Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 02, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUvITGCft STATE U: Y CIRCULATION Average for April 5783. - The Weather OREGON: Tonight fair except show ers northwest portion; Local: Rainfall, .02; southerly winds; - cloudy; maximum, 63; min imum, 4 5 ; river, 4.05' feet Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. ' Meinber Associated Press 'uu leased ,-lr, service. "FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 104. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922. TTTrT7 rrnrn nTT'XTT'O J tkains a,nu news i XVXVXLl .A W J X U STANDS FIVE CENTS I I f) L Pfjfl AIM roc, m "ST' Mm 11 ' ! I 3 HARDING 101 BONUS tliloLAHUN President's Approval o McCumber Plan With Slight Modif icationsJTo Be Sought by Senate. Washington, May 2. President Harding is to be asked By tne sen H finance committee republicans iiiaDDroVe a soldiers' bill differ M Irom the house measure only it minor essentials. This was decided at a confer ace of committee republicans to at which senators said the Snoot plan of substituting a 20 r endowment life insurance plan for the adjusted service cer tificate was discaraeu wun a rec r4 vote. The Sinoot plan would lute provided for no specific loans on the policies. 50 Per Cent Loans Plan. The measure to be taken to the president is the McCumber plan which would provide for lmmedl tie loans to the veterans equal to (9 per cent of their adjusted serv Ice pay at the rate of H a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day lor overseas service. At the end ol three years the loan value of the certificates would be 80 per cent of the adjusted service pay jlml per cent Interest annual Cost I Estimated. "Joseph S. McCoy, the govern Bent actuary, presented estimates to the committee showing the cost ot the McCumber plan for the fis til year as $77,000,000; $92,000, IDS In the second yearj $73,000, W in the third year and $376,- 100,0 0 0 in the fourth year, with the ultimate cost approximately lour billions of dollars- These toito Include payments, on ac touot of death, cash to veterans tutltled to not more than $60; vo litional training and farm and tar aid. The land settlement Ptbn has been eliminated from He bill. SWING PAIR ARE MINUS $75 Will H. Bloch and Pearl Coop "i of IndeDendenm. vtin. nrrt- t to the police, -wanted to fight we Sunday, are out exactly $75. oiocn, charged with being "unit and disorderly,, forfeited ISO yesterday when he failed to JPPear before Police Judge Earl "e, and Cooper, who pleaded i'7 to a disorderly - conduct ""it, was fined $25. . EL SHOT TO DEATH Klamath Falls, Ore., May 2. rse J. Nichols, was dead today " Penalty for acting as peace- yw in a quarrel between a man M !fe, and officers were seek " William . Lewis, colored, "'sea with the killing. . icnols "no owns considerable tltv?17 ln the lower Part of the i tenanted by negroes, was shot e neck late last night, dying thr. L ter Lewis had fired iw 18 at hls wife. All the t , ed at the wife went wild k, v tnen turned the gun j, "uu's who was attempting intercede in the domestic UJ ' Wording to the police, "ed after the shooting. TO KEEPHllS OFF CHINESE WAR TANGLE T(lM w he.. f y 2- (By Associated according to the "W. T Poilc V 18 adherlnK to her Chi., "J non-interference ln nact, viu take no action in tMltl n !tn Present disturbed "osult,,.; UKl country without I "Pi;; Britain and the if action seems With UA - a!,.., ' tree,,,.;. antt will observe the ,,c"oa I,,.01 to EUPP'y either Ui 111 "rm and ammuni- Cjri?. 0hata. Japanese min- nt , ho has broken off rarL Tok, to return to his it . lnBt ructions to this ' 11 a stated. Salemites Urged To Fight Earwig; Pest Spreading On Goast A warning to the people of Sa lem to beware of the earwig i pestx which contaminates food and clothing, , depreciates property value, destroys foliage and plant life and multiplies in houses in an alarming manner was sounded this morning by C. A. Park, prom inent Salem entomologist. Tf o wig which, in size and mov" -s , is somewhat like cod o has proved a curse in Se here city and state offi cia ' f fighting furiously to ex iv yte it, and now the pest Is ss have moved Into Portland a c- bany. ; j . Not Yet Seen Here. S i far