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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1922)
UKEGON STATE LIBRARY1 fit? I 6 10"? . f0T December 881!. "L ot Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated Press Full ".sed Wire. IBB WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Thurs day rain went, rain or snow east portion, warmer east portion to night. Southeasterly winds. LOCAL: Trace rainfall; norther ly winds; cloudy; max. 45, min. 28; river S.I feet and falling. Tg-FOURTH YEAR NO. 39 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS Cai PRICE NG j ..ffl CHARGES ARE ALL DENIED Post-Shaving Powder Under Students' Ban Rfiuresenta t i v e s of . - i.: Lumber Assuuiauun gay Accusations Are False Portland, Or., Feb. 15. Execu ivel of the Western Pine Manu iicturers association in Portland iaracterized the report 01 me .Herat trade commission to con- Iress today as "one of the period! III outbursts from the commls- "It Is the limit of inaccuracy,' anniented A. W. Cooper, secre Hanr-manager of the western flue Manufacturers association Tils report is full of misstate- iintB of facts and conclusions ased thereon. "Members of the association ill be disgusted with this out mrst of bunk from the federal commission, as they have been ith similar effusions from that iource. It is tiue that lumber anufacturers are endeavoring to standardize size of lumber, and ;tat Is all." Says Charges Absurd. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 15. L'aargea by the federal trade com mission that there had been "ac live cooperation between the Western Pine Manufacturers as inflation and the West Coast Lumbermen's association with .lit purpose and effect of harmoii' Ions action on prices and produc tion," were denied today in a litatement made public by Robert Mien, manager of the West Mast Lumbermen's association. Tin relationship between the two associations has been so trained," Mr. Allen said, "that ( have never been able to agree on much of anything. We have wer attempted to agree on nrica Mjht now we are .fiehtine each other on tariff, carload minimum m freight rate adjustments. Cannot Aeree. "We even differ on regard to federal trade commlfminn it- lelf. My understanding Is that He Western Pine Manufacturers rotation subscribes to the grow l! sentiment that the commis si should be abolished. The "est Coast Lumbermen's associa te is opposed to abolishing the emission, Believing that It can . uo a constructive agency M would give valuable assist ' to business, whose good citi Wp dictates that It shall be ducted within the law and so i rve the public." NineHeldFor Collapse of Theater Roof Washington. Feib. 15 The nine ordered h aM fni tTia 0-rATlii fa? la a verdict returned by the miner s Jury in connection with Knickerbocker theater dlsas WJanuarv 9fi wlf.ti U,,H0J in tlelosa or 98 lives, were given an opportunity to appear at the dis- Pfe bonds. ThflV Va.j ai t i , , w, nut la&ea inio cua W4y when the verdict was re n4 last night and District At 'y Peyton Gordon said they WW be permitted to remain at under J6000 bond each. He the case probably would be ted to the grand jury, which "ession, by the last of this n the testimony of seoras wtnesses at the Inquest, which san nearly a week ago, the ver tbf .v the coroner'a Jury found l the collapse of the roof or notion picture theater was m to faulty deslgnlng and con. wtlon and inadequate super T and inspection." ar011E tnse ordered held for t&1Urye G.Gear,. hii T 1116 buUding; J. H. engineer who designed the 'tructure; Morris Hacker, Iter pec"' hen the the , as constructed, and Frank ""Saer, the builder. "En Steteon and IT" E. Pea3e ire " in town last night t. w8 ''entering as guestf ' Marion kotel. Chicago, Feb. 15. The "antl-effeminacy" move- ment from Columbia univer- sity has been adopted at Northwestern university, it became known today. Ken- neth King, Denver, Colo., has been elected president of a club whose coi ition says: "Whereas won: j are smoking cigarettes, iring galoshes, both buc and unbuckled, and i jp .