The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 02, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFIRST SECTION Pages 1 to 8 ... t t SEVENTY-THIRD ; YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNINGS SEPTEMBER 2. 1923 TWO SECTIONS 12 Pages j SSBBBBWSaBSaMMBpjaBjMMMMBilggggMaMi g ' J U A. jJzcKiii! otHnarE iitldmha WmHw. B&F(ol: ToaFms '!bzrim &m MotiBrng AIL PARTS ABMZE LEAGUE IKES W DECISION If GREECE Officials Uncertain Whether ; Conflict Really Officially Before . Tribunal; Action Postponed f CORDIALITY SHOWN AMONG DELEGATES Representatives ,: Feel That Critical Period of League Has Arrived Tne Italian government is ac tively engaged In military move ments to exact reparations from tbe Greeks for the killing of the members or the Italian delimita tion mission in Greek territory.. i In addition to the bombardment nd selznre of Corfu, where 5,000 Italian soldiers . are reported to have landed, the Italians hare oc copied the islands of Paxos and 'Antlpaxos, of .the Ionian group. lyingto the south of Corfu; Ital ian warships are moving to strate- glc points and - Italian reservists In rarious cities hare been order ed to hold-themselves In readiness (or a call to the colors. Italy Opposes Jjeagne Greece nas placed her case In the hands of the; league of na tions, bnt the council Of the league has postponed discussion of , the question until next Tuesday. In the meanwhile the Scandinarian and Anglo-Saxon (delegates at Ge neva have expressed - themselres strongly la favor of the league, as serting, its full prerogatives con f erred oh It by the j covenant and taking over the settlement of the controversy. : The Italian government Is op posed to the controversy going to the league of nations for decision, asserting that it Is a subject to bo settled by Italy and Greece them selves. . i Uncertainty Exists t M ...GENEVA, Sept. 1. (By the As sociated Press.) Uncertainty as to whether the Greco-Italian con flict 1 really officially before the league of nations is causing much discussion tonight among the delegations here for the assembly. There is some disappointment that tbe council did not take a more definite stand this afternoon with respect to tbe situstion than merely postponing discussion of the matter until next Tuesday and expressing the hope that the two countries would commit no acts of a nature to aggravate the situation.- ,-''"' . -.'On the other hand there are many delegates who hold that the league council as an executive body i acted wisely in consenting to a brief adjournment. In any case there 'is considerable uncer tainty, as the council's action In no wise commits to intervene. j ? Is Critical Time Y T ' i The delegates generally are of tie opinion that the critical mo ment: of feeling has arrived and that the supreme test of its effi cscy in preserving peace is furor Ishd by the Greek appeal,? sub mitting the controversy to the 'league's decision. - , ? " ; The attitude of the Italian members of the council is much commented upon. It Is noted that while the discussion went on In friendly tone and that M. PoliUs and Signor Salandra, Greek and Italian j delegates, respectively, (Continued on page 7.) THE WEATHER QREGON - Sunday fair; moderate westerly winds. j . ; LOCAL WEATHER v K 4 ( Saturday) Maximum temperature," 89 Minimum temperature, 53 r. Rainfall, none River, 1.5 Atmosphere, clear. "v Wind, northwest. STATE; OFFICIAL'S TIM CITY OUGHT TO TAKE OVER JOB' Objection Made to Paying Small Amount For Service i That in Previous Yfars Has Found Shelter For Many Hundreds Business Men May Be Asked to Come to Front. The system of listing rooms, in the residential district of Salem to shelter visitors at the Oregon state fair when hotel accommodations have been exhausted was turned down by the state fair board at a meeting yesterday. This comes as a surprise because of the success that has attended the system in the last two previous years, and because of the fact that there is no other successful way now apparent to handle the crowds. 1 '. The method used during the state fairs of 1921 and 1922 was to station an expert clerk in the lobby of one of the local hotels to list the rooms and assign the visitors who logically go to the hotels first upon their arrival in the city. The expense to the state fair board has been small, and this year it is said the work could have" been done for not more than $100, since there are probably enough listing cards on hand to last through the state fair season. So successful has been this system the last two years that many hundreds of people have been assigned to rooms in the residential ditricts without complaint coming back, and with prices so regulated that the visitors have had fair treatment. ' ; . :.