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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1921)
Circulation Average for 1920, 5260. Population of Salem 1900, 4268; 1910, 14,094; 1920, 17,679. Marlon County 1920, 47,177; Polk county, 14,181, Member of Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated Press Full Leased Wire. The Weather ou rival OREGON: Tonight uud Tuesday rain west, rain or snow east por tion; colder tonight east portion; moderate southwest winds. IjOpAL: Maximum temperature 56, minimum 42, set 44. River 19, fulling. my-Fourth Year No. 3 Salem, Oregon, Monday, January 3, 1921 Price Three Cents Wilson Vetoes Revival of War Finance Board; Phez Company Reorganization Under Way President Overriden J By Senate Kection of Gronna Resolution followed my Passage Again in er House Washington, Jan. 3. A resolu- to revive the war finance cor- ration was passed today by the Iftte over President Wilson's he vote was taken immediately Br the president's veto messnee read. Similar action by the Rso was forecast by supporters Vie resolution, which was de HflN as an aid to farmers and W's Ml the present period of de. cuniug prices. lie vote to override the ureal. was 53 to 5, or nineteen mora tne required two-third ma- ISfDKlVT ACTS ITPOV rasiiington. 3. From ofri sources it was learned trwinv i-resment Wilson had vet w--p.ii i ,. ... , -.,.,.. lu revive tne wnr suce corporation as an aid to the rung and other industries rr iuv.il or tne measure was .-en "ended hy Secretary Houston esident Wilson's nir ,tn ne dronnn resolution tn " tinance eori)ortir.n made i n II i- as fallows: tne senate of the Pnltert am returning without my slg S. J. R,.s. Si,. .Jt)int reso directing the war finance oration to take certain action uc rener or the present depres in the agricultural sections nf country, and other purposes W ir Actually Knihwl Hie joint resolution diteet th ivai ot tne actltlvties of the war nee corporation. This cornorn a ii Bi'vmirapn-n aerenov tq mi mock is owned entirelv by United States. It was wn'm ing hostilities for war purposes temporary powers which it is proposed to revive were enn. red in March, 1019 to assisi if essary in the financing of an te. The general ju oiation expire six mnmh. be termination of the wnr ,t ewers with respect to the fl og of exports expire n von- r the termination nf th He wo are technimtlv rtiu ' of war it unquestionably was med, when this added power granted, that pence im.u e bee,, formally proclaimed he ' thisilme and that the limits of one year would have ex dp Other Agencies Ham t fin May, 1920, in view 'f ,, I bat export trade. had not been rrimtet it v -- .. Ided, and that mbm. ...' . " Privately financed in in,- the war finance tlie request of the secretary of treasury ami with , ponded the narfcetinr 308. - rhe resolution wns passed k congress apparently In view of recent sudden and considerable i mi puces especial v of sffrle,,i. B commodities with the thought some European nnnntrl. t ch certain DrOdllctl were Mlliy shlDDed bi f,,r.. k. ...... h( again he enabled to resume ir importation -.5 that larme Mas of domestic exports to Bn. ?an countries generally might Stimulated, with the icsnltinc laneetnent of domestic prices r in full sympathy with every d proposal to promote foreign along- sound business lines I not convinced that thb method nosed is wise, or that the bene- T any. would offset the evils ach would result, or thnt the (Continued on Pace Four i Prices of Groceries In Salem Show A verage Decline of 40 Percen t; Meats A Iso Turn ble Oldest Man In World III; Blames Set of False Teeth Constantinople, Jan. 3. For the first time in his life of 146 years, Zora Mehmed, who is said to be the oldest man In the world, is 111. He Is suffering from indigestion, for which he blames a set of false teeth. All his working life Zora has been a carrier of heavy weights, ranging from 200 to 1,000 pounds. During the Napoleonic wars he had a bet that he could lift 000 pounds with his teeth, and he ruined them in making the attempt. He got along for some time without any teeth, and then he obtained a set which wore out. About twenty years ago he got another set, which, he says, have always given him indigestion and have finally made him go to the hospital for treatment of the complaint. Zora was born in Turkish Armenia, as the