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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1921)
Circulation Average for 1920, 6250 Potion of Sal.m 1900. 4258: 1910 14,094; 1920, 17,679 Marion County 1920. 47.177, Polk county, 14,181 Member of Audit Bureau of Clrctt- latiion. Associated Press Full Leased Wirs vZ&fMriYear-Ko. 186 Capitaif ournal The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Satur day fair; moderate northwesterly winds. LOCAL: Northerly winds, clear; maximum yesterday 85, minimum today 48; river -1.2 feet and sta tionary. . Salem, Oregon, Friday, August 5, 1921 Price Three Cents ON TRAIN 3 AND NEWS STANDS FIVE OBH1 Reduce Army to 100,000 Borah Introduces Bill to Slash Third Off Armed Forces In crease Loan Rates Washington, Aug. 5.-Reduc- ojthe army to lou.uuo was proposed today m a Trusty Flees From Flax Field This Morning tion ed men resolution by Senator Borah,, re- 1 1 ..t Yi t cuolican, Jaauu, " ErfUinstne strength at 150.000. Reductions in army and navy opesditures is the only hope of educing taxes, Senator Borah de dared, supporting his resolution to cut the army to 100,000 men. There are no places where we an cut expenses to any appreci able extent except the army and .vy"said Senator Borah. "If we 1'not willing to do that we might just as well tell the coun try that we will do very well if e hold expenditures i Twenty prison guards and a score of Marion county officers were this afternoon combing the Salem district in search of James Ward, 26, convicted of manslaugh ter, who, while working in the flax fields near the state peniten tiary, slipped away qui?ty aoout 9:30 this morning. His escape was detected at 10 o'clock. Ward, a trusty, was committed from Linn county on March 15 for an indeterminate period of not to exceeded two years. He would have been eligible to parole ufter hav ing seived one year. On September 6, 1920, Ward in company with two men, drove into Sweet Home in an Intoxicated con dition. In an effort to arrest Ward, Henry Schenk, mayor of Sweet Home, deputized Mounts Story, 78, another Sweet Home resident. Ward resisted arrest and in the fight that fallowed Story sustained injuries from which he later died. Officials said this morning that Ward may have headed toward Jefferson, where he has relatives. He is light complexioned, weighs about 140 pounds, anLtiva feet, 3 inches tall. He was dressed in gray. Ulster To Talk Peace Once More London, Aug. 5. Another tjeting of the Ulster cabinet has the insn m been called to discuss peace negotiations, it was an- noiu "i- 'nounced today, although it is re vere they now are anu mat meie is no hope for reducing taxes." iterated in Belfast that no mes His proposed reduction in the'sage has been received there from Senator Porah said, wouiu ,Eamonn DeValera. It is added that no overtures iwm oe enieriameu wmcu ubuf surance. ished the powers of the northern I The fire is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the $50,000,000 to $70,- irmy. alone save (10(1.000. Enactment of the bill authoriz- In? an Increase from 5 to & per cent in the interest rate on federal (arm loan bonds was completed to- da when the senate concurred in Miller's Home At Silverton Is Destroyed Silverton, Aug. 5. Flames com pletely destroyed the home of D. D. Miller, farmer of the Ever green district two miles south of this city, this morning at nine o'clock, and it was only with dif ficulty that surrounding build ings were saved. Including furn ishings, the loss is estimated at ,$6500 with no protection from in- Release of Americans Doubted Relief Officials Skep tical No Prisoner Freed by Russia Has Yet Crossed Border London, Aug. 5. The American relief officials in Loudon are plac Peace Era To Follow Conference Failure of Disarma ment Meeting Would Be Calamity Declares Harmsworth Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 5. If delegates to the forthcoming dis- Tax Rebates Not to be Made Until Taxes Are Paid I'm 51 ftl tint . n tar a ti ; Wiohln o- ing little faith in the reports thatl, , V V" , w ton "truly and constantly repre the American prisoners in RussU 8enr the Qesires of thelr nation8i have been released. "We are keeping a vigilant watch over every possible exit the Americans might take from Rus sia and none save Mrs. Marguerite Harrison has as yet come an agreement will be reached and an era of peace and prosperity will be opened in the Pacific that will extend ultimately to Europe and throughout