The Statesraaa malrea tfc leased wlr report of tha Aaaoclaua Press, tie greatest and most re liable press association la las world. WEATHER Oregon, Wednesday. Probably rain; moderate : southwesterly winds. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1921 SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR PRICE: FIVE CENTS mn Mi ly I- lil I I I r II - " 1- RATE HEARING anannnannnanMOnaBnBBBBanannaBnBSa I Mrs. HoIIingsworth Says . Operators Would Be Re lieved j if Rural Users Minded Own Business. CHRONIC KICKERS SHOWN WORKINGS Shaw, Cousin and Williams i Engage in Jhree-Cor-nered Altercation Firmer ' natrons ot the tele phone lives" who "listen: In" or answer every ring Ubey bear on thAir lines were elcorlated- trom v the witness stand in the telephone rate rehearing yesterday by Mrs B. M. Holllngsworth,, chief oper tor of the Salem exchange ot the Pacific comoany. Mrs! Ilolllngs worth declared that perfect tele- nhnn service is dependent upon co-operation between the public and the telenhone company.'' The witness said there are five f nrmer line oosltlons In the Salem (xchanre and that more time and work is required in taking care of larmcr calls than cly cans. . Best Operators Used r "We hare to use our very best ' operators for that service," said Mrs. Hffllngsworth. "The farmer subscribers seem to have a habit of answering all calls but their own. ' When a call is rung a dozen of them will take down their re ceivers and say hello,' 'then In form us that we have the wrong number.: It Is necessary tor the operators to stay ott the line until the right j party answers. It the subscribers would mind their own business we wouldn't have to do that." . 1- -.r-y , ' ; , Mrs. Ilolllngsworth said the men on the farmer lines do most of their phone talking t at the morning;- noon and evening hours, while most of the conversations between times are feminine voices " The average length of a conver. sation, she said, is from 13 to 18 minutes, f .- ' -, - . :- ' Speech Often Indtetinct Other difficulties of the tele phone service In general was at trlbuted by the witness to care- lessness on the part ot the sub scribers In speaking . indistinctly or In making their number calls with scolding the babies. . "It is impossible to give good ' service," the witness said, ''when the subscriber gives part of the number and then shouts 'Johnny do thts, of 'Johnny don't do that. Others speak very Indistinctly with their mouths far from, the receiver. Sometimes It is neces : nary, after repeated attempts to have them, speak more distinctly, to refer the call to the supervisor, and then the subscriber loses their tempers. - j. , Abase; Wears On Nerves "We have to be poifle. But when, the subscriber swears at you and says he doesn't believe you, i ratner gets on your nerves," "You are inclined to be human i yourselves at times, aren't you? suggested Attorney Shaw. Eagerness ot the telephone com ' pany to show visitors through the exchanges and acquaint them with all operations was brought "out in Attorney Shaw's direct ex amlnatlon of the witness. - Mrs Hollingsworth told of Instances tn Salem in which notorious kick (Continued on page 6) DETOUR TO TWELFTH STREET V' . "" BSSSSSSSSSSSISSSBSBSI For travellers who intend to go south by way ot Commercial street, there j will be considerable det oaring, as today at noon the S street will be closed from the monument works to Jefferson .. wayj -- .-,; j - i For those who do start south on Commercial and find the bar . ricade at the i monumental works. It is suggested that the turn be made to the left until . Twelfth street is reached. Then south on Twelfth street to the bottom of Mornlngside Hill. , X y i At this point turn right oh a gravel and :, dirt road.' cross the . planks on the cement pavement ,of Jefferson way and continue un : til Liberty road la reach. MSBBBSsels? 1 SsftlGER SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. containing 73 pounds of T. N. T. to explode behind a dam at Leavenworth, Wash., is believed to have pre vented the possible less of hundreds of lives and destruc tion of property worth millions, according to a report published by the Seattle Post Iff ad the dam broken, it was pointed out, a rich ag ricultural district would have been flooded. The report said the explosive was found in a heavy stone jar with three sticks of dynamite arranged as a detonator. Jt had been lowered into position behind the stone masonry by means of to its end, and the failure of tributed to dohing of the seal the opening. Worhmen repairing the according to the report. Federal secret service to Leavenworth tonight BRUMFIELD KEPT I PORTLAND LYNCHING IS FEAR ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. afternoon that Dr. R. M. Brumfield may be held in jail in Portland for several days before bemcr broucrht to Roseburer This will enable the officers, this city, without the knowledge Attorney; Neuners statement to the effect that Brumfield would not be brought here before the first of next week leads to this conclusion. , - SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. M. Brumfield, dentist of Roseburer. Or., and held in r connec tion with the death of Dennis Russell, arrived here tonight at 8:35 p. m. over the Spokane International railway from Calgary, Alta., and was placed which left for Portland at 'ft: bheriff Starmer of Roseburg Sheriff Webb. The. officers said tonight that the prisoner relinquished his as sertion that he was Dennis Rus sell late ilila afternoon and ad mitted that he was Dr. Brumfield following receipt of a telegram from his wife in Koseburg. At firsjt he claimed to have no knowl edge of the sender of the mes sage, the authorities said, but in the afternoon hs appeared more normal and told them who he (Continued on page 6) v vssr sassr si After once on the Liberty road those traveling to Jefferson should turn to the left a short distance beyond Rosedale, pass - ing me rrieuus cnurch and on to the cement paving of Jefferson way. Traveling on south will be fine except a short distance through Jefferson and also a halt mile about four miles north of Albany where preparations , are under way for the construction of an overhead bridge over the sou thern pacific railroad. - The better driving south for those who wish to travel towards Liberty road is to leave Salem on Twelfth street, the street on which , the Southern Pacific pas ses through Salem. t ' SL 16.-FaUure of a bomb - Intelligencer tonight. a wire. A fuse had burned the bomb to explode is at lighted fuse by tar used to dam discovered the bomb, men were said to have gone 16. It is intimated here this it is thought, to slip him into of Russell s friends. District 16. Hacarard and dirty. Dr. R aboard the 0. W.R & N. train 15. t He was accompanied by and was handcuffed to Deputy DEAD,BOY IS RESCUED PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 16. Reverend Henry E. Giles, pastor of the Hope Presbyter ian church and oy Scout mas ter, was drowned today in Sanry river here after he had rescued vBarnes Napier, a Scout who had gotten beyond Jhis depth. The ministers death is believed to nave Been due to exhaustion following his struggles with the boy, who is ; declared to have grasped his rescuer around the neck. ; After the boy had been re turned to; his companions it was discovered that the min ister had disappeared in the water. ?. His body was ; found later. MAY BE PASTOR IS Ex HIGHTOWER IS HOUSEKEEPER Priest's Housekeeper Posit ive That Prisoner Decoyed Murdered Man from His Home on Day of Crime. DOES NOT, HESITATE AFTER MEETING MAN "I Get The idea" Says Ac cused Man When Con fronted by Two Women SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aup. 1G Positive identification of Wil liam Hightower as th,e man last seen with Reverend . Patrick E. Heslin, murdered priest, was made today by Miss Marie Wen del, the priest's - housekeeper and Mrs.' Irene Bianchi, a neighbour. Alter it minutes given to close scrutiny of the prisoner in the of. flee of District Attorney Franklin Swart In Redwood City ' they stated emphatically and without hesitation that.it was .Hightower who called for Heverend , Heslin the night of August 2 to answer sick call and who drove away with the priest in an -automobile. identification Positive If you knew that the hanging of this man depended un your identification would you hesitate in your statements?" District : At torney Golden asked Miss Wedel "I would not hesitate," s lie re plied, ft Hightower was taken from the county Jail to confront the wo men. He was freshly shaven and had exchanged his prison clothing ror the apparel he had on when arrested. They regarded him closely from every angle but said no word to him, nor he to them. Hightower s only comment to the officers durine the scrutiny was "i get the. idea." Wlren Hightower was taken away Miss Wendel and Mrs. Bian chi told the officers there was no question of his identity. "Dolly" Is Mystery The personality of the mysteri ons "Dolly Mason" who High tower -said had given him ithe clue by which he located the grave of Reverend Heslin near the ocean shore, bobbed in and out of the examination todays Mrs. Dorothy nsner till ford or 'Oakland, a caba ret entertainer, who had been Identified as Dollv Mason through descriptions ' given by Hightower confronted him today and neither