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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
$4,000 Marion's $
Share In First
Motor Fund Split

Marion county's share In the first
distribution OF funds received through
the registration Of motor vehicles,
just completed by Sam A. Kozer, dep
uty secretary of state last week,
amounted to s24,S1s.45, The distrl-
button Is made semi-annually on
March Is and September Is, under the
provisions of the law of 1919 which
requires division Of one-fourth OF the
receipts among the various counties Of
the state In proportion to the amount
Of the fund originating in the various
counties, In lieu Of the personal prop
erty tax from which automobiles are
now exempted.
Marion county's automobile owners
have contributed a total OF st00,330 to
the 1920 registration fund up to March
Is. OF this amount s3Of5.19 Ia. charged
Off to administrative expense and OF
the remained one-fourth is returned to
the county for road purposes, the
other three-fourths going to the credit
Of the state highway fund.
According to a summary Of the dis
tribution prepared by Kozer the total
receipts for the 1920 registrations ag-
gregated s1.573.5OO. OF this amount
s47.305.37 are deducted for admlnis-
trative expenses. In the distribution
1891, ,54S.ee is divided among the coun-
ties and st,144,645.97 is placed to the
credit of the state highway fund.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
National Labor
Leaders Confer
With Strikers

San Francisco Mar. 22--Headed by
its chairman. James O'Connell, the
executive committee Of the Metal
Trades department OF the American
Federation of Labor is due here to-
day to confer with labor leaders in
Pacific coast shipyards in regard to
the strike In the San Francisco yards
and other matters vital TO the local
organizations. The first conference
will be held tomorrow
Labor leaders in Los Angeles. Sc
attic. Portland and all other import
ant shipbuilding centers on the coast
have been asked to meet the commit
tee here. SO far as is known the COM
mlttee will not hold conferences In
any other coast city but will return
directly home from here.
o'connell aided in negotiating a
higher wage agreement the alleged
preaching Of which by the operators
led to the shipyards strike which be-
gan last October and which has con-
tinued UP TO this time. The operators
held the agreement had not been
mDIeted
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Auto is Thrown
l25 Feet When it
Strikes Another

A serious collision. in which an auto
belonging to Z. L. Williams, sT1
Lambert street. Portland. was thrown
1875 feet across the curb. sidewalk
and into tulip bed on the lawn Of
the Gerald volk residence. corner
Capitol and Market streets, occurred
at 4:sO D. m. Sunday, Five occupants
in the Williams car. and w B. Emery
OF the Mapleton stock Farm, MacIeay
driver OF the other auto, escaped with
out injury.
A front wheel OF the Williams car
was torn off. and both autos sustained
other serious damage, Williams re-
ported to police and deposited IS bond
to appear in court March 81.
The collision occurred while Will
liams was driving north on Capital
street, and Emery was entering Cap
ital street from Garden road. Williams
is said to have been driving at high
rate OF speed. He was ordered to ~
port 10 police by Mr.. volk, council-
man.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Officers Come
to Return Auto
Thieves South

]. e. Yancey and A. p. Cochran.
deputies from the sheriffs office at
Bakersfield. CAL. are in the city today
comforting with Governor Olcott and
local police arranging for the extradi.
ton OF Russell and Raymond Eyerly,
brothers. who two years ago stole an
auto at Bakersfield The Eyerly bro
theirs were arrested here last Thurs.
day. following search throughout Cali,
fornia and Montana that has been re-
lentless during the past year and a
half.
Deputies Yancey and Cochran arrived
in Salem Saturday evening. They said
that they expected to leave for Bakes-
field with their prisoners this evening,
According to the deputies the charge
that faces the brothers is more seri-
Gus than first believed by police here.
The pair Is charged with burglary and
grand larceny. The deputies said that
they broke into the garage from which
they stole the machine.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Lads and Dads to
Feast Tonight at
Christian Church

Monday night at $3.50 o'clock, the
Lads and Dads" banquet, given by
the Brotherhood Of the First Chris
tian church, will be held. Eliza j.
Stivers, Of Eugene, will be one of the
principal speakers at the affair, TAX
ing as the subject Of his discourse
"The importance Of church taking
an interest in the lads"
Other speakers will be T. F.. Me-
Croskey. What we owe to our dads; ;
w. P. Walters. county Y. M. C. A..
secretary, "Lost-A boy" Reverend
Leland w. Porter, pastor Of the First
Christian church, Lads as an invest
ment;" Reverend r. L. Putnam, pas
tor of the Court street Christian
church, "The importance of Chris
tian education and Christian col
leges:' J. 3 Cooley, lads as chums'
More than a hundred plates have
been so far reserced. Reservations
may be made by telephoning to Il. II.
MeCroskey, manager Of the CONNER
cial club, or James Eivin, secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Deals Totaling
High Negotiated
By Byron Here