birth record in the mosque there shows, in 1774. He has a son aged ninety and a young daughter of fifty. In appearance he is only about seventy. Wallowa County Man Succeeds Kiddle On State Highway Board Steel Corporation Reduces Price of Stock to Employes New York, Jan. 3. The United States Steel corporation today an nounced the price at which its em ployes may purchase stock from it as $81 a share, as against 10S last year when between 50,000 and f,0,000 shares were available. The tmount which may be bought this year was not announced. Steel opened on the stock ex change this morning at 81 1-8. Etheridge Back; Placed lit Jail rortland. Ore., Jan. 3. John L. Etheridge, former president of tne bound house of Morris Brothers, Inc., which is now in receivers hands, arrived here today trom Minneapolis where he was arrested last week on larceny charges. He was taken from the train at Van couver. Wash., ana orougnt 10 Portland where he was taken to the county Jail. He was taken from there at once to the district at torney's office. Mrs. Rtheridge, who accompan ied her husband also left the train at Vancouver. Rev. Oswald W. Taylor of Grace Memorial Episco pal church, where the Etheridges were members, was at Vancouver to greet them. After a consultation with Ether idge, District Attorney Walter H. Evans quoted the prisoner as hav ing said be hoped he would be able to get out on ball so he could help the receiver. "I had no idea when I left that things were in such awful shape," Etheridge was quoted as having said. "When I left I was under the Impression that everything was all right. It Is my hope that I shall be able to make up. dollar for dol lar, everything that is missing." Soldier Bonus Bill Held Valid Tacomn. Wash.. Jan 3.' The state supreme court today in Olym pia handed down a decision vali dating the constitutionality of the oMier bonus bill passed"" by the noplnr referendum at the Novem ber election. The decision will per nit early payment to ex-service men of $lf for each month they served during the war. Details of Bunting Of Irish Town Shock To English Public ondon, Jan. 3. Public Opinion ived a shock when the details h-? burning of the Irish town of elon Saturday were made ppb- esterday. This shock was par- arly felt in quarters where it be?n supposed that martial law outhv.estern Ireland would pu' tidto such reprisals. Nowhere lere outspokenapproval of the hmrnt meted But to the Irish se by Major General Sir Ed I Strickland, and there evident some reluctrmr- to indorse method of keeping order. official statements It is de d thtt seven dwellings in ton were destroyed as a result n ambush of notice near that last Wednesday. Declaration the authorities had decided the people living In certain es in the vicinity of the nt- mus' have known of the nlot mbusb the noPc and thnt rf- e inmates of the houses seteet- r destruction had been warned o" leave the buildings were set ifire. The occupants were permit .ed to remove their valuables but tad to leave their furntlure behind. While declining to question the act of burning the houses on the ground that it was a drastic meas ure, the London Times questions -he adequacy of the explanation .hat the inhabitant of the burned dwellings to were bound to have Known of the ambush. "Official repriaa!," the newspa per continues, "may be a rough form of Justice, but despite the roughness, the element of justice should be always beyond question." The Daily News says "the reports will be read with amazement and despair. It us a savage outrage up on human decency, and the matter cannot be left where It ir." The Daily Herald, organ of labor, calls it "savage and diabolical vio lence"' and calls upon labor to stop "this war upon a nation." Jay H. Dobbin, Wallowa county rancher and stockman, was named by Governor Olcott this morning as a member of the state highway commission from the eastern Ore gon district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ed E. Kid dle of Island City last week. The governor expressed the hope tbit Dobbin would accept the pst al though admitting that the latter's wishes had never been consulted in the matter. The selection of Dobbin followed a thre hours' conference here Sat urday between the governor, R. A. .Booth, chairman, and John Ye4n member of the highway commis sion. Dobbin's name was not in cluded in the list