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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1921)
Circulation lU,oUTmO, 17.67. Sn Count, mo. 47.177, Tte Weather OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday fair, except probably showers northwest portion, light to heavy frost tonight south and east por tions, moderate westerly winds. ' LOCAL: Rainfall .24; aouther ly winds; cloudy; maximum S3, minimum 41, set 45; river 8.2 feet and falling. ournal f Audit Bureau of Clreu- PT" . .tri Press Full l.tllon. A&tw-""" Leased Wire 35rfY-No. 105 Salem, Oregon, Monday, May 2, 1921 Price Three Cents gJSf?? m onviction of Senator Newberry Set Aside Salem Nine Beats Monmouth 24 to 12 Twenty-four to 12 was the score recorded yesterday afternoon after Salem high school baseball men had finished with Monmouth high school on its own field. Salem outclassed its opponents in all de partments of the game. This afternoon the Salem team is meeting MeMinnville on the Willamette field. A track meet between Washington high, of Portland, and Salem, and an inter class track meet of Willamette students also is being held. French T uns Given 10 Days To AcceptPuPreme Court Declares Congress Lacks Authority Over Primary Elections led Ministers Say Negotiations Are Now Closed e necessary iu vumixooc uvimuq ux x iu tu ff Occupation Allowed Germans for "Re flection;" Briand Declares French Will Be Ready To Advance Into Ruhr May 12 London, May 2. Germany must give by May 12 a categor- jj anSwer yes or no to tne allied reparations demands, or after the infliction of military and naval penalties, according , the terms of an ultimatum drawn up by the allied foreign Binisters today and submitted to the supreme council for its ' The interval provided lor in tne ultimatum to uermany rjll not be for the purpose of negotiation, it was stated, but i give the German government time to reflect, negotiations ieing considered at an enu. lohn Bull's Navy May Take Hand Blockade of North Sea Ports May Follow If I Germans Refuse To I' Accept Terms London, May I.- Great Britain 1111 make a naval demonstration 111 Germany refuses to yield to the Itllies conditions in the reparations Mies, it was stated today. The Iwmonstratlon, which will not take tie form of a blockade, will prob ably occur in the North sea, it was Hided. The reparations commission will Wse Germany of the allies con ations within six days after the teision upon them has boot, lathed by the supreme council, wnoany then will have six days b which to give an answer, which "required to be a direct ves or l, without conditions. My Smashes Out 7th Homer; Ruth Gets Sixth KeW York J. f the New Yotk Giants i seventh home run of the -HU DUSIUJI. BostoMer,. . kb.Y,! :0rk Yankees, knocked "Mth home run of the reason lBoston Red Sov today. Since Germany made her latest "peace gesture" through Wash ington, it was considered possible the allies would choose the United States as their intermediary in sending any ultimatum to Ger many. Premier Briand said I his morn ing it would take twelve days to complete French military prepara tions for occupation of the Ruhr district. . "If at the end of that time Ger many has not fully yielded to the allies," he declared, "the French troops will march." "I hope we shall not march alone," he added. Council Approves Flans. London, May 1. The allied su preme council, ifter receiving the report of the council for foreign, ministers today, agreed in princi ple to the plan of Foreign Minister Jaspar of Belgium, providing for an ultimatum to be piesented to Germany and for military meas ures to be used in case Germany should default. French Make Ready. Paris, May 2. The French gov ernment Is proceeding with the preliminaries necessary to the oc cupation of the Kuhr valley, should that step be ordered. A brigade of cavalry was en training today at Meaux to join a large detachment of infantry al ready on the way from Lyons, in addition to artillery from Vinceu ness and other garrisons, now on the move. Orders for the mobilization of the class of 1919 were expected to be issued today. Negroes are not expected to be included in the forces sent into the Ruhr. Newspapers, as a whole, ex pressed themselves today as being in favor of the mobilization, the only discordant note being struck by Humanite, which in large head lines attacked the order, calling the men to the colors. It also car ried on its first page an advertise ment by the communist committee of action, beginning with the word: "Down with war; down with mobilization." Irish Get Home Rule This Week Government From Westminister for the Past 120 Years To End Tuesday Dublin, May 1. A new chapter in Irish history will he recorded this week with the inauguration of the new home rule partition act. This will mark the end of the act of the union, under which Ireland has been governed from Westmin ster for 120 years. The week will also witness the Inauguration of Lord Talbot, the new lord lieu tenant, who is the first Catholic to bold that office in recent times. Despite the importance of these developments the Irish people ap peared today to await them with the utmost indifference. Lord Talbot will be sworn In tomorrow with the usual ceremon ies, although he will not make the traditional slate entry into Dublin castle with the old time pageantry. Later he will issue a proclamation summoning the parliaments for north and south Ireland. May Portland Vessel To Sail In Spite Of Strike Edict rVtU.j m In '.r-May op- er West Himrod- iW J? the Tsel out of port . non-union crew. PEU of two englne the crew had been sign L .,CfDt wage reduction J th, mpme Board BHisone of the U1 k, iH up nere Effort t Set the th" ves Mk Z , pullr s possible, ac--w James Crichtnn ijStheJivision of TSfr hlTe been held ftWay night when the toLi: maric" unions re- -atr, ta wnn a re- LWeaV " inrted. 