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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1923)
IN THJB CITY OF 8ALX1C Virion snd Polk CountlM Nearly rarybody rda .The Oregon Statesmaa SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR ' .! "" SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNiNG SEPTEMBER 5, 1923 - PRICE FIVE nrJT0 (FavUmMnomn. ISQlla?- Fuund I IlifEST ESTIMATE Iff : - . Do 6Es&&& .. ' " V V- " 1 ' r;'-:--'l ' !: I : ; - . ...... ' : ." ' . IELD IN STATE IS 4S F.f UDNS Carry-Over From Last Sea son Is 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 Is Cut From California Estimates TREMEWDOUS TONNAGE SHORT OF LAST YEAR California Growers Holding - Back On Opening Quota tions for Season Oregon's Drune crop, will .be 4 5.0 00.0 00 pounds tbis year, vitb a carry-oTer from last reason o' 5,000.000 pounds wbile 10,000,- 000 pounds bas been; cut from the first estimate of tbe California prune crop, according to a bnlle- tln issued by tbe California Prune and Apricot association. -The figures were quoted after the esti mate of tbe 1023 crop bad been rerised. Tbis bulletin shows hat there will be a decline of about 8a. 009,000 pounds from tbe crop of 1922.A-Last.year the total prunes rrop was 210,000,000 pounds while I this season tbe best est! mate that can be made gives a a m m ak a m AAA A M A ' Jl , yieia oi dui 2i,uuu,vuv pouuu. , First estimates' of the Califor nia, crop, carried in an earlier . bulletin issued by the same com pany, placed a total Ot 160,000,- ,000 r pounds upon tne California ..crop. This was cut to 150.000.- 000 by the second bulletin. The latest bulletin restated the stand taken by the association that it , wouU hold off on Its 1923 open ing prices until after the , deliveries bad , proceeded sufficiently to de velop accurate Information as to s the total crop. - High Labor and Low Crop v Prices Reason, Says H. 0. White, Dealer ; High labor and low prices for crops are making farming an un profitable occupation in the val ley, according to H. O. White, of D. A. White & Sons. Only when large scale production has been followed have the financial re turn been .very .much .over the actual, cost of production. Farm ' ers and fruit men who are In bus iness on a small scale will be hit tne neaviesi . inis Beason, ae wuu. About 0 per cent of the wheat yield has been gold, Mr. White said. Tbis figure .does not ? in clude tbe farmers who" have-disposed -of their crop through the association. Y ;V The bay market is said to be In bad shape and the quality poor, owing to a great portion of the bay; beng out land lying on" the ground j when early raina fell be fore It could be stacked or placed in sheds and barns. Oats in the valley promises a large crop, but is moving slowly at present. : . '.. THE WEATHER OREGON Fair Wednesday; moderate westerly winds. LOCAL WEATHER -: : . : - (Tuesday) ; Z . , Maximum temperature 84. , Minimum temperature, 48. Rainfall, 0. River, . 1.6. ' Atmosphere, clear. , Wind, northwest. i SSlLFflH LB IB COAST AIDS JAPAN QUAIffi SUFFERERS WITH LARGE QUOTA Seven States and Alaska Assigned 400,000 Cash Contributions Essential Destruction of American Embassy Confirmed, But Woods and Family Are Reported Safe. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. -As the federal govenvnent continued its effort to provide prompt and effective aid to earthquake sufferers in Japan and endeavored to obtain in formation as to the whereabouts and conditions of Americans in the zone of disaster, American Red Cross officials decided today to conduct ah immediate campaign for a $5,000,000 relief fund. Contributions already are being received at headquarters here : BOYS ARE KEPT Patton Puts Up Bail for Port land Youths Nabbed Fol lowing Races v Hal Patton provided the "when" in s the expression ; of "when ; a feller needs a friend" when h was able to keep .two Portland boys from spending Monday night in the city jail by advancing" f 100 bail. ? The' Portland youths, with., two boy companions, came to Salem to Bee tbe auto races. While wan dering around the streets early In the evening, they were picked-up by Officer Olson when he ob served a flask being carried by one of tbe j boys. He took the quartet to the, station, where two of them were ; found to have li quor In their possession. Bail of $50 each was demanded. - The boys had but , a tew dollars on their person and no one to Iden tify them in order to cash a check. ! " Patton dropped into the station about this time, and when be learned that the boys would lose their jobs in ' Portland It they were not on hand Tuesday morn ing, and that they were more worried about their mothers learning of their trouble than they were over the $100, be sug gested they telephone their fa thers for the money. This was done and the money wired to Salem. ' j : : '.