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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1921)
The Weather ) OREGON: Tonight and Thurs day fair, cooler tonight east por tion, moderate westerly winds. LOCAL: No rainfall; westerly winds; clear; maximum 84, min imum 46, set 58," river 4.2 feet and stationary. Circulation ournal S3? of U 1900. 425.: 1919 14,094; 1920, 17.679 "' county 1920, 47.177; Polk county, 14,181 ilber of Audit Bureau of Clrcu "J, Associated Press Full Uased Wire . . n r- Price Three Cents JS?? , iff SS y-third ieai x Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, May 25, 1921 Capitaiiw a i h ill is" wm arm vft m mb mm m m AfmmmmVim mm mm Mm, m m Mk mm mm mm, m m mm m m mm inn wm mm uusium mm ai uublin ilesian mm jfh a u m m E A V ss Offered r.imi i iukv of Territory ana . . rA i 1 Commission oomroi for 30 Years Ml May 25. me laiesi ii" T . m.ment of the Upper UIC o" an con" ------- - ....t. t on. is 10 Kive r-u- M that vnted in their . ha r-voent n e biscite Due ai in- - hold the entire territory unaer ...i t onocUl commission for irui u. " Under the plan tins coinniisBiuu .. m,.intprl bv the leacue U1U If w nations and at the end or tne -year period the population of i region would again De given opportunity of expressing their The exchange of views Detween j nd PaH nn the auestio.i an! the fpplini? in COILtlllUiiife c l -lil .irf.lnu tnlnv Wfl R ... il . ., l i nrara rriTIl 1 n f fO- Hl LUC oiiivu w Rotarians Go ToMcMinnville Approximately 24 Salem Rotar ians left this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Marion hotel to attend the presentation of the charter from national headquarters to the McMinnville organization. Rotar ians from Portland and also from Vancouver, Washington, are to be present at the incorporation of the new organization. At their weekly luncheon tbU noon in the Marion, Judge William Bushey, of the county court, spoke on the market road program in this district. UWVlO UUIV On Proposed Freight Drop Carpentier Confident Of Result Frenchman Relies On Superior Fighting In telligence To Defeat Champion Manhasset, N. Y., May 25. Georges Carpentier realizes that in Jack Dempsey he will meet the greatest fighter of his career, and that victory, if it comes to him must be gained by what he terms "superior fighting intelligence." Carpentier's estimate of Demp sey, as revealed in a conversation with a British sportsman, will be interesting to those who are fol lowing the training progress ot the pugilists. "I shall face Jack Dempsey con fident that he is the strongest, the H the transcontinental railroads! fleroest man aKainst whom I have Men made on arieu prunra, II mean a saving of between $4,- ; season to growers in the north- a car ni inn irnirun i n w fi The reduction on died prunes of ,1.66 to $1.25 per hun- ww mean a saving oi at leaai to growers of prunes in This estimate is based on a 20,- 1,000 pound crop ot prunes in pounds. At the present rate 11.66 per hundred gross war tax. The 100 pounds of IIP mm ivarud in M ..... V rvlr at nfith the new rate ot $1.25 per to the east, it will cost, nrilnff nr.. 1 A A .4lt..A.. IflO pound box of prunes in New ; luiinuiUB will ill can a m i cuto Uil CYtlJ XMV nfl hnv .f r, :.., .... -i i: i t east. i low estimate of the crop of this season is placed at J0.000 or more, the freieht v this season Mr. Paulus - mc ftii 1 1 1 tf iv no in T n M of lower costs of boxes and - tusis, an oi wnicn win to a large ficure tn nrnne vwtp m Oregon. Oklihoma Citv. Okia nan "7, veteran maior leae-ne u ut deer wnn nrn Joined the Oklahoma City league club as assistant it is announced. dared to put on the gloves with,' declared the challenger. "There is joy in the prospect of meeting such a man. I will go into the ring with the odds against me. Un doubtedly Dempsey will be the favorite, not because of sentiment or prejudice, or blind partisanship, but because his great strength is at once obvious and unquestion able. "It is possible that in a trial of sheer, or what you say brute strength, he would prove to be my superior, but I hold that while power, the ability to hit with al most abnormal force, is a primary qualification fighting science is also of the first importance. I do not say that these qualities. Demp sey does not possess. If I may say so I have not, at this time of the day." Kearns Lets Down Bars. Atlantic City, N. J., May 25. Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, today eradicated a color line. Kearns said that if the champion eliminates Georges Car pentier July 2, all barriers will be let down: The next opponent of Dempsey after Carpentier has been conquered will be the man whose services can guarantee a purse "worthy of consideration by the heavyweight champion of the world." Kearns made this announcement when asked whether Kid Norfolk had refused advances to come here as a sparring partner. Kearns said that all reports that he had made "special rates" to Norfolk are unfounded. Norfolk would be welcome but as far as going to the point of guaranteeing a meeting with the colored heavyweight, Kearns would make no promises. "Dempsey is a free for all cham pion," Kearns said. "He has the ambition to be pronounced the greatest heavyweight of all time. I believe tHat consideration is comine to him. I think that on July 2 he will make the verdict unanimous.' U.O.Gets Hug Reply Tomorrow Contract and Refusal To Be Forwarded to State University; Board Meets A formal rejection of the offer of graduate manager, tendered him by the University of Oregon, to gether with the reasons for his de cision, will bef orwarded univer sity officials tomorrow morning, George W. Hug, superintendent of Salem public schools, announced this afternoon. Mr. Hug announced Monday afternoon that he had decided to remain in Salem. .