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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1921)
'Circulation Average for 1920, 6250 Population of Salem 1900. 2E8.' X910 14,094; 4920, 17,679 Marl0n County 1920. 47,177 Polk county, 14,181 Momber of Audit Bureau of Clrcu- latllon. Associated Press Full Leased Wire The Weather ournal OREGON: Tonight and Satur day fair, moderate westerly winds LOCAL: No rainfall, maximum 91, minimum 52. river 1.4 feet, falling. UiYear-No. 192 Salem, Oregon, Friday, August 12, 1921 Price Three Cents OK TRACT 3 AND IBWI BRUM FIELD IS CAUGHT: ADMITS HIS IDENTITY Tone of Market Better Demand Stronger and Slight JPnce auvau ces Reported; Few Canners Benefit Steady strengthening of the mrket price for canned fruits and rles and a stronger demand for stuffs of this Kino are obb ported in the buying centers, ac cording to information received here, and Indicate that the winter ud spring slump has passed and the market is slowly returning to normal. Prices have not, however, begun to approximate the abnormal lev els of the past two or three years, tor are they expected to do so, al tbough the fact that some of the larger canneries are still holding the larger part of their packs indi cates that they expect a further idvance. Apples Show Advance. Present quotations on canned apples, looked upon as the barome ter of the canned goods market be cause of their universal consump tion and wide use by bakers, show a slight advance on the Chicago and other middle west markets over the 1920 price. Number 10, water pack apples, which sold for J4.50 a year ago. are quoted at $5 a dozen now. New York apples in the same size tins have been bringing $5.50 in Chicago, but a height differential of about 75 cents in favor of New York over Oregon in shipments to the middle wt, shade this figure to less than IS to local canners. General advances in all lines of canned goods have been reported during the past few weeks rang ing from 15 to 25 per cent. Can ned loganberries, which opened the season at $7 per dozen for No. 10 water pack and later dropped to 14.50 are now quoted at $6.50. Packs Sold Before Rise. Practically the same stiuation eiists in the cherry, strawberry and gooseberry markets. Few of the roast canneries, with the exception of the larger con cems which were financially able to absorb the heavy loses of last year's operations and finance themselves this year, have been able to take extensive advantage of the recent price advances, how ever. Most of the canneries were fi nanced by the banks this year and the uncertain condition of the market during the early season caused the financiers to insist that operations be restricted to orders ooked In most cases. The more fav orahle tone of the market during fe past two or tliree weeks has "suited in some relaxations In this policy of the banks. It Is re Ported, but most of the packs of '"e tanneries financed by the baoks were sold previous to the recent advances in prices. Practically the entire cherry. Mrawberry and gooseberry packs " the Willamette valley were sold ""ore the advance in prices, it Is "Ported, and nearly 90 per cent the loganberry pack is out of lJ bands of the canneries. Most 2 , 'berries were moved too wriy to give the canner the ad Ttage of present prices. Boy's Ambition To Grow by Stretching Neck Causes Death Butte, Mont., Aug. 12. Physical culture literature describ ing methods of neck stretching is believed by police and coun ty officials to have been the direct cause for the hanging of Charles N. Roberts, 15 year old son of Dr. C. M. Roberts, a chiropractor, whose body was found hanging to the transom in his room by his father at 12 :30 o'clock this morning. A friend, Jess Daly, a 19 year old boy, said that the Roberts lad had an ambition to grow big and strong and that he had been reading closely physical culture literature describing how the neck could be developed The father of the boy is being held pending additional investigations. Liquid Evidence Cost County Neat Sum; Never Seen What became of the liquor, al leged by the Anti-Saloon League to have been purchased by its "op eratives" as evidence in the league's crusade against liquor law violators in Marion county and for which Judge W. M. Bushey and the county court authorized pay ment in the sum of at least $150 of the county's money, is but one of the questions being propounded by curious onlookers to the county court's benevolent connections with the league and its hirelings. Just how much of the $2756 paid to the Anti-Saloon league by the courty court in the past three months went for '.'evidence" is not entirely clear, for the detailed statements of expenditures of the sleuths submitted to the county court by league officials in pre senting their bills do not appear to be as detailed as they might. In the claim of the league for $996.02 allowed by the court and paid in cash on May 3, there ap pears the following item: "Evidence and miscellaneous, $60.17." What portion