The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 02, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 V ' - a : . tM. - in - t:. m t t 9 I- Till! WEATIIKK Fair; moderate westerly winds. SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR I Foreign Offices At London, - Paris And Tokio Largely : : To 'Determine Time For - - i ' t . i Conference ;. : '" CLEAR CUT PROGRAM IS INSISTED UPON vf Limit Is Not Placed Dura tion 'May Be Indefinite, ' Ms Fear ' WASHINGTON, Aug 1, . De iennitIoa of . the date for, the disarmament conferenco. was an derEfood today to reit largely In the ioreixn' orflces at London, talis and Tokio. - - -- The diplomatlo representatives o( the Invited powers have confer red , -with Secretary ; or State Hughes concerning the adTfsahil !ty of bepinn!?: the conferenco No vember ' li , or : upon ;8omo other date hare in -, turn referred, the question to their respective frov- t erhnsuU. " Until further instruc tions Jire received by the amfca. i sadora It is expected that no defi nite action will te taken. ' ' Representatives o(" foreign kov " rrnments have - made it. , plain, however, that they regard deter mination ot ' the agenda as far more Important than the, fixing of the date of meting. They are un derstood to have repotted in de tail to their governments the de sire of Secretary of State. Hughes to leave the main body as much work as possible, but there la in creasing evidence that Japan is not ' alone In' her insistence that the scope of the conference be more clearly outlined before Jho formal sessions are .begun, j ! H ! ' Instructions Expected v Although consideration of that phase of .the plans for the1 con ference Is ' not expH:ted to glye rite to further delay In Issuing the : formal Invitations, it la believed that . the ambassadors expect to receive from their home offices in , strtictions B3 to the r parU they .shall assume in adding to or tak Jng from the list of subjects that may be descused. :'t, -'A f .T,lmlt la' Xcccwasry ,- I While Japan has made It clear that there are subjects vrhich she would discuss with unwillingness, If at all, there appears to be a i 'growing conviction .that 'unless some limitation is placed upou the . number of , subjects to be. consid ered the conference bay be contin i ned almost indefinitely. . The. chief object of Japan, it Is understood. ' win be to drive to the front ,her right to expansion : and in that connection her claims in Slberia, Uanchuria and perhaps other re gions. . - Seattle Makes Bid For i f m 1 f .lot. " " - -' 'Disarmament Conference SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1 The city Council, here today In a; me morial addressed to the'secretary of state, urged that the riaarma , incnt conference be held in this ' nty, - and added tbe hone that i the conference will not end until ft aetinlte and satisfactory settle ;tnnt has been reached or. the ! OueFtion of Japanese immigration to this country. - -I ! The council recalled that "one . P . overy ,B " births regis tered In Seattle in 1S20 were Ja ;pancFe.M and estimated that in the : farming district contiguous to this tcUy ' from -.ono-half to three i rourths of the American popula tion had been displaced by Ja- pttnese,", . ,v ( "The memorial suggested "the right or the American people to keep this country for themselves." :Uylj,U;U jLU .LlJ 4-Ll, il J ULJ UJ J. L Jby (wiqSII jury PAHLEYDATE IeOMERITADMNISTMTIONS HATFIELD IS '"liiHn ACCUSED flFIEGLIGENGE; SOFT WfglM pfPBWEHS DRIMSTRESIAYBE LICENSED WB0RSTR1FE 4. i - 1 - - - . - ' i ' . ' . I 1 i 1 - VANCOUVER IS QUARTERS FOR 8th BRIGADE Between 2000 and 3000 Men to be Added and Brigadier General Will Command : VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 1 Under recent orders for distribu tion of the various army . units Vancouver- barracks will become brigade headquarters . lor .. the eighth brigade. This 'will mean, army officers point out, the-post will have between 2000 and 3000 men added to its present strength and in addition will be command ed by a brigadier- general, , 6 reace-time strength of a bri gade is 116 -officers, three warrant officers and S026 enlisted men. Mrs. Newcomer ' Overcome 1 By Whft Of Sulphur From 'y-J Crater of Hoof Hood River, Ore., Aug. 1. Mrs. Beatrice Newcomer of Salem, who became' ill . Sunday on the Amer ican legion ' Mount Hood ascent, was in such condition, that it was necessary to leave her with forest rangers in charge of the lookout station, it was learned today. " Mrs. Newcomer collapsed when she inhaled a whiff of sulphur fumes from the crater..., '" It was decided