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OREGON STATE LISRARY NOV f A. There la no aubatltuU for CIRCULATION Daily average for September 6119. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Ibinber Associated Press Full leased wire service THE WEATHER OREGON: . Tonight and Friday fairj moderate northerly winds. ; . Local: Rainfall ,18 Inch; max. 60; win. 17; cloudy; north wind; river .1 ft.' ' FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 261. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, . 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AND NBW3 STANDS FIVE CENTS (7S in I 10)011 ii J Oil 1 S ' TP SBI Km Y j H ID ! j ll Klaii Invades Eepublican Banks at Medford Splits Organizatioa Wide Open and Threatens To Bead leaders Out of Party By Harry N. Crain. Politically the klan in Jackson county haa been an aggressive or limitation behind ' not only the it&te candidates of the invisible empire, but also in behalf ot sev eral candidates for local offices. The revival of the Medford klan waa, In conformity with the state wide program of the yellow ticket promulgators, primarily a political move. This is well evidenced by the fact that at the first meeting of the county central republican committee prior to the primary election the Ku Klux members tof the committee appeared with a complete slate of candidates pre tared. Taking it all in all the Kluxlng ot the republican party In Jackson county has been complete and has been accompanied by a deflection ot most of the older and more In' iluential members of the party or Ionization there. It was these leaders who took the first steps to combat the political activity of the klan, and they are the ones who cast aside party lines and called upon all ot the law abiding and government supporting elements in the community to unite in a non-partisan movement to defeat the attempt of invisible forces to Inflict their domination on public offices. The citizens committee of 100, comprising community lead ers of both parties, was the first concrete step taken to oppose the political machinations of the klan This committee went openly into the field against the program of (Continued on page four) E E Home, Nov. 2. (By Associated Press.) The authority, the ener 0 and the earnestness with which Mussolini has taken hold of Ital ian affairs, both internal and ex ternal, has created a deep impres lon la Rome. His imperative Instructions to Count Sforza to remain at his post to Paris until he had reached a de cision in the cases of ambassadors ho offered to resign and his cir cular to the prefects "exacting" 'heir utmost endeavors and col laboration were regarded as a I strong indication of the method jjihe new government is going to fise in dealing with the business ;t home and abroad, j Postponement of the opening of the chamber of deputies from No vember 7 to November 15 ims ! caused some disappointment. Mus solini iff reported to desire a little I more time to prepare the speech outlining his program and to con sult leaders of the various groups n4 parties in the chamber. I The strengthening of the lire on Foreign exchange markets follow ing the changes in government at ome has favorably Impressed ev yone in financial circles. ee joollar has dropped three to four I Mints whilo the Franch franc has pecended eight points since Frl- I During a speech at the cabinet !eting yesterday Mussolini said s! '"ternal situation was rapidly looming normal. He declared i ttenew cabinet would base its in iaf POllcy on the reestablish om f natlonal discipline and th Bao,Flng by its deeds that I nere was only one state and that i 0 other authority would be toler ated. NAL OUTPUT INCREASES idm.11 8 0T- z- Coal pro- "Tuh ae anther high record Itom7' 8CC0rdlng to returns foiled by the American Rail- -CcroelatIon- Tne da7' n" 67 output amounted to that i an ,mou,lt greater than 'tiaee tk ln any Previous day rike inclusion of the coal tedtotsn.rroductIon FAVORABLY VR SSED WITH NEW mistry mm WTO EVADE LIMITATION Six Percent Tax Restric tion Easy Problem Par Walter; Pilots $7,504, 814 Levy Past Shoals. Walter M. Pierce, self-christen ed watchdog of the public purse and democratic candidate for gov ernor has, by his vote in the state senate, placed his Indorsement on millage levies costing the taxpay ers of Oregon 17,504,814.75 an nually ln direct taxes during the past three years, 7,334,680.72 of which Is in excess of the amount that can be levied directly by the legislature under the terms ot the 6 per cent tax limitation law, of which Senator Pierce, himself, was a foster father. j Senator Pierce