6, rHimrod ha tS,fcj!' tne Eastern I? !. Borope. the Paw- HrTir 1Umber for tbssT"- Ml are Shipping .One man reported to Lieutenant Harold C. Jones, in charge of the local sea service bureau that he was threatened by strikers. SHIP HELD AT SEATTLE UNABLE TO SIGN CREW Seattle, Wash., May 2. Call for deck and engineer officers for the shipping board steamer Eel back, due to leave here for Port land, Or., to load cargo for the United Kingdom, was ignored and the ship remained In port today, it was announced at the offices of W. C. Dawson & company, agents for the vessel. The call for a crew was based on the new shipping board wage scale representing a 15 per cent reduction from the old scale which expired yesterday. Huntington Coach Salem High Although he is known to have received more remunerative offers from other cities, officials here are In hope that Hollis W. "Scrub" Huntington, former University of Oregon football star, will accept the position offered him as coach of athletics at Salem High school for next year. As a result of a decision made by the school board, George W. Hug, superintendent of schools, wired Huntington that the posi tion here will be open to him If he cares to accept. Last year Huntington coached the Anaconda, Montana, high school football team to the cham pionship of the ftate for the first time in the history of the school, and since that time he has receiv ed several offers from various high schools. He is a brother of "Shy" Huntington, University of Oregon football coach. roops Advance Black Moroccan In fantry and One Cav alry Division Entrain for Ruhr District French Military Headquarters. Mayence, Germany, May 2. One division of black Moroccan infan try and one division of cavalry, under command of General Simon, in 15 trains left this evening for the Ruhr. They will arrive in Duesseldorf Tuesday morning. Advance Not Ordered. Paris, May 2. The ministry of war said tonight, with reference to advices telling of the dispatch of infantry and cavalry from Mayence into the Ruhr that the government had not yet issued any order for such movement into th'e Ruhr region. The military author mes in Mayence, However, it was added, may have deemed it advis able to start the troops. Agreement "Almost" Reached. London, May 2. The allied su preme council sat for four hours this afternoon and then adjourned until tomorrow morning. Premier Briand said the conferees had "al most" reached an agreement. After the conference adjourned, Premier Briand telephoned orders to Paris that the class of 1919 be mobilized. Phages Reduced Building Trades Workers Strike Cleveland, Ohio. May 2. Ba tween 25,000 and 30,000 men, em ployed in more than twenty crafts affiliated with the building trades council, left their Jobs this morn ing immediately after reporting for work on building contracts controlled by the Cleveland Build ing Trades Employers association. The employers bad cut wages 20 per cent. Representatiave at Vatican Not Part of American Plan Washington, May 2. Appoint ment of an American diplomatic representative to the Vatican Is not under contemplation, said a statement issued today at the White House in response to repeat ed inquiries as to the possibility of such an appointment being made. Woman Sues First Husband For 2nd Time Suing for a second divorce from her first husband, Mrs. Minnie A. Price filed complaint against P. A. Price charging that he at one time threatened to kill her and that she was forced to call In the authorities to protect herself. The couple were first married in 1910 and divorced in 1917 in Portland. In 1918 they remar ried again iji Vancouver, Wash ington, on the promise, the com plaint states, of Price that he would In the future be consider ate in his treatment of her. In March 1921, Mrs. Price claims her husband threatened her with a gun and she called con stable De Long who took the weapon away from the man. She further claims that he failed to provide for her and that at one time, he said that ha would trade her for a yellow dog and kill the dog. Bank Call Issued. Washington, May 2 The comp troller of the currency today is sued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of busi ness Thursday, April 29. Motorcycle, Auto, Collide, Damaged A motorcycle was badly smash ed up and an automobile was dam aged when the two crashed to gether Sunday at ths corner of Commercial and Chemeketa StrjCC. Evans, 689 N. Commercial, riding the motorcycle, was headed north on Commercial and J. M. Gross, 803 Locust street, was pilot ing his automobile east on Che meketa when the vehicles came to gether. A fender and axle on the auto mobile were badly bent and one of its hub caps was torn off. No body was injured. Registration Boob Will Be Open at Night Announcement was made morning by County Clerk Boyer that the registration books will be opened from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., Wednesday, Thursday and FridaV to permit all who wish to register for the June election, but who