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

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OREGON STATE UB.&ARX"
DEC
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
CIRCULATION
pally average for November 6050. -Member
Audit Bureau ot Circulation.
9 19'
TIIE WEATHER
OREGON: Tonight and Tuesday rain
west, snow east portion; not so cold to
night, moderate to fresh southerly galea,
Local: Rainfall .02 Inch; max. 80;
mln. 23; cloudy; east wind; river 1.2 ft
Member Associated Press run leased
wire servtce.
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 1922
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OSS ey FI
N SALEfVT FOR
1 922 IS LESS
Total For Year Is Only
$62,696; Firemen Go To
142 Blazes, Report Of
Hutton Shows. ,
Salem's fire loss during th
922 was less than half ot w
(as In 1921. This year ttt
as $62,696.33, as compai
152,000.73 for 1921 $89,j
ss.
The two heaviest losses
the present year were a
Sosebraugh foundry, eatim $ it
l 8,000, and the Angora Rug'tv-J
any, estimated at $25,000.
The figures do not include loss-
at the state industrial school
r girls or tne nurses nome at
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Washington, Dec!. 1.-, Plans
save been completed by the pro
l)ition bureau for a survey of
iforcement conditions in the far
Western states similar to that Just
Impleted by Commissioner
feynes in the southern states.
f. Haynes, accompanied by sev
fal of his bureau chiefs, will go
Portland, Or., on January 18,
Jil later will visit San Francia
i Los Angeles and several cities
I Washington.
jit was said today the tour was
! nned some time ago and had
connection with recent re
ts of narcotic dealings In that
lion.
ISK LAV CHANGE
Sarion countv school officers in
on last Saturday went on record
n favor of a chanirn
I union high school law. As the
I now stands, where there are
fe than four districts in a union
f school district, the chairman
ich district serves on the union
school board. But with elec
ts coming on, it often happens
I the entire union high school
& changes each year,
fe school officers went on record
P favor of chanfiinir tti low
, c 0 "J
f 11 tllere are six or more school
fcts in the union hih school
'he directors should be elect-
p the entire high, school dig
r thas would prevent an entire
f" any year of the board" hand
le union district affairs.
lurches Here
jetlTnnH Hem c
oCoatThieves
thefts were reported to the
from
persons attending two
cnurehes vesterdav nnrl nffi-
ere informed, on good author-
ol several other thefts were
' SimpS011) 2270 Mm street;
his
overcoat was stolen from
fh:
futian church. Edwin Socol-
? also of Salem, complained
coat had been stolen from
etkodut ehurch.
I1? the past few weeks several
L 8 been reported to the po
V Persons who had been in t-
36 at church services.
,.Yrk Miss Alice Robert
n. v an adt,r the worn
0l hePed defeat her.
CEMENT OF
RY LAW HERE TO
BE LOOKED INTO
CHOOL OF
FIE
MCOSlo
Men Found Frozen To
Death-In Open; Tern
peraf fe Moderating In
Nort rest.
Chlca(
Graham,'
was foi
downto
zero col
The j
man, T;
way wL
! Dec. 18. Harry T,
60-year-old printer,
i irozen to aeatn m a
alley in the 3 below
arly today.
len body of a second
ithy Tierney, 65, a rail-
timan. was found later
near the tracks of the Chicago &
western Indiana road.
A third victim of the cold
weather, police physicians said,
was Aug Baske, .30, a teamster
who dropped dead today while
driving his team.
Zero and sub-zero temperatures
gripped the central states of the
upper Mississippi valley, the lake
regions and the northwest today,
but the district weather bureau
gave promise of moderation with
much higher temperatures by
Wednesday night and no further
cold waves in sight before the i-mu
of the week.
50 Below Reported.
The weather map today slrowed
lowest temperatures of 50 below
zero at Whit River, Ont.; 38 below
at? Jj'edicine Hat.; '26 below at
Havre, Mont; 18 below at ' Du
luth, Minn.; 24 below at Mason
City, Iowa; 14 below at St. Paul;
20 below at Bismarck, N. D.; 22
below at Charles City, Iowa, Miles
City, Mont., and Pierre, S. D.; 14
below at Dausau, Wis; 12 below
at aVlentine, Neb.; 19 below at
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., 6 below
at Des Moines, Iowa, and 3 below
at Chicago.
