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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1921)
Circulation Average for 120, 6H0 Population of Salam 100. 4258: 1910, 14,094; 1S20, 17,7 jlarlon County 1920, 47,177a polk county, 14,111 Member f Audit Buru of arcu Igtlion. Associated Press Pull Leased Wlra tVrtV r vi y SrfYear No. 155 Capitaifei X ' , ournal OREGON: Tonight and Thurs day probably showers; moderate southwesterly winds. LOCAL: No rainfall; southerly winds; cloudy; maximum 81, min imum 52, set 58; river 0.8 feet and falling. C.L r tt a I - 'T'B" W Li iiS mmi "reg"' ffwnwmy' June a 1921 Price Three Cents o Jyg VETERANS WARN SOCIALISTS TO GO SLOW Harding Pledges Support president Urges Cong ress tO UtJiadio 1U1 D i s armament . and promises Aid w.hington, June 29. It is Wholly desirable" to have the em ission of a favorable opinion on t part of congress in relation o orld disarmament "and It would Z to me ample if it should be Iressed In the broadest and most t.ras" President Harding .rote today to Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, the repub- E, leader in the house. ' "I am vastly more concerned with the favorable attitude of the tongress on this question than I id as to the form of expressing that attitude," the president add- I "You may be sure that the ex .nitive will be ready to give every consideration to sucfl expression ..,k. mm hers of the two houses ib UJc in.... of congress find themselves uis rl tn make." Mr. Mondell announced that he would read the president's letter I to the house when the Borah dis iraiaraent amendment was report ing, ' The president wrote that the ' liministrative branch had already ought information with regard to the attitude of foreign nations on I Jtoirmament. "These inquiries and negotia tions will be -continued and the time and manner in which the matter may be formally present cdt o foreign governments can be determined after the fuller de- telopraent of inquiries already ini tiated." the letter said. Gardner 'Toll MfLs ur tt j In Phone Conversation Between inr onuman and Beauvais teepsie, N. Y., June 29. land n. . ...... Poughkeepsie, N. Y June 29 An account of telephonic eaves dropping on a conversation ho. tween Mrs. Anne U. Stillman nrt Fred Beauvais was spread upon the records of the Stillman divorce case today. Edward J. Lawler landscape gardener at James A. Stillman's estate In the Pocantico hills, was understood to have re lated what he heard one evening, when Beauvais in his room on the estate, talked over the long dis tance telephone to Mrs. Stillman in New York. The witness it was said, held the receiver of another cut-in line to his ear. His testimony, it was said, told of Mrs. Stillman saying to the In dian guide, who Is named as co respondent in her husband's di vorce action, that she was tired and fagged from a day of shopping ana expected to retire immediate- "Open the window and imagine that I am hugging you," Beauvais then said, according to an account of the gardner's testimony. James A. Stillman was reported to have gone on the witness stand this afternoon for cross-examination. The banker was said to have been taken into the court building early this morning. It was planned to have him re main inside until after night fall, in order to evade photographers, newspapermen were informed. Lawler told of a party given by Mrs. Stillman in November, 1919, on the first anniversary of Guy Stillman, who Mr. Stillman alleged was the son of Beauvais. There were several guestB at this festivitity and shortlv after it closed, Iawler was said to have claimed to have found a note writ ten to Beauvais by Mrs. Stillman, which read: "Dear Fred: This is Guy's birthday and I am sending you a piece of the cake." Hhe gardener's wife, Mrs. Ida Lawler, a cook on the estate, also was declared to have recounted what occurred at the birthday party. Robert H. Halloway, a friend of Mr. Stillman since their college days, was another witness. He explained that the banker was with him In Boston, It ws satd. on some date which is considered important in establishing the pa ternity of Guy Stillman. The time could not be learned. Dried Loganberry Market Offers Negligible Outlet For Surplus of Production Dempsey Ends Training For Fight Today ; Atlantic City, N. J., June 29. Today Is the beginning of the end of Jack Dempsey's two months training grind. The champion is .ill through with his workouts in the open air arena and the last workouts this afternoon probably will be staged behind barred gates In the old airplane shed back of (be training camp. The work will be light and probably will not in tlude boxing. Dempsey weighed about 19) Pounds yesterday about three pounds over the figure he expects to scale when be climbs into the