Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 30, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON STAIE UBRAfct THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CIRCULATION p.Hy average for November 6050. Member Audit Bureau ol Circulation. Hmler Associated Press Full leased wlre service. UN 4 . THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight " and Sunday rain west; rain or snow east portion. Local: Rainfall .24 inch; max. 4; mln. 44; river, H.8 feet and falling. lit - -1 JUL id, .... FORTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 310 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS tin US P Ml (CM -u i "U31 M IWJ I 1 1 1 ft 'IU.L AX athletes of ist finish i mm Review of Sports Shows Pacific Coast Men Are Superior To Easterners In Most Departments. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 30. Western athletes were supreme in various branches of sports during tbe year just closing. In football, boxing, track and field, wrestling, tennis, automobile racing and baseball the men from the far vest continued high, up among the leaders, several of them holding championships. Probably the west's best known athlete Is Jack Dempsey, heavy' weight boxing champion. Colorado-born and Utah-bred Dempsey now resides in Los Angeles. Al though he did little this year in the ring, it was only because a capable opponent could not be found. World honors also came to the west in wrestling when Ed ("Strangler") Lewis of San Jose, Cal., won the heavyweight title from Stanislaus Zbyszko to whom le had lost It earlier. Lewis for merly was a resident of KentucKy (Continued on Page Nine.) 1 ASSERT Paris, Dec. 30. France has an Intensive study of the reparations question for the last tour years and is convinced that Germany does not want to restore tier financial stability if such a Bteo meanR nnvmpiit. In full nf a reasonable war indemcity. Such is the authoritative though unof ficial comment on the speech of the American secretary of state at new Haven last night. Washington, Dec. 80. Disclos ure by Secretary Hughes in his New Haven speech last night of the belief of the Washington gov ernment that an international commission of financiers, includ- lnf Americans might well be call d in to recommend a method of ettlement for the reparations crisis, apparently leaves the next love In the hands of the allied Premiers. The American suggestion, Mr. Hughes specified, was offered as W alternative in the event that the premiers at their Paris meet ing next Tuesday fail to find a basis for adjustment of their views among themselves." LOCAL 6ARDSMEN TO GET GARRISON CAPS Members of Salem company F, Oregon national guard, will soon be wearinr th now irarrifion caos. alch are to be Issued by the war Apartment. Another etep towards unifying 'be uniform of national guards Is '"mcated in the order recently is ued by Rpnrtrn A White, ttdiu wt general, calling upon all unit 'OB-mandnm In un1 n ronnlal tinns I ur me new garrison caps, author ,!ed to be distributed free to na Jtional guard troops. The order !M just recently received from je war department by General ignite. ' 3 It Is thought that the supply for 90 members of Salem company J will arrive within ten days or jj'o weka. The cap is made of 1'live drai, cloth, with a brown either visor, with the United ktes coat of arms on a round 'tt Placed In the front center of M cap. 'fill MBER LUNCHEON IS. OFF 4 . there will be n0 luncheon Monday J!" t the Chamber of Commerce. 'e "ext luncheon will be Monday lv,,p January 8. Kobert Duncan, "tary, gay, that for the Janu f'7 luncheon, the speakers will & Clarke and E. A. Clarke, m GERMANY SEEKS 10 AVOID PAYING i 1 ' r ; : Mellon Urges Passage of Capper Rural Credit Legislation by Senate Washington, Dec. 30. (By Associated Press) Enact ment of the Capper rural credits bill together with leg islation extending the powers of the war finance corporation for nine months, rather than the Lenroot bill which hereto fore has borne the administra tion stamp was urged by Sec retary Mellon today before the senate banking commis sion. Iowa Officer And j A 1 1 5 I O : Accused pi rurioij s Confiscated L i q 1 r Worth $30,000. I k in Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. iff. -Warrants