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Woman Who Wouldn't Remarry " a CJnrm,M e . w tripping serial Story by Idah McGlone Gibson, Will Start) Monday in The Capital Journal Circulation Average for 1923, 6850 Population of Salem 1900, 4258; ,910 14,094; 1920. 17,679 ,.nnly, 14.181 u.mber of Audit Bureau of Clrcu- ....... ...i..t,1 Pn,u IT, ,11 'atiOIl Leased Wire. XhWYear. No. 75 ournal Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 28, 1921 77 Weather OREGON: Temurht and Tues day fair; eentle winds mostly southerly. LOCAL : No rainfall; northerly winds; clear; maximum 63, mini mum 33. set 35 ; river 6.6 feet and falling. Price Three Cents HJ5BU7I $f g&S ailroad Employes Denied Increased Pay Inified ction Sought Iferees Seek Organ- ation of Single Co- Uative Agency for farmers !(,, r;ir. 28. Conferenc ing at i lie unification of eral large scale plans for isrstive handling of grain ners iif I lie country began today. They are expected to tie through the week. ie Hope is 10 anive ai a to be presented to thn Itaiion conference called here week by I lie Farmers drain m Committee of Seven- Aaron Saplro of San dan (plained. "If a general plan ndlins of ii 1 1 grain is agreed gives promise of making argest farmers cooperative rise in the country." Saplro is here representing 'ortbwcstern Wheat Grow- cbange, which operates .n ingtoti, Oregon, Idaho and la. Ho Bald tnat w. H. vy of Wichita, Kan., na- Mcretary and treasurer of Growers' association flea, was expected tomor- llfford Thorne, counsel for erlcan Farm Bureau Fed- is representing the com of seventeen, of which he ember. Mr. Jewett of Spo- WaRh., general manager it tlrwest Exchange, will he iday and the other lead- expected. Preliminary lay are chiefly Yankee Troops Ordered Out To Quell Communist Riots At Montabaur Early Today rvkl,. m v. no . . 9r TOO MUCH JAZZ DANCING ; ..POLICEWOMAN ISSUES A CODE IN COMMANDMENTS Worcester, Mass., Mar. 28. Since the advent of the "Chica go drag" and "camel's walk" tne dance halls of this city some three weeks ago, dancers have been acting on the floors as though the lid was off proprie ty, according to Policewoman M. Elizabeth Tracy and Mrs. Jennie M. Ktce. Accordingly the following commandments have been promulgated: Thou shalt not attempt the Chicago drag. Thou shalt not try the camel walk. Thou shalt not pivot. Thou shalt not shimmy. Thou shalt not tickle-toe. Thou shalt not jazz in any of its diverse forms. Thou shalt not dance cheek to cheek. Coblenz, March 28. A communist uririsintr occurred this morning in the American bridgehead area at Montabaur, six miles northeast of Ehrenbritstein. A riot call was arrested by the provost marshal and American military police were dispatched to Montabaur to restore order. Halle Recall Not Favored By Frank Miller fences attorneys. nvict Tries o End Life; Cuts Throat p Fontaua, serving a sen- I of from one to fifteen years state prison here for the Of Alex .Nelson in Portland Member, 1916. attempted sul- ' slashing his throat with a Made late Sunday afternoon. Statia was pronounced insane i of examiners Saturday ltd been removed from the story tier of cells to the Itier to prevent any possil.il- I attempted suicide by jump lOfficials are at a loss to ex it. - . ... pussession ot tne razor fuana has been a model pris- race his arrival at the prison pember, 1916. It has been recently that his peculiar ac- I became noticeable leading to pBlnation for insanity. Ko P removed to the state h is- Itor the insune immediately. Dividend Passed. Mar. 28. Sears Roe- t company through its board Wors passed todav the usual ly dividend on its common The romuanv attributed 1 'o slack business. Greeks Rout Turk Force; Loot Large Athens, Mar. 28. Afriun Kara hissar, an important railway junc tion south of Eski Spehr, has been taken by Greek forces from the Turkish nationalists, a dispatch to the newspaper Nea Ellas says. Many prisoners and large quanti ties of war materials have been captured, the dispatch declares, and the Turks are fleeing toward Kiutayah, about fifty miles north ward. An official statement giving de tails of Saturday's fighting says that the army east of Mmyrna pur sued the Turks to within approxi mately four miles of Afium Kara hissar, where the attack halted (01 the night, it is said the Greek losses have been insignificant. The Greeks, east of brusa, have advanced to north of Sughut. The statement seems to indicate that the Turks are entrenching them selves before this important city of Eski-Shehr. Germany, Mar. 28. Fed eral artillery was taking a promi nent part today in dealing with the insurgent communists in this disturbed section of Prussian Sax ony. The artillery shelled the com