Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1921)
Circulation population or teased Wire. ournal OREGON tonight fair, warm er east portion, Sunday fair, gen tle easterly winds. LOCAL: No rainfall; norther ly winds; part cloudy; maximum 71, minimum 44, set 50; river 2.6 feet and falling. Thir7Year--No- 86 Salem, Oregon, Saturday, April 9, 1921 Price Three Cents JSn'i own!" rltish Lay Plans To Fight General Strike dians laim ii j ULanu est Based On Pat- Issued by Pres- it Van Buren Is ore Court lington, April 9. Claim to boo acres of land in i ex- Oklahoma including me r Tulsa and Oklahoma City kually the entire Burk- I oil Held was filed in the b court today in behalf of Iroltee Indian nation, sup- Iby a government patent iy President Van Bnreti Itified as authentic by the department, claim was In th eform of ion for permission to in- lin the Red Kiver oil lands I original suit between Ind Oklahoma Involving lion over the valuable b situated along the com undary. notion was filed by John lor, a grand nephew or Zachary Taylor, as at or the Cherokee nation, the patent was diecover- lentally among the papers leased chief of the tribe Mayor's Proclamation Know all men, women and children by these presents, that Whereas, the national clean-up and paint-up campaign has resulted in many advantages to community life throughout the United States and Whereas, it has safe-guarded health, promoted thrift, furthered fire-prevention and stimulated civic pride, and Whereas, virtually all of the civic bodies and organized societies in the city have declared themselves behind a clean-up campaign for the city of Salem, Now, therefore, be it known that plans have been per fected for a thorough clean-up campaign in Salem, Ore gon, to begin Monday, April 11, 1921 the date to mark the opening of a real drive of persistent and constructive effort in cleaning up, and that I respectfully urge every citizen, men, women and children, to do his part in the furtherance of this worthy movement, and that I further urge the pastors of all churches, the teachers of all schools and the presiding officers of all lodges and other organized bodies to bring this matter to the attention of their respective organizations in order that we may have unanimous and concerted action in this effort to make Salem clean, wholesome, thrifty, safe and beautiful. ( Signed) GEORGE E. HALVORSEN, Mayor. I Trucks Furnished Free for Clean-Up Week; Rules Given IT urornia at Crew ins Race pngton Oarsmen eated In Annual Itest; and Seattle shmen Win rd Sub-Chaser 303, Oak L, April 9. The blue oars Diversity of California var II flashed across the finish ad of the long white pad fhe University of Washing- It on the Oakland estuary the annual three-nii.r. ' the intercollegiate rowing pnship of the Pacific coa.sl. Prnia led from the start Iheir greatest m.-.re-in ai he two-mi In Pre almost a lensr.h alieari Washington Snrints. e ranc sheet bridge, lraw nile from the finish. Wash- Istarted to sprint, shooting Pke from thirty-three up to ornia met this spurt bv a pace. Mnston's sprint, with tlicht F" in oarsmniv-Mr. onn her stroke enabled them to Pn ail but five fet nf n, d gold lead. pntetal time for the winner minutes ;,-,! - i. 3e's Fint Victory. " tb lme firs! i Washington for th ,.o... title. 1908, when the hi,,,. i na the Sun Do.leor .h-ii. lattle first enmneferi tl, pet six times and each .', "gton or Stanford f" Pued across the water f StanfOTl was not repre- Ken of the University of of ,hOUl!.n0t fol!ow the ex- and the Washtn- . came acmw u - I , ' ui'di iuree head in the two-mile race uaoes. official time wa c futes, 25 geeond - Clip This and Save INSTRUCTIONS FOB CLEAN-UP WEEK To expedite the handling of refuse the city has been divided into three zones, as follows: South zone, from Mill street to the south, east and west city limits; middle zone, from Mill street to Union street, and to the east and west city limits; north zone, from Union street to the north, east and west city limits. On Thursday, April 14, trucks will cart away refuse from the south zone; on Friday, April 15, from the middle zone, and on Saturday, April 16, from the north zone. All refuse must be placed in receptacles, and citizens are warned that trucks will visit the respective zones only on those days mentioned. Williams Convicted Of Murder Alleged Slayer of Negroes To Spend Life In Prison As Result of Verdict Covington, Ga., April 9. John S. Williams, plantation