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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1922)
SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY -.MORNING; - APRIL 23 1922 PRICE: FIVE CT1NT3 if SEVENTY -SECOND YEAR Ffmf) MP-r ' 1 . - : : - : I " v 4) JOHN H, FARRAR WM3ED POSTMASpR. ialem John II. Farrar, assistant postmaster in the Salem office since 1906, is to be th;new post master of the Salem off ice, as .soon as his formal confirmation comes from the Raited States senate and the postoffice! de partment at Washington'. The 1 .appointment comes Ihroueh Senator Charles L. Mc- Nary, who on Saturday wirea- that he had formally recommen ded Mr. -Farrar., It as an un written political postoffice law, that while the congressman us ually handles postoffice ap pointments and . affairs, this does not prevail as to" the sen- , at or 'a own town, and as'Seiiat- lor McNary is, a resident of Sa- iem vnis is aeiwivciy uuucuww to be his appointment. Mr. Farrar was born in Salem in '1872, and has served m the local -riostoffice since 1898, un der three postmasters: Edward llirscb. from 18U to iw, ' Farrar from 1906 td 1903 and ; August iiucsesiem Irbm.1913 to aaie. .in a nrceui. examination, carried on by the civil service commission, .ne he list of el- :;,;K1. with a mark Of w'ww I . ... a! Aueust 'IlUCkestein, presemiciai uiobbohi uajr vw.Bwem u tjostmaster. having a standing I f ftff Tifl A A.'ljep.'the third, o tn-nl ftf X I TtOiniS. I ft- . . . I The office pays almost. $40001 a year and calls for an $18,000 personaKbond. 'It is the second hpat Tjosiomce avpuiuiu-cut. wi Oregon and fifth in' the north-1 ui.. In A 'JnirtyYear, JOll- IS , lUlVcn UAlWi iiiadici ' 1 .WASHINQTON. : April , 22. I Howard Leslie Holt, teacher, ot I dancing whose pupils ' num Derea , Mldrii. of oqn, of Washington, a most prominent families, was sen - . tenced by Jsstlce 1 icuy oi tne i erent along with speed and pleas nut rict of Columbia supreme I ttre. j - -j . court today tT jyears a ; penitentiary upon r wicuun Hcontempiatlon for several days, criminal intimacy with a "-year becau8e of the backwardness of old paplL. Justice McCoy in passing sen tence, disclosed that some of the ' jurors had voted for the death nenaltr wbieh, may be Imposed In isuch cases in the District of Co lumbia. v RASTUS STUDIES; TRAPS ATTORNEY j JL well-known v lawyer was standing on the steps of the post-1 office the other day. when ari old darkey came up. and, touching his hat asked: ' . Kin yon, ten me, sah, is dis de place iwhtre ' dey sens - j?og stamps?'! - y. , "Yes, ancle, this Is "the place. replied the lawyer; seeing a chance for a little tun; w,but what do -you want : wita k postagf stampst,, ' To mail a lettersah, of co'se. t "Well, then, you needn't .both-1 r about stamps; you don't have 1 to put any on this week. fl don'tf fNo." . ' , " - 'Why. how come dat?' Well, yoTi 'see. ihe conglomer ation of the hypothenuse has dtt ferentiatedd the parallelogram so much that the consanguinity don't emulate the Ordinary tflenree- cenceand so the government has , decided to send letters free." The old man took off his hat, - a a a S & a. 1 Bcratcnea w , aoa mv ww. a long-drawn breath, slowly re- plied: -Well, boss, dat may be true.van I don't say, It. ain't; but Just sposen dat de eksentricity of de aggregation" - transsubstanshu - ateSde puppenaicniar. an- saDiim - , atts de pnpecuity of re ' conse- qtienee could you alt quallt'cate dat de government would conf is- cate'dat letter. I reckon I Jest ; better put some stamps on suy - tow. Jest for luck!" The' crowd , laughed and the lawyer disap- peared. " .' - ' ' . ' ' .- "It was learned afterward, that Uncle Rastus hsd saved the dlc- tlonarr coupons now running In this paper and got himself a New Universities Dictionary. - OFFICE HE IS APPOINTED POSTMASTERS HERE 7, JOHN H. FA1WAR R,ftftm rw rwp k BlOSSOm Day. Date IS Deferred.to May 7 r a nay. J ine uow u4i .t.i n -A n t the Willamette valley.: Atter long; solicitation and earnest consider io wuonuiu? uii w mvA. thalr Tnn1 inrin, ritanlaY , -. . a jran4 B6w ilnevf pUk;WhUe. odors, scents, ; perfumes,' frultj promises ana aenersuT oeimuiDie beauties for the whoole world to .This is three weeks later than i Blossom oaj ia8C year; ana isn i L bit too ,Ute. considering