of the $60.17 went for evidence and what was included in the items of miscellan eous expense the statement does not indicate. Wages of the "oper atives" and their meals and lodg ing, as well as their railroad fare and auto hire expenses were in cluded in other items totaling $935.85. " In its statement of expense from The Douglas county court has M asked by the state board of with and other health agencie-j " Provide fUIlds for the empIoy. l of a county health nurse, to "'""Quarters at Rowban Hubby Accusses Wife of Trying To Poison Him Charging that her husband ac cused her of trying to poison him and basing her claims for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment, Rena Jackson, filed suit in the circuit court this afternoon! against Benjamin F. Jackson, now a resident of Clackamas county. Mrs. Jackson states in ber com plaint that her husband after a trip to California from which he returned after six months' ab sence, refused to eat breakfast un til he had washed all the dishes with hot water, fearing May 4 to June 29 the league in cludes the item of $125 for liquor purchased as "evidence." Like wise it. asked for and received from the county court $82.88 for mis cellaneous expenses. Again the county court present ed the league with $19.70 for the "miscellaneous expenses" of its operators when the bill for the services of three men during the period June 30 to July 12 was pre sented and allowed. FinderSays Devil-Man Had Wings Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 12. Further information as to the petriifed body of gigantic proportions found near Hel- enwood, in Scott county, Tenn., has been received here. Cruise Sexton of Helen- 4s wood, found the "devil" as he calls it, July 20, last, while prospecting for coal. The formation waa five feet under ground. It weighs something like 600 pounds Chase Ends In Canada Calgary, Alberta, Aug 12 A man believed to be R. M. Brum field wanted in connection with the alleged murder of Dennis Rus sell, at Roseburg, Or., has At sunset on August 7 a bright object was observed near the sun by W. W. Campbell, director of Lick Observatory, which la lo cated nAsr Sinn 1au Pal It wun heeH described ns hrltrhtar than Vmiii and has a horned head? of arresfd here. 'and was located three degrees abnormal size. Its mouth is 1 mi,. v- v; rf t th Earth Passes Thru Comet's TailMonday Heidelberg, Aug. 12. An nouncement is made at the Koe nigstuhl observatory that the earth passed through the tail of a comet on the night of August 8. of unusual size with 24 pram lnent front teeth. Lpng wings of brownish eelor reach from the should most to the ankles. Thompson Will Speak Today at Qirinaby Park A total of about 125 young peo ple are expected to attend the Sunday school and the Keystone League Christian Kndeavor con vention this afternoon and tomor row which is being held in con junction with the Evangelical All of the liquor presented as camp meetings at Quinaby. As a nam n -KWmon mitn.v cod ,8un- Keports rrom the who iaid he was a farm laborer, Cf 77., aT kuu iic w m muiu U"1" believed it might be the n later aamivcea to uie cniei oi po- 0f a bright comet lice that he was Dr. Brumfield. He said he would not fight ex tradition to Roseburg. Brumfield was taken in custody by officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted police and Calgary city police at a ranch owned by A. C. Vader, four miles south of Hid- napore, Alberta. He is held for Roseburg authorities on a charge of murder. observa- there nucleus growing out of the activities of the league "operatives," except that seized in the various raids, has not totalled more than two quarts. evidence in the trials of cases feature of thiB evening Rev. J. W. Thompson of Lock Haven, Pa., a prominent leader of the country, will speak on the "Young People and Their Lord." Following is the program for this evening and tomorrow: Friday Evening 7:30 p. m. Opening music and song service, C. A. Hoyt. 8 p. m. Devotions, Miss A. Lo renzen. 8:15 p. m. Contention Sermon, "Young People and Their Lord," Rev. J. W. Thompson. Saturday Morning Johns Gets Federal Job In Islands Gub Lacking Only $1074 To Finish Drive Reports of the Commercial club committees today working in the drive for additional funds for the service, Rev. A. P. Layton. support of the club for the re-1 8:45 a. m. Devotional song ser- Aviators Try Tricks In Air 2 Dead Result Mason City, Iowa, Aug 12. Two men were killed and a third seriously injured when two air planes in tail spins crashed 400 feet to the ground at eight o'clock last night. The dead are W. W. Johnson, pilot, and Ray Koch, a garage employe, who at tempted to climb from one plane to the other. Ray McWhorters, the second pilot, is In a hospital, suf jfering from a broken leg and bruises. They were practicing for exhibitions at fairs. OrOffOll Jurist TO Be ble 'a(Jder suspended from John , son's plane caught In the other Named ASSOCiate JUS- machine while Koch was getting 4-iro of "PViilirsTvina ready to