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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1921)
MM Hi THErOEGtJNnSTATESMAN SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY MORKDiG. - NOVEMBER 18, 1921V erf1-" FIGHT ROADS Protest Sent to Commerce Commission Against Low er Rate Application BOTH" SIDES ARE HEARD Assertion Mafe That Mer chant Marine Will Be Forcid out of Business CHICAGO, Nov. 17 Asserting hat lower trans-continental rail- ! ?oad freight rates will cause the ; Wrcnant marine toease to func . ion, representalTes of coastwise tteamship line today entered pro. est tQ the petition of trans-contl-tental railroads to the interstate commerce commission for lower latea on tnoTe than 100 manufac nred articles. The bearing was ield before Commissioner Wil lam Dlsque. The.' railroads' representatives i?flertpd Coastwise steamship lines barge lower rates to carry godds tf way ofthe Panama canal than 0 the railroads to carry them .cross the country. ? Ilcrlniliitlon Seen 1 Th railroads asked lower rates n articles shipped from the At mtic to the Pacific coast, from the Gulf coast and, Interior man ufacturing regions and from the Mississippi river territories. Tne proposed rates would be lower than the charges from the Pacific coast to points east. ' The steamship lines attacked the proposition on the ground thait rates from west to east will not be lowered and thus the west ern manufacturer will be dis criminated against and the reduc tion will injure the merchant marine and that the local rates iu the interior would not be reduc ed. Necessity Shown The railroads, with Edward Chambers, vice president of the Atilson, Topeka & Santa Fe, as spokin, asserted that the re duction Is necessary to promote industrial progress; that the rail roads do not compete, with the merchant marine as the railroads carry mostly the finished prod uct while the ships carry the raw material, and that the prospect of the abandonmnet of canal tolls would result In "Industrial stag nation and disaster to many roads." The rates proposed, applying only on direct runs to the coast do not Involve any raw materials or the staples such as coal, lum ber, grain and meats. Kxample of ltates The roads for instance, pro pose a blanket rate of $1.15 -per hundred pounds on canned goods going td ths Pacific coast instead of the present rate of SI. $3 1-2 from New York, $1.50 from Chi cago and $1.17 1-2 from Denver. A onerdollar flat rate for iron and steel is proposed instead of the prevailing rate or $1.66 1-2 from Ne-v York or Pittsburgh, $1.50 from Chicago and $117 1-2 from Denver. Other coln'modities affected In clude drugs, glassware, soap, to- t -...i .:..:.v . Hienry Souyawe . . . " IMStinguished American Pianist . i . ,t. ; r". . t . i 1. '! .' . : genelope Davies ' Soprano Assisted by , ..... . - r Ampico Reproducing Piano pa '. These distinguished artists will appear in Recital, in this city, at the Armory, Wednes day e veninjr, November 23rd. , A -rich treat for all music lovers. Last week in Portland an audience of over three thousand people was delighted with song and instrument bya these New York artists. This concert being sponsored by the G. F. Johnson Piano Co there is to be only a -nominal admission fee of 50 cent3 charged. bacco, coffee, cotton goods, sew ing machines, wlre goods, and rnober tires. BIG QUESTIONS ARE TEMPORARILY CHECHED (Continued from page 1) midable defensive type included in the armaments of Great Britain and the United States. He ex plained that he did not refer to submarines, but would not indi cate what class lot vessel was in his mind. The viewa behind the firitisl ohieptinns is that the Quota of 90.000 tons in : submarines sug-' gested by the American plan tor both Great Britain and the Unit ed States, is far too large. The British, in fact, would like to see the submarine abandoned entire ly, but ' there are considerations of national defense which impel the American delegates to hold determinedly to the figure they first proposed. Late today the question was discussed by the American delegation with Theo dore Rooseveltj the American representative Of the conference committee of naval experts, but there was no indication of a re cession by either the United States or Great Britain. Bi-ittsh Completing Case The improbability of a decision in the near future was indicated by the announcement today that three or four days niorgwould be required to complete "The British case for presentation to the naval committee. ,ln the interim the question Is re ceiving the lively interest of all delegations and when the com mittee meets to take up the de tailed views of the five powers it may find before it a mass of da ta and argument that it will take weeks to assess. WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. (By the Associated ! Press.) An au thoritative