The Weather
OREGON; Tonight and Sunday
fair, colder interior, light to
heavy frost in morning, gentle
westerly winds.
LOCAL: No rainfall; souther
ly winds; cloudy; ma-rimnm 67,
minimum 36, set 47; river 4.4
feet and falling.
Circulation
C apit
ournal
eraee for 1923. 5250
pulation of Salem 1900, 4258;
I 1910, 14,094; 1920, 17,679
trior, County 1920, 47,177; Folk
county, 14,181
ember of Audit Bureau of Clrcu
MBation. Associated Press Full
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orty-Hiird Year No. 80
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 2, 1921
Price Three Cents 0N trains and hews
rnce lnrw vrais STANDS riVB CENTS
resident Turns Attention To Peace Issue
rrest Awaits Traffic Violators
tate Will Take Latest Photograph of I Leaders
Advise
Haruing
Series of Conferences
Held Between 'Best
Minds' and Chief
Executive
College Professor Kills Colleague, Self
Attempt to Halt
Suicide Is Fatal
To Syacuse Man
University Chancellor Attributes Shooting of
Dean Herman Wharton To Effort To Pre
vent Professor Holmes Beckwith To Take
Own Life As Result of Dismissal
Syracuse, N. Y., April 2. J. Herman Wharton, dean of the
College of Business Administration, Syracuse University,
was shot and killed by Holmes Beckwith, professor of
financial and insurance subjects in the college this morning.
Beckwith then turned the gun on himself and committed
suicide.
Hand In Curbing
Disregard of Law
affic Chief Rafferty to Cooperate With
Salem Police In Stamping Out Reckless
Driving; Pendleton Clean-up Succeeds; Ac
tion To Back Warning
vVith the forces of T. A. Rafferty, chief traffic inspector
the stale, and Verden M. Moffitt, chief of police, collabor
ng, a traffic clean-up on a scale never before paralleled in
i history of the city, will be staged in Salem during the
xt two days which will result in arrests for every conceiv
e form of traffic law violations.
This became known here this
morning when Inspector Rafferty
sought the cooperation of local
officers in curbing the activities
those Oregon drivers who are
Latest Photograph Of
Man Stillman Alleges
Father of Wife's Son
lanila Is
Swept By
Big Blaze
fteen Thousand Are
Rendered Homeless
by Fire Destroying
1,000 Homes
anila, April 2. Fifteen thou
1 wore rendered homeless
today in a fire last night, the
t destructive fire in more than
ny yean, winch destroyed
e thousand houses in the
hern section of the city. a
ve quarter known as the San
iro Strict. Two bodies were
d today in the ruins.
lice tougbljr estimate the ioes
hree million dollars. The raz
rea consisted mostly of small
ve Structures occupied as
IllngS and stores. It extended
thirty in
meriaBi sailors from the ilag-
Huron of the Asiatic fleet
American soldiers from the
ila barracks were cheered by
sands as they marched in
le burning district to assist in
tingr the flames. They -azed
les surrounding the burning
. makim a fire break wbich
id t&&Jrogress of the fir.
id Cross workers before day
: began assembling food and
ling- for the thousands of
less
t in
opri
rs
oil
ition
om snsnt the
H. An initial
"i thoMand
the city
and sub
veu opened.
en
'OCCOUpii'. n t .' county
meet ''a at the
tnerctal '.an .. e
fectiak a permanent Organ!
IB.
bburi; broccoli growers
Htot'l 'e their acreage of
year v. irii aw in ltd to
t 3!c, es. Independence has
crea Toted to this crop and
;go abo it i.
cohol i
ksllver
s at
680
173.1 degrees,
and water at
of
characterized as "indifferent" and
who are said to be trying to just
"get by" rather than to cooper
ate with the officials in matters
having to do with the automobile
laws. The move is backed by Sec
retary of State Kozer.
Marning May Be Scouted
Speeding, corner-cutting, the
operation of mufflers, license
plates, the position of tail lights
and the "dimming" of headlights
will be among the items which
will warrant close attention from
the combined forces of Inspector
Kafferty and Chief Moffitt. Seven
or eight officers will be on duty,
day and night in various parts of
the city, and scores of arrests are
expected.
