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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1922)
MAR 1 3 1922 . CTBCtJIjATION Average for January 84BI. population of Salem, 100, 4258; 1910. 14.0M; 1120, 17,879. Marion County, 1920,. 47,177; Polk County, 1920, 14,181. Member of Audit Bureau of Circu lation. Associated - Press - Full Leased Wire. THE WEATHER OREGON': Tonight and Satur day occasional rain. Moderate southerly gales. , LOCAL; Rainfall .23; southerly winds; part cloudy; max. 61, mln. 14; river 2.4 feet and falling. FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922 TT?TT71 rpiTTA rT?TSJrTa ON TRAINS AND NBWB JrltlUtLi JL WU UJcjJNIO stands five cents ETJ59 BOY 10 PLANS FOR BONUS ARE COMPLETE Perfected Bill Will Be presented to Full Committee for Action Tuesday Washington, March 3. The working out of details of the com promise soldiers' bonus bill was completed today by the special Bub-committee of the house ways and means committee republicans and it was announced that the re drafted measure would be present ed to the entire committee mem kershlp, republicans and demo crats, next Tuesday. The perfected Plan will be sub Bitted to the majority membership Monday. Chairman Fordney and other members said they did not think it would be necessary to present the bill to a republican congress but added that the meas lire would not be reported to the house for ten days or two weeks, so as to give members ample time in which to study the compromise. Certificate Plan Changed. One important change In the original adjusted service certift cate title was made today and members estimated that this would reduce the total ultimate cost of the bonus by perhaps as much as half a billion dollars. Un der this change the face value of the certificate would be the sum of the adjusted service pay, plus 25 per cent, instead of 40 per cent aa originally proposed, plus Inter est at the rate of 4 per cent a year, compoundeu annually. The maximum Interest rates which banks could charge in mak ing loans to holders of the certifi cates was fixed at the amount of the rediscount rate charged by the regional federal reserve banks, plus two per cent. Forfeiture Provided- Under a new provision is a serv ice man defaulted in payments of the bank and the bank made de tnand on the government at the end of three years for the amount due, the government, instead of taking over and carrying the loan would cash the certificates at its then value. If all of the service men took maturity twenty years after their mateurity twenty years after their issue, it was estimated that the cost of the bonus to the govern- Ben would be approximately $4, 000,000,000. It was figured, however, that through borrowing and forfeit ares, this cost would be reduced by something like a billion dol lars. Follow Truth Cadman Tells Students Here Br. S. Parke Cadmon, lecturer, poke at Willamette university chapel this morning. His advice to young students is to follow the truth wherever it leads. "The torch of truth should be the first to be lighted and the last to go out at this institution. It your Meed interferes with truth then thange your creeor," advised Dr. Cadmon. He then discussed the subject otj, evolution, denouncing preach es who reject Its truths. "When you want good music Wo go to Beethoven; when you ant scientific txnn you don't go to the preacher but to the scientist ho has put his thought to the tudy of the great truths of the universe," he said. He closed his Jddress by calling attention to the act that university training puts Ia edge on the mental processes, enabling one to perceive the things that differ and to prefer that which excells an edge that will challenge pusllc convention cities which are false. After the chapel meeting Dr. Cadmon met with some thirty men interested in the ministry and save them advice as to current problems in pulpit life. His ad is, not so much emphasis op ine Bible, which Is literature. Fiume Is Again Scene of Riots London, March 3. m 4aoi ated Press.) The Italian fascist! in jiume succeeded at R nvwi, this morning in occupying the postoffice and later in completely surrounding the government pal ace, auacKing it with hand gren ades and machine guns, says a Rome dlsnatch Telegraph company. The Croats returned the fire of the fascisti, says the dispatch and a state of viuuany civil war has broken out between the Itali ments of the city. The fascisti also are reported to have captured an uaiiiu xorpeao Doat. BIG GRAIN POOL PLAN PERFECTED Pooling of All Wheat of State Associations Provided by Terms of Agreement Denver, Colo., March 3. A fed eration of . all the state wheat growers cooperative societies on the 100 per cent pooling plan to be known as the American Wheat Growers, associated, resulted from a series of conferences here which ended today. The membership represented in the organization controls between 75,090,000 and 100,000,000 bush els of wheat, and this control will be further augmented as various states, now either in the process of organizing or contemplating organizing, complete their work