statement of British naval views obtained tonight dis closed that aircraft are not re garded by the British as having displaced capital ships in .naval warfare. Aircraft have a distinct place in war, however, and it was said even aircraft bombardment of cities might be justified be cause of the pressure such attacks exerted on enemy governments. British spokesmen pointed out that bombardment of London and Paris from the air during the war had been effective in this way and it was indicated that the Brit ish delegation would favor too sharp a limitation on aircraft op erations if the question comes up at the arms conference. Submarines Abhorred Bv contrast.! the Tlritlsh nnsL tion of abhorrence of submarines was expressed, jdue to the feeling that the submersible was a mere "instrument bf assassination" and incapable of exerting any such influence on peoples and their governments as air raids on cities MEN'S OVERCOATS By an unusually fortu nate purchase yesterday in Portland we can offer Salem patrons regular $45 to $84 all wool over coats at the ridiculously low price of $5.00 MEN'S HATS A large supply of good Trton'a naf fnr nnlv 25c Capital Exchange 312 No. Commercial St; Phone 1368W r4 a u The British reply to the sugges tion that the submarine was the Weapon of the weaker powers was that the weak bad never been oppressed by the British nary wben: there were no submarines. Comment was denied by the British spokesmen on tha Japan ese modifications to the Ameri can proposals. The Japanese sug gestions were a variation of the program proposed by the United States and a subject for confer ence discussion, it was said. Proposals Are Numerous It was denied that in thinking of continuing certain building for technical reasons during the pro posed 10-year holiday, the British had even formally proposed to produce a ship a year. Such' a building program would amount to repudiation of the American naval holiday plan, it was added. t was declared nothing of the kind had been suggested in any official British statement. Manv plans had been considered for continuing technical knowledge. but the British delesat ion. w tis still not committed to any, it was said. There is no feeling among the British officials that the com mittee of naval officers of the five powers thrashing Out ihe American proposals and various modifications suggested should be called upon to reort in a matter of hours or days. The American plan was described as most far- reaching and of necessity it was said would take time to consider. Admirals Work Hard The group of admirals, it was added, is working at full speed and has made some progress. It was added that the American ratio for submarines, the point about which the chief British pro posed modifications hang, had not been considered as yet. Touching apprehension that the government dock yards might be closed In Great Britain, due to the naval holiday, it was said this was not suggested and that re pairs for the retained fleet would require their continued opera-tioni Factories Present Difficulty Another angle of the British view as to desirability of continu ing work in some cases through the naval holiday in order not to lose technical knowledge applies to armor plate factories. These plants, it was said, could not re main" idle 10 years, then resume. Unless provision for continuing them In some .measure was made, it was said, the plants would be scrapped and it would require re building 10 years - from now. which would absorb aH that had been saved by the naval holiday. WILDER TELLS. OF ISU I I 1 HI I been man. stolen some government station ery, i written by a government but just some one who had Rotation of Crops Pays Declares H. Egan emplove, th6 ' most retary.- d Robert - H'ltrei in population Possible I urer.Everrm off get aiongjEreeici. w v-7'"T1r"r is open to Ua genera puunv, u will be the guests for the evening. employer or cosmopolitan to masnne. uui iucj e. l:ke brothers, and to a man they swear that Salem Heights Is the best community in the west. A. M. Chapman, fruU grower, is rred Thompson is sec- Read The Classified Ads. Big Chief Sea Scout Tel Importance of Teaching Boys Navigation .