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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1921)
Circulation Average for 1920s 6250 population of Saltm 1900. 4258: 1910, 11,094; 1920. 17,479 jiirion County 1920, 47,177j Polk county, 14,181 Member of Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated Press Pull Leased Wire .third Year No. 153 ANK lsl ournal The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Tues day fair; moderate northwester ly winds. LOCAL: Rainfall .02; northerly wind: cloudy; maximum 75, minimum 67, set 61; river 1.2 feet and falling-. Salem, Oregon, Monday, J one 27, 1921 7. ynr . . aseuuu conspiracy Cases ailroad Order Is ay vui ROBBER Price Three Cents OS naUHJ AK9 KSWS STANDS FIVE CBJri S KILLED I sTk Afm tf. m isa. sr General TJ...J 17 ill ing Makes Wage Re duction Applicable to 210 Roads July 1 Chicago, June 27. The Unit- SUlw raiiroau wuuj wwo., Hiuni" . " . f.,.,,i,. li,..- 1 tn nrartic- Kr riiciu'v u "n l every large tailroad in the irv. No chanse from the av- 1 12 percent reduction grant- 104 carriers on June i was S L- ,,(..,. ,1. . wi,,,, Tho Tie Dew decision will make a itfotthe estimated four nun- I millirtn Hnll-.irc annul) RMV- Order Widely Inclusive tt decision, drawn as an ad- original iibi oi iui roaua au- uetioo. . Opened Today Extended On Trial In Famous White Sox Case ! 1 0 of 1 8 Players Appear Cla-lt WUlvajnj I Civile 1- &oe JncW.H. ' Buete Weai? Hal " JM a . J Jk i JL' 1. WaW : psS xtsii Two Men In Liquor Cases Are Given Jail Sentences; Negro's Case Before Jury L. A. Williams, Salem pool hall I two months in the county jail, and proprietor, convicted of unlawful-1 Frank Grimes, who pleaded guilti ly selling intoxicating liquor, wastQ a charge ot having liquor In his fined i 1 00 and sentenced to serve ?5. (tur, PK. (Ferries) pi pilots $192, Daughter Dies In Portland Byrd. twe year old Of Dr an,! M D n Mil. -13 ruv. n,1SRPrt ata-ar in hospital SnnilaT Th . , - . - - utICIU I U U V p nere Ti f...i " 1 held at th. h. . 1 u Jl o'clock. Rt w i- I "I thf Plraf Salem Carrier Elected Head of Association Lyman McDonald, carrier of the Salem postoftice, was unanimously elected president of the State As sociation of Rural Letter Carriers held at Eugene Saturday in con-j Junction with the state convention of the Postal Clerks and City Let ter Carriers. Salem was chosen as the meeting place for the conven tion, next year, to be held here on Labor day. Other officers elected were William Eberhardt, McMinnville, first vice-president; M. W. Brown, Corvallis, second vice-president; W. H. Boyd, Beaverton, secretary treasurer; A. O. Sturm, Lebanon, national delegate; J. H. Maxwell, Eugene, alternate; B. T. Kunbe, Brownsville, and A. 0. Sturm, Lebanon, executive committee. Delegates from Salem were C. B. Bracher and Lyman McDonald. is the fuhst time. Yes sun" pointing to the floor immediately in front of biai "fuhst time right befob this judge heah " Event ually the witness was halted in In. discourse concerning bis past ex periences with the law. Simmered down, Padden's tes- possession, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Percy Kelly in the circuit court this morning. The case against Jesse Padden, col ,,roH .hnrpd with unlawf u 11 v sell - hich is on before: timony lenueu 10 snuw iubi, m- Ten ball ulavers on trial in Chicago and Abe Atteil, freed on a writ nunc I1U ueinwie Ciui ua ilttvc P 1 1 7 TT 1 CI m beinc taken bv all the rail- j unions on acceptance or re- eioecten tnai tne conierence i new order involves prajHic ail classaa of employes. only change in the rates reduction made by today s de- ; one half of the roads in to the original decision. duplication resulting from the hat m.,nv ...... .la A A n nt II a V pmn nvpn t n first petitions. il of reduction for several and rest airant workers, car employes, laundry i- fui i i ' 41 HUM 11 factions of sixty percent of licreases granted since the re returned to private established for- the ma- " IUMIIUCU. !" Vork: captains 1200. en- U50, assistant engineers firemen $110. deckhands - towards $125. "adelphia: Feiry piloU and mn $170.30, extra pilots "tra engineers $130.32. fice- ii i y ti ..i i . . ... nui.risuitinilU.Ul, " fivt, 'i nr mp.man ..U TipQ . l , .... AH ... r-iL :it-iprs. llUi.ZU t captains $130.96, n 120.15. mates $91.91. iSnm ,1 . t t. .. .1 n A a t -' i-. r.idiius SU.Ot1 Pn , ft A r . ... " " 1 Ill' ing liquor Judge Kelly today, gives evidence of reaching the jury before even ing. Orimes. who was indicted on two counts by the grand Jury. Gates waited for him nrieinallv Dleaded not guilty, but I by alley. He declared changed