Capital journal., April 21, 1927, Image 1

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TI)N AHOITT
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Jomnial
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution for tha
moDlt ending March 31, 1921
tonight and Friday. Gentle variau
winds.
9710
Local: Max., 64: min., 40; river, j
3.9; rain, none; atmoa., cloudy; wind, I
southwest. I
Average daily net paid 92813
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FORTY-NINTH YEAR, No. 95
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CHERRY MEN
PRESENT HIGH
TARIFF PLEA
Growers Present Figures
Regarding Cost of Pro
duction in Industry
Canners Give Cost of Pro
cessing to Representa
tives of Tariff Board
Pledges of cooperation from L. O.
Connor and H. L. Lonrie, repre
senting the federal tariff commis
sion, Senator Charles McNary and
Congressman Haw ley and the pack
ers of cherries in securing a higher
protective tariff for the cherry in
dustry in the United States were
the outstanding deevlopment of the
hearings on the proposed tariif in
crease held hero today. Thirty-five
growers were in attendance at the
morning session.
The expressions of cooperative ef
fort came at a luncheon at the Mar
lon hotel this noon.
The morning was spent In repre
sentatives of the cherry growers of
this district giving information as to
production costs, while the canners
were figuring out processing costs
In another room.
VAI.I'E $650 AN ACRE
Glenn Hogg for the cherry men
presented figures based on the find
ings of leading cherry growers of
the district to indicate that cost of
reproduction of their orchards would
average $650 an acre. They figured
8 per cent as a fair rate of return
tn interest on an occupation so haz
ardous as cherry growing. The ex
tent of this hazard was Indicated
when he stated that farm loans
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SEIZE STILL ON
NEWBERG FARM;
ARREST SEVEN
Portland, Ore., April 21 UP) Seiz
are of a 400 gallon still, and arrest
of seven men on a farm four miles
southeast of Newberg, was announc
ed today by federal prohibition ag
ents here. AH the seven have been
released on bail ranging from $1000
to $2000.
The plant was cunningly con
cealed in a narrow ravine. About the
giant copper tank were found 12
vats, holding 4000 gallons of corn
mash.
The still was run with kerosene-
pressure burners. It had to be saw
ed into three sections before it could
be taken into the customs building.
It had been concealed beneath a
tent 20 by 40 feet in size.
Those arrested in connection with
the giant still are: George F. Aber
nathy. 61 year old native Oregon
Ian, born on the ranch where the
still was found; E. D. Connor, alias
Palmer, now under 90 days sentence
on a liquor charge; Lee Roy Solem.
C. J. Daklos, Tom Daklos. his cou
sin. Maik Daniel, and Robert L.
Young
These being sought include Elwood
Roy, son-in-law of Roy Moore, and
who was a government witness in
the Chrtstensen -Smith conspiracy
case; William H. Bennett, and a
man known as "Three Fingered
Jack," alias John Doe.
LINEN MILL FILM
SHOWN BY PATHE
International distribution of the
moving picture film of the Oregon
Linen mills taken by the Oregon
Pictorial Review of the Portland
chamber of commerce will be given
through the Pathe News reel Her
bert Cuthbert, manager of the
chamber s publicity department an
nounced today.
The Pathe people bought the film
to use tn their feature reels that go
out to 20,000 American theaters and
tn Path customers in all parts of
the world. The picture of the Ore
son mills was filmed by Charles
Pipr and Frank Heaton. who oper
ated the Oresoman screen review
until the Portland chamber of com
mere beran sponsoring the Ore
gon Pictorial Review. "A big thine
for Salem and her new industry."
Mr. Cuthbert said.
BEND BANK CLOSED
Bend. Or, April 21. m The
First National batik of Bend re
mained closed today, in charge of
W. C. Crawley, national examiner
An audit is under way and when it
ts completed a statement will be
Issued. Closing of the bank yester
day was followed by announcement
that It was due to depletion of reserves.
GOOD EVENING
SITS FOR SUPPER
Dy Don Upjohn
'Salem Mrv Become AsnnmcniR
Center."
