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The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Verdict Is That Killing Was in
Defense of Life, Wife,
and Home.
STORY OF sLAYINo IS TOLD
Both Judge and Mrs. Day Take
Stand Voluntarily to Clear
Woman's Name.
BY JACK CARBERRY,
International News Service.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April g.
A coroner's jury facing a sea Of
tense faces, strained to catch
every word, tonight freed Jean
p. Day, former supreme court
Judge and oil field millionaire
from blame in the death Of Lieut.
Col. Paul Ward Beck, pioneer
army aviator and commandant of
Post Field at Fort Sill.
The jury returned into court at
the coroner's inquest at 500
o'clock with a verdict of justi-
fable homicide.
Defended His Homo.
The verdict read:
Judge Jean p. Day was justified
for having shot and killed Lieut.
Col. Paul Ward Beck.
He shot in defense of his life,
wife and home, and we. the jury
recommend that any thought Of
criminal prosecution against him be
dropped"
The jury stated that It's verdict
was based solely upon evidence sub
mitted at the inquest during which
1000 men and women stood jsmmed
shoulder to shoulder, through six
hours of testimony. ...
The verdict was rendered after
both Judge Day and his wife had
taken the witness stand and given
their versions of the shooting.
The Judges Story.
Judge Day. whose hand held the
revolver which killed Lieutenant
Colonel Beck, after Beck had at
tempted. 1t is charged, to violate
Days home. was not called to tes-
tify. but offered his story of the
occurrence.
81 met Colonel Beck through
Lieut.. Kenneth Walker; never
knew a boy 1 loved more" he began.
Judge Day sat facing the jury.
His voice was low. He might again
have been the Judge on the bench
delivering instructions rather than
the star witness in his own behalf.
He detailed events Of his past
friendship for Colonel Beck, up to
the night of the tragedy.
T,,ann na1 kAld ha .fnrNS ~
events preceding the actual SHOOT
ing which linked in every particu
lar with the testimony OF previous
witnesses who made UP the party
of the fatal night.
Looked Through Window.
The crowd which jostIed and
pushed during the testimony Of the
previous witnesses was silent as the
former jurist testified.
'T saw Beck and my wife three
or four minutes before I returned
to my home the last time.
Everything was proper then
Judge Day left the witness chair
to illustrate.
IT looked in. There 1 saw Beck,
one hand on her knees, under her
dress. The other hand was clutch
ing her"
Day suited his action to his
words.
my wife was fighting. I looked
II saw what II meant,
Then 1 went upstairs TO get my
revolver. When l came down Beck
was not through. My wife was
crying out: "oh. Daddy. Daddy.
sont, don't" She saw the revolver
and though, ns4kt 70 knl Iv~ik-
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Police Beat Off Attempt
TO Seize Liquor Stores

y NEW YORK, April s.-six men
who attempted to break into a Gov
ernment warehouse In Brooklyn to-
day were arrested after a running
pistol battle with police and detec.
dives. ..,t ...r'.. ..s-.r.H s-..t
There In estimated TO be more than
$500. 900 worth of liquor In the place.
The actions Of the alleged robbers.
who arrived at the warehouse IN a
tsxicsb, aroused the suspicious OF
John fntali. tins wstchman. who gave
the alarm
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Is PERISH AS STORM
SWEEPS over TEXAS
Property Loss 10 Heavy When
Twister Arrives From
Oklahoma.