as I know,"-Mr. Park J? "Salem Is at present free from the earwig. If Salem people could but realize what a serious menace it is, I am sure they would make every effort to prevent its appearance." In Seattle the earwigs have in creased to such an extent that they are now ravaging nearly ev ery portion of the city. In a state ment made recently, Dr. H. M. Read, Seattle commissioner of health pointed out that "it is not so much the damage they do to foliage and plant life which, In it self, is serious, as their presence in and about houses and their' con tamination of clothing and, with out doubt, food. These pests live in all kinds of iilthy places, ln drains and down spouts, in vari ous wet and dirty areas la and about, buildings especially houses. From these places they migrate to all portions of bulldr ings and carry upon their bodies and feet the filth in which tney exist." i Do Work at Niirht. In the fall the female earwig lays from 50 to 90 white eggs ln the soil. Early in spring the young hatch and come to the sur face. At first they are white and the same shape as the adult, only smaller. Later they change to an olive green and finally to a reddish brown color. The adult Is three quarters ot an inch long and has a pair ofj. small forceps on Its tail end. Earwigs work at night aft4 hide ln dark places during the day. In Seattle, it Is said, there are approximately 20,000 city lots now infested with .the earwig Some idea of the seriousness with which their appearance is greet ed in those cities in which they are known is seen in the fact that owners of property in which they are found are immediately anxious to sell. "Salem peoplo returning from Portland or Albany should take care to see that their clothing, lunch baskets, and so forth, have no earwigs in them," Mr. Park said. "The pest .is one well worth guarding against." STILLMAN AND GUIDE TREED 10 JOIN INDIANS Poughkeepsle, N. Y., May 2. Testimony that Mrs. Anne U. Still man and Fred Beauvais made ap plication fpr admittance to an In dian tribe on the Oanawagua res ervation near Montreal and-were refused, was understood to have been given here today at hearings in the divorce suit instituted by James A. Stillman, New York banker. This testimony was attributed to Pete Delllle, an Indian living on the reservation, hie saia no one with Caucasian blood could be admitted to the tribe, it was re ported. This barred both Mrs. Stilman and Fred Beauvais, the part Indian guide, alleged by tne banker to-be the father ot Baby Guy Stillman. Beauvais' fatner, Delllle de clared, belonged to the Bear clan divided into "black bears and white bears." In this connection the plain tiff's lawyers were reported to have referred to previous test! mony that when Guy Stillman was born in November, 1918, Mrs. Stillman had a telgram sent to Beauvais reading: 'Little black bear has arrived. BEN OLCOTT TO BE GUEST OF CHAUNGEY Governor Ben Olcott will be the guest of Chauncey Olcott, eminent Irishman, who will appear in Sa lem in "Ragged Robin," at the Grand theater on Wednesday, May 10, it was announced this after noon by Arthur Laflar, manager of the local theater. A telegram requesting that the governor be his truest was - received from Chauncey Olcott recently. Indications are that the advance eeat sale for "Ragged Kooin, will be heavy, Mr. Laflar said to day. The vehicle has met wun a popular reception throughout the United States. HIEVES FAIL TO GET LOCALJTATION'S GAS Thieves last night failed in an apparent attempt to steal ft quan tity of gasoline from a filling sta tion at 1000 south Commercial street. Police were notified of the attempted theft by S. A. Brown this morning. Patrolman Walter Thompson, ho Investigated, found that a lock had been broken off the gaso line pump, but that no gasoline bad been taken. At what time the robbery was attempted i fot known. Hanging by Feet, Man Drowns Himself In Lavatory of Prison Spokane, Wash., May 2. K. S. Givens, a prisoner in the city jail, last night suspended him self by the feet with strips of blanket tied to the bars of his cell and thrust his head Into the lavatory, which he had previously filled with water. When a jailer found him at 3. a. m. today he had drowned. George Price, Givens' cell mate, slept Boundly through the affair, he told the police. Givens was arrested on a charge of selling liquor. . He gave his age as 48 and has no known relatives. Bigamist Sentenced To Memorize Divorce Code of California Los Angeles, Cal.,! May 2.