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4c . 5250 CIRCULATION (25 000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE ' VALLEY NEWS SERVICE If VMMBVI JUvWl t 41 Oregon: Tonight fair; warmer east portion; Wednesday fair; , gentlo eastcrlv winds. For the 21 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning :. Jluinum temperature, 82; .minimum,, 39;;. no rainfall; river .6 below sero, stationary. ,' -' , FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO, 225.iEIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON,, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS QNTBATNS AJfO KT ,''' Wdmaris and Dairym&fsDay Success in Every Particular; ' More "Pep" Displayed. t 'j-. With a. breeze tempenng warm it.hp frafps of thft Rf-.nt.e "day ..this morning and admitted crowds exceeding in size .thetaost optimistic predictions. All day long automobiles have-formed a steady line to the grounds and street cars running at short intervals, have been jammed with Salem residents and visitors. ', ;;-rv--. -i , ' Today is vastly more Interesting than yesterday at the fair. Hundreds more are in attendance; there is more bustle, and more interest is shown. Shows are entertaining, large crowds, exhibits aro being inspected by thousands, amuse ment seekers are being; entertained at the various concessions in large nam "bers, . ' " ' '.. Tne crowd is gay and not so quiet the. jam of yesterday. It is more dem- ouerrati v. At the races this afternoon ' the stands vibrated with the-cheers and ! derisive remarks of good humored parti-' sans.' , - . It -i-obvious that .the -right spirit Bjt S( )f! jc SjC ijS 3ft )jc gj )( jjc )jc jc ijc . PAIR BEST YET . .. ; ,';., . r "I have been visiting the Orc- gon state fair now for five or ..' six years, and it is my sincere belief that this year's offering is the best ever,'' declared E. H. , Farrington, dean - of the . school of agriculture, of. tne Uni:,; versity ,ot Wiscsuaiu, audtcele bvated , authority ,tu- dairying, who is in' Madison, Wisconsin. Dean Farrington will spend' the entire week in, Salem and will be a -judge of duiry exhibits at the fair. the spirit of the crowd whicn makes or Itranlra anir tlmn at wliiili tlirtK- in n large gathorinsr the spirit which in th opinion of officials will make this fair the greatest bv far of any ever held in Oregon is there. ' Today woman's day and dairyman's day has been a success in every par ticular. A large crowd visited the wom an 's building where dainty articles made by women were displayed articles ot every nature. "Although our exhibit is a bit small- (Continucd on Page Eight.) AT FAIR EXPENSIVE Three Portland Men Fined $25 Each For Drunken ness And Loud Talk. On a charge of disorderly conduct .t the state fair grounds, and a plea of guilty, Bobert Bailey, H. A. Heed and Tom Poley, nil of Portland, were fined $25 .each by Judge Glenn E. Unruh. According to the testimony and of witnesses, the three men were driving recklessly in an auto, using loud and obscene language and making themsel ves a general nuisance. . : The obscene language was used in directing a woman to get out of their way. Although it was charged that the men had been drinking, no evidence along, this line was introduced before the justice of the peace. ; Officers experienced some difficulty in arresting the men and before their auto could be stopped their car almost ran over a man from Woodburn. The complaint against the three men was sworn to by L. Galbraith. Inmates If State Hospital Visitors At Fair Grounds More then fifty men of the Oregon State llospnail in Sui-u are visitir the stat fair today. They are in the custody of eight wardens. : Like the 31 women inmates who at tended the fair yesterday, the men1 seemed to be enjoying themselves great- lv. Stops were made in flte various buildings and articles exhibited were r..r;-.,ji'v -inc-ted. The large erowds on the grounds seemed t& greatly inter- est the men. i' a sun inclined to be rather fair nnptiA1 for the sppntiH A ssassins Make Attempt to Kill Admiral Kolchak London, Sept. 23. (United Press.) A "wireless dispatch from Moscow today reported that an attempt had been made to assassinate Amirnl Kolchak, 'head of the . Omsk government. A bomb was thrown into a guard ' room, killing six and injuries 12 ' soldiers, . the message said. The admiral escaped uninjured. Four Injured In Hotel . Fire At Salt Lake Cify Los Angeles And Vernon ' Salt take Ci ty v "ttaC Sept p". (United Press) Miss "Lulu Johnson was 1urned, probably fatally, and three otherswere 'badly , burned today in a fire that "partially destroyed the Al bany hotel. - The fire, it is believed, was of in cendiary origin. The man who fired the hotel is believed to have been the same who set f me s half hour earlier to the Denver and Rio Grande lumber yards. Those