ring Saturday. He expects to lose 'couple pounds today and toraor tow and another pound when he fries out Friday. Attaches of the camp already bve begun the task of getting , 'kings in shape for the champion's departure. ec6Vdins; to present Hans, Dempsey and his party will Haywood Promises To Return Chicago, June 29. -United States " District Attorney Clyne today announced that he has received a radio mes- Isage from William (Big Bill) Haywood which stated that he was leavingMoscow on July 12 and would surrender to the federal authorities as soon as he landed in tnis country. Warehouses-Burned Pendleton, Ore., June 29. Five warehouses, a large grain elevator and about 100, 000 sacks of wheat were destroyed by fire early today at Myrick, five miles south OQCt nf hprp. The loss' was ootimafprl at $150,000. The started from a grass fire, blaze is reported to have Pickers Needed From 2,000 to 2,500 pickers are still needed to care for the loganberry crop around Salem, according to estimates made by growers and cannerymen this morning. With only a small portion of the crop ripening as yet, the growers are already finding themselves short of pickers, and the crest of the season will fin.: tons of ber ries rotting on the vines unless volunteers are secured. The growers generally are offering a cent a pound for picking with a bonus of a half a cent to those pickers who stay through Hie entire season. The large size of the berries and the heavy crop insure good wages to pick ers it is claimed. Grand Jury Is Asked To Stop Fight NoPicturesof Salem 's Roses To Be Found No pictures of Salem's roses are available at any of the photo graphic shops of this city, accord ing to T. B. MnCroskev. who Clergymen File COHl- made an attempt to secure some nloirir anrl A rd TWIn 0 morning to De ueeo m a Piaillb dllll AIC -U1U h d 0,ne8. nubllBh- TO Present FaCtS TO er of a newspaper in Mt. Vernon, Washington. . The photo shops stated that (here is no demand for the pic- Jurors Friday Jersey City, N. J., June 29. Rev Harry B. Wyatt, representing the cUryben's community club of Jersey City today laid before Prosecutor Pierre Garvan a bill of complaint to stop the Dempsey Cat pentier bout here Saturday. A letter accompanying the bill charged the principals and the promoter with conspiring to "per vert the boxing or sparring law and also to violate the crimes act prohibiting prizefights." Assistant Prosecutor Gilson told the reformers to produce their af fidavits and witnesses before the grand jury Friday. Mr. Gilson intimated that the pfdeeedure would be to arrest those named, hold them on bail, and thus prevent the fight. Mr. Garvin stated that, while be did not believe that the fight promoters Intended to violate the law, it was hlB duty to lay the mutter before the grand jury. tures and for that reason never kept any on hand. Repetition of Omaha Flood ain Feared Agi Opening of the loganberry pool! for an unlimited quantity of dried ... M'iiinmoire Vallev Prune loeans was denied today by b. rl. ui me ii ......... association to outside growers- heralded by a Salem morning pa per as the salvation of the logan berry grower by providing a mar ket "for every single loganberry growing tributary to Salem" means little to the Industry In the community so far as the market ing of this year s crop is concern ed, in the opinion of persons close ly in touch with the situation. No Market Available. The processing method by which the association will prepare its berries for market namely, drying will in itself prevent the marketing of any large amounts of berries, it is pointed out. The market for dried loganberries. once good, dwindled entirely awav Paper Strike Ended New York, June 29. An arbitration agreement was signed today oy union ww-. th( era of hisn prices and ers at all the paper mills in; offer an outlet for more , i . . ni-l rnnona With . . , .n n,ar- HUB COUiluy " v.i i than a lew oerries uum the exception of the Interna tional Paper Company. The workers had been on strike since May 1. ket has beer, redeveloped. FIIM dealing in dried logans report sales at a standstill and the pros pects of an increased demand in definite. Gile, one of the directors or the association. The orders now on hand will not consume the entire corps of the member growers, Mr. Gile said: Drv Own Berries. "I do not think the board of di rectors of the association would came to handle more than two or thtree carloads of berries for grow ers outside of the association. We decided to throw the pol open only to assist in relieving the .situa tion." Four hundred and fifty tons of berries of non-member grower would represent the limit that the association could handle, accord ing to Mr. Gile. Under the association's plan the growers dry their own