his plea to guilty when told the second charge, that of selling ;cure intoxicating liquor, was dismissed Neero Is Fluent though he bought some "booze for the "stool pigeons" he did not take it to the hotel, as they claim ed, but bought it for Gates while in a near that chey him where he might pro it. and swore that he was not in the habit of dispensing li quor Car Strikes Horse Which Is Crippled And Later Killed a hr.r driven by a Mr and The bulky form of Jesse paaaen. Witnesses Differ the colored defendant, filled the 'While he went to a local pool witness chair for a considerable nall for tne whiskey, Padden tea period during the late part of this jtIfedi (;ates waited In an alley morning and the early part of this: or nfm After he had procured afternoon. Overalled, wide-eyed : the jquor- n said he made for and voluble, tfce witness reiterated the aey and lmned It over to previously-made statements. rela-Ga(es He cajmed he was merely tlve to his Innocence, at the slight-, an BgeBt for the anti-saloon littl est provocation, and declared him- opera,iT.e. an(J tnat he recelr self to be the victim of Red N nQ prQm on the tae rendregast and A. B. Gates, Aati - PendreRallt and Gates testified fcWnif league employes. !tBat the negro, who was formerly Ever been U trouble. Dlatrict m noU, Attorney John Carson queried the, them colored man. I whjle the. remained In their room Padaen leus mm-. .,, BWOre that it was there that This i he delivered it to them. Two Defendants Ab sent Because of 111 ness, But One Order ed to Answer Sum mons at Once Chicago, June 27. Ten of the 18 defendants in the baseball trial which opened here today put in an appearance. The suspended White Sox players, Felsch, Cicotte, Wil liams, Jackson, Gandil, Weaver and Risberg, were on hand when the case was called. Fred McMul lln, the other indicted player, is on the Pacific coast and his attor neys stated that he would appear whenever the court ordered him to. He Is not under bond. With the seven players there al so appeared three -other defend ants, Ben and Louis Levi and David Zelser, Carl Zork and Ben Franklin of St. Louis, both of whom are under bond, were not in court, bat their attorneys present ed affidavits to the effect that both were 111 and asked for a con- inuance. Judge Friend ruled that Zork must come to trial at once. He also ordered an investigation of the condition of Franklin. After attorneys for Zork and Franklin had filed affidavits rela tive to the illness of their clients, the Btate filed an affidavit from fit. I.o.i man stating he had seen Zork walking on a street last Thursday night. Son-In-Law Jailed For Taking Car "Just call my father-in-law," Ben H. Connelly, former janitor of the Derby bulltfing. requested po lice yesterday when he was jailed for stealing an automobile. "I hope they give you the limit," Father-in Law John W. Foster told Son -In Law Connelly a few min utes latej. After Foster had left, a bystander asked the desk ser geant. "How come?" "It was Foster's car," the desk sergeant explained. Connelly was arrested on the Pacific highway by the Woodburn chief of police after the theft bad been reported by Mrs. Ethel Con nelly. 1 Madison street. wfe of the Jailed man. The complaint, on which Connelly will be arraigned today, was signed by his father-in-law. McCarlls Choice for Budget Job Washington, June 27. J. Raymond McCarl, of McCook, Neb , secretary of the repub lican congressional conven tion, was nominated today by President Harding to be comptroller of the United States, a position created by the budget law. Joseph T. Booth was nom inated to be register of the land office at Evanston, Wyoming. Donald McAllister' was named receiver ot public' moneys at the same place. j Mr. McCarl is about 4o years old and has been secretary of the con gressional committee for about three years. He was secretary to Senator Norris, republican, Ne- bhaska, for a number ot years As comptroller general, Mr. Mc Carl will have charge of govern ment finances, expenditures of ap propriations, auditing of all ex penditures, settlement and adjust ment ot claims of and against the government and management of all fiscal affairs wirti the excep tion only of postal accounts. Many government activities will be co-ordinate under the comptroller. He will Inherit the duties, per sonnel staff, documents and offi ces of the comptroller of the treas ury, whose position and those 'of six auditors for various govern ment departments are abolished Dy the new act. The comptrollers term of office Is 15 years and he Is made ineligi ble for re-appolntment . His sal lary will be $10,000 a year