Capital journal., September 07, 1921, Image 1

Circulation
Average (or HZO. E250
population of Salem MOO. 4258?
1910, 14.094; W20, 17,679
jlarion County 19M, 47,1771
polk county, 14,181
jjember ol Audit Bureau of Circu
lation. Associated Preps Full
UaBed Wire
The Weather
OREGON: Tonight and Thurs
day fair; moderately westerly
winds, high levels, tonight and
Thursday fair.
LOCAL: No rainfall; maximum
80. minimum 46; westerly winds;
river -1.6 feet and stationary.
ournal
Capit ami
FThird Year No. 214
TRIAL
BR UMFIELD TO BE TRIED
IN R OSEB UR G OCTOBER 5
Venue
Change
Denied
Judge Bingham Gives
Defense Additional
Time In Which To
Prepare Case
Rosebure, Or.. Sept. 7.
Trial of Dr. E. M. Brumfield.
Rosebure dentist, on the
eharee of killing Dennis Rus
sell, will start here Wednes
day, October 5, Judee Or. Q.
Bingham announced today
after denying a motion of the
defense for a change of venue
to Lane county.
Judge Bingham fixed the
date after A. N. Orcntt of
counsel for Dr. Brumfield,
asked for delay.
District Attorney George Neu
ser'announced the state was ready
to proceed at once, and suggested
two weeks delay would be suffi
cient for the defense to obtain wit
nesses. In disposing of the motion by
the defense for removal of the
trial to Lane county, which was
made on the ground that the ac
cused could not obtain a fair trial
in his home county owing to pre
judice, Judge Bingham said: "1
believe there are many men in
Douglas county who have not talk
ed with the witnesses, who did not
attend the coroner's inquest, and
have not read full details of the
case.
"There are many in this county
who can, and will serve as impar
tial jurors.
"I have often visited this coun
ty. People here are much like
those of Marion county. They are
good and upright citizens who be
lieve in fairness and wiU give it to
others."
Amity Pioneer Dead
Amity, bept. 7. Mrs. Phoebe
Burch died a ther home here Sun
day. She was the oldest pioneer
of this county, having crossed the
Plains with tier narfintn hv m
l.o. 101 , A ( .
.van, n, locating neai awi-
... u ,.- v ..
, micic sue luaue ner ituuie uii-
til hoc ikath Ch, Q vanra I
5 months 20 days of age. Funer-
al services were held at the res-!
ldence Monday, conducted by Rev. !
r kj o !
..i. urcs, auu nuiiai ndo in wic ,
local
cemetery.
403 Arrested Here
In 8 Months; 3896
Complaints Listed
Four hundred thrne nersons
Were nlareH nnrtpr arrest hv Salem
Police officers rlnrinr the eight
nionths period ending September
1, according to a report compiled
and submitted to the city council
last night bv Thief of Police Mof-'
fitt. As a result nf these arrests
U.304.50 was paid to the- city in
fines, and an aggregate period of
0 days was meted out in jail
entences.
During the eight months, ac
cording to the report, 24 forgeries
were reported to the police and
1! of the alleged forgers were ap
prehended. The remainder of the
arrests were for all
forms of law
225 Traffic Violators
TWO hnr.Hrril tn-anlv.fir mO
torists r, i .i , i the
- a - .--uuu i lit ill stilts, iu
3-1.1 . . , . .
icues ol the law on charges oi
traffic law violations. Burglaries,
alghway robbery, larceny, viola-
tiers r.f ,he narcotic law and other
tnw for which persons were
arresttd were listed on the report,
forty-five automobiles were
""a from Sniem between Jan-
from Saiem between Jan-
GompersSaysLabor
Won War, Pershing
Not So Sure
Washington, Sept. 7. General
Pershing and Samuel Gompers had
a tilt last night at a dinner here
concluding exercises celebrating
Lafayette-Marne day. At least,
official Washington regards It as
clash over the question of whether
labor won the war.
Mr. Gompers had spoken on th2
after dinner program and while
he made no claim that labor won
the war he told of the record of the
American Federation of Labor dur
ing the war and declared that pre
vious to the entry of the United
States its sympathy was with the
cause of the allies.
