Capital journal., June 11, 1921, Image 1

Circulation
Average for 1920. 5250
population of Salsm 1900. 4258:
1910, 11,094; 1920, 17;679
jlarion' County 1920, 47,177;
Polk county, 14,181 ,
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday, Jane 11. 1921
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T Weather
OREGON: Tonight fair west,
probably showers east portion;
Sunday fair and warmer; moderate
northwesterly winds.
LOCAL: Maximum, 67; min
imum, SO; set, 58; southerly winds
cloudy; trace rainfall ; river, 2-4
feet and falling.
Price Three Cents ow rturaj and inrws
I rice inrcc ierus sTjunas ri vb ceni a
, - Bl Lit IO C 1 V A
GARDNER AGAIN ESCAPES FROM OFFICERS
I.
ims is
Told To
Return
1 T"fc
.ftirtro rv i iKiiu v ivv
yokes Rear Admir
al's Leave and Orders
Hime to Report
, 1 I,..,r
Washington. June -l.. .
Jmiral Sims leave of absence in
. .1 ro.'.lfPll imv uv
..,ru nnnv anu ue ui-
at once to me
No Refund of Tax
Excess Yet Made;
A ttorney Queried
-w nf i he navy.
Mr Den!)' S UCIIUU wan locu
without waiting for a reply from
Ihe officer to the secretary's cable-
-oLino- whether he had beeu
correctly quuted as atiacmng inn
Fsin sympathizers in the United
. ... . ; . . i i .-. ii in T ,nn
don this week. Aumirai oiras mu
announced that he would sail for
borne from England June 15. He
was granted leave of absence to
in rnn&iw -A if.CTM frOIll
The naval secretary s cablegram
jeat today to bob omuei saiu.
"Remainder youd leave revoked.
iv o action has hppn tau
I the Marion county court, toward
refunding to the county taxpayers
the money collected in excess of
the six per cent tax limitation
law, it was learned from County
Judge W. M. Bushey this morning.
The court, he said, is awaiting an
opinion of the attorney general
which will determine whether the
refund will approximate $33,000
or $17,000.
That the county court had rais
ed money in excess of the six per
cent limitation law, became known
here several weeks ago when the
facts were elicited and published
by The Capital Journal.
Th state tax commissioner con
tends that the excess is $33,342.
Judge Bushey says it is, "some
thing over $17,000." One of the
points of law on which the attor
ney general is asked to rule, has
to do with a provision governing
I E 1 m
nunnn ih
Sentence In
State Prison
Sentenced to the state peniten
tiary for an indefinite period not
to eiceed 1 0 years, Ole C. Freed,
resident of Brouks, who pleaded
piilty to the charge of improper
relation with Jennie La Flemme,
16 year old girl of Brooks, made
no sign wither he was pleased on
disappointed with the words of
Judge Percy It. Kelly of the circuit
court and before who the arraign
ment was made this afternoon at
1:30.
Attorneys for the convicted man
ttenipted to show why the sen
tence should be mitigated, by call
ing his mother, Mrs. J. W. Card
Mil, who testified that this was
w first time he had ever been
in trmiKIn ,i i .
- aim inai ne was only
. - - UUU LVVtl II-
en, both under ten vears nf s
Mn. Freed, was also rnllo.1 in
W stand, and stated that she was
WW earning the support of her
" and her child ren bv wnrlriny
vu Her tritha... 1
0 .en,,! wuero sne
8ed poultry.
assessors, which requires that they
compute their rate per cent, in
arranging for their budgets, so
that the figures will terminate at
the nearest mill or tenth of a
mill, that will produce the amount
to be raised. The levy must
either raise the exact amount ne
cessary, or the smallest amount
possible over it. In consequence
it is possible for the taxes to be
slightly in excess of the amount
required.
The $33,342 represents an ex
cess over and above the amount
of the 1920 levy plus the six j.er
cent Increase, of between three
and four-tenths' of a mill. Judge
Bushey said today the refund
work, which will entail consider
able labor and virtually necessi
tate a complete re-writing of the
tax rolls, will begin shortly after
the attorney general's opinion is
received.
