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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1922)
CTgCOTATIOW Avrr far JTvbMHj ltM V. -rs The statesman mdTM tH leased wire report of the Associated Press, the greatest and most re liable prau uiocUtioa Ik world, i - BaD4mjr mJy; -...... Daily u4 ? -6SS1 Imp tor six nosths mdiag Jftaasry - Sands' lf " , SEVENTYIEST YEABr SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH-15, 1922 PRICE: FIVE CENTS , - i . i- ,-.. i.. H"" : " t- "T" v -.i. ri ; : T4 $ : , , .. : ... , Hf ILLOIJ ERRS gli HIlllLll ; ) here's fl(Jqc of nmies for IIINIEPS raasi GHERRIANS TO 1 STff lEpfi If SBllTHlSP 1 imi town across river US ATTORNEY PUT Oil SROl! (IFliltillli 511 Kk 1 M fiRP&li Ld o te Xre Suzzested for PI IM CKF ffT MA MITM . maiaa- - . ii , iiiii mi - isi - x : ; i ii i ! in Cterical Mistake Given As "Cause of" Secretary's Claim That Many Billions Are Needed. TREASURY. AGENT IS OPPOSING MEASURE House Committee Reports Favorably on Bill by Large Majority j WASHINGTON. March 1 4. A clerical error resulted In an over estimate from the treasury of $167,QOO,000,000 possible cost of the land settlement provision of the soldiers' bonus hill, the house ways and means committee was told today hy Joseph F. McCoy, the government actuary. , . , In the letter written to Chalr- last Sunday Secretary Mellon was xnada to say that if all the reter ans accepted the land settlement option the ultimate- cost to the rorernment would be approxi mately $183,000,000.000.. j ; The secretary was questioned about this before the committee today and Mr. McCoy explained 118,000,000,000 in round figure. Hfport Favors mil ! - -A fATnrflbtA rcBort on Him lonr controrerted soldiers' bonus bill was ordered todays by the house ' ways 'and means committee by a -. vote ot 11 ,to v."j 7..:y'-"iK' Chairman Fordnet plans to snb- tnlt ila fnplnil rennrt InMnrm or Thursday, but said the time of calling the measure in the house would not bo fixed definitely un til after, the. return of .Speaker Gillette, .who Is in Florida with President Harding. - V Bepresentatlve Fordney said he did not expect Speaker Gillette to brine' any message on the' bonus from the executive and that the object of the conference with the speaker would be the question of calling up the bill next Monday under a suspension of the rules. Some members ot the house, how ever, expressed the belief that Mr Gillett would be prepared to give the president's views on the com promise bill. ' ' was taken tea minutes after Sec retary Mellon. Comptroller of the Currency Crisslnger and : Gorer- Ilarding of the federal reserve board had been question for two hours in open session as tq their ideas of the bank loan and certi ml a ' rm. ml ticaie piaa. iu live momven voting against a favorable report were Garner, of Texas, Ketchln ot North Carolina and ' Collier, Mississippi, " Democrats, and . Treadwar of Massachusetts and Tilsen of Connecticut, Republl (Continued on page S) County Clerk U. C. Boyer has : moved his office from the tempo rary quarters in Judge Kelly's ' court room; not because it was cheaper to move than to pay rent, but because his own quarters wore near euough: finished that he couia go -DacK aome. ie-s uuw back at the old sund, doing busi ness as usual." The office was on V wheels for Just four weeks. "" The court house repairs are al most finished. s Carpenters are putting up the balustrades, ana thm Dalnters and decorators have already' treated some of the new rooms. The "halls have not yet been cleaned up, bu all the scaf folding is gone, and one can travel - ht,irh thA htitldin without fear of a brick or a paU of mortar iana- mg on nis nec. ; , ., , The elevator to not an immedi ate asset: the county is banging v tnt to its money for the present, so ;long as the walking Is good be tween the ground and tne inira floor. Wheen they go up into tbe ' Irarret. and ntuize an mv iujo floor for county offices Instead of COURTHOUSE ALTERATIONS iE if! OEM! C01PLETI0I3 ' ;:'- li1 y y.s'.- z; - 1 .' ' '"-'Ji' iS'w '' i ' li ''C.:. I- J ' : -4- I " J X I -r -mi ! 