the world, Lord North cliffe, the noted English publish er, declared in an address at a through," said Walter L. Brown, luncheon given in his honor by European director of the American tne Canadian club here today, relief administration. President Harding and Secre- ihot lary Hugu.es, Lord Northc.lifte "This leads us to believe the Letvian report of their release ;said' have a "very clear unaef- must be a product of the bolshevik propaganda organization. parliament. None the less the imperial gov ernment continues optimistic as a house amendment prohibiting a to tj,e outcome if it gets the op- rate of nore than 5 per cent on bond issues after June 30, 1923.1 The bill goes to the president. posing leaders together. While the Sinn Fein leaders are maintaining silence, it is be- Oppositlon to many new forms d Mr DeValera and his ad- of taxation proposed by Secretary , fvnr conference in Lon- of the Treasury Mellon continue", an(J wj1 8Upport before the such an extent that tne local ap chimney settling on the dry, mos sy roof. The entire family was out of the' house at the time but a small son discovered the blaze from the barn, efforts of the family nearly succeeded in ex tinguishing the fire, until a breeze whipped up the flames to standing of the momentous char acter of the gathering at Wash ington, which in ray opinion may German to WorV Alorf we" prove to ue lhe greatest and Berlin, Aug. 5. Germany will most pregnant gathering of the conduct her work in relieving kind that has ever been held." famine sufferers in Russia, inde-j "In England as you know," pendently of other powers, it is;Lord Northclifte saj:l, "we are officially announced here. disarming. The British army is About 200,000 tons of grain reduced to a figure below its peace must be available to feed the in- strength before the war, while the habitants of the districts afflicted! navy is weaker, both as regard by famine, according o a wireless, big ships and personnel, than it dispatch received here from Mos cow, quoting George Tchitcherin. bolshevik foreign minister. The dispatch declared the soviet government is mobilizing all pub lic agencies for relief was in January, 1914." Statements made Wednesday in the house of commons as to the replacing of four obsolete battle cruisers by new vessels of the wor t and post-Jutland type did "not essen- reiterates recent denials of reports jtially alter this fact, he asserted, of horrible conditions in tha dis- as Britain has at present only one tricts stricken by crop failures. Abig shin partly embodying the republican parliament a proposal for such a conference. It is hoped in government cir cles here that the republican uar lumcnt win announce its willing- ness to open dire.-.t negotiations home, were completely consumed London for the future govern in ment of southern Ireland while In grow today among house lead era. They planned to continue tbeir fight to reduce the nation's tai bill by $fi()0,000.000. In a statement published today Representative Mondcll of Wyoin ht. the republican leader, de flated that in his judgment it is ' ' paAM,nl In II.,, ,,. frltiT levy by $500,000,000 and attempting through other sources Will take care of the essential make an arrangement with needs of the government. .Ulster. Representative Mondell also The Ulster cabinet meeting was came out flatly against any in- caueu iui im i.. creased postage and bank cheek tax. The republican leader also has said that he doubted either the necessity or the advisability of the automobile It vy. He declared for repeal of the transportation and soda water taxes, the excess pro tax and the higher income surtax es, with additional revenue pro ri'ied through 5 per cent increase in lhe corporation income tax1. The senaie adopted today a res olution by "king tne department of com- ,. k , 8nort time in the T"" " information regaruing Sa,em clty jail few munlh8 ag. according to local officers. Aranda, who, according to news- I paper stories, has been praised j called, was of paratus, which w; no avail. The household goods of Selwin Miller, a brother in California, which were stored in the Miller Vag Jailed S Here Ca lled Fine Singer Senor Roberto Aranda, hailed j as the "Mexican Caruso" in press Senator Wadsworth dispat(.hes from Syracuse, New j competition of European motion pictures said to sell in this coun try at one-iifth of the domestic cost. Auto Is Damaged In Collision Here An automobile driven by Wil liam Jones, ronte 1. received minor damages this morning when it col lided With a truelc nwnul hv lh by Mary Garden and John Mc Cormick, also sang before 4he stu dent body at the Salem high school. Aranda said he wan grad uated from several educational in stitutions in Mexico City. Aranda, broke and hungry, was taken in custody by the Salem po lice, and was booked as a "vag." During his perisd of incarcera- People's cash store. The accident tion he entertained officers with occurred at the corner of Com- many vocal selections, mercial and Center streets. The Aranda is 28 years of age, but truck was not damaged, and neith- has. the appearance of being much f 'he drivers was lpjured. 