-wise presuming Into rea S here tofore restricted men "Be it resolved C we. the Beta chapter of a anti feminist club, sb5 shun and otherwise laK ' the habits of the lour lizard and the arm chan Napo- leon." sic Each member must have a pipe, corn cob, briar or clay, and stand a fine of not more than $200 if he powders his face after shaving. BRYAN NOT TO REFUSE ELECTION Commoner Not Seek ing Office, He Says, But Would Consider Call to Senate Miami, Fla., Feb. 15. William Jennings Bryan, responding to many inquiries as to whether he would be a candidate for the dem ocratic nomination for United States senator from Florida today issued a statement in which he said: "I have been actively engaged in Dolitics for more than thirty years. With the exception of less than seven years, my work has been done as a private citizen, and r nrefr to continun to serve the public without the care of office. "If the democrats of Florida i'elt that as a Benator I could ren der a service to the state and to the party in the nation sufficient to Justify them in calling upon me to represent them at Washington, I would consider the matter from the standpoint of duty and in connection with other claims up on me, but I have no thougut oi entering into a contest ictr me office. I am lokine forward to con genial association here with Flor ida democrats who have been my co-laborers for a quarter of a cen tury. I am sure tnat our rem Hflni will he Dleasant so long as my plans do not conflict with the ambitions of others or wun iui personal preferences." Canners Demand Lower Rates on Freight From East Washington, Feb. 15. The fonnara League of Cantornia filed with the Interstate commerce commission today in connection with th hearing on rate levels, a statement urging reductions on rates on raw materials useu their industries. Pacific coast railroads were declared by the league to be more prosperous than carriers In other sections anu able to bear the reduction. TAYLOR MD ELWELL MURDERS PRESENT THE SAME PROBLEMS; BOTH LIVED MD DIED IN SECRET Same Elements of Mystery Enter Into Cases of Men Who Lost Lives Violently By Margery Eex. New York, Feb. 15. It is easy for the enemy of a man who lives secretly to murder his unseen. In mysterious manner two men who ate the secret bread of pleas ure and drank sweet stolen waters have died by the fury of assassins still unknown. The career of William Desmond Taylor, slain movie director, In lige and death paralleled that of "Jim" Elwell, so strangely shot down in his New York home two years ago. Each lived alone, and alone each was attacked. From both Taylor and Elwell, In their last moments, someone fled. Men who shun daylight are apt to make themselves tempting tar gets for marksmen in the dark. Taylor's leave-taKing of life was just as mysterious as his in explicable departure in 1908 from his wife and child and Just as un accountable as his later change of name, for the dead man was known originally as William Cun ningham Deane-Tanner. Who Was Slayer? Who could have arranged Tay lor's clandestine rendezvous with death? Suspicion goes over the list of possibilities. There is, for in stance, Edward F, Sands, the dead man's valet, who robbed his mas ter and whom, one of the femi nine stars says, Taylor vowed to f a mmmMEKXimsimemmmmwmta-tfnmmiiaiiwri m i stssssssum j '.jmpiji , J : . .: . .... .'l&hf W. isi WW&H tiff - Tl fe,; : :;hmM MV ' nil Influenza Takes Inmate of Pen un 11 en inmate Miles aiouauB") -of the state prison here died Tues day from influenza after an . ness of only four days. Prison of ... . trior were flcials said toaay -""- rn rant of inllu- anproxiniaicij enza among the convicts, most ol the cases being of the lighter typa. Monahan was received at the pris on on July 10, 1917, from Benton county to serve a w - years to life lor a simiu., . , ir ot Astoria, tense, mis and he has a daughter in Portland and a brotner at w " Attorneys Admitted. . tt.hi. Ppan W. Albert it. ncms tr.m nf Portland, father and son. were admitted by the supreme ourt, Tuesday, iu " Iregon on license from Washing ton. (Continued on page eight) No Response To Appeal For Rooms The hospitality of Salem is at etahe! vt ialf enoueh rooms have been provided for the Christian Endeavor delegates wao wm tomorrow to attend the state convention which opens here in the evening at the armory. Church people have been urged to provide "bed and breakfast" for the visitors, but there has beeu little response thus far, according to the chairman of the entertain ment committee, Miss Lucile Ross, this morning. If further response Is not forth coming the committee is planning a house to house canvass Thurs day morning. There is already advanced reg istration of delegates in excess of rooms provided. From 