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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
I'll Health Plea of
Mrs. Wurtzbarger
Delays Trip East

Portland, Or, Feb. 4.-(Spe-
cial)-A telegram received here
this afternoon from Attorney
General Daugherty, explaining
that the department of justice has
no objection to Mrs. Alma Louise
Wurtzbarger, confessed husband
slayer, remaining temporarily in
Portland, made possible another
delay in Mrs. Wurtzbarger"s trip
to Canyon City. Colorado, in
which she was ordered fncarcer-
ated for a period of ten years. Ar
rangements had been completed
to send the woman slayer east to-
night.
The wire from Daugherty ex-
planned he had been advised by
Mrs. Wurtzbarger's physician that
the trip to Colorado would be at
the risk Of her life. The attorney
general said that his office had
no objection to holding up sent
ence until evidence concerning her
health could be submitted to the
court.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Continued on page six)
Ford Buys In
Defunct Auto
Factory Today

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 4.-Repre-
sentatives of Henry Ford today
made the only bid for the property
Of the Lincoln Motor company at
the auction sale here at direction
of United States District Judge
Arthur ]. Tuttle. The bid was
$8,O00,000, the lowest figure that
Judge Tuttle will accept.
Both George r. Judson, local
banker, and q. T. Berger, Detroit
attorney, who yesterday qualified
as bidders by filing certified
checks for $250,000 each in fed
eral court, announced their with
drawal shortly before the sale
took place.
Edsel Ford, president Of the
Ford Motor company, announced
following the auction, that the
Lincoln plant closed for some
time pending the sale, would re-
open Monday in the event the sale
is confirmed in court at A o'clock
this afternoon.
1t was also announced that
price reductions ranging from
$500 to $1,000 would be made ef-
fective Immediately.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
May Place State
Employees Under
Compensation Act

AS the result Of a recommenda-
tion made by DR.. r. e. Lee Stein
er, superintendent of the state
hospital for the insane, at a meet
ing Of the board Of control, Friday
afternoon, the employees OF the
eleven state institutions may be
brought under the protection Of
the compensation act.
Steiner's recommendation came
as the result of the death of an
attendant at the hospital recently
following an attack by a patient.
The patient left a widow and five
children and In spite Of the fact
that he lost his life while in the
employ OF the state there is no
provision for the compensation of
his dependents unless the legisla-
ture should pass an act covering
this particular case.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
IS
INQUES
VERDICT
Coroner's Jury Finds
Movie Director Was
Killed by Unknown
Persons Gunshot

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. A.
Death by a gunshot wound, in
flicted with homicidal intent, by
a person unknown to the jury,
was the verdict Of coroner's jury
here today in the inquest over the
body Of William Desmond Taylor,
nationally known motion picture
director, known in New York
prior to 1908 as William Desmond
Dean Tanner, art connoisseur. He
was slain Wednesday evening
in his home here.
The inquest was Unexpectedly
terminated by Coroner G. H.
Nance after only five witnesses
were heard, Mabel Normand be-
ing the only motion picture ac-
tress to testify out of several who
were originally summoned. The
sudden close was for police pur-
poses, in order not to interfere
with the Investigation.
Charles Eyton, general manager
of the West Coast Studios of the
Famous Players Lasky corpora
tion, the first witness, testified he
had known Taylor for many years
as William Desmond Taylor"
born in Ireland and a widower.
He said he had been called to Tay-
lor's house Thursday morning by
reports that Taylor was dead, and
was informed there that Taylor
had succumbed to hemorrhage.
He said he insisted upon an ex-
animation, which revealed that
death was caused by a bullet
wound. The room gave no signs
of struggle, and Eyton said it
appeared that Taylor had been
shot from behind.
DR.. A. F. Wagner, county au-
topsy surgeon, testified that an
autopsy showed the bullet entered
the left side Of the neck and trav-
eled upward.
Mabel Normand, the next wit
ness, testified she visited Taylor
on Wednesday evening, remaining
there As minutes and that Harry
Peasey, the house servant, left 15
minutes before she did. She said
Taylor escorted her to the curb, to
her motor car, and standing there
waved to her as she was driven
off. Police investigation thus
far has revealed no persons who
say Taylor alive after this mo-
ment.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Machinery For
New Industry
AT Pen Bought