-r:- :.. - ' l . It is the idea of the state fair board that the housing of the visitors is the business of the city of Salem and not the business of the state fair board, and that; the- Chamber-ef Commerce should do the work and stand, the expense of list ing rooms. This was tried once without much syccess. i Because of the refusal of the fair board to shoulder this responsibility, it is probable that visitors will be allowed to shift for themselves. There is some talk of putting the mat ter up to the Business Men's League and the hotel men and ask them to shoulder the responsibility though they may think it unjust rather than have state fair. visitors go away in a knocking mood. , ENTRY-LIST LARGE FOR AUTO RACES AT . ; Benefit Sport Event for ed to Bring rleavy Attendance Lott is r-x-trernely Busy Signing up Contestants to Drive Specials on the Rapid Speedway. . . If entries count for anything, and they generally do, the automobile races in Salem tomorrow afternoon will rate as about the biggest events of the kind ever seen; in the state of Oregon. This was forecast yesterday when the list of entries for the races was announced by George Lott, head of the Oregon-Washington Racing association, who is in charge of entries. The race program is being held under the auspices of the Salem Hospital association, being a benefit for the hospital fund of the city, and Frank Wagar, prominent in surance man of Portland is in charge. PROCALMATION BY MAYOR To the People of the City of Salem and Vicinity: ' I wish to call the attention of all citizens to the fact that one of the committees of the Salem hospital drive, is promoting some automobile races to be held at the State Fair Grounds on Monday, September the 3rd, LaborDay. I respectfully urge as many citizens as possible to at tend these races as the profits realized therefrom will com plete the amount required to finish the hospital and no further drive for funds will be necessary. The Salem hos pital has been before the citizens of Salem for three years and I consider it vital , to the best interest of the commun ity that it be finished without further delay. Here is an opportunity, presented where, pleasure, may .be combined with the privilege of giving to an undertaking well worthy of the support of all. ; , JOHN.B. Officials and track- officers for the Labor day races are: - Promoters: ' Hospital campaign committee,' with Hal D." Patton. William Bell. Alton D. Hurley and Frank L. Wagar. Treasurer. Charles A. Park; Sa lem.' i '. Representative of racers: A. W. Walker of Medford, ' - Salem Hospital Expect GIESY, Mayor of Salem. . : Auditor: Charles G. Olson, Sa lem. . t :! . . . 1 Publicity: Alton D. Hurley, r Office and Gates, William Bell. Advertising, Murray Wade. v Day's ' program, Frank L. Wa- Starter for the races will be Vic Beckman. with Clifford Wilson as v (ContlOPgd fin age 1 . ET PORTLAND LAD FROM PARENTS Daniel Dalton Madden Jr., Five Weeks Old Son to D. D. Madden, Kidnapped; Maid Suspected TRACED TO STAGE ' TERMINAL ENTRANCE Miss Mamie Moore, Nurse, Hired in Answer to Advertisement PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 1.-.-Daniel Dalton Madden Jr.,. ' five weeks old son of Mr, and Mrs. D. D. Madden, prominent residents of Portland, was kidnaped from the home of his parents early to night and authorities were search ing for Miss Mamie Moore, nurse maid, who was missing. The par ents charged that the nursemlid had taken the ' child from their home and thorough search was made shortly after the report of the alleged kidnaping wss received the police failed to discover either, the hild or the maid. ' -The maM and the baby were traced to the municipal stage terminal where they had been taken by Dr. Wil liam Campbell, Portland physician who said that a woman who an swered the maid's description had hailed him and requested that he take them to the stage terminal in his automobile, which he did, not suspecting anything. From Southern Oregon The Maddens said . that they hired Miss Moore as nursemaid when she answered an advertise ment requesting the services of a maid. She came to the house Fri day noon. No motive for the al leged kidnaping was" known, ac cording to the boy's parents. They said that they did not know any thing concerning her except that she. had worked at Grants Pass and Medford. El RECESS FOR TIME Pinchot Asks That People Make Will. Knowh Thru Discussion IIARRISBURG. P., Sept. 1. -(By Associated Press.) Govern or Pinchot found his work as mediator in the anthracite wage controversy temporarily at a standstill by the recess until next Wednesday to which representa tives of the operators and offici als of the miner's union agreed to day, appealed tonight to the peo ple "to consider their own-Interests also and to make their will known througn the fullest public discussion. . . In a statement In which he said "the essential and encouraging fact that the negotiations which yesterday were lagging were still going on," the governor declared he welcomed the breathing spell for the hard pressed leaders of both sides and urged them to "use It In acquiring a - realizing sense of the public point of view.,, z:;? With mining ,o p erattona throughout the anthracite regions halted by the , suspension order which went into effect at mid night last., night, representatives of the. opposing sides here since Monday when Governor Pinchot called them ! together and. told them their differences must be settled, left Harrlsburg, declaring the situation unchanged, i The governor, outside -of his formal statement, confined himself to an expression, of fiusouiagcnent, IR COAL M Dims PONY EXPRESS DASHES ACROSS PRAIRIE LANDS Riders Ahead of Schedule .Despite Heavy Rains " Near Topeka SALINA, Has., Sept. 1. (By the Associated Press). -Over the broad reaches of rolling prairie In western Kansas, a rider on horse back is tonight spurring westward on the second night's journey of the revival of the Pony Express, which started Friday morning at St. Joseph, Mo. When dusk fell tonight, more than half the distance across the broad state . of Kansas had been covered by the riders. . who have been traveling In relays as they did back in the 1608, when the pony express was begun. Late to-S day the ."express' passed through Wilson,' Kas., nearly in the mid dle of the state, t At that time the rfder was far ahead of schedule, despite heavy going between To peka and Manhattan, due to the heavy rains. j ' The Kansas state line will be crossed at Kanorodo, whence the express will proceed to Denver. UNITED STATES HOPES FOR PEACE Washington . Official Circles " , Feel That - Adjustment Is in Prospect WASHINGTON, gfept. 