of ten candidates whose friends were flooding the ex ecutive office wtih telegrams and letters of recommendation. These included William Poll man of Baker, David H. Nelson of Pen dleton, Thonuis McCann of Bend, Frank B. Ingles of Dufur, William Hanley of Burns, Mark A. Mayer of Mosier, P, D. McCully of Joseph, Leslie Butler of Hood River, W. B. Barrett of Heppner and J. W. Don nelly of Arlington. "It was a most difficult appoint ment to make I might say the most difficult perhaps that hus yet come before me," the governor stated this morning in commenting on the appointment of Dobbin. "The names considered were many and embraced the very best avail able timber in eastern Oregon. Mr. Dobbin was not a candidate nor had anyone called his name to our attention. His name was arrived at by a process of elimination. We took the map of the state and fig uratively went into every commun ity of eastern Oregon tind mentally assayed Its available timber. Mr. Dobnin is-one of the promi nent figures of that section of the state and one of its largest farmers and stock growers. Besides his large ranch and stock interests h Is connected with Jos'epK illd Ente prise banking institutions. He serv ed In the legislatures of 1905 and 1 907 as representative Xroni Union serving his second term as presi dent of the Oregon Wool Growers association and is a man of inde pendent means amassed through the good old-fashioed method of thrift, hard rk and long hours. He is of the progressive type and has :il ways hern prominently ident ified with the advancement of his community :md state. "One consideration taken into account with his selection was the fact of his prominent connection wtih agriculture. There his been some criticism voiced In the paal that this important industry hair not received Its pro;er recocnition by representation on the highway commission. Mr. Kiddle represent ed them in a way. however, as the nature of his business brought him in more or less close touch with it. Mr Dobbin's acceptance will mean that for the first time an agricul turist and stockman will serve as a member of the state highwA- com mission, the untimely death of J. N. Burgess presenting his partici pation in the affairs nf the com mission after his appointment to the post." History is reversing Itself. The axiom that wages advance slower and fall faster than the prices of foodstuffs is not holding good in Salem. That is, the de cline in wages recently an nounced by various : industrial concerns in this city, ranging from 12 to 22 percent, are far short of the rate at which grocer ies and meats are hitting the to boggan from the peak of high war prices. 1'rom the pinacle they reached during the post-war months of last summer, wiien prices were at the highest level ever known In recent years, 22 staple articles of food which are included in the grocery bill of every family to day, have declined on an average of 40 percent since that time. Re tall meat prices in Salein have dropped more tlan 21 percent from the peak. In the grocery line potatoes, which were selling at 9 cents a pound, show the greatest drop. They are now selling at 1 cents. Coffee has suffered Evidences of Friendship Mark Feast Messages of Good Will Characterize Banquet for Secretary Colby at Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Jan. 3, Mutual declarat'ons of warm friendship between the United States and Ar gentina rnd the exchange of toasts to President Wilson and Irigoyen marked brief addresses of Senor Torello, acting foreign minister and airbridge Colby, American secretary of state, at a banouet here tonight. Members of the Ar gentine cabinet and of Mr. Col by's party were present, Mr. Co. by, who visited Brazil and Uruguay as a personal emis sary of President Wilson, return ing official visits, declared his call here as that of "only an admiring and appreciative guest passing a few brief hours in your midst, but slump of!IOnfr '''ous;h t0 deliver a massage better than SO nercen. th n-ul. I ",K " -enasnip ana good will I ,v,i,.i, ...