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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1921)
Tie Weather Circulation for 1920, 6250 Af"tfti0n of Sal.m 1900. 4258: PT" 0 14,094; 1920. 17.679 jlaX. Count, 1920. 47.177; Polk county, 14,181 ulher of Audit Bureau of Circu M Z on Associated Pres. Full ournal OREGON: Tonight and Satur day rain west, rain or snow east portion, colder; (resb northwester ly winds. LOCAL: Rainfall, .OS: routheily winds; part cloudy; msixluiuui 65, minimum 37, set 44; river, fit feet and rising;. Leased Wire Salem, Oregon, FrMay, April 29, 1921 Price Three Cents SJSfft?? forty-"" -a -J V,.'ir lUl triuinrt S03mn ml ill 11 nn)il tn H nvrltnrt It iiiiii w kvvwn jii n in niiwQi iv iiaiuiiiu prman Delegates m a-. - - i etuse 1 o Attend Reparations Meet Oertzen Absents Self From Session to Determine Time and Methods of Hun Pay ment; Harding and Cabinet Discuss Situa- .. TT.-U.nn 04-111 TJnnofiil ff Si rtl 11 f i rr Paris, April 29. Dr. Von Oertzen, head of the German if .nMiniooinn i ff i -u ot thp Tprman Davmenis U lliLH'""" ahn Seeks o increase Army Size . a i J fornian Advocates Enlarging Personnel to 175,000 Men In Peace Washington, April 29. Chair- 21 UttUll Ul me imiuoij onou o ammittee told the ho'ise today bat an snlisted force of 168,000 f as in iv it: .i in v uuuiu- priation bill, was too small and "I am not an alarmist, I am not tnat world conditions are unset tled," he declared. "And in the merest of true economy, in the Interact (if ihn vn fnm if the , flip or tnis bouse to support such Armv Too Small. Citing the fact that JaDan and muwu um cuunirv. np a inr1 111 representative said that in pro portion tO nnntllatinn nnlv Pnlm ...u mc uniieu .'li0. Thousands of mir fpllr. mntrv by its action in the way of Hlucinr its Bill Hlfi...i. . . uiuiLUIlV. itillll m.inthn hava -F - "iuic we reduced our .--v.wvua-.diiy uiii'T nauon in "una is makiiie anv PffYirr tn wvoicu?. i t1 c rp i h ine part of wisdom, at ', the minimum of whih 175,000 enlisted men." iSiwennK the ittm.nj . f Eoverniiu.nt ovnAnoAo War MnU L - . . . iiuMVd I1IIKI1 upeuses wherever noaai- e inniii . ... '"jmj iu .e mi irnrv uidCLl, seems in mo -.. u iu crinnif our mil - uiO!ishment' Mr. Kahn "We have rrave inter w Questions which n,,r ata n. lrjiug to solve. We credit to our govern- Washington, April 29. Presi dent Harding and his cabinet are understood to have discussed the German reparations proposals again today. Secretary Hughes laid before them the views of the principal allied powers with re gard to the offer. Meantime the American reply to the German communication was held up. While the cabinet was consid ering the question it became known that Great Britain and Italy had not definitely rejected the German offer as unacceptable Enlisted i as a bas,s for negotiations. It was unaersiooa, nowever, tnat the French and Belgian views as transmitted to Mr. Hughes were that the terms were unacceptable. According to Information in usually well informed quarters Secretary Hughes still is hopeful that negotiations between the allies and Germany can be re opened. It is said that even If a final decision is not reached be fore the French begin to move Into additional German territory the exchanges can continue after that time. Ambassador Ricci of Italy, called on Secretary Hughes at the state department some time after the cabinet adjourned. Announcement was withheld, but It was understood that the reparations question was discussed. Retrial Denied To Townley On Sedition Charge St. Paul, Minn., April 29. The state supreme court today denied a new trial to A. C. Towirley, pres ident of the National Non-Partisan league, and Joseph Gilbert, former organization manager of the league, convicted on a charge of conspiracy to teach sedition. The case was tried June 23, 1919. Townley and Gilbert were found guilty July 12, 1919, oy a jury in the Jackson county district court and sentenced by Judge E. C. Dean to 90 days in jail. Execution of sentence was delayed by appeals. Charges against Townley and Gilbert were based on speeches the two men delivered in behalf of the Non-Partisan league. Sugar Drops Again. San Francisco, April 29. Re fined sugar was quoted at $7.25 a hundied at the refineries today, a drop of 25 cents from tne previous quotation. The Lewis machine gun was in vented in 1912. Knox Resolution Seeks To Dictate Harding's Policy fcdarod , w p - lne Knox Pece resolution was w be "fraught with untold difficulfies" and likely m Jh dlsappointment to its friends" in a minority re M the f 103116(1 in the senate today by democratic members uhui t reiaUons committee. Jka cTaf?' April 29 Adop- be opposed any statement of policy fctU k. M01 Pe" resolution ! by congress. Senator Hitchcock K T J118 '" President ki X r