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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1921)
Circulation for 1923. 5250 "ution of Salem 1900. 425S; G apitajour nal The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Wed nesday fair, except probably rata northwest portion, moderate south erly winds. JjOCAL: Rainfall .17; southerly wind-; cloudy; maximum 61, min imum 48, set 49; river .8 feet and rising. 1910, on County 1920. 47.177; Polk r at Audit Bureau of Circu Associated Press Full ased Wire. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 1, 1921 Price Three Cents uusseek to Lighten Burden of War Debt i son Says e .i.J- AAfiniT a-l 1 - j ident Rushes to fense 01 awu" Mason Utoo, Mar. 1. -President came tod.ny to the defense iaruch and John D. Ryan, ,e been charged oy ni- . uasnn. reoUDiicnn, un- Kl, profiteering in copper -in the government dur- war. . letter to Kepre'""""" jemocrat, Tennessee, the ill: ....o nml insinuations. cniue " . .,(fii,,ti)iilv answered. .. ,,m him as t" tne nxing price of copper during me KL rf.lfv the lituttlon. esident deniea imu 111 Mr. Rv.in hail ,!.,i,.nc f.vr which no sai'l Robert S. Lovew, priori uea Hionfr for the government iiie i" T-w TafV UW11 V ' www TAwtiaMAtlt Is Completed the last two days attorneys DfteilUtUlL IHI.t n TJ !.f ('mil i I . . i i lil'i'i:. Of the Siherton Lumber te.cn oi contract, now IU llllll.' UIl 111" dill- 14 ;MN l I III II nv company to comply with a defer delivery of logs Nornh 1 U 1 U , . . , I . 1 i 1. .. 1 n i umr in s oir necks ?ys IOr he ( ctcnrliin st ain linmt' ifnmrh t iu iiiir M-iten ,i t- a a t ii., company had complied e rHl ic;r (it Mr I'niiFrfinru an h,. 7 i , ... i - ... i i f 1 IlTll 111 .1 II. I.. tllA ,.,l,rt rlU'P Vino- hW, .; ,1.1. U r, , ..... i. townen loHtliied that Ii S filniicilf i. .... 1 OA fiilA and that in the thirty ..v. ucbiu nit; Oliver wiiijiiiiij IU UCIil UK It could have cut up the Kin f(.r ......... kl- c . nailing uji 1,13 he statu. 1 ih..i u . in- wan iiux M statted that he was not mi. i was in oper- nun lie uiuainen tne fiver aaa . . fw,vuu wnicn ne w have fat between August mm, ne answered fhn.r L.i w iittu been nht-tinpfl H. B. Latham. RimpHn. ic nun. ie was also how he knew that ha nr iiftt-;,. . .. i v in, i no nan anon " "e cars of the company, and when his p they must h m2b -Hf-HSfS Ifl the r Li,-'"" "nar civil suit will UUnne TTie rPlnuinrlo, technical testi- m evidence. Houston Directed'to Produce'Records of Foreign Loans Made Washington, March 1. Secretary Houston is "directed" in a resolution adopted today by the judiciary committee to produce complete treasury files of correspondence relating to foreign loans. Members of the committee said the resolu tion was virtually a "quantity subpoena" in form The resolution was introduced by Senator Reed, democrat Missouri, author of the bill to prohibit further loans to loreign governments and was adopted in executive session. Committeemen said it made it "mandatory" for the secretary to appear before the committee tomorrow with the full correspondence. League's Answer To American Note Is Unsatisfactory Paris, March 1. The council of the League of Nations in its reply to the American note on the mandates question in vites the United States to send a representative to the next meeting of the council to be held in April, it was learned here this afternoon. The reply was cabled to Washington by the American embassy in the afternoon. Concerning the Island of Yap, the reply says the council was obliged to accept the decision of the supreme council. It indicates, however, that the whole question may be reofiened if the Washing ton government sees fit to send a plenipotentiary to discuss the mat ter. Reply Tliot Unsatisfactory Washington, Mar. 1. State de partment officials are to with hold judgment on the notes on mandates prepared by the British government and the council of the league of nations until the full texts are received, but they indi cated today that if the notes had been summarized correctly in press dispatches they would be unac ceptable. The statement, said to be in the British note, relative to mandates in Mesopotamia, that President Wilson himself at Paris urged that mandates be limited to nations members of the league of nations were denied. The only definite information as to the contents of the note is that its tone is particularly friendly and that its general tenor is an invita tion to the United States to con tinue the conversation. A