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ALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1920
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McCROSKEY
1 RE-ELECTED
AS MANAGER
Heads of Commercial Club
Departments Instructed
to Turn in Tentative Bud.
get Estimates'
FINANCES WILL BE
CAREFULLY GUARDED
Members ' Announce That
Pay-as-Yo-Go Plan is t
Policy for New Year
T. E. MeCroskey was last night
reflected to the position of rqn
tger cf the Salem Commercial
club for the year 1921. The elec
tion took place at a meeting of
the board of, directors that has
been chosen to shoulder the club's
responsibilities for the next year.
V.hile it was said that the re
election of Mr. MeCroskey is tem
porary, or until he has assisted
in raising the budget for the
year, It is virtually conceded that
the temporary choice is tanta
mount to a permanent one, and
that he will be the club's admin
istrative official throughout the
year.
Heads of the several depart
ment 'were instructed by Presi
dent J. V, Chambers to submit
their tentative budget estimates
for the year as soon as nossible
to that the budget committee may
formulate the. general budget.
The members of the budget com
mittee are the officers of the
flub and one director, namely. J.
W. Chambers, president; George
Griffith, vice president: William
Cahlsdorf, secretary; Joseph H.
Albert, treasurer, and George
Putnam, a member of the board.
The budget cannot be formulat
ed In definite figures until the
income for the year has been es
timated. The financial policy for
the year, it is said, will be on the
pay-as-you-go plan. The promise
t that no money-will be spent
cntil it is on hand for spending
purposes.
SANE NEW YEAR
FORPORTLAND
Unusual Noise Barred and
Dealers in Din-Making
Devices Warned
PORTLAND. Dec. 30 The year
1521 will be ushered Into Port
land with unaccustomed decorum,
according to orders issued today
by the city council and posted for
enforcement at the police station.
Unusual noises will be barred,
according to the orders. There
mast be no ringing cf bells or
blowing of horns. No firearms
or other explosives may be dis
charged." No confetti may be
thrown. - "The younger element
will be allowed a certain amount
of latitude In their merrymak
ing." say the police orders, "but
any . unnecessary boisterous or
rowdyism must be sharply, sup
pressed." Dealers in so-called carnival
wares have been warned against
selling noise-making devices..
OFFICER JACK WHITE
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
W. J. Whltae, familiarly known
M Jack White, member of the
Salem police department where
be had served for a number of
years, died suddenly about 10
o'clock last night at his home,
9 GO Broadway. Death apparent
was caused by heart failure.
Today is Mr. White's 54th birth
day. ..
Officer White had not appeared
to be in ill health. He was on
'he night shift, and Wednesday
nicht was on the desk relief for
Ofrieer Davis. He was not feel
lnS 'well when he went home
erly yesterday morning, but said
nothing of it to members of his
family until in the afternoon
his condition began to givejow. three sons and one daughter.
om rntiao .noniinn anri i Th Rons are George. Ralph ana
M a request sent to Chief of Po-
'e 'Welsh to put another man
r last night in his place. No
'arm was felt until the family
a retired and Mrs. White,
akening, found her husband in
serious condition and called for
Mstance. He died a few mo
'"ta later.
Mr.'- White was a native of
- k county where for many years
STRANGE HISTORY
GOVERNMENT BOND
ICKC'KI VKI AS COXSTIKM K
Fix ii u v mill co.
Later Donated o Fund to Aid I n-der-Xoin
ished rhildren of
v Euroi
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec. 30.
A fifty dollar United States
bond received todav bv the Am.
ericin Friends service cnmmittpp
to swell the fund to aid 3,300,000
under-nourished children of Eur
ope, has a strange history.
The bond was Kent by a milling
company f Indianapolis which
received it from a railroad man,
in "payment" for four barrels of
Hour he had stolen. .
' The thoft troubled his con
science: he confessed his trans
gression, paid for th flour "with
the bond and is now studying .for
the ministry.
HUME SUBMITS
TO ITALIAN RULE
D'Annunzio Denounces Fi-
'-' JIs "TTL lt
UmeiaXLS and It IS 1 nought,
Will Go Into FtII
If III UO iniO dAlie , J
TRIESTE, Dec. ' 30 Gabriele
D'Annunzio appears to have
dropped ont of .sight In the official
negotiations now in progress. The
agreement to be signed today for
Flume's submission' to the Treaty
of Rapallo and the Italian rule
will be subscribed t;i by the Ital
ian government and the local au
thorities tov. whom, D'Annunzio
yielded his power.
