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GUILTY; JURY
III 01 HOUR
Man Who Shot Police Of
ficer Convicted of As
suit With Dangerous
Weapon; Second Trial
William Rogers, Indicted on the
charge of assault with intent to
kill W. W. Birtchet, Salem police
officer, was found guilty of as
sault with a dangerous weapon by
the Jury In Department No. 1 of
the circuit court this morning.
The jury was out little more
than an hour retiring at 10:15
and returning close to 11:30.
May Get 10 Years '
Balloting on the original count
of assault with intent to kill stood
nine to three for conviction. After
a short deliberation on the charge
of assault with a dangerous weap
on the vote was unanimous on the
first ballot.
The maximum sentence on the
returned verdict is 10 years. It is
probable that District Attorney
Carson will ask the court to give
Rogers the full time when he
comes up for sentence April 13 be
fore Judge Kelly, because of the
peculiar circumstances surround
Ing the case.
An hour and 15 minutes was
consiimed by the state and the
court this morning in making the
rebuttal and delivering instruc
tions to the jury. Walter Wins
low, attorney for the defense, con
sumed three hours yesterday after
noon in presenting his final argu
ments.
First Jury Disagreed
Judge Kelly's instructions to
the Jury were confined to defining
the laws regarding arrest without
a warrant and the individual 's
rights in resisting an arrest.
. Rogers shot Birchet o3 Decem
ber 4 when he refused to accom-
pany the officer who had been
sent to the home of Mrs. Minnie
Lee, mother-in-law of the defend
ant, on instructions received from
the police station.
The Jury in the first trial nf
Rogers disagreed, standing 11 to
i lor conviction.
Walla Walla, Wash., April 8.
Fire which for a time this morn
ing threatened to destroy the
1250,000 St. Mary's hospital here
was announced
at noon, after all of the 125 pa
tient. L .i ,
uau oeen removed and the
'"the west wing rendered unfit
w further service until repair
could be made.
Wre was discovered at 11
'ock when passers-by noticed
'ojd8 of smoke coming from the
- r abve the operating room on
fourth floor. The hospital au
thorities were immediately noti
anl the fire department,
"'ch responded with the entire
equipment of the city, was rushed
10 the scene.
There were 125 or more pa
ints in the institution at the
"ne and aU of those whQ
, t0 alk were taken to the
'evators by nurses, sisters,
lests, doctors and newspapermen
n responded. Patients who
were SeHnilaTir 111 . .,., J
in n tic i cuurcu
" operating room carts and
heel chairs.
DISBAND IF KLAN WILL
rjaa'IaS' Texas. APril The
,0. a County Citizens league.
,or the express purpose of
pouting the Ku Klux Klan, In
th ,v countT. wi dissolved, if
ill als w111 dissolve. accord
S to a statement made public to
T after a meeting of the execu-
committee of the league here
tteii day" Mayor Aldredge of
th lsued a statement urging
"'landing of both Klan and
"""-klan organizations.
HOSPITAL BURNS
PAINTS SAVED
15-Minute Fire Here
Works $1,500 Damage
One hundred dollars a min
ute was the approximate cost
to Dr. Carl E. Miller, Salem
dentist, for a 15 minutes ab
sence from his office in the
United States National bank
building shortly after noon to
day. After Dr. Miller had depart
ed a gas vulcanizer in his office
blazed ip and set fire s
fixtures. Insurance, hi ' 1,
will only partially cc is
lOBS. Z
Several hundred jns
watched firemen as tb ' rk
ed from the window C the
fifth floor of the be 5 jild
ing. When Dr. Mille irned
his office was wreck s
A A
ISTOBECHOSEN
ST
Tonight at 8 o'clock on the
eve of the opening of Salem's base
ball season subscribers to the
fund placed at the disposal of the
local club will meet at the Salem
Commercial club to choose three
directors who will constitute a
governing- board for the organiza
tlon. There are thus far 51 sub
scribers.
