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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1922)
"jBBfro IGET PLACE ON BOARD ;3nate Votes to Give . ... -n estsseat un xeuciai Reserve Board I Washington, Jan. 17 The (Mate late, today bv a vote of g3 to 9 voted to amend the federal reserve act -so as to appoint a fanner to the fed eral reserve board. Washington, Jan. 17 The sen- ,te late today dereated a motion 10 send back to its banking and .mency committee the bill to put i larnier on the federnl reserve losrd. The motion made by Sen ior McLean, repuoncan, tun- lecticut, was voted aown, at to A Jew moments later tne senate lecepted, 64 to 10, the Kellogg linitb compromise amendment to be original bill providing .that a lamer be included on the reserve Board. This was held to forecast ol the bill. . Chicken's Heart Is Taken From : , Egg and Lives Republicans Summoned To Conference Washington, Jan. 17. Repub lics senators will hold their first conference of this session of con- greie tomorrow with the announc ed purpose of reaching an agree ment on the allied debt funding Mil. - . ' Strong democratic opposition to the bill in the form in which It m reported to the senate yester day was understood to have led to the call, issued today by Senator Curtis of Kansas, assistant repub lican leader. It Is known also that four or live republican senators are not wholly in accord with the .majori ty leaders as to a party policy on the funding bill. - New York,' Jan. 17. Part of the heart of a chicken that never was hatched, was beating today, the tenth anniversary of its removal from the embryo and isolation by Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller in stitute. . The tissu'e fragment is still growing, and its pulsations are. visible under the microscope, Dr. Carrel said. It grows" so fast that it is sub-divided ev ery 48 hours. HANGINGS IN FRANCE DESCRIBED Transfer of Irish Power Is Under Way Harding Says Road System Great Asset Supreme Court Decides 8 Cases Eight opinions were, handed down by the supreme court today a follows: ' Nettie Saville vs. R. E. Saville, appellant; appeal from Lane coun ty; suit for divorce. Opinion by Justice McCourt; Judge G. F. Skipwrth affirmed. it W. Nicholas, plaintiff and appellant, vs. Yamhill county and Sheriff w. G. Henderson; appeal 'ram Yamhill county; suit to re strain collection of special tax. Opinion by Justice McCourt; ?e H. H. Belt affirmed. Charles F. Kleinschmidt vs. wtral Trust company, et al, ap Wants; appeal from Baker coun- suit to enforce specifio per formance of an oral agreement. Wmou by Justice Harris; Judge mt Anderson reversed. Ccil C. Carter, appellant, vs. u estate company; appeal - 1.00s county; suit to fore mortgage. Opinion by Chief fZ Burnett; Judge John F " affirmed. John Larson et al vs. Bert Loe - , ajicai XIUIU JMU1L- Chlcago, Jan. 17. No single public improvement -has done more for the general good of the country than the development of the 1 highway system, President Harding told the delegates at tending the National Good Roads congress, which opened today, in a personal message brought to rhinairo bv Colonel H. L. Bowlby, president of the American Road builders' associaticin. The mes sage said: "There is now pretty nearly universal agreement that ho single public improvement has done in recent years or will do in coming years, more for the gen eral good of the country than the development of our highway sys tem. The task is an enormous one but better methods both in physi cal construction and in the rela tions of the community to high way development have been tak ing form in a most encouraging way." Letters were also read from Brigadier General Charles B. Saw yer and United States senar.01 Lawrence C. Philips of Colorado. Arrest of Irish Officers Aired Belfast. Jan. -(By Associ ated Press.) Ow VDulfy, binn Fein liaison , of, ' for "Ulster, said in an intervie r, iday he had taken ud with the 1 fin autnon ties the arrest Sund y members of the Royal Irish ct, 'i. vbulary 01 ten occupants of ail omies on their way from Mona to Lon donderry, who were ,Jrted by the constables to have represent ed themselves as Gaelic football players but who wore Irish repuD Wonn armv unitorms. fvnuffv declared one of the men arrested was Divisional Com mander Hagan of the northern division of the republican army and the others members of his staff. - , , TTnlfiss the men were immediate Itt released. O'Duffy announceu, he would take action. Arbuckle Case Again Delayed Utah county; suit for rescission "vumgo ol properties. OdIu 7 t Justice McBride; Judge Z ""wen affirmed. C. S T! !. TV" eser- appellant, vs. licit mgton; appeal from uuuian ot havlnS admeasured his W courtesy right of an estate. by Justice Brown; Judge Morrow nffirmofl M.7hr4 Woolsey, appellant, uraner et al; anni t rittUIlty: pet'on for ti.l