That Carlos l.. Byron, convicted IN
Seattle OF using the malls with intent
to defraud and now serving fa~
months sentence at McNeils island
following the withdrawal u q stay Of
execution nunbesed anlpns his pa
irons about 40 prominent merchants.
professional men. school teachers and
others in Salem Is revealed upon the
return from McNeils Island Of q rep
resentatIve OF the Salem people VINO
had dealings with Byron.
Byrops operations were those or
promising to locate people on govern
ment timber claims for the payment OF
4 sum OF $1,000, $500 Of which was
paid at the time OF making the COM
tract, with the provision that this mon
ey be returned II the location was not
made, and the balance when the proa'
pect was located on the claim. He
first came 10 salem in August. 1918.
and was frequent yIiator here up 70
as late as December
Suspicious Reused.
All OF his deals were negotiated WITH
persons with whom he came In per-
sonal contact socially and no suspt-
cIons that the deals were anything 9TH
er than strictly legitimate were held
by any Of the local people until the
news OF his commitment to prison
reached the city.
Early this week the local people who
contracted with Byron for locations
sent a representative TO interview hiH
at McNeIls island regarding what ne
intended to do toward making good
the money they had paid to him. The
report of this representative upon hfs
return is as follows:
That the money paid to Byron by
Salem people Is still intact and secured
by property holdings Of Byron worth
many times the amount Of the claims
held against him.
Protection Claimed.
That Byron has made satisfactory
provision for the return OF the fulA
amounts paid to him By Salem people
as soon as he is free 70 make settle"
ment.
That Byron was convicted Of using
the mails with intent to defraud.'
and that In the 20 years he has been
operating in locating people on gov
ernment lands not one person with
whom he has had dealings has loss
any money.
The total amount Of money involved
in Byron's Salem deals totals frona
$40, 900 to ss5. 900 according to various
estimates.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Berlin Like
ArrnedCanp
Food Scarce
tBy the Associated Press)

fBy the Associated PresS)
Berlin, Notwithstanding the
return of the Ebert govern
ment to control there, still pre-
sents pretty much the aspect of
an armed camp with the food
supply short and sanguinary
fighting occurring at intervals
IN The suburbs. There is little
change in the strike situation.
Serious trouble occurred in
the Moabit industrial quarter
Sunday night and in one conflict
reported Sunday, twenty Spar
tacans were killed in an engage
ment and twenty four others
who were captured were sum-
marily executed.
In the Ruhr industrial region, i'm
mediately adjoining the allied zone of
occupation there is veritable civil war
fare, with opposing armies of COM
munist and government troops draw
ing up their forces in line for battle.
Government detachments have been
defeated in some preliminary skirm-
ishes.
Leipsic has quieted down after the
government victory there. Among the
agricultural population in some sec
tons of northern Germany there is
increasing unrest.
Southern and eastern Germany are
reported fairly quiet. There is a
threat, however, of a renewal of the
general strike in Bavaria because of
dissatisfaction over some of the
terms of settlement.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Mexican Politics
Wax Warm; Three
Candidates Enter

