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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1921)
4 v WEATHER The Statesman recelTes tb leased wire report w ot ths Associated Press, the greatest and noit re liable press association la ; tae world. i ' : Tuesday fair; moderate wester- ' t - j , V a -' SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1921 : PRICE: FTVE CENTS : i ? ; I'i- 1 X : r ' j i ! I III lA 1 Xi Bum f.' I', 4 e 9 1 ::; V if ' ' Sr v i 9 u n f 1 f 1? if f 'i&fe'if If i i- i"m r f "f V jUuy w u uUuyiJ ;oyilUL!":, - ULJ wuu I IL . . . . i . m., , ....... - - " " JT . - ' " ' r. . .ii i.i i - - - - r i! i 1 1 i "" ' " ' .-- ' "' , , ,. -- v , . . . j,-.- j), . . -j;' j HUE COSTS B'oT & ipr Hi m, TRUfWSED PUnWPIPilP RUT OF PRIEST e-frr r KVn .trrrr, i r ALBERS CASE rnnM I WHOm iSSK E1S MILLIONAIRE DIES IDEITH LIST as? f H S 1 Food And Clothing Slow De V crease In Price, But Taxes And Utility Service Are On Up Grade , . - HARDWARE KEEPS UP DESPITE OTHER DROPS Local Business Men Make Comparison With Condi itions 18 Months Ago j , "With everyone interested In the cost of living, the labor problem tnd the great question ar to whe , ther certain former luxunesi hare become iecessitles, there is still .tome uncertalney in a discussion . of these i important questions as 4 to whether Wvlpg ?ia.really nuch lower- than a year and a halt ago and as to whether' labor 'is keep ing pace with the. changing costs of living A careful surrey of conditions In Salem has developed the fact that the cost of living has decreas ed possibly 30 per cent in the past year and a half, . although Just now-indication, are for. higher prices, i -".v'?,.; Clothing Is Cheaper. Cloth ling men say that all. cloth ing, is now fully 33 1-3 per cent cheaper ! than a year and a half ago.-' Men who have bought re cently will agree with this. Shoe dealers say that the pres- ' ent price is 25 per rent lower than 18 months ago and -that this is a conservative estimate. ' iGrocers claim that the present prices are fully 30 per cent lower than a year and a half ago. : ' Meats are ' 33 1-3 per cent cheaper; for the same period and dry goods fully the same. These estimates are from the averape of a number of the leading business men in the city. ' V., v V Tlardware Slaya Vp r. . ' ; Lumber for building, purposes ' (Continued on page 2) DISASTROUS FIRE COVERS HUNDREDS AaESINPOII ON ... . j)ALLAS0r Aug. 8- Fire that started today on a farm three miles northwest of Dallns had spread over hun dreds of acres tonight, Grain fields and hundreds of cordd of cordwood had been destroyed or were threatened with de slruclion. The homes of several fanners in the Pioneer hiUs were eut off and it was feared may be destroyed. The fire was beinsr driven rapidly by a strong northwest wind. Fire Warden WV, Fuller had a crew of men fighting the fire and many volunteers have gone out from .here. .; v , DALLAS.1 Or. Aiiir 8.' Soe- clal to the -Ratf.smn Farm homs Jn the .Pioneer district northwest of this citv are threat ened by a forpRt fire which broke out en some logged land belong ing th the Boise estate. The fire rot into standing tim ber: efore firo fighters could oe rur.hM to th scene f the blase bnt by 5 ciock a large crew of menlunder the supervision of fire warden W. V. Fullod had ' suc cwdhdin Ftopplng the rush ot ' flamieH in the timber andi were -concfentratins their efforts toward stopping the fire in the brush and 'hay fields adjacent. 1 - -Borexal hundred cords of oak wpod on the land of N. I Guy and :V. L. Soehren are threatened ' withj destruction and it Will take SAN FRANCiSCO, Cal., Aug 8. Seven thousand dollars in rewards for information leading to the re turn of the Iter. Patrick E. Heslin, Colma priest, who has been miss ing since Tuesday when lie disap peared with a stranger in answer to a sick call, now is offered. Today the San Francisco dio cese of the Catholic church offer ed a reward of $5000, and the board of supervisors of San Mateo county, another 91000. ! A thousand dollars raised by residents of Colma was offered last night. fl GET CAMPING PUCE Entire Clackamas Reserva tion Thrown Open as Re ! sort for Soldiers