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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1922)
a: TN O A A jk , j .. IT CIBCUIiATION Average for December 6813. Population of Salem, 1900, 4258; 1910 14,094; 1920, 17.679. Marlon County, 1920, 47,177; Polk MC"unty. 1920, 14.181. Member of Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated Press Full Leased Wire. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Wed nesday rain or snow; colder tonight Moderate southwesterly winds shifting to northwesterly gales. LOCAL: Trace rainfall; westerly winds; cloudy; max. (9, mln. 40, river 4.4 feet and rising. rcara 11 73Z?53 QRTY-FOUBTH YEAR NO. 32 THREE DIE INFLAMES IS REPORT ... nTntr T?q T-por. I TTnAav "Poll on f.. ii T "Dnliaf i T? i nVl i Tr.Al "Diiimn' mono, rioici uumcu Richmond, Va., Feb. 7. Three Iraons are known to be dead and t least twenty-five injured in : ira here early today which de roved the Lexington hotel and Ural nearby buildings, with inu estimated at $150,000. A wall at the fire escape col lt!ed and is believed to have en omhed several persons. Many ere injured by leaping from win Jows. The flames quickly spread lo the Savings uank of Klchmoud He Pearl Laundry, the Coopera i Exchange, the Anderson-Wil :nn Paner comiiany plant and the (Clyde W. Saunders printing plant. ail ot which were batny damaged The known dead are: Hiram B Austin, Fincaatle, Va.; M. J. Fox miiiamsDort. Pa.: C. M. Thomas Itheriff of Albermarle county, Va. BUty-seven guests are reported lo have been in the hotel building when the fire broke out, ana 2s still were unaccounted for at 8:30 I'clock this morning. Amnne the Injured was: Wil lim 0. Bailey, New York, badly Mined about the race; Paul si tone. New York, fractured hip William P. Little, Portsmouth, Va., and J. H. Webb, Flncastle, Belief was expressed that most the unaccounted for persons later would be found. David S. Plltn. member of the Vire-infa. louse of delegates who lived at the hotel, was seriously Injured in lumping from a window of the structure. New Calendar Plan Is Topic of Conference Washington. Feb. 7. A nation- il convention of business, rjrofes- tional and scientific men to dis cuss the Question of calendar re form with a view to endorsement oi a bill now pending in congress to establish a new calendar divid- the year into 13 months of 28 days each convened here todav at He national museum auditorium Mer the auspices of the Liberty Calendar association of America. The Libertv Calendar" bill. hlch has been introduced In the llOUSe bv RpnrespntjiHvo RMinll .nf Minnesota, with the endorsement ' the association, would put the fw time schedule Into effect in ', to give the "other nations n opportunity to follow." The bill is advocated by the as nciation as affording a standard tittle Schedule fni. avcrv vnar alch would definitely fix for all "me 'he dates of every day of the by the uniform 28-day nonth division and thus dispense 'ta the need of yearly calendars 'M end the inconvenience ot hav 'a? to refer tn thBen 7 "itoc CBUtUIIDU a "ocwence of "days and dates." la 365-daV VOflra ha nM Aar fining would be disposed of as J-ears day," the first of the rar and rotoij i , i--,. .v-Lwiiicu aa a legal uoii- "lean vea u It J&V Id,. ...,, ... . "f wuuiq ue aisposea oi '"eating a leap year day be the months of June and ,' "8 a Iceal holiday. The extra caienaar wouia De 4 'Vern" to include the ver " equinox and begin spring. u, ""Posea calendar would wlns the week with mj " of Sunday. . Wer Champion oareback Rider Called by Death Bin . , iormer cham- rider o the ""uaeu in tne head. He "espondent John Mc- Will License Beggars One Day In Each Month Haselton, Pa., Feb. 7. Be cause of numerous complaints against beggars, Mayor Harvey has Issued an order limiting mendicants to one day a month. They -will be licensed for the day and will be arrested if they ask alms at any other time. QUARTERS OF POITE ENLAS !ED Remodelling o ialem City Hall Is C ered; Two City Hoi 5 Are Denied Licenses tT! ame was Burke's Mother Is Dead S'r- X YFeb- 'Mrs. Ct1' died today the tst. 5er daughter, Mrs. Flor ' ftigfeld (Miss Billie Burke.) hi .rn in Orleans and !. ... e "ir home here for the fittee; ;tr home here for the n years. With a view to securing more room for the Salem police depart ment, the city council, at its regu lar meeting last night, voted to remodel the city hall and specified that the police shall exchange of fices with the city treasurer. In the future police headquarters will be in the southeast corner of the building, while the city treas urer's office will be