The club is to operate a new
plan this year. One-third of the
gate receipts is to be placed In a
sinking fund, while the remaining
two-thirds will be divided among
the players.
Weather permitting, Salem fans
will see the first of the season to
morrow afternoon at Oxford park.
In the North Pacific Dental col
lege team of Portland the Senators
expect to find an organization
which will prove difficult to
handle. Most of the Portland
boys were together last year when
they made a very creditable show
ing and they have ,had several
work-outs already this season.
TO EXPLAIN BY
New York, April 8. The Na
tional Civil Service Reform lea
gue, nf which Secretary Hughes
is a vice president, today issued a
statement through - its acting
Dresident. WilWam Dudley Foulke,
asserting that as an act of sim
ple justice President Harding
should assign his reasons for dis
missal last month of the director
and 31 employes of the bureau of
engraving and printing.
The statement called attention
to section six of the act of Aug
ust 24, 1312, providing:
"That no person in the classi
fied civil service of the United
States shall be removed therefrom
except for such cause as will pro
mote the efficiency of said serv
ice and for reasons given in hand
writing and the nerson whose re
moval is sought shall have notice
nt tha Mima and of any charges
preferred against him, and also
be allowed a reasonable time lor
personally answering tne same in
writiner."
In case immediate action was
necessary, the president could
ave 8uenended instantly all the
nersons affected by his order
pending the filing of charges and
e oDDortunitv for reply, added
the statement, which continued:
"On April 4, we wrote the pres
ident and secretary of the treas
ury asking if reasons were given
in any case, but we have received
no reply."
CITY LEAGUE TO BE FORMED
To form a city baseball league
to be known as -the "Twilight
league" on a similar plan as that
of last year, a meeting will be
held at the Y. M- C A. Monday
night at eight o'clock. All repre
sentatives of ball teams are in
vited to be present, particularly
those who were in the league last
season.
GAME SUNDAY
HARDING ASKED
SERVICE LEAGUE
REGULARS NOT JUSTIFICATION
TO BE USED EN IS DAY'S PLEA
STRIKE AREAS BEFORE JURY
Secretary of War Refuses
To Send Federal Troops
Into New Mexican Coal
Fields As Asked.
Washington, April 8 Secretary
Weeks today declined to send fed
eraL-troops Jnto New Mexico in
response to a telegram from Gov
ernor M. C. Mechem, who said he
might need them to preserve order
in the' Gallup coal fields, where
martial law was declared yester
day as a result of disorder incident
to the coal strike.
The war secretary's telegram,
sent and made public after he (ad
conferred on the matter with
President Harding, said:
"Unless disorder develops to a
point where state authorities are
unable to preserve order, federal
troops cannot be used in connec
tlon with the coal strike."
Although Secretary Weeks on1
not so state, the policy stated in
the telegram is understood to be
the policy of the government .with
respect to use of troops in the coal
strike it has been the govern
ment's general policy in times of
past emergencies.
Mr. Weeks, discussing the mat
ter on leaving the White House,
said that the national guard was
available for dealing with any
cases of minor disorder that might
develop.
National Guard Sent. -
Albuquerque, K. M., April 8.
Four troop units of the New Mexi
co national guard left here in a
special train this morning for
Gallup for duty in the coal mine
district,, where disturbances by
strikers are feared. The troops
had equipment of machine guns
which were brought here this
morning from Fort Bliss.
Adjutant General Brown, who
went to Gallup last night, has
called a conference today of mine
operators, mine workers' repre
sentatives and Icty and county of
ficials, at which time the gov
ernor's proclamation of martial
law will be read and rules for its
enforcement laid down.
No further disturbance "was re
ported last night.
For the first time since Novem
berl, Salem's labor demand is
greater than its supply, Police
Judge Earl Race, who conducts a
free employment bureau in the
city hall, announced this after
noon. More than 80 men have been
furnished positions within the
last two weeks and more tnan ou
were given jobs during the last
seven days.
