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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1921)
Circulation Average for 1920, 5250 Population of Salem 1900. 425S: 1910 14.094; 1920. 17,679 Marion' County 1920. 47.177J Polk county, 14.181 Member of Audit Bureau of Circa- latiion. Associated Pre. Full Leased Wire The Weather ournal OREGON: Tonight and Friday fair, moderate westerly winds. " LOCAL: Northerly winds; clear maximum yesterday 84, minimum, today 46; river minus 1.2 feet and stationary. ti apit omm FhirdYar-0- 185 CALL IRISH State Board Cuts Force 20 PercentSummon Slump Forces Let-out Industrial Accident Commission Reduces Force One-Fifth On September 1 The state industrial accident commission will reduce its force of employes approximately 20 percent on September 1, according to an nouncement today. There are ap proximately 130 employes in the department at this time. This stroke of economy, is was eiplained, is made necessary be cause of the slump in industrial ac tivities, particularly the lumber ing industry, and the reduction in wages throughout the state which has reflected Itself in a proportion ate degree in the commission's in come. "Under the provisions nf the workmen's compensation law, the commissioner is limited to 10 per cent of its income for administra tive purpo'vs," the commission es plains in a statement issued this morning announcing the proposed decrease. Income Decreased. "As the income decreases the amount which can be used for ad ministrative purposes likewise de creases. It is to make sure of keen ing administrative expenses with in the prescribed limit that the reduction in the number of em- ployes is being made at this time. "The volume of work for thej 'commission has not decreased the reduction of income. In fact, the volume of work is greater now than heretofore because of new provisions of lie law enacted by the 1321 legislature, so i reduc tion In the number of employes will mean a sacrifice of efficiency to sgnre extent. But every effort will be made with the reduced force to give the most efficient service possible. Funds Not Affected. "While this reduction in income tf'etts the amounts wfelofe may be used-for administrative expenses. It does not affect the commission's funds from an insurance stand point, as shown by the fact that the commission was able to declare a 20 per cent dividend to employ ers on July 1 of this year." An incendiary fire caused the loss of the big barn on the Max Lebold place near McMinnville. The hay crop of two years was con sumed in the flames. Farm Credit Bill Passed by Senate To A id Producers Washington. Aug. 4. The agri tultural credits bill, embodying e administration plan for loans y the war finance corporation, W aid eXPOrtS nf farm nrnAnnla a passed today by the senate. There was no record vote on m passage of the bill which goes o the house. The measure author agricultural loans from the MO.000.000 cash capital of the .-ir finance corporation which 2 au,ht"zed to issue $2, .000,000 of bonds in obtaining duional loan funds. The bill was put through as a uu,e for the SoTT.s a(crIcu. Z Cre,iU3 Plan- A" amended in it prohibits loans to m governments, the clause g Whhout obJon after fc;aI can, lroa,lcer, opon note8 tat! ""'""-"menu of indebt SSJL M ,w""re1 b 'battel ! JL """Stable title to sta- 'ktSr prodocu-inc,a,s- Federal Expenses Mounting Cut of Quarter Billion Necessary Says Mel lon If Increase Taxa tion Is Avoided Washington, Aug. 4. A cut more than $250,000,000 in the or dinary expenditures of the gov ernment this fiscal year Is neces sary, if additional taxes are to be avoided, the house ways and means committee was informed today bv Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. On present estimates, he said, the. total government cost this year will be 14,550,000,000 of which $3,830,000,000 must come from taxation. Even with the suggested reduc tions, Mr. Mellon said, the inter nal revenue yield for the year "could not safely be permitted to fall below $3,570,000,000, the es timated yield under existing law." The treasury secretary told the committee that actual expendi tures for the first full month of this fiscal year indicated that un less there was "an extraordinary new effort to reduce expenditures'" the estimate which the treasury had preesnted might be regarded as onsetvative. Ordinary expen ditures for July, he said, amounted to $322,000,000 as against $307, 000 000 for July, 1920, while the current deficit last month was $113,000,000 as against $76,000, 000 in the same month a year ago. "An analysis of the principal Items of expenditure for July, 1921," the secretary continued, "shows that $59,000,000 was on account of the . war department. $56,000,000 on account of the navy and $32,000,000 on account of the shipping board. If expendi tures are to continue at