perform his feat. Court Suspected Slayer Rented CarSimilar ToKidnapersAuto Police Draw Lines of Evidence Closer Around Man Who Led Them to Priest's Grave; Searches for Woman and Man Accused by Hightower Are Continued San Francisco, Aug. 12. A letter written Wednesday by William Hightower, held for investigation in connection with the murder of Rev. Patrick Heslin, to Dolly Mason and un called for at the San Francisco poatoffice was opened today by the San Francisco police, with Hightower's consent. The letter asked for further facts concerning the story of a casual visitor, who Hightower said had given Dolly Mason the information which led to the finding of the priest's grave. The police have not been able to locate Dolly Mason. The letter follows: the up mainder of the year, brought total amount now subscribed to $4925.50. The reported memberships to day were $292.50 while those of yesterday were over $100, leaving Portland, Or., Aup. 12. Justice Charles A. Johns of the supreme court of Oregon has been agreed. upon for appointment as one 6 a. m. Young people's sunrise the associate justices of the su- prayer meeting and communion , preme court of the rhiuppines, according to a Washington dis patch to the Portland Telegram vice, Lyle Willard DeValera'sNote 3T. Premier Is Noncommital President Harding is expected to a remaining sum ol $1074.50 to School a Kingdom Agency, Dr. be raised before the $6000 mark is'jrrank E. Brown, Marion county reached. Sunday school association, Salem. Memberships reported today and I Saturday Afternoon yesterday are: Dr. S. A. Bowman, 1-30 p. m. Song and prayer ser Smith & Watkins, O. D. Bower, El-'vicei Clayton Willard, leader, mo White, Rev. E. C. Hickman, i 1 '45 p. m. Address, "Young R. D. Gilbert, Standard Oil, J. C.t,i. nH Their Praver Hour." v. Dai nea, a, a. t, Thnmiwin. Z:15 p. m 9 a. m. Address, 'fyoung People! make the formal announcement within a few days. The decision was reached at a conference of President Harding, Secretary of War Weeks and Senator McNary today, the dispatch said, and Their Bible," Rev. Thompson 9:30 a. m. Business meeting. 10 a. m. Group meetings. 11 a. m. Addrer, "The Sunday I Penney store, W Keith, T. A. Libesley & Co. Soviet Wants Politics Kept Out of Relief of Bertha Magness Report of nominat ing committee, election of offi cers, raising fund, report tee, business. 2:45 p. m. Symposium, "Evan gelical Young People." (1) "As the Presiding Elder Would Like to See Them," Rev. G. L. Lovell. (2) "As their Pastor Would Like to See Them," Rev. G. E. Erskine. Riga, Letvia. Aue. 12. The! (3) "As the World ougnt to see Russian soviet government will! Them," Rev. A. P. Layton. combat any attempt to interject) 3:15 p. m. Our junior work,, a that she political questions into the Rus-: demonstration, Dayton society. .,.(,,,! ino- t nnimn him andlainn famino rolipf hut if ia Hiif-I 3:30 I. m. K. D. C. a. ana O. B. that on previous occasions he had ficiently practical to see that If union essay contest, refused to touch food which she'the holding of Americans In pris- Recess. prepared for him, or inhabit thei0n is an obstacle to the feeding of 4 p. m Report from our delegate same room. She also claims that!, million Russian children, it is to the world's Christian Endeavor he has several times insisted on a hast that Herbert Hoover's stlpu-1 convention at New York, Mrs V. Rpnuraf'ion an d that he had made a.i.. in in this rwmcft be eranted. i Corbett, Ockley Green. division of the property to which ,MaxJm LItvinoff, soviet special. Reception under direction she refused to consent. envov, told American newspaper 'Salem young people The couple were married in j correspondents here last night. 1890 in Washington county. Ida- In addition to those held In ho, and have been residents of this vriBoa ln Hussia, declared the so county for the last 10 years. They , . , envoy every facility to leave Judge Charles A. Johns was born July 5, 1857, In Jackson Dublin, Aug. 12. The letter from Eamonn DeValera, Irish re publican leader, delivered to. Pre mier Lloyd-George yesterday, is neither an acceptance nor a re jection of the Irish peace propos als, It was learned here today. The letter raises various questions to which an answer is necessary. The answer may serve to facili tate future dealings, It was said, county, Missouri. When he was!and ls not expected to lead to a but a year old his parents moved ( break In negotiations, to Scio, Oregon, which was the There was no excitement In tome of Mr. Johns until he attend-; Dublin today over Mr. Lloyd ed Willamette university fromtGeorge.a return from Paris, as it wtiicn he was graduated In 1878.' g 8ald tnat no unexpected de He was admitted to the Oregon I veIopment had occurred In the oar in issi ana appoimeu county Irigh digcua8iona. when Mr. De. 