Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 17, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON PTMK A CIRCULATION Average for April 6793. Hember Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased 1 The Weather OREGON: Fair Tonight and Thurs day except probablyrain west portion. Local: No rainfall; northerly winds; Clear; maximum, 90; minimum, 64; river, 6.8 and rising. liili' ?af Ire service. . "forty-fourth YEAR NO. 117. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY J7, 1922. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND- NRWS STANDS FIVB CENTS "1 ' m F9 l I J 1 rtn n vOiW Tt dpi'... -ttv-. k -m xr mm mm mm & v n k m rrH X. V MS 1 V V . f t "ft I t V. t-L. S t i " SlDATES-piNCIiOTWINS em k at id JN ... ss." pf am vania (hMTT . I O . BE! m. i ill j r3 I U 1 m i w w m m m m m mm m n h i i i i wbb'bbhh rw w m mt 9j v m ENDORSEMENT "Favored Ones" Doubtful Regarding Honors Con ferred by Ticket; None Repudiate Favor. Announcement of the Ku Kluj 3 Klan ticket for Marion count a this morning caused more than tLJ" perceptible stir In the ranks of candidates, especially those "fav ored" with endorsement, and as pirants for office have been scur rying hither and thither in fever ish haste, seeking to determine the amount of "kick" that may be contained in the little yellow sheet. ' No Repudiations By their own admissions, re peatedly expressed to . solituous friends, none of the "favored" few sought the honor imposed up on them, and a few appeared to have doubts as to the real friend ship thus expressed toward their campaigns. Signlfically, none of them saw fit to repudiate the endorsements, and the only expressions of opin ion that could be seeured read as follows: George Griffith, endorsed for the nomination as state senator. Griffith States Stand. "If I am nominated and elected state senator for Marlon county, 1 will represent all of the people of the county to the best of my abil ity. I am not the candidate of many faction, nor have I sought the endorsement of any faction, but I have sought the support ot all citizens upon the same baBis.' Mrs. Fannie Kay Bishop, en dorsed for the nomination as rep resentative from Marion county: Mrs. Bishop Unpledged. "My announcement was made in the belief that I could render the people of Marion county service in public office such as they would desire of their repre sentatlve. have not sought the endorsement or entered Into alii ance wih any organization, but desire to go to the legislature, if J am nominated and elected, free from any pledges except to all of the people of Marlon county." Zadoc J. Riggs, another of the aspirants for a seat in the lower house whose name graced the ticket, refused to make any state ment, and the other candidates endorsed could not be reached this aiternoon. Senator Louis Lachmund has not recovered sufficiently from his recent operation to talk poll tics or see visitors, but Mrs. Lac h taund stated that the endorsement was a complete surprise and the first knowledge they had of it was nen the yellow ticket was left on their doorstep. Tokio, May 17. (By Asso ciated Press) The entire staff of the Chinese legation left To kio today without notifying the foreign office, declaring their departure was due to the fail ure of Peking to supply funds f p'hinese students here and g efusal of Japanese banks ,c take further advances on ground of lack of security. 01 ANCE TO SEND SPECIAL MISSION I YELLOW TICKET IN POLK; MOORE HANDS t'nder the direction of Floyd D. Moore, county clerk of Polk coun ty 'whom political opponents in 'he republican party charge with wplrlng to teh control of the par ,T organization in that county, 00 yellow tickets bearing the Ku KIux Klan endorsement of tindldates for the nomination for "ate officers sje being distribut. iu Polk county today. Mr. Moore received the yellow slips from Portland this morning. .Evidently the Klan intends to Nay a silent part, if any, in the ontesu for nomination to county offices in Polk, for the yellow icket contain only recomenda tions for candidates for state offi and are the same as have been distributed In all parts of .the tate. C. Heyman, county agent of iinn coimtv . that ht has .civiio . .. - "Istrlbuted 1243 quart of poison M grain thuajar this season in ,a attempt to overcome the squir rel pen. Paris, May 17. (By Associated Press) The French government has informed the American war debt funding commission that it is ready to send a special mission to the United States to confer regard ing the payment of the French debt. Finance Minister De Lasteyrie recommended to the cabinet today that a special mission headed by Jean Parmentier, administrator of the ministry of finance, be sent to the United States to confer with the debt funding commission. Premier Poincare accordingly handed a note to Ambassador Her rick to