injured in the fire were taken to the emergency hospital. Paid Fire Department For Klamath Falls Recommended A paid fire department with not lesi than six members is recommended Sot the city of Klamath Falls .as nu ade quate protection a-gainst fires, in a re port made by Deputy Fire Marshals G W. Allen and G. W. Stokes to A. C. Bar- ber, state fire marshal, as a result of a survey which they have just eompleted. The city has long since outgrown the old volunteer system, the report states, and the fire department is in a deplor able condition. Among tho several rec ommendations included in the report is one for the enactment of a city ordi nance providing for more, authority for the fire chief in the management of his department. Bid On $2,000,000 In State Road Bonds Accepted Today Portland, Or., Sept. 23. State road bonds to the amount of $2,000,000 were sold .Monday by the state highway commission for the sum of $1,905,000, a discount of $34,400. The bonds- went to a syndicate com posed of the Guarantee Trust company of New York, the Equitable Trust com pany, Xew York; Northern Trust com pany, Chicago; Kissel Kinnicutt com pany, Chicago, and Carstens and Earle, Seattle whose ibid was at the rate of $92S.20' per thousand. . , , : Willard Better aianThan; Dempsey Chance's Opinion ; Los Angeles, Cal.," Sept. 23. Frank Chance, "the peerless leader." thinks Jess Willard a better man than .Taek Dempsey. (Not only .did he declare here today that Willard was not so badly whipped at Toledo as many think but added that he would bet on Willard if Jess could be matched with Dempsey again. Frerds Know Nothing Of Engagement Of Pershing Wanhinetnn. Sent. 23. Triends tnfl relatives of General Pershing todar snid ther knew nothing of the rumored en- gagetnent Of the weneral to Mrs. Annie Peeples Boyd, widow of Colonel Carl Boyd, a member of Tershing's stsff who died in France, Three Chicagoans Trapped; Confess to Mail Robbery Chicago, Sept. 23. (United Press.) Three Chicagoans, accidentally trappen, confessed today to a robbery of (234,000 from the -mails: Officers recovered $93; 020 of the loot and went in search of the remainder when the prisoners told r where it ras cached. With the aid of a postal alork the men exchanged pouciivi. at Whiting, Ind., last Thursday, taki; the pouncfc containing $234,000 to meet the payroll of the Standard Oil company of Indiana. The men held are Leo awl Walter Filipkowskl and John S. Wejka.- Wejka 'is uyil clerk and is implicated-in al leged confessions as tho man who pre pared the fake mail pouch and arranged matters so the one containing the money could be identified by "the Filipkowskis when tossed from the train at Whit ing.; Police early today found Leo Flfto- kowski in a saloon and. searched him oh. suspicion of complicity in a holdup. They lound 20,QOO. Officers stud Leo con fessed at once, making it easy to draw confessions from the others. BENTON COUNTY LADS BEST STOCK JUDGES first Prize In Industrial Club Contest Won; Multnomah - Boys Second. " With Beuton county's team winning with. a score; or 1345 out of a possible 1500. priiws were this mornine award ed the county teams in the boys' and, gins' state pig, sheep and calf club contest which wai held in conjunction with the Oregon statu fair. Multnomah eoniity 's toam took second place With, a . soorc- of 322,;; Linn' comity third' with 1215; Clackamas fourth with 1185 and iCoos fifth with 1103. Other coun ties competing were Polk, Clatsop, Ma rion n4 Jackson. Awards were made ly Professor E. li. Potter and E. J. 'Fjeldsted of tho Oregon Agricultural college. ;. : "I expect fully double .the number of teams, to be entered next year." said IC O. Seymour, stale club leader, this afternoon.- Twenty four dollars was given as the first princ; IS-for the second, $15 for the .third $12 for. the fourth and $6 for the fifth. The remaining $225 will go to the various teams for use toward paying travel expenses. The amount- each team, will receive will depend on tho distance traveled. . ; Steamer Wrecked Sunday On Humholt Coast Total Loss Eureka, Cal., Sept. 23. The steamer North Fork, owned by Dr. R. Schiff man of San Pedro, was wrecked Sun day night near Shelter Cove, and it is a complete loss, according to word re ceived here. All hands are safe. The North Fork is a steamer' of 323 tons gross and was built at Fair Hav en, Cal., in 1888. It is 157.3 feet long with a breadth of 33.7 feet, it has 400 horsepower. Experiment Shows Planes Failure In Bandit Hants Omaha, Neb., Sent. 2.1.. Use of air planes for running down bandits, tried for the first time in this section Satur day and .Sunday, resulted in failure, Two machines emuloyed by the Bank ers' association in an effort to locate four 'bandits who robbed the Bank of Ralston, Neb., of $4000, were called off bunday night after a