Qn mo i-B v Via Glatacman c 1 rcr a n
page, and we Join in the campaign
with our well known zest and vim
Asnaragus should be tzrown on
every front lawn in Salem. It is the
duly of the housewife to see to this
to protect her husband s interests.
Cut the asparagus and you cut the
lawn. In this era of efficiency it
should be done
Asnarno-us was first used bv the
Dmiiatic in holtta na Ktwiirhpnrls.
The Roman legions would charge
the hungry Barbarians wnn spears
headed with asparagus tips As the
myrmidons clashed, the hungry bar-
Koi-innu ctAmud trt Bat. th ncnflrfl-
gus and the Romans slaughtered
mem at win
charged enough and eaten enough
asparagus mey were hu iuntjti Hun
gry and Rome fell.
Vuu tl-.o (mwraini mire USPd &S
a spearhead can be converted, in
these piping tunes oi peace, mw
toothpick. Thus will the scriptural
injunction be carried out that the
sicars be turned into pruning
hooks
tirv.An caisninc an nn their trav
els some asparagus should always
be taken. An asparagus tip could
be given to the porter
Ua Co Trim Clr.
we revuiiHJirnu w vc --
den club that city parking strips be
beautified with asparagus beds, with
a eninarh border, combining beau-
'ty with utility.
i j .un CKiiuman start-
we ie emu ------
!ed this asparagus campaign and as
-i i in si them one
better. If our ideas are carried out
we Will uc piau s" . . V ...
man the credit. Knowledge of a duty
saw ana cua is enougu iw
hsart.
ti nrt th nlnral of
asparagus asparagiV and that was
...... . ra ir.nl C of there. Willi
his lean and hungry look
"What's the difference between a
bootlclan and a politician? is a
query sent In by a customer The
booticlan carries a flask on his h p
while the politician has the public
on his hip.
A MARITIME TRAGEDY.
Bj Stoddard bins
Now, Switierland's a pleasant land,
Replete Kith milk and honey.
With features, too, on every hand
That people thing are funny;
We giggle at its brand of cheese,
Its Skyline tall and wavy,
But mostly we admire the wheese
About the old Swiss navy.
Oh, there's a joke that has endured
For countless generations,
And thereby have the Swiss procur
ed A place among the nations,
For when all other Jokers run out
And we're in need of laughter
The rood Swiss navy breaks the
drought.
And guffaws shake the rafter.
Let not some grim and mirthless
fact
Disturb this nleasant status:
We do not want the cards restacked
And novel Jests hurled at us.
Old Jokes are best, and ancient
quips
Deep in our hearts we chrrlsh.
Forget that Switzerland has ships
Let not that wise-crack perish!
TWO CADET FLIERS
DIE IN CHESAPEAKE
Newport News, Va., Apr. 21. i"Pl
Richard W. Kennison of Boston and
Wilbur F. Bingham of New York
were killed today when their sea
plane crashed Into Chesapeake bay
between the Ripraps and Willough
by spit. Their bodies were recovered
two hours afterwards. The men
were cadet fliers at Hampton Roads
naval base and were on a training
fltvht when the accident occurred.
Mexican Train Bandits
Shouted for Christ As
They Shot and Stabbed
Mexico City. April 21 -Survivors
of Tuesday night's train trag
edy In Jalisco state, arriving here
today, estimated the total dead at
about 100. of whom 46 were members
oi the soldier guard and from 60
to 60 passengers. From five to seven
Americana were on the train but
none mas Injured.
The survivors, who reached here
on a relief train, said the bandits
or rebels derailed the engine
and then attacked the train shout
ed: "Long live Christ the kine!"
They rubbed the express coach of
200.000 pesos, but did not lork the
passengers In the burning coaches.
