Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 12, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textcic Jm- TT n CIRCULATION pally average for July, 6924. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. Member Associated Press Full leased wire service. THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight and Sunday gen erally (air, moderate westerly winds. - Local: Rainfall, .04, total torstorm .79 Inch; max. 71: mln. 56; southerly winds; cloudy; river, minus l.S feet. omrn TORTY-FQURTH YEAR NO. 191. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1922. ppipp mnrA PTT-XTTQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS 1 llLLittl 1WU lyJNJ.O STANDS FIVE -CENTS 0) k 7& ID) IT 1 il mm l ra ca (J A 0) r- f . .. Espee ffi BOMBS THROWN INTO s Huge Holes Torn Into Ground and Windows Broken Guards Fired Upon by Dynamiters Roseville. tJal., Aug. 12. Five tombs thrown Into the Southern Pacific railroad yards here early this morning shook the yards, tore huge holes In the ground and broke window panes when they exploded In front of round house No. 1. Demitv United States Marsha! J. Sullivan and State Police Of fleer M. Costa were slightly wounded by lead from a shotgun hen they ran outside the rail road property in an effort to ap prehend the bomb thrower and we fired upon from across the itreet. The first bomb was thrown be tween 1-.40 and 1.47 a. m. In front ot the entrance to round house No. 11 -where shop workers slept at nleht. The explosion tore hole In the ground and showered guards wlti earth. A few minutes later (Area blasts were heard in side the fence at the fruit express Icing plants. The last bomb was thrown over the fence at the en trance to round house No. 1, but although all the men were aroused by the first explosion and swarmed out of the building, no one was in jured in the last explosion. The last shock blew out 23 windows in the shops and dug a large hole in the ground. Fired Upon by Throwers Immediately after the first ex plosions deputy United- States Marshal Sullivan accompanied by railroad officer R. M. Costa and another railroad guard, rushed through the round house gate, to the street in an effort to catch the homb throwers. They were at once fired upon by someone hiding In the darkness across the street, armed with a shot gun. Lead shot from the gun pierced Sullivan's Hp, face and leg, and punctured his hat. Costa was struck In the arm and lee by the bullets but they failed to penetrate the flesh Examination of the fragments of the bombs are said to hare re vealed that they were made of pieces of pipe packed with black powder with the exception of the last bomb thrown, which was a charge of dynamite also contained in a pipe. Night Marshal Bob Long In giv ing a version of the explosions declared the first explosion was the more severe of the five blasts. Marshal Long said he was mak ing his rounds downtown when the explosions occurred. He hurried In the direction of the yards In company with Deputies Al Hocker and Charles LaPorte. As they ran the other blasts went off and the shooting of the smaller tire arms began, Long said. IP Council Order to Cut Tree Older than City Creates Indignation Trouble looms for the Salem !ty council unless it elects to re consider Its recent order to cut down the giant redwood tree the second one of its kind In Ma rion county which, for 73 years, has stood at the corner of what la now Summer and Union streets. Petitions, requesting the city council to withdraw its order, ere on the streets today and had heen signed by approximately 250 residents of the city. If the peti tion fails of its purpose, it was in timated that a complaint, asking that the council be enjoined from destroying the tree, will be filed. k'o land mark in Salem is more Worthy of consideration than the H Sequoia, according to those h seek to save It. The tree was 6reught to Oregon from Califor Yards at Roseville Bombed j. , , - USE THREAT OF ILL TO FORCEPiERCE Independent Candidate May be Bluff to Bring Democratic Candidate To Accept Klai o By HARRY N. ( Portland, Aug. 12. two possible motives itatement iSBued Wed .ng by the Public De of Oregon, auxlliarj -.Clux Klan in sponsoi ical ambitions of Chf intimated that the . ceedings instituted In are are nd the r ,y even League -. the Ku he polit ill which tint pro- behalf of their candidate, will soon be aban doued and Hall injected Into the eneral election race for governor us an independent candidate. In the face of existing circumstances aither of two explanations is plausible. This intimation Is either a threat to bring Walter Pierce, democratic candidate, to time and make him swallow the klan prog ram, or ft is a forerunner of Hall's actual plunge Into the waters that can hold nothing but chilly de feat for him as an independent. Hope lies in Pierce. Unless the political accumen of the klan strategists Is far below what they are given credit for, thev realize the Injection of an mriennnrlant