Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 03, 1922, Image 1

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    CIRCULATION
Average for 1920, 0250.
Population of Salem, 1900, 4258;
1910, 14,094; 1920, 17,679.
Marlon County, 1920, 47,177; Polk
County. 1920, 14,181.
Jlnmber of Audit Bureau of Circu
lation. Associated Press Full
Leased Wire.
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Tonight and Wed
nesday fair, except probably rain
northwest portion,. Moderate
southerly winds.
LOCAL: Rainfall .16; easterly
winds; cloudy; max. 39, min, 34;
river 3 feet and rising.
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FORTY-FOURTH YEAH NO. 2
ENGRAVERS
REFUSE TO
TAKE LESS
Move To Reduce Pay
and Lengthen flours
Results In National
Strike Edict
Chicago, Jan. 3. Approximate-
...... ..... ff tha th,.fn
Union In SO cities of
lie country went on strike today
protest against a wage reauc-
tnn or lengthening 01 wonting
m . . . . .i it
lours, according 10 reporis 10 iui
ead,juarters here or tne Amen
Phnto Engravers association.
Employers sought to reinstate
o 48-hour week at the present
ute o pay, or to reduce wages
,11(1 allow the 44-hour week
; $5
to
ntiiiue. The union declined
nt the change and went
to
on
,-iire according to Lewis Flader,
fommissioner of the association.
he wage reduction would have
pproximated 8 per cent, he said.
le average wage oemg aDoiu $
ill union plants in Chicago
ere closed today. .
New York, Jan. 3. Seventy
mmercial engraving shops, em-
loving approximately 1600 men
re closed here today as a result
the failure of negotiators to
ach an agreement ending , the
ntroversy over .a wage reduc
on and woriung conaiuons oe-
een the photo engravers board
trade and the photo engravers
ion. It was said shops through-
it the country employing mem-
rs of the union would not be
ened until the dispute wils set-
Id.
The photo engravers' board of
ade announced last night that
e shops would be closed today
lecause of the men's unwilling-
ss to recede from war peak con
Hons in the face of declining
ices." It added that the atti-
do of the union in refusing to
cept a wage cut was regarded
a strike and "similar condi
ms," the announcement said,
ave developed in Chicago, Phil-
jelphia, Newark and a number
other large cities."
Matthew Woll, International
josident of the Photo Engrav-
union, is expected here to-
firrow to take charge of the
n s side of the controversy.
400 Out in Fhiladelnhia
'Philadelphia, Jan. 3. Approx-
lately 400 photo engravers, em
nyed in fourteen Wnl aiinni
fled to report for work today,'
nmmg that they had been lock
out. The employers, on the oth
hand, declared the men were
strike because It was proposed
put into effect a 48 hour work
They had been working
ty four hours a week.
dwin Socolofsky
io Assist Rudd In
County Y. M. Work
Edwin Socolofsky today took
".a new duties as a temporary
istant to John H. Rudd, execu
s secretary for the Y. M. C. A.
Marion county. Socolofsky will
ote his entire timo tn mi.i
!'k In COnnpff inn u.Ul. u -
mm me UI -
ilzation and rejuvenation of
s club work under the aus-
!s of the county Y. M. C. A. In
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truary.
s leader of the denntntinn
ra of Willamette, nnWumit.
year Socloofskv Tina hn t n
i mental in carrying the coun-
j. I'rogram to schools through-
Marion county and therefore
iot new to the work which he
ow undertaking,
our Hl-Y pi.,h ,, t i
B - .uuh Cil G aiECdUJ 111
jtence in Marion county out-
ot baiem and Socolofsky in
'ion, to assisting these clubs
endeavor to carrv tho tti.-v
tram into other schools.
olet LaPollftt.t.ft
iand Edwin Payne
Are Married Here
f !ss Violet M. LaFollette, of
f"14""- daughter of Rep-
jiyae m. LaFollette,
Edwin Tt PnvTiA f o i ,
her. and Mrs. J. R. payne,
e married on New Year's af
?7 at 3 o'clock at the cou-
T """re nome, 303 South Win
street. Rev. Payne read the
fee. The ceremony was Infor
I and only a few witnessed it.
f iss LaPollette attended Salem
eols and business college and
t"tly spent her time at the
is of her jarents. Mr. Payne
Ployed In the offices of the
bonus commission.