owner, was found guilty by a jury here today of murder in connection with the Jasper county peonage cases. The jury recommended mercy. The verdict carries with it auto matically a life imprisonment sen tence. The defense filed a motion for a new trial. Williams was convicted special ly of the murder of Lindsey Peter son, a negro farmhand, whose body bound and weighted with a sack of rocks was found with tha of another negro employe on Wil liams' farm in Yellow river. Bodies of nine other negroes, said to ha, been killed to conceal poenage conditions, have been found buried on the farm or elsewhere. The star witness for the state was Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, who testified to having thrown Peterson into the river at Williams' order. Missing Balloon Found Floating At Sea; Crew Is Lost Panama City, Fla., April 9. The naval balloon which has been missing with five men since it left the Pensacola naval station March 22, was picked up in the gulf late yesterday by a fishing boat and brought here today. No trace of the crew was found. Senators, Regina, Clash Tomorrow; Both Nines Ready Ten-tenths of Salem's fandom is . er, 2nd base; Snyder, s. s.; Burke, expected to be In Oxford park tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock when the Salem Senators will take the field against Billy Speas' Regina team, of Canada, and will officially open the local baseball season. Governor Olcott will pitch the first ball which will be caught by Mayor Halvorsen unless it is hit by Thomas B. Kay. Finishing touches on the re cently repaired park were made 3rd Base; Frederick, Bandy, Bak er, or Speas outfielders. Senators: Edwards, catcher; Zinke, pitcher; Blanchard, 1st base; Proctor or Humphreys, 2nd base; Miller, s. s. ; Bishop, 3rd base; Holmes, Steppe and Hayes, outfielders. Lloyd-George To Offer New Plan To Avert Crisis Government Recruiting Volunteers to Man Trains and Keep Freight Moving If Railway and Transport Workers Leave Posts To Aid Cause of Miners London. Awi! 9. Premier Lloyd George, according to both the Pall Mall Gazette and the Evening Globe today, has made a new peace proposal to the triple alliance. It is understood he asked that a proposal be submitted to the miners that where "safety men" were unavailable, the government should be allowed, wtihout interference, to supply the labor necessary to safeguard the coal pits against permanent ruin. The second visit am not occur San Fire loss $20,000. Francisco, April 9. Sev- this morning and the grounds are eral business establishments com ii excellent condition. prising almost a city block of The line-ups were announced Fairfax, Marin county, near here, this morning as follows: Regina: were destroyed by fire early to Stout, catcher; Ross, pitcher; day. The loss was estimated at Parks, first base; Bates or Sprang- $20,000. Dempsey and Carpentier To Battle In New Jersey July 2 Rickard Declares Announcement of details rela tive to Salem's clean-up week which begins with the rising of Monday morning's sun were given designated by the committee. Drays will make but one trip to each alley. Residents of the city are cau- Accident Board Stenogs Defeat Kozer's Aides New York, April 19. Jack Dempsey and Georges Car pentier will battle for the world's heavyweight pugilistic championship within the state limits of New Jersey on Sat urday, July 2. The location will not be announced until later, but selection oi tne site will be confined to Atlantic Citv. Newark Jersey City. This was officially announced here today by Tex Rickard, who will have sole control of the out by Capital Post, No, 9, Amer- tioned that no hauling will be Proctor's pitching was too much m a. 1 fluirirnra and tVlA tor tne uppus.uk , " i rangement and presentation of the gins iroin me hcli (in j i matcn Dempsey, as heavyweight cham office went down to an over- in r.,.n ohnrtiv after Mavor i done free after the days designat- i ,. , ,;,. n, (i1R J"on 01 lue world, ana Carpentier, ....... ' ; ' I . ,,!.! men iivi I- in the role nf challpnp-er Halvorsen 's proclamation of the led. The cooperation of all citizens event had been made public this morning. To expedite clean-up operations, the city has been divided into three zones, and on certain days these zones will be furnished trucks which will haul away refuse free of charge. All citizens are urged to have the rubbish collected and placed in in expediting the clean-up work is requested Work of the Salem Boy Scouts, . 