Portland, Or., Dec. 18. The
cold wave which has gripped Ore
gon and Washington is due to be
driven away by a southeast etorm
which already has reached ' the
Oregon coast, according to the
weather bureau. A 60-mile south
east wind was blowing a the
mouth of the Columbia river, driv
ing warmer air currents 'over the
frost-gripped Pacific northwest.
This warmer upper atmospheric
strata early this morning dropped
rain and sleet, which for a time
threatened a dreaded Oregon
silver thaw" as it froze on reach
ing the ground. According to the
weather bureau, however, the
storm, which had been caused by
a low area central over prince
Rimert.-B. C, will bring rising
temueratures.
The minimum here early loaay
was 22. and at 9:30 tne lempeia
turn hfld risen to 32. A minimum
of 36 was forecast here tomorrow
Corresponding moderation was
noted in eastern Oregon ana me
Willamette valley today.
OILS!
ST. PAUL, RE
Reports that oil was struck in
the well of the Willamette Val
, in onH fina company, two
ley uii - - ot
.nH a half miles south of fa-
Paul, in the northern end of the
county, at noon Saturday, was
brought to Saleifl this morning
by C. I. Elliott, a representative
of the company.
According to Mr. Elliott the
flow was struck at the 1000 foot
ivi nrllline operations were
suspended at once and the casing
of the well capped. What Is to be
done next will be decided at a
special meeting of the board of
directors of the company u
hold In Portland.
Reports from St. Paul say that
four or five gallons of high grade
oil flowed from the casing before
it was capped.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Fire, believed
to have been started when a still
exploded, caused the death of two
men at Milltown, near North Be--emer,
today.
RUCK NEAR
PORT
Have You Written Santa Claus?
neglected to man their notes.
Children should understand that, sometimes Santa
Claus will be unable to grant their requests.
Children should state in their communications
whether or not their parents may help them get the
present they desire. Only the cases of those who are,
plainly, in need of assistance will be investigated with a
view to tendering help.
All children, whether their parents are rich or poor,
are invited to write to Santa Claus, care Journal. The
following is a sample of one of many letters received
today :
"Dear Santa Claus: I want that little book Called
twas the night before Christmas.
"And a dollbuggy and doll. And a dollbed with covers
and pillows.
"A stocking of nuts and candy.
"I want some bedroom slippers and a kimona.
"And a set of dishes. And a game. And a set of
dominoes.
"And a ironing board and a iron.
"Dear Santa Claus. I don't expect all these things.
"But give me what you can spare."
"Your loving Mildred."
FOOD, CLOTHING NEEDED
SANTA CLAUS SWAMPED
SEND PACKAGES EARLY
Christmas morning, while
Salem's well-to-do sit snugly by
crackling fires, are there to be
shacks, where families are not only
cold, but hungry?
Is Salem to stand Idly by while
youngsters, blowing their breath
on numbed hands, are writing for
shoes and stockings?
Is Salem to turn them down ;
Big Task Faced
A Eteantic job is faced by men
and women who are endeavoring
to see that no home in the city is
entirely cheerless on December 2o.
They are working long hours each
day, segregating scores ot letters,
investigating cases in many
homes, traveling to every corner
of the city for supplies that have
been volunteered. Theirs is a cios-
sal task.
They must have help. The
Salem Elks, working in conjunc
tion with the Salvation army and
The Capital Journal, are receiving
a great many packages, but they
must have more. The need for
assistance is greater than ever bc-j
GliJI
Six persons, students at Willam
ette university, suffered injuries
hnre this week-end when sleds on
which they were riding were struck
bv automobileB.
Zelda Mulkey, of Portland, wbs
thrown beneath the wheels of an au
tomobile but escaped with a broKen
finirer on her left hand, broKen
knee cap and bruwes aoout me legs.
TTazfll Malmsten, of Veronica;
Richard Briggs, of Kennewick; El-
worth Anslow, of Port urcnaroj
Ester Mover, of Eoseburg and Wil-
lard Carey, of Walla Walla, sustain
ed minor injuries.
The sleds were traued, wimoui
liirlitn. hehind automobile.
W. A. Sipprell, of route 5, noti
fied the police yesterdny his car
tad struck and injurea some per-
sons, on a sica irvem
Dallas road, but, he .aid, he failed
to set the names of the persons suf-
i 1 1 .11;-rm AM lh
fering injuries, me eiea, n? "'"
had no lights.
washlneton. Dec. 18. Ameri
can exports in November reached
the highest point or the year, ac
cording to official overseas trad
tatlstlcs made public looay vj
the department oi comment,
showing an export business total
ling UiS.OOO.OOO.
