Circulation
average for 1920, 5250
Powutum ot Salem 1900. 425lf
1910, 14.094; W20, 17,079
Marlon County 1920. 47.1771
Polk county, 14,191
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near the coast; moderate wester
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winds; part cloudy; maximum 85,
minimum 40, set 56; river minus
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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, July 20, 1921
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Waxes
Hotter
Telephone Bate re
bate To Be JSiuer be
fore Close Is Indica
tion Today
The dog fight, for such the
hearing in which tne puuuc . -"-tending
against the Pacific States
Telephone company before the
public service commission for a
reduction in rates seems to be
tending, got under way late this
morning, delayed by the sudden
decision of the commission to hear
the complaints of the Salem peo
ple while waiting for Edward H.
Cousin to go to Portland and re
turn. It is becoming more and more
apparent that the hearing is to be
a bitter one, with high powered
dispositions sitting across the
counsel table ready to go off at
any moment, while the members
ot the commission, especially
Chairman Williams, sit ready to
cast aside their quasi-judicial dig
nity like they would doff their
coats at a moment's notice to
plunge into the fray, not as judges
and arbiters between the contend
ing factors of the quarrel but as
parties to it, and, so far, on the
company's side of the battle field.
Big Battle Looms
Today, during the examination
of Isadore Greenbaum, a merchant
of Salem, the first real hint of
the big battle which Is pending
came luridly to the fore. Deputy
City Attorney Tomlinson, follow
ing previous reference to the
mooted Question of permitting
the Pacific company to pay the
American Telephone & Telegraph
company four and a half percent
of its gross earnings for a so call
ed service charge had begun to
ask Greenbaum hypothetical
questions as to whether he, as a
business man, considered those
charges to be fair and just.
Tomlinson was at once chal
lenged by Shaw, counsel for t"!e
company, who said that his state
ments were misleading. This led
to a long argument, over whether
the four and a half perctnt pay
ment was permitted, and as to the
cop of the service given by the
parent company in exchange fcr
it.
Tomlinson is Challenged
Tomlinson contended that the
service charge applied only to the
burnishing by the parent company
of the telephone instruments,
ready to fix upon the desk or wall.
Shaw challenged this, and saia
that it also included repairs. Tom
linson accepted this amendment,
and proceeded to frame his ques
tion on the theory that the Pa
cific company paid the four and
a half percent on Its gross earn
ers to the American. Shaw sard
that this was a "misstatement of
rt" and that the commission had
""ed aga.'nst it.
Tomlinson also contended that
copy of the contract between
ne Pacific company and the Am
erican had ever been put in evi
dence at any former hearing, and
haw said it had bpen gQne ,nto
great detail. Williams asked
Tomlmson if he was deliberately
"Ting to mislead the witness.
Shaw Breaks in
romlinson denied thjg n ln
led that he had asked th. en
er and other employes of the
amission to find him a copv of
Jhe contract or to show It to him
" the fii and they had not been
"!e to find It.
Williams came back into the
'Continued on Page ive.
Rockefeller Sells
Vast Holdings In
Parent Oil Firm
Jtew
Ynrfe I..i n a mm
kefel.er has . w "!
" holdings in the Standi nil
cut . Jersey, the par-
el iS1"' wi,h exception
ZtLj Eblr" of common stock
10.875. according to
S COUDt Polished by the New
T World today
lUt show, that
Rockefeller Jr. sow hold
" "bare, of common
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Amatlan Oil Fi
Reported Aflame
Mexico City, July 20. The Amatlan oil fields are on
fire, with drilling towers falling like chaff and the work
men fleeing, according to reports received here describ
ing "the great catastrophe in the history of the oil fields."
The cause of the fire is not known.
The financial loss cannot be estimated, say the advices,
which add that the conflagration dwarfs into insignif
icance the Pordre Del Llano disaster.
Columns of fire hundreds of feet high are covering the
entire field, it is declared, and efforts to suppress the
blaze are said to be considered hopeless.
It is feared that there will be some loss of life. The
fires spread so quickly from lot number 162 where it
started and other wells in the vicinity exploded.