-.'. However the telegraph sti " n was closed and the manager ould not bo located. Mr. Patton bad one of the. boys give hJia' a.check for th $100, whicb be Indorsed and gave to Sergeant Mlnto, who released the boys, who had tears of gratitude! in their eyes as they bade goodbye to Mr. Patton, a stranger who bad so aided them. Mr. Patton gave them some good fatherly advica before they left; An order for the $100 waa given to Mr. Patton. who obtained the money from tbe telegrapi office Tuesday morning. This he gave to the police department, receiv ing his check In exchange. " The boys did not appear in po lice court yesterday, forfeiting their ball. S J- Voluntary Wage Increase Granted Railroad Workers CHICAGO,' Sept. .---Voluiitary wage . Increases affecting approxi mately 3200 .maintenance of way and railway mechanical depart ment employes were reported to the United States railway labor board today y the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. Tne increases' represent : an approxi mate total cost to the carrier of X135.000. according to J. R. King. statistician tor the board. They range from 1 cent to 3 cents an hour and In the case of certain foremen ' and engineers, from S2.04 a month to $4.08 a month. The Increases are effective as of August 1 and 15, 1923, and affect employes reported by -the- United Brotherhood of y. Maintenance of Way employes and Railway 3hop l3.borersr-r- OUT DF PRISON Divisional quotas were fixed as follows: Six Divisions Named Washington division (New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, West Vir ginia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and chapters in insular posses sions of the United States and in foreign countries, $2,900,000. ; New England division (all New England states except Connecti cut) $350,000. Southern division (North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Flori da, Louisiana, Mississippi. Ala bama and Georgia) $250,000. " Central division (Montana, Wyoming, North and South Da kota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan) $800,000. V , ; , i Southwestern division (Colora do. New Mexico, Kansas, Okla homa, Texas, Missouri and Arkan sas) $550,000. . i tr i . Pacific division (California. Ne vada, Utah, Arizona, , Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska) $400,000.. I The divisional quotas total $5, 250.000 having been fixed to make an aggregate a . Irttle above the $5,000,000 goal, it was explained, to permit adjustments. Instructions sent' to managera of tbe six divisions said It bad been decided to appeal to the pub lic for at least ; $5,000,000. It was emphasized that It should be made clear that "by proclamation the president has placed responsi bility of representing America in this crisis squarely upon the Am erican Red Cross and our organi zation must meet the call." ; In announcing their plana. Red Cross officials . pointed out that the pressing need: was for cash contributions, the distance to th earthquake area - precluding the collection and shipment there of clothing and other supplies. Americans Are-Soagbt While It is perfecting a distri bution organization in Japan, the lied Cross, according to an an nouncement by the state depart ment, has allotted funds : to tbe departments which will be used by American diplomatic and consular I officers in the stricken area in cases where immediate relief is necessary." . The department announcea Tt was making a determined effort In tbe face of communication handi caps to locate Americans in the region where heavy casualties have been reported. Numerous inquiries, acting. Secretary Phil lips said, have been received from friends, and relatives of American citizens believed to have been in danger. ; . Complete List Sent. "The department," said a state ment by Mr. Phillips, "has taken immediate steps to ascertain: the, whereabouts and welfare of these Americans. ' A complete list . has been telegraphed to all American diplomatic .and consular officers in Japan, together with instruc tions that immediate steps be taken to obtain information eon-? hcerhlng them, i As additional names are received, tbe same pro cedure concerning them ; Is im mediately followed. j 'si In an effort to get Its dispatches through to Toklo the state" depart ment has been filing them in trip licate -one by commercial s cable, one by commercial .wireless ' and . .. (Cgntiauel on pao JJj,-: i ' HOSPITAtlW ISFULLSUI Returns From Automobile . Races Monday Bring To tal to $35,OOf-Some Materials Yet Needed : .