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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1921)
Page Six The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon 4- High Rates Blamed for Farmllls Condition In South western States De plorable Due to High Cost of Production Washington, Aug. 16. BubI ness and financial conditions In States served by the tenth federal reserve bank, Kansas City, are deplorable, due to high cost of production and distribution of agricultural products and pre vailing low prices, A. E. Ramsey, chairman of the federal reserve bank at Kansas City, told the in terstate commerce commission to day in hearings on freight rates on grain products and hay. The complaint against present rates was made by the Kansas state railroad commission, joined by twenty other states and vari ous other grain producer associa tions. Producers are unable to sell their products above the cost of production and distribution, Mr. Ramsey said. Rate experts, statisticians and economists were on hand to tes tify before the commission as to the necessity for reductions In freight rates on grain products and hay In western states. The hearing Is being held be fore Commissioner Lewis. The commission, it Is known is anx ious to lose no time in deciding whether the present alleged "emergency" in the grain indus try Justifies the reductions asked. Emergency reductions granted last May still are in effect, the commission said and there Is noth ing to show that they materially Increased traffic, or that present rates have appreciably reduced the movement of livestock which must be marketed as It matures. The producers contended that reduced rates would stimulate the industry and help save it from ruin. The commission indicated that It proposed reductions on this basis. Eleven Billion of News Papers Printed Yearly Washington, Aug. 16. More than eleven and a quarter billion copies of daily newspapers are prlnfed annually In the unueu States, average one cony a day for every three and one-fifth persons of the country's total population, latest statistics of the bureau of the census show. Circulation of the nation's 2433 dally newspapers aggregated 32, 735.937 conies a day, an Increase of 13.8 per cent In the five years since 1914. The circulation ol tne 592 Sunday newspapers was 19, 829,834 copies each Sunday dur ing 1919, an Increase of 14.9 per cent. The aggregate circulation of these dally and Sunday newspa pers, therefore, was 11,270,659, 316 copies or 106.6 copies per cap ita for the year. Total circulation of the coun try's 20.431 newspapers and per iodicals aggregated 15,475,145,102 copies for the year, an increase of 7 per cent per issue in five years. That Includes dally, Sunday, tri weekly, semi-weekly, weekly, monthly, quarterly and all other newspapers and periodicals. The printing and publishing in dustry's products were valued in 1919 at $1,528,856,603, of which newspapers and periodicals con tributed $803,066,035, and news papers alone, $162,718,515, an In crease of 116 per cent In five years. NewsDaner subscriptions and sales aggregated $204,958,214 an Increase of 105.9 per cent. Advertising totaled $407,700, 301, an Increase of 121.5 per cent. Montana Fires Under Control Missoula, Mont., Aug. 16. Con trol lines have been established ground most fires In forest service district No. 1, It was announced hare, although there are four blazes uncontrolled on the Koo-n-nai forest. The Cabinet and Coeur D'Alene forests each have a bad fire. Approximately 10,000 teres are affected. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY Floods Destroy Colorado Bridges Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 15. Heavy rains in Pueblo and at points near by caused a rise in both the Ar kansas and Fountain rivers here yesterday and last night. Consid erable damage was done to roads In Pueblo and the vicinity and the Fountain river was almost at flood stage. The Santa Fe railroad" bridge over the Fountain river in this city was washed out, delaying traffic east. The water went over some low lands. British Commander In Egypt Killed Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 16. Colonel C. R. Nevman, chief of staff ol the British army In Egypt, vat seri ously Injured when an aeroplane in which he was riding crashed to the ground late yesterday. 'I he pilot of the machine was killed. Comedian Writes His Impression Of Salem For Magazine Pessimism Rules Irish Situation Dail Eireann Meets Tuesday It Is Said British Ready to Re view Conflict Dublin, Aug. 16. An Informal meeting of the Irish republican parliament was the chief manifes tation today of the activity observ able In both Sinn Fein and Dublin castle quarters, as the result of the new turn in the Irish negotiations, following the diclosures in the correspondence, between Mr. Lloyd-George and Eamonn DeVa lera. The meeting was held in the Mansion House at noon to give the members, many of whom had never mt an nnaortunltv to become ac quainted and exchange notes prior to the parliament session, which will be held tomorrow to consider the negotiations. Pessimism Rampant. Some of the members of the Dall Eireann have been on the run, others have been fighting with the Irish republican army and still others were making their first ap pearance In Dublin since their re lease from prison or Internment