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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1922)
-uON STATE UBRABX JAN S 0 192$ CIRCULATION iimrsKe for December 613. Ration of Salem, 1900. 4258; mo 14,094; 1920, 17,679. Marion County, 1920, 47,177; Polk County, 1920, 14,181. Member of Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated Press Full Teased Wire. ; THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Friday rain west, snow east portion; not so cold tonight east portion. Fresh to strong southerly winds. LOCAL: Rainfall .19; southerly winds; cloudy; max. 62, min. 42; river 6.8 feet and falling. max dALiEM. (JKEGON. THTTRRT) A y. .T A "NTT A T?V 9fi 1Q99 RESEARCH URGED AS FARM AID Utilization of Science In Promotion of Agri wiltural Policy Is Peclared Need Washington, Jan. 26. Utiliza k. t scientific research in pro- Lion of a sound agricultural AT ws considered today by the .mil agricultural conference. While the conference was in ses- delegates continued to dis- ma informally the matter of bringing before the conference a solution endorsing the; "agri .nri bloc" in congress. Dozens $ other resolutions were in pro em of formulation. Tim need of a greater food sup- pi, or an increasing population m outlined for the delegates by Br. & D, B"11- director of scien lifit work of the department of Ifriculture. He declared there ns no over-production now but Hire was under-consumption Pinchot Is Speaker. Gilford Pinchot of Pennsylvania presented the need for a national forest policy. With five-sixths of the virgin limber of the United States gone, "we are replacing by growth only tie-fourth of what we cut, Mr. Pinchot told the conference. Mr. Pinchot advocated a nation il forestry law to become effective it once. If the 460,000,000 acres titimberland remaining produced It cubic feet per acre per year, tbey could almost meet the present needs, he pointea out, adding that only fifteen cubic feet per acre fit now produced. II American agriculture is to succeed in competition with the Alii, natural resources and cheap er labor of other countries, "we must depend upon our superior knowledge," Raymond A. Pearson, president of Iowa State college of ipicnlture and merchanical arts, Mi the national agricultural con ference today, in a plea for in creased agricultural research. ' Must Eely on Knowledge- "New methods for reducing ml of production, the better dis tribution of farm products and better methods of marketing are lorelv needed at this time," he Bid, "adding that such methods ill belp to reduce the cost of liv Ing." A natinnnl nnlfv tnt ayt.i.ni ,,..,, .Bi.u.- inould have federal and state fi wclal support. Higher salaries, be tfcclared, were needed to attract 'We men to the research work, tocethe scientific ranks were be H depleted rapidly by industrial "Menu offering greater remun Mion. He also advocated nnecial -Warships and fellowships to Provide competent men for the wort Anti-Lynching Bill Wins Test mwumgiuii, jan. m. ay a vote of 230 to 119, the house today passed the Dyer antl-lynching Dili. The measure now goes to the senate. Washington, Jan. 26. Oppon ents of the Dyer anti-Iynching bill were routed in the house to day when they attempted to have the bill killed by elimination of the enacting clause. A motion to strike out the enacting clause, made by Representative Sumner, democrat, Texcs, was voted down 139 to 100, ten republicans vot ing with democrats in the affirmative. DALLAS TO PROTEST LOST GAME Victory of Salem Hi To Be Contested; On Decisions Made by Referee Zeller AGRICULTURAL BLOC IN SENATE IS COMMENDED PRICE TWO CENTS KsAD?ivTcNS FARMERS RAPPED BY INDUSTRY i Storm General Along Coast; No Relief In Sight sn Francisco, Jan. 26. Low H of the interior will be the Mt and most comfortable sec "U of Washington state during "Kit 14 nr 91! hnnr. Uff Jtbe United States weather bu- bere, which predicts possl- valanches in the Cascade "Mtains between the British Arabia and Oregon boundaries fresh to strong gales along toast. J'orm warnings have been sted along the Washington sea " and at Marshfield in Ore- Rain In Washington, rain In "tern Oregon and snow In the ""wa section of that state, are "dieted. Seattli Htuati e, Wash., Jan. 26. Con- Inn .. - . . lur at least anotner z "of the rain and wind storm '5I "truck Seattle early today Predicted by weather bureau "all here, who said the barom jT ws falling steadily, indicat 2JJ proable increase in wind "y from the southwest. 