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The Weather Circulation ournal . ,.s for 1920, 5250 Suon of Salem 1900. 4258: 10 14,094; 1920, 17,679 M4rio 1920. 47.177; Pnlk county, 14,li w nf Audit Bureau of Clrcu "Son Associated Press .Full Leased Wire OREGON: Tonight and Thurs day fair; light to heavy frost in early morning; wanner Thursday southwest portion ; moderata northwesterly winds. LOCAL: Maximum temperature 63, minimum 33; rainfall .03; river 3.6 feet, stationary. dYear No. 113 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 11, 1921 Price Three Cents JSFjx?? SSnl Forty CARLOS BYRON, JOHN TODD BOTH UNDER ARREST Silesia Is Again AtPeace H POllsn luauigcuw Agree to suspenu Hostilities Pending : Division of Territory Undon, May 11. is report- . il.linna hfilWPeD the d that neB"1'""" MMLsllied commission in Upper ZZ,. Adalbert Korfanty, nam - . . .... . tader of the Polish insurgB.. tjm fo,t area, resulted last evening in suspension oi -,i it,, coniral Nwh from suaiu l" ...... rpd necording to mis U no" ' 11 mort, that the lnsMrge.H '" i ic 111 -,iatPii nos t ons penuiiig r ... thp Tinner Milesian ia..i. i till iieiidin? In n..t,r.i where 11 resit:. L-. . . , i .. i.-n ?i'li IS bv th-3 Po.es, . i j ,i -i i n iinnpr itench Eneaee Poles. Oppeln, Silesia, May 11 French niMi I with insurgent Poles near ... ... Aknnt ..it Tvilt t-fllHh this city yesterday. The Poles ..if. j n. p,.nn,.h fir with It ff1,l ninnaa A IV.l'TTl- m of silently wounded French . t. lirnno-ht ItPI'ft KHijeiS HttlG uw-n w - inn ninfr iini , km been brougni in uy iuyw Jlitnrhorl rti;i 11 la i umui cu nioi tail and inter-alhfM officials nere ihc Pnloc iniiirntc their intention tiauous stream of wounded Ueiv Mil ICtUgCVS U11U lllC DHUOLiu'i wwn more intentse. The German 1 Hinian guarus nave cuiap.cicu ffcai AMrnn n.il ii T m nftli'ilF I pel satd ir hnv pan Mfti'iirt? JudgeSends Youth and Qonoto His Doe To Reformatorv "ClidlC Tariff All Amendments But Those Proposed Thru Finance Committee Are Rejected Washington, May 11. The senate today passed the emergen cy tariff and anti-dumping bill, retaining all amendments recom mended by the finance committee, but rejecting those Individually proposed. The vote was 63 to 28. The Knox amendment, contin uing war time control over im ports of dyestuffs Was accepted 61 to 25. Seven democrats, Senators Broussard, Louisiana; Jones, New Mexico; Kendrick, Wyoming; ! Myers, Montana; Pittman, Neva da; Ransdell, Louisiana and Shep pard, Texas voted with the repub licans in passing the bill. Anoth er democrat, Ashurst, Arizona, who was absent, was announced as a supporter. f in Mf Jtatf A HtwMfe HbbbssbssbbbbbbsbbbbssbbbssbbbbsbKbmp j$E8EEi I I Bf SjaOw mKririr jtwH I 9nk .jbBk LasHr-a?"' ass Send me, send my dog," sobbed twelve-year-old Billy Dunlon. as he faced Judge Ben Lindsey in the Juvenile Court in Denver when ue was sentenced to the State Reform School as an incorrigible. In sentencing the lad Judge Lindsey placed his hand on his shoulder and "Trixle," Billy's mongrel pup, who had accompanied his young master to court, growled and seized the judge's trousers. Judge Lindsey, moved by the loyalty of the pair, saw a way to grant the boy's request. "Billy," he said, "your dog is in contempt of court and I'll draw a formal order committing him to the State Industrial School with you, for attacking the court." And the "bad" boy and his yellow pup started off for the reform school togethter. CHARLIE CHAPLIN TRIPS ON BLOW TORCH; FAMOUS T0USERS ARE TOTAL LOSS Los Angeles, Cal., May 11. Charlie Chaplin, who was burn ed about the legs yesterday when he stumbled over an acetylene blow torch in the stu dio where he was working, is suffering no serious effects, but will be unable to work for sev eral days, it was said today at his home. The comedian was said to regard the destruction of a pair of patched pa'nts fa miliar to millions of film pa trons, f s the worst feature of the accident. DryAgen ts Raid Feeble Minded School; Journal Denied Bushey 's Record n n . mi is mi b n rm r Discouiragiiig Rail Building Wuhingion, May 11. Stagna- BltH 0,... , .. .J uiain lllUAl IJf UUI1UUICU eoutruction on ami the return the in?estor, Julius Krutt Jitt, chairman of the board of I . v. tm- nuuuiern f acme "? declared in resuming his tes- -""U7 OeiOrP the aonolA i t Ac . A ttAfnep.n - - ... .... nm. i.i- .i . .. , uc ranroaa situation. ' usu only $62,264,000 went return to those who paid for Dronprtl.. -.1.11. . ....... . . nu"U OIAIJ iiiuts as h Went to those pmnlnvod nn nroaos, he said. "This an- the question 'Why don't we w railroads?' ' wicient management, he insist J," 'ft bW narrow limits whith to attempt control rT"g expenses in 1920 be 7f the many elements enter JWo ecu" over which it had "iMi lime- Alleged representatives of the ispective places last Wednesday and displayed search