munists who were grouped on the hills to the west of Eisleben, dis persing them. After a brief engagement the town of Sangerhausen, southwest of Eisleben, was occupied by fed eral forces, which now control that place. That recalling the present state public service commission for rendering a decision for the raise in rates of the Pacific tele phone company will not relieve the situation was the outstanding statement in the speech of Frank J. Miller of Albany, and one time member of public service com mission, delivered before the business men of Salem at their luncheon held in the Commercial club this noon. "The proper procedure is to make application for a rehearing. The public has this right under the state statute. If the commis- j cording to an official communique sion is recalled you will still hare I isfued shortly before noon today, to go to the court for relief from I Dunns Sunday, the statement their order of raising the rates." j say3- bandits looted the bank and "If the commission does not ! tne Postoffice at Sangerhausen grant a rehearing on the evidence 1 and DUt tne local telegraph office that you present that the raise is out ot commission, unjustifiable you have the courts (A Halle dispatch today an to appeal to, and if that fails you nounced that Sangerhausen, south- Police Overpoyered. Berlin, Mar. 28. Rioting acti vities in the communist uprising in central Germany are concentra ting now on Bittrfield, where the extremists have su-ceeded in dis arming the local police and occu pying the public buildings, ac- can use the recall." Mr. Miller, stated that where the commission had erred was in the fact that it had allowed the telephone company to raise lis rates higher than the 60 per cent Increase in some cases and an average 27 per cent increase throughout the state, than its ap plication had asked for. The speaker said that in some cases the raise had been as high as 200 per cent. Mr. Miller also stated that (he elective system for the public service commission was not, in his opinion the best method, for the public was unable to choose men with administrative ability, and who were not elected ou any particular platform. west of Eisleben, had been occu pied and put nuder control by federal forces.) On Monday, March 21, the post office was reestablished at Alber son, Harney county, with Glenn Oliver as postmaster. Mystery Revealed By Woman's Visit To Sidewalk Cry pt Chicago, Mar. 28. The mid-1 night visit of a well dressed wom an to a sidewalk crypt resulted in the discovery early today of the body of an unidentified man, wno had been dead about two months. In his hand he clasped a rosary. While Walter Jonas, a watch man at a factory on the northwest side, was making his rounds at midnight he saw a woman ap- eh the sidewalk adjoining a vacant lot and which shelved about ten feet above the lot. The woman stooped, scraped away stones and cinders from the em bankment and crawled under the sidewalk. When she disappeared Jonas ody of Cardinal oved To Church; Burial Thursday sought a policeman, who entered the hole. There he found the man's body but the woman had de parted. Police are searching for her. The head of the body rested up on a parcel of men's apparel wrap ped in the paper of a fashionable store. Dr. Edward Hartigan said he had been dead about two months, was 35 years of age. five feet eight inches in height and weighed about 200 pounds. Special Jury Venire Called In Bank Case Mcdford, Or., Mar. 2S. It re quired calling of a special venire to secure a jury today in the case of F. C. Bramwell, state banK su perintendent, vs A. W. Walker, Mcdford automobile dealer, Tor the collection of promissory notes and overdrafts aggtegating $40, 000 alleged to be due the Bank or Jacksonville. Attorney George Roberts, former prosecuting attor ney whose defeat at the recent election was declared largely due to his activity in the bank of Jacksonville case, is representing Bramwell. This is the third and last of the important civil cases, the first two resulting In judg ments for the plaintiff. Ftoore. :.;, Mar 9S Th. Cardinal p.iKhe ,ifrom early morning B ttiornln. ta : night fta which he died last T to the cathedral n-r,oro ! In State until Thnrsriav. 'Of the funeral Thpro mm 9 attendant nn lie rp. from the arrheniaennnl in the mass, rpetment? PMshon th ki i . ..... "UUJ --J floe erected at the hond r We channel ti,. i" and without is riraned and black nl Ei.rht ..-til ..