Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, May 18, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON STATE LIBRA r MAY 2 3 122 CIRCULATION Average for April 5793. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire Bervice. . The Weather OREGON: Tonight and Friday show ers, cooler east portion, moderate winds. Local: No rainfall; southerly winds; cloudy; maximum, 82; minimum, 50; river, 7. t feet and rising. FORTY-FOURTH. YEAR NO. 118. TOMORROW TO BRING END OF GENOA PARLEY Final Plenary Session of Conference Set Today; America's Presence At The Hague Unlikely. Genoa, May 18 (By the As. eociated Press) Sir . Edward Griggs announced on behalf of the British delegation this afternoon that further advices had been re ceived from the United States gov eminent and that it did not seem likely the United States would participate in The Hague meet ing, at least until the scope of the meeting was 'better under stood. Asked to explain the British del egate-3 statement, Richard Wash burn Child, the American ambas, eador, told the correspondent he had conferred with Foreign Min ister Schanzer of Italy, Prime Minister - Lloyd-George being present, and amplified the post tlon concerning The Hague meeting already explained in the note to Secretary of State Hughes in order to make clear beyond the possibility of a doubt the at titude of the United States. The final plenary session of the (Continued on Page Seven.) MARCH TO MEET F Tien Tain, May 18. (By Asso ciated Press.) Chihll troops be longing to "the army of General Wu Pei-Fu are passing through Tien Tsin In large numbers on their way to the northern front to oppose the army of General Shang Tso-Lin at Luanchow. The allied military leaders have warned both- sides against en trenching within two miles of the Muttden railway, but this warning probably will be ignored. The railway Is in terrible con fusion. General Wu's subordinates constantly inerferrlng with, the operating staff. Chang's forces took most of the locomotives and other rolling stock during their retreat after the defeat before Peking. Trains from the Pukowa, Sui Yuan, Hankow and other railways are being used to transport the Chibili soldiers. . WOMEN ADMITTED TO BAPTIST CHURCH RULE Jacksonville, Fla., May 18 (By the Associated Press) Change in the constitution of iha Southern Baptist convention to ad mit women to membership on the legislative committee and various Ijoarda, was announced today af ter much discussion. Dr. J. W. Porter of Louisville, Ky., opposed the chnge, quoting the Apostle Paul's adjuration of women peaking in ten church of Cornlth. "We have etrteTl on the down tjrde," he declared, "and the time will come when a woman will pre side over this convention." PRESBYTERIANS NAME HAYS MODERATOR AGAIN Des Moines. Iowa, May 18. fBy Associated Press) The Rev. C. C Hays, for 31 years pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Johnstown, Pa., was elected mod erator of the Presbyterian church In the United States of America at this afternoon's session of the 134ih general assembly here. Dr. Hays was elected on the first ballot, receiving 612 votes. Dr. Cleland McAfee of Chicago was a rlose second, receiving S79 votes. The vote was changed to make Dr. Hays' election unanimous. SON OF GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL ARRIVES HERE New York, May 18. FrFitz VonFalkenhayn, only son of the late Field Marshal Von Falken hayn. former chief of stafr of the German army, arrived today on the Seydlltx to go to work. Falkenbayn. who now is only 22, said he served as technical chief of German forces during the war. He said ha is going into the automobile iitciew In America. WITS TROOPS ON ORCE OF CHANG Olcott Rules 2 to 1 Favorite Few Are Willing to Take Bets In spite of the fact that there is between $10,000 and $16,000 available, few election bets, out side of small amounts, are being made on the governorship as the time for the people to express their sentiments through the bal lots draws near. An offer of two to one on Olcott in $1000 bets was received from Portland last night. It was inti mated that the men who made the offer would place $10,000 on their favorite against any candidate In the field. , ' Jfoney Goes "Begging. None of the money has been taken as yet, and it 1b believed that it will stiirbe unchallenged when the voting commences to morrow. The- offer was originally made in. a $4000 sum against $2500, the odds on Olcott, but failing to even get a rise out of supporters of oth er candidates, the odds were lengthened to their present status. Other money is being offered on Olcott to the extent of $3000 or $4000, but with no odds and as yet has failed to find "takers." Roseburg's Feet Cold. On reports here that Hall is a strong favorite in Roseburg, $1000 was sent there last night to be placed on Olcott, but up to noon today remained untaken. There is an absence of freak bets on all candidates. Everybody seems to be taking the situation seriously. The unusual number of bets wherein the loser agress to roll a peanut around the block, or wheel the winner 10 