fruitless all day search of the corn fields in the vicinity of Ashland, Xeb. Police have given up hope of apprehending the ban dits and posses have been disbaaded. farmer Delegates Named . For Round TaKe Session Washingtoa, Sept. 23. The: depart ment of labor today announced the three delegate selected by farm organ izatioas to attend the round table Con ference at the white house October (5. They are: P. S. Barrett, Union City, Ga., president f the Farmers Coopera tive Union. J. M. Ti;ttemore. Omorro, Wis., tend of the American Society of Equity. T. O. Atkeaon, Wahington, head of the national grange. Warrant Issued For Arrest Of SheriffResult Of Feud Newport. Wash., Sept. 23; A war rant for the arrest of Sheriff Frank Deering was sworn ont here.bv Chair man Ira Trover, of the board of county commissioners. The sheriff is charged with damag ing the county garage building. The trouble is the result of a long fend. ina shims President; Devotes Hosts Of t Journey Across Desert To - Matters Of ; State; Address At Reno Well Reeetrei 'l ' ' "By Hugh. Bailll - - .; (United Press Stiff iCorreepoiidetv) ; Aboard President Train, Lemay, Utah Sept 23.-1king- dv!antJge of . the - iu frequency ot stops in this sparsely set tled region, : President ' Wileon today spent much time In his- little1 privati office on the private 'ear Mayflower working on masters of state: ; ; It was understood he had before, him reports "on the clashes which marked the beginning of the steel strike, together with advices froni; the labor department and. other governments bestfing on the strike. . -; --' .-. '. : i. . There was no hint of wht action,. If any, the government might take at .Ms direction..'.-:' ,- :.'-.-,u. Wilson made hia first rear platform HRoacrance shortly before 11 o'clock, when several score railroad men,- school Children and aunbimnetted women greet ed him. ;: .' ''"'!-. i ''-'' A crowd of about 50 which met the tniV at Montello was disappointed a the president failed to, appear after the children had sung America and clapped vigorously for several minutes. ' 'No stop had. been scheduled at Mon tello and Wilson was Jiot prepared' to appear there. j' .' There was much Interest on the. presi dential train in tho nction of Senator Thomas,' Colorado, in coming out flatly against the treaty Wilson will talk to the senator's coiistituteiits tomorrow. It wa expected:' lid1 would explain the ottints in the league- of nations covenant to which Thortia specifically objected. At Reno' the president was met by a large crowds The Star Spangled Ban ner ""was sung by several girls in' the uudiencc. 5 " .; Some one called for Mrs. Wilson. - "Here is the best part of this travel ing shoWj" smiled Wilson, introducing her. ..... -A' man in the crowd, who Heeraed a trifle -Unsteady, yellM'tmt "Mm, Wil son, I wouhi like to make a statement; I am very much pleased with your bet ter half. "': The president and Mrs. Wil son joined in the laughter. . , The prcsideut wsr en route to Ogden and Salt Luke City and at sevoral towns made' stops long enough to speak briefly from the rear platform. The talk here was givn in- a small theater, but tho president's voice was carried over the telephone wires by means of the magnavox to thrco other theaters in the city. With regard to his opponents, Wilson said their objections to the treaty were bugaboos. "Thev are: condemning their deHire to safeguard a means of quick withdrawal from the league," he said. "If thqy ever feel the impulse of cour age instead of the impulse of cowardice, thev will realize how much better it feeia." He wnn the rrest burst the University of Oregon, whose home is in Eugene is in Salem for the state fair this week. Miss Klemm is assisting in Ihe University of Oregon exhibit in tho education building. Anyone who happens to want some thug different in shoes and is willing to pav for a special kind of shoe, is just looking for trouble. Shoe dealers report that it is hard enough to get an (Continued on page firej Some women are so Bnxious t' be different that they boast that they kin cook. Tell Hi nk ley has invented a win ter top for low shoes. ABE MABTTK He Gate Receipts of i Monday Set New First Day Record With Auditor J. B. McClintock's books proving that yesterday the initial day -of the Oregon state fair, Was the biggest opening day,, recorded in the 48 years in 'which the fair has taken place, officials at the grounds were today ex tremely enthusiastic over the outlook for the entira. wecki , A total of four thousand dollars in cash was taken in ait the grounds, yes terday, according to Mr, Chnteck, which is aproximately ' double that received during last season's opener. Single ad missions paid at the- gate, it was an uouoeed,. exceeded, those of : hist fall 'by one-third,-.The gate receipts; were $300 more than those