General Pershing, however, ap
parently regarded Mr. Gompers'
remarks as a claim that labor won
the war. Some of those who heard
his remarks quote him as having
said substantially:
"The policies of this republic
are not determined by labor un
ions or by any other organizations,
but by the consensus of opinion
of its patriotic citizens of what
ever affiliations.
"I want to say that every Amer
500 Miners
Defy Orders
To Disperse
Elizabethtown, 111., Sept. 7.
Five hundred armed miners are ure cauSed the death of Samuel
encamped on the headwaters of, Thurston Richardson, former Sa
Big Creek of Karber ridge, jem resident and member of the
twelve miles norm 01 nere, accolu-
lng to word brought in last
mid- i
nieht hv a farmer boy.
All telephone wires leading
north through the ridge for con-
siderable distance were cut be
fore 8 o'clock last night. 'one ot Oregon's first pioneers, his
Scouts after cceering the roads fatller crossing the plains in 1848
and hills for eight miles returned and settling' in this valley. Mr.
this morning without finding any Rjcr,ardson was born on his fath
trace o fthe strikers. A farmer er.g ,.ancn July 8 t857. and there
who reached Elizabethtown at the , remained untii ne entered Wil-
2UU
strikers commanded by inreei
armed men in control of the road '
three
six miles north of here. lueyjand was married to Isabelle
stopped all comers, he said. Irjarnes in 1879. He began his
Vigilantes stationed watchers g of &w ghortIv afterwards
on all hills north of Elizabethtown. elected justice of the
- - A DAoinlarP Kn One WaS al
aiiu ..uo....... .
tn enter nr leave after.
iu " -'
fall nrtown without search.
officials'
The rarmer uoj .
that the miners expected beve,al
hundred reinforcements today
nianntri to march on me riuuioioi,'
; mine at Rosiclare.
i
. .
of these were recov
ered. Cnlel
Mnffitt pointed out.
Bicycle
thefts totaled much
higher and
i 1 89 were reported stolen.
Of
these, the
report said, 10
W"e
! recovered.
Three thousand
rnmnlaints were received
police over the phone during the
eight months.
556 Get Free Beds I
That transients who have no!tery Kev. J. J. Evans officiating.
other place to spend the night' AgE ri-th
find a haven at the city jail was New Yorlt, Sept. 7. Babe Ruth
made plain by the figures in the) today poUDded out his 52nd home
rennrt
During the period ';
tioned 556 were furnished free
sleeping quarters.
The $2,304.50 received In fines
the eiirht montns m
Is nearly as much as ,c"i
.U.ul I
dnrine the whole
of
last
------- : ,
i h,.t t? 428 was paid
into
uu (ffitt
the city treasur. ,
pointed out. Moffitt
In his siatcmru . i,,
asked the couc'' by M,
that this wors wf" othr cttT!
men while, he sa a. " 'I
of Salem s '
MAY
ican is a patriot whether he be
longs to some labor organization
or is just an ordinary citizen and
that isn't question of labor unions,
it isn't a question of any organ
ization, it isn't a question of
whether we belong to some asso
ciation or not.
"It Is a question of whether we
are loyal citizens of the United
States. I am here to say to you
that the members of the labor un
ions weren't the only ones who
won the war. It was the citizens
who inherited their patriotism
from their forefathers who came
across in the Mayflower and help
ed determine and decide the inde
pendence of American as well as
those who have adopted American
institutions as their own. It seems
to be about time for us to rise up
and say that America shall be
ruled and governed by American
citizens and not by organizations
which have their own selfish pur
poses to serve."
The incident, however, did not
develop into a debate and ended
with General Pershing's speech.
Richardson
Passes On
In Portland
a sudden attack of heart fail-
Marion county bar association, in
his offices in the
Chamber of
Portland, yes-
Commerce building,
terday afternoon.