Alter robbing the passengers they
ordered them to leave tl.s .coaches,
which were then set afire.
iSome passeneers and soldiers,
however, were so severely wounded
as to be unable to move. These
aere left within the coaches ar.d
HOUSE BILL 72
AGAIN BEFORE
HIGHCQURT
Judge McMahan Sus
tains Demurrer to Man
damus Writ Petition
Refusal of Secretary of
State to Submit Act to
People Upheld
The petition of L. B. Smith, sec
retary of the Greater Oregon asso
ciation, for a writ of mandamus to
compel the secretary of state to
allow houre bill 72, the tax reassess
ment measure passed by the last
legislature, to go to a vote of the
people as a referendum measure,
this morning went back to the su
preme court, from which it was
dismissed a week ago for lack of
jurisdiction.
This time it will appear before
the higher court on appeal of the
petitioners from a decision handed
down this morning by Judge L. H.
McMahan in the Marion county
circuit court, sustaining the de
murrer of the secretary of state,
which challenged the contention
of the petitioners that In attaching
the emergency clause to the bill the
esislature violated the constttu
tional lnhibitation against use of
the emergency clause on acts deal
ing with taxation or regulation of
taxation. It was the contention of
the attorney general for the secre
tary of state that house bill 72 Is
simulv an amplification of existing
statutes and, therefore, not effect-,
ed by the constitutional Inhibition. '
In this case the supreme court
could have taken original Jurisdic-,
tton" read Judge McMahan s de
cision sustaining the demurrer, "and
which ever way the case is here de
cided It will be appealed. For some
reason the supreme court decunea
to take jurisdiction in the case and
It was, therefore, necessarily filed
in this court.
It is necessary for this case to
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4 HOLD-UPS
IN PORTLAND
DURING NIGHT
Portland. April 21. JJP) Four men
held up at different points on the
east side, and a lunch room held up
on the west side, were the latest
developments in the Portland crime
wave last night. Police after an ex
citing automobile chase through the
downtown district arrested two sus
pects who weer Identified by the
four holdup victims.
Two men who held up the Dutch
Made lunch on Washington street
and locked Lee Gannon, night man,
in the ice box after getting $59 from
the cash register, escaped. Police
believed from the descriptions fur
nished by Gannon that the robbers
were involved in the Beig waist shop
holdup here Tuesday.
The two robbers who held up the
four men on the east side were driv
ing i stolen sedan. This was later
seen crossing a bridge, and officers
gave chase, but the car eluded tmm
Later the car was found abandoned
at Washington and 20th streets, on
the west side.
Policemen picked up two suspects
in the neighborhood, and the four
victims later Identified them in
lineup at the police station. They
gave their names as Gerald Hart
and Roy Rickman, and both denied
participation in the holdups.
were burned to dfath. Three wound
ed soldiers survived of the military
escort. They saved their lives by
discarding their Insignia and posing
as civilians.
The attackers poured a heavy
rifle fire through Uie coaches alter
derailment of the train, which as
bound from Guadalajara to Mexico
City. The soldiers guard returned
fire from the windows and platforms
of the coaches until overcome. The
bullets of the attackers are said to
have caused the majority of the
deaths among the pawneers.
The charge that a Catholic priest
directed the attack atrainst the train
was made by Patricio Villalobos ot
Tepjc, a pa&sentrer in the second
class coarh. who mas among the
woimded. Another priest, he charg
fJ boarded the train alter the mill
tary esrort had tvn MIenced, orrt-
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COLLEGE PLAN AIMLESS
85 83 83 83
Real Cooperation Lacking
83 83 83 83
GROWERS ASKED TO WAIT
BY HARRY N. CRAIN
No explanation other than that
the Oregon Agricultural college
"farm experts" feared that their
prestige among the prune men of
the state would suffer in the success
ful conclusion of negotiations spon
sored by packers, growers and oth
er interests now under way in hopes
of organizing the industry in the
northwest on a wide cooperative ba
sis that would eliminate party rival
ry and disastrous price cutting com
petition, has so far been advanced
by those interested in the movement
since it became known early in the
week that the college had started
out to sponsor a growers' organiza
tion of its own.