the I x m . . . - a . m. iiiowering ponauons oi tne year, The Cherrians hare agreed with the weather operator to make this a general, trace . on Mad roads, iram8 du8t( hail, frost md all such ldlaasreeaiUea; they are fixing .up j a . grease schedule to shoot, the The change In date has been, in the orchards bloom. In coming to full I , If nomebodv doesn't come alone wlth- $150; there will : be that much In Associated Charities bills that will not be paid and either the banks who honored the checks or the grocers," or the hard work ing directors of the association, will have to foot the bills. It has been a- heart-breaking task. There have been so many people needing help." They have. n't been strong men, who could httckle their belts one notch tighter and tight it through But they have been women and chlld- ten; old, young,' middle-aged peo ple who could work if work could 1 ItjiJl.jr SH 1 h - HflKM V H h H IIUUUUIJII LU UI II II II I I -UIL.UU GOUriTT IDERilO PLEDGE TO coUnty judge W; M. Bushey said, yesterday that, county funds Cannot appropriated- at this tjme - the 125.000 xneeid for the Salem hospital, how under 1 construction but tied up for lack iof building funds- a pledged $25,000 was made by the county! court-four or five years ago, i when Salem , had . no p bile V hospital. ' and . the need jseemed very great ; But tho Sa hem hospital was not built at that J time, when the county money, was promised and was ' available. , ' ' , Later, the Deaconess ifospital of Salem was built to its present capacity. The court -found that it could not give .this institution I the 1 10,000 it asked tor, because RIM iir pniiFn m m DIITC OM UDDIf I ip rrinumnnrn' JTflPT fir IMIT to hnniTn I h i raai ur yui i i u rUufllDLLU President Congress and ' Cabinet Members Made Butts of Burlesque Skits by . Newspaper .Reporters. RIP VAN WINKLE, IS AGAIN SOUND ASLEEP Old Man Closes Eyes for - Anotner z-iear.Hitch.to Await Tariff, Act WASHINGTON, April 22. The tr. iuwt ..Mt --iw- thm inf th froiie at it nnnn.i spring dinner tonight and for 3001 odd distinguished guests provided fun at the expense of public men I and ' affairs. - . President Harding, , Vice Presi-1 dent Cooiidge, all the members. ui luv cauiuei, meaner uufeii, I wuuy meuiuers ui ouio nouses oil owner, and .ditori if nwnr; and many other prominent In bus-? In ess, financial and professional I life sat-at the 5 guest tables and I enjoyed tjhe fun.,, Harding Escorted '" When the dinner bell rang in old fashioned ' style. ' - President Harding, escorted i by James ' P. Hornaday; the new 'president of the club and Washington1 corre-1 spondent ; of "f the Indianapolis News, led the procession into' the banquet hsllt" " :" ' i Former "Judge TlAndls was in troduced with an -appropriate par ody on an old song, "Take me out to te ball game.. -Judge Landls explained that a contrivance around his neck was a hot water bottle Which - he always carried for use "In case the fellows who are paying me my salary get cold feet."-' : ' . t 4iarvcy is oortcsqucu -wr n 1 Between each ' codrse . ot the menu a one-minute skit was pre4 seated. One ot these .was the dis- covery of an explosive homb, I whlch when opened, proved to be the bonus bill.' Another cen- teed upon Geoge Harvey ambas sador to Great Britain, imperson ated by a club member, who de- ( Continued on page ) be had, and people who were help-1 less as infants, bnt all of whom needed food' and fuel and clothes. . Following one little three-line want ad in the Statesman last winter, -for . a woman to act as nurse and housekeeper lor an in valid, came more than 100 per-1 sonal, telephone and mail calls. Women up to. 80 years of age, pleaded for a chance to earn even their board; girls who should he In the bloom of healthy young maidenhood, begged ' for even a day's work, to get enough money (Continued on page .2) road and school bonds and taxes. and mlllae and other extraordin ary expenses voted ; by 'the people, have Intervened to that any such appropiatlon would run the taxes abqvVa the legal limit . of ,taxa- tlon. It-woald he a legal .Impos sibility .