Thousands Witness
Last Services For
Legion Commander
Sims And Cole ,
Appointed To
Livestock Board
T.
J. P. Cole
of the
commls-
by Governor
"SWUM, Who Succeeds Pnanlr V
g Marshflelq, was recom
b the Oregon State
JW. league, and the ap
Wwnt of Co,8i who gucceedg
"MJ Brown of Carlton, was
Trended b' the
Kt asSOliatinn
luc dDDOlntmonf T
. ' " ui o
" or Uorvallls and
" 'aua as members
livestock sanitary
as announced
DltWt TS-l j,
t rrinav Th i
j ue ,1 i nimonr
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11.
Every one of the more than 4000
seats in Music Hall was filled
long before the funeral services
over the body of Colonel Frederick
W. Galbraith, who was killed in
an automobile accident in Indiana
polis Wednesday night, were held
today.
For four hours before the serv
ices, thousands, heedless of the
rain that fell at times, had sought
Music Hall and filed past the bier
of the dead soldier. There were
man and women from every walk
of life. Soldiers and ex-soldiers
were numerous.
The services were simple. Ora
tions were delivered by the f!ev.
John Herget, who was chaplain in
the colonel's regiment in France;
the Rev. Frederick N. McMillan,
who saw service overseas as a
chaplain; by Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt,
who represented the federal gov
ernment; by Victor Heintz, who
was a captain on Colonel Gal
braith's staff in France, and by
Marcel Knecht, director of the
French information service in the
United States, who represented the
French government.
The choir of Calvery Episcopal
church, of which the deceased wa3
a member, san "Lead Kindly
Light, " "Hark, Hark, My Soul",
and two stanzas of "America."
At the conclusion of these services
the Scottish Rite Masons conduct
ed their impressive burial cere
monial. The body, followed by one of
the largest funeral corteges that
ever passed through Cincinnati's
streets, was subsequently taken to
Spring Grove cemetery, where it
was consigned to a vault prepara
tory to burial with high military
honors in Arlington national cem
etery in Washington.
Farmer Arrested;
Wife's Body Found
In Grave at Home
Aberdeen, S. D.. June 11.
Dan Wampler, a farmer, was taken
into custody today for questioning
following the finding of his wife's
body buried in a cornfield near
the Wampler home at Hecla, S. D.
A searching party located the
body today, buried about ten rods
from the home. Wempler declar
ed that when he returned to his
home three weeks ago hise wife
was gone and he had no idea of
what became of her.
Mayor Ballagh of St. Helens
was arrested as a speeder Sunday
by a speed cop who had been ap
pointed by the council Saturday
during the mayor's absence.
Pure
A slight Increase In rates, ag
gregating approximately $916 an
nually, is granted to the Clat-
was skanie Electric company in an
Bred order issued by the public service
i commission.
Dr.DoneyWill
Speak Before
U. Graduates
Baccalaureate services for the
graduating class of Willamette
university will be held tomorrow
morning at the First Methodist
church at 11 o'clock as the Iniitial
feature of the commencement ex
ercises that will continue through
out the first part of next week.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered by Dr. arl Gregg Doney.
president of the university. His
subject has been announced: "The
Recurrent Christ."
Seniors and faculty of the school
will march down in a body from
the University at 10:30 to the
church. Decoration of the church
has been in the hands of the
juniors of the university who will
do the honors at the servioe.
Following the baccalaureate
services of the morning, a farwell
meeting of the Christian Associa
tion of the campus wil be held at
three o'clock with Prof. James T.
Mathews as leader. At eight
o'clock the university service of
the Christian associations will be
held. ,
Canners
Cry Out
ForHelp
More Than 250 Berry
Hullers Must Work
or Fruit Will Spoil
and Growers Suffer
for help went up
cannerymen this
Simeral and Gram
Say Rumor Story
.
is Entirely Fasse
p ... . .
oenui by L
"went nf ,v.
. 1 "i IU
Ubor
CL1- that he had any
villas nf K, ,
ng a candidate
" earri-j v propaganda
httr Yt4 aaiem morning
Ke,i th, ln the morning paper
Mr.JhjZ i " " undertood" that
fth n r becom a candid
ter' epublican nomination
L. reported it said Mr.
rml. cot be candidate"
J. Simeral. ! succeed T. M. Hurlbut as sheriff
Salem Central ' ot Multnomah county.
