Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, June 21, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCirculation Average 'or 1920, 5250 population of Salem 1900, 4258: 1910, 14,094; 1920, 17,79 jlarlon County 1920, 47,177; Polk county, 14,181 Member of Audit Bureau of Cireu- latlion. Associated Press FuH Leased Wire forthjnT Year No. 148 - aseaseasease. - ; '.J "v-VTS W - Salem. Oregon. Tllfsdav. Tun 91 1Q91 ournal The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Wed nesday, generally cloudy, moder ate westerly winds. LOCAL: Rainfall .02; souther ly winds; cloudy; maximum 82, minimum 58, set 81; river 1.4 feet and falling. Price Three Cents ok nusi Aim mew Matt H B M am , , , . .. WAjrai, rly, omo, RQMPT ACTION SAVES CAMPER FROM DEATH andling of Cherries And Berries, Problem Cents Paid for Cherries st of Crop Sold Today; Grocers Buy ! Fruit But Find JNo Demand Here. j owners in Salem are this year heed with a situation nevci uuc Uralleled in the history oi me tmmiinity. Within the next week konery officials must make tneir fcitlal moves to cope with a prob lem, the like of which they have lerer had to meet before. Briefly, the situation is this: ror tne "rsl l""e mm Unnerles opened their doors, the berry and loganberry crops are lobe dumped at tne planus re viving rooms at practically tne ame time. Both crops must be kindled at once. Logan Derries tnd cherries this year are ripening lynchronisticalty. I Salem fruit men are not at (inpting to explain the horticul- ;urtl phenomena. They don't know nhat brought it about, but they we preparing to deal with its re- kultant effects. Usually, as esry- oiy knows, the cherries are near r ill in the cans or barrels before (he loganberries are removed from heir vines. This year it is entirely different, nd in consequence the local can- series may begin to operate two ihitts early next week. By next Holiday morning, it is believed, loth loganberries and cherries will i brought to the local plants in page quantities and it will be ut terly impossible to handle them I during an eight -hour day." And lever before have Salem fruit can ters been required to employ two shifts of workers. The loganberry crop, experts wlmate, will approximate Facing Six Murder Charges, Woman Is Without Emotion aeMElF aBSPJ WffasV ' ,'sBisssbsSIsm Alleged Bluebeardess Accused of Bringing About Deaths of Four Husbands, Little Daughter and Her Brother-in-Law To Be Tried in Idaho Court ' Twin Falls, Idaho, June 21. Hardin, Mont., October 22, 1918. tons this year, and there will be Itbout 1500 tons of cherries. Dis pwition "of the two crops at the ttlme will work a severe hard- pbip on the Kalem canneries, man ners said this afternoon. Due to the fact that it rained ittirday. and that but few straw- were picked Sunday, ves- Iterday was a comparatively light J at the plant, but today the Wrt was back to normal. Since students in the local nnh- lit schools have been dismissed for tke summer, the labor situation at "e canneries has been greatly im proved and the berries are being ouned as quickly as they are feked. The most recent pickings " Wilson berries, it is said, are "ite small compared to the earlier Hekings. What manner of woman is the al leged Bluebeardess, Mrs. Lyda Eva Southard, accused of having caused the death of four husbands, a brother-in-law and her baby? Instead of these pictures, the one presented by Mrs. Southard is a slender, colorless little woman, well under five feet two inches tall, with gray eyes that look one full in the face when she speaks. 5300 Mrs. Southard fs petite, dainty, Bargain Day's Savings to Pay Expenses; Plan "T 001 let the ovlnn hlAh Ito Win reali,., t , , . uu uiirsain uay in Jmy 1, pay for your expen-j ' ' city on that date? JT the suggestion today ' tne committee in charge annual event, when dis 22 lh matter bf handling - viuwus. inousanas l,U of nearby towns are to r!!mtd 10 Sa,em JJy I r fcul uu"er me auspices or I. aesi Business Man'. tlaim. already assured of cmtittued on p , Harlan C. Lewis of Billings, Mont., the third husband whom she married in Denver in 1919, and who died July 6. 1919. Edward Meyer, fourth husband, a Twin Falls rancher, who she mar ried secretly August 10, 1920, and who died September 7. 