-. to, squeezer the expected $25,000 for the .Salem hospital into the tax rolls at this time, as the 6. per cent limitation, prevents any addition to the budget,- Judge Bushey, states. : ; Foreseeing such a condition, HOSPITAL, IS JUDGE the court two years ago flatly jre- glect 0f reqttests from former ser f used Ao consider, the . matter ot rict men seeking aid, - Senator appropriating this v 125.000 1 that Borah, according to the special had ; been v promised : yars ago, '(Continued on. page 2) Senator Declares -He Will Stand Pat in Opposition on Bonus in Spite of the Threat As to Future. POLITICAL BARTER DECRIED IN LETTER writer Avers Cause Does Not Justify Adding to Burden of Taxpayers TOTASfTlMftTflM ln.;i OO - Senator Borah, ; Republican, Idaho, states in a letter to the ocatello, Idaho, post, Amen lean Region, that if he voted for the soldiers .bonus bill- it -wonia be a.Rimnlp iatter nf barter, in which I use , these (peoples money to buy some- nody 8 VOtC. rrho : rt iweKrainireceiveu oy me sen lue ,-rM!o posi ant was made puttfic tonignt Dy him. , Post Makes Reply BOISE. Idaho, April 22. Re ply Ing to . Senator . Borah's letter regarding his stand on the :bonus bill, the Pocatello , post of t,he American legion charges in a sec- ond letter to the senator that his record shows a studied obstruction policy and declares his efforts to be a . guardian" of the:! treasury would have been appreciated. When a three . billion . dollar approprla tioh was made" to save benefici aries ot war contracts from finan cial disaster because the war was won - before their contracts ex pired.' -The letter, made public in a special dispatch - td The 'Idaho Dally Statesman, also charges the senator with ignoring all Individ uai casesln which assistance was requested for former service men. Another letter from the senator to the. legion, also was made public in a special dispatch from Wash lngon to the Idaho Dally' States- man tonight in which he denies having' neglected disabled veter ans. Referring to the senator's state ment regarding the shouldering of a four billion dollar debt on the American taxpayers to pay the bonus; the post's reply says: The members of the post fully appreciate the importance of guarding the public treasury. It would appear, however, that . An drew ATellon would, need very lit tle assistance, if any, in the per formance of that duty. - Guardian J ship ot the treasury would hav been a. most apprporlate motto of yourself and 'colleagues along in 1917, and in the years since that time. It is strange, indeed, that so few of our statesmen thought of the condition of the treasury until the introduction of the bon us bill. It would seem that the publie treasury needed some reg ular '.'he guardians" about the time the three billion dollar ap propriation was made to save the beneficiaries of war contracts from financial disaster . because the war was won before their con tracts expired. "The payment of f 20 per month bonus to civilian employes in Washington, D. C, was nicely ef -1 fected , without a whisper of op- posifon from the guardians of the treasury. As Suggested in your leiegTam, your opposition 10 iuo - vi - 111 a-, a war, the sending of troops abroad, to loaning money to carry on the war, to the espionage act. to the four power ; treaty pact and to other Important measures indi cates a'studied obstruction policy on your jart w Poet Letter is Warm Charging that Senator Borah had ignored requests for aid from former service men the post letter says: So far s can be learned from various posts throughout the state and from the records of the Poca tello- post neither you nor your of fice have "ever paid the slightest attention : to : any individual case Iri which assistance, was request ed." : ' ' Replying to the post's letter I wlth reference to his alleged ne- j dispatch froni tWashlngton' says ; (Continued pa page S) STUDENT DIES IN MMtlETTE WHILE FISPG .El'GKNE, 6ren April 22 YVilrtam Potest of PoHland, student at the Tniverslty of Oregon, was drowned In the., Willamette , river here thin afternoon when a canoe . in. whkh he was fbhing with a fellow student, William C. Ralston, "of 1 Portland, over tarned. - d ' The men clung to the craft and were carried several . hnndretl . yards ! down the ; swift ' Current until they lost ' their hold On the canoe. RaLs ton, managing' to graap a buh, was rescued by witnea sea, but Poteet was less for tunate. " -1 The, body 'had not been r- covered at dark tonight. ; Mother of Many Children-. Is Anxious to Have Employ ment as Seamstress Bate you all of your spring Sewing done? , 'Could you arrange to . divert some of your sewing or dressmak ing so that it would give work to a widowed -mother of seven children?