miles In a wheelbarrow, are not being made, which indicates that the humor of former elections has been driven out of the present situation by the blttterness of the fight in its eius ing hours. . s Few voters are without doubt as Jo the outcome, though the number is few' whoh ave not as yet determined upon their candi dates for the various offices. SALEM HI WILL HAVE E Open house, when exhibits of the work of students in the chem istry, physics, botany and biology departments, will be on display is to be held at the Salem high school Friday evening. . This is the first affair of this kind to- be staged on the Pacific coast and will be of decided in terest to the public, due to the fact that there will also' be a radio-phone concert at 9 o'clock as part of the program. The work displayed is all done by students of" the departments represented, who will also stage a number of experiments for the benefit of the guests. 13 Fareo. N. D., May 18. Thirty- five secret indictments against 13 Individuals have been returned by the soeclal county grand Jury in vestigation the atfairs of the de funct Scandinavian - American bank at Farga and the relation of those affairs with the Bank of North Dakota George Schafer, as sistant state attorney general, an nounced today. The grand Jury adjourned after issuing the indictments. Warrants are to be Issued this afternoon and the names of the persons will be made public after they nave been arrested, Mr. Shafer said. REALTORS' CHANGE NAME OF COUNTY ASSOCIATION Change ol name to the "Marlon Polk County Realtors' associa tion" voted by members of the viarinn nCiintv Realty association at their weekly luncheon in the Marlon hotel today. The chance was made so that real estate men of Polk county could enjoy the privilege of be longing to the association. TT,n nrocram today was devoted to Willamette university, Ben Rlckley, president of the student hnd of the institution, being the principal speaker. The Willamette quartet composed of P. M. Bllnk enann. Everett Craven, Ed Warren and Jack Vincent, with Byron Arnold, accompanist, sang a num ber of songs. Of 'fJ I! 01 IS BANK SCANDAL BOYS'OORMITORY 50,000 Word ' was received in Salem this morning from Senator Charles N. McNary that congress had to day c 'd upon an item appro priaj 3 $50,000 4or a boys' dor inito o ; the Chemawa Indian scho ; " ,v T 'A pproprlation, it was said, had 1 expected for some time. Sevi thousand dollars original ly i 5 isked. ' 2 I. on the new building, wht!3 vill be 226 feet long and 40 -a wide, will commence next fal.;- arwood Hall, superintend ent of the school, said today. Plans have already been drawn and ap proved, he explained. , The building will be of two stories. Three months will be re quired for its compfetion, it was said. It will accommodate 200 boys. ..-.. t STOP COAL PRICE RISE SUCCESSFUL Washington, May 18. Secre tary Hoover as'.-.a and obtained today the approval of the leading operators of non-union bitumin ous coal fields for a government plan of getting the coal Industry by voluntarily action to put a "stop point, on Increase in coal prices," during the period or tne existing coal strike. The plan which was approved by about forty operators, who met with Mr. Hoover calls for the crea tion of a committee of operators with government and consumers representatives serving on It in each district where coal is being produced through which all orders will be handled and coal will be cleared. A similar general com mittee would be sent up at Wash ington and Mr. . Hoover assured the coal operators that he bad At. torney General Daugnertys iuu- Ion that such "cooperative action to reduce and hold down prices in the public interest would be legal." Practically all of the represent atives of larger producing com panies not affected by the strike in the territory eist of the Missis sippi were present when Mr. Hoover, saying that the operators had been called for conference at the direction of. President Hard ing, announced his plan. Most of the operators declared that the production situation did not Justi fy increases in prices as ample supplies existed. WOMAN DISPATCH BEARER IN CIVIL WAR IS DEAD Asbury Park, N. J., May 18. Mrs. Jane Vanderoorst Bowly, who served the Confederacy dur. ing the Civil war as a dispatch bearer died at her summer home here today In her 93rd year. Mrs. Bowly, widow of Edmund Bowly, formerly of Baltimore, was born in Charleston, S. C, and her body will be taken there for inter ment. She Is survived by three children. TRAIN PLUNGES THRU BRIDGE; TWO KILLED Ardmore, Okla., May 18. Two men were killed and another orobably fatally Injured when a St. Louis and San Francisco freight train plunged through the bridge over Boggy river, near Sopher, about 60 miles east, of here at midnight last night, ac- cordingt o word received here to day. Five cars with the engine and tender dropped from an en- bankment twenty-five feet high. Snoqualmie Pass Open. Yakima, Wash., May 18. Mrs. Musa Brod-e, secretary of the Yakima branch of the auto club of western Washington, today , drove through the Snoqualmie Pass. In a wire from North Bend to the Yakima Republic she states me was in the first car over and that the road on tba r srae i very bad. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922. . RECONSIDERATION OF - PROJECT IS REQUESTED Reconsideration. of the 'recent action of the irrigation seourities commission in refusing to approve the contract for the development of the Jefferson water conservan cy district was sought by a- num ber of representatives of the vari ous interacts involved : who ap peared before the commission here Wednesday. The commission took the request under consideration but in view of its . known stand against cost-plus contracts' it is expected that its previous, posi tion on this project will bo main tained. Among those appearing before the commission Wednesday were J. N. Teal, representing the bond buyers; Jay Bowerman, represent ing the Shattuck Construction company; Ralph Schneelock.J. K. Kollock and others. Lyman Grls- wold, representing the associated contractors urged the commission to place the improvement of the project on a competitive basis open to all contractors, f- , ' LEAGUE TICKET ELEVENTH HOUR PLEA FOR VOTES The eleventh hour endorse ments of the Marion County Law Enforcement league, , suppressed until the eve of election' flay, made their appearance in Saleffr this afternoon and are beingclr culated from person to person and being displayed in windows, etc. The ticket reads: v For governor, Geo. A. White, Chas. Hall and Walter Pierce State senator, Sam H. Brown, Geo. W. Hubbs and Geo. Griffith. City recorder, P. L. Frazier Chief of police, Walter Blrtch ett. ' Aldermen, R. A. Harris, Gerald Volk and J. N. Smith. ; Representatives, Fannie Kay Bishop, Loyd T. Reynolds, Otto Wilson, Russell Catlln and Thos. B. Kay. All of the four candidates .for the nomination for mayor Here Indorsed. Only candidates for offices di rectly concerned with law u forcement were endorsed by - the league, wfiich Is said to represent forty Marion county organiza tions, including all of the protest ant churches, which are represent ed by their ministers, the Y. M, C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.- The indorsement report is sign ed by Thos. Acheson, president of the league, and Mrs. J. B. Littler, secretary. DAM BREAKS, WALL OF WATER BURIES VILLAGE Nicola, B. C, May 18 With a sound like that caused by. a huge wind storm, a wall of water many feet high swept through this lit tle town this morning when the dam holding back-water for the Nicola lake stock farm suddenly gave way under the pressure of flood waters. The Nicola river rose 30 fet in less than 20 min utes. - ( It is not known whether any lives were lost. . HALL LEADS OLCOTT IN - STRAW VOTE HELD HERE Hall was high man by 20 bal lots in a Blraw vote for governor which was held at Adolph 's bil liard parlor yesterday and today. Ballots which were counted this afternoon gave Hal!, 76; Olcott. 56; White, 11; Patterson, 6; Bean, 1; and Lee nothing. Among the aspirants for the democratic nomination, Pierce re ceived two votes and Starkweather received two. Purdy received none. A total of 164 votes were cast. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES National. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 18 Pitts burgh-New York game postponed; rain. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 18. Cincinnati - Philadelphia post poned; raft). , Chicago-Boston postponed; wet gorunds. American. New York-Cleveland postponed; wet grounds. Boston, May 18. St. Louis Boston game postponed; rain. Philadelphia. May 18 Chlcsgo Phiiadelphla postponed rain. Detroit-Wash I ngton postponed: rain. OTHER MOVIE MARRIAGES TO BE PROBED Investigation of Nuptial Status of Two Other Stars Under Way Fol- lowing Valentino Case. Los Angeles, Cal., May 18. In vestigation of marriages of two other prominent motion picture actors who took this step after ob taining an interlocutory decree ot divorce and without waiting for a final decree, is under way, in ad dition to1 the probe of the mar riage of Rudolph Valentino, it was announced at the district attor ney's office here today. The actors are Frank Mayo and Henry B. Walthall, according to the district attorney's announce ment. Mayo was married at Ti juana, Mexico, after the granting of an Interlocutory decree ot di vorce here. The bride of the sec ond marriage at Tijuana was Dag mar Godowsky. - Government lakes Hand, Los Angeles, Cal., May 18. The federal government, through the department of justice bureau of investigation agent here, will Investigate the marriage of Ru dolph Valentino, screen actor, to Miss Winnifred Hudnut. of New York at Mexlcali, Mexico, it be came known here today. White Slavery Charged. Los Angeles, Cal., May 18.