were Issued today".?, r the arrest of Wlnfred E. If ' , Polk county sheriff until J - ary 1, and his brother, Deputy Sheriff George Robb, in connec tion with the theft of $30,000 worth of liquor from the Polk county jail liquor room last Wed nesday night. Both are In cus tody. The charges against Sheriff Robb were filed by William Mc Murray, Polk county Jailer, af ter McMurray had been locked out of his own jail under the sheriff's orders ond after Mc Murray's son had been arrested by orders of Assistant County At torney Seeburger for alleged com pllcity in the liquor theft. McMurray charged that on August 8 Sheriff Robb sold more than 7 quarts of whiskey to L. S. Hill, proprietor of the American Printing and Lithographing com pany and prominent democrat!; politician. "Its an atrocious lie," said Hill. He admitted, however, that he had tried to obtain liquor from the sheriff's office, but he de clared he had been unsuccessful. Mr. Hill declared he knew no reason why Jailer McMurray should name him in connection with such a liquor transaction. T L Walter L. Tooze. Sr.. after reading the morning dispatches from Washington, D. U., in wnicn it. In stated that .he Is slated for the job of register of the land office at Portland, says that it is evident the two United States senators are about to recognize his nine years of service to tne Republican party, whilo Mr. Tooze knew noth ing of his proposed appointment as reelster of the land office, he says he has had the assurance of both senators that his party ser vices for the past 35 years would be recognized. Alex Sweek, whose term of reg ister of the land office will ex- ni next AuEust. is an old time frionri nf Mr. Tooze. In fact, it was 40 years ago when Mr. looze was teachlne school at Tualatin that he boarded with the parents of Mr. Sweek. FORflOlsSTOF WACONDA IS CALLED tit a .a rwpivpd here tonay VV U1U " - of the death of Mrs. Mary Bas ; (rmoi. Tirnnka and Wa- seit, oi, """ conda resident, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. v. nuise way, uiceuii, - .o. hnrn In Brooks, lo- ..j -k nino miles north of caieu ...... ... Salem near the Pacific highway on March 1, !!' 24 1880 she was marneu i w- ' '. Tjoooott died in 1916. There survive three daughters Mrs. Joe -Hunsaner, - L a xf T.. C. Hulse, all Bucnana" ...... - of Halfway; four sons Jon, Henry, Arthur ana - sett, also of Halway; 1J? a .n elster. Alex la- Brotners .., Flemme, living in Monta. Joseph UFIen... o P George LaFlemme vi -Cphine Shepard of Waconda. SAVS SHERIFF Sit BOOZE OOZE MAY GET AfID OFFICE JOB Bill MS BORAH RIDER IS APPROVED Naval ApDrooriation Measure Carrying Sum Of $125,000,000 Goes Through Senate. Washington. Dec. 30. Th $125,000,000 naval appropriation bill was passed late today by the senate. Senator Borah. reDubllr ho, did not offer his amendment ror a world economic conference and the senate did not discuss nor change the house provision re questing the president to negoti ate for a further naval limitation agreement. Y. M. OPEN HOUSE ARE COMPLETED Everything is in readiness for the big annual New Year's open house at the Y. M. C. A accord ing to C. A, Kells, secretary. Throughout the entire afternoon and evening a program of interest will be in progress. The attend ance of the total day last year, es timated at 2000, is expected to be broken. One of the very special attrac tions of the program for those that enjoy watching an athlete per form will be the tumbling and high bar exhibition given by Duggie" Douglas Burroughs, for mer Salem high school student and now champion all-around 0. A. C. athlete. The complete program Is as fol lows: 10:30 a., m. Boys' hare and hound paper chase. 2:30 p. m. Music and recep tion In the lobby. 2:45 p. m. Maes games and drills by boys In gymnasium. 3:45 p. m. Two basketball games between Y. M. C. A. club teams. 4:15 p. m. Swimming exhibi tion by women of the Y. W. C. A. under the direction of Mrs. David Wright. 5:15 p. m. Music and Bongs in the lobby. 7:80 p. m. Volley ball game between the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. 7-30 d. m. Wrestling exhibi lion by Chemawa Indian school wrestling team. High bar ana tumbling exhibition by Douglas Burrows. 