TIIE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 25. 1921
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Testimony of Callahan and
'I Davis Questioned in j .
Norris Case I
IrisUun.r Dr. McNary lias al1
proved plans which I he board h-a
placed- iuto he-itaada it Motet
WhiK house of Portland. the ar
chitect who has been employed.
Independence Cook is
Nabbed for Haying Booze
REDDINO, Cal.. March 25;
herald Callahan and George ID.
Davis of Seattle were hsld i to
!auwer today to the superior
court, on charges of perjury baled
jonj testimony in connection with
the William Norris murder case.
Justice ilerzinger, - before whom
today's preliminary examination
lis held, fixed bonds at , $20
fdr each. ? . . '
' Tlu-y alleged that Deixuty Sher
fi Leland ' Gfpson .Ftruck Norris
In the face at the tim of his ar
rest and confession at .Kennettj to
tie murder of City Marshal J-. W.
lictven of Redding.
i OisOn denied this today and
the defense offered no evidence,
asking only that the eases against
Callahan and 'Davis b dismissed
on the ground that the materiality
f' their testimony', had nt been
t roved. ' j c ,
Norris canfession,' the defense
iisaerted, came prior to the time
that GipRon wan alleged to havu
hit him, and. therefore, the ques
tion about the alleged, attack .was
not material. t
DALLAS.' Dr.. March 2. Spe
cial to The Statesma) Paul l:u
thauan, a cook in the Beaver ho
tel at Independence, was arrested
by Sheriff John W. Orr the first
of the week at a dance near Mc
Coy on a charge of having litjuor
in his possession.
. Duchanan was given a hearinK
before Justice of the Teace Kd F.
Coad Monday afternoon when he
Pleaded guilty to the charge and
wan assessed a fine of ? 2 " and
costs.,
Lumber Mill at Dallas -Curtails
Minimum Wage
INE1IEIIS "
USE fiRRESTED
President and Three Mem
bers Charged With Con
tempt of Court
Thousands Destitute In Ireland
" DALLAS, Or, March 2.",.
(Special to The Stattsman)
The Willamette Lumber company
of Dallas has cut the scale of
wages Tor employes in the mill
yard as well as those in the log
ging tamps. The new scale in the
yards will be $3 a day for. com
mon labor for which $3. fio was
formerly paid. A like reduction
will also take place in other
classes of labor about the big
mill.
Visitor of Note Here
" From National Capital
Hawley. Divorce Case
Will be Heard in lune
The sensational Oregon City di
vorce case of Marjorla Hawley, vs.
Willard P. JIawley, which is on
appeal to the state supreme court
will be given a , hearing early) in
June, It was announced yesterday.
Mrs". Hawley Instituted the ac
tion and a counter complaint was
filed br the defendant. Mrs.
Hawley asked for heavy alimony,
puHtody of a Child and a liberal ial-
lowance. p 1 "
" ' ' In "the. lower court the . decree
was awarded. the defendant and
MfrkHawley the plaintiff, was de
, nledII pf. her demands with he
j exception of alimony pending an
i opinion by the supreme court. .
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-.Superintendent McNary
Approves Hospital Plans
Dr. W. D. McNary, superintend
ent of. the eastern Oregon hospital
for the insane at Pendleton., Was
J In Salem Friday In. .conference
with the board of control relative
to plans for the new wing at the
Pendleton hospital for which the
: recent legislature made an appro-
A visitor of note is in Salem
with the arrival last night of Dr.
David f Griffiths of Washington,
D. C, director of the experiment
farms of the United States gov
ernment. He is a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dib
b)f, 729 North Liberty street.
,Dr. Griffiths has been in Sa
lem before. His presence here at
this time is mainly to Visit at the
Dibble home and the 'tulip farm
of Dibbla & Franklin, but his
tour is one in'.the interests .ot the
government department he represents.
$31,500 of Interim
Certificates Are Found
CENTERVILLE. Iowa, March
25. A. D. Crawford of Center
vllle today received a telegra.ii
from1 Kansas City, Mo., saying
that 131,500 in Interim certifi
cates, part of the $92,000, in se
curities contained in a pouch of
registered mail stolen '- from the
railway station here .last Satur
day night, had been picked up
on the streets of Kansas City and
placed in ' the Merchants bank
there, v The certificates are non-
negotiable. .
riTTSUritfi. Kansas March
2.-.. Alexander M. llovvat. presi-df-nt
of the Kansas mine workers
and three members of the organ
ization's district executive board,
were arrested here late today on
charges of contempt of conrt in
connection with the calling of .a
ttrike. now In progress at a coal
mine in this county.
