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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1921)
Circulation Average for 1920, 62B0 &puUt!on of Salem 1900. 4258: 1910, 14,094; 1920, 17,679 Marion County 1920. 47.177$ Polk county, 14,181 Member of Audit Bureau of Circu- latiion. Associated Pres. Full Leased Wire The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Wed nesday fair, cooler tonight east portion ; ' warmer Wednesday, ex cept near the coast; moderate westerly winds. LOCAL: No rainfall; easterly winds; clear; maximum 81, min imum 45, set 47; river minus .6) feet and fulling. Price Three Cento ournal -third Year No. 171 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 19, 1921 RIBERY CHARGE MADE armer 9 Scores Service .vpt.arv 01 rtuiAi Line Near me ianca Says Telepnone i.ato RiseUnjustinea The troubles of the farmer tele-. 1 t wTaafin r.ountv were Uo 117 HH 111 Ul wo Cook testitieu uiai iu , hip to stand the increase werem" "L". hv the order of !. , j ha,i not naid. though thev had not been cut off the He said that up to . t intn effect there new raws wcuw . . i . . i n,i if nnv com- bad been uui ---plaint about the service, but that since that time there had beer, continual trouble. He had stood for fifteen minutes at a time wait ing for central, and had then been unable to get her, he said, while , nf his neighbors had waited half an hour at a time without result. He had held the clock on hi efforts he said. In cross-examination oy jame T Nnyw i n ill." i ..in . . .. , - - TUn n.l HQ 1 V - U1BI IUB Jicupi . - change treated him well and that he had no reason to complain about anything other than the service, so far as his treatment by ih enmnanv officials were con cerned. Cook also said that his company has hired linesmen recommended by the Pacific company officials paying a dollar an hour for the same men that tne company pam six dollars a day. The rates on his line had always been fifty cents a month up to three years ago when they were raised to one dollar a month, to cover deprecia tion and incidentals, but that this extra assessment was still in the bank for the most part. On cross-examination Cook said his company had bought Its in struments from the Western Elec tric company for $12.50 each. He also said that when repair "work was to be done on the line he us ually did it and was paid good wages by his company. H's com pany he said had been raised from 84.20 to $9 a year for exchange service with the Pacific company and he contended that an increase ot one hundred ten per cent was unreasonable. He argued that the commission did not guarantee him profit on his business and he did not think it was fair for the tele phone company to be given an un reasonable profit, testimony which led to a long colloquy between theH witness and Shaw in the effort of the attorney to determine what Cook considered to be a reasonable Profit. . Miss Gavin asked Cook if he 'nought the service he was now FAtti... - a -o urm nine aonars a year and he said it was not worth four dollars, the old rate, because sated to get so mad when he tried to get central that he forgot u' number Identification Of Mystery Murder Body Up to Jury Koseburg, Or., Julj 19. Identi fication of the headless body found under the wrecked automo bile of Dr. R. M. Brumfield last Thursday morning formed the principal task of the cproner's jury which began the inquest here to day. The circuit court room, where the inquest was held, was crowded to capacity before the hearing began. Opinions of witnesses who had been subpoenaed differed sharply as to identification. Some were firm that the body was that of Dr. Brumfield, while others were cer tain it was the body of Dennis Russell, the laborer 'or whose al leged murder Dr. BrurnfieM is be ing sought by the authorities. A pair of- shoes recently pur chased by Russell figured in testi mony offered by a Myrtle Creek merchant named Selig, who pro duced a pair of shoes which he said were similar to those sold and which he declared were like those found on the body. Black sox, overalls, gray hair, watch, foun tain pen, letters and other articles found on the body were exhibits, having been identified as thope of Russell. Testimony to the effect that the body was that of Dr. Brumfield, which was outlined included iden tification of the ring found on the fingers of the dead man, the shape ot the fingers, the condition of the finger nails and the contour of the body. tSaseball Trial Is Opened Special Board Is To Govern Normal School Burglar Mystery Fizzles; Police Kept Story Dark The cloak of mystery covering) the activities of Salem police, who yesterday said they knew nothing concerning the disturbance at the home of Mrs. 