Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, June 06, 1921, Image 1

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    Circulation
Average for 120, 5J50
Population of Salam 1900. 42S1:
190, 14,094; 1920, 17.6T9
jlarion County 1920, 47, ITT:
polk county, 14,181
iember of Audit Bureau of Circu-
latlion. Associated Press Full
Leased Wire
FtHhirdYear No. 135
ournal
The Weather
OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday
fair, moderate southwesterly
winds.
LOCAL: No rainfall; southerly
winds; part cloudy; maximum 86;
minimum, 61; set, 68; river 3.2
feet and stationery.
Salem, Oregon, Monday, June 6, 1921
Price Three Cents EJg?? SS.
- - siinus rni '
$20,000,000 ASKED FOR FLOOD AREA RELIEF
Borah s
Plan Is
Killed
Dry Law Agents Ask Pay In
Excess of $7 Per Day Scale:
tb -r -w--v '
No t Due, Is Lawyers ' Opinion
ffnnse Committee Sub
stitutes Clause For
Senator's Disarma
ment Proposal
June 6 As a sub-
Washington
stltute for the Borah disarmament
amendment to the naval appro
priation bill, the house foreign
jgelil committee reported today
g joint resolution concurring in
"the declared purpose" of Presi
dent Harding to call an interna
tional conference to limit arma
ments. All republican members vote
(or the resolution, democrats
either opposing or voting present.
As a substitute for the republican
measure, Representative Flood,
Virginia, ranking democrat on the
committee offered a resolution
juthorizing and requesting the
president to invite all nations to
Bend delegates to a convention to
provide for disarmament and
making an appropriation there
lore, but it was rejected.
The object of the committee
resolution, which later was pre
sented in the house by Chairman
Porter, was to express the house
conferees on the naval appropria
tion bill the attitude of the body
on the whole question of disarmament.
Is the Anti-Saloon league of
Oregon entitled to more money for
its services in "booze" staged here
recently, than the 1996.02 which
it received from the Marion county
court?
This question loom before Salem
officials following receipt by Jud
ge Unruh, of the justice court, of
a request from the league for ten
cents per mile traveling expenses
and $1.00 each for all search war
rants served during it activities
in this city.
Neither District Attorney Car
son nor Judge Unruh were today
able to understand what traveling
expenses the league officials refer
to. The league was paid, accord
ing to an official statement $325.
70 for "railroad fare and auto
hire." District Attorney Carson
was unable to say whether the
league is or is not atempting to
collect its traveling expenses twice
Registered
Stock Sale
Is Tomorrow
With 42 head of registered
Itock offered at auction, the Jer
ley Breeders' sale will Btart to
morrow at the fair grounds at
ll o'clock. Dr. J. E. Reedy of
Tillamook, who operates a cattle
exchange there, will be manager
of the sales tomorrow morning.
A. Rhoten is manager of the
ring.
Dr. Reedy, who was here In
connection with his work last
week, has returned from the re
eent Oregon Jersey Jubilee held
Is Tillamook with an attendance
of approximately 300. Features of
the jubilee were the inspection of
Urge dairy farms and cheese fac
tories in that section.
Grand Jury Is
Drawn for July
Members of the erand i nrv for
July were drawn this morning
charged with their instruc
tion by Judge Kelly' of Depart-
no. 1 of the circuit court
"M" No. 1 of the circuit couprt.
They were Grower Geisy,
W. Desart T? y.
j, . " r ranee,
. Patton, Barry W. Porter,
A. Ue and N. L. Gambte.
"ooert Bates v
ton . ' uu came
: "mo nuis near Kaiom
.flfftnrl.. ....
TtIe ' al tne home of his son in
in
died
juage Unruh said it is possible
the dry law agents are seeking
only that money paid out in the
actual serving of the search war
rants. The league, however, is not en
titled to the additional remunera
tion, according to unofficial opin
ions offered by both Mr. Carson
and Judge Unruh. Peace officers
are entitled to an allowance for
traveling expenses and to compen
sation for search warrants served,
but the Anti-Saloon league opera
tives, it is pointed out, are not
considered as peace officers.