-4 A4 i 1 TON Of ,6-Room House at 1541 State Street ,1 V commencing at 2 o'clock Saturday, November 19th 1 , J - . . ' . . i All modern except basement All nearly, finished inside .with ivory enamel and built in china closet, 3 good bedrooms, front room 15x18 feet, dining room 15x21 feet, 2 large screened in porches, good large kitchen. The abstract will be brought to date with deed to buyer. : A nice' home. Come in and see for yourself ; In one of the best locations in Salem, on carline, really worth $4000, but will fee sold at auction. Terms will b e given day of sale. Some furniture, 2 chairs, 1 breakfast table, 1 baby bath tub, 1 rug, 9x12, 1 Simmon brass bed and mattress and other articles. k . f Mrs. Blanch Niemeyer . Owner - GJ Satterlee Auctioneer ! Phone 1177 MULKEY-BRADY BOUT, SMOKER EVENT HERE (Continued from page 1) ry Plant and Sergeant Alanson Mason, both member sof the Com pany F Athletic club. Proceeds from the event will be devoted to the purchase of athletic equip ment for the newly organized club. Manager Plant announced last night that all Boy Scouts wrto wear Scout badges will be admit ted free to the event as -a section of the gallery has been reserved for: the youngsters. Troop lead ers have been Invited to accom pany the boys. Mr. Plant has ask ed: the lads to secure the permis sion of their parents before re porting to their leaders for at tendance at tne event. "The Soy Scouts, are all right," said Sergeant Plant, last nisht. and these little fellows all helped mei with the extra work. That is why I have opened the west gal lery for them." When Sea Scout Wilder went to the Spanish penal colony of Guam, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean wilderness in l!9S, he, sailtd in a mangy little sailing j ship that promised to call for him ' in a month. With tne incomparable fortune of $300 Mex, he rented a 9-room house for one peso a month, fur- j nished it sumptuously for five pesos the peso Is the degenerate j Spanish-Mexican dollar and set- , tied down to wait, j The month dragged away, and even his fortune began to dwin dle. He began to haunt the dock, watching: for the ship to return. Weeks later, a Jap drifted in who 1 reported seeing a dismasted ship, j flying a flag upside down as a sig- i nal of distress, over in the China sea. Well, that was his very ship, i It took it six months to get refit ted and make its promised call to Guam. The Spanish war "the oifty war I could ever have got ten into," mourns Scout Wilder had been fought meantime, and the disconsolate Wilder was in de spair. "If ever I have a score of boys, I'll teach 'em so stuff so they can get away swim, row, sail, fly or whatever it is," said Mr. Wilder. So. when the Sea Scouts came into being, he called all the boys of Ameriia his own "kids," and started out to organize them into Sea Scouts for nautical instruc tion. He started into the service at the beginning of the World war, when nautical instruction was so desperately needed to train sailors to man the ships for the allies, and he's been at it ever since. The government allows one of its surplus life boats for every nine Sea Scouts, though each or ganizations has to have at least 18 men for two boats before it can have a boat for its very own. The boats are still government property, but the Scouts can use them forever for Scout work. The lads are taught every branch of common navigation, the making and rigging of sails, the handling of oars, boxing the compass and the rudiments, of scientific navi gation, and everything that sci ence can teach thm of the art of resuscitating drowning of suffo cated persons. Where the work "gets over" so as to provide the facilities, they do actual ship rigging on a large scale. A stan dard ship mast, with a .topmast weighted to 500 pounds, is erect ed, and timed contests are held for the lowering and raising ot this heavy topmast, representing a full set of sails. It was said that the sailors' iii Lord Nelson's flag ship "Vietory," could lower the topmast to the deJX and hoist it to iu place again in three min utes. They expect that no Sea Scout crew will ever get a look-in lor honors that can not do a little task in much under five minutes. A dinner was given at the Ma rion Wednesday night, to Com modore Wilder and two dozen in terested Salem Scoutmasters and friends to present tne matter of a local Sea Scout organization. Skipper Henry, in command of the newly organized Portland crew, reported much enthusiasm in his department, ana a like interest is expected in Salem, once the move ment is thoroughly understood. W H Kgan and Albert J Egan of Hoamere. eieht miles north of Salem. who have 60 acre in j farming land and fruit, are be- lievers in the rotation of crops. For instance, one part of their farming land was planted last year in clover. This year it was planted in potatoes, which yield ed a pretty fair crop considering the dry weather and early frost. Next year this same land wi'.i be in wheat and in 1923.it v!l lie sowed to oats. Hy this rota tion of crops, Mr. Egan says ho is assured of eood crop?. Kven when planted to wheat, the land i will yield 4 0 bushels to the acre, due entirely to the process of ro tation by which the land is kept ::i fine condition. Mr. Egan is also in the, hop in dustry, having TO acres. And re sides fruits, hop and grains, he has found it a most paying invest ment to establish a 2 5-cow dairy. Not only is there a regular i; ay check from a dairy, but Mr. Egan regards it as good business to have that