- Memorizing 276 sections of the California penal code is one of the conditions of the probation granted Walroth Oliver, who pleaded guilty to bigamy, but declared he had ' committed that felony through ignorance of the law. ' Instead of waiting a year be fore re-marrying after obtain ing jan- interlocutory decree ol divorce,OHver waited only four days. In granting probation, the court specified 276 sections .of the code, all referring to biga my, and told .Oliver be must pass an examination on them within a year, . , CITIES HOLDING ELECTIONS TODAY Spokane, Wash., May 2. After nearly a year of controversy, Spo kane's transportation problems are being settled at the polls to day. The voters are asked to de clde whether a new franchise will be granted to the street car sys tems, which if the proposal carries are to be united. r A school board election also Is being conducted today. Two men are to be selected from a field of six. " CATTLE IS FATAL Twin Falls, Idaho, May 2. A formal charge of fim degree murder has been placed against Harry J. Dunlap, Muctaugh dis trict farmer, ln connection with the fatal shooting of his brother in-law, Chester A. Russell, on the Dunlap farm last Sunday. Dunlap was arraigned late yesterday and he will be given preliminary hear- Ine next Saturday. In the mean time he Is free on bond of $10 000 furnished by six Murtaugh citizens. The shooting of Russell is de clared to have followed an argu ment over cattle trespass. Funeral services for the dead rancher are 10 db neiu ,wmui iuw. He is survived by his, mother, wife and four Bmall children. LIVE GAME ANIMALS ARE FEATUREOFSPORT FAIR Rnnkane. Wash.. May 2. Spo- - ' . m kane's third annual sportsmen and tourists fair Is to be opened hem this afternoon. The exhibits im-lude live cougar, bear, deer, elk. birds and Ilsn. uemonBt.ru tions in how to equip and manage a pack train, and motion pictures showing hunting and fishing scenes are special features of .the show. THREE HOMERS IN ONE . INNING FEATURE GAME PMladelDhia. May 2. In tbe fourth inning of today's Philadelphia-Washington game, the Athle tics made three home runs in a mw the circuit swatters being Tillie, Walkers, reruns .u ier It was Walkers' seconu run of tt game. Mogridge was pitching ana was Fralcis. Tacoma, Wash., May 2. Rainy and cold weather greeted voters in Tacoma and Pierce county today who went to the polls to Vote a the first consolidated election der the new state law. The main interest centers around the tight xor two places on the city council. H. Roy Harrl son, the - incumbent; - Harry E. Smith, former chief of police John L. Murray and Claire Bow man are fighting it out for the two posts in the finals. The final election for mayor was made un necessary when A. V. Fawcett re celved a majority of the votes in the primary election two weeks ago. Seattle, Wash., May 2. Febru ary weather, witu a cold wind and a threat of rain, prevailed as Seat tie residents went to the polls to day to elect a mayor three mem bers of the city council, two school directors and a comptroller and treasurer, and to pass upon seven - measures, including the Erickson proposal that the cost of operation and maintenance of the municipal street railway system be paid from the general taxation fund. ' . At the same time residents of the port of Seattle district were to elect a port commissioner, and number of waterway districts were to elect directors. ROTARIAN COMMITTEES, ARE NAMED FOR YEAR Members of the committees for the coming year to carry on the program of work of the Salem Ro tary club were announced today through the weekly issue of the club's bulletin by R. O. Snelling, secretary. They were announced as fol lows: - . Boys' work committee, Geo. L. Arbuckle, chairman; R. J. Vallton, L. R. Burdette. Entertainment, Paul B. Wallace, chairman; C. P, Bishop, R. B. Duncan, W. M. Ham ilton, C. E. Knowland. Fellowship, F. D. Thielsen, chairman; W. . H. Burghardt, Wm. McGilchrist, Jr., A. N. Pierce, A. A. "Gueffroy. Ed