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1 Fair; light westerly winds.
SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, AfRIL 2, 1921
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Stotes
sea tragedy
Federal Steamboat Inspect
ors Hold lnquiry to Place
' Blame ; For Sinking Of
Governor.
TEN PERSONS- NOW
REPORTED MISSING
Boat Sinks an Hour and A
Quarter After Being
Rammed
.SEATTLE. Wash., April 1.
Federal steamboat Inspectors late
today began a preliminary Inves
tigation1 Into responsibility for the
'collision off Point Wilson. Wash..
early this morning between the
Admiral line passenger ateamer
Coventor and the freighter West
Htrtland, which resulted in the
Inking of the Governor with the
probable loss of ten lives.
The inquiry was held behind
flosed doorB. Witnesses called
included Capt. John Alwen, mas
ter ef the West Hartland; Capt.
E. P. Bartlett of the Governor,
and Capt. Harry Martin. Puget
lound pilot, who waa In charge
of the passenger liner.
United State District Attorney
Robert C 8aunder also ordered
West Hartland is a shipping
board tesael although under char
ter to the Pacific Steamship com
pany, owners of the Governor,
and the liability of the freighter.
If any, Mr. Saunders said, might
ennaJly,fall on the govern
ment ; . '
' Tea persons, seven passengers
. aad three members of -the Gover
nor crew, were connted as miss
ing tonight
' . Bodle Are Found.
The survivors were brought to
Seattle" on the West 1 la man a,
which, although badly damaged,
washable to proceed under her
own steam.
The Governor tonight was ly
ln In water many fathoms deep,
three-quarters of a mile north
rast of Point Wilson. In the
strait of ' Joan de Fuca. She
foundered at 1:15 a. m., one hour
and 11 minutes after she had
' been rammed ( No bodies have
beet, found.
Accounts of passengers, ship's
'officers and - others agreed that
while there was a slight fog, the
teasels could be seen as they ap
proached each other. Ship's offi
cers declined to discuss the ques
tion of responsibllty pending the
outcome of the Inquiry. .
Rescues : Are Heroic.
Heroic rescues featured (he dis
aster. Mrs. W. W. Washburn of
Noah Hay,. Wash., refused to leave
her two-children who were pinned
beneath wreckage In their state
room, and went down with them,
despite the efforts of two sailors
to rescue her. Her husband, who
.was unable to reach his family
after the accident, was saved. Of
ficers and passengers alitoe de
clared that complete order was
maintained and the transfer of"
e survivors ?to the West Hart
land accomplished speedily.
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103 ANGELE9. April 1. A
mas. known as "Jake" Clancy,
who worked for, the past year as
a longshoreman at Los Angeles
harbor, was a passenger on the
steamship Governor, sunk in a
eolUsion off port Townsend.
"Sib.. aCCOrdlnr tn aennninf anroa
bO said the? believed h w the
ttaa listed as missing under the
oi j. Clancy.
Clancy was on his way to Alas
"a to hunt gold, his friends said
Suit or Astoria Marine
; Iron Works Dismissed
anE01?1. April 1
' u"a v iam A"oa Marine Iron
ot? ; sainst the Emergency
corporation for recovery of
tZS.OOJ foe 11ao-1 .vo.t.vf
r1'"1; was discussed today to
.v7."r,"dge Wolverton who held
tw 7 emergency Fleet corpor
ereaLi governmental entity
I:.ea''xercis governmental
uons and for Its acts in that
rjty the United States Is not
tut!. .Mept in the court of
tmTZ. '"oivlng amounts in ex
110,000.
s'x Mexicans Ordered
Deported From Oregon
Sli ?' 0r-. April 1.
AeJ$ni were today ordered
lmdtbjr R- p- Bonham. chief
'hafclE?ttol1 ,nsPtor. They will
im??ted 10 San ancisco by
onvtlon "icers snot, placed
PonwtJJ1.? Bteamer 'or Mazatlan.
2, 01 th Mexicans have re-
afrT,!edvWnt(BCM m the
he otner two: having
ProeeliT-t0 enMo deportation
KbS,Dc?irto tak4 A
Ported Bl,Enropeans Will be de
Tor? 1 Wek b3r wa ot New
MORE ACTIVITY LESS STRIFE
DECLARED SALEM'S NEED IN
PRESENT HOUR OF UNREST
Prominent Husiness Man (lives Advice as to Mow Salem May
be Made Center of Commercial Map More Homes. More
Work and Fair Wages Necessity of Times.