berrlee. with possible aid from the associa tion In finanrine the picking, and wait until the berries are sold to realize on their crops. Mr. Gile declined to say how large the orders held by the asao- Omaha. Neb., June 29 A has tily constructed dike protecting hundreds of acres of farm land north of Omaha broke under pressure of flood water from the Missouri river this morning and Immediately a torrent of water be gan rushing Into the lowlands, making a reptition of last year's flood danger almost a certainty. Residents In the threatened area worked all night but shortly after t a. m. a gap appeared in the dike. The river was reported falling at up-river points. Georges Alone Not Worrying . At Manhassett Manhassett. N. Y., June 29. As the day for the world's champion ship bout draws near everybody in the challenger's camp Is getting nervous except Georges and he alone appears to be worrying about as much as a school boy getting ready for a picnic. He wants to go and Is having lots of fun making preparations. Out side of this be has not displayed the least of anxiety. Manager Dcscamps has begun to wring his hands and pull bis hair and Trainer Wilson has be truyed a slight Irritability. Georges only worry 1b his short hair. Since bis pompadour was clipped by the barber of Manhasset he has been wearing a cap. He runs his hauds qver the top of his head and seems amused at the sen sations to his finger. Today Carpentier entered Into the final stage of training and he expects to be on edge when he calls u bait tomorrow afternoon Convention Hall Invaded by Fifty Former Soldiers Radicals Invited to "Step Outside and Fight for Beliefs;" Engdahl's Remarks Bring Statement From Disabled Doughboys of Willingness to Use Machine Guns Against Disloyalty and Treason Detroit, June 29. Fifty delegates to the convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the world war invaded the socialist national convention before noon today and warned the socialists that the veterans are ready "to fight again to defend the flag against sedition, disloyalty and treason." Ralph Horr, of Seattle, who led the invading veterans, told the socialists that advocates of force would be met with force and invited the radicals to "step outside if they wanted to fight for their beliefs." De Valera Refuses T.mP 29. Eamonn de Valera, the Irish republican leader, in a letter to Sir James Craig, the Ulster V v, tho nrnnosal Ot tne m . L L . ' ' """""; says i .A: - private nome jn Jersey City prjme minister, iwr. ; "Id the time to go to the arena. Iponro-p for a conference in MU, jrZi.. Acker-iLondon between representa . who recently underwent an ! tivea nouthern and no ration in a hospital at Port- ern xremuu . ,: ana en... m has go far recorered that I government. OWiTTg to lis n l(nt budget will return home Sunday. She tations is impossible owl much im-..j i v-.,.u i in its present iorm. , r t' i ' , U 111 UC&IIU. kcpuiiivv. .. -- That the association has orders rtgggjggjg w lor Jersey City Friday. He win spend the day In the seclusion m Private hon First Budget Session Held Washington. June 29-Presi-dent Harding pledged bis admin istration to a new era of economy and efficiency in open.ng - et conference of cabinet high officials of the gov- Stores Must Hire Extra Clerks For Bargain Day Rush ..I .fco rlcln- 1,1 1 11 I The president presided at he meeting, in the course of which Charles G. Dawes, tne '" director, outlined the policies of hiMrf Harding addressed the sev eral hundred bureau beads and Sm in i s ,.ht: purposes he hoped would be at uTned througb.be budget system. ery indication pointing dents and by farmer" With ""fact that their nrewnl sales brtts will be unable to cope with buiaes.s rush to come on Bar- I?" DV. net Oriilnv MM nt tores which have Rarirain I irn dimi-i a i -i j- IJJr rrangemenU to augment .' furces and managers of Mores are preparing for a JJjjjj move Belief that large KT 111 jam the loral stores fc b' Friday- was expressed to f n C(,:n!uittee is charge. ."Mief if the Business Mens eo'nmittee that perhaps the 2 crtiwrl of th year will be in "r Mday. is baaed on atate u de both by Salem reai- Woman Charges ---'- lBmI ,eir inten- tion of stocking up for the future I on Jnly 1. , bv (p a rtri.ra. -v true, ireaunem 7JT, awaln Charge P. - S that.be name implies A-H that bJn. and mittee from the league is to Wl on numerous -L"' y. CC watch on all stores, and he ZZ .natitution tell. Lun ee- JJJ 3KuSdrS5 ,ji. in 1! . i The largest number of -V; dlffert tiaM. W (Continued on fage TTiamaee Case Is Hp.ard by State Supreme Court Arguments in the case ot r lor ence Rostad. a minor, against the Portland Railway. Light ft Power company, were heard by the u oreme court Tuesday afternoon iThe case is up on appeal from Multnomah