representative of the council conferred with Ambast-ador Wal lace today as to wTiether there would be nny objection to having the note made public here. it a . DP A 1 m n.ii A Ul va nvi o Cat 23 Percent """en, in .11 " . of - ' " v 'U, Win bp Prt,,,, K vi - s npr rcn, tm i u retail coal prices will "Dm jo cenis t . coal --- - ... Ipr. The two mines not I lh wage r.rt,,i . U1 mt(;t this aft-mnnn mtm nffiii . mg . "iiumiir j. 10 the nn.ro, . ".ures --in w . w. that eriet ... III ltl Wl - uirnt sa '00 and 4n'nn ".e oraer, it was u - .. . t ... "-i'"ai took from Democratic Delegate From Alaska Deprived of Seat Washington, March 1 George B. Grigsby, democratic delegate from Alaska, was ousted from the house today by a vote of 182 to 162. James Wickersham was seated by a vote of 177 to 162. He was immediately sworn in and according to a statement made on the floor will receive about $7,000 a day until the end of his term, Fr.ay noon. The house defeated 189 to 170 to refer the case back to committee and also rejected a democratic resolution to de clare James Wickersham not elected. Caruso Undergoes Operation" New York, March 1. Enrico Caruso, who recently was critically ill from a heart attack, following pleurisy, today underwent a third operation for removal of pus from the pleural cavity. His physicians announced he was resting comfortably. Landis Report Due Tomorrow Washington, March 1. Impeachment charges against Federal Judge Landis were referred today by thehou.se judiciary committee to a sub-committee with instructions to report tomorrow. Cement Dealers Indicted New York March 1. One hundred and ten cement dealers were named 'in indictments handed down today by the special fedaral grand jury which has been investigating an alleged building material combine mentioned in connection with the building trust inquiry. Wilson Signs Three Bills Washington, March l.-President Wilson today signed the $574 000,000 postoffice appropriation bill the $15,Z5u,uuu rivers and harbors bill and the first deficiency bill carrying $276,000,000. Yankee Troops Rescue President of Panama From Attack by Mob Victory Cost Republicans $8,100,739 Total Campaign Ex penditures for 1920 Campaign Placed at $10,338,509 Washington, Mai. 1. Campaign costs of electing a president of the United States in 1920 were $10, .138,509, as estimated by the spe cial senate investigating committee which today filed its report with congress. Of this amount, republi cans spent $8,100,739, while demo cratic expenditures were $2,237,770. The compilation took into account only the expenditures made by or in behalf of all candidates of re publican and democratic president ial candidates and a national, state congressional and senatorial com mittees of both parties. ExiK-iidiiutrs Held Menuce. Senators Kenyon, Iowa; Edge, New Jersey, and Spencer, Missou I, republicans, and Pomerene, Ohio, and Reed, Missouri, democrats, signed the report, which was unan imous. While stating their con clusion that "the expenditure of these vast sums Is a present and growing menace to the nation, no recommendations for congressional action were made except that the suggestion was made that elections committees of the next congress should consider the question. Con stitutional difficulties may inter vene to prevent legislation on the subject, the report said, but con gress should "take proper steps to submit" a constitutional amend ment dealing with the difficulty "if it is found necessary." While the largest sums of cam paign expenditure found were those of the national organizations, which the committee said was $5, 319,729 for the republican party and $1,318,274 for the democrats, candidates who sought presidential nominations from the conventions accounted for a total of $2,980,033 Wood Spent 1,773.S03. Major General Leonard Wood's' effort to obtain the republican nomination involved expenditure of $1,773,303, the committee found while for Frank O. Lowden the to tal was $414,000; for Senator Johnson of California, $194,000; for Herbert Hoover, $173,000, and for President-elect Harding $113, 000. Expenditures noted in behalf of other republican candidates were i77.000 for Senator Poindexter of Washington; $68,000 for vice-president-elect Coolidge and $40,000 for Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York. Attorney General Palmer led democratic candidates in expendi tures, the amount being fixed at $59,000. while Governor Cox, who obtained the nomination, spent $22,000. James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, was