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The Little River news., 1922-10-04
NEGRO 103 YEARS OLD
Remembers When Arkansas Was De-
 cIared q State.

Little Rock, Oct. 2.-"Gimme nick el, Boss, so 1 can ride home This is the plea of an old negro sitting on the steps in front of the State Capitol. His hat, a battered beaver, was deferen- tially taken from his head and laid upon the copen beside him as he ad- dressed the comparatively young white man. When questioned the old man proved somewhat garralous and ol- unteered the information that he was: 'a-gwine on 103 years old" He said that he was born at Charleston, s. c. on Christmas Day 1919. He was brought to Little Rock in 1884 and says that he distinctly remembers when Arkansas was declared a state on the old Gracey plantation at Sixth and Cumberland streets, in 1886. He says that he distinctly remembers when the greater part of the site on which Little Rock is now located was d great cotton field. He was fore man of the hoe ?hands for his young marster." There were 100 of the hoe hands and every time they made the round of the great plantation they had hood 100 acres of cotton. When asked about the size of the plantation the old man appeared just Q little at sea, but said that it was around 100000 acres. Whether or not he has confused his dates and is not so old as he claims to be, it is undoubtedly true that he is one of the oldest residents of Little Rock
The Little River news., 1922-10-04
RICE GROWERS GET BIG LOAN
of Arkansas Association
 Is Approved in Washington.

Washington, Sept. 29-The War Fi- nance Corporation today issued an of ficial statement to the effect that the application of the Arkansas Rice Growers Association for an advance of not to exceed $3,OOO,OOO, for fnanc- ing the orderly marketing of rice had been tentatively approved"
 It is expected, the statement says that only a part of the amount approv- ed will be advanced by the corpora tion and that the banks in the interest ed districts will do the most of the f. nancing for the association.
The Little River news., 1922-10-04
DEMOCRATS WILL WAGE FIGHT
Pian Aggressive Camraign for Every
 Contested Seat iH Senate.

Washington, Sept. 59.-Determina- ton of the Democratic party to wage an earnest and aggressive fight in every state where Q senatorshiD is Ut stake this fa3l,' was announced to- night by the Democratic National Son- atorial Committee in @ statement by Frank A. Hampton, secretary-treasur- CT.
 The Democratic party in every case" the statement said, offers a candidate whose private life, public career, ability and general equipment command the respect and deserve the support of the people.
 "In some Southern states the Re publicanS have nominated candidates for the United States Senate This is so in Florida and in Texas. They at tempted to make a nomination in Tex as by a convention, although the law of Texas provides that such nomina- tion shall be made only by primary, and the authorities, therefore, have held there is no regularly nominated Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Texas In Virginia the Republicans have not as yet made a nomination"
 The statement said that while the Democrats have recognized the women of the United States by the nomination of two able and public spirited women leaders for the United States Senate, ill Wisconsin Mrs. Jessie J. Hooper and in Minnesota Mrs. Anna D. OlesOn, the Republican party has failed to re- cognize the women"
 Announcement was made tonight by the Democratic National Committee that Mrs Emily Newell Blair. who has been in charge of work among the DemOcratis women of the country, has been designated by Chairman COrdeU Hull as an additional vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee
The Little River news., 1922-10-04

are expecting the official figures to show nearer 4,000,000.
 The wea her conditions have re- mained very favorable for picking and marketing and the cotton now rapidly reaching the market is of compara- lively high grade and in fine condition. Notices representing about 17,O00 bales of the local stock were issued against October contracts on Tues day and before they were stopped the difference between October and De- cember widened to between 30 and 40 points.
The Little River news., 1922-10-04
STATE MAY LOSE
 FR.RAL AID
Governor McRae Is -aafOrmed Laws Must Be Amended to Meet
 Requirements.