was, as a legisla tor, the man who pointed the way for the evasion of the 6 per cent limitation ptatutle, (according to the state tax records and the jour nals of senate proceedings. His market roads law was the pioneer of millage tax measures in excess of the limitation to be enacted by the simple expedient ot referring it to the people. Voted for High. Taxes. Pierce was directly a party to the enactment of five millage tax measures which, since enactment of the 6 per cent limitation law, have increased the state millage taxes 2.6 mills beyond the limit that Pierce urged the voters to place on tax measures. The eva sion has been accomplished through, the referendum on tax measures providing for constitu tional amendments to be submit ted to the people.1 In the 1919 special session of the legislature Pierce voted first for the measure that brought the state millage taxes up to the lim it placed on the legislature as a tax levying body. This was the bill providing a levy of one-slxtfT ot a mill for a state adult blind school. During the same session he cast his vote favorably for the measures creating an additional 1.2 mills of tax for the support of the state institutions of higher learning and the soldier's educa tional aid measure carrying a levy of .2 of a mill. Both of these last two measures were referred to the people as constitutions amendments. During the regular 1919 session the legislature passed and referred to the people two constitutional amendments providing millage levies. Pierce was the author of the largest of these and intro duced fhe other jointly with Rep resentative I. S. Smith. The mar ket roads bill, carrying a tax of 1 mill was drawn by Senator Pierce, and he was the senate champion of the proposal to levy an additional .2 of a mill, for soldiers' educa tional aid work. PAGE DIED WHILE 11 Richmond. Va.. Nov. 2. In the Old Fork church, where he was christened, near his boyhood home, "Oakland," Hanover coun ty, the funeral services of Thomas Nelson Page author, lawyer and ambassador to Italy, will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning on later In the dav his body will be laid to rest beside his wife in Washington, D. C. Mr. Paee died suddenly oi "acute cardiac dilation," yester day while walking with his sis ter in law, Mrs. Rose Well "age. tha cnrden of his estate, which is situated upon an orig inal grant in the town of England the "colonial magnate, inoma Nelson." PawntlT Mr. Pace, after man tha of work, completed a bi ography ot Dante, and on Tues day had received a letter irom fn,m President Wilson compli menting him on the book. He suf fered an attack of pneumonia last winter and at that time his con dition was considered serious, but within a few weeks he again was at work on the biography. IKING A WALK Hammer Slayer Subject To Fits Declares Sister MEATPACKING GREATEST OF ALL U. S. INDUSTRIES Roekford, 111., Nor. 2. Meat packing is the largest industrial enterprise in the United States, Charles E. Herrlck ' of Chicago, p tent of the Institute of Am e cl Meat packers, told Rock- i t Rotarians here today. Sr. Herrick said the value of .'finished products of 1305 es--Ishments ln 1919 exceeded 5(46,000,000, nearly a billion a half more than Its near r competitors in size, the Iron -I Bteel Industry. v-j'War and its aftermath hit the .at packing Industry ln Its in ventory, walloped it in the export and side swiped its domestic trade," was Mr. Herrick's charac terization of conditions existing in the packing industry during the last few years. ''Soon after business had learned how to rush forward at double quick in a world topsy turvy with an inter national conflict, it suddenly was called upon to slow down to ' a snail's pace and then to retreat madly in a world that was being shifted right side up again. For a time we were plastered so flat to the middle of the scene of the accident that we were unable to get a good perspective of our sit uation. Now we can take stock and discover what hit us. "Wholesale meat, prices have taken tremendous declines so that carcass beef at one time or anoth er within the last four or five months has. been selling at an average somewhere toround tha levels prevailing in 1914. Hides and other by-products of the pack ing industry have not only hit bottom but they have broken through the bottom. In fact there have been times when the meat packers would have welcomed pre-war prices for certain by pro ducts instead of the prices thnt have been paid on occasions." AUTO SKIDS OFF ROAD NEAR HERE, Mrs. James Lyons of Othell, Wash., suffered a broken collar bone, and