camps. They were in all sorts of attire but all seemed earnest and eager to glean any Information re garding the negoHatlons which had not been made public. Sir John Anderson, under secre tary for Ireland, hurriedly return ed today from Scotland, where he had been on a holiday, to use his Influence against a definite break in the negotiations. The pessimists among the offi cials meanwhile Indicate their be lief that the resumption of war Is at hand, that the Dail Eireann will merely repeat Mr. DeValera's let ter In its reply to the British pre mier, and that the backs of the Ul- sterltes and their supporters in the cabinet having been stiffened by the terms of the republican leader's letter, Mr. Lloyd-George would not nlace his government in danger by going any further to wards meeting the Sinn Fein claims. "Truce Ends Tuesday." In the streets of Dublin today such expressions aB "the truce ends Tuesday night" are heard. The Irish News, the nationalist organ of Joseph Devlin, says "we have excellent Indeed unques tionable authority for stating that the BritlBb governmental preparations for a renewal of the conflict In Ireland, consequent on the possible abrogation of the truce which has existed since July 11, have been speeded up within the last three days to such an ex tent that they now are practically completed." Yacht For Funeral Purposes 1 ' In an article written for the "Amusement Reporter," J. Aldrlch Llbbey, singer and comedian, who was here recently on one of the local vaudeville circuits, gives his impressions of Salem and other northwestern towns of Importance visited while on his tour. The article was mailed to the Commercial club and gives the writer's impression of Salem as follows: "This city Is undoubtedly one of the prettiest and best laid out coinmunltiest on the coast. The streets are immaculately clean, the business houses are of the best and the residential part of the city Is absolutely beautiful. The shade trees are much In evidence and the lawns of the best. The homes are all built on spacious, commodlus styles, with wonderful verandas. Comfort, ease, contentment and restfulness seem to prevail every where. "The postofflce Is a model of ex cellence, while the city hall Is a splendid building. The capltol building Is magnificent as regard to architecture. These are all A funeral yacht fleet, to carry the dead and mourners to . burial grounds adjacent to water landings along ; the , Attant c coast wil soon , nnuaih ire apcnrn nr in n r K I.. aiu'i ----- shortlv will ;ty, according io r rann i. omF"--. . Y . . ov dedicate the Hourglass, the first vessel gartered ex J , . nnmm'inil HT I .itlHUllI ' cluslvely for funeral use. Tne yacni, m - m.nt Adams, is sixty-five feet long and .has an engine capaM of PJ-" Oil Strike Is Balm to Broken Heart In Denver mi.. Aug. 15. Miss Lucille Nemic, pretty Denver girl, forgot all about her broken heart J the $26,000 "balm" require to mend it when she " rich" in Oklahoma oil lands, and secured dismissal of a breach of ......It against J.Howard Stark, wealthy Denver Jeweler d Thf suit was dismiss";" j -- -jTC Morley, In district court upon the plaintiff's agreement to Stark early in -of excitement followed ' here when sne , dung the course of pre , hpnrinK. that sne wn "friendly" with Denver Tuesday, Angost u E. Watson, 1521 n:x,.i,rr rnn Tn Watson. otTnM7TT. --jt -- , , here tonltrht Make Ring ueDui fe88ional - - A party, Darnellle. HUft J?" . u is mat,.),.j - -H New York. Aug. 16.- of Washington notables, mclud- p d Rhpnrt. . ing United States Senators Ralph i Island city. Both bout E. Cameron of Arizona, and James I heavyweights. fighters Lo,s tne 400 horsepower. The rBeans of conveying the dead anu . r . - ... . ... aovo Mr camppeu. xva.i- py water lessens me iransporianuu -- - A..,araA way rates necessitate double fares for body shipments, he ecjara "A party of relatives can accompany, with comfort, the remains to a port near the burial grounds. Fresh air and a moving n I scenery is a stimulus and is better than the confined railway cacn. Mr Campbell says a simple service can be conducted on board tne vessel. A small organ is being provided for that purpose When the institution first used motor vehicles, Mr. Campbell asserted folks demanded. "Why rush the dead to their graves?" Progress changes funeral modes, he answers; and the funeral yacht is as Practical for the use he Intends putting it to as the automobile and railway providing the same destination can be reached by water. had several besides that V is i iwrarrrinrrffimnTn-nir MHsA MslHssWsdssHlsMilBHnHIBBsm minimi in i in i n in 1 1 in ip it iumn umiiwih VJlf ' TTTT'i' lirT'''""1 ' " '"TITTTTrTIM. I,IIIL u...