Little Rock, Sept 30.-After Novem- Der 9, 1926, there will be no further federal aid for roads in Arkansas, un less in the meantime the legislature has changed the existing laws to con- form to the requirements of the fed eral highway act Up to that time, however, the secretary of agriculture is authorized to approve federal aid allotments for the state under a sec tion of the act which reads as follows:
 Section 24-That in any state where the existing constitution or laws will not permit the state to pro- vide revenues for the construction, re construction Or maintenance of high ways, the secretary of agriculture shall continue to approve projects for said state until five years after November 9, 1921, if he shall find that said state has complied with the provisions of this act insofar as it's existing consti- tuition and laws will permit"
 This information is contained in long letter to Governor McRae from Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wal lace, who advised the governor that the laws and constitution of the state do not fully comply with the federal requirements and that he could not, therefore, approve the governors cer- tifcate that the state is entitled to fed eral aid
 Law Not Broad Enough.
 The greatest difficulty in the laws and constitution of the state is that the powers of supervision by the State Highway Department are not broad enough, according to the secretary's letter. The fact that the constitution prevents the issue of bonds except through the road Improvement district plan is another regrettable feature, according to MT. Wallace, because this cannot be changed except through an amendment to the constitution. His suggestions for changes to meet the requirements of the federal laws are contained in the following paragraph of his letter:
 Reliance for funds to meet federal aid, therefore, has to be principally upon the road improvement districts. and while these districts so far have succeeded in providing sufficient funds to match the federal funds appropriat- ed to the state, yet it is not believed that the state can make progress in the matter of road improvement which it should and could make if it had a highway department vested with adequate powers to select the roads to be improved to determine types of improvements to be made, to pre- pare plans, specifications and esti- mates, to advertise and let contracts, and to control absolutely and super wise construction and maintain work. Such a highway department also should be provided with adequate funds from state revenues, to be und- CT it's control independently of any action by counties or road improve ment districts, for the purpose of fully exercising it's powers and effecting the improvements contemplated there under"
 Congress evidently contemplated
The Little River news., 1922-10-04
PHYSICIANS

". RINGGOLD, M. D., RESPECT fully tenders his professional ser vices to the people of Ashdown, Ark
The Little River news., 1922-10-04

AMERICAN SHOE & HARNESS HOS
 PITAI1-Shoes and harness repaired right. All modern machinery.--Mose ataway. Prop, Ashdown. Ark.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
FOR
SPEED FALL
Two Army Aviators Bet
ter Past Marks, One
Travelling FOG Miles In
Hours Time.

Mount Clemens, Mich, oct. IA.
Lieutenant e. H. Barksdale of
the army service broke the worlds
record for speed over a 200 kilo-
meter course here this afternoon
when he averaged 1909 miles an
hour during four laps or the Pu-
liter trophy race. The record for
the zoo kilometers course was
174.8 miles an hour, made by
Hirsch in France October L, 1921.
Barksdale piloted a Verville-
Sperry monoplane, powered with
a $50 horsepower Wright motor.
Lieutenant f. B. johnson. an
army entry in a similar plane also
bettered the same record, averag
ing 1888 miles an hour.
The new record made by Lieu
tenant Barksdale for the zoo kilo-
meter course was short lived, for
Lieutenant R. L. Vaughan, flying
an army Curtis plane in the sec
ond flight, covered the distance at
the rate of 206 miles an hour.
Lieutenant L. J. Maitland, pilot
ing a similar machine, covered the
loo kilometers distance at the rate
of 2073 miles an hour, and one
lap attained speed of 216.1 miles
an hour.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
$22,l25,OOO IS
ADDED TO WAGE
BILL OF ROADS

