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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1922)
A. JAN 1 8l82i " ciKClXATION fnr 1920, 6250. -t.... Wire. : TBE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Sundny fair except probable rain In south west portion. Moderate winds, mostly easterly. LOCAL: No rainfall; westerly winds; cloudy; max. 42, mln. 20; river 1 feet and stationary. eg 15 TIT sjt TY0URTH YEAR NO. 12 GOETHALS 0 SURVEY Builder 'of -Panama Canal to Study Col umbia Basin and De cide Location Olympla, Wash., Jan. 14. Ne- Willi vjcut71tA ww'Ou .Hiai8 buimer 'usm" .o,i- a to undertake a survey o the Slumbia basin irrigation project Z the purpose of determining the UiMlity of the two proposed ri?er diversions, will be, closed mediately at a contract price of ..nnnn. Director D. A. Scott of the state department of conserva tion and development announced today General Goethals first ask el 25,000 to make the study, but director Scott was advised yester day that be would accept $20,000 H the state would guarantee the payment. The director Immediately wir ed the Columbia Basin committee ot the Spokane chamber of com merce to notify him at once If (5000 could be placed at his dis posal, which, with the $15,000 now in the Columbia Basin fund. would make the required amount. At a meeting today In Spokane the committee placed the $5000 la the bank with Director Scott as trustee, the department was no tified. The Spokane chamber of com merce will send a delegation over the state in an effort to raise the 10,000 required to bring Goethals here at the first named price. General Goethals will be asked to study the Columbia and Pend 0'Rellle river diversions and re port which plan is the most prac ticable In bringing the water on to the land. Drector Scott said today that correspondence with General Goethals Indicated that the en gineer would be available about February 1, The present offices of the Columbia Basin survey at Spokane will be placed at his dis posal, -If General Goethals desires them, the director said. Pay of College Profs Boosted Fifty Percent Chicago, Jan. 14. The salaries ot presidents and faculty members In state colleges and universities have increased 50 per cent since the school year of 1913-14, Com-, mlssioner John Tigert of the fed eral bureau of education said to- "day in an address before the eighth wnual meeting or the Association ol American Colleges. "In the collegiate year 1913-14," He stated, "the average salary of the presents of the state institu tions was $5245. In 1921-22 we used the presidents to estimate tb value of the rent of the house P'en in addition to the salary w to add to it the salary. In this way we arrived at an average H'ary ot $8861 from 74 report lug." Oregon, Iowa and Utah have the wgest number of students in col se, according to their respective wiations, and Tennessee has lowest proportion, with Arkan- "s "d New Mexico closely fol "wing Tennessee, Dr. George F. ot the United States bureau "education told the association. W. Zook stated that he obtained " information from statistics """Piled for the last full college of 1920-1921. "The stntictiy,B l-i it.i oinu icveui uai WHlornia, Oregon arid Utah take a larger proportion of their "Menu in their own colleges and --Miies than any other continued Dr. Zook. SfirrendeT of War Offenders Again Sought by Allies Jan. 14. (By Assocl Presa.)Surrender of Ger- L? rsed witb- offenses in tion with the war to the r trial is recommended in "tr.am!!,Uti0ns adopted by the WaJ " emission on war ttae Public today. . 0.; Bank Bobber ,". Neb., Jan. 14. Three men entered the Commer J tata bank in Florence, . fctkej ,;2:U o'clock this noon. - cashfe: in the vault ae cashier. Pnrininh t Vault ni1 MtanAfl W.J. ;'nount estimated to be 'UUB M 2509. A car 'uuoa was alone in the PROJECT John Kendrick Bangs JNoted Lecturer and Author, Near Death John Kendrick Bangs, the noted author and lecturer, is seriously i ill in a hospital at Atlantl N. J. His physicians b hope for his recovery; Consolidatian i Of Five &h Districts! n A move for the consolidation of five school districts east of Salem Fruitland, Bethel, Auburn, Rickey and Swegel was set on foot at a meeting of the Fruitland Parent-Teacher association in the school house at Fruiland Friday night. Mrs. Mr L. Fulkerson, county superintendent of schools, had been invited to attend the meet ing and give her views on consoli dation. Explaining that she had no plan for the consolidation of the districts involved and was not advocating consolidation in this instance in particular, Mrs. Ful kerson declared herself to be em phatically in favor of consolida tion of schols wherever such move was feasible. By this she meant, she explained, where the district were properly situated where good roads made for suc cessful all-year transportation of pupils and where consolidation would result In better educational facilities than could he had under the old system. Mrs. Fulkerson