1920. An infant daughter born to her self and Dooley, which died shortly after the father's death. ft. ae wanted tn Tmr nt He's Still Pirlinff ft m Son. d H' C' Lockhart, siwtaii onunercial street, that I cyew v try out" one of his LtttoT'tcrda- became so at- . iujni mat he's still ttfct: h' neyer returned Pi tnC lore' secording to -w, 5 report to the po- ' Herein v Bji e saia "i nr. . I aj was about ighed about 150 beard. Police with hands that a lady of quality might envy for their shapely slenderness, and with a smile that grows in friendliness and warmth as she talks she is about the last person one would select as a possi ble wholesale murderess. Mrs. Southard is peculiarly emotionless. Mrs. V. H. Ormsby, who as matron, was her constant companion for two weeks on the long trip here from Honolulu, where she was arrested, declared that not once during that period did she display emotion. She has registered sadness and gladness in discussion of but two topics since her arrival. It was when she spoke of little Lorraine Marie, her baby by her first husband, It. C. Dooley, a Mis sourian, that Mrs. Southard mani fociorf her first real emotion. Her Hps trembled, and ing tears welled up in her eyes as she repeated the baby's name a time or two. The temporary wav ering, however, immediately gave place to the calm which has mark ed her attitude and behavior since her arrest weeks ago. It was during the discussion of her present husband. Paul Vincent Southard, a U. S. navy petty offi ?r, who was ea route from Hono lulu here to be with her during her trouble, that Mrs. Southard ais played gladness. "I met him in San Pedro; I was lonesome, and he was. too, and we Just took to each other from the start," was the account Mrs. Southard gave of her meeting with her present husband, who is stand ing by her loyally in the present trouble. Southard, who is two years younger than his wife, has a splen did record of nine years' service m the navy. He served overseas dur ing the war and is due for promo tion next spring, according to his "Following are Mrs. Southard's alleged victims: Robert C. Dooley of Keytesville. Mo , her first husband whom she married in 1912 as Lyda True blood and who died in Twin Fall? October 1. 1915. Edward Dooley, brother of the first husband, who died in August. 1915, in Twin Falls. William G. McHaffie. the second husband, a restaurant mn of t-i- w.iio whom she married in Pullman Company Loses Out Wage Cut Denied and 2 Crops Ripening At Once Canners Face Unusual Situation; Double Shifts May Be Used To Save Fruit The Oregon Packing company today bought the verst cherrlen o be sold in the Salem district. The price paid was four cents. Reports circulated yesterday and today that certain Salem plants were purchasing loganberries were flat ly denied by every cannery man ager in the city. With full crews working at atl local plants, the strawberry run, which is to be finished this week, will be well handled with little difficulty, but serious problems face the canners next week when both the cherry ..and loganberry crops are to appear. Cherries were in the Salem stores this morning but, dealers said, there was no demand for them locally. The average house wife, it was pointed out, has a tree within shouting distance of her door and does not need to make her way storeward when she wishes cherries. Retailers, It Is understood, also were paying four cents for those cherries which they bsught. Unless the rain damage proves to be excessive, the cherries will be unusually good this year and the crop will favorably compare with last year's yield when the tonnage was exceptionally heavy. Canners are as yet unable to say what disposition will be made of the bulk of the cherries. A large quantity of them will be barreled, it is believed, but what the per centage will be they cannot f,tate. Stage Set For , Junior Tourney Championship Champions of the city in the two junior classes will be decided on the courts of the Salem Tennis as sociation near the state hospital, tomorrow and Thursday. Prises have been DUt up by the different Employers Are Told ' sporting goods houses of the city 1 , TT I and will be awarded to the win- To Leai wim union Representatives Chicago, June 21. The Pull man company lost its open shop fieht before the United States la- traces of burn-,bor DOard today when the board upheld the contention of union leaders that the company had not obeyed "the letter and spirit" of the transportation act when it conferred with its employes in mass meetings. The board threw out the com pany's petition for a cut in the wages of its shop employes and in structed it to go back and meet the "duly elected representatives" of the employes. NewGenerator Is Installed By Power Co. ners lu both Sixteen entries have been made, but the books will be open until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Those who have entered in the class for boys of 16 and 16 years of age are: Paul Ehmer, Bruce Spaulding, Howard Henderickson, Lewis West, Joseph Nunn, Roy Okerberg, Clifford Hulsey, Dennis Heenan, Bert Randall. Those when ave entered In the class for boys under 14 years of age are: James Fargom. Jerome Hansen, Louis Updegraff, Robert Kamsden, Howard Walters, Wll lard Kappahan and Floyd Eckley. Frank WUlman will have charge of the tournament and