Much speculation " prevails
among the Italian officers as to
the future of D'Annunzio. -The
general opinion expressed "is that
he will leave Fiume and go into
exile. D'Annunzio's last act was
to send out a proclamation com
plaining of dissension among the
Fiumians. He declared they were
not the sort of peoplejto fight and
'lie for, and denounced them in
bitter terms. )
Quarnero bay was quiet yester
day morning when at 9 o'clock
the Fiume plenipotentiaries' sub
chaser pulled up to the Quay at
Abhzzia. wh"?re Ithe preliminary
negotiations were held and where
the arriving delegates notified
General Ferrario, who command
ed the blockading- force at Fiume
of their acceptance of the Rapallo
pact.
The meeting was largely de
voted" to discussing what dispos
al would b3 made of the tegtonar
is. The plenipotentiaries from
Flume pleaded that these soldiers
b-? kept -at the city, but this was
refused. The other points' dis
cussed included the internal sit
uation at Fiume, which is report
ed to be in ferment over the idea
of resisting the Italian - govern
ment. There is fear of disorder
among the factions contending for
power and the delegates sougnt
an armed force to insure public
safety and order.
The Associated Press was torn
that the poet's signature-was un
necessary for consummation of
the agreement and that the sig
nature of the delegates as repre
seritativs of the de facto govern
ment would sufficei, .
Dark Outlock Looms
For England in 1921
LONDON, Dec. 30r Manifold
problems at home and abroad
contribute to the dark outlook
pictured for Britain for 1921 by
national, leaders. Two questions
affecting the United States are
division of the world petroleum
sunuly. and cable control, the lat
ter brought to the fore by Am
erican trade expansion. Hint of
preparedness against Rolshevism
at home is given ' in the strong
barricades maintained at the en
trances to government buildings.
he was a successful farmer. Later
he served as a farmer at the state
penitentiary. He had served on
the police force a total of about
eight years, and for the last six
years continuously.
Both Chief-elect Moffitt and
Percy M. Varney, state parole of
licer and former chief of police,
paid high tribute last night to
the character of Officer White,
declaring that he was one of the
most faithful and thoroughly re
liable men who have ever served
in the Salem police department.
Chief-elect Moffitt had selected
bim for one of his officers for the
coming year.
Officer White is survived in
ihis Immediate family by his wid-
Ellis
White, ana me uaugnier
Mrs. John Draver. - all of Salem
Also he leaves two brothers and
two sisters. They are M.
White of Oak Grove. W. W. White
of Enterprise. Mrs. F. E. Star
h ii Mr of Portland and Mrs. W. C.
Vifitnur nf ?alpm
rr-u v.j,, in ihrce nt Riir
don & Son. " Funeral arrange -
ments have not been made.
SEAPLANE
FLIGHT!
PROGRESS
First Step Completed Withi
out Mishap by All Twelve
Machines After Covering
400 Miles in Good Time
SAFE LANDING IN.
BART0L0ME BAY
One Machine Forced to
Turn Back Soon After
Start for Repairs
-ter
SAN' DIEGO, Cal Dee. 30.
Roaring into San Bartolonje bay.
i cn me lower California coast
jsome 400 miles from their start-
uK point at ' ne nval air Rtatio
here, twelve rrMt
posing the F-5-L divisions bound
to the Panama canal zone on a
flight which is being watched
with interest by airmen the world
over, completed the first step of
their journey this afternoon.
All twelve of the F-5-L ma
chines landed without mishap at
: !.
in. I
NOl was forced to put back
into San Diego harbor after hav
ing winged its way only a few
miles down the coast its hull hav
ing been' damaged in taking off
this morning. Officers, crew and
mechanics went to work as soon
as the big seaplane had "taxied"
in i and was hauled out of the
water, and those in charge ex
pressed the hope that the sea
plane would be ready to resume
its journey on Saturday morning
with a non-stop light from San
uiego 10 .Magdelena bay, to over
iaKe tne rest of the sea
apl
anes
mere New Year's day
The seaplanes started on sched
ule time at S o'clock this morn
ing, the F-5-L divisions leading.