Mr. Richardson was the son of
Hg taught scn0Ol in Prlneville,
foH0wing his graduation in 1875,
neace
uete
In 1882 he was appointed coun-
ty c'"k of Crook county by Gov-
rnor Moody and in
A O O " ICluw-
galem where he took up the
. f ,aw.
was made dean of
in IXNZ ne
I the law school of Willamette uni
versity and remained mere uuui
1902 when he resigned to found
the Oregon law school In Salem
and which he maintained for a
few vears, afterwards moving to
Portland that he might be with
He is survived by his wife and
fnnr eh dren, tnree bum -
H,,ehter. W. E. Richardson.
at-
JtNmev of Portland; .
Rlch-
. ... ,. cmithern Pa-
WILLI V i v
In Portland; iMwm
""1.'"VZL
C. Richardson 0t aim.
ni.i,.,j.nn also of Salem. His
daughter Is employed at the state
j j'llhrarv He was a memoer ui
eight hundred "bry. pviiows.
local
The funeral will be held at Z
o'clock In the parlor of Webb
riotizh tomorrow. Interment will
De ma(je In the Odd Fellows ceme-
the fourth inning oi me
Yankees second game wttn nosion,
sending in a man ahead of blm.
Pennooa was pitching.
.
A rrrPfi t,0 Finance
o- T- V
Arizona Cotton
.1.M..,nn setit. 7 An agree
' ment to advance $1,200. 000 to
. ,,. association in Ari-,
, for ,h purpose of financing
lht domestic sale of cotton was
-nllouncei today by the war fl-
ce corporation.
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday,
Plumbers
Paid Union
Wage Scale
New Salem Hospital
Offers Plumbers Bon
us Says Central Labor
Council
That the new Salem Hospital
association has offered to pay the
union scale, and further to pay a
bonus to plumbers who will do the
necessary work, were statements
made by members of the entral
Labor council last night at its
meeting.
Statement Denied.
These statements however, were
denied this morning by the hos
pital board, which staled that the
wage scale to plumbers was $ii.25,
all plumbers employed on the job
at the present time donating
$1.25. It Is the policy of the hos
pital association to ask ail build
ing trades, and their allied craf'.s,
to donate one-sixth of their wage
scale to the hospital.
A discussion of the situation,
brought out that T. M. Barr,
plumbing contractor, was to fur
nish the material for the hospital,
and that he was not requiring any
of his men to go on the job.
To See Barr.
A committee was appointed of
J. N. Galnard, Clarke, Barber and
F. E. Halick to call on Mr. Barr
with a view of ascertaining his
exact position with the hospital
board. Owing to the fact that the
hospital is unfair to the carpen
ters, according to union regula
tions, all union men in any build
ing trade are forbidden from work
ing on the Job.
Motion Killed.
A motion to send a committee
to confer with Van Patten & Son
over the scale of wages paid on
the dormitory of the girl's state
industrial school, was immediately
killed for want of a second.
The motion was proposed on the
grounds that a committee hod
never called on Van Patten pre
vlous to his being put on the un
fair list some time ago, and fur
ther that he was paying the union
scale. It was defeated by the con
tention that it would be humiliat
ing to the council to go to Van Pat
ten now, and that If he wished to
pay the scale and hire union men,
he knew the proper prpceeditre to
gain the good will of the council
and carpenters' union.
Banker Denies
Japs Seek War
With America
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7. "I
am surprised that there la any ser
ious talk of a conflict between
American and Japan. Nippon is
hardly in a condition to finance a
war, and there are certainly no In
dications In that country of prepa
rations or movement for any trou
ble,'' said Morria Adler, local fi
nancier, who haa just returned
from a ten weeks' tour of the sun
rise kingdom.
"Japan is giving much thought
to developing her manufacturing
industries and general business
There la plenty of money in circu
lation, and I was told that the
banks carried a considerable bal
ance. The merchants, howaver,
complained ome of depreciation
of merchandise.
"The country could hardly raise
money for a war at this time.
Europe is Impoverished and, to,
could not advance any. As
know, money Is a vital fctgr when
a country embarks with the war
goi
"I beard much talk of Japan's
withdrawing her troops from Si-
abrta; but this, of course, waa not
official
Medford s poetofflce receipt (or
August show a 43 per cent Ir,
crease OTer August. 1S2 0.