The Amatlan field is one of the richest in the state
of Vera Cruz.
Amatlan lies between Tuxpam and Tampico, about 35
miles northwest of the former city and some seventy
miles southwest of Tampico.
Governor Small
And Two Others
Fraud Charged
Springfield, 111., July 20. In
dictments charging Governor
Small, Lieutenant Governor F. K.
Sterling and Vernon Curtis with
embezzlement, conspiracy and
operation ot a confidence game
were returned by the Sangamon
county grand jury this afternoou.
Bonds of all three were fixed at
$50,000 on each count.
On the first indictment the gov
ernor, lieutenant governor and
Curtis were charged with embez
zlement of $700,000.
The indictment for conspiracy
and confidence games charges
that the three obtained "divers
drafts warrants, vouchers and
documents to the amount of $2,
000,000."
DeValeraand
Craig To Meet
Says Report
London, July 20. The proba-
hiiitv nf a meeting in Belfast be
tween Eamonn DeValera and !
James Craig, the Ulster premier,
is foreshadowed in some political
quarters and several newspaper
this morning.
General J. C. Smuts, premier oi
Sn.ith Africa, who re-entered tht
negotiations yesterday, doubtless
is largely responsible ror mis auu
similar optimistic speculation
whiph has survived under great
difficulties, since Monday, when
the Ulster premier departed sud
denly for Belfast, after making a
forceful statement on the subject
of self-determination as it applied
to Ulster.
This seemed for a time, to end all
hope for an amiable meeting be
tween the two Irish leaders, but
the moderating influence of gen
eral Smuts, coupled with Belfast
dispatches to the effect that' Sir
James does not regard the peace
parleys as interrupted, have f;one
a long way towards re establishing
confidence.
Mr DeValera is reported WHI
ing to go to Belfast and meet Sir
James after he has discussed with
his Dublin followers certain pro
posals which it is understood Pre
mier Lloyd-George will sabiai: to
him Thursday.
The first known moving picture
camera was made in 1890.
. coo r. - n cKarw
of the
-i- h Rnrkefeller renera!
education board 170,320 common
and 56,779 preferred; the Kecae
feller Foundation, 196.000 com
mon and 55.000 preferred, and the
Laura Spellman Rockefeller Mem
orial fund 40,000 common and
19,040 preferred.
No information was available as
to whether Mr. Rockefeller
was
making transfers of any
other vast holdings.
of his
Landis Rebukes
Congress Says
Bonus Is Due
Chicago, July 20. Stating ihat
what he said might be rt-ason for
impeachment, Federal Judge K M.
Landis in an address before the
wounded soldiers at Fort Sheridan
last night denounced the foes of'ed the headless body, and were
the soldiers bonus bill and rtisert-
ed that if he were president he
would "fire the whole outfit" at
Washington who were "Tettin.T in
one another's way trying to pass
on the veterans' compensation'
proposition."
"As one man who stayed at
home in peace and security while
you fellows were fighting for our
lives," said the judge "I am
against stalling off this bonus
proposition."
Small Daughter
Of J.F.Cowden
Dies Near Salem
Inez Irene Crowden, small 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Cowden, died at her home
about 10 miles east of this city
yesterday afternoon. The family
have lived in this section for the
last seven years.
Besides her father and mother,
she is survived by Mr. and Mrs. J,
E. Pettycrew of Salem, grandpar
ents, and Coy, Bernice James, Lois
Marie and two twin babies not yet
named, all children of the fam
ily. Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from
the Webb & Clough chapel, Rev. S.
S. Mumey officiating Interment
will take place in the City iew
cemetery.