'younger. Medieval Ceremony Marks Final Honors Paid to Dead Tenor xPles, Aug. 5 Mrs. Enrico tsent as tokens of the sorrow felt Caruso has received more than 2,- in virtually the entire occidental ? teIerams of condolence from ' world. fcstmls in various parts of the It was estimated that nearly . who are sorrowing over the 50,000 persons gathered in front 01 the treat sinr lux'nC ha hasiliea The nress of the one from Queen ir,"thr rrnml in its attemots to enter the of England, which church to view Che casket of the fnwnlia tn,.r wai SO CTeHl lllSt ... . aMMUUS lei ' lth lp regTet that I troops had to charge several times tbe rieath of your gifted upon tie throng. ."I aose wonderful vnic ' Mnvine from the church, the California Has 60 Percent Prune Crop That California has only 60 per cent of a normal prune crop, and that the recent hot spell in the San Jauquin valley did great damage, was the statement'of S. S. Johns of Myrtle Creek, one of the largest prune growers in that section of the country, while in the city to day on business. Mr. Johns had just returned from California, where he spent the winter, and states that the figures of the California pruno crop are higher by 20 per cent than originally estimated. The hold over of last year's crop there is 20,000,000 pounds, accord ing to Mr. Johns. special dispatch from Moscow to the Rotefahne, the con'.m'inist or gan here, says the soviet govern ment has officially denied hating applied to the United States, Great Britain or any other powrsr for food relief. Valley Motor Donates Spray In order to save the numerqus fected by the Elm tree beetle the Valley Motor company 'of this city has offered to S. H. jVan Trump, county agricultural agent, a bean spray connected with la Fordson tractor with which to spray the foliage ana to save as many as possible. The tractor is on rubber whals and can be taken any place, t spray reaching a height of 50 feet under a 300 pound pressure. The material for the spray will be furnished from outside sourc es and the work will be under the supervision of Mr. Van Trump. Americans Win Fourth Yacht Race Cowes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 5. America won the fourth interna tional yacht race here today, de feating the British entries by the close margin of 17 points to Hi. Great Britain won the first three races. The yachts finished in the fol lowing order: Grebe, America, first; Polly and Flya, Great Britain second and third, respectively; and Victoria. Great Britain, sixth. The British yacht Jean and the American Shei la had trouble with their gears and abandoned the race. lessons of Jutland, and the new ships cannot be completed in less than five years. Continuing, Lord Northcliffe said in part: "The world is sick, and needs time to recover from the tremend ous shock it has received. What are known as social questions are also pressing upon us; for while the economic and industrial post tion is not normal, millions of men and women who, during the war, attained a higher standard of living, are anxious not to be thrust back into pre-war condi tions. "Failure of the conference would be a catastrophe." Ku Klux Klan DriveoutNegroes Texarkana, Texas, Aug. 5. The proprietors of the three leading hotels here yesterday received no tices signed "Ku Klux Klan com mittee" reading as follows: "Get rid of all negro poiters. This means business." Negro employes of two of the hotels immediately quit their jobs. mem a Alexandra rud: Local Motorcycle Dealer Back From Southern Oregon Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott re turned this morning by motorcycle rom southern "Oregon where they . . . i .,1 i,i.r I allP attenaea me mitjiuiu-,-.. Scott was ine Three Chinese Suspects Caught Portland, Or., Aug. 5. Three Chinese, thought by police to