candidate Into the race means positively1 the elec tion of Olcott. Against a split field he would be any easy win ner. Their one hope lies in throwing their support to Pierce But the klan, and particularly the influences which dominate its political activities, is not seeding to sow Us seed on unknown soil, and before it throws its support to Mr. Pierce it may want -to know just where the eastern Oregon farmer stands on a few matters ot more or less import to the inter ests of the "'Invisible Empire." To date the said Mr. Pierce has maintained a discrete silence on nil mutters religious and klanish, other than to declare that the klan and religion are not issues of the coming political battle. And (Continued on Page Seven.) ALL FOREST FIRES OUT AS RESULT OF RAIN ! Wnsh.. Aug. 12. All . . in the state, west ot .u. -r,tRtns have practically been extinguished by the rainfall during the past 48 noum, Pape, state forester, reported to day A few hlazes, which are stilVsmoldering, are being closely watched. East of the mountain .,a Mr Pane, the rainfall has been reported light and be was without further nI""" h fire -near Deer Lake t. " .r.i condition was quite satisfactory, the forester added. nia during the IS 49 gold rush b Daniel Waldo, one of Salemj earliest pioneers, and was planted in what was then his front yard. The Waldo home stood for many years In what Is now Union street and faced the state capitol. The tree was growing before the city of Salem was platted by Dr W H. Willson in 1850. Al though it stands near the car track there Is room for vehicles to pass on either side of it. It was said this afternoon that the council will delay Its action in destroying the tree Pding j a further Investigation of the pe titioners' request. . Daniel Waldo, after whom the WTaldo hills were named, was one S tt. city's best known figures and his son, John Waldo, was a member of the Oregon supreme court. Arthur Griffith, Irish President, Dies Suddenly Belfast. Aug. 12 (By the Asso ciated Press) Arthur Griffith, president of the Dail Eirann died in Dublin today of influenza, it ha been learned in Belfast. Mr. Griffith was ill only ten daye and his illness was not considered serious. Yesterday, however, he suf fered a sudden relapse and died early this morijing. His death occurred at 9:45 oe'loek this morning in St. Vincents hos pital, Dublin, which he entered ten days ago for an operation for tonsilitis. He was recovering from the operation and apparently re gaining his normal strength during the last few days. Arthur Griffith was one of the leaders in the creation of the Irish Free Stale. He was one of the foun ders of the Sinn Fein movement In Ireland and from the beginning hap been among the foremost leader directing its activities. He has been somewhat out of eighty howevei. during the recent military activi ties, which have been largely di rected on behalf of Free State forces by Michael Collins head of the Irish, provisional government set up under the terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty. Mr. Griffith was formerly an editor of Dublin and later cstab- $9200 RAISED FOR COMPLETION HOSPITAL WING The Salem hospital campaign is going forward steadily and surely as the result of persistent work on the part of the directors who have set themselves the gigantic ta-sn ot raising the $25,000 necessary to com plete the first unit of the Salem hospital. At a meeting held last night it was found that $9,200 has been subscribed during the present campaign leaving $15,800 yet to be secured before the people of Salem can have their new hospital open ed up"for their use. Surely there is nothing more nec essary today in Salem than the completion of this strictly sanitary modern fire proof hospital build ing, a place where we may take our sick folk with -the- positive assur ance that they will receive the best attention, as good as is posible in any hospital on the Pacifio coast. The directors engaged in this work are all busy men and have made considerable sacrifice to do this work. Some of them can give no time after this next week. It would be a great encouragement to them if persons who contemplate making a contribution would telephone or advise any member of this board within the next day or two. REFUSETOORDER TRAINMEN BACK t ino-olPK. Cal.. Aug. 12. D E. Crayne, general chairman h.. r,t the Brotherhood of lre mn nd Engineers, said today in ,.Hnn with the telegram fm President W. G. Lee ot the Brotherhood; of Rlway "Train men that he could not and would not order the men under his jur isdiction to return to work. He said It was an Individual matter where the brotherhood men left their work as individ uals due to hazardous conditions of employment following a state ment from the brotherhood execu tives that they could leave their work if the conditirns were haz ardous. In view of this action by the men. he said he would take uo steps to order them back to work. This walkout was on the Santa Fe