Septtww 7, 1921
Wages of 50,000
Trades Workers
Cut by Decision
Chicago, Sept. 7. Building
trades workers were given slight
wage decreases and new working
rules were set up In the arbitra
tion decision Judge Landis handed
down today. The decision opened
the Chhago territory to ail on-
tracting firms and, according to
contractors and union, opened the
way to renewal of millions of dol
lars worth of construction. A top
wage of $1.12 for fireproof ers
and $1.10 for bricklayers ugnlnst
the former hourly rate of $1.25
was fixed by the deolston, which
affects about 50,000 workers.
2 Shot In
Booze Mix
To Recover
Assault With Intent
to Kill Charged to
Independence Man
After Fight Today
J. M. Brown, 42, faces a charge
of assault with intent to kill, and
Forrest rfrown, 27, his son, is held
on an open charge as a result of a
shot three times, twice in the left
tween Anti-Saloon league ngonts
and alleged booze runner:'. In
which Arthur Lewis, 27, a leugue
officer, and the elder Brown were
wounded. Lewis, who was shot
shot three times.t wlce In the left
thigh and once in the lwer abilo
men, is in a local hospital and
both of the Browns, who reside ut
Independence, are held In the
county Jail here. Each of the
wounded men will recover.
In the chase that followed the
Bhootlng the elder Brown was
overtaken and disarmed by Fay
Harned, Woodburn traffic police
man, and Mike Moore, a friend of
Lewis. At bay, Brown whirled on
his pursuers and attempted to In
timidate them by covering them
with two empty revolvers. He was
rushed and overpowered and sub
sequently handcuffed to hlu son.
Whiskey Is Found.
The gun fight, which occurred
shortly before 1 o'clock on River
side drive, about one mile south
of Salem, opened up when the
elder Brown appeared at the offi
cers' car to determine what had
become of his son who had ap
proached It a few minutes earlier.
The elder Brown, officers say, had
been left to guard a 20 gallon
cache of liquor which the league
men later found In a cornfield a
short distance from the scene of
the battle.
"Where's the boy?" Brown sen
ior asked as be neared the car.
"He Isn't here."
Young Lewis then spoke up. Of
Brown he asked: "Where's the
stuff?'
Bie Car Disappears.
Without warning the elder
Brown drew a 45 calibre revolver
and twice shot Into Lewis' left
side. As the man fell on his face
the third shot, which lodged In his
abdomen, was fired. Brown then
fled Info the darkness of the early
momlng. with Harned and Moore
In pursuit. It was during his
flight that he was struck once io
the bark by a bullet fired by his
pursuers. The wound, physicians
said. Is of no consequence.
Iwls, bis left leg badly shat
tered, probably will be confined
for six months, physicians said to
day. The Rrowns will be arralgner In
the justice court here before Judgr
O. E. fnruh.
A large touring car which ar
rived on the scene just prior to tbej
fight and stopped for a moment,
left hurriedly whej officer ap
proached It. In it, officers bellefe, j
wre the men who eipected to re-:
celve the liquor.
I ap-
ted,
o re-
Paul Covert. 1 7. son of James H.
Covert. Is dead at Klamath Falls
from in Juries sustained when he
slipped when a lighting from a
bewvy track, and tell beneath
rear wheel.
otiir ICU
Search For
Gardner Is
Unavailing
Authorities Refuse To
Believe Fugitive Has
Left Island and Wait
Appearance
McXell Island, Wash., Sept. 7.
Roy Oardner, escaped bandit, is
still at large this morning. Every
available man on this Island,
which holds the federal prison,
was out all last night guarding
the beaches and boats to prevent
Gardner reaching the mainland.
At least B0 men were engaged In
this work. In addition launches
patrolled the waters surrounding
the Island.
Warden Thomas Malonoy scouts
the Idea that Uardner may have
reached the mainland. He is In
clined to the theory that th? con
vict was wounded in his flight,
and he Is working on the flvcd
opinion that Gardner is still on
McNeil Island. Up to hlu m.irn
lng no serious effort has been made
to spread a net for the escaped
bandit on the mainland.
Said Guards "Fixed."'
Lewardus Bogart, the convict
who was wounded when Gardner
escaped, was Improved today.
