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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1924
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.Weather Conditions . Will
; Control Every Move Made
I. By Four Big Ships
ij SEATTLE, March 20. Major
Frederick L. Martin, commanding
and j three ; other : officers, flying
. tour planes arrived " here today,"
and tonight had settled . down to,
2 days of preparation on Sand
point aviation field on Lake Wash
ington, Just north of the city, for
f he hardest test expected in an
attempt of the United States army
to circumnavigate the globe in the
air. . . , nj"- , ' i,; - , ,
j, The three filers. Major Martin
ind Lieutenants Lowell H. Smith
and Leigh Wade, traveled today
from .Vancouver, Wash.; . to Sand
point, 195 miles. In two hours
and a hair. They were joined later
py Lieut. Erik II. Nelson, who
came from Eugene, Or., today.
jfThe flight, formally - started
kfondaj- at Santa Monica, hear; Los
Angeles, was halted: here for adl
Jastments.to meet .the difficulties
pf driving the machines from the
Jnited i States to Japan. This,
eckoned by far the most; severe
art of the course that is expected
o.conduct;the fliers 4ack.to Los
Angeles in September,, led to. de
cision to equip, the machines here
with giant pontoons. i
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i On the journey from the etates
to Japan, 4168 miles on the course
as mapped out along the coast of
British Columbia, ' Alaska and
through the Aleutian islands of the
Vnlted States to the Kurile islands
jot Japan, the machines arenot ex
pected to touch land. Their are to
lie tied to big, mooring buoys, that
are being Installed for them.
i A policy of playing safe with
tjhe weather that has character
ized the conduct of the flight since
it began la to mark it in the north,
according to information obtained
here. -,, - i
ji Mooring places have been or are
elng prepared at Prince Rupert,
In the Canadian province of Brit
ish, Columbia, north of here; at
Sitka, the old capital; at Cordova,
the copper port of the north; at
Reward,: ocean " terminus of the
government's new Alaskan railroad
and at Chignlk, lone fish canning
station on the mainland of Alaska,
at Dutch harbor; at Nazan, and
tt Chicagoff, in the! Aleutian is
lands.,, , :.. i'-VV- "., . . ;
f Up to and .Including Dutch Har
bor, radio or cable communication
with Washington, D. C., exists at
all these, points, or has been es
pecially provided for the world
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i Nazan is on Atka island, and
Chicagoft on Attn island. These
Islands, though desolate, inhospi
table, are units of the Aleutians.
There fog reigns most of the sum
mer and snow is scarcely ever ah
sent. No communication exists
"with .these, two Islands, nor has
any been established. 7 From vthe
tj me Major Martin and his three
co-adventurers ; leave Dutch : Har
bor or Unalaska. they will have to
depend for, communication on the
cotters . Haida and Algonquin of
the r United States' coast guard,
which are to patrol that part of
the' north 1 Pacific ocean for that
Purpose, i ;.' .1 ' . .. .
i At no stage is a hop-off to be
made until the weather baa been
reported suitable on the course to
Ve -next stopping ' place. . These
report must -be gathered by one
of the cutters on the west end of
the journey across the Pacific and
Received by the other cutter, which
Will take its station by the planes
for the purpose. ' This, It was ex-
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JriEWEATHER
OREGON: Generally fair Fri
day; moderate northwesterly
winds. J '; . "
LOCAL WEATHER
(Thursday)'
Maximum temperature, 50.
Minimum temperature, 3j.
River, J:3; stationary. . ,
Rain, .02 inch.
Atmosphere, cloudy, !
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PRESIDENT'S LEAD
MORE THAN 14,000;
LAFOLLETTE
, FARGO. N. D.. March. 20.
Calvin Coolidge tonight clung
14,000 as belated returns came
dential preferential contest of
Leaders of Both Parties May
Agr
reeto Put Measure Be
fore Revenue Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 20.
Republican members of the senate
finance committee indicated today
tht they would seek to give prior
ity to the, soldier bonus bill over
the revenue measure.
Senator Watson of Indiana, , a
republican member of the com
mittee said such a move probably
would be made this week and
Chairman Smoot has said he be
lieved it would be' acted upon fay;
orably. Both pointed . out that it
would be necessary for the com
mute eto know what expenses the
government would have to bear
before deciding on the rate sched
ules of the revenue bilL
While democrats have taken no
stand on 'the matter, no opposi
tion has been voiced to the pro
posal to give the bonus measure
priority.
