THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. ORE. SATURDAY. MAY 11. 1918.
M ME GOVERNOR
JUGGlfD ORKON'S FLAX
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handled by Crawford. At the time Craw
ford was discharged he said the profit
would approximate $30,000, and the fig
ures now published by the Statesman
tend to substantiate this. But the gov
ernor stoutly maintained that the indus
try was a financial failure and giving
that as his sole reason he refused to
live up to the conditions of the eon
tract made between the state and Craw
ford. It was the 1915 legislature which, at
the request of the governor, appropriat
ed (50,000 for the flax industry and
road building. About (40,000 of .hat
sum was spent for flax and the other
(10,000 for a rock quarry and roads.
Left Entirely to Executive.
As Governor Withyeombe had long
f ill III IS
MowwMenr.-.e :yn. c i, ' $ "? aiXifeSateafc j ' " 4 ainawnww
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You'll Like Doug' in Even
ing Dress better than you
Liked Him in Chaps and
Sombrero
BORGLUM DECLARES
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jvto wore for the purpose of trying to
discredit him in the eyes olf the people
and prevent public knowledge of the
real condition existing in the aircraft
production program. Ho said:
"The charges of Mix and Mix's en
gineer ero li unreservedly."
Honglwm asserted that 3000 airplanes
might foiave been am Franca in March
to help stop the German drive if the
Curtiss and the Wright-Martin com
panies, who. ha claims, were the only
ones prepared to construct planes, had
been ipermittted to go abend on con
tracts. He says they have been prevent
ed from going ahead by "the opposi
tion of a group in Ohio."
An aibsolulte donial is made in hia
statement, in every detail, that he was i
evor secretly or otherwise intereatad
in the manufacture of airplanes or that I
he ever offered to use true confidence,
me prerufm ior una pvinuiiui .
vantage Ho Bay that he first met j
Kenyon Mix through Mix's own eharg- j
es against the aircraft board and
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The OREGON
DIRECT FROM HIPPODROME THE ATRE,
RINALDO
DUO
Harmony Singing and
Piano Novelty
"WILD
A RIOTOUS 5-ACT
HIS LATEST AND GREATEST
MR. FIX IT
SAto:
PRICES
1 " Colonel Deeds and Deeds' partners"
. He repeated his charges of the mis
managcauent of aircraft production
. called the charges against him a "co
lossal blunder," asked why a billion
dollars in eleven mouths had produc
ed nia .pianos aid demanded:
"There has a :graver question aris
en: Who is it that is so powerful that
makes it dangerous to the character
and honor of men who shall dare to ask
this question!"'
ARTILLERY USED
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positions behind Pare de Grwvesncs,.
Bois de L'Alval, Framicourt and other
places fronting the American sector
Thursday night.
New fires were observed in Moa.-
didier and apparently a- ammunition
dump was burned in CanMgny.
A German patrol renewed the attempt
to capture an Amr,fu outiiost but wus.
repulsed.
Cantigny is slightly more than fhr"C
mjicg nort'heast of Moxdioier. Grieves-
SPECIAL SUNDAY SHOWJ
CARLOTTA
THE HUMAN
DRAGON
WILD WOMEN"
COMEDY DRAM A WITH HARRY CAREY
BIG BILL HART
In a Big 2-Reeler, "His Pal"
via
THEATRE
Other Attractions
PATHE WEEKLY
EDUCATIONAL-SCENIC
ncs park is about a nuio and a half i.vonsibility for harvesting it. Ohat
north and slightl wObt of Cantigny i forced t",- isu of got uig a competent
L'Alval wood is n mil; north of Can- superintendent. Some of tho board mem
tigny. Framicourt U the sauio distant i bers who knew of Kobcrt Crawford sent
cast of Canticnv. i f r him. He camo to Salem, looked over
Wrting Letters to Mother.
Wi Ui lia AnioriQna in PinvHv Affiv
10. Hundreds of letters will leave Pi-
cardy for American mothers Sunday. In
dugouts, on tables made from box.es, sol
diers could bo observed writing today
in their spare moments.
Some were puzzled by the most touch
ing of predicaments their mothers had
died since tlwy had come to France.