Summer quarters for all mem bers , of the " Oregon national guard and their families " have been provided at Clackamas, ac cording to a circular issued by George A. White, adjutant gener al of , the state, who throws the big 200-acre reservation and all Its facilities open to the citizen soldiery. , Large, living tents; water, fuel, messing and bathing facilities are made available to those who want to live in a model camp for a few weeka during the hot season. "The Clackamas range i3 locat ed 13 miles. south of Portland and a large cool grove at one end ot the range has been set aside, for those who wish to use the place for a summer outing. It is-expected that a large tent colony will spring up during August as the range is said to provide one of. the best camping places in the state and the accessibility of modorn conveniences add to Us attractiveness. 1 EER DISTRICT -" the efforts of the cntfro fighting crew to save this property. : .The ranch home of Mark nlodgett which 15 located in, the standing timber rould not be reached, by telephone and it is possible that his place has .been destroyed although , Mr. Fuller expressed an opinion that "in his estimation the flames aro beaded off before reaching his place. by a change in the wind. A stiff wind from the narthwe3t was blowing all afternoou. and earried pieces ot blazing hark and wood a quarter of , mile .from the fire and set blazes in stubble and hay-fields. , ' How tha blaze started Is a mys tery as no, one- was in the neigh borhood at the time the blaze was urst spen. - ; .'. v NY ENDANGERED SAN- FRANCISCO, Cal Aug. 9. The steamer San lose, struck and irrounded on San Pablo reef, Ascension Is land, according tto distress mesaires received early this morning by the United States naval radio station on lerDa Buena Island. The passenger aboard the San Jose were declared in dan- eer. -;:- . , One messace received was from the naval radio station at San Diego. It was a broad cast lellintr other shins of the San Jose's plighT&hd instruct- j I l5a A ing any nearoy snip iu b w her assistance. . A third wireless said the San . Jose was taking a "big list" The San Diesro station sent ou the foibwinir messase: "Steamshin San Jose struck. grounded on Ascension Island, San Pablo reef. Any ship near distressed vessel should 0 to her assistance immediately and stand by. One message from tne ban Josp direct said : "Vessel in immediate dan ger, any ships near please come to rescue." The San Diego talion asked the San Jose if she was sinking. The answer came: , "No, but we are taking a big list. Think we are struck on reef.' . The San Jcse is operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship company between San Fran cisco and Panama. The ves sel left Salina Cruz, Mexico, August land was due here Au gust 13 after stops at San Die go and Los Angele". ' The steamer San Jose is of 2,135 tons. She is a two deck steamer, of steel construction and iwas built in 1882 at Ches ter, jPenna. SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug: 9 The naval radio station at North Island received a call for help from the steamer San Jdse early this morning. At the station it was said that the steamer had 33 passengers and a crew of 66 aboard. "The stealer ia likely to sink! at any minute," was the word received in San.Disgo front the radio station. ? Two Pacific passenger ships in slightly more than-48 houra have gone ashore on reefs. One. the Alaska, strtick on Blunt's reet Off the California coast Saturday night and sunk within a few min utee with heavy loss of life. Early todayjdistress signals were picked rio from, the Pacific mail steamer San Jose . saying the vessel had struck on Ascension Island reef off the Mexican coast.. The San Jose had more than 130 persons aboard. The vessel was declared in immediate danger; ? The San Jose has a capacity for 55 first cabin passengers and 15 steerage passengers, according to Daulton Mann ot the Pacific Mail company and her crew numbers 60. Mr. Mann said ho doubted If the vessel had a largo passen ger list as he had heard travel from Panama to, San Francisco at this time was light. . .. -:, : "Still 0. K." said a