Hitch-k of Ne democrat on the committee. BN Ufa. 77 """" TW TT.lB tn senate ifaZZ? "eua'or attacked W 7Y "'die and tneffee- tnC that it was be tsZ;w through like a trough a city coon- !n vote, , k. j , "X.IT'"""''"' hSSj Prudent Hard 10 toagresB in whick said congress in this resolution did "assume the function of the executive." "The manner in which this mat ter has been bandied in the sen ate is perhaps without a prece dent," he said. "It is apparently to be put through by machinery. "A resolution involving the for eign policy of the United States and assuming to dictate to the president of the United States is to be pushed to a vote here with out appareatly any effort to ex plain its meaning to justify its enactment," Senate Removes Clause In Immigration Bill Admitting Persecuted Washington, April 29. The house immigration restric tion bill was reported favoraBly today by the' senate immigration committee after elimination of provisions to accord special privileges for entrance of minors and per sons subject to religious persecution. Federal Grand Jury To Probe Byron Case; Salem Folks Called NEGRO SENTENCED TO HANG REQUESTS COLOR SCHEME BE ALL WHITE Lake Charles, La April 29. Joseph Barry, negro, who is to be hanged here May 6 for murder, has requested that the scaffold in the jail yard for his execution be painted snow white in keeping with the white suit, shoes, tie and socks he is to wear the day of the hanging. He also asked that the ex ecutioner and attending dep uties be clothed in white. Olcott Urges Trip to Alaska Upon Harding President Warren G. Harding, if impressed favorably with sug gestions contained in a letter to him today by Governor Olcott, may arrange to accompany the govern ors of the various states on their proposed trip to Alaska during the coming summer. At the last con vention ot the executives, held in Harisburg, Pa., a proposal was of fered that the next meeting of the governors should be held on ship board en route to and returning from Alaska. Recently Governor Olcott received a letter from Miles C. Riley of Madison, Wis., secre tary of the governor's conference, in which he said that the Alaska cruise would be arranged in case a majority of the 48 executives fav ored such a trip. Also that the government probably would pro vide steamer accommodations lor the governors and their families. "While this matter is emanating from me and is not coming offi cially from the governor's confer ence I am taking the liberty of advising the secretary with rela tion to my suggestion," said Gov ernor Olcott In his letter to Presi dent Harding. "I am urging if possible that the trip be arranged so as to include yourself and par ty. I think this would be a splen did thing for yourself and all the states if you would be able to be come a member of our party to Alaska. "It would give you a splendid opportunity to become acquainted with the chief executives of the several states and at the same time give them an equally splendid op portunity to become acquainted with the president of the Unitedt States." A score or more of Salemites, Investors in the timber claim loca tion operations of Carlos L. Byron In this city during the fall and Winter of 1919-20, will grace the occasion with their presence when the federal grand jury opens its investigation of the Byron deals here in Portland Monday morning. t Summons to appear before the grand jury were served here this week by a deputy United States marshal. Introduced to Salem business and professional men and to oth ers here by John W. Todd, then superintendent of the city schools, Byron, who is now serving a 15 months term In the federal prison at McNeil's Island, for conviction with intent to defraud, secured on the charge of using the mails between $40,000 and $60,000 from Salem Investors. He wrote contracts with more than 120 local people In which he agreed to locate them upon valuable timber claims. Most of the contracts were for sums of $600 or $1,000, and In the ma jority of cases he received spot payments of half the sum in volved with the understanding that the remainder was to be paid when the Investors were lo cated upon their claims. Failure of the local people to realize on their investments re sulted in the exposure of Byron's operations here after he had been sent to McNeil's Island. In some instances the money invested by people here was re covered, but most of the contracts still remain unfulfilled and the money unreturned. It is understood that Byron will be taken before the irrand fnrv during Its investigation and that Mr. Todd will be another witness. Final Payment On Villa Ranch Mado Mexico City, April 29. Fran cisco Villa, former rebel chief, now holds absolute title to hl ranch in the state of Durango. Fin al payment of 500,000 pesos