took occasion to explain some of the objections to consolidation of schools as well as the advantages incident to such a move. Most of the objections, she declared, however, could be met by proper treatment. A large audience, including pa trons ot all the districts involved In the proposed merger attended the meeting. Mrs. Fulkerson's ad dress was preceded by a short pro gram of musical numbers and was followed by a discussion on the merits and demerits of consollda tion. The question will be follow ed up by an open discussion at the next meeting of the Fruitland Community club on the first Fri day night in February. Men's Cl:thss To Lean Toward Sober Effects New York, Jan. 14. Men's clothing during the coming year will be for the most part sober in its general effects, but will reflect something of the atmosphere of the ball room. The National As sociation ot Retail Clothiers and the International Association of Clothing Dealers, in session here, have collected Information through questionnaires, and this year's styles will be based on the views of customers thus expressed. A statement on the mode to be followed during the spring and summer of 1922 declared: "The sport garment has become the recognized necessity for golf and mortoring, owing to the pres ent era being distinctly toward outdoor life. "The tendency of coloring will be light gray and tan in club checks, herring bones and tweea. Trousers will be designed along straighter lines, with larger knees and wider bottom. "The spirit of the times shows trend toward the adoption by men of all ages of styles typical of and accepted by the younger genera tion. There is a growing tendency in nlain models in looser, wider shoulders with natural lapels and shoulder on higher lines." Fort Worth. Karl Fury ear, Denver, riven newspaper decision- over Dale Hill, Forth Worth, In ten rounds. P. , f PORTFOLIO REFUSED BY VIVIANI Poincare's Offer Of Ministership Is De clined by Former Premier of France Paris, Jan. 14. By The Asso ciated Press.) M. Poincare in his task of forming a French cabinet to succeed the Briand ministry asked former . Premier Rene Vi vianl to accept tue post of minis ter of justice, with the vice presi dency of the cabinet, but Viviani refused the portfolio, it was offi cially announced this afternoon. Paris, Jan. 14. (By The As sociated Press.) Raymon Poln- care, selected by President Miller- and to form the new French cabi- net, gives his views on the Cannes conference in today's Revue Deal"'"""""" -"wwa rreuiier wesis- Deux Mondes. 'While not an absolute opponent of commercial negotiations with Russia M. Poincare does not ap prove of giving them "the solemn consecration of a conference to which the chiefs of all European governments are summoned, those of. Russia and Germany in the front rank." He continues: "Wilson was called aft Idealist and a dreamer. The covenant ot the League of Nations, however defective, expressed at least some precise Ideas and in fact, despite the regrettable defection of the United States, that institution has not failed to render service. But with the Genoa conference we plunge into the unknown." I ' With regard to reparations he writes: "It is much lesg important for us to ivjceive tomorrow two or three hundred millions than to as sure for ourselves tomorrow and later maintaining the total ot our debt and our right to enforce its payment." M. Poincare favors the French British pact, but on terms of ade quate equality. . Railroad Buys Electric Line At WaHa Walla Portland, Ore., Jan. 14. Pur- him to the tobacco shed and cov chase of the 27 mile interurban ered him with' tobacco. electric railway system of Walla Walla Traction company, a sub- sidiary of the Pacific Power & Light company, by the Norths, western Improvement company, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railway company, was consum mated today at the office of Guy W. Talbot, president of the sell ing corporation. Judge George T. Reid, vice-, president of the Northern Pacific and an executive of the purchas ing company, and E.- Askevold, auditor ot the Northwestern Im provement company with head quarters at Tacoma, were present when the transfer of, papers was made. The electric railway lines pur chased cover the city of Walla Walla, with a main line running to Milton and Freewater and a' few smaller branches. The con- MArt a ,rwi form, nf were not announced. Judge Reid denied there was any inttention to electrify the Northern Pacific lines in Walla Walla county as a result of the taking over of the interurban electric lines by a subsidiary cor poration of the Northern Pacific. Circuit Court Docket Arranged Dates for cases to be heard dur ing the next week of the circuit court were determined by Judge Kelly and attorneys for plaintiffs and defendants this morning and placed on the docket as follows: January 16, Charles ti. Arcnera Implement company vs. Brown; Jan. 17, Arbuckle vs. Neilson; Jan. 18, state vs. Rodgers; Jan. JO Batchelar vs. Dental; Jan. 