According to the terms of the
agreement entered into by the
court and the league, the league
was paid $77 per day for each
operative in the field. Each man
was also permitted money for ne
cessary expenses incurred at hotels
and restaurants and was allowed
money for evidence.
Effort To
Hold Berry
Price Fails
Strawberries Go Beg
ging at Dollar Per
Crate; Canners Not
In Market
The attempt of the Nortn wt-
rlon County Berry Growers asso-
posts in Colorado, Wyoming' and a"- at meeting in Wood
TTT , 'burn Saturday, to fix the price of
Utah, reported to Secretary Weeks lBtrawberrie8 for thiB seJVat 6
Army Posts In
Mountain Area
Rushing Relief
Washington, June 6. Army
Twilight League
Schedule Changed
According to a change in the
schedule, no games in the twilight
league will be played tonight. The
following games for the remainder
of the season have been scheduled;
Tuesday, Y. M. C. A. and Bank
ers; Wednesday, Spaulding Log
gers and American Legion; Friday
Valley Packing company and
Bankers; Tuesday of next week
State House and Y. M. C. A.'
today that every effort was being
made to extend relief to the Pueblo
flood sufferers. Nurses had been
cents a pound has anmrdiilv ni
ready failed.
With canneries and packing
. ' ... ... .l 'Dlants continiiinp- it, (I,..;.. ..... 1
sent to the stncKen areas irom me,- v"-
witi r,r nnvr t0 buy' and erocer8 and other
tents and blankets from Forts
Logan in Colorado and D. A. Rus
sell, Wyo., while Fort Douglas
had sent supplies to the Salt Lake
City chamber of commerce to be
shipped on a special relief train.
Home-Brewers Are Poor
Game for Dry Agents Says
Evans In Church Address
Although he criticised the manu
facture of home-brew and brand
ed it as big a crime in the law as
illicit booze-making for commer
cial use, Walter H. Evans, district
attorney of Multnomah county, de
clared last night at the mass meet
ing of churches of this city th.';t
it is impractical to enter private
homes merely to seek out the lit
tle bit of home-made wine that is
intended for private use. Although
the law has the right, it still re
mains too much a personal matter
and is subject to too much ptlbll;
criticism to be attempted he ex
plained. 400 Salemites Tipple
About 4000 people of Salem
have access to some sort of home
brew was the estimate of Mr.
Evans of the number that put up
some kind of a fermented drink,
based on his observation of condi
tions in his own county. "It is
nice," he said," to know that yojr
boy cannot go into the saloon
and learn to drink. But he may
find it in the pantry. What will
he think of a father that goes out
for dandelion green and gets two
barrels full, and that all yellow?"
"The enforcement of law," he
continued, "is due more to the
spirit of the community than to
the officers. The officer can't go
any faster than public opinion."
As long as the respectable citi
zens of the cummunity patronize
the boot-legger and take their oc
casional nip, the officer cannot
get anywhere. He cited the con
dition of his own county, which
went wet in the last election. There
with over 50 per cent of the
people against prohibition the
successful execution of the law is
exceedingly difficult.
Urgres More Officers
Mr. Evans urged to appropria
tion of more money for a bigger
corps of officers if the present
number was considered insuffi
cient. Opposition to extra expen
ditures on the part of many had
been brought out previoufly by
county Judge W. M.. Bushey. "Can
I say it, tightwads?" asked Attor
ney Evans, "It will be a money
making proposition." Of $7000
collected on the outskirts of Port
land, in a strict campaign against
illicit booze trade, but $2000 was
expended in its collection.
If there is agitation against
more officers on the grounds of
expense, he stated, it is being ur
ged by parties interested in the
trade, who want to keep them
away. Moreover, the detective
brought in from the outside
should not be subject to the ridic
ule and obstruction In their work
by public opinion. Every local
officer is known to the soft-drink
parlor that peddles out a nip from
under the counter, he stated, and
the outside man is absolutely a
necessity, he maintained.