41 T&tonsh r oclty of 56 miles was report- " O'clock Sixty- Mile Gale . Hits North Head lo Ore.. Jan. 26. The Columbia Is experiencing ., "rSt Wind an rain el,,n, nt Dallas, Ore., Jan. 26. (Special) Dallas high school will protest the basketball game between the local school and Salem high school here last evening, which resulted In a 13 to 11 victory for Salem. The decision to protest reached this morning and will be based on technical points relative to the decisions of the referee, Waldo Zeller, a Willamette Uni versity student. Dallas alleges that in the sec ond half a Dallas man was fouled by a Salem player while throw ing a basket. They allege that the referee called the foul, and allowed Dallas a free throw, which was converted, but did not allow Dallas two points for the field basket which was thrown at the time the foul was made. Dal las contends that under the play ing rules of the Oregon High School athletic association they are entitled to the two points resulting from the field shot in terrupted by the foul. The second point upon which the protest will be based is that the referee failed to call a "held ball" on the play which resulted in the basket that gave Salem its victory. The contention is that during the play the ball was "dead", by reason that a Salem man in possession of the ball and a Dallas man seeking to "cover" him both went to the floor in the scramble, and that, therefore, the ball should have been declared dead and tossed up between the two players. Reports that the amateur stand ing of the referee was to be con tested, or that he would be ac cused of throwing the game to Salem wilfully wera; denied by the principal of the Dallas high school. The protest will be laid before the board of control of the state high school assoaiataion, prob ably at its meeting in Portland next Saturday. Grain Growers Meet In Annual Convention Today Spokane, Wash., Jan. 26. Two hundred grain growers, shippers and millers cf Washington were expected here today at their six teenth annual convention. Speakers today included Dean E. C. Johnson of Washington State college, president of the as sociation; Walter J. Robinson, manager of the Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers' association; Geo. Severance, head of the farm man agement department at Washing ton State college; Alfred Atkin Bon, president Montana State col lege; W. B. Armstrong, president of the state farm bureau and J. K. McCormack, a Tanker of this city. Governor D. V. Davis of Boise, Idaho, is on the program for an address tonight. Industrial Activities Overbalance Food Production, Dele gates Are Told Washington, Jan. 26 The Uni ted States is approaching a condi tion of adverse food balance and must decide whether to retain a proper ratio between agriculture and industry or permit the latter to take a dominant lead at the expense of the former, Dr. Ed Ball, director of scientific work of the department of agriculture, de clared in an address today before the national agricultural confer The nation's balance between the two fields of endeavor will be lost, he warned, unless the ten dency toward industrial domi nance "is made one of the major problems for national considera tion." 1 "The critical period in which i determination must be made is close at hand," he declared, add ing that the situation requires a complete reorganization of the national life, since the problem of increasing the food supply for an increasing population must con cern every industry. America, Dr. Ball asserted, can retain its commanding position in world affairs only "if she contin ues to grow and develop and it Is for this nation as a whole to de cide" whether this shall be done. It is "tremendously important to the world," he added, that the na tion holding such a position be a democracy. The decision, he said, depends largely on agriculture, 'because national progress in the future must rest even more on the food producing power than it has in the past." National Farm Confer ence Backs Stand of Upper House Mem bers Unanimously Washington, Jan. 26. Com mendation of the "agricultural bloc" in congress was voted unan imously today by the national ag ricultural conference through unanimous adoption of the report of the committee on agriculture and price reductions. The committee also recommend ed and the conference ' adopted resolutions urging the government to use it3 offices to aid in the eco nomic rehabilitation " of Europe and expressed the belief that such steps as necessary t.iould be tak en to limit acreage of particular crop to balance production and re store the farmers' dollar to its normal purchasing