to leave her on the . peak until today,' when the rangers planned on returning her by means of a stretcher if neces sary, to Cloud Cap inn. Mrs. Newcomer has passed the night in comfort, it was said,' hav ing been-kept snug In the lookout cottage. . . v! -i ThrccrWho Ran Away From State Training School Yet " ..II. - ' . ,mm 1 unaccounted lor ' Twelve boys, three of whom are Etill at large, escaped from the fctate training school Sunday after having induced one or their num ber to climb down from a second story window and unlock a base ment wfndow, through which they made their escape. Stacy Dunn, held by the school anthorities to be responsible for the escapade, was the 'first to bo caught. All nine of the lads were caught in or near Turner. The boys had been gone but a few moments when their ab sence was ducted, by the atten dants and a party immediately started in pursuit. AH of the boys made for the nearby, brush when they had escaped and finally hit the road for Turner. 7 The boys who have: not been caught" are vLoyd Langwrll, 15, committed from Raker,-, has blue eyes, brown hair, a ptig tiose, and Is about 5 feet tall; Danny, Cus ter, 14,-of Union, Or., has brown eyes, brown hair,-and is of dark Continued on page, 4 ) : SALEM WOMAN IS ill on wmm 12 BIJIS ESCAPE Asserting that the "woeful negligence" of past city ad ministrations, was precipitat ed a 'condition that throws a large burden of indebtedness upon taxpayers of the city of Salem, members of a commit tee recently appointed to in vestigate street assessment delinquencies v returned the following-report approved and adopted by the city council last, night: "To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council of .the City of Salem: "We, your special commit tee, to whom was referred the matter , of looking up . delin quent street assessments, re port that we find warrants and interest on warrants un paid for several years. We find the issue of delin quency certificates has been woefully neglected. "That the matter of fore closing on those certificates that have been issued, has for some unknown reason, been left undone. "We find streets and alleys under assessed, leaving a bal ance to be paid by the general public. "We have requested and will insist that the city treas urer proceed in a systematic manner and issue certificates of delinquency on all property in arrears. "We further suggest that the city , attorney proceed to foreclose on that which is past due." Members of the special committee are Hal D. Patton, chairman ; Joseph Baumgartr ner and Ed Schunke. Aldermen present' were f J. B. Giesy, J. A. Jefferson, A. H.-Moore;Hal D. Patton, Carl D. Pope, Edward Schunke, O. L. Scott, Ralph Thompson, F. L. Utter, - H. H. Vandervort and Mayor G. E. Halvorsen. Pavement Xcetl J'atchinR That the increasing overdrafts on the streets and highways fund for materials and labor is worry ing Salem aldermen is attested to. at each successive councilmanic session. During last night's meting the ghost m again routed out of its closet when Aldermen J. IJ. Giesy and Carl Pope pressed a proposal that the city purchase a new plant for patching and repairs on city pavements. It was stated that tho plant' would cost about $300. Overdrawn by -!M5fM.77. ''Mr. i Mayor, I swould like to know where this money is to come from?" questioned Aldermamti andervort. "Here we aro just barely past a half year's city business and the .fund in question Is overdrawn by an amount of $4593.77. I would suggest that the crew on this street repair work be reqriired to put in a little more time on the Job. "Mr. ! Jeferson states thatth? men are forced to stand idle about half the time .waiting for heatinc of the next batch of material. They put in a lot more time in going tof and from work, leaving the city barn at 8 o'clock and ar riving out-on the job at ! and then quitting at 11 in order, to get to the barn by noon. How much time do they put on the job anyway?" - . After j considerable defense ar gument presented by Aldermen rope, Giesy and Schunke the pav ing unit proposition was approved X Continued on page 4) ' SALEM; OREGON, TUESDAY EDDY IS NOT GOING AFTER GOVERNORSHIP State Senator Says he Ob serves No Clamor for Him to Seek Highest Office ; ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 1 In an Interview piven out here tbday, State Senator B. L. Eddy of Doug las county, who has been men tioned as a candidate for the, gov ernorship of Oregon, Is qu&ted as saying he did not seek the office. No widespread desire tof'pro mote him from the state ecnate to the executive office had been noted