-J. a meeting held in Eugene about one week ago he was formally elecied by the executive and athlotlc councils of the university as jrraduato man ager for next year. in attractive contract was forwarded to him which he refused because he felt a reluctance to end his educational work. Board Meets Friday. At a meeting ofthe school board last night members voted to hold a special session Friday evening to determine whether or not a vote for a special school tax levy will be held at the regular election in June. Last year the levy was 13 3-10 mills, and it is believed that this year it will not be more 10 mills. Five new teachers were elected at the session last night, Esther Troxel, Gertrude Whiteis, Edith B. Collins, Mrs. Maude K. Moore and Lena Cushman. Improvements Suggested. Various suggestions for im provement in the various schools were made in a letter last night submitted to the board by the state fire marshal. The letter said, in part, that "it is imperative that the existing hazardous condition of the school buildings be elimi nated as soon as possible." The mater of cleaning and re varnishing school desks during the summer vacation was referred to the building and grounds commit tee. It will be taken up at the next meeting. Gross Estate Is Probated Leaving an estate of personal property of the probable value of $60,000, the will of E. C. Cross, Salem business man who died here on May 18, was probated and fif ed this morning together with r unuciations in favor of his wife by the other heirs, Curtis Ofross and Verda May Cross Byrd, his son and daughter. The two heirs were also nam ed in the will as joint executrix, but petitioned the court that Mrs. Anna W. Cross be made som ex ecutrix and asked that Russell Catlin, W. S. Walton and Dr. W. H. Byrd be made appraisers. An order appointing May War ner Roberts as administratrix of the estate of Clara E. Warner, was also filed today giving th probate value of the estate as $2750 in personal property and $3000 real property. Another order signed by the court was the appointment of J. D. Mayes, Sd Donker and E. H. Sutton as administrators of the estate of J. S. Prunk, valued at $5000. I. V. McAdoo Resigns Labor Secretary Job ResiKnation of t. V. McAdoo as secretary of the Salem Central la bor council was made public last night at a meeting of the' organi zation in the labor temple, and will take effect June 14. The rfisienation was dated May 10, but postponement of the appoint ment of a new secretary was made npi-pssnrv because no one could be found to fill the vacancy. Mr. McAdoo resigns because of business reasons Dut ai preseui has nn definite plans as to his future. He has been connected ,ith the Central Labor council since its organization in 1911 anJ has twice been secretary of the body holding oirice men, ami elected again the first of tnis vear. He was also president for some time of the local typograph ical union. G. R. Martin of the carpenters union was appointed business agent for all labor organizations of the city which are members of the central labor couacil, and will take office at once. Endorsement of L. J. Simeral for school director was given unanimous vote by he council. Soviet Officials Grow Fat While Peasants Starve State Recovers $1500 Loaned by Defunct Bank Medford, Or., May 25. A jury in the circuit court after five hours deliberation Tuesday after noon returned a verdict for $1500 in the civil suit of the State Bank ing Board against S. T. Johnson, Thompson creek lumberman, for the collection of an alleged over draft due the defunct Bank of Jacksonville. The suit v-as for $3760. The principal witness was W. H. Johnson, convicted bank official, who testified be backed the sawmill plans of Johnston, and falsified the books of the bsnk to keep Johnston's account even in the eyes of the bank examiner. Orchestra Plans Benefit Concert The benefit concert of Salem Symphony orchestra for Chinese- Near East relief will be given on Friday evening at 8:15 at tho armory. Numbers will be chosen for the program from the best artists and composers and many selections which were favorites in nrevious concerts this season will be repeated. The entire proceeds will go to relief work. This concert, which is probably the final Salem appearance of the orchestra this season, is given through the generosity of Dr. John R. Sites, director, and the members of this musical group. The