1.! kBMatla INg. whelming defeat at the hands oi s from thi industrial accident commission in and Eur opean title holder, will compete frit. fiA .1.. on Willamette Field Friday mn- TV J J- the opening game of the seaponj who are making an exhaustive survey of the city, will be com pleted tonight, it is stated. Ea :h boy has baen assigned a portion of the city on which he will make a detailed report. In this way the committee will know the exact After four long drawn out a basis of 60 per cent to Dempsey boxes or cans and placed at points conditions in all parts of the city. way, the state highway commis sion closed its sessions yesterday A tVemendous amount of work was disposed of Jn the five days the commissioners were in sesr.ion. John B. Yeon and W. B. flarratt will go to The Dalles today to meet with the county court and citizens to advise regarding the proposed $800,000 bond issue for The Dalles-California highway. On Apiil 22 the commisison will met again to open bids on many miles of grading, surfacing and paving. The Drain-Divide section of the Pacific highway, 14 mi.es In length, is to be hard-surfaced. The contract was awarded yes; ei day to the Warren Construction com- Two More Paving Contracts Let by State Road Board Portland, Or., April 9. After pany for $495,640. The Wclf awarding 14 miles of paving, dis-J Creek-Galesville section of the cussing the Mount Hood loop with' Pacific highway, 14.1 mil-is, is lo iiood River and Clackamas coun- be paved by Giebish, Jopiu & 21 ties and ordering 22 miles of work don for $444,495, this bid Laving , . l , t,,dcHqv and hi'lfl UP on the Koseburg-uoos nay nigu-.oeen u(cu , for a time beiore me iwuww. The section from Camis v-illey to Remote, on the Roseburi-'oos Bay highway, being practically completed, the 14 miles has been ordered surfaced, and State lvigi neer Nunn was directed to have this work advertised for wM at the next meeting. The adjoining section of this highway, from Re mote to Bridge, eight m les was also ordered prepared for adver tising. This section isto be "' cd Further development of this road will depend on wbcUer Douglas county votes its reposed bond issue at the June election. Ginffrich Sued For Man's Wages that J1467.56 due him . t ..Ml .. .t- .niini.rnil'' Or innings u.im -- rf ... rors and oodles of fun for both ' "-' players an d spectators the score! Under the New Jersey state box hoard showed 25 to 5 In favor of lnB 'aw the bout cannot exceed the clerks and stenographers of twelve three-minute rounds, ami the accident commission. i should both boxers be on their feet ai me termination or the match, no official decision can be rendered. Supporters of both aggregations were out in force, the members of Secretary of State Kozer's depart ment wearing cardboard replicas of the 19 21 license tags with their initials prominently displayed thereon while the adherents of I the accident commission were; properly designated with bows of: SteerS Freshman red riDDon. The arena which will cost ap proximately $100,000, will be con structed of lumber and will be oc tagonal. The eight sides will rise Not Guilty, Otjen Plea; Trial Today B. E. Otjen, who was jailed here several days ago following his attempt at suicide, was ar raigned before Judge G. E. Un ruh this morning and pleaded not guilty to a charge at carrying a concealed weapon. His hearing will be held thiB afternoon. Otjen, who tried to take his own life by twice shooting him self in front of his wife's resi dence, 1144 Ferry street, was first charged with threatening the lives of his wife and mother in law. The charge was dismissed because of an insufficiency of ev ldence, Judge Unruh said. Mrs. Otjen has filed suit for di vorce. Otjen is. well known In Salem. Man Admits Assult And Is Fined $50 or to a height of about fifty feet. Prices of sea' will range from $50 for a ringside chair to $5 for a bleacher coupon along the ex treme edges of the structure. In termediate sections will sell from ten to forty dollars a seat, accord ing to location. It will be three times the size of the arena constructed for Rickard at Reno where he staged the Johnson-Jeffries bout on July 4, 1910, but not quite as large as that built at Toledo for the Dempsey-Willarrl match. Both nueilists have hpon tn- structed to conform their training i elAng, first was arraigned yes plans to the announcement made;terduy afterIloon wlien he enter today. Dempsey will