listed at $14,000 and Senator Owen, Okla homa, at $85895. Two candidates in behalf of whom no money was found to have been spent, were Wiliam Q. McAdoo, democrat, and Senator France, republican, Mary land. Democrats Spend Uttle. Something over $700,000 of the total went into senatorial and con gressional contests, the committee found, of which only $31,000 was spent by democratic national or ganizations created for the pur pose. The rspublican congression al committee spent $3757.969 while the G. O. P. senatorial organization spent $326,980. Through state committees, the report said, the republicans spent an aggregate of $2,078,060 against $88,323 for their democratic competitors. Camp Clark at Death's Door Today Panama, Mar. 1. One person is dead and four others are suffering from wounds received when the residential guard fired upon interview in which President Por ras was quoted as leaving declar ed himself favorable to a diplo motlo settlement with Costa Rica after Panama had recovered ter ritory Costa Rican forces seized week It is asserted the mob which broke into tended ras. 10 the palace in- assassinate Senor ror- a v. ,wv, hrnke into tne execu tive mansion here yesterday. One of the injured was Domingo Tur ner, who was the chief organizer of the demonstration here when General Pershing visited the can al zone last year. American troops arrived ai -home of President Porras just in time to save the president s lilfc Senor Porras was conferring with Terminus PTICe, L"- Staies. minister to Panama fninnoi .T .7. Morrow .ho ean.il zone, when crowd in front of the place came threatening. Before the n-i-u-ert a ooriron oi had broken in one oi deors and had been firea upo... -...!. t,a a twen completely re stored last night. Saloons both in . f n cninn had been clos-, ed. while United States troops . . - in .mite of the guaraeu me p " A. i.h ".j- i TheDroposa Seen In The Crimelight f f ----- - -- . yr rjjj BilssssssHssssV JflBsslEflinasiHEBisisK JssHsH ..sBBssslHs - SUW m n 0" . , ,m m - 11 u ,vK ;,..,(, .r, Mari-h 1 Hnnp for the recoverv of Keoresentaiive cnamp ciam vinudiiy was abandoned' todav bv his physicians. The democratic house leader and former speaker who is ill with pleurisy and a complication of other diseases, remained m a comatose state most of the morning and apparently was losi ng grouna. Washington, March 1. Dr. Jesse Shoup, the attending physician, said at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon that he had every reason to hope that Representative Champ Clark of Mis- soun, who is ill at a noiei nere, wouiu uve mruuKu nanism mm f" Governor Applies Official Axe To Five Bills Enacted By Legislature: 1 3 Passed Costa Rica Puts Increased Guard On Panama Line 'Managua, Nic, Mar. 1 Costa mean forces numbering zsuu wamm have been sent to the Panarrfan A JA r . . hu the. ffovernment. 11 said in dispatches received here A mob in Sun Jose has torn down the coat of arms from tne i-arm- i.ir-, 1 1, in mn 11.1s 11 .1111 , 111.1 " "O- . - ., und' r foot as a reprisal lor a mini lar act on the part of a crowd ii Panama- diers crowd and acting gov- a be-sol-the Filibuster To Kill Navy Bill Is Anticipated Washington appi "! -1 - president's request for drawal. The attack upon the place -' K. men who has Mar. 1. The naval bill was before the senate today wun " r a filibuster that would kill all chances for its passage at this term Ot congress. Senator King demo t I-Lah. one of those who yes terday voiced opposition to feature. the measure. c. - - would talk until me "--"",- aatisfied" to eliminate the $1.-00.- . ml Ala- 000 item tor u.e Idaho, for was an international gfg.fg be- I armament al was expected to of Chicago, Mar. 1. Herbert P. Ziegler was shot and killed this morning by Mrs. Isabelle Cora Orthweln in her apart ment. According to the pollca Kiegler and Mrs. Orthwt in had been friendly since shew as di vorced six years ago from Ralph Orthweln, millionaire St. Louis oil man. Philadelphia, Mar. t. Fed eral authorities here today ad mitted they had under arrest a man giving the name of Harry T. Lamey In conection with an alleged threat to kill Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle and Man O' War. the famous race horse, unless $10,000 Is turned over to the writer of a letter sent Mrs. Riddle. She is the wife of the owner of the cham pion. Boone. Colo., Mar. 1. The Citizens State Saving bank of Boone was broken into by a band of automobile cnukirws last night, the safe blown and $75,000 in money and securi ties taken. 