'ml I' "W i! f ft h 2 Jj -Major George F. Chandler, in coimhand of the New York State Trobpers; is putting rum runners put of business. Boot legging in the state is no long er profitable because of the vigilance of the mounted po lice under the command of Major. Chandler. As a result df ; his drive one bootlegger admitted that an income of $30,000 made during 1920 shrunk to $600 the following year.,.;, . - ate Official Resigns to Be come 1 Affiliated With Seattle Concern W. M. Plimpton, who haB been secretary of the state printing board for nine years, or' since the organization of the, board, and who, for two years prior to that was office manager in the state printing department, yesterday resigned from the-position. Mr. Plimpton goes to Seattle where he has formed a connection with the Abbott Printing 'company. James K Abbott, with whom Mr. Plimp ton will be of filiated, was former ly! a member of the Oregon legis lature. The state printing board yes terday elected t II. S. Bosshard. present state printer, to succeed Mr. limpton as secretary of the board. A state printer probably will not be elected ,at least imme diately, but another floor man in executive capacity will be em ployed. Mr. Plimpton has served effi ciently as secretary of the board and Governor Olcott yesterday ex pressed regret at losing bis senr- icef. pigeons and junk, then an elevator might come' In handy,, Dut the lurors. lady' and otherwise, who serve the county, will nave to tra veil all the way on foot for the n resent; it's really four stories. counting the outside steps. Judge rercy R. Keuy or depart ment No. 1, will have a better room than before; it is about one third larger, and will be lighter and better arranged. The county surveyor will have - more room, and so wUl the highway superin tendent. There are jury rooms fori both men an(I women jurors, so Comfortable that except In good weather outdoors m jnror'e : Job might look might look mighty at trativWxThe clerk's ofliee on the second floor is being rearranged in almost everything but the or- . . . F m . ' x m 4 v lginat ironi counier. auoiv vt tuo old! partitions have been pulled out! making the room lighter and better ventilated. Just now. there U enough furniture to fill two rooms, but some of this will be replaced so as to give better working room. - - " I IBiiSi Tornadoes Wreck Foreign Section of Smalt Town in Oklahoma, List of Injured Not Completed, NEGROES LOSE LIVES; SCHOOL NOT DAMAGED No Fatalities At Corinth, Miss., Though 150 Homes Destroyed NEW ORLEANS, La., March 14. At least 23 persons were killed and many others were seri ously Injured as a result ot a 8ries ot storms, at places reach ing proportions of tornadoes, which visited isolated sections of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma last night and early today. The heaviest loss of life waa re ported at Gowen, Okla., a village 15 miles east of McAlister, where 12 persons were killed when a tornado swept through the for eign section of 'the village last night. Many others were slightly Injured. , . Buildings Wrecked Six negroes were killed when the storm passed : through the northeastern section of Jefferson county and the southeastern sec tion ot Lonoke county, Ark., early today. The storm in this section left a trail, of. wrecked buildings for 20 miles. At Sulphur! Okla., two persons were killed late yesterday and 19 others were seriously Injured. Property damage is estimated at 1100,000. Fifty buildings were completely demolished and 200 people were left homeless. Child Is Killed Eight homes were demolished at Sunrise, a village two miles north of. Baton Rogue, and a ne gro woman and her child were killed. Four others were slightly injured there early today. Twenty persons were Injured, a number seriously, when the storm struck Corinth, Miss., today. More than 150 homes were level- red. The storm swept a path more than 100 feet wide, razing every building in its path. fL school building in which were 1000 children barely escaped the path of the storm. An aged negro man was killed and several negroes were slightly injured and a score of houses were destroyed at Arkansas City, Ark., early today. Salem Man Compelled to Place His Cow in Shelter Dr. A. R. Andrews, agent of the Oregon Humane society, yester day officially compelled B. S. Martin of Salem to give shelter and proper feed to his cow. Ac cording to Dr. Andrews, the cow was left in a lot unprotected from the rough weather and without proper feed. She was placed for the night