DALLAS, Tex, April s.-winds Of
cycIonic violence last night and to-
day claimed at least fifteen lives in
West Texas and Oklahoma Because
of crippled wire communication. II is
almost certain this total win be add
ed to.
Hundreds have been more or less
seriously injured. Property loss win
run into hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars.
The twister, accompanied by q
great downpour of rain, struck West
Texas shortly after midnight. One
person was killed at Bono. a small
town near Cleburne and many houses
were blown down. Rowena, in Rus
sell county, reported six dead. nine
teen houses blown down and many
injured.
Relief Parties Sent.
Relief parties have been sent to
Rowena from Ballinger and Miles.
At Cisco where forty houses were
blown down, only one death was
reported.
Three houses and a church were
demolished at Ranger but no loss
Of life reported.
Twenty-Five houses were blown
from their foundations at Electra
and one person killed.
Reports reaching Fort Worth
from Baird were to the effect that
four persons were killed and fully
thirty five injured at oplin.
Lawton, Oklahoma, reported two
lives lost and 1t is feared other
sections of the State were visited by
the storm.
Oklahoma City reported no loss
of life but several thousand dollars
damage.
The Kuhn farm on the Colorado
river, near San Angelo, was reported
to have suffered damage but 1t is
not known whether any deaths re-
suited.
Train service in the stricken areas
is expected to be badly interrupted.
Many miles of public highway are
under water.
Communication over the entire sf-
fected area In badly crippled and 1t
may be several days before the ex-
tent Of loss of life and property can
even be estimated.
Supplies Forwarded.
Doctors and nurses, cots and
tents and other supplies have been
sent from surrounding towns to the
stricken districts.
Great sheets of rain preceded the
wind and many areas were visited
by hail and lightning.
Five persons were injured in Dali
las. Damage there will run close
to $4,000. .....
Roots in some sections of the city
were blown off and part of the walls
OF the Barrett Company. a roofing
concern. were blown down. Seven
employees AZ this plsr, e.csp~S With
out intury. d~~psfs fhs falling pvnltn
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Robbers Seize $4,000
In Furs, Jewels and Cash

NEW YORK, April S.-Three rob
bers drove up to the store of s. a M.
Sandberg, Surriers, on Madison ave-
nue. early. last evening, walked in,
and gagged and bound the four men
present and then carried off 5000
worth OF furs. $500 worth Of jewelry
and 1900 In cash.
News OF the hold up carried on
while hundreds Of persons walked
by the store. did not become public
until today.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Tennessee Railway Sold
to Chattanooga Banker

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April g.
The Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
railroad was sold today to Col. c. e.
James, prominent business man and
banker Of this city, for $4,000.
Terms are one-fourth down. balance
In six, twelve and eighteen months
at 8 per cent interest.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
Gen. Obregon Refuses
To Treat With Rebels

MEXICO CITY. April S.-Presi-
dent obregon today sent a message
to Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, chief of
military operations in the state of
Vera Cruz, rejecting his proposal for
mediation with the ranch owners who
are in revolt against the agrarian
laws
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
DENY
DISCOVERY HAD
CONNECTION IN
BuREAUCL0S|NC.
Plan to Start Digging to See
If There Is Big Hidden
Cache Near.
BONDS MAY BE HIDDEN, TOO
Discharged Employees Say
Theft of Large Sum 10 o..
Impossible.