With full knowledge of the nego
tiations that have been progressing
for several weeks under the direc
tion of a committee of five men rep
RAIL BRIDGE
ON ARKANSAS
SWEPT AWAY
Little Rock. Ark., April 21
The south half of the Missouri Pa
cific bridge across the Arkansas riv
n. her u-.Ts swent awav by the cur
rent early today, carrying wim 11
trains of cars loaded with rock
which had been run on It in an at
tempt to hold the structure down.
This bridge cuts the railroad main
line although tHe road has another
hrlrtire about a mile downstream.
The bridge that went out was the
connecting link between me pas
senger and freight terminal In Little
Rock and the road's shops and round
house in North Little Rock.
The part of the bridge destroyed
included two piers, and the super
structure of the south approach,
the front span and the draw span.
Early today the south part of the
structure began a violent vibration.
This was so intense that coal in
some of the cars was set atire by
the friction. A few moments later
the structure toppled over into tfic
river and was lost completely from
sight.
The bridge, a steel structure wun
pedestrian passageways and road
way, was built in lim. Last year
the road spent more than $40,000 In
strengthening piers and other parts
of the structure.
MORE LAWYERS
TO DEFEND HUGH
Eugene. April 21. m John A.
Collier of Portland, and Gus New
bury of Medford, will become asso
ciated with Fred E. Smith of Eugene
in the defense of Hugh De Autre
mont, who will go on trial May 2 on
a charge of murder, according to an
nouncement of Smith today. David
Evans of Eugene, will also be asso
ciated with Smith in the defense,
according to a previous announce
ment. The an: uncemrnt today com
pletes the list of defense counsel for
De Autremont.
Associated in he prosecution will
be Newton C. Chancy, district attor
ney of Jackson county; George Neu
ner, U. S. district attorney of Port
land; Oeorge Roberts of Bedford,
and a prominent criminal lawyer foi
the Northern Pacific railway com
pank. of San Francisco, whose name
was not known here today.
MARINES DISPERSE
MICARAGUAN REDS
Managua, NIC Apr. 21 Pl
Amerlran naval forces in Nicara
gua, after having been fired on on
three different occasions yesterday
and Tuesday night came Into con
flict yesterday afternoon with an
armed band carrying red flags and
wearlntr red bands on their hats.
Three members of the band were
found dead alter the -reds'- re
tired. The Americans suffered no
casualties.
The band swooped down on the
village of Posoltma, near Chlchl
galpa In an attempt to capture It.
In drfiance of the orders of the
American authorities forbidding
lighting within 2000 yaids of a rail,
road. They were routed by 24 blue
Jackets. r.R I KSVI fTiTlN 1 1 M) ATKD
Jackson. Miss., April 21 The
Southern Bill Telephone company
here re eived a report today that a
second break in the main Mississippi
levee had occurred at Willows' Land
ing, four miles north of Greenville.
The rrport said Inundation of Green
ville was believed Inevilabw
resenting the packers, the growers,
the Northwest Prune Exchange and
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
the college extension officials, for
some unexplained reason, have
launched a separate and conflicting
campaign to form a cooperate grow
ers' association, and to win credit
for themselves are deliberately Jeop
ardizing the success of the bigger
venture, whic-n would combine all
of the elements of the prune In
dustry In one organization.
That, at least, is the opinion of
many responsible growers and pack
era who have watched and partici
pated in previous futile and ill-directed
efforts of the college experts
to organize the industry along theo
retical lines.
The more embracing and compre
hensive plan which is being endan
gered by the selfish enthusiasm of
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STATE REPLIES
TO ATTACK ON
STATE STATUTE
Answering the complaint of the
Oregon Stages and Parker Stages
attacking tlie constitutionality of
the new stage and bus license fees,
the public service commission in
circuit court today filed Its answer.
The commission declares that the
highways of the state have been
constructed at a cost to the people
of 108.000,000 per mile, or 92,300,000
annually.
The answer avers that the charges
imposed by law are not sufficient
or adequate to reimburse the state
for the damage done by reason of
use of the highways by the stage
lines. The answer states that it
costs Oregon practically 6 cents per
ton mile for construction and main'
tenance of the highways and the
part of the highways used by the
plaintiffs.