message LIVES (Continued on pago 6) ' FOLLOWING MISBAP NEAR IFT. CALIF. BAKERSF1ELD, Aug. 8. John D. Spreckels, Jr., of San Francisco, died this afternoon in a local hospital fol lowing an automobile accident near Taft, Cal. Spreckels was on his way to Taft on business at the time oMhe accident. , '' Transfusion Fails According to a surgeon's report, he died from loss of blood and shock. In the accident his arm was stripped of flesh and he rapidly lost consciousness. In Bakersfield he was operated on and a transfusion of blood was attempted to save his life. . When found, Spreckels, 'according to reports, could talk, but said nothing about his accident and it was not at first realized how serious "his injuries were. Oil Interests Heavy. Spreckels, who is said to have been heavily interested in the Kern county oil fields, 'Was riding alone in a limousine. The car turned over on a curve between Fellows and Taft. He was taken to Taft where first aid was given and was then rushed to a-Bakersfield hospital. He was injured about the arms, shoulders and head. Sprecklcs "Widely Knorrn. . SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. John D. Spreckels, Jr., who died at Bakersfield today following an automobile accident, was a mem ber of one of California's most prominent families and widely known through his own activities. He was associated with his father in the firm- of John D. Spreckles & Brothers, general commission SALEM KAN ESCAPES DEATH BY ilGLE'AS GAR JUMPS UK At 3:13 this morning D. E. Hart was found wandering near the Wallace road by Officer Troy Branson and members of the Statesman force, making up a party .who had made three trips to the wreck of Hart's car. Efforts to find Hart were unavailing due to the fact that in some; manner the injured man had dragged himself into a barn some distance from his machine which was badly wrecked. That Hart, a member of a local real estate firm, had a miraculous escape from death last night is attested to h? persons who viewed Hart's wrecked Saxon on the Wallace road. The accident occured at 9 :30 last nFjht, the car plung ing down a 30-foot embankment. The machine turned over twice and landed up-side down with the engine and front wheels. immersed in a stream that flows through a near-by culvert. How he escaped from the machine Hart will never bo able to say as he recovered complete consciousness in a barn several hundred feet from the wreck. . (Continued on page 2) UNIDENTIFIED TUSIENT HY BEDEADIttLLAlflETTE RIVER tid an unidentified individual wadolnto the Willamette river between the Marion-Polk county and the steel railroad bridge with suicidal intent yesterday or did Disciple Lee nelson's eyes play a trick upon him. Until a lai hour Inst. nzh a group -of volunteers aided Coro ner Lloyd Iligdon in grappling for the supposedly drowned nun Boats contributed by John Spong of the Salem boattionse and a Koppler's outfit supplied by G. K. Deunison wers placed at the 1s posul ot the searchers but no trrce of a baJy was found.. Lee Nelson, red-bearded preach er of a "man's size religion aa he terms it, reported- to tho police yesterday afternoon that while at the hobo' camp on the west bank of th-j river, he had seen a and ships' brokers here. Throughout the country Spreck els was familiarly, known as "Jack." Automobile accidents and marital troubles put him fre liicmtly in public print. He was prominent in club and yachting circles. In January, 1916, Spreckles was (Continued from page 2) man sink under the water about 45 Teet from shore. No boats or persons who could swim were near and a rescue was outf the question when the in cident was reported in Salem 1 R minutes later. Tracks of a bare footed man leading into the rhrer were plainly visible in the deep mud of the river bank, but no clothing, or shoes had been found. A pair of ould shoes found near tho spot were Indentified as hav ing been discarded there several days ago by transients. J. It. Jacobs. Rrappler of West Salem, aided In last nlzht's search and will continue to dra the river today. It Is the opinion of Jacobs that if someone was actually drowned near the de scribed place the body will not drift