cannot do so during the business day. The books have been open for some time but little interest is manifest in the measures before the voters, if the number of regis tration thus far is any barometer, according to the statement of the county clerk. The registrations will close on May 7, when the books will be open until 5 o'clock. Strike Of Printers Spreading Job Offices Thruout Country Hit by Un ion Demand for 44 Hour Working Week San Francisco, May 2. Exec utives of the Typographical un ion said that approximately 250 printers or 60 per cent in the commercial shops who demand a 44 hour week, went on strike to day. Los Angeles, Cal., May 2. Six ty five job printers were on strike here today according to Seth Brown, president of the local union. Sacramento, Cal., May 2. About forty printers employed in all job printing shops of Sacra mento were on strike today. The strike did not affect the state printing office. Louisville, Ky., May 2. Ap proximately 100 men employed In three comparatively large and a number of smaller printing houses failed to report for work today according to employers who said their establishments henceforth would be operated as "open Bhop St. Louis, Mo., May 2. About 550 union printers, employes of 78 job shops, were not at worK to day. About 100 employers agreed to the 44 hour week and their shops are operating. Phoenix, Ariz., May 2. Fifty union printers failed to report for work in five of the leading job shops of this city this morning because the employers had refus ed to accede to the workers de mand for a 44 hour week. Appointment Of Mediators Hanging Fire Washington, May 2. White House officers said today it was their understanding that appoint ment of a federal commission to mediate in the controversy be tween the ship owners and marine workers awaited acceptance by the owners of government mediation. President Harding on Saturday placed the whole question in the hands of Secretaries Davis and Hoover and it was said today that the commerce secretary was In communication with the operators in an effort to have them accept the workers proposal for mediation. S.O.S. Is Sounded By Salvation Army; $5,800 Asked Here Governor Voices Appeal "In passing through what appears to be one of the most critical periods of readjustment there has fallen to the lot of the Salvation Army perhaps the greatest responsibility In the history of that organization. It has never ceased to serve where service was needed. It is an active, efficient organization working con tinually for suffering humanity. The Salvation Army commands our respect and (reserves our financial support. I, therefore, desire to make the most earnest appeal to the people of our state to exert themselves to the utmost on behalf of the home service fund appeal for this year." BEN W. OLCOTT, Governor. Opinion Holds Lower Court Erred in Dismis sing Demurrer of Defendants Accused of Violating Corrupt Practices Act; Sixteen Co-defendants Also Freed; Two Justices Dissent From Details of Ruling Washington, May 2. Conviction of United States Senator Truman H. Newberry in federal courts in Michigan for con spiracy to violate the federal corrupt practices act was set aside today by the supreme court. The conviction of sixteen other defendants also was set aside. The court held that congress was without power to regulate primaries. Justice McReynolds read the opinion to which Justice McKenna dissented as to the power of congress but agreed as to the decision. Chief Justice White also dissented from the decision that congress did not have power to control all elections but agreed that the statute has been "grossly misconstrued." Justice McReynolds said that the lower court erred in dis missing the demurrer of the defendants. "Obviously the corrupt practices act covers also the primaries and other preliminary acts preceding an election," the court said. "The one question here is whether con gress may limit expenditures of a candidate. The source of such power is in section four, article one, of the constitution. This gives congress the power of regulating the 'manner of holding elections,' and not of 'elections.' " White Disagrees. Chief Justice White in his dis senting opinion traced in detail the growth of the election system Panama Told Ultimatum Is Hot Idle Talk Washington, May 2. Unless Panama acts voluntarily within a "reasonable time" the United States will take measures to com pel her to transfer jurisdiction of the disputed Coto territory to Costa Rica, Secretary Hughes sayp in a recent note to the Pan ama government. The text of the document was made public today this 4t the state department. Paralysis Stroke Suffered by Man James Hensell, a resident of North Fifth street, goffered a stroke of paralysis Friday, but is said to be doing as well as migV be expected. Mr. Hensell formerly was a janitor at the state house for sev eral years. He is now retired. MeMinnville Nine Loses to Salem Six to 4 Honest to goodness baseball was played by both Salem and MeMinnville Saturday afternoon in the game from which the locals emerged victorious. The score was to 4. Two runs were chalked up by Salem in the first Inning, and the score remained two to nothing un til the fourth frame when Mont Comery rang up another counter for Salem. In the fifth inning MeMinnville ten annexed four runs, bot were unable to score later in the game. In the last inning Moon and Adolpb each brought In a