orches tra consists of about sixty mem bers, and Salem is the smallest city in the United States to possess a symphony, and the second city in Oregon to have one. Four su. -cessful concerts have been given previously this year by the orchestra. Requested Reduction Is Denied Plea of Lumbermen for Lower Compensa tion Rate Is Refused by Commission The request of certain large lumber companies in eastern Ore gon for a reduction in their ratei of contribution to the workmen's compensation fund was denied by ths industrial accident commis sion here this morning. In a let ter conveying its rejection of the requested reduction the commis sion points out thxt unde. an amendment to the compensation act passed by the last legislature and effective Ju,ly first 73 pet cent of Ihe lumber operators in eastern Oregon will be accorded reductions of froni ten to thirty per cent in their rates of contri bution. Because of this amend ment which automatically adjusts rates of contributions to the fund the commission did not believe it advisable to interfere with the schedule of rates at this time. Ware Cuts Reduce Tax In addition to this reduction the commission also calls atten tion to the reductions in wages which have taken place in the lumber industry which reduct ions will be directly reflected in reductions in the cost of insur ance to employers operating un der the compensation act, contri butions to the compensation fund being reduced in direct proportion to reductions In wages although compensations to Injured work men only partially follow wage fluctuations. ' New Schedule Lower Under the new schedule of rates effective July 1, which will be based on the accident xperience ot th individual flrmsc for the past five years 70 tof the 95 eastern Oregon employers operating un der the compensation act will en Joy reductions in their rates as follows: Fifty one firms will re celvs reductions of 30 percent of the present rate; four firms will receive a reduction of 25 percent; Lfline firms twenty per cent; four firms fifteen per cent; two flrtsg ten per cent. The other fifteen firms will have their rates in creased as follows: Four firms five per cent; two firms ten per cent, and nineteen firms fifteen rpr cent. Wilsonville Has Two Fires Wilsonville, Or., May 25. Fire completely destroyed the building of James Petery last night in which was located one of the larg est, hardware stores in this section of the Willamette valley. None of the stock was saved and the flames from the conflagration could be seen as far as Gervais. The amount of damages done is not known. A residence also caught on fire at the same time, but little damage was done, it is said. McNary Asks For Retrial OfH.Albers Washington, May 25. A peti tion for a rehearing of the case of Henry Albers, a wealthy citizen of Portland, Or., was filed In the su preme court today by Senator Mc Nary tn behalf of the Oregon Bar association. Albers was convicted of violating the espionage act but the government confessed error after his appeal had been docket ed in the supreme court and the conviction was reversed and the case remanded. , Loan of School Fund on Bonded Land Is Illegal Snipers Drive Off Fire Fighters and Battle Policemen Finest Building In Irish Capital Total Loss As Result of Plot; Eleven Killed, Many Wound ed and Scores of Prisoners Taken As Result of Rioting Incident to Blaze Dublin, May 25. The Dublin custom house was set afire by a large number of Sinn Feiners at 1 :40 o'clock this after noon, says a statement issued from Dublin castle at 3 p. m. By the time the fire brigade attacked the flames they had taken such a firm hold that it was doubtful if much of the building could be saved, the statement adds. "The custom house, recognized Portland Gas Rates Again Ordered Cut Further reductions in gas rates to the patrons of the Portland Gas and Coke company amount ing to from ten cents to fifteen cents per thousand cubic feet are provided in an order Issued by the public service commission to day and effective June sixth. To day's order Is said to involve a reduction of approximately $300, 000 annually in the receipts of the gas company. Funds of the state s Irreducime Together witn tne oraer ox I 1 oi.ll la4li inilnu'o ni-ilap Vpontfl' school fund can not be loaned on y -- .. ,,,,,,., a rWuctlon of 15 cents per thou- lands in an irrigation district Qf which has been bonded or which gM uBrs ,n PortIana and aoJoin has incurred other extensive lia-ng towns and means a reduct- biUties according to an opinion ion of revenues to the company written by Attorney General Van approximating $400,000. Winkle today for the guidance of. Today's order is based on two O G Brown clerk of th state recently announced reductions In land board ' the price of crude oil to the corn- Bonds or liabilities of the dis- pany, one of 20 cents a barrel .net thB onlnion points out, con- and on May fifth and another of stitute a lien against the lands in 25 cents a barrel on May 14. and such lands can In r i. . KOSCOW 1" near MsT1 841(1 ln "Port toJ,, .Vbecau"e P""1 u . lr corn re "' 't for seed. mm C!. " Pounds of m een destroyed by re "Ul commissions unt XBases to nnn-hu. tO haTe rnr.l t. k. 