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OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday
rain; fresh to strong southwester
ly Kales.
LOCAL: Rainfall .03: southerly
winds : cloudy ; maximum 63. min
imum 48; river 2-1 feet and falling.
Salem, Oregon, Monday, October 31, 1921
Prj Tvn Tents ON TRAINS AND NEWS
race lwo cents arAma rxva cehts
FMVKV
DEMAND
SHANTUNG
Peking's Attitude De-
darea uuu-.
Newspapers
Concessions
Rathie And Kirby
To Harig From Same
Scaffold, Is Word
State
Made
H. Oct. 31.-China's fun-
cental attitude toward Shan
tung stands today as It did a year
when the government cabled
tola's representative on the
council of the League of Nations.
l. Wellington Koo, its views
Min to Japanese control of the
Linee and the methods by
nich control of Shantung would
be returned to China.
This was shown Saturday when
the government gave the newspa
prt here the eight points made
ifl its message
Publication of these
ji. nw. -
eight points was probably due to
popular pressure, resulting from
Japanese claims that the Tokio
memorandum ot October 19, bad
been inspired by unofficial hints
i.il ,l nwnion, fill" Ret -
tlement. The foreign office de
clared the Japanese claims were
not correct, but It admitted that
General Yu Ching Ho, councillor
at the war office here, had made
disclosures to General Rlhohtro
Banzai. Japanese military adviser
to tie Chinese government.
Fallen Unfavorable.
Newspapers here comment un
favorably upon the eight points
made public by the foreign office,
declaring they differ materially
(ram the stand taken in the Chi
ne note of October 5. The points
irlde:
' China shall take back the entire
"iantung leased territory making
Wng-Tto an open port and gov
tllof It exactly as it was admin
istered under the German regime
through a Chinese municipal ad
Italstrative bureau. Customs du
ll" stall not be Imposed on goods
Inported at Tsing Tao and intend
ed for sale In the leased territory.
China shall not recognize the
rallflitv of forcible purchases of
had In the leased territory from
Chinese by the Japanese since the
Japanese military occupation.
Controling Customs.
All former German
iroperty at Tslng-Tao shall be
KMtrolled by the Chinese mari
time customs service or the Chi
ese municipal administrative bu
m. An exception would be made
the fortifications and barracks.
hlch would pass under the con-
of the Chinese government im
Wiately following the conclu
loa of special arrangements be-
China and Japan. Salt
"elds in Shantung must be re
nied to China and salt consti-
a government monopoly,
"ma, however, shall grant Japa
" "e right to purchase salt
Mer a special license covering
Rifled quantities over a fixed
d of years.
John L. Rathie and Elvie D
Kirby, alias James Owen, will
swing to their death on December
2 next from the same scaffold
which a year ago November 5,
claimed the life of Nell Hart, their
companion in the ill-fated jail
break of July, 1919, which re
sulted in the slaying of Sheriff Til
Taylor of Umatilla county, the
crime for which the lives of all
three men have been declare for
feit and on one of which the for
feit has been claimed.
Unless present plans are
changed the one scaffold will
serve for the two hangings, ac
cording to Warden L. E. Compton,
who denies that tnere is any t
caslon for a second scaffold.
Having exhausted their every
legal resource in their fight for
life and with Governor Olcott
committed to a policy of non-interference
in their behalf, the two
doomed men have become entirely
reconciled to their fate, according
to officials and guards at the pris
on. Rathie and Owen are confined
in the same cells in which they
have been held ever since their ar
rival at the penitentiary a year
ago. Each man occupies a sep
arate cell, and a guard is constant
ly on duty since the attempt of
Abe Evans also sentenced to
hang on December 2 to take his
own life two weeks ago. These
cells are in one of the main wings
of the building and are in no sense
isolated except that they are lo
cated at the end of the wind which
is naturally less frequented than
the front of the wing.