Two hundred sheets of Cancelled
So bank notes, with a face vslue
of $4,000, were found floating in
the Potomac river Friday after
noon at the Virginia end of the
highway bridge.
Two hours, later the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing was closed
and 1900 employees were tempo
rarily furloughed. .---.-., - \
Officials Deny Connection
Z It was Officially denied that the
finding of the money, which had
been buried in the banks OF the
Potomac led to the closing Of the
Bureau.
Secret service operatives were
busy all Friday night and yesterday
trying to discover how the recover
ed money got out Of the bureau. II
is believed that the money was
buried near the river bank and was
washed down by the recent rains.
Efforts are also being made to
ascertain whether other bank notes
and bonds from the bureau are
hidden in the banks OF the river.
Department of Justice operatives
and Treasury Department officials
will begin this morning at o'clock
the task OF checking up at the
bureau the alleged duplication or
millions Of dollars worth of Liberty
bonds.
The alleged duplication, it is
claimed, was the primary cause of
the dismissal last week of the direc-
tor of the bureau and twenty-nine
executive heads.
Coming as 1t did on the heels of
the wholesale dismissal and almost
simultaneous with the closing of the
bureau, the discovery started all
manner of speculation.
Claim Theft Impossible.
sThe discharged officials have con.
tended that It was impossible under
the system in vogue at the bureau
to get away with such a sum as
that found floating in the river.
They also said that the check made
by the Treasury Department would
have made such a theft out of ques-
ton.
Whether the 200 sheets Of can
celled IS notes found Friday Is the
total sum or whether hundreds of
thousands Of dollars in paper money
is still buried lie a question that is
giving the secret service great con.
Germ.
1t may be necessary to turn small
boy again and with picks and shovels
begin a search for the modern
Captain Kidds hidden treasure.
Each national bank has its indi-
viduai plates at the bureau for print
ing bank. notes. BY depositlng the
necessary bonds with the Treasury
Department, a national bank may
place an order for bank notes.
All Money Checked.
At the bureau there is a check and
double check on every sheet Of
money from the place without detec.
ton.
One Treasury Department attache
last night explained that IL was
possible a banks twenty-year charter
may be about TO expire; that a small
order for 200 sheets OF IS bank notes
could be ordered; that the charter
would expire before the notes were
delivered and they would be left on
the hands of the bureau. should
such be the case, Il would be possible
to remove the notes and make re-
port that the notes had never been
printed.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
MRS. VAN Wrinkle
CLEARED by BOARD
Will Continue as Head of
Woman's Bureau, With Police
Captain Status.
ORDERS misunderstood
Commissioner Oyster Ex-
presses Satisfaction With
Verdict Ending Dispute.
ORDERS misunderstood

Exonerated by the police trial
board of any wrongdoing In con-
nection with the charges pre-
ferred against her by Inspector
Charles A. Evans, Mrs. Nina G.
Van Wrinkle, lieutenant Of police,
continues to reign as head of the
woman's bureau.
Relations Defined.
While finding a verdict for Mrs.
Van Wrinkle. the defendant in the
case, the trial board appended to
it's findings a notation In which
they clearly define the relation of
Inspector Evans TO the House of
Detention. headquarters of the
woman'a Bureau. .... a
In the future Mrs Van Winkje.
In her capacity as head Of the
wonan's Bureau, win bear the
Same relation TO tho inspector ss
the captain Of precinct. She has.
in the past, regarded herself as
hfucnaofS ohiy ~ eho hsoJ~' N
superintendent =.
In taking issue with Inspector
Evans on the morning of March
20, after he had ordered the release
Of two girls from the House Of De-
tention, Mrs. Van Wrinkle invoked
an order of Major Daniel Sullivan.
issued February IS and to become
effective March /. That order, in
the belief of Mrs. Van Wrinkle
gave her exclusive jurisdiction over
all cases involving missing girls
and women
Inspector Evans did not question
the order and rather than go
counter to the major let the matter
rest, believing, he said, that still
another order had been issued by
the major that had not come to his
attention.
Orders Misunderstood.
The order Mrs. Van Wrinkle
stood on was issued subsequent to
an order placing Inspector Evans
in general charge of all territorty
lying west of Seventh street.
Since the House Of Detention lies
In the area in question, Inspector
Evans Is in general charge Of that
institution.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle contended that
she wss amenable only to the
major and superintendent and not
to the inspector.
The inspector transmitted orders
to Mrs. Edna l.. Johnson, superin.
tendent Of the House OF Detention
and a subordinate Of Mrs. Van
winkle to release the two girls in
question.
When Mrs. johnson called Mrs.
Van Wrinkle over the telephone and
reported the matter, she was told
by Mrs. Van winkle to hold the
girls until her CMrs. Van winkle's)
arrival there.
In the charges preferred by In
spector Evans. he held that the
woman lieutenant was guilty Of
conduct prejudicial to the good or.
der, reputation and discipline Of the
police force. One of the specifica.
tions was that she ordered her
subordinate to disobey the orders
Of a superior officer.
The other specification was that
she questioned the right OF her
superior officer-Inspector Evans
to issue an order for the release of
the girls.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