Mr. Simeral stated that he naa
never been approached regarding
the matter and that there was no
thing to the rumor that he would
be a candidate.
Mr. Gram denied the report as
being without any foundation and
said:
"So far as I know at this time
t chaii h a candidate for labor
-commissioner to succeed myself at
the next election."
W. A. Daliiel, deputy state seal
er of weight and measures, who
was reported as having an eye on
the labor commissionership, laugh
ed good naturedly when informed
of the report that he was groom
inr for the race and insited that
9m of becomi
U In .
C. H. Gram as Kate
J" ; WBUnissioner, coupled with
h, rment f
W , h,n se,f and haa not
ot running for sheriff of
iTrw,.,COU'. todW threw
ugnt on
Verdict Favors
S. M. Endicott
Verdict was returned in favor
of S. M. Endicott in his breach
of contract suit brought against
Frank C. Cawrse which closed in
the c!rcuit court of the county,
department No. 1, Friday after-
noou.
The suit was brought on the
grounds that Cawrse had failed
to keep his end of a contract con
cerning the purchase of land near
ICrabtree. Endicott paid $1000
down on the land, agreeing that
if Cawrse could giTe a clear title
jto it, after surrey and exam it. a
Ition of the records, he would pay
'the total amount of $2000. Fail
ure of Cawrse to render a clear
i title caused Endicott to sue for
his money.
A loud cry
from Salem
afternoon.
Unless the people of Salem of
fer their services in hulling the
great quantities of strawberries at
present being thrust on local can
ning concerns, vast quantities of
the fruit will go to rot and ruin
and scores of growers, many of
whom are hard pressed for money,
will be unable to dispose ot their
crops at any price.
Declaring that the situation is
very serious, managers requested
this afternoon that an appeal for
workers be made through the
newspapers.
"We have already advertised
for employes," one cannery man
ager said, "but there has been but
little response. Good wages are
being paid. A labor surplus is
said to exist In Salem. If anybody
is looking for a job, this Is his
opportunity."
Workers will be put on the job
Immediately, it was explained,
and probably will be employed for
several days. It was estimated
that 250 persons are needed at the
present time.
Women can be used as well as
men in the hulling of berries.
One and one-half cents per pound
is the average pries paid for hul
lers, it Is said.
Three of the four Salem pack
ing concerns are now concentrat
ing their efforts on strawberries,
thnnirh onlv one Is buying out
side of its organization, and with
the crest of the strawberry season
still to come, the price down to
3 cents a pound to the grower,
and a labor snoriage wmtu
worrying all concerns, mere w.n
undoubtedlv be some loss suffered
by the farmers before the season
is over
The Oregon Packing company,
the only one taking berries from
growers outside its own organiza
tion, started their strawberry
pack yesterday and succeeded in
handling only 75 crates due to
lahor shortage. This amount is
not half the capacity of the plant
which will undoubtedly be short
on its pack by the end of the sea-
m ... ii..., . . t . ' i ,i. not
son snouiu uw iauu, o..-.
be relieved.
Hunt Brothers are pacaius
strawberries and expect to con
limif. to do so until the end of the
season, though they are confining
themselves to the produce oi ineir
stockholders.
The Salem Kings company am
not make a large pack of straw
berries this year, iiiihu-r
amount handled to the prooucuon
of 30 acres which naa ueeu )i"-
iously contracted. The spinacn
pack of this company will end
Tuesday or Wednesaay oi
week and will aggregate o tons,
the price, reported some w
being $30 per ton.
nnnseberries have reached their
crest and the complete pack of the
Oregon Packing company, the on
ly concern here which has dis
played any interest In the market
nf the finished product, will be
finished by the middle of next
week. The aggregate pack this
year is 75.000 pounds, making an
average of 1.500 pounds handled
per day by the present crew.
Some idea as to the price that
cherries will bring when they
reach the market was given today
by the price paid by retail stores
to growers, which was six cents a
pound. This price is more than
100 per cent less than cherries
sold for at the begining of the
season last year. S. H. Van
Tmmp. county fruit Inspector,
estimates that there are now 400
acres of cherries la the county
which will produce this year an
average of two tons to the acre.