power. SEEK CUT IN RATES ON FREIGHT Space Big Need In Schools Hug Tells Realtors Dietz Will Be Given Chance To Tell Story tie fa Tear. is The Wind whirh me i i 3 - m rcacnea a max- ot 50 miles this " Head. morning at Occupational Tax Collection Stayed Duluth, Minn., in. 26. Fed eral Judge Page VIorris today granted an order ratraining the state of Minnosota from taking any furthter steps M collect the occupational tax on iron ore in northern Minnesota mtll hearing on s petition for an interlocutory Injunction is bad befire a court of three federal judged Seattle, Wash., Jan. 26. Wil liam (Lone Star) Dietz, head foot ball coach at Purdue university, and Richard E. Hanley, high school coach of Pendleton, Or., will be given every opportunity to dis prove charges that they offered flat salaries to Pacific northwest high school athletes to play foot ball at Purdue, Leslie J. Ayer, chairman of the faculty, athletic committee at the University of Washington and representative of the national collegiate athletic association, said today. Recent investigation by Purdue authorities of the charges which were preferred by Mr. Ayer result ed In an indication by the school that Dietz would not be retained. Hanley said today he had "talked with" higa school players at Everett, Wash., after he had been informed that they Intended entering some mid-western college. He stated that he had told George Wilson, an Everett player, he could get a job at Lafayette, Ind., that would pay him $100 a month, but that he had made no flat sal ary offer as charged. Any travel ing expenses advanced, he said he told Wilson, would have to be repaid. Accident Funds Going Into Every County In State Every county in Oregon, 25 of the 48 states in the union and 15 foreign countries are represented by beneficiaries receiving pension payments from the segregated ac cident fund In permanent partial disability, permanent total disa bility and fatal cases, according to a summary prepared by the state industrial accident commission nt a. total of 1239 cases receiv ing pension payments from these segregated accident fund t this time 986 are residents of Oregon, 206 are resident, of other states and 47 are citizens of foreign countries. In Oregon, Multnomah county i a. h. lint with a total of 355 cases. 36 per cent of the total for .1.- ..t. or 29 per cent of the ,.nd total. Lane county is sec ond on the list with 74 cases snd Marion is third witn o Crowded conditions in Salem schools, the need for additional buildings and the low millage tax of this district were emphasized in a talk made by George W. Hug, superintendent of Salem schools, made to the Marion County Real tors' association thta noon. Mr. Hug pointed out that Salem schools were run on a ten millage tax this year against 13 mills in former years. In comparison with other districts throughout the state this tax Is exceedingly low, for instance Hood River pays for schools 32 mills. "There has been a lot of protest against high taxes," said Mr. Hug. 'Taxes are high. But it has been the policy in Salem to crowd chil dren into the schools. Any room will do for a child. Some people wouldn't put their stock in such rooms. WOUld lllB tra.nS" -to? here knowing the conditions?"-' With Increased population en rollment approximates 4000 pupils at present, said Mr. Hug. All school buildings are full, -excepting the Englewood school. The manual training room has been fitted up for class rooms in the high school and yet there Is only 25 to 22 square feet of space for each pupil here against 57 square feet for each pupil in the McMinn ville school. The Washington junior high school can only accommodate nice ly 400 pupils. There are 600 en rolled there now, he pointed out. In the senior high school, includ ing the 10th, 11th and 12th grades, there Is an enrollment of 840 with an additional 75 to 80 who will enter there on February 13. Twenty-eight per cent of the high school pupils come from the country where there are no high school facilities. To provide more rooms, in nearly every school par titions have been erected to ac complish this in assembly rooms, thus creating bad conditions in ventilation and light. Salaries are lower here than in other districts. A teacher draw ing $125 In Gervais was hired at $110 in Salem. It costs 45 per cent of Salem taxes to support the schools and 55 per cent to support the schools and 55 per cent to support the city government, the superintendent said. It Is now a question as to whether or not the board commit tee will recommend the building of