county. Miss Rostad, who suffered the loss of her left leg, left arm, and sustained a fractured skull and other Injuries when a streetcar which she waa attempting to board .,.nJ iirtrienlv. received a judg ment in the lower court for $2&,- 000. She had sued for 1 100,000 The mmnanv appealed the caae. Henry McGinn representea tne plaintiff in the argument before tbe supreme court with C. R. Ptrt appearing for the defendant. Seattle Police Get 1,200 Quarts of Beer In Raid Seattle. Waa.. June 2$. More than 1200 quarts of beer and a complete brewing outfit Were seis ed by police who today raided a house on Ebrhtb avenue on the edge of the downtown business Ai.,rlrt here. Of fleers satd tfce seizure was the largest bass eost fixation in tbe northwi tbe adveat of prohibitloa. So nervosa were la tbe boose wbeo the raid was made and po lite said they believed tbe brew er, bad bees "tlpfed off" in advance. Hun Officers Face Trial On French Charges Lepslc, June 29. Lieutenant General Karl Stengcr and Major Benno Cruslus, the former com mander of the Fifty-third German infantry brigade In 1914, vere placed on trial before the German supreme court here today on charges preferred by the French government. More than fifty wit nesses were summoned. These were the first cases based upon French allegations to be brought before the court. General Stenger Is charged with having ordered that no French prisoners be taken alive and Major CruslOs was accused of having transmitted this order to his com mand. The French government was represented by a commission, slight. Ulster Premier Refuses tct Meet With De Valera Belfast, June 29. Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, declin ed today the Invitation extended him bv Eamonn De Valera. thej Irish republican leader, to meet De Valera In Dublin. The Invita tion was contained in a letter to Ibe I'lster premier and four other eminent Irishmen outside of De Valera's party asking them to meet him at the mansion house In Dublin on Monday for a confer sore. The other men Invited were Earl Mldleton. Sir Maurice Dock rell. Sir Robert Henry Woods and Andrew Jameson. Books and accounts of tbe dif- wwt efl , fereiit school board cieraa are oe WJIGfTiPr I lPf i ,n received . by tbe office ot the county superintendent for audit ing, in compliance wun tne law passed by the 1921 legislature. According to tbe letter just sent to the different districts, be sides the clerk's record book, the warrant hook showing warranta issued, warrants paid and can- fility days In the county Jell ceue1 a statement of warrants waa the sentence imposed on Ralph outBUDJll)g from June j0, 1920, .Monk" Wagner, convicted "boot j lQ June 2o, 1921, a statement of legger," by Judge Percy Kelly, outstanding; warrants prior to Naval Bill Hits Snag In Lower House Washington, June 29. The house refused today to recede in its opposition to a senate amend ment to the naval appropriation bill carrying five hundred thou sand dollars for a pier extension and ninetythousand dollars for a rifle range at. the Puget Sound navy yard. The house cut from one million dollars to five hundred thousand dolars an Item added by the senate for enlargment of the naval hos pital at San Diego, Cal. The house voted 84 to 30 to In sist on Its disagreement to senate amendments authoriitng accept ance of a tract of land from King county, Washington, as a site for naval aviation base at Sandpolnl, and the expenditure of eight hun dred thousand dollars for develop ment for such a base. The house also voted to stand pat In Its opposition to a senate amendment authorizing the ac quisition of land tn the vicinity ot Camp Kearney, Cal., as a site for a lighter than air aviation ata lion. 60 Days For Bootlegging Clerk's Books Being Received Body of Mrs. Fisher To Be Shipped To Pendleton Tonight Mrs. May Fisher, who has hsen In Salem by a month and a half died at the age of 49 years yes terday about six miles south of this city. She has been In poor health for the past three years. I Irnudlinr river the fi,lmti v In An effort to Improve her condition. She Is survived by her husband. C. C. Fisher; her mother, Mrs. F J, Mi llrlan; a daughter, Mrs. Roy Coffee of Salem, and two sons. Russell and Claude Stanton of Portland. Tbe body will be shipped to night for burial to Pendleton, where ber mother resides. Ar rangements are In the hands of Webb & ('lough, undertakers. Horr quoted from remarks of J touls Engdabl to the general ef fect that his section of the party would fight "not as 100 per cent Americans, but under the red flag of International socialism." "I hope these reports do not represent the sentiment of your convention," Horr said, "but if they do we have come to tell you that It is ourlntentlon to deal with these people. We