'crl million fcs. "enis in the Caucasus 'Wsewnn, htaM riet of Moscow HVmT " order that state sup- J" wanted only to work- 2?JMiTn- Sine the . lhis supply, how- eonsuteil 0f only one tlr h wKt 11 k. I, Moscow to in the village. A cheered lustily. Hughes Named On State Board Of Embahners E. B. Hughes, Astoria funeral director,, has been appointed as a mhr nf the state embalmers praminine board, according to an nouncement by Governor Olcott this morning. This board was created bv the last legislature in n art which becomes operative today. , Tha art nrovides for a member ship of three, one of whom U to be the secretary of the Oregon ru nirectors association and th eretarT of the Ore- auw.u. - . ,m Knard of With, who if ' , , lk. o.i also to De - tempt by the population of the Bal , also board. A. D. tic states and when a certain brx am .(mmt u here of "diplomatic baggage" contain-( Ken wo rthy JJJ ing egg, was broken at the H vUoTr. D. Strieker is way sftion recently the crowd clanonand Dr pound of bread sold for 1800 rubles two weeks ago and It is de clared the price today is 3000 rubles. Sugar is seling at 18,000 rubles a pound. The high soviet officials import large quantities of food for their own use twice a week by diplomat ic couriers from Letvia and Esth- nn la These shipments are made in the guis of "diplomatic baggage ana sometimes amount to whole car loads. They are treated with con C. W. Boetticher, who has been at the bead of Albany's schools for the last 10 years, has been re elected at a salary of $3090. th district not be reearded as free from in curabrance so long as this indebt edness Is outstanding against the district. It is the duty of the state land board, to safeguard the school fund in a manner provided by law regardless of the fact that such provisions might Interfere with or retard progress in irrigation dis tricts, Van Winkle ponits out. New York Dan O'Dowd last nleht received the judges decls ion over Captain Bob Roper fifteen rounds. In Personation and Violence General In Irish Election Multnomah Tax Commissioners Are Appointed Appointment of Fred W. Mul key, Louis J. Goldsmith and S. L. Sabin of Portland as members of the tax supervising and conserva tion commission for Multnomah county was announced by Govern or Olcott this morning. Mulkey will serve for the three year terra. Goldsmith for a two year term and Sabin for one year. The appointments are made un der the provisions of an act of the last legislature creating the com mission and which becomes opera tive today. The three men appointed by the governor this morning were named as members of the commission in the bill as originally passed by the legislature. When the bill reach ed the governor's office, however It. was discovered by the legal ex perts employed to scrutinize legis lation coming before the governor for bis consideration, that Inclu sion of the three members in the bill itself made the act a local and special law relating to Uxation which would probably have declared invalid1, passage of laws being forbidden by the stitutlon. The bill wi ly returned to the legislature th aonolntive power was t in the governor who announce ax that time that he would asdde by the wishes of the legislature as ex pressed in the original bill and ap point the three men namea there in as he has done today. Oil Again Reduced. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 25 fur ther reductions ln the price of crude oil were announced today by the principal purchasing arency. The new prices are: Pennsylvania crude $3, Corning $1.0: Cable 1.81: Somerset $1.60; Somerset light $1.80. The reductions came as a surprise to oil men. Gierrians Will Go To Portland Rose Festival By a majority of those present at the special meeting hell last night caUed tfy King Bin Know land for that purpose, the Salem Cherrians voted to attend the Portland Rose Festival J tne t, , 10 In a body and march in one of the parades. The Cherrlans have been prom ised bv Frank McCrillls. rrime minister of the Portlani Kosar Itns, that the Portland booster or ganisation will be down here In a body to reciprocate during the state fair. It wnf also derided that an 14- as one of the finest public build ings In the United Kingdom, was sat afire by a large party of Sinn Feiners today. The fire brigade was prevented from going to the scene and crown forces, who sought to reach the building, were fired on. A fight followed, the details of which will be made public later. Subsequently the fire brigade under protection ot crown forces, proceeded to the scene and at tacked the flames, which then had a firm hold. It is doubtful wheth er much ot the building can be saved." It was said that four auxiliary policemen were wounded, and seven Sinn Feiners killed, eleven wounded and 65 taken prisoner. The custom house was still burn ing late this afternoon. Belfast, Ireland, May 25.' Wholesale charges of Intimidation by beatings and threats, and per sonation during: the balloting In Ulster for members of the new