They asked if :hey could write to some,
one else.
Y. M. C. A. and Salvation Army work
ers suggested the boys' Bisters or theit
bunkies' mothers.
BOISE WOMAN SUICIDES
Rochester, Minn., May 11. Miss Tsa
bell Savage, agod 22, committed sui
cide by shooting hero early today. She
left information indicating that Boise,
Idaho, was her home.
PORTLAND
BROWN and JACKSON
"The .Suffragette .and
the Clubman"
n -friv
been an agriculturalist, the other two
i members of the state board of control,
which at yliat time had full supervision
of the penitentiary, left the flax busi
ness to the governor, who was taking
'particular pride in it.
The board o. a d tne employment ol
J. C. Cody, who was selected by the
governor as superintends of the flax
plant. Cady was pnl on the payroll at
(3U00 a year. .
The first year, in 1915, a fine crop of
flax was grown. Every flax man who
saw it praised its quality. Cady under
took tn prepare tlwo flax fiber for mar
ket. He chose the d.-.'w reting system
for treatine the flax. He put tons of it
Ion.; in the field in the fall after the
fall rains had begun. The flax lay in
i the rain and mud and, instead of ret
ting, U-.-gau to rot. Reports of its con
'ditiou reached other members of the
state board. Secretary of State Oleott
j began to invesligate, and on November
1 24, 1915, he called the other two mem
bers of tlw board iuto conference and
!made a protest against the manner in
which the flax was being handled by
'Cady.
Cady Kept on Job.
Governor Withyeombe defended Cady
and' said he was satisfied atli coudi-
!tions, i!iid said the flax was all right.
I Sta ie Treasurer Kay sided witli th.3 gov
, eruor. The result was no change was
'made, Conditions coutinucd to grow
! worse. Ton after ton of flax was ruin
ed. The stacks of flax straw were not
! properly thatched and began to heat,
' and had to be removed and restacked.
I Although a fine crop of flux had been
crown, the first year 'a exuerimea; was
Dracticallv a complete failure.
I The flax crop of 1916 was planted by
the farmers and made a good growth.
About the time it was ready for harvest-
ling, Superintendent Cady went away on
'a vacation, leaving no one to take care
cf the crop exeep the warden of the
i penitentiary, John Minto, who mado no
pretense of knowing anything . about
Warden Minto undertook to pull the
1 tin- and haul it in from the fields, bu.
!l.e soou'ieporied to' the'stato board that
jthy flux was so foul with wild oats anu
' weeds that ho would no longer assume
the flux fields, which he found had be, n
improperly prepared in tho first place
and many of them were overrun with
i weeds. But he suid he could save much
of the flax
Cady'Flred-Orawford Hired,
Wken the matter came before the
board, Governor Withyeombe iusis.cd
on retaining Cady, but State Treasurer
Kay, by that time, was ready to voto
with Oleott to make a change. So Ol
eott and Kay voted to employ Craw
ford, while tho governor vojed to re
tain Cadv.
Tho W0,000 appropriation had boon
all spent and tho board had borrowed
approximately $10,000 to pay tho far
mers for the crop they had grown in
1915. So when Crawtord asked lor tuo
same salary that the governor had given
Cady, namely $3000 a year or $250 a
month, tho governor objected. He took
the position tha the salary should be
cut, and Kay offered as a compromise
that an agreement be made whereby
! the state would pay Crawford $200 a
', month, but if ho pulled the industry out
!of the hole and turned it infp a finan
, cial success he would be paid the re
maining $50 a month, to make his salary
the snuie as hed been paid his predeces
sor. That was the contract as finally
'made.
Crawford was immediately placed in
I charge of the work, and began harvest
ing ths crop. Then he threshed it and
Stored some in the penitcnijiary build
ings and the nest was stacked in the
field, where it went through the win
iter without the least damage.
' He built retting tanks and )o a large
; extent substituted the tank retting for
ithe dew retting method of treating the
1 flax, and rented all that portion of tho
11916 crop which has been marketed,
j Governor Gets Complete Control
! The 1917 legislature met and the gov
iernor asked that this penitentiary be
taken from the control of the statu
board of control and be placed under the
' exclusive aulhority of the governor. The
legislature passed a law making the
change. This gave the governor com
1 plete authority over the flax plant also.