- neral guards of twelve from the different )m?n's societies, will 1 the bier and each day a "guard of the Daughters of kneel in the pews offering pray ers for the repose of the soul of the honored prelate. The six front pews had to be removed to make space for the bier and for the procession which will be passing it continuously from 11 a. m. to 11 9 m. UW tomorrow and Wednesday, the time the public will be admitted to view the body. tu,. firct r-eremnnv Ol lot- i I LI' I ' eral was a requiem high mass morning for children t V, Ror T.O!:is K rector of the cathedral, assisted by priests of the late Cardinal I Household. Arbitration Is Offered To Spaulding Arbitration was offered Charles K. Spaulding, president of Spauld ing Lumber company, this morn ing by the committee appointed r.y his employes to discuss with him the reduction in tir wage scale from $3.60 to $3. Mr. Spaulding, according to a member of the com mittee, is given until 5 30 tonight to decide, and what his workmen will do in case he does not favor their offer will be discussed at a meeting to be held Tuesday rU'it. The action of the committee to arbitrate before the local ooaid wa the outcome of a meeting hold Sundav afternoon. The cominitt. Rowev. b afraid that in case Mr. Spaulding does agree to arbitrate the matter that it will have tr -m in holding the workmen to- thl getber in sticking for the raise. ! ( Moseiey. Oregon pioneer and probably tne Lane county, is dead at Eugene aged S4. until late at prayer" from Isabella, will Legislator Is Arrested Here For Speeding Herbert Gordon of Portland, chairman of the ways and means committee of the state house of representatives, was arrested here this morning on a speeding charge by Traffic Officer Hayden. Mr. Gordon was halted on north Capitol street. He pi:t up $10 bail and is slated to appear before Po lice Judge Earl Race tomorrow morning. Advance In Bond Value Is Taxable Supreme Court Holds Corporate Bonds May Be Taxed To Extent of Increase Washington, Mar. 28. Increase In the value of corporate bonds, originally acquired and held for investment, is taxable under the revenue act of 1916, the supreme court ruled today. The supreme court reversed the decision of federal courts of Con necticut which held against the government on the question of whether an income tax could be levied against an increase in the value of securities purchased and held as an investment, but ruled that the tax could only be Im posed on the actual gain. Thousands of cases of income assessments come within this de cision of the court, ifpon which de pended the necessity of the gov ernment refunding millions of dol lars in taxes. Increase in Value of Investments Also Hit Washington, Mar. 2S. in crease in value of a capital invest ment is taxable as income undor the revenue act r 1916, the su preme court today held. The court ruled that the tran saction showing as actual loss could not be taxed since there was no "gain" derived. The court's decision was given in the appeal of David M. Good rich, from a ruling of the internal revenue bureau assessing him up on the ..creased value of stocks purchased prior to 1913. Action of the revenue officials was affirm ed by thes upreme court in the transaction showing a gain. Review Request Granted. Washington, Mar. 28. The su preme court agreed today to re view decisions of New Yark courts holding that "dividends applied by credit in partial payment of sti pulated premiums did not consti tute income" and also that "de cline in market value of Securi ties owned by the taxpayer consti tuted depreciation of property.' " TUe decision of the low;er court was rendered in favor of the New York Life Insurance company in suits filed by that company ag ainst Charles W. Anderson, col lector of internal revenue, for the second New York district. Profits of Trust Fund Not Exempt Washington, Mar. 28. Profits realized from the sale ot assets of a trust fund are taxable under in come excess profits law, the su preme court held here today. The decision of the court, directly af fects several cases now In litiga Itionand indirectly affects thou 1 sands of trust funds. It was giv I en in the appeal brought by the j Merchants Loan & Trust company as trustees of the estate of Arthur Ryerson, a citizen of Illinois. Quake Recorded. Washington, Mar 2S liWrth quake tremors characterized as very severe were recorded today on seismographs at Georgctovn uni versity. The Indicated distance from Washington was 1900 l ilies. The disturbance began at 2:65 a. m. and lasted until affcr 5 a. m. with maximum activity at 2 10 u. m. State To Pursue Investigation of Alleged Peonage Appeal Filed By Unions Last Fall Is Denied Today Plea of Short Line Workers Dismissed by Fed eral Labor Board; Decision Not Effective on Roads Which Accepted Notional Award, Where Present Scale Stands Chicago, March 28. The United States Labor Board to day dismissed appeals for increased wages filed with it last fall by