The machines had to take off in
a fog which was thick enough to
make some trouble, but within
9, few minutes, broke into clear
weather. That, however, did no
last long, for orf Cedros island
the seaplanes ran Into-a brisk
rainstorm.
Despite the rain, the m
kepUahead without meeting, with
aiy Serious trouble, and radio re
ports satd they all landed in per
fect order.
Fo about two hours after th
arrival of the F-5-L planes some
anxiety was felt for the NC-6, but
di p. m. a Dunetln was flashed
by the fuel steamer Cuymas that
the plane had landed at San Har
tclome bay at 4:05 p. m.
Ford Has Security for
All Interim Certificates
In the list of interim certifi
cate holders of the bond house
of Morris Bros., sent from Port
land, was the name of T. K. Ford.
giving the impression that he lieM
about $17,000 of the certificates.
" MrFord is the well known
Salem broker.
Hef has been loaning money on
mortgages and buying bonds here
for at jgreat "many years and ho
has never taken an interim certi
ficate from any bond house with
out taking security for the dellv.
ery of the bonds.
. He has about J 8.000 interim
certificates of the Morris bond
house, but in each and every case
he has security for the bonds to
be delivered to him for his cus
tomers. -
On account of the advice of
these banks and such brokirs as
Mr. Ford there will be few losses
in Marion county, in case the
wrecked bond house does not pay
out; and these losses, it any, will
fall upon those who did not con
sult the bankers and the brokers.
HATCHERY CASE
BEFORE SOLONS
Saqtiam Establishment's
Fate Hangs Before Fish
and Game Board
Sentiment in Salem and vicin
;4y is in favor of maintenance of
the new Santiam hatchery below
Mehama jointly by the commercial
and game departments of the
stats fish and game commission
for the production of both salmon
and trout. This was developed
at a meeting of the Marion coun
ty legislative . delegation yester
day before whom Kennth Brown
and Edward Rostein. local sports
men, and S. A. Hughes, member'
of the legislature of 1919 and fa
ther of the hatchery, appeared.
Thre is some talk of legisla
tion whereby the state would turn
the hatchery over to the govern
ment for the propagation of sal-
jmon only, but sentimsnt hre Is
against that, The hatchery has
- ' been in ooeration only" a few
1 months -and is now propagating
trout. . -
FORMER GERMAN
CONSUL-GENERAL
IS RKLF.ASKD FROM I.KAVKX
WORTII PRISON'
Hay -He Desiie to Leave This
t'onnlry as Quickly an
Possible
BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 30.
Franz Ilopp. former German consul-general
here, left today with
his housekeeier and young soti
for Qermany. He was paroled
from the federal prison at. Leav
enworth, Kan.. October 4 last, ar-j
ter having, served two years of a
federal sentence imposed upon
conviction of a charge of violat
ing neutrality previous to the en
trance or th-? United States rrito
the world war. The specific
marge was an attempt to foment
rebellion aeainsf ItritUii fnrrp In
I India.
Ilopp said he would never re
turn to the I'nited States and that
h "desires to leave this country
as quickly as possible." He said
his trip across tiie Atlantic would
I3 made in a Norwegian vessel,
because he could not find a ship
flying the German, flag and did
not "trust a British vessel." Ills
itinerary includes Bergen. Nor
way and a Swedish port before
Germany is reached.
HIGHWAY GRADE
ABOUT FINISHED
Paving Nearly Finished
Between Pendleton and
Astoria
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30.
Within a few weeks of the grading
on the Columbia River highway
between Astoria and Pendleton
will be completed and there will
remain only 12.5 miles of broken
stone -and ' gravel ' surfacing and
25.3 miles of paving to he' done,
according to the state highway
commission. When these contracts
are awarded the most difficult and
costly-piece of road construction
yet undertaken in America will be
virtually completed, according to
a statement of the commission.
On the Pacific highway between
Portland and the California line
there remain 171. S miles of pav
ing. 45 miles of grading and 5(
miles of broken stone or gravel
surfacing to be completed.
IMLY TILT :
INCOMWTEE
Southern Senators Resent
Testimony of Negro Wei -fare
Committee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.
Wholesale "charges of wilful dis
crimination against negroes at the
polls in the southern states were
made by representatives of the
national t association for. the ad
vancement of colored people to
day before the house census com
mittee, and brought fortn vigor
ous objections' from committee
members from the south. The
committee was considering legis
lation to reapportion congression
al representation.
