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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1921)
IT "...Tl'I.ATlON THKWlCATill.lt OREOONI Tonight and Weilnec day rain. Strong southwest to west erly gales. LOCAL t Rainfall .98; southerly winds, uluudj'l maximum 60. mini mum 45! river H.i feet anil rising ! of Balem. 1M0. W 11 M4' 19zui i'."'"- ''bounty.' 120. 47.177! Polk jTrln Co"JJ 14.181. ' M"0' dialed Pre- Full mntrTrn 1. 1011. fflRDYEAR-rNO. 279 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921 PRICE TWO CENTS OW TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS IVE CENTS fTs W 1 hT J Life; JL. ' MOW ir kjjkjju, uj i i IRON flALLED CROOK U Says fugitive Ifendant Is Thief d ' Deceiver; Tells jfe Story trtland. Nov. .2 (Special Los L. Byron, ex-convnt and L, from Justice, was held up L federal court Jury here to brjbhBW. Todd, as a master t, thief, and deceiver If the believes the story Todd is ! ell Hem Todd will then be class i one of Byron's victims, and ed in the same category with 131 other people wno have .pproJlmately $58,250 in m's land fraud scheme. Hid took the witness stand at 15 o'clock Monday morning resumed It Monday afternoon, talked incessantly until 4 A, when Judge R. S. Bean iumed the court for the day. rt was adjourned an hour early emit the Jurors to reach home re dark, owing to the inclem r ot the weather. odd appeared to be anxious to . At times his attorney, Judge Miller of Vancouver, had to Irrupt him to get him to quit ns long enough to ask a ques . Todd's memory appeared to far and no matter how many s he was Interrupted, or how Dirty Hands Spread 75 Per Cent Disease Teachers Here Told (Continued on page six) EW TRIAL JO WESTON fpreme Court Sets That unclean hands spread no less than 75 per cent of the con tagious diseases, was one of the statements made this morning by Miss Elizabeth Hooper of Portland when she addressed teachers as sembled at the Marion county teachers' institute on the subject "The Four H's in the schools." The four H's, Miss Hooper explained, are health, hab.. hygiene and happiness. Another point brought out by the spealfer, who is assisting in a health crusade being made throughout Oregon schools, was that there are more underweight children in the country schools than are found in the schools of the city. The percentage of under weight children is amazing, she said. " . "Politics" Good Word, "The child should be taught to take care of himself and to watch out for others, and he must make some , conscious effort to appiy what he has learned," Miss Hop per declared. Dr. E. 0. Sisson of Reed college again addressed the teachers this morning. Hia subject was, "The Political Alms of Education." "Politics is one ,of the noblest words in our language," he de clared. "It means the business of us all." Centuries of training, Dr. Sisson said, divorced the German people from Independent thinking. TMb was done through the school sys tem, he said, which dehumanized the German people. Many Americans, Dr. Sisson im plied, are not real lovers of free dom because they boast of their power, political and otherwise. Quoting Lincoln, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master," Dr. Sisson added that all true lovers of freedom must wish that all people shall be free. "The making of America k more important right now than any other business," Dr. Sisson de clared. "That business is ours os teachers. Thfs duty is entrusted to us and it is our job to foster a true American spirit." ' ."Discipline as Moral Training," was the subject on which Profes sor H. S. Tuttle of Pacific univer sity addressed the teachers. : let Student Decide. "Use discipline," he advised, "in such a manner that it will tend to make the pupil get hold of him self, and understand wherein he has erred. Then, perhaps, he will decide on his own course of action. Let him form a motive which will control his actions." In a talk delivered yesterday afternoon, Dr. Sisson declared that a time will come when formal sub jects, such as English, mathe matics and foreign languages will not be emphasized over history and science. The latter subjects, he said, are . closer to life and ought not to be treated in the schools as they are today. Two Bombs . Blow Car of Workers Belfast, Nov. 22. (By Associ ated Press.) Two bombs were exploded in a tram car full of shipyard workers here this after noon, killing three of the oc cupants ' and injuring eighteen others. At least six other persons were shot to death today in riot ing that attended the first day's actual functioning of the new Ulr ster government, created by the home rule act of last sgrThg. faiTeast problems reviewed Rapid Progress Made by Conference Due to Directness of Pro: ceedure Plans Flood Damage Heavy In Towns Along Yamhill Sheridan, Or., Nov. 22. Sheri dan was In total darkness the past two nights, several bridges have been damaged and all stores . 1. I I 1 1. .. a aiuiiK me uniiuiuui Diicei uaic lids Conviction Of ' been closed because ot flood con ditions. Telegraph wires are down. Owners of the 15 main Murderer Oh i. - . . . . ! 