system, where the trainmen left passenger trains, with hund rP.1i. cf nassengers, stalled at des ert points under sizzling temper atures, at Neeaies. eii,i""; Barstow and other points. ! j' ' Arthur gy'iffi t-fey lished the newspaper United Irish men, followed by the Sinn Fein and then the Nationality, both or wmcn presented the wing of the republi can movement favoring dominion status for Ireland. F L BOMBS HURLED AT San Bernardino, Cal., Aug. 12. Four additional bomb explo sions occurred today In the Santa Fe Railway yarns here, follow ing the explosion yesterday morn ing of 23 bombs in the same yard. Officers are investigating four fragments of large bombs, con structed out of pipe elbows plugged with steel slugs and ap parently loaded with chemicals. No one was injured by the bombs and no damage of consequence done. Two additional United States federal deputy marshals to assist in preserving order, and federal department of justice men came here to investigate the explosions. Lieutenant J. J. Kane, with six men from the army post at Ross Field, Arcadia, near here, operat ed an armored automobile patroll ing the streets. Officers arriving here reported that roads into the city had been strewn with large tacks, apparently for the purpose of puncturing tires. With a temperature of 120 and with food running out, marooned passengers at Needles and Bar stow were said to be In distress today and it was reported here that railway officials would make an effort to bring them Into San Bernardino today under heavy guard. Some of the elderly per sons among the passengers were reported to be on the verge of heat prostration. KLANlRIALTO PROCEED MONDAY Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 12. No session was held today In the trial of alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan on felony charges growing out of the Inglewood raid, adjournment until Monday having been taken yesterday. With its resumption, there will be only 3 defendants, as the court decided to declare a mistrial In the case of Nathan A. Baker, for mer Kleagle and admitted leader ot the raid, whose 6udden collapse Thursday halted the trial. His physician reported it would be impossible for him to attend court in less than 90 days and upon agreement between state and defense. Judge Frederick W. Houser, presiding, assigned mn alienist to examine him. ML ; Jf A II OUR ADDIli SAN BERNARDINO ONLY 55 NOW ACCUSED OF VOTE FRAUD Ilall Again Reduces List , Of Marion County Ac cused Charges To Be Heard Here Monday. Further indicating their appar ent intention to attempt to prove one or two instances of Individ ual fraud by voters In the pri mary election who cast their bal lot for Ben W. Olcott and then drop the recount proceedings with the declaration that the rulings of the court prevent them from proving Chas. Hall to be the le gally nominated candidate ft the republican party for governor Dy establishing a sufficient number of such frauds before general election time, attorneys for Hall today served upon Olcott's coun sel a newly amended list of al leged Illegal voters in Marion county. ' . In the original list more than 700 alleged illegal voters were listed. Yesterday the list had been cut to 162. Today, there was a further reduction. The amended list bears the names of only 55 persons. . chvil subpoenas, for their ap pearance In court Monday were secured today by Will Carver, for mer newspaper man. Prosecution of the charges will start in Salem Monday morning. Not Republicans The particular charges and those affected In Hall's accusa Contestant submits the fol- tlons, follow: lowing list "of names of those who voted Illegally in Marlon county at the nominating elec tion on May 10,. 1922, because they were not registered in good faith and were not members In good faith of the republican par ty: Mary Faber, Robert McNa mee, John Bannick, Charles Meier W. H. Farr, Josephine Nibler, Theodore Highberger, LawVence Faraschwejler, John F. Theo B. Drentano, George Putnam, Peter G. Brazell, Fred Meier, Jennie Farr, John Ditter, Frank Bell. Influenced by Priests Contestant submits the follow ing list of names of voters who were unduly influenced at said election, contrary to law, by the priests and officers of the Catho lic church: Mary Faber, Robert MeNamee, Peter G. Brazell, Ajina Stadler, Casper J. Gerbarr,' Ber tha Schwab, Josephine Nibler, John F. Theo B. Brentano, John Bannick, Walburg Reiland, Ma rie Kraemer, John Hertl, Alois Duhl, Lawrence Faraschweiler. ' Failed to File Affidavits Contestant submits the follow ing list of names ot voters who changed their registration from democrat to republican without filing the affidavits required by law: Marie Kraemer, Margaretta Wirtz, Casper J. Gerhaar, Mary Eberle, Remigl von Beiram, Hel ta Wachter, M. Anton Biglow, Jcsephlne Beyer, Sophia Erpeid lng, Harvey Ballweber, Louise Rieger, Joseph R. Starvens, Uw is Dubois, Molly Cohen, Suel Shep herd, Eleanor G. Luper, Rose Ka