have had occa sion In Seattle to use machine guns to stamp out treason and those guns can he used again." Cameron King, socialist delegate from California, replied In behalf of the socialists. "We appreciate the sacrifices tbe disabled veterans of the world war have made," he said. "We un derstand the Impulses that drove you to that sacrifice. At the same time we have made sacrifices. We did not believe when war was de clared that it was a just avnr and because we so believed msny of our comrades have been Imprison ed. As American citizens we claim the right of free speech and free assembly and we are going to stand on those rights." The visit of the veterans was made without disorder. After the talks were made the former sol diers withdrew. tbe circuit court, this morning wsgner wu 'found guilty by jury of unlawfully 'sellng intoxicating 1 liquor on evidence furnished by I "Red Pendregast and A. B. Gates, Ab.11 Saloon league "stool plg- Isons." Wagner Is tbe third man to have been convicted, of "bootleg ?lnr within the laat few days L. A Williams, pool, ball proprie tor, was sentenced to pay a fine of ' f 100 and serve 60 days In jail, and Jesse Padden. colored, was given I 10 days la jail. Prank Grimes, who pleaded guilty to a charge or Isnlawfully possessing liquor, was given 20 days. All of these men Br ere indictee oy tne grana jury information lurnisnea cy eodregast and Gates. June 30, 1920, with tbe numbers must also be turned In. While the statute provides that the books must be In by the first Monday in July, the office of tbe superintendent of county schools will receive the records and state ments any time during the first week. Frsnk Wrightman has been se cured to do tbe audllin Hugh C. Wallace Bids Farewell to Nine Jurors Selected In , Kaber Trial Cleveland, Ohio, June 29 N'lne jurors, lour women and rive med I had been tentatively accepted In the case of Mrs. Eva Catherine Ksber. on trial for tbe murder of Bar husband. Daniel P. Ksber, when court recessed this utter noon. Only eight prospective jur ors remained to be examined be fore tbe venire Is exhausted. t The trial of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber on a charge ot murdering her husband. Daniel F. Kaber, in their likewood home two years ago was adjourned this afternoon until next Tuesday morning. With only nine tentative jurors' In the box. the special venire bad been exhausted and a new venire will not be ready for duty until Tues day. Piplomats Today I aJv Churchill rls, June 29. -Hugh C. Wal-lUjr VIIUI Clilil Dead; Former New York Girl Pa lace, the retiring American am bassador, bade goodbye to his as sociates In the council of embassa dors today. He expressed regret on breaking the agreeable associa tions he had formed. M. Csbon, the French represent ative In the council, replied, say ing bow much the ambassador ap preciated his presence among them and asked Mr. Wallace to accept. In the name of his colleagues, a bust of Washington made by the National Poreclaia factory In Sev res. Scouts Urged To The Medford school board has 'rurrhaxed the Medford baseball .par- for use sat a public school 'athletic field and eraataalfy to be j the site of s new high school. Trial of Marine Strikers Goes On Portland, Or. June 29. - Trial nedl llUltJU tylassW sailors union of the Pacific for alleged violation of an injunction against picketing and violence. was resumed in federal court to day. Defendants denied any Inten tion to cause s disturbance at a dock at Linnton, June 20. when a sailor was killed In a clash be tween policemen and strikers. Tee A final' requcet that all Salem boy scouts attend tbe short lect ure to be given by Welter Prich ard Eaton, famous dramatic crit Is snd wrjler of boy scout stories, at the Commercial club at six o'clock this evening, was made this afternoon by C. B. Claneey. Following bis talk. Mr. Eaton will be dined by the fislem Ro tarlans at tbe Marlon hotel. lxndon, June 29. I-ady Ran dolph Churchill, who was Miss Jennie Jerome of New York, died here today. She recently under went an operation on her right toot which was injured In a fall. She married Ixird Handolph Churchill, second son ot the sev enth duke of Marlborough, and one of England's must Influential political leaders of bis day, la 1S74. Lady Randolph Churchill's death occurred suddenly (mm heart failure, following a hemor rhage. Her on, Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary of state for the colonies, was with her at th end. Washington, Jnn 21. Charles B. Warren of Michigan and Wil liam Miller Collier of New York tlmony yesterday waa to the effect were confirmed by tbe senate to that the men had gone lo tbe dock! day as American ambassadors, re (oliowlng a union meeting. jsneetlvely. to Japan and Chile. 1