many cows on the farm. He says the dairy pays wen. PRINTING BOARD HAS ! ELECTRIFIED SESSION SALEM HEIGHTS WILLCELEBITE Tenth Anniversary Event .to Be Chock Full of Enjoyment (Continued from page 1.) Secretary Kozer accused Hotr and Crawford of hiding behind the flimsiest technicality, i Fiack of Faith Deplowd f'With the governor, the secre tary of state and the state treas urer doing state business on these boards it is necessary for us to have faith in each other " said Kozer.. "It is a sorry state or ar fajrs when we get to the point that we cannot have faith In esch other. Mr. Hoff and Mr. Craw ford are hiding behind the flim siest kind of a technicality .and 1 think there should be some kind ot a retraction of statements made in the treasurer's letter." 'I will never make any kind of retraction," declared Hoff heatedly- i Each side de clared the other had started the fight through press statements. Check Is Accepted : The board accepted Hoff's check for $44 53 which he repaid the stale because of the majority members of the printing board refusing to approve the state printer's claim. ! Governor Olcott said a promi nent citizen of the state, whose name he did not mention, had raised the question Whether the state or th etreasurer personally is paying postage on Hoff'g re ports that are mailed to the peo pie. Crawford said that the man would receive his answer If he Would come to the treasurer's of fice. Olcott and Kozer did not insist on an answer at the board meeting. DURBIN ENLIGHTENS REALTORS ON HOPS (Continued from page 1.) INSIDE STORY OF PARLEY MADE KNOWN (Continued from page 1.) been well kept! because between seven and 10 men knew it. That number includes the four Ameri can delegates and President Har ding. The others worked on var ious phases of the proposal. It is known that it was based on memoranda called from the navy department and it was enrriad in to execution by the American big four which Secretary Hughes heads but the "big Idea" on which the plan is built, the "inside story" says, came from President Harding. growing hops this year valued at $1,561,350, and Polk county with $931,350. Salem Receives Benefit Of the total value of the Mar ion and Polk county crops, he fig ured that nine-tenths is spent in Salem. Mr. Durbin complimented tho English firms on their honesty in not attempting to evade in any way their hop contracts. For in stance, this year, with hops con tracted at 4 5 cents a pound, the actual market price was from 25 to i!0 cents a pound. The ctm tract price for 1922 delivery is 35 cents a pound, for 1923 deliv ery 30 cents and for 1924 deliv ery 25 cents a pound, he said. Referring to the amount of money circulaced In this district, Mr. Durbin gave the -figures of T. A. Livesley & Co.. in operating their lour yards. He said this firm had C42 acres in hops this year and that it cost 15 cents a pound to produce. This amount ed to $125,679, all of which paid out in the immediate vicinity of Salem. Future Uncertain "Within a few years our con tracts for hops will run out," de clared Mr. Durbin. "Then wo must do something to perpetuate the industry. We must have re lief from the excessive freight rates and the unfavorable ex change, or we will have to go out of business." A dinner, supper, picnic, nnni vprsarv and celebration is to be held tonight at the Salem Heights Community house, at the south end of the Commercial street car line. The event is In celebration of the 10th birthday anniversary of the Salem Heights Community league, that has been setting the pace for similar town-and-country organizations almost all through the west. The festivities start with a cafe teria supper, ' and with booths where one can buy almost every kind of country dainties at a gift price. "We don't want your money half as badly as we want you," is one official statement, and they're going to prove it on their dinner tables. Instead ot getting gifts, they're planning to give them, in their bountiful luncheon. Tho Liberty band of 30 pieces, is expected to furnish the music tor the evening. Other program features will be presented how ever, so that the evening will be crowded with good thing3. ' The league is altogether unique in the feature of its membership. Every person who moves into the neighborhood, or grows up there, or ever visits over night, is a member, and has the : right to vote. He can help demolish one set of officers and build tip a new machine of his own liking, with out paying a cent or having his name voted in or blackballed out. He is a member by the mere fact of his presence, with the same power as the longest-whiskered old-timer on the roll. They have annual dues of $2.50 a year, though one needn't pay if he doesn't want to, or can't. But more than 90. per cent of the peo ple of the little community are paying members. With the money raised by