this effect. M. Parmentier will, it is stated, make full and frank statement of the situation of France's finances and then ask the debt funding commission for a specific declara tion of what it expects from France. The French budget for 1923 make no provision for the payment of either Interest or principal on the French debt. US. I F. F OR SYRIAN L Geneva, May 17. (By Associ ated Press.) The United States, and France are about to reach an agreement on the French mandate for Syria according to information reaching the secretariat of! the league of nations. It iB understood the American government's ap proval is subject to certain condi tions which apparently will be met. No country has been more lib eral than Great Britain in dealing with religious feeling in its terri tories, declared Lord Balfour, and in no country had Catholics re ceived fairer treatment than in England. All Great Britain would do in Palestine would be done in the full noonday sun of public opinion. Palestine, continued Lord Hal four, would be no financial asset ,n r.rat Britain. Furthermore the country needed money. To make it self-supporting and 'the delay over the mandate was seri ously embarrassing the adminis tration by discouraging those who might desire to extend loans. France is expected to ask the approval of the mandate by the council of the league at the spe cial meeting to be held not later than June 16 at which the British mandate for Palestine is to be dis cussed. MOTOR SKIPOZMF SLOWLY SINKING Marshfield, Or., May 17. With water steadily rising and close to the motor controlling the vessel s wireless, the motor ship Ozmo. which is adrift off Port Orford, Or , after striking a rock early to- day, was with bait 01 ner ri" and the rest, including tain, still on board, wa.i.is- v...... frnrn th Bandon and Cape Blanco stations, , accord ing to message receiveu vj radio station here. The latest radio from the Ozmo said no sign or m ot ihe tug Fearles. which set out early , today from Coos Bay had been seen. 'Ill NAT ON Old GuardForces Handed Severe Jolt by Success of Progressive Adminis tration forces. Philadelphia, May 17 Gifford Pinchot "has apparently won the republican nomination for gov ernor on the face of unofficial re turns," VV. Harry Banker, secre tary of the state republican com mittee, declared In a statement is sued this afternoon. "Unless Allegheny county gives a larger majority than my advices indicate ' there is no doubt that Pinchot carried the state," the statement said. Returns from 6178 of the 7534 districts in the state received shortly after Secretary Baker made bis announcement had re duced Mr. Alter's majority to 11, 696. The vote was Alter 443,390; Pinchot 431,694. Pinchot Goes Fishing;. Expressing confidence that he had won the nomination, Mr. Pin chot planned to leave Philadelphia today to go fishing. With Mrs. Pinchot be was to leave this after noon for their home at Milford, Pike county. Mr. Pinchot said he had received word from his cam paign leaders In Allegheny county that the Alter majority there would not exceed 32,000. "I don't want to wait and hear the results," Mr. Pinchot said. "I'm confident I have won the nomination." Latest returns showed that Pinchot was leading In 61 of the 67 counties in the state. Wharton Pepper Nominated. In the only other important contest in -the republican ranks, George Wharton Pepper ot Phila delphia, incumbent by appoint ment of the governor, won by a substantial majority over Con-gressman-at-large William J. Burke of Pittsburgh for the nom ination for United States senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Boies Penrose. Apparently onry one woman captured a republican nomination for the state legislature. She was Miss Helen Grimes of Knoxville, Allegheny county. Six women were named by the democrats for the legislature and two for represent atives in congress. The congress ional nominees were Ellen Davis in the second district and Jane E. Leonar In the 27th. The democratic vote was un usually light. attitude!" u.s. at hague MISCONSTRUED Washington, May 17. French sources at Genoa, prior to issuance of the economic -conference of an invitation to the United States to participate in The Hague meeting sent a "feeler" to develop the American attitude toward such participation, it was learned to day. The American reply, it was mr plained, was sympathetic in char acter but not an acceptance, al though apparently construed at Genoa as forecasting participation by the United States. This It was said was the only explanation that' could be assigned in official quarters here for the confusion In European capitals which has fol lowed American declination of the formal invitation. The French proposal was of a general nature and fixed no time or place for the suggested eco nomic commission to meet. The American reply crossed