-She is desperateir In need of the work. A plucky little widow, too proud to accept anything from the As sociated Charities except with the Idea of repayng it all to the or ganization, this . woman, needs work, and needs it soon. . Why Is she so desperately In peed of wor now? Because sne la paying for a dead horse her good for nothing husband's debts! (She is the mother-of. nine children. The oldest , boy is in the navy and can not help his mother. The seven at home range in age from ,6 to 6 years. She - was recently granted a divorce from her hus band,, and is Just now catching up with the debts he eft when he fled. The little widow is quick and good seamstress. ahe paid most of the. bills of her former husband by sewing. She has done some work for Salem women and has other work which . she has done to show what she can do, If 20 Salem women give her only SI .worth ot work, each it would help feed ber family. Dr. Henry E.Morris cites this case as one of the few that are really and truly deserving of help the few which as he says, "can be counted on the fingers of one hand.". " ' "She needs the work. She is willing to do most anything and she' is, a good 'seamstress. Surely there are more Salem women who could give her even a little work says the doctor, whose phone number is 239. Hegman is Arraigne on " .Charge of Manslaughter PORTLAND, April 22. George A. Hegman. driver of an automo bile which crashed into a tele phone pote early last Sunday morning, resulting in the death ot Mrs. Adam Mae Davis, who was riding with him, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a complaint filed today. Heg man suffered a fractured skull in the accident but is recovering. MARRIAGE DATED WASHINGTON. April 22. The marriage of Miss Catherine Huches. eldest daughter ot the secretary of state and Mrs. Hughes, to Chauncey Lockhart Waddell ot New York, will take place in Washington, June 10 The engagement was announced early in March. ,. 9 HOTEL RAIDED YAIKMA. Wash..:AprIl 22. Federal officers were tonight making a systematic raid , of the Commercial hotel, of this city, the largest hostelry in town, in search of contraband liauor. it was re ported at the police headquarters. K THE .WEATHER k Pair; light to heavy , frost ' in early' morning; moderate to north .west winds. WMIAffl H . CITIZEN PME HERE; ACTIVE WILLIAM HENRY BYARS J f ! . J.-.., ' - w f." : J V REGISTRATION iRION COUNTY IS m TOTALED A check, of registration of voters in Marion county was com pleted last night by County Clerk U. O. Boyer. A total of registrations of 18,807 is shown. This is an increase of 2059 over the registration for the presidential election in 1920. - ; In this county 11,277 men to vote m the primaries May 19, 1922. Salem's 18 precincts carry a registration total of 7557 or a gain of 907 over the 1920 registration for this city. The. Marion county totals are summarized as follows: Republican male 8350, female 5544, total 13,895. Democratic male 2318, female 1565, total 3,883. Prohibition male, 125, female 192, total 316. Progressive male, 14, female 2, total 16. Socialist male 133, female 140, total 404. Independent male 264, female 140, total 404. Miscellaneous male 74, female 40, total 117. WHO OWNS SALEM HOSPITAL? Who owns the Salem hospital? As an erroneous impression of the Salem hospital the following facts are published: The Salem hospital is an association composed of the citizen ship of the community and was organized about 27; years ago. It is clearly a representative institution of the city; of Salem and vicinity. It is incorporated under the laws of the state, of Oregon as a non-profit-sharing organization and any revenues are dis bursedj f or the necessary expenses, upkeep and betterments. It is managed by a board of directors consisting of 15 mem bers, citizens of the city of Salem who are designated as the board of.control of the Salem hospital, named as follows: seven members by the Salem medical society, .seven members by a committee consisting of the following: eounty judge of Marion county, the