Jack Dempsey, champion prize
fighter, will soon 60 to Europe.
His arrival will interest more
men than would that of any
other citizen this country could
send, excepting, perhaps, Edi-
son or Henry Ford. Does that
show lack of judgment in Eu-
rope. or lack Of great men here?
Europe. you know, apart from
our money. looks on US as we
look upon Australia. How many
Inhabitants of Australia can you
mention that would attract at
tsntion here, now that Darcy,
the prizefighter. is dead7
Senator Norris of Nebraska,
earnest and useful, criticizes
Chief Justice Taft 'for hob
nobbing at social functions with
the idle rich" Senator Norris
says, "No man can stick his legs
under the tables of the idle rich
every night and be fit to sit in
judgment the next day on those
who toll"
Usually right, Senator Norris
rs wrong this time. When JUS
tice Taft dimes with the idle rich,
he is tempted to eat something
that he ought not. He gains an
ounce or a pound, and next day
must walk two miles extra, and
curses that particular idle
rich" Besides, while Chief JUS
tice Taft is conservative, he is
absolutely honest. He cares no
more for the richest man than
for the poorest outcast in the
gutter, where justice is con-
earned. It Is having rather a
poor opinion of a man that has
given his life to public service
at great sacrifice in money and
personal comfort to suspect that
he might be influenced in Su-
preme Court decisions by Balti-
more terrapin, lobster a la New
burg, or a glass of wine with
bubbles in it.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
BY EDWARD MARSHALL.

Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman
of United States Steel, and one of
Americas shrewdest judges of
man, events and properties, in the
largest sense of the word captain
abroad as well as at home, believes
that the time has come when the
United States should recognize the
Obregon Government in Mexico.
Upon this subject his judgment
may be taken as important, not
only because of his spreading in
terests and vast business expert
ence, but because he has just re-
turned from considerable journey
in the neighboring republic and ex-
tended consultations with its lead
ing men, including President obre-
gon.
He came back delighted by the
progress which has been made to-
ward stability and by the promise
Of immediate political, industrial,
agricultural and educational ad-
vance in Mexico.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

When we imagine ourselves
most impressive. we often mere
ly display ancient 'savagery IN
a new dress. Two days ago,
In a royal chapel in upper Ba-
varia, the heart of King Ludwig
III was laid away in a silver
box, next the heart Of his wife,
Queen Mary Theresa, in her
eilver box. and all around the
silver-inclosed hearts Of Bava-
rian rulers, going back through
centuries.
What is the difference be-
tween a people collecting royal
hearts and the savages of Bor-
nso collecting human heads,
the Indians Of our old days col
lecting scslps, or the Peruvians
taking out the bones ard shrink
ing mummy heads to the size Of
your fist.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

At Genoa the allies will demand
that Russia disband her soviet
armies before being readmitted
TO the money-making family of
nations. That is what the cable
says. Trotzky and Lenin will
take one look at Germany and
the German mark, and answer
"No, thank you" 1t is only be-
cause of the Red Russian army
that Russia gets any attention
at all.
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

The Pot Boiis Again.
Collecting Dead Hearts.
Mr.. Dempsey to Europe.
When Justice Taft Eats.
ARTHUR BRIsBANl
lCopyrisht. is22.)