6 Automobiles Damaged Here In 3 Crashes It is stated that more money baa been loaned on property in Pend by the Pacific Building A Loan as sociation than in any other town In Oregon. Washington or Id ha in which the association has agencies. With the return of frequent ahpwers and resultant slippery pnemeoU, the number of automo btts accidents reported to the po lice hers returned to about normal ie,t, . ,y Three crashes occurred. When R. E. Carnlne, traveling north on Church street, collide! with a car driven by Charles Lana ham, moving east on Court street, the Carnlne car received a damaged railing board, and the Lanaham machine had Its headlights and front bumper smashed. Nobody was Injured. Only light damage resulted when ti. Phile, going west on State, col lided with J. Sanders, who sudden ly stopped his machine in front of the I'hile car. L. L Thomas. 340 Division street driving a truck north on Commer cial street, said he struck a car go ing east on Court street. He did net learn the name of the other drlw r who, he said failed to stop. Tie damage was very light. Tne First State Having bank of Klaaiath Kails, which was ctoeed some time ago. will reopen In the near fatore with a paid-op capital stock of $:s,oo. Five more bills fell under the veto of Governor pleott this morn ing in the final clean-up of leglsla tlon which had been passed on to his office for consideration. Thc3e included Oie Upton bill providing for the appointment of a commis sioner for the co-operative market ing of meat, the Judiciary commit tee bill providing an additional judge for the tenth Judicial district comprising I'nion and Wallowa counties and three minor measures. In his veto message returning the Upton bill senate bill 230 to the senate, the governor says: "The bill provides that its pur pose is to co-ordinate the livestock growers to the end that the specu lator and profiteer between the grower and consumer can be elimi nate.' A bill relating to livestock scarcely could have a more laud able purpose than this and the au thor of the bill has sincerely en deavored to bring about Borne re sults toward that end. But it Is doubtful if the bill would reach the end sought. Its main result probably would be to place an un necessary expense upon livestock men in the form of fees, which ex pense would be borne by the ulti mate consumer. Rather than to en hance profits for livestock growers and reduce the cost to the consum er apparently the bill might have a directly opposite effect. The meas ure seems to be opposed by a great majority of the stockmen In all sec tions of the state. We all hope to see the time when the consumer and producer may be brought more cloeely together for the commor good of each but this proponed piece of legislation is only a doubt ful step in that direction at the beat." The bill providing for the addi tional judge for the tenth Judicial distiict met with executive disfavor for the two reasons one of which is that the provision requiring the new Judge to be selected from Wal Iowa county Is objectionable and other being that "there Is no such congestion in the business of the courts of the two counties as to warrant the creation of this addi tional office." Other bills vetoed by the gov ernor today were; (Continued on page five) 2 Pay Fines for Speeding Autos Twenty dollars moro went Into the treasury of the city of Salem this morning when C. Reed of Portland, and Frank Wilbur, of this city, were arraigned in Judge Race's police court. Both men pleaded guilty to charges of speeding which had been lodged against them. Wilbur is a driver for the Roth grocery store here. They were fined $10 each. City Asks For Dismissal Of Paving Suit Asking for dismissal of the case, attorneys for the city, filed an an swer to the complaint of the Clark -Henry construction company which brought suit for the payment of warrants Issued by city officials for improvement of South Twelfth street. The city's attorneys deny that bids were asked for in 1912 for the improvement of the street, and also that there was a contract entered into with the construction company to do the work because of their bid of $29,132.01. The construction company al leges that the city accepted ita bid and that warrants were Issued to the company for $lfi.S14.11, which afterwards were refused payment by city officials. The complaint further gives the number and date of Issue of the warrants and a copy of the contract entered