Neither Rathie nor Owen are or
ever have been in solitary confine
ment in the term in which "soli
tary' is used in orison parlance.
They spend the day reading and
smoking and in conversation back
and forth between the cells, fori
of which hold men sentenced to
die the other two being George
Howard from Malheur county and
Abe Evans from Wasco county.
Every day for 30 minutes they
are released from the confinement
of the cell and permitted to stretch
their limbs In a walk up and down
the corridor under close guard
while their cells are cleaned out.
This Is their only exercise.
Being reconciled to their fate
they do not discuss it but appear
to be content to let the future take
care of itself.
Deputy Sheriff's Home Is
Robbed; Auto
Breaks Down, Is Stolen
AMERICAN LEGION
OPENS ITS THIRD
ANNUAL MEETING
Bold, bad daylight thieves with
virtually no regard for constituted
authority, yesterday entered the
home of "Jim" Emlaw, daputy
sheriff of Polk county who resides
in West ' Salem, and stolo f 15.
Deputy Emlaw reported the mat
ter to the Salem police yesterday
afternoon.
The thieves made their way in
to the house between 12:30 and
1:30 o'clock. Nothlner b-it the
money was taken from the officer s
home, according to the report.
H. S. Radcliff, who resides lit
788 North Church street, also no
tied the police that his home had
been robbed. At. Mr. Radcliff s
home, however, the thieves confin
ed their work chiefly to procuring
supplies for the kitchen. A pound
of butter, a loaf of bread, four
pounds of sugar, a bead of cab
bage, two dinner knives, a razor
and some jewelry made up their
haul.
The distinction of having the
hardest luck over the week-end,
however, probably rests on W. R.
FraJier, who resides at 1334 N.
Summer street.
Mr. Frazier, riding in his auto
mobile on the Pacific highway
near Gervais, discovered his mo
tor had a broken bearing. It was
;mnoylng, but Mr. Frazler's good
nature prevailed. He steered his
car over to one side of the road
and dismounted.
Mr. Frazier came to Salem. He
made arrangements to have his
automobile towed to Salemewhere
it might be repaired. Then he re
turned to the spot where his car
had been left.
The machine had been stolen.
Hallowe'en Ghosts To
Stalk Tonight;
Police Are To te Alert
Siletz Road
Issues $700,000
Stock For Debts
Washington Oct. 31. Perm ts
given the Valley ft Siletz
4 company by the inter
" commerce commission to Is
JT0O.C00 in capital stock
" Unes tn Oregon for the
1! of Pving off funded
7vHly ft Sileti Railroad'
owns a road of 39 miles
-independence to Siletz, Or. It
business as a common
t."'. 1ut ""re particularly in
the timber holdings of
Mitchell.
ue-Portland of ft,.. .vJ
Z iST Rai,road cpy
iwSL"4 th the action of the
commerce commission
-U stock refers to a number
"-negotiable promissory
tie nil v Cost of completing
rlt!'lbythe trustee ofl
ta mi company's capl
sssTfcIf entl, was ln
WJ" .000 to 11.000.
"artl t. M,0n of the railway
iLL 'S """""Plated
said.
Tonight is the evening preced-
ing All-hallow, or All-Saints' day.,
Tonight the ghost will claim hisj
hour, witches will make merry,!
goblins will come into their own.
Incidentally, small Salem boys
will run riot. The evening is
theirs.
For tonight is Hallowe'en.
Orange and black streamers,
pumpkins and the pies from which
they are made, gruesome masks
these are some of the reminders of
Hallowe'en which are seen In Sa
lem's show windows. Today many
homes were being decorated with
colors befitting the season, in an
ticipation of Hallowe'en parties to
be given tonight.
"The police will not interfere in
any harmlese form of amusement
which the boys care to indulge
In." Thief of Police Mofiftt ex
plained today. "We are not going
to play the part of kill-joys. Of
ficers, however, will be on the
alert to prevent wilful destruction
of property. We will not tolerate
any rough stuff. This sort of thing
we are not expecting, however.