"We really don't expect this
warning to do much good," In
spector Rafferty explained this
morning. "It will probably be the
same old story. Motorists will
console themselves with the
thought that this is just another
'warning' and that nothing , will
really be done after all. But
we're going to fool them. We are
giving them a fair chance, how
ever." Pendleton Results Gratifying
Inspector Rafferty and his depu
ties have just arrived from Pen
dleton where they spent four days
"cleaning up." Ordinance-breaking
autoists were taken into po
lice court by the dozen in the
round-up city, and among them,
it was stated, was the city police
commissioner, who paid his fine
along with the others.
"The results In Pendleton were
so gratifying that the 'clean-up'
system has been inaugurated for
the entire state." Inspector Raf
ferty told Chief Moffitt this morn
ing. "In Pendleton we warned
them that we were going out
strong, but they apparently
wouldn't believe it."
Accidents, caused by speeding,
glaring headlights, lack of lights
and carelessness are becoming in
creasingly alarming. It is pointed
out, and state officers, headed by
".jcretary of State Kozer have de
raiined that drastic action must
a taken to curb the menace in its
arious forms.
Officers will be stationed on
hose thoroughfares where speed
ng and accidents have been most
immon, and there will be police
eien in the downtown districts in
structed to be unusually vigilant
in the matter of traffic ordinance
violations.
"I really don't expect Salem
motorists to take this warning
very seriously," Chief Moffitt
said, "so April will likely be a
very .remunerative month."
Brans TiSw3HSf awlP iTiimP ' W ifif
BBs jifBBSSsaw' ' ' 1 fs Jr '
Strawberries
Strawberries, the first of the
Benson, will soon be on the mar
ket in Salem.
And Mrs. Housewife will be
watching for them.
Will she tramp from store to
store in her search?
Or will she watch "What'3
New on the Market," that brief,
yet complete resume of the new
things to eat as they make
their appearance in Salem?
"What's New on the Market"
is the housewife's handy guide
to intelligent shopping.
It's a daily feature of The
Capital Journal.
Washington, April 2. Inter
est in the administration's atti
tude towards the general subject
of a peace settlement, revived by
the visit here of former Premier
Viviani of France, was further
intensified today by a series of
conferences which had every out
ward appearance of embracing a
general discussion to prepare ad
ministration officials for a decis
ion on such subjects as a sepa
rate peace resolution and an
amended league of nations.
Conferees Silent
All of those who took part In
the conferences were reticent
and the inferences attached to
them necessarily were ?argely con
jectural. The day's development center
ed about the white house and
state department leaving M. Vi
vian! for the moment in the back
ground. It was indicated, how
ever, the progress mfght ha a
logical sequence to su(-X'tions
brought here by the former Frenfi
premier.
Harvey is Caller
One of the first callers at the
wihte house today was Colonel
George Harvey of New York, se
lected for ambassador to Great
Britain. After a half hour with
the president, Coronel Harvey
had a conference with Secretary
Hughes at the state department.
The official explanation of the
conferences was that the colonel
had called for additional instruc
tions regarding his mission.
j which, of course, will bring him
Into more or less direct contact
with the league question.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania,
Here is the first real photograph of Fred Beauvals, the North author of the separate peace res
woods guide named by James A. Stillman, New York banker, in his olutlon vetoed by President Wil
suit for divorce. Heretofore only snapshots showing the Indian as "a son, also was on President Hard
child of the woods," has been published. This picture reveals him as Ing's list of callers today, as was
the polished man he has been declared to be. student of nhilosonhv. otepnane l.auzanne, a French
Measles On
Decrease In
City, Report
There have been approximately
300 cases of measles in Salem
since the first of the year, but at
the present time there are prob
ably less than 100 persons here af
flicted with the disease. This num
ber is steadily decreasing. Dr. R.
B. Pomeroy, city physician, stated
this morning. The schools will not
be closed by the epidemic, it wc.s
said.
