The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 23, 1921, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textin.: RAILROADS LAY IE Post-War Profiteering Held Responsible for Financial Difficulties LOW PRICES ARE RELIEF Iron and Steel Industry and ; . Coal Mines Caused Distress CHICAGO, April 22. Wartime and post-war profiteering was nbeld responsible for a large part 'of the financial difficulty of . American railroads inan exhibit ".filed Jty the railway union before the railroad labor, board today. ' Decreases in the cost of materials 'have already 'brought a large (measure of relief to the roads, . the exhibit said, i The two muusxries in which profiteering was most rampant ,;fwere the Iron and steel industry Vnd the coal mines, according to W. Jett Lauck, economist for the 'un'ons who compiled the ex hibit. . . "A conservative estimate," he -said, "of what this profiteering cost the railroads from 1916 to 11919 is seventy-five million dol lars a year In coal bills and two 4 hundred million for steel and Iron products." i Prices In 1 920 were Increas'-d to such an extent that the pro portion attributable to profiteer ing was nnqnemtlonably much 'greater and wotitd probably have totaled $500,000,000, the exhibit 'continued.'' ''It must be understood that these estimates are- thoroughly conservative and are based upon incomplete information, f . "The railroads expended ap proximately $700,700,000 for coal and $1,210,300,000 for other ma terials -and supplies In 1920. a total exnenditar of about $2,000 000. Since then there has been a decline In the cost of almost 'ieverythlng purchased by the rall- Toads. According to figures pub lished by the bureau of labor sta tistics, th-ire was, op to Febru ary. 1921. a decline of ZH per cent In average wholesale prices of all commodities although the v decrease in the cost of living in the same period was less than 10 fx cent. If, as. the railroads , claim, this recession. Is to con tinue, it will be only a compara " lively short time before an aver ' age decline of 50 per cent wilt be recorded. ;,: "It is plain what this would '"mean." The sam-!. amount of ma terials Purchased In 1920 will cost one billion dollars less. Making no allowance for Increased traffic ' and the consequent higher rev en ne at Increased rates how in fffect. railroad operating expen ses' would be reduced by this amount." i , . Earnings of 17 companies set forth in the exhibit showed that from an average percentage earn . ,!ng of 7.9 in 1912, the percent age ros-s to 27.2 In 1917, declin ing to 17.2 In 1918. CITY COUNCIL CLOSES ! TWO POOL HALLS ' ' (Continued from page 1) of. paint on the roof of the eitv 'hall was endorsed by the council last night. It was said that thin (was necessary for the preservat on of the roof. ' - , REBUILDING OF ;r-l ;., FRANCE OFFERED (Continued from page 1) ever reparations proposals Ger many may place before the allied . .-governments will first be carefully . considered in the l'ght of their v common Interests. It will not he enough, it was explained, that the , tjplan meets the approval of Amer I itrn students of reparations. Nor i will the United Statsba stionsor . '? tor. any plan suggested by Uer ; mnv or assume, any obligation whlcji might prove, embarrassing in bringing reparation proposals to the attention of the allies. , Cop'cs of Secretary Hughes re ply to the German memorandum? requeuing AmerWaa mediation were seat today to American dip lomats abroad and were furn ished diplomatic nrprvfsentativfs ;,er of orelgn powers for trans m'ssion to their governments. ';: The promptness of the Ameri can renly declining to act as med iator but offering to consider to bring to the attention of the al .. t ea any reparations proposal Germany might make, was com jmented upon fav-rabl here. ' Reports tonight Indicated no prospect of lessening of the allied r- demands. Premiers tirland of " France and Lloyd-George of Eng ird wHI d'senm reparations Sun- LI DN WAR ! 1 ' ''MM,,"'MMMMiTrTijlZZ3 I 1 Good for THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON FAMOUS OLD CHARACTERS MOVED. t - - -J '."N !- .1 xL? ... 