Mrs. T. J. Johnson of Seattle, Wash., was severely cu and bruised when the automobile in which they and two others were passengers skidded from the Pa cific highway near Gervais shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. James Lyons of Othell and J. E Mohn of Los Angeles, the other two passengers, escaped injury. . The party was traveling toward Salem when the accident occurred. The automobile skidded when Hb brakes were applied, turned com pletely around and upset. Mrs. Lyons and Mrs. Johnson were rushed to Salem in an auto mobile driven by Wlllianr Baillie, county school supervisor. The automobile was badly wrecked. POSTMASTER QUERIES ON FIRMS' MAILING HABITS In the hone of obtaining valu able suggestions regarding mail ing Dractices of firms who cooper ate with . their postoffices ln a manner which insures ernciency, Postmaster General Hubert Work has communicated with the local office and has put several ques tions from which he expects to get his lnformatipn. "What are your short cuts? he asks. "What is done to keep post ed on mail schedules? To Insure early mailing and proper connec tions? Do you file indemnity claims for lost insured mail with in six months after mailing? How la your valuable and fragile mat ter nrenared for mailing? .What checks are used to insure correct, addressing?" WOMAN INJURED Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 2. The defense of Mrs. Clara Phillips, In dicted for the murder ot Mrs. Al berta Meadows, was resumed here today. The first witness was Ola Weaver, an older sister of the de fendant, who was placed under cross-examination by the state. Yesterday Miss Weaver, called by the defense, told the history ot the family of which Mm. Phillips is a member, testifying that their fa ther was insane at the time of his death, and they have a brother now an imbecile and that Mrs. Phillips herself had been subject to convulsions, while others men tioned ln her evidence were men tally abnormal. Miss Weaver told the jury today that at various times, when the family was living in Texas, her father would enter a room where some member of the family hap pened to be, bringing a knife with him, and would asked the relative to kill him. She said she had overlookod these incidents in her direct testimony yesterday. She also said that the defend ant, Mrs. Philips, had been "ab normal" from childhood, and had been subject to such convulsions or fits as she described in her di rect evidence. After these attacks, she said, the defendant would al ways grieve for several days. Miss Weaver was reminded of an occurrence she told about yes terday in which ,a few days before the Meadows slaying, Mrs. Phil lips had broken dishes with a roll ing pin, ln an attack of the nature she had described. She was asked whether Mrs. Phillips had been drinking. She replied that she believed Mrs. Phillips had not been drinking at that time, and added that she never saw her take a drink, knew of her using intoxi cants, or had any knowledge that she did so, if she did. She said Mrs. Phillips was about 15 years of age when she married, and, that she had suf fered these spells both before and since that time. The cross-examination of Miss Weaver closed without the witness having deviated from her testi mSny under examination ln any important point. On re-direct ex amination she reiterated her pre vious testimony that Clara Phil lip for 30 or 40 days preceding the slaying of Mrs. Meadows seem ed "Tike ,a person in a dream at times apparently herself and at other times paying no attention to what went on around her." At the conclusion of her testi mony the defense called to the stand Mrs. Julian McElroy, a neighbor ot the defendant. Mrs. McElroy testified that on July 8, the Saturday before Mrs. Meadowe was slain. Armour Phillips came to her home and asked where he could find "Harry." Phillips ex plained, she testified, that Alberta Meadows had told him that "Har ry" had spent the night in com pany with my wife and I am going to beat him within mn Inch of his life when I find him." In the house when Phillips Baid this, according to the witness, was Clara Philips, who had followed her husband into the police. MAN'S LEG IS FOUND BURIED AT PORTLAND Portland, Or., Nov. 2. A man's leg, severed at the knee, wrapped in a newspaper and bedded in straw, was found buried three feet beneath the surface in a box near a road east of Portland last Saturday, deputy sheriffs made known today. While entertaining the possibil ity that the discovery might de velop a mystery like that of the Descamps case, in which parts of the human body were