8:15 p. m. Basketball game between Commercial league teams. 9 15 p. m. Men's swimming meet. 9:30 p. m. Literary and musi fn nroeram in lobby. Continuous refreshments will be served by the women s auxiliary of which Mrs. J. B. Littler is pres ident. HUNDREDS EXPECTED TO SEE ELK SHOW SUNDAY A packed house is expecieu w 'greet the Elk's New Year's show if. v. s.,r, t tha Grand theater . A " lO UtJ B'u tomorrow night. Indications are .. . .v. i.ini.rfct matinee will tnat ie prove unusually popular. At 10:20 the doors will be thrown open and the overture w I 1 be held a few minutes later. Fol lowing the 11 0 c,f """T, be eight acts of Vaudeville will be shown. . A t Art Wallace, i-aui dic. - ... ic. th Elks' com- R. smun cuuiiM- i . nf the show. .mlttee in cut's" 'many edugatcrsare here County superintendent, froa l all over Oregon are meet.ng in Salem today for their annual conference at he call of J. A. CinreMII state .uperintendent of poblte m.truct.on. nl ected tfcat .U oMh. super- intendents wu oe c ----- . whethe business of th? annual jion wil be taken up. Grading of "atnination paper. 1. c . .1 n.tierinff of the lent to v m"""" - superintendent, tere. ARRANG ENEN1S Nation's Finances In Good Shape at Close Of Year, Bankers Say New York. Dec. anYnrlv Financial Review by the AssobI- ated Press.) Stock and bopi prices generally close the year'it materially higher levels, whlctf'is not Onlv a reflectlnn nf tha mnrli- ed improvement that has taken place in business and lndustrr during the last 12 months but also is construed by conservative New York banking interests an An in dication of still further progress in tne coming year. The year closes with conditions favorable for a further Increase of commodity and security prices, in the opinion of , the financial com munity. Unfavorable and unsus pected developments in the Dolit- ical and economic situation abroad are generally considered . as the only probable obstacles to arrest the improvement in the business and financial world, which began in the summer of 1921 and has continued, with few temporary in terruptions, until the present time. . Improvement Forsecn. The prediction of further busi ness prosperity is based on sever al well known facts. Foremost among these is the easiness of the money market and the huge sum available for commercial credit. In addition, most stocks of mer chandise are low, railroad traffic fs close to record levels, exports are Increasing, the principal ex changes are heading back to par and the European economic situa tion shows signs of improvement. Exports are increasing ana un filled orders for railroad equip ment are the largest in years. Oth er favorable signs are seen in the (Continued on Page Nine.) Chicago. Dec. 80. A policeman was killed and one of three men who accosted and fired upon a par ty of high school students, slightly wounding a girl, was fatally shot here early today in the ensuing pistol fight with police. The high school students were returning home from a dance. One of the trio was Bald to have ac costed Minnie Finkelstein, 17, the wounded girl, who resented his re marks. The man's two companions joined him and he then was re ported to have begun firing. William J. O'Malley, probation ary noliceman was shot as he gave chase to the men. A companion shot one of the running men. ai the hospital the man said he was John Reeves of Harvey, 111. He died In the hospital. TWO PAY ROLLS ri.vp1and. Ohio. Dec. 30. Arm ed bandits today held up the pay master of the Perry cap a fjcrow company and escaped with the $20,000 weekly payroll. The pay o0tor iiint returned from a bank with the money heavily guarded by an armed escort, was caugnt on his guard by the sudden raid. A second payroll robbery was . half an hour after the Per- ry company holdup when two rob bers halted an automonue t (- th Rnlck Automobile com pany paymaster and a clerk, threw the two men out and escaped with a $7000 payroll, RUSH FOR LICENSES IS Oil The eleventh hour rush for motor license ense plate, of the vintage on at the state bonce today. Be- iL. w Vil It A i. la ted 1 applicant, ror iuo to hoTB been .tending and line in the office of Secretary I 1. .. .wl r .wl nf in State Kowr all day, hundred, of of i-i-. (1 nvrr the count