Boy May Get
Parole Revoked
Application to revoke the paroielgjnau toe Calhoun introduied as!ent,; and foDr brothers. John and
of John M. Spiker, 19 years oia.
convicted of forging a check in
September of 19230 and Uter pa
roled from the boys' training
school by the consent of the dis
trict attorney, was filed in the
circuit court this morning with
Judge Percy Kelly on the com
plaint of Ga4e & Co., where it is
oi.i (hat'hf. attemoted to forge an-
other check for S5.7J.
according to Captain Allan Hy-
oon, who was appointed by the
court to represent Spiker in the
bearing which will proSaLly hi
Saturday, the defendant claims
that he needed a new pai- of shoes
and was unable to obtain credit
and hadn o cash. Since his parole
he has been employed on farm.
Never put away pots and pans
with their lids on. or they ill re
tain the odor of the food last cook
ed in them.
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Wife of
Dentist
Quizzed
Mrs. Brumfield, Called
to Stand 2nd Time,
Sticks To Story of
First Day
Roseburg, Or., July 20. Mrs.
R. M. Brumfield was recalled to
the witness stand this morning
when the coroner's jury resumed
the inquest over the headless
body found beneath her husband's
wrecked auto last week. The court
room was crowded with spectators
and hundreds were unable to gain
admittance.
District Attorney George Neun
er questioned her closely regard
ing Dr. Brumfield's activities dur
ing the week prior to his disap
pearance. She emphatically de
clared the dentist had said noth
ing to her concerning a trip or
made any intimation that he was
planning a murder. He was per
fectly normal on the day of the
wreck, she said.
Stories Conflict
More witnesses were summoned
this morning in an attempt to
Identify the body. Acquaintances
of Dennis Russell testified they
viewed the body in the moTjrue
and that it was the remains of
Russell, for whose alleged mur
der county authorities have Insti
tuted a search for Dr. Brumfield.
Friends of Dr. Brumfield when
placed on the stand said they were
positive in their identification of
the body as his. The Busenbark
brothers of Melrose
who were ac-
quainted with Dr. Brumfield for all day session in Governor 01
many years, gave testimony to colt's office.
this effect. Difficult problems which sur-
J. T. and Ed Russell, brothers round the launching of farm and
of Russell, testified they examin-'city loans were considered by the
certain that it was their brother
Coroner Takes Stand.
Coroner Ritter took the stand
this morning and stated that the
hair found on the scalp clinging
to the body and which was cut by
him as evidence resembled the
hair of Dr. Brumfield, while the
un auuuier large piece or
scaip round at the scene of the
wreck was similar to Russell's.
The coroner carried with him sev
eral large suit boxes which con
tained bits of evidence which he
introduced as being found near
the scene of the wreck. The evi
dence was made up of burned bits
of overalls, a match, fountain-pen,
letters, card, a gun, a cooked ear.
two pieces of human scalp with
gray and black hair and a vest, tn
the pocket of the vest was found u
watch and eight pennies. The
watch was the property of Dennip
Russell he testified. The burned
ear was toned near the wreck. A
bunch of keys, those of Dr. Brum-!comPIisned over n'Snt
field, were found' in .the wreckage! Th attorney general will be
along with the articles belonging, called on for a number of decis
to Russell. Other small articles lns relative to the meaning and
were introduced also as the prop-j intent of different sections of the
erty of Brumfield. llaw, but the commission refused
Deputy'Sheriff Webb was on the, to comment on this In detail,
stand at noon. His testimony wasj
similar to the coroner's, he having
accompanied the coroner on the
trip at the time the body was
found.
Ivan Calhoun, a young man who
has been employed on Dr. "Brum
field's farm for some time and
who is receiving bis education in
college from money furniihed by
the missing dentist, was placed on
the stand. He said he had been
in swimming with him several itne wlle OI "raDUU riorums
time and In comparing th phy-''as we" known in cit-'-slque
of Brumfield with that of I Lesides her husband, she is Mir
th body he found they tallied a!-jviTed b7 a bby da'-'gatcr. Esther
most exactly. One main mark ot I-o"a. age five years; Mr. ar.i
identification was a corn on th.,'! Mrs. K. F. Peters of Salem, par-
evidence a pair of high top Bboes!Hel"7 of Slickney. 80m .lanoia,
belonging to Brumfield. The sheniOtto Peters of Belridiere, South
will be compared for size with the!DkoU. and Kred Peter of Mow
hurned ones taken from th damji i Irtdge, South Dakota.
body.