21, Furrer vs. Martin. The only criminal case is mat of the state against Rodgers, the defendant being charged with as sault with intent to kill Officer Birtchet, a Salem policeman, who Interferred in a row between Rodgers and his wife tast month and was shot In the shoulder. York. Fred Fulton, v.... uinn. nd Bartleylday, quoting MdTn, New fork, fight u'gora, tb. Turkish nationalist cap rouadst draw. ut SALEM, OREGON, SATURD AY, JANUARY 14, Inventor of Repeating Rifle Dead Hartford, Conn., Jan. : 14. Christopher Minor Spencer, 88, in ventor of the Spencer repeating rifle and of the first automatic screw machine, one of the beat known American inventors, died at the home of his son, Roger M. Spencer, here today. France Alone Unfriendly to Moratorium Paris, Jan. 14. (By Associat ed Press) That France stands alone in her viewpoint and policy towards Germany was reported as the outcome of the interview this'1 D afraotiAAn V.4--. " I T l jruiuuare ana rnme minister Lloyd-George. Although no official announce ment was -made it was nearned from a member of the Belgian delegation returning from the Cannes conference of the supreme council that M. Poincare opposed granting a moratorium to Ger many, in favor of which Belgium, Great Britain and Italy are solid ly united. Farmer Admits Murdering Man Madison, Wis., . Jan. 14. Hartwell Farwell, held in connec tion with' the death of Philip Houston of Windsor, Wis., whose body was found in a burning hay stack near Portage Thursday night admitted in a statement signed this afternoon before Sheriff Mc Cormlck that he Bhot and killed Houston on January 10, ' Farwell, a farmer -HTiirg-' Hear Vienna, Wis., said he opposed Houston's attentions to his sister and shot the man when he found him with the young woman Tues day night. He asserted, however, that he shot in self defense. "I carried him to Dalley woods, across the road, and left hi mthere until 10 o'clock that night," Far well's statement said. "I then moved him under the east end of my barn. On Wednesday I moved January iz i tooK mm in my automobile to Columbia coun- ty an diett mm in a naysiacic ana Bet tire to the tack." Conference On . Arbitration of Strike Called Washington. Jan. 14 The com mittee appointed yesterday of 60 members of the house from the agricultural states to urge federal arbitration of the packer strike will confer Monday with Secretar ies Hoover, Wallace and Davis. The committee as named Is head ed by Representative Keller, re publican, Minn. While the plan to be suggested by the committee ' was not made public, memoers expressea tne nope today that it might pave the " settlement ol diincuiuea i St. Paul. Alberta Lea, Omaha, place. - .vnniir Taflrpt? CllOW UdlxlCU Beaten by Legion At Independence By a score of 27 to 14 the Inde pendence American Legion basket ball team defeated the Salem Yel low Jackets last night in the game played at Independence. This is the first defeat of the Salem ag gregation since their victory over the Eugene, Comets during the fore part of the week. British Agree To Protect Belgium Paris, Jan. 14. (By Associated) Press.) Foreign Minister Jaspar of Belgium anounced this evening a tentative agreement for a Brit ish-Belgian pact in which Great Britain promises her aid to the full against an attack upon Bel gium or the Tiolation of her terri tory. Turk Leader Murdered. London, Jan. 14. (By Associ ated Press.) Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader, has been murdered, says an Exchange Telegraph associated dispatch from Constantinople to ft report from An- ARMENIAN PEOPLE TO h EVACUATE General Exodus Plan ' ned; League Asked to Furnish Transporta tion for 120,000 ; Geneva, Jan. 14. (By Assoc! ated Press) Paul Hymans, pres ident of the council of the league of nations, presented to the coun cil this morning a telegram which Cardinal Mercier,- p'rimSte of Bel glum, had received from the protestant community and the Ar menian Catholic patriarchate of Constantinople stating that the entire Armenian population had decided to evacuate the country, The telegram urgently appealed for vessels to transport 120,000 persons. ' DrugsUsedto Get Statement Negro Alleges Helena, Mont., Jan. 14. In an affidavit filed today with the state prison commission, Roy Martin, a negro, former inmate ot the peni tentiary, refutes his sworn state ment which leads the T. H. Mc Donald report accusing former Warden Frank Conley of misap propriating state property valued at $200,000, and declares it was made while he was under the in fluence of drugs. The affidavit was filed at a meeting of the prison board by Colonel C. B. Noland, chief coun sel' tor Conley, who Asked that it be made a part of the records. In the new affidavit which was made iaJ? ortland on January 7 Martin declares he was given his freedom for making the sworn statement. following the filing of the new affidavit. Governor Dixon said: "Of course I realize this new Martin affidavit will have a ten dency to make the original