Gfmtenbein, administrator C'tC' E' Gantenbein, vs. . Bowles, et al, appellant; iron, Multnomah county; , jn,b)ect funds of Willam- Hm??S & Realty company ! Bt ot corporate debt and Jti ccoting. Opinion by nrTel : JUdEe H- H" Belt i.tiUons for rehearing hn. Krteeer and Leet vs.' county; suit for the Testimony Over Burial of Veterans Without Removing of Death Caps Is Conflicting Washington, Jan. 17. Former service men detailed for duty with the American Graves Registration service in France denied before a senate investigating committee to day the bodies of soldiers legally put to death in France were bur ied with a stub of rope around the neck and the black cap which had been placed on them on the gal lows. . George A. Bamford of Washing ton and Jojin R. Flynn of Cam bridge, Mass., both testified they had heard of nothing to substan tiate such charges. Flynn de clared Rufus P. Hubbard of New York, who had testified that he saw bodies with rope and cap in tact, was a "trouble maker" who had- to be transferred on that ac count. Sullivan Disagrees. The committee went into hang ing methods as part of its general investigation of charges laid be fore the senate by Senator Wat son, democrat, Gorgia, that sol diers were hanged without trial in France. Disagreeing with witnesses who preceded him, Richard C. Sulli van of Somerville, Mass., an as sistant embalmer with the Graves Registration service, declared he saw two bodies taken up with rope and black cap intact. "Was there any evidence that the heart and brain were removed from the bodies of the men hanged?" asked Senator Watson. "I did not notice." -Sav Two Hanged. Edwin E. Lamb of Hartford Conn., a lieutenant colonel with expeditionary forces, was called. "Did you witness any execu tions in France?" "Yes. two at Bazailes. Both wero court martialed," he said. The condemned men were given opiates before the hanging to compose their nerves," the witness declared. 1 "In the case of the second man hanged. I think the body, was placed quickly in a coffin with the rope and cap still on it," Lamb added. Woman Testifies. The first woman to appear be fore the committee, Mrs. Griffiths of Washington, whose husband, Colonel Richard H. Griffiths, was killed in France, told of going to France in an effort to locate and identify his body. "It was a headless body," she declared, "and there was no tag on it." 'Are you sure the body was, or was not, that of your husband?" Senator Overman asked. "It was quite impossible to tell." Mrs. Griffiths declared there were no Identification marks on crosses above the graves at the cemetery where her husband was buried. The hearing was adjourned .un til tomorrow. , London, Jan. 17.. Details in cident to the transfer of author-' ity in southern Ireland from the Jonal administration established crown government to the provis ion Dublin were considered hero today. Eamon J. Duggan and Kevin O'Higgins, delegates of the Irish provisional government, ar rived in London to ctafer with members of the British cabinet relative to the investment of the new regime with governmental responsibility. The war office has announced that withdrawal of British forces in southern Ireland will begin at once and that the men will be moved as rapidly as conditions permit. The Morning Post, a newspaper which has steadfastly shown hos tility to Irish home rule and has upheld the principle of unionism, today printed the following dis patch from its Dublin correspond The provisional government will make a great mistake if it does not level Dublin Castle to the ground. There is an evil spell upon it. Its spirit of intolerance that it harbored and the kind of bureaucracy, the type of politician admirers it bred, did more to destroy the union than" agitators and treason mongers. "When the exodus begins, the fastnesses of Dublin Castle will disgorge high salaried officials who have not done a stroke of honest work in years. The correspondent intimated these officials against -whom he with "rebels" while drawing was writing were in collusion salaries and wearing titles re ceived from the crown. Offers Bonus To Renters For Each Babe Born Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 17. Humanity's greatest benefactor has been found in Walla Walla. Walla Walla is pressed for hous ing room but many vacant places are not open to couples having children. In order to combat the menace of "childless homes," F. W. Dudgeon, a wealthy real es tate man, has inserted the follow ing advertisement in the columns in the local papers: House for rent with bath and electric lights. Couple in order to be considered for this house must have children. If child is born in htuse a month's rent will be giv en for each child." Dudgeon is swamped with or ders vs. appeal from re- JUS- San Francisco, Jan. 17. There was no session of the Roscoe A,wki manslaughter