Bulletins
Cleveland, Ohio, June 11. Mrs. Evelyne Catherine Kaber,
widow of Daniel Kaber, of Lakewood, Ohio, and her daughter,
Miss Marian McArdle, pleaded not guilty to the charge of
first degree murder of Kaber, when arraigned before Judge
Maurice Bernon today, The court set their hearing for
June 28 and remanded both women to jail without bail.
Moorestown, N. J., June 11. An atrocious crime was re
vealed here today when the authorities announced the find
ing of the badly mutilated body of seven year old Matilda
Russ, who had been missing since last Saturday. The police
are searching for Lewis Lively, a negro, 35 years old, in the
cellar of whose home the body was found buried.
Spokane, Wash., June 11 After holding Clarence Ostrum,
cashier of the Addy State bank at Addy, Wash., ni Stevens
county, and Mrs. Ostrum under guard from 12:30 this
morning until 7:30, three gunmen robbed the vault of the
bank of $4,500 and escaped in an automobile with Mr. and
Mrs. Ostrum.
New York, June 11. Babe Ruth today made his eigh
teenth home run in the seventh inning against Detroit.
There were towo men on bases.
Strawberry
Prices Fall
On Markets
Retailers Offer Ber
ries for 75 Cents per
Crate; Small Ship
ments Made
Glutted markets this morning
caused strawberries to descend in
price far below any point reached
in years. Offerings to retailers
yesterduy were large and varied
in quality, and by the closing
hour, stores found themselves over
stocked and with berries bought
the day before still unsold.
These conditions necessitated a
drop from $1.25 and $1.50 to 76
cents per crate, and the refusal
of hundreds of Crates of berries
offered by the farmers this morn
ing. The berries .selling at this
reduction need to be canned im
mediately or will b.H'omc a totaj
lose to the housewife.
It is hardly probable that the
demand today will carry the en
tire supply off the market so that
a resumption of the $1.25 price
as a minimum for a crate on Mon
day will be possible.
Athe price of five cents a box,
retaiers are claiming heavy losses
because of the wholesale price of
$1.00 per crate and the cost ol
delfery to their customers. When
the present supply is considered
this wholesale price appears to be
a little high.
IxJCal wholesale bouses are re
fusing to handle strawberries be
cause of the total lack of market
in this section of the country.
While there were some berries
shipped out during the early part
f the season to Seattle and Brl
Ush Columbia points, on the whole
these shipments have been very
small because of the large crops
in other districts and the Inability
of tin- berries raised in this dis
trict to withstand long hauls. Ship
ments which have been made by
Jobbing concerns have been small
and iiruslly by express.
No estimate has been kept as to
what the shipments have been,
and lilile attention is being paid
by the shippers to the price and
conditions of the local market'
The public service commission
has set June 14 as the Sate for
hearing the application for an un
dergrade crossing involving the
tracks of the Southern Pacific at
Golf Competition
For Cup to Start 'the convention
Tomorrow the rst rounds ln
the golf competition for the
president's cup will be played oa
the Illahee links. Eight pairs are
scheduled to compete tomorrow.
Names have been drawn as fol
lows: E. Kay ts Keene; Dr.
Olinger vs J. Marr, Locke ts
Plimpton. Hutchason vs Lrnng-
Hicks Elected
President Of
Abstract Men
T. V. Hicks, manager of the
Salem Abstract company, was re
elected president of the Oregon
nsaocia'ion of Title men at its an
nual Mate convention in Portland
yest-: ay. It was proposed that
Mr. I! ! represent the organisa
tion tl the annual national con
vention of title men to be held
In Dee Moines, Iowa, in September
It is unknown whether he can ac
cept th offer.
K. K. Duncan, also of the Sa-
ilem A;tract company, attended
Handley
To Speak
Flag Day
Program Is Announc
ed For Exercises
Next Tuesday; Band
Will Give Concert
All patriotic and fraternal or
ders who plan to participate in
the Flag day exercises of the Elks
next Tuesday are requested to be
at the Elks Hall at seven o'clock,
ready to march to Wilson avenue
where the services will be held,
according to the plans of the com
mittee. This will enable the pro
gram to start promptly at 7:30.