Fifteen more men are at pres
ent needed on hop and berry
ranches in the vicinity of baiem
and today it was impossible to se
cure these workers.
About 33 men have recently
been employed by the city in its
sewer construction.
WILLAMETTE WINS OVER
DENVER JJEBATERS HERE
Willamette university defeated
the University of Denver, Colo.,
last night in debate at Waller hall
chapel. The question was, "Re
solved, That the union shop should
prevail , in American industry."
Willamette had the affirmative.
At no time during tj debate
was the score even close. The
Denver team failed in their three
constructive speeches to establish
a logical case,. In their rebuttal,
however, they rallied considerably
but every point they advanced was
either undermined by affirmative
rebuttal or was turned by the af
firmative into a point for the af
firmative. The Willamette team
showed superior skill in every
peech.
DEMAND EXCEEDS
SUPPLY OF LABOR
Oklahoma Oil Man . Says
Killing of Army Officer
Was Justified by Terms
of Unwritten Law.
Oklahoma City, Okla., April 8.
Pleading the stern code of Okla
homa, the "unwritten law," Jean
P. Day prepared to go before a
coroner's jury here today and seek
to be judicially absolved of the
killing of Lieutenant Paul Ward
Beck on the ground that he slew
In self defense while attempting
to keep inviolate the sancity of his
home. j
Six men, sitting as the jury, will
hear this afternoon from the lips
of Day, wealthy attorney and oil
man, and ' from his wife their
sworn stories of the slaying. And
on their testimony and other evi
dence brought out will be assigned
the responsibility in the tragedy.
"Truth" His Defense. ' j
Day declared he will tell the
only story he knows the true
facts that he struck Beck-;down
in his Jiome eany laBt Tuesday
morning when he returned and
found the noted army man attack
ing his wife. In his heart there
was no murder, he will plead. The
revolver be used as a club in the
belief that he was defending his
life, when he warned Back to quit
his home, fired accidentally as he
struck the blow, ending Beck's
life, is the testimony he will give
the jurors. The immediate provo-
cation will be his allegation that
Beck drew back one hand that he
feared the army flyer might be
armed.
Supporting her husband's ac
count of the slaying, Mrs. Day will
go to his defense charging that
Beck, the trusted friend of the
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WEST TO GIVE
E
T
"Billy" West, who is to fight
Tommy Gibbons contender for the
heavyweight championship,' will
give an exhibition bout liere next
Saturday night in connection with
the athletic events to be staged
at the armory between company B
163d infantry, and company F of
the Oregon national guard.
West should be a drawing card
for all Salem fight fans and is the
only first string man to step in
side the local squared circle this
season. He is coming down at the
request of Captain D. D. Hail of B
company and will box Captain
Lake, an ex-officer of the Cana
dian army.
Acceptance of the challenge is
sued by company B was announced
this morning by Captain Paul
Hendricks of company F. Captain
Hall maintains in the challenge
that company F has refused to
meet his boys in personal combat,
being evidently, aware of the su
perior material in his company.
Captain Hendricks, however,!
maintains that his company is
equally as good, If not better, than
company B and recalls the fact
that company B fa the only unit in
the Oregon national guard that
has "slipped things over" the
Portland organization, by winning
from it a cup, which the locals
still have in their posession.
The events Include a boxing or
wrestling match vetwen the two
company commanders," events be
tween members of the company of
similar nature; a dressing race;
and an exhibition drill in the aft
ernoon. The public is invited to
meet, more particulars of which
will be announced later.
Portland Has Snow
Portland, Or., April 8. There
was a thin mantle of snow on the
higher portions of the city and
surrounding hills early today.
Snow fluries turned to rain dur
ing the morning.
XHIB1TI0N BOU
AT ARMY MEET
Women Tire of
Politics; To Let
MenRun Things
: V" ' : .