TU- following rii.U, pr-psrrl l.y
ftrumtnrni Salmi Imhhh-hh iiiaii, is timrly
iu Hint it ulrnr, Kmnst 1.01ml inrrxt.
ami urtrs th .i,n ( vinnitv
to join liamU in making tin rnv tb
ir. t liiil of niMinifri'ial a-tiit in tli
illn'n.-lit- Vallrv.
A building boom is due in Sa
lem. Salem is the second city in
the slate in bank deposits. Salem
has u model city government. Not
:i tlollar is. wafted ami the -Marion
county government is just as
good. The influence of Salem
and Marion county en the ad
ministration of the state insti
tution! is wholesome. The Mate
taxeS have gone up. bmt not due
to the actual cost of administer
ing the state government and its
institutions located at Salem.
Salem has a splendid school
system, from private institutions
of learning to the common
schools. The school Hoard has
just put in a practical dressmak
ing school, "where young women
are learning to cut and fit their
own clothes and clothes for the
children and reduce the family
expenses to a minimum. Salem
is a cheap city to live in. It is
a city of middle class homes and
people who live within their
means, and many are accumulat
ing savings. One man who is
getting $1"0 a month is regularly
Mill EMPLOYEES
HUE STAYED OFF
Committee Visits Lumber
Plant But Finds Manage-
ment Has Left Town
Acting upon the recommenda
tion of Otto Hartwig, president
of the Oregon federation of labor,
a committee of the employes -the
Charles K; Spauiding Logging
company and of the central trades
and labor council, yesterday went
to the plant with the expectation
of asking Mr. Spauiding to sub
mit the wage differences now ex
isting between the management
and the workers to arbitration. In
the absence of Mr. Spauiding. who
was out of the city, the members
of the committee met Oliver My
ers, who received the men and dis
cussed their grievance in a gen
eral way. The workers informed
Mr. Myers that they did not care
to force their demands, and that
they would gladly return' to work
at a wage of $3 pending arbitra
tion oT the dispute. Mr. Myers
InfornVed the employes that he
was without authority to epeak
for Mr. Spauiding and that a lat
er conference would be necessary
in case a settlement was antici
pated. This conference probably
will be held sometime next week.
A few days ago the Spauiding
mill management announced; that
beginning on April 1 the wages of
the employes would be reduced
from S3. 60 to S3 a day. This re
duction was resisted By the work
ers and a committee was named
to confer with Mr. Spauiding aim
ascertain if he would be willing
to submit the dtrierence w aroi-
tration. It was teported by em
ployes of the mill that Mr. Spauld-
ln na d little, if any attention .u
the request, and on the same day
issued an order suspending opera
tions of the plant. ;
Since that Urn the employes
have been unionized, and have re
ceived assurances from the state
labor federation that they will re
ceive the support of that organi
zation. I
1 The next move on the part o
the mill employes has not been
made public, but it is not expected
that any definite action win
tlaken until a conference can
had with Mr. Spauiding.
be
be
French Lose 20 in
Fight in Asia Minor
LOXDON. April 1 Fighting
between the Turks and French in
which the latter lost 20 killed, is
reported in messages from Cillcla.
Asia-Minor, forwarded by the
Constantinople correspondent or
the London Times.
The news appears to confirm
persistent rumors of repudiation
by the Turkish nationalist ad
ministration at Angora of the
Franco-Turkish agreement con
cluded in London.
Two Pay $erialty For
Complicity in Plot
MEXICO CITY. April 1. Vic
tor Laseano and Heriberto E. Sal
gado met death before a firing
squad early this morning, ten
hours after their arrest for alleged
complicity in an assassination
plot. .
Salgado is said to nave been
arrested yesterday afternoon In
the Mexico City postoffice while
mailing a package containing a
high explosive bomb addressed to
chief of the federal military op
erations in the state of Pnebla.
Evidence which wa given by him
caused the Immediate apprehen
sion of Lazcano.
rutting away $ 1 10 a month in the
bank. Oi course, he and his wife
are not Irving to ;iee how much
they can spend. They own a lit
tli home and make a maiden and
economize.
There is only one thine lacking
in Salem.
We are not yet fully readjusted
to after-wartime conditions. The
statement that the cost of living
has not pone down is not true.