found buried in various parts of Portland a few years ago, officers said it was also possible that some one had burled an amputated limb for sentimental reasons. A newspaper dated April 23 was around the limb. Oregon City Blaze Causes Scramble Ore ton City. Or.. Nov. 2. Fire which was believed to have been Incendiary origin started against the outside of the Nash building here, with apartments the second floor and three stores downstairs, caused a wild scramble by 35 occupants of the apartments to escape when the blaxe was discovered by a passer- thls morning. The fire depart ment checked the blaze before great damage was dona. SHO YEARS HI FOR PERVERT Michigan Fiend of 41 Who Kidnapped Girl of 11, Pleads Guilty Victim Near Death. . Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2. Ray mond E. Wilson ot Grand Rapids, who pleaded guilty today to the kidnaping ot 11-year-old Rosalie Shanty, was sentenced by Judge John Vanderwerp in -circuit court this afternoon to from 35 to 40 years .imprisonment ln the state penitentiary at Marquette. Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2. Ray mond E. Wilson of Grand Rapids, arrested last night on a charge of kidnaping 11 year old Rosalie Shanty, pleaded guilty to a charge of abduction when arraigned in circuit court here today. - Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2. While 11 year old Rosalie Shanty lay near death ln a farm house at Dublin, Mich., early today, Ray mond E. Wilson of Grand Rapids was being held at the county jail here under heavy guard as the man who kidnaped the child last Sunday, drove with her to the Jack Pine swamps of Manistee county and there abandoned her, Wilson confessed, the sheriff's office reported, that lie abducted the child. A formal charge of kidnaping was lodged against him. Word from .Dublin this morn ing waa that Rosalie, widely known here as the "swimming girl," through - her expert ex hibitions at a local beach last summer, might not recover. She still was in a semi-conscious state and ' suffering from a high fever as a result of privationB in the forest, where she waa found by a farmer her clothing torn to shreds and her body scratched and bruised by the underbrush. In his statement to the author ities Wilson was quoted as saying he enticed the child into his auto mobile as she was leaving a church here Sunday, drove her about the city for a time, then started for Dublin. Near that town, the reported statement said, Rosalie became alarmed and asked to be let out of the car. Wilson said he left her near a farm house and then returned to Grand Rapids. The prisoner said he was intoxicated when he took the girl into his machine, and was unable to explain his action. Entlrfely ignoring precedent Coach Roy Bohler, of the Willam ette football eleven, failed to cre ate one bit of gloomy atmosphere this afternoon before he and his squad left for Walla Walla, Wash. where, Saturday afternoon, they will meet up with the strong Whitman eleven. "We're going to make trouble for those Whitman boys," he com mented. "Willamette is going better now than it has gone at any time during the season. We know that Wkltman has a terribly hard fighting machine, but we think we have a chance. We'll give them everything we've got." Twenty men boarded the train with Bohler. Most of his men are in good condition, he said. Whitman unquestionably has one of the best teams ln its his tory and critics are of the opinion that it will win from the Salem eleven. The University of Oregon machine, when It met Whitman at Pendelton, was able to score only three points against the invaders. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TIED UP MedfnriT Or.. Nov. J. Accord ing to an announcement by local Southern Pacific officials five freight cars were derailed early to!-r mith of Dunsmuir. Cal.. and all traffic is temporarily held up. No one Was reported hurt BEARCATS AFTER WHITMAN HELD BY COACH Klan a Serpent of Proscription Ming Out ot Dark Ages Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 2. Senator James A. Reed, demo cratic candidate for re-election to the United States senate, ridiculed the Ku Klux Klan ln a political speech here last night. "After 150 years of national life," Senator Reed asserted in launching his attack against the klan, "the serpent ot pro scription has crawled down from tlie dark ages, wound it self around the temple of liber ty, and thrust its forked tongue against the Goddess ot Liber ty." "I wonder if its memners have read the constitution,',' Reed asked. "They evidently have not, for they foster racial and religious prejudice." , L