trial in superior- court this morning, Dis trict Attorney Brady having asked ,i .t,,i certain Dhases of IIU1B IU o.J - the case more thoroughly. The court set the first of a series of extended sessions for 2 p. m. Taking of testimony was ex pected to begin - at this session. Long sessions from 2 to 6 o'clock i. in heine held to -i'.ti-o-o nf the court vpntion in San Francisco unnecessary, it was announced, year. A committee of Z. J. RiSKS. Both prosecution have expressed a Milton Meyers Is . Elected Head of Shriners Patrol At the election of officers held last night by members ot the Sa lem shrine, Milton Meyers was elected captain ot the patrol team, Albert Gille, first lieutenant and Lee Gilbert, second lieuten ant, i ''.' There is a movement on foot to organize a drum corps among the ai.rine members to attend the con- L11JS pedite the hearing, sions are as usual, 12 o'clock. and defense Gille ana uiioert were desire to ex- to look into the matter and see Morning ses- from 10 to Murders Wife and Wounds Daughter; Then Ends Life Hackensack, N. J. Jan. 17. -r-Peter Peppe, Monday shot and killed his wife, seriously wounded bia daughter Mary and then cora niited suicide at his borne in Lit is Fesrv. Peppe recently had been ar rested for non-support, the police said, and to this they ascribed . . ...J Al Teuto, potentate oi ai jvau" shrine in Portland. The commit tee left this morning for Portland to confer with Teuto, concerning the matter. Inventor of First Auto Is Called by Death -Dh.oter. N. Y., Jan. 17.- George Baldwin Selden, inventor of the first gasoline propelled ve hicle and a pioneer in the present automobile industry, died at i s home here today. He was presi dent of the Selden Motor company of this city ana PEACE IN "ERIN NOT SURE YET Catholic Leader Says - Tranquility Depends Upon Pacification of Many Factions London,, Jan. 17. The Earl of Denbigh, leader of the Catholic ; laity in England, sees a grim struggle ahead in Ireland and be lieves that, this is not the time for thanksgiving for an apparent vic tory, but for fervent prayer for the future. ill a roseate world of expressed hopes and voiced confidence that all is now over but the shouting, Lord Denbigh strikes a note of hard-headedness. Sinn Fein, in his view, has yet to make the lasting peace by its methods of government and by the clear vision it displays in deal ing with its own population and with the "associated" mother na tion, England. "We have now to consider the future," he gays, "a"hd let us, if we ,can, bury the past. Let Irish teachers cease. If possible, to feed their pupils on reminiscences of Queen 911zabeth and Oliver Crom well. Let Catholics try to forget the cruel and bitter religious per secutions and the disabilities un der.' which they suffered until comparatively recent times. "Let Orangemen realize that there is little or no sympathy in England with their one political cry jof 'To hell with the pope!' or with their absurd fears regarding religious persecution at the hands of a Dublin Parliament. "Well, the possibility of mak ing this' settlement a success will entirely depends on the Irish themselves. First of all, is it pos sible to get any free expression of public opinion ni Ireland? If it is not, are they a people fit for self-government? If it is, then I feel confident that events will show that a large majority of the Irish are neither Bolshevists nor Socialists, that they are people opposed to the extremists who have terrorized them and whose final defeat they would view with relief. "I am told that Sinn Fein wishes to win the respect of the world and Intends to show that, after all these years of demand for self-government, they are cap able of carrying it out Justly; that all the corner-boys and farm ers' sons who have fought for Sinn Fein in the belief that vic tory, will mean their acquiring their neighbors' property (espec ially that of the loyalists in the south and west) for next to notn ing will experience the surprise of their lives at the hands of a very heavy-fisted and efficient Sinn Fein' police. Well, we shall see. . Spurned Duke, Divorces American Hilt 1 1 'Mwffwww " ' ' "I Washington. Society here was stirred when It became known that Mrs. Katherlne Elkins Hitt, one time belle pf Washington and daugh ter of the late Senator Elkins, whose romance which the Duke of Abruzzi a decade ago kept the capital agog for several years, has obtained a divorce from William E. R. Hitt,, son of Representative Hitt, of Illionis. The Third Paris Chamber on June 20 last issued a decree which made the divorce effective sixty days later.when Hitt failed to enter a demurrer aganlst the French verdict.