The cost of living necessities ha
rone down in some instances be
low pie-war time prices. Cloth
ing and all necessaries of life,
like flour. sugar, eups. canned
goods, potatoes, green and dried
truits, have gone down.
All the preliminary stage wet
ting is in order for a general for
ward movement In building homes
and business buildings that are
very badly needed.
All that is required to have u
regular building boom break in
the Capital city is a better un
derstanding. There should be a public con
ference and a thresh'ng out of
the actual facts about the cost
of living, the cost of Iwillding ma
terials ard the cost of labor, and
then go ahead.
It is a well known fact that the
1 Continued on page C)
JUNIOR CUSS IS
HIGH 1 CONTEST
Interclass Rivalry is Shoym
In Debate Staged at
High School
The Junior class again took
first place in the high school in
terclass rivalry contest yesterday
when their representative. Francis
Ward, captured the high honors
:n the sight reading contest. This
victory gives the Junior class a
lead of four points over their
nearest competitlors. the seniors,
and puts them well along toward
wiunir.jr the interclass rivalry cup
this yar. Percy Hammand, the
senior representative, took second
place while third place fell to the
sophomores who were represent
ed by Margret Louis.
The contest yesterday morning
wa3 keenly contested and was ac
companied by high enthusiasm.
Serious threats were made against
Evan Jones, interclass rivalry
manager, who withheld the de
cisions for some time in order to
reuse more enthusiasm.
Miss Ward's rpeaking has called
forth m:i(Ji favorable comment
and t-he ha? been responsible for
winning two first places for her
class.
The sophomore-Junior debate is
the next contest and is to be stag
ed next Wednesday. The debates
are by far the most important of
the interclass oeelamatory con
tests and have been preceded by
weeks of preparation. Arthur
Montgomery will lead the Junior
team and Russet Prat, the under,
class team.
HERB MEET
Protection Against Mills
Across Canadian Bor
der is Urged
PORTLAND. Or., April 1.
Lurriber and shingle manufactur-j
ers of Oregon and Wash'ngton.
held a conference with United
States Senator R. N. Stanfieid to
day and urged upon Mm t'ae need
of a tariff to protect the Industry
against the growing encroach
ments of mills across the Canad
ian border.
Senator Stanfieid announced
himself in sympathy with ihe
manufacturers and pledged him
self to work for a tariff to pro
tect American lumbering.
"The belief prevails in con
gress." he said, "that all tariffs
should be basfP upon a par ex
change. It is also the feeling of
the new administration that all
industries shoufd be protected
wherever the nead arises, end It
is by no means the purpose to pro
tect others and leave the lumber
interests out in the cold."
Resolutions were adopted peti
tioning congress to remove ' the
"blighting hand" of government
control from the American mer
chant marine and sell or lease the
fleet private American operator.
The lumbermen also decided to
request the, interstate commerce
commission aad lailway exeutive
boards to suspend for VO day.4. in
the Interest or building, Oie rail
way rate advance on lumber.
Will
mm
1200,000 TO
BE EXPENDED I
01 HIGHWAYS
Commission to let Contracts
At Two Day Session To
Bq Held in Portland On
April 5 and 6.
MANY COUNTIES WILL
BENEFIT AT SESSION
Work For Entire Year May
Aggregate More Than
$12,000,000
Proposals for road improve
ni nts aggregating a cost of more
Hum $',i(o.uihi will e consid-
.red
-tate
it
two d;iys meetin ol ihe j
Highway commission to be j
held in Tort land on April .". and
The i (Hitetnpiati u improvements
inciiuVe the pav:ng of approxi
mately .'.0 miles of highway, grad
ing estimated at Mi miles, -"
miles of rock surfacing, consider
able graveling and a number ot
substantial bridges.
Under a recetft ruling of the
highway commission future meet
ings will he of two days' duration
instead of one oay as in the past.
This innovation in the procedure
of the commission, jt was ex
plained by Roy Klein, secretary of
the body, will give the small con
tractors an opportunity to compete
more successfully, than under the
present system.
linger Session Iroioed
Hecause of the whorl sessions
now held by the commission con
tractors whose proposals are re
jected have to wait several months
before they can again submit bids
for state work. The two dah'
session will give contractors
whose bids are rejected on tr.3
first day an opportunity to sub
mit proposals for other work on
the second day of the meetins
Mr. Klein said yesterday that
representatives from many coun
ties in Oregon would be present at
the April meeting of the highway
commission, and that the con
tracts, if awarded, will insure
stimulation of the labor market
during the Fummer. Besides the
$2,000,000 of contracts to be
awarded at' this session of the
commission there is ' about S.