1. Be lief held -in Washington from the first that a solution of the diffi culties between Italy and Greece would be reached by .peaceful means was even stronger today as a result of the reports . re ceived from ' European capitals. Official advices, it was said, were Similar to those received by the press and were considered hope ful. ( .- ' ' . . Although' It was admitted that the situation holds potential dan gers, the , views generally ex pressed in diplomatic circles was that an adjustment7 was in pros pect either through the league of nations or the , good offices of some power - such as Great Bri tain. Even if some further mili tary . moves were made. It was said that the trouble would in all probability remain localized. OFFICIAL STAGES E Helps Friend in Need of Money Then Reports . "Holdup" LONG BEACH, Cal., Sept. 1. r A daylight, holdup that police said proved to be not a holdup after all, resulted in the arrest here late today of Charles M.: Talbot, a tell er in the local branch of the Pa cific Southwest Trust and Savings bank, and. Murdock Kelly, oil pro moter.' j ; i- --: Just before closing time at the bank today Talbot, reported that he had been held up by an un masked bandit who appeared at his window, commanded! him in low tones to turn over aul the money within reach and bo1, quiet about it, and then walked 'out. of the bank with $5900. Detectives who investigated were not satisfied with this explanation. Under rig id questioning, they said, Talbot broke down and confessed that he had taken $5900 of the bank's funds to help Kelly, who he ex plained was in danger of financial ruin unless he could obtain that sum at once. j Unable to make good the deficit before the bank's monthly audit began, Talbot, according to the police, devised the phantom "hold up" as . the easiest way to explain the shortage, ' F HDP I - - - - 01 IS DEAD. Joseph Caterer of Moosejaw Killed on Highway Near Hubbard, and Colored Man Is Mangled WILLAMETTE FACULTY MEMBERS IN SMASH Professor Ebsen Has Se verely Lacerated Face; Miss Harding Injured Yesterday was a Tad dayJT for automobile accidents on the Pa cific highway between Salem and Portland, and one death and sev eral 'perSons seriously injured were authoritatively reported.. As a result of one accident, Joseph Caterer of Moosejaw, Sask., is dead; his brother. Thorn, as Caterer, also of Moosejaw, is seriously injured and for a , time was crazed; Guy Robblns, col ored, of Portland, is mangled and perhaps fatally ' injured; RalpTi Bobbins, colored, 'brother of Guy and a resident of Sfcn Francisco, is slightly bruised. As a result of another accident, which was a collision. Prof. Gus tav Ebsen, head lot the depart ment . of foreign languages in Willamette university, ' is very severely cut about the face and head; Mrs. Ebsen has a wrenched back; Miss Mina L.. Harding, head of the department of public speaking at Willamette, is cut about the face. The cause of the accident that caused the death of Joseph Caterer is not known. It was first re ported to have been caused by the steering gear -giving away, but U is now believed one of the col ored men who was driving the car may have dozed for a mo-' ment, causing the car to crash into a telephone pole. The Rob bins brothers were on their way to Portland. They had picked up the white men near Sacramento. The accident happened a mile south of Hubbard. The dead man was left at Woodburn. The in jured were taken to Portland. The accident in which Professor Ebsen .and the other Salem per sons were injured came while they were on their way to Mt. Hood for a week-end outing. They collided with a car .driven by N. Porteff, 489 Hancock street, Portland, who was on his way to Newport. It was believed the accident was caused by negli gence on the part . of Forteff. Professor and Mrs. Horace Willis ton were with them, but neither was hurt. ' A third accident was reported from the same district but no one was hurt, ; COUNTERFEIT DILLS Spurious ; Currency- Carries . "Very Bad Portrait of" -Cleveland OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 1. Coun terfeit $20 bills 'bearing a very bad portrait of Cleveland," issued oh the federal bank of San Fran cisco and described as "C No. 55, number of counterfeits L-7089384-A" are in circulation, according to Dave . Dickenson, chief of the United States Sec ret service, local bureau. The amount of spurious currency in circulation was not stated. COXCERX FEL.T "NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Wall street bankers expressed deep con cern todap over the Italian mili tary operations against Greece and all cables were carefully scanned for latest development. DTjERSHURT BEING CIRCULATED palace Communication