- Both are here. Mrs. Hi'tt is at the home of her mother, the widow of Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Mr. Hitt has been staying at the home of his mother, Mrs. Robert R. Hitt. Since the Hitts returned to the United States on different ships, gossip and rumor have been rife in Washington. It was accepted by their friends that they were divorced, but nothing was definitely known about the affair. Rumor here has it that the Hitts see much more of .each other since the reported divorce than they did before,, and they are reported as getting along famously. Weeks Claims Ford's Attack Not Justified Washington, Jan. 17. Secre tary Weeks in a forma statement today described as "unwarranted criticism" the assertions o Henry Ford that action on the proposal for the Detroit manufacturer for purchase and lease of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and power projects had been unnecessarily delayed by the war department. , The war secretary in his state ment added that Mr. Ford during their conference here last Satur day made "no complaint as to de lay' and gave the secretary to un derstand that he would make no public statement on the confer ence. Mr. Weeks' statement was brought -forth by charges of un necessary delay in declarations made by Mr. Ford prior to his de parture from Washington after the conference. Blinded by Snow Workman Falls From Dock; Dies wvorett. Wash., Jan. 17.- Blinded hr falling snow John W. Fitzoatrick, aged 3, mill watch man, fell off a mill dock here last night and died at his home a few hours later, death resulting from exposure and injuries received .-h.n he struck debris. He was in the water half aa hour. Father Buck Opens Thrift Campaign at ; Kiwanis Luncheon Inauguration of the thrift cam paign in Salett which is being sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. thru out the country was' held- this noon at the regular meeting or the Kiwanis club luncheon and began by a speech from Father J. R. Buck, who reviewed the life ot Eanjamin Franklin, the patron of the movement. Father Buck called attention to the fact that Franklin lived through the trying period of our history and that !his life was an example of what thrift meant in every sense of the word. C. A. Kells, secretary ot the Y. M. C. A., following Father Buck, loutlined the plans being carried on throughout the country, nam ing each day's topic during the week. The entertainment feature of today's program was furnished by part of the Elks' club Mardi Gras troupe Including Robert Manning, Dorothy Hall, George Carroll, Casey Jones, Al Newman and Abe Bressher, the song com poser, under the management of C. H. Kaplow. Curtis E. Cross reported on the salesmanship course which starts tonight at the Y. M. C. A., T. E. McCroskey, secretary of the Com mercial club, having been secured to take the class through the 17 lessons of the course. Oldest Woman Mayor To Give Town Dusting Magnetic Springs, Ohio, Jan. 17. Twenty-four hours after as suming the duties of mayor of this health resort village, Mrs. Mary McFadden, aged 80, said to be the oldest woman mayor in the United States, today announced that she intends to give "this town a lit tle dusting." Her policy, she said, would be: War on male vamps. Enforcement of the prohibition laws. ' - , . Harmony with council. Mrs. McFadden was appointed to act as mayor of the village by Mayor N. O. Brown. Her appoint ment was popular, scores of towns people flocking to her home to congratulate her. Burch Jury Not Able To Agree; WaiBe Retried Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 17. The date of a second trial of Ar thur C. Burch, indicted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, was expected to be set today in the superior court, where yesterday a jury of ten women and two men reported a disagreement and were discharged after a first trial last ing eight weeks. " According to members ot the jury who gave interviews to news paper reporters their vote on the final ballot was ten to two for conviction. It was expected the second trial would be set to follow that of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, In dicted with Burch, which is set to begin February 6. "I am going to keep after Burch until I get him," declared Thomas Lee Woolwine, district attorney. Receipts of the Albany post office for the last month were 11 per 'cent greater than during December, 1920. Customs Officers Must Use Algebra Under Tariff Plan Washington, Jan. 17. When you were a youngster in the mesh of a high school curriculum you often wondered what eartniy use algebra would or could be to you in after life. The senate finance committee will furnish one answer when it turns 'out the so called Dermanent tariff bill. Under the plan tentatively agreed upon to base duties on the selling price In this country of the Imported article difficulty would be met where the Imported goods bad not been freely sold In the Japanese Honor Okuma's Memory Tokio, Jan. 17 (By Associated Press.) Many thousand