'Daniel Fry, Jr., Sat urday night, was tardily lifted at council meeting last night through the kind offices of Alder man H. H. Vandervort, who de manded that an explanation be forthcoming. Although no entry to that ef fect was made on the police blotter, two youths, said to be high school students, were taken Into custody by the Salem police. They whatever their names are appear to be window "peepers" of some experience. According to Ralph Thompson, chairman of the police committee, who answered Mr. Vandervort's plea for enlight enment, the youths admitted their "peeping" activities at the Fry home, and also confessed they had been similarly engaged on past occasions. Finding two women alone at the Fry home they placed their noses near one of the windows and were inter rupted only by the appearance of the police. The boys were taken before Judge Earl Race in the police court Sunday morning by cniei of Police Moffitt. No charge was preferred against them and so, after they had been severely reprimanded, they were dismissed. Mrs Frv originally had be lieved that the "peepers" were burglars, and the disturbance be-i came clouded with mystery when flhief Moffttt explained he knew; nothing at It. Robbins To Speak For Campaign Planning to make the open forum meeting tomorrow night a community "get together" and booster event in the membership drive of the Commercial club Dean Dobbins, of the school of business of Oregon university, will deliver an address on "Organization as a Business Factor," and will devr., his subject from a community standpoint. Community singing is also planned as one of the amusements of the evening. Addtiional memberships report ed today by the committees work ing in the drive bring the funds up to $3010 with the best pros pects yet to be seen. Organizations such as lodges, societies and clubs of the city will perhaps be asked to carry at least five memberships if the idea sug gested by Dr. H. E. MorrM this noon at the luncheon of commit teemen is put into effect. Pending the election of a new president of the Oregon Normal school, to succeed the late J. H. Acker man, the executive commit tee of the board of regents today named a special committee which will meet daily and which will Chicago Club Officers serve in Dlace f ine president. , I The committee Is composed of Say COntraCtS lOV- J. B. V. Buter, senior member of ami TS1 n trava TiiinTMr the faculty; Arthur Beattie, head Bergdoll's Mother Claims She Paid $50,000 To Help Obtain Freedom For Son World Series Top Price For Logans Is Reached Busick and Solof Each Pay Fine of $10 In Court Here wagner, T I name is Man, Girl, Faced By Grave Charge . Are In City Jail Chicago, July 19. Bill Burns, former major league pitcher, took the stand in the trial of the in dicted White So players today to tell his first hand story of the al leged conspiracy to throw the 1)1 worid series. Burcj was indict l I as one oil the cunsjiirators but a,ied. on promises of imnriiiity, to turn state's evidence. Burns first gave a !)rlef story of his early- life saying he left 3chool when 19, entering professional baseball in 1906 with Los Angeles. After several years in major league clubs he worked for a mining company in Texas, he said, and then went into the oil business. During the past year, he said, he bad not worked. "Do you remember meeting one defendant in a New York hotel about September 1G or 17'' ' asked Mr. Gorman of the stale. "Yes, Eddie Cicotte.'' Cicotte was then identified by Burns as the man he met. "What did Cicotte say to you' ' "He told me they were figuring on Testimony Ruled Out. The defense lawyers objected to Burns telling of his conversation with Cicotte cr any one lse pre ceding the'alieged consoiracy. Mi. Gorman said Cicotte had outlined a conspirac already formed, and the proceedings were delayed while the attorneys went out to get supreme court opinions on the matter. After a half hour of argument, Judge Friend ordered the state to proceed with the exac.iine.tion, but ruled that the conversation was not admissibie as evidence. Chicago, July 19. William (Kid) Gleason and Harry Grabin er, manager and secretary, res pectively of the Chicago White Sox, testified for the state today in the baseball trial, telling of the as wcu aa the decrease in sugar contracts between the indicted1 nrlces at the becinnine of the players and the club. Their testi- geagon lt is 3tated by cannerymen mony was designed to prove the,'that loganberries canned and of the rural department, and Miss Jessica Todd, dean of women. A meeting of the board of regents will be called sometime during the month of August, to elect a successor to President Ackerman, it was stated. Late Sale of 50 Tons At 3V2 CentS Marks ne from Camp Pike, Ark Crest of Cash Of ferings Here Three and a halt cents Is the top notch cash price paid for lo ganberries this season on the pen market. Fred Mangis, of 9'angis Brothers