The climax was reached at the
close with the appearance of a
photographer to take a group pic
ture of the committee, including
its southern members, witnesses
and spectators, of whom a num
ber were negroes.:
When Walter F. White, assist
ant secretary of the organization,
declared that the majority of the
white population of many south
ern communities were "lawless."
southern'members of the commit
tee jumped to their feet.
"I decline to sit silent and let
witnesses make wholesale charg
es of slander against one section
of. the United States." exclaimed
Representative Larsen. Democrat
of Georgia. "Let them confine
themselves to facts within their
personal knowledge."
Representative Bee, Democrat,
of Texas, and Aswell, Democrat of
Iouisiana, seconded their Georgia
colleagues in energetic fashion.
Chairman Siegel said that the
committee had declared to let
witnesses make their statements
pnd members question them after
wards. The chairman, however,
was often forced to czll members
to order.
Charges of disfranchisement of
negroes in the south also .were
made by J. Weldon Johnson, see
retiry of the association, who said
his organization had been formed
11 years ago to work for equal
political rights for negroes.
Representative Lafsen rejoined
that the association was formed
by certain whites and negroes huf
the north ' to get back to con
ditions before primaries became
general in the south when, he
said, the negro vote wa3 a mar
ketable commodity. The associ
ation, he .added, maintained sec
ret agents throughout the south
and thrived on propaganda.
The appearance of the photor
grapher to-snap" the comniKtee
caused southern members to de
clare they would not sit in a
group, the background of which
was formed of negroes.
WOULD PREPARE BEEF
STEW ON HOTEL ROOF
FI..VMKS nitlXfi OIT.FHtK UK.
PAHTMF.XT AMI POI.lt K
tlali.m Puts l Spei-tiwul.ir Fight.
With Patrolman on Top llnrii
lng Building;
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30
The desire of Diglari Culllo. for
a beef stew led tonight to a pic
turesque fight on the roof" of an
Italian section hotI in which
Gulio's struggle,, against two pa
trolmen were illuminated to pe
destrians on the rtreets lelnw by
flames from a fire on the roof
which Gullio was alleged to have
started.
The fight ended with C.ulio
handcuffed. The patrolmen ex
tinguished th? blaze Just as the
ure department arrived.
According to the police. ITnlio
started the fire atop the roof in
order to cook a beef stew. He
left the stew simmering while he
went down town. The owner of
the hotel put out th-j fire. Gulio
returned and relighted the fire.
Again the proprietor extinguished
it, Gulio retnrned to the roof,
armed with an ice pick and a
rusty sword. He relighted the
fire. The proprietor -called the
police. Gulio will b examined
tomorrow to determine his. mental
condition, the police said.
NO REDUCTION
IN FREIGHT RATE
Petition of Farmers of Utah
and Idaho Turned
Down'
SALT LAKE CITY. Ttah. TVe.
30. There will be no reduction
in the freight rates r.n wheat
originating on the lines of Jhe
Oregon Short Line railroad- in
I tah and Idaho, according to a
telegram sent out today by J. A.
Reeves, general freight agent ot
the railroad,
r Mr. Reves made the announce
ment in compliance with instruc
tions from the Union Pacific off
rices at. Omaha. Utah and Idaho
shippers had been urging a reduc
tion in the wheat rates in order
to permit -the farmers of the two
states to liquidate at least ptrt
of their crops and to that extent
keep the general liquidation of
commodities and credits needed
at the present time.
ASSOCIATION
OF NATIONS
President-Elect Harding's
Views Indorsed by Former
Supporters of League
MARION. Ohio. Dec. 30. Con
flicting counsel regarding an asso
ciation of nations was given President-elect
Harding today by form
er supporters of the league of Ver
stilles. Senator Porter J. McCumber of
North Dakota, who voted for un
reserved ratification of the Ver
sailles treaty, advised the president-elect
to put the league aside
and try for a new deal all around
In his efofrts to form an interna
tional peace society.
Oscar Straus of New York, a
former ambassador to Turkey and
pro-league worker in
the treaty
ffeht. took the view that the
United States si ill should accept
the leagu in some form and
should launch its next move for
world peace through that agency.