lie :en.e. ne irc.iig in addition to the usual daily " 1. tUm mnilB er grist that goes inroufci - 1 ob ertmates at noon today half of the more than 133,00' i:i. lii the ftate will Based fully motor be withut Me new tag. w&en new year opens. POuCEMAN AND THUG KILLED 1 RUNNING BATTLE ANDITS SECURE Suits Against Federal Government for Liquor . Edict Cannot Be Tried Washington, Dec. SO. The federal government In a brief tiled In the supreme court to day held that the appeals of the foreign steamship lines against the recent prohibition decision of Judge Hand at New York had failed to show that tbe United States had consented to be sued and that the cases could not therefore be prosecuted. OF Bob Pressey of Bandon, one of those rare imitators of the Walt Mason type of verse whose work favorably compares with Mr. Ma son's jingles, was a visitor in Sa lem """yesterday. Mr. Pressey's rhymes, done in prose form, are puhliehed exclusively in weekly newspapers of the United States. They are now read in every state in the union. Writing verse, however, is more or less of a sideline with Mr. Pres sey, who Is the owner of the Dew Valley dairy, near Bandon, where he raises purebred Guernsey cat tle. He is generously proportioned and a dairyman of considerable ability. For years Mr. Pressey has been a correspondent for Western World, and other journals and has always been drawn by newspaper offices. Recently, he said yesterday, he has found It necessary to devote a large part of his time to verse writing. Mr. Pressey is about 35 years of age. After spending a short time visiting newspapermen in Salem, Mr. Pressey left for Corvallls wher he will spend a short time. YOB FAILS 10 Judrtnent was elven in favor of the State Bank of Hubbard in the suit of Amos Yoder against the bank, in which Yoder asked that the bank pay him the sum of $1615, due to the fact that the bank endorsed and cashed a check payable to Amos Yoder, the bank acting under the Instructions of a brother of Yoder. The court held that Yoder in accepting part of the money paid for a farm sold by his brother, had ratified his brother's act when the bank was instructed to endorse a check payable to Amos Yoder In payment for the sale of a farm. The court also held that the act of the bank was ratified when Amos Yoder instituted suit against the bank. The dispute arose from the fact that Amos Yoder, living In Mon tana, had authorized his brother, N. J. Yoder, to sell his farm near Hubbard for not less than $3400. Tbe farm was sold for $4500 and a check in payment for the farm, payable to Amos Yoder, was for warded, to N. J. Yoder . In order that a mortgage against tbe farm might be paid off and the deal closed, tbe brother, N. J. Yoder, authorized the bank to endorse tbe name of Amo. Yoder on tbe check, it had formerly been agreed be tween tbe brother that N. J. Yoder should close the deal. The ale was closed in March of 1921, and no action was taken by Amos Yoder until June of 1822. WARM RAINS ARE FORECAST Washington, Dec. 30. Weather nitlook-for the week beginning vtnnrtnT- Pacific states Occa- :onal rains; temperatures near lonnal. WALT MASON on S SALEM GUEST YESTERDAY m m m IK TROOPS 110 OIL DISTRICT Force of 6000 Dispatched Toward Rich Mosul Area, Over Which En voys Wrangle. Athens, Dec. 30. The Turks are sending reinforcements in the direction of Mosul, the rich oil district, the ownership of which la In dispute at the Lausanne con ference, - according to advices to the Central News from a reliable source. A division of 6000 Turkish troops, it is stated, has already left Van for Mosul. Armenian Home Planned Lausanne, Dec. 30. (By Asso ciated Press) Plans for an Ar menian national home, financed by a possible $20,000,000 appro priation by the' United States congress or a popular loan in Am erica in addition to funds from other countries were presented to the' Near East conference today by the American delegation. Slow Progress Made Lausanne, Dec. 30. (By Asso ciated Press) The Lausanne con ference completes its sixth week today with a solution of the Near Eastern question still In the mak ing and with the allied and Turk ish delegations still at odds over the important Issues. As Ismet Pasha and his associ ates awaited further