Bushey Feels Encouraged
In rlosine Mr. Evans ureed the
people and the officers to proceed done to handle the bulk of
in the campaign against the illicit; crop
sale of liquor. "The public likes j were emphatic in theli- statements
a fearless officer, but they will not! today that they are not In the
neaiers supplied wltn an th ter
ries they could handle and turn
ing away proffered fruit, the p,.
to the producer dropped to $1 a
crate here this morning, and it is
fneely predicted that they will
touch the 80 cent mark by Wed
nesday. Not in years has the prospect
for a strawberry market looked so
black for the producer it is agreed
on all hands. That the crop will
be one of the largest ever produc
ed in this section is conceded, but
there is no indication that there
will be more than an unsettled
market for a small portion fcf the
crop.
Speculators, on the strength of
slightly higher quotations in
Portland, are buying in limited
amoutns at $1, and the grocers
are taking what few they can
handle at the same figure. A few
sales direct from Ihe producer to
the housewife for ca,k-g are re
ported at from $1 to $1.25 a crate
But no one seems able to
throw any light on what will be
the
All of the local canneries
respect him if he shirks," he
declared.
"We feel almost like criminals
ourselves," said Judge W. M.
Bushey, "after all the criticism to
which we have been subjected."
But the support that was evtr
denced last night, he declared was
encouraging.
"We'll put it over," said Mayor
G. E. Halvorsen, at the close of
the meeting in regards to the cam
paign against the illicit trade.
"We are not afraid to enforce the
law."
A collection was taken at the
meeting to be used by the Civic
League in support of the campaign.
Columbia Still
Rising; Lower
Land Flooded
Portland, Ore., June 6. Colum
bia river floodwaters today had
inundated a valuable tract of gar
den land at Hood River, Ore., and
was threatening other tracts in
that region following a further
rise above the crest reached last
week. Continued rise was fore
cast today by the weather bureau,
with stage of the Willamette here
Tlursday of 24.7, due to back
water from the Columbia. The
stage here today was 22.9. The
upper and mid-Columbia points to
day reported sharp rise and the
Snake river also was higher.
High
Oreg
Washi
Court Denies
on Bar's Offer
In Case Of Albers
nCftnn Tiir, c a .. .V. r
tout; ., ' n. petition OI me uregou am aa-
tturt i tl lt Permitted to intervene as a friend of the
ln th-e case of Henrv Albers was denied todav bv the
Porti! Cfurt; Conviction of Albers, a wealthy citizen of
41.
m of violati nsr the esninnaoV art wao reversed when
government confessed error.
Fr1"1011-June 6- On motion of Solicitor General
n the supreme court today dismissed the govern-
Wca r irm kwer court decree Elding that the
UwJL comPany did not constitute a monopoly under
German anti-truet law.
Truck, Auto, Meet;
Damage Is Light
An automobile piloted by Mrs.
W. G. Moorehouse, 725 S. Com
mercial street, collided with a
truck owned by the Pacific Fruit
and Produce company, but little
damage resulted.
The accident occurred on south
Commercial street near the Marion
garage. Nobody was injured.
2 Accused Of
Car Theft Are
In County Jail
Two men who gave their names
as Frank Powell and Don Siefarth
are in the county jail, charged
with the larceny of an automobile
owned by J. E. Frazier, of Pra
tum. The machine was stole here
several days ago.
Powell, who says his home is
Marshfield and Siefarth, who
a ! - Tn Hoe u'prp TP- I
has reiatne " , " i30 years
turned to dbhkb
Roseburg where they were placed
under arrest.
The men, according to Sheriff
Bower, said they were intending
to go to Marsh field.