"If we can just get teachers,
pupils and parents to cooperate,
we will have little trouble in
stamping it out entirely," Dr.
Pomeroy said. "As soon as a child
is bothered with coughing, he
should be taken home and should
be made to stay indoors for ut least
five days.
"As an example, a little girl was
brought to me the other day. Her
parents thought her eyes were
strained, for they had given her
some trouble. She had not even
begun to cough yet, but I was con
vinced she was coming down with
the measles. I ordered her to stay
inside. Later she began to cough,
and subsequently she took down
with the measles. Had she been
permitted to go on to school dos
ens of children would have been ex
posed to the disease."
Dr. Pomeroy Is convinced that
the epidemic is well under control
and that it will soon be a thing of
the past.
lover of opera,
Montreal.
keen business man. The photograph was made at
Highway Contracts
Worth $2,000,000
To Be Let Next Week
tills of Inland
Empire Set $3.40
As Minimum Wage
Portia
xn fti
re of
head
nen.
rate i
even:
d, Or., April 2. Lumber mills of eastern Wash
1 northern Idaho have gone t othe basic minimum
3.40 a day, according to information received by
larters of the local Legion of Loggers and Lum
Tiis represents a cut of five cents an hour from
e vailing up to April 1.
mills have resumed operations, according to re-
HBthe legion headquarters. The Grande Ronde Lumber
party has resumed at Perry, Oregon, and the Buehner
company, Coos Bay, will resume April 11.
The improvement of 125 miles
of state highway at an aggregate
cost of approximately $2,000,000
will be put up for consideration
before the state highway commis
sion at its meeting in Portland
next week. This improvement
work includes the grading of 76.9 S
miles of highway, the paving of
119.2 miles and the surfacing of
8.38 miles, the construction of
two concrete bridges, two rein
forced concrete crossings and the
painting of the steel bridge across
the Willamette river at Salem.
Sixteen separate projects are
involved in the two days' program
as follows:
Grading 17.05 miles of the
Prineville-Ochoco forest section of
the Ochoco highway in Crook
county.
Paving 14.1 miles of the Divide
Drain section of the Pacific high
way in Douglas county.
Paving 1.2 miles of the Oakland-South
section of the Pacific
highway in Douglas county.
Paving 14.1 miles of the Wolf
Creek-Galesville section of the Pa
cific highway in Douglas and
Josephine counties.
Grading 14.52 miles of the
Burns-Sage Hen Hill section of t.e
Central Oregon highway in Har
ney county.
Grading and gravel surfacing
14.36 miles of the Ontario-Weiser
section of the Old Oregon Trail In
Malheur county.
Paving i.8 miles of the Walktr
Goshen section of the Pacific
highway in Lane county.
Grading 12.75 miles of the Ka-niela-Hilgard
section of the Old
Oregon Trail in Union count.
Grading C.3 miles of the Hil-
journalist. Mr. Lauzanne's opin
I ions on European affairs were
J quoted frequently in this eoun
itry during the presidential cam
jpaign. Hfs visit to the white house
iat the request of the French am
Ibassodar, Jules J. Jusserand, was
officially explained as a formal
I call to pay his respects to the
president.
I Still another on the white
; house engagement list was Myron
,T. Herrlok of Ohio, nuderst
gard-La Grande section of the Old , be "nder serious WMtto for
Oregon Trail in Union county. amassadnr to France. Mr. Her
Surfacing 8.38 miles of the Wal- ,ck ne,1 that Post ln the early
Iowa Canyon section of the l.a , ya of the E"ropean war and
Grande-Joseph highway in. Wal- aHC s,Imme'' familiarized himself
Iowa county. with recent developments by a
Grading and gravel surfacing of i V18U 10 Europe during which he
12 miles of the Wallowa-1, mtiie
section of the I.a Grand ?-Joieph
highway in Wallowa county.
The construction of a concrete
bridge over Deer creek on the
Grants Pass-Crescent City high
way one mile south of Selma in
Josephine county.
Construction of a concrete
bride over Wolf creek on (he Wolf
Creek-Grave Creek section of tue
Pacific highway near Wolf (.'reek
in Josephine county.