-w ' i bear .. ...v... wiu iui-.li uts pu cemH a pound now are being sold be tween 20 and 30 cents. The decline in price of the iiiu.cipai staples in the grocery you. Scores Propagandists He referred to many things which "tend to sow misunderstand Ings" ircluding the "impalpable Governor Smith Out; Spent 22 Years for Public New York, Jan. 3. Alfred E. Smith, retiring governor of New York, ended a twenty-two year career in public life today when he shed his hat and coat In the offices of the United States Trucking cor poratlon and went to work as chairman pf its board of directors The ex-governor announced he would never be a candidate for public office again. Old Panama Purchase Is Fight Center Payment of Twenty Five Million to Co lombia is Held Justi fied and meat lines from the peak to fin,ster activity of the propa- .. . .. rr;, TIIOl n tin la n.ltllnn .1 . .... Piesent quotations are shown in the following table of retail quo tation In Salom when prices were at their highest and as they are now: Groceries Top price Bulk coffee, lb $ .60 Hulk tea, lb 60 Sugar, lb 26 Eggs, doz 75 Lard, No. 10 tin 3.25 Milk, tall can 20 Potatoes, lb.' 09 Onions, lb 12 hi Parsnips 05 Cabbage 08 Carrots 04 Beets 04 Spinach 15 Turnips, bunch .05 Celery, bunch 20 Canned peas, standr'd .2 Canned tomutoes 18 Canned corn 20 Canned string beans .20 Canned asparagus 60 Patent flour 3.96 Corn Syrup, 10 lbs 1.35 gand.'st vvho is willing to deceive nnd embitter a whole people to serve hb sordid ends." He -lar-od that "there is no better way to counteract these regrettable ten dencies than an open meeting face pi face, of disinterested nnd responsive spokesmen of friendly .08 1-3 1 Pooples, the encouragem?.it of every form of intercourse, and frequent and Intimate ofelal and unofficial exchanges bet-veer! them." nenai ir loreno oescriDed as an Present I.20-.30 10 .60 2.00 .12 .01 .02 Meat Prime Rib Roast Beef .35 Top prions Present Colby. .03. unforgettable token of friend snip tie. courtesies extended by .03 m ' a mates auring the war .02 when she offered an escort of war .10 'vessels to the Argen'lr.e battleship .02 I Kivaduvia during a visit of that .10 vessel to the United States. .13 M. Colby leaves Monday night .13 More Than Sentiment .18 The friendship uniting Argon- .15 Una jnd the United States is more .45 j than 'banal sentiment," says La - 57Epoca, the official government or 87. gan. in ;, n editorial welcoming Mr. Chuck beef Round steak Pbutk steait Porterhouse .... Loin lamb chops .. Veal cutleta Pork chops Leg of Lamb Smoked ham Roasting chicken . .30 .35 .35 .38 .50 .30 .50 .45 .50 .60 .30 .32 .35 .40 .26 .34 .35 .32 .45 Bill To Protect Liquor of Sick Men Offered Washington, Jar.. 3. A bill de signed to prevent the doctoring or adulteration of the slek man's liq uor was introduced today by Rep resentative Vare, republican. Penn sylvania. Specially It wou'd stop the manufacture and sale of wn ky containing less than 45 per cent of alcohol, for medicinal purposes Wholesale violations of the medicinal provisions of the r"- hi bition enforcement set remi'ted in great harm to patients for whom liquor had been prescribed. Mr. Vare declared. I "Situa ed in extreme South Af- 24 erica, tbe newspaper continues. "we h.nc always directed our glaiue to the far north with the certainty of finding "there live, robust, loyal and advanced sup port for us, as for all nations which hpve arisen from emanci pating revolutions. From the be ginning f the past century the North American federation has constantly furnished us an exam ple to follow." Se-ret tv Colby was asked a ser ies of o-nestions by La Epoca, par ticularly regarding Argentina's withdrawal from the league of nations His answer to this ques tion is nuotod Rfl follows: "The United States hns for mniv than p century adh?fd to a posi tion in irvor of the entire nnd un oiiaUf'od self comnetenre of tri"1 republics nn the wester i hemis phere, r, t d pursues -'I'M n pnlt.y ns rga "'1s the delioe'i-te tndc ment I their governments a"nd peor-e. We. e-rdlprrly. vere pr--narel t-- ncett Arn na's :-etlo-.i br.'pe.- it rol'iMdod vr nit it n our r--. ninVn " ln illcN Treat" V . ' fiiMkim of th" nnd'rr rMP With C"'ombll. tWtHT fn'l r.-i"t, it iidd h" -itlfled in nMtntattfd with nrcniietv an (,,o'lre Act Inn bv 'he T'n'ted '''ntes la conreetinn with tH" lnd-odpn.- nf Pnn'n" wi';'d l-" -deMt with In the 'reity he snld. r vP, rerrep" tjp "fVr pV ?d iiornrnt,''! ef forts n t"- T"n!td KM ' " " t)-. b . f'!ni "f mif-ibla. to wiii vMrh the T-"'td Stnt- in- lot t ll 1 1 he fr'p"dll feetlnts. ' Tnuch:ng the oues'ion ef ex ehri'e between th.