commission house, reported that he paid such a price for berries last week when buy ing small amounts for concerns which entered the' market late and who were unable to contract their supply earlier in the season. The quantity purchased amounted to about 50 tons. The half cent increase is above the market price and there is lit tle hope for a general increase, for the season is more than half over and a majority of growers have already signed up with co operative or privately operated concerns. Due to the cheapness of the berries this year and the reason able price of the finished product Money Given to Major Campbell. For Use "Among High Officials In Washington and New York." Witness Declares; Demand for $100,000 Refused As Excessive Washington, July 19. Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, of Phila delphia, today told a house committee investigating the escape of Grover C. Bergdoll her slacker son, that she gave five thousand dollars to Major Bruce Campbell, an army of ficer at Governor's Island for use "among high officials at Washington" to help obtain his freedom. Campbell, she said, first demanded one hundred thousand dollars, but she refused. Mrs. Bergdoll said she took the money to the island and handed it to Grover, by whom it was turned over to Campbell. Campbell, she said, told her he had passed the money to another officer for the purpose indicated. Major Campbell recently told the committee he did not receive one dollar from the Berg do lis. He has been sum- to answer the charge of Mrs. Bergdoll. Mrs. Bergdoll said she did not know the name of the man mentioned by Campbell as having received the money but asserted "he was an agent of the government." "Campbell told me he could not accept any money for himself," said Mrs. Bergdoll, "but that he wanted the one hundred thousand dollars for the higher ups in Washington and New York Grave statutory charges hav been preferred against a woman who gave her name as Bessie and a man who says nis Robert P. Davis, accord- J. L. Busick. of the Busick gro-'ing to the police. They pronaoiy eery store, and Louis Solof, of the will be arraigned before Jtldge People's Cash store, were yester-;G. E. Unruh in the justice court, day fined JlO each, together with Both the man and woman were costs, when they pleaded guilty to ! lodged in the city jail last night a charge ol offering for sale food ' following their arrest. That tne not securely protected from flies, I couple had some trouble between dirt and dust. themselves was evidenced by Miss Mr. Busick and Mr. Solof, prom- Wagner s alleged statement to c.i , wor. arrest- nolire in which she was reported Herbert J. Flaere ronKi.itin.r en. c, .,,,! warrant nworn to have told them that $ 115 which prosecution's contention that the men were under contract to the club during the world's series and not just in the regular season as the defense contends. Both men said the, players were under contract in the series -tad "cross-examination by the defense failed to shake their testimony, al though they could not point ont any clause in the contracts which were admitted as evidence specifi cally mentioning the world series. Side Comment Heard. Testimony of the two White Sox officials brought some interesting made into syrup goods will re ceive greater distribution than ever before. Last year with high prices of raw and finished berries the de mand was small even though the country was much more finan cially prosperous than at present. For this reason jobbing houses and middle men took every advantage possible to obtain reduction in their amounts due on delivered canned produce. , With the low price canneriv expect no such difficulties and Food Prices Show Little Drop In June Washington, July 19 The re tail cost of food Co the average family declined three tenths of one per cent in June as compared with prices in May while the wholesale food prices declined sligbil less than one percent, according to a statement today by the department of labor. Declines were noted in the retail prices of sugar, plat? beef, cheese, baked beans, rt'j roasts, bacon, canned salmon, fresh milk, bread, macaroni, can ned tomatoes, coffee and prunes. Among articles which incre ised in retail nrice were notatoes. flour and ham. Wholesale prices of farm, ances running from $60 products showed a decline of three and a Iialf percent. Wholesale fuel prices decreased equally while de clines in the wholesale prices of clothing and miscellaneous com modities were more than one per cent. Through Joseph P. Houlahan, bookkeeper for Wassermann Bros. members of the New York stock ; exchange, It was developed that Major Campbell had deposited four thousand five hundred dol lars in cash with the firm on Feb ruary 10, 1920. Mrs. Bergdoll had testified that the payment to Campbell was made