1 iw, t - ' 11 it ' g hi ". - wmirnmt -ini hmhi in iiiiinnn imri Stuff and Guff, Ibc Siamese twin who have faiirifuii. tKMinded out tbe lime o' day or niuht from ttieir htxU atrsf tbe famous Herald lluildins in New York for tbe lai twen f?"bt tears, have moved. The two mechanical bronae tarw were installed on top of the He rald Uuildiun, ,v'r.1 rincf have sent out Milhftilly the m-sape of Paitwnr Tim. The two figure with a statue of Minerva t Jam C.tAi.n lien net t over $JtH,l00 to erect. The f'tpore are nir. feet in height and were imported from Burcpe. i T Eveninp Teleram, which va pnhliKhed in ti.e sn-- i-dfCiini as the Herald, moved to new qnartem tin ifvir- di mantled. Where (he fijruret. will ix em nt imp thin U certain. thonnanlf l iiu.r u- il' m, t':e famous old hell rinpers wticit nsdc itm-m r;n.t the first time that they visited tbe btUitre.. day and tha'general reparations' council Is to be held early next week.! ' Meanwhile French fore? are understood to be preparing to extend their occupation of.Or man territory May 1 if the Ger man position is unsatis actory. KOrSKVKI.T AT GIMXTAXAMO . OS BOARD THE V. S. S. PENNSYLVANIA Guantanamc, Cuba. Arril 22 Theodore Roose velt, assistant secretary of the navy, lias arrived at Guantanamo bay abroad the destroyer Leary .or the purpose of inspecting the fleet. !' He will take passage aboard the Pennsylvania anQ cru'se'With the fleet which will leave Sunday for Hampton Roads. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Officials Ask Chance : For Owners SEATTLE, Wash.. April 22. "Overi regulation" is the entire problem before the railroad com panies; today, declared It. M. CalK ins of! Chicago, vice president in charge of traffic of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, who was here today on bis annua, inspection tour. "With thj interstate commerce commission and federal laws on one s'fle and the rail labor board on the other, the railroad men are nothing but rubber stamps," said Mr. t'iikina. "The lines want ti run their own business but no', necessarily with a free hand. "Ovfer-regulation spells the en tire problem. Everybody ha- been fanning the roads the past "ew years now let thi railroad man have a chance. They must, with the alternative of going into bankruptcy. "the railroad men built he r great roads and had prosperity with lower rates than are now in effect and there is no reason why this condition cannot b restor "' " Mr. Calkins left today for Chi cago. 1 Irish Elections Arc Announced fcr May lil'HLIN. April 22 Official indication that the Irish elections will not be postponed but will he held in May was contained in an official notice in tonight's Dublin Gazette. Nationalists of all shades of opinion, both north and south. n-thcr unionist", desire to hold the elections soon. The fouthern unionists desire post- -n-mein For the southern par liament Eammon De Valera is a candidate in County Down against I - r jaoten i 'rait. 1R-UM1 IS BAIL PROBLEM i; " men, women and Children HE - 1 " i c- Ll - t . I v if b : I' M . : ALIEN BILL TO Nebraska Solofis Make Five Year Limit on Land Ownership LINCOLN. Neu., April 22 Nebraska's anti-alien iand owner sbip bill, as amended by the sen ate and acceptsd in conference, in cludes all aliens in its provisions forbidding the ownership by them of agricultural land for more than five years. The bill now goes to th governor. The measure "" also prevent? aliens- from exercising majority rights of ownership through cor porations controlled jointly by citizens and aliens. As originally passed by the house, it applied only to Japanese, Chinese and low caste Hindus' As amended by the senate, it applies to all aliens no' s-pecifically exempted by treaties. Peonage Conditions Will be Exhibitec ATLANTA. Ca., April 22. A publicity campaign in Georgia to acquaint the people of the s'ate wjth alleged peonage conditions wan urged by Governor Dorsey. addressing the Inter-racial com mittee here today. Th-j governor presented infor mation on approximately l.'O al leged cases of peonage, cruelty oi lynching. W, U. AND WHITMAN EACH WIN DEBATE t Continued from page I) with the Washington State col lege women, the women's vars'ty I fat.', win rios, tn -ir season on May 12. The question will be on ! imm'gration. The girls Abated ! paci'tc. McM inn vine, ami ( ollege j of Puget Sotind. winning th lat ter & to ( at Taconia and losing 2 to 1 here. Judges for last night's debate were Dean John "11. Straub, dean mn l'ni-rsit v of Oregon. Frank Hilton. Portland attorn"' and J mi re lwretic' T. Harris E. C. Richards waft chairman .vliss Huth Bedford played a piano solo. I. W. W. IS IMU1KK. HELENA, Mont., April 22 If the I'nitcd States povernment, or the bondsmen, want Olin H. An derson of Kalispell. Mont., one of the I W. W. convictod on a charge? of obstructing the draft during the world war, delivered at Chicago, or the federal prison at Leavenworth. Kansas, they will j hvp to hurry and get transpor- ' tation expenses in his hands 3 Pit Ull A N T H HEALTH NURSE GIVEN SUPPDBT Tri-County Medical Associa tion and Other Societies Approve Work Expression? n favor of retain- . T - 1 4 V. ir.n tile .Marion county urauu nurse, which will come up before th? county court at the May meet ing, have crystallized