located where police officers at present hold forth. Cost of the remodeling is. not to exceed $290. Its machinery operating smoothly, the city council trans acted a large amount of business last night in a comparatively short time. The question of li censes for Salem notels and room ing houses was submitted with recommendations from the health and police committee, and all but two hostelries were again per mitted to operate. The two to whom licenses were refused were as follows: Discussion Is Held. Mrs. A. L. Van Allen, proprietor of the Eldridge hotel. Mrs. J. F. Clark, proprietor of a rooming house at 144 North Front. Mrs. C. N. German, proprietor of a room house near the corner of Bellevue and Commercial street, was granted a liocnse for a three months' term. Th p. rpnnrt from the health and police committee was not adopted before considerable discussion had taken place. Verbally, Alderman Ralph Thompson had explained fhrtt hlq committee had recom mended three licenses be denied after it had consulted with Chief of Police Moffitt. Consideration Asked. rwiarlnsr that no action which would close three rooming houses 3hould be taken hastily, Alderman Hal Patton madu a short talk in which he asked that his fellow councilmen give the matter thor ough consideration before acting. He declared that the houses to be closed were of the type usually frequented by transients who can not afford more expensive quar ters, and added that, if the licenses woro tn ho refused, the Dronrietors should at least be given a hearing before their doors were closed. Chief of Police Moffitt, follow ing Mr. Patton, explained that his office had been put to much trniihln bv the activities of the three rooming houses in question. He declared that certain oi mem have, at time, housed lodgers of questionable repute, and that their premises were in dire need of a thorough cleaning. Until the proprietors take action to see that their lodgings are more carefully conducted, they deserve no li censes, he insisted. In the vote that followed, the recommendations of the committee on health and police were sustain ed. Another report of the com mittee, suggesting that a license to operate his billiard parlor be granted to William Ingles, was adopted by the council after a short discussion. An investigation concerning the uses to which the police car, recently bought by the city, is put was last night promised by Alderman Thompson, chairman of the police committee, upon request of Alderman H. H. Vandevort. "I thought we bought this po ,. ,itv, q view to saving the nee n,iu - j . city money," Alderman Vandevort said. "Now I find that u nas - j -icin tniips at an expense of no less than six cents a mile. We TWO PHONE COMPANIES MAY UNITE Pacific and Northwest ern Corporations Ask Permission To Con solidate Lines Washington, Feb. 7. The Northwestern Long Distance Tel ephone company and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company applied to the interstate com cerce commission today for per mission to consolidate their lines in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The proposed agreement be tween the two companies provid es for lease of the Northwestern plant to the Pacific corporation for 15 years at an annual rental of $34,570. If, during the term of the lease, either company desires to complete the consolidation, the Pacific company agrees to pay $250,000 to the Northwestern and to cancel an indebtedness of $295,000 which it holds against the Northwestern company. The Northwestern company has been unable to maintain its earn ings in a competitive relationship with the Pacific company, the ap plication asserts, adding that the consolidation would add to the efficiency of long distance service. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS BONUS WOULD COST NATION OVER TWO AND HALF BILLION IS CLAIM Preparations For Coronation Of Pope Rushed (Continued on page six) Hoquiam, Wash., Feb. 7. W. L. Adams, a banker here since 1891. died today following a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Adams waa principal of the local scnoo.a in pioneer days. He was a large timber owner and recently return ed from a long trip to Europe dur ing which he attended the inter national meeting of Rotarians at Glasgow, Scotland. State To Make No Contracts For More Flax With no operating capital unon which to finance contracts, with a large part of the 1921 crop still on hand and yet to be worked up ana lacing a debt of $3O,0U0 to the state the prison flax plant J.3 not in a position to enter into any contract with flax growers this