The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 13, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textu rpr in Hjiil I; -a Iff IE ; . -it is ' Telecj raphic Message Re ceived By Adjutant Gener al. White : Tells of Great Victory Over Forty Other iaie unus - v r Unprecedented honors were srukrd in the fciational rule competition at Campf perrir u., yesterday- wnen . tne 14 Then" of the Oregon teamjoja the national guard trophy in the national . infantry match and beat not only .the 40 na tional guard teams bw the . navy, marine corpsvand re serve corns as well. Telegraphic report of tHiy vrss Received last night, by Hrijadier General George Ks hite, adjutant i general' of the state, from llajor R. LI; Weit, captain of the OregDn At the same time ait - Oregon man. First - Sergeant '"William Ei j hstpi nr w n t-t lann wnn ina t a , W ' - m w ' - .... .zl " M J mouB Leech trophy from a field bf 909 competitors, which included the best riflemen of the army, naryy marine eorpa;Tiational guard and ciTlllana. The Oregon man made a perfect score on erery range including 900 : and 1000 yards. The Leech cup has been shot for annually since 1875 in the national rifle competitions and has usually been held by, the regular gerYice. U-v"V ;. -!'.:'-Oregon sent the1 strongest team ft has had in the national match es since the war, . according to General White. They were select ed at a state competition at Clack amas last month, all of the rifle companies of the state entering their best men in .the state con test. From these' 'the best shots were selected. ; r v First Sergeant Hayes la practi cally a. new man in the game and has been dereloped In the past two years; : The Oregon men left for Camp Perry the latter part of August and will return home the end of this month. ' :'- 4 .' Members ot the ;: Oregon team are Major "West, team , captain. Captain James Q. Adams of Ash land, team coach; Master Sergeant Gilbert A. Pickard, Sergeant Thomas L. Ture, First Sergeant John KurowskC First , Sergeant Walter H. Rucker, Second Lieu tenant Langdon li. Spooner, Staff Sergeant Jackson F. Jones, Staff Sergeant- Chester B. McCarty, First Sergeant - Henry J. Thomas, First Sergeant William E. Hayes, Staff Sergeant Robert D. Archer, all of Portland,1 FirBt Sergeant William E. Purdy, Salem. First Lieutenant Leonard L. McQee, Al bany. . ' ' f . SE.TTLE IAJf DIES J SEATTLE, Sept. 12. Charles D. Fuller, a well known attorney and prominent in King county and state politic ror many years, died at his home here today after sere ral month Illness. THE WEATHERS OREGON: Thursday, generally cloudy. LOCAL WEATHER Jfatinum temperature, 78. ? ! ! r I r : -i r.i t"perature, 55. r.I -r. 1.3 f. t. . ' -r-, c ! T. on t Jh OT Silvertonv Council ' May Not ! Accept ; resignation of City's, Mayor - SILVERTOtf, Or., Sept. 12.- ( Special to The Statesman.) The city of Silrerton is having a try ing time in securing a new mayr to ' fill ' the place of Mayor' East man;' wh6"tendef ed his f resign on week ato. The resignation haA not yet beeii' Accepted' V the council extracted the promise fro ax remaiiTin Office nntil anothei'mii couldb' found' to repTaceliTm,' So far .this other, "man has not yet The clt council .waited oil IV. G. : Gnhdexsoti,' casnler', of i ; the ast he. would like to be-of 'assist-' ance at i this time, he felt - oblige? to refuse, as his physical resource would not permit .him- to do foore than.he already hid on hahd At present the cou&cll is" con- siaenng otner material, but mem bers state ' that itv seems . Mayor Eastman may hire to continue ti the position,- as. there . Is no one else available.' food snom. ship IKES TO PORT Boat Bringing Refugees Prom j Orient Reports4 Supplies are Low SEATTLE, Sept.' 12. With I'M food supply running low, the lin-r President; Jefferson, bringing 400 passengers ; from the Orient, among them 182 refugees from the stricken cities of Tokio and' Yoko hama, .is : racing toward Seattle, according to wireless advices re ceived at Admiral Oriental line offices here tonight. A supplemental list of food sup plies needed was wired tonight. Fresh milk, vegetables, fruit and meat were mentioned. In previous dispatches the President Jeffer son had told of feeding thousands of refugees,, giving away all the stores it could spare to the un fortunates at Yokohama. Officials of the line have arranged to have a food supply ready when the ves sel reaches Victoria. - Evidence " that - the President Jefferson is making all possible speed Is furnished ; by the fact that it will reach Seattle early on Saturday afternoon, a day earlier than had been expected.. Oil JOB Ce61Idger& McClaine bank,' Tues dayvn6on'. tlr!;Oundersonf how-eTer.