As the first step In the installa-
tion Of new industries at the state
prison, under provision made by
the Legislature of 1921, machinery
and equipment have been pur-
chased for a plant to manufacture
mop handles, wooden utensils,
chairs, cheap tables and similar
articles, according to announce
ment by Warden l.. e. Compton
today. The original investment,
according to Compton, amounts to
approximately $1,000 and will
provide employment for from 80
to 40 convicts. Additional funds
from the $4,000 appropriation
made by the legislature will be in
vested in other industries from
time to time as the situation de-
velops, Compton explains.
The appropriation was made
upon the recommendation Of Gov
ernor Olcott, who urged the need
at the prison Of some industry
which would provide employment
for the convicts and at the same
time enable them to earn money
for the support Of their depend
ents while serving their prison
sentences.
Compton explains that the in
vestment in the contemplated
wood working plant was made
only after a careful study of in
dustries in similar institutions
throughout the United States. I'm
der the present plan the product
Of the prison plant will be sold as
far as possible to state institu-
tions and department, the cost of
the material and manufacture as
well as the maintenance of the
convicts employed in the plant be-
ing deducted from the sale price,
the balance to go to the depend
ents Of those employed In the
plant.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Mystery Murder Puts
Film Productions He
Directed In Light of
Minor Plots

, Los Angeles, Feb. A mys-
terry tragedy more luridly sensa-
tional than any that the geniuses
of most talented and highly 1mag-
Unable screen thrill writers ever
submitted to him continues devel-
oping here today around the death
Of William Desmond Taylor, one
of the country's most successful
motion picture directors, who was
shot to death from behind in his
residence here Wednesday night.
Battling complexities, moral en-
tanglements, perversities and all
the elements of love, mystery and
tragedy, with some famous stars
of filmdom involved, pass in re-
view before police and private in
vestigators as they scrutinize the
life of Taylor, they say, in search
for the motive for the murder.
Three Stars involved.
Mabel Normand, Mary Miles
Minter and Neva Gerber are three
Of the motion picture actresses in
VOWED in the police investigation.
Reports have come to the police,
they say, that a love affair at one
time or another existed between
each of these and the slain direc-
tor.
Police say, without mentioning
the name, that motion picture
actress is the center of their in
vestigation. A theory of a 're-
yenge" motive, with jealousy as
tlfo probable direct cause, is being
shslyzed, they say.
Edna Puryiance and Mrs. Doug
las MacLean, the former an
actress and the latter the wife of
an actor, are incidental witnesses
in the case. These five figures in
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
MAINLAND
OF JAPAN
EXEMPTED
Treaties to Regulate
Far Eastern Affairs
Have No Application
To Japanese

Washington, Feb. 4.-(By As
sociated Press. "A supplement to
the four power Pacific treaty, an
nounced at the arms conference
today excludes from its terms the
homeland of Japan as follows:
(This supplement gives the in
depreciation expressed by Presi-
dent Harding after the plenipo-
tentiaries had approved otherwise
and meets with the approval of
the Japanese.)
"The United States of America,
the British empire, France and
Japan have, through their respec-
tive plenipotentiaries agreed up
on the following stipulations sup
Elementary to the quadruple trea-
ty signed at Washington on De-
cember 13, 1921:
"The term insular possessions
and insular dominions' used in the
aforesaid treaty shall, In its appli-
cation to Japan, include only Ka-
rafuto Cor the southern portion of
the island Of Sakhalien) Formosa,
and the Pescadores, and the is
lands under the mandate of Japan.
'The present agreement shall
have the same force and effect as
the said treaty to which 1t is sup
Elementary.
Provision of article four of the
aforesaid treaty of December 13,
1921, relating to ratification,
shall be applicable to the present
agreement which in French and
English shall remain deposited in
the archives of the government of
the government Of the United
States and duly certified copies
thereof shall be transmitted by
that government to each of the
other contracting powers.
'In which faith thereof the re-
spective plenipotentiaries have
signed the present agreement.
Done at the city of Washing
ton, the sixth day of February,
one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-five"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
40 Extension
Workers See
Rural Center