Mexico City, March 22.-Thousands
thronged the streets yesterday to greet
Ygnacio Bonillas, Mexican ambassa-
dor to the United States, who has an
nounced his willingness TO become
the presidential candidate Of the
civilian party in the general elections
July IL.
Newspaper comment and published
interviews with other candidates and
government officials indicate the
president fight has narrowed down
to Bonillas and Alvarado Obregon
with partisans of Pablo Gonzales
waging a more or less extensive cam
paign.
General Obregon has been touring
the country and speaking for more
than four months while Gonzales has
contented himself with the formation
of political clubs and distribution OF
campaign literature.
The candidates all declare for the
maintenance Of Mexican national
rights, pacification of the country and
other generalities. Platforms how
ever, are virtually negligible, since
the campaign is being waged on
personalities. Obreson's supporters
declare that the Carranza administra-
tion is opposing the generals candi-
dacy and is using its resources to Sc
cure the election of Bonillas. These
charges together with intimatlons
that Bonillas is ineiiglole FOR the
presidency. and that he Is not a
Mexican citizen, have been denied by
civilian party leaders and govern
rnent officials. The claim that ne Is
the candidate Of the protestants mas
also been met with vehement denials'
General Frederico Monteas, former
governor of Guanajuato, who was the
leading spirit in the recent conference
here Of sixteen state governors, has
declared the sole purpose OF that con-
ference was to guarantee free and
orderly elections.
Canido Aguilar, son-in-law Of Pres
Vera Cruz is supporting Bonillas.
The belief expressed early In the
campaign that the present adminis-
tration would hold over has virtually
disappeared, since entire faith has
been placed in President Carranza's
reiterated declarations that he VIII
not hold office single day after the
expiration Of his term.
ident Carranza, who recently re-
signed as governor Of the state OF
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
DESPERATE Red
Makes Escape
From, Hospital

Portland. Or. Mar 22--Frenk cu-
sack, alien. said BY local immigration
authorities to be one Of the most des-
perate radicals in the northwest. es-
capped from the Good Samaritan hos
pital here some time last night. il
became known today. cusack had
been at the hospital under guard,
since his arrest here last January for
possible deportation. when the local
headquarters Of the communist labor
party were raided.
Hospital authorities were unable
to throw any light on his escape 9th
er than a guess that he might have
climbed down fire. escape. He was
in his room at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. it was said at the hospital. Three
men arrested Al the time cusack WAS
taken into custody we're found guilty
BIZ a jury last Saturday Of violating
the state syndlcallsna act
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22

Shrine Club To
Meet And Shape
Entertainments

Further arrangements for the enter
tainment of the thousands of Shrfners
who will visit this city June ss will
be made at meeting In the CONNER
cial club Tuesday evening at o'clock
of the Shrine club here. Reports from
the various committees that have been
appointed to make arrangements for
the entertainment will be heard. and
other plans formed to make the cis-
tinguished party's visit in Salem one
of pleasure.
A social time, including a smoker,
will feature the clubs meeting. Ar
rangements for the Salem Shriners to
participate in the imperial session in
Portland in June will also be discuss.
ed. All Shriners are urged to attend
this meeting, as well as the others
scheduled for each week until the time
the Shriners arrive in Salem.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
History and Operation Of Salem Gas
CompanyShown to Business Men Today

Public utilities of the present day
are greatly handicapped in their oper-
alton because of law imposed restric-
tions, making the public service busi-
ness vastly different from the private
concern, William M. Hamilton, divis-
ion manager for the P. r. L. & P. com
pany, and manager of the Salem Gas
company, asserted at the luncheon this
noon in the Commercial club of busi-
ness men. Following the luncheon the
business men visited the gas plant az
the foot of Chemeketa street, and were
schooled in the manufacture of gas
and coke, and in the operation of the
plant.
Mr.. Hamilton declared that the pol
icy of public utilities managers are oft
entimes misunderstood and mistaken
as arbitrary. This can readily be un-
derstood, he said, when it is known
that almost all the activities of such
concerns are governed by laws of the
state, providing penalties for both com
panies and agents for any violation of
conduct.
In pamphlet handed the business
men the history of the Salem Gas com
pany, showing its marvellous growth
and enterprise as an integral Of the
community, is shown.
The Salem Gas company was organ.
lied in 1859 by c. e. Burrows David
Tuthill and others
The franchise ordinance was passed
by the council of the city of Salem No
vember 20. 1859.
The first customers were connected
September IT, 1870.
The plant has been in continuous
operation since 1870. The P. r. L. &
p. company acquired the property, to-
gether with the electric light and pow
er and street railway system in 1907.
when the price of gas was $3.50
and SO per thousand cubic feet, ana
coal and labor was cheap, the plant
paid satisfactory return on the in
vestment, but as has been the common
condition with all small gas plants Of
the size of this one during recent years,
the revenues of such plants have but
barely paid the fixed and operating ex-
penses and in some instances have not
even paid this" Mr.. Hamilton said.
''The owners of such plants look for
ward to the day when the growth of
the business will reduce the unit cost
of manufacturing the gas to point
where it can be sold at a reasonable
margin of profit,
"The officers of the P. r. L & P.
realize that this growth can
only be brought about by supplying
good gas at the proper pressure and at
the cost of manufacture
and distribution, and by giving satis-
factory personal service to the patrons
of the company as we'll.
Their policies in the management
of the company are therefore shaped
even though it may not
always seem so to some of the COM
esteemed patrons"
Manufacturing data on the pam
phlet shows:
Used per day tons of coal, IN
tons of coke, $4,000 gallons of water
SIS XVIII. of electricity.
Made per day--S0,O00 cubic feet of
gas. 3h tons of coke, barrels of tar.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Great Effort
.BeiingMadeto
Finish Drive.