warrants issued from the county court. Dr. Smith, who has charge of the feeble minded, explained to the officers in his most professional manner that they would find nothing, but permitted them to search the tool house. The searchers, he said, sought in vain. Mr. Brownell said the men were similarly disappoint ed at his place. When asked as. to identity of the men who filed the affidavit, Judge Bushey at first professed partial ignorance, adding that "it was one of those dry law agents." He said he believed it was a man named Wright. He also was un able definitely to state on what night the raids were staged. Whether the trials of possible offenders will be held in the county court in the future, Judge Bushey said he didn't know. yers Leave W Money In Victim Hat (V mTL 11 -An old felt JTtr. " sbotKlln 1 discovered bv rjo- WDtably fatally wounded J6' a Po"cal W . M Nineteenth w. KJjT and assassina CSt.,t his defeat iVtaT;"Jotln Power, have I rVa turmoil. rntk b"d 01 the hat .fcJTear the shotgm, P? "rked For flow- Antl-Saloon League of Oregon last week-end paid a visit to the state school for feeble minded, presum ably in search of booze, and to the ranch house of S. S. Brownell, well known Pringle farmer, on war rants issued, by Judge W. M. Bushey, of Marlon county, accord ing to information tardily extract ed here today. The raid on the feeble minded school tool house, which the sleuths had under suspicion, and on the home of Mr. Brownell, fail ed to disclose any evidence of liq uor, according to statements maae today by Dr. J. N. Smith, superin tendeat of the school, and Mr. Brownell. Judge Bushey said he could not say whether the officers had been successful or not. The. search warrants, issued by him, had not been returned. Judge Bushey stated. f:..t v.i crat juiiuarii jxi;ik m,mb, A request made by The Capital Journal to see the affidavit on which the search warrants were made out, was refused by Judge Bushey, who declared that there is "nothing in the law to make him file the affidavit." Salem at torneys say that an affidavit of that nature is a matter of public record. "I hadn't ought to give The Cap ital Journal anything the way its treated me," Judge Bushey de clared with considerable emphasis. The judge was assured that The Capital Journal wanted nothing that he had personally to offer, but sought only that Which is a matter of public record.' "Well, you can't have it," he de clared. "Is the Aiti-Saloon league still working for the county?" he was asked. "No. The agreement has been cancelled." Judge Bushey added that he was unaware of the source of the expense money on which the league operates. Raids Made Wednesday. According to Dr. Smith and Mr. Brownell, two men whom they be lieved to be named Sand iter and Wright swooped down on their re- Man Slammed His Jaw. Taxi Pilot Charges Complaining to authorities that W. D. Albright, a Salem taxi driv er, struck him in the face while he was sitting in his own automo bile, Charles Lanham, another lo cal taxi pilot, today caused the ar rest of Albright, whj) is charged with assault and battery. He will be arraigned before Judge Unruh in the justice court. The row, according to Lanham, after he and Albright had had some discussion concerning a passenger whosep atronage had se cured. The affair occurred on State street yesterday afternoon. Wife of Premier Dead Rome. May 11. Announce ment has been made of the death of Stgnora Giovanni Giolitti, wife of the Italian premier. Your duty care with fir. Christ Church Declares Lloyd-George Champ Clark Fall Short Celebration July 4th Will Be Discussed Proposals for putting on a big Fourth of July celebration will be made to Salem business men at the regular meeting of the open forum in the Commercial club this evening by P. M. Gregory, who has already seen a number oi the business concerns of the city and has found that there is consider able favor held for such an af- ifair. About $4500 is the amount es timated necessary to finance a celebration of first class Charac ter. From the eighteen firms seen Mr. Gregory yesterday succeedefl in getting subscriptions from ail ranging from $10 to $100. Mr. Gregory stated that there are at least 100 business concerns who can be depended upon to contribute, besides the members of the different professions. Plans for the celebration have) not been completed but the gen eral scheme is to have a large pa triotic parade as the main event of the day, and perhaps followed by floral exhibitions and the marching of other organizations. "We want to put on a celebra tion that will make the visitors from valley towns feel that they have received their money's worth," Mr. Gregory said this morning. "Our auto park un doubtedly will be crowded by tourists staying over. I believe that we can enlist the cooperation of neaby communities and that we are more able to put on a real large affair than they are, though there are a few people who think that Salem ought to lend its sup port to them if they decided to celebrate." The Cherrians at their meeting last night postponed making prep arations for going to Roseburg to 'attend the celebration there until lit is definitely known what the business men of Salem will do. Snrinrfield. 