Instructions gora, It seemed certain that, a set tlement of even one of the trou blesome problems on the agenda could not take place this year. Action by the allies on the Ar menian plea for a national home In Turkey was expected today. IONS Mrs. Lily L. Folkes, a pioneer of Salem, born here 67 years and 11 months ago and residing here continuously, died yesterduy even ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. Lindsay, who lives on the Fairgrounds road. Mrs. Folkes was apparently In good health in the afternoon as she camo down town to attend a funeral of a friend. There survive besides the daugh ter a Bon, Henry S. Folkes of Su lem and two sisters, both residents of Red Bluff, California. Funeral servlccB will be held Monday morning, January 1, at 10 o'clock from tbe Webb & Clough chapel. Concluding serv ices will be held at the City View cemetery. FOUfl y TRAfi Honolulu. Dec. 30. (Rv Asso ciated Pfiss.) Prohibition; en fnrpmpnr nfenrn ana ciihluiiib ul flcials today seized 132 bottles of liquor abroad the United States army transport Meigs, which has just arrived from Japan. Custom officers said two of the snip s officers would hff examnva in connection with the seizure. ACCIDENT FATAL TO BOY F!vrtt. Wash.. Dec. 80. Al fred Oveson, aged 20, of Everett was fatally injured here yeeterday afternoon, dying late In the day. when he struck an auiomoon driven by Mrs. Sam Gullck or be i.io nv.aon was riding a motor cycle and is said to have attempted . .... anther car wnen ne siruca the Seattle woman's machine. A companion on the motorcycle es caped Injury. Licensed to Wed. i murriasre liceoie iwued thl. morning to Albert D. Coachman of Camas, Washington, a loS?fc'r. d ftybyl Alice Brynjeleon, or ios r Cottage .treet, Salem. U SALEM PIONEER DON ARM ISPORT Restaurant Men Want Solonsto Eat Down Town Local restaurant men who art protesting the operation of a res taurant In the capitol building during legislative session have asked for a conference with Secre tary of State Koier for this after noon when the matter will bet threshed out. The restaurant which was first operated during the session of 1021 was authorized by a senate concurrent resolution nassed bv the session of 1919 partly as a protest against prices charged by down town eating houses and part ly as a convenience to the legisla tors who object to trudging through the rain for the six or eight blocks necessary to reach the business section In order to get a bite to eat for lunch. It is handled the same as other con cessions permitted in the capitol building for the convenience of the legislators and their email army of assistants and involves no exoense to the state. The restaurant will occupy space in the basement of the state house and the concession has al ready been granted to Levy Bal- ner and Johnny Jones, both Salem men. Man Married to Two Up Before Circuit Judge; Others Are Arraigned; Crow Says Not Guilty. One year behind the walls of the Oregon penlteutiury was the sen tence Imposed upon Louis Holl weg. Indicted by the Marlon coun ty grand Jury on a charge of po lygamy, wben he pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Percy Kelly bis morning. Hollweg, according to the in- dlctmeut, murrled one Mary Black while yet the husband of Gertrude Hollweg. He will be "dressed in" at the penitentiary immediately. Three others were arraigned be fore Judge Kelly this morning. Lewis Muthews, charged with lar ceny at the home of Mrs. Paul Bardley at Silverton, pleaded guil ty. He will be sentenced next Saturday. M. N. Crow of Salem, accused of assaulting with an dungerous wea pon Roy Rowland, a Salem taxi driver, was arraigned but elected to enter bis plea next Tuesday. A plea of not guilty was enter ed by William P. Clemens, charged with forgery. Ills trial, It was an nounced, will be held next Satur day. Eleven oMier men, against whom true bills were returned by the erand Jury yuBtcrday, but yel to be arraigned. They are Sam Wit ty, charged with obtaining money by falHe pretenses; Alfred H. Berg, charged with unlawfully connect ing pipe to a gas main; William L. Bryant, charged with indecent exposure; J'aul scnmoier, cuargeu wtih wanton damage to miia, Martin Dletriek, charged with rape; James