Closer Union Secured. In addition to the formation of this gigantic pooling plan, for controlling the flow of wheat from the producer to the consumer, the conference resulted in removing the antagonism that has been growing between the various state organizations and the United States Grain Growers, Inc. The details of the federation provide for the establishment of a zoning system for the handling of wheat. The federation will fuction as Boon as one more zone consist ing of two or more states in one locality have perfected their state organizations. The Northwest Wheat Growers associated, now Is organized and has been operating for two years. State Units Free. Another detail of the organiza tion provides that each state or ganization will retain its individ ual organization, the national federation being pledged not to absorb the growers of the various states. The national federation, however, will centralize the activi ties of the various state societies and would handle all details of ex porting grain and finding foreign markets for the wheat growers by the members of tue society. In addition, the national federa tion would supervise the work of securing funds for the various state organization members, would maintain a statistical department, the results of which would be available to all members, and would work out a coordinate sys tem for grain marketing the wheat controlled by the federa tion. I. C. C. Suspends Operation of Cut In Sugar Rates Vvasningion, aiarcu . m.---tions in rates on sugar from west ern producing territory to mid west consuming points, which the railroads proposed to make effec tive today have been suspended until July 1 by the interstate com- ; r T-TaoWntTS fiS merce coinmiaaiuu. to the advisability of allowing the decreases to go into effect will be farrn 2 9 begun beiore examine a at New Tork. Under the schedules filed by the western railroads sugar originat ing territory for destinations in Kansas and Nebraska beet grow 11 ...-,,, In K a sin, North and South Dakota, Okl'ahoma snd the upper penin sula of Michigan youldb. givers ARMY CUT OPPOSED BY WEEKS Proposed Reduction to Mean Many Forts and Camps Must Be Abandoned, Claim m Miami, Fla., March 3. Reduc tion ol from 150,000,000 to 260 000,000 of the war department's budget for the new fiscal year, re ported to be the plan of the house appropriations sub-committee, will mean a decrease of at least one- third in 250 army forts, posts, fly ing fields and training camps of this country. Secretary of War Weeks said today. It would be impossible, with a force ot only 100,000 men, to man these forts, camps ana fields, even with a sufficient number of men "to drill a squad," Mr. Weeks da clared. ' "The member of congress who votes to make the cut beyond what we think it ought to be should not complain if the department finds it necessary to abandon a fort or post or field or camp which hap pens to be in his district," said Mr. Weeks. "It is not my army; it belongs to the people, and if they want to make the cut, they have the right to do so." Pershing Sees Hardin?, Washington, March 3. Action of the house appropriations sub committee in deciding tentatively to cut the strength ot the army to 115,000 men and 11,000 officers was understood to have been dis cussed at a conference today be tween, President Harding and General Pershing. General Per shing would not discuss hiB talk with the president. General Pershing is known to be particularly concerned as to the effect the army reduction might have on plans of the war depart ment for training the national guard and the preparation of the organized reserve as componenj, parts ot tne new army or tna uni ted States. There are indications that Gen eral Pershing has felt that it would be threatening to the suc cess of the three part army scheme to reduce the army below its pres ent 150,000 enlisted strength un til at least the new organization has been put in working shape. $5000 Damage Suit Heard By, Bhgbm Today Asklnir for 5.000 damages, the suit nf August H. Ohms acainst H. L. Moore, charging misrepresenta tion on tne part oi tne aeienuant !n mp-nril tn the value of 105 acres of land located near Broadacres, was commenced tnis morning De- fore George G. Bingham of De partment No. 2 of the circuit court. Ohms alleges that Moore mis represented the amount of timber nn thn land and that a reasonable value o fthe tract, for which he paid J 125 per acre, was $75 per acre. Dut to representations of Moore, Ohms claims he was dam In the sum of $5,207.50. The purchase price of the land ac cording to the agreement was $12,750 of which, according to Moore, the plaintiff only paid $1,000. rtr filler nf Aurora was placed on the stand by the defendant's attorney this morning, ana testi fied that some time before the sale ..,,, mailp he. with Zeno Schwab, cashier of the Aurora State bank, had appraised the property tor a loan, and had placed the value .v. ion,i nt S125 ner acre be cause of the amount of cord wood I the greater portion. of Schwab, who was later called to the stand, was along the 6ame line. It is