111.. May 11. Three great political leaders, DavW Lloyd-George, British prime minister; James A. Garfield, late president of the United States, and Champ Clark, late speaker of the house of representatives, ware weighed in the balances of their church, at the annual congress of the Disciples of Christ here today and two of them were found want ing by Professor Frederick D Kershner of brake university. Dee Moines, Iowa, In bis address oa "The Contribution of the Disciples of Christ to Christianity. Botn Premier Lloyd -George of England and former Speaker Champ Clark. Professor Kershner declared, fell short of 'that full content of Chris tias idealism." Of former President Garfield the professor said ' personally In dustrious; personally clean and personally honest, he stands a genuinely representative of the better class of American citizenship." Open Forum Meets Tonight Open forum msetrag tonight. Commercial club members should not confuse this meeting with Iks community sing on Mar It to which tbey art) asked to bring their wives. The notices of the opvn forum were seat out on the same post card as the invitation to the community affair aad lit tle misunderstanding bas result ed, according to secretary T. E McCroskey of the Commercial club. Funds For Recall Not Available Election T o Retire Williams Would Cost Much; Emergency Funds Voted Today Should the proposed attempt to recall Chairman Fred A. Williams of the public service commission materialize it will be necessary to call a meeting of the state emer gency board to provide funds be fore the election machinery of th' state can be set in motion for this purpose. . This situation was presented to the board in session here on other business this morning by Secretary of State Kozer, who explained that while the law made it mandatory upon him to call a recall election upon the filing of a proper peti tion no funds were available with which to defray expenses incident to such an election. This expense, should the elec tion be held coincident with the special election of June 7, it is es timated would probably not exceed one thousand dollars for the print ing of the necessary ballots. Should a separate election be nec essary, however, the Item would resolve itself into one of several thousand dollars covering the ex penses of election boards and all of the printing incident to the ex ercise of the franchise by the sov ereign people. Inasmuch as there Is no such emergency actually- existing at this time the board was powerless to act in anticipation of such a situation and another session of the board, requiring the gathering of its members from the four cor ners of the state, will be necessary should the recall petitions be filed. The business before the board this morning was confined to the correction of errors on the part of the enrolling committee of the last legislature in connection with two appropriations aggregating $82,- 500 and an oversight on the part of the lawmakers themselves in providing funds with which to carry out the provisions of a new law. The three errors and over sights necessitated the creation of deficiency appropriations aggre gating $84,805. The first of these Items was that of $67,30S appropriated to the extension department of the stato agricultural colfege for co operation with the counties of the state in the payment of bounties on wild animals. A second item, included in the same bill, provided $15,000 for the extermination of predatory animals and rodents. In both Instances the enrolled bills provided the appropriations for the biennium of 1919-1920 where as it was evidently the intention of the legislators to make the funds available for the current bien nluxn. This situation was correct ed by the authorisation of defi ciencies to the extent of the two amounts involved. The third item before the board this morning was the creation of a fund (or the administration of the act of 1921, providing for the pay meat of hotel bills, railroad fares and other expenses of circuit judges is districts composed of more than one county, incurred in holding court in the county other than in which the judge resides. In the rush of the closing hours of I the session this appropriation was (apparently overlooked entirely al though the bill providing for th" payment of the expenses was pass ed. In order to provide a working fund until a definite idea can be obtained as to the seeds under this I , ,v Kisanl iiltinritMl . ,4-fl-(. eacy appropriation of $2500. No action was taken toward the correction of an error In the bill appropriation funds for the bureau of labor, the board of inspector of I child labor and the Industrial wel I fare commissi oa, Indictments Allege Fraud In Contracts To Locate 38 Salemites on Timber Land Four Cuban Banks Closed Tuesday Havana, -Cuba, May 11. Three small private banks in this city suspended payment yesterday and another in the city of Camaguey, eastern Cuba, closed its doors. All the institutions had sustain ed runs by depositors and some of the oldest and strongest institu tions in this city are affected. Approach of the final .day of the moratorium, which has been in op eration since late last year, has added to the uneasiness. HunsAccept Reparations Edict In Full Unconditional Accept ance Delivered To Lloyd George in Lon don Today London, May 11. Germany un conditional acceptance of the en tente reparations was delivered to Prime Minister Lloyd-George by Dr. Sthamer, German minister to Great Britain, today. Mr. Lloyd-George announced In the house of commons this after noon Germany's complete accept ance of all the allied demands. His announcement was greeted with prolonged cheering. Dr. Sthamer handed the German reply to the prime minister this morning and Mr. Lloyd-George im mediately telegraphed the news to all the governments concerned. Terms All Accepted. Berlin, May 11. Germany's reply to the allied ultimatum, ac cepting the terms laid down by the allied supreme council in London is confinedHo a petition of the ex act terms of the decisions of the allies with regard to guarantees disarmament, the trial of war criminals and financial conditions The reply states that Germany ad heres unconditionally to these con ditions. This reply was sent to the allied capitals after the cabinet headed by Dr. Julius Wlrth, the new chan cellor, had received what amount- ed to a vote of confidence in the reichstag last night, etc., as sent. 1 Former School Superintendent Here Denies Charges Contained In Federal Grand Jurv Returns; Says Only Part He Took Was Introducing Byron to Friends) Now Out Under TSond Portland, Ore., May 11. Carlos L- Byron of Seattle and John W. Todd of Vancouver, Wash-:, were under arrest tod;y on federal indictments in cdnnection with alleged frauds in making locations of land for clients, according to announce ment by District Attorney Lester W. Humphreys. Arrest of Byron in Seattle was reported to Humphreys by Assistant United States Attorney N. Makin of Seattle he said. Todd was arrested yesterday at Vancouver. Accoroing to numpnreys tniriy- tnat it could not be proven that Tax Situation Discussed By Milton MilW That the tariff question is an economic one to be discussed all the time and not to be brought up just previous to political cam paigns was the statement of Mil ton A. Miller, Internal revenue collector, who spoke before the Rotarians at their luncheon this noon in the Marlon hotel. In discussing the various phas es of .taxation with relation to the economic situation, Mr. Mil ler said: "If you repeal the excess prof its tax It must be paid by some body else," The United SUtes, be said, is In a better situation than any other country in the world. Eng land, he stated, is in debt 58 per cent of her natural wealth, France 78 per cent, Italy, about as large as the state of Oregon, 80 per cent, while the United States on ly owes 11 per cent of what her natural resources are worth. Out of every $100 collected in taxation by the national govern ment, said Mr. Miller, $92.23 goes to pay the expenses of former wars and to prepare for ano, ner. One dollar out of the hundred goes for education. In 1919 the present Income tax brought to the national treasury $3,720,000,000 and in 110, $5, 420,000.000, stated the speaker. He further stated that Oregon during the war spent $1(0,000, 000 In the purchase of liberty bonds and Red Cross drives. eight residents of Salem, Oregon, were defrauded on contracts by which Byron agreed to obtain lo cations for them on valuable tim ber land. The ' alleged victims were professional men, school teachers and business men. Hum phreys said he had information of 132 such contracts, with total losses aggregating $20,000. Humphreys said Byron had been convicted here and In Seattle of land fraud operations, and that the alleged Salem operations were carried on while he was out on bond pending appeal. Both Byron and Todd were re leased under bail following their arrests, and were cited to ap pear in the federal court In Port land Monday morning for hear ings. Byron was recently released from the federal prison at Mc Neil's Island by pardon after serving 10 months of a 15-month sentence for using the mails to defraud, It became known today. Todd Denies Charges Vancouver, Wash., May 11. General denial of land fraud charges set forth In a secret in dictment