northern Irish parliament are be ing made by both the nationalists and unionists. Neither Bide appears to attempt to conceal the fact that persona tion was carried on to an unprece dented extent. As reports come ln from the provinces the number of eases !n which chidren voted yesterday in creases but there was only on anywhere which matched that of the child of 2H years who voted for Moles, a' candidate In South elfast. That was the case of a irl ln under three years who cast her vote for J. U. Barbour, a tin lot! it candidate la Antrim, who Is well known in the United States. It Is not unusual for Ulster chil dren to get on the voting lists and a caae Is recalled in the last elec tions where a family of eight chil dren, ranging from 16 years down ward exercised tb franchise. It U easy for their names to get on lists on which all persons of vot ing age automatically are placed. and there they remain nntil tne revision which occurs In July of this year when they can be ob pecked to. Meanwhile tney are Accident Fatal To Salem Man; Body Arrives The remains of Grant Ashhy a former resident of Salem who was almost instantly killed ln an unto accident near Madras, Oregon, Sunday afternoon, arrived ln 'ia lem this morning. Funeral ar rangements have not been com pleted. Mr. Ashby was a brother of Boyd Ashhy, who resides on South 19th street. He was for many years a resident of Marlon county and was born on the Ashby homo stead between Sublimity and Ma cleay. Full particulars regarding the accident In which Mr. Ashby lost to prevent the saving of the bulW Ing London, May 25. The custom house in Dublin, says a Central News dispatch from that city, was burned this afternoon. The burning, adds the message, is at tributed to Sinn Feiners. The fire, says this account, started at 1:15 q'clock, the flajnes breaking out simultaneously thru out the building, which was to tally destroyed. It was one of the finest buildings ln Dublin and cost one million pounds. The occupants fled as the fir? broke out. Another account states that .the custom house was set afire thru bombs thrown In the building. A railway bridge running past the building was occupied by a large number of men, upon whom a fusillade was opened. Others In the Immediate vicinity of the cus tom house also were fired upon. Troops Fired On Lorry loads of the military were bombed as they were driv ing up to the scene. The soldiers fired machine giMiB, rifles and re volvers nnd several, persons were seen to fall. So far three persons appear to have been killed. The affair seems to have been a most elaborately organized at tack. Armed men guarded all tke approaches to the custom house his life have not been received According to the information at hand a car ln which he was riding went over an embankment and the unfortunate man sustained a fractured spine. He was hurried to the hospital and specialists In Portland bad been called to per form an operation, but l,e died soon after he reached the institution. President and Mrs. Harding Back In Capital Washington, May 25 President and Mrs. Harding and their party returned to Washington today, the presidential yacht Mayflower reaching her dock at the navy yard at 10:20 a. m. from New Vork. A group of Albany college stu dents irlll celebrate Memorial day by climbing to the summit of Msry's peak. Streator Trial Again Put Off; Witness Sought Judge Unruh, of the justice court, yesterday continued the trial of Jesse Streator, former pool hall proprietor, who is charged with unlawfully selling Intoxicat ing liquor. Streator's re-hearing was slated for yesterday, but the state was unsble to locate Its star witness. D. H. Wright, Anti-Saloou league stool pigeon. At a former trial, held several weeks ago, Streator's jury was un able to agree. Streator was ar rested here some time ago at the time several raids were staged un der the direction of the Anti Saloon league. lece band should be taken along oa the trip to Lebanon on June I, i fully entitled to vote, the date of the strawberry fair. Sometimes the child, named for there The CberrUns will go by a deceased parent has its name on uh, nd arrive there at 10 o'clock the Hats, bat more often the eb.ll- ta the morning. I dren's names get oa the poll books George Alderin. P. E. Fi-llertoa thraagb a misapprehension. When aad Ie!-r Davis have been ap elections agents ask how many pointed to make assignments ic persons In the boose pre eligible to those who do not own tbejr own eats, sot Infrequently the respond -ars and to ascertain how many ents give the names of all members going. 1 of the family. Evangelist Charges Sheriff No Account; Proof Is Demanded Medford, Ore., May 25. Sheriff C. E. Ten-ill in a public statement today, demanded that Dr. E. J. Bulgin who is holding- evangelistic meetings here, be called before the grand jury and give evidence to support his recent charges that Jackson county has a "no account" sheriff. Delinquency in enforcement of the dry law formed the basis of Bulgin's accusations. "If I am a no account sheriff I want to know it just as bad as Ee does," declares the sheriff.