of list year,; 1 'k ' . , "Today's figures show,, for one thing, how much freer cash is this year than last," ' !r. " McClintock" ' pointed- oiit. Statistiea show that " there - were more concessions told this season, than at any time in former years, and that there arej more, campers on the grounds than ever before. -;--:'- ',' . : .. '-: ' "I am convinced that this year is to bo a i record-breaker in every particu lar,' declared Mr. McClintock. " Sea son tickets-are being disposed of much faster than at any time previously. ' ' SIXERS III FARRELL RtNtW RJOTING TODAY Two Seriously Wounded By Bdleets; Pledge To End : Disorder Is Made. Sluwon, Pa., Sept.23. After renewed outbreaks this motning at Fnrtell,' in which two men received bullet wounds which sent them to a hospital and sev eral others were slightly hurt, more than 1000 striking Workmen, marched to the Ohio state Kne, where .they held an open air meeting. After addresses by Budgess Moody and labor leaders,, the men, nearly all American, unanimously pledged them selves to keep off the streets and lend every assistance in preservation of or der.. Moody had prohibited all meetings in Farrell. ' ' JMadikeryFor New raper Mill Arrives loday The first shioment of machinery for the $500,000 paper" miU in Salem ar rived this morning, in the form of four imtneuso cylinders, loaded on ono flat car. The shipment was made by Bag le & Bewail Co. of Watertown, New lork; When the Oregon Pulp and Pa per company company was given the foot , of. Trado street and some other street property on- the river front, one of the conditions was that tho paper mill should be in operation by Novem ber of 1920. Already the 30 foot cement retaining wall along Mill' crock has been completed and tne cement founda tions for the miU are being poured. The old elevator building of the form er flouring mill is resting peacefully in the middle of Trado street whilo a tres tle work is being built over which the heavy building will be moved to its final resting place at tho foot ft Trade on the river bank. . Portlander Injured From fall From Big Smoke Mack Dies Portland, Or., Sept. 23. A. II . Dunn died this morning as the result of fall ing 110 feet from the tp of a smoke stack hero yesterday nttornoon. Dunn, who was formerly a sailor in the American navy, was working on the top of the stack, which is under construction at the plant of the Pacific ( oast Hteol company. Fellow workmen who picked him up expected to find every bono in his oody bioken, but his injuries were con fined to a fractured skull . and one broken arm. , . Preserves, Fruits, Water- Strong Home Brew; 2 Dead Colusa. Cal.. Sept 23. Mixing pre serves and fruits in a barrel of water, group of men here intended to pre pare a strong home brew. They drank freely with the result that Frank Carney and Andrew Trip lett are dead, and several others are seriously ill. Forest Fires Rasirn? Near PlacerviHe: Mill Burned PlarerviUe, Cal., Sept, 23. 1 Forest fires are raging all around PlacerviHe today. Several ranch buildings have been destroyed. Ashes are falling In PlacerviHe streets. The mill hoist and all the buildings of the Baring Gold Mine were burned MS Keny on Resolution Adopted as Result of Riots Ending in Death and Injuries. ' Government action in the steel workers' strike was sought today in ; a rolution unanimously adapted by the senate. Senator Kenyon, who introduced the resolution yesterday, reerred to. the strike as the first skirmish' im an industrial war in the United States. The resolution provides for an inquiry by the senate labor committed to determine whether the situation warrants congressional action..-- -:-V'- v..- ' -y :;-r-:,--."r,As Pact Opponents Win First Test Vote in Senate . Washington, Sept. 23. Trea ty oponcnts today won the first, test of strength in the senate, voting on the peace itreajyn ; - By a vote of 42 to 40 the sen ato passed over for one week the third amendment to the treaty, one of -the series proposed by Senator Fall of New Mexico. Tne amendment eliminates tho United States from membership on the Belgian boundiiry eonv mission. - Salemites Get Mail Scorched in Plane Fire Purtially burned letters, a collection of which have been received by tho Sa lem postof fice will soon be distributed hereeach having the following nota tion: "Unavoidably damaged by fire on aeroplane' due to leave Cleveland, Ohio, at 9:30 b'.cloolc a.-.m.