Into with the city. The illy denies the issuance of these warrants or of having In structed any of its officials to en ter into the contract. Davis Weber, operating a saw mill at Alrlle, have made a contract with Portland parties to furnish a large quantity of railroad ties. Reparations Reductions Are Sought 1 .nn lloOffrO I PI IK I 11 II V IX - UCVIKU German Delegates Attitude Toward Al lies All Wrong London, Mar. 1. Gemany, through her delegates to the con ference with the allies here today made reparation offers of approxi mately thirty billion marks or about $7,500,000,000. It was understood outside the conference that after Dr. Simons, the German foreign minister, had finished his statement on repara tions to the conferees, Lloyd George, the British prime minister, replied in substance that unless the Germans had something more to offer than appeared on Dr. Simons' statement there was no need of continuing the conference. Simons' Powers Curbed. London, Mar. 1. Dr. Walter Si mons, head of the German delega tion to the reparations conference, which convened here today, has not been given plenary powers by the German government, it was learn ed. For that reason, It was said, he could not accept or reject pro posals outside his Instructiona Suggestion by Premier Briand that Germany's pockets be search ed found cordial advocacy in sev eral quarters here. Premier Lloyd George said that the question of Germany's taxation of wine, beer and tobacco would be one of ta subjects discussed. The Morning Post declared today "we ought to sit on Germany's head until France Is again a first class European power. The newspaper forecast tne piant for a Joint Invasion of Germany which Marshal Foch and Premier Lloyd-George are supposed to have discussed. It was declared the plan doubt b contemplated the seizure of the Ruhr mining district in west ern Germany. Proposal Scored. "Mr. Lloyd-Goorge told the Ger man foreign minister: "It the written proposals are of the same general character as the explanation of them, it isn't worth) while for us to read them. You) have a complete lack of compre hension of the position of the alllea and of your own position. We will discuss among our.ejves our reply and give It to you tomorrow." When the Germans left the con ference they appeared to be greatly depressed. premiers Lloyd-Gorge and Brland were smIUng as they came from the conference cham ber. Ask Money Be Loaned Ir. Simons said Germany would) pay fifty billion marks, subject to the various discounts and reduc tions and the sums already paid. A hasty examination by the French ili li gation of the written proposal of the Germans Indicated that af ter the reductions Germany would pay about thirty billion marks. Premier Briand said the propos alsals were so drawn that they amounted to an offer, that If the allies Would advance Germany money on favorable terms, then Germany would pay them. The Germans apparently figure th.tt If I he capital sum of about thirty bil lion marks were taken now,' It would nmount to about 220.000, 000.000 marks In forty two year at five per cent. The difficulty, however, It Is pointed out In allied quarters Is for Germany to obtain these thirty billion marks without the allies doing it largely for them, which the allies regard as wholly unacceptable. The German financial proposal it was learned, were made subject to two conditions: First, that the plebiscite In Up per Silesia should result in favor of Germany. Second, that Germany should have restored to her free commer cial privileges throughout the world. Hawley Given Hand In Shaping House Policies Washington, Mar. 1. Frederick II. Glllett ot Massachusetts will continue as speaker In the next house of representatives. This waa assured today as the result of the decision of republican members of the next house, meeting In confer ence last night. Representative Mondell of Wy oming, likewise, will be republican leader of the next house. By de cision of the conference the Her. James Shera Montgomery, formerly of Indiana but now a Methodiat minister of Washington, will suc ceed the Rev. Henry N. Couden aa house chaplain. The membership of the commu te on committees, which is charged with appointing the powerful steer ing committee wUl include the fol lowing: Idaho. French; Montana, McCor mirk; Oregon, Hawley; South Da kota, Christopheraon; Washington Johnson; Wyoming, Mondell. Ho "d wlH begin J 1 i -i h'1 . v -j..Iif., a come maddened over a published I fer a serious stumoiin u... - ouuaing.