Japanese today paid tribute to the memory of Marquis Shigenobu Okuma1 Japan's noted statesman who died here last week. Before the funer al services were held today, long lines admirers filed past the body as it lay In state in a special ly constructed pavllllon in Hibiya park. Most of the mrabers of the royal household as well as numer ous government offiicals and dl plomats, visited the Okuma resi dence yesterday to. pay tribute to his memory and to offer condol ences to the family. This morning a private religi ous service was held In the home, after which the body was removed to the park, escorted by a special detachment of the cavalry. Dur ing the funeral ceremony a salute of 19 guns was fired. The inter ment was private. FAILURE OF HEART IS CAUSE E. P. Morcom Col lapses While Cross -Examining Witness In Circuit Court E. P. Morcom, Woodburn at torney, died of heart failure while trying a case in the circuit court this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The case, was well under way when Mr. Morcom, appearing for the defendant in the suit of F. B. ; Arbuckle and H. C. O'Neill against J. R. Neilson, was cross-examining Arbuckle, who had been put on the stand by Robin Day, attor ney for the plaintiffs. In the course ot the cross-examination Mr. Morcom held up a re ceipt, saying: . "I offer this in -evidence, if the court please." "No objection," stated the op posing attorney. Mr. Morcom Bank to the floor. Pronounced Dead. His body was taken Into the chambers of Judge Percy Kelly, before whom the case was being tried. Dr. Roy Byrd, who was at that yme in the building, was im mediately called and with the aid of Dr. W. H. Garnjobst, later sum moned, conducted a thorough ex amination, pronouncing it heart failure. When he arrived at the court house this morning, shortly before 9 o'clock, Mr. Morcom seemed to , be In god spirits, but when asked be in good spirits, but when asked by Merle Ivie, circuit court cleric neither felt good nor bad in health. Immediately upon the comple tion of the doctors' examination E. N. Hall, undertaker of Wood burn, was notified to return the body to the Morcom ho'me. Visited East Recently. Mr. Morcom is survived by his wife, now in Woodburn, and his only daughter, Ii:rs. T. M. Strong ot Dodgeville, Wisconsin, whom he visited on his eastern trip a little over a month ago. He was born In Dodgeville in 1860, grad uating from the high school thers In 1882, At the age ot fifteen he began reading law, and was ad mitted t0 the bar in 1887 at Tow er, Minnesota. , In 1891 he came to Portland and was shortly afterwards ad mitted to the bar and became a member of the Btate bar associa tion. In 1892 he moved to Wood burn, and the following year to Silverton, returning to Woodburn in 1904, where he was active In civic affairs. He was elected city attorney for & number ot terms, and took a greater Interest in the work of the Methodist church. During hiB recent trip east, Mr. Morcom visited all the principal cities and was admitted to prac tice before the United States su preme court. Pending the funeral arrange ments, which will be announced later, no cases will be tried In the circuit court, the suit In which Mr. Morcom was appearing hav ing been postponed for the term. Two Earthquake Shocks Recorded Spokane, Wash., Jan. 17. Two distinct earthquake shocks of some 'intensity were recorded by the seismograph at Gonzaga uni versity here last night, at 8 and 8:08 p. m. The shocks continued with diminishing force until 8:49. Washington, Jan. 17. An earthquake, described as "very severe," and estimated to have oc curred at a distance 2500 miles south of Washington was recorded on the seismograph at George town university, beginning at 10:5$ yesterday and continuing until after 1 a. m. today. The per- rnltM States. A value on whlcn lod of greatest intensity was re . I,... . Hnv would have to be eorded eight minutes after the found by algebraic formula. disturbance began. Rodgers' Trial Is Postponed Death of Morcom Cause Due to the congested condition of the docket and out of respect for E. P. Morcom, Woodburn at torney who died in court this morning, the trial of Williairt Rodgers, indicted by the grand jury on the charge of assault with intent to kill W. W. Bitcbc-tt, Sa lem police officer, was postponed by Judge Percy Kelly this morn ing and will not be heard until 10 o'clock Monday morning. The trial was supposed to have com menced tomorrow morning. Passage of Borah Bill Protested Chicago, Jan. 17. A protest against the passage of tlio Borah bill, exempting coastwise shipping from payment of Panama tolls, has been forwarded today to Illi nois senators and representative by the Illinois Manufacturers' as sociation. Passage of the bill would dis criminated against the Mississippi Valley and favor seaboard inter ests, the protest asserted. the tragedy.