800 to 1000 delegates are exoected to arrive by motor and special trains tomor row afternoon and evening. Only rooms enough to take care of half this number have been provided. Anyone having . rooms should phone Miss Ross at 1187W. Word has been received by the convention committee that Dr. l. A. McAfee of Berkeley, Cal., will not attend the convention. Rev. Earl P. Cochran of Alameda, Cal., will take his place on the program Boy scouts are doing their share to entertain the visitors. Some 50 boys have been provided by F. Howard Zinser and will act as guides and pages, Kusers Assume Duties Today Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kuser to day assumed their duties as super- nH matron, rcspective- lmtfuuciii. - , - ly, of the Oregon state training school for Boys. iu ceed Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Gilbert. Mr Kuser was for 15 years su perintendent of the Iowa boys' training schol at Eldora, Iowa, and prior to that time was en gaged in similar work with boys. Mrs Kuser served for several vears as superintendent of the 'tate industrial school for girls at Lancaster, Mass. Mr and Mrs. Gilbert have no mounced their plans for the fu cure. t4; F V MELLON IS ATTACKED BYWATSON Georgia Senator Say Secretary of Treas ury Holding Position Illegally Washington, Feb. 15. Secre tary Mellon is holding the office of secretary of the treasury In violation of the law and can be arrested for retaining the place if anyone sees fit to swear out a warrant charging him with the offense, Senator Watson, demo crat, Georgia, declared In the senate late today. The law which Mr. Mellon Is violating. Senator W'atBon said, prohibits the secretary of the treasury from engaging In any kind of business or commerce. Veterans to Eecall Blowing Up Maine In Armory Tonight Tn commemoration of the blow ing up of the Maine, February 15, 1898, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be the hosts of the Camp Hibbard post of Spanish Ameri can war veterans tonight in the veterans' room of the armory. Colonel George A. White will address the meeting and will be followed by addresses from Major Henry O. Miller, commander of the local post of foreign war vet erans, and by Harry Ross, com mander of the post of Spanish war veterans. At 9:40 tonight members of both posts will come to parade rest for one minute and repeat the battle cry of the Spanish war, "Remember the Maine." All vet erans who have fought In Cuba, Guam, the Philippines and the Chinese Boxer revolution are eli gible to membership In the for eign war veterans. Shoots Wife and Mother- in -Law: Then Kills Self Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15. George A. Boden, attorney, shot and killed his wife, Mary Boden, 37 y(rs of age, and her mother. Mrs. Julia Taylor, 6, and then -?nded bis life today In his wife's home here. Failure to effect a -econcillation with his wife, who ad sued for divorce was indicated a the cause of the triple tragedy , jollce say. Car Plunges Into Creek; Occupants ' Freeze to Death Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 15. The bodies of two men and a woman were were found In a closed automobile half sub merged In Brush creek In the south part of this city today. The car apparently had fallen with. Its occupants from a trestle and broken through the Ice of the creek. The bodies were frozen in the ice which had formed inside the car. MintoWill Quit Police Job, Report Frank Minto, night Inspector of the Salem police department, has' tendered to Chief of Police Mof fltt his resignatjon, effective immediately, and Mr. Minto will work his final shift tonight, It was stated this afternoon. Inspector Minto, who Is well known in Salem, has served with the department since the first of the year and during the few months he worked had established an enviable record as an officer. Regret that Mr. Minto is to leave was expressed this morning by Ralph Thompson, chairman of the police committee of the city council. "Mr. Minto is a fine of ficer," he said. Mr.: MInto's resignation Is the second to have been tendered to Chief Moffitt within tho last few days. Recently Clyde Ellis, desk sergeant, quit his position after 13 months' service. Bulletins New York, Feb. 15. Two grand Juries today returned Indictments against 12 un named persons in connection with the investigation of "bucketing orders" by brok erage firms In the Wall