umpire the games. Consolidation Turned Down By 3 Districts Juices of Clover And A Ifalfa Held Tuberculosis Cure Washington, June 21. The juices of alfalfa and clover are aiding to destroy the tuberculosis germ, Dr. Hyman Ltschner of San Diego, Cat, declared today at the convention of the American In stitute of Homeopathy. Both grasses. Dr. Lischner said, are being used effectively In the dyn aamotberaphtc treatment of form er service men at the Alpine sani tarium with which he is connect ed. Use of the grass juice has aided i materially in progress made against the disease, he said, adding that he believed medical science was pushing back the tuberculosis plague. Three theraphies dyn amo, physic and psycho constit ute the basis of treatment, Dr. Lischner said. The first calls for well selected food, the second util izes energies, rays and vibrations and the last calls for cheerful sur roundings and a healthy mental state. Federal Control of Nation's Timber Industry Urged Chicago, June 21. Government control, through the forest service, of the lumber industry and a tax on all lumber cut, to go directly into reforestation, was urged by former Congressman Martin L. Davey of Kent, Ohio, before the Chicago Rotary club today. Amer ica must awake to the serious sit uation she faces, Mr. Davey de clared, and stoppage of wasteful methods in cutting timber and re forestation were the solution of the problem. Merchants Battle For 12 Inches Final disposition of a recently adopted ordinance which provides that local merchants shall be en titled to no space in front of their shopwindows for the exploitation of their wares, will probably be made at the next meeting of the city council. A dozen aldermen, three attorneys and several score laymen argued pro and con on the Bill's advantages, shortcomings and general features when the council held its regular meeting last night. Twelve inches of space the amount sought by a number of Sa lem merchants who presented a petition to the council caused the three attorneys, Guy Smith, E. M. Page and P. J. Kunts, to take the floor and exhaustively treat with ordinance's evils. These 12 Inches, formerly used for display purposes, are denied by the ordance which was Introduced at a recent meet ing by Alderman Joseph Baum gartner. Fight Looms. That a number of local business men Intended to make a fight for the 12-inch space was evidenced not only by the appearance of the lawyers, but by the petition which carried the signatures of 61 deal ers. A motion made by Alderman Schunke, however, that enforce ment of the ordinance be suspend ed until the next meeting when an attempt will be made to repeal It, was voted down by the council. lue ...er.-u.uu.. ...wh.., """(Judge Percy Kelly of department ueen rspurreu iu uciiuu in me ui - rest yesterday of Max Solof and Fraud.Case Centers On Land Value District Attorney Trys to Prove Durdall Made False State ment As To Wealth Stove Explosion Wraps Tourist In Gasoline Flames Witnesses Rescue P. B. Conklin, of Los An geles, by Prompt Action at Auto Camp Grounds This Morning; Recovery of Victim Expected by Hospital Authorities Excess Levy For Schools Budget Lost The prdposed Salem public school budget, calling for an ex cess levy of 1 mills, or $18, 000 In excess of the six per cent tax limitation law, was rejected by the electorate yesterday eve ning by a majority 01 :08 votes. Four hundred eighty six votes were cast against the proposed budget, and 278 persons voted tor it. The board will now have but $107,000 on which to operate. L. J. Slmeral and Dr. H. H. OUnger were elected to member ship on the school board. They were unopposed. Hawley Case Is Again Before Supreme Court The domestic difficulties of -- - ' . ....j urlll., J ..... 1 ... ,,f An. unsigned statement of his I " Z.1 . . , . . . lOreson C ty are being alrfld aualn assets and liabilities, and teatl- today ia arsuments befora the su mony of the value of the land on'preme court, the case being up which he was able to get a loan Ion appeal by Margaret Hawley of $1500 on February 23, from 'rom tbe decree of the CUck k. .t a. ... v, . . . mas county circuit court. the United States National bank, , . ' , " ' . Evidence In the case lntroduc of Salem were the salient ftk- ed before the supreme oourt in tures in the trial of C. Burton eludes 14 43 typewritten pages of Durdall, former proprietor of the ' testimony, much of it too sordid Farmers Cash store, and indicted 1 for publication, numerous let by the gTand jury on June 4 for ters, telegrams and photographs obtaining money under false pre- tautest, being heard today before Ray L j No. 1 of the circuit court. Taking the stand in his own and a torn night gown. Judge Wallace McCamant of Portland and. Chris Schuebel ot Oregon City are appearing as at torneys for Mrs. Hawley who division tbe court that he had estimated j of the Hawley property, custody the vaule of the 880 acres which 0f the child and an allowsnce he had set down In his statement for Its maintenance. The defend to the bank as worth $25 pernt. Willard Hawley, la present acre, on what land adjoining hlsled by Harrison Allen, Portland I.' 1. 