late in Janu ary, or early in February of that year. . Bank Status Told The ledger account showed that from February 10 to. Juiu? 30, Campbell lost $5416 on a series of trades. His account was closed on -the latter date ad Houlahan testified that he still owed the firm $416. Campbell's regular bank account with a New York bank, Inspect ed by the military intelligence, the committee was Informed, showed the usual monthly pay check deposits, and monthly bal- to $70. The hearing was adjourned un til Campbell arrives. side play among the players on,are optimistic as rar as distnbuv trial. As Grabiner recited details, tion markets and deliveries are of the contracts which seemed to favor the prosecution the players remarked in an undertone "there's a double" or "he hit that one on the nose." When the secretary told .to be firmer due to the dry, warm concerned. The condition of the berries re ceived now by the packing plants Funeral Of Overseas Man To Be Sunday Portland, Ore., July 19. The Campbell Denies Charge Little Rock, Ark., . July 19. Major Bruce Campbell, director of education at the Camp Pike college and formerly counsel for prisoners of war at Governor's Island, N. Y., described state ments by Mrs. Krnma Bergdoll at Washington today as a "He out of the whole loth." Major Campbell Is under orders to proceed to Washington In con nection with the committee hear ings. Discussing Mrs. Bergdoll's - is extremely good. They are said 1 body of RODert O'Neill, machine ""lion that he bad demanded one Cicotte weather following the rains ear- theler is the season. rT" UL toe bureau ot pub'ic wfaof the state of Washi. re the company has served no " intends to ask for aa in "e l rates, is in attendance at tk. k . ?nB EettiDg Posters for lui. JLtbU is brewin ln ZL ank J Mi". W.er io,," f the Oregon P-n. , . i a y P when 7; ,D baPPi" tie . " '"""".y sat. wlth to by L. S. Leach, food commissioner. deputy state she had given Wagner to aeposn for her had not been returned. Bankers Discuss Plans to Stabilize Dollar at Session by Brothers visit Condemned Por, Prisner at Pen TBV,"Tld K"?- broth w" as convie.- .... "' toaath f . 7" a debate on Wednesday between Til Tavior , ' U:?,er.0t New York city member, and the iti8 . K'rb-Tis Present el -L::" lnal fo"ow Minneapolis, Minn., July 19 Sessions of the nineteenth annual convention of the American InsM tute of Banking began here to day with more than one thousand lelegates. elected by 45.000 bank ers of the country assembled. A feature of the convention will be ecuuoa fing a Omaha chapter on the Professor Irving Fisher plan of stabilising the dollar with the New Workers on the affirmative. (ranted him re- I For the first time in the organ j Nation's history there will be ac credited women delegates at the gathering. 175 from various sec tions of the country being pres ent. A fight between the east and the west sectiois for the honor of hav ing the next vice-president, who automatically will become presi dent in 1922. is in prospect. Car ter E. Talman of Richmond. Va.. and John S. Curran. San Francis co, are the candidates. The west also is seeking the next convention and Portland. Or , boosters are in the limelight. The convention will close rri- day. of a bonus given Eddie and Claude Williams one of , : 1 1 1 1 11 1 I 1 . 1 1.1.1 1. ' .1 t u . "Oh boy! A triple with two on." "But there are not any home' runs yet." said Cicotte. and as Grabiner became a little confused by the questions "Happy" Felsch whispered "he lost that one in the sun." "Lost it nothing." said Joe Jack son, "he just booted it." Court Adjourns. Court adjourned for lunch with Taylor Spink, official scorer of the 1919 world series scheduled to be the first witness at the afternoon" session. Bill Donovan, manager of the Philadelphia Nationals, who is understood to hare been told of morning in the circuit the alleged conspiracy by Bill Bums, wes expected to foilow Spink with Bnras then coming on the stand. That the state has a surprise witness was learned today hen "Wild Bill" Donovan, manarer of the Philadelphia National tcin. appeared in the wtineas rocai. As sistant State's Attorney ,obn F Tyrrell said Donovan would tenti dollars Major Attorneys For Todd Object To Cost Bill Amounting to $19C ii the cost bill of the suit for the recovery of $9000 brought by H. H. V !vort again.