and he will be subject to removal for im proper conduct by joint resolution of congress, requiring the presi dent's approval. Corvallis Man Is Shot In Running Fight With Posse Discovered In Alleged Attempt to Enter Bank At Halsey, Henry and William Schulta and William Wright Flee Before Officers; Body of Former Found Later; Others Arrested Albany, Ore., June 27 Henry Schultz of Corvallis was killed and William Schultz, his brother, and William Wright, also of Corvallis, are in Linn county jail as a result of an alleged attempt to break into the Halsey state bank at Hal- sey, Oregon, near here, early today. Three or four men were reported seen at midnight by Delos Clark, a young man of IJalsey, atempting to break into the bank. He spread an alarm and town and bank officers gathered. Later when the suspects reappeared they were ordered to stop but fled, officers pursuing and keeping up a running fire. A machine reported to have been the one the fugitives used was found stalled near Corvallis this morning and of ficers later arrested William Schultz and William Wright, both young men, and reported finding the body of Henry Schultz hidden under the porch of the Wright home. Peace Resolution Ready Washington, June 27. Terms of a comrpomise agree ment on the Knox-Porter resolutions to end the state of war 'with Germany and Aus tria have been settled, re publican leaders said today and formal acceptance is ex- Marketing of Big Berry Crop Hinges On Drive Success Price of Logans Cut Half Cent by One Cannery This Morning, While Another Withdraws From Market; Forty Percent of Crop Yet To Be Handled Marketing of that portion of the huge loganberry crop t.lbu tary to Salem which has not al ready been sold at a price insur ing a fair profit to the grower de pends principally upon the suc cess of the movement to finance "No sun. .evan nec.. trouble before in mah life r k t 'tung. i ne ny in parents. cal Escape train Mnj, i bJ Minded Man 'rl inmate of the 'eenie minded, wbo Mrs. Hogan was crippled so badly that it was necessarily shot when 1 it was struck yesterday by an au t tomobile driven by G. E. Schune anu. 26 North Kin treet- ac" I cording! o Mr Schunenau. The accident, which occurs . V. a Psrifii near woooourn uu a ,-a. Y. in vhD MT. aDJ,tO UT Mr. Hogan. who were riding in a light buggy, essayed to turn from ...-a. - itn a nrivate road . . i- ir.TTif,hiie There The buggy ana auc "I nut. that tne same , k"1-" - Hundreds to Lay In Supplies July 1, Merchants Say Comet Likely To Side-Swipe Earth Tonight pected at a meeting Ot tire lne reoraranized Northwest Fruit conferees tomorrow after the products company (successors to return Of Senator Knox, re- the i'hei company) it became evl- publican, Penn., author of the dent today. Hunts Quit Buying With all of the berries purchas ed that It will be able to handle, the Hunt Bros, company, which has been paying 3 cents a poud, withdrew from the market thil morning and the Oregon Pack ing company announced that its nrlce. established last Week att 3 cents, had been cut to 2 V4j cents. With the 1'hex company out of the market and It will be un less I- ' is raised locally to aid in financing this year's operations- markets are available for only slightly more than 50 per cent of the loganberry crop it Is estimated Hunt Bros, and the Oregon Packing company are the only concerns which have been buying to any extent on the open market, and their consumption will be added to by the coopera tive handling plans of the Kurtz and Salem Kings plants, and the Drager Fruit company, which plans to handle about 000 tons of berries. Berries Fine Quality About 4 0 per cent of tqe crop 111 still be waiting a market senate peace resolution. Howard Asks Injunction To Halt Bout Atlantic City, N. J.. June 27. Clinton N. Howard, secretary of the International Reform bureau, left here today for Camden, where; he said he would appear before Vice-Chancellor learning to seek an injunction to prevent the Demp-sey-Carpentier fight at Jersey City, July 2. If he falls to obtain such a writ In the cbancery court. Howard said he would appeal to the supreme court at Trenton. Jersey City. N. J. June 27. Governor Kri wards today declared that any attempt to stop the Car-pentler-Dempsey fight would be a waste of time. "Of course, I don't know wbat Mr. Howard may have up his sleeve." said the governor. "This mhen these firms have filled their exhibition, ! can say. will be con ducted strictly according to law I m sure of that." That hundreds of shoppers from Salem and vicinity are expecti". supplies on Bargain uj, the committee in charge to remem ber that the Salem