The state further alleges In Its
answer that the loss, if any, sus
tained by the plaintiffs is charge
able to the manner, method and
character and extent of the opera
tion oi the stage lines and to i
condition over which the commis
sion has no control.
SHOOT TO KILL
POLICE ORDERS
Portland, Or., April 21. (VP)-
Portland police, who have been try
ing to check a crime wave were giv
en orders today by Chief of Police
L. V. Jenkins to "shoot to kill" In
the war on bandits.,
"The criminals now at work In the
city have proven their daring, so be
prepared for any emergencies."
wrote Chief Jenkins in his order. "If
and when occasion arises, remember
these are truly bad men. Do not
quibble in an extreme emergency,
but shoot and kill."
"There Is only one way of dealing
with these hiph powered crooks,"
said Chief Jenkins, In commenting
on the order, "and that Is to use
their own tactics against them. Gun
men must expect to be faced by
guns. Armed criminals are all po
tential muidercrs."
LANE CHERRY CROP
INJURED BY FROST
Eugene, Or., April 21. W The
cherry crop of southern Lane county
was damaged to the extent of ap
proximately 65 per cent, according
to C. W. Steward, county fruit In
spector, who made a survey of the
southern Lan, territory yesterdav
and this morning. The pear crop
was scarcely hurt, he said, while
the prune crop in sections was dam
aged about 10 to 25 per cent.
The main chprry damage was in
the bottom land districts, he said
The air-cooled sections were not so
hard hit.
UMATILLA WHEAT
DAMAGED BY FREEZE
Pendleton. Or. April 21. V
Dnmaue to Umatilla county wheat
will not be known for a day or so
following the severe cold of Tuewlay
n'ght a hen the mercury dropped to
IK and 19 degrees. Drooping wheat
was noticeable thronnhout the coun
ty, but some farmers fe that warm
weather and rnins may brlntr H back
to normal. Federation, which hao
rearhed the Jointing stage, wa
hardest hit, while hvbrld varieties-
suffered less. Ice three-quarters oi
an ich thick was reported in some
sections.
MISTRIAL ENDS
SAPIRO'S SUIT
AGAINST FORD
Million Dollar Libel Case
Non-suited by Juror's
Interview in Paper
Woman Cleared of Alle
gations by Judge News
paper Blamed for Result
Detroit, Mich., April 21. 'JPl-
Counsel today brought to an abrupt
halt Aaron Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel
suit against Henry Ford.
Judge Fred M. Raymond ordered
the Jury discharged and instructed
a mistrial be entered upon the plea
of Stewart Hanley, heading the Ford
defense in the absence of Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, that Mrs
Cora Hoffman, eleventh Juror chos
en when the trial started six weeks
ago, had granted an interview, the
substance of which appeared in last
Tuesday's Detroit Times.
"This trial falls to a large extent
because Justice has been crucified
upon the cross of unethical and de
praved Journalism," said the court
Judge Raymond expressly cleared
Mrs. Hoffman of allegations made I
In a series of affidavits by Ford de-1
tectives and other employes that she
had discussed a $10,000 bribe with
"Kid" Miller, and that she had
wrongly stated she was a qualified
juror and asserted disbelief that
Sapiro had indulged in any miscon
duct as asserted in the affidavits.
Judge Raymond Immediately in
vited counsel for both sides into his
private chambers to discuss steps
looking towards a new trial,
"f am extremely loath to grant a
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SAYS OREGON'S
GREATEST NEED
IS ADVERTISING
Advertising Is Oregon's greatest
need today for while God has been
lavish with his gifts, the world must
be informed, Herbert Cuthbert, man
ager of the publicity department of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce,
declared In addressing a Joint meet
ing of the Salem Ad club and Sa
lem Realty board Thursday noon.
Advertising, properly applied, cre
ates a desire and automatically at
tracts new industries and business.
"Oregon manufacturers who have
followed out extensive advertising
campaigns for products that can
not be produced or excelled on qual
ity elsewhere have ojened up nation
wide markets and Include such arti
cles as Indian robes, woolen cloth
ing and bathing suits," Cuthbert
said. "Advertising has convinced
one of every six families In the
United States that an automobile
Is necessary. Oregon products will
not be purchased because of quality
but because they are known.