probable that tne case win be taken under aavisemem. -j-M.fnn rendered as soon as pos sible by Judge Bingham. Missing Ship Unfonnd n II V, 1 TKfl Halifax, steamship today that she bad reach Wireless ed the P olnt wnere iub .ui -h' . . Ann,i1 fcrfilf steamer urouuui with her crew of 20 yes- sinking terday and 1 una iuuuu crew. Oil - Magnate Slaps Oklahoma Governor Friends Halt Fight Okmulgee, Okla., March 3. Governor J. B. A. Robertson was attacked by James G. Lyons, an oil man, as the governor emerged from the private office of County Attorney James Hepburn this morning after a conference be tween the county attorney and the governor. Governor Robertson, as he was walking out of the outer office of the county attorney, was introduced to Mi. Lyons, bystand ers said. The governor extended his hand and Mr. Lyons was said to have struck him in the face. Governor Strikes Back. "I am a man," Governor Rob ertson said and struck back at Mr. Lyons. They exchanged probably a dozen blows before they were separated. Governor Robertson was not in jured in the encounter. The governor accompanied by members of his party, later return ed to his hotel. Pandemonium, Jiroke loose Pn the crowded corridors of the court house, many persons fleeing, ex pecting more serious occurrences. That Mr. Lyons struck Governor Robertson the first blow was the statement of W. H. Crume and As sistant Attorney General William H. Bewick. The governor had arrived here early today to present to the coun ty attorney a letter offering to appear in person before the grand jury Investigating the affairs of the defunct Bank of Commerce and testify. "Who caused this disturbance?" shouted County Attorney Hepburn. "James Lyons," was the reply from a bystander. " Japs .Bsirred From Leasing Indian Land Washington, March S. Secre tary Fall, replying today to an In quiry from Japanese association of Wapata, Washington, regard ing the opportunity ot its mem bers leasing land in the Yakima Indian reservation, declared all Indian agents had been notified that leases must be confined to American citizens, with veterans of the world war being given pre ference. The announcement of the in terior department's policy was made in a telegram to W. K. Hir anq, president of the Yakima Japanese association of Wapato, Wash., who bad asked what would be the attitude of the department reganding leasing ot the Yakima Indian reservation land to Jap anese farmers. Mr. Hirano in his telegram stated that 32 leases held by Jap anese had already expired, that within the next two years a hun dred more would expire, and that the Japanese leaseholders wanted to know their future status. Families of Naval Officers Cross Sea For No Purpose Ran Francisco. March 3 The sudden cancellation of the navy department this week of the move mnt nf destroyer division num ber 13 to the Asiatic station has made useless a six thousand mile trann-Pacific voyage of the wives and families of about 25 officers and enlisted men who are tm rniitn to the Far East to make their homes there for twp years. The families are aboard tne naval transoort Argonne, which loft here February 10, and is due at Manila next week. Requests for return transportation will have to be sent to Washington be fore the families will be allowed to sail for home. House Refuses Funds to Make Gas for Airships Washington, March 3 By a vote of 47 to 20, the house today rejected on amendment to the de ficiency appropriation bill which would have made $150,000 avail able for production of helium for the purpose of using the non-ln-flamable gas to fill dirigibles. I Mr. Hepburn started toward Lyons and two or three men told the county attorney that a remark ot the governor started the affair. "I know who started this," Judge Sewick Intervened. Mr. Lyons is president ot the Lyons Petroleum company an a di rector ot the Guaranty State bank. ' The governor's offer to appear before the grand jury had led to a dramatic scene in the office of County Attorney Hepburn just be fore the tight. The county attor ney declared Governor Robertson was' seeking to supersede him in conducting the investigation of the' Dank ot Commerce affairs. ! Robertson Defied. "tNo witness is going before that jury without my consent, 1 don't give a damn if he is gov ernor," said Hepburn, pounding a desk with his clenched first. "I am going to tell you just as I told George Short (attorney general) to tell you the other morning, that no -man is going to supersede the county attorney of this county." Hepburn added: "You haven't got the power to supersede me, governor." You know better than that, Jim, I have the jower to super sede you," Governor Robertson re plied. - Upon coming out of the confer ence with the governor a moment beJore the fight, County Attorney Hepburn said: Mi: have no statement to make, oaly that I am county attorney of Okmulgee . county and J. B. A. Ri'Jjoi tson Is governor ot Oklaho nA.V Aggie Faculty Five Defeats Oregon by Score of 39 to 35 The physical education depart ment o fthe Oregon Agricultural college last night defeated phys ical education instructors of