be Suey Sing gunmen sent from San j Francisco to even the death score with the Hop Sing tong in Port land, were arrested here today. A loaded revolver was found by detectives, hidden in a newspaper and rolled in a' bundle of inno cent overalls. The Orientals, who insisted that instead of being tong assassins they were inoffensive farmers looking for work gave the names of Lee Sing, Huey Thet and Henry Hoy. Government Pcmolog'st Is Here In Town For the purpose of writing a bulletin on prune culture, C. F. Kinman, pomologiatof the agri cultural department of the Unit ed States government, has been making investigation of several of the largest prune districts in this county. Mr. Kinman is obtaining Infor mation particularly along the lines of fertilizing, pruning, and spraying and cultivation, and stated this morning that a large number of inquiries along this line have been and are being receiv ed in Washington from New Eng land farmers. He selected this dis trict for the reason that 90 per cent of the Italian prunes raised in the country come from western Oregon and Washington. Mr. Kinman intimated that in the near future the northwest might have sharp competition In western New York which section was displaying a keen interest in that particular branch of the prune Industry. Grasshopper Horde Suicide In Saint Lawrence Quebec, Aug. 5. Count- less dead grasshoppers float- ik ed down the St. Lawrence river today. Observers could sk offer no plausible explana- 4c tion. At Three Rivers the insects covered the river 4c from bank to bank at one point. Having eaten every 4c thing behind them, the horde approached the river, failed to negotiate the broad jump and plunged ahead to their death. Money Due Through Mistake In Fixing Levy Above Six Percent Limitation Not To Be Rebated Until October County Officials Pass the Buck As To Blame For Error Runaway, 15 Is Happy Return Home Another lad, Mike Wolf of Ger- vias, has found that life on the open road sometimes lacks the at tractiveness attributed to it by sentimental writers who scribble in cozy flats in the big cities. Mike, who is but 15 years of age, was picked up by the police on the streets. He was without money, without food and he was hungry. At first he refused to give his true name. Stubbornly inde pendent, he said he was Mike Kohn, a searcher for work. Later the youth told his story. Dissatisfied with things as they were, he determined to set forth for himself and ran away from his home near Gervais. Shortly before his father, In formed of his son's whereabouts by Sergeant Clyde Ellis, arrived this morning, young Wolfsaid he would be glad to return to his home and resume his farm duties. Rebates on the $17,000 due tax payers of Marion county through a mistake in the orilgnal tax budget may not be made until October, ac cording to information gleaned from the offices of county offi cials. A week ago an order was drawn up by the district attorney and presented to the county court for signature, but due to the proxim- ly of the period when the second half of the 1920 taxes will be due and payable and because of the in convenience which would be caused at this time on account of this fact if the order has not been signed. Furthermore it has not been de cided as to which office the tax collector or the county clerk will bear the expense of making the re fund, nor has any plan been de vised which will eliminate any part of the taskof going over the entire rolls and deducting 4-10 of a mill from the tax bill of every property owner. It has been estimated that at least 50 of the largest taxpayers in the county will absorb 60 per cent of the refund, and that the re maining 40 per cent will be paid to the 29,950. On .$1000 assessed valuation tho tax amounts to 40 cents, thus if there were 2000 taxpayers whose property valuation would amount to $100 the refund to only four cents which would hardly pay the property owners, whose tax bills are so small, the trouble of obtain ing the refund. There is also the same number of taxpayers who hae assessed valuation of $200. The fixing of the responsibility of the mistake in the tax estimate has met with little success. It apparently lies between the office of the county executives who made out the budget which the assessor was to collect In taxes, or it lies at the door of whoever added and copied the figures. The buck is passed, and, for the sake of har mony, no county official wants to say who caught U. Blames Roosevelt For Forcing Peace Russo-Jap War Lumber Trade Of Northwest Below Normal With the production of 54,395,- 454 feet of lumber in rtf iVMitarn Mi.., .i ton durine the week endlne Julv ftn(1 cleverly urging the czar on m tt. t it. --" . 