Development of present industries
was held by the speaker to ne 01
more Importance than the bringing
in of now enterprises. The poultry
and dairying industries were cited
Oregon, In the tourist industry, ir,
comix-ting with 176 communities
in 30 states which are advertising to
the extent of $8,300,000 annually. Of
Mils amount Oregon Is spending but
$3&00 a year. The $20,000,000 left
by tourists in Oregon last year could
be increased fivefold with advertis
ing such as Is carried on by other
states, he said.
E. A. Brown, president of the Sa
lem Ad club, presided as chairman
with L. E. Oberer, president of the
Salem Realty board, opening the
meeting.
DENY CABLEWAY
U? MOUNT HOOD
Porlland, Or., April 21. op) De
claring that some natural resources
should be preserved In their original
state. Colonel W. II. Oreeley, chief
United States forester, has refused
to permit for construction of a cable-
way to the top of Mt. Hood, home
time aeo Colonel Orrrlcy rendered
a similar derision In the ease, and
while hfre laM week he heard argu
ments for and auainst the project
Today C. M. Ornncer, district for
ester received a letter from Colonel
Oreeley reiterating his opposition,
but suggesting that an bpim-rI might,
be taken to the secretary of the in
terior. j FTan rTiTTu i7a v
New York, April 2!.J-Thr
Dow Jones ticker service today car
ries from Its Tokvo correspondence
a report that Japanese finance min
ister. Takahatht, has ordered all
banks closed at midnight for two
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Detroit, Mich., April 21. (.'P) Sen
ator James A. Reed of Missouri,
chief of counsel for Henry Ford in
the $1,000,000 libel suit brought by
Aaron Sapiro, was taken In an am
bulance to the Henry Ford hospital
early today.
EXPECT REIGN
OF TERROR IN
RED CAPITAL
Shankhal, Apr. 21 VFt Rioting
and looting are prevalent in Han
kow, said a wireless dispatch from
that city today with a panic Immi
nent. Eighty five Americans were
hugging the edge of the foreign set
tlement, reluctant to desert their
property, yet fearing to venture far
Inland.
It was learned authoritatively
that If the Chinese at Hankow
should attempt a repetition of the
Nanking outragrs, the foreign war
ships would act without delay.
Among the foreign warcraft anchor
ed In the Yangtze off Hankow at
the present time are eight Ameri
can vessels the Isobel, Cincinnati,
Noa, Preble, Pruett, Monocacy,
Pigeon and Villalobos.
An unconfirmed rumor was re
ceived from Hankow that Michael
Borodin, Russian adviser to the
Hankow government, previously re
ported In a hospital In the foreign
quarter of Hankow, was under de
tention. From Nanking it was learned by
wireless that firing between that
city and Pukow, on the opposite side
of the Yangtze had been resumed.
Shells from Pukow fell on the rail
way station at Nanking, resulting In
numerous casualties. Th railway
staff fled In panic. Nanking Is held
by the Cantonese (nationalist)
troops, while Pukow is in the hands
of the northerners.
BANfPAir
SHAKES JAPAN
Tokyo, April 21 fP) The new
Jaanese cabinet, after a session to
consider the financial situation, an
nounced tonight:
"After careful deliberation and
ci. Meeting of reports from various di
rections, the government has decid
ed to adopt a thorough policy of fi
nancial stabilization."
The character of the steps to be
taken was not made known, but it
exweted that tomorrow will
bring the solution, perhaps a mora
torium or government assistance to
the banks.
Various Tokyo banks remained
oien tonight, paying depositors.
London, April 21. A Renter's dis-
natch from Osaka s.ivs that runs on
bunks today continued unabated In
Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and elsewhere.