's .. lludge of Polk county by Governor ,,, r ,, . ., new worn commit- - . , . ,, orv, I """""" . . , ed to(jav Dy ingn leaders, me as defrut- sheriff of Marion u-, mejlt wag g)ven out tns( ty in the years of 1878 and 1880. ibMig had not been found fof fnr. In 1888 he moved to Bakery eonferenCeg, and ,t waB county, was elected mayor of Bak-1 gtated ,n ,rah elrcleg that tng er luur uiiica, oci v cu i y cm e un of have five children, all grown. Woman's Dying Statement Sheds Light on Murder ! would be given by the soviet gov jernment to any Americans in the 'country, even to the extent of advertising for them in the newspapers. head of a fi in Vancouver rhich she bad Brown Told to Proceed With . Russian Relief Sh - Aus" 12 -A formerly bad been oun h 8 "atement of amancial institution air a. , WM represented to in the failure of --v uiared that ch. .. j . - Htchinon i . .. , v i...v. I Rlea. Aug. 12. Walter Ljman 7y ot the v. M r u 1 r.j . a. Brown. European director of was sa H k . . . . . .. .. i..r. lmfrirsn relief administration a. . ., . -.- J" v c Ljua, ivi ure . unLii antrr one " the of-lexecute her design for fear of de- Washington to proceed w M ne- Aeeij. f!Eea year- Uection. Captain Mile, said tojlf H JJTl a' f -l 4 st'nt which informant declared the woman represent. ve of JS J UA be made to hlm b , pIlinatk)!1 to the authorities here, can relief mea.ur in the . axin 2f" of Vancouver. B. C. the The name, of the woman, her in- 'dWrW J Jll' nun ho noon mr. 7. to arrange a conierem. Governor Olcovi nas requested the extradition from California of William Love and Cora Frederick, wanted at Astoria on charges of larceny and a statutory offense. the city school board, and was for three terms a member of the state text book commission. In 1912 he moved to Portland and in 1918 was appointed su preme judge of the state to fill the vacancy left by the resigna tion of Judge Wallace McCam mant. In November of the same year ne was eiectea 10 ine same office for a ter mof six years. time since Mr. DeValera's conver sations with the British prime minister merely had been spent In trying to find this basis. It has not yet been found. It was added. J Washington, July f2. Detail of Ruth Annexes 44th Home Run "Dear Miss Dolly: I believe there ls something to what that drunk told you. I know what he meant by the chap frying hot cakes and I found two caved-in places, but not caves and some thing is or has been buried there for the sand is loose as ashes. "If it is a booze cache we will get it as soon as the hunt tor the priest dies down so it will be safe. I am beginning to think it might have something to do with the priest anyway. Try to remember all the things he said and watch for him. This talk about killing a man and the big black pistol may not be boose talk at all for I found an empty 45 caliber shell at the place, "See me at once as there it . reward offered. "W. A. HIGHTOWER, "General Delivery." It was In the evening of the day this letter was written that Hightower led the police and a group of newspaper men to the grave. Infernal Machine Found. A search of Hightower's room disclosed pieces of bloody burlap a rifle and a contrivance described by the police as an "Infernal ma chine." This was so adjusted that ten shells loaded with buckshot might be fired simultaneously by pulling a string. Hightower ad mitted to the police he had taken this with him on his preliminary tour of Investigation to the Salada Beach disrlct where the grave was located. He did not disclose his purpose. It has been found that High tower had rented a typewriter and the police are comparing the type with a typewritten letter demand ing $6600 reward for information of Uev. Heslln. The records of the La Febre Auto Sales company here disclose that on August 2, about 6 o'clock, a few hours before the priest left the parochial residence In com pany with an unidentified strang er, Hightower had taken from the garage under rental a small auto- Twins Weighing 11 and 17 Ounces Smallest Babes Bogalousa, La., Aug. 12. Blllle and Jack Adams, twins of Mr. and Mrs. William Adams, are believed by local doctors to be the smallest living folk. BUlie weighed eleven ounces at birth and Jack seventeen. Mrs. Adams' six other children are ot nor- mal site. The midgets ap- itc pear to be in perfect health. one in which Rev. Heslln and his abductor rode away in response to what the priest believed as a "sick call." Hightower returned the automobile at 1 o'clock In the morning of the following day. The police today continued their search for Dolly Mason and for Dorris Shirley. Hightower broke down and sobbed this morning when shown a delayed telegram telling of the death of his wife ln Stillwater, Okla. This was the first emotion he has displayed during the In quiry, the police said. The telegram was sent from Stillwater on July 4 by Mrs. Laura M. -Haiti, a sister of Mrs. High tower, but the telegraph company had been unable to locate him un til today, when the message was turned over to the San Francisco police for delivery. A new angle came Into the case today when the police learned It was a man said to answer High tower's description who had gone to Rev. Murphy, a Sacramento