' Jewett, Texas April 8. Wom
en tire of the duties and respon
sibilities of public office after
having directed the affairs of
jewett for two years and at the
city election this month stepped
down and permitted men to re
sume control. All the five alder
men elected are husbands of the
former alderwomen.
During the two years of femi
nine administration there was not
an arrest made nor a session of
criminal court held within the
town. The administration gave its
attention to civ.1 Improvements
and to efforts to make a cleaner
and better community. It is
agreed generally that their efforts
were successful.
.Mrs. J. T. Arkinson was the
first woman mayor to be elected
in Texas and Jewett is the only
Texas town that has been govern
ed entirely by women.
SEATS OF VOTERS
: Ten legislative candidates tiled
formal declarations of their inten
tions to seek primary favors from
their respective political parties
with Secretary of State Kozer to
day.' ' .""T '
D. C. "Lewis f Portland wants
to be one of the' republican can
didates for the lower house from
Multnomah ";couhty. His slogan
promises 'faithful,' 'earnest serv
ice'... -
' ' Herbert Gordon is out for an
other term in the lower house as
the representative of Multnomah
county. ' !
Joseph K. Carson of Portland,
democrat, is also out for legisla
tive honors on a platform of re
trenchment and economy.
. Loyal M. Graham, of Forest
Grove wants to be the republican
candidate for the legislature from
Washington county.
W. C; Bolton, of Maupin, is out
after the republican nomination
for representative from Wasco
county. "
O. A. Eastman, of Gresham, re
publican, would accompany the
Multnomah delegation to Salem
for service in the lower house of
the legislative assembly.
,;J. M. Throne, of Roseburg, re
publican, is a candidate for nom
lnationV for representative from
Douglas county.
Emmett Howard, of Junction
City, is seeking the republican
nomination for state representa
tive from Lane county.
1 J. E. Bennett of Portland has
filed for the republican nomina
tion for representative from Mult
nomah county, with a slogan of
"honest, fearless, effective - serv
ice strict economy. "
I. U. Temple, of Pendleton, has
adopted the slogan of "a holiday
on voting bonds," in seeking the
republican nomination for repre
sentative from Umatilla county.
George E. Richards, of Enter
prise has filed for the republican
nomination for district attorney
for Wallowa county.
SHEEP DIPPING NOT TO
v BE REQUIRED THIS YEAR
- The annual dipping of sheep Is
dispensed with throughout Ore
gon except in Deschutes county,
northern Lake county and north
ern Jackson county, in a procla
mation Issued by the state live
stock sanitary board here Friday.
The proclamation points out that.
with the exception of the territory
excluded the state is free from in
fectious and contagious diseases of
sheep.
CHICAGO STREET CAR
FARESORDERED OUT
Chicago. April 8 After a long
fight over Chicago's eight-cent
street car fare before the Illinois
commerce commission, that body
handed down a decision today fix
ing the fare after May 1 at six
cents. There will be no extra
i barge for transfers.
EN CANDIDATES
ASK LEGISLATIVE
TESTIMONY Of
WITNESSES IS
TO BE PROBED
Stories Told by Women
In Defense of Fatty
Arbuckle To Be Laid
Before Grand Jury.
San Francisco, April 8. Mrs.
Virginia Warren and Mrs. Helen
Madeline Whitehurst of Chicago,
defense witnesses in the third
Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter
trial, were subpoenaed today to
appear before the grand jury Mon
day night in connection with tes
timony they gave in the trial.
The announcement of the serv
ice of subpoenaes was made by
District Attorney Matthew A.
Brady. Mrs. Warren and Mrs.
Whitehurst testified that Miss
Rappe was taken ill a number of
times in Chicago and the former
said that she attended Miss
Rappe on the occasion of the birth
of a child.
The prosecution produced sev
eral witnesses who contradicted in
rebuttal testimony the assertions
of Mrs.- Warren and Mrs. White
hurst, Baying that Miss Rappe,
whose death Arbuckle is accused
of having caused, enjoyed good
health during the years that they
knew her and that they never
knew of her becoming a mother.