- Tom orrow Th ursday Our Air Is Washed OUR MUSIC MAKES GOOD PICTURES BETTER Alabama Supreme Court Tires Of Insanity Pleas Loses Life In Breaking Record Toledo. Ohio. Aug. 15. than half an hour after he had lu oi . luicyiui d i 1 1 ' 1 i i ait placed In a big park where their broken the world's dirt track mo magnlflcance can be appreciated torcycle with sidecar record for amid appropriate surroundings, one mile, covering the distance The green sward Is delightfully in 51 2-5 seconds, Albert W. green, and the grounds are kept In Burns, 27, of Oakland, Cal., was the finest condition by numerous fatally injured, when, In the first gardeners. lap of a 25 mile race at the fair "At the band concerts, which 'grounds here yesterday, a fellow are given twice a week In the rider crowded him, forcing his beautiful Wlllson park, thousands machine to skid and crash thru congregate to listen to the splen-la fence. Burns neck was broken did music under the leadership of and he died en route to a hospital. Oscar Stcelhammer. "I particularly noticed one charming unconventional action, which was generally observed. That la the carrying of a sort of blanket, or small carpet, by some members of eacb group, and the spreading out on the grasa of said article, and then the party all sit ting down or stretching out on the coverlet with the utmost ease ar unconcernness possible. It was novel stunt to me, and one whl could be copied by other commun ties to an advantage. Turks Accent Terms of French Angora. Anatol. Aug. 16.- -The Turkish nationalists have accept ed the revised agreement with France, subiect to certain slight alterations, it was announced here today. The Turkish nationalist asem- 'y rejected the original Franco urk agreement, under wh'ch th( rench agreed to withdraw irom illcla. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 15. Is the Jefferson county Jail in thit city conductive to Insanity? Or is it, as it seems to some observers, conducive to thought that a plea of insanity may save one from hanging? This question has drawn forth an expression from the state su preme court. The court specifical ly cited the instance of Charley Wade, convicted and sentenced to nineteen to twenty years at hard labor for an alleged criminal op eration upon the person of a man for attentions paid Wade's wife. The opinion in this case was that scarcely enough evidence was sub mitted for the Insanity plea to warrant bringing it to -the atten tion of the jury at the first trial. Wade was confined to the Jef ferson county jail and entered the plea of Insanity when convicted of the offense. Numerous others con victed of murder and other lesser crimes have claimed the protection afforded by law to persons affected with mental disorders. Two out standing and recent Instances were those of F. White Seay, con victed of brutally murdering his 19-year-old wife, and John White side, a negro, who killed J. L. Bourgeois and Laeey Murphee, an old man, 73 years old, and a boy of 15. Seay, It was shown by his recent trial and conviction, brutally choked to death and mutilated the body of his wife, near Florence, Ala., May 15. He was brought to the county Jail here for safe keep ing and, upon opening of his case. entered a plea of not guilty by rea son of insanity. In the same way Whiteside shot the old man and a boy down In a group of woods near this city sev- nrnl wnoks flirn After ft chflHp of several days he was captured In . Clfattanooga and brought to the Jefferson jail. County Solicitor Joseph R. Tate has taken cognizance of the many cases of insanity picas and stated he would order a thorough not excuse the violation of law. Depravity Is not a disease. High temper, hot blood and passion are not such mental ailments as will excuse the commission of crime. The so-called emotional Insanity Is not recognized as a defense In a criminal case," says Judge Charles U. Brlcken, presiding over the court of appeals. Cooperative Dentistry To Lower Fees Stark, sne " than this "friendship was PlatoniC: hv Stark5s at- Questions bdo" i -torneysln the preliminary bea Ing indicated that """ , mony Involving persons socla''y trial. . ntl in Recently, it is repu. , valuable commercial ,ant ties as been dlscove red on lands Oklahoma owned Jointly oy Nemic and her parents and the preuy Plaintiff decided to aba-, rD her chase for neartbalm a the accompanying punitive dam I ages' - stark declared Attorneys for btars " i there had been no "outside au. ment with Miss Nemic. Waiters on Strike. Denver, Colo., -sag. 1,1 -approximately 250 members of he local waiters and waitresses union did not report for work today as a result of a wage cut of 50 cents a day by employers according to un ion officials. Three employers to day signed new agreements with the old wages in effect, it was an nounced at union headquavttr i. A number of restaurants did not re duce wages. These were operating as usual this morning. 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"Each dentist must operate In his chosen field only, thus Increas ing his efficiency 40 per cent, be cause be does only the work he is best qualified to do." Dr. Banzhaf said the Milwaukee Industrial dental clinic was prov ing a success. This does work for industrial establishments wnn which it has agreements. THOMAS MEIGHAN The Conquest of Canaan" They said he was no good, and they drove him out of town. But one girl believed in him. And when he came back, years later An immortal American classic- One of the biggest Btnrpa ever written, it trives the Good Luck Star the greatest opportunity he ever had. Lomen Named Alaska Judge that Washington, Aug. 1. J. M !xmen was nominated to be dis trict judge, second division, Alas ka, and Arthur G. Shoup and Sher man Duggan were nominated re- f mitigation to rid the prison of any spectlve as district attorneys, First possible "insanity germs that ai d Third divisions, Alaska, and might be lurking within It. I Morris W. 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