during tne past week into several definite endorsements by leading county organizations. indicating that connty-wide delegations wHl be present to boost for ths people's nurse before the court A public endorsement of- the nurse was m&de by the Tri-County Medical association Tuesday, fol lowing an address by Miss Cecil Schreyer, of tho state bureau of "iitsing The association also voted to appoint a committee to meet with other representatives at the Mav court to assure those present that the health work of the nur.e has the hearty support of the medical profession. The County Federation of Wo- inen s c!nis. wh'ch assembled at lefferson Thursday, went on re-i-orrl with a motion that ntedged he support and endorsement of he federation for the retention of the nursing service. Several del pfcutcs spoke of th9 value of the ..urge's community work. Mr. Sadie Orr-Dunbar, execu Mve secretary of the Oregon Tub Tenlosis association, spoakingfor the p'an. was given a warm re option Thursday evening at the ?ilvrton meeting of the Feder ited Community clubs. While it 's not the policy of the federation o make public endorsements, a reecnm"rn!ation was made to omniunitv clubs that representa 'ives. Kiipportine the ! nurse, be ent to the court hearing. Tir Uutteville sessions of the -ountv Grange today will be at end"d ly Mirs S."hreyer, who has 'een invited to explain the plan if retaining the nurse's work un- ler county support, following the six months free demonstration by the- Oregon Tuberculosis associ ation through Christmas seal sale funds. COAST LEAGUE I At Portland K. H. K. -Ot I,at-e 6 7 2 Portland 4 10 S Gould. Thurston and Lynn; 'am Koss, Kallio and liaker. At Seattle It. H. Sacramento 7 14 'I Seattle 12 14 2 FUtery, Jones and Elliott; Gardner and Spencer. At San Francisco It. II. J3. 'os Angeles 2 7 2 Oakland , . .?1I 0 Duwovich. Lvens and Stanage; -Seibold and Koehler. At Los -Angeles R. H. H. San Francisco 5 9 . 2 Vernon 0 G 3 Scott and Anfinson; Lov and Hannah. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh 'nc'nnati Pittsburgh Lucjue and Wingo; Schmidt. It. H. tK. . . 1 10; 1 . . io a Zinn and f At New York R. H. E. Philadelphia 1 6 1 S'ew York 2 5 1 Causey and Iirugey; Barnes and Smith. At Hrooklyn U. H. K Ttosf on 2 B,0 Brooklyn 4 V 1 Oesrhcer and O'Neill; Mitchell and Miller. At St. Iuis Chicago-St. Louis postponed; rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland t. Louis Cleveland Kolp, Palmero. It. H. K. .... ;7 17 2 S 7 3 Burwell and Sevre'd, It llings; Caldwell, Old nwald. I'hle and O'Neill. At Philadelphia R. H. E. New York 4 4 2 Philadelphia 11 13 3 lloyt. Ferguson and Kchang; Rommel and Perkins. At Chicago w ashington-Bos-ton postponed, rain. Cbtrag'-l)etroit Ameriran, post poned,! rain. Reduced Re on Lumber to Orient Asked PORTLAND, Or.. April 21. The chamber of commerce here today forwarded to James W. Crichton. loeal asent o the fed eral shipping board, a reddest th!t the shipp ng board rate on lum ber sh'oments for ihe orient from this district be reduced from the present figure of $15 a thousand feet to $10. to correspond wyh h new rate now in effect frojji . s-.nrt r,n similar ship ments. Seattle and Portland are .u separate districts unner the. shipping board, while the Seattle headquarters is mainta nin? the $10 rate the San Francisco head Itiarlers wbieh governs Portland, uia declinrd to' acquiesce therein. Sundodgers Win - From Oregon Men SEATTLE. Anril 22. The University of Washington baseball teum won itst first Pacific coast conference game here today by de- r.ntnj: th I niversity of Oregon to 1 on Denny field. Gray of Orecon hai the Fun Dodrers tam m until tbe third when Washing ton scored a run on iwo hits. In the fifth Washington scored (Jvc, A SCULPTOR jhX X : IILII VmZmz-3 """" ' " ' i " J .'A ' . " . A y. if : wiujwmAWMmmMwjJLfm jwMumwm -u m sssMsssawsw,iisiunuuvB' w Arthur Q. Morgan, a sixteen-year-old sculptor from Louis iana, has astonished art circles by his wonderful works In clay. One day while target shooting near his father's farm near Baton Rouge, he conceived the idea of making an image of the Kaiser to 6 boot at instead of the common pigeons that be heretofore had nsed. Using red clay, be made an excellent conception of Wilhelm. Instead of throwing It away be brought it home. During tbe course of a few weeks a friend of bis father, deeply interested in art, came upon the like cess of the Kaiser and at once wanted to take the youngster where he could study the art. This happened four years ago. It was not until two years later that Arthur went to New York to study under Outzon Borglum. Fie is now working on a bust of Dr. Simon Bamcb. It is only the second bust