Last Hallowe'en was very orderly
in Salem, and we expect tonight
to be the same."
Many dances are scheduled for
this evening, and there will be a
number of other parties. Several
affairs, with Hallowe'en features,
were given during the latter part
of last week.
Need 48 Millions
To Pay For Roads
It will require a total of $47.-
985,429.54 principal and interestj
to retire state highway bonds al
ready issued for maturity up to.
December 31, 1946, according xo
figures prepared by Secretary of
State Kozer. For this amount the
state has received a total of $27.
3S6.90S.6S in cash on bond issue
iggTegatlag at par $$$,40.000.
Ot the difference between the
amount received by the state for
its bonds and the amount which
must be paid out to retire them
$1. 253.06. 32 represents discounts
rlaimed by bond bayeri an $10,
598,525.86 represents Interest.
Woman Places Her
Purchase In Wrong
Car; Articles Gone
Miss Mary Fisher, a resident of
Stayton, went shopping in Salem
Saturday afternoon. She bought
Hrv rnnris and a package of
sugar There were four bundles
altogether.
After she had made her pur
chases, Miss Fisher put the arti
cles in an automobile. Then she
went shopping again.
1 put my stuff in the wrong
cr i thought the automobile was
mine," Miss Fisher complained to
the police Saturday evening.
The Linn county fair last weer.
is said to have been a great sut
COB, nearly 27,000 persons enter
ing the gates daring the five daj
PASTORS
SUPPORT
HOSPITAL
Ministerial Associa
tion Frowns Upon At-!
tempt to Eeturn Girl
to Parents
The Salem Ministerial associa
tion today went on record,
through the adoption of a special
committee's report, as holding
that criticisms made of "Judge
Bushey aud the Deaconess hospit
al are absolutely without foundation."
At a former meeting the associa
tion named a committee, comprls-
ng the Rev. W. T. Milliken, chair
man; Rev. J. J. Evans and Rev.
G. F. Llening, to "investigate" the
charges.
The report follows:
Your committee begs to report
that both individually and collec
tively they have investigated the
case of the Perry chidren and oth
er complaints made against Judge
Bushey and the Deaconess '. s
pital, and that they find th:i3e
criticisms absolutely without foun
dation. As to the Perry children, in
quiry amongst the citizens of thi
Livesley neighborhood reveals the
fact that the judge was warranted
in removing the children from
their home surroundings. Tie
complaint that led to their oin
mittal to the Deaconess was made
by prominent citizens, including
the pastor of the church there In
the hospital they are well cared
for, receive the finest kind of
Christian training, are sent to the
American public school, and we
know of no institution where they
would receive better care and more
earnest Christian training.
The Deaconesses are providing
for a group of folks for less re
muneration than any other Insti
tution of a like kind that we
know, simply through Christian
love and compassion. We believe
in sending Protestant chidren to
Protestant institutions and are
-oud that Salem can boastot a
fuge for the helpless and de-
.endent of such sterling worth.
Among the cases which appeal
ed especially to your committee
was that of a little imbecile child.
Her mother, when dying, prayed
that her helpless little one might
fall into kind hands. Her prayer
was answered. The Deaconesses
have cared for this little one ten
derly. Today she is helpless, her
mind is practically gone. Her con
dition is such that' she requires a
separate room and all the extra
care that this Involves, but in love
for Christ's sake these Christian
women are mothering the helpless
one. We deeply deplore the at
tack) that has been made upon
these people and urge upon this
association that they give the in
stitution their hearty moral sup
port. Respectfully submitted,
W. T. MILLIKEN,
Chairman.
J. J. EVANS,
O. F. LIENING.
Convention Hall, Kansas City,
Mo., Oct. St. The American Le
gion held the first session of Its
third annual convention here this
morning, heard Vice President Cal
Vin Coolidge, speaking as Presi
dent Harding's representative, tell
Its members that they were the
heirs of the patriotic ideals of
Lincoln, Washington and Roose
velt and adjourned for lunch.