000,000 represented in projects
for which bids were accepted at
previous meetings, and unfinished
jobs carried over from last yaar.
All of this work which represents
an aggregate expenditure of $10.
000,000 will be completed this
year, accordihg to the commission.
Itonds Are Offered
There also will come before the
commission; at the April meeting
proposals to issue bonds in sever
al counties in Oregon for road
improvement work in co-operation
with the state.
The proposed improvements, for
which bids will be considered at
the April Meeting of the commis
sion, as announced bv the higway
deDartment todav follow:- I
Crook county Ochoco highway,
U.or miles of grading. Bids re
ceived April 3.
Douglas county Pacific high
way, Divide-Drain section, units
No. 1 and 2. 14.1 miles paving.
Uids received April 6.
Pacific highway. Oakland-South
section. 1.2 miles of paving. Bids
received April .
Douglas and Josephine counties
Pacjfic highway. Wolf Creek
Galesville section. 14.1 miles of
paving. Bids received April 5.
Harney county Central Ore
gon highway, Buru-Sage Hen Hill
section. 14.52 miles of grading.
Bids received April 5.
Malheur county Old Oregon
Trail, . Ontario-Weiser section.
14.36 miles of grading and gravel
surfacing. Bids received April 6,
Lane county Pacific highway.
Walker-Goshen section. 9.S
miles of paving. Bids received
April 6.
Union county Old
Oregon
section.
trail. Kamela-riilgara
12.75 miles of grading.
Bids re- i
ceived April 6.
Old Oregon trail. Hilgard-La-Grande
section. 6 i miles of grad
ing. Bids received April 6.
Wallowa county La Grande
Joseph highway. Wallowa Canyon
section. 8.38 miles of broken
stone surfacing. Bids received
April 5.
La Grande-JoFeph highway,
Wallowa-Losting section. 12 0
miles of grading and gravel sur
facing. Bids received April .
Bridges
.losenhine county One bridge
over Deer creek on the Grants
Pass-Crescent City highway, about
one mile south of Seln'ia.
une Drioge oer
the Wolf C:""
tion of the Pacific highway near
oir creeK. ,
Klamath County One crossing.
of tba Altamount canal abou sev-
en miles east of Klamath Palls. I
One crossing
OI IDC . V" T-ftwii,
. . L . , 1 n n T.
California and Eastern
Railway-
near Dairy, about 18 miles east of
Klamath Falls.
Marion and Polk counties
Painting of steel work in Willam
ette river bridge at Salem.
ARMY CANNON
ARRIVES FOR
STATE PARK
Kig Gun Presented by Govern
ment Through Efforts of
Sedgwick Post, G. A. R.
An army siege gun. which under
a resolution of the recent legisla
ture. has . been presented to the
Sedgwick post. G. A. It., of Salem,
by the government, arrived in the
city yesterday. The gun has been
turned over to the state by ,Sedg
k post and will be' placed on
the state capttol grounds on a
platform to bo efected probabl
east oi u: state house.
The gun is a .".-inch field gun
and weighs nearly tnnin pounds
It w.i'; consi; tied U- Albert Laugh
ril;e. commander of Sedgwick
post, anil it prohahU will be nil
loaded today.
The cannon comes from Fort
Worden. Wash. While it is prac
tically modern tyte of g.in, it
lias heen supplanted by newer arid
more modern typea. and for that
re.Tt n a number of the guns have
been distributed to patriotic or
ganizations. ; It was through Sedgwick post
t that the legislature's attention
was called to the possibility of oh-
liiiniitg the caution. Another gun
Is on the train which goes to the
! It . A I A
EQUITY ACTION
IS
Temporary Injunction to Re
strain Seattle Taxpayers
Has Been Denied
SEATTLE. Wash., pril 1 Fed
eral Judge Jeremiah Neterer to
day dismissed the equity action
brought by the Puget Sound Pow
er and LiKht company against the
14 Seattle taxpayers. who.
through suits filed in the state
courts, are seeking a review of
the city's purchase of the street
railway system.
The opinion granted a motion
by the taxpayers, contained in
their answer to 4he equity action,
to dismiss all -actions brought
against them and denied the mo
tion of the company for a tem
porary inunction to restrain the
taxpayers from proceeding with
their suits in the state courts.