Tricks of Fish
Trade Exposed
"Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 3.
Tricks of the trade in fish were
described by Mayor Percy W.
Wheeler in his inaugural ad
dress yesterday.
"I have seen a large pollock
split down the back, salted, and
dyed pink and sold as ocean
salmon," said the mayor. "I
have seen kits of mackerel, each
with a bottle of whisky in the
center, shipped to Maine. You
can't build up the city on a
platform of smuggled booze and
rotten fish."
Employes of
Get Wage Cut
All Salem employes of the
Charles K. 'Spaulding Logging
company, with the exception of
those receiving the minimum
wage of $3 per day, were affected
by a ten per cent reduction in
wages which became effective
January 1, according to an an
nouncement made this afternoon
by Oliver G. Myers, local mana
ger of the company.
. The ten per cent reduction af
fects officials, heads of depart
ments and other high priced em
ployes, It was stated. Salaries paid
to the local employes range from
$3 to $9 per day,
Commenting on a walk out of
100 men which took rface at the
company's mill at Newberg yes
terday, Mr. Myers voiced the
opinion that the men failed to un
derstand that the $3 minimum
wage, was not affected by the new
wage scale. An early settlement
of the Newberg difficulties is an
ticipated, he said.
The reduction, as announced,
did not apply to common labor in
the logging camps, it was stated.
Several hundred men are on
the-payrolls of the Spaulding com
pany in mills, logging camps and
lumber yards in Salem, Newberg,
McMinnville, Black Rock, Grand
Ronde, Independence and Wood-
burn and only a small percentage
of the men were asked to accept
the reduction in pay.
Fair Project
Not Yet Dead
Says Senator
That Oreeon will have a 1925
fair in spite of the defeat of legis
lation nf the casoline tax, was the
assurance given members of the
Kiwanis club by State senator
r Ai. T.nchmund at the regular
luncheon of the organization in
the Marion hotel this noon.
"i nm informed that certain In
terests inPortland are willing to
put up $1,000,000 to carry the fair
through," said Mr. Lachmund,
"and I do not see why a bond issue
could not be sold successfully up
and down the Pacific coast, In
Washington and California, which
will gain direct benefits from the
fair.
"I realize that there is no bet
ter means of drawing the people
to the state than a fair of this kind
and and I was ready to support it
t a direct nrooerty tax, but
when I realized the deplorable con
ditions of the peopel in eastern
nroB-mi where the delinquent tax
dolls of the counties reach as high
as $100,000, I was unwilling to
.dd more to their burden."
kins of the proposed in
come tax, Mr. Lachmund said that
tho Portland delegation was
strongly opposed to it because it
would fall largely upon merchants
nf that. citv. The proposed gaso
line tax, whiclj added one cent to
the present tax, masing it toiai
hru fonts onn then taking 60 per
cent of funds resulting from the
two cent tax and all of the one
cent tax would be setting a dan
gerous precedent, he said.
"The funds created Dy tne gaso
Uno tax were raised for a specific
purpose, and . appropriating road
funds for the fair wouia oe setting
dangerous precedent and matt
ing the road appropriation the
goat of all funds," stated the sena
tor.
"Portland is under the impres
sion that the rest of the state can't
without her," the speaker saw
conclusion. "That ig a foolish
argument. What would Portland
without the rest oi tne state :
t ri T.M. candidate for gov
ernor and representative from the
snoke briefly on the
situation, stating that when the
fall election came there was a
nmcntvt nf si well balanced bill
which would be submitted to the
people for raising funds for the
Spaulding To
fair.