the University of Oregon in a basket school's gymnasium, according to ball game played in the Corvallls Roy Bohler, Willamette coach, who refereed and who returned to Salem this morning. , The final score was 39 to 35. The game was very fast and an extra period of four minutes wat played, Bohler said. The two reg ular periods ended in a 29 to 29 tie. Man Kills Wife " ;Who Stayed Out Late; Shoots Self Newton, Mass., March 8 Enraged because his wife stayed out late at a movie, William T. Garvey shot and killed her, wottnded Mrs. Doris G. Atwood, a young woman boarder, and took bis own life late last night. A seventeen year old son, Raymond, and two other children tried to stop their father. Physicians said Mrs. Atwood would recover. Alaska May Supply Herring to World Tacoma, Wash., March 3. Be cause so many mines were explod ed Jn the North sea during the war, two gasoline tenders left here yesterday to establish a Scotch cured herring industry in Alaska. During the war the exploding mites and bombs, Intended for warships, merchant vessels and submarines, killed so many herr ing that the present output of the North sea is 76 per cent below normal, it is said. Scotch-cured herring were suc cessfully produced in Alaska In 1918 under government supervis ion and experts declare Alaska can supply the entire world de mand for herring if necessary. Vagrancy Charged to Salem Resident A man who gave his name as Ed Carson was placed under ar rest this ' afternoon by Acting Chief of Police Walter Blrtchet. Carson was charged with vagrancy aid was placed in jail. ' Carson, wno gave nis aaarwm 490 North Capitol street, prob lr will be arraigned before Judge Earl Race in the police court this afternoon. Sick Members of Church to Hear Radio Sermons Syracuse, N. Y March 3. The Rev. Bernard C. Clausen, pastor of the First Baptist church, announced today that radio sets would be established in the home ot every "shut in" member of the church at the expense ot the church if a test next Sunday night should prove satisfactory. He plans to preach a fifteen-minute sermon which can be picked up by all stations within a 40-mile radius. WILL HAYS IS TARGET OF ATTACK Republican Senator Terms Retiring Post master Sad "Disap pointment" Washington, March 3 A vigor ous attack on Postmaster General Hays was made today in the house by Representative Williams, re- publican, Illinois, who declared that the retiring cabinet officer "has been the one disappointment of the first year of the republican administration." "Today marks the close ot the career of Mr. Hays as a member ot the cabinet," asserted Mr. Wil liams. "To millions ot republicans, it is a day of thanksgiving and rejoicing." Representative Blanton, demo craft, Texas, and Representative Fall-fields, republican, Indiana, came to the defense of the retir ing postmaster general and laud ed bis service as a cabinet offi cial. Mr. Blanton declared Mr. Hays was being "stabbed in the back" by members of his own par ty who should congratulate the country on having him at the head ot the postoffice department. Mr. Fairfield, paying tribute to Mr. Hays, "as a man honest, clean In his methods" contended that both as a private citizen and as a public official he had shown him self to be ot the highest calibre. Referring to himself as "an old line republican representing a rock-ribbed republican district in Illinois,' ' Mr. Williams declared that Mr. Hays, "entering the cab inet as one of its most popular members is qutting today by unanimous consent." "The . people know this," Mr. Williams continued, "that when the democratic party came into power in 1913 every republican postmaster and official was kick ed out and a good democrat put In his place. The people approved that. No republican complains about it, because it was the nat ural and proper thing to do. "Republicans remember the great house cleaning in 1913, and they do not understand why It is almost impossible to get a demo crat out of an office he holds sole ly because he is a democrat. It may be Mr. Hays is not responsible for this situation but in the mind ot republicans he is looked upon as the guilty person and for that reason bis retirement is universal ly popular and satisfactory." Man Found Dead In Gas Filled Room; Note Claims Murder Oakland, Cai., March 8. Laur ence Jorgensen, 61, wealthy bach elor, was found dead In a gas fill ed room in bis apartment here last night. A note pinned to the door said he had been "murdered by blackmailers" and asked the police to prosecute two men whom It named. The police announced they would try to find the two men mentioned to learn it they could throw any light on the matter. Great Northern Sold to Admiral Line Operators Washington. March 3 The shipping board today sold to the Pacific Steamship company (Ad miral line) the steamship Great Northern, until recently flagship ot the AXlantlo fleet, tor $1,250, 000 cash. CHURCH, STILL IN COMATOSE STATE, CARRIED IN CHAIR Muttered Names of Parents, Uttered This Morning, Only Words Spoken In 40 Days; Pleas of Mother Fail to Arouse Youth From State of Semi-Consciousness Chicago, March 3. Strapped to a chair and carried to the gallows in the same comatose state in which he has lain for weeks, Harvey Church, slayer of two automobile salesmen, paid the penalty for his crime this afternoon. He retained his apparently unconscious mehi to the end. Last minute attempts by his attorneys to save him failed, when both Judge Scanlon and David refused to intercede for the condemned man. - l?