Wall Street is giving an ini-
tation of the witches cauldron,
boiling at it's best. For five
consecutive days last week
more than million shares were
sold on the New York ex-
change. The game has started.
More than one lamb will lose
his pretty fluffy fleece before
he comes to. But the revival
of speculation is a good sign
for the country's business. 1t
means that courage is coming
back-it often shows itself first
among stock spectators.
Mr.. ochs, close student OF
finance, misses familiar faces
in the street. The man that
said the automobile business
had reached the point Of satura-
tion is now invisible. No won
der, with Detroit hiring new
men by the thousands and
making close to 100000 cars a
month. ..
The man that said our steel
industry would show no signs
of revival for at least six
years, the other who said that
Mexico, under ground, had be-
come a pool of salt water-and
various other gloomy ones-are
absent. .tf
There was wisdom in the old
gentleman who said Anybody
that sells the United States
short will lose money"
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

James Speyer, the New York
banker, does not believe in alb
solute prohibition and attended
q meeting TO urge modification
Continued on Page z. Column -
The Washington times., 1922-04-09
A New Mexico Born.

"Ths conditions In Mexico today"
he told me. ARE better than they
have been at any time since Presi-
dent Porfirio Diaz abandoned his Of
The Washington times., 1922-04-09

This newspaper consisfs 81
Main News, 20 pages; Society
and Drama, Is pages; Part III,
8 pages; Editorial and City
Life, 8 pages; Magazine, 70
pages; Comes, pages; Chill
dren's Book Of Magic. 8 pages;
Sports, 4 pages.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-16
Harry MYe RS =
me ADVENTURES or,
ROSIWS ON CpUSOE"


Vegetables; Wax onions $2.75
crate; beets $3.50 cwt; California
cabbage Y Id; green peppers 40e
Id; potatoes 800 cwt: California
lettuce $3.50 per crate, Arkansas
sweet potatoes $3.50 bushel; celery
$3.50 doz; radishes soc dox; parsley
soc doz; tomatoes $500 crate nrt-
lchoke $1.75 dozen: asparagus 15c;
cucumbers ~ per doz; new pota-
toes &c H.
Fruits: Oranges $3.50; lemons
$500; bananas IOc: Calf. grape
fruit $500; Florida grape fruit
Ss " $50; Strawberries $1.25@1.50
per crate.
Butter and eggs: Eggs 20 a 22o;
creamery butter Ate; country
butter 35 an sec
Portland Markets
Portland, Or. June 1e.--Cattle
steady; receipts LOG: top steers
1925 q SIS; medium to good &7.75
9775; fair to medium $6.250
l.T5: common to fair $500 0U6.25:
choice feeds S5.259 6.25; fair 70
good s4.75 q 5.25; choice cows and
heifers 36.25 q $50; medium to
good S5.25Q 6.25; fair to medium
t4.25 5.25; common cows $3.50
q 450; Gamers 22.00@3.50: bulls
ss.50W9-50; prime light 5000
s.60; medium 10 light $1,000
500. heavy t4.5OQ7.
Hogs steady: receipts 23:
prime light ti1.75 q12.0O; smooth
heavy 2zO 70 500 pounds Si1.0O0
ll15; 500 pounda and up $4,000
Il.Oo: rough heavy 5000
tat pigs y11.75 012.O0; stays $50
see.
sheep steady; receipts s5e:
spring lambs SI0.OO@f1.e0: culls
$500 q 100; feeders $500 $1,000;
light yearlings 3S.00Q9.0O: heavy
T.O00s.0o; light Wethsrs $1,000
500: heavy f69T: ewes ta4s.
Butter steady: ex. cubes 8Bc;
cartons sic; prints 40c. buttorfat
No. l 4Ic Z o Portland: under
grades 90 q 3sc.
Eggs. Selling case count 20 q f1o
buying price 10 q z0c; selling price
candled 20 @ Csc. selected candled
In cartons rs q CSC.
Poultry: Hens light 1801ec
heavy ~ a 2sc; brollers 229 27c,
old roosters Ice. geese nom: ducks
rs o Csc; turkeys nom. dressed.
Wheat: Hard white S1.1b; soft
white S1.13; white club t1-1a; red
WAiia s1.os; hard winter lila.
Mil run 997.00. oats $4,000
s7.se; corn No : yellow S2s.00;
hay, timothy, valley t1s.00; al
falfa SIS. grain mixed a16.ats
clover s14s straw SO.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-16
REAL ESTATE
COUNTRY HOMES