year, according to a statement Is sued by Warden Compton. The warden in his statement expresses the hope that the flax association now being organized in this sec tion, proves successful. "Because of the absence of op erating capital and our indebted ness to the state we find ourselves unable to enter into any contracts of any kind," the statement issued by Compton roads. "We do not know just what conditions at the plant will be during the coming year. We have a large share of the 1921 crop yet to work up. This will take up well into December, as we now figure. We must work this up and dispose of it at as good a figure as possible in an effort to meet our obligation to the Btate. "If it is found later in the year that we Mil be able to accept flax from growers to work into prod ucts, we will do so only upon the basis of accepting the flax to be worked up into products at so much per ton, the products to be handled and marketed by the grower. 'It is hoped that the flax asso ciation now being formed is suc cessful in its dealings and that it will be able to demonstrate, be yond a doubt, that flax growing may be made profitable in t Willamette valley when operates, on a private basis, as other farm ing ventures are operated." Italy Hails Election of Pius XI as Assurance of Church and Na tion Harmony Rome, Feb. 7. (By Associated Press.) The Vatican today began to resume its usual brillances, eclipsed by the death of Benedict XV, in preparation for the corona tion ot the new Pope Pius XI, on February 12. The pontifical household was being set in order. All Italy, judging from the mes sages received at the Holy See, seems full of joy that Pius XI sits on the throne of St. Peter. All predict from his first apostolic benediction that the breach be tween the church and the state will be healed during the present pontificate. The pontiff's position in Woman's Body MayBeThatof Evelyn Thaw ARMYMEN PREPARE FIGURES Report Submitted To House Committee Es timates 75 Percent Would Ask Cash Vashington, Dec. 7. Having found a marked resemblance be tween the features of a woman whose body was found yesterday in the Potomac rirr and photos of Evelyn Nesbit 'i'haw, former actress who was recently report ed to have disappeared from her Ney York home, Washington po lice asked police authorities of New York to cooperate in efforts to identify the body. New York, Feb. 7. Finding of this i a 'body in the Potomac, said to re- regard, as summed up in a speech which he delivered when installed last summer as archbishop of Milan, is being widely quoted. He then said: "It is above all, abroad that one sees and feels how the pope con stitutes the greatest dignity and prestige for Italy. Through him all the millions of Catholics In the whole world turn to Italy as a sec ond fatherland. Through him, Rome is truly the capital ot the world." There are unlikely to be very radical changes in the pontifical household since Cardinal Gasparri retails his post as secretary of state and many of Benedict'? ap pointees are considered certain to be reinstated. An army of work men was busy in tha Vatican to day re-establishing the offices, ante-rooms and other chambers. LaFoIIettTo Seek Seat In Senate Agam semble that of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw today recalled the fact that last October she had attempted suicide by poison. Recently she was evicted from a tea room she had been running In the upper tenderloin district. Then she dropped from sight. Endorsement of Orphans' Farm Home Is Asked Declaring for "economy first, last and all the time," State Sen- atnr A. M. LaFollett tcuay men with Secretary of State Kozer his declaration as a candidate for republican nomination for another term at the senatorial job from Endorsement of the movement for the "Children's Farm Home," located near Corvallls, was asked of the Klwanis club, by Mrs. Mary B. Powers at the luncheon ot the organization in the Com mercial club this noon. Mrs. Powers stated that there are now 29,550 orphans in the state and that the movement for raising $100,000 for the farm home has received the approval of the state welfare commission. Eight thousand dollars has been estimated as Marlon coun ty's share of the fund, a campaign I for which will be started here Washington, Feb. 7. The sol diers bonus would cost the federal government approximately $2,- 500,000,000 on the basis of esti mates prepared for the house ways and means committee by fis cal officers of the army, navy and marine corps. Leg-ion Figures Lower. This total is predicted upon the assumption that 60 per cent ot the men