fifteen railway labor unions against sixty-seven "short lines" throughout the country. Short lines which accepted for their men the terms of the $600,000,1)00 wage award of last July will not be privileged to go back to the old scale, under today's action, however, tha announcement of the board saying: "This decision shall not be con sidered as affecting any wage in- Monticello, Ga., March 28. State authorities were planning today to push their Investigation of alleged peonage practices In Jasper and Newton counties fol lowing the recovery of two more bodies of negroes from the Alcovy river here, making a total of eleven bodies found since the authorities began an Investigation of peonage and murder charges against John Williams, a Jasper county farmer. The last two bodies found yesterday were chanled together and weighted down with rocks and Iron, pre cisely as were the first three previously recovered from the river. Appointment of Attorney Gen eral Denney to take charge of peonage investigations In the two counties was being considered to day by Governor Dorsey at the re quest of Solicitor Campbell of Newton county. Following a coroner's verdict yesterday at an inquest over eight of the bodies, declaring the slain negroes met death at the hands of Clyde Man ning, a negro employed by Wil liams, and naming Williams as an accossory, Judge Park of the Oriiiulgee circuit was awaiting orders from the governor today to call a special term of the Jasper crease now in effect nor any agree ment regarding wages betwcea any of the carriers and their em ployes." 4000 Workers Affected. Approximately 4000 employes on slxty-eseven railroads are af fected by the board's decision. All the roads are short lines, it. soma cases operating for only a few miles. Representatives of fifteen mi pluyes organizations are anions the 4000 men affected. In a few cases employes belonging to all fifteen unions are involved on the same road but on the larger part ot the roads only a few classej ot employes come under the decision for the reason that the board's de cision affects only those In w'a'm behalf a dispute was brought to the board. Electrics Ruled Out. Disputes were originally cord lied to the board on the pari of counly superior court and bring I employes belonging to one or iuor the two men before a grand jury Fruit Sections of Middle West Hit Hard by Frosts Hill Lines Ask Peiinit To Finance Washington, Mar. H. Tne In terstate commerce commission an nounced today it would hear rep resentatives of the Northern Pacific- and Great Northern railways AtJi il 11 on plans for a $230,000 -000 project to finance the lines us ing Chicago, Iiurlington & tjuincy stockholdings as collateral. Gov ernors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, low:: South Dakota, North Dako ta, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon were notified of the date of the hearing. !P0PE GIVES MEXICO HIS BENEDICTION Mexico City, Mar. 2H. Pope Benedict has sent, through an Italian priest, an autograph to Archbishop Moray del Rio, of Mexico, reading as follows: "We give our benediction to Mexico, desiring that her sons and Inhabitants be forever worthy of the favors that the Virgin of Guadalupe grants tbem with her protection. "IIENKDICTI S, L.I. XV., "Rome, Nov. 27, 1920." Silverton's city council has ap propriated $2525 for the purpose of a fire truck. Senator Denies He Stole A ffections of Other Mans Wife Washington, Mar. 28. In a formal statement today, Senator Ralph H. Cameron of Arizona characterized as "sheer, unadula rated, plain blackmail" a suit filed against him by Edward R. McKar lin of New York, asking $100,000 damages for alienation of Mrs. Karl in 's affect ioni. Papers in the case. Senator Cameron s said, "were f!rst filed In 1916 and he said no effort at serv ive on him was made until last week. "Now that I bare become a Uni ted States senator." Mr. Cameron said In his statement, "thos be hind this ridiculous ruit have eri dently decided to attack me in the nope of injuring me by giving widespread publicity to the absurd tharges made by them. I am pre pared to fight this suit with both flats, fearlessly and in the open." The statement said Senator I bail Ten Days, $10 Sentence For 2 Salem Men Ten days In the city jail and a fine of $10 each was the sentence imposed by Police Judge Earl Race this morning on O. C. Ilrundrldge and Earnest Urund ridge, Salem men, who were charged with using profane language In the presence of Mrs. J. ft Peden of this city Judge Race announced that the jail sentence would be suspended pending good behavior of the two men. The two men were arrested Thursday on complaint of Mrs Peden, after they were said to have had a