Week Awards
Statesman Classified
Ad Contest
Each week the Statesman
will give three cash rewards
for the best "stories" about
Statesman Classified Ads.
The award's will be announc
ed each Tuesday morning;
1st reward, $2.50; 2nd re
ward, $1.50; 3rd reward,
1.00.
Contestants must see that
their "stories" reach the
Statesman office before Mon
day morning of each week
In order to be considered.
Last Week's Awards.
A number of very inter
esting "stories" were receiv
ed last week, and the judges
have decided upon the fol
lowing as the winners:
1st reward. $2.50. Mrs.
Grace Keuscher, 1535 North
Church, Salem.
2nd reward, Miss Esther
L. Thompson, route 8, box
6 7, Salem.
3rd reward, Mis9 Teddy
Kirk. Indian school, Chema
wa, Oregon.,
Out of the large number
of stories received, the judg
es have decided that the fol
Jowing should have compli
mentary mention and will be
published in future issues.
1st. Rovena Eyre. 11&0
Oak Street.
2nd, Miss Lula Koschme
der. 295 South 27th street,
Salem.
3rd. Evelyn White, box
412. Newport, Oregon.
The story winning second
complimentary mention is
published in full below; the
others will be published in
future issues of The States
man. Watch for them.
I
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Classified Ail Finds Ileturns Many
' Iost Article.
I was visiting at the home of
Miss Jennie, who was a very
dear friend of mine. Jennie, as
a rule, was very jolly and happy,
but this evening I could see that
she was sad. She was trying
nard to raake me happy and not
tell her sorrow. So I asked her
tf ,j BOmethinp was worrying her.
f ,pd hpr J thp (lavr.nport and
fhe gat down beside mp and to,d
aJ( a her enea?ement to
a soldier boy. When this soldier
left for overseas service she prom
ised to-be his bride upon his re
turn. He placed a beautiful dia
mond ring on her finger. While
(Continued on page 3)
FOREIGN LOIS
ARE DISCUSSED
BT EXECUTIVE
Subjects Now Under Cabinet
Consideration Include, In
dustrial and Financial
Problems.
WAR DEBTS MAY BE
CONVERTED INTO BONDS
Railroad Situation Raises A
Cfuestion Over Wage and
Other Contracts
WASHINGTON. April 1. Fin
ancial and industrial subjects.
ranging from foreign loans to the
t,ion,fsti
agricultural situation.
were discussed at length by Pres
ident Harding and his cabinet at
today's regular meeting.
It was indicated that no defl
nite conclusions resulted.
The discussion of European war
loans outstanding was in con
nection with the approach of the
time for an Interest-payment. It
is understood that the president
end his cabinet talked oyer the
feasibility of converting the loans
into some sort of long term ne
gotiable bonds.
In the railroad problem, the
point that wage and other con
tracts entered into when the rail
roads were tinder government
control are still In force, was
raised in a telegram received by
President Harding from the rail
way employes' department of the
American Federation of Labor,
which proposed that employers
and employes be called into a
general conference on reorgani
zation. Indications were that the
president has no plan for a gene
ral conference now in mind. Of
ficials close to the executive ex
pect him rather to work out his
policy through individual consul
tilt (on with the managers, stock
holders and employes.
Owstion Xot Ilefore President.
In the cabinet's discussion of
the question of continuing war
time agreements. It was brought
out that the issue involved far
more than the mere controversy
between employer and employe.
Arguments were put forward
that if the contracts in question
were to be regarded as still In
force, that would remove the
right of negotiation between the
roads and men on many wage dis
agreements. It also was pointed
out that this question was not di
rectly before the president but
rather was a nut to be cracked
by the railroad labor board.
In its general review of busi
ness conditions, the cabinet took
particular notice of agricultural
productivity on which a report
was made by 'Secretary Wallace,
similar in tone to recently pub
lished appeals for relief to agri
cultural interests.
L
KB ELECT
W. A. Reid of Marshfield
Heads Organization for
Coming Year
EUGENE, Ore., April 1. The
commercial yecrfetaries of the
state who have been here for a
week's short course at the school
of commerce of the University of
Oregon, today elected officers as
follows:
W. A. Iieid, secretary of the
Marshfield chamber of commerce,
president; T. L. Stanley, manager
of the Klamath Falls chamber ot
commerce, vice-president; F. Ant
les. secretary of the Bend Com
mercial club, secretary. Resolu
tions were adopted asking the
school oi commerce to repeat the
course next year.