DEBATE ON
IRISH PACT
GROWS HOT
Dail Eireann Resumes
Discussion of Treaty
Today; Vote Expect
ed by Thursday
Dublin.' Tan. 3. (By As
sociated Press) Michael Col
lins, securing permission of .
the Dail Eireann this after
noon to make a sueeestion for
avoiding among the Dail
members over the Anglo-Irish
treaty, proposed in substance
that its opponents allow the
treaty to be approved and the
Irish Fres State establshed
after which its opponents
could continue the fight for a
republic
Dublin, Jan. 3. (By Associated
Press.) The Dail Eireann lost no
time after reconvening today fol
lowing its holiday recess in plung
ing again into sharp debate on the
Anglo-Irish treaty. It had before
it once more an order of the day
calling for consideration of both
Arthur Griffith's ratification
meeting and Eamon De Valera's
alternative proposals. It waa not
generally thought the debate
would run many days longer,
many members anticipating a vote
by Thursday night or Friday.
An opponent of the treaty, Art
O'Connor of South Kildare, Dail
minister of agriculture, opened to
day's debate with an argument
that the treaty was a step back
ward, and a declaration of belief
that the real heart of the Irish
(Continued on Page Five.)
Two Released by
Kelly; Brown Get
Case Continued
Ralph Collins and Richard Bur
ton indicted by the grand jury on
September 19 on charges of rape
were released on their own recog
nizance by Judge Percy R. Kelly
of the circuit court when their
case came up for cotinuanee this
afternoon.
James M. Brown indicted on the
charge of assault with intent to
kill obtained a continuance of his
case through his attorney, Allan
Bynon.
Harrison Mowry hedl on statu
tory charges pleaded guilty on the
indictment brought December 31
and January 7 was set as the date
for imposition of sentence. Fred
Huie indicted on burglary charges
Saturday was given until tomor
row to enter his plea.
Harold Gwin Is
Indicted; Liquor
Possessed, Claim
The one secret indictment re
turned by the Marion county
grand jury during its recent ses
sion was made public last night
when Harold Gwin was arrested
on charge of unlawfully possessing
intoxicating liquor.
The indictment ot Gwin, it is
understood, was made possible by
information furnished by two oth
er men who had been arrested
earlier. Today Gwin was being
held in the Marion county jail.
Yakima Reduces
City Expense by
Letting Men Go
Yakima, Wash., Jan. 3 In con
formity with the policy ot re
trenchment announced by the city
commissioners, three employes,
Horatio Crosno, of the police de
partment, and J. A. Skinner and
D. Bailey, from the fire depart
ment, have been dropped. . They
had the shortest service records in
the denartments. Salaries of most
city employes have been cut about
10 per cent. Skinner has aireaay
hoen riven a place in the health
department, where there was a va
cancy, and the others have prsrer
ential rating for vacancies in their
departments.
Fletcher To Be
New Ambassador
Washington, Jan. 3. The nom
ination of Henry P. Fletcher, un
der secretary of state, to be am
bassador to Belgium, was anr
nounced today at the White
House.
Washington. Jan. 3. President
Harding ha nominated William J.
OToole ot West Viriginia to be
minister to Paraguay, it was an
nounced today at the White House.
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3,
Reavis Asks
French Loan
Be Called In
Washington, Jan. 3. The ad
ministration would be directed un
der a resolution introduced today
by Representative Reavis, republi
can, Nebraska, to demand repay
ment by France of money loaned
to her by the United States during
the war. Mr. Reavis, in a state
ment, said prompt payment of the
debt should be insisted upon be
cause France has Indicated her in
tention of expending "large sums
ot money on increased naval arma
ment." The resolution did not mention
France by name but in his formal
statement, Mr. Reavis stated that
it was directed at France because
of her stand at the armament con
ference on the submarine ques
tion. Store In Heart
of Los Angeles
Robbed By Trio
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 3.
Three bandits, armed with sawed
off shotguns held up three collec
tors for the Owl drug company In
its store at Sixth and Broadway
today shortly after 9 o'clock and
escaped in an automobile with a
sum estimated by the company at
about $10,000. The robbery oc
curred on the busiest " street in
downtown Los Angeles at a point
where traffic and patrol police
men are thickly stationed.