Chicago, Oct 14,-(By Associ-
ated Press) The railroad labor
board today granted a two cents
an hour increase to 451,911 mem
bers of the United Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employees
and Railroad Shop Workers. The
increase affects four of the nine
classes of main tenance employees.
The increase will amount to an
addition of $22,125 600 increase
in the wage bill of the nation 5
railroads. The average minimum
wage under the new decision will
range from 23 to 81 cents an hour
The decision came after ten
days of deadlock among the board
members, in which Ben w. Hoop
er, chairman of the board and
member Of the public group, sue
ceeded today in obtaining a ma
jority in favor of the increase.
The two cent increase was pro-
posed By the public group. but
not until the accession of w. L.
of the labor group.
and Samuel Higgins of the roal-
road representation, was the de-
cision for an increase made possi-
BILE.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
NON STRIKE
AGREEMENT
IS RATIFIED
Sixteen Railroads Sign
Contracts With New
Union Of Shopmen At
Chicago Meeting.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-(By Associ-
ated Press. )-Sixteen railroads
have completed agreements with
new organizations of their shop
men by which in effect the men
waive the right to strike and the
companies pledged themselves not
to litigate, both parties agreeing
to abide by the decisions of the
railroad labor board, it became
known today. Notice of compile
tion of the agreements has been
filed with the labor board.
The mileage represented by
the 16 roads aggregated 55,916.
Numerous others are negotiating
agreements with associations of
their own employees.
Old Union Ignored
With the organization of COM
pany unicns on the 16 roads, the
Federated Railway Shop Crafts,
whose official name is the rail-
way employees department of the
American Federation of Labor,
which directed the nation wide
shopmen's strike, which started
July 1, are without recognition or
representation so far as the 16
roads are concerned.
The Pennsylvania railroad, the
largest Of all the roads which
have made agreements with new
organizations of employees, is not
included in the list, that system
having bSs1n such negotiations
before the strike.
There are 201 class one rail-
roads Of total mileage of 10000,
of which the federated shop crafts
have announced approximately
80 railroad companies (including
several bridge and terminal and
switching companies with a mile
age of 65,000) have settled the
shop crafts strike on the basis of
the Warfield- -Willard-Jewel agree
ment ratified by the shop crafts
a month ago, by which a number
of the larger eastern and western
roads took back their striking
employees.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
W0ERN1LE GRANTED
EXTENSION OF time

Chief Justice Burnett Of the Ore
gon Supreme court today granted an
extention Of time until November
6 in which Joseph Woerndle, Port
land lawyer, must file his answer to
the charges brought against him by
the Muitnomah and state bar asso-
Citations IN disbarment proceedings
recently Instituted against him.
The supreme court last Tuesday
overruled a demurreds filed by Woer-
ndle to the complaint filed against
him, requiring Woerndle to come
into court and show cause why he
should not be disbarred.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
Y. M. FUND CAMPAIGN
WITHIN S278 OF GOAL

The subscription for the ''Y''
campaign fund are coming in
rather slow now, according to the
report of the amount of money
raised by the canvassing teams
this noon at the luncheon at the
Y. M. G. A. During the past "a
hours there have been but 22 new
subscriptions received for total
of S278. This bring the total so
far raised up to $941O.5O. "The
men will keep at it and continue
to meet each noon just as before
until full amount is raised" c. A.
Kells, secretary Of the Y. M. c. A.,
said this afternoon following the
luncheon.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
ASK DISMISSAL or
GAS TAX COMPLAINT

Dismissal Of Injunction proceed
ings brought by the city of Port
land against the Associated Oil
company and Sam Kozer, secretary
of state, is asked in an answer
filed by the oil company in the
circuit court here this morning,
but the company also requests,
should it be enjoined from collect
ing a gas tax, that the secretary
Of state be restrained, for the same
period, from exacting the tax
from his co-defendant.
The city of Portland recently
brought Injunction proceedings
against Mr.. Kozer and the com
pany, declaring that the gasoline
tax is unconstitutional.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
FOREST RESERVE
RENTALS ETURN
COUNTY $2699

Marion county's share Of the an
nual forest reserve rentals, which
have just been distributed by Sec
retary of State Kozer, amounts to
So, ,699.61, representing one-fourth of
the total rentals received from lands
comprising the Oregon and SantiaIn
reserves within this county. The
law under which this disbursement
of forest reserve rentals is made
provides that IS percent must be
used on road improvements asd IS
percent for school purposes.
A total Of $l10,015.2l is included
in the present distribution Which
includes 20 of oregon's 36 counties.
Grant county which contains ap-'
proximately 100000 acres of forest
reserve receives a total of $17,-
99s.23 under the present distribution
and Wallowa county is second with
$l7, ,326.40.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
ESCAPED CONvICTS
HUNTED NEAR BROOKS

William Lovelace and Kid Will
liams, colored, the two convicts
who escaped from the gun guard
last Saturday morning while work
ing in the Louis Laehmund prune
orchard about five miles north of
Salem were reported this morn
ing to have been seen in the
woods west of Brooks, about nine
miles north of Salem. Penitentiary
officials said that they had prac-
t1cally abandoned the idea that
the men had headed south as re-
ported several days ago from Eu-
gene and had placed a number of
guards in the district between
Brooks and the Willamette river.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
1852 MOTORISTS CAUGHT
BY TRAFFIC OFFICERS