to the former owners of the ranch Was ordered by President Obregon yesterday. Five Men Adrift In Sea Gale Lightship Hands Are Caught In Bad Storm and Fear Felt They Have Perished Seattle, Wash., April 29. Mas ters of all vessels in the vicinity of the Washington coast have been asked to search for a small boat containing six men from the Uma tilla reef lightship, casi adrift lata night in a 52-mile gale, according to a wireless message received here. The six men, according to the message, put out for the steamer Queen to receive boxes of books and magazines for the lightship. They did not return to the light ship, and a search was instituted. Their boat was last seen drifting toward the west shore of Vancou ver island. May Have Reach Shore. Port Angeles, Wash.. April 29. Coast guard service officials here today expressed the belief that five members of the crew of the Umatilla reef lightship, miss ing since last night when they went adrift In an open boat during a gale, may hjave landed on the Washington coast In the neighbor hood of Cape-Flattery. Parties from Neah Bay this morning be gan a patrol of the beach in that vicinity in the hope of rescuing the sailors. The coast guard cutter Snohom ish, which last night put out to search for the men, was forced to return to shelter after she had lost one boat and three hatches had been smashed. She resumed the search this morning. Weather bureau obeservers at Tatoosh, Wash., said the wind last night reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour. Missing Men Identified Portland, Or., April 29. Five men were on duty on the lightship at the Umatilla reef station, ac cordingto Rrfbert Warrack, light house superintendent of the 17th district, headquarters here. Their names were given out by him as follows: Robert Nelson, engineer; E. An tonson, V. Heikel, J. Olson and Jens Munson. The lightship now at Umatilla reef is a relief vessel taking the place of the regular boat which is under repair, said Warrack. He expressed hope that the men re ported missing had been able to reach shore in safety. Old Adage Is Vindicated Nurse Proves Will Supplies A Means Yeon Resigns Supervision Of River Highway Portland, Or., April 29. John B. Yeon, resigned today as super intendent of the Columbia river hirhnv. He remains a member of the state highway commission. Friction between Mr. reon anj m.mhr nf the Multnomah county commission growing out of the discharge some time ago oi noan Supervisor Linnott was the reason for his resignation, it was stated by the commissioners. The resignation was accepted. Overseas Man Made Captain Appointment ot Kenneth A. Hall of Salem as captain of the coast artillery. Oregon national guard was announced this morn ing through the office of the adju tant general. Hall served as first lieutenant of the Twenty-eighth engineers over seas and Is a ctvu ana duuuius engineer by prof Where there is a will there's a way and in public health work this old adage doubly applies. In a certain community lived, or rather existed, a foreign family possessed ot eleven children, a three-room shack, unspeakable liv ing conditions, and a father with tuberculosis, who insisted he did not have the disease. He lived ac cordingly, having no regard for the protection of the children. When bis cuspidor became full to overflowing with venomous sput um, he emptied It in the yard where the children played. The neighbors were enraged but dared not interfere because the man kept a loaded gun and threat ened to use it. The present Marion county nurse was notified. It is a nurse's duty, just as it Is a fireman's or soldier's, to go where duty calls. She called at the home and was all but thrown out after a stormy in terview. She persevered and called again later, this time obtaining re sults. The father consented to have a free examination. The whole family was examined and i the father was persuaded to go to1 a hospital. Through the suggestions 6f the nurse, the mother of tne big fam ily discovered soap and water! She! scrubbed everything. She go some' Iwa mrA af .n rt.A flvu-B and walla 1 and poured chloride of lime over the backyard. The whole family was taught to sleep with open windows, to eat better foods, and Most important to keep clean. Such was the will and the way of one county nurse. Printers Agree To Arbitrate In Wage Dispute Portland, Ore., April 29. Agree ment by commercial printers and employers to arbitrate a dispute over wages was announced today. Employers offered 85 cents an hour while the printers have ask ed for 95 cents, the -scale which has been in effect. The emp'myoii have conceded the 44 hout week, to go into effect Monday. Confiscated Mexican Land To Be Returned Mexico City, April 29. Lands In the staes of Chihuahua, Sonora, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tama