who served with the army and 75 per cent of those who saw service with the navy and marine corps will take cash. American Legion officers have estimated that no more than half of the army men would elect the cash provision, and they took issue to day before the committee with navy and marine corps officers who figures that 75 per cent of the men who served In those services would elect to take money. Captain Philip Williams of the navy bureau of navigation esti mated the cost of the bonus for men who served with the navy at $277,699,142 and Major R. B. Putnam, assistant paymaster of the marine corps, placed the cost for marine corps veterans at $38, 877,692. Brigadier General Lord, budget officer of the war .depart ment, previously had estimated that the cost in the case of men serving with the army would be $2,227,105,000. Hearings Closed. With the examination of Cap tain William and Major Putnam and several other witnesses, the committee brought the bonus hearings to a close. The commit tee will meet tomorrow to consid er the provisions of the bill and the major members soon will be gin conferences with the repub lican members of the senate finance committee on methods of financing the bonus. Passenger Rates From Chicago To Coast Reduced Chicago, Feb. 7. A re- duction of approximately 20 per cent in passenger He rates from Chicago to the $ Pacific coast was announced today by the Chicago, Bur- He Vlngton and Quincy, the H Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroads He tor the summer months. The H reduction was said to place Ht $ the rates on the same level as prior to the 1920 Increase. ARMY CUT DEMANDED BY BORAH Senator Calls for Im mediate Relief From Military Burden Un der Arms Treaties Washington, Feb. 7. Immedi ate translation of the work of the arms conference into a reduction in government expenditures was called for by Senator Borah, re publican, Idaho, in a formal state ment today in which he declared a further cut in the army should be made and the troops returned from the Rhine at once. The farm has already been purchased and contains 245 acres. The price paid was $200 Marion county. In his platform P" u"e'0 " u lue,,: LaFollett. who is the veteran! being $30,000 worth of improve- t I hnnaa nf tho mentS. uieiuut;! uiiv - Canal Lumber Traffic Shows Big Increase Washington, Feb. 7. An In crease of 118 per cent in lumber traffic through the Panama canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast of North America and Eur ope In 1921 was cited in the Pana ma canal record, today as the most conspicuous feature of the canal's traffic history for the year. The stimulation was largely attributed to increased rail rates on lumber. Of the total of 448,087 tons to which this traffic Increased from 205,172 tons in 1920, the record showed $387,993 tons came from the United States and 57,429 from western Canada, with small ship ments from Central and South America and the Far East making up the balance. The east coast of the United States received of this total 346, 249 tons, the British Isles 60,048 tons and the rest of Europe 11,800 tons. The foreign shipments were said to have declined sharply dur ing the last six months ot the year. state legislature, promises to ' 'put forth my best efforts toward a material reduction of our tax bur dens without impairing the ef ficiency of our state institutions" and declares that he will, if elect ed, "pursue In the future the same conservative and careful policy relating to the expenditures of the people's money as I have in the past." LaFollett 's entry Into tne sen- itorial race from Marion county makes the third candidate so far in the field for the two seats which are allotted to this county. Sam Brown, Gervals rancher, will Portland has agreed to give $60,000 toward the home, $16, 000 coming from this year's bud get Tor all charities. After starting the home will be made self supporting. The gener al plan of the management Is to build separate cottages, have so many children in each cottage under the supervision of a matron. Roy Shields stated that the matter would have to be referred to the public affairs committee be fore the club could endorse the proposition. A. A. Lee, head of the Mutual Building & Loan association, snoke brieflv on the nolicv of the seek the republican nomination, organlzation, saying that there as also will George W, Hubbs ot Sllverton. Louis Lachmund is al so expected to seek re-election to the senate. Farm Bureau Names Service Directors Dallas, Or., Feb. 7. At the meeting of the executive board of the Polk County Farm bureau