Arrest of 162 motorists for traf-
fic law violations during Septem-
Der were brought about by members
of the state traffic squad accord
ing to the monthly report of T. A.
Raffety, chief of the state squad.
Fines imposed on the 162 motor
lists aggregated $2,363.75. In addi-
tion to the arrests sos other motor
lists were warned because of minor
violations of the rules of the road
A total of $1,s00.45 in fees was col
lected by the automobile registra-
tion department during the month,
directly traeeable to the work of the
traffic squad. Among the law viola
tions observed and reported for the
month were 196 cases of speeding;
5s wreckless drivers, and four au-
tomobiles operated by minors.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
CONTINUED on Page Seven. }
m oNu OI1 I Ut70 oOVeH'J
TO
MANAGE CHARITY
BOARD AFFAIRS

! James Nicholson, head of the
local branch of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company, was chos.
en- last night at the annual meet
ing of the Associated Charities
held last night as yice-president
and general manager to take the
place of DR.. Henry f. Morris, who
refused to take the place for an
other year. Mrs. May Young was
elected secretary treasurer to sue
ceed Mrs. E. e. Fisher, who also
refused the position for another
year. Mrs. May Young has been
in charge of the donations of
clothing during the past year.
Harry Levy was reelected presi-
dent of the board of directors. Rev.
Martin Fereshetian and E. L. Wei
der were elected additional direc-
tors and the two remaining di-
rector positions are to be filled by
the appointment of the president.
DR.. Morris urged the new Off
GERS to organize at once SO that
they would be able to meet the
demands being made upon the or
ganization at this time. He said
that there were several cases be-
fore the charities right now that
were as urgent as any which were
aided last year. He also spoke
of Mrs. Young in the de-
votion which she had shown to the
work in the past year.
Mr.. Levy in summarizing the
report of the directors said that
he wished to publicly thank the
Salem business firms who had do
mated articles from their stores
during the past year. The Salem |
company was to be espe-
cially thanked he said for of all
the bread they had ordered there
here was only bill for SIS cents
presented for payment. Some times
ne said the amount of bread order
ID in day would reach twenty
caves.
The report showed that there is
low but $12.S1 in the treasury.
rhe benefit for the Associated
Charities in March netted 1924;
en-cent levy on church and fra
ernal members brought in
i1376.72; and cash donations
to $296.27.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
TURK POLICY
OF BRITISH
IS DEFENDED
New Diplomacy Brought
Peace Where Old Pre-
cipitated World War
Says Lloyd George.

Manchester, Oct. 14.-(By AS
sociated Press. Prime Minister
Lloyd d-George's speech to the lib
erals of the Manchester reform
club this afternoon, expected to be
historic utterance, was disar-
pointment because the premier
gave no intimation regarding his
plans or his program. In that re-
spect his Grafton was similar to
that of Austen Chamberlain at
Birmingham yesterday.
OF his address of one hour and
two minutes, Mr.. Lloyd George
devoted nearly an hour to de-
fense of his Near Eastern policy
and to ridicule of his critics.
In brilliant preoration, recall
ing his services to the nation, he
said:
II cast myself on the people be-
cause / never betrayed them"
In beginning his speech at the
luncheon and thus raising the cur
tain on new act in the political
drama which may mark a climax
in the career of the striking cen
trail figure, Mr.. Lloyd-George re-
ferred to the Near Eastern crisis,
declaring the people of this coun-
try must not believe that their
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
INDIANS, SALEM HIGH, MEET

Shortly after 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon Referee Brick" Hage-
dorn's whistle sent the Salem high
school football eleven into action
against the Chemawa Indians.
This afternoons game is the first
for Salem high school this season.
The preppers team outweighed
the Indians but the Chemawa ag-
gregation showed considerable
speed.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14