priest, with a contrivance resem bling an Infernal machine. He told the priest It could be used by the Irish ln their fight against British rule, but was Informed by Rev. Murphy that he was not Interested in the machine. The hippopotamus ls now rival ed by an amphibious tank that travels equally well on land or mobile of the lame make as the in water. Oregon Insurance Business Exceeds Billion For Year Philadelphia, Aug. 12. Babe Bear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, Rmh, hit his forty fourth home ftireau of supplies and accounts, run o( the geagon here in the navy department, to be general in-; eghth inning of today's game spftctor of supply corps for me fa cific coast, was announced today Thg Da went lnt0 tne eft fteI(j In the navy orders. The admiral hi-..fl(r Insurance business written by ine . :' companies operaiing in Oregon during 1920 aggregated II, 004, 843, 702. 43 on which pre miums airerpeatln? 124 S78.- with the Philadelphia Americans wag collected, according to will be relieved of bis duties here September 1. Local Girl In China On Way Home; Cholera May Occur at Any Time With cholera likely to occur atlried Hadwln H. Williams, who any time, and poor accommoda- writes the following letteMMiated tions for travelers, China is not at Shanghai, July 19: the most promising of countries "We left Hongkong Saturday for tourists, but nevertheless It noon, the 16th, and reached Kee- No one was on base. Ruth made his 44th homer In 1920 on August 26 off Kerr of Chicago In a game at New York. He Is fourteen days ahead of last year's record. th ' has a world of interest awaltlnjjrj lung. Formosa, on the afternoon of j today and gave a short concert on surance companies on. ! lhe foreigner whose travels tak Sunday the 17th. Stayed there' one of the streets. The school Is a aggregated 19.183 to today received authorization Iron t him fhere er death bed tended victim or the "son by mis- made the statement were not his city who public by the police. .11 night aboard the steamer, be P. J. Kuntz, of Salem, has re",cau. e there did not seem to be any ceived a letter from his son-in-law, thing worth going ashore to see. without any support from any or wh3, with his wife, formerly AAjL-ft Monday morning before ganlzed charity. B. Knots of this' city, is retuntfaf; breakfast, and arrived here this to American from the Phlllppiaifinjon. on the Toyo Ktsen Kalsha! The Seminole Indians adopt ne- hjisrtf Miss Kuntz left for tMfS. S. Hhlnyo al.ru. it Is ZZ.OUO grasses mio meir ininw. islands in 1918, where she was a tons, and too large to come up the the annual report of the state In surance department for the year ending December 31, last, which has just been completed by A. C. Barber, state Insurance commis sioner. As showing the remarkable growth of the Insurance business In th( etalu TtnrltAr'a rprwirl nulla Children From .attention to the fact that ten Ttaa Tvf nirtPC! TJnmP years ago there were only 180 In UeS JM.OineS "-Ome ! surance companies operating in Stop In Salem this sute, the collection of pre With a 16-plece band of child mlums aggregating only IC550. musiclans as a feature a party of 167 or only slightly more than 27 children and adults from the one fourth as much as that of Des Moines. Wash., children home. 920. stopped in the city a few hours; Losses and claims paid by ln- for the year 644. 6.1 leav- self supporting institution operat- Ing net premiums vof $1 1,454,- ed by Mr. and Mrs. BL M. Draper 4 78.24. The report shows that there were 9400 agents licensed to Litsinoff for this evening. transact Insurance business of one kind or another In this state In 1920. "While the Increase In (he government teacher in tbe high i river to Shanghai, so ft anchored, Europes largest floating dry- amount of Insurance and preml school at Manila. There she mar- (Continued on Page Five.) 'dock U located at Rotterdam. tum Income was not so marked ai the two previous years 11 was still unusual and possibly represents high tide in tbe Insurance affairs of the state for some years," Bar ber declares in commenting upon the figures shown In his report, "This remarkable growth In the business of tbe state during a period of ten years Is probably only In keeping with the general development of the affairs of the state and for that reason It is cer tainly worthy ot note. I do not know of any more accurate pulse of the business conditions and prosperity of a country or state than the insurance business." The Oregon Auto Indemnity e cbange of Portland, licensed Feb ruary, 1920, was the only new In surance enterprise established in the state during the year and none retired. Fire Insurance formed the bulk of the Insurance business written In this state during the year, ag gregating $725.664.762 85. The marine Insurance business waa second In volume segregating $168.S26.1. Fire Insurance pol icies written on automobiles ag gregated $122.61$, 529. 85 an4 there waa a total of $78. OSS, 792.73 in life Insurance writtea during the year.