Oregon Normal School, Mon
mouth, Feb. Misrepresentation
Of government extension work
from eleven states to the number
Of forty visited the Mountain
View rural center this afternoon
and witnessed program showing
the results Of the health project
which has been conducted since
last October. The visitors arrived
from Corvallis at 4:30. After a
brief welcome by Mrs. S. L. Cole
man, project leader for the COM
munity, Miss Smith, nutrition ex-
pert of the Oregon Agricultural
college extension service, who has
had supervision of the work, ex-
plained the health program and
introduced the pupils who in the
presentation of unique program
left no doubt Of their earnestness
in forming correct health habits.
Ou the pEOSIdul WOIo bA6 JoAiy
ten health squad" compositions
on How 1 Play the Game Of
HEALTH" presentation Of health
posters made by the pupils, and
individual charts showing each
pupils gain by graphical repre-
sentation.
Mrs. Inez Miller, principal, ex-
planned the work Of the school as
a community center and answered
questions concerning special fea-
lures.
Members of the extension com
mittee commended the work being
done both for it's effect upon the
pupils and for the splendid train
ing given the student teachers OF
the state normal school.
The Mountain View rural
school is one of two in this state
chosen by the committee to wit
ness home demonstration work,
and the only one to feature nu-
TRITON work.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Forceful Speaker
to Face Business
Men Monday Noon

Irving B. Lincoln, field repre-
sentative of the Northwest Elec-
trio Service league, will address
Salem business men at their Mon
day noon luncheon at the Com
mercial club, T. e. McCroskey,
manager of the club, announced
this afternoon.
"Mr. Lincoln is a very forceful
speaker and business men will do
well to spend an hour with us
Monday" Mr.. McCroskey said. Il
have made several efforts in the
past to secure Mr.. Lincoln as a
speaker but was never successful
until today" Mr.. Lincoln is a
resident Of Seattle.
Last week it was enormously
announced that the father and
son luncheon would be held at the
club next Monday. Instead, the
fathers and sons will gather at
the Commercial club one week
from Monday.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
TaylorS Death
Suber-Drunn In
Its Sensations
State Bonus
Rules Changed

Revision of the general regula-
tions governing the procedure Of
handling and making loans have
been completed by the world war
veterans state aid commission.
Under the revised ruling, tim
ber claims and mining claims will
not be accepted as security for
loans to ex-service men nor will
nonproductive or unimproved
property be accepted unless the
loan is desired for the construc-
tion of a home on that particular
property.
Loans will be made to rs per
cent of the appraised value of the
property up to $4,000 and in as
certaining the appraised value of
the property all liens for public
improvements, sewers, drainage,
or for irrigation and other pur-
poses shall be deducted by the
commission.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
FOR
HANDLING FRUIT
CROPS PROVIDED
Lachmund and Talbot Head
Concern; re-cooling and Car Icing Equip
ment to Aid Shippers; Will Supply Ice to
Entire Central Valley

Organization of the Capital Ice Cold Storage Company
to provide Salem and vicinity with suitable cold storage
plant to for the fruit and berry crops of the district and
carry general refgeratng and business was an
nounced here today
c. A. Mclaughlin of independence is president Louis
Lachmund, vcepresdent and treasurer H. A. Talbot
secretary of the corporation, which will 900
plant Immediately Trade and Church with frontage
both the Southern Pacific Oregon Electric tracks,
The contract for the ice machinery has already been let
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Riddles Pack Show
House; 500 Attend
Journals Matinee

Despite the fact that no chill
dren over IL years OF age were ad-
mitted, and the additional fact
that "The Three Musketeers," had
already shown in Salem for three
days, more than 500 youngsters
clipped coupons from yesterday
afternoons Capital Journal and
became guests Of the newspaper
at a special matinee of the Doug
Fairbanks picture held at the Lib
erty theater at 10 o'clock this
morning.
Filled to Overlooking.
The house was jam-packed from
front to rear rows by 1920
o'clock, and standing room was at
premium.
Il expected a jam-but scarcely
one of this size," commented
Frank Bligh, manager of the Lib
erty, as he reviewed a line of
youngsters which extended from
the box office to the corner of Lib
erty and Court streets. At that
time the theater was nearly filled
with youngsters.
At $3.50 o'clock the first chill
dren began to gather in front of
the theater and half hour later
the walk was choked with boys
and girls, under IL years Of age,
who held Capital Journal coupons
clutched in small hands. The at
tention Of pedestrians on State,
Court and Liberty street was call
ed to the large body Of youngsters
assembled for the matinee.
Doug" Roundly Cheered.
Bedlam reigned in the theater
for the few minutes before the
lights were extinguished and the
long film got underway and even
Doug Fairbanks, accustomed as
he is to many tributes, would
have felt honored could he have
heard the shouts which greeted
his appearance on the screen.
Laudatory comments on the
picture were heard from hundreds
Of the boys and girls as they made
their way out of the theater. The
youngsters opinion seemed to CO.
incide perfectly with those of
more sophisticated movie critics
who have declared THE Three
Musketeers" to be one Of the best
pictures ever filmed.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Mrs. Hartshorn
To Marry Sunday