5rOUIldS Trial Unfair I stores a!onS Bridge street were all forced to vacate and much dam- J. Weston, of Deschutes flf, serving a life sentence in state prison here for the mur ol Robert H. Krug on March f m handed down by the su it court this morning revers decree of Judge T. E. J. I(f and remanding the case to ' trial. "ton, who was received .at Prison here November 27. '.expects to seeure his release age to stockB Is reported. Several stores along Main street were carried away by the flood NAVY COT PLAN NOT FINISHED Japan and Britain See Need for Revis ion of Replacement Proposal Washington, Nov. 22. (By As sociated Press.) Naval experts of the three major powers still 3 , i t.l.. 1. Itto-lilv Some residences and barns have were reviewing iuu, )U, is given another fighting! also been badly damaged. The ; technical questions connected e tor liberty through an brides connecting the nor and ; with the American proposals lor south parts of town across the immediate neei reuueuuu -m. . Yamhill is being repaired and f : ten year naval holiday. TherBrlt open to traffic. Two small high- 1 ish and Japanese officers appear way bridges spanning feeders of I to have found some de ails of the the Yamhill river between Sheri- Plan which will require further dan and Wlllamina were washed j treatment before final acceptance away. No trains are running be- The British have pointed out tween these two towns. The South i the effect on the fleets if the full em Pacific railroad bridge west , measure of Secretary Hughes of Sheridan has been damage by , P' were carried tl0; the storm. " lne P lan. "r"p ' " Wlllamina bring ! bunaing icr ya... thA lire nr a DaLweaiuu ni bail a ioon as the amount of tad Is fixed by the Deschut circuit court. Reversal of "ecree of the lower nourt lit !Hd On frmrt ytnmw..llJ 1 ,1 4- wmmiucu uy me ft in refusing to permit the in- iwaction of certain evidence by Wense and In refusing attor 1 'or the defendant to cross e witnesses of the prosecu- rfc opinio, of the supreme f 1 written by Justice Brown. 1 ieht to Fair Trial, tatsu the court points out the story told by the wit i. v ,,W the Prosecutlon is true, e Whig of old man Krug con fJ1n atrocious homicide," it IW Upon Weston's right the law to a fair and im.- ! trial. f Giltj men msy hv .,..aj "Meat altogether;others only Punishd too lightly for !'ien ""Unned on page nine Returning j To Colorado Jobs .j. . i $. -. Lolo., Nov. Ji.Fig i by the Colorado I :j J, 1 C0m'any today show- ien'0t the nal force t ,h l"B '"nidad dis- ent 0n strike last ho i'r.!1 ""er of men re- ! 1H ork ,n ,he district ' .'0rdinB t0 the - of 4?ffitD- "presenting , " Monday. in . L ' tar.. 'Set. ji',, ;be Walsenburg a Tf ,, """ent said 596 -it ;;s " ' ""nee today Reports from reports mai 11111 mu . u..uc. , .1 k,,iHli.i tn b water in many .places and that . y" . . th. .Md residents in the western part of s""7 ' ": " . at.i town have been forced to move or i to ne rep.aceu take to boats, v , t?us fVJZl HLIUkluu vt- It has not been possible bo far to estimate the damage here. The damage to the electric light plant alone Is several thousand dollars. The loganbery and fruit iifdus try on the river bottom land has suffered greatly. Life Lost In Santiam Flood Lebanon, Or., Nov. 22 One life was lost and heavy property dam age was caused along the Santiam river Sunday night when this city was Inundated by overflowing of the stream. A wall of water swept down from the mountains 16 miles distant, carrying out the head gate of a canal. Strets here were flooded and sidewalks piled into heaps. Farms in this vicinity were cut into deep ditches. .- Rescuers here waded through water to rescue persons marooned in their homes. A boy named Curl, aged 19, son ot CaTl Curl pf Jef ferson, was drowned when he fell from a bridge oTer the Santiam at Jefferson. Six Hunt ears Killed Madison, Wis., Nov. 22. Six dead and four wounded has been the toll of the Wisconsin and up per Michigan deer season which as closed today, the state eonserra- The 20 year life rule alone Is a novel one for other navies, japan now uses eight years as the life of capital ships beginning re nlaeement within that period al ter, a vessel is constructed. She has not as yet worked out this eight year cycle however, expect ing with her present building program to attain it iii 1928. Great Britain has no replacement .rhsdiile at present. For 2 years nrinr to the war she laid down five new battleships a year and Washington, Nov. 22.