-t John W. Todd an.' which took ten days of tb? court's time was filed by the plainti '.' this coutt and objecUd U by lawyer-, for ibe defendant. The objections take exception to the expense of 10 of the witnesses, amounting to $S5 .50 on the grounds that they were parties to the suit having assigned theirj Deduction Of Federal TaxProper Supreme Court Rules On Proceedure To Be Followed In Inherit ance Tax Cases When computing the state In heritance tax the federal inherit ance tax is a proper deduction, ac cording to an opinion handed down today by the Oregon supreme court, and written by Justice Har ris which had to do with the case involving the estate of the late Robert D. In man of Multnomah county. Filed ln the Multnomah county court, the original appraisement of the Inman estate was $665, 904.16. Upon stipulation of the parties Interested, the appraise ment later was increased to $744, 204.16, and the state inheritance tax was fixed at $30,85.1.33. Sub sequently the question arose as to whether the federal tax should have 'been deducted in computing the state inheritance tax and tes timony on this question was beard by Judge Tazwell of Multnomah county, who held that the federal tax was not , a proper deduction and that the state inheritance tax should be based on the entirn amount involved In the appraise ment. In the opinion written by Tuff tice Harris, Judge Tazwell Is re versed, and the fedftnil tax is held a i-roiur deduction. The inherit ance tfxes paid during the last three years must now be refunded by the state treasurer. Other opinions haided down were: James B. Hubbard and Claudia Hubbard, bis wife, respondent, vs. Alsen-Roe Transfer company, ap pellent, appeal from Multnomah county. Action to recovery mon ey, on motion to dismiss. Opinion by Chief Justice Burnett; motion allowed. George B. Carmlchael, appellant vs. Mabel E. Carmlchael, respond ent: appeal from Umatilla county; motion to dismiss. Opinion by Justice Brown ; motion allowed. Stlllwell vs. McDowell, etUlon for rehearing denied. Brown vs. Austin; motion lo bring up all testimony denied. Capalipa vs. Kullsh, ippcllant motion to substitute attorney :.nd reinstate ppeal allowed. Fox & company vs. Roman Cath olic archbishop; motion to substi tute attorney and diminish record allowed. Helsley vs. Tastman; motion to extend time for filing brief; re spondent allowed until August 10 to file said brief. gun corps, 26th Infantry, who nunarea tnousand died overseas, is due here Thurs- 1 ampoeii oeciared: day and will be foi t rded to WU-I never had such a conversa 11am O'Neill. Salem. tlon wth Mrs. Bergdoll or her Robert O'Neill is the son of ,on- I was counsel for Grover William O Neill employed at the Bergdoll when he was tried befons state training school. His brother court martial but following his Dr. C. B. O'Neill and William conviction I had nothing further O'Neill are also residents of to do with his case. Salem. He enlisted in Company -Kj "My connection with his case of the Oregon National guard'dld not come about through any when the war started, did guard activity on my part. I was asslgn- . . . 1 . ,.r I V. rnl.,m .... , . . . auiy at lB r . . " " nerena prisoners Joseph Rudolph, for the past 21 bia river and was killed during of war and automatically became ' years a resident of Salem, died In me uKuiiuK lu ,uc .-,ui ruunsei wnen ne was n !,i Resident of Salem for 21 Years Is Dead est about October 7 or 8. The funeral Is being planned for Sunday at Rigdon undertak ing parl(-s and will be under the auspices of the American legion. He was 20 years of ag when word was received of his death, and was connected with the Riggs Optical company of Portland at the time of his enlistment. for trial. Leonard Signed U r j 1 lll.t, T .. ify it. i ' - - "- . . . hm Ysxdevort The pernns named in "nnT ! the objections filed are V. L. Wil- Pl"- has agreed to meet an op Ikios. P. J. Kunti. r. K. I.vant, ponent yet to be named at Ben- tj to information of the a'leged Mrv B YoULg. W. I o ing. Frrd.wn "aroor on ijlvu, u.j, conspiracy which he obtaiolF. Pound. 1. B. Hileinan. A. J Jing to Promoter Floyd Fittsim from Bill Burns, former White Sex Beridey. A. E. Camming. George mons. who announced he was try pitcher. U Cumruiogsv jlng to sign up Rocky Kansas. City Is Richer by $10 for 2 Alleged Traffic Violations Ten more dollars plunked Into the city treasury yesterday after noon as a result of traffic law violations which had been charged to A. C. Krieger, of Hub bard, and C. F. Brundridge. Krieger forfeited $5 bond when he failed to appear In court and Brundridge, who appeared, plead-1 ed guilty and was fined $5 by Judge Race. j a local hospital yesterday at the age of 71 years. He was well known as a brick mason of this city. He was born May 22. 18S0. in Germany and came to America years ago. The deceased is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Addie Fallen of Falls City, Mrs. Alice Cummlngs of Centerville. Idaho, Mrs. Bertha Singleton of Palo Alto, Cal., and Mrs. Elisabeth Cook of Berlin, Or.; and two sons, Joseph Rudolph of Fossil and George Rudolph o( Klamath Falls. His wife. Laura Rudolph, died here in 1912. Funeral services will be held in the Webb A Clough chapel tomor row at 1:30 o'clock. Interment will take place in the City View cemetery.