that be has bculptured from life. By many he is regarded as a ' prodigy. In the picture he is seen modeling Mr. Baruch. runs. Leonard held Oregon to two hits, one a triple by Bellar in the firtt inning. Score: R. H. E. Oregon 1 2 4 Washington 8 11 2 Gray, M. Latham and Leside; Leonard and Maloney. WINTER WHEAT Hi Idaho Reports Crop Of Apples and Prunes Safe From Frost WASHINGTON, April 22. The condition of winter wheat is ex cellent" in most states, accord nr to the weekly domestic crop re view of the bureau of crop esti mates. Some damage from the recent cold in the Atlantic states anrf some fields in Eastern Kansas were said to be showing yellow. Spring wheat seeding was said to be practically completed in South Dakota and parts of I'tah and Wisconsin. Some hay land in Idaho is being seeded to spring wheat. Although fruit in general was said to have been severely injured by cold weather. Idaho reported the commercial crop of apples and prunes untouched. No-Hit No-Run Game Pitched by Biemiller JERSEY CITY. X. J., April 22. A no-hit, no-run game was pitched today by Harry Biemiller of the Jersey City internationals against Buffalo. Tbe Jerseys won 1 to 0. Biemillei struck out fivo men and passed lour. Bids for 10 Highway Projects Are Opened PORTLAND. Ore . April -22. Bids for 76 mils of state highway work were opened by tho state h ghway commission at a metin ; IT 1 Advertising Irresistible SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 23, 1921 BY ACCIDENT. here today. The awards will be made tomorrow, it was announced. Ten projects are included under the bids. Among them are paving three miles of the Pacific highway between Grants Pass and Gold HU1, graveling 20 miles between Myrtle Creek and Canyonville and grading five miles of tho west side h ghway between McMinnville and Amity. Deportee From Mexico Arrives at Laredo, Tex. LAREDO. Tex., April 22. Linn E. A. Gale, an American who recently was deported from Mexi co for radicalism arrived here to night and was turned over by im migration officials to military au thorities at Fort Mcintosh. u CLorns IN TIGHT PLACE Dealers Face Another Seas on of Losses Instead Of Profits WASHINGTON, April 22. President Harding was told by An dreas E. Burkhurdt, president of tho National Association of Re ta 1 Clothiers today that the posi tion of the retailer is now "ex tremely percariouS" and it is a question as to how long retail business can exist under prevail ing conditions. The conference was arranged with the president at the request of Mr. Burkhurdt who sa d he de sired to refute the statement in the recent report of the federal trade commission that retailers are reluctant to take losses on merchandise purchased at peak prices. He told the executive that the dealers are facing another season of new losses instead of net profits. Classified Ads, In The Statesman Bring Results t a IF THERE IS one enterprise on earth that a "quitter" should leaVe severely alone, it is advertising. To make a success of advertising one must be prepared to stick like a barnacle on a boat's Jjottom. He should know before he begins it that he must spend money lots of it Somebody must tell him that he cannot hope to rap re sults commensurate with his expenditure early in the game, 1 Advertising does not jerk; it pulls. It begins very gently at first, but the pull is steady. It increases day by day and flar by year, until it exerts an irresistible power. jf ' : John Wanamlker if Is TO T Lund Arrives For Game With Albany Speas Releases Six of His Players ; i "Red" Lund, a new acquisition of the Salem Senators, will be on the mound for the Salem team Sunday when Albany comes, tor a game if the weather permits. Lund is an ex-leaguer who dropped out of big time tempor arily during the war and took up other employment, but thinks he may work back into big com pany. Edwards, who already; is a favorite wun me naiem tans, will be at the . receiving end ; of the battery. Billy Speas' Regina club of the Western Canadian league, which was here two weeks for training, but which was unfortunate with the weather, entrained yesterday for Tacoma where the Regina boys will jlay two exhibition games before going into Canada. Before leaving Salem Speas te leased six members of his squad. They were Baker, Brandon, Sol yan, Renning, Parks and Flinn. Non remained to affiliate with the Senators. ill Arguments of Attorneys; To Jury Occupy Entire ! l Day f SPOKANE, Wash., April 22l -U Arguments of defense and prosei cutfon attorneys to the jury ojecu p ed all of today's proceedings iri iuperior court at the trial of: Jay E. Hough, former bond broker. charged with first degree forgery in connection with the alleged signing of