With a small select team OF
volunteer workers a final and gi-
gantic effort was being made
this afternoon, and will be con.
tinued Tuesday afternoon, Ia
complete the 100000 fund for
the construction of the Salem
General Hospital.
Fortysfive thousand dollars
have been raised thus far by
public subscription, The county
will give $25, 1000 when Salem
people have contributed $75,0OC
This small volunteer army
therefore has to raise more
than $4,000. The drive off
cially ends Wednesday night.
The volunteers were entered into the
race for funds at the noon-day lunch
con of the business men in the Com
mercial club this noon. After a brief
talk by Thomas B. Kay Of the necessity
of making final squirt and effort to
raise the funds, several rose to their
feet and offered their services.
Volunteers Out.
The volunteers are: Oliver Meyers
Roy Wise, A. G. Boehrnstedt John
W. Todd Luther j. Chaplin. John f.
Hutchinson, william M Hamilton Ben
yich, D. D. socolofsky. William Me
Gilchrist Jr., Thomas B. Kay and VIM,
Busick and F. w. Jobleman.
Senator Charles L. McNary has SUBJ
scribed $500 to the fund. Mr.. Kay an.
nounced at the luncheon.
The campaign has been handicapped
by the lack of workers, Mr.. Kay de-
clared. Many OF the committees have
not yet reported and he urged that
they make speedy accounts of their &C.
tivities.
1t was decided at a meeting of the
hospital committee Saturday that the
campaign should end wednesday
night Plans We're then discussed tc
make this last battle for aid
Women Aid Drive.
A women's committee, formed by
Mrs. G.. c. Bellinger Mrs James Elvin
Mrs. DR.. Il. r. Fisher, Mrs. w. f. An
derson, Mrs. w. M. Hamilton and Miss
Matte Beatty, joined with the foroes
today and began active solicitation ii
the city. Their work is expected ts
bring In big results, II was stated al
campaign headquarters y
Unofficial reports today showed that
laboring. men of the city had not for.
gotten that the hospital campaign Ii
on, and are still working hard to push
the project over. the top. When final
reports Of the activities of unions In
the city is made townspeople will be
surprised at the loyalty of SaIem's or
ganized labor. it is said.
The Salem General Hospital founda.
ton will be laid about the first Of May
providing the funds are raised with
which to erect II, according to the ten.
tative plans of the hospital committee
1t has been suggested that half holi.
day in the city mark theslaying of the
cornerstone of the big structure
Whether this step will be taken has
not been decided definitely upon yet
1t was said
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Reds To Be Shipped
On Relief Vessels

New York. Mar 22.--Rellef ships to
be sent by the United States within
the next month with flour for needx
countries OF Europe also are going 70
be soviet arks. accordingto information
obtained from immigration officials
here today. More than four hundred
Russians, Firms and Poles from ali
parts OF the country will be shipped
on them In groups.
The deportees will include many
who were arrested In raids on mem
bers OF the communist party In Janu-
airy.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Murder Of Cork
Mayor Produces
Stir Over Ireland