leave Seattle ied the not Builtv P,ea for this city on Sunday night and Donahue is a rancher, and re after attending to some personal 9,(les near Salem, business, will settle down to seri- ous conditioning. Carptntier will sail icr mis country early next month and will devote at least six weeks to hard training. Changing his plea of not guilty to guilty, Dan Donahue appeared noon. before Judge Unruh this morning output and on account of the dam during the afternoon, the labor men meeting the premier and other members of the government. It is understood the labor dele gates submitted proposals grow ing out of the meeting which the executive board of the triple al liance had held during the morn ing. Mr. Lloyd-GeorBw remained firm, it was said afterward on his insistence upon the preeminence of the question of resumption of pumping in the mines. It was sal after the afternoon conference that another interview between the prime minister and the rail way and transport delegates might be arranged. Volunteers are Many - Non-commissioned officers In charge of the territorials' drill halls and officials in other plac es designated as recruiting cen ters for the several civilian and military emergency services found queues of volunteers representa tive of all classes of citizens await ing their arrival early this morn ing. The response of those will ing to assist in meeting the situ ation was declared by the offi cials to be most gratifying. Vol unteers for the civilian services included many women. Should the strikers seek to re turn to work they will have to ac cept a wage scaie considerably lower than the one they refused when they struck a week ago, it was officially declared this after- Tbi8 scale was based on and paid a fine of $50 for assault and battery on Frank Fencf. Donahue, who was arrested yesterday by Constable Walter porter Locates aymaster Sought s Navy Embezzler Anril n J t J lieutenant t-ynam. n.;... . red several , ' . Ida let 7- a ag0 art" B n h s a... . 8 and w, rZ?L r tO naval ..... "F tM LZ ulnor'ties, it ie here toda ' traced by a Boston said th. Heu. tenant told him he had been rob bed of $13,000 March 31 and is without funds. A warrant charging Lynam with embezzling $25,000 in gov ernment funds was issued March 31. Part of this sum, it is alleged, was taken from the cash aboard the V. S. S. Pueblo, where Lynain was stationed before his to the Chester. Admiral Bailey Called by Death El Paso. Texas, April 9. Rear Admiral Frank Harvey Bailey, retired, 69 years old, died sudden ly at the union station here this morning while waiting for a train. He was on bis way to his home, in Gowanda, N. Y. He had been in El Paso a week. Plaiminff for work done. E. v. mcaietuau filed a complaint in the circuit court this morning against Oscar B. Gingrich, Salem automobile man. , , xtxrefhan states that he was in the employ of Gingrich for eight months and 18 days and that his pay was $250 a month, amounting to $2090 for the entire time, and that with the exception of $522.44 paid him some time ago, he had been unable to get anything fur ther from his former employer. Mrs. Ada Parks Gray, wife of e Gray, is dead at Philo- Rafter two weeks of .leeplng 1 sickness. During the first three months of 1921, the Capi tal Journal carried 10,380 ' Want Ads, totaling 52,965 lines, not including classi fied and Real Estate. This was a gain of 827 Want Ads 'over the same period m 1920, and a gain of 5,817 lines. Steady Growth of paper and community is reflected in the Capital Journal WANT AD COLUMNS the True Bargain Counter of the People. Want Ads Pay Because they get Results by reaching the people. Nine Will Meet Chemawa Today The University of Oregon fresh man baseball nine, coached by "Bill" Steers, captain of last year's university football nine, will meet Chemawa here this af ternoon. "We don't expect to win to day," Steers said. The Oregon team will return to Eugene tonight. Highway Bodds Bring Offer of 97.88 to State A bid of 97.885 was tendered by the Ralph Schneeloch company the highest of five bidders for the $1,000,000 issue of Oregon state highway 5 per cent four year bonds offered for sale by the state board of control today. The bid represents a discount of $21, 115 on the total issue and is fig ured to net 6.1 pet cent. These are the first bonds to be offered by the board under the new lan authorizing the issuance of short term bons at an interest rate to be fixed by the commission. The