The Armistice Day plans of the American Legion backed up by the strongest organizations ln the city will make this days celebra tlon one of history. All the near by posts ot the Legion will be in vlted to come to Salem to this celebration. Every effort will be made to make It interesting tor the visitors that attend. Let ters of invitation will be sent out from the local Post of The Legion telling of the plans and program of the day's festivities. - The parade will be a feature long to be remembered. It will bring to mind in a forcible man ner the trying days of 1918. Mayor Halverson is to be the Grand Marshall of the parade and it is promised that a Btrong turn out of nearly all the city's organ izations will be represented. The ex-service men will be in line in full uniform. Strong active chairmen of im portant committees have been ap pointed by Post Commander Minton to have charge of the work of bringing this important day's exercises to a successful close. The climax of the day will be the Grand Armistice Day ball to be held .at the Armory. The Lions club, the Rotary and the Klwanls, each have appointed a member of their club to co operate with the Legion. Dr. Carl Worner is for the Lions. Geo. P. Griffith the Rotarians and Harry Levy the Kiwanis. The chairman of the Armistice Day plans are: Publicity, Cap tain A. M. Holbrook. Parade, Major J. S. Duesenbury. Music, Dr. C. H. Epley. Program, Allen Kafoury, and the Armistice Ball, Mrs. Walter Kirk. The Business men's league voted to close between the hours of 12 and 3:30 to give all a chance to take part. The Marion-Polk county Realtors at their weekly luncheon today at the Marion hotel following an ad dress by Dr. C. G. Doney, president of Willamette University, on the need of the college- and the way in which the city is benefited by its location here, passed a motion ex- uressine their appreciation of tne talk by Dr. Doney and pledged themselves to aid as far as possible in the campaign for a million and a quarter dollars. Dr. Doney dealt especially with the economic phases of having the college located hore. '"It is a con servative estimate that every stu dent spends $400 during the 36 weeks of school," he said. "With ihe total enrollment we now have, more than 500, there would be about 200,000 spent in the eity of Balem that would be new money. Added to this is approximately 50,000 endowment andgi fts that are re ceived yearly and for the mos part fpent here. He also brought to tne attention of the club that a number 'of new residents brought to the city through tha location of the university. EGION PLANS CELEBRATION ON ARMISTICE DAY REALTORS HEAR OF WILLAMETTE LAW IN HOPES 0FU.S.M L British Premier Outlines Foreign Policy Wants America in League Of Nations. London, Nov. 2. (By Associ ated Press) Prime Minister Bo- nar Law, in address to a delega tion of women in the Drury Lane theater this afternoon reiterated that his policy was one ot tran quility and stability. As regards foreign policy," he added, "I venture to express the hope that America may gradual ly take an interest ln the league of nations in some form or other and may gradually feel that it is her duty to help in the chaos in which the war has left the world." Our relations with France must be the keynote of our for eign policy," the prime minister declared. 'As to the position ln the near east, what I hope for at the con ference is there may be a settle ment which will give peace in that part of the world and which will enable us to bring our troops back and cease spending money in those distant regions." "As. to the home policy," contin ued Bonar Law, "the most im portant thing is to cut down ex penditures. Without that, there can be no reduction ln taxation "We must maintain our naval position," he declared later on. "We must retain forces adequate for the security of the empire." "The strength of this country," said Mr. Bonar Law, "depends as much on its financial and indus trial position as it does on its arms, and in weighing the dang ers we must take the one into consideration as well as the oth er." The prime minister epitomized his policy in the declaration: "I repeat that my policy is one of negation. There are times when it is good to sit still and go slow." Mr. Bonar Law announced that he had received friendly messages from the head ot the that he had replied on behalf of England, reciprocating that Italian government,, and he added friendly message. Ir. Bonar Law said Lord Bal four had asserted that the coali tion had been wantonly destroyed. This was not a true picture of the situation, however. The