bul, Mary Bishop, Leta Nibler, Peter Lelek, Arthur Dubois, L. Masters, James Luper, Joseph Schneider, Albert C. Bishop. DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGED TO 2 HERE H. M. Dickson and Pearl Coop er, both residents ot Independ ence, were arrested here this morning by Police Sergeant Birtchet and Patrolman Thomp son and were charged with being drunk and disorderly. Both men were arraigned be fore Police Judge Earl Race and nlnM not guilty. Dickson's bail was placed at $25 and Coop cr's at J50. Their hearing was set for Monday morning at 10 o'clock- Washington, Aug. 12. Nomin ations for postmasters today in cluded Roseburg, Ore., Charles S Uelnllne. Million Dollar Damages -Sought by Follies Dancer cf Harry Payne Whitney Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 12. One million dollars damages is sought by Eva Bur rowes Fontaine, a dancer. In a suit for breach of promise against Cornelius Vanderbllt Whitney, son of Harry Payne Whitney, , according to the statement of Miss Fontaine's attorney, Charles Firestone during the argument of a mo tion in the case before Justice Henry V. Borst hye today. GROWERS PLANS CROP DISCUSSED V A meeting of the directors of the Oregon Growers association was held at the central offices yesterday and last evening to discuss plans for handling the fruit crop this year. Owing to the heavy crop of prunes this season two extra dryers have been leas ed, one in Salem and the other at Sheridan, as the association dry ers have not the necessary capac ity. The pooling committee was formed for the proper determina tion and division ot the fruit crop As the early varieties of apples bring a better price man the late aniiles It -was derided to form two separate pools tor that fruit, Ihus giving the growers of early ap ples the benefit of the higher re turns on their apples. Although no definite action was taken, the same may be done with pears. The directors authorized the filing of a suit against C. A. Meyers of Medford for non-deliv ery of fruit. The suit will be handled In the Medford courts. The association will ship the first carload of loganberries of the season on Monday when a car of dried loganberries will be sent to Chicago. The local plant Is pre paring the berries in 25 pound boxes. Picking of early apples will probably be started the middle of next week and packing will fol low immediately. F T CAUGHT BY RAIL I UP Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 12. There are approximately 2,000 cars of fruit from northern Cali fornia on the rails bound to eas tern markets, according to Sacra mento fruit shippers and there are approximately 40,000 car loads remaining, much ot It yet to be picked. One thousand cars of peaches, plums and pears ?.lpped by the railroad fruit distributors are on the road east, practically all routed the Ogden gateway through which an embargo has been de clared by, the Southern Pacifio and Western Pacific roads, it was stated by Wiimer Seig, sales man ager of the fruit distributors. FAIR PRICE BOARD TO FIX COAL PRICE Washington, Aug. 12. Wiile high hopes for early settlement of the) Icoal strike are 'entertained by the administration, averting any necessity of resorting to dras tic action by the government re peatedly hinted at, results of the prolonged stoppage In psoductlon are expected to keep the govern ment coal distributing machinery busy for a long period. The central coal committee controlling government agency In allottment of coal priorities in the strike emergency, according to Fuel Distributor Spencer, Is mapp lng out its course so as to adjust the price question to meet any turn of events In the producing fields. The committee will prompt ly close the priority door, he Bald on any producer who fails to con form to the Hoover talr prlci schedule. 1 PRESIDENT INSIST UPON DELAYS PLAN RESTORATION FOR SEIZURE OFSENfflM Harding temporarily post pones Grabbing Of The Railroads ; Nation Wide Paralysis Threatens. Washington, Aug. 12. (By the Associated Press.) President Harding was said by administra tion advisors today to have aban doned temporarily at least his plan for asking legislation of con gress to deal with the railroad sit uatloh. The conditional acceptance by the railroad ot the president's la test proposal was declared to have been the controlling factor in the president's change ot plans re garding legislation. In view of the executives' attitude, the pres ident, according to advisors who conferred with, him, last night, was Bald to believe that any Im mediate legislation toy congress was unnecessary. Nation-Wide Paralysis. Chicago,, Aug. 12i (By As sociated Press.) Nation-wide paralysis ot railroad transporta tion threatened today as big four brotherhood men in various parts of . the country called meetings to consider Joining with the traln- mens walkout which started when crews tied up transcontinental Santa Fe trains in the California and Arizona deserts and freight traffic on the Elgin, Juliet