dues, and through entertainments and community co-operation, they, have have built a splendid little community club house, they have boosted their excellent; t;chools. they have fostered personal friendliness in the neighborhood. they have done a hundred neip ful things that make life seem worth while. Just now,; they are wanting a little extra money to build cement walks around the community house and the school house; their "anniversary" funds will go for this laudable purpose. Their membership is made up of truck gardeners, berry farmers, plain retired citizens, Workmen, capitalists; men wh) do business down town every day either as $3.84 ROUND TRIP Plus 31c war tax - To EUGENE Via OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY, Account U. of 0. vs. 0. A. C. Championship Football Game Saturday, November i9th Tickets on sale Friday and Saturday, return limit Monday TRAIN SCHEDULE To Eugene Leave alem 8 :35 a. m. 10:20 a. m. A :15 p .m. 6:45 p. m. Arrive Eugene .10:50 a. m. 12:25 p. m. 6:45 p. m. 8:55 p. m. From Eugene Leave Arrive Eugene 7:30 a. m. 11:15 a. m. 2:00 p. m. 5 :25 p. m. Salem 9:40 a. m. 1 :35 p. m. 3:55 p. m. J:15 p. m. Saturday only, other days 7:50 p. m. Tickets and details may be obtained at station OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY. J.W. RITCHIE, Agrent. SkW IB. tti 'Groceries of Quality" "A Safe Place To Trade" FURTHER TESTIMONY . HEARD AGAINST TODD (Continued from page 1) F. S. Barton, who purchased contracts for himself and wife, gave some new testimony as to a letter introduced by the de fense yesterday In which a gov ernment agent wrote to E. K. Bergman, Salem school teacher, asking if Bergmain had had any dealings with Carlos L. Byron, a man undsr indictment for alleged misuse of themails. Ixtter Is Shown Bergman jftid on tbe stand yes terday that he took the letter to Todd who made "wild and vaguo" statements to him to the effect that perhaps the letter hadn't Kraut Cabbage Solid, well trimmed Per 100 pounds j..$2.00 Squashes For stock feed 500 pounds L$2.50 FALL AND WINTER Apples Baldwin, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Pied Cheek Pip pin. Per box .;..$1.00 3 boxes 2.85 5 boxes i.. 4.50 10 boxes t.. 8.50 Assorted as wanted Cheap apples for cooking per box 25c 4nd 50c No charge for delivery Phone 494' Ward K. Richardson -2395 Front : , -., TURKEYS FOR THANKSGIVING DAY We were fortunate in getting one of the finest lot of turkeys to be found in Marion or Polk Counties. Extra choice birds weighing from eight to eighteen pounds each. As usual prices will not be set until next Mon day but predictions are made that they will retail at 40c' or 42c per pound. To be sure that you get a bird phone us your order now and we will send as soon as they come in and at the market price then prevailing. Delicious Apples 125 boxes of Stark's Delicious Apples for the Thanks giving trade. No finer fruit could grace your table than these. They cost more than other apples but considering the quality and flavor the cost per apple is very small. We have them in three grades but no matter what grade you buy every apple is perfectly sound and good. Extra Fancy Pack $4.00 per box Fancy Pack $3.75 per box Choice $3.25 per box Baldwins and Spitzenbergs Spitzenbergs priced according to grade $2.50, $2.25, $1.75 and $1.50 per box Baldwins priced according to grade $2.25 and $1.75 box New Prunes in Nine Pound Boxes The new crop prunes are much better than last year's, the season bejng favorable, the prunes are full of sugar. Nine pound boxes $1.85 each Two pounds for.... 35c Smaller Prunes, 3 pounds 25c Mince Meat Our Mince Meat is made in our,own kitchen of the best materials our big store provides. Prepared clean and good By expert cooks. You will like it. 20c per pound. A pound makes a pie. Mince Pies ....35c each Window Display of Fancy Cakes From San Francisco we received a shipment of fancy Ginger Bread specialties such as santas, manikins, au tos and various other shapes for the amusement of the children. Also the Iebkuchen which we had not been able to get since the war. See the display in our south window. New Alaska Herring and Mackerel Fine large Alaska Herring in 10 lb pails $2.25 ; 2 for 25c Norwegian Mackerel, fine fat fish....- r.35c each Swift's Hams What could be better than a slice of Swift's fried ham for Breakfast? Lean, well cured and mild,- ten to twelve pounds each ...39c pound Demonstration 7 You are invited to attend the demonstration of Olympic products at our store Friday and Saturday.' Come and I have a treat of hot cakes with syrup and their various cereals with sugar and cream. - Gem Blend Coffee A high grade coffee at a medium price. You always have good coffee when you buy Gem Blend, 35c pound 3 pounds $1.00 I Roth Grocery Co. Phones 1885-6-7 l?o charge for delivery ' 4 t, .. -fa! IVtrSp ii- if' ! t' "