Jap Workers On
Fruit Lands Are
Told to "Get Out"
Pan Francisco, July 28. Fifty
eight Japanese men who bad been
hired under contract to work in
the fruit and, melon lands around
Turlock, were loaded early today
cm two automobile truck at that
place, by a group of white worker-
taaen 10 iey. i mun n
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and told to "leave the country'
according to a message received
at the San Francisco Call. Th.
Japanese offered no resistance.
Man Who Offered to
Marry Edwards Girl
Faces Grave Charge
Richard Burton, about 24 years
of age, who, officers say, offered
to marry Miss Frankie Edwards
during her term in jail here, was
Stoday held in Corvallis prison,
charged with a statutory crime,
pending the arrival of Constable
Walter DeLong of Salem, who was
responsible for his arrest.
It was from Miss Myrtle Eunls,
15-year-old Salem girl, said to
have been a close friend ot Miss
Edwards, that the inforni.it ion,
causing Burton's arrest, was elicit
ed by officers. The complaint,
charging Burton with rape, was.
signed by the district attorney.
According to officers, Burton re
cently has been residing at Cor
vallis where he is thought to have
High Class
Appraisers
Are Needed
Protection of State's
Interests In Loans
to Veterans Big
Problem Board Says
That the problem of making
loans up to 75 per cent of the
value of security offered, and at
the same time safeguard the in
terests of the state, will require a
personnel of appraisers of the
highest class, was the belief ex
pressed by members of the World
War Veterans' state aid commis-
sion who Tuesday held another
' commission along
with a policy
to be followed in making loans.
Plans for setting the complicated
machinery in motion throughout
the' state was reviewed.
The mo3t careful study of the
qualifications, business connect
ions and standing will be given
every applicant for county ap
praiser, members of the commls-
sion said
The same rule will be
followed In selecting attorneys to
examine titles.
All commissioners expressed
themselves as highly pleased with
the progress that is being made.
The initial printed forms we-- '
hand from the printers ani
general scheme of operation waa
pretty definitely drawn up.
Comparatively few letters of
Inquiry are being received by the
commission, it was said. Ex-service
men. it was pointed out, are
generally aware that the build
ing of a $30,000,000 loan and
building association cannot be ac-
Emma Horning
Dies at Home
Emma M. Horning, age 33
years, passed away at her horr.e at
265 North 21st street this morn
ina about 10:30 o'clock. She was
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at the residence at 13
o'clock. Following the funeral the
remains win oe torwanea 10
Mitchell, South Dakota, for Inter
ment. Arrangements are Id the
hands ot Rigdon & Son, undertik
ers. His Brother ! Keeper.
Trenton. Mo . July 20 George
Mobs will not exceed the vpeed lim
it again especially if he has a
young lady friend in his car.
Wilbur Moss. George's brother.
, . r; tti, t.r In , n t 1 H t - r.
is ir...i
Whors urove arove 100 iw Elinor
nabbed bira. In police court George
paid
f ii! is Th. hmih
axe still speaking.
i -
been driving a truck. While in
Salem he was an employe of a state
institution and resided at the home
of the Ennis girl.
Although Burton's arrest came
in .connection with the case of
Miss Ennis, officers said that Bur
ton offered to marry Mfca d
wards "to get her out of trouble."
when she was jailed following her
elopement 'with Rev. Fred Roys
ton, Salem minister, who is at
present held in Portland jn a fed
eral warrant charging htm vlth
violating the Mann act.
Burton probably will be return
ed from Corvallis by Constable De
Long this evening. He will be ar
raigned before Judge G. E. 'Jnruh
in the justice court.
Idaho Boy
Highest at
University
Harry McEuen Ranks
As Best Scholar;
Senior Class Has No
Place In 1st Fifteen
The highest average in grades
for the past terra at Willamette
university was made by Harry Mc
Euen, a junior in the college of
liberal arts from- Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho, according to figures of the
registrar issued today, with one
hour E-plus and six hours E. In
the marking scheme at the univer
sity E is excellent, S is satisfactory
and P is Passing. Of the 15 high
est students for the past term none
were members of the senior class,
but the other classes divided hon
ors with five each in the group
But four of the 15 were men..