Chairman Smoot, who yesterday
introduced a proposed amendment
to the bonus bill as passed by the
house, providing for life insurance
policies payable only at death in
stead of 20 year endowment poli
cies, today asked for estimates on
policies of Bllghtly lower value
than he at first suggested.
The amendment called for poli
cies based on 4 1-2 per cent inter
est compounded1 annually on the
sum of adjusted service credit due
each veteran.
F
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Kansas City. Osteopath Told
Fears to Woman Just Be
fore Murdered
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Mai-ch 20
The fear of avenging death at
the hands of four persona over
shadowed the last few hours of
Dr. Zoe Wilkins, pretty osteopath
and love adventuress, whose mutt
lated body was found in her home
early Tuesday night.
This developed tonight when the
police found woman to whom Dr.
Wilkins communicated her fears
shortly before the awaited . end
overtook her.
i Dr. Wilkins I called the "four
avengers" with a mysterious san
itarium "deal in Kansas City
which is puzzling the police.
"My life is threatened; four peo
ple are going to get me," Dr Wil
kins told the woman, whose name
is withheld. - Dr. Wilkins implored
the woman, whom she had con
sidered employing as a secretary to
remain at her home. The woman,
remained '.with , Dr. Wilkins most
of last Friday and was at the bouse
again Saturday night, leaving a
short time .before the hour at
which police believe the slaying
occurred. .
Polk County Pomona
" Grange Meets Saturday
", An all-day session of the Polk
i-r " Pomona ' G ranee will be
y
held at Brush college Saturday,
The.Grangera of 4Polk county and
the speakers of the day and their
ladies will partake of a feast at
noon. -The main program, which
will be open";, to the, public, will
center on the subjects of the youth
of the natoln . and corruption
found in high . places. ; John L.
Brady of Salem will give the main
address and E. E. Elliott of the
state board for ryocaUonal educa
tion 'will speak on bis f specialty
Music will be furnished f by the
young - people . who are .members of
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(Bv Associated Press.)
to his plurality of around
in from the republican presi
yesterday in North Dakota.
I The "mopping-up" of scattered
returns in the rural districts also
serve to entrench Senator Robert
M. La Follette in second place.
more than 3,500 votes ahead of
Senator Hiram Johnson, who had
been runner-up in earlier returns.
When 1780 of the state's 2058
precincts had reported, the presi
dent had a plurality of 14,836 in
a total vote of 111,321, the polling
showing: Coolidge, 48,240; La
Follette. 33.404; Johnson, 29,677.
Delegates Instructed
COULEE, Wash., March 20.
Grant county republicans here to
day instructed the county delega
tion to vote for Calvin Coolidge in
the coming state convention. Re
solutions urged members of con
gress to work for the passage of
the McNary-Haugen grain export
commission- bill and endorsed a
movement to raise $100 - in the
county for the Harding memorial
fund. .
Middle West in Grip of Se
vere btorm Transporta
tion Crippled
CHICAGO, March 20. Spring
made her timid bow in the middle
west today, only-trr be Tne(t' bySS
snow barrage from King Winter.
The conflict of the seasons was
general throughout middle western
States and in sections, one of the
most severe snow storms in years
wa reported. The torm continued
tonight. ,
; Paris, .Ills., reported one of the
worst blizzards of the season while
Peoria was in a similar situation
with a snowfall of three inches in
two hours.
i St. Louis had the heaviest snow
fall of the season, which seriously
crippled transportation and tele
graphic facilities. Three persons
were reported injured there in
falls. In Oklahoma snowfall in
some places broke all records,
Muskogee reporting 16 inches with
the flakes still tumbling. In Chi
cago the snowfall was not heavy
but three fires while the storm' was
raging caused damage estimated at
$500,000 and resulted in the in
jury of three persons.
T More snow is likely tomorrow in
Indiana, lower temperatures in it
was stated at the weather bureau
tonight, while another batch of
snow may be on its way here as
the result of a storm that has
started in the far west.
jj FINAL FLASHES j
MOSCOW, March .20. The so
viet government will not recognize
the diplomatic status of the new
Chinese representative to Moscow,
Lee Tsao, until the Russo- Chin
ese agreement is ratified.
SHANGHAI, March 21-
-(AP)
The liner Korea Maru,
which
left San Francisco February 26 for
Japanese, and Chinese ports is
speeding toward Shanghai with
(ire in No. 3 hold, according to a
Wireless , report received from the
steamer. There is no immediate
danger.