- United States -nil A-entin:i Mr v'ottiv explain ed th apparent n1"nn'age In the harpi- :mition was reMly In- Pclk Budget Is Passed; Voters Objections Few Dallas, Or., Jan. 3. The annual udget meeting at the court house the last of the week was well at tended, yet few objections were of fered to the various contemplated appropriations which had been pre pared by the court. Some anxiety was evidenced by the Dallas peo ple as It had been reported objec tion would be made to the $15,000 appropriv.ion made by the court for imi.rovoment of the county roads within the city limits, how ever, the item passed without any dissention. Several taxpayers present made irtiulrles about other Items and irade minor objections, but after an explanation of each protested item, the budget was adopted without man;- changes. Miss Mar vin, state librarian, was in ::tien ance. and exp'alned th county li brary fund to the ratisfactlon Of those present and $26'i0 was al loyed (Of carrying on MM work In the county. The st.ite tax for roads was re- du-i'l $7500 and the item bridges. oads and m"ch:nery was rr duced - I- market road appropriation (n tarfona to North .American tredr 23 900. The ami in' to match state ate market rooad appropriatM? was increased about $1000, while the gpp.'ral road fund for Improve ment and maintenance of road we reduced from 175.0'Mi to $61, )0". The total estimated expense -,f ttae I Bets for the year 1S21 is $400,646.75. Chamberlain Is Reported Nearly Past Danger Bfark Washington, Jan. 3. Continued improvement In the condition of Senator Chamberlain of Oregon who had two operations recently. mras reported today. Within a few days. It wes said, the peiicd at danger would be passed. The rtn foundrv lecer.tlr estab lished at Yovt Crove ,is now la operation, the first heat having been put on Monday nlzfct. s!n"e It reduce" buytng oy ra untie nrices. lie said th? !"nlted States wp m-itnng all possible efforts to olvp the problem. Police Asked To Aid Search For Missing Husband fae .ntrele. Cab. Jan. 3. Mrs. P W. H'-nnesefry h is asked the po Pr to join a private detective agency in a search for her husband 2 yurm old. reputed wealthy con tractor, formerly of S -attle. Wash., who. rhe pid today, disappeared bore I-.s( Friday. The rcuple were moving whn a tranger offered to nslt H"nness-y in pla-ing t-unks and KU':tee In a nytomob'1" Mrs. Henneney ee." T"f two men !eft tege'her. Mrs. neWMMJI said deeds and Pied at nore than $20,090 w" In her husband's possession when she last saw him. Washington, Jan. 3. American onduct in the negotiations for th construction of the Panama canal begun first with the republic of Columbia and later carried on with the revolution-built state of Pana ma, was "without Justification and therefore Indefensible," Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, de dared today in the senate, speak ing for ratification of the treaty In volving payment of a $25,000,000 indemnity to Colombia, which has been pending several years. Relates Cast; History. He recounted the involved story of the diplomatic and commercial lea lings of 1!)03 that finally result ed In the canal's construction ann barged that Prosjdcnt Theodore Roosevelt "acquired the right of vay for the canal from a band of illibusterers by bartering for it the honor ot the nation." "The only comfort one gathers rem the shameful and sordid story I that It finds no precedent in our history," ho said in stating his con -luslons "I trust that we may soon clcnowledge the wrong and make 'omo reparation lest it be invoked rome time to shelter or justify as tau.lt upon the integrity of some weak and helpless nation." Attacks Roosevelt. President Roosevelt's conduct "from th" commencement to the lose of the episode fortunately hns no parallel In the diplomatic hls 'ory of the United States," Senator "botnas charged, declaring that the 'overnment of the United States .bared responsibility to a greater ir less degree for the revolution which set up a new state on the isthmus when Colombia refused to atlfy a treaty with the United states governing the cnnal. "Prep- irations were making under his cry nose for a vaudeville Isthmian insurrection," the senator added, "to which he must have shut his eyes, for otherwise he would have seen them, and filled his ears with cotton, for otherwise he would have heard them." Facts ns to the participation of the government in the