CARS HIT SLEDS
URED
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From up north has come the
word that Santa Claus want3 little
boys and girls to write him in care
of The Capital Journal. -
Scores of letters, asking for
everything from ponies to peanuts,
already have been received by The
Journal, but there are hundreds
more Salem youngsters who have
fore. Especially Is food and cloth
ing needed and these donations
should be made as early as pos
sible. .
Chickens Are Needed
Clothing, toys, nuts, candy and
other presents should be left at
the Elks lodge on north Liberty
street and food should be taken to
the Salvation army headquarters
in the rear of the United States
National bank building. Deliv
eries should be made wjierever
possible and the packages should
be marked as to content on the
outside. If dellveries cannot be
made the parcels will b'e called for
if the contributors will telephone
thelrnames and address to the
Elks lodge.
Chickens are among the items
most needed by the Salvation
Army which plans to place
basket of food with every destitute
family Christmas morning.. Any
other kind of food will be wel
comed.
This week Is to be a very busy
one for all persons connected with
(Continued on Page Seven.)
The melody minstrels of the Ore
gon state penitentiary netted more
than $1200 on their five perform
ances offered to the public last
wejk, prison officials said this aft
ernoon. Each nieht the prison auditorium
was crowded. It was estimated that
more than 600 persons saw the show
each evening. On Friday night the
attendance was 650.
Monday night the performance
was for inmates and the remaining
five nights the doors were thrown
oDen to the public.
This year's show was held to be
more successful than any given at
the institution in the past. All per
sons connected with the show, with
the exception of the business mana
ger, Percy Varney, were inmates of
the prison.
27 WRECK VICTIMS SAVED
Salt Ste Marie, Mich., Dec. 18.
Twenty-three of the 27 persons
who have been missing since the
tug Reliance struck on the rocks
off Llszadr island last Wednesday
have been saved, according to re
ports from the tug Gray which
reached the wreck today. j
MINSTRELS
NET OVER $1200
32 MILLION
AUTHORIZED
FOR ROADS
Foriest and Rural Post
Highway Are Alloted
Bik Sum By Federal
Agricultural Bill.
Washington, Dec. 18. An ap
propnatlon of $32,800,000 for
construction of forest roads and
trails and rural post roads as au
thorized under the federal high'
way act Is recommended In me
agricultural bill for the next fis
cal year as reported today to the
house ot commons.
The bill's total is 868,781,653,
or about $21,000,000 more than
last year ad $250,000 less than
the budget estimate. The increase
Is due to the more liberal road
fund provision, which last year
was $10,000,000.
The budget bureau left out the
annual Item of $360,000 for free
seed distribution by senators and
representatives and it was not
placed )n the bill by the appropria
tions committee. Some of the items
in the measure are:
For frost warning service, $12,
000; eradicating hog cholera,
$181,500; emergencies in fighting
forest Insects, $250,000; prevent
ing spread ot moths, $351,000;
preventing spread of European
cormfjorer, $200,000; checking
the i)adf of the Mexican bettle
$250,000; studying food habits of
birds and animals, $502,240; mar
ket Inspection of perishable foods,
$275,000; extermination ot pota
to wart, $5000; and eradication of
the nink boll worm of cotton;
$411,400.
The fund for the corest service
was fixed at $6,583,582 which Is
$21,000 more than carried in the
last bill.
"Xo special class should be bur
dened with keeping up the public
"niotiwnva." declared Fred A. Wil-
Hams, former public service com
missioner, In an address before the
Chamber of Commerce. "The high
ways belong to the people nnd should
be kept up by the people," Mr. Wil
liam now represents the Automobile
Carriers association of Oregon.
The automobile, trucks and stages
were the only means by winch the
16,000,000 acres of uncultivated land
in Orfgon could find proper trans
portation, Mr. Williams eava, anu
for this reason, nothing should be
done to hamper the development of
atflom and truck companies in the
-
state.
To have stability on the highways,
Mr. Williams thought that stages
and trucks tbould be given prior
rights, as this would also tend to
the geaeral safety of the travelling
public.