- Frank M. Sturgis, in charge ot the department of Justice bureau here, said that the Investigation into the Valentino marriage was prompted by reports made to his office that Valentino had violated the Mann white slave act. TO BE LET MAY 3 1 TOTAL $400,000 Contracts for the improvement ot 50.8 miles of state highway and the construction of tour bridges at an aggregate cost of approximate ly 1400,000, will be let by the state highway commission at its meeting In Portland on May 31 according to notices being sent to contractors today. The Improve ments are distributed over, nine counties In all sections of the state as follows: Clackamas county Grading and paving .3 mile of the Bolton Oregon City section of the Pacific highway. Coos county Rock surfacing 11.8 miles of the Myrtle Point Camas Valley section of the Coos Bay-Roseburk highway. Gilliam county Grading and surfacing 9.6 miles ot the Hepp ner Junction-Morrow county line section, Oregon-Washington high way. Klamath county Grading and surfacing 2.6 miles of the Merrill section. The Dalles - California highway. Tillamook county Grading and rock surfacing 13 miles of the Hebo-Neskowln section, Roosevelt Coast highway. Umatilla county Grading and surfacing 13.5 miles of the Dead- man's Pass-Kamela section, Old Oregon Trail. Douglas county Bridge over lElk creek at Drain on Pacific highway. Grant county Two bridges near Dayville on John Day river highway. . Polk county-r-One reinforced concrete bridge over Basket slough near Rlckreail on West Side Pa cific highway. BENEFIEL RETAINED GRADUATE MANAGER Eugene, Or., May 18. Jack W. Beneflel was re-eiecer gra?jatc manager fo the student body for another year at his former salary of 12700 by the executive coun cil last night. A football budget of approximately $24,000 for next fall was adopted. The council alao approved the award of a standard form letter for yell lead er. The 118,000 Issue of municipal bonds for the Durchase of a water riiv council of Drain to Roseburg system was sold last week by the parties at par. Jilts Fiance and Elopes With Count 3 t Charlotte Gardner Demarest shocked New York society by jilting George Burton and eloping with Count Edward Zlchy de Ztch et Vasonykeo, whose parents reside in Czecho-Slovakia. Miss Demarest was to have been married to Burton on the day following her elope ment. She is prominent In international social circles. DEMPSEY IS DUE F New York, ' May" 18. Jack Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearns, will return to the United States tomorrow on the Aqultanla after a brief trip to Paris,. London and Berlin. . While abroad the champion signed an agreement for a return match with Georges Carpentlcr some time within the next year. Boxing experts profess little faith In the pulling power of the Car pen tier match. Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, looms as the most formidable of Dempsey's rl-'ttls. and reports of an offer for con test between them in Montreal July 1, are coupled with stato ments that lex Rickard and Frank Flournoy, Madison Square Garden promoters will make them a proposition. WHOLESALE PRICES . UNCHANGED IN APRIL Washington, May 18. The average level of wholesale com modity prices In April showed practically no change from the preceding month, according to a report today by the bureau of la bor statistics of the department of labor. Farm products, foodstuffs aId clothing showed a decrease less than one per cent from March, as did building materials, 'bouse fur nishing goods and commodities listed under miscellaneous. Then? were offset In the general level, however, by increase of slightly more than 2 per cent in the whole sale price of fuel and lighting ma terials and metal and metal prod ucts. FOUR DIE IN MINE BLAZE Tucson, Ariz., May 18. With four persons dead, three unac counted for and several others seriously burned, the fire In El Pajo silver mines at Roearlo, So nora, has been extinguished ac cording to advices reaching the local offices ot the Southern Paci fic of Mexico. The conflagration was the result of a gasoline explo sion. The silver mine Is one ot the oldest silver producers in Mex ico. C. R. Carder, aged 6 3, who leaves a wife and daughter at Medford, Is dead at a hospital In Mrysvllle from injuries received last Thursday when ha fell 100 feet Into the shaft of the Good Hope mine at Marysvllle, Cal.. Operators who are boring for oil on Jim Smith's farm near Woodburn are now down more than 400 feet and natural gat and traces of oil have been found Drillers are confident of getting a good flow at 800 feet. PRICE - TWO CENTS II i 1 E SESSION TODAY - Delegates from a number of Willamette' valley towns included In Salem district of the Woman's Home M'83lonary society of the Methodist Episcopal church are present in Sulem yesterday and today for the district home mis sionary conference. Sessions are being held at the Jason Lee church where the women ot the home missionary society are host esses. An address by Dr. Edward Laird Mills ot Portland, editor of the Pacific Christian Advocate, was the principal number on last night's program. His subject "Present Day Needs and How to Meet Them," dealt with up-to-date (acts In home missions. He sinn ed up the needs ot the field and gave suggestions tor supplying them. The Kimball chorus of 17 voices gave several selections and girls of the Queen Esther circle of Jason Lee church presented a pageant. Miss Frances