--4 ERIXON GIVEN CREDIT i ' ' FOR EFFECTIVE - WORK Committee . Named By Ri cwanlans to ? Help -Find Rooms for Visitors1 mo With the Labor day races brlng-i ing in between $700 and $800 net. the $35,000 goal for the comple tion: of the Salem hospital has been reached. Dr. H.; E. Morris told tbe Kiwanians at their lunch eon at tbe Marion, hotel Tuesday noon. Prior to the races, be said, the fund waa short about $650. Though the amount set in the drive has been obtained, be Bald, there still remains one item be fore the hospital is ready for , oc cupancy , in about 60 days. This is what is : known as battleship linoleum. Tbe lowest bid for this purchase was $220117' THVexcess from the races will be devoted to this purchase. Dr. .Morris said. In speaking of the hospital Dr. Mor ris gave most of the credit for the success of the campaign to Fred Erixson. ; '', : ; 4 May Aid Visitors. Ten Kiwanians were appointed to constitute a atate fair commit tee to cooperate with any agency that may find Itself in need of as sistance In finding rooms for vis itors.: Those appointed were1 Fred Erixson, Cook Patton, QHer Myers, Nate Elliott, Bert Forbes, Jame Nichloson, Scott Page, Otto Paul us, Dr. C. W. South worth and R. C. Kells. Observance of Constitution day, September 17, was also urged, and it was pointed out that the Kiwanis clubs of the country would observe the week of Sep tember 16 to 23 lor this event. -V i IlJief Talks Heard. ' j." Short talks on various meetings were ; given by nvembers. . N. D. Elliott,, Dr. Morris and ) Bert Forbes spoke about the Astoria convention, giving highlights and work planned in the .future by the organization. The general trend will be toward working in closer harmony with civic clubs while Kiwanis clubs' were urged to erect a sign on the highway telling of the date and place, of meetings. Mr. Elliott spoke briefly of the presentation ot the charter to the Oregon " City club, which has a membership of ; 56. " He was fol lowed by Cook Patton with a few remarks upon the banquet given In Portland to Inter.nAtional Sec retary Parker and of his Impres sions' 1 of Loag Beacb jCaJii.t Ki wanians. . .'--' v Eaj-1 Pearey was the winner of tbe attendance prize, presented by Jim .Nicholson.. . . .; Veteran Racer's Neck Broken in Track Mishap ALTOONA. Pa., Sept. 4 How ard Wilcox, veteran,. Indianapolis automobile racer, waa fatally, in jured In. the' inaugural. 200-mile race on the new Altoona speedway this afternoon, when his ear skid ded and overturned on the 117tb lap. , Hia neck, was broken.: . Wil cpx died a . few. minutes . later as he was being , taken1 to an emer gency hospital at the . speedway, grounds. , W31cox ; ws in . third place when the accident, occurred, i. Driving r. the. 200-mile grind without a stop, Eddie: Hearne, an other veteran driver won. the race. HU. time waa 1:4737.35 at the rate of 111 1-2 miles anlhoqr. Jer ry Wonderlich was second, Dave Lewis third. Fred Domer fourth. Benny Hill ' fifth. ' Frank Elliott sixth,- Lon Duray seventh r and Tommy -Milton eighth. : VISITORS TO FAIR TO GET ROOM SERVICE Sortie Plan of Listing and As signing Will Be Determined Upon Immediately . .. Notwithstanding- refusal of the staU fair board to shoulder re sponsibility of listing 'rooms for visitors at the state fair this sear, which fact . was published exclus ively in the Statesman, the listing of: rooms and assignment of state fair visitors to them will, be taken care. of. . ' , ,: , , '' This became apparent yesterday when several organizations, in c4uding, the Kiwanis club, which appointed a committee to assist, made known their determination that it should be done, so -.visitors to Salem i will not go .away dissat isfied. , Just hoik, It will be ar ranged ba not --yet been determ-4nUt- itji, n ' s t'-V : . Little fellows Pass ThroueJi Salem On Way to Ocean, j Back in 4 Years Eight hundred thousand young salmon were released . Into Stout creek, from the state hatchery above Stayton a few days ago. From Stoutcreek f thejr pass Into the jSantiam, then the Willamette, then the Columbia and finaly In to the Pacific ocean, to return in four year's. for spawning purposes. The Santiam hatchery is at present producing fish; 'only for the state iish commission for com mercial purposes. 