The principal speaker of the
evening will be the Hon. Thomas
Benjamin Handley, state corpora
tion commissioner. As a feature
of the evening the first band con
cert of the year will follow the
regular exercises of the lodge.
Flag day services are held an
nually by the Elks as part of their
regular ritualistic services. Ac
cording to F. T. Wrightman, who
Is chairman of the Flag committee'
plans have been under way for
some time, and the program next
Tuesday will be excellent. Others
on the committee are Brazier
Small and Dr. Itoy Pomeroy.
The program has been announ
ced as follows:
Colors
"Star Spangled Banner" Cher
rian Band.
Opening Ritualistic Flag Cere
monies, Officers of the Salem
Lodge No. 336.
Address, Thomas B. Handley.
"Flag of My Heart", vocal,
Oscar Gingrich.
Patriotic selection, Band.
Reading, "History of the Flag.",
E. M. Page.
Closing Ritualistic Exercises,
Officers of the Salem Lodge No.
336.
America, Band.
A program of the concert has
been announced as follows:
March "Trento-Trleste", Felice
De Mattel.
2. Selection, "The Firefly",
Rudolph Friml.
3. Walts. "Visions of the Past"
Rolllnson.
Kentucky Blues.
Wyoming Lullaby,
Do You Ever Think of Me.
Selection, "Ij Travlata"
Arranged by E. C. Meyrelles.
t. Porto Rican Dance "Roslta"
Jean Mlssud.
7. March, "Grandiose", B. F.
Seltz.
O. A. Steelhammer, Director.
Marshals Locked i
In Own Handcuffs
By Two Prisoners
Convicted Mail Robber and Counterfeiter En
Route to Prison Overpower Guards and
Take to Brush; Both Fugitives Escaped Be
fore; Posse Closing In and Battle Imminent
Planes To Be Used In Search
San Francisco, June 11. The use of army airplanes
from Camp Lewis, Wash., to aid in the search for Roy
Gardner, train bandit, was authorized by the war depart
ment at Washington today. Orders were received by
Colonel H. H. Arnold at army headquarters here and
telephoned by him to Camp Lewis.
Castle Rock, Wash., June 11. Roy Gardner, under sen
tence to McNeil Island for robbing the United States mails,
made his second escape between 11 and 12 o'clock this morn
ing as the Shasta Limited train pulled into the station here.
He took with him $200 in cash, which he stole from Deputy
United States Marshals Mulhall and' Webb, after taking
their weapons, and left the officers wearing their own hand
cuffs as he leaped out the window of the lavatory.
Gardner was aided by Frank
Pryon, who was being taken from
Dinsmore, Cal., to McNeil Island
by the same officers who were in
charge of the sentenced mail rob
ber, Pyron also escaped. The"
break for liberty was made fol
lowing Gardner's request that he
be permitted to go to the lavatory.
Catching the officers off guard,
he whipped out a revolver that
evidently had been sewed into his
shirt and ordered them to elevate
their hands. He gave the gun to
Pryon who held the officers up
while Gardner went through their
pockets, taking the money and
guns and later placing the hand
cuffs on them.
Sheriff Huggatt of Kalama was
notified and organized a posse
here early this morning. The
woods are being scoured.
T. H
A.
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c.
I.
Salem Expert
Ties With Boy
Chess Wizard
C. G. Givens, of Salem, was one
of the three men who were able
to play draw games with Sammy
Rzeschewski, s-year-old Polish
chess wizard, when the interna
tionally known lad met 12 experts
In Portland yesterday.
Eight of the 12 players were
vanquished with ease by the boy
marvel who bas become known
throughout the world for his ex
traordinary exhibitions on the
rhess board. Portland experts
called him a "marvel of concen
tration." Ihe 12 boards were
placed in a circle in the Meier
well. Vorce vs Livesley. Tkielsen Ue briiges nn near creea was , rraaa aumtonum. ana tne youen
s Mangis. Brown vs T. B. j washed out sad the Ocboco dan passed from board to board in
i Kay and Cox vs Roberta. filled with debris. m ... ' rapid succession.