far as there is very little current at that point, II llllllll I III nn.i-ut urn., auk. I . Loss of Purser's Passenger List Makes Checking of . Names Difficult SURVIVORS BROUGHT IN Officer Admits Alaska Going Full Speed When Boat Hits Blunt's Reef SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Downward revision of the list resulting from the i 8. V?ath inkinjj Saturday night off the northern California coart of the steamer Alaska was made necessary today by the arrival in San Franc'sco of a number of survivors whose fsite previously had been in doubt. The known death at Knreka re mains at 17 six passengers, nine members of the crew and two bodies unidentified. .The passenger lists wnif-h were in the custody of Purser K. 10. Morgan, went down with the steamer, but the number on board, according to an-estimate made by him at Kitreka, was 1Z2 passengers and 82 crew. The res cue ship Anyox brought to Cur eka yesterday 97 passengers and 70 of the officers and crew, leav ing 30 to be accounted for. Inas much as the first count taken on the Anyox proved to be inaccur ate, officials of the San Francisco & Portland Stenmship company, owners of the Alaska, believed that some of the misFing CS might still report themselves as surviv ors, e S-a Yields Xo More IJodies The loss of the passenger list has made the work of the cteam s'rp eonpany exceedingly diffi cult but it was expected that with in a few days the earlier discrep ancies will 1 ave hern cleared UP and the number of dead definite ly known. The ssa did not glv- up any additional bodied today, lut seven lifeboats were wa?ti?.l ashore near the scene of the wreel:. Onr lifeboat contained a woman's skirt. All day lone crowds of anxiou fr.ends and relatives of missins: passengers thronged the local of fices of the company seekin? in formation concerning them. Most of the survivors who landed at Eureka came to San Franeireo to day by railway, leaving et the northern roast town only a few who ar in hospitals. New Current Found An uncharted northeast cur rent was blamed for the wrecK by E. I). Dupree, second orticer, who reached San Francisco to day. Captain Harry Hober, mas ter, went down with his ship, tne accounts of today ot crew and passengers agreed. "We thought we were three miles outside P. hint's reef f I)u nreo said "when in reality, we were Inside. An uncharted northeast current had carried us in-shorc. We noticed this cur rent later when our life ratt drift ed northerlv from the wreck." Harry Palmer, a steward, said: ! "We were sailing two and on; half points off our course, going full speed and taking no sound ings, when the crash occurred." Lire Itoats Olo!rtc Complaints wcrre heard Jrom-i Some passenf-ers today that the lifeboats were not in good condi-i tion and that the crew was net familiar with the method of launching them. The ro?,ts were equipped with rusty plucs," E. N. White. Madera, Cal-, a passep jrer declared, and 1. W. SkoRlund, Omaha, Neb., said "there was no plujr in thi bottom our boat and we bad to keep balling." Relatives and friends of pas-r-euserr. on the steamer' Alaska crowded the offices of he San Francisco A- Portland Steamship company here today scanning the l'Eta of dead and missing and making inquiries about the sur vivors. Some of the survivors who arrived early in the day, (Continued on page 2) rOllTLAND.- Ore . Auc. 8. The closing chapter of the trial of the late Henry Albers, rich miller of Portland, under the espionage act was written today when Unit ed States District Attorney Lester W. Humphreys appeared before Judge Bean in the federal court, tiled the mandate oft the United States supreme -ourt, and had the indictment against Albers dismis sed because the- defendant Is dead. Albers was convicted under the espionage act,' and the Judgment was later set aside on admission of error by the United States at torney general's office. - Albers was stricken with par aysls and died a few days ago. Effort were being made to bring about a retrial at the time death closed the incident. Mrs. Johnson Acquaintance of A, N. Pierce; Picked Lived Here Was it a'premonitlon that dis aster impended or merely a dis like of the Sea-voyage