SEATTLE, March 20. Grant S.
Rennet, alias Fred J. Stern, a mili
tary prisoner, escaped from Fort
Lawton today, after being fired on
by a guard. Traces of blood indi
eate he was wounded. It is be
lieved he is hiding In Seattle.
i MEXICO CITY, March 20 (By
A. P.)- The rebels have evacu
ated Puerto Mexico, says a dis
patch from War Minister Serrano
and the porth sa been accupied by
federal forces. The - rebels em
barked for Frontera.
j NEW YORK, March 20. Iden
tiffcation of '.. a bobbed" haired
young woman who was afrestod
after an illegal attempt to hold up
a Manhattan tailor shop tonight as
the wife of Albert Guimares
friend of Dorothy Keenan, who
jpas murdered about a year ago
was Announced hy .the .police to-
Swig
REPUBLiCANS
SbSe
Approaching Fight Over In
come Tax Apparent in
Senate Committee Dem
ocrats Make Plans
R0BABLE REVENUE FOR
GOVERNMENT IS GIVEN
Reports From Treasurey De-
partment tJitfer attack Is
Launched on These
WASHINGTON. March 20. In
terest in the senate finance com
mittee's consideration of tne rev
enue bill turned again today to
the approaching fight on income
tax rates after the committee had
agreed to some further treasury
provisions on technical and ad
ministrative details in the bill ap
proved by the house.
Democrats drew up some pro
spective rates today .and submit
ter them to fiscal experts to deter
mine their probable revenue yield,
while republicans apparently con
tinued to stand by the Mellon
rates, displaced by the house for
the Longworth compromise.
Meanwhile, attention was cen
tered on estimates as to the pro
bable amount of revenue to be re
quired by the government next
year.
A report by under Secretary
Winston of the treasury showed
that the treasury in its estimates
as to probable revenue which
would be collected next year, and
on which it figures the surplus
available for tax reduction, had
used the lower figures of two
definite .estimates.
Lower Estimate Used -
If the maximum estimates had
been used, it showed that $88,-
4i&, uuo more would be .collected
in the fiscal year 1924 and $248,-
415,000 (correct) more in the fis
cal year 1925 than under the fig
ures accepted by the treasury. The
treasury had figured on the basis
of the lower estimates that a sur
plus of $329,000,000 would abe
available in the fiscal year 1924
and $395,000,000 in the following
year; the first in which the new
revenue law would apply.
The higher estimates were pre
pared by Joseph McCoy, govern
ment actuary, the report showed.
The accepted estimates werek sub
mitted by the commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
The table showed that the esti
mates of Mr. McCoy and those of
the internal revenue bureau had
conformed in past years.
Discussion of the report with
Mr. Winston was planned by the
committee for a later date.
Loss Indicated
The revenue bill passed by the
house, it was estimated by the
treasury, would result in a loss of
$446,000,000 in the, fiscal year
1925.
Representative Garner of Texas,
ranking democrat on the house
ways and means committee who
previously had asked the treasury
for tax rate estimates, declared to
day that the report submitted to
the senate committee "shows con
clusively the secretary of the trea
Bury has several sets of estimates
and uses those which will best suit
his argument."
"These figures show," Mr. Gar
ner continued, "that if the esti
mates of Mr. McCoy who always
before has prepared the estimates.
had been used, the actual probable
surplus in the fiscal year 1925
would be $561,000,000 instead of
$395,000,000. If Mr. Mellon had
used tho maximum estimates sub
mitted to him, Mr. McCoy's, for
tax collections and the director of
customs for customs collections.
the surplus would amount to
$643,000,000 which would be lar
ger even than the treasury esti
mated would be cut off under my
income tax plan."
Senator Simmons of North Caro
lina, ranking democrat on the Ben-
ate finance committee, today re
fused to ask the treasury for esti
mates on the proposed rate sche
dules of the democrats and placed
the work in the hands of other ex
perts. CLUB WOMAN DIES
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, March 20.
Mrs. Cora M. Fitzgerald, 59
corresponding secretary of the
Western Federation of Women's
clubs,, died suddenly here tonight
of neritis. Mrs. Fitzgerald was a
native of the state of Washington
and ,had .held , office sWith the fed
eration for. the past threto years.