mayor of Salem, the president of the commercial club and one member elected from the Oregon children's aid society by the 14 members as stated. " , The said board is divided into three groups' of five members each, the. term of office of the members comprising each of the said groups expiring in one, two and three years respectively, who "serve, without compensation, i - ; As it includes all ; denominations it is truly non-sectarian, therefore it belongs and is owned by the people of Salem and vicinity. ' i ' . ' Fire Engines to Hover J 'r ; in Air is Prediction NEW YORK, April 22. Fifty yeara hence. In New York, fire engines . mounted on: helicopter will hover over blazes and extin guish t them r with gases; alarms BYARS, PROlWMl 0F:0REG0fI, FOR BY BOYER and 7,530 women are qualified 1 is out regarding the ownership will be sounded by radio, and res cues will be made from airships. This future means of fighting fire was predicted tonight by Fire Chief John Kenlon speaking at a ' dinner given in celebration of the S5th aaniTersary of his entry into the-lire department. DIES ill LIFE mm Soldier, Public fiUW'h Journalut and Scrvcycr . .'. - . . . . - Some Occupations Vkich Lonjr Career oi Silerx Man Was DcYQtsdVo; Hon William henrr II vara flied late yesterday afternoon at nis nome at uas jorth Commer cial street, where he had lived for 39 years, excepi during hi rour-year term as United States surveyor general, when be Vi ed in Portland: . - ' Thus ended th earthly pil grimage of a worths and hoa- ored man whd bulked largely inv the history andaffaira ot uregon.,, He wM'born in Des Moines county," Iowa, July 7. io.y. tie would have been 3 in the coming July. : i t- lie crossed the plains from Iowa to Oregon when Tie was 13 year, old.' While yet a lad he carried the United States mad from Ooakland. Ore., .to i reita, ; cai.; ;ovei-' a route 175 miles in' length through an un settled country infested bv hos tile savages.. He' taught .school in ,ou and 61 and was appoint ed county surveyor in l; lit spent the next two winters in Willamette University, and the. next three year in the mines Of IdaJlO.-S.?'"Vf'rf4'i''r'r -' In '65 and 'C6 he was a sol dier of the Oregon Volunteer cavalry, engaging in the Indian wars, and was first sergeant of his: company, j In 67 he was elected county school superin tendent of Douglas county and j became county; survevor in 1870;: In 1872 he became editor and publisher of the .Roseburc Ulaindealer, which he continued tor 10 years. . In 1882 he Wa lected state printer and moved to Salem. - About' that time he! bought The Statesman, and owned,' a half interest in rtLj paper and 'edited it for two years. lie was after that:onv of the men who established the Capital Journal."' Mb became. cltr engineer of Sa lem and was ? appolflted tnlted States' surveyor general of Oregon by President Harrison, servlag-for ioar years. -After tbst be Served a four year term a commandanC of the Oregon Solters'iiome. - ' v Was Proml&ent Surveyor Since that-time General. Byars has been largely enfsgftd in pri vate snrreylng. Darlnc. a no mi ber of sears before ' coming" i Salem, he took a number of aur veylng' contracts for the " United States government, in different parts of the state, more eepeci ally In the southeastern - section of Oregon. In one summer's sur, veylng i campaign he employed Samuel h. Simpson; the jpoet. and (Continued on page f ) r TIVO lEHTODfTd "It has been an awful jsu to the bid bean," writes a con testant In language which the Picture Puzzle manager passes on without attempt at elucida tion. "Anyhow f I'm- ahead a dictionary. - The old glrl was out ' In , the shed covered With mildew t scraped; off the cob webs, and say boy she coulj take the alphabet on - two wheels. " I want to say; mister, that when-you can get a bird like me to sit with his nose at a puzzle, you've got a humdin ger; "1 think you should lay more stress on the educational value of your contest," suggests an ex-school ' teacher.- ?The prlzM are tempting and well worth the effort,, but youruzzle is chiefly commendable : for the mental exercise II affords. The average person who takes part In it will find his brain In bet ter, working order thanwhen le started; This is the phae of the matter., I think you should emphasize. ' -' V ' V