run. This week you will be asked fur money for the Salvation Army not for a dime, or a quarter, or a dollar, but for more u t tnu' h more as you can afford. The Sol vation Army, fighting what is at present an uphill fight, must have funds. What for? Your money will not be i sed to pay the salaries of Salval'on Amy officials not a penny of it. It will be used in maintaiaiug the White Shield home, the P.evje Home and maternity hospital for girls, for .Americanization wark among foreigners, for slate prison and emergency relief, for enlarg ing and equipping the Oregon In dustrial home for aged men. II will be used in helping l'-at class of folk who are down hut, accord ing to the Salvation Army work ers, never out. Five thousand, eight hundred dollars is the amount to he raised in Marion county, and Salem is asked to contribute its slmre of this amount. One year ago the people of Oregon ' provided the money to keep the organization going for a long while. The Sal vation Army claims to have made good. With the money it has se cured buildings; it has established itself on a more firm footing; it has laid the foundation for extend ing Its various activities to every nook and corner. On Tuesday afternoon at S o'clock the committee in charge of the drive will gather in the office of T. B. McCroskey, secretary of the Commercial club, and arrange ments for the campaign will be made. The committee Is composed of C. F. Glese, chairman ; T. E. Mi -Croskey, F W. Durbin, L. J. Chapin, Sam A. Koser, C. A. Kells, H. Wenderoth, Dr. B. F. Pound, A. C. Bohrnstedt, William McGfl chrlst. Adjutant Cook, Ensign Hancock en Envoy Hancock. Jobs for the jobless, food for the hungry, houses for the homeless. clothing of the ragged these are some of the things the Salvation Army hopes to get with the money which Marion county Is asked to give. The campaign u underway over the entire state. Contributors are asked to make all checks payable to "The Salva tion Army Drive." The checks should be mailed either to local banks, to Ensign Hancock or to C. F. Glese. Oregon Paper Company Cuts Wages to $3.46 That the present paper market makes necessary a reduction In the wage scale of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company was tho statement of the management of the mill this morning following their announce ment yesterday that ail wages would be reduced from $4.32 a day minimum to $3.46 a day. This cut approximates a re duction of nearly 20 per cent in the daily payroll of the concern which Is now reduced from $500 a day to $400 a day on an eight hour basis. The cut is in line with the scale recently adopted by other paper mills in this part of the country and the men lave accepted It. The mill employs about 125 men. SECOND INDICTMENT AGAINST NEWBERRY TO BE DISMISSED Grand Rapids, Midi., April 2. Judge Clarence W. Ses sions, who presided In fede al court here in the New berry trial, upon learning rf the supreme court's decision today, announced thai he would at once Issue an Older dismissing the second indict ment against Senator New berry and his associates. Necessity For Wider Teaching Of Law-Hale Advocating a wider dissemina tion of the knowledge of law and the machinery for Its administra tion Dean W. O. Hale, of the Uni versity of Oregon school of law, spoke before tbe business men of Salem at their Monday luncheon this noon In the Commercial club. "If we were half as active In spreading around the knowledge of law and Americanism as the red element is in spreading about (heir doctrines there would be nothing to the red movement," said tbe Dean. We need to develop an army of one hundred million people mob ilized for the inforcement of law," he continued. Complaints against tbe law usually rise, he stated further, through some personal experience where the Individual was pre vented from working his un restrained will. Dead Hal advocated a more liberal education tor students la preparing for law professions. to show that congress was given the power under the constitution to regulate senatorial elections. "It is essentially a federal mat ter, not existing .before the consti tution," he said. The direct election amendment to the constitution has not chang ed the provisions of section four, article one of that document, tsst court held. Chief Justice White predictod legislation would come which would set aside today's decision as to the power of congress over pri maries for otherwise "government cannot live." Favors New Trial. Upon learning of the court's de cision, Chairman vfliingham of the senate elections committee, which has charge of the Ford Newberry contest, said the com mittee would meet in a few days to consider the effect of tbe courts decision on future senate action. Senator Dillingham said it appear ed that with the cotrapt practice law held void the committee would be without further jurisdiction. Associate Justice Pitney also read an opinion dissenting in part from the court's decision, and an nounced that Associate Justices Brandeis and Clarke had concur red in the opinion he filed. Chief Justice White said ha concurred in the reversal of the con-vlrtion but that a new trial should be held. Salem Track Men Lose By 60-26 Score Sixty to 26 was the score by which Salem track men lost to Washington high school, of Port land, on Willamette field Satur day afternoon. Salem was easily outclassed by the Portlandera who have been in training for several months.