anything like these rates, the estimates will be greatly exceeded." Explain Seizure of Hooch Vessel .Washington, Aug. 4. United States District Attorney Hayward of New York probably, will be summoned to Washington to dis cuss the seizure as a liquor smug gler of the schooner Henry L. Marshall outside the three-mile limit off Atlantic City. Assistant Attorney General Goff said today that the department of jusice had the matter of calling Mr. HiywarJ here under consideration. The area of Australia is 2,974, 5S1 miles. l The senate rejected without a 'record vote three amendments de signed to attach riders authoriz ing farm loan act advances to entrymen on reclamation pro jects. Chairman McNary, repub lics, Oregon, of the Irrigation committee, raid the matter should be dealtVlth In a separate bill. The conference agreement on the nacker control bill was adopt ed today by the senate, 48 to 10 and after approval by the house. the bill goes to the president. Under the conference agree ment the house bill, regarded as Imuch less drastic than the origin al Kenyon-Kendrick senate meas- ure, virtually stands. Senator 'Kenyon, republican. Iowa, told the senate today that the senate con jferees had been compelled to yield I to the house 0n nearly all points. Six republicans including war ren of Wyoming voted against the conference report. They were joined by four democrats. "It was a question of no legls- llatlon at all or accede to the house. said Senator Kenyon.. America To Lead All Nations to Peace Says Harding Lancaster, N. H., Aug. 4. Con fidence that American institutions are more firmly implanted than ever before and that In the near future America's example will lead all the nations to permanent peace, was expressed by President Hard ing today in an address at a wel come demonstration in Lancaster. The coming disarmament con ference, the president said, "gave promise of an international agree ment that would end wars and turn the attention of mankind to constructive and beneficial pur suits." The president's speech was de livered from his automobile in Continental square here to a crowd of several thousand who had come to bid him welcome to the White Mountain country. He was cueereu many nines wuue uej was speaking and after he con cluded the crowd broke police lines to crowd about him and shake his hand. "Today I stood on Mt. Prospect and saw a wonderful picture," j said the president. "In some ofi the valley there were clouds and! Fewer Claims For Compensation For Accidents Claims filed with the state in dustrial accident commission for the year ending June 30, 1921, totaled 20,456 as compared with 21,378 for the previous year, ac cording to figures compiled by he department. Of the total accidents reported during the year 138 were fatal, the report shows as against 157 slackening up of Industry gener fatallties for the previous year, a ally accounting in part at least for the decrease in accidents and fatalities. A total of 990 claims were awaiting adjustment at the close of the fiscal year. Twenty-one widows receiving compensation from the state fund remarried during the year, auto matically cancelling their com nensatlons. However the 16 chil dren of these widows will con tinue to receive compensation un til they reach the age of 15 years. Busses Replace DesMoines Cars Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 3. A comprehensive bus service on all streets abandoned tonight at mid night by the Des Moines Street' Railway company on order of' Federal Judge Wade suspending traffic, will begin functioning as the street cars go to their barns, it was announced today. The suspension is the result of a controversy of several years with the city. During the last year only few cars have been oper ated and the city has allowed the bus lines to Increase tbelr busi ness. The street railway com pany claimed it could not exist oa a five cent fare without busse nor on an eight cent fare with them. Battle Raging onChineseFront Peking, .Aug. 4 Fighting is reported in progress today ai ng a ten-mile front fifty -nnes wnr I east of Yoehow where forces from the province of Hunan, affiliated i with the southern or Cantea ov I emment of China, recently invsd- ed Hupeh province. The engagement wa brought on. the report states, by orders up i on General Wang Chn-Yuan, in- upecting commissioner of the pr- I vinces of Hunan ana nup, I a general attack be begin against Hunan province, where bia autbor llty is not recognized. Salem, Oregon, Thursday, August 4, 1921 signs of storm bedimmlng our vision but above the peaks rose serene and untroubled. And while I gazed my mind turned to the affairs of men and I said with some comfort to myselt that though the cluds may bedim we need not lose confidence for I be lieve with all my heart that no matter whaat bedims the picture we of America have a