street district. Dublin, Feb. 15. (By As sociated Press.) Eleven of the kidnaped Ulster unionists were released tonight, seven were released last night and eight this morning, it was announced here this e-enlng. Mexico City, Feb. 15. (By Associated Press.) Serious disorders In Guatemalan City In which adherents of the present government were fired on by members of the unionist party, are reported here In a dispatch today from BONUS NO NEARER TO SOLUTION Republican Leaders Search for Financing Method Acceptable to Harding Washington', Feb. 15. With President Harding known to op pose both additional taxes and a bond Issue, republican leaders of the house began casting about today for other means of finan clng the soldiers' bonus. Representative Mondell of Wy omlng, during a visit to the White House, said pending appropriation bills, particularly those for the navy and army, would be scrutin ized carefully, with a view to slashes that would provide a good measure of the money needed. It was thought that any deficiency could be made up through an is sue of short time treasury certlfi cate. Mr. Mondell did not see Presi dent Harding, who was under stood to be preparing a letter to Chairman McCumber of the sen ate finance committee, setting forth his views against the sug gested eight point program and an issue of five-year treasury notes. Pending reeclpt of that letter, the Joint conferences between ma jority members of the finance committee and the bouse ways and means committee on tbe bonus problem were suspended. It was understood that all of the senators did not share the ad ministration's views as to the probable effect of an issue of short term votes on the refunding oper ations of tbe government. Woodburn, Salem, Fives to Clash In Gym Here Tonight For the second time this season Salem high school and Woodburn high school basketball fives will meet tonight. The game will be called promptly at 7:80 o'clock in the local school's gymnasium. In the firBt game, played at Woodburn, the locals were victor lous by a score of 20 to 12. tc Mlnnvllle tossers twice defeated Woodburn and Salem fans are of the opinion that tonight's game will end in a win for Salem. Rev. Martin Fereshetlan, pastor of the Unitarian church, will be the speaker at the Thursday lunch eon of the Marlon county real tors' association In the T. W. C. A McArthur Opens Fight To Secure Historic Oregon Washington, Feb. 15. A fight to have the old battle- ship Oregon which may be preserved under the naval treaty, sent to Portland, to be kept there permanent was started today by Representa- McArthur, republican, Ore- gon, a member of tbe house naval committee. The transfer of the old ship was taken up by Mc- Arthur with the navy de- partment and It Is under- stood she will be ordered to Portland If the people of Oregon guarantee to pay the annual cost of maintenance. C Jt c 3(C )c 3s 5C Sc 4 TAXPAYERS OF COUNTY ORGANIZED Lively Meet Is Held Here and Officers Chosen; Solons Are Popular Target Alleged wanton, unrestrained expenditure of taxpayers' money by the legislature of the state of Oregon was the most popular tar get of verbal shafts hurled by speakers who last night addressed a meeting ot the Marlon County Taxpayers' Reduction league in the court house here. The league, though still an infant In this county, last night took its first setting up exercises with a view to becoming a potent figure in the state war for tax reduction and its constituents declared they are out for results. Seventy five persons were pres ent at the gathering which was held In the court room of Circuit Judge Bingham and 50 member ships were last night Issued. D. W. Fisher was elected president of the organization and B. M. En dlcott was chosen as secretary. Extravagance is Cited Parsimony has no place at the meetings ot Oregon's legislators, according to Mr. Endlcott, who was one of the chief speakers last night. At the last regular session, he declared, the solons bad, on an average, between two and three stenyjraphers and clerks at their respective becks and calls and, in consequence, were fairly well pro pared to attack the business at hand. According to Mr. Endlcott' figures, the senate was provided with 90 stenographers and clerks, and the house of representatives was furnished with 135 ot these assistants. In response to a call from North Howell taxpayers, the local organ ization will send speakers