Construction of reinforced con
cert crossing of the Altamont ca
nal seven miles east of l!i.math
Falls in Klamath county.
Construction of a sTMtteaj of
the Oregon, California & Eastern
railway near Dairy. 18 milrs east
of Klamath Falls i.i K am-th
county.
Head of Defunct
Bank To Admit
Guilt To Court
Medford, Or., April 2. W. H.
Johnson, former head of the Jack
sonville bank, and indicted on St)
counts for the wreck of that insti
tution, as soon as-he recovers from
his present attack of influenza
will will plead guilty, according to
a public statement by his attorney,
Herbert K. Hanna, today. Penal
ty for the particular crimes to
which he will plead guilty provide
a maximum of ten years.
According to Hanna, Johnson
has grown weary of the strife and
tension of legal procedure and is
anxious to begin serving his pris
on term. Thus far in the Bank of
Jacksonville cases he has been the
chief witness for the state.
comerreu witn many British and
French statesmen.
A.G. Clark Quits
Industries Post
Portland, Or., April 2. A. G.
Clark, manager of the Associated
Industries of Oregon, today an
nounced he had resigned and In
tended to go into business at
Farmers Unite
To Fight Sales
Tax On Products
Chicago, April 2. Formation
of the farriers federal tax league
of America, which will opposa tuv
federal sales tax was announced
today by Eugene Frey of Argyle.
Ill . formerly lecturer of the Illi
nois State Grange, who is secre
tary and treasurer of the organiza
tion. George F. Comings, former
lieutenant governor of Wisconsin,
is president of the league.
"Powerful Interests," Mr. Frev
said, "are preparing to shift fur
ther the burden of taxation on the
farmers."
Silverton Suit
Decided; Court
Favors Endicott
Stating that the defendant had
no right to the lumber machinery
Involved Judge Bingham handed
down his decree in the case of S
M. Endicott against N. Digerncss
of Silverton this morning.
According to the complaint, Mr
Digerness sold on contract the
mill some time ago to Brown, Com-
stork & Aim of Silverton. The en
terprls did not prove a financial
success and the First National
Bank of Silverton attached the
lumber wbich bad cut to recover
money loaned on a note due.
Endicott got possession of the
mill, but because of the failure of
the former owners to meet the
conditions of the contract, Diger
ness thought he had some claim to
the property. The suit was insti
tuted by Endicott to clear up the
title.
Alma D. Katz Quits
Dairymen's League
Portland, Or., April 2. An
nouncement was made today that
Alma D. Katz, president of the
Oregon Dairymen's Cooperative
League, has resigned as president
and as a member of the board of
directors of the league. Pressure
of personal huslness duties was
Bend. H. J. Frank, president of given as the reason. Jacob Lusrh-
the association, said Clark would er of Fairview has been adva .ced i Bureau, the Retail Coal Merchants
remain until a successor was ob- from the vice presidency to the I association and aeveral private de
i o.Lea. I presidency of the ieagua.
Coal Dealers
Are Indicted
Chicago, April 2. Indictments
charging conspiracy, boycotting
and blacklisting were returned
against officers of the Retail Coal
tecti ve
Wreck
Cause
Sought
Steamboat Inspectors
and Department of
Justice Agents Probe
Collision
Seattle. Wash., April 2 Search
ing parties left Seattle and Port
Townsend, Wash., today for the
vicinity of Point Wilson, on the
Strait of Juan De Fuca, where the
passenger liner Governor went
down early yesterday, in an effort
to recover bodies of victims of the
disaster. The list of ten missing,
reported yesterday, was unchanged
today, and it was believed all were
drowned.
Two Boards Probiner.
United States Steamboat Inspec
tors H, C. Lord and Donald S.
Ames this morning resumed their
inquiry into the collision between
the Governor and the freighter
West Hartland, to determine
whether charges should be placed
against officers of either the two
vessels. Testimony of a number of
both crews was to be taken today.
The investigation may continue
into next week, it was said.