The prosecution concluded the
rebuttal testimony today with the
exception of three minor witness
es who failed to arrive from Los
Angeles by calling to the stand
as its own witnesses two of the
attorneys for the defense, Gavin
McNabb and Charles H. Brennan
They were asked about cir
cumstances surrounding the dep
osition of Mrs. Whitehurst taken
before Albert Sabath in Chicago.
In the deposition she was cred
ited with saying that Miss Rappe
became ill a number of times at
her home, but in the trial she de
clared Miss Rappe was ill only
twice at her house, and asserted
the deposition must have been
changed after she gave it.
S
T
Widows with children are more
prone to remarriage than are
widows without children accord
ing to data compiled by the state
Industrial accident commission
here. Of a total of 111 widows
who were receiving compensation
awards and who remarried during
the past eight years of the com
mission's existence 86 had chil
dren and only 26 were childless.
Of the 111 remarriages 18 bad
been widows for less than a year
and of these 14 had children and
only 4 were childless.
A table compiled by the com
mission shows that the average
time between the death of the
husband and remarriage of the
widow Is 2.25 years. Of the 111
cases of remarriage the maximum
period of widowhood was 6 years
three months and 29 days and
the minimum period was only
three months and 19 days.
The average of these widows at
the time of remarriage was 30.6
years with the age of those with
children running slightly lower
than those without children.
The table shows the remar
riage of one widow at the age of
17 ye:rs and three months.
BORAH WOULD DEPORT
SEMENOFF AS "BUTCHER"
Wasi-'ington, April 8. Declar
ing he had received charges that
American men, women and chil-
lren had been "butchered" in Si
beria by General Semenoff, Chair
man Borah of the senate labor
committee, announced today he
would endeavor to bring about de
portation of the anti-bolshevik
leader under ball In New York
after arrest in connection with a
civil suit.
WIDOW
AVI
CHILDREN FIRST
0 MARRY AGAIN
Girls To Wear Labels;
Name Plates on Socks
Atlantic City, N. J., April 8.
Names of the wearers em
broidered just above the ankle
are to take the place of clocks
on women's stockings, several
exhibitors at the Atlantic City
fashion show say. It is said the
fad will be "quite the thing"
this summer.
YET WITNESSES
The largest crowd of youngsters
yet to have gathered in the Bligb
theater for a Capital Journal mati
nee this morning saw Jackie Coo
gan in his latest offering, "Peck's
Bad Boy." - . ,.
More than 600 youngsters, none
of whom were more than 12 years
of age, jammed the theater, Man
ager Frank Bltgh said.
"Peck's Bad Boy," was the
fourth picture to be shown by The
Capital Journal for the benefit of
Salem youngsters who were ad
mitted to the theater if they pre
sented a Capital Journal coupon,
published in one issue of the pa-j
per, together with five cents.
Shouts of approval 'from Ahe
boys and girls greeted the appear
ance of Jackie in the role of the
unruly offspring of Mr. Peck.
When Jackie and his pal were re
sponsible- for the freedom of a
man-eating tlgter at the circus,
his actions caused howls of merri
ment from his spectators.
Beardstown, 111., April 8. (By
Associated Press.) Laboring at a
nervous , pitch "throughout the
night, workers on Lost creek levee
which was still intact at daybreak,
had the satisfaction this morning
of knowing they had minimized
the damage of Beardstown's worst
flood, and that when the momen
tarily expected break does come, It
will find only empty houses In its
path. .
Lost creek levee is the one pro
tecting Beardstown proper. Be
sides, it there are nine others
within five miles. All the levees
are constructed circularly and the
collapse of one, it is said, will not
weaken the others.
In Beardstown proper the flood
is being held in check by the dik
ing of sewers. Thirty-six individ
ual dikes have been constructed,
lige enormous bowls, about the
openings. It is declared here it is
the first time this expendlent has
been resorted to in the north.