The three men held up were Roy
H. Sherwood, A. N. Tryhe and
James Croft. They had collected
holiday receipts from five Owl
stores and were just entering the
sixth when the three bandits leap
ed from-an automobile, forced the
men to hand over their money
satchel and then marched them in
to the store with their hands over
their heads. The bandits leaped
back to their car, in which a dri
ver sat with foot on clutch, and
sped away, followed by the shouts
of scores who had seen the whole
affair. -
Boston Banker
Made Trustee
Science Church
Boston, Jan. 3. Fred M. Lam
son, a local banker and a Christian
Scientist, was agreed upon today
by the directors of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, and
the trustees of the Christian Set
ence Publishing society, as the
sole temporary trustee to adminis
ter the society's affairs. The agree
ment came after Justice Crosby of
the supreme court had announced
that unless the two parties could
unite on a trustee, he would ap
point a temporary receiver.
Hall Again Named
On Commission
Reappointment of Charles Hall
of Marshfield as a member of the
state land settlement commission
was announced by Governor Olcott
this morning. The appointment is
for a term of four years.
Other reappointments an
nounced by the governor this
morning and effective January 1,
were:
Eunice Smith of Portland as a
member of the industrial welfare
commission representing the em
ployees. Otto R. Hartwig of Portland as
a member of the state board of vo
cational education.
Business Men to
Meet; Schunke to
Take New Position
The Salem Business Men's
league will hold its first meeting
of the year tonight at the Salem
Commercial club and Ed Schunke,
recently elected head of the or
ganization, will preside for the
first time.
Nothing other than routine
business is scheduled to come be
fore the meeting, it was said this
afternoon. It will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock.
Mother Kills
Two Babes and
Ends Own Life
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 3 Mrs.
Bessie Norris, a widow, this after
noon killed her two young sons,
Thomas, aged 2, and Nelson, aged
4, then slew herself, according to
reports made, to police headquar
ters. .
BIG BANKS
MERGED TO
STAY RUIN
Chicago Financial In
stitutions Consolidat
ed; New Company's
Assets Large
Chicago, Jan. 3. The Conti
nental and Commercial National
bank and the Continental and
Commercial Trust and SavingB
bank today formed the second
largest banking institution in the
United States and the largest west
ol New York, through absorption
of Fort Dearborn National bank
and its affiliated institution, the
Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings
unk, that action averting what
fwi described as the most serious
t; ifliculty which had threatened
(i-'dcago's financial uistrict in 16
-a ! s.
The merger was announced last
night after an all day session of
the Chicago Clearing House as
sociation and leading financiers,
the Continental and Commercial
Institutions agreeing to assume
liabilities of $60,000,000.
?lie absorption placed combin
ed! deposits of the four banking
houses at more than $400,000,
000 and total resources at a fig
ure greater than $525,000,000.
v Credit Impaired
Difficulties of the Fort Dear
born properties were attributed to
ovef extension of credits.
"Owing to the over extended
condition of Edward Tilden and
company (chief stockholders of
the, Fort Dearborn organizations)
and some recently made loans and
Investments which proved to be
bad and entailed heavy losses, it
was found on examination of the
two Fort Dearborn banks by the
Chicago Clearing House examin
ers tP-at the capital ot both banks
had been Impaired", said a state
merst 'by James B. Forgan, chair
man; of 1 the Chicago Clearing
House Committee.
The Clearing House banks guar
anteetf the Continental and Com
mercial against possible losses to
the Extent of $2,500,000 and the
Fort dearborn stockholders made
a further guarantee of $1,500,000.
In aidition there is a capital, sur
plus an undivided profit of ap
proximately $8,000,000. The Con
tinental , also pays approximately
$l,50!(f,000 f6r the deposits of
the tjwo absorbed institutions.
: v Banks Held Solvent
Th?. clearing house committee
Investigated the Drovers' Nation
al bank and the Drovers' Trust
and Savings bank, in which Ed
ward; Tilden and company is in
terested, and announced that
those banks were solvent.
A special committee was ap
pointed to take care of the Engle
wood .State bank, also a Tilden
property.
In'LaSalle street Saturday, the
Dearborn National stock was
quoted it $230 a share with none
offered and the State bank's stock
at $18.? a share.