Prison physicians expect him to re
cover. Bogart said that Gardner
told him and Everett Impsn. who
was killed, that he had arranged
with the guards to permit the es
cape. Gardner said the guurc's
would shoot, but not to kill, Bo
gart told the officers.
It Is realized here that Gardner
If unwounded, may hide for a Icng
time on the Island, which Is thor
oughly wild and covered with an
impenetrable growth In places. It
Is also certain that many people
sympathize with htm and would bo
willing to offer him aid. Warden
Maloney and his men realize thev
have little chance to capture Gard
ner by beating the brush. They
will continue to guard the beaches
and boats In an effort to prevent
(Continued on Page Five.)
Crook County
Pioneering In
School Progress
Crook county, through Its vote
of 4 to 1 In favor of the county
unit system ot rural school admin
istratlon. Is pioneering the wuy to
an advancement of the country
schools In Oregon, according to J
A. Churchill, state superintendent
of schools, who was apprised by
telegram Tuesday night of the re
sult of the vote In the eastern Ore
gon county.
Under the new system Church''!
explains the Bystem of school ad
ministration which now obtains In
districts of the first class will be
extended to the rural BChoIs with
the county as the unit. Five
school directors will be elected
from the county at large who will
have complete control over the af
fairs of all the rural schools with
in the county. School districts of
the first and second class are ex
empted from this unit but no such
districts exists In Crook county.
These five directors will elect a
rural school superintendent who
will have supervision over all
rcdckiIs within the unit. Tha rr.jn-
ty school superintendent Is sbol
Ished under the new system. Funds
for the administration of the unit
system will be raised by a blanket
tax and will spent at the discre
tion of the county board. The pre
em system or srnoot nourdr. ror
each school district will be retain
ed only In advisory capacl'y. The
new system, according to Church
Ill, means the strengthening i.f
the rural school system in those
counties adopting the county unit
nlan.
League of Nations
Rejects Argnetine
Geneva, Sept. 7 The commit
I tee on amendments of the asiiai
hly of the league of nations, on I
motion of Charles Noblemaire. the
i French delegate, today derided to
f reject the amendment to the
league propeeed by Argentina,
providing that all sovereign states
should be members of the league
unless by their own volition they
j abstained from mam bershii).
Price Three Cents
Wurtzbarger Case
Believed Outside
State's Authority
Federal Government Thought to Have Ex
clusive Jurisdiction Over Chemawa School
Lands by Reason of Direct Purchase From
State in 1885
Unless Federal District Attorney Lester Humphreys, of
Portland, and his aides are able to show conclusively that the
United States government has surrendered its jurisdiction
over the Chemawa Indian school grounds to the state courts,
the trial of Mrs. Alma Louise Wurtzbarger, bound over to
the Marion county grand jury on the charge of murdering
her husband, Andrew Wurtzbarger, in their home on the
Indian school campus, will probably be held in the federal
court in Portland.
By direct purchase the Vnlted
States government took over the
land upon which the school Is lo
cated, and where Mrs. Wurtz
barger declares she committed
the crime of last Sunday morn
ing, with the full consent of the
state and thereby assumed exclus
ive Jurisdiction over the land, leg
islative, executive and Judicial,
according to state and county le
gal authorities who have been In
vestigating Into the question of
. h I1,,!.
since
jurisdiction exhaustively
Mrs. WurUbarger surrendered to
Sheriff O. D. Bower and confess- court cohorts.
ed to beating her husband to Hardly were the recent claims
death with a hammer early ljun- !f the AntI.Saloon ot 0re
""AirTthf. cam. to light tfcta ?- U 1 th
iTfc ,,,., Af other wbb filed this morning for
morning: with the departure oi .... ....
UlsUict Attorney JohnVarson for1
Portland, where he
Will confer
with federal officials
regarding
Ui prob.em of Jurisdiction which
nr v
has arisen.
... i..i.,i. ,
"Marion
. ,....., In ii 11 7 wuV
to evade
the responsibility of prosecuting
.TecTareT when asked regarding
i,t ... 1. ...... .... " U, I : Ui 1 11
" M- firinn
the status ot
Jurisdlctlon
I... 1 , l ho rt-r-
proniem, bui we "
. . , -,i 1,1,, ,,,ir
.....
horl.y If we take the case into
. . nrt. "
autl
the state courts.