Mrs. Lillian Hursshorn Of Salem
and Alexander Robertson Of Con-
don, Oregon, will be married to-
morrow at high noon by Rev. w.
c. Kantner at the Congregational
parsonage. Definite appointments
are yet to be made.
Mrs. Hartshorn has for two
years been organIst at the Con-
gregational church and is popular
in church and society as well as
musical circles. She resigned this
position several days ago. She
came to Salem two years ago from
Albert Lee, Minnesota, where her
relatives live. Mr.. Robertson
operates a grain elevator at Con-
don.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
ARMS CONFERENCE TO
END LABORS MONDAY
Treaty Text

Washington, Feb. 4.-(By AS
sociated Press, )-Following is the
draft of the treaty embodying the
Root four points for the integrity
Of China and the open door:
''The United States of America
Belgium, the British empire,
China, France, Italy, Japan, The
Netherlands and Portugal:
Desiring to adopt a policy de-
signed to stabilize conditions in
the Far East, to safeguard the
rights and interests of China,
and to promote intercourse be-
tween China and the other powers
upon the basis Of equality of op-
portunity;
Have resolved to conclude a
treaty for that purpose and to
that end have appointed as their
respective plenipotentiaries:
who having communicated to
each other their full powers, found
to be in good and due form have
agreed as follows:
(Here follow the names Of the
plenipotentiaries.)
Sovereignty Guaranteed
"Article l: The contracting
powers, other than China, agree:
"Q) To respect the sovereign
ty, the Importance and the ter
ritorial and administrative in
tegrity of China;
"(2) To provide the fullest and
most unembarrassed opportunity
to China to develop and maintain
for herself an effective and stable
government;
(S) To use their influence for
the purpose of effectually estab-
fishing and maintaining the prin-
cipfe of the equal opportunity
for the commerce and industry of
all nations throughout the terri
tory of China;
"(4) To refrain from taking
advantage of conditions in China
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
SALEM GETS LARGE cold STORAGE PLANT
Bulletins

Rome, Feb. 4.-(By As
sociated Press "A ballot
taken this afternoon by the
Sacred College Of Cardinals,
the second of today's ballots,
failed to elect a successor to
the late Pope Benedict XIV.
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. A.
-(By Associated Press)-
Governor N. E. Kendall re-
ccived a telegram from W. S.
Kenyon today stating that
he will not resign his seat in
the United States senate to
accept the appointment of
circuit judge Of the eighth
district until the constitu-
tional question raised has
been settled.
Waukegan, H., Feb. A.
(By Associated Press) -
Judge Clair G. Edwards to-
day set the trial of Govern
Or Len Small to start March
6. The state asked for fifty
Jurors a day at the start.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Truck Overloaded,
He Pays $25 Fine

Robert Hunsaker, charged with
overlooking his truck, pleaded
guilty to the charge when he was
arraigned in the justice court here
yesterday afternoon and was SEN
fenced by Judge G. E. Unruh TO
nay a fine of s25.
Hunsaker was arrested Dy
State officer Dave Brown on the
Pacific highway near Salem.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
cGilchrist Not
Guilty Says Jury;
Will Be Up Again

James McGiIchrist, proprietor
of a local cafeteria, was found not
guilty of selling cream containing
less than 10 per cent butterfat by
a Jury in the Justice court yester-
day afternoon. The complaint was
sworn to by L. s. Leach, deputy
state dairy and food commissioner.
McGilchrist will be tried again
Monday on the same charge pre-
ferred by Deputy Leach. He is
accused Of selling cream contain
ing only 10 per cent butterfat.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Hubbs Endorsed by
Silverton Men For
State Senatorship