1 Kh o!f 111 ninrnlntr lnrH.I! tl ...... . A . At ... - , L . . , . ,1 ,,,1,1, ,,:,,, . ..... wiu Bitna It uci-icc ui uiiuiin ing wares on the sidewalk. Both men were arrested by Officer Birchett. Taxi Problem Ahead. Ann! hp.r n.lpxtinn which tin- doubtedly, will come before the wa beiug held for, which he said attorney. .1 II. n.il macllnr k..ll"" luriuer siaieu mai do with a i.roDosed oarklnit deDotlhe had cwe1 the banK money for local motor busses. A petition ever since ne naa Deen in busl signed by 57 State street tenants' ln Salem, which was about requesting that the aldermen take some action in removing tbe chauf feurs from State street was re ferred to the ordinance committee and will be reported weeks. Resolutions asking for bids for ing to improvement work on Capitol county two years. Assessor Testifies District Attorney ('arson yes terday afternoon sought to es- on In two tablish the worth of the land as I below five dollars an acre by call- the stand, Hiram Wade, of Toledo, Or.. County League Is Organized To Enforce Law With the old Salem Law En forcement league as a nucleus, the formation of the Marlon County Reform league was effected last street oeiween snipping ana Maai- wno stated that be had made a son streets, on North Fourth be- recent visit to the property and tween Market and Hood streets, that be estimated the value be- and on Cottage street between D cause of Its roughness, at $2 50 nlght at a meeting of the old body and Market strets were adopted pr acre. Wade's testimony was The ileT, Thomas Acheson. presl last night bids for asphalt which followed by F. W. Chamber, also . dent of the former organization P. B. Conklin of Los Angeles probably owes his life to the prompt action of two men in neigh boring camps when they succeeded ln extinguishing flames that were rapidly enveloping him following this morning about 11 o'clock at the explosion of a small gas stove the Salem auto camp grounds. Gasoline flew all over Mr. Conklin, and Immediately turst into flames, but the two men rushed to bis as sistance and smothered the tire with a sheet of canvas and a heavy comforter. The victim was badly burned about the face, hands and on one leg, but as near as could be deter mined early this afternoon the wounds are only on tbe surface, ac cording to reports from the Salem Deaconess hospital, where he was taken Immediately following the accident. Mrs. Conklin, who with her hus band, is on her way to Portland from tbe southern city, was boil ing clothes over the stove when tbe accident happened, according to her account of the affair. Sud denly, without apparent cause the stove buret, blowing out one end of the gasoline tank, and spraying Mr. Conklin with the fuel which sprang Into flame. Although she was near by, she was unharmed by the flames. Mr. Conklin sprang away from the stove immediately, and accord ing to witnesses succeeded ln re moving his coat as be ran. F. J. Phillips, a neighboring camper, on seeing the burning man, ran to his rescue with a canvas tarpaulin, throwing it around the biasing man. Robert James Reed, another camper, also ran to his assistance with a heavy comforter, which was more effective In stopping the flames than the stiff tarpaulin. The glasses of the victim, which were afterwards found near the spot, were probably instrumental In saving his eyes from being de stroyed by the direct blast of flame from the stove. His eyes are swollen, however and further de velopments may show that they are more seriously Injured than Is supposed. According to tbe hos pital atendauta, It will be neces sary for Mr. Conklin to remain here 10 days at the least calcula tion to be properly treated. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin were mo toring from Los Angeles to Port land, stopping here only last night. r. J. Phillips, who left soon after the accident, was here with his family from Colorade and camped near the Conklin automobile. Mr. Reed, tbe other man who aided la the rescue, is on his way to Cali fornia from Portland, having been in Salem since Sunday morning. were reaa were reierreo 10 tne 0f Toledo, and employed in the street committee which was given county engineer's office, who power to act. Bids received fromliUted that the value cf the Dur- was dall property In bis opinion worth five dollars an sere. D. W. Eyre, president of the United States National bank was called to the stand late yesterday Consolidation