-(By As sociated Press.) Opinions have been exchanged among the arms delegates with such unprecedent ed directness that with the con ference only ten days old some of the experienced diplomats here be lieve they can see, almost with precision, what it will and will not be possible to accomplish. Following the example of the American delegation in. laying down a sweeping naval reduction proposal at the) opening session, the representatives of the other powers have put aside almost without exception the diplomatic indirection that usually befogs such negotiations..! ,,, ; . Agreement Near. With the respective heads of the American, British and Japanese delegations working in direct per sonal conference almost dally on the naval reduction plan there are indications that an agreement on all but details Is near at hand. In the same way, the readiness of all the nations to commit themselves to general principles relating to the Far East and the outspoken objections of Japan to discussing details of that situation seem to have quickened a conviction that adoption of a set of principles like the four agreed upon yesterday will be the outcome of the Far Eastern end of the negotiations. In addition, the whole question of land armament appears to have been pretty well settled by the frank presentation of the case of Frames delivered in yesterday's plenary session by Premier Briand Fortification Issue. There remains the important question of fortifications,, on which there has been no expres sion, but which may come to the fore when the delineation of prin ciples relating to the Far East have gone as far as Beems possi ble, Consideration of the Far East ern problems was renewed today by the delegates of the nine na tions, sitting again as a committee of the whole, with the hope that further general principles could be incorporated In the agreement reached yesterday. In the main the discussions are following the line of the "ten points" suggested by China, whose delegates are con fident that in the end most of these points will have been trans lated into actual agreements on policy. SHOWGIRL TELLS OF FAT'S ORGY Witnesses Relate the Story, of Virginia Rappe's Death at Arbuckle's Party San Francisco, Nov. 22. MIbb AlifiA Tllotra dhnur i' a a tVin! first witness called to the stand today in the manslaughter case of Roscoe 0. (Fatty) Arbuckle. A statement made by her to the police was introduced. It de scribed the party in Arbuckle's rooms in the hotel St. Francis in which Virginia Rappe, . motion picture actress, is alleged to have received " fatal injuries at Ar buckle's bands. The statement . said that Miss Blake frst saw Miss Rappe nude on a bed in Arbuckle's room and suffering great pain and that Miss Blake and other guests as sisted Miss Rappe. The details ot the fatal visit in September of Miss Virginia Rappe, motion picture actress, to San Francisco from Los Angeles, were related today by Al Semnacher, manager for Miss Rappe. Sem nacher said he brought Miss Rappe and Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont, a mutual friend, to San Francisco, in his automobile Sep tember 3- and that they attended the party together September 5. He testified to the finding of Miss Rappe in Arbuckle's room ap parently in a dying condition after she had been alone for a time with Arbuckle. V . He met Arbuckle the next day, he said, and "all said we believed Miss Rappe was intoxicated semnacner reiused , to repeat a word hkSaid was used by Arbuckle in relation to the attempts of guests of the party to relieve Miss Rappe. He wrote the word out for the stenographer. Miss Rappe had torn off her clothing on various occasions after drinking liquor, he testified, but the manner in which she tore It on such occasions was different from the manner she used after supposedly having been injured at the party. Instructors Are Worse'n Pupils,Claim Revoke Licenses Near Beer Makers (Continued on page ten) Southern Pacific Calls Wage Meet . San Francisco, Nov. 22. The Southern Pacific company has called conferences of all its rail way employes to "negotiate a re vision of rates of pay." it was an nounced officially last night at company headquarters here. , The management's wage pro posals In practice, it is believed, will amount substantially to re establishment of wage scales that were in effect at the end of the period of federal control, March 1, 1920. The statement was giv en with the authority of J. H. Dyer, general manager. Washington, Nov. 22. Revoca tion of scores of brewers permits for the manufacture of near beer was said by officials today to be under consideration by the prohi bition unit.. Investigation has disclosed, of ficials said, that many brewers holding licenses to manufacture near beer have been making a beer with an alcoholic content well be yond the legal limit, and disposing of it as a non-intoxicating beverage. Princess Mary to Wed Viscount Council Holds . Quiet Meeting; Budget Adopted The Salem council, in regular session last night, listened to the reading of a few ordinance bills, transacted a comparatively small amount of routine business, and adjourned early. It was one of the quietest meetings held In many months. Ordinances, providing for a Special election on January 12, at which voters will be given an opportunity to decide on the purchase of the city camp grounds and additional equipment for the fire department, were read for the first and second times, At the council's next Bession they will come up for final reading. The 1922 budget, giving the city J199.873.79, was formally adopted at last night's session. The budget was held within