Old Church wai
Be Replaced By
New Structure
Work started this morning in
the wrecking of the old Highland
avenue Friends church which will
be replaced by a modern struc
ture to be started as soon as the
old building is cleared away. Ser
vices will be held while the con
struction of the new church is in
progress, in the Highland school.
The new building wni be 52
by 72 feet at the basement with
an auditorium 52 feet square. The
new auditorium will be equipped
with a balcony. According to plan
there will be 10 separate Sun
day school rooms In different
parts of the building. The new
Registration
For Election
Light, Report
The total registration through
out the state for the election to
morrow is 317.099. Prior to the
regular election last November it
was 364,469, with 247,899 voting.
The slump of nearly 50,00 re
gistrations is accounted for by a
lack of interest in the measures
on the ballot.
Mariorv county total registra
tion is 16,767, according to revised
figures.
market and do not expect to be.
One cannery gave out the infor
mation that it would start about
Wednesday to handle about 100
tons that lt has' under contract.
It is estimated that the crop
around Salem will run close to
1200 tons.
At the meeting in Woodburn
when the growers voted to hold
the price at 6 cents, growers rep
resenting about 100 acres were
.present. It Is stated that the an-
lon was taken to provide a mar
ket price to be effective in deter
mining the price to f.e pain by
the Palhaitius interests, who are
tinder contract with a few grow
ers in this district to take their
berries at the market price.
Other prices for which the 125
growers who were present at the
session declared they would hold
Include: Loganberries 5 cents.
gooseberries 5 cents, raspberries ing to
cents. Brown
Able Bodied
Mejn Ordered
ToAidRelief
Pueblo, Colo., June 6. All able
bodied citizens were ordered to
go to work under military direc
tion cleaning up the streets and
removing debris, under an order
issued this afternoon by Lieuten
ant Colonel Paul P. Newlon,
commander under martial law.
Pay was fixed at 43 cents an
hour.
The order instructed all Bight-
fleers to leave the city immediately
and exempted no Pueblo cltiaens
from the work order.
Persons who refuse to work will
be placed under military guard
and required to work without pay.
Congress Asked to
Provide Funds For
Use Immediatelv
Governor Shoup Makes Appeal; Business Dis
trict of Pueblo Reported Free of Water This
Afternoon; Relief Workers Wade Knee
Deep In Mud In Search for Victims' Bodies
Pueblo, Colo., June 6. Governor Oliver H. Shoup today
asked the United States government to place $20,000,000 at
the command of the state for use in flood relief.
The governor's request was contained in a telegram to
United States Senators Lawrence C. Phipps and Samuel D.
Nicholson of Colorado at Washington.
"Transportation into Pueblo from north and east is great
est present need. Federal government has large emergency
fund available which is urgently required for construction
of 25 large steel and concrete bridges in valley of Arkansas
and tributaries, on main east and west highways through
most populous section all of which now is inundated.
Twenty millions needed now. Please take necessary steps
tto place funds at command of state. Please wire immediate
reply. Signed,
"0. P. SHOUP, Governor"
Pueblo. Colo.. June 6. For the, to recover the bodies of a woman
and girl near the Colorado and
Southern bridge southeast of the
station, but have been unsuccess
ful. "We can feel the bodies under
the water but cannot get them
out," one of the party reported.
"They are apparently lodged un
der some logs." ,
Colorado Springs, Colo., June 6.
Governor Oliver H. Shoup of
Colorado today issued a proclama
tion in connection with the flood
disaster throughout Colorado, In
which he placed all relief measures
In the hands of the American Red
Cross organization.
Salem Chamber
Of Commerce
Is Commended
structure will be erected at a cost
of $10,000, according to the esti
mate. The church which is now being
torn down has been occupied for
Salem has one of the best cham
bers of commerce and commercial
dubs on the Pacific coast, accord-
the opinion of Clovin
representative of ths ua-
Picking prices to be paid were tional chamber of commerce while
fixed at 1 cent a pound for logan- in conference with Dean C.
berries, with cent bonus to Robbins of the University of Ore-
plckers who remanl throughout gon, who spoke before the Cora-
the season; 1 cents for straw- merclal club members this noon
berries and 3 cents for raspber- urging that there be no let up In
rles.