1 Last fall Warden Murphy . of the pen
itentiary and Crawford began to clash
over the management of the flax plant.
He and Crawford had several tilts over
the mater.
j On several occasions Crawford took
these matters up with the governor,
jwho usually backed him up. But as the
'friction between the warden and Craw
ford became more acute, the governor
; sid?d with the warden, who was his own
j appointee, and against Crawford, who
I was forced upon him by the other .wo
; members of the state board.
Murphy and Crawford Clash
Crawford had most of the 1916 crop
retted. A good grade of fiber was be
ing turned out. The industry had been
brought out of debt, and enough won,"?
was on hand to repay the (10,000 which
the 1917 legislature had appropiiatci
5o pay the money the board had bor
VL I LlSaiPMHU.j
SALEM Wants a man to
by right ought to have.
SALEM is entitled to a place in the sun.
What governor has given this a thought? Not one!
Ex-Governor Moody more than thirty-five years ago
became one of YOU, and erected a stately home befitting
his position. -What
other Governor thought this worth while?
LOUIS J. SIMPSON thinks it WORTH WHILE. He
is now arranging for the purchase of a home in Salem,
and if elected will make it a dwelling-place for the chief j
executive of this state second to none elsewhere. He will
live with you as one of you and will contribute his energy
to make things WORTH WHILE.
SALEM has had too many NON -INTERESTED, AB
SENTEE and NON-RESIDENT governors.
L. J.SIMPSON.
(Paid adv., Simpson for Gov. Com.)
rowed -when Cady plunged the industry
into a hole. Crawford presented figures
to show he would nt for the state a
profit of about $50,000.
Crawford Discharged.
As a result of another elush between
Murphy and Crawford, the governor dis
charged Crawford. He said Crawford
had made a failure. Crawford asked for
the $50 bonus the 9tate had agreed to
pay hiin. Tho governor refused ,0 give
it, although Inter he offered to pay him
$400, or half of ft. This amount Craw
ford refused to accept, saying he was
either entitled to nothing or tho entire
amount.
Crawford presented a stntemont ''o
the governor showing that the stato's
profit would reach approximately
$30,000. The governor denied the figures
and made a statement t show-that the
indus.ry was a financial failure.
Crawford Loses In Court
Crawford took th matter to court,
seeking a writ of mandamus to compel
tho governor to live up to the state's
contract. The case never went to trial on
i s merits as the governor hid behind
the technicality that tho governor, in
his official capacity, could not be sued.
The court sustnined this contention and
dismissed the writ.
Now, on tho eve of the primary elec
tion, the Statesman, which is urging the
governor 's re-election, publishes a flam
ing editorial heralding th,e great suc
cess the governor has mado of the flax
industry, and point out that after all
bills have been paid more than $22,000
is in the flux fund, and all the 191
crop has not yet been worked up. Only
.liat portion of the 1916 crop which
Crawford retted has Uocn worked up
and marketed.
Only Political Dodge.
This is an eleventh hour attempt of
the Statesman to overcomo the injnvy
which has been done the flax industry
by the governor's insistence that a fail
ure was made of the flax business.
The flux indusry in the Willamette
vulley is not a failure. It is a proven
success, and its greatest success has
been achieved by Robert Crawford, evnn
though ho was deprived of his wages by
a chief executive who branded the in
dustry a failure.
Stocks Are Active
In Wall Street Way
New York, May 11. The New York
Kvenirrj Sun financial review today
said:
Today's stock market was unwont
edly active for a Saturday half ses
sion, but price movements' were mixed
with firmness underlying the general
list. The Mtnndnrd issues were in but
limited demand. There was brisk buy-
j ing of some of the specialties. Cains
wore one to about thrco points. Unit
ed States Ste1 was irregular within
more or loss narrow limiits, as were
the other steel shares, the coppers and
tho railroad lists.
At the eral of the first hour news
strength momentarily lifted the indus
trial list to top prices for the day
with steel above 109. Mtixed and un
certain movements again supervened,
however. Trading cnntinucid in goou
volume with cross currents and profit
taking. Further readjustment following
the weeks relatively h-avy dealings
was much in evidence American Ku
matra Tobanco, after reacting to 113
responded with tho other totac0
shares to the removal of government
restrictions on tobacco luaf imports.