recognized the other.. At the same time the police were investigating the tale of J. J. lJurry, formerly a detectivo of Salt Lake City who said he knew the true Dolly Mason affd had seen her on the streets of San Francisco on the day mentioned by Hightower in the story ha told me pouce. Hearing Hot. i ne preliminary hearine of Hightower tentatively was set for next 'inursday. a throng gathered at times around the Jail in Redwood City toaay out there has beien no con certed demonstration of popular I reeling against Hightower the po liice said, although there is an uu dercurrent of tense feeling. ITLwrnr tiuarHed. Every possible precaution Is be ing taken, -they said, to guard Hightower from personal injury jrom any source. Willingness to stand trial be fore a jury composed of Catholic clergy was expressed by William A. Hightower, held iere in con nection with the death of Fathe Patrick E. Heslin, murdered Col ma Catholic priest. The prisoner said as follows: "I have such a high regard for the Catholic religion and the Cath olic priesthood that I would be willing to be tried by a jury of Catholic priests. I am assured tt my own innocence but I cannot expect a fair trial because of the ignorant prejudices of the public mind. "It would do me no good to make a public statement of the case now because I would not be believed. I presume I have al ways been a little unsettled men tally and my present predicament has accentuated this condition. "I understand that the authori ties have a mighty strong - case against me although they have not told me so. That information has come to me in a roundabout way. "If I am freed ot this charge I will make no effort to collect the reward tor the recivery of Father HesHn's body." They would Continued on page S) DENIED beiioIer unions hope Salem Central Council Holds That Hospital Needs the Friendship of Workers, Drastic Action Opposed. MEMBERS DECLARE I.O.O.F. JOB FAIR Organized Labor and Odd Fellows are Friendly Scale Recognized Announcement that the new Odd Fellows building would be built by union labor "from cor nise to foundation" was made at the weekly session of the Salem Central Labor, council last night. Another Important development was a general sentiment expressed by all of the 20 members that the building committee of the Salem hospital would adopt a "reason able" attitude toward organized labor. The council refused to in stitute a fight against the hospi tal at this time. 'There is a general resentment of Salem business men against the arbitrary methods attempted by the hospital committee against organized labor," asserted W. Darby, a delegate from the car penter's union. Van Patten Fair "C. Van Patten, who is in charge of construction work, has always been fair to organized la bor and we hesitate to take action against him in this case as believe that the hospital board has taken the empTbyment question into their own hands." By unanimous vote, the coun cil decided to postDone definite action on the hospital question un til next week's meeting. Mem bers of the council asserted that H trades unions of Salem were determined to aid the carpenters and that no union man would work on the Job until the protest ed $6 scale was done away with and the union scale of $7.20 rec ognized. Reports Are Denied Rumors that the building com mitter of the Odd Fellows lodge had been making efforts to un dermine the building trades scale was emphatically aeniea dj u. I. Simeral. president of the coun cil, and also by several other members who laDeled the report a3 "propaganda" circulated by (Continued on page 6.) CAPITOL STREET The, monthly Open Forum meeting of the Salem Commercial club are to" be held tonight a. the club rooms at 8 o'clock promises to be one of the moat interesting meetings for many a mor.th. In addition to the report of the ijembf-rship committee, which has been working overtima tne past four or five week3, there will be brought up the report of the committee appointed about one vear ago to investigate the open ing of Capitol street. Fred Erixon is chairman of this committee and it is understood he will present the report of his com mittee and this report will go Acting upon a request of the World war veterans state aid commission ender date of August 13, Sam A. Koser, secretary ot state, yesterday issued a call tor the state "emergency board to meet in the capitol building in Salem Tuesday, August 23. to consider a request for the appro priation of additional funds tor administration of the so-caned soldiers bonus law. "The matter for the considera tion of the emergency board is the pledging- of funds or authori zation of additional expenditures by the World "war