Mayor Wesley Perry expects be
tween 1000 and 1200 homes will
be flooded when the levee gives
way. Outskirts or the ctiy are a
solid sheet of water, dotted by iso
lated houses.
OREGONIANS URGED TO
HONOR GRANT'S MEMORY
In a statement issued Friday
Governor Olcott calls upon the
people of Oregon to join in the
nation-wide observation of April
27 as the one hundredth anniver
sary of the birth of General Ulys
ses Simpson Grant.
"To Oregon this commemoration
of the birthday of General Grant
has a peculiar signifance," the
statement of the governor points
out. "Grant was not unknown in
this state and his presence here in
his earlier life is remembered by
the free and prominent use of his
name In the geographical nomen
clature of our commonwealth.
"I trust that Oregon will as
sume a leading place among the
states in this celebration. Plans
for the observance ot this day
generally in the schools are well
under way. In each community,
town and city I urge that appro
priate exercises be held with spe
cial addresses and features propei
for the occasion."
BIGGEST CROWD
OURNAL'SSHOW
FLOODED i'ER
HELD IN CHECK
BY VOLUNTEERS
TEXAS STORi
TAKES HEAVY
TOLL OF EIFE
Oklahoma Also Swept By
Devastating Wind;
Roofs Blown from
Houses.
Dallas, Texas, April 8.
Deaths from the storm of
early today numbered 13, ac
cording to reports from var
ious north central Texa and
south central Oklahoma
points at 1 o'clock this after
noon. Early estimates of the
property damage were that i,t
would be heavy.
Six deaths were reported
from Runnels county and four
in Callahan county, Texas.
Reports from both places are
meager.
Balllnger, Texas, April 8. Six
persons were reported killed, sev
en Injured and six homes destroy
ed, six miles northwest of Rowena,
near here, in a tornado which
swept that section early this -morning.
Communication is bad
ly crippled and it is feared the
death toll will be greater when
wreckage has been searched. The
dead were reported to be two chil
dren of Joe Hohutek, a child of
Frank Kvatll, - an unidentified
man and two negroes.
. Lawton, Okla., April 8. One
person, a Mrs. Sands, was killed
and her baby probably fatally in
jured in a severe wind storm
which swept the mountain hill ad
dition of Layton at 8 o'clock this
morning. A number of others
were reported injured, and much
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Los Angeles, Cal., April 8.-
Mrs. William Winter, aged 81
years, widow of William Winter
of New York, who was widely
known as a dramatic critic, died
here late yesterday following an
operation.
New York, April 8. Elizabeth
Campbell Winter, actress and au
thor, who died yesterday in Los
Angeles, made her first appear
ance on the stage before the civil
war as a singer.
She became a pupil of Edwin
Booth, with whom she played
"Katherine" in "The Taming of
the Shrew." She continued to play
Shakespearean and other roles
with Booth, .James Henry Hack
ett, John Broughman, Lester Wal
lack, Emma Walter and Fannie
Janouschek until 1878 when she
became Interested in writing.
In addition to hundreds ot
short stories, Bhe wrote several
novels, of which "The Spanish
Treasurer" and "The House ot
Dalngerfield" are the best known.
Her pen names Included Eliza
beth Campbell, Isabella Castellar,
E. C. Winter and Elsie Snow.
Mrs. Winter was born in Glas
gow, December 19, 1840.
She married William Winter,
the author. In 1860. Five chil
dren were born to them.
REPORT WOMAN HURT
IN AUTO CRASH HERE
Mrs. Arthur Girod, of route 8,
sustained scratches on her face
and head yesterday when a car,
driven by- her husband, met up
with a automobile driven by R. E.
Davidson, 2S4 South Cottage
street, according to a report ma tie
to the police. A broken windshield
was responsible for Mrs. GirtxI's
Injuries, It said.
The accident occurred on Che
meketa street while the Davidson
machine was headed east and the
Girod car was moving west, ac
cording to the report.
DRAMATIC
OF BOOTH DEAD
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