by him, Senator . Eddy is credited with saying, and as the governorship is not won without an early start he doubted his availability as a candidate. Digester For Pulp Making Is Speeded Up At Big Salem Factory . The Oregon Puip and Paper company yesterday! mailed to holders of preferred stock the monthly dlvident based on 8 per cent per annum. " ! The company is now speeding up the digester for the making 01 puln for sais to other firms. It has a capacity of twice the am ount of pulp required by the mill and in the making of pulp is Us ing about KO cords of white fir and hemlock every 24 hours. Working on three shifts of eight hours each, the two big pa per making mathines. onJ 136 Inches wide and the qther 110 inches, are also being pushed to their utmost capacity to supply the demand for wrapping paper for fruitg in the wctt and north west. Th- making of slassine, a trans parent paper used especially in packing raisrns, is, also one of the big outputs of the mill. There are h it few mills in the country making glassirfe, the Salem mill being th3 only one on the l'acl:ic coast. 1 . Salem Brickmason$ Vote To Reduce Wage Scale Brickmason's union No. f "Salem, has voted to reduce its wage scale from $10 to $9 a day. The new scale became effective yesterday with tlv? exception ot work thct has been contracted ahead from that date at the for mer frlo. Th'v innounemer-t was made yesterday h' ef'rF Viesko, president 'of the local un ion. Manager Hayes Says Some Stores Did Not Close Attendance at the ball nam", yesterday between' th? Portlrnd Hoovers, the Pacific Coast league tam. and the Salem Senator?, was curtailed. d"clare3 Manager Jack Hayes, because a nunibrr of business houses wbope managers had signed an 'agreement to close- PAPER GOMPAIVV HOLDS for the afternoon did not do so. To all who did close as gre"t Manager Hayes says he wishes to convey the thanks of tho manage ment and the team. Tiro Senators will , play Sher wood next Sunday.: ; ;; MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1921 West Virginian, of Feud Re pute And Prominent In Recent Coal Troubles, Fails Jn Clash FIVE REPORTED HELD UNDER MURDER CHARGE Battle Occurs In Yard of West Virginia Courthouse, Chambers Killed WELCH, W. &.. Aug. 1 Sid Hatfield's career in West Virginia ended today on the court house steps of this village. It remains for a coroner's jury to pass judg ment as to who shall be held for trial on a charge of having fired the shot tbat ended the life of u picturesque figure in tho in dustrial strife cf Mingo county. C. E. Lively a private detective, is being held pending a verdict. Friend Also IvilUM . ilatfield. former chief of police at' Matewan, and central figure in the trial early this year of nore than a score of men charged in connection with the killing of a private detective 1 4 months ago, together with his friend, Ed. Chambers, also a defendant in that trial, fell as a result of pisol s;!iot wounds suffered as ttie two men were entiling the little court house where Ilatfield was to face rial on another shooting charge Ilattie Follows Glreetlns According tc persons nearby, ilatfield with a party of frien H approached the entrance to tlio court house Just before noon wnere they met JJvely and a group of companions. Friendly creetings were said to havj been exchanged, tut a moment later those, pn-either side were, notices to assume hostile attitude, loud talking was indulged in and,, this whs followed -by pistol fire. No one, however, could or would J-ay who commenced shooting. Hat rield and Chambers were seen tc fall after one of the guns car ried by Hatfield witnesses said he carried two had been dis charged, it was said by those who rushed forward. All chambers in the pistol were empty, it an said. It wao stnted further that Cr-ambers had but one gun. Some 6' She shells in it 1ko had been ifrcd, it was.df I'l-'red. Known As (.unman. Although only 2fi years old, Hatfield's name was known to-' al most every West Virgjnian and to many persons outside the state on account of frequent pistol epi sodes to which he had been a party. Hatfield was one of the wit nesses recently called by the sen ate committee appointed to Inves tigate the industrial conditions in the Mingo coal fields. Five Are Held BLUE FIELD. W. Va.. Auk. 1 Reports from Welch tonicht were to the effect that five men, including C. E. Lively are being held in connection with the shoot ing of Sid Hatfield and Ed Cham bers. The others held arc H. H. LUCAS, UFll "'T' " mciici county; Robert Day. William Sal ter and Buster Pence, deputy sheriffs of McDowell county. Live ly also is a McDowell county dep uty sheriff. Accounts of the shooting differ, according to ad vices. PRESIDENT SAILS PLYMOUTH, Mail... Auk. 1. President allrding lett Plymouth tonight for Portland, Me. .The aubmarine chaser. 