1 'o RUcri a conflict. His game was ' I a sure one too; Germany could braced is 29 per cent below, oniy wln and RURaia couia only normal, according to the report of lose. the West Coast Lumbermen's a- "Not doubting Roosevelt's sln- sociation just Issued. Shipments ' """" l i". 107 mills er which Washing- strongly Wllllamstown, Mass., Aug. 5. A Russian view of Theodore Roosevelt's successful efforts to end the Russo-Japanese war was given to the Institute of politics today by Baron Zergius A. Korff former deputy governor general of Finland. "bad feeling between the two nations was intensified by the de termination of some Russian ad venturers, aided and abetted by the czar, to obtain concessions In Korea," he sild. "The psychology of the czar In this case is explain ed by his absolute contempt of Ja pan, on the one hand and on the other hand by his conceit and con viction that he could do no wrong. This was one of the most perni cious of the influences of the kals- told in this case very Wilhclm was conscious- Doctor R. E. Pomeroy Returns From Trip during the same period totaled 68,395,532 feet. For delivery by rail, new Dust ness included 1,204 cars; rail shipments 1,238 cars. Unshipped balance in the rail trade was 2,7 70 cars. In the cargo trade, domestic! orders totaled 6,987.046 feet and the export 6.461,000 feet. Coast wise and Intercoastal cargo ship ments totaled 21,325,910 feet; export shipments 5,693,385 feet. During "the period new business totaled 53,804,283 feet. question his wisdom in forcing this peace upon Russia. Not thai we could expect a victory or even military achievement, but Japan might have learned a lesson which would have changed much of th succeeding events throughout the world. "The Russian army would never have been able to show much grit, hut her Internal troubles would have increased and forced the gov ernment to grant more reforms, es tablishing in a firmer way the principles of constitutional gov ernment for which she was quite ripe, but which neither the czar nor the ruling class were yet ready to grant. What they did grant they tried to take back as soon as the social discontent quieted down. "Again the continuation of the war would have brought Import ant changes in Japan. Japan at that moment was at the end of her tether. Roosevelt, In other words, saved Japan from an economic collapse that might have called for constitutional reform In Japan also, and only the latter could be a reliable guarantee against the de velopment of Imperialism In th Pacific.' Committee Reports $125 to Club Fund long deliehted tbe world motorcvele run. Mr tint tn arrive at the iake and . I .1 . .1 i . , mnnntul , . ..,..; .. M jji, I , toe woria. cortege was uu the last one to leave, ikkius , ill bf m0fk f.i. , F.n RfuiAdrons of municipal guards, , . ... -14 irins in tbe several 1 I offer jou my sincere ' garbed in full dress uniforms of days ne was there. Roads In south TSl9 iD 50Ur ge, bereT- ancient days and hearing medie- prn 0regon are regular boulevards, li-.i hanners Rphinil came the mu-1!,. ,M,ri the worst stretch be- val banners. Behind came the mu-'he reDorts the worst stretch "Ck "Aieiandra." ,nicipal bard of Naples, playing a 1 twcea here and the California line He TUrrt E0Temment and peo- funeral march. The municipal ser- beiDg from Salem to Jefferson. r..:'"!",1' Paid their honors to vices of Naples .followed the I Keeping well over their dally average, the report of tbe ten committee working In the cum- ppending 15 days with naval ; mercial club campaign todayat rwervists. Dr. R. E. Pomeroy. Sa-'uncheon aggregated $125. With lem physician, returned yesterday ) this sum the total funds now from Bremerton. Wash., where he 'amount to $4,470.50 with a large tnok his examination as lieutenant ' amount of proepectlve members commander of the medical corps, still In sight Dr. Pomeroy was assigned Children Perish Tenement Fire New York, Aust. 5. Four chil dren were burned to death and seven other persons were seriously' injured in an early morning fire which swept three tenement bouses in the Bronx this morning. The fire spread quickly from the tenement In which it started, to two adjoining tenements and when firemen reached the scene they found more than a score of panic stricken women and children I crowded before the windows cry ; Ing for aid. Aerial ladders were run up and ! fireman began bringing the sran jtlly clad women and children down to safety. Cirqao. At th, Uauie, lrtrf .firemen wearing the uniforms or 1 Race Horses Seiied. f fan Fran nt fnrme davs and carrying liorai Buffalo, .V T . '"" f the ciiv. Then came a 1 ra-. horses en route irom wina- ebrat.,i .. . .... t'.j, thai Caratnca. are being rrn, ere gatnereo crucifix Dearer, noioine o""- 1 sor, um., Utivwo King Victor Em- emblem of sacrifice, leading a pro- neld by government official. 