Traffic Violators
Pay County $700
During Past Year
Approximately $700 was paid
into the Marion county treasury
through arrests for traffic viola
tions made by Deputy Sheriff Bert
Smith during 1921. Almost all of
the arrests were-made during the
summer months.
Most; of the traffic law violators
paid their fines into the Salem
Justice office, over which Judge G.
E. Unruh presides.
Coroiiado Case
To Be Reargued
;On February 27
Washington, Jan. 3. The Coro
nado case, one of the most im
portant labor and industrial cases
to come 'before the supreme court
in the last decade was today Bet for
re-argument February 27.
The court also set for argument
on the same date two other labor
cases involving the act of the state
of Kansag setting up a court of in
dustrial relations.
Both Hughes and
Balfour Asked
To Be Mediators
Washington, Jan. 3. (By As
sociated Press.) Arthur J. Bal
four and Secretary Hughes have
been approached by the Chinese
arms delegation regarding the ex
isting deadlock with the Japanese
on Shantung and have been asked
to mediate, it was learned today
on high authority.
1922
May Succeed Penrose
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Washington, Jan. 3. Prediction that Governor Sproul of
Pennsylvania would within 48 hours announce his intention
of resigning to accept appointment as United States senator
to succeed the late Boise Penrose was made today by Senator
Watson, of Indiana, one of the republican leaders of the
senate, after a call at the White House.
The particular reason which
organization to urge speed in
Senator Penrose's death,- is understood to be the approaching
vote on the Ford-Newberry election contest. Senator Watson
said today that the vote probably would be close.
Revocation Of Taxi
Licenses For Booze
Carrying Cars Asked
An ordinance with several molar
teeth in it, calculated to arrest the
activities of any taxicab or jitney
drivers who may be transporting
intoxicating liquor in Salem, will
be presented by Henry andevort
to the city council when it meets
tomorrow night.
The ordinance provides:
That any license granted by the
city of Salem to any person, firm
or corporation for the operation of
any taxicab, jitney, automobile or
other vehicle, may -be suspended
when such vehicles are found to be
engaged in the transportation of
intoxicating liquor.
That the license will be bus
pended or revoked for the entire
unexpired term. -
That the judge of the municipal
court may suspend such a license
upon the request or recommenda
tion of the chief of police, provid
ing that the judge is ot the opin
ion that the recommendation is
well taken. The motorist may,
however, demand a hearing of his
case.
The ordinance also provides
that a maximum sentence of a fine
of $100 and 20 days in jail may
be meted out for the unlawful
transportation of liquor. A final
section reads: -
"Inasmuch as Intoxicating liq
uor is being unlawfully transport
ed in taxis, jitneys, autos and oth
er vehicles licensed by the city of
Salem, this ordinance is declared
to be necessary for the immediate
preservation ot the public health,
peace and safety of the city and
shall be In full force upon its ap
proval by the mayor."
Leonard To Meet
Dundee Next Week
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 3. Ben
ny Leonard, lightweight pugilistic
champion, whose scheduled con
test with Plnkey Mitchell fell
through yesterday when the lat
ter reported an attack of neurit
is in his left shoulder, will meet
Johnny Dundee here January 12.
The house had been sold out.
the receipts totalling about $40,-
000. Leonard refused to claim
Mitchell's $1000 appearance for
feit or to accept expenses from
the promoters.
Mitchell's condition Is not re
garded as serious. ,
PRICE TWO CENTS
induced the senate republican
filling the vacancy left by
Wheat Price
Breaks? 1-2
Cents Today
Chicago, Jan. 3. Excited trad
ing In late dealings in the wheat
market today broke prices as
much as 7 cents in some cases.
The closing, although very nerv
ous, was at a slight reaction from
bottom figures, with May at
$1.07 3-4 to $1.08 and July at
97 3-4 to 98 cents.
The downward sweep of the
Wheat market attained its great
est momentum In the last hour of
trading. Extreme losses amounted
to 7' a bushel, with May at
$1.07 and July at 97 3-4. Weak
ness which prevailed in the New
York stock market counted to a
noticeable extent as a bearish fac
tor here during the later dealings
in wheat,-
Supreme Courts
Decides 3 Cases
Opinions in three minor canes
were handed down by the supreme
court today as follows:
Delia Acton vs. J. C. Lamberson
et al, appellants; appeal from Mal
heur county; petition for rehear
ing denied in opinion by Justice
Bean.