(illnw1nir JnHirn Kanlnn'n re- fusal to Intervene, Attorney Tyr rell hastened to the superior court room and Judge Joseph David, where he began to renew his pleas in the hope that Judge David, who has not heretofore entertained the case, might extend some relief. It was generally regarded as a tor lorn hope. At the county Jail witnesses to the execution began assembling shortly after 8:30 o'clock and were admitted, a contingent at a time, shortly afterward. Trap Sprung at 3 :54. The death warrant was read at 3:40 o'clock after the witnesses were assembled in the execution room. The death march was be gun at 3; 60 p. m., Church being carried to the gallows. The trap was sprung at 3:64 o'clock. The trap fell at 3:64 o'clock, just four minutes after court ac tion in his behalf had been com pleted. Church's bead dropped on his chest as be was carried to the gallows, and a deputy sheriff had to raise hU bead in order to ad just the noose. Sheriff Peters ask ed the question whether the con demned man had any statement to make but received no response and the chair, carrying the slay er crashed through the sprung trap. Despite this announcement Frunk Tyrrell, another attorney, (Continued on Page Seven.) Mrs. Hoffman's Heirs File Suit Against Estate Falling to get their stepfather discharged as administrator of their mother's (5000 estate, the heirs ot Margaret V. Hoffman, Aurora woman, have failed a com plaint against Joseph V. Hoffman, the deceased woman's husband, In an effort to collect some $3500 in claims held against the estate. Seven causes of action are named in the suit, three of which are brought by Mrs. Alma Ander son, who alleges that Bhe loaned her mother $1100 at one time, and took care of her and made further loans to the amount of $1119. Lee Anderson, son-in-law of Mrs Hoffman, alleges that he loaned Mrs. Hoffman $50 at one time, while Pearl March and Nora Mar tin, both daughter ot the Aurora woman, claim that their services to their mother during her sick ness was worth $280 and $545, respectively. Peter McDonald, former attor ney of Aurora, who at one time testified that Mra. Hoffman want ed to marry him, and who mude out the will leaving the property to her husband, claims in the same complaint attorney's fees amount ing to $340. Tacoma to Have Race3 On Fourth Tacoma, Wash., March 3 Au tomobile racing here on July 4 was assured today when Judge W. D. Askren signed a court order leasing the speedway for that date to Walter Baldwin, presi dent and general manager ot the Tacoma speedway association, which Is-eow In the hands of a receiver. Taylor Case Suspects To Be Liberated Los Angeles, Cal., March 8. Unless additional evidence agalBBt them 1b obtained, the six men ar rested here Tuesday on Informa tion purporting to connect them with the murder ot William Des mond Taylor, film director, wilt be released today, according to the police. Their release, It was said, would mean the police bad abandoned plans to arrest a seventh man a motion picture actor1 a possibility they an nounced after a long questioning of Mrs. John Rupp, housekeeper tor the men now In custody, who appraised the detectives of bet bellefthey were Involved In the Taylofmurder. Woman Barristers Want One of Sexto Succeed Landis Chicago, March 8 Appoint ment of Miss Florence King aa judge ot the United States district court here to succeed Judge K. M. Landis was urged In rosolutlona made public here today by tha Women's Bar association of Illi nois . Miss King la a member ot the association. Navy Fuel Fund Cut 50 Percent Washington, March 8 Th house today approved the provi sion in the general deficiency ap propriation bill under which the navy would receive about $8,000, 000 for fuel for the next five months, or only half tne amount the department estimated would 1.e needed In that period. Oatei Not Candidate Medtord, Or., Mar. 8. Mayo C. E. Gates of this city, potential candidate for governor, announc ed today that he has decided not to make the race this time but is an avowed candidate tor the of fice four years from now. Washington, March 8 Orders revoking the Industrial alcohol permits o fthe Flelschmann Teast company ot New York and Its tea branch agencies, were Issued to night by Prohibition Commission er Haynes. 6176 WANT ADS Totaling 28,981 lines, not Including real estate and classified directory ads, car ried la THE CAPITAL JOURNAL during January and February 1923, a GAIN OF 315 WANT ADS over the same period a year ago. Every month shows a gain In Want Ads because TUB CAPITAL JOURNAL dominates the field and GETS BESU1TS fct mors emphasis upon the soul rate ot 8 cen. pounds. of ship or God la man, which Is religion. t