held In this city Saturday the follow ing temporary leaders of projects were elected: C. C. Gardner to have charge of the rodent exter mination and F. C. Ewing to have charge of the fruit work. Ar rangements were also made for the employment of an office clerk. Livestock Prices Show Marked Gain Chicago, Feb. T. Advancing prices reached a new mile stone today, in the livestock market here $10 a hundredweight for bogs. This Is a $2.10 gain since last November. Packing house stocks ot pork products have recently been much depleted, and with the approach of the end of the winter season tor packing operations the demand for bogs has been difficult to filL were four or five times as many loans demanded than the associa tion could take care of. 4 Are Granted Citizens' Papers Four were granted citizenship papers by Judge George G. Bing ham this morning when twenty four petitions were presented to the court and as many foreigners were present for examination. Six of the petitioners were told that they would have to continue their studies of the United States his tory and government before their papers would be granted. One more was refused papers because his wife is still In Austria. Those that were granted rights of citizens were: Henry Fred Parley, Germany; Arnold Augus tine Schrewbaechler, Switzerland; Frederick William Moore, Eng land; Emil Ronner, Switzerland The continued City of Daflas May Purchase Water System Dallas, Or., Feb. 7. At the city council meeting last night it was decided to put up to the people whether or not Dallas shall ac quire the waterworks plant at the end of the least, September 24, next. On that date the twenty year lease held by M. V. Gates will expire, at the end of which time the lease is automatically renew ed for another five years unless the city exercises Its prerogative ot taking over the plant. The meeting with the citizens will be held with the city council the evening of the first Monday in March. In laying the matter before the council Mayor U. S. Grant read a letter from H. V. Gates the leesee, which assumed to narrate the present physical condition of the plant. Mayor Grant also said that he had Interviewed many of the heaviest taxpayers In Dallas, and with one exception they favored renewing the franchise at this time. The council, . which contem plates laying mny cement side walks this year, decided to change the specifications so that the walks will be ot the same flnenes throughout, instead of having a special top. Confectioner Has Trial Here Today The trial of F. L. Walker, Sa lem confectioner, on a charge of selling milk containing less than 3.2 per cent butterfat, and cream containing less tban 18 per cent butterfat, began In the Salem jus tice court at 2 o'clock this after noon. Mr. Walker was one of several local restaurateurajfrecently ar rested on complaint of A. S. hearings were Leach, deputy state dairy and Frederick William Bartles, Ger many; William W'elnrich, Ger many; Henry Pardy, Germany, William Wengeworth, Austria; Emerick Shatz, Austria. food commissioner. He Is accused of selling milk testing only 2.2 Gun Replacement Halted. Washington, Feb. 7. Orders for the sending ot new guns to re lease those in the Philippines for tifications were cancelled today by Secretary Weeks. The action was taken, he said, as an evidence of the good faith of this country to carry out in spirit and letter the provisions of the treaty which grew out of, the armament con ference respecting armament of Pacific islands. SUSPECT NOT MAN ANTED Clue to Whereabouts of Taylor's Missing Butler Fails; Arrest of Another Promised Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7. Sheriff Harris of Elko, Nev., tele phoned to the police department here today that the man at Carlln, Nev., thought to be Edward Sands, wanted in connection with the murder ot William Desmond Tay lor, motion picture director here, was not Sands, and has given a satisfactory account ot his move ments which dissolved all suspi cion. The sheriff's office, which has been conducting an independent investigation Into the murder of Taylor, which it was previously announced was on the theory of a woman Involved, announced today that an arrest would be made late today and that it would not be Sands. Navy Building to Stop. Washington, I'bq. 7. (By As sociated Press.) President Hard ing will order suspended all work on vessels now building which are destined for the scrap heap under the naval treaty, but will issue no final order for discontinu ance of the work until the treaty is actually ratified, it was said to day at the