408, with the presidential party aboard, shoved off at 11.17. and .went down the harbor to transfer, tncra to. the Jlayflojrer, ., -. ONLY 29 IN MURDER PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 1A circuit court jary here tonight retarned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mrs. Louise Agee, charged with the murder of her husband, Harry Agee. The 29 minutes of deliberation. m t The hilling took place the morning of June 11 the Agee home. Agee's throat had been cut while was asleep in bed. Following the attack on himYAgee staggered to the front porch of the home and died irj a few minutes. His wife said she was awakened by her husband's cries. She ran screaming to a neighbor9 s A full winter's run for the big Salem mill is being provided for by "the Spauldlng company in the opening of the new camp on the Willamina. The company looks 'or a steady enough demand Tor lumber that it not only is running the two present camps, but is get ting ready for a third log euppiy. This new supply is prepared es pecially for winter use. It is at a lower elevation that the others, low Enough that only on extraor dinary occasions like the big pno-.y ol December, 1919, would snow interfere with its working. The At a recent meeting of the ex-, ecutive committee of the Oregon High School Debating league, A. C. Strange of Astoria was elected president and Dr. Clark of the University of Oregon, secretary. The executive committee for the corning, school year will include these two officers and also J. A. Churchill, state superintndent of schools, and' Miss Cornelia Mar vin.' state librarian At the meeting of the executive committee plans were discussed for a debating league of high schools that will include fully 150 of the leading .schools of the state, compared to the 77 hih schools that took part in the debates last school year. More School Wanted. Efforts to be made by the exec utive committee to have 150 j the high schools of the state come into the le;u;ue are due largely to the many niiportant questions to be detniteil. The committee feels that in addition to the advantage of developing oratory in 4,the schools, the big thing is in educat ing hiah school students in many important educational matters. . The state will be divided Into 11 districts and each will be as signed a special subject for dis cussion. There will be a try-oue first in each high school by which. a debating team will be selected or tho schools. This will be fol lowed by intradistrict debates on the district subject a?signed From the teams chosen for each district, there will be interdlstrict debates and then the finals to de termine the winning team for the state. . , Subjects Made) Known. The winning team in. each dis trict will be assigned the same subject for the interdistrict meet. This subject is: 'Resolved. That Oregon adopt a graduated, state income tax." In the intradistrlct debates, the northern Willamette district will debate: . "Resolved, That the plumb plan for the control and .management of railroads .should be enacted into law. The south era Willamette district win de- jbate: - "Resojved, That congress I stimilrt nrnhihit alt tmmiirratinn SUBJECTS ARE SELECTED FDR ! HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE LEAGUE 1 lit n rn n n i n 1 n 1 S r-'S 1 n i a $ I u . , u u I J V -1-1 '. j D j - U y L-J y .c v. . r v : y , 1 1 1 1 DELIBERATES i CHINESE SHOT in nnnri nmn MINUTES IN "11 ''- ,y . i , y; yyyyy .,.-. ; ; :--y: ' verdict was returned af ter at he other- camps, the Spauldlng catap at mack Rock and thetcontract camp on the Big Luckiamute, ire at a higher altitude, and not ways desirable for winter supply, so tne n?w one is being put: into commission. . It will, supply fed and yellow fir of good average dimensions. In Case of either; ot the other .camps being laid -lup temporarily, for repairs, .the com pany, could get Stuff . from? tills other BOiirea. . j ' California has been the princi pal market -for jtbe'lumber that is shipped outside from this section of the State. for .a period of not less than five years '. '' " . : j- . To the southern .Oregon ; qis-. trict hag been assigned a discus sion as to whether the principle of the open shop should be adopt ed in American industries. The lower Columbia district will de bate as to whether the Kansas; in dustrial arbitration act should be adopted. The