two junior high schools or one building to be used as the senior high school and use the present building for pupils of Washington and Lincoln and McKinley schools. The district Is now $75,000 In debt and paying Interest on $105, 000 worth of bonds that nobody knows anything about, Mr. Hug stated. Transportation Cost On Farm Products Too High, Committee Tells Conference Washington, Jan. 26. Reduc tion of freight rates on farm prod ucts and products of allied Indus tries and sharing by both railroad corporations and labor of "defla tion of charges now affecting in dustries" was recommended in the railway transportation sub-com mittee report prepared early to day for submission to the trans portation committee of the nation al agricultural conference. The committee declared labor should not carry the whole reduc tion but the railroads should take I their share, saying the railroads (made $600,000,000 profit last year (when farmers lost $7,000,000,000. . I ne committee also recommend ed withdrawal by congress of au thority to the interstate commerce commission to fix valuation of real estate held by railroads at more than its actual cost or more than the value of similar adjoining lands in making up the capital ac count of the railroads. Repeal of the guaranty clause of the transportation act, restora tion to the state railroad commis sion of full powers, a8 of date when railroads were taken over by the -United States government, but retention by the commission of control of movement of empty cars in interstate business, were urged. Recommendation, it was de- clp.fd should be made to the in testate commerce commission thtf the present relation between the' charges for lone'-'"' nauYs Jn th niter-mountain re gions be not disturbed. ; Aircraft Firms Overpaid; Suit for Refund Pends Washington, Jan. 26. The government is ready to bring suit against the Dayton Wright company and the Wright Martin Aircraft corporation to recover a total of more than $7,000,000 in alleged over payments on war contracts, At torney General Daugherty an nounced today. Oregon Hardware Dealers Convene Portland, Ore., Jan. 26. The "Psychology c4j Retailing" was the subject of an address before the Oregon Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers association convention this morning, by Cap tain J. W. Gorby, Waukegan, 111. This afternoon Dr. W. J. Hindley of Spokane, educational director of the Washington State Retailers association, was to speak on "American I Business Transfigured." Washington, Jan. 26. Captain Waldo Evans, now governor of Samoa, was detailed by the navy department today to command the ninth naval district with head quarters at Great Lakes, III. Supreme Court Hears Appeal In Kirby Case Arguments in the case of the state ex rel Kirby, an attack on the constitutionality of the state capital punishment law in an ef fort to save Elvle D. Kirby from the gallows, was presented before the ; Bupreme court Wednesday afternoon. Attorneys for Kirby base their case on allegations tnat tne act restoring the death penalty in this state is a violation of the bill of rights and on the further conten tion that in submitting the meas ure to a vote of the people the state legislature exceeded its au thority. The state, in insisting upon the validity of the act declares that the legislature acted entirely within its Jurisdiction in referring the act to the people and that the measure was regularly acted upon and adopted by a vote of the peo ple of the state. While the action was brought in the name of Kirby the fate pf several other condemned men now in the state prison hinges upon the outcome of the case. The ex ecutions of Kirby, John Rathie and Dan Casey have all been stay ed by reprieve from Governor OI- cott pending action by the su preme court In the Kirby case. Bonds to Refund Allied Debt Must Bear 4 Percent Washington, Jan. 26. The sen ate' In the first vote on an amend ment to the allied debt funding bill late today approved an amend ment providing that the refunded bonds should not bear interest at a rate of less than 4 14 per cent. It was suggested by Senator Simmons, democrat. North Caro lina, as a substitute for the orig lnay finance 'committee amend ment which would have provided that the rate of interest should not be less than that provided for by existing law. Beekeepers Meet Pendleton, Ore., Jan. 26. The Oregon State Beekeepers associa tion met here today in annual convention. Sessions will con Strike Vote Results Not Yet Complete Chicago, Jan. StriWIng packing house workers at three western