on the cables the formal Invitation to The Hague meeting and the re sult it was said today, evidently was that the American sympathe tic attitude toward the original French suggestion was constru ed In some quarters abroad as In dicating acceptance of the Invita tion to The Hagus. - A Personal Plea For a Friend By GEORGE PUTN.AM . This Is a disinterested personal appeal in behalf of a Bick man written by one who is of opposite political faith, Inspired by sympa thy for the stricken and a desire to assist the afflicted. For some ten weeks Louis Lach mund has been suffering the tor tures of the damned from an In fection of the right arm which resulted in blood poisoning. From wrist to shoulder his arm la gash ed and scarred with numerous wounds left by the surgeons knife. For weeks at a time his arm has been enveloped 1n hot compresses. Of sleep there has been little. Of pain much. Only those who have experienced blood-poisoning are aware of the agony It entails. He is now in the 'hospital, his arm having been slashed to the bone from wrist to elbow In a final ef fort to remove the infection. Unable to Campaign Louis Lachmund is a candidate for reelection, to the state senate, but unable to do anything to for- I (Continued on page ten) CRISIS REACHED T Washington, May 17 (By Asso elated Prees) The Chilean-Peruvian conference today was brought suddenly face to face with what many diplomatic observers regarded as its severest test. The recognized crucial Issue of the entire controversy, Involving the validity of the Ancon treaty provision for a plebesclte in Tac-na-Arlca, -came to the fore unex pectedly through the decision of Chile to propose Immediate dis cussion of a method by which that provision could be fulfilled. Peru's plenipotentiaries, mani festly disappointed at the direction thus given to the negotiations at the very outset, reversed comment, ment. The purpose of the Washington negotiations was defined in Presi dent Harding's invitation as to discuss controversies arising out "of the provisions of the treaty." BEARCATS TO PLAY NORTH PACIFIC TEAM Tomorrow afternoon the Bear cat nine will meet the North Pa cific college sluggers on Sweet land field, the game to be called at 3:30 o'clock. The Portland team have in Quisenberry an ex cellent pitcher and with this add ed to the ability of the team at large to handle the stick In an un derstanding manner makes them a hard bunch with whom to cross bats. " The Bearcats after the rest from lastaaveek's heavy schedule are all In fine condition and are' deter mined to make up for the defeat handed them last Saturday by the Lindfield college nine. Ashby's arm Is rid of Its soreness caused by his pitching In all three games last week and In all probability will be Bohler's choice for' the mound. With warm weather the game ought to develop Into more or less of a pitcher's battle. BAN PLACED UPON USE OF DANDELIONS IN MAKING OF WINE Newark, N. J., May 17. Dandelions are not fruit and hence cannot be legally used In the manufacture of wine for family use. Dandelion wine addicts are responsible for this ruling of the federal prohibition commis sioner, made public today by Collector of Internal Revenue Ferguson. Inquiries by those who feared dandelions might not be one of the fruit wines permissible for householders to use on permit, caused him to send the query to Washington, Collector Ferguson said. 10 ATTEND MEET AT THE HAGUE Proposal of Powers Ac cepted by Tchitcherin Presence of Wrangel Deplore Recomination. Genoa, May 17. (By Associat ed Press.) Russia has accepted the proposals of the powers for the meeting at The Hague to dis cuss the Russian situation, it was announced this afternoon. M. Tchitcherin, the Russian foreign minister, said he thought the frontier truce should Include the soviet republics, declaring he would take It In that sense. He desired to have the truce broaden ed, in order to Include aggression by bands. Referring to the bands of General Wrangel, former antl bolshevlkl leader in South Russia, now in the Balkans, he asked that they be removed to more distant countries. When the Russian delegate asked that the troops of General Wrangel be removed to a more distant country than the Balkans, Mr. Lloyd-George protested. "Where will you banish them? Certainly not to our country." Protests Exclusion. M. Tchitcherin repeated his protest against the exclusion ol Germany. He concluded by re serving the right to suggest cer tain amendments to the proposals. ;Prime - Minister Lloyd-George delivering an address advising against recriminations on the part ot various governments and de ploring the tendency ot various powers, 'Who claimed they possess ed all the virtues and the others all the vices. He made it clear that the conference would not compl with M. Tchitcherin's re quest that Germany be admitted to The