The mn were arraigned be
fore District Jndtie A. J. Curran
ami released on bonds of
each for appearance at a hearing
April . .
Ilowat' and several members of
the executive board recently were
found guilts, of contempt of court
bv Judce Curran In caHinsr a
rtriki. in February and given jail
sentences. They have appealed.
Charges of violating the crim
inal provisions of ths state indus
trial act in connection with the
February strike are pending
against Ilowat and.- August Dor
chy, vice president of the union.
Decline in Wholesale
, Produce Prices Noted
MINISTER DIES .
ATUIiilE
Rev. E. M. Smith Succumbs
To Rlood Poison After
Week's Illness
WASHINGTON. March 23.
The marked decline in wholesale
prices wag illustrated by the de
partment of Agriculture s bureau
of marhets, in a statement today
of convparisons based on reports
from 10 leading cities.
Potatoes, a year aco were sell
ing wholesale at $3.73 a hundred
pounds, now are $1.33: onions
which were $6.23 a hundred
pounds a year ago now are quoted
at. 70 cents; new cabbage, which
was $6.23. a barrel a ' year ago
now is $3.30 a b.irrel. and best
cold storage apples of standard
vartoilee nun toil it tR 7.1 a barrel
Hast March, now sell for
Man Who Bought Coffin
Is Burned to Death
WILLOWS. Cal.. March 25. -
Jamei Arnold. 74, who attracted
considerable notice a year ago by
erecting a vault for himself in
the Willows cemetery, and by
purchasing an expensive coffin-,
was burned to death here this
mornings
Ills portable house was destroy
ed by flames. His estate is val
ued at $10,000.
Rev. E. M. Smith, pastor ot the
First Methodist church at Mc
Minnvllle. died at hi hoiu In
that city Thursday after a brier
illness. He was 3 years old.
Funeral service will be held
on Easter Sunday at 3 o'clock,
the burial to take place there.
District Superintendent Gil
bert will have charge of the r?r-
ices.
Kev. Mr. Smith was one ol the
leading ministers of the Metho
dist church In this district and
his loss will be deeply regretted.
Desides his wife, he leaves thre
children, two daughter aged 1
and 3 years, and a son X years
eld. and his father and mother,
who are at present In llaker. Or.
Kev. Mr. Smith served cbnrcbe
at both Drain and Silverton.
Death was caused by blood
poisoning. Th infection fame
from poison oak in his eye and a
small boil on the cheek. He lived
a week after the physicians pro
nounced the case blood poison.
EXPLORER AND HEAD HUNTER, AND WIFE OF LATTER.
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HOMSLESS,
FIRE - BLACKENED ruins preUminarw reports show that lare
now speckle the once smiling .scale relief -work must be started
treen surface of Ireland where at once, to prevent widespread
mure than 100 cities and towns have starvation among scores of thou
been wrecked and burned. The sands of homeless, destitute women
scourge of flames has left heaps of and children.
debris v.i;h occasional blank-win- The widespread burning of
demed walls in place of acres of creameries, hayricks and farm stock
business buildings -and homes in combined with the long-continued
Cork and of whole communities xail way blockade has sent food
snch as Balbriggi-J. Cranqfd, Tra- P"ces aky-high in the cit.es where
Ice and others. the devastation has caosed great
, . i r.rirl- t unemployment. The total destruc-
',1 "Vr; riXJ lion U estimated at above $200,000.-
" . . ooo a staggering figure for I
homes at -dead of n.ght. to seek cotrr.
rttuge m me ncios a The American Committee for Re
thoie who escaped death by burn- ... . . . . Z
ir.g. many died Of exposure alter ,ecUrian body organized at the call
the terrorued flight into the winter. of Car(!ina Gibbons and with head
outdoors. msu'Ticiently clothed and. qtjartcrs at No. 1 West 34th Street.
unuernounsncti. mc cuamuu- Kew York City, is making an, ap
met tbe attention of tfc first relief for funds to aid the homeless
ur.it of tV.e Society of Friends dis- women and children in Ireland.
patched by the American Commit- Relief is bemfr organized br Quaker
tec for Relief in Ireland which ar- unit which did such splendid worV
rived nccntly in the fccii. "Their during the war. '
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Mitchell' Startsfcampaign to
'" Call South-Dakota:,
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Harold E.. Anthony, well known naturalist, Las returned to America from Ecuador, where
fie has been hunting rare birds and mammals for the American Museum of Natural History.