Agents of the bureau of investi
gation, department of justice, who
were conducting an independent
investigation today and yesternnr,
were expected to make a full re
port of their findings late today.
Members of the crew, officers and
passengers were Interviewed. The
inquiry was authorized by the at
torney general, it was said.
Mistook Lights.
Commenting on statements of
some passengers to the effect that
the Governor's officers mistook
'the lights of the West Hartland
for shore lights, and that the Weal
Hartland had the right of way as
she was on the Governor's star
board side, E. Grant McMicken,
passenger traffic representative of
the Pacific Steamship company,
owner of the Governor, said today:
"We will be unable to determine
the responsibility for the accident
until the report of the Inquiry be
ing conducted by the steamboat
Inspection service is made public.
The only men who could possibly
know whether the West Hartland's
lights were mistaken for shore
lights, are the men who were on
the bridge. Their sworn testimony
Is being taken at the inquiry. It
is unfair to all concerned to jump
to conclusions."
The shooting occurred in the of
fice of the school of administra
tion, in the college of agriculture
building, the new half million dol
lar structure donated to the uni
versity by Mrs. Russell Sage in
memory of her father, Joseph Slo
cum, and named for him.
Professor Beckwith had been
unpopular with the students, it
was said, and petitions had been
circulated among the student body
asking for his removal.
Heavy Chair Broken.
In a statement issued soon aft
er the shooting, Chancellor Day
declared that it was his belief that
Dean Wharton died trying to pre
vent Professor Beckwith from
committing suicide.
"This was indicated in a note
left for Dean Wharton by Pro
fessor Beckwith," the chancellor
said, "in which he Intimated that
he was going to kill himself and
referred to unjust treatment of
himself based on the fact that he
had been dismissed, the dismissal
to take effect at iha ran or the
year. Dean Wharton's chair, a
stout one, was broken. He evident
ly leaped from it when Beckwith
tried to kill himself, the gun was
turned on him and the dean was
shot through the head. Beckwith
was shot in the chest. He also
stabbed himself to make death cer
tain." Beckwith War Veteran.
Dr. Holmes Beckwith was first
lieutenant, ffeld artillery, in the
world wat. He joined the Syracuse
university last September. He was
head of the department of finance
and insurance. He formerly taught
at Colorado college, Colorado
Springs, Colo; Grinnell college
and Nortweatern universitv nt
Evanston, 111. He was given an
LL.D. by the University of Cali
fornia and PH.D. by Columbia. He
was a bank examiner In Califor
nia.
Dean Wharton was a graduate
of Syracuse university and ha
been an instructor there for the
last few years, his first service
having been with the engineering
school, in which he was head of
(he English department.
Two years ago he conceived tha
idea of a college of business ad
ministration and he was appointed
by the chancellor to carry out the
plan.
35 Autos And
Plane Burned
In Eugene Fire
Eugene, Or., April 2. Thirty
five automobiles and one airplane
were destroyed ln a fire which
wrecked a garage here early to
day. The loss was estimated about
$50,000. Several families i
apartments in the upper story
barely escaped with their lives.
The fire wag reported to have
started from a stove, and spread to
several barrels of motor oil.
Three Hurt, Autos
Damaged, In Night
CollisiononCenter
Three persons were injured and
two automobiles were damaged in
a collision which occurred on Cen
ter street last night which is al
leged to be the direct result of
glaring headlights of an unknown
car.
The injured persons are Mrs. L.
L Vincent. Miss Verda Vincent
and Malchorn Vlnsent, all of route
Mrs. Vincent sustained a bad
ly bruised forehead. Miss Verda
Vincent received a lacerated nose
and forehead, and Malchorn Vin
cent sustained injuries on the
Lead.
According to the police report,
the Vincent car was proceeding
west on Center street near the
state hospital when the accident
occurred. Blinded by the strong
headlights of an approaching au
tomobile, the driver was unable to
see a parked car which is owned by
Paul Johnson, and into which tha
Vincent car crashed. The John
son machine was hurled over the
curb by the impact and received a
broken wheel, a bent axle and
fenders. The Vincent car was sim
ilarly damaged.