God given destiny to perform which nothing on earth will ever prevent. "In a century and a third we of the United States have out stripped every record of civiliza tion in the history of this world. This republic, which had its be ginnings In a little group of colonies, now Is conceded the leadership of the world. "I'm happy to bring you word that your government is doing all it can to have a conference at which the representatives of the nations can look each other In the eye and work together for an end of the causes of war and put an end to costly armament. I believe we shall succeed." Extension Of Capital Street Is Agitated Agitation for the extension of Capitol street and the holding of a special election to gain the sanction of the citizens of Salem, is reported to have grown to great proportions. Petitions have been circulated for the paving of Summer street, but a remonstrance against Buch action has Len filed with the city council. Property owners at the end of Capitol street are reported to have been willing to donate 24 lots to the city If the city will stand the expense of paving the street. This the city can not do for the reas on that it is against the city char ter which states that property owners who benefit by the paving must bear the expense. It has been pointed out by some that the city council is willing to cooperate In any way to get pav ing through to the fair grounds, but the attitude of a few of the property owners in north Salem has made such a move impossible. The proposed action that the highway commission be appealed to is blocked by a recent law pass ed by the legislature stating the highway commission shall not lay pavement in the city limits of a civic corporation having a popu lation of over 5000. lfAj-lf At,e HAk IlCailVI O 1 lCCLT James Heltzel James Heltzel, Salem attorney, addressed the Marion County Realtors associatibn this noon tt their weekly luncheon held In the' Marlon hotel, on the subject of contracts In relation to realty transactions. The main feature of Mr. Helt-j bllities of the agent to the prln -zel's talk Win the duties and Ha-1 cipal and the duties or the agent and principal to the third party. The speaker emphasized the fact that no realtor has a right to collect more than, the five percent i commission allowed by law and cited an instance of where an' agent had made $1,000 secret profit, by selling to the buyer at the highest possible figure and by turning over to tbe purchaser the lowest sum which was quoted' on the property. In answer to a number of ques tions. Mr. Heltzel stated that a realty dealer could be sued or: more than $1,000 bond required by law in any case charging mis representation as to the value of property. Mexico plans to make the por of Manzaaillo oae of the best on. tbe entire Pacific coast. PARLIAMENT Armistice DayChosen For Allies Disarmament Confer ence to Meet at Wash ington On November 1 Jap Attitude Washington, Aug. 4. Great Britain's willingness to accept any date the Washington admi nistration might desire for the opening disarmament conference has led to th defln! ; i suggestion of November 11, Armistice Day, of this year as an appropriate oc casion. It was learned that American official had put the original sug gestion of Armistice Day into definite form for all the invited powers and are awaiting aknowl edgment from abroad. Officials would not indicate to day just how much progress has been made in the Interchanges of opinion regarding the agenda of the meetings, but unofficially it Is known they consider that the path is being cleared for a frank discussion of Far Eastern ques tions. Tonon'a Attft.Tlde Tn An admittedly delicate aspect of the situation is Japan's appar ent insistence that problems pre sented by the Yap and Shangtung questions be regained ns not falling within the scope of the coufererrce. American interest in the island of Yap is intimately connected with the whole subject of man dates. The Japanese govern ment has contended that the man date over Yap is an accomplished fact that should not be question ed, but the Washington govern ment has Seen equally Insistent that alloratlon of the island can not remain unquestioned, since it was done without the consent of this government, one of the vic tors in the war. France and Ttnlv France and Italy. Indicated their surport of the American position, and while tormal as surance of Its . position has not been given by Great Britain, there appears reason to believe that she also agrees that the question should be determined by direct negotiations between the powers Vfck .! was indicated, it is con- w - tended, bv remarks attributed to Lord Curzon in a speech before parliament. Twelve New Members Added To Club Lists Twelve more names were added to the membership list of the Salem Commercial club at .a meeting of the committees work ing for funds in the club rooms this noon. The subscriptions now total over $4,300, and at no time when the committees have met has there been less than $100 re ported. At the next open forum meet ing, which will be held a wecK! later, 12 members of the club will be permanently chosen as aj membership committee to carry on the work of raising the funds until they reach $6,000. Those renorted todav are: Lib erty Garage, Earnle Kapphahn, Pacific Fruit Company. Malcom Tire company, William Cravatt.j J. C. Dickinson, Bow Optical com pany. Roy Clark, Buster Brown' Shoe Store. John Sundln, Salem' Sample Store, Royal Cafeteria. Tbe committees will meet again tomorrow. Dream Millions. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Aug. 4. Dreams come true soetimes. Peck Walker, printer, had visions of wealth Ha dreamed be was a mil lionaire. Through an oil well at Eldorado, Ark , Walker's dream has been realised. His Income now is said to be $1000 per day. To Discuss Peace Offer Made By Great Britain Raizuli Seeks Job as Sultan Madrid, Aug. t.JKaizuli, former outlaw leader and chieftain of re bellious tribesmen in Morocco is reported to have made an offer to Spain to pacify the entire Spanish zone of Morocco on condition that he be appointed caliph and sultan of the territory in question. There have been unconfirmed reports that the town of Nador, south of Melilla. has been evacu ated by Spanish troops and occu pied by Moroccan rebels. The Moors are again bombard ing Mount Arruit where General Navarro and a considerable body of Spanish troops have been sur rounded by the tribesmen. $60,000 Haul by Slugging Bandits Of Mail Pouches St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 4. Three bandits today held up and slugged Tommy Felaido, a postoffice mes senger at Wood River, 111., near here and escaped with three mail pouches, one of which Is believed to have contained $60,000 In cur rency consigned to the Standard Oil refinery at Wood River. , The robbery occurred at 7:10 a. m., shortly after the pouches were thrown from a Big Four tram from St. Louis. Felaido met the train, placed the pouches in a push cart, and started for the postoffice three block away, when the armed trio stepped from an automobile and ordered him to throw up his hands. He apparently was slow In complying and ne of the bandits struck him In the face with his fist. Another threw the pouches In the automobile and they es caped. An hour later an abandoned au tomobile was found In a cornfield five miles south of Edwai dsville, 111. Nearby was a rifled 'nail pouch containing parcel post mat ters addressed to Wood River resi dents. British Dirigible To Cross Atlantic Washington, Aug. 4. The mon ster British built naval dirigible ZR-2, will sail from Howden, Eng land, August 25 for its station at La'iehurst, N. J., the navy depart ment announced today. The ZR-2, formerly the British Zeppelin R-38, will be commanded by Commander L. H. Maxfield of the navy on tbe trans-Atlantic flight with Lieutenant Command er V. N. Bieg, as second in com mand. The Bhlp Is 699 feet long, 50 feet longer than the R-34, whicbsmadc tbe trip to tbe United States and back in July, 1919. She has a cruising radius of 5600 miles and a speed of between 50 and 60 knots. Supreme Council Asks Americans London. A ig. 4. A formal In vitation for an American repre sentative to attend the meeting of the allied supreme council, which opens In Pa-. next Monday, was communicated to the American embassy here this afternoon through Colonel De St. Alaine, the French ambassador In London. United States Ambassador Harvey accompanied by a small staff will leave for Paris on Saturday. The native Britons offered up human sacrifices. Price Three Dail Eireann Ulster Said to Have Returned Unfavorable Answer to De Valera's Proposal But Report Is Denied Craig Willing to Meet Irish Leaders In London But Not In Dublin Dublin, Aug. 4. The Irish republican parliament has been summoned to meet Tuesday, August 16, the Irish bulletin, the official republican organ, announced tonight. Notices have been sent to all the members of the parliament. London, Aug. 4 The Irish situ atlon took a sensational turn to day when it was announced In Dublin that Kamcnn DeValera and his associates had decided to sum mon a full meeting of the Irish re publican parliament to consider the British government's Irish peace proposals. It has been repeatedly stated In Dublin that the Dail Eireann would not be summoned until Ul ster's attitnde had been learned, but co-Incident with the calling of a meeting of this body come con flicting reports from Dublin and Belfast concerning Ulster's posi tion. In Dublin it is reported that Ul ster has been sounded and has re turned an answer unfavorable to the Sinn Fein overtures. Ulster Cabinet Meets. A dispatch to the Evening News from Belfast today