The . stage has come to stay, he
said, and a great part of the trav
elling public is travelling by stage
in ordr to better see the scenery,
and especially to get in and out of
citie by the finest residence dis
tricts, instead of through, "back al
leys and back ways, as travelled by
the railroads.
As to safety, Mr. Williams said
the public was in gencril rather
misinformed. The facts are, he said
that more than 1,000,000 passengers
were earried by stages the paxt year
with not one serious accident.
GREEK STEAMER DISABLED
WHILE IN MiD OCEAN
Boston, Oct. 18. Radio mes
sages - received today saia me
Greek steamer Melpo, bound for
this fort from Immlgham, was In
need of assistance, with ber steer
ing gear disabled. The message
came from me siearner ueorge
Washington, which was in com
munication with the ship. Her
position was given as about 1200
miles east of Bt. Johns, N. F.
STAGE
AND TRUCK
LINES DEEENDED
1 I "
Vladivostok Soviet
Orders Consulates of
11 Countries Closed
Vladivostok, Dec. IS. (By
Associated Press) The soviet
government of Vladivostok
which recently took over the
administration of the city and
surrounding territory known
as the Primorla, today order
ed the consuls ot France and
ten other countries, to close
their consulates and leave the
Primorla within a week.
The consulates ordered clos
ed are those of France, Bel
gium, Holland, Denmark, Swe
den, Finland, Esthonla, Pol
and, Latvia, Czechoslovakia
and Georgia.
Campaigners for Willam
ette Endowment Fund
Report $142,685 Must
Yet Be Raised.
"The time has come when we
must see every last person," de
clared Dr. D. M. DRrrell, a mem
ber of the Methodist board of ed
ucation whe Is in Salem assisting
in the Willamette forward move
ment campaign ut the luncheon
today of tire canvassing teams.
"There is a large amount yet to
be ruised and we cannot pass any
one thinking that they would not
give had they been solicited."
There wwas reported a total of
$17,727 at the meeting as being
raised In Salem since Saturday
noon. A little more than $12,000
wasplcdfied at church services yes
terday. The total amounts which
have been reported to the head
quarters so far are $1,107,315
which leaves a total of $142,685
yet to be raised. With a Mttle
more than $7000 being reported
by telephone from Portland the
amount left to raise Is about
$135,000. Of this amount Sulem
still has a little more than $46,-
000 yet to raise of the $250,000
quota.
L
Unless the Scott high school foot
ball team of Toledo, Ohio, now tour
ing the west, will take upon itself
the responsibility of selecting the
Oregon high school squad against
which it desires to play on New
5fears day, the prospects are that
no Oregon team will be permitted to
go up against the invaders from the
east.
Itivalry between Corvullis and
Mcdford has become so bitter for
the chance to meet the easterners
on the gridiron two weck from to
day that officials of the state ath
letic association who have been ap
pealed to for decision between the
rivals are loth to interfere. J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
schools, who was appealed -to by
W. J. Mishler, superintendent of
schools at Grants Pa! ss secretary
of the board of control of the state
high school athletic association, has
suggested that the choice of compet
itors be left with the visitors.
Both teams, it is understood here,
have complied with the financial
requirements for the match which
covered the raising of a fund of
$4000. Corvallis, however, it is said
best the southern Oregon team to
the tape with its fund and, it is
understood that the Ohiotns have
agreed to take on the team from
the college town. Medford, oa the
other hand, is counting strong on
meeting the invaders and has em
ployed Coach Shy Huntington of
the University of Oregon to prepare
the squad for the New Year's game.
Atlanta, Ga. Hamilton Doug
las, Sr., 64, dean of the Atlanta
law school, Is dead.
DRIVE GOAL
YETflOFF
MUST PICK TEAM
TO AVOID FIGHT
TAKE $200,000 FROM
FEOERALBANKTRUCK
AT DEPOSITORY DOOR
Bandits Operate From Automobile, Seizing Sacks of
Currency Under Cover of Pistol Fire; and Escape;
One Guard Shot, Perhaps Fatally; One of Trio
Believed Wounded ; Police Close Escape Avenues.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. Leaping from an automobile
which had drawn up alongside of a federal reserve delivery
wagon at the main entrance of the Denver mint, and shooting
toward four federal reserve guards who were emerging from
the building carrying $200,000 in $5 bills, two bandits at
10:40 this morning shot and probably fatally Injured Charles
Linton, one of the guards, seized the entire consignment of
money, jumped into their car and escaped.