recently returned against him was made today by John W. Todd, president of the Vancouver Rotary club. Todd Is a farmer living near this city,, and is not a school principal as has been reported. Todd was charged in the Indictment with having used the malls with in tent to defraud by promising to locate clients upon valuable land In Oregon and Washington, charg ing fees of from $300 to $500 for so doing. Todd, who formerly was a resi dent of Salem, said he had not defrauded his acquaintances In that city. Todd said his part in transactions consisted merely ot introducing an associate to his friends. Todd is out under $5,000 bonds. W. of ne intended to defraud. The gen eral 'sentiment was that a speedy asquittal would result from the trial and that Todd would be fully exonerated. Victims Accuse Todd ine indictment of John Todd, former superintendent scnoois in Salem bv th fe.ir0i grand jirry in Portland last week, together with five other secret in dictments, is the outgrowth of the operations of Carlos L. Byron in and around Salem in the fall of 1919 and the early months of 1920. It was upon the recommenda tion of Todd, then head of the schools here, a member of the Ro tary club and active In the Apollo club and other civic affairs, that between 120 and 125 local school teachers and business and profes sional men entered into contracts with Byron for locations upon "valuable timber claims." Accord ing to several local victims of Byron, they entered into the con tracts only because Todd recom mended the investment and assert ed that his (Todd's) brother had been located upon a valuable claim by Byron. Most of the contracts written by Byron here were for sums of $1000 halt of which was paid in ad vance, the remainder to be paid when the location was made. Failure of the local Investors to realize on their contracts, either by locations or the return of their money, coupled with the commit ment of Byron to the federal pris on at McNeil's Island on convic tion of the charge of using the malls to defraud, lent to the de mand for an official investigation of the deals here. Estimates of the amount of mon ey received by fiyron from Salem, people vary from $40,000 to $60, 000. A committee named by the local investors to Investigate the situa tion soon after Byron was sent to A delegation of Vancouver Ro- J Dr'80n. en' t0 Seattle, Tac tarians conferred today with Sa lem Rotarians regarding the in dictment of John W. Todd, whose part in the operation of Carlos Byron were thorough! yprobed by the Salem club last year. It was held at the time that Todd was acting in good faith and was as much taken In as any of those who put up money, having never received a cent, although promis ed a commission upon the patent ing of the timber claims. The Rotarians decided to stand by Toll In his trouble, convinced and other Puget Sound points and announced upon their return to Salem that local Investors need have no fear for their money that their Investigation had satis fied them that Byron was entirely solvent and responsible. Tbey as serted that Byron had given thesa a deed to a copper claim in Wash ington valued at from $75,000 to $100,000 as security for the mon ey paid on the contracts. So far no sale of the copper claim, or of subsequent settlements with the local Investors have been reported. Deserters Confess Details of Brutal Murder of Cabman Tacoma, Wash., May 11. Four deserters from Camp Lewis will be arraigned tomorrow morning on the charge of murdering Karl Timbs, taxlcab driver, Sunday night. The men have confessed the crime, according to officials but it has not been decided wbeth er to arraign them for first or second degree murder. Hanging Is a possible penalty In the first degree. The soldiers, Sergeant George Sharp and Privates Carl Perrih, James Sparks and Edward Fllion, calmly talked to officers and newspaper reporters of their crime today. Sharp, age 19, recited how Timbs' car was hired so the sol diers could desert. He said Fllion struck the fatal blow after Sparks lost his nerve. Fllion con fessed be wielded the rock that caused Timbs' death. Sharp also told how he stole chloroform at Camp Lewis and used It upon their victim after he was struck. He said he attempted to give Timbs enough of the drug to keep him unconscious for eight hours. The last words of Timbs were: "Don't take the baby's picture," Sharp said. The words referred to a photograph of Timbs' 14 months old baby which he always carried Sharp confessed that he direct ed the plot. He said he is a half breed Cherokee Indian. He claims to have enlisted in the army when he was fifteen years of age, and .said he served In France with the Fourth division. The other confessed slayers are recent army j recruits, Fllion Is from Winsor, Ont. and Sparks and Perrin from Illinois. Ail the men were athletes la their organisations at camp.