Kelly Held for Murder
Of Raymond in Fight
Over Wife of Latter
Los Angeles, Cal., April 21 P) I
The coroner s Jury investigating the
death of Ray Raymond, actor, fol
lowing a fist fight with Paul Kelly,
screen Juvenile, today returned a
verdict that Raymond met his death
as the result ot an encounter with
Kelly and with the latter the ag
gressor. The Jury further found that
"death a as superinduced by hypos
tatic pneumonia following a hem
orrhage on the right side ot the
head," and that death "was furihei
superinduced by alcoholism," tin-
Jury recommended that the matter
be InvestiKated further by the dis
trict attorney's of I tec and detectives
A murder indictment was return
ed against Kelly yesterday following
a grand Jury Investigation of the
actor s death. The bill was return
ed ailhln a few minutes alter Ray
mond's widow Dorothv Mat kaye.
stage actress had iinlshed her testimony.
MISSISSIPPI'S
LEVEES BREAK
INSTATES
Thousands of Acres In
undatedDamage To
tals Millions
Arkansas Worst Sufferer
with Danger Points in
Illinois and Mississippi
Memphis, Tenn., April SI. FV
Death, famine and pestilence rode
gulfward on the ever-increaslnjr tide
of the greatest flood In the history
of the Mississippi valley.
Thousands of square miles of fer
tile soil lay Inundated. Damage to
property had already reached an
uncstlmated figure in the millions
of dollars. Thousands of persons,
driven from their luimes by the wa
ters, were suffering for food, cloth
ing and shelter, while others who
had braved the flood to stay In their
homes, had perished.
Seven states Arkansas, Missouri,
Illinois, Kentucky. Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Louisiana were battling
against the encroachments of the
river. Texas was receiving a quan
tity of water from western tributar
ies. Arkansas, through which several
major tributaries were rising above
and casting aside all barriers, was
tne worst attected in the group,
though danger points had develoo-
ed at points in Illinois and Mississip
pi wnicn were not apparent yes
terday. The outlook throughout the valley
was far from bright as overhanging
skies and rainstorms weer forecast.
The crest at Ut. Louis was believed
IContlnurd on p.ee nine)
BRIDE OF YEAR
SEEKS DIVORCE
FROM BYRNE
Portland, Or., April 21. 4M
Eleanor Byrne today filed suit for
divorce from Leon K. Byrne, former
Portland newspaper reporter, who,
she avers in her complaint, "sought
the company of 'parlor pinks' and
the intelligentia, and spent most of
his evenings in company of such
persons discussing lofty theories of
new freedom in manners, morals,
economics and sociology." She add
ed that he required her to remain
at home, "for the reason that her
presence threw a wet blanket upon
the otherwise congenial gatherings."
Byrne and his wife, former Uni
versity of Oregon students acre
married April 10, 1020, after leav
ing the university.
Immediately after the marriage,
the wife alleges, Byrne desired to
give up his position with the local
newspaper and engage In feature
writing, but continued his employ
ment under protest until August,
HI 2(1,
He then began feature writing,
she avers, and required and de
manded perfect peace and quiet in
the home in order to pennit him to
do his work. He frequently left for
week-end trips in search of material
for his stories and Informed her
that he did so because he desired
to be alone, she say.
AH!ZONA7KOI.K OKIIKRKU
Ww shins ton. April 21. An
investigation into the activities ot
federal officers In Arizona will be
made by the civil service commis
sion, probably during the fall.
Miss Mackaye who has admitted
that her friendship for Kelly was
the cause ot the trouble between the
screen plavcr and her husband, col
lapsed in the witness chair. As sh
was being assisted out of the grand
Jury room she learned of the Jury's
action.
"It can't be true," she screamed
as she sank to the floor. She was
rendered unconscious Tor a time by
striking her head against the mar
ble corridor.
For three hours Miss Mackaye
wus grilled in the grand Jury room.
Her recital was frequently interrupt
ed as the actress became hysterical.
Her testimony was said to have
reached its climax when she admit
ted that she was with Kelly when
he called her husband on the tele
phone last Saturday night.
Kelly hung up the receiver and
dashed over to the Raymond home
where an argument bet wren the two
iCoitliiufU on put tit to)