His search took him across the Andes and down into the land of the head hunting, devil wor
shipping Jivaro Indians in southern Ecuador. These gentle creatures kill their enemies with
poiaoned arrows from blow guns and insure the rectitude of erring wires by pinning them to
earth "with lances, but from the standpoint of the American collector they have at least one good
trait they know birds, and belf-ed the expedition to find out not only the indigenous varieties,
but the migrants, t He was gone nine months and brought back about 2,200 birds and 1,600 mam
mals, classification of which la expected to show severalspecies new to science. The largest
specimen is the skin of a speckled bear, the smallest a shrew. In the collection are a primitive
marsupial no larger than a gran-xry rat, a fish eating rat which goes under water and catches its
i5 .uiuHiis s e?uu-u America, ana nunareas or birds or brfatest color.
leek and Wells, Nevada,' last Wed
nesday, has mado a complete con
fession. according to advices re
ceived here today by Chief Post
office Inspector S. II. Morse. The
message was from Inspector J
LCauley, at Elko, Nevada, where
aBerry is be:ns held in Jail. Three
otbe six mall pouches have been
recovered.
words In your sermon wber easy
ones ran 1 employed."
After fervlce hia friend turned
to him and with the temark. "1
hope yon were satUflvd; did J
carry out your Intructlos?"
No," said the Tkar, "I don't
think you did." .
-What do you mean?" said the
preacher. "Tell roe any word I
used that your people couldn't
understand?'
"Among!,t others." said the vi
car "you used the word felicity.
Not half my people understand
what felicity means. Why could
you not have said happiness, or
better still. Joy?"
"Ob. that's nonpens.? said, the
fii-nd. "Anyone would know its
meaning. Let as ask this farm
er; he looks fairly intelligent."
. They accosted the farmer, and
gradually approached the sermon
of which the farmer spoke In
terms of praise.
You heard him n&a the word
felicity." said the vicar, "and. of
course yon know what it means?"
-Well." said the farmer, I
don't rightly know the exact
meaning, bat I know it's some
thing inside s pig."
WIRELESS
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WILL BE EXTENDED
Communication Between
Japan and America to
Extend All Over U.S.
Geneva Women Must
Pay For Vanities
GENEVA. March 24. Swiss
women who wear ihort skirts and
low-necked gowns will have to
pay higher rate of life Insurance
than those who do not. The
Swiss insnrance companies have
announced that fixing the prera
iums on policies of women's lives
tbey will take Into consideration
the women's r earing apparel.
The shorter the skirt or lover
the decollete, the higher the In
surance rate will be.
The Swiss companies Justify
this action on the ground of a
great increase ot illness and dis
ease among their women clients
which they claim is dne to the
wearing of short skirts and low
necked dresses.
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DEffiSIl'lES
John Williams Charred V.im
II' a . . "Ui
Minns n Negroes in -Peonage
ATLANTA. Ca,. kire
general denial to all tk
against him was mads Xcri:L, Z
John Williams, plaautlo Tw
who waa brought to th
county tower for safe keepii.
Police, claimed to aai
fesftloa of Clyde ManalBt
former employe of M UUffit, tilt
II negroea. held la prtit,Z
the Williams plantation U
pr county, had Wa ks
were recovered from riter tnr.
ny.
Uannlng stated that k Ui
knocked negroes Is the
an axe and barted tbest ta a r.
irc "" iiinu IUU;i.
He aald it baa beea iKsur7 ,t
kill them to escape wKa 'i L't.
n iwiLu. ow wa R-;ctM n
a cnarge oi muruer j&xerttj t
CovlBKton. Ca tonixit ui t
story of a long fend bvi k j
xamny ana neiKaoorm.
saia. inreaienea ;o tm CJf
Dec Kir in ise
Wllliami
"frane-up.
and the father
TJie, investigation la Cvu
has not yet ended.
TOKIOj March 13. It is of
ficially announced that wireless
communication between Japan
and America will be extended to
morrow to the whole of the
United States with the Inaugu
ration xtf the high power sending
station at Hara-No-Machi. near
Sendal.
Outgoing press messages will
be accepted at 54 sen (under nor
mal exchanee vanned at about 27
cents) to San Francisco and 60
sen -to New York and Washing
ton. The wireless rate . will repre
sent a reduction of 1C sen- (or
about 8 cents) on messages sent
to New York over the cables at
press rates.
Aerial Speed Record
Of 173 Miles Is Set
MITCHELL, S. "D, March, 2.3.
Directors of tbe Mitchell Chamber
of Commerce today vested for the
atDointment of a fctmailtCe. of
three to begin a 8taWwi.y fAiuiKvain right from Washington
paign to secure , a consiuuiiimai
amendment changing the name of
Souh Dakota to Koosevclt."