in the Cherry City Feed barn. Dr. Andrews says the humane society intends to come down hard on persons who fall to give proper protection to their animals in teed or shelter. Six Jurors Selected in Retrial of Movie Actor SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. Six jurors had been accepted ten tatively at the close of today's session of the third manslaugh ter trial of Roscoe C. . ( Fatty ) ATbuckle. Two of them were wo men. Only a half day session of court was held, on account of the funeral of a f later of one of the prospective Jurors. The prosecution attempted to ask one of the women members of the venire what she would do it it were shown that Arbuckle had told three different versions of events at a party in his hotel apartment here September &. 1921, which were followed four days later by the death of Miss Virginia Rap pe. but defease ob jections to the - question were sustained, , Lots oi Names Are Suggested for W rest Salem; but Room Remains for More; Have You Anything to Offer In the night mail the Statesman receives the following suggested names for West Salem to be added to the list in the article below: Mrs. Cora Reid, court house, "Melas" Salem reversed); Roy Seaman, Independence, suggest "Spaulding View;" Mrs. C. M. Eppley, 1900 State street, "Riverside" or "RIverview;" Mrs. F. A. Anderson, 720 Mill street, "Willamette City;" William Mann, West Salem. "Willam ette City;" Will E. Purdy, Oregon building, "Cherry Center" or "Rose Center." The Statesman's call for sug gestions for a new name for West ; Salem has resulted in a number of euphonious and appropriate j names being suggested through the mails or presented in person at the Statesman office. There is still room for more suggestions. Have you one? Let's have it. Perhaps to you will fall the dis tinction of naming a city. Yesterday Capltola, King wood and Polk City were suggested. The latter, however, is eliminated because of a postof f ice depart ment ruling disapproving the word "city'-' as part of the name of towns. Today the following new suggestions are presented: Earls dale, Chnrchmere, West Park, Wallace, Fletcher, Cleao, and Riverside. The latter is presented by Mrs. J. Ray Pemberton. Frank Davey suggests 'the names Wallace and Fletcher, and William Burghardt joins in the suggestion of the name Wallace. Capitola is suggested by Charles N. Chambers. The name Cleao is the offering of H. E. Brown, lo cal real estate agent. The name is easy to remember," says Mr. Brown, "and easy to spell. Even a small child can soon leafs it. A pretty name, and it does not ap pear in the directory." The names Earlsdale, Chnrchmere and West Park come from West Salem citi zens. Earlsdale is for a pioneer named Earl who was one of the earliest land owners on West Sa lem site. The names suggested and to be I. LEWIS TELLS BE OE NATION'S BUSINESS STATUS C, I. Lewis was welcomed with enthusiasm when he appeared be fore the Kiwanis club Tuesday noon, as the chief and only speak er for the regular weekly lunch eon at the Marion hotel. Lewis has juBt returned from a 12,000 mile tour of America in the inter est of the northwestern fruit growers, and he talked to the club men of what he had seen. "California had some wonderful lessons to teach us, in the matter of standardization, advertising and merchandising of farm prod ucts," he said. "The California farmers are about the best -ff of all the farmers in America, through their organization meth ods. This state now ranks second only to Texas in value of farm products. They don't know the words 'hard times," down there. Texas Prosperous "Texas is prosperous. El Paso has the largest planing mill in the United States, the lumber being brought up from Mexico. It has a great smelter also, and the city itself is building marvelously. San Antonio and Fort Worth, and Dallas, all are putting up sky scrapers of from 20 to 30 stories. Oil does this in part, though ag ricultural resources also great. "Tennessee is one of the choic est countries any man could find. It is prosperous, too. Chattanooga alone has 40 hosiery knitting works, unlimited foundry and coal resources, and the greatest hard wood furniture business in the world outside of Grand Rapids, Mich. But one of the great cities of America is Birmingham. Ala. That looks rike a city of a