Hague meeting. French Supported. Tbe French delegation has re ceived word from Paris that French public opinion entirely en dorses the government's stand on tbe negotiations with the bolBhe- vlsts and especially France's Ini tiative in approacuing m uuneu States. ABOUT 2000 CHICKENS . KILLED IN COLLISION BUT 4000 ESCAPE MASONS OFFICIALLY REPUDIATE KLAN AND ITS ACTIVITIES Official denial by the Masonic bodies ot Oregon of charges that Masons are backing or tolerating a iiiovcment which Incites rcligi ous bigotry and racial dlscrlmina. Hon was made yesterday in forisal communication to all lodges In the state signed by Frank S. Balllie of Portland grand master of the grand Ma sonic lodge of Oregon. While: the Ku Klux Klan Is not mentioned In the communication the reference is regarded as clear ly meaning that organization. The letter follows: To All Grand Officers, to the Masters and Wardens of all con stituent lodges and for the bene fit of whom it may concern: Ominous and forbidding rumors, provoking dissension and strife, falsely Intimate that the Masonic fraternity, as such. Is officially aligned In silent acquiescence and aDDroval of a movement inciting religious bigotry and racial dis crimination. These new alignments in polit ical matters fostering such sinis ter appeals to prejudice and dis cord beget a menace to our Amer ican Institutions which every Ma son should condemn and suppress Your grand master takes this occasion to record bis positive dis approval of all such acts as unbe coming to and foreign to the spirit of the Masonic fraternity. Believing that such unseemly activity Is contrary to the ancient charges your grand master places before you his positive interdic tion of such acts and I therefore give you In charge to govern your self accordingly. -Fraternally,-FRANK 8. BAILUE. Attest:' Grand Master. JAMES F. ROBINSON, Grand Secretary. Peekskill, N. Y., May 17. 2000 chickens and their at tendant, P. A. Marshall ot Lin coln, N. B., were killed today when two freight trains col lided on a curve here. Traffic on the New York Central was tied up for about two and a half hours. About 4000 chickens escaped. Residents organized a big hunt. The tracks were carpeted with feathers. BY BUTTEV1LLE Endorsement ot Jim E. Smith, candidate for county commission er, by the Farmers' & Hop Grow ers' Fire Relief association of Buttevllle, Marion county, which has a total membership of 5000, was announced this morning. ' The endorsement of the organ ization is signed by 10 of the most prominent and active farmers In Marlon county and follows: "We, the undersigned directors and officers ot the Farmers' & Hop Growers' Fire Relief assocla tlon of Buttevllle, Marlon county, Oregon, wish to state to the voters of Marion county that in voting for Jim E. Smith for commission er you wlir make no mistake, as we have been personally acquaint ed with him for a good many years, and be being an associate member ot the board of directors ot the Hop Growers' Fire Relief association, we have had an op portunity to observe him at closg range and we are glad to say that we have for.nd him at all times to be a thorough business man, thor oughly analysing every question or problem before making his de cision. This, in our estimation, is the reason why be has mane a wonderful success in his affairs, and why, If elected, he will look after the business affairs of the county in the same business like manner, without fear or favor. This is one case of.he office seek ing the man, not the man seeking the office, for soldom can men of his caliber be Induced to accept this office on account of the re muneration which Is attached to It, and we fell - that his friends from all parts of the county must have used unusual effort to gel him to allow his name to be used as a candidate, and under those conditions we feel that in placing an (X) opposite him name you will be voting for your best in terests. (Signed) JAS. P. FELLER, Pres. JOHN MURRAY. W. R. M'KAY. FRANK O. KUENSTING. ' C. J. ESPV, Treas. J. C. MURPHY. JAME3 SCHWAB. FRED GEARIN. FRATERNAL ORDERS USED AS MASK TO HIDE REAL BACKERS , x . Slate Circulated As Recommendation of Twelve Patriot Societies (Without Sanc tion of Lodges Falsely Reported As Having Shared In Preparation Marion County Ku Klux Ticket State Governor Chas. Hall State Treasurer O. P. Hoff . Labor Commissioner Wm, A. Dalziel Public Service Commissioner J. R. Thiehoff County Senators Geo. Griffith, Louis Lachmund Representatives Fannie Kay Bishop, Lloyd T. Reynolds, Zadoe J. Riggs. C. H. Taylor County Commissioner A. R. Siegmund $6,000, 000 SPEN T Approximately $5,954,000 of state highway money has already been expended In the territory to be covered by the Roosevelt high, way or tributary thereto. Governor Olcott points out in a letter to Fred C. Baker, secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Coast High way association, In reply to a let ter from Baker. Work is constant ly going on along that route and will continue to go on, the Govern or explains. "As I understand the situa tion," the governor writes, "the commission feels that Congres. sional action might be very re mote Indeed and to keep the $2. 