and Eastern, outer belt line of the Chicago steel and shipping dis tricts. The walkout of trainmen spread to other sections during' the last 24 hours. Switchmen Joined en gineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen in protests against working where troops, deputy United States marshals and other guards were on strike duty at former trouble centers. F 1500 GERMANS Strasbourg, Aug. 12. (By As sociated Press.) Expulsion from Alsace-Lorraine of 1500 Germ ans, Including the wives and chll dren of the married men, began today in compliance with the ord er Issued yesterday by the commis sary general. The married men were each al lowed to take 5 pounds of bag gage and 10,000 marks and single men were allowed one half ot this sum. Simultaneously, the sequeBtra tion of the accounts of Germans in Alsace-Lorraine banks went In to effect today. Santa Fe Trainmen Abandon Trains in New Mexican Desert Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 12. The twelve transcontinental trains of the Santa Fe system that were - halted at Barstow, Needles and other points in the deRert east of San Bernardino, were still there today and Assist ant General Manager Brewer, said he did, not know when the trains could be moved. Mr. Brew er said food, water and other es sential supplies were on hand for several days after that more would be taken In motor trucks. He said that appeals to the trainmen to move the trains lad been fruitless and they would neither do the won tnemselves nor permit others to do It. He said reports were that barring the discomfort Incident to the lesert heat, the passengers were not suffering any hardships and that the railroad would do all It Heads of Striking Unions Reject President's Of fer Rail Executives , Accept Conditionally. Washington, Aug. 12 (By the Associated Pross) Heads of the seven railroad organizations now on strike were declared by one of their chief officials today after a final conference to have decided to reject completely the last strike settlement proposal put forward by President Harding. Demand Guarantee The striking unions in a written response were said by this official to have told the president they could not call off the strike un less a guarantee was given that all of their men would be reinstated in service with seniority rights un impaired. The president had pro posed that the seniority status of the returning strikers be left to ad judication by the railroad labor board. Soon after the response of the striking shopmeni reached the White House, heads of the non-striking unions who hjive been in conference with the shop craft leaders for the past two days, arrived at the White House and 'went into confer ence with .President Hnraing. Secretaries Hoover and Davis chair man Hooper of the railroad board and Chairman Cummins of the sen ate interstate commerco committee, also participated 3n the conference. , Executives Accept Headed by T. DeWltt Cnyler, the oiglit railway executives carrying the roads, reply to the president reached Washington shortly before 3 o'clock. Mr. Ouyler declared ho had nothing to say before the While House conference and while he pre sumed thoro would be a statement after their meeting .with the presi dent, he did not know whether it would be issued by the White House or the rail executives. Mr. Cuyler declined to tTac'Iose the attitude of the represent afives toward the approaching conference with the president, but declared he hoped to return to New York to night. Before going to the Whits Houso the rail heads proceeded to the local offices of the railway ex ecutives' association. The executives reached the White House about 4:20 while the president was still closeted with the heads of the railroad labor organizations not on strike. The executives were ushered into the office ot Secretary Chrisialn. ERICKSON RETRIAL MONDAY The second trial of Jack Erick son of Sllverton, charged with the unlawful possession ot Intoxicat ing liquor, will be held In the jus tice court Monday morning before a Jury. Erickson, arrested in Sllverton July 3, was accused of being In possession of 85 pints ot liquor. The Jury which heard testimony at his first trial disagreed. could to help them avoid further discomforts. To the list of Santa Fe trains held at these points ft was neces sary to add today the south bound (coast bound) trains of the Salt Lake line, which were halt ed at Callente, Nev., by strike conditions. These trains were sup posed to be equipped with diners and to have their water tanks filled. The plight ot those aboard was even worse than that of the Santa Fe passengers, however, as the roads about Callente wee lit tle more than trails and the ex treme heat made automobiling a hazardous experiment. Mr. Brewer said arrangements had been completed to detour westbound trains from points east of the strike area and bring them to Los Angeles by Southern Pacific lines. This, he said, ap plied to trains due tomorrow and Monday.