ucation, J. J. Evans, chairman; W. L. KUser, Eric Butler. Public affairs, T. B. Kay, chairman, Geo. Putnam, R. J. Hendricks. Rela tions with international headquar ters, R. R. Boardman, H. S. Gile. Correspondent to the Rotarlan, R. R. Boardman. Publicity, the pres ident and secretary. Sergeant at arms, Charles Russell Archerd, until his successor is elected by the board of directors. . JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS London, May 2. Tbe Japanese cabinet headed by Premier Taka hashi has resigned for the purpose of permitting a partial reorganiza tion of the ministry, say an Ex change telegraph dispatch frorn Toklo today. FAIR DIVORCEE HELD SLAYER OF RELATIVE Pretty 19-Year-Old Miss Arrested By Police As Killer of Small ftephew ; Suicide Attempt Fails. , Chicago, May, 2.- Miss Violet Black Duncan, a pretty 19 year oloi, divorcee, was arrested today charged with the murder of her nephew, Hollis Boyd, 2 years old. ' The child was found dead In Miss Duncan's apartment last Saturday night. Miss Duncan lay on the floor beside the Boy, with three range jets turned on ln full force. Miss Duncan was revived by a physician. , s ' Quarrel Thought Cause The attempted suicide of the young woman was believed by police to have resulted from a quarrel with R. C. Dubay, said to be a, wealthy business man of At lanta, Ga. When neighbors broke into. Miss" Duncan's apartment Saturday night, a note addressed to - Dubay was clutched In her hand. It read: "f)avy Send Hollis to sister for me. I'm so tired I don't want to live. I love you. Violet." According to the police, Miss Duncan came to Chicago last Feb ruary from Atlanta, Ga . where she met Dubay, after obtaining" divorce from Walter Duncan of Chattanooga, Tenn. Miss Duncan was married when she was 14 years old, police said. , ,.l On his way to a ball game Sat urday Dubay saw Miss Duncan board a motor bus with another man, Later in the day he called at her Apartment and after a quarrel is said to have told her be would not marry her. Several hours lat er, be received a telephone can from Miss Duncan, who asked himj to come to her home. -When Dubay arrived, he smelled the es caping gas and with the aid of neighbors, broke into the apart ment. Miss Duncan was revived but the boy died without regaining consciousness. The boy's mother, Mrs.;A, L. Boyd of Alton Park, Tenn., was notified. Granddad In Vogue; Suspenders Latest z Wrinkle of Fashion . Chicago, May 2. Granddad, by refusing to discard his sus penders years ago, will be right in style this year, according, to the United National Clothiers, now holding the 16th semi annual convention here. Yes, and his nightshirts, and in wet nweather, rubbers, will be quite the thing. The arrival of the suspender Is closely associated with the departure of cuffed trousers, according to exhibitors. Blue and pink are tbe pre dominating colors ln the sleeve supporters being ithovyn and talked about. PAID DAUGHERTY S10F!;25D00 Washington, May 2. Reports that Harry M. Daugherty, now attorney general, had received fee of $25,000 from Charles W Morse, New York shipbuilder, for obtaining Morse's release ln 1912 from tbe Atlanta federal prison were repeated in the senate today hy Senator Cat away, democrat Arkansas, .and denied "by friends of the present attorney general. The Arkansas senator said the report was based "upon public In formation." Senator Watson, republican, In dlana, said he had talked with Mr. Daugherty about the report and it was untrue. MOB VIOLENCE FEARED; ' BANKCASHIER MOVED LTkiah, Cal., May 2. Fear of mob violence prompted to removal last night of J. E. Weller, chasier of the First -Savings bank of Fort Bragg, from his home ln Fort Bragg to the county Jail here after the bank was forced to close on ac count of the alleged misappropria tion by Weller of a sum in excess of $170,000 of its funds, It was announced today by Sheriff Ralph Byrnes. Workers In the lumber mills who had deposited their savings In the bank met in small groups on Fort Bragg streets after work last igbt and threatened Weller, ac cording to Deputy Sheriff Relse, who brought the banker here. ODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES SIT IN PARLEYS Genoa, May 2. (By Associated Press.) Premier