Teel, Oregon, irrigation bonds. Attorney V. W. Tust 8. special prosecutor, presenting! the state's case to the jury, was etill an the floor when the court; ad journed late this afternoon, t Attorney Tustin, in opening hfe argument, declared that the whole argument of Defense Attorney W H. -Plummer was "fabricated .ou if a maze of falsehoods." ,Mrl Plummer in closing: his defensive argument cnarged that the proe- cut on was attempting to "rail- road" Hough to the penitentiiry md that the prosecution had "Corn ered up evidence favorable to the: defense." i rv 1mA I t TM 1 9 m Bmah mm mm raw SUNDAY in III T arguments but it is expected Atr"";,uulu " ,.! orney Tustin will close the state ase sometime early tomorrow; F SAYS li. S. ENVOY Refusal to Ratify Treaty Viewed With Approval CHICAGO. April 22. Express ing the hope that tin United States will soon take a more pro minent part-in Far Eastern af fairs. Alfred S. Szo. the Chinese minister to the United States. de dared in an address here tonight that his country is more friendly to America than to. any other na tion. Referring to the' award: of Shantung to Japan under the Ver sailles treaty, he said that the Chinese vlw Shantung as the Christian World look upon Pales tine, and that therefore "the re fusal of the United States senate to ratify the peace treaty has called forth innumerable expres sions of appreciation throughout China. ' "We feel'that American partici pation In Far Kastern affairs means the spread of democratic ideas, the putting into etfect of ihe iwilicy of equal opportunity 1 tor all and the protection of ths wreak and the strong." Japanese Freighter -. t Ypres Maru on Fife '-Sr- f SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. The Japanese freighter Ypres Maru, due to dock here tomorrow, is steaming to port with fire.'ragl ia'g in her coal bunkers, according Oi raidograms received tonight She is bo".nd for Yokohama from Havana, with a cargo of in gar cons gned to the Far East, i .According" to advices the fire was discovered several days ago. All the hatches have been bat tened down to prevent tbe fire from spreading, and she is expect ed to dock here safely. The vessel is; on her ma den voyage. Bankruptcy plea Portland Man in Jail For Failure to Pay Gamb-.' ling Debt . PORTLAND. Ore.. April 22. Joe Mozorosky who is held in the county jail because of failure to pay an alleged gambling debt of 11600, judgment having 'ben entered for twice the amount he was said to have won from Sol Swire, today filed a petition in bankruptcy. He alleged his debts aggregated $7799.02 an his as sets, ch'cfly Jewelry and fixtures, Ainount to $7500 4 . 'An order was issed by: Judge Bean directing that Sheriff Hurl jbt.rt show cause in federal court tomorrow why Mozorosky. should not be set free on habeas corpui proceedings. ' ?? The law by which he was placed In jail was that providing for ex ecution against the body by rea son of fine or penalty. 75 ATHLETES ARE El Some of Best Sprinters 0.1 I . Coast Will Com-: I 1 pete ; - SEATTLE, Wash., April 22. Relay teams representing nine Universities and six b gh schools of tbe Pacific coast were arriving bere today for the second annual relay carnival to be held tomorrow at the University of Washington stadium. More than 76 athletes, rs pu the coast,, are entered 's ; the events. The University ot. California, University of Southeern Calior. nia 'and University, of Montana teams were among tbe arrivals to day with the teams of Whitmaa college, Washington State,-, Ore gon Agricultural college and Unl-fj, versity of Oregon expected to r rlve early tomorrow. . University officials announced the cinder path, and field at tbe stadium are in perfect condition .for the contest s- SWEET POTATO GUM. I Every time a person pats a United States postage stamp to a s lips he tastes the sweet potato gum with which the stamps are backed. This gum is made from ( that j succulent vegetable becauM' TJncle Sam's lieutenants consider: -it the most harmless preparatiot -;of the sort. ; . .. ' S 1 All of the gum used on Awerl- j -an postage . stamps is mixed If tho government at the bureau of .engraving and printing, where the jstamps are made. It is spread oi the (sheets after the stamps have lieen pr.nted. ! . The government makes two kinds of postage-stamp mncllig If one could see tbe packages of stamps as they come to the V' office ready to be sold one wopld tlnd them labelled, according to fceasbn, "isaramer gum" or "winter; jgumj" The former is much the harder of the two and was devised orae years ago to keep the stamps from getting too sticky In warm, inoist weather. The Lutheran. -tre Kf atemMn nawriffod A- vt I WES VTERED III MEET , c Li . V' s i i