of tie three tbe Warren Construction company and from the L. O. lierrold com pany of Salem for the paving work on North Summer street from Mar ket street to tbe Fairgrounds road, were else referred to the street committee. Otter Is Riled. iw "'" lof laud at $25 per acre OVrOlU "I KIVIBI UIUI C I resolutions last night brought Councilman F. L. Utter out of bis' chair to deliver an Indignation, speech. wish to say, Mr. Mayor, that! when Mr. Wenderotb retires from Bible School Jumps to 453 Enrollment was named head of the new group A new constitution extending the scope of operations to Include all Marion county was adopted, election of officials according to tbe new agreement being made. A maturity of the work of the league will be done by a county j rollment has reached 4S1 elected from the various surpassing the number at With (1 mors students begin ning work today In the dally va cations! bible school the total en- tar first afternoon, and testified that he made the loan to Durdall on his ! local organisations of tbe county , expected by those back of the representation of tbe (80 aca 1 which will soon be formed. Ac- movement. According to Alpheus who has the work In ordlng to President Acbeeon, the ; Gillette, league has made no movement for, charge, six extra teachers will be-r-ja state wide organization, but he gin In the various schools tomor- At a cost of $10,500 and dou- . .. ... of the olant Dims iu w-"- I , r..r.,i. p.,. unlrn in this body he will have VI IUC BC U JJ I wa i ) - i " w - t .... .-a u.n.i.r ... nirn ibe record or laying more pave- down yesterday by the property owners there, aceoraing 10 in formation received at tbe office 'of the county school superintend ent this morning. While Gervais voted to take hor wrrk on tbe erection fourth gas generator of the Port M Railway Light ft Power com .... t the foot of Chemeketa R 4 - " , ,i-.f hs been rommeir.fd. Wil'i.m Hamilton, manager for the company, stated this morning, that with this new equipment tbe Denies Statement "Didn't you say to Mrs. Du dall, that If the note could be j expressed his willingness to co fixed up. the prosecution of the operate with any outside body that defendant could . be fixed ap. 1 would be organized for the same too?" aaked Attorney Wlnslow of purpose th banker. .... : , plant will furnish lne ,lT i tb two districts In. Parkersrllle . .,iHltional 50.000 cubic leei or Ika nrniwwlllAii 9 pH a day which is twice the ca pacity of the plant four . ihinr to witness the, '- voted against the proposition 25 to 1 and Manning 12 to t .. -t..i work of erection is m Mr Hamilton stated. The Ira - MmutlT ol prove" ; . , renlaced by a v, - orx is uuiu6 I . If a hair is pulled person's head by the saent and getting more worthless, paper for the city than any other; san who ever served on this coun cil,'' Dr Utter remarked. "That .i tbe gentlemaa's pru i lege." Mayor Halvorsen answered "Tea. I know It." Dr. Utter re "No. I did not Eyre. "Had you known that Durdall's ststement was untrue, would yon have made the loan?" aaked Car son of the witness. "I think not." Dr. William Wells of Portland tamed, "but it's sesioas business, testified mat imraau s general nevertheless, and I'm getting sick health was bad when he left for J course of time. c( ,t itne seutn ana was arrested in Want V. 8. 8. OrccM. jRoeebarg. presumably on his way Fourth street sidewalk lines In California, ln April. Durdall, it of a weald be changed by 12 residents however, stated oa the witness root. It ks of tbe street who last night filed a stand this morning that he had a la the j petition easbodyleg that resjuest, BO intention of going tefjallfor j iContiaued oa Page Five.) jaia. flatly denied! Man Charged With Reckless Driving Pays Fine of $10 A. J. Mitchell was arrested by Officer White. He was charged with driving his automobile in a reckless meaner Yeeterday he ap peared before .Police Judge Earl Race. He pleaded guilty. "Ten dollars," said the judge. Mr. Mitchell paid his fine. Ac cording to tbe officer. Mr Mitchell drove his automobile over the bar ricade and lanterns t tbe corner row to meet the needs of the add ed numbers. The enrollment by schools to day was: Jason Lee Methodist 72: Baptist 81: First Methodist 110: Court street Christian 141. Invitation Sent U. S. by League Is Lost In Mail Geneva, June 21. The invita tion of the league of nations ask ing the United Slates to partici pate In tbe "white slave" confer ence here In Jaly has gone astray between the league offices in this) city and Washington. The league has a Swiss postal receipt for the regular letter containing tbe invl- of State and High si eta where tation but the letter nerer reached improvements are eeiag made ! the American capital. iL lor him. June. 1917, and who died in installation.