Cork, Mark. 22.-Thousands of per-
sons assembled at. the city hall today in
preparation for the funeral of Thomas
Maecurtain, lord mayor of Cork, who
was shot to death by an unknown AZ.
sassin early Saturday morning
Trains brought great crowds to the
clay this morning and the shops were
ciosed IN order to afford the citizens an
opportunity of testifying their respect
Ior the late lord mayor
London, Mar. 22,--Dispatches from
ireland show the murder of Thomas $
MacCurtain, lord mayor of Cork. to
nave produced an intense, if subdued
sensation throughout ireland. This
tragedy says the London Times cor
respondent in Dublin, closed one of
we piackest weeks since the rebel
ioh OIL 1916. He gives long list of
vusrages in various parts of the island
nlV,uulng five murders of policemen
ana others and an attempt to Kill Pro-
iessor Stockley Of Cork
me motive of the murder of the
.oru mayor continues as mysterious
% ever Among the theories advanc-
y one that MacCurtain was mur-
se'eu as a warning to others because
~ recently had the courage public
" deprecate an attempt to murder
policeman in Cork.
london newspapers declare Ireland
sor the moment is largely under the
aoniination of secret murder societ-
80 tne members of which are sworn
XII those whom they believe to
stand in their way
!. is remarked as a phenomenon
ei'at murder societies members after
s while begin to be suspected of mur-
ae''hg each other. Existence of these
sIppoSed ~ societies is declared possi-
s'e owing to the moral cowardice of
ae irish republic" The crimes the
~ 9pe'eties commit are repungent to
sne better sort Of Sim Feiners, who,
..s"eVer' Keep silence. fearing the
s,Dnsequences if they condemn assas-
aeohs, the papers say.
wen newspapers which support
., ,Ye rule, while condemning what
nc t,aes regard as the presen. evil sys-
se'n OF Irish government, also de-
ouhce ao lrishmen themselves for con-
~. sylihg methods which, they say, are
~ establishing condition Of an
sfehy and terrorism.
ine anti|home rule Morning Post
ih attacks the government today
- aehounces Field Marshal French
A''u '.,r, James Ian MACPHERSON. saying:
=. ihey are bringing about the hide
~ Necessity Of recouquering Ireland
- s.,., iofce of arms" and civil war is
within sight"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22

ing conversation in the office of
Rear Admiral Palmer. chief of the
bureau of navigation.
The witness told the committee that
Admiral Benson repeated his admon-
ltlon during conversation the fol-
lowing day and that he made the
same remark six months later in Lon
don.
Admiral Sims said he did not pay
particular attention to the statement
at that time, because he believed
Admiral Benson was intensely anti
British. He added that this belief was
entertained generally throughout the
service. The witness was reluctant to
give the name of the officer, but
Chairman Hale insisted.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Admiral Benson Author
V Anti-English Remark
Sims Informs Probers

Washington, Mar. %. = Rear Ad-
miral William s. Benson. then chief
of naval operations. was the official
who told Rear Admiral Sims mot TO
let the British pull the wool over your
eyes; we would as soon fight them as
the Germans, Admiral Sims testified
today before the senate COMMITTEES in
vestigating the navy's conduct of the
war.
Admiral Sims said the remark was
made Just after he had received his
final instructions from Secretary Dan
iels preparatory to his departure for
England on the eve of the entry ofthe
United States into the war. He added
however, that it was not made in the
course of formal instructions, but dur
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
HUN SHIP PURCHASED BY
ARGENTINA TO START RUN

Buenos Aires. Mar. 2.--The FORMER
German steamship Bahia Blanca Will
sail for the United States March 81. ac-
eordIng to semI-offleial announce
meBt here. The vessel. brought By
Argentina from Germany during the
war. has been the subject Of diploma
tic exchanges between the Argentine
government and the allies. which have
never recognized the transfer Of flags
On the ship.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
Alaskan Steamer
Floated; Resumes
NorthWard Voyage

Seattle, Wash, Mar. 22.--Reports
reaching here today that the Pacific
Coast Steamship companys Alaska
passenger steamer Admiral Evans,
which grounded Saturday near Sey-
mour Narrows on the Inside Passage
to Alaska was floated last night and
proceeded on her way northward un-
damaged,
The Evans in the fog early Satur-
day rammed and sent to the bottom
the Seattle tug City of Lund. In try
ing to make shore to survey the dam
age, the steamer ran aground.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22
TorrERIxG FoR 900 YEARS

the famous Leaning Tower Of Pisa
is OF pure white carrara marble in the
Gothic style. It's departure fom the
has been vaious interpret
ed, but there is little doubt that It
arises fromfhe softness Of the soil on
which IT stands and which has given
way. Notwithstanding its threatening
appearance, II has now stood for more
than 600 years without rent or decay.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-22

The situation in Berlin itself
was characterized as bad" In
one case a company of volun-
teers had been overpowered by
Spartacan forces, its officer
killed and their bodies mutilated.
The southern and eastern
parts of Germany are reported
quiet.
To the north of the Spree in the Bep
lin district, the outposts of the regulars
have been withdrawn, leaving detach-
ments to guard the stockyards and
railway station.
Marines Leave Berlin.
The marine brigade and the Baltic