'The hatchery has been in operation only a few years, but formerly was utilized Jointly by the state fish commis sion and the state game commis sion, producing trout as well as salmon. The trout were available for ern the smaller streams of west Oregon. New Institution for Children Ready for Useful Serv ice to. State ' ' The dedication of the first two cottages of the Children's Farm home. will take place this after noon , from 2 to 4 o'clock at the farni home,' which is three miles north of Corvailis, on the Albany roadl ;i 1 1 . Tie cottages ' are completed and jfree of debt, and filled to ca pacity; with 20 children in each,. The sod will; be broken today for a, tb,ir;d cottage which is to be bail with the fund of $25,000 raised by the city of Portland. One Of the cottages to 'be dedicated was built by the state-of Oregon and the other by tbe people of Oregon - .: ; ' ' ; ' ' . Governor Walter M. Pierce will take a place In. tbe ceremony. - In his speech hewill endeavor to out line the part tbat the state: played in the realization of the children's home. , ,. He . will ' also dedicate a fireplace in one of the cottages to Oswald West. The project of the .farm home has- . created : , much .. i , interest throughout the state; and: a Urge audience ' Is expected 4. to witness the exercises. V . There will be "n adjourned board1 meeting this morning at the home Judge Walter H. Evans ot, Portland , is -president of the board of 'directors, and - Mrs. Ad Wallace Unruh is financial secre tary.! ! ' . ' RELIEF URGED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. Prompt measures for the relief of tbe Inhabitants .of the stricken cities of Japan 'were vurged at a meeting ot the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon. - 1BEIH100SE DEDICATION OF . FARM HOKiE TODAY .EARTHQUAKE IS mm 2C0 JttU TO 320,000; TOBIES I mm No Increase During Fair Week to Keep Outside Cabmen Out City Bud get Board Appointed By Aldermen Last Night Tangeman Pleads With Officials But Probe Not Finished Taxi licenses will not be raised during fair week for tbe purpose of protecting local drivers. The city council last night refused to pass an ordinance providing for increased licenses. It has been customary in the past to raise the taxi license fee Just before, fair week and then' reduce It later. The ordinance last night, by a suspension of the rules,, passed to the third reading but failed to re ceive a majority vote. W. W. Rosebraugh led the fight against the raising of the license fee. fie said that from his own experience he knew that Salem's guests. dur ing previous fair weeks, have not always received good service from taxis, and said he did not consider it was a step in?the right direc tion to restrict the number of taxis. -; . ! General Service Needed Alderman Simeral said that he understood the street railway company planned to bring in extra cars to care for the traffic to and from the fair grounds, but It was pointed out by other members of the council that this did not help the guests regarding service to other parts of the city, and that the service to the fairgrounds was not being criticised, anyway. It was also contended that taxi drivers concentrated on fires to the .fair grounds, neglecting the other parts of the city. ; , Alderman Patton said. ' he was in favor jot throwing the city wide open, to try it once anyway. He went on to say that while consid ering Salem's guests at the fair the council ought to take, some action regarding the hotels which "gouged visitors" last year at fair time. While he said be under (Continued on page 3) FRED. J0BELFM SAFE IPIF0R1AWN Fred VV. Jobelman, Jr., Salem youth, who was believed by his father, nigh't clerk at the Bligh hotel, to be in the danger area in Japan, is safe, according to information re ceived by Mr. Jobelman yesterday from Portland and also according to dispatches in afternoon newspapers. Young Jobelman is a cabin boy on the Wawaloma, a liner, and was believed to have arrived in Yokohama several days before the catastrophe. The information received yes terday, however, was that the and was still 500 miles" away from the Japanese coast. Mr. Jobelman called up Mayor Baker of Portland yesterday, asked him to get in touch with port officials and ascertain the position of the ship. This brought the good news, and was confirmed by dispatches which said the Wawaloma was not due to reach Yokohama until September 6. - .Volney Shepard, well known pianist from Oregon Agri cultural college, is among- those wh6 may be in the danger zone. He was due to arrive at Yokohama August 30 on the liner President Madison, the same vessel that carried Mr. and Mrs. S. It. Wiggins. Mr. Shepard is a member of the ship's orchestra, ' . - x ' ... ... v;, v ... .. American Consul Kirjassoff and Wife DcEcvZ Dead in Ruins New Islands Formed Rivers Clogged With Bodies Help Ru;!:cd to Stricken Area. - MOSCOW, Sept. 4. According to the last infcmtlc i received here from Vladivostok, the belief prevails here t -t many vessels of the Japanese wtr fleet have been lost. Although dispatches from various points have mentioned the overwhelming of Japanese naval stations by the tP"l wave following the earthquake, none of them contained any reference to the loss of warships. . . OSAKA, Sept. 4. By Associated Press.) So vast r.n area of Japan has, been devastated by the