upper Columbia high school district .will talk I on the county unit school plan, while the Umatilla district will debate the question, of a larger navy jf or una country. . . . Ilanl Imlepenrienec ITn. To the eastern Oregon district tbe Question of Philippine iriff- pendence has been assigned. In the southeastern Oregon district there will be a discussion asj to wnetner nations should reduce tholr armaments to the minimum necenwiry for police duty. ; l he contrty - unit system l of school administration will bo dis- lu.tM'a -in me souin central Ore gon district. The district .kndwn as the West Side will discuss the proniem: ' Resol ved j That a i)ro tective tariff is beneficial . to the producers or agrtcultucal products in the rnited Rtates. i In order that the high- schools of Portland may discuss a subject of local Interest, that city has been assigned: 'Resolved, . tiat Portland should own and operate its street railway, system. MNh .Marvin Head Move. the Oregon high school debat ing' league was organized in li05 largely through the efforts of Jtfias Cornelia Marvin. The league bas been an important factor in brih ing into competitive debating the leading nign schools or the etate and such importance has this work assumed in. the eyes of state educators, that the executive cdm mittee is now planning to Include twice the number of high schools that; competed during the 1920 21 school year. Eugene won the cup in the de bates of the 1318-19 school ypar and Corvallis in 1319-20. But the Salem nigh, school teams standi as the principal winners in recent years, navln g been ; awarded th cup in the debates of the school (Continued on page 4) The Statesman recede. tb Hmc wire report ; of-the .Associate Press, the greatest and most re liable press association world. PRICE i FIVE CENT1 Portland Orientals Open V. At Gambling Resort An Kill Aged Denizen Vour ing Second POLICE OFFICER SHOT BITT DOWNS ASSAILA' Tongman Feigns Injuri Later Found Unharmcc . And Admits Crime PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 1. Leo Lung, 65,1 a member of t Suey SJng tong, was shot and V ed while at a gambling table 1 Chinese resort here tonight t Lee Wong,- SI was twice shot t badly wounded by the same sassin who escaped. Other ? Sings, laid Hop Sing -tonp: were responsible for the shoot! i'ouce inspector u. w. is or was shot through the left leg 1 tonight in a duel with Alt Wong, a Chinaman, who had t surrounded ln a wood yard r the Chinese Quarter by pol Wong fell to the ground follov the exchange bf shots and pc thinking he Bad been woun toe htm to the emergency ho tal. An examination showed t the Chinese was not injured. Albert Wong, a member of ; Hop Sing tong. from Seattle, t lessea to the sheoting and f ously wounding; early tonight Ue Wong, amember of the F. Sing tong, according to the po! AiDert Wong waa arrested foil ing a gunbattle in a wood j near the Chinese Quarter late night in which Police Inspector W, Nor en e wis shot and sligl wounaea tn the left leg. A cc panlon of Albert "Wonc. who t police say took part in the f ugnt, escaped, s The very time when the sho Ing . occurred i District Attor: Walter H. Evans was attempts to bring leaders of the two rl tongs together with the purp ot averting open war. which had been informed was immln following trouble between the val organization at Marysvi Cal, . Student Officers Die When Airplane Cracl. LA WTON. i Okla.. Ai.fr. 1 Captain John M. McCrae, Los Sle. ,Cal.,;and Lieutenant Fr: cis Nunemacher, Berkeley, C. atuaent otticwrs at the aerial servatlon school at Post fk were killed today when their plane crashed three miles west Elgin, i The jcause of the accid is unknown. A board of fnve gation has been appointed. Examinations Are Given S For Summer School Vc Some - of the examinations the Willamette university sumn scrmol were! held the last of 1 week,, ; arid j another series r v given' Monday morning. This the work leing carried on un Professor Sherman's supervis in the history and psychology education, i i : Some ot the stndeht are car: Injr, heavy fork in ihe mmt school. , One . student has hours; another has 17; one 1 I , one 12, and others all the r down .to al single, light cour The work is understood to Very -i satisfactory, ? though t grades ihave lfot yet been rc piled for crjediting on the colU records. COAST BASEBALL Portuua s-ie. v.AionTj . . Ortl.n 7 2. gemtla 3 7 . ,v . Standing t Clnfc. - - ". ! i - t-. -; W". .1,. -' I L A,,pl T" ,i , in i7. ..a., ft 49 . SMttta ' -PZZTT 65 61 . pkUBd 64 fi3 . Wnoa - .. . i 59 . Slt Lakt . :....' , , , Jt 74 FortUnd U.2$ 67 .