Five Posses
Join Search
For Gardner
Espee Sends Ten Men
to Aid Man Hunters;
IT. S. Marshal at Loss
to Understand
Castle Rock, Wash., June 11.
Five posses were out this morn
ing hunting for Roy Garner and
Norris H. Pyron, who escaped
here early this morning. They
were working In the heavily tim
bered hilly country east of here,
and had surrounded a large dis
trict Into which officers believed
the two fugitives bad fled.
Espee Man Hunters Oat
San Francisco, June 11.- Ten
men have been detailed by Daniel
O'Coanell, special agent of the
Southern Pacific company to as
sist the United States marshal's
office and employes of the Oregon
Washington Railroad and Naviga
tion company in their search for
(lanlrier and Pyron.
Gardner Is an epertx mechanic,
O'Connell said today, and quite
likely will commandeer an auto
mobile or motor boat to further
his escape.
Escape Shock to Chief
The sensational escape of Gard
ner was a distressing shock to
United States Marshall James B.
Holohan. "I was' willing to stake
my reputation that Gardner
would not escape again," he said.
The prisoner was In charge of
Deputy Marshal Thomas Mulhall
and D. W. Wclnckel. "They were
under orders to keep the Oregon
boot and handcuffs on Gardner
at all times," said Holohan. "This
was the first time I ever had oc
casion to give such strict ord
ers. The Oregon boot, a shop
weighing about twenty pounds,
makes It Impossible for a prison
er to run while It is on."
FGTJITTVES BELIEVED TO BE
SURROUNDED; BATTLE FENDS
Tacoma, Wash.. June 11. A
battle is monmentarily expected
(Continued on page four)
Hewitt Will
Leave W. U.
ThisSununer
Professor Herschel E. Hewitt,
head of the physics department at
Willamette university, has resign
ed from the faculty to accept a
position in the department ot
chemistry at McMlnnvllle collate.
Professor Hewitt has been wfth
the university since the fall ot
1918, at which time he took over,
the department of which he has
since been the head. Profesaar
Florlan Von Eschen, at that time
head of both physics and chemistry
vius forced to confine his whole
work to the chemistry department
which had grown, with t.,e physics
department, to be too large for tha
one head.
On thousand seres of the best
fruit lands within a radius of 8
lies of The Dalles have recently
bean signed up with the Oregon
Growers' Cooperative association.
The heavy rains of the past
week have caused considerable
damage In Crook county. One of
Year Book
Circulated
On Campus
The annual Issue of the Wallu
lah, college year book put out by
the students of Willamette, Is now
in the bindery, and some of the
copies were distributed today. The
1 book Is a creditable piece of work
done In a gray cover if immlta
tion leather. There are a total
of 25S pages in this years issue.
The book devotes sections to the
faculty, rlassea, activities, athle
tics, publications, societies, feat
ures and other things of active
Interest In the school life. The
remainder of the books will bs
distributed next week.
Ready to handle all the produce
of its members, the Cooperative
Canning and Packing Company at
Salem opened its doors Wednesdsy
to commence packing strawberries.
Kimball Has
Class of Three
Graduates'
Graduation exercises were held
yesterday afternoon ln Kimball
chapel for a class of three, iC. Haw
thorne and T. R. Doyston receiv
ing diplomas and Robert Katke
takinr his bachelor of divinity
degree. Rev. Thomas Callagher,
pastor of the Sunnyside Method
ist church of Portland, delivered
the graduation address.
"If you want to help mankind"
said the speaker, "give your heart
to the study of the soul ot man."
He urged the graduates to get
into the heart of life, and under-
! stand the eeonoflc and social
, conditions as well as the mere
spiritual things ot life.
I At the close of the address. Dr.
E. S. Hammond of Kimball, an
nounced the prizes offered for the
year. T. R. Boyston was awarded
i the Stone scholarship gold medal,
K J. Ranton was given the Fish-
rer prise for proficiency in scrip
ture and hymn reading. A. H.
Clark received the prise for tha
best showing in the study of
Hebrew.
'"on, tut would seek to
there was "nothing to it
sAJhanr-