Much convention business' was
accomplished, including Comman
der Emery's report and address in
Whfch he discussed the accomp
lishments of the Legion for the
last year and its aims for the fu
ture. Thousands Throne Hall.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 31. The
American Legion today went into
a three-day action for important
objectives. The thousands of ex
service men who coke the con
vention hall declared themselves
eager "to go" as the time for open
ing the national gathering ap
proached. General Armando Diaz of the
Italian armies, General Baron Jac
ques of Belgium and Vice-President
Coolidge, who is representing
President Harding, were notable
figures at the convention opening,
Admiral Earl Beatty ot the Brit
ish grand fleet was expected to ar
rive this morning and this evening
were Marshal Foch of France,
commander-in-chief of the allied
armies, and General John J. Per
shing of the American expedition
ary forces as Marshal Foch's aides.
Schuman-Heink Sines.
The proceedings opened with
songs by Madame Schumann
Helnk, whose voice cheered Amer
ican boys far from home during
the darker days of the war.
Then John G. Emery of Grand
Ttaplds, Mich., national command
er ef the Legion called the conven
tion to order and the invocation
was pronounced by the Rev. John
W. Inzer of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
national chaplain ofthe Legion.
House Damaged
Badly In Blaze
Here Yesterday
The home of Fred Berger, at the
comer of Seventeenth and Center
streets, was badly damaged yester
day morning when a fire which
started from the woodshed burned
the house about half way to the
ground. The heaviest damage oc
curred in the kitchen.
A piano and some of the house
hold goods were removed from the
tructure before the blaze got ful
y underway. Furniture in the
:itcfaen was almost a total low.
-bout $1000 worth of insurance
rag carried, it was stated.
Bay Falls Into
Big Vat And Is
Cocked To Death
Dallas, Or., Oct. 31. Charles
Weigant, 6 -year-old sain of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Weigant, of this
city, was scalded to death about
T:30 o'clock Saturday evening,
when he fell into the refuse vat
at the plant of the Oregon Grow
ers' Co-operative association here
while playing hide-and-seek with
other children of the neighbor
hood. Just how the accident happened
is not definitely known, but it is
supposed that the boy ran blindly
into the vat, which contained boil
ing water from the processing vats
and slushing water from the boil
ers. The vat is unprotected on
two sides. At the time of the ac
cident there was about 2 6 feet of
water in the vat.
The accident became known
tin Mr. and Mrs. Weigant start
ed a search for the boy, when he
failed to return home for trie
evening meal,
It is believed that the boy's body
had been in the vat for about an
hour when it was found. The
flesh was cooked to a pulp.
The funeral was held from the
home of the parents today.
Wurtzbarger
Demurrer Is
Argued Today
Portland, Or., Oct. 31. Con
tending that the United States
government has ao Jurisdiction to
prosecute Alma Louise Wurtzbar
cer, on the harge of killing her
..Knrt at the Chemawa Indian
school last August, Bert E. Haney.
defense counsel, argued a ae
znurrer to the Indictment this
morning before Judge Charles E.
Wolverton of the federal court.
The case was taken undei ad
Tisement. - - v
ITALY NOT
TO FORGET
SAYS DIAZ
War Leader Declares
His People Remem
ber and Appreciate
American Aid
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 31 Hope
that the sword may be sheathed
and that peace and labor may tri
umph for the good of all was the
message brought to members of
the American Legion, In conven
tion here today by Italy's foremost
soldier. General Armando Vittorio
Diaz.
"The war is over," said General
Diaz, in conveying Italy's message
to the American veterans of the
world war. "From it must arise
not war but peace, labor and prog
ress." General Diaz, in his address
said:
"To the service men of the Uni
ted States joined together by the
American Legion, to the American
women who so nobly and in mani
fold ways took their part in the
war, to all the citizens of this
great republic, I bring this mes
sages of their Italian comrades of
their wives and motherB, of the
Italian people, who see in this sol
emn convention, in presence of
representatives of the victorious
(Continued on Page Four.)