lupias, valued at more than 20, 000,000 pesos, confiscated during revolutions in Mexico, were order ed returned to their owners yester day by a prsidentlal order, sent to the governors of the state. Among the owners of lands in the states mentioned are many Americans who deserted their properties dur ing troublous times. Among the several conditions imposed for the retarn of the lands was one that irrigation, land development and projects under way when the properties were de serted be resumed, and that Mexi can labor be employed. Cold Snap Due Says Warning San Francisco, April 29. A warning to provide against cold weather with high northwester ly winds and snow flurries to night and tomorrow, was sent by the United States weather bureau today to stockmen in eastern Washington and Ore gon, Idaho and Nevada. A heavy storm which apeared oft the Washington coast last night was moving over the plateau regions with but little lessening ot Intensity, the bureau said. Quarantine Of Potatoes Is Amended Details i dative to a quarantine amendment, prohibiting the Im portation of any common potatoes from California Into Oregon until they have been found free of tuber moths by offlical Inspectors both In California 'and Oregon, were to day made public by Charles A. Park of Salem, president of the Oregon state board of horticulture. The amendment, which Is made In connection with quarantine No. 3, was drawn up by Mr. Park fol lowing conferences with California and Idabo officials which were held In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco, and is now in effect, having been signed by Gov ernor Olcott and Mr. Park. The quarantine has been put in effect with a view to preventing the Introduction into Oregon of the tuber moth which is said to infest California potatoes at the present time. Shipments of new potatoes from California into the northwest are now being made. The conferences in California were attended by plant quarantine officers of Idaho, Oregon and Washington. G. P. Griffith Is New Rotary Club President At a meeting ot the board of directors of the Salem Rotary club last night in the Commercial club, George P. Griffith was elected president for the coming year; T. B. Kay, vice-president; W. S. Wal ton, treasurer; R. O. Snelllng, secretary, and Charles R. Archard, sergeant-at-arms. The standing committees will be chosen by the president and announced at a meeting to take place sometime between now uud Wednesday. Plans for the years work will also be made at the same meeting. Red Literature Threateos May Day Uprising Ansonia, Conn., April 29. Cir culars bearing the caption "the first of May the day of reckoning and liberation" and purporting to be issued by anarchist groups of United States and Canada, were found here this morning. In them workers are advised to refuse to pay taxes and rents, re fuse to obey laws, take possession of the land, factories, mills and mines and to go armed to mass meetings or parades. Hubbard People Rally to Support of Public Nurse Hubbard citizens rallied to the support of the county public health nurse last night at a meet ing of the parent-teachers associa tion. Petitions, asking that the court continue the nursing serr Ice for the rest of the year were signed by forty men and women, and delegates were elected to at tend the hearing to be held by th court. Members of the Aurora Women's club also went on record yesterday in favor of the plan of retention. Marion citizens will rally this aft ernoon to endorse the plan and a big public meeting Is scheduled at Sllverton this evening. County wide response, especially from rural districts, is being expressed for the nurse's retention. Conference Fails To Settle Problem OfPayReduction Proposal of Shipping Board Chairman to Re duce Pay Scale 15 Percent Rejected, When Owners Refuse Suggestion of Change In Working Conditions; Meeting Breaks Up Washington, April 29. Failing to reach an agreement with the shipping board and American steamship owners on a basis for readjusting wages and working conditions in con ference here today, representatives of the unions announced that they would lay their case before President Harding. Chairman Benson's uro'touals for Search For Convicted Men Futile Nine I. W. W. Leaders, Including Haywood, Still Sought; Further Plots Feared Chicago, April 29. The real leaders In the group of Industrial Workers of the World convicted for anti-government war time conspiracies have jumped their bond and are believed to be fur thering revolution ideas, federal officials said today after a final check up of the 47 men who were to report to the Leavenworth, Kansas, penitentiary following the refusal of the United States supreme court to review iselr cases. Nine convicted men