that caused "Ted" Ellsworth Plckell. JR-year. old youth of Hubbard to protest against his departure from Port land to San Francisco on the ill fated st"amship Alaska when it sailed August 5? .: Young PIckelL's name is &m'on those listed who lost tho r lives In Saturday night's tragedy oft Eureka.. Calif. The lad was tra veling south with the expectation of meeting bis father at San Fran cisco, later th?y, were to live In Los Angeles, where Mr. Ilckell, formerly a Sclem resident, is now located. ; ' - "Ted", as he was known, cele brated his ?.rth birthday on ship board, Saturday, which wa8 the day of the disaster. H-? had mail ed a letter from Astoria to his aunt, Mrs." L. S.- Crawford, of Hubbard with whom he had been maJtlfiK Ms home. Manager A. N. Pierce of the Marlon hotel was acauaintod with Mrs. WV L. Johnson, who was lost In the disaster. - It Is believ ed her husband also was lest.. Mr Pierce and his danghter. Miss Margaret Pierce, visited with Mrs Johnson and her mother, Mrs. M E. Hutchinscn, at Piy Ocean, -a week aso Sunday, and Miss Picrco has since heen at Mie sea side with Mrs. Hutchinson. The latter has gone to Portland since the Alaska disaster. Mrs. .Tohr.fcon's'namo in the list of missing was given both as Pauline-Johnson and Mrs. W. i Johnson, .causing confusion as to whether she was one of the idn- tifted dead. . Latest reports la night, however, mentioned Doth forms of ths name in the list of identified dead. ANTI-BEER WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 The Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill wart passed by the senalo today 39 to 20, and sent to conference with the house with the prospect of week ends. ... Upon being Informed of the action, treasury officials said that the beer regulations which have been drafted and arc ready for Secretary Motlc-n signature, would not be Issded pending act ion by the senate add house con ferees. The regulations would provide for . use of medical beer under the ruling ot former At torney General , Palmer, a ruling which the bill is designed to over- come. WRECK VICTIMS I01MS1LEM BILL GETS BY SENATE Mutilation Caused by Quick lime, But Dentist ? Makes identification by Appear ance of Teeth. r "I HUSBAND HELD IN ! ! JAIL AT SEATTLE I . r . . Captain of Detectives De clares Famous Mystery Case is Solved &EATTLE, Wash., 'Aug!, 8. With the discovery in a trunk in t Union bay here to day of the naked, mutilated body of an elderly woman, her features made unrecognizable by quicklime,' her only adorn ment a plain gold wedding ring, Captain of Detective! Charles J Tennant claimed ta have solved " the ' mystery of trie missing Mrs. Kate Maho nfty, 67 years old and reputed tq have ovrned property worth 200,000. Dr. Frank E. Wood, a den- tijst, identified work on the teeth of i the body as that Which he had done for Mrs. ft ahoney. i f ; ''-.v Coroner Willis II. Corson H&id death apparently had bfcen caused by a blow on the front of the skull, though there were! various other abra sions about the head. The wo man had i been dead about three months, he r estimated. I The . trunk was picked up floating on the surf ace." Police pointed out, however, that it probably had " been jarred loose from : an anchor by a frew of divers, who today dis lodged some large object tvhich they were unable to fcrasp. A torn spot on the trunk indicated that1 it had been attached to something. Divers and police with, drag ging nets Had been searching the lake mre than a month for Mrs. Mahoney's body. . Long Search. Ended. The finding of the body was he culmination of divlnir and bragging operations ' which the Police had carried , on for more han a month. " v Mrs. Mahoney has been missing fince about April 15, shortly after her marriage t'o James E. Ma honey. Mahoney has been jail her for two months oh several charge of : forKory, all filed . In connection With an alleged fraudulent pow 4r of attorney by which he was (Continued on page 2) i COAST BASEBALL SEATTLE S, i 8AC&AMXKTO 4 -- ripkt and Ken worthy's sin da in lb !irtta : uJe taut. ftr Httf w ht4. and tb komo tram tpok the rOB-dt .4 ta . 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