JANUARY 13
SET AS DATE
FOR HANGING
His Neck Swathed In Badnages, Dentist
Walks Unassisted Into Court Room Where
Judge Bingham Sentences Him To Pay
Death Penalty For Crime
Roseburg, Ore., Oct. 31. Dr. Richard Melvin Bromfield
was today sentenced to be hanged Friday, January 13, for the
murder of Dennis Russell. Dr. Brumfield walked unassisted
into the court room to receive sentence. His neck was
swathed in heavy bandages which covered the gashes in
flicted by himself recently in an attempt to cheat the gal
lows. Crowds gathered in the court room early to get seats
for the final act of Roseburg's sensational drama.
After today the scene will shift to Salem. Dr. Brumfield
will be taken to the penitentiary this afternoon by Sheriff
Sam Starmer, the sheriff announced.
Russell's headless body was found under Dr. Brumfield's
wrecked automobile near here July 13.
Motions to set aside the verdict
and for a retrial were overruled
by Judge O. G. Bingham. Dr.
Brumfield stood alone to receive
sentence and when asked If he had
anything to say, said: "Only this,
your honor, that as God la toy
judge, I know nothing of bow Den
nis RuBsell came to his death."
He turned deathly pale when cin
tence was pronounced. Mrs. Brum
field slumped down in her chair
but did not break down.
Home Nest Ready
And Waiting
But To No Avail
Apple Industry
Discussed By
Horticulturist
Embiaciug all major phases of
apple culture in the northwest, W.
S. Brown, head of the horticultur
al department of Oregon Agrictui
tutral college, In speaking before
the business men of Salem lhis
noon at the Commercial club stat
ed that in 1919 there were 7.S54,
000 bearing trees In Oregon
agajnst 4,583,735 in 1909.
"Variety Is essentral for success
ful production," states Mr. Hi-own.
"There are about 17 varieties that
can he grown successfully In Ore
gon, and of these a relatively
small number caii oe grown in tne
Willamette valley. Among ,,.,
most successful of these is the
young Newtown, and also the
Winter Banana apple. There is no
place which can produce such a
successful apple of the Winter Ba
nana variety as the Willamette
valley. What we need now is a
lustrous bright red apple.
"The question ot yield resolves
itself into proper orchard manage
ment," stated the speaker in dis
cussing production, and empha
sized the necessity ot fertilizing.
"Nltrogren has been found to
wear out faster thau any other
element in the soil. The cheapest
source of nitrogen is the clover
crop which also Increases the wat
er holding capacity of the soil.
The soil must have from 6 to 12
per cent of free water in order
that trees may do well."
Pruning, spraying and thinning
trees is also important to success
fully grow apples. Larger apples
can be bad of more market value
by thinning the trees so that they
hang six to eight inches apart.
In reducing costs, Mr. Brown
stated that the tractor was an im
portant factor and that commun
ity packing houses were another,
and recommended that buslncs
get behind any freight rate reduc
tion In order that apples of Oregon
might meet eastern competition in
that section ot the country.
T. A. Linstrom, who resides at
2705 Chemeketa street, complain
ed to the police yesterday that
his bicycle had been stolen from
the rear of the Statesman office.
The Mohammendana hold their
Sabbath on Friday.
Out on the far eastern border
of that section of Marion county
known as the Hall's Ferry district,
in a neat four-room log house,
there is a small,' spotlessly clean
little room which knows no occu
pants other than the motherly
woman who daily smooths out
the plump little pillows In their
white cases and makes and re
makes the bedding on the newly
I purchased white iron bed to keep
' it freBh against the return of the
two little girls for whom the love
task of fitting up the room was
' performed.