points have voted over whelmingly to continue on strike, according to reports received to day by Dennis Lane, secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union. Omaha, Denver and Albert Lea, Minn., had reported at 3:30 o'clock today. POPE BENEDICT IS LAID TO REST; FEW WITNESS CEREMONY Body of Late Pontiff Placed In Crypt Under Basilica of St. Peters; Impressive Ceremony Witnessed Only by Cardinals and Other! High In Church Omaha, Neb., Jan. 26. Seven teen hundred and thirty out of 2,004, Omaha, packing plant workers voting in a referendum yesterday cast ballots against callling off the strike in the meat packing industry, it was an nounced late today by Robert K. Hunter, secretary of their strike committee. Rogers Case Still Remains In Jury's Hands At 2:30 this afternoon the jury in the trial of William Rogers charged with assault with intent to kill Walter Birtchet. Salem nolice officer,', " was still out. Experts on Jury cases, .believe that the k jury in this case will hang- The ci.llty or innocent cf William Rogers, charged with as sault with intent to kill Walter Birtchet, Salem police offlfcer, on December 4, was placed In the hands of the jury before whom the case was tried at a little before 10 o'clock this morning. Up to 2 o'clock they had failed to make a report. Judge Percy R. Kelly, before whom the case was tried instruct ed the jury regarding the law by which an officer could make an arrest without a warrant. He pointed out that In this case, par ticularly, there had been no evi dence Introduced showing that Rogers was disturbing the peace prior to his drawing the gun. The question of when the gun was drawn was a fact to be determined by the jury. The defendant testi fying that he had drawn the gun only after Birtchet had him floor ed, while the officer Baid that he drew the gun and fired previous to the scuffle. No person, however, the court held had a right under the law to resist temporary arrest by a known officer of the law without a warrant who offered no violence In taking the person into his cus tody. The evidence In the case is fair ly well balanced as to this point, an equal number of witnesses be ing presented by both sides. Rome, Jan. 26. (By Associated Press.) Pope Benedict XV was entombed with solemn and impressive ceremony this afternoon. His body, enclosed in three caskets and dressed in the pontifical robes, lies in a crypt under the great basilica of St. Peter's, to the right of the entrance. The historic and beautiful ritual was witnessefl only by members of the sacred college, members of the pontifical household and the papal nobility and diplomats accredited to the Vatican. Superior Court Denies Injunction Against Seattle Seattle, Wash., Jan. 26. Ap plication of 14 taxpayers for an injunction restraining the city of Seattle from using general taxa tion funds In retiring the princi pal and accrued interest on $15, 000,000 In public utility bond3 by which the municipal street rail way system was purchased In 1919 was denied In superior court here today. The plaintiffs gave notice of appeal. ' Damage Is Heavy C from White Salmon Fire This Morning White Salmon, Wash., Jan. 26. Five buildings were destroyed by fire here early today and fire men had to resort to dynamite to check the spread of the flames which threatened to wipe out the entire business section. Dr. War ner bad a narrow escape from the tiaue through tomorrow. The Ur when the building he occu: question of affiliation with the I pled was burned. AH the build American Honey Producers asso-jlngs destroyed were owned by R. elation is to be decided. Lauterbaugh. The great bronze doors of St. Peter's had been closed at noon, cutting off the Btream of human ity which for more than three days had been passing before the catafalque where the body lay in state. The ceremony began with the removal of the body from the cha pel of the holy sacrament to the chapel of choir. It rested upon a bier which was borne upon the shoulders of the red-robed ushers, whose usual functions are to carry the pope In the papal chair in pon tifical processions. Clergy Heads Cortege. The funeral cortege was headed by the Vatican clergy, bearing torches and chanting the anthem "Exaltabunt Domino." On either side of the bier strode members of the Swiss guards, Pal atine guards and the papal gen darmarie. As the procession moved the choir of the chapel Julia, in flowing robes of purple, sang the "Miserere." Noble guards, In danling, Cull dress uniforms, formed, an escort of honor, nd JhlJ&'t'1of-r"e'd 8anaB)Fuion