The final classes today were iu
public speaking, given by William
M. Michael, professor of public
1 alism, by George Turnbull, of the
school of journalism faculty; and
commerce, bv Dean Robbins and
Professor Jonn It. Whitaker.
This evening the Kiwanis club
of Eugene were hosts at a ban
quet to the visitors.
Boy Scout Saves
Life of Three Year Old
NORTH BENli. Ore.. April 1.
Jimmy Dingmfcy. a Boy Scout,
plunged into fc bay here last
night and saveT three-year-old
Theresa Macon who had fallen
through a hole in the wharf. The
tide was fast carrying out the
child when Jimmy "reached her
and swam to a pier holding her
above water until John MeUer
came to his rescue and got them
both safely to land.
COMMERCIA
MAN
SLAYER HERE
TO BEGIN LIFE
PRISON TERM
Jpseph Poesch! Dressed in arid
Assigned to Cell in Penitentiary
4 Joseph O. Poeschel. recently
sentenced to a life term in the
Klatt; penitentiary for the murder
of ("Jiarles Schnabcl. Portland at
torney, arrived here yesterday in
custody of a deputy sheriff.
After being dressed in Poeschl
was assigned to a receiving cell
where he. will remain for several
days. He will be watched closely
by the prison -physicians, and if
found to be insane he will! be
ir-uisferied to the fctate hospital
tor treatment. In the latter eveut
tin patient will be assigned to the
ward for the criminal insane.
Upon his arrival at the peniten
iry PotschI had little to say.
other than contending that I hel
won a victor at the hands of Ihe
jury that convicted hinj at the
pruve offense. i !
In case Poeschl Is held In Ihe
prison. Warden Compton said it
is noi likely that ho will be given
any work which necessitates! him
coming in contact with other pris
oners. Thlsj . precaution wII j be
faken, the warden said, .because
of fiva apparent mental weakness
of the prisoner.
Ldwatd May. sentenced to serve
five years in the, pentiehtlary tor
burglary, was brought to Salem
with Poeschl. x ' , . i
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FEU CHARGF
ON CUDS ton
' '1 1 .
Switching fiate, - Effectfni
All of Salem's Industries: ,
Reduced to $6,50 1 :
Trarflc' Interchange twitching
charges between - llae of f the
Souther Pacific company and the
Oregon Electric la Salem 4wre
reduced yesterday to CS0 a ear
on sand, gravel and wood.' ac-,
cording to announcement made by
the Oregon public service com
mission. ' j .
The old rate was 624 cents a
ton, with a minimum charge ! of
19.50. Based do 40-ton; car,
the saving to persons paying the
witching charges will be approx
imately $17.50.
The matter of obtaining a re
duction in switching charges came
before 'the public service com
misKion several months ago,' and
after considerable correspondence
the Southern Pacific1 company
agreed to the concession. The
new charge affects practically all,
of Salem's industries and applies
to all that territory lying west
of Fourteenth street. ! j i
It was said that the ewfrate
would become effective at once,
although the commission had hot
made any formal order in the
rase up until last night. The an
nual saving to Rslem industries,
as a result of the new rate, will
amount to several thousand dol
lars annually, according to esti
mates made by the commission.
Two More Die From
Sleeping Sickness
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 1.
Two deaths from sleeping sickness
were reported to the bureau of
health today which brings the to
tal fatalities since the start of the
present year to seven.
TfliS
Salem Educator Is Relative of
Benjamin Franklin, Says Scribe
in Portland Newspaper Sioxy
A Salem man, Professor F. G -
Franklin, professor of sociology
and kindred sciences at Willam
ette university. Is the subject used
by Fred Lock ley In his column on
interesting people, in the Oregon,!
Daily Journal yesterday, TheM
are, probably, few people in Sa
lem acquainted with the fact that
Professor Franklin is a relative
of that renowned scholar and
philosopher. Ben Franklin.
Professor Franklin has been at
Willamette university for three
years, coming here from Albany
college, at Albany, Or., whej-e he
taught for nine years. The ar
ticle follows:
"He that hath a trade, hath an
estate, and he that hath a calling
hath an office of profit afid hon
or." This is just as true today
as it was when Benjamin Frank
lin wrote fy. He also said. "But
dost thou love life? Then do not
waste time; for time is the stuff
that life is made of."
