toward either Dr, Hall or Mrs. Mills and that she had no knowledge ot any love let ters having passed between them, , Asked if she were holding any thing back in order to protect any one near and dear to her, she re plied: "Positively not." She asserted she still believed her husband had been true to her. Asked her feelings toward Mrs. Mills she replied: 2 do not kuow what to say." sked why she had offered no reward for solution of the crime, she replied: . 1 "I think it would Tie awful." When she was asked if she did, not wish to see the murderer pun-1 ed, she replied; "I don't wish to see any one punished." She explained that she meant she had no vindictive feeling to ward anyone and that she wished the murderer apprehended only ' because she did not think It safe or society to have him at large. Mrs. Hall said she know noth ing in the life ot her husband which could have involved him In. a murder and that she was lgnor-' ant ot any motive that could havei existed for the crime. Asked what she would hava. done if she had known of any la- j timacy existing between Dr. Hallt and Mrs. Mills, the rector's wlfuj said: "I would have spoken to him." Asked if she believed in divorce, she declined to answer. In her eve-witness account of the Hall-Mills murder on Septera-' ber 14, Mrs. Jane Gibson, farmer, told the authorities, it was learned today,, that a few moments before the fatal shooting Bhe heard one, of the women under the crabapple, tree exclaim Indignantly: "Then, explain these letters!" This part of Mrs. Gibson's story came to light through a conversa- tlon she had with a neighbor after, making her statements to lnvestl-, gators. There was a moment or. two ot heated argument, it was) said, after the explanation was, , demanded, then without warning the shooting. Notes that were said to hav passed between the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and his choir leaider, Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, the murdeii, victims, were found strewn about their bodies under the tree. . . SALEM TO CELEBRATE 11TH Balem will celeErate Armistice day, November 11, according to Joe Minton, commander of the Ameri can Legion. The general committee in charge for the day will he com posed of Mr. Minto, James Du sen bury, T. Gilbert, Colonel George A. White, Allen Kafoury, and Dr. B. F. Pound. Mayor George Hal vorsen wil act with the committee.' It is proposed to have all the stores close from 1 :30 until 4 o'clock A parade will take place which will end at the armory where the indoor exercises will be held.