Check Plates
List of Known
Dead Near 40
the organization's activities.
Dean Robbins stated that bus
iness was preparing to take ad
vantage of the great opportuni
ties which were appearing In Hie
northwest, and that any slacking
In work by Wf commercial clubs
of the state was hazardous for
their respective communities.
Preceding Dean Robbins, C. I.
Lewis, assistant general manager
of the Oregon Orowers associa
tion, spoke briefly on transport-
problem of fruit growers.
Mr. Iwls stated that the
first time since the flood waters
overflowed Into the city Friday
night the business district of Pue
blo lying on both sides of the
river channel, today is practically
free of water. The overflow has
drained back Into the river, which
is several feet below banks this
morning.
Water Is standing In low places,
however, and every basement In
the flooded section is filled.
Reconstruction Is beginning in
earnest over the city. Stocks of
merchandise are water soaked and
covered with mud. In less for
tunate locations contents of the
buildings were washed away. On
streets fronting into the current
of the flood many buildings are
completely gutted as though a
huge tank had plowed through
them. The side walls still stand,
but the contents were waBhed
away.
The section south of the Union
station apparently suffered most.
There walls are down and mud
was washed into the buildings.
The railroad yards present a pic
ture of the violence of the waters.
Hundreds of cars were ln the yards
Many were washed hundreds feet
off the tracks and others were over
turned when the tracks were
washed away beneath them. On
one Ride of the yards was a huge
accumulation of piling, driftwood
and ties.
single switch engine was nt
work In the ynrdH this mornln? apprehended by officers. Crimes
Its task Is made diflcult because charged with the unlawful pos-
the switches are washed out and "esslon of Intoxicating liquor, and
Durdall
Denies
Charge
Merchant Pleads Not
Guilty; Two Secret
Indictments Return
ed by Jury
The two secret Indictments re
turned today by tne Marlon couu
ty grand jury were against Frank
Crimes and J. Chrlstensen, it be
came known here late this after
noon after the two men had been
cars on many racks are isolated.
Cars are stranded on stretches of
tracks of which both ends were
washed 'away.
Wreckace Scattered Far
Looking east from the high
ground acnmR from the railroad
station, In the direction of the
grove, one of the sections hardest
i;nrisiensen is cnargeu with un
lawfully selling Intoxicating li
quor. Both of the men, who ara
said to reside near Rosedale, wer3
arrested yesterday evening by op
eratives of the anti-saloun league
Arraignment of C. Hurton Dur
dall. former Kalem merchant, who
pleaded not guilty to a charge of
hit by the flood, the skyline of obtaining money under false pre-
mm cuy resembles a bombarded
town. Piles of debris have ac
cumulated, pieces of household
furniture are lying about every
where and In one place In the
midst of the wreckage Is a small
herd of cattle, standing chewing
meir cuds, for there is
or feed for them.
In the Grove
no grass
American Can Case Dismissed
Two Are Arrested
Here for Speeding
Fishinff Party Finds
Luckimute Too Low rfTJ
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mauer spent
Sunday fishing the Luckiamute,
bringing back a fair catch of 40.
According to Mr. Brown, the wa
ter was too low to do the best, al-
cuAoVyirturday afternoon by though the antiam ts now run
Bert Smith, county 7L they took were
who charged then. wUh speeding. ; m th dirt
Tne a-Iy Yds lyond mdependence. they
land, and A. Canille, ol uregon M
City. ... Jtrnrn Kalem that the group n-
Both men pui u ,
Deiore juaf" v
are cited to appear
Unruh in the justice court.
they called it a day early in the
! afternoon.