10 acres, 5 in Strawberries, !
mixed, in timber, balance gar
den, fine Z room plastered house,
bath and basement, running wa
ter to buildings, cow horse. chick
ems and tools go. $4,000, " cash.
10 acres close in on hard sur
face road, 8 logans. l blackcaps, 2
mixed orchard, fine modern
house, barn, garage and chicken
house, cows, horse, chickens,
cash.
CITY HOMES
$4,000 buys room modern
home, except furnace; large rooms
and closets, ali built fms, fine base
ment and laundry. east front.
$4,000 special, new bungalow,
modern place in every particular,
must go in ten days.
ARTHUR Z. PETERSEN
229 Oregon bldg. I43%
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-16

800 acre farm. IS acres of fine
summer fallow wheat, buildings.
about fifteen thousand cords stand
ing fir timber. located 10 miles
south of Salem. Price Se5 per acre.
1872 acre farm an in oats, build
ings, rock road, miles from Sa-
lem. Price $4,000.
IL acre tract, acres in bear
ing orchard. walnuts, prunes and
cherries. balance pasture and tim
Der, small shack house. Price
S3s50, $500 down, balance s406
per year at per cent interest.
acre tract located close to car
line, good 5 room bungalow, ali in
berries. Price $4,000, u cash
" acre lots all in bearing fruit
and berries, on carline. Price $500
$50 down, balance $40 per month,
per cent. interest
w. II. GRABENHORST & co.
275 State street.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-16
SALEM
MARK EFT 6
Compiled from reports OF sa-
lem dealers for the guidance
OF Capital Journal readers.
(Revised daily.)

Grain: Average valley wheat
(bulk) sSc.
Hay: Cheat hay s17018; oat
hay $17@ls; clover hay (bulk)
SIS.
Wholesale Prices
Meat: hogs S1f 0l1.h0; dressed
hogs ] &c; top steeBs SC; cows NC;
bulls 3hc; lambs 7hc: dressed
veal 125k @13c.
Poultry: Light hens lac; heavy
hens 1Sc; old roosters Sc; broilers
zoe.
Butterfat: Butterfat 39e; cream
cry butter Al Q42c; country butter
80 a. S2c; eggs II q 18c; milk S1.95
cWt.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-16
REAL ESTATE


1 RADLS
20 acre farm, wen improved
good buildings and equipment, COW
and chickens, on Pacific highway
south. Price $500; win trade fol
one to ten acres close to Salem,
with or without buildings.
q acre farm, well located, all
under cultivation, small house.
well equipped, horses, COW. $3750;
viii trade for house and lot In Sa-
lem.
WINNIE PETTYJOHN
ss1h State street. /.
FOR SALE
six room house and large lot at
S29 N. 14th street. Paved street
and car line. Close in property. For
quick sale price $2500. Easy terms
10 acres located in Fruitland. 6
room house. One acre Q year old
prunes, acre strawberrfea, acre
loganberris. If you want something
good, investigate this.
II you want TO buy, sell or trade
see
H. L. MARsTERS
Phone 9o7. =
BEST BUYS
81 acres. finest sandy loan bot
tom, some filberts, some lOEans.
$500, terms.
20 acres, s miles out at store,
school and church, all the best of
soil, only $4,000, terms.
10 acres, 8 bearing strawberries.
bearing logans, best of soil, good
road, " miles out, only $500, u
cash.
sos acre fine dairy with modern
all in cultivation,
exchange for fruit or smaller
ranch in vicinity of Salem, Silver
ton, woodburn or Mt. Angel, only
s125 per acre.
100 houses. any style you want,
1t less price than you could build !
hem for. See me at once.
SOCOLOFSKY