PORT DIGGER
SUBN|ERGES
Surviving Members OF
Chew of 40 Saved BY
Presence of Barge;
Crash Cause Unknown.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 14.-
Three men lost their lives
when the dredge Portland, of
the Port of Portland commits
sion was sunk here early to-
day by the steamer Santa
Clara, a vessel of 10000 tons.
The dead are: Ben G. john
son, GA, oiler; Ben Yelling,
SO, oiler, and Thomas Camp
bell, 48, fuel passer. Forty
men were on the dredge which
sank within two minutes
after the collision.
Forced To Jump
All men on the dredge ex-
cept the three who lost their
lives managed to get aboard a
fuel barge which was tied to
the dredge. Many were in
their night clothes and some
were thrown into the water
or were forced to jump and
swim to the barge. They still
had to stay on the open barge
until the steamer Portland ar
rived two hours later.
Cause Unknown
Officials of the Port of
Portland commission were un-
able to explain the cause of
the collision, which occurred
in the channel Of the William
cite river midway between
the harbor and the junction
of the Willamette and the
Columbia rivers. Gus Moser,
attorney for the Port commits
sion announced that libel for
100000, the estimated loss,
would be filed against the
Santa Clara, which proceeded
on her way to sea
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
DREDcE IS SUNK BY STEAMER: THREE DROWN
Student Body is Made
Up Of 6 Children All
From | Marion Family

The six children of one fam
lily make up the entire school
at independence, Marion coun-
ty, according to Mrs. Mary l..
Fulkerson, county superintend-
ent.
The children are the sons
and daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Toepfer. The pupils are
Adam and Eve, twins, aged
Is; Thresia, 1S; Marguerite,
IL; Adolph, s, and Joe, z.
Teresa M. Forrette is the in
structor. Independence is To-
Gated near Stayton.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
INDEPENDENCE
MEN FINED FOR
HAVING LIQUOR

Dallas, Or, Oct. 14.-Roscoe
Stats and Henry Lehman, both
residents of Independence, were
tried before Ed F. Coad, justice OF
the peace, Friday afternoon and
Stats received a jail sentence of
30 days and fine of $100 while
Lehman was declared not guilty.
E. X. Piasecki, attorney for Stats.
announced an appeal from the SEN
tence.
The arrest of the two men was
made by Sheriff John w. Orr and
his deputy, Rae Craven. The sher-
iff received information that the
two men had liquor in their pos
session and that it was cached
near Brophy's hop yard just out
side the city limits of West Salem.
The sheriff and his deputy imme-
diately left for the place where
they found twenty pints of the
liquor wrapped in two separate
packages. They concealed them
SSAfSS W await 1uIIueI ueN6lOp-
ments. At about 6:15 o'clock in
the evening Staats and Lehman
arrived on the scene and got the
liquor and were taken into Gus
tody. They were brought to Dali
las and had a hearing before
Judge Coad who held them each
on 500 bail, which was furnish
ed.
The trial of Stats will be at
the January term of the circuit
court. He was convicted of the
same offense about six months ago
at Independence and was fined |
$3.50. This case was also appeal
ed.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
JUDGE BINGHAM OPENS
HIS COURT ON MONDAY

Circuit Judge George G. B1ng-
ham will open department No. 2
of the Marion court Monday morn
ing. it was announced this after
noon.
Many eases are to be on the
docket and these will be set for
trial Monday. Judge Bingham also
will hear motions and demurrers.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
ATTEMPT To STEAL
CANDLER'S LETTERS

New Orleans, Get. 14-zttempted
theft of thirty letters said to have
been written BY Asa G. Gambler Sr.
to Mrs onezima DeBouehel from
the office Of Harold Mois, associated
counsel for Mrs. DeBouehol. was
revealed today by her attorney.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
EVANS ORDERED TO APPEAR

H. D. Evans, OF the Donald
Electric company. against whom
Judgment in the sum Of S126.23
recently was secured by the Com
mercial corporation, was ordered
to appear In the Marion sircuit
court today to be examined CON
cerning his property.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-10-14
Dakota Bank Robbed.

Eos Glenn, n. D., Oct. 14.-Ap-
proximately $4,000 in currency,
grain checks totalling $4,000 were
stolen from the Rose Glenn state
zank by robbers who wrecked the
large safe in the bank early to-
day, according to W. G. Connors,
president.