million people some day. If you are in vesting in the south, go to Bir mingham, "But you will be more Interest ed in business. The concensus of opinion all along the road is that times are getting better. The worst is past, and the country is going to prosper. The big mer chandisers lost terribly two years ago. Last year they did not make, money, but they have checked the loss, and now they are seeking suggested will be taken up by the West Salem city council at its meeting Monday night, March 26.! and whatever selections made will probably be referred to the peo ple for their choice by election. It is said, however, that approval may have to be given by the county court. The members ot the council are J. R. Bedford, mayor; J. T. Hunt, J. I. Miller, Frank Lamb, Ernest Woods, James Woods and C. M. Robin son. In suggesting the names Flet cher and Wallace, Frank Davey sends the Statesman the following communication: "You want a name suggested for West Salem so as to make a town elliglWe for a postoffice. There are two names I would of fer, either of which has a good sound and would perpetuate an honored citizen. "I would suggest Fletcther. in honor ot Colonel J. H. Fletcher, who occupied the first pretentious residence in West Salem' and was a good booster in every way. "Then, there is Wallace, to hon or the memory of the man who made the first set of noted lm provements on the west side of the river, first in the planting fo one of the largest pear orchards in the world; second in building at his own expense the first stretch of permanent graded and graveled road in this part of Ore gon Hon. R. S. Wallace-) the most public spirited citizen j that ever lived in Polk county, j better tinres. The psychology of better times is in the air. , Northwests in Demand "I found that the northwest packed apples are taking the whole market. A few years ago the jobbers in handling 50 cars of fruit used to buy 49 cars of eastern apples and one of the western.. Now, out of every 50, 48 are westerns. A more uniform pack and standardization, and the world markets are ours. Part ot the present boom came from the war, when the war camps taught all Americans the virtues of our product. "Our walnuts and filberts have simply taken the whole market I could have sold 50 cars on thi trip above the basic California price, whatever It may be. They simply begged m9 to sell them nuts. We ought to have thousands of acres of filberts planted here in the valley, in the lands now Iy ing waste. We have no rivals for this product. "The Oregon loganberries are surely capturing the market. At one time I feared the blackberry as a rival, but the logans are more than holding their own. I com pared our canned stuff with the w I best eastern and southern black berries. The Oregon pears are in a class by themselves, so white and firm, and, delicously flavored Petitcs ltecoramehded "If we plant any more prunes, it ought to be Petites. They have best reputation of all the prunes and bring the best price, for fla vor, small pit and solid meat They bring a premium over the California product. On our .other prunes, we are suffering from the indiscretions f a few years ago when some northwestern prunes moulded and soured through lack of care. California caught some of the market during the war, and we shall have to fight to get it back. We ought to standardize a very few brands, and then adver tise everlastingly. We are up against great chains of stores that handle only the publicly adver (Continued on page 2) I V.I.IIWW WilWtaa tl fT U I Mil IIMMI I III' Tears in Eyes of Madalynne Obenchain As She Listens to Opening Argument in Her Behalf. EMOTION OVERCOMES ONE MEMBER OF JURY m 4i Tremendous Love, Declares Attorney, Predominates in Murder Trial LOS ANGELES. March 14. Tears came into the eyes of rs. Madalynne Obenchain today as she listened to the opening argu ment in her behalf In her trial on thei charge of murdering her sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy. Alfred F, McDonald, who made the argument, dwelt upon the love, which, according to testi mony, existed betweon the de fendant and Kennedy, declaring it showed she had no motive for plotting Kennedy's death. One of the three womdi on the jury .wept when MacDonald read letter Kennedy wrote to Mrs. Obenchain, containing the appeal; "Love me always." Not "Woman Scorned" The attorney declared the state's theory that Mrs. Obenchain was a "woman scorned" had Seen disproved and that "if anything this was a caje of a man scorn- ed." - ,- MacDonald will resume his ar gument tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock tq which time court ad journed. According to the an nounced program, he will be fol lowed by Judd R. Rush, senior de fense counsel, who will address the Jury for the rest of the day and Asa Keycs, deputy district at torney, will make the final ar- (Continued on page 2) ... -. .