The name was chosen because
the late Theodore Roosevelt spjnt
part of his early manhood In Da
kota. Among reasons assigned
for the campaign to change the
state's name in that more than
30 bank failures in North Dakota
have been attributed to .South
Dakota.
Man Bought Wife, : .
. Children and Still
CHICAGO. March 25. i After
telling Federal Jadge K. M. Lan
dis that he had bought his wife;
her tow children, a still and a
small quantity of liquor from the
woman's former husband for $75.
John Pedruxzo. was fmed the
limit. $500 and costs today." I
wish I could make your fino a
thousand times greater," said
Judge Land is.
MINEOLA. N. Y.. March 25.
A new speed record of 173 miles
an. hour for. an aerial flight was
established today by an army De
llaviland plane, conveying Assist
ant Secretary of War Richard
to
Mitchell field here, a distance of
225 miles, in 78 minutes.
Tb craft was driven by a strong
gale.
IIOSTOX 11KKAD PIUCKS DHOP
BOSTON. March 23. Tlread
prices in lloston will be reduced
next Monday one and two cents a
loaf to ten and fifteen cent for
standard weights, according to an
nouncements ot two of the large
tread-baking companies.
Loss in Loss Angeles
WELFARE II ID
HEALTH DISCUSSED
Medical Experts of Federal
Agents Confer With Dr.
C. E. Sawyer
Bandits At Work ,
In Holy Land
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JERUSALEM.' March 23. Ban
dits have flourished in the Holy
Land as well as in other parts
of the world since the beginning
ot the war. The police are now
trying to put an end to their
activities. "
Abdul Hadl Kaha. tbe notori
ous -outlaw leader, who is said to
have severs! murders to his own
personal credit, was shot and
killed at Zichron Jaob ' recently
while Attempting with several
companions to escape arrest.
Tbe Galilee district police. In
co-operation with the authorities
cf AJlun, successfully attacked
the. Speitan section of Madeira's
gang of bandits at Kafr Abil and
feaptnred several of them. Ma
deira himself ia s fugitive on the
other aide of the Jordan and It
is believed that his followers are
scattered.
eatened "to tmt w j
the federal eosru." r
it calls tbe tbvt ij
He is 51 ya t
ather of 12 tV::tX.
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Navy Bureau Formej W.hV
Ministry of Trade c:i ;
.. ; Industry
WASHINGTON. March 25.
Ranking officials ot the federal
health agencies and prominent
medical experts from various
parts of the country conferred to
day with Dr. C. K. Sawyer, Pres
ident Harding's physician, regard
ing bis effort to reorganize and
co-ordinate government . health
and public welfare work.
Among those who were called
into consultation were Major Gen
eral Ireland, surgeon general of
tbe navy: Hugh S. S. Cummin.
Fire Totals $250,000 yir??n tonraA of u.blic
uci & u oca v ai w in 414 ir
et T? Ahoef or f Inn V si warn vl
LOS ANGELES. March 25.-A . n " I I "V -,V rZ?.
fire that des royed a wharf, six pr of Ponngy,anlm and Dr. Av.
rea-goin yachts and the plan of llara j gnow f New York
the corporation at Los , h & ,h w fc
Angeles Harbor, was extinguUhed t the ww b Df & T
late .today after causing damage fl tTnted to pre8,dent nrd.
!? j atn is wcio uu tun sajo
Negro Confesses
Mail Train Robbery
SAN FRANCISCO. March 25.
Theodore Berryj negro, arresteil
in connection with the robbery of
six mail sacks from the Southern
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F THERE IS one enterprise on earth that a "oultter" shoulrl 1pv
severely alone, it is advertising. To make a success of advertising
one must be prepared to stick like a barnacle on a boat's bottom.
He should know before he begins it that he must spend money
lots of iL Somebody must tell him that he cannot hope to reap re
sults commensurate with his expenditure early in the game.
J, Advertising does not jerk; it pulls. It begins very gently at
first, but the pull is steady. It increases day by day and year by
year, until it exerts an irresistible power.
' John Wanamaker.
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of the Seacraft corporation un
dersoil); repairs. Two were
owned by Dustln Farnum, actor.
RELEASE OE II
CAPTAIN
URGED
WORTH HAVING.
A clergyman who had a cleri
cal friend staying with him
availed himself of the tatter's of
fer to preach for him one Sunday.
The congregation were mostly
pimple folks, and so he said:
"Don't use . any long and bard ' Windsor.