greatest earth quake in the history of this country that it will be lon be fore the actual loss of life is known. The most reliabla'eti mates of the deaths up to the present reach from 20 0,C CO to 320,000. " Tokio and Yokohama, with surrounding towns, which formed the center of the disturbances, are almost completely in ruins. For two days Tokio was swept by flames, an J z part from the loss of life caused directly through the fzllir. of the buildings thousands must have perished-in their at tempts to make their way through the fire zones and other thousands from exhaustion. " -' ; Yokohama, TokiVs busy port, is a city destroyed. Probably more complete destruction has been wrought there than in the capital itself, for its "great docks were torji asunder, its shipping wrecked, its public buildings and homes leveled to the . earth. . ' , ? " ' . SE j. j.suuivni Man Who Mysteriously. Dis appeared From Newport Is Object of Hunt George Cleaver, state prohibi tion commissioner, said yesterday that he has Instituted an investi gation to determine,' If possible, what became of J. Jay Sullivan, who disappeared mysteriously from Newport, Ore., last January. Sullivan was reported to' be", a prohibition agent, but a quantity of his correspondence that has been turned over to Cleaver does not indicate that he was connect ed with that .work, bat seems to show that he was a mining' man with interests at Gold Hill. -Ore. One of the letters, 'which had been written and addressed, to W. D. Edmunds of Gold Hill, but that had not been mailed, relates to a placer claim at that place. Sullivan: first' registered at the Abbey hotel at Newport, but later transferred to another hotel in the city. After his disappearance a number of letters and telegram, some of whicb, bad .not yet, been mailed, were found in his room. Cleaver has written to Edmunds and "other persons whose names are mentioned in the correspond ence,' but has not yet received any replies. 1 ,.,.$.. t ,. , Wawaloma had been delayed j All advices received here Indi cate a succession of earth disturb ances in that area, extending for mtany -miles Inland and to the north and everywhere' tho first destructive forces were augmented by explosidns. the burstir of r-mainsi the overflow cf riv ers and the terrible overpower 3 rush of tidal waves. " ; New Islands Formed Details of geographical change are lacking, but it is reported that new islands have been formed up from the bed ot the ocean, wfcila whole sections have disappeared. Rivers are said to have chaiigsJ their courses, and volcanoes are erupting in various districts. The disaster spared .none who stood In Its path. Many members of noble families have perished, but thus far tbe only, notable foreign resident In the list cf ViUed Is to4 American consul tt Yokohama, 'Max D. Kirjassoff, who, with bis wife. Is believed to have been killed In the ruins cf the consolate. Cyrua Woods Alive The Amertean ambassador, Cy rua E. Woeds, spd all the mem bers' of the embassy at Toklo, are known , to be safe, but many cf the diplomatic representatives cf other nations have not been ac-counied- for, nor baa any word been received pf their fate. The newspaper, Osaka AsatI, estimates the earthquake, dead at S2O.M0, which Included 150,000 dead In Tokio, 100,000 in Yoko hama, and 60,000 in Yokosuta. UTd.wag received that the fires in Tokio burned out Monday night but at the same time couriers car rying appeals t for food supplies and. medical supplies and assist ance i for the hundreds of thou tnds'of homeless- refugees, who, unless succored speedily, cannot survive. ' , For the moment all efforts ora being directed, first, to ascertain tag the extent of Japan's vast losses, both In eitisens and for eign residents and material dam age to Its cities, and, secondly, to rushing all assistance In every form to the stricken districts. . Accuracy lacking SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4. (By the Associated Press.) The havoc wrought by earthquakes, fire, tidal waves and storms la Toklo, Yokohama and vicinity since last Saturday noon remain ed tonight as far from being ac curately estimated as at any pre vious time, due to the isolation of the locality, to the excited con dition and the cad plight of nest of the survivors, and to the diffi culty, with which such an estlnatj can be made. Brief reports and messages from various sections of Japan and tL Orient , have made their way t the Associated : Press. Estlnai 3 of the casualties daring the !.., ranged from 100,000 to 6O0.CC ".. The , former-figure was reports : from Moscow,, where It xrz r ' . higher estimates were believe J t ba. exaggerations. (The latter tl -nre came to the Associated Pre : . . (Cortirn'?! ca r zy , 4- - - ' ' m ' ..!