successful Insurrection, Senator Thomas charged, had been suppressed by President Roosevelt, and copies of official dispatches bearing upon It demanded by senate resolutions had been withheld or mutilated. Nation's Honor Bartered. "The man who suppresses or de stroys testimony." he said of this. stands self convicted. Mr. Roose elt acquired the right of way for he canal from a bund of filibuster ere By bartering for it the honor of 'he nation." "Between justice nnd our offensi og.ilnst Colombia, there can bo re- -meiliatlon only through national tonement. Uatfl these things are done, our cha mplonship of small -rations nnd weak peoples nre as he sound of tinkling cymh.iln. When we shall have squared our ictlons with our sentiments, Lntin--nerica will grasp our extended band, and Pan-Amerlcn will then eassune tne material proportions of "in edurin;- strurt.ire." Portland Expert To Be President and Manager Of Revitalized Concern Stockholders and Principal Creditors in Con ference This Afternoon to Approve Propos ed Plan of Reorganization Resulting from Investigations made and Approved by Mtall A complete reorganization of the Phez Company, the largest manu facturing and distributing concern in Salem, Is being perfected at a Joint meeting of stockholders and principal creditors being held at the company offices in the United States National bank building this afternoon, at which C. M. Miall of Portland, an expert on the re organization and refinancing of in dustrial plants, will be elected president and placed in charge of the company's business. The reorganization has been un derway for sometime and follows a favorable report upon the com pany's business and prospects made after a thorough investiga tion of conditions by Mr. Miall in behalf of the Portland banks and other creditors. Plans for reorgan ization will be announced after their approval by stockholders this afternoon. The Prez Company, which five large plants in Salem sad Olympia, including the largest jetty manufactury In the west, and ham made Oregon famous for Logsc berry and other fruit juices and created a national market for Its products, like many another grow ing concern, has been handicapped by having its business expand mora rapidly than its capital. Harney cancellation of orders, which fol lowed the general business stamp In the east, added to the financial difficulties of the concern, and re sulted in curtailing activities tem porarily. Announcement that reorganisa tion is about completed will bo, hailed with -satisfaction by the community as upon the success of thejcoinpany depends to a large aw tent the future of the berry Indus try of the valley. Man Charged Auto Thieves; Car Captured Automobile thieves who obvious y intended to make away with the car of A. B. Peterson, "825 North Commercial street, eaTly this mtirn- ng, got nothing more than a scare out of their work. Furthermore thoy are out one roadster which they are said to have deserted when Mr. Peterson charged down on his machine which they were endeavoring to start. Shortly after 1 o'clock thlH morn ing police were notified that some body was trying to make away with .Mr. Peterson's car, parked in front of his home. Officers Victor und irown were sent to Investigate. Arrived on the scene the blue- coats learned that the would-be iheves had departed with much gusto when Mr. Peterson bar, swooped down on them, and had failed to take the machine in which they are said to have arrived. The car is being held by police at headquarters. According to tne records, it is the property of H. C. Staab of Stayton, officers said this morning, nnd it is belirved to nave been stolen. Temporary Halt In Immigration Is Held Issue '.S'ashington, Jan. 3. A tempor ary suspension of immigration pending a full investigation "with a view to passing some permanent legislation" Is the "real issue" be fore congress. Chairman Colt, of the senate Immigration committee declared today at the opening of h.-arlngs on the Johnson bill re stricting Immigration for one year. Itepresentat.ve Johnson of Wash ington, author of the house meas ure, was the first witness. "I am told the situation inimedi- M.er confronting us." he said, "is such that aliens are coming over in droves. They are gathering at Kuropean ports in largest num- ers yet reported. They rep-esent 1 highly undesirable class." Mr. Johnson dealt largeti with the increasnig unemployment in this country.. Gas Masks Used In Fighting Big Fire In Medford Modford, Or., Jan.