Sheldon Sackett, a junior of
Sheridan, made the next highest
average in scholarship with four
hours E, although a much more re
markable record was made by Ma
bel Rentfro of Salem, a freshman,
who carried twice as maqy hours,
earning seven hours E, and one
hour S-plus.
Following are the 15 highest
students of the term with their
respective grades: Harry McEuen,
Cocur d'Alene, Ida., 6 E, 1 E-plus;
Mabel Rentfro, Salem, 7 E, 1
S-plus; Mae Beissel, Wenatchee.
Wash., 5 E, 1 S-plus; Grace Brain -
erd, Marshfield, 4 E, 1 E-minus;
James Boble, Falls City, 3 E, 1
S-plus; Ethel Mocroft, Forest
Grove, 3 E, 1 S-pius, 2 S; Earl
Shafer, Salem 4 E, 2 S-plui, 1 S;
Ruth Taylor, Sunnyside, Wash., 5
E, 1 S-plus; Mrs. Alma Vinson,
Salem, 1 E-plus, 4 E, 1 S-plus, 1 S;
Ixiis Warner, Wenatchee, Wash., 4
E, 2 S-plus, 1 S; Margaret Bowcn.
Raymond, Wash., 2 E, 4 S-plus;
Ruth Shaefer, La Grande, 4 E, 1
S-plus, 2 S; Sheldon Sackett, Sher
idan, 4 E.
Yeggs Steal
Booze from ,
County Jail
Walla Walla, Wash , July 20.
Thieves some time Tuesday night
cut the bars of an outer window
in the county jail and removed all
the bonded and moonshine whis
key which had been accumulated
in several months raiding actlvl
ties against the bootleggers with
the exception of a gallon jug part
ly filled with a low quality of liq
uor. Charles J. Springer, sheriff
has scught the aid of the state
penitentiary fingerprint expert in
obtaining clews to the thieves.
Texan Again
Kidnaped by
Masked Gang
Shreveport, La., July 20. J.
W. McKnight. Nacogdochas. Tex
as, plumber, who waa beaten by
masked men at Tim peon Satur
day night, waa taken from dep
uty sheriffs between Tenaha and
Center Texas, last night by unl-
mi n f,th-
ered and forced to submit to a
auntieai operaiwn. irwrams o
information received here today.
mA i
K 6 Id
Witness Explains
How Plot To Fix
Games Fell Thru
White Sox Stars Sickened of Deal to Throw
World's Series and Decided To Play Ball At
Meeting Held Just Before Third Game, Go
Between Declares On Stand
Chicago, July 20. The Chicago
White Sox players, after agreeing
with a clique of gamblers to throw
the 1919 world's series to Cincin
nati for $100,000, became skk of
the deal when they were not paid
the bribes promised and at a meet
ing before the third game decided
to play their best and win the
series, Bill Burns, accomplice in
the alleged deal and the state's
star witness, testified today in the
baseball trial.
Urged by the alleged "fixers" to
win the third game to improve the
betting odds, the players said they
had lost to two regulars Cicotte
and Williams and would not win
for a "busher," Dick Kerr, Bums
said. Then, feeling they had been
crossed by the gamblers, they
double crossed their bribers by
telling them they would lose the
third game, but Instead won it
three to nothing, with Dick Kerr
pitching.
Lost His Share, Claim.
, Attempts of the state to have
Burns tell of a conversation with
Eddie Cicotte in New York where
the Stat claims the alleged con
spiracy was formed, failed when
Judge Friend sustained a defense
objection.
Swede Rtsberg, the White Sox
shortstop, agreed to "go through"
with (he game throwing, Burns
testified. Repeated attempts to
persuade the players to throw the
rest of the games failed and Burns
then gave up his efforts to again
bribe the players, he said.