-S.o'ptomber 15." . .... . The fire on the plane was such, that just tho outer edges of each envelope was burned but not deep enough ..to prevent tho reading of the letter. Those who will receive letters so damaged are Mrs. K. B. Lockbart, secretary of state corporation commissioner, Mrs. Ruth B. Holdredge, balom route 1; H. Cumpbell, Esq., Balcm; E. Furner, Sa lem; Arthur M." Vassal, care Marion hotel; Andres Ipsin, 325 North Capitel street; 1: B, McUuighlin Halem; John Quirk, Balem and Harold Millard, 6a lein. leader Of Gang Of Auto Thieves In Northwest , Takes Own Life In Calif. Marysvillo, Cal., Sept. 23. (United Press.) A. L. Benham, wanted here for jumping his bail of tl"00, killed him self in Santa Monica, Cal., when about to be arrested, according to a telegram received at noon today by Sheriff Smith. Benham, it is alleged, was the ring leader of a gang of uuto thieves in the northwest. Ho was arrested here, charged with stealing an automobile in Seattle. Portland officials have similar charges against him. It is understood. It was learned here ho eloped with the Wifo of a Portland doctor. His body must bo produced in court here if Raymond I.awton and E. A. Mox ley, who went his bond ,are not to for feit the money. ' Turnip Cave-In To Delay Trains Another Two Days Redding, -Cat., Sept. 23." (United Prss.) At least two days more will be required' before tunnel No. 2 on the Southern Pacific enn be made ready for service. Two hundred men are working In day and night shifts to replace supports torn away when five freight cars were de railed there Saturday morning. ' BETH BULLOCK DEAD Sionx Falls S. D.. Sept. 23. "Cap tain" Seth Bullock, noted frontiers- man, and close personal menu or me. iunn.i Ti,n.inw Roosevelt, died i ... Ik . L - ' at his home in Deadwood, S. D., early today after a long illness. mm EL'DSII Adoption of the resolution followed the growth of strike disorders in Farrell, Pa., and Buffalo, N, Y. In FarteM, where two persons were killed and 11 wounded last night and today, tne situ ation was reported by Mayor Moody e( Farrell to have got beyond control.. Is response to his appeal to Sheriff Oib "Kn, 800 deputies were being sent to Farrell. Two additional companies ot ! itatc constabulary also were being seas- 'into the western Pennsylvania steel disr triet. Three Hot calls in Buffalo last i night were followed by another - out ! break this morning; Several persons were injured and n number' of arrest were made. - With the strikers apparently gaining ground in the other steel distriets, the industrial warfare continued to center in tne Pittsburgh district, where gains and losses in the number-of men out seemed to be about evenly divided. Tho 'strikers claimed that. 6000 additional men were on strika there today, but thj was refuted by the steel officials; The strikers ' biggest ' victory today was won when the Iacknwanaa. Steel company1 closed its'flant" in Buffalo. The Dimner Steel company In that eitjr was also expected to shut down tonight Or tomorrow; f ' ' -'i . In several of the smaller towns of tn Pittsburgh district the operators claim ed that twice as many men were at work today as yesterday. . ., -The second day of tho strike opened with both sides making evcy prepara tion for Jong fifht. Hmployers and workers alike appar ently had abandoned their early hopes of a quick;- decisive victory. The steel waetfrg were reported, tn be bringing stockB of food into their plants, and lay ing plans to defend tneir mills if neces sary, while the striken were getting rendy to carry on industrial warfare for an extended period. F.arly. reports to day indicated that although the strikers apparently' were losing some ground lit the smaller towns of the '-important Pittsburgh, the strength was greater there thun had been admitted by tno United States Steel Corporation. In the Gary and Ohio areas the strikers bad succeeded in forcing, eitner directly or indirectly, a shutdown of most of tha mills. . -' Order prevailed In most of ths strike districts,, but there was some sporadic rioting early today. In Sharon, Pa-., sev eral shots were exenanged and eleven men were reported to hr.ve been wound ed. At Buffalo disturbances which ro- (Continued on Page Eight.) EDITOR OF PORTLAliD NEWS SERIOUSLY filrRr Fred L Boalt Injnred In Fall Resulting From Attempt f. To W Self. Portland, Or., Sept. 23, Fred L. Boalt, editor of tho Portland News, in in a critical condition today, as a result of his act of "chinning" himself ye-terdu-y afternoon. t'oalt's life, sav physicians, depciaai upon an operation which-will be per formed today, 1 The newspaper editor was at the rsi 'dence of Dan K. Powers, a friend, which is under construction and they entered into a competition to settle an argument as to which was most adept at "ehin ning" on a convenient scaffolding. Boalt tried it first and then said ho would "do it with one hand." Just as h( gttemf,ted to prove his claim his ijraep slipped and ho fell a distance of four feet to the ground. Powers next, attempted the stunt, fdl aud sprained his ankle. He said Se was hurt. "I'm hurt, too,'' said Boalt and the J-:..n.l i The newspaperman was removed to a hospital where it was learned he hud severely ruptured a kidney. .