Both expressed confidence in
Senator Harding's policy of seek
ing to unite the country behind an
international program but neither
would express publicly an opinion
regarding the president-elect's
specific proposals for a world con
cert aa he outlined it to them.
Although he was the leading
Republican supporter of the lea
gue through both ratification bat
tles In the senate. Senate McCum
ber said he ragarded the covenaut
as definitely rejected so far as the
United States was concerned and j
thought an association of nations''
now could be built up indepen
dently of the lacue machinery. He
suggested that the greater powers
be linked by a network of arbitra
tion treaties as the basis, of the
new society and that a disarma
ment agreement might be ten
sumated as the next step toward
world peace.
As acting chairman of the sen
ate finance committee. Mr. Mc
Cumber alo talked with the president-elect
about taxation and tar
iff proposals. He held out little
hops "that, the present session of
congress would do more than pass
appropriation bills and a budget
measure.
Senator-Elect To
Succeed Senator
BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 30. Gov
ernor D. W. Davis today fortnally
accepted the resignatirn cf John
Nugent, junior United States sen
ator from Idaho. Frank R. Good
ing, senator-elect, will be appoint
ed to fill the vacancy within a
few daysofflcials at the govern
or's office 'announced.
Senator Nugent resigned to ac-
nl nnait inn am the federal
. -- . -
trade commission and his resig
nation will take effect on Jan
uary IS. )
KANSAS
SHERIFF
KILLED
Mangled Body Found at
Side of His Demolished
Automobile ' and Foul
Play is Suspicioned
MACHINE WRECKED
BY AN EXPLOSION
Belief Dynamite Had Been
Placed in Muffler as
Revenge Plot
COFFEYVILLE. Kan.. Dec. 30
The manglet1) body of Frank
Blizzard, sheriff of K!k county,
was found today beiide .hi de
molished automobile at a crek
near Howard. Kan. A man work
ing nearby tuard an expiqsfcn
and rushed to the place. . Au-
itborilies are working on the the
lory that th sheriff was the vie
Itim of a revenge plot, a uumber
ot sticks tf djnamlie having been
reported found at the i-pot where
the explosion oreurrHl.v Relief
was expressed that dynamite had
been plat-ed In. the exhaust pipe
of the . sheriff's car and had ex
ploded when he started the ma
chine alter having washed It In
the crek. -
Blizzard served two terms as
sheriff of Elk county and wonld
be succeeded in office In ten days.
Friends say that he had no ene
mies as far as known.
Mrs, Armstrong Dies at
.Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. fAnn Rennle Armstrong,
who lived in Salem sinre 1866. a
period ot 54 years, died at 1:4
o'clock a. m. yesterday at tire
home of her daughter. Mrs.
Claude Townsend. 240 D ftrce:.
She was 84 years old.
Mrs. Armstrong was one of the
most widely known of the pioneer
residents of Salem. She was a
native of' Ireland, but came with
her family to the United States
when she was three years old.
Her father and mother. Mr. and
Mrs. David McFadden. and two
sisters. Mrs. Z. Craven and Mrs.
A. Erwln, all passed away in Sa
lem and are buried here. A bro
ther. David McFadden. Jr.. died
in Portland. Her husband died
here seven years ago.
Surviving Mrs. Armstrong are
one son. O. D. Rnnle of Portland,
and two daarhters. Mrs. J. H.
Ashenfelter or Mikkalo. Or., and
Mrs. Claude Townsend of Salem.
The funeral will be held Satur
day at 11 o'clock a. m. at the Rlr.
don chapel. Rer. James Elvin of
ficiating, and interment will be
in I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Senator Chamberlain
Condition Improved
"WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Sen
ator Chamberlain r Oregon, op
erated on at a hospital her last
Friday was reported tonight as
showinr continued Improvement.
I Attending physicians plan to per
form a second operation lomcr
row should the improvement con
tinue through the night.
Caruso Undergoes
Successful Operation
NEW YORK. Dee. 30. Physic
ians attending Enrico Caruso,
tenor, who is ill with pleurisy at
hi.i apartments here, announced
icnitht he hadj been siiecessfiillv
oiK-rated upon.
REDUCTIONS IN
RETAIL PRICES
Retailers Have Not Fol
lowed Lead of Manufac
turers in Price Cutting
NEW YORK. Iee. 30. Reduc
tions in retail price after next
week wrre predicted today by J.