500,000 Intact pending Congress ional action might seriously Inter fere with highway development work In the very country that oth erwise might be benefited at tome distant future time by the con struction of the Roosevelt high, way." Masked in the guise of an endorsement by twelve patriotic societies in the county, compiled by a committee comprised of one delegate from each of the societies, the Marion County Ticket of Ku Klux Klan, the "Yellow Ticket," made its ap pearance here today. Greeted by the candidates endorsed on its face with real or feigned surprise, as the case may actually be, the slip received an uncertain welcome at the hands of its nominees. Written In Portland Although written in the Portland office of the "Federated Patriotic Societies," state headquarters for the Klan presided over by "Exalted Cyclops" Gifford, the ticket is being circu lated as an endorsement of candidates selected by delegates representing 12 societies in Marion county, and is being promptly denied by representative Shriners, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, and Scottish Rite Masons, whose organizations are being represented as having had a hand in the framing of the slate. Lodgemen Deny Implication If these orffanizatinnn wprp rpnrfigontwl Va MmmlftAA - ' ' - j - .j . . . v. ... vii . I . u . IIIIIIIIUU U of 12 which sponsored the ticket, it was by individual mem bers of the fraternities, acting on their own initiative and without authorization on the part of the lodges, prominent menioers oi tnose organizations declared today. It is entirely Dossihle that. mpmhAra vf fV,no ..., . . - -. v. t. I'l-ic wiutio oat as members of the "committee of 12" in considering the endorse ments, according to the same sources, but if they did so it wt wimout aumonty ana the use of the names of these fraternities as sponsors for the ticket is unwarranted. Klan Actually Behind Ticket Actual endorsement of the ticket is that of the Ku Klux Klan, Orancemen anH ihe A p a i r , . , 1 , , . , ,. ' -"c.vc int-mueia oi wnicn orders have been holding regular secret meetings in the office ' of County Surveyor Herrick, in the court house, according to . ".vcoLifcHieu uy me district attorney. Of what other organizations t.hesp twpl Af -ii i ""v "c iiiciiiuejH js not definitely known. The 'Yellow Tickets" nrinted in Pnriln,! rv,o,i,. u: appearance in Salem bright and early this morning, and mi uuKiiuuL me uay tviansmen and affiliated campaigners were busy circulating them throughout the city. Placed in downtown restaurants and other public places, the little yellow slips were snaiched up rapidly by curio collectors. Tickets folded into sample ballots were distributed through! out the residence districts in a house to house campaign. In its state office recommendations the ticket varies from the state ticket of the Klan in only one particular it carries the recommendation for the nomination of John T. T?an,i justice of the supreme court. No recommendations are made in reference to the democratic ballot. MEDFORD LEGION STRONG KU KLUX Medford, Or., May 17. The Medford post ot the American Le gion at a meeting last night adopted a resolution condemning lawlessness but declaring that no action would be taken for or against the Ku Klux Klan until charges of lawlessness made against It had been proved. Sev eral members of the Medford le gion resigned recently when a resolution denouncing the Ku Klux Klan was voted down. BIG OIL DRUM TAKEN HERE A large oil drum, weighing nearly 450 pounds, was stolen from In front of the business estab lishment of Clark E. Lee, 255 Ferry street, here early this morn ing, according to his report to tbe police. The drum was delivered in front of his store between 1 and 4 o' clock this morning by a transfer company, Mr. Lee said. BRITISH CABINET DEFERS TO COMMONS FOLLOWING DEFEAT London, May 17 (By the As sociated Press) The British cab inet has decided -to defer to the wishes of the house of commons and appoint a committee to In quire into the educational pro gram on which the government was defeated by a narrow major ity last night, Austen Chamber lain, the government leader an nounced In the house this afternoon. London, May 17 (By the As sociated Press) The British cab inet -has decided to recommend to the house ot commons a course of action which will not involve the resignation of the government be cause of Its defeat during tbe educational disousslon in the house last night, the Pall Mall Gazette and CJlobe says it understands.