board has deferred action on the bids until the opinion of the state highway commission relative to the urgency of the need for these fund" can be had. It is also prob able that only a portion of the $1,- 000.000 offer will be sold at this time. An epidemic of smallpox H weeping Brogan, In Malheur county Schools are closed and a ban placed on public gatherings. Husband Called Her 'Murderer' States Woman Stating that her husband ac cused her of being responsible for the death of their son, Sterling Mize, while he was sick with in fluenza, Pauline A. Mize filed com plaint for divorce from her hus band, Albert Walter Mize, this morning in the circuit court. Mrs. Mize says that while her son was sick she was endeavoring to carry out the instructions of the doctor in giving plenty of ven tilation to the sick room and en countered the opposition of her husband who chose to call her "murderer," after the sick man's death. Mrs. Mize further states that she was kicked and beaten by her husband on several occasions and that, when she threatened to get a divorce he said that he would in form her friends that she was in sane. During a trip to California, where she went to recover her health, lost because of the abuses heaped upon her by Mize, she states that be informed neighbors tbat she was Insane. She returned to her home, ac cording to the complaint, after be ing absent on another occasion, on the condition that he would cease his abuses, but on his failing to do so asks that the court grant her a divorce and the possession of ber personal property now in the hands of Mize. Buchanan was the only bache lor president of the United States. Man Is Arrested For Cutting Corner W. R. Smyth, of Portland, was arrested last night by Officer Por teifor an alleged traffic law vio lation. Smyth, according to the officer, cut a corner at Court and High streets. Smith put up $10 to insure his appearance before Police Judge Earl Race this afternoon. Fair Weather Forecast. Washington, April 9 Weather predictions for the week begin ning Monday are: Pacific states normal temperature, fair except for occasional rains along north coast. age already done the mines and the consequent reduction of their productive power the original wage offer "cannot stand when any future negotiations are en tered into," It was said. Salem Golfers Meet Astorians Here Tomorrow A return golf tournament be tween Astoria and Salem golfers will be played on the Illahee country club links here tomorrow. Twelve Astorians, who will be guests of the local club men, aie expected to arrive here tonight, and the tournament will open to morrow morning at 9 o'cl ).. It will continue tnorughout the iay. Lunch will be served at noon by Johnny Jones. Last spring members of the local club participated In a siiui'af tournament held at Astoria. Blossom Day May Be Filmed; 1 0OO Autos Are Wanted Pathe pictures will possibly be made of Salem's Blossom day cn April 17, if satlsfastory arnt.ng ments can be made witr. that ex change in Portland within the next few days. T. E. McCrcskey Lee Gilbert, Charles Vlck. C. 3. Hamilton, Dr. Olsen, E. L. Kap pahan, Lester Davis, Watt Shipp, P. G. Delano, all of whom can be reached by phone. C. E. Knowland. King Bing of of the Commercial club feels Ml the Cherrians, and T. E. McCros that the film company will he on 'key have selected the route lead thc spot to make the films which ing from South Commercial past will bring tbe beauties of .Varlon ! Liberty and Rosedale, past the and Polk county orchaid3 before; Friends church, intersecting with the eyes of thousands of people all the Jefferson road at the Bulgin over tbe United States. farm and following tbe Jefferstn One thousand automobile i arei way back to the Intersection of wanted by tbe automobile commit- South Commercial through to Cer.- tee of the Cherrians by 4pril 17 lo accommodate the thousands of people who will come by the trains to be taken through the oit.1i arc's. Paul H. Stege, chairman of the committee, requests that caii be registered by those who ere to loan them for the event, with him or with other members of the ter street bridge, across to Frank lin & Dibble bulb farm and return on tbe Wallace road to Oak Grove, then taking the Oak Grove road to the Rosencrest farm and return to the city. The trains to be met are the 10:05 and the 10:34 on the South ern Pacific and the 10:20 and committee, who are O. L. Fisher, i 12:S5 on the Oregon Electric,