ACTIDri PROMPT i
OiH FARM LOANS
Reports Indicate Sum Auth
orized Will Not Meet
' Demands
WASHINGTON. March 23.
Prompt results in distributing the
two million dollars appropriated
by congress for loans to farmers
in drought stricken areas In the
northwest with which to bay seed
and grain.', was reported to the
agricultural department today by
Its representatives in charge of
the work at Targo? N. D. The
first application was approved
end loan made within one. week
after the Fargo office was opened
Rfports ot agriculture depart
ment representatives on . tbe
ground Indicate that tbe sum
authorized will sot begin to meet
tbe demands, but tbe department
is holding the loans to the needy
districts for which the appropri
ation was intended. .
good
"What Is considered
score on these' links?".
-Well." replied the youthful
caddie solemnly, "most of the
gents tries to do It In as few
strokes as they can. bat It gin'
r'lly take some more." London
' WARSAW. Marek 24. TiLia '
statesmen are trying to fled a vir ,
to build up a fleet c: t. lizi '
vowels to pry the scTes in. Fi.
ed back from the salt voter wki
Poland lost her la&tprziti't v.t
was partitioned by pfuso. Lz ,
and Austria, the sew rmt'..c, rr
the treaty of Versailles, v '
granted an outlet to tt Lil:-
The Polish gOTersmf:t u J-f
ing tbe private concern ta Lriiv
tbe operat.on' of aevf ril. vrj
plying Thlny between Eir'
French and Holland poru. Cs
firms are extending tbeserr.ci
America.
" PolanJ'a ninUtry - ef wr ia
Just purchased four noal:cri t
the foundation 'of tbe Y
fleet. Six, torpedo boats. as.
to Poland by the council ct t: ;
baasadors, formerly havlag bei
part o" uermanjrs naval fr
are now tmdergolng - retii-i t
England. , ...
A navy bareas of the mix r
of trade ft&4 Indaitry ' txi 1
formed by the Polish gorert:
sad a naval school has beea
tablisbed gt Tchef. or T? (
lish spelling) on the VUts'.t. ;
outside tbe limits ot tbe frt4 t
of Danzig. Tbe coarse ct - '
academy is to be coadicted al
lines ot modern Ecgllsa sit. r
schools, ssi English sstU ,
sion having spent soma tin i
Poland assisting tbe stv tw-
men i in inangaraung ua prcrv
Attempt to Abolish
Gymnastics T
OLYllPIA, Waslu Marck t:
5hool boys ot the sUU of Wt
ing ton will conUaoe t ttcfT
pkys'cal edacatios becacst
boy has a large chest expaa
A bill to abolish physical tni
Ing was passed by the lower act
of the resent Wasklixxtaa let
latnre and ft looked as If 1
would past the senate- Wki '
came np Senator D. V. Nortt-'
of Yakima clinched tls artiss
against it by drciartaf l-t
baa a two and one-halt latk
expansion due to gyxnaastV tr
Ing in, the paMie stkools, T
bill was defeated.
Mrs. Peck She' yrj X"'
but she never aays s '
can't Imagine why all tsts & a
lov with her. . -
Mr. Peck I can.
QUARTET OF GIANT ROOKIES SHOW MIDSEASON FORM. I
Defense of Robert Rosen-
blulh Will Ask For
Bail Today
NRW YOIIK. March 23. Ap
plication for the release on bail
of Robert Itoxenblutb. former
captain of engineers In the United
States army, who is held here in
connection with the death of MaJ.
Alexander P. Cronkhite at Camp
Lewis, Wash., on October 25,
1918. will be made tomorrow
when the accused officer is ar
raigned in removal proceedings
before a federal commissioner.
Rosenbluth said today that If
he la released on bail be would
proceed to Seattle at his own ex
pense and clear the suspicions on
which, he declared, the officials
have based the . murder charge
against him. - .,
SIX VOTKRS CAST 11AIXOTS
WATSONV1LL.E, CaL. March
25. Only six voters out of a total I
of 1600 registered, cast their bal
lots In the election for school
trustees here today. Three direc
tors were elected.
A Hi l: Y'-'-H:- ::A
Statesman Bring Results
; Classified Ads. In The
New York Giants' camp at tSan Antonio, where Manager John J. MrXSraw and; bia ,
; looting over tbe newcomera, U a lirelj one. .McGraw ia creaUj tJeased w"ith. ti? c .
The
ants are
ins .that the rookies are making, especially in the case of Urown, Gross, Walker and -A5?.T5li
Wnc real "pep" in their fight fori regular lerth.