asserts that the Ulster cabinet at this morning's meeting discussed an invitation from the Dail Eireann to Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, asking him to attend a conference In DuV lin with a view to determining Ul ster's attitude. It adds that there is no possibility, however, of an other meeting between Sir James and Mr. DeValera In Dublin, al though the Ulster premier U will ing to meet the republican leader with Premier Lloyd-George In London. Out of various conflicting re ports, however, arises the out standing fact that the republi'im parliament Is to meet which Is taken to mean undoubtedly that Mr. DeValera will give a reply to Mr. I.loyd-George In the immedt ate future. No Message Received. Belfast, Aug. 4 The IJlator cabinet met this morning for n short session, at the clogs of which there was no communica tion issued ns to the subject of its deliberations. It was authorita tively learned, however, that no message from Eamonn DeValern, the Irish republican leader, has as yet reached the northern cabinet. Dub'ln, Aug. 4. A full meeting of the Irish republican parliament is to be called. The ofTlclal an nouncement of the call with the date for the meeting, will be pub lished In tonight's issue of the Irish bulletin. It Is reported the reply of Ulster to overtures by the Sinn Fein ha: been received and is not favorable. To Free Prisoners The call for the meeting of thai 400 Singers Assist In Last Requiem at Funeral of Caruso Naples, Aug. 4. Patrician and plebian Naples gathered early to day at the Basilica of tbe church of San Fran dl Paola, in antici pation of witnessing the funeral of Enrico Caruso, the world fa mous tenor, w4ho died here on Tuesday. King Victor Emmanuel gave permission yesterday for tbe edifice to be used for this pur pose. As soon as word reached Na ples that the Basllics had been set apart for the funeral, work men were engaged to construct a great platform to accommodate 400 lingers selected to assist In tbe last requiem. Representatives of the king and royal family, the Italian govern ment, the municipality and the prefecture were appointed to at tend the services and the United States, in which country Caruso Cents iS.JJ, P STANDS riVE CEN1 parliament with all members prea- ent, involves the release from pris on of 25 members of this body and it has been declared the govern ment is willing to facilitate their attendance. The belief had been expressed among the Irish leaders that there wes no use In summoning the par liament until the attitude of Ul ster had ben finally defined. London, Aug. 4. Reports pub lished here that the government ot northern Ireland had definitely and finally refused to have any thing to do with the government proposals relative to peace in Ire land were today officially declared to be "absolutely unfounded." It was asserted that no proposals had been submitted to the Ulster cabinet by the government. Americans Freed By Russians Hold Reunion, Berlin London, Aug. 4. Tho London headquarters of the American re lief administration today an nounced receipt of Information that all American prisoners in Russia have been released and are now leaving that country. Berlin, Aug. 4. Captain Merlon C. Cooper of Jacksonville, Fla., who escaped from a prison In Mos cow after having been shot down during flghtiug between the bol shevik! and the Poles, arrived here from Warsaw yesterday to see Mrs. Marguerite Harrison, the Ameri can newspaper correspondent, who wan recently liberated by the so viet authorities. Captain Cooper declared Mrs. HarrUon had saved his life by supplying him with food and clothes at the Moscow prison before she was, herself, in carcerated. When the two Americans, who had such trying experiences in so viet Russia, met In the lobby of a Berlin hotel, there was an affect ing greeting. Mrs. Harrison, Captain Cooper and Alfred E. Bonl of New York city, all ot whom were prisoners In soviet Russia for considerable periods, bad dinner last night with United States Senator Joseph L France of Maryland, who Is re turning to the United States'after a visit to Moscow. rose to his greatest triumphs la the lyric art, had instructed offi cials to appear at the funeral. Mrs. Caru&o has made formal application to the foreign minis ter asking that the Italian am bassador at Washington be In structed to seal the New York residence of the late singer, pend ing a decision regarding the dis position of his estate. It Is reported here that Caruso drew a will some years ago, be queathing his whole estate, ac cording to Italian legal procedure to his brother and two sons. Ho later married In the United States, and the birth of bis daughter, Gloria, brought a new element In to the situation. She. according to Italian law, is now the only legal heir, except for a fraction of the estate, which the law grants to the widow.