The third member of the bandit group remained at the
wiicci 01 biic mainline, viic ui Lite vauuno la uciicvcu iu uavw
been shot while getting away. .
Linton died at 1:10 o'clock this afternoon.
So quickly did the bandits workf '
that persons In the immediate vl-
clnity were unaware of what had
happened until guards from with
in the mint rushed to the windows,
and out of the main entrance fir
ing at the escaping highwaymen.
- Guard Is Shot;
Llnten, who was usslstlng In
guarding the currency, fell' at the
first shot from the bandits' guns.
The bandits, described by guards
at the mint who saw them, were
apparently about 28 years of age.
Linton hud been employed by the
federal reserve bank for mauy
years as a guard,
All policemen In Denver have
been 'aimed with riot guns and an
intensive seurch of the hospitals
of Denver and suburbs now la un
der way In an effort to locate the
bandits who Is believed to have
been shot as he was entering the
waiting automobile to make his es
cape. Gte License Number.
All roads out of Denver are be
ing guarded and word of the hold
up has been sent to all outside
counties. The car bore a Colorado
llcenne, No. 18001.
While the robbery was going
on, according it witnesses, a sec
ond automobile touring car load
ed with masked men, armed with
shotguns and rifles, stood 20 feet
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Washington, Dec. 18 Proponents
of the administration shipping bill
won the first victory In the jockey
ing in the senate today over the
move of opponents to displace the
bill with the Norris agriculture fin
ancing measure.
When the senate met it had pend
ing before it the motion to displace
the one bill with the other which
was made Saturday by Chairman
Norris of the agricultural committee.
While supporters of the Norris mo
tion were attempting to get the floor
Senator Eansilell of loulsiana, a
democratic supporter of the ship
measure, claimed recognition in ac
eordance with a notice given last
week and launched into a speech la
behalf of the bill.
RECKLESS DRIVING IS
CHARGED TO TV0 HERE
Two motorcyclists were arretted
here yesterday by Motoieyele Patrol
as Sheltoo and charged with reck
less driving. They are James Kvans
and George Raster.
The two motorcycles were held in
lien of $10 bail, and the men will
be arraigned before Police Judge
Earl Baee. They were driving their
machines in circles about the streets
according to Patrolman Sheltou.
SHIPPING BILL
DELAY BLOCKED
NIANTHOUGHT
DEAD TO TALK
s
' ' "
Supposed Hcrrin Mas
sacre Victim to Tell
Story of Mine Field out
rage on Witness Stand.
Marion, 111., Dec, 18. (By As
sociated Press) Shot down and
left to die on a lonely roadsldo,
Dan OTtourke returned today to
tell bis story at the trial of five
men charged with murder In con
nection with the Horrln mlna
slaylngs. That O'ltourke, who
still bears the scars left by his
Injuries, had come back from the
very shadow of the grave to tes
tify for the prosecution was an
nounced by counsel for the state
at the opening of court today,
"O'ltourke was one ot the six
men whom other witnesses have
testified were shot down before
the Herrin city cemetery after
they had been marched through
the towwn by a singing, Jeering
mob.
One witness has told of seeing
the six dead and badly wounded
men in the road, three of them
still breathing and all bound to
gether by a rope about their
necks. Another testified of trying
to take a drink of water to two
ot the sufferers and ot being or
dered away by one of the defend
ants. According to prosecution attor
neys, one of these men was
O'Kourke and the other one was
Howard Hoffman, who died two
days later In a hospital. O'Rourke
was left here today under heavy
guard.
SALEM MAN BORN IN
1829 CALLED BY DEATH
The death la Salem a few days
ago of Henry C. Qrabenhorsl, at the
age of 93 years, calls attention to
the fact that at the timo of hi
birth In 18i, a number of Revo
lutionary heroes were still living.
John Adams and Thomas Jeffer
son had been dead only four years
when Mr. Grabenhorst was bora, and
Aaron Burr was still living in pov
erty in New York City. And Abra
ham Lincoln was a rail splitting
youth in Kentucky, 20 years old
when Mr. Grabenhorst was born.
Henry B. Grabenhorst who died
a few days ago, was active In his
farm work until about a week be
fore his death. His father Henry O.
Grabenhorst, and grandfather of W.
H. Grubenhorst, died at the age ct
100 yars sad three months.