real cause of the change, he added, is that the people of this country everywhere felt that under Mr. Lloyd-George's rule we don t know where we are today and cannot tell where we will be tomorrow. FOR BALLOT PLACE Dallas. Texas. Nov. 2. Motion for a new hearing in the Earle B. Mayfleld injunction case filed originally at Corstcana was over ruled by the fifth court of civil appeals this afternoon. Austin, Texas, Nov. 2. An opinion advising county election boards and Secretary of State Staples as to what course to fol low on the question ot including the name of Earle B. Mayfleld, senatorial candidate on the Nov ember 7 election ballot is being prepared by the attorney gen oral's department and probably will be made public late today. This became known following a conference between Mr. Staples and Attorney General Kelllng. Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 2. Attorneys tor Earle B. Mayfleld said here their next step would be an application for a writ of man damus, forcing the election boards to put the democratc senatorial nominees' name on the ballot. provided pending litigation does not accomplish' that result. How ever, the lawyers said, the man damus would not be filed until the present injunction motions, hearing and rehearings are dis posed of. DCHAOS KU KLUXER FIGHTS INDICTMENT TOBESOUGHT FORTRAGEDY Presentation of Evidence To Begin Saturday Mills Takes Issue With Mrs. Hall's Assertions. Somerville, N. J., Nov. 2. (By Associated Press.) The predic tion that presentation of evidence ln the Hall-Mills murder casa would begin Saturday was freely made today in official circles. It was learned that Sheriff Conklln had been notified to be prepared to call the Somerset county grand jury together ln a hurry No notices have been sent jurors, as' yet. The opinion prevailed here that the state would try to dispose ot technicalities Saturday and Mon day would seek an indictment. k New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 2. Looking up from work ln a coal bin in the basement ot the school house where he is janitor, James Mills, whose wife, Eleanor, waa murdered with the Rev. Edward W. Hall on September 14, today took issue with some of the state ments made yesterday by the clergyman's widow in an inter view. Talk With Mrs. Hall Mills said that lie met Mrs. Hall at the church at 8:30 o'clock on the morning of September IS. Mrs. Hall Bald yesterday that she was at the church at 7 o'clork. "I know it could not have beeui earlier than 8: 30," said Mills, "because my children had gone to school. . . "The first thing Mrs.' Hall asked me was: 'Was anybody sick at your house last night?' We then commented on the fact that both my wife and her husband; were missing, and I said: 'Maybe they have -eloped.' "'No,' was Mrs. Hall's reply, 'I think something has happened; to them.' "At noon when Mrs. Hall came! to my house I told her I had not heard anything and she said she had not either. Then she went away. She is incorrect in her statements in stating that she did not come to my house again at 6:30 o'clock. She stayed only a, minute. Tells of Visit "I saw Mrs. Hali again at seven o'clock in her home. I went there to ask her It she had any news. I stayed on the porch to talk. She did not seem to take it as bard as I did. I had an idea that Dr. Hall and my wife had been together but I did not think there was anything wrong. I don't know why I ever suggested an elopement." Commenting on Mrs. Hall'sJ statement that she was not vlndlc-. tlve and that she did not care to see any one punished for the murders, Mills said: "I am not vindictive either, but 1 want to see the murderer punished. I believe it was a woman's deed. All these theories about blackmail and robbery and things are rot. It was Jealousy and I think her throat was cut ln spite, because of her beautiful. singing." $15,000 DAMAGES ARE ASKEDBYSMALL GIRL Alleging that, as a result ot an automobile accident ln which she was run over, she Is a cripple, is nervous and suffers nervous head aches. Pearl Miller, nine years old, through her father, W. L. Miller, today filed suit in the Marion county court asking 815,000 damages from F. W. Mason, she charges, was driving the car which struck her in Port land, Nov. 3, 1920. She alleges that Mason drove the car 1n a reckless manner, not consistent with safety. MAN ARRESTED FOR NOT REPORTING AUTO CRASH A complaint charging Frank Wolf of Aumsville with failure to report an automobile accident wu filed in the Salem justice court this morning. Mr. Wolf will be arraigned before Judge G. E. Utt ruh within the next tew days. i X