Kallstedt of Port land, one of the 18 national field secretaries of the Woman's Home Missionary society, is the princi pal speaker this afternoon. Her subject is "Christian America for World Service." A report will be made on Japanese work in Port land by Mrs. Marie Pettit. HAPPY SONG OF PET HEN SENDS MAN TO JAIL Omaha, Neb., May 18. The happy song ot a contented, pet hen sent Charles Grady to jail for 60 days at Butte, Neb. Grady was on trial in the Doyi county district court charged with stealing chickens from his neighbor, Andrew Lorenseu liv ing near Butte. Among the poul try, said to have Jeen found in a butcher shop, still alive, was a lit tle hen, which Lorensen and son Insisted belonged to them and which, they contended had been trained to do various stunts. Accompanied by the district Judge, the Jury went to view the chickens the concern where Lo rensen 's son said the hen would fly to any one's arm If called, and sing a song. Juror Cllne decided to try It with the result that the jail sentence followed. In opening the camps this sum mer the Baker White Pine Lum ber company will fculld 10 miles of main line railroad connecting with the Sumpter Valley railroad near McEwen. Bridges will re. quire 900,000 feet of lumber. Baker county haa upward ot 100,000 sheep, or about 1,000,000 pounds of wool, nearly all of which baa been sold at prices rang ing from 30 to 36 cants a pound. ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS COURT HOLDS BOWS BOARD ST1D WRONG Circuit Judges Overrule Demurrer to Action to Compel Board to Rec ognize Appraisements, The over ruling of the demurrer to the petition for a writ of man damus in the suit brought by Capital Post No. 8 ot the American legion, to determine whether or not the Veterans' State Aid com mission has the right to consider "moral risks" and to lower the amount to be loaned below 75 per cent ot the appraised valuation of property owned by ex-service men, was the decision of Judge Bing ham and Kelley ot the circuit court, who heard the ease some time ago. In handing down their opinion today. s ; Moral Risks Ousted The decision of the judges in this matter means that the com mission cannot consider the moral risks in the case of ex-service men who have applied for a loan. Also that the commission must loan to 7G per cent ot the appraised valu ation of the property. In rendering their decision the judges held that all rules which the commission had made regard ing the administration of the loan, were as binding on the com mission as upon the applicant, and as much so In one case as in an other. In this connection- the' rules of the commission are also binding on the appraisers and the appraisers' report binding on the commission, unless it can be post- tlvely shown that there Is an at tempt to defraud the commission on the part ot the applicant. ' To Appeal Decision The caBe will be appealed by representatives of the attorney general's office as soon as the necessary papers can be made out and the decision of the supreme court rendered as soon as possible. Roy F. Shields, Brazier Small and Robin Day, represented the plaintiff in the suit, Edwin Ste vens Woodford, a member of the local post whose property was ap praised at 12908 and who was en titled to loan of J 2170, but was offered a Joan of $1000. ' Other Cases Heard Three other bonus cases were beard today before the Judges and taken under advisement. These suits were brought by the stats department of the American Le gion, nd were the cases ot F. M. Moore, who seeks to determine whether or not be can use the loan for the purchase of business stocks, If he offers residence or farm property for security, the case ot Cicero Hogan, who seeks to determine whejther he can se cure a loan on property owned by his mother and and use it to pay off a mortgage on the property; and that of William Faulman who seeks to determine whether ha was enlisted or Inducted into the service under the bonus law due to his 'being recalled Into servic after he had been granted a fur lough of nine months on his en listment which took place In 1915, SEEK TO BLOCK Tl E Hong Kong, May 17. (By As sociated Press.) Negotiations are In progress by the South China government at Canton and both the northern tactions to prevent a northward expedition by the army of Sun Yat Sen head of the Can ton government. The southern government's main arm Is moving and contrat lng on the border between Kwang Tung and Klangsl provinces near thet own of Namyung. The recently reported break be tween Sun Yat Sen and Chen Chlun-MIn, head of the south Chi na forces, is not serious. It was declared In well Informed quar ters here. Indications point to a complete settlement between theiu In the near future. 3 WANTED IN MURDER CASE MISSING, REP0R1 Spokane, Wash., May 18. Fol lowing the arrest yesterday even ing or Mrs. Rose Fagan, a witness for the defense In the trial ot Maurice P. Codd here recently on a charge of murder, it was stated today by Prosecuting Attorney W. C. Meyer that three other person whose presence before the grand jury Is desired, cannot be found.