--; -'J1 -2' : fc -- - - w -, -v - '' - ; i . , FI-HIOPOLM EI ; HITS CHICAGO MBit: 01 nOHl FATftLLVHURT CHICAGO, March IS. Fire coverinng an entire city block including a 21 story office building and several small manufacturing plants caused a loss e xtiniit ed early today at $5,000,000. ; . ' One fireman was fatally injured when a wall cdUapsed and another firemen was seriously injured. The fire still was burning furiously at 3 a. rru The fire started in the Austin building at South Canal street and West lack- son boulevard shortly after midnight and spread rapidly. The entire block board' ed by Canal, Van Baren and Clinton streets and Jackson boulevard was burning. The Burlington building in which are some of the offices of the Chicago, Bix- lington & Quincy railroad' caught fire and many night employes driven out The metropolitan west side elevated structure was burning the length of a block. The intense heat drove firemen back and a number of small manufacturing concerns were burned before there Shirley T. High, city worst in Chicago in years. VI t .v l' . f UC flCUl Ul UKC 4JiC UrlllUUU3 III UIC III CI IUIIIHC M I lut M. vuvmiv '" -f- cial guard of policemen protected the institutions. A series of gas explosions and other of undertermined nature threw bricks and other debris far and wide. J The Homes were fanned by a high wind. An hour after the fire started cells for special apparatus still voere being rung in. The district is largely made up c! wholesale houses and loft buildings. ' . . ' i' ' 7 f i f f I ! When; John A, Lewb (above) "was 15 years of age he started work as an office bo in a bank with a salary of $25 per month. Through untiring efforts and earnest labor he steadily advanced- himself in the banking world until he is now president of the Republic National BanlcyJ- No date has as yet been in St. Louis, one of the world sOnam for , rPrrWo t hh largest banking institutions. McNary Has Charge of Agricultural Measure WASHINGTON'. March 14. - Chairman Page -and ' 8enatoss Poindexter, Republican, Washing ton and Swanson. Democrat, Vir gins, - today were ' chosen ' com mittee for : consideration of the naval appropriation bill under the new committee budget system. Senators McNary, Republican, Oregon, Capper, Republican, Kan sas ant Smith, Democrat, South Carolina have been chosen in a similar Japaelty for the agricul tural committee and Senator Mc Nary will have charge of the ag ricultural appropriation bill la the senate. fr v ' cculd be an organized effort to check the conflagration. fire attorney, said the fire gave indications of being the v 1 t .1 mm ' .! 1" 0 c L L I . (Continued on page 2) Vote of Boosters Unanimci:: to Stage Event Similar t: Historic Stunt of Sorr,: Years Ago. MINSTREL SHOW IS PROMISED BY EPLEY Cooke, Patton, Webb crJ Gillis Appointed Commit tee ion Arrangements By a unanimous vote, the Cherriana their monthly meeting last night voted tc hold a Cherringo for the ben efit of the Salem hospital. Every one, of the 57 Chcr rians present not only Azl in favor of a big entertain ment, but each 'individually agreed to assist in putting the show over in great shape. Hiamed for the Cherringo, thl being left to the committee in charge, consisting of E Cocke Patton, chairman, C. B Webb and A. H. Gille. - Dr. H. C, Epley volunteered his active support and agreed to provide a first class min strel show with a dozen .of the best Cherrian singers. Kir.r BIng McGilchrist spoke in fa vor of the Cherrians hclpir; the hospital, explaining th-i about $20,000 is needed to complete the building. A cam paign will soon be put on fcl funds and the money raised by the Cherringo will go inta the general fund. E. Cooke Patton, who wiH (Continued on page 2)