the six per cent tax limitation. Thirteen thousand five hundred dollars is the proposed amount to be spent for additional fire fight ing equipmentheld by members of the council to be greatly need ed by the city. Joseph Baum gartner, chairman of the commit tee on fire and water, is among those who strongly recommend the purchase of additional equip ment. Voters also will make known whether they wish to buy the camp grounds and their equip ment for $7000. Several leading organizations of the city have fostered the move for a munici pally owned camp ' for many months. The bill for an ordinance which would set a new license fee for Sa lem taxi men was tabled at last night's meeting. Little Johnny, that dimin- He utive figure who stands for all that's precocious, flippant and unruly in young Amerl- ca, probably would have laughed raucously had he heard 'a speech, delivered to the Marion county teachers' institute by Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, coubty superin- tendent. "You known my position on the matter of discipline," Mrs. Fulkerson told the as- sembled pedants. "When 1 find a boy who won't behave, I make, a grab for his neck. What do you expect me to do when I discover people, ,old enough that they hold teach- ers' certificates, behaving worse than their pupils?" Just what acts proviueu HIH a.... u.. - ,"-! . . , , ,s. Wll. kerson's remarks, are not , " " - known. Her speech, which RIVER AT HIGHEST OINT IN 13 YEARS HERE THIS MORNING Guage Reads 26.6 Feet at 8 o'clock, Then Drops Six-Tenths by Noon; Uplands Free From Water But Bottoms Flooded Today; Many Driven From Homes At 2 o'clock this afternoon the river guage here showed the water at the level of 25.6 feet, adrop of one foot fv6m the crest of the flood at 8 o'clock this morning. , It is now receding at the rate of one-tenth of a foot an hour, but the drop is expected to be more preceptible by night. Danger of any further extensive. London, Nor. 22 (By As- soclated Press.) The be- thiothal of Princess Mary, only daughter of King Ceorsre and Queen Mary, to i- r-onr rTiarlps even failed in his attempt to commit suicide.. Viscount Lascelles, was an The Hapsbuis don't m to bej nounced this evening. drew applause from the more orderly instructors, was de- livered shortly before noon yesterday following Rn ad- dress by Dr. E. O. Sisson, a member ot the faculty of Reed college. RAILROAD BLOCKADES UNBROKEN rrains Marooned by Ice Covered Snow Drifts Heavy Dam age to Orchards Portland. Or.. Nov. 22. Rail roads which have been bucking Ice-crusted snow drifts to relieve stalled trains in Oregon ..u Washington along, the Columbia river and in the Deschutes can yon, Oregon, continued their ef forts today with hope of reliev ing the marooned passengers be fore night. Train service is be ing maintained by means ot de tours. While the weather in Portland was clear and balmy, reports from the district Immediately northeast and east ot the city, which was isolated by collapse of wires and blocking ot roads, told of serious damage to orchards. Heavy casing of ice from the sil ver thaw stripped branches from trees in many places, leaving only stumps of trees remaining. The Columbia river highway from a point about 30 miles out side Portland today was still cov ered with a foot of ice and many earth and snow slides were re ported, Many Trains Stalled The Oregon-Washington Rail road & Navigation company re ported train No. 12, which left here Saturday night still stalled this morning at Bridal Veil, Ore., and train No, 11, due Sunday morning from Spokane still at Lyle, Wash. Crews were working to clear the track at Multnomah Falls, where a train wasr'stalled Saturday night. The passengers were brought here last night by a river steamer. The Spokane, Portland & Seat tle had trains still tied up at Cooks and Roosevelt and Lyle, Wash., and one ln the Deschutes canyon. Food and fuel was sent to the train in Deschutes canyon by men on snow shoes. On Branch lines The Southern Pacific was working to restore service on branch lines which were out of commission yesterday. The Willamette rlrfer contin ued to rise today, the stage at 8 a. m. being 14.4,. a rise ot 3.4 feet since yesterday noon.' Tribu taries were raging torrents. lamette Valley had passed this afternoon with a cessation of the steady downpour of rain that con tinued from Friday morning un til last night, and the small'rlv- ers and streams which fed their deluge of water Into the Willam ette are rapidly receding into their banks. The Willamette it self is still several times its norm al size ln most places, but the crest has been reached and the water is falling. The river reached its maximum height, the highest since 1907, at Salem at eight o'clock this morn ing when the guage showed 26.6 teet. - At eleven oclock it bad dropped to 26 teet and was be ginning t fall more rapidly. In the- 50 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning the waters rose 2t feet here. Danger Has Passed -While further rain is predicted for tonight and tomorrow the let- TAX CUTS RUN INTO BIG