veterans state ON CLUB STATE LBENCY BOARD IS GALLED BY SECRETARY KOZER OPERATORS CASE THAT VILE LANGUAGE USED BY PHONE SUBSGRIB mm STATE 1ID Team Representing 'Nation al Guard Will Leave for Camp Perry, Ohio At a conference or a board-appointed by - Colonel 5eorge A. White, adjutant general, to select marksmen of the rOegon national guard- to attend tht national matches to be held at Camp Perry during the latter part of this month and early September, ' the following recommendations were made: Major Fred M. West of Port; land, team captain; Captain Eu gene Libby of ' Portland, team coach. Others In the team are: Captain Clarence Collins of Al bany; First Lieutenant A. A Schwarz of Portland; Lieutenant Lawrence Jensen of Eugene; Pri vate Andrew J. McAlIen of Ash land; Private Barnes Q.- Adams of Ashland; Corporal Orvllle Cart of Portland; Private Manley W. Bev ins of Dallas Private Arthur G. Robinson of Portland; Sergeant Leonard McGee of Albany; Ser geant Glenn Terrell of Eugene, and SUff Sergeant Victor R. Stratton of Eugene. These marksmen who will rep. resent the Oregon national guard at the national matches will meet at the armory in Portland August 22, to make final preparations to leave for Camp Perry. Six Carloads of Wheat Purchased at Sheridan SHERIDAN, Ore., Aug. 16. ( Special to The Statesman) G. M. McKinney of Portland, who has been purchasing grain here for. the last fortnight, left the field today, refusing to buy more wneat. ne is said to nave pur chased about six carloads at a price ot 98 cents per bushel less dockage. Mother Rescues Tots, Suffers Severe Burns PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 1C In saving frum death her three small children during a fire which destroyed the upper story of an apartment house here today, Mrs Earl Purcell was badly burned. Her 14 -months-old baby Harold, whom she carried through the flames, suffered Rerious birns while her 2-year-old twins, Floyd and Lloyd, were slightly burned. PAVING IS PROGRAM TONIGHT right to the bottom of the mat ter a3 to how and why the street should be paved to meet the paved road of Fairgrounds road The report will be of special interest to residenii of Summer street, who are also attempting to solve the problem of paving to meet Fairgrounds road. The Summer street residents prepared a petition which was presented to the city council, but before action was taken a remonstrance was of fered. C. O. Rice, directo- of the so cial devartment of the Commer cial club, promises an entertain- ment worth while. aid commission in the administra tion of the loan and bonua law," said Mr. Kozer in his call. "The appropriation as included In the law authorizing the payment of a bonus or loan is grossly lnsul ficient for the proper ana reason able administration of suca law "Inasmuch as the adminlstra tion of this law imposes consfd erable additional duties upon the department of state, the taatter of pledging funds or authorizing additional expenditures by the secretary of state will also be di scontinued on page 6.) TESTIFY UN "One of the subscribers who constant! v abuses th nnrr ators at the Tabor exchange a very prominent woman in; Portland. She is very prominer as a church worker in fact she belorigs to the same churc! i,ao. une fcunaay she wa$ asked to teach a Sunday schcx class at the church. It happened that several of the telephcr. operators were members of the class. Of course they didn' show up. They felt that Ihey knew just a little bit mcr about Christianity than she did. We did all we possib! could to please her and inyited her tf come to the office t we could demonstrate our fcvork to her. She replied that t she wanted was service and that it made no difference to he under what conditions thejgirls had to work.' ; v t .. This incident was related at the telephone rate rehearir. yesterday by Miss Florence grMh, supervisor at the Talc exchange, and was one ofia number! of incidents related t illustrate tha abuses to, which the telephone girls are sul jected by the unscrupulous portion Of thte public in ffi SITY QUERY Many Who Faces Charge of Slaying Aged Bride Must M Pass Mental Tests SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 16. Before a jury passes on the charge that James . Mahoney murdered his wealthy,. J elderly bride, Kate M. Mahoney, identi fied with the recovery of a. body in a trunk from Lake Union here last week, a medical commission first must decide whether he Is sanev This was the"TTxltng of juage utis w. Srinker In superior court here today when: Mahoney was called to plead to a first de gree murder accusation. Case Reviewed , Mrs. Mahoney disanDeared last April, and since early in May Ma