one in effective. But we have facts and figures, contained in the state ac countant's report, which verify all of the essential statements In the negro's first affidavit." Store Closes to Honor Hero Son of Business Man - In honor of Lieutentant Chester Miller, son ot F. O. Miller, the store of Miller Mercantile com pany was closed for five minutes today at 2 o'clock when the body ot the soldier arrived and was bur ied in Portland. ' ' Lieutenant Miller came through numerous campaigns overseas with his company without a scratch and was already to board the train in France, when one of the nurses fell on the track just as the train was arriving. The officer saved the nurse, but made the supreme sacrifice. Boy Scout Cabin Plans Underway Plans for the Boy Scouts' cabin to be erected by the Salem organ ization three miles from town In Polk county on 15 acres of land leased them f re of charge, are be ing drawn by Scout Donald Ed mundson and are Bearing comple tion, according to Scout Executive F. H. Inser. Mr. Inser also announced that plans are going forward for Boy Scout week which will be held February 8 to 14, the conclave to be held on February 14. Demon strations of the activities of the Scouts will form a .major part of the program. Villers Accepts Call To Portland Portland, Or., Jan. 14. Dr. Thomag J. Villers, pastor ol the First Baptist church of Detroit, Mich., today accepted a call to the First Baptist church -of Portland and stated he would take up his work here on March 1. Breshears Gets 5-Years Sentence 'tortland, Or., Jan. 14. Circuit Judge Robert Morrow today sen tenced Ed Breshears to the state prison for five years and to pay a tin of $200 for manslaughter in causing the death ot Joe Briggs, November IS, whom Bresbeara killed with a shotgun in a row ever the sale of apples. 1922 Say Soldiers Hanged jr Jr ; . W , 1 i . 1 VjP s V ' - 'h!4 . ! - . v , 1 "t) E Awitu Eiiwa cfrftwi (5 Three former American soldiers, Herbert L. Cadenhead, of Green ville, Miss.; Lemuel Smith, of Dublin, Va., and Edwin Duner, of San Francisco, who testified before the Senate Committee appointed to investigate the charges by Senator Watson that American soldiers were wantonly executed in France. Cadenhead said he witnessed the execution ot "ten or twelve" men at Is-sur Tille while engaged in transporting German prisoners in that vicinity. Smith, who has been in an institution for the insane since his return from overseas, testified that he saw Major H. L. Opie shoot an American soldier. Duner also offered testimony. DOUGHBOYS UNAWARE OF VESSEL'S DANGER; 1000 COME ON CROOK New York, Jan. 14. (By As sociated Press.) A thousand doughboys returning from Ger many on the transport Crook learned today for the first time that their ship had Bprung a leak last Tuesday and had been in dan ger during great gales that swept the North Atlantic. "Not a crap game stopped," was the smiling comment ot Captain Frank Reppa, as the Crook was being lashed to her pier at the transport base in Brooklyn. The transport St. Mihiel, which had been dispatched to her assistance, accompanied her up the bay. The doughboys eagerly scanned the newspapers giving accounts of the plight Of the Crook, and then remarked that sea sickness gave them more concern than anything else. Captain Reppa said that most of the crew ot 140 were sent below deck to plug up open seams, bomu water leaked in and it was neces sary to remove baggage. Care was taken to see that the water did not reach the coffins of 652 bodies of American soldiers which were transported from French cemeter ies for reinterment in their native soil. The Crook's skipper was lnclin td to belittle the experience. He said some of the rivets had givn away, causing the seams to open, but that at no time was there great danger. In addition to the 968 enlisted men and 50 casuals, the Crook brought 14 German brides and eight babies. Most ot the enlisted men had been engaged in policing the Rhine. Many of them had seen hard fighting in the war. They were marched to Fort Hancock soon will be sent to various parts of the country for demobilization. Red Cross welfare workers were at the dock and distributed coffee and sandwiches to the soldiers and crew. Clothes! Clothes! Clothes! Associated Charities Plea Clothes, all kinds of clotthes, baby clothes, women's clothes, mens' clothes, coats, trousers, shoes, and other wearing apparel, are wanted at once by the Associated charities of this city, according to Dr. Henry E. Morris, secretary of the organization. The need for clothing is second only to the need of food and money for those in straitened circumstances. Potatoes, with other articles of food, which can be used to feed many hungry mouths, will be accepted by the organization at its headquarters, 640 State street, across from the postoffice and two doors east of the First Methodist church. The Associated Charities have already taken care of 200 to 300 families since its organization but have found also an equivalent need forlL PRICE TWO CENTS Removal of Howatls Sustained Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 14.