heated argument in Oleson's auto exchange, 349 North Commercial street. They were re leased after each had put up $25 They appeared by attorney Chicago. Mar. 28. The cold wave which today was moving eastward over the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys, caused wide spread damage to some of the fruit raising sections of the mid dle west. The damage was espe cially severe in southern Missouri and southern Illinois, where fruit trees were in bud and winter wheat without the protecting blanket of the winter snows. Ereejlng temperatures were re ported from all sections north of the Kansau-Oklahoina boundary, thermometers registering from S2 degrees to aB low as 12 degrees above zero. In Chicago an Icy blast out of the north shifted to the and sent the government ther mometers down to 21 degrees at 10 a. m. In the next hour, bow ever, there was a raise of three de grees. The heavy winds were one of the saving factors In some frlut sec tions. While Ice formed on trees over night the wintry blasts dried the trees rapidly this morning. Frost Kills All Kansas Fruit Except Apples Topcka, Kan., Mar. 28 Kruit crops with the possible exception of apples, were probably destroyed by the low temperature here la:;t night, Io al horticulturist.! tr. of the fifteen unions on 10:1 rail roads. Ten of these roads, how ever, were electric lines ami the board ruled these lines out. Twenty-six other lines adopted the .'age schedules protected by the trunk lines, laid down In what Is known as decision number 2, the wago award by the United States rail road laor board of July 20, m0. The trunk lines In decision num ber 2 were those represented by the Association ot Railway Execu tives, Hearing Lone Extended. Following the application of de cision number 2 employes on roads not affected to file disputes with the board and the whole matter was taken up In a hearing known as the short lino hearing October 18, 1920. The hearing consumed fourteen days over a period of more than a month. The short lines are not parties to the present rules and working conditions hear ings and In event they do not ac cept the board's derision on roles, a separate hearing on rules for short lines will also be necessary. Present Scales Vary Various scales ot wages hav been In effect on the sixty-seven northeast' roads. Some carriers paid the 'standard scale eslaiiiisneu ny uid l.'nited States railroad administra tion. Others paid approximately the same rates as those paid on th trunk lines In the same territory. The labor organizations Includo virtually all those from operators to common labor. The railroads concerned are mostly in the east. The western roas include: Under. Anaconda & Pacific rail way, Pacific coaRt railroad, Spo kane International railroad, and Wood River branch railroad. Cameron had met Mrs. MrFarlin once in the observation car of k train between Chicago and San franrisco In 1912 before her mar riage, had met her twice since and met her husband once. the police court Saturday after noon. Seattle Feels Quake. Seattle. Wash.. Mar. 28. An earthquake i-hoek of moderate in tensity, centered approximately 310b miles suutb-seatheast of Se attle, was recorded on the seismo graph of the University of Wash ington last night and early tbi morning. Major to Attend Election of Officer Major C E Ged.-led. commander of the first battalion of the coast artillery, Oregon national guard, leaves tonight lo be present at the election of captain of the First company In Marshfield Monday night. The election of the new captain is made necessary by the iwilrnBfltin of RpnnpM 1'eher jlfarshfleld attorney. New Grange Hall To Be Dedicated At Butteville llutleville. Or., Mar. 28. Tba new Butteville grange hall will be formally dedicated this evening. Stite Orange Master Spencer will: be present and have a place on tbe program. It will he an all day session. The regular business meeting -will be held In the fore noon and the afternoon gueslosV will he open to the public. THi grange gave a dance one night last week when more than (0 tickets were sold. Another one of these big events is scheduled to take on hop and Congressman Fordney., P'ace May i. author of the Fordny tarl'f bi'l The Ruttevllle grange la one of -baa also Intimated bis friendliness the most active in tbe county east toward the cause of the hop grow-j has accomplished much good for era. i ibis community. Oregon Senators and Congressmen For Hop Tariff Oregon hops will be protected from Invasion of the foreign prod uct behind a high protective tariff wall if the Influence of the Oregon delegation counts for aught. Ev ery member of the delegation has written to Governor Olcott ex pressing his stand for a high tariff