-Tetused. aylhgrwthatr riach 1M.IATES OF PRISON ARE GIVEN4 FIIST OPPORTUNITY IN SALEM -FIIJ.I STORY, "HUMAN .WRECKAGE (By the Editor of Lend a Hand) Mrs. Wallace Reid, in "Human Wreckage, was shown to the In mates of the state penitentiary in the prison auditorium last- night- It was greeted with a variety of feelings, due to the fact that it was the first picture to be shown since last spring, and, too, the amount of outside publicity which has been given to the picture, and the popularity of the actor to whom it serves as a monument. Governor Pierce and family.were moss those occupying seats -In the balcony. It hu lfcn said that truly ncre ua to ti.3 rli 11-lr ti?3 sz 1 - v !. " . it ll - one 3 i i - JCc?t3rdj! t ; i . , t The Statesman's peerless" returns to the public Will again be in operation Friday eten ing for the heavyweight battle between-Jack Dempsey knd The Statesman's ! -megaphone service wilt start at o'clock, and report the preliminary events, attendance, and hiehliehts of the battle scene as well as' the big fight itself. Blow by blow, as. rapidly-as ceived over the wires of the ringside, it will be iriven ther The figlit'is'one of the outstanding events in American prize ring. history and. is being watched the world over. 11 . i11" , "f OTnrrr innin 0 Hill I lu ulu AS SCHOOL SITE Location of - Buildng ' on v : North Capito! Wbuid Be V Constahf Danger The state highway department calls the attention of the" Salem school board to a"' possibly dan gerous" policy' In1 the construction of a junior high school on North Capitol street, as la proposed by the board--: .r-j ..-.,. k; A 1 North .Capitol -street Is the route of .., the M Pacifie highway through Salem;, and the -location of a school, er the highway would be a constant danger to .children attending the scool.;. , . At a special : -meeting j Monday night with . the ways and means committee of the Salem city coun cil, the school board, proposed the purchase tof a 24-lot .tract on North Capitol as the location for a" Junior high school - building to cost an estimated $200,000. It would be necessary to have the approval of the, voters of the dis trict for a bond Issue with which' to make the purchase and erect the building. Members of the board say ' a special election for the purpose may be' called in the near future. SEliS BESEJ ' J RED GROSS Successor to Be Named 1 at October Meeting; Mrs. Benson Quits ; Resignation of Henry Meyefa'ai president of Willamette chapter of the American Red Crow has' been accepted by. the board, of di rectors. His successor ,v will be named at 'the next regular 'meet ing of the board 'some time early in October. t . , . . r Y Mr. Meyers' has been- connected with the Red Cross in this capac ity for several years 'and'was vety active' and instrumental in Its suc cess during the World wa. Mrs. Arthur Benson, executive secretary, severed her connections some time ago with the Red Cros.v She has been succeeded by Miss Pettit, - : ' were before. While there is con siderable room, for argument upon this subject," there Is no, gainsay ing the fact that the lives of many men are used as stepping-stones for the ad.vancement,of their pos terity. .Their 'mistakes, when chronicled, are. known and there fore avoided ; their virtues emu lated and their vices forgiven, though advantageously sidestep ped. . Wallace Reid was a great man In the cinema world.- For years he porirayed the finest and fittest of American manhood to the world's public. " And while , his death drew aside the" cjsftaln,:it Eirvtf3 all the more ably to edu- I ! X " ' ' ' ' .-.'. . . .. ... ' . . J 1 i II I 1 II M ill : ' L - ' ,i ' i Jr Li Lu n : I system of ivin prize -fight eafch irtove 6t the fighters is? re-. Associated Press direct from the public by the megaphone man Intense ifaterest In; the fight fs being shown in Salem and nearly everyone is venturing a guess' on the outcome, and some are specu lating1 a bit, perhaps. ; Al Nye. mailing clerk at the state house, and Jim Ward, eleva tor operator at the supreme court building, have it. doped that ,Flr- po will win. These two fans In their time have seen a . lot ; ot champions come and go, and have no doubt whatever that the .Ar gentine will win. Cddke " Patto'a joins, Jim and Al, but disagrees with his brother Hal who think the champ will keep his title. Lou is Conn of the Ace is sure Firpd will .bring home the bacon. - , . Fracticaiiy everybody else thinks Dempsey will win, though a lot of thehi would