Fredorlckle Marshall vs. August
Olson, appellant; appeal from
Multnomah county; action to re
cover damages, resulting from au
tomobile collision. Opinion by
Chief Justice Burnett; Judge J. P.
Kavanaugh reversed and case re
manded. Alfred A. Bakke vs. John F.
Johnson, appellant; appeal from
Douglas county; suit for damages.
Opinion by Chief Justice Burnett; j
Judge J. W. Hamilton affirmed.
Petition for rehearing denied in:
Cordroy vs. Steamship Bee. I
Eolline Pin Eonts Bandits.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 3. Mrs.
Isidore Jacobs, wife of a local
storekeeper, who was ordered by
two bandits to throw up her hands,
grabbed a rolling pin and routed'
the bandits.
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENTS
PHEONIX
PREPARES
F0RFL00D
Overflow Waters of
Cave Creek Reported
Inside City Limits
This Morning
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 3 -Efforts
to divert the flood wat
ers of Cave creek throueh an
openinff in 'a railroad em
bankment two blocks north
of the state capitol were keep
ing the water from the eapitol
and the fashionable residence
district surrounding it this
afternoon.
Flood waters from Cave
creek escaped from efforts to
divert it at a point two blocks
northwest of the state capitol
shortly before 2 o'clock this
this afternoon and started to
ward the capitol.
, Phoenix, Ariz., Jan.- 3. Flooa
water from- Cave creek reached the
city limits of Phoenix shortly aft
er 8 o'clock this morning, accord
ing to reports received by officials
of the Salt River Valley Water
Users' association. .-"
Officials of the Water Users' as
sociation said that the crest of the
flood passed the Arizona canal, ten
miles north of Phoenix, about 5
o'clock this morning. At Uiat
hour, they said, the water at the
canal dropped 18 Inches.
Fear that continued rains might
cause another rise in the water
was expressed here, however. Re
ports received here indicate that
more rain fell in the Cave creek
watershed last night.
The water entered the city at a
point about a mile and a half from
the state capitol, which ia in the
direct path of the flood.
Residents of the northwest part
of the city have been moving from
their homes all morning. Others
living in that section of the city
are moving their furniture to the
upper floors of their homes.
No estimate of the total amount
of water In the flood is yet possi
ble, Water Users' association offi
cials said. v
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan, 3. All resi
dents of the northwestern portion
of Phoenix were notified by the
sheriff's office and police depart
ment early today to leave their
homes because of danger from
flood waters from Cave creek.
Cave creek broke through the
Arizona and Grand canals, two
large arteries of the Salt river val
ley irrigation district ,north of
Phoenix, last night and was ex
pected to reach Phoenix early this
morning. ,
Precautions to minimize the
damage at the state capitol should
it be flooded again were being tak
en by H. M. Alexander, custodian
of the building, this morning. The
basement ot the capitol was filled
with water which reached a depth
of about two feet on the floor dur
ing the Cave creek flood last Au
gust.
Mr. Alexander this morning wag
moving articles out of the base
ment and placing sand bags
against the doors.
Prisoner Stabbed
To Death In Pen
Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 3.
R. E. Powers, alias Jack Powers,
serving a term of from -one to 15
years for grand larceny from Spo
kane county, wag stabbed to death
at 11 o'clock thia morning in the
tailor shop of the state peniten
tiary here by Joe Carlo.alias Dan
Camillo, of Spokane county. No
reason for the murder has been
given by Camillo who has a long
prison record, having served six
previous sentences in penitentiar-
During 1921
The
Capital Journal
Carried
40,101
Want Ads
Not Including real estate
and classified directory,
totalling 199,755 lines.
.DOUBLE the number of
any other paper in the
field.
..This was a gain ot 1S95
want ads over the number
carried in 1920, and a gain
In lineage of 9,239 lines.
There's a Reason!