,inh8t0n' June 6- Contentions of the Western Union
PtatJ ;omPany that it cannoot be held liable for dam-
iha. ugn errors in transmitting messages wniie ... Mvrtle
rU,,,? Under government control were upheld today ine went int0 bank- The Weston backyard V
y? C0Ur. A decision Of South Carolina COUrtS,! fsh0rt time ago. has been ping r order of 200JIO brick to
& ma?es to S. B. Poston, a cotton dealer, on thisij, to the Cedar Lumber "-jJlT
as reversed. pany of Reedsport. iurue'
piwhln. Colo.. June 6. A care
ful check of the undertaking tlon
archlxthments todav by th
Aseociated Press showed a list of freight rate on a box of apples
42 known dead, as opposed to u 97 cents east , to New York
Red Cross figures of yesterday .and that the rate on dried and
j canned fruit was virtually the
No estimate can be made ac- same as that of freeh products
eurately of the number of persons which required much additional
Bisssing. An effort to do this we care.
made by the Pueblo Chieftain and In bli talk. Mr. Lewis itated
this newpaper had a list of ap- that .the kiteritate commerce
25 persons. This commission alter a nearing in
had to be revised frequently as norm ramma receniiy naa con-
persons were found. tented to a recommendation for a
There was no way of getting an reduction on dried and canned
estimate of the total number of fruit from 11.6 per hundted
dead. A check up on the relief pounds to SI. 05. This rate howev
depots showed that 7, '00 refugees er, has not become effective aa
were being cared for. F. D. Splcer. yet. He pointed out thai a saving
a Pueblo man marooned on an of 10 cent a box on freight rate
teland after escaping from the t on apple this year meant fs.000.
and R G. wrecked paaseager 000 for the northweat. Hereafter
train, said he counted fifty bodies the growers will use, tranaporta
floatlng down the stream. tlon by water and aeveral confer-
encea have been held with shop
VholeSale PaDer operating companies to bring the
, , , matter to a clone.
MerCiiantS Meet: Barl Kllpatrlrk of the exten
Portland. Or., Jane C. Whole- tlon division of the state univer
sale paper merchants from all lty. spoke briefly on general
factions of the Pacific northwest condition and regarding the ter-we-
In Po-tland today for the rtce the department he represent
two day aeasion of the sem -an- ed waa trying to render bualneaa
nal convention. Jof the ttate In general.
section, a relief
party was at work this morning
stirring about the wreckage In
search for bodies. The men, In
charge of patrol leaders appointed
by Sheriff Sam Thomas, were pok
ing Into the piles of driftwood
and pool of water with billiard
cue. Bounding for corpses. Their
work requlrea that they wado
knee deep and deeper In mud and
slime but hundred are tolling
there and in other sections of the
city.
Can't Free Bodiea
Two attempt have been made
tenses, and the return of two toe-
ret indictments by the new grand
Jury charged thl morning by
Judge Percy KelJy. were the out
standing feature In the circuit
court proceedings here today.
Durdall, who was Indicted last
Saturday, was arraigned this af
ternoon co-incidentally with lis
ter McConkey and Lloyd Bailey,
two youths who were indicted on
larceny charges. All three plead
ed not guilty.
Durdall. who arrested on com
plaint filed by a local bank. In
accused of falxely representing his
financial status In order to nego
tiate a loan of 1 1,500. He waa
arrested in Roseburg several week
ago and is at present out on 11000
bond.
Brownsville has begun the ex
penditure of $28,250 for paving
a mile and a half of city stree's.
Bryon's Conviction
Upheld By Federal
Court of Appeals
San Francisco. June 6 The
conviction of Carlo L. Byron and
Edward M. Comyns of Seattle,
who were sentenced to fifteen
month Imprisonment each at Mc
Neil's Island prison for conspir
acy to defraud In the sale of gov
ernment land In Waahington.
were upheld today by the United,
States circuit court of appeal.
Byron, together with Joha W.
Todd, former superlntteodeul ct
Salem schools, t under indict
ment for alleged fraudulent cp
atlon In Salem in ronneciim
with a timber land loca,ti
scheme. '