Silverton, Feb.4.-At a meeting
held here recently and at which
the most prominent business men
of the city were present, George
W. Hubbs, well known farmer,
was endorsed for the candidacy
for the state senate.
Hubbs has been a resident Of
the county since 1902 and has
served on various educational and
good roads committees during
that time.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
oliver Falls Timber
company Commences
operations Monday

~, ,,,lVerton, Or, Feb. 4.-With a
,o. WA crew the Silver Fall Timber
No-y Npany mill will start operations
s.,y suuay after having been closed
s. Avn since Christmas. Only the
n.'t sniIt will operate for the
~. "ork In the logging camps
n. ea the first of the year, and
s1.., 1iiil now has on hand a good
~ Spply Of logs, though work in
dH., lamps has been suspended
-'ing the heavy snow.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04

Principal among the activities
of the new company will be the
establishment of cold storage ia
cilities to handle the perishable
orchard, farm and dairy products
of the territory tributary to Sa-
lem, including practically all OF
the central Willamette valley.
Storage will be provided for 1000
tons of ice In the first unit of the
plant, which Is to be built in such
manner as to make possible the
easy construction Of additions as
the demands upon the plant war
rant.
Build on Unit Plan.
The first unit will cover a
ground space 80 to 127 feet, or
half OF the plot which the COM
pany has secured, and will extend
through the block from Trade to
Mill street Immediately behind
the Salem Fruit Union warehouse.
Here will be provided individual
refrigerating rooms for the vari-
GUS canneries and produce packing
plants of the city, insuring the
consumption Of the entire crop of
perishable fruits and berries with
out loss. Preceding rooms will be
available to all shippers of fresh
products, and under arrangements
already made with both the Ore
gon Electric and Southern Paci-
fic railways and the express COM
panies handling fruit shipments,
refrigerator cars will be iced here.
To Supply Big Field.
Completely equfppe. with all of
the most modern ice making and
refrigerating machinery, the COM
pany Will not only produce ice for
Its own use, but will cater to the
Ice trade throughout this part of
the state. Truck deliveries to Sa-
lem homes and business houses
will be established and arrange
ments made to supply the retail
trade in Independence, Dallas,
Aurora, Hubbard, Woodburn, Ger
vais, Silverton, Mt. Angel, Turner,
Stayton, Sublimity, Jefferson and
other towns in the central valley,
Absolutely pure ice is to be the
trade slogan.
The home of the new plant will
be of hollow tile construction and
perfect refrigeration OF the cool.
ing rooms will be insured by the
installation of the latest type of
cork insulation. The facilities
will be complete for handling
butter, eggs, meat. vegetables, Der
ries, fruits and other produce.
Means Much to Industry.
Operation OF the plant is to be
under the direct supervision OF
Mr.. Talbot. who has been In
charge Of the refrigerating plant
OF the Phoz company.
Lack Of proper refrigerating
facilities have operated in the past
to curtail to some extent the oper-
ations of the local canneries and
packing plants, and have retarded
the growth OF the fruit and berry
industries by limiting the local
demand for these products. While
losses, both to the growers and
the Gamers from spoilage have
never been large, the absence of
cold storage facilities has always
acted as a deterrent influence to
any great expansion in the fruit
and berry acreage.
Cannery men and prominent
growers here agreed today that
the establishment of a cold stor-
age plant here would enable the
Gamers and packers to extend
their operations extensively and
would, in large way, remove one
Of the principal obstacles In the
way Of enlarged production in the
central valley.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Rank Reserves Reduced.

New York, Feb. 4.-The actual
condition Of the clearing house
hanks and trust companies for the
week shows that they hold $751;
652,47O in excess Of legal require
ments. This is a decrease Of $4,-
Os34S0 from last week
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-04
Wrestlers Insured.

Chicago, Feb. 4-Marin Pies
tina and John Freberg, heavy
weight wrestlers, who are to meet
here February IA, have been in
sured for $4,000 each against in
jury by the promoter Of the match
It was learned today.