II. Trejsoe. executive secretary of
the National association of Credii
men. In his January letter to the
members f " the oreanizatiou
thiouglout the United Stales.
Ixrlarin the retailors have not
followed the lead ot manufactu
rers and wholesalers in cutting
trices, be said retail merchant
would have been bettc-r off had
the) taken their lose and dis
tributed commodities to consum
ers while th-ir piirrhaf in? power
was still strong. Many, he ex
plained, waited for the holiday
ttade IWore making reductions.
He ursfd consideration of the
problem of preventing unemploy
ment which he termed "the seri
ous thing of the moment."
"We nrge wise and reasonable
luying upon the part of all. Ta'e
raid.' "This alone will keep In
dustries moving, aad prerent idleness."
(CHINESE T0NG WAR
ON IN LOS ANGELES
TIIRF.i: CHINKSK SHOT. TWO
INSTANTLY KII.LLU
MemlirtM of Rival Organic k
Are Placed Vmlrr
A 1 1 et
LO. ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 20.
; Two Chinese were shorand In
stantly killed and a third wound
ed tonight in an all-y in the Los
Ancrles Chinatown. The dead
men were Wong Lin and Yee Fat.
The wounded man is Wing Sen
Wong. The thre are declared by
the police to have been members
of the Bing Tonp. " Chinese MCt
crganization.
Soon after the. shooting Wil
liam Chu and Chu Sing. who. the
police say are members of the
Hop Sing tong. a rival organiza
tion, were arretted and held on
charges of suspicion ot murder.
Chee Kee. a!o said to be a mem
ber of the Hop Sing tong. was
being sought, the police declared,
as possibly baring some knowl
edge of the shooting.
POLLMAN IS
PUT FOR WARD
Baker Man Leads in En
dorsement for State Higli
way Commissioner
Williaiu Pollinan or I laker lead
ic the number of endorsements
that have been received by Gover
nor OJcott tor the pot of tate1ftJ, ld lB mn tmmltrm-'
hignway eornrni.lunT for eat
ern Or gon lo succeed the late K.
I. Kiddl. Pollntan orobaHIy has
an easy two-third of the endorse
ments that have be received
and there Is a prevailing belief
here that he will be the appointee.
T. A. MrCann of llend. Vice
president and ceneral manager of
the Shevlin-IIixon Lumber com
pany, is strougly endorsed. " and
David If. Nelson ef Pendleton ha
a number of supporters. En
dorsements abut have leen receiv
ed for William Henley of Iturn
and Frank It. Ingels of Dufur.
ft Is . understood, however, that
Han ley working for McCann.
Governor Olcolt says the tele
grams of endorsement that have
ben received indicate that coun
ties In the several eastern dis
tricts of the state are grouping
In their support of certain men.
An early announcement of.tbs
appointment is expected.
Duron Not to Accept
Cabinet Position
MISSOULA. Mont.. Dec 30.
Governor-elect Joseph Dixon, of
Montana, mentioned aa president,
elect Harding's possible choice fcr
secretary cf the Interior, declared
to the Associated Pre tonight,
that, having been elected gover
nor of Montana, he could not see
his way clear to resign the posi
tion, no matter how nattering aa
offer might come to him.
LONG, ACTIVE LIFE
OF JOHN E. ALBERT
IS CLOSED BY DEATH
John II. Albert. SaUm banke
and capitalist, whose life for more
than half a century has been
closely identified with the uj
j
building of Salem and the state,
dred at hi home. 670 South Win
ter street, at 11 o'clock a. m. yes
terday at the age of si years. He
was pr-idt-nt of the Capital Na
tional bank of which he was one
of the founders.
Mr. Albert was born at Wheel-
imr. W Va.. February . 135.
and came lo Oregon lu 165. and
was a mem Iter of the firm ot G.
W. Gray Co. until !. when
he became Identified t with th.
I .add ic , lluh bank, which was
founded In that yar. and wa
with that institution for 20 years,
the lattr purt of the period as
rahiT. la 1MI. with It. S. Wal
lace, he founded the Capital Na
tional nana. nr. waiure mas
the first president of th bank
Mr. Al!eri was cashier until
about. 1 . years a:o, when he he
came president.