V. Ilozeil, charged with larceny: Wayne uimmica and Ernest Crabtrec, charged with assault and robbery; Fred Bartow, charged with burglary; B. A. Cain on a charge of forgery; and Clar ence Clement, charged with lar ceny. 2 FINED"! BOOZE CHARGES Two men paid fines asseBsed yesterday by Police Judge Earl Race. They were accused of vio lating the prohibition lawn. Lutber Bartlett, charged with being Intoxicated and with pos sessing liquor, wa. fined $25. T. Weaver, accused of being in toxicated, was fined $10. Both men were arrested by the police Thursday night. PHONE WBSTO'GATHER Emplove. of the telephone com pany will meet thi. evening In tie .ifnr!,im of the Chamber of Com merce. Thwe meeting are held monthly and are devoted to lecture, and discu.lon. of .pedal Interest to employe., and of valae to mem improving the scrrice of tb ""-panr. POLMIST Gil YEAR 1 GMFT TOmiMEAR EMPLOYEES Former Assistant Secre tary Of War Is Also Indicted For Alleged Irregularities. Washington, Deo. 30. (By Associated Press) Benedict Cro well, assistant secretary of war under the Wilson administration, and six "dollar a year' men as sociated with the council of na tional defense, were indicted her today by the special grand jury Investigating war frauds on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government In construction of war time army camps and can tonments. The others indicted are: Will iam A. Starrett, Morton C, Tut tie, Clemen. W. Lundoff, Clair Foster, John II. McGibbons, Jas. A. Mears. Conspiracy Charged The Indictment charges a con spiracy t maladmlntster existing law. and regulations; to control the giving of contracts to friends, associates and clients under tho "cost plus", which It is charged resulted In a loss to the govern ment of millions of dollars and reduced the morale of labor. The indictments are the first big sulvo In Attorney Genera! Daugherty's attack on many war time contracts which the depart ment of justice holds after ex haustive Investigation to be fraud ulent, Others are expected to fol low, and It Is estimated that th amounts involved when the at torney general's full program la under way will run Into hundreds of millions of dollars. Charge 47 Overt Acts Today's Indictments came as the result of consideration by the grand Jury, of a mass of evi dence which the. attorney gener al has been gathering for if months. It was presented by for mer Representative McCulloch of Ohio, now a special assistant at torney general. The Indictments, charging 4 overt acts and applying to all named alike, charge that con tractors, their agents, engineers, architects, and officers of the government entored a conspiracy to set up a system profitable s to the contractors and prejudicial to the government and to control the giving of contracts to friends, associates and clients, past and prospoctivo. Penalties Heavy It I. further charged that dur ing 1917 and 1918 the alleged conspirators held dally meetings to play and carry out the detail of the alleged conspiracy and even secured the removal of other officers of the government who hindered the carrying out of th plans. Specifically, those indicted ar charged with violation of section 37 of the United States penal code which provides a fine of $10,000 or two year. Imprisonment or both; of various other section, of the revised statutes; of certain army regulations and sections of tbe army appropriation bills of 1816 and 1117, One of the mnny charges con tained In the indictment is that after the end of tbe war Armis tice day, November It, 1918 the defendant, obligated tbe gov ernment for $30,000,000 mora new cantonment construction work, of which every thing over $11,000,000 was on the cost plus basis. ASKS FORECLOSURE Harriet L. Scobee has brought suit annln.it Carl Abram. and J. R. Hendricks In the Martoa county circuit court for the for closure of a mortgage, given as security for the payij?nt of a note for $2000 dated March IT, 1920, and payable la three years. The plaintiff alleges that th Interest on the note due pC 17, 1922, amounting to $70 re mains unpaid, and that accord ing to the terms of th mort gage, th entlr amount is now due. The property mortgaged and on which th plaintiff asks fore closure Is located on Cottsg street.