- John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers of America, was upheld in his action in removing Alex ander Howat of Kansas as presi dent ot district 14 of the mine workers when Judge Samuel A. Dew of Jackson county circuit court today refused to make per manent a temporary restraining order i granted Howat and his as sociates early in December. The order sought would have barred Lewis from interferring in any nr jn district 14 Income Taxes Due Soon; Collector to Visit Here Feb. 16 For the purpose of assisting taxpayers ot Marion county In making out their income tax re turns, Deputy Collector Collins of Portland will be be at the post office building in Salem between February 16 and February 25, ac cording to Information received here today from Clyde Huntley, collector of Internal revenue. The deputy collector will be in Silverton from February 1 to February 4, and in Woodburn on February 6 and 7. The law provides that all re turns must be in the office ot the collector ot internal revenue at Portland on or before March 15. Those failing to comply with the law are subject to heavy penalties All taxpayers are urged to make out their returns at once, thereby avoiding the rush ot the last hour. i ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS JAPS GIVE KIAOCHOW TO CHINA Agreement Reached On Administration of Leasehold Terri tory In Shantung Washington, Jan. 14 (By As- 1 sociated Press) Japan through her arms conference delegation agreed today to, transfer to China the administration of the leased territory of Kiao Chow in Shan tung province. The agreement becomes effect ive when a complete settlement is reached on the entire Shantung controversy now before the Chi nese and Japanese delegates. The Japanese also agreed today to hand over to the Chinese govern ment ill documents necessary for the administration of the lease hold when the transfer Is effected. Discrimination Charged Washington, Jan. 14. (By As sociated Press) The Far Eastern experts of the arms conference have been trying to work out a plan to meet the Chinese com plaint that existing railways In China controlled by foreign In terests have been discriminating against the Chinese and other na tionalities not Included within the secret arms contracts. It appeared today, however, that the effort must be abandoned for the reason that the experts have not been able to collect the facts necessary to reach sound conclusions. Naturally the parties who will profit by the alleged dis criminations will not come for ward against themselves, and all efforts of the experts to get at the truth have been met by flat denials by the management of the railroads that discrimination is practiced. Japanese Stand Pat Another one of the Chinees' points that seemed destined to fall of accomplishment relates to the surrender of leased territor ies. ... - "' It is well understood by the conference generally that there Is not the slightest Intention on the part of the Japanese to give up the Llao Tung peninsula and Port Arthur, for the possession of which they assert they sacrificed 100,000 lives, a vast treasure, and moreover, which they claim to hold under a perfectly lawful lease, quite different In scope from the holdings of other nation alities. Jury In Burch Case St'dl Out Los Angeles, Cay., San. 14.- The Jury of ten women and two men resumed deliberations today In the case of Arthur C. Burch ot Evanston, 111., charged with the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, lo cal broker. Indications were that the Jury was no nearer an agreement than at adjournment last night after a four and a half hours ot ballot ing, for last night one ot the wo men jurors sent a message to her husband requesting that he can cel an engagement that had been made for her tonight. Commercial Club Board Approves 1925 Exposition! At a special meeting held laet night, the board of directors ot the Salem Commercial club voted approval of a resolution, passed by club members at an open for um meeting Wednesday, which endorses the 1925 world's fair. Members of the club's board ars J. C. Perry, president; George L. Arbuckle, vice president; T. M. Hicks, secretary; W. I. Needham, treasurer; P. M. Gregory, W. E. Wilson, Russell Catlln, Dr. E. E. Fisher, William Busick, William McGUchrist, Jr., and Ed Schunke. Siamese Twins Cannot Be Parted Chicago, Jan. 14. Josefa and Roza Blazek, "Siamese twins," remain Jointed together until their death, physicians decided after X-ray examinations. The twins, born attached to each other, contemplated an opert tion to separate themselves, but feared that the death of one might- cause the death of the other. The doctors declared that to separate them now would1 result In the death ot both, and expressed th opinion that if one should die, the other also would die unless a phy sician could immediately seves them.