Burns himself was double cross
ed out of his share of the spoils by
"Chick"Candll, who refused to pay
him, the witness said, adding that
he told Gandil then that he would
"squawk" and expose the whole
deal.
Courtroom Packed
Chicago, July 20. An hour be
fore the opening of the third day
of the trial this morning the doors
of the court room were ordered
closed. Every seat was taken.
Hundreds of disappointed fans
crowded the corridors and wait
ed outside the building to watch
the arrival of the former star ball
players who yesterday were ac
cused by Burns of planning to
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Landlord Raises Roof.
Martins Ferry, Ohio, July 20 -
A landlord here ordered a family
to vacate. When the family re
fused to move the landlord remov
ed the windows and doors. Due to
the beat, this did not bother them,
anarentlv. But. when the land
lord had the roof taken oft the!
tenants left.
Thursday
Last For DeValera
And Lloyd-George
London, July 20. The meeting
between Eamonn DeValera and
Premier Lloyd-George tomorrow
will probably be their last before
the return of the South Ireland
delegates to Dublin. Following
their return to Ireland a meeting
of the Irish republican parliament
will in all likelihood be convened
to give the republican leader an
opportunity to report and take
fresh counsel on the new complex
Ions which the Downing street
parleys may have placed upon the
old questions, and to formulate a
policy respecting such issues as
may have originated during these
talks.
It is problematical whether Mr
DeValera will then go to Belfast
for a meeting with Sir James!
Craig, the Ulster premier, which
I was forecast this morning in some
I quarters as a probability; whether
; he will resume what he has termed
his "Ions; range bombardment"
with Mr. Lloyd-George, with the
; one In Dublin and the other in
, London, or whether the southern
Irish leaders will signify the be
,lief that the continuation of the
parley would be unlikely to pro
dare the desired results.
The last contingency, however.
( is still considered at Irish be
m 1111
ULAIM
American
Aid Sought
In Silesia
United States Inter
vention Suggested
As Means of Block
ing Hostilities
London, July 20. It was stated
in authoritative quarters toany
that informal suggestions have
been made for American interven
tion in the Upper Sllesian trouble
which it is feared will threaten
open hostilities.
Paris, July 20 The British, Kal
ian and French commissioners in
Upper Silesia have sent in a report
In which they jointly demand that
reinforcements be sent to the al
lied troops of occupation, it was
announced here today.
This recommendation came al
most simultaneously with the re
ceipt of a note by the French for
eign office from the British gov
ernment In which Great Britain
insisted there was no necessity for
sending more troops into the dis
turbed area. The note whs in re
ply to the recent communication
In which the French government
notified the Great Britain that re
inforcement were needed urgently.
Foreign War
Veterans Will
Meet Tonight
Foreign war veterans will meet
in the armory tonight at 8 p. m.
for the regular bi-monthly meet
ing which is expected to be one ot
the largest attended during the
summer.
Recruits whose initiations have
been postponed for the last few
meetings are expected to take the
oath of allegiance to the organiza
tion, while important business
which has been delayed will be
transacted. The entertainment
committee has promised a program
and a galley full of good eat.
quarters as the least probable oft
the three alternatives.
One point upon which Mr. De
Valera will be urged by his col
leagues, to make representations to
Mr. Lloyd-George before the re
turn ot the south Ireland delega
tion will be what the republican ,
leaders' advisers regard as unfav
orable the background created by
the British premier's maintenance
ot the "two nation idea" by meet
ing Mr. DeValera and Sir James
Craig separately.
"Some members of our party see
in this a desire on the part of the
premier to hold before the world
the familiar picture of two sep-
! arate
entities within Ireland,
contradicts the virtual es
which
sence of our case,'' said a man
who enjoys the confidence of the
southern delegation.
In view of our refusal to sit at i
the conference table with Mr.
Lloyd-George and the Utsteritss," j
he continued, "it would seem that j
our objections on this point were '
unjustrfable, but what we desire
to have made clear Is that conver
sations such as have occurred here
do not imply soy recognition on
our part of the Clsterites' eqaaJ-Ity."