to a meeting to be held at North How ell next Friday night, at which time the taxpayers of that vicinity are expected to perfect an organ ization similar to the one estab lished here. Peter D'Arcy and Mr. Endlcott probably will be sent, it was stated. State Meet Sne Soon Other taxpayers' bodies ere be ing formed In various counties of the state and these, It was stated will send delegates to a state con vention to be held in Portland on March 20. Hal Patton, Salem councilman and former state senator. Dr. B. L. Steeves, and Seymour Jones were among other speakers who addressed last night's meeting. The opinion that the Oregon leg islature has on many occasion? unnecessarily squandered money appeared to prevail. Members of the league today ex pressed themselves as being well satisfied with the results ot the meeting and opined that tbe or ganization will be a strong influ ence in tbe future. Another meeting of the local league Is to be held In the near future, It was stated, but no date has as yet been set. It will be call ed by President Fisher. Belfast, Feb. 15. (By Associ ated Press.) Arrangements for the evacuation of the' British troops from southern Ireland were resumed today after a suspension lasting two days. At Dublin preparations were making for thr embarkation of 400 men. MILLS OF OREGON IN COMBINE Federal Trade Com mission Says Western Pine and West Coast Associations Join Washington, Feb. 15. Lumber manufacturers of Idaho, western Montana and eastern Oregon have organized and conducted the Western Pine Manufacturers association for the primary pur pose of agreeing on the prices ot their lumber," the federal trade commission declared today In sub mitting to congress the fourth ot a series of reports dealing with the lumber Industry. "The activities ot the associa tion In advancing prices by con certed action were contemporan eous with a steadily rising price level between 1915 and 1920," tha report asserted, adding that in periods ot depression, members of the association acted in concert to regulate production so as to maintain prices. The association has a separate organization in Montana which fixes prices within that state, the commission also charged and "there has been active competi tion tbe Western Pine Manufac turers association and the West Coast Lumbermen's association with the purpose and effect ot harmonious action on prices and production." Evidence Presented. Th conclusions submitted la the report were declared to be based on documentary evidenced "secured from the files ot the com pany and Its more prominent members." "It should be understood," tha commission said, "that this rather detailed presentation is far from exhausting the documentary evi dence In the commission's pos session." . Other "ultimate conclusions of fact" contained in the summary ot the report published by the commission Include: "Notwithstanding price reduc- ( Continued on Page Seven.) Belfast Quiet After Riots; 25 Are Dead Belfast, Feb. 15 (By As sociated Press) After a per iod of quiet lasting several hours, disorders again broke out in this city at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when shoot ing began in the Stanhope street area, near the Victor ia barracks. The military promptly opened fire. Belfast, Feb. 15. (By Associat ed Press) At noon today Belfast was reported absolutely quiet, the presence of troops on the streets having had the desired effect ot checking gunmen's operations, which since the beginning ot tbe nresent series of disorders have re sulted in twenty five deaths. Conditions on the border, where forces ot north and south Ireland are facing each other as the re sult of the tension created by the recent kidnaping of Ulster Union ists, also were reprted quiet. Shooting was resumed In tbe early hours ot the morning In West Belfast after a temporary lull at midnight. Frank McCoy was found dead on a sidewalk with bullet wounds in the back. The reported death of James Rice whose body was found last night, says that an armed gang bound his hands behind his back, pulled his coat over his head, tied a scarf over his eyes, kicked and beat him and then ended his suf ferings with bullets. The deaths In the hospital ot girl and a youth who were shot Monday, brought the total deaths in the present series of outbreask to twenty five. John O'Neill, a postman, was shot from a side street this morn ing. His arm was broken.