1 bere ar; ,1 I,alian SOTernment. ceasion of prieaU in cassock and following alleged ILJI Ml nZZ.?1? ana - "ndice. while dominic.n a-iarf. itlli' Hps uttering ped. Customs mm . confiscate and H the horses. w Placed, Itfc Xbt vault where the heads and with were wreatha prayers followea. Tiny Dirigible Falls In Flight Spilling Crew Rockaway. N. V., Aug. 5. Tbe H-l. the smallest dirigible in th United States navy today fell on , . Barren Island during a test flight Workmen BllSV On dumped out her crew of three, and - , . j- lightened of this burden, ascend ed several thousand feet for a runaway flight north over Long Island Sound. It was suggested today that the newspapers run coupons In order that their subscribers might send to tbe commercial club secretary the names of friends who would like to become members, and atao give any one a chance to make application if so desired. No definite action was taken how ever, but within the next few riavq If 1 emerfr-f! that there will Stanford Stadium be some plan of this sort worked f,.r,i fniversitv. Cal.. -Aug out. r. Workmen, excavating earth at! New memberships reported .h. rat of 2000 vards a day. have 'day are: Adolph Brother. to 1 d,ts duty aboard the torpedo noat destroyer Eagle 75, which spent the lime cruising around Puget Sound, north to British Columbia end south as far aa Aberdeen. Wash., where tbe (hip put in and the reservists were discharged. Snunrui at Chihauhaa. El Paso. Texas. Aug. 5. Fro authentic sources it was lear.ir here today that a man answeri, the description of Warren C. Spu gin, missing Chicago banker, la nM'nirersity of biding near Chihuahua City. . ber 1. completed half their task of con trvctlng the new Stanford stad ium here. Tbe stadium, started early tn the summer, will be corn Dieted in time for the football "big to ll. H Henderson. Fatten Brothers, H. K. Worth, Rev. Long of tbe First. Presbyterian church, and H. K.! Hoyt. A large number of premised Asks Cash To Deliver Spurgiti Chicago, Aug. 5. Jan.es M - Shane, assistant state's attorney, today received a telegram from kl E. Cllntop at Chihuahua City. Mexico, saying that he would turn over Warren C. Spurgln, missing; Chicago banker, to the police If a sufficient reward were offered. Mr. McShane replied that the onlyi reward be knew of was one of $2500 offered by Uoyds. W. C. Barm of Lloyds said Mr. I Clinton telegraphed that be woojlj turn over Spurgln for $15,000 butj that the Lloyds company had re-J fused to discuss the matter with) Clinton. Bernstorff ' s Wife Gets Fortune Back New Vork, Aug. 5. Countess Von Bernstorff, wife of the former (icrman ambassador ta the United Slates, again has possession of the $1,000,000 in money and securi ties seized in 1917 by the alien property custodian, It was learned today. Return of the property was made yesterday to her Amer'cMt representative by the Hankers Trust oompany. the custodians de pository, under an order of tbe District of Columbia suprtir. court. Tbe countess established I ha fact that she was an American citizen, prior to her marriage, hav ing been Johanna Lurkemeycr, daughter of a pioneer New Tor silk merchant. l.ctuten Stanford and the memuersnips were reported nwa canine aj by tbe first of sand blast, la giving sati results. means of a California, Novem These will be in I next week. Spanish Forces Suffer Defeat Madrid, Aug. 5 --Spanish forces have suffered a severe defeat in northeastern Morocco where they have been reeistlng heavy attacks by rebellious tribesmen, il is de clared by newspapers here. Ad vices received by iJiVos sta'e that Nador and Zeluan. which have been evacuated by the Spanish, troops, while another newspaper iOOO Spanish prisoners for rn The Moroccan situation has de veloped a political phase and King Alfonso ia said to have summoned bis advisers. Benjamin Franklin's father sal a soap maker.