like to" see FIrpo the ' victor. Hy Corey,.chai- man of: the public ' service ' com-' miS8fon, for example, ' says he is phlling for Flrpo, but that if he were betting he ' would bet on Dempsey. - . Here is what some of them say: - FRANK MYERS, The Spa-t- Firpo is too new at the game, and the fight will' probably end ' in a knockout by the. 10th or 12Xh round. A year from now well, I hope that. Firpo will be able to take the title,' but I am afraid he won't. ; . ;. . ED BLESSING, Blessing & Or- rey Dempsey will win and I am willing to back my judgment. Fir po lacks the necessary experience. HARRY WENDEROTH, I Ladd & Bush bank I am net well in formed: on the fight, .but ; from what I -have heard and read think Firpo will stay ' over six round's, all right. : LEE CANFIELD There will be nothing to it but t)empsey. Fir po is an undeveloped youngster in comparison with the title holder, My money is on' Dempsey. ; ILO SMITH, Smith's Cigar Btore Dempsey will! win. Firpo can hit hard enough but he Is un able to land. If Willard could not hit Dempsey, , Firpo can't. - .PATTON BROTHERS Family opinios differ. Hal believes Dempsey will win but hopes Firpo will knock his bldck off. t Cooke flatly states Firpo' will win, basing his decision upon his record dur ing the' oast 18 months. Cook is planning to , receive the ringside. dope 'and preliminaries by radio, going home early and leaving' Hal at the' store. ' 1 ZOSEL & COO LEY, The Man's' Shop We believe, the fight will be short and snappy and the first man to connect will win. ; ' LOUIS COHN, The Ace I think Firpo will whip Dempsey. He has the punch and will land It. Champions all have to meet their Waterloo and this is 'the time. As to keeping the title in this coun try, neither are Americans. OTTO KLETT-Dempsey : will come out on top. ' ,A. L. Nye, postmaster at state house I think Dempsey is going to get licked, now take it from me. : ..i Ward Irvine, secretary to -Governor, Pierce Dempsey will win by a knockout In three rounds. 1. don't think the man lives who can beat Dempsey. ; f W. A. Mullen, superintendent of real estate division in state insur ance commissioner's office Dempsey will get Firpo in eight or nine rounds. JIM WARD, elevator operator in supreme court building Firpo will win by a decision. W. E. CREWS, state corporation commissioner I look for Dempsey to win. . . -K:V:" JAT MORTON state corpora- 7 V r ; On decrease County Has Best Record in State Polk Also Makes " Creditable' Showing r While divorces in other parts ot the state are on the Increase, Mar ion county shows ' a decrease, ac cOrdTrig to a federal census report jusl received by Vl G. Boyei-, coiin ty clerk. , - '. . The report covers the marriage and divorce records for 1922 and 191 6.' , During 1916 Marlon cou ty divorces totaled 85, while dur; ing 1922 only 53 were granted in this county. ' i . ' : Marriages during the year 191 6 numbered 356 while during" 192'. there were 477 marriages. " Polk county also shows a de crease In the number of divorces, according to the report, i Divorces in' 191 6 numbered 24, while dur ing 1922 there were only 15 granted. ; POlk' county! marriages during 1916 numbered 96, while during 1922 there were 132 con tracted. , -Yamhill ' county showa an in crease of five divorces In 1912 over 1918. Turfhgjl922. .32 were granted ' and 27 during. 1916. Clackamas county is the banner county of the state for those who would sever the marriage bonds, according to this' report. , More divorces 4han marriage licenses were granted in Oregon City both during 1922 and- 1916, the only difference between the two yea being thr the .proportion of di- orces-Jnjlf easear , t.:.,,; -Marriages in Clackamas countv in 1916 numbered 196, while 212 divorces were granted during the same time. Marriaees during 1922 numbered 229 and divorces during the same time numbered Multnomah county had 904 di vorces to 2363 marriages during 1922, while there were 786 di vorces during 1916 to 1733 mar riagee. , TO: W& MLll IS Dedication Speeches1 Heard Last Night From Mayor tiiesy, Fred Enxon and State High way Engrineer Klein AH Lots Ate Sold and Building Goingf Upr-tWsfrict Will Grow. Dreams of ah adequate ' north entrance to the city of Salem Were realized last night when' the High way addition or the racmc high way was opened: to traffic. The barricades were removed at 6:30 o'clock ,and traffic began to flow along1 the wide hard surface road. after .appropriate observance: of the occasion.?, -' For years Salem has felt ' the need of such an enrance, one that would bring the tourist past 'the chief objects of Interest in ; the city without ' detracting their at tention toward negotiating sharp turns at street intersections. The highway addition has filled this want, and also gives direct traffic to the fair grounds. ' i Broad pavement, 40 feet ; be tween curbs, with graceful curves. now permits a direct " route through what will be one of the newest and "most up-to-date addi- tibns of the city, past the supreme court; the state capltol building. fine residences, the post office and the court house. 