are at lib erty, the others either having reached the penitentiary or be ing on their way, it was stated. Haywood's Return Unlikely Of the nine who are free, six are looked on as chief instigat ors of the anti-war activities. Three of these six, under 20 year sentences, are believed to be hold ing "cabinet" positions in the Russian soviet government. "Big Bill" Haywood is author itatively reported to be minister of propaganda for the soviet gov ernment. Officials have virtually lost hope that Haywood will re turn to this country. Vladimir Lossion is In Petro- grad, according to Information here and has been appointed com missioner of Immigration. Charles Rothflser is sn route to Czecho-Slovakla, according to Information received by federal officials and will represent the soviet government In that coun try. Six Were Organizers George Andreytchine, also un der a 20 year sentence, Fred Jakkola and Leo Laukka are missing. The six men were the men who actually organized 1. W. W. anti war activities, according to Dis trict Attorney Clyne. Patrick J. Brennan, chief of the federal bureau of Investigation here said he was "prepared for trouble" Sunday but did not ex pect any here. A parade Is sched uled but the chief of police has barred the red flag, though per mitting the carrying of soviet slogans. Circulars advocating overthrow of the government and a May day revolution wert distributed in Aurora, III., secretly Wednesdsy night, and In Gary, Ind., last night. a 15 per cent wage cut was. reject ed by Wll'iam S. Brown, in be half of the Marine Engineers Beneficial association, which al ready has issued u strike eMt tot May 1. Before definitely replying to the proposal, Andrev- b' inuwtll, for the International .3e li'ien s unloa, asked that the board and Owaert agree to certain :linugt3 In w-rk-lng conditions but this was re fused. Mr. Furuaeth men t.uni;et.t ed that the whole ooni.:overf:y ba submitted to l'res; leut I laid log f ' r arbitration. Session Sp'ils Up. C. airman Benjou mmv c1 this proposal, saying the president al ready was heavily burdened and that it was for each one present to shoulder his own responsibilities. William A. Thompson, represent ing the steamship owners indorsed this statement. Mr. Furuseth then said that since the conference had failed to come to an agreement there was nothing mors to be done and the meeting broke up. After the meeting Mr. Furuseth invited Mr. Brown to go with him as a committee and lay their case before President Harding. Agreement Ends Tomorrow. The existing working agree ments between the shipping board, ship owners and the marine work ers expire tomorrow. While no strike order has been Issued by the seamen, union leaders said the failure to reach a wage agreement before expiration of exlsitlng con tracts would necessarily mean a general strike ot 125.1! 00 seafar ing men, affecting all American shipping except that on the Great Lakes. Chairman Benson called at the White House In the afternoon but would not Bay whether a discus sion of the threatened marine strike was the purpose. He said he believed the representatives of the unions were anxious to avoid a strike if they could find a reason able way out. Italy Backs U. S. Stand On Yap Mix Washington, April 29. Com plete agreement with the position of the United States in regard to the Island of Yap as expressed by Secretsry Hughes in his notes to the four principal allied powers is expressed In a note delivered to the state department today by the Ital ian ambassador. The Italian government said It was convinced that the United States was seeking no privilege in Yap not granted to other nations and It offered Italy's co-operation to restore the equanimity of the world. It is rumored that the ribbon sweater will be In vogue this summer. Tne Allegheny and Ohio rivers were regarded by the French as one stream. Youths Dream of Riches In Movies Police Disrupt Plans Chicago, April 29. Three small boys, their plans of careers as mov ing picture house managers sud denly interrupted, were held today by the police, while the hopes of several hundred children of wit nessing screen dramas at greatly reduced prices were likewise brought to an abrupt termination. The youths, sge 13, 12 and 11 years, had gained entrance to a neighborhood theater which was closed for remodeling, according to the police, broke oven a drawer containing films and then opened the house for business charging two cents admission. Several boys were employed as musicians. Two policemen passing the place and hearing music, Investigates) and found a large number ot youthful spectators enjoying the program. Upon the appearance of the police the patrons fled. The boys were said to have de stroyed several hundred dollars worth of film wbile operating the bine.