honey has been held on several charges, including forgery com. p lain is ror procuring an alleged fraudulent power of attorney to gain possession ot his wife's prop erty. It ws only after dragging and diving operations of two months yielded the body of a wo man that the murder charge was niea. uerore that, according to police and pallers, Mahoney had displayed no unusual Evmntoms. but since he was arraigned on th murder Information, they said, he uas sciea strangely. r Seek Insanity Trial ' Lee a Johnston, defense raun. set. read to the court rriiavia aeaiinr with the alleged neculiflH - f n ties of Mahoney's conduct in the jast weea since x the , mnrder charge was filed. While defense counsel demanded an insanity trial by Jury, Prosecuting Attor ney maicoim Douglas protested, con icnui n g . that it was d iscretlon. ary with the court whether, such proceedings were by Jury or by medical commission. Judge Drin ker upheld the state' argument, but allowed the defense until to morrow to submit additional au thorities. Unless the ruling is re versed, it is planned to hold the mental examination sometime to morrow. Progress Made from Dal las Toward Salem By State Highway Crew ! DALLAS, Or.. An, lfi. Sn. ciai 10 ine statesman) One mils . , ... . of pavement out of thU city lead ing towards Salem was completed aaiuraay aiternoon and the pav mg crew is now at work on tha tretchoof road from the city llm- iis lowarua Kicicreaii, four ; miles aisiance. ine grading on this road has been completed and as tbe roadbed is In excellent shape and ready for "the hot stuff the contractors expect to do better man complete one mile everr io days. The Dimmlck hill on the mile inside the city limits was not paved this season as it was grad- ea aown extensively and will be graveiea ana traveled over this winter. Next" spring It will be nara suriacea. , , , , KING PETER DEAD BELGRADE, Aug. 16,-Formr King Peter of Serbia died today. Ill" nr- llIILt. Or flWb d IS COMPLETED I RATE S J7FDC with very profane laniruaffe i ; Profanity t'sed "WJiat the - do you thlr I want?" "You bonehead, I told you wt; number I wanted." - -Line's busy? You're a liar- r; -r. "Sneece and dust off yci brains.!' ; ' . These ar iamples of lanfuar that are frequently addressed t telephone operators by Portlar ubscribers. Bo declared the c era tors who cams to Salem yr terday to testify for the Pacii Telephone &' Telegraph comcan Ths girls used the word ."blank i aey didn't regale : the ears ' their hearers with the actu; words used, but left them to tl imagination. r Stupid," the f Iris saU. Is common, every-day term appiu toj ihem. . j ; Hnpervlsor Hears llmnt 'The testimony brought out sertiona that the -:reat major'- ot calls, coming into the Cfntr. oincesi are completed l witho trouble. The calls that lead t trquble ordinarily are referred i the supervisor and It is she w: falls under njuch of the abu that is hurled over the yrita Ic the-exchanges. : ,,;, ' 'r . i Mrs.' U Norton, a sen!: supervisor, opined that the.gre. majority of aubscrtbers rite calls are, referred to the sup visors 4o not know bow to u telephones to obtain succc .' service, .ghe related instances profanity directed at the pir: Much unreasonableness, said ::r Norton, Is manifested by t ': scribers in calling informal! relative to numbers of other eu Patrons Kasily Anser l T'They may ask for Mr. Bmlth nmber,M she said, Vand when v ask for the initials they bocor. art try.? (Mrs.! Norton related one 1 stance of how an operator, at tl deliberate risk of her ijob. dec! e4 to get even, and the did U and incidentally cured the c tending subscriber, - j'This. man." said the wltne? Is;: prominent cltlien of Portlar a igreat church worker, and." added sarcastically, "claims to 1 a -great friend of the worklx girl. " i . . . . . r Cursing Morninje Habit fit was his habit cverr mor: ing to 'get tangled up in his te! phone calls and curse the oper tors.' One morning when one the girls came to work she sale Jqb or so Job, I'm going to r evn with so-and-so this mornln; Sufe enough, be began to ura pr lane ntntuagc, f war,' Mr. So-and-so th e: eratorj said back at him, 'I a (Continued on page 6.) COAST BASEBALL ! vesvow l. raiseo a IM i VHASf'IHfH A.. 1, . rorH fat th Dinlh inoin and von fr nwjrriwwt i o in rme t!, villi Bitch- dacl Iwlvu. 1 ... k . Craqipler. Hannah, who mad tha to mn.! ntrbM lrt n O'Connall a rrr advaaed on aioclr. bv 7.rur ..j v. and acrs4 whs Kelly fanmbltd th . in cwnier. in nasi sad ivvral cha v i wiaH suvn vmmj ... R. IT. 1 6 San t rranctae 0 6 R.ttji- .Bi II . . m 4. ytiie. j ANOELS 11, OAEUSD 0 LOS I ANGELKS. P. . . 1 Tn. 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