Poincare of France may come to Genoa for the closing session of the economic conference. The question whether he will join the other premiers here will be one of the subjects he will -dls cuss with M. Barthou, head ot the French delegation, who Is leaving today for several days' confer encea in Paris. The most important question to be talked over by Mr. Bartbou and his chief, it is understood is that of France's attitude on the non aggression pact proposed by tbe British prime minister. Marshal Lloyd-George. - " Whether M. Poincare will con sent to a meeting of the signator ies ot the treaty of Versailles to discuss German reparations before May 31, is another subject for tbe parley ln Paris . ' Frenchmen here believe It un-L likely that M. Poincare will agree to talk reparations at Genoa. American. , R. H. E Boston 1 - 6 10 3 New York. 12 18 1 Fullerton, Karr, Collins and Ruel, Walters; Jones and Schang Devormer. ; R. H. E. Cleveland 10 12 1 Chicago 6 11 0 Coveleskie and O'Neill; Russell. Wilkinson, McWeeney and Schalk R. H. E. St. Louis 1 5 0 Detroit - 3 10 1 Shocker and Scvereid; Ehmke and Bassler. Natidnal, K. H. E. Pittsburgh Z 5 3 Cincinnati - 9 110 Carlson, Yellowhorse. Morrison nd Gooch; Couch and Hargrave. R. II. E. ew YorK m w Boston J 10 1 Ryan and Snyder, Smith; Mar-qi-.tril. Watson, Fllllnglm and O'Neill.. YAKIMA HAY GROWERS ' RAP FIVE-GRADE PLAN Yakima, Wash., May 2. Yaki ma hay growers meeting this morning with officials from the Washington department ot agri culture and the Oregon public service commission, were a unit ln objecting to the proposed five grades for alfalfa hay, which have been approved by Oregon hay growers. The valley men contend ed that they ' could not produce "choice" hay as defined, and that the difference between the pro posed "choice" hay, 98 per cent pure, and number 1 hay, 95 per cent pure, is not marked enough for classification purposes. E. D. French, state director of agricul ture is presiding at the session, with about 100 growers attending. ISLAND INVESTOR IN SIGNED LETTER BARES BIG SWINDLE Capital Journal's Revelations Concerning Mexican "Paradise" Substantiated and Enlarged Upon by A. J. Anderson; Selling Stories of Promoters Termed Bundle of Myths. A, J. Anderson, the well known Salem builder and con tractor who recently returned from a winter spent at Tal mito del Verde, the "island paradise" off the coast of Sina loa, Mexico, where over $50,000 of Salem money has been invested, in the following open letter fully confirms the exposures made by the Capital Journal regarding the frau dulent character of the transactions The island proves to be a brush covered sand-bar, wwith a thin layer of soil over sand or hard-pan, with little good water available. Markets are not needed because commercial crops are impossible. The story of the island is a tragedy of colonization failures, blasted hopes and lost savings. To the Editor: Noticing an advertisement ln the Oregonlon for twenty families to colonize Palmlto del Verde, an Island off the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico, in serted presumably by W. H O'Brien, the promoter who ln duced many Salem people to In vest ln this island, including my self, I deem it my duty to warn the public against this Invest ment, as the Island is no place for a white man, no commercial crops are produced, the climate Is Intol erable in summer, and the pur chasers might as well charge off their investments to profit and loss. Having recently returned from spending tbe winter there, having experienced ' Its - climatic effects, having tried farming and watched others, I know whereof I speak. My experience has cost me some two thousand dollars besides severe attack ot tropical fever from which I am convalescing, but if it will prevent loss to others. It will not have been spent in vain Nothing But Sand-bar. Palmlto. del Verde is nothing but a sand-bar, covered with brush, underlaid in many places by bard-pan. Decaying vegeta tion has produced a thin loam When the brush is slashed and burned, the ashes fertile the soil so that one crop can be grown The strength of the soil is then dissipated, and there is nothing but sand left. Tbe wells of tbe is. (Continued on page eight) T Jackson, Miss., May 