Cujt Of f Messages Ccmo From Point 144 Miles From City- Number of Lives Lost Said Incalculable Tidal Wave Follows Quake. i MAY BE IN DANGER ZONE Miss Esther McCracken, Willamette university grad uate and well known in, Salem, is due to reach Yokahaisa, Japan, about Tuesday or Wednesday of this week, accord ing to friends in Salem, who are familiar with her schedule. Miss McCracken sailed from San Francisco for mis sionary work in China, on 'August 21. She was in Hono lulu last Sunday .and was due in Japan in 10 days. Fred Jobelman Jr son of Fred Jobelman, night clerk at the Bligh hotel, is believed to be in Yokahama. He sailed August 16 from San Francisco as cabin boy on the Wawaloma of the North China Steamship company: The boat was to go from Yokahama to China and return by the Philippine islands. He is 17 years old and was a pae in the senate at the last session of the legislature. Miss Denton, well known in Salem, is a teacher in the Doshisha university just outside of Tokio. She is work ing for the American Board of Foreign Missions. Miss Denton has visited at various times in Salem. SAN FKANCISCO, Sept. 1. (By Associated Press.) At 8:20 o'clock tonight the Radio Corporation of America received a message from its station at Tomioka which said that 700 persons were reported killed when the 12-story tower at Asakusa fell. Many boats sank in a tidal wave in the bay of Suruga. Most of the houses at Namazu collapsed, the message said. In Tokio the imperial railway station was swept by fire and the imperial theatre collapsed. The railway station at Ueno turned. It is rumored the imperial palace is in danger. The Manseibashi railway station, mentioned as being destroyed, was the terminus of the government operated electric train lineto Nakano, eight miles distant, and not to be confused with the Shim- bashi station, through which travelers usually enter Tokio. The Mitsukoshi store where fire broke out after today's earthquake, is the principal department I store and the building it occupies is one of the most notable in the city. The establishment in size and variety of merchandise dis played is comparable . to a larga American store. It is on the Ginzea. : SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. (By the Associated Press) The Radio Corporation of America here tonight received from its sta tion at Tomioka, Japan, a first hand story of the earthquake and fire inTokio from a refugee. The refugee said that at tbe first shoek fires broke out at various places in the city. The flames originated in the Mitsukoshi department store and spread to the metropolitan police board's building and the Imperial theater., These were burned to the ground as were many other large buildings. City In Flames The city, the refugee said, is still in flames and the fire Is spreading from Senjui to Shina gawa. The flames can be seen seven miles away from Tokio. All railway bridges are destroyed and in places there is no traffic at all. The refugee said the number of dead and injured was incalcula ble. ' . The Radio corporation's super intendent said he obtained his in- PASTE THIS ON YOUR WINDSHIELD Today is Sunday, the 2nd. . The sun rises at 5:24 a. m., and sets at 6:34 p, m. Some motorists will be alive when it rises, and also when it sets. Still others (not so numerous to be sure) will live to see the sun rise oh the morning of the 3rd. Many motorists at tomorrow's sunrise will be where there is no need of moon or stars by night or sun to shine by day. 4 They will fail to beat the train to the crossing Sunday is the day for motor accidents. Sunday night is a night of crash and terror for hundreds. When you approach a railroad . , ' J Sfon. Look That you may be long LIVES MSI mmm formation -from a morning paper and. Zendat, a large seacoast town about 200 miles north of Tokio. Tomioka is. about 144 miles nortSr of Tokio. " Message Given The message said: "Severe earthquake Tokio an vicinity at noon yesterday, rail way stations near Tokio collapse and no means to reach Tokio. Heavy damage In Tokio. Watei system destroyed and many big buildings collapsed with outbreak of fire in various places. Flames spreading toward Asakusa, Kanda, Hongo, Fukagawa and Shitaya. Heavy casualties reported. Rumor afloat that all traffic suspended throughout Tokio. Refugees run ning all directions. City presents scene like hell. f - "Principal buildings burned down are Matuzakaya department store at Ueno; 12 story tower at Asakusa; Manseibashi railway, station at Kaijo; the building oc cupied, by the Peers' club and the Tokio arsenal. "Many disastrous accidents have been reported, a number of trains running to Tokio having , been wrecked during the quake. It is also reported that a severe tidal wave struck- the coast at .Yoko hama. No damage western side of Shlzuoka." I Densely Populated Tokio, the capital of Japan, with a densely populated area of . 40 square miles, is one of tihe world's largest cities. Conditions in it approximate more : nearly both the j crowded conditions of occidental cities and their archi tectural development than any other of Japan's cities. Until tue restoration, tbe city was called "Yedo" and it. became the capital of Japan only in com paratively recent years, the old capital being Kioto, not far dis tant. It is perhaps the city of (Continued on page 7) end listen I - lived upon the earth.