Business Mea's league has pledged itself to make All bargains aailM ntf 9 ' Bar , , i t '-casions, today and Salem police ,re . . a i tk.ir Man- IK. rlav 1 eviaenceu u; i ' -nh etore clerks. ac-mut k, bona fide, the league h hnth moving in rectlon. Nobody was injured. "an who is said mm. London. June 27. A provision . , marhed thu at agreemeni , eveninr bv the tsriking coal min ers an I IK ' i . ... nroarres some three montbs. will terminate. The cording to the local """". certain aran..e. ..ill a ways oe .nl whi.h may ai Cli .h clan to take usea. " - , . ,.h. ordered . and should any of tbasa fail to be genuine, the mere ban t ways be at fault will be held to account by ake ad- the league and will be subject to men will resume ,,. ,ie-e of the an this, iag to mase s-- Residents m city ,o purchase suppn - " y light question the value of Bar JS Day to them, are , ing by the tsriking coal min- M tne viaabiiitj J Tthe mine owners by which ujW -to - 0 tbe strike, which has beet i n making . IP Md expulsion. But three dy remain before Bergain Day makes it appearance, and clerks are at present busy marking down price tags and mak ing ready for special display. Elaborately decorated windows 'Continued on Page Six.) Berke'.ey. Calif.. June 27 The periodic comet. Pons-Wlnnecke. witk wr, icb tbe earth has been en gaging in a neck and neck race for a woek or more, is due to "side wipe" Its rival and give off a bower of sparks tonight, accord ing to 1'i HesBor A O Iuschner, bend of I he observatory at the Cm-1 retaiiy of California. If the dem-, onatraUlon occurs It will be gen-j orally visible on tbe globe where there is no daylight, he aald. TV. . ... , . BatfaaaatfKi lit v hnma.va.i- that ' ,B a-count ' distance of brothers. Mr. Poi has lived in th earth from tbe comet tbe pbe- t,"n "O""1 wUh Dto ma wa ill not occur at all. and 'amny. farther onibllity that if ilj funeral serrlcw will be does occur it will not be until to-,' Tuenoay it two o cior. rrom . . . . .. . ,-. . ...... , , i . w or weaseany cagnt, ne ' jterment will take place In the TWe if no Indication of the City View cenvfrr exaet trae the cometary matter Small Fox Boy Passes Away Lionel Allen Pox. 5 year old son of Mr and Mrs Pred W. Pox. of this city, passed away yeater day afternoon it Vs borne at 1283 Market street. Besides his pirenta tbe boy Is survived try a slater. Doris, and Karl and Clenn. needs, fruit men estimate. Plrst commercial deliveries of berries were made this morning In small lots, but heavy picking will not (Urt until late I', the week. The berries are of excel lent quality. Cherries began their heavy run tbls morning and Wednesday will see the rsnnerlea handling this fruit running at caoacity. Transportation Discussed At Noon Luncheon That there has been little jus tice exercised In tbe Increase In freight rates, was the statement of C. I. Lewis, assistant general manager of the Oregon Orcwera association, when speaking this noon before the members ot the Commercial club. "We are living In an agricul tural community, a community which depends on the success ot our agricultural Industry, and 3000 miles away from our mar kets. The freight question enters In in this way: "Suppose you have some land which produces 300u boxes of ap ples to tbe acre. Your freight rate Is 97 cents a box. amounting to six per cent on i :. eneugn to pay the interest on your land. "Take prunes. Tbere are 10, 000 acres of prunes n this vicin ity. The freight Is $1.66 a hund red pounds, not Including switch ing charges. Prunes are worth this year two cents a pound. What are you going ts oo when yuur freight rate is equal to your prico received ?" Mr. Lewis cited the Instance of California oranges and lem ons, stating that the freight price on lemons from that state to New York was equal to tbe selling price of Italian lemons on ths same market. Prink Deckabach. previous to tbe speech of Mr. Lewis talked on the necessity of doing something for tbe railroads. 3. R. Boyd, wbo settled in Lane county In 1952. died a few days ago at oble. aged OS. the wilt come in arontart with tbe SaBtb i atmosphere if such con -tact actually occurs. The Statue of Liberty has in Its left band a tablet upon which tj Inscribed "July 4. i77." Bill To Increase Farm Loan Fund In Hands of Harding Washington, Juue 27. Legislative action on the Curtis Nelson bill to add about twenty-five million dollars to the capital of federal farm loan banks ft r long term loans to fanners was completed today with acceptance by the senato of the house reduction from fifty milliontotwenty-five mil lion dollars. Tht bill goes to the president. work next