Months ago it was in January
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Mowry
one Thursday morning received a
i summons to appear before Judge
I W. M. Bushey, of the Marlon coun-
I ty court, on the following Satur
day morning and bring their ch
dren. They bad no inkling of the
court's intention in so summon
ing them, but they answered the
order without question.
Sky Is Formidable
It was cold, bitterly cold. In
the makeshift cabin of canvas
and boards which served as a
home for the Mowrys during those
days when they were getting
established on their little five
acre tract, on that Saturday morn
ing, but they, rose early that they
might not be tardy to the sum
mons of the court. Daylight had
scarcely- got its hold In the shad
ows of the woods road when they
set out on the five long miles to
town.
The low hanging clouds loomed
threatening as Mr. Mowry hitched
iUp their single horse to a light
I open buggy and the babies whim
pered just a little as the cold wind
' nipped at their noses and cheeks.
But. the law had commanded and
, they sallied forth, Mr. and Mrs.
(Mowry and the twins, then un
. weaned babes, crowded into the
(seat, with the girls Thelma and
j Violet, daughters of Mrs. Mowry
by a former marriage, and Harold,
5 years old. huddled together for
warmth, behind.
Before they emerged from the
muddy and deep rutted woods
road the snow began to tall and
Mrs. Mowry pulled the blankets
more closely around the twins.
The advent of the white flakes,
however, drove thoughts of numb
ed fingers and aching feet from
the minds of the older tots, and
they hailed them with childish de
light. At the cross roads of the
L,l. y I r w v Ur halls,
a friend who passed in an auto
mobile and aaked him to take the
older children on Into town. The
twins were then sleeping within
the warmth of the blankets and
I Mr. and Mrs. Mowry drove on in
.the open rig.
Girls Taken Away
It was a deeper and more last
ing chill which struck at the
heart of Mrs. Mowry when ahe
faced Judge Bushey in the warm
court chambers and was told that
her daughters. Thelma and Vio
let, were to be taken from her;
that neighbors had complained
that the children were not being
properly clothed, fed and cared
for; that until the makeshift can
vas and board house on the five
acre tract had been replaced with
a more commodious, tighter and
warmer home the girls would have
to remain in the custody of the
court.
j "Judge Bushey told me the girls
could come home when we got our
.house built and got some better
. ,.i i... f.-. - (I..,,., n m. . - - ' J-
i.i iim ii.i ilium, .11 1 (1 . Hum i y
said yesterday. "But I know he
didn't mean it because he told me
afterward that when my girls
came back they would ' be 'fine,
bright women.' "
Home Then Cheerless
Mr. and Mrs. Mowry did not
complain much about the action
of the court that bleak January
Saturday. The cheerless shanty at
the end of the five mile road
ahead of them as they started
back thru the snow that after
noon held no appeal for them oth
er than that It was home. With the
twins and little Harold tucked
snugly Into a bed drawn 4f!oee to
the stove that evening Mr. .nd
Mrs. Mowry started to plan.
For anyone who Is Interested In
the case of. Mr. and Mrs. Mowry
and their daughters, Thelma, now
held virtually a prisoner aa a
ward of the county court In the
Deaconess hospital, and Vtolet,
recently removed from the hospit
al to another home in Portland,
the results of the plans laid that
Saturday night stand forth vivid
ly and In concrete form today on
the fire acre tract in the Hall's
Ferry district.
New House is Cozy
In the place of the makeshift
at,ln stands a substantial, weath
er tight house of logs just such
a home aa Is to be found on scores
of farms dotttne; the less 4 essl
ble parts of the Willamette val
ley, expect that It Is cleaner than
the average, far cleaner and moro
attractive. In th eclearfng around
the house there Is no such litter
and muss as Is to be found in
many farm yards. The garden
plot has served Its purpose for
this year and has bee n grubbed
clear of dead vegetation. Around
the doorstep Is a small yard, un
csrpeted by grass, but hard :k
(Contlnued on Page Five.)