White House. The president, it was stated, al ready has ordered suspension of work on additional fortifications on the Island of Guam and like wise further developments under way In the Philippines island, taking his action in view of the clause of the naval treaty fixing the status quo for those Pacific islands of the United States. Obenchain Jury Selections Lag Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7. The second day of examination of ve niremen for a Jury proceeded here today In the case ot Mrs. Mada lynne Conner Obenchain of Chi cago, charged with the murder here last August of J. Helton Ken nedy. When court was adjourned yes terday afternoon, the Jury box contained eight women and four men, passed for cause, while six members of the venire had been excused because of opposition to the death penalty and one because of a fixed opinion. Noon recess found six women and six men In the jury box, tem porarily passed for cause, subject to peremptory challenge. Prose cuting attorneys Indicated desire for women Jurors by exhaustively questioning the men as to scruples In favor of a woman defendant. McGilchrist Pays $72 On Charge of Using Weak Cream James McGilchrist, proprietor of a local cafeteria, was sentenced to pay fine of $35 and costs a total of $72.65 when he was found guilty, by a Jury in the jus tice court yesterday afternoon, of soiling cream containing less than 18 per cent butterfat. McGilchrist was twice arrested on complaints filed by A. S. Leach, deputy state dairy and food com- per cent butterfat, and cream mlssioner. Each time he pleaded testing only nine per cent buater-J not guilty. The first jury ac ta t. quitted him. NO WARRANT YET ISSUED FOR ARREST OP SANDS Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7. Po lice announced today that no war rant on a murder charge has been issued against Edward F. Sands, former butler-secretary, and de clared to be the moBt Important witness "sought In connection with the mysterious murder Wednesday night of William Desmond Tay lor, noted motion picture director, known in New York prior to 1908 as William Cunningham Deane- Tanner, art connoisseur. , Peace officers through the coun try are requested to seek Sands, police say, and his arrest should be based upon felony warrants, one charging burglary and the other grand larceny, both in con nection with thefts from the Tay lor home. Police declare that Sands Is the key to the murder mystery and that his story ot his movements on the night of the murder Is vital to its explanation, but that there has been no necessity to issue a charge againBt him as be can be detained on the previous cases and will have the opportunity to explain h!q movements before a charge Is filed. A scented note dropped from, one of Taylor's books while police detectives were making an exam ination ot his effects, according to the Los Angeles Examiner. It was on the butterfly mofiogramed sta tionery of Mary Miles Mintcr. It read as follows: "Dearest Ko: "I love you I love you I lov you. "X X X X X "Yours always. "Mary." The last "X" was two Inches In height, followed by on exclama tion point an Inch In height. Mary Miles Minter did not deny authorship of the letter, accord ing to the Examiner. "I did love William Taylor," she said. "I loved him deeply and tenderly, with all the admiration and respect a young girl gives to a man with the pose and culture of Mr. Taylor." Taylor and Miss Minter met at Santa Barbara two years ago. He was her director. They later went to New York with the company. The wealthy young New York: man who was reported to have left Los Angeles on the day following the murder of Taylor and who was enamored of one of the motion picture actresses whom police have been questioning In connec tion with the case, was located late last night by private detectives. According to these Investigators, he gave an account of himself which they say practically elimi nates him from consideration In connection with the case. Alleged Burglar Waives Hearing; Jurors Get Case Henry Brown, of AheriWn Wash., charged with burslarv of a store at Brooks, Or., waived a hearing when he was arraigned before Judge G. E. Unruh in tha justice court this morning, and was bound over to the grand Jury. Brown was arrested Sunday by Sheriff O. D. Bower and Is ac cused of entering a store owned by Howard Ramp. Brown Is about 45 years of age. He Is being held In the Marlon county Jail. Guam Governors Changed Guam, Marianne Islands, Feb. 7. Captain Adelbert Althouse i relieved Captain Ivan C. Wet- tengll as governor of Guam with the usual ceremonies.