1 Glowing tribute to Fred Krlx- on was paid by" Mayor John B. Glesy, who told of the obstacles In the" way; i how: the phojectlhad been regarded as nearly' Impossi ble and highly Improbable for a number of years; the lack of pro per entrance at the north end of the city, how gaps ot rough' road had gradually been eliminated. The new connection' link In the Pacific highway, he said,; would stand as an ererlastlng" momitnent to'Fred Erixon. Mayor Cieay was introduced by J, C." Pettry, presi ir out or IB? S PRESENTED Plan for Welfare of Farmer , Outlined at Meeting of ' Producers and .Bankers Here Last Wight . ! WOULD REDUCE WHEAT AND BERRY ACREAGE Local Banker Says Program Means Much Financially in Marion County . , A Marlon county farmer-banker meeting was held at the Grajr Belle last night. A marketing production program worked out by t the extension department. of Oregon Agricultural college and endorsed by the Oregon. Bankers association. was' presented by Paul V. Maris, director of the extension department, i Plan Is Outlined The condensed program, which it is hoped may eventually' relieve the agricultural situation, pro vides, first for a' 25 per cent re duction In the wheat acreage, con centrating, on three varieties of winter, wheat .and . one spring yar- ietyr second, - devoting the land vacated by the ' wheat' to forage crops for dairy cattle with a cor responding Increase In dairy cat tle; third, " bring about a reduc tion in the loganberry acreage. taking out the low-bearing patch es first, with nothing kept which produces less -' than two tons to the acre, encourage the logan berry growers to Join in a state- (Continued on page 2) dent of the Chamber of Commerce Traffic is Growing Prediction tnat within two years 3000 automobiles would daily pass over the new highway was made by Roy Klein, state highway engineer. . Count of traf fic on the Pacific highway at Au rora this summer, gave 2000 ma chines daily, . while Oregon City had a total of. 3000. These fig ures, he said, included local cars, while his prediction was" for tour ist - traffic chiefly. That Salem now has one of the finest entranc es of all cities 'along the Pacific highway was asserted by ; Mr. Klein. Oregon now has 350 miles of this highway, with about the same number-in Washington. Cal ifornia has the remainder of the 1700. miles that marks the longest single highway west of the Missis sippi river. The' opening of this link,' he said in closing, is a big thing for Salem. . 'i Erixon Tells Story Some idea as to the difficulties encountered by the committee in obtaining a right of way were told by -..Fred Erixon. More than two years ago he and W. B.A Wilson were appointed as a committee to investigate the project; by the Chamber of Commerce. The sin gle word "can't" met them upon every hand, he said. The city council at that time bestowed on them its best wishes, but could not give any assistance. . Bonding was suggested and discarded. Finally they hit upon the plan of obtain (Coatisuei ca 333 2) immm TO SUiSGXV Eighteen Trusties Ambnjj Poisci Scrclur t C: ; Man Who GoV Away in Trixc!il6ad c 11 -dust FutfveTGofia to Heme cf E.' T. 11: - Near Clastar Station Last Niht. Twelve hours of freedom proved-sufficient fcr HI wortrr Kelly, convict who escaped, from the ,state rri Wednesday morning, and after having time to think tl.L over, reported to a farrnhduse owned by E. T, llzll, r Claxtar station on the Oregon Electric about 8:40 test ni: Prison authorities were notified and Ihe speedy xriicn c was dispatched with Warden Johnson Smith and a v. -others who returned him to the penitentiary. - ' Upon his return to the prison Kelly said that hr sorry that his conduct had resulted in tha xczirlL Joe Wdolery, guard, and that he had not treated the v.. . in the proper manner. - ; . ; Amono; the posses pursuing Jtelly were i8Jtnuty c victs who were determined to bring Kelly back. Tlicy not armed. All reported' back to the guards as sec. . Kelly's capture was known ' T ml " " '' Kelly said he did not know 1 JW RELIEF Further Funds Must Be Gdl - lected Locally, Says ; ,' Captain Holbrbok - The need for money; for Japan ese relief is becoming greater all the time, especially now. that sick ness is so prevalent in the devas tated districts. Captain Hoi brook of the Salvation army received a telegram urging him to bend every effort to get as much t gether as quickly as possible. The message told him that the Salta tion Army headquarters building in Japan was burned and that a number of. Salvation Army offi cers had lost their lives in the The total amount collected ; in Salem to date is $117, and $100 of this money, has already been sent. - . , '1 . ; ' A number ot people have asked that the collecting kettles be put on tne principal corners 6ib Saturday for the purpose of giv ing a number of people a chance to help this worthy cause. Cao tain Holbrook says that he fully appreciates the sacrifice that it has meant to a number who de posited their bit in the kettles lavt Saturday,; and while some gave what they could, yet there is a chance for any who will, or desire to do so, to send in their check j or leave It at Kafoury Brotnem for Allen Kafoury, who is treasu rer of the fund. .This fund must me positively, closed by Saturday, a the tlans for the . Salvation Armv are many and Captain Hol brook is making every errort ior the needs of our. own confmunf.y this coming winter. Forest Fire Menace in f Polk County is at tna DALLES, Ore.. Sept. 12.- (Special to The statesman;. The menace of forest iires ior this season is expected to be a thing of the past owing to the heavy fogs of the past several days which has dampened the timber in the western par- of Polav county.' The smair slashing fires which have , been burning for a few days about the logging camps west of here have about all been extinguished and no new out breaks are expected by the fire wardens ' in. various' parts of the county. Nearly - all the Eolk county fire patrolmen have been called in owing to the dampness of the timber. ' . , 1? WHEN YOU THINK of used furniture, turn your thoughts .to StatCCTtaa 7ant I. Thre you will find the best 1 at the lowest cost. And member yog can get great deal of service from used fu ture, the same as from a used car. READ AND SE THE OREGON ' Tina uosNixa i mm mmt -Mi. i m-t 1$$ML'.'::.... -George Jackson, another c who escaped with him, mat to dig out of the truck-Ic sawdust, as he had. great i .... culty in getting out and ha -only covered by about two : of the sawdust and Jackson nearly at the bottom of the ! Advantaso Cecily Til -The .escape was not rrt afed, Kelly said, but when 1 Jackson ' noticed the - guard not - looking. . for . a few i . I they , took advantage of tLa sion. - .-V ; ' ;JeitSejf"'.IIeIl,'nor Jac'l' . : . a trusty. Kelly isone-cl tl who sawed out of their ccllj In the year, but, were car- : : fore ; they, could . seal 3 tl He was a sent ..up , from J; ' county for aiding prisoners Ca f cape, - and ; was sentenced U t . ; not more than 20 years. Jackson was conricted la L couhty for assault, and roll and was sentenced to serve z. more than '12 years. The truck on which Kelly t . Jackson escaped was haul sawdust to the state fair rou: : Jackson apparently got eff V truck'before it -reached tie f grounds and was caught, ' v. it "rr - , i 1 1 . . . xveuy is ueuBTeu to cave i.. vehicle after it reach I t: ti grounds. It' Is reported tl :t man chased Kellr and V a r vict drew a knife on hlri.. 1 pu'rsuer was not armed, f Jackson5 . escaped ia a t'., ; way on' a' flax truck 11 zy 2S t. was caught the following day. r -xveByuusioiuiy tor iue esoar the two men in the truckloai t : sawdust was assumed ty J. Woolery,. the guard who wta c ; duty at that part of the yard s. Wooleryj Immediately went to tl 3 office of the warden and resor t 1 It was entirely my fault," till Woolery. "and I paid the pentltr. Warden Smith is my friend and I don't want him to get the tl . . - . I was watching the truck c!r : -Aj but did not see the men go izis 11. .-, . . . : Woolery hasjbeen a guard ct the prison for about three a r. 1 a half months, but once tcCor? served five years as a guard. Hop Picking Ikzrs End In Yards of Pclk Ccunly DALLAS, Ore., Sept, 12. (Special- to The Statesman). Hop picking' in this sectioa cl Polk county is about over fcr tt'.i year, but few yards remain!. . ta be finished up. The quail.;' the hops that were left until r!, is of the finest and are ex?:' etc. 1 to bring a fancy price. whera ret contracted. A number cf'tlts growers' contracted for ia.I prices but those who held out n expecting to receive a good iilzi for .their .crops. . , WAST AT3 1 STATESMAN Krv.c?Ar:; T