SUMS New Exemptions In Income Levy Alone Reduces Revenue by $30,000,000 Washington, Nov. 22. There are the reductions in the nation's tax bill tor the next calendar year as estimated by the experts on the basis ot the tax revision bill as re written In conference and approve ed Monday by the house. . Individual Income, account of up In the mountains and valley increased exemptions because ot last night and this morning al lowed the streams to carry away the surplus and- no further rise is anticipated unless the rain again falls ln torrents. Train Servics Crippled. Train service to Portland was back to normal this morning both the Oregon Electric and the Southern Pacific, but the Oregon Electric was operating no trains south of Salem a id Southern Pa cific trains to and from the south were still being routed by way ot Corvallis, Gerllnger and West Sa lem. All of the California trains were running from two to three hours late, The Sllverton branch ot the Southern Pacific Is still tied up by a washout at the Pudding river bridge and company offi cials here do not know definitely when they will be able to resume service. Crews of men are still working on the main line of the Southern Pacific south of Jefferson, but are making but slight headway, The water, however, is reported re ceding rapidly and it is expected that the main line will be open again by Thursday, Meager reports from Albany and Eugene say that the Willam ette is falling rapidly at those points and word from the foot hills sections ot eastern Marlon and western Polk counties says that the small streams have sub sided materially, Borne of them being completely within their banks today. From Stayton a drop ot more than four feet is reported and the houses and streets of Turner are again free of water. Practically all of the roads east of Salem, many of which were under water yester day, are dry today The trial of George Mattin charged with being the father of an illegitimate child, which wa$ scheduled to be held In the Justice court before Judge O. E. Unruh al 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, got underway at 2 o'clock. . . - . v,lnf,1 iinitrr srrpst . .. . l f,mH in Pekine and as a lie i c.iium nuiiu . , Chinese Finances Believed Peking, Nov. 22. (By the As sociated Press.) The financial crisis which threatened the sta bility ot the government has been averted temporarily through re mittances from provincial mili tary governors totalling seven million tae!3. High civil officers are supporting the government dependents, Jau, 000.000. Heads or families, $40,000,000, Decreased surtaxes, $60,000,- 000. Capital gains, $20,000,000. Corporations. Repeal excess profits tax J260,- 000,000. Transportation, $270,000,000. Insurance premiums, $20, 000,- 000. . , Beverages non-alcoholic, $26, 000,000. Admission and dues, $20,000, 000. Musical instruments, $12,000, 000. Sporting goods, $4,000,000. Chewing gum, $1,000,000. Motton picture films, $6,000, 000. Candy, $8,000,000. Furs, $9,000,000. Toilet soaps, etc., $2,000,000. So-called luxury taxes, $1S, 000,000. Perfumes, cosmetics, proprie tary medicines, $0,000,000. Parcel post stamp taxes, $20,-000,000. Surety bonds stamp taxes, 000,000. , Art works. $700,000. Electric fans, $300,000. Thermos bottles, $200,000. Total, $S3r..200.000. $2.- Marooned, Asks Aid Of Police vllle and Mehama are still lmpas- (Continued on page seven) Her Bupply of food nearly ex hausted, her ranch house snr. Many roada ,,i,, i, i . ti..i, around Stayton, Sublimity, Aums-, wno regilJea on routa gthie morn ing telephoned the Salem police for assistance, "I can't get out, and I've two children here with me," she said, "I simply must have assistance before very long." Desk Sergeant Clyde Ellis got on the job pronto. He telephone! a number of farmers residing on route 8. "Sure," volonteered A. M. Jer man, a rancher, "I'll see that she's fixed up." Mr. Jerman rescued Mrs. lilHke with a row boat. Meeting Called For Organization of Charity Body banks by transferring their per- Dome time ago. of Sale-n, near Fruilland. result notes are again negotiable. A meeting has been called for the purpose of organizing a cen tral charitable organization, ac cording to Dr. C. W. Southworth. who reported on the action of the oummlttee appointed tor that pur pose following a short talk by I Grace Taylor, school nurse, who .spoke some time ago, to the Ki wanis club at its luncheon today noon. Dr. Southworth stated that the meeting had been called for Mon- .1 tr k'nv.mh.v Sfi at t h a f 'nil I - m.rM.i M..h ..! tLi .11 f-t-mai enactment of the Ux revision bill. organizations and clubs had been sojournment of congress sine Invited to sent reprejentatlves. Dl tomorrow was made certain today by the adoption of the nnai If congress should repeal the Imous consent agreement in the nuisance taxes we won't have any senate for a vote on the revenue, taxes to pay. j measure by five p. m. toorro-v. Congress Plans To Adjourn by Wednesday Night Washington. Nov. !3. Final ' tion commission announced. ja ble to succeed at anyimus- - ' '