which the body had rested while laying in state in the basilica. r ' . ." Immediately behind . the body came the major eleemosynary, ac companied by Sacrlstlan Zampinl, (Continued on Page Seven.) U. S. Opposed To Date Set For Genoa Session Washington, Jan. 26. (By As sociated Press.) Indications were given In official circles to day that the United States Is ad verse to participation in a gen eral European economic confer ence should a meeting be held at the time set for the Genoa gath ering, but would look with more favor on a conference to be held at a later date. The Genoa meeting, it was as serted, would be in position to obtain more satisfactory results, In the opinion of some govern ment officials if more time were given for conditions In Europe to stabilize. The Genoa conference Is sched uled to open March 8. The United States, high offi cials explained, probably would be glad to take part In a later con ference from which some interna tional good could be expected, but would hardly become a party to a gathering at which Individual In terests might be seeking individ ual ends. It was indicated that this coun try as yet had not received full information regarding the ques tions which would or would not be taken up for deliberation. There wag a belief In official circles that the supreme council might postpone the conference. North Asks Return to House; Carlson Will Be Opponent Arthur B. Carlson and W. C. North of Portland today filed with Secretary of State Koier their dec larations as candidates tor the re publican nomination for state rep resentative from the eighteenth representative district. Carlson, according to bU slo gan, would "apply business prin ciples to state legislation." North, who was a member of the last legislative session, Is seeking the nomination on a plat form which declares that he will "fulfill the duties thereof to the best of my ability." His slogan lB "Fswer laws; strict economy." PAY SCALE IN OREGON DROPPING Wage Reductions In 18 Months Fall From SO to 50 Percent la Gram's Report Wage reductions ranging from 30 to 60 per cent in the past IS months are shown in a comparison of wages paid to various classes of labor in Oregon just compiled by C. H. Gram, state labor commis- .bub wno Were" receiving n average of $73.62 a month, with board, in June, 1920, are now receiving an average of only $37.16 a month and board, in De cember, 1921, a decrease of almost SO ' per cent, the compilation shows. Carpenters who were re ceiving $7.14 a day In June, 1920, were receiving $5.19 a day in De. cember, 1921, a decrease of slight ly less than 30 per cent. Team sters wages have dropped In the 18 month period from $5 a day to $3.52; headfallera from $7.12 to 4.(19: second fullers from 26.71 to $4.43; laborers from $4.96 to $3.53; camp cooks from $137.69 a month, and board, to $96 a month, and board; dishwashers from $77.25 per month, and board, to $53 per month, and board; milkers from $88.33 a month and board to $50.23 a month, and board. The compilation shows the greatest percentage of decrease be tween June, 1920, and June, 1921. In the lost six months the varia tion bag not been so great except In the case of carpenters whose wages have dropped from $6. It per day to $5.19 per day. Wages of common labor show a slight in crease In the last six months per iod from $3.32 per day in June, 1921, to $3.63 per day in Decem ber. A total of 63,971 placements was reported by Portland employ ment agencies for 1921. During the first six months of 1921 only 20,282 placements are recorded or, 32,687 less than the number placed in the same period of 1920- Lumbermen Ask Lower Freights Washington, Jan. 26. General reductions In freight rates on lumber with a view to encourag ing construction activities were asked today by representatives of the lumber industry at the Inter state commerce commission in quiry Into existing transportation charges. W. S. Phlppen, secretary of the National Wholesale Lumber asso ciation, told the commission that if the 1920 rate increases were re moved there might be a resump tion of construction activity and business which would Increase the consumption of lumber. Mr. Phlppen and D. L. Kelley, who appeared for the South Da kota railroad commission, both expressed the opinion that coal should first be given advantage of rate reductions, with construction materials next. Mr. Kelley de clared that railways, by reducing rates, could secure "substantially the earn or larger revenue than they are now getting because of the increase In traffic that would result"