-3. Kx-8i-rvir' men pqulpped with gM maKks u.d n the bitf war, aldfd the local fir department hurt nlnht in puttlnt out a flro in the Oarnctt Corey Of ice hulldinfr which resulted in an estimated $2f.000 Iokh l;irj?ey cov ered by insurance. The fire stnrted in th basement and becau.se of the density nf the Hmoke the Ronm could not be located for some time. The fire department as having a hard strtigMrl' when a dozen ex service men hurried to their home, secured their Ra masks and led the way through the Hmoke to the renter of the trouble. I-'ew of ttlem Wntrt otherwise equipped for fire faM InK and ten perfectly pood suits were rufned as a consequence Trial of Youth For Murder of Sweetheart On St. Ixiuis, Mo.. Jan. 3. Aihert Bills, 21 years old, went to trial here today charged with murder In the first degree in connection with the death of Kdna Wilis, tl. his former sweetheart, whoa rua tlluted body wus found In a va cant lot near her home Iere No vember 6 last. The girl's throat had been cut and deep gashes in her hands In dicated to the police she had struggled with her assailant f n" possession of the weapon with which she was killed. Ellis, in an alleged confeassm given out by police two diy ar ter the body was found, saH jeal ousy had prompted iilm to hill tle girl who had broken off ths:r ss- gagement. AccordinT to tha pur ported confession, h- I y 'n w.lt for Miss Ellis, and lUlcfed her with a rn.or. Ellis ml tun !r? were not related, though of the same name. Spectators were tm.--red from the court room today Hardin? Turns His Attention To Home Issttea Ma-Inn, Jan 3. Again centering bin attention upon domestic BTOh lems. President-elect Harding gave most of his time today to a mtnnte canvass of the legislative nitnatlun in conference with Senator Curtis nf Kansas, republican whip In the senate. Clifford Plnchot of Pennsylvania and Representative Towner of Iowa, also were expected to call. Slnyer Surrenders. Now York. Jan. 3. Jeremiah Pohan, a prohibition enforcement agent said hy the nolice to be the mysterious "Mr. X" sought in con nection with the recent killing of "Monk" Eastman, gangster and world war hero todiy surrendered. Woman Struck By Auto; Collar Bone Is Broken; Five Crashes Reported i ioiisly bruised, her collar bone until on Church street and that broke, Mrs. G. 1). Burdick. 25 1 N'orth Church street, was taken to ier home Sunday after she hao een struck and hurled to tn isvcnent by an BVeeaSjOhiie whieh. iccording to her husband who rc uirted th-' accident to police, was driven by R. W. IJonahuo. who :ves In apartments at 770 South 'eillnri lal street. The Rurdick icriih in was hul one of five report eel to police over the week-end. lie and his wife, according to Mr. rim-dick were crossing Stale street t Church when Mrs. Burdick eras knocked down. lonshue. it was said, was driving e.t s i treel and had esrayed to turn i-est. The Injured woman was licked up by H. H. Vandorvort. 43"- North Winter street, and was taken to her home. Ml,, n In Crash. Two cars were slightly damaged but nobody was injured when an tomoiiile piloted by Joseph Al bert, of the Csptial National bank. liled with a machine driven by Sam 11 Taylor, according to Mr. to Mr Kirkwood. His machine, he Albert. i said, was struck by an Mr. Albert amid he was m ovine 1 approaching from the rear. Mr. Taylor s car was east-bound on State street When the accident oc curred. Two women drivers figured In an accident at the corner of Court and Capitol streets Miss roroth? Patterson, of the girls industrial school, driving west on Court st'. rt i i, ih,;,, I with h machine pil oted by Mrs. J. N. Smith, who was proceeding south on Capitol. The Smith car, according to the potter ,, .! ! u , - slightly ami the Patterson machine was awjt aaK of commission. Nobody was in jured in the snuishup. Wheel. tVinlcrs. Sutaxhrel. While driving north on Meet street, he collided wtih a car mov ing east on State street. Rea Pad told polic. A front wheel (ad fender on the Pade ear aatia smaaiied, but nobody was injarew. Mr. Pade did not learn the nasaet cf the other driver. A roar fender was torn off a ear driven by Fred Kirkwood while St was wa.tlng to pass an slreetcar on 1 4th street.