2. The 100,000 damage suit brought by Miss Francis C. BIrkhead, a sten ographer against Governor Lee Russell ot Mississippi, her former employer, alleging seduction, was dismissed in federal court today by Judge Edwin Holmes, on the ground of the lack of jurisdiction. Attorneys for Miss BIrkhead announced that tbey would refile the suit immediately in the Ox ford division of the federal court. Governor Russell contt,ded that his home was in Oxford, Miss., and be could not le tried in ackson. POSSESSION OF LIQUOR CHARGED TO PORTLANDER C. II. McCabe, of Portland, was arrested here last night and was charged with possessing intoxicat ing liquor and with operating his automobile without a proper li cense. McCabe was taken Into cus tody by state officers. One hundred dollars ball' was flit niched by McCabe, who is said to be associated with the Durant Motor company, cf Portland. He was cited to appear ln tbe police court Wednesday afternoon. REPORT SAYS FAMILY OF FIVE CAN LIVE ON $1.47 Tacoma, Wash., May 2. The average cost of maintaining a family of five persons in Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho is $1.47 per day, according to figures col lected by the Loyal Legion of Log gers and Lumbermen and made public her today. ..The lowest cost, $1.40 a day, is reported for Tacoma, and the higbeBt, $1.64 a day for Brighton, Ore. In April, 1921, the Tacoma cost was reported at $1.82 a day, the highest at that time In the three states. Food costs were giv en for 27 lumber centers and In clude Astoria, $1.64; Seattle, $1.47; Spokane, $1.46; Aberdeen, Hdqutam and Oryirtta. $1.2), Portland, $1.47; Potlatch, Idaho. $1.60; Em.xctt, Idaho, $1.42: rI lingham, $1.42; Everett, $1.48; Bend, Or., $1.62; Marshfleld. Or., $1.63, and La Grande, Or., $1.4.1 IS NEW SECRETARY OF COUNTY Y.H. Edwin Socolofsky, for tbe past four months assistant secretary tor the Marion county Y. M. C. A., today succeeded the post or ex ecutive secretary of the county committee, succeeding Mr. Kudd, who has asked to be released from the county organisation in order to devote his entire time to his duties as interstate secretary for county work for the states of Ore gon and Idaho. Mr. Rudd, who came here last September, to take personal charge ot the county or ganization, left today for his boms in Portland. Socolofsky Is a Salem boy and is well .known throughout Marlon county. In addition to his four months experience in the office of the secretary of the county asso ciation he was active ln Y. M. C. A. work as a member of the Wil lamette deputation team while a student in the university here. His employment as secretary of the county association was made pub lic by tbe county committee fol lowing its regular quarterly meet ing which was held in the publlo lib'rarj' Monday night. Several out of town members of the county committee as well as a number ot Hl-Y club members representing at least five Marlon county towns were present at the meeting, attracted here largely by tbe appearance on the program of J. C. Clark, former O. A, C. stu dent but for tbe past four years boys' work secretary with the Y. M. C. A. at Shanghai, China. Mr. Clark, who Is in charge ot the largest boys' work division ln ' the world, told his audience last night that boys' work in China was very much similar to that In tbe United States. In spite of the difference ln customs and cos tume, Clark declared, American boys and Chinese boys are very much alike inside. HARDING ASKS $500,000 TO PROSECUTE GRAFTERS Washington, May 2. A request for a special appropriation of $600,000 to be used in prosecution of war fraud cases was sent to the house today by President Harding. The budget communication ex plained the fund would be used for Investigating of prosecuting all cases, whether civil or com mercial, growing out ot tin war. ADA JONES CRITICALLY ILL Rocky Mount, N. C, May I. Ada Jones, prominent musical comedy star. Is critically ill ln a local hospital. The seriousness of her condition became known today when It was announced that her close relatives had been sum moned.. V.'Kl II. Iter, of th "n.xntra says there are too many "tbou ia!f atrl's iJ. io!f,JU. Wj n't observed that tbe ten ia ibs Decalogue have hampered the "movie" people much.