Mr. Albert always avoided pub
lic office, but erved Salejn a
councilman for several terms, aad
later was president of the old
Salem -Hoard of Trade. For sev
eral years prior to the enactment
ot the present stale hi'hway com
mission act he wis a member of
the board of advlsora of the state
highway department, a position
he was peruaded to accept be
cause of his dep fntetet in pub
lic highways.
Mr. Albert had 10 brothers and
sisters and he was the oldest of
the 11 children. Tee first move
made after leaving Wet Ylrgiaia
was-to Ohio where he was for a
time a school teacher. Ten years
later he moved, to Iowa where
with G. W.. Gray he became en
gaged In Uie banking business. He
was married Into the Gray fam
lly. He was admitted to the pre-
CANADA AID
TO WORKERS
SUCCEEDS
Machine For Preventing
. Unemployment Placed
600,000 Workers in Jobs
'During Past Year
AGENCIES IN '
; NINETY CITIES
Federal Aid in Municipali
ties Provides For Emer
gency Relief .
NEW YORK. rc. 20. Cana
da's govern mental machine for
preventing unemployment placed
CQ0.0G4 workers in Jobs without
cost to either employers or work
men daring the flrnt IS months of
Its operation, which began la
March. 1319. ThU waa revealed
in a speech by ika Dominion La
bor minuter. G. I. Robertson. !
fore tb American ajtaoclatioa tor
pabor legislation,- at Its annua!
mating ioaay.
The aervie had proved an ef-
tion. Mr. Robertson aald, thereby
lessening the present unemploy
ment problem. This year, he ex
plained, employers had asked to
imiort SSA skilled workmen bat
as a res a It of the government sup
plying I hem from Canada 'a unem
ployed, it was necejjtary to briag
only 7T men to fill Jhe demand.
The Canadian minister declared
his rovemment had employment
agencies In SO cities.
Among other meaores la oper
ation by the dominion. he named
federal aid in rannicipalltiea la
providing emergency relief to the
jobless, the purchase of roreri
ment supplie when a particular
industry was slack, appropriation
for federal aad local public works
and the urging of employers to
reduce hoars or days of work each
week la preference to laying oft
any employes.
Kelsey is Pound Over
to County Grand Jury
A?C. Kelsey. who was arrested
in Seattle recently oa a charge la
Sl-?m of contributing to the de
linquency or a minor, was given a
hearing in justice coart yesterday
and bound over to the grand Jary.
His bond was fixed at fSOO. but
he was enable to famish the
money and U still la jail. Kelsey
is a craved of taking a minor Sa
lem girl to Seattle where the cou
ple married.
tire of law at Hbe early ace of
Is. but never fallowed the prac
tice of that profession to any
great extent. Mr. Albert was mar
was married three times.- After
the death of his first wife he was
married to Miss Mary Hoi man.
aad some years following her
death be was married to MUs
KlUabeth MeNary.
The Masonic order was Mr.
Albert a fraternal connection.
was a member of De Molay foa
ruandery. Knights Ttmplar. aad
ot Al Kader temple of the Mystic
Shrine. e was a charter mem
ber of the lrebyteriaa enurca of
Salem. He 1 survived by hi
widow and by four child rem. The
children are Joseph II. Albert of
Fatern. Mrs. F. A. Wigglas of Top
penUh. Wash ; Mrs. George K.
Uodcers -of SaU-m. and Harry K.
Alb-rt of Portland. Joseph Al
brt is cashier of the Capital Na
tional hank and. Harry Albert U
s federal hank inspector.
Mr. Albert also is survived by
four sisters and two brothers.
They are Mrs. K. A. Holt on. Mrs.
S. R. Robinson, Mrs. C. D. Pardy
and T. 0. Albert of Salem: Georr
W. Albert mt , loosing. Ia.. and
Mrs. ;. A. Rockwell of Portland.
The grandchildren are Mrs. Rea-
ben Hens of Toppenish. Wash.;
.llss Margaret Rodger. Miss Mary
Jane Albert and Mils Josephine
Albert ot Salerno There are many
nephews and nieces, some living
in this vicinity and others in the
astern states.
The funeral will be held at
2:50 o'clock. Saturday at the Al
bert." residence, under the direc
tion of Rigdon Son. and Inter
ment will be Id the I. O. O. F.
cemetery.
Mr. Albert retained his physical
activity Into his advanced years,
and it waa oaly la recent weeka
that he was confined to his borne
IT lh weakness ot ate.'
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