There was a trend to lower levels in
all groups towards the closing.
Many a Yankee soldier will take great
pleasure in shooting a Onrmao tank just
below the third vest but ton. -
cut SALEM on the mac. and
LABOR ADHINSTRATOR
Fefix Frankfurter Will Have
. Task of Whipping National
Policy Into Form
By Robert J, Bender
(United; Frees staff correspondent)
Washington," May 11. President j
Wilson today placed in the hands of
Fhx .Frankfurter, of New York and
Wash.ing.ton, tho difficult' task of whip
ping into definite form a national la
bor policy for the war.
Frankfurter's appointment makes
him "ta.bor administrator" under Sec
retary of Labor Wilson. Ho will imme
diately co-ordinate under his direction
the. work of all the numerous labor ad
justment bodies now existing in tho
government.
Frankfurter 'a appointment is an
acknowledgement of tho quasi-radical
element in tho Mor movement. He
ho been associated with tho so-called
litboral element in the south, was a
member of the president's investigat
ing oommiitteo wihich went west and
Inquired into the Mooney case, among
others.
He returned recently from a trip to
England, whore he mado a care! ul
study of labor conditions.
MAY VOTE FRIDAY
His Is Figuring On Basis of
Primary Returns of Last
Primary Election
Secretary of State Oleott has just
issuc a statement of the approximate
regiwtration at tho close of tho regis
tration books' 30 days before the coin
ing primaries. This shows a t"tul of
305,778 registered voters divided
among the parties as follows: Republi
can 17S,80; democrats 8-U!.1; pro
tfreorivPH 1270; prohibition tklMI; so
cialist 7202 and thoso who declined to
name uny polite- al preference, ii.'Hifl. !
At th 1916 primaries approximately!
100,000 of tho republican registration j
of 101,819 vote); and of tho democrats
appronimatoly 30,000 of'the 60 570 reg
istered attended tho primaries, nn this
basis the republicans this year should
poll 123,000 vote and the democrats
about 45,000. Tho total- roifist ration ot
Minrion county is 11,171 of whom ,
702 are republican and 3053 demo-
ra'a. Tho registration in 1910 was H,
753, ftiwl tho increase in two year is
18. MuRnomah county's vote in
creased from 77-408 in 1916 to 95,203
thU year. Tho total registered vote of
tho stato increased from 241,474 in
1916 to 300,776 this year.
NINE MEN COMMENDED
Washington, May 11. Nine men
wo axhibited special bravery in rescu
ing survivors of th steamer Olenart
Gilrttc, whmh sank February 28, were
eommeniled today by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels.
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Thursday, rnday and Saturday
, WHEY
For Feeding Hogs
CAN BE HAD AT TEE
Marion Creamery
Call or Telephone 248S
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Used FuTEflcre Warted
Highest Cash Prices Paid foi
Used Furniture
E. L. STIFF & SON
Phone 941 or 508
OREGON TAXI & 'BAGGAGE
COMPANY
Phone 77
Try Cur Checking System on Bnggngdk
. Claim Checks for Every ParcU
Handled.
UNDERTAKERS '.
W. T. BIG DON L. T. EI G DON
Culls answered all hours day
and night. '
Eea phono 111; Office Phone 183
252 N. High St.
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And All Kinds of 2nd Hand
Goods.
Full Market Prices Special
Prices paid for Sacks.
Get our prices beore yon soil. ii
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HAND STOKJB
271 N. Com'l St. Phone 734
L.M.HUM
care of
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Chinese Medicine and Tea (X.
Has medicine which will cure
any fwivvvu uiatuu. -v
Open Sundays from 10 a, in. j
until o p. m.
153 South Hiah fit.
Salem, Oregon. Phone 233 J!
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I WANT TO BUY
Your Junk and give you
a square business deal.
I always pay the highest
cash prices.
I WANT YOUR
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I buy all kinds of u;d
goods, 2nd hand furni
ture, rubber and junk.
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The Square Deal House
271 Chemeketa Street
Phone 398
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