:',,, II lie definitely deter-
inrl.dlctlon In the
case rests with the federal courts, I
n, ,. I ......... .. mill v. it
Mrs. Biwm
i m ,n Muplim f . rrnnd '
Jury nor will she be tried In the
clVc'ilt court here. She will be
Inknn Immediately to Portland
grand
and held for the federal
Jury.
Silverton Woman
Aclrci Vrtr "nivnrffl
ASKS J?Or U1VOrCe
Charging
cruel and Inhuman
treatment Mrs. Kdna M. Taylor, a
resident of Silverton, filed suit
for divorce against her husband.
Roy E. Taylor, In the circuit court
Tuesday.
Mrs. Taylor alleges that she
was forced to earn her own liv
ing shortly after her marriage In
Pueblo. Colo.. In 1S17 and that
he baa from time to time flnan-
dally aided him fith her earnings.
She states that her husnuna or
dered her out of his home In De
cember. 1920. and again In Feb
ruary. 1921, but that she refused
to go unless he provided her wttn
transportation and funds to sua-
tain her tor a reasonable length
of time. She claims that Be oe -
came angry and struck her sever-
al limes.
Cabinet Approves
Premier's Reply
To DeValera
Inverness Scotland. Sept. 7.
The British cabinet at Its meet
lag her today unanimously ap
ril the reolv of the govern-
i ment to th last note from Eamon
DeValera, the Irish republican
leader. Th ready waa beaded to
Robert C. Barton, the Sinn Fein
rem tier, who started for Dublin
aat four o'clock this afteraooa
with H.
Prim MlnUter Uoyd George
I Ml cowrfcar V Moy Hall, aear
OK tEAISJ AND "gf,S
STANDS r I V B OSl
'
County Digs Up
Agaii to Aid
Booze Sleuths
Again taxpayers of Marlon
county are made the benevolent
benefactors of the Anti-Saloon
'eaKue organization at the bands
of Judge William Bushey and his
cuumy umt.iw, uianin.
llie total sum paiu 10 me league
'or Its alleged services covlng
la period of four months 3072.6b.
This time no
Itemized Btate-
menlB 1,1 l,1B ei,c,lBrB u
gators notoriously
Known as
Red," ae.com-
l r-,m 011,1
P"') th. claim, which contain-
f a
IHISIIIIIiUHJ mi .
- .
days, making the
dsvs. making the total, paid at
the rate of 8 per day of 12B2
i The county was charged for $45
automobile hire and J 19.1 5
for
i hotel expenses.
This last claim is evidently for
the last two weekB in July and
, .,. th1
iiie enure nnmm ui ei'"'.
no dates to this effect appear.
.Judge William Bus he -I.
un
able to say or -,ouJdii t say, just
how much money has been deriv
ed from tines during ,me euiuo
period of the league's operations
In Marlon county. He was unable
to remember as to what the exaet
total in fines has been thus far.
presumes that It Is about
2300i making the county out
1772.58 in tne issi iuui whp
Bootleg Booze
Causes Smash-up
at Oregon City
Oregon City. Or.. Sept. 7 Dr.
J. P. Graham of Portland was ser
iously injured and J. L. Smith,
ehu.iffeiir 1 1 r Portland, is under
arr(n,t a Twut of an automobile
' ac(,,dent on tne Pacific highway
near here early today. Sheriff
Wilson Is seeking a third man who
was said to have been In the car.
According to the sheriff, who In
vestlgated the wreck, six sacks ol
bottles containing whiskey were
j found In the wreckage. Smith was
1 held today to tne grann jury ou a
charge of Illegally transporting
I liquor.
here, where King George Is stay
lag. to acquaint the king with
the cabinet s decision, which will
be made public Thursday eight.
A committee of the csbinet, with
full powers to deal with Mr. D
Valera's answer to th communi
cation sent this afternoon and
with the Irish situation generally,
waa appointed. Another rommlt
tee waa appointed to deal with
unemployment.
ary
1 and September 1, and 43 operates
with lesr man