A relative of Benjamin Frank
lin is professor of social science
at Willamette university. His
name is Profewor F. O. FranK
lin. When I asked him recently
to tell me something about him
self, he said:
"My father George W. Frankf
lin. was born in New York state
in 1X2.. He was a descendant of
a brother of Benjamin Franklin.
I was born on a farm not far from
the village or Plover. Wis., April
29. 1SC1. My father was a man
of strong convictions. His fam
ily moved to. northern Illinois in
IS, SUN
GETS UOf
57,500 MONTH
H -
Alleged "Confession" Letter
And utner Letters Kuiea
Out As Confidential and
Privileged.
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FIRST CHARGES AGAINST
HUSBAND ARE AMENDED
Divorce Not Likely If Acts
I EachAre Accused Of
1 Are Sustained
Supreme Court Justice Mor
schauser yesterday opined lit the
divorce suit of James A. Stillman,
New York banker, against Mrs.
Antia 11. Stillman that the defend
ant! w entitled to temporary ali
mony of $7600 a month, counsel
fees of $35,000 and $12,500 Xor
expenses.
ira. Stillman had asked all-,
mopy of $10,000 a month and
$74,00 counsel fees. justice
Morschaused made public bis de
cision after he had transmitted it
to the conrt clerk at White Plains
along with affidavits and plead
ings presented' In the ease.
J afsuleaision the justice ruled
out; of the divorce suit as confi
dential and privlliged the alleged
"confession'' letter written to Mr.
Stillman by his wife. He also
rnld out letters written to lira.
StUlman written by Fred Beaurais
an;' Indian guide, who was named
in the banker's complaint as co
respondent and accused of being
the! rather of Mrs. Stillman's In
fant ,son, Guy. . -w
ewtiinonf Xot Competent
;Tb decision set forth that'
Mr4.;8tillman had pleaded recrim
inations In her answer . to. the
banker's complaint that "both hus
band and wife mad charge
"founded - upon an allegation of
adultery.'
'A hasband or wife Is not com
peteat to testify atainst the other
on such allegations' the decision
aid.! . i
The Justice decided that the af
fidavits to "Which the letters werl
appended contained matters that
Mri Stillman could not testify to,
and. It was on this ground that th
cotnmunieations were barred. -
justice Morschauser pointed oaf
thsthls Inhibition against admit
ting" the alleged messages from
Beau va la to Mrs. Stillman applied
only, to the motion under consider,
at! em. and that they might be oU
ferCd again in connection with lat
er notions.
1 Letters Ruled Out
-, Itef erring to the alleged "letter
written to Mr. Stillman by his.
wife,; to the admission of which
herij attorneys objected aTnd which
it. was charged by counsel for the
banker that she wrote "in a mo
ment of hysteria implicating her
self," the decision:
"Communication and transac
tions between husband wife were,
early recognised as privlliged and
neither could be compelled to dis
close; what took place between
them: and. neither was a compe
tent witness to testify as to such
transactions of a confidential-nature
Or induced by the marital re
lation. "Prom experience it waa found
that; ; far less evil would result
from the exclusion ot such ier.fl-
mohy than from its admission. It
y) ;
J. (Continued on page 3)
I 1834. and in 1844 they went to
the; pineries of Wisconsin. He
was a self-educated man, and you
could usually find him lined up
on the unpopular side ot political -and
social issues. - For example,
he presided over the Sons of Tem
perance lodge when prohfbition
ists were scoffed at as cranks, and
he advocated woman suffrage be
fore" il was born.
''My mother's maiden jpame was
Mary Jane Bates. Robert Bates. "
an ancestor, came from England
to Jilassachufetts In 1630. Jler -father
was a farmer near Ithaca,
N. Yi My mother received a good -education.
She came west to
teach school, and while teaching
met her fate in the form of my
father. ' ; f
''My boyhood was passed on the
farms doing chores fhat most far
mer;jboys have to do. filling, the
capacious maw of the woodbox,
pumping water, milking cows,
planting corn, driving the reaper
white my father stood on the
small platform raking off the
bundles. . Rainy days, 'evenings
and Sundays I put in much of the
time; in the attic, where I ran
across my mother's old walnut
ches in which I found her text-i
books of French, astronomy and
geology. These I devoured, for;
they opened a new world to me.'
I secured a third grade certlfi
catejwhen 1 was 18. and taught
In a country school. By study-.
Ing while teaching I secured; a
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