HEMP FUMES
MAKE BOYS IN
CELLS HAPPY
Leaves Smuggled by Inmates
to Smoke in Cigarettes
Cause Some Annoyance
Peace and quiet reigns at the
penitentiary, but whether or not
this is the calm that precedes a
storm is not known by officials.
Lacking but two weeks,, War
den A. M. Dalrymple has complet
ed six , months service as head of
the institution. During this time
there have been but two prisoners
escape, Walter D. Smith, colored,
and Abe Rosstein, both of whom
were returned after a short period
of liberty. The last .escape occur
red October 26, according to pris
on records. During this time there
have been no fights between in
mates employed in the yard nor
has Warden Dalrymple or Deputy
Warden J. W. Lillie been called
upon to settle disputes between
inmates.
"Hemp is causing the greatest
amount of trouble, not the kind
used in the execution, but the raw
product, with its dry leaves.V the
warden remarked yesterday. "The
men will .not leave it alone. They
strip the leaves, smuggle them in
side and use them in preference to
tobacco. The dried hemp leaves
have the effects of a mild narcotic
or drug. No more hemp for me,
as soon as we. can dispose of that
in the Lab is h warehouse."
Warden Dalrymple told of one
Inmate being confined to solitary
confinement for an infraction of
regulations. As was customary,
he was carefully searched before
being locked up, and a quantity
of leaves, cigarette papers and
matches were found in the lining
of his coat. The man, the warden
said, had been in "solitary" before
and had prepared tor such an em
ergency, for when men are so pun
lshed they are denied the solace
of tobacco and reading materials.
This man was i punished when he
was found to have cut a prison
blanket in such manner as to de
vise an impromptu smoking jacket,
used while enjoying a smoke of
hemp leaves.
TBOllEY SYSTEKT
DOES WELL HEDE
Street Cars Make Money in
Salem and West Linn,
Lose at Eugene
While the Southern Pacific com
pany was losing money last year
In its street railway operations in
Eugene it was making good money
in Salem and West Linn, accord
ing to the annual report filed yes
terday with the public service com
mission.
In West Linn the company re
ports as a result of its street rail
way service operatng revenue of
$65,557.54, operating expenses of
$35,298.17, and net operating rev
enue of $30,259.37.
In Salem the operating -revenue
was 108,79.70, operating ex
pense, $S8,642.30, and net oper
ating revenue, $20,337.40. The
latter figure was $3846.23 less
than in 1922.
In Eugene the company's oper
ating revenue was $72,167.36, op
erating expense, $7-7,970.02, and
its loss $5802.66. The operating
revenue was $11,421.50 less than
in J.922.
AT SIX FILLS
Problems of Middle Wes
Farmer Discussed B y
Democratic Candidate
SIOUX FALLS. S. Di, March
20. William G. McAdoo, candid
ate for the democratic presidential
nomination said tonight be was
surprised at the strength of the
endorsement he received in Geor
gia yesterday.
"This is especially gratifying."
he said, "as it comes from the
very heart of the territory In
which the support of Senator Un
derwood was supposed to be the
strongest."
In his main speech, here today
Mr. McAdoo laid special emphasis
upon the agricultural problems
declaring that if elected he would
call a special session of congress
immediately after March 4, 1925
to consider the agricultural ques
tion and "do everything possibi
to reestablish those sound condi
tions of prosperity which -are not
alone vital to the farmers of the
United States but indispensable to
the welfare of the people as a
whole.". . . .... ... , )
." He left i tonight - lot Omaha,
where Jie Js scheduled to speak
tomorrow," '
mi is mm
mm ai
TO TESTIFY 1
oil one
Wide Range of Subjects Will
Be Taken up By Commit
tee in Questioning Holder
of Leases
FRIEND OF JAKE HAM0N
CALLED BEFORE GROUP
Subpoena for Will Hays Is
sued By Teapot Dome In
vestigators of Senate
WASHINGTON. March 20. A
succession of thrills is looked for
tomorrow by the oil committer
with the appearance before it of
Harry F. Sinclair, upon whom a
subpoena was served today at New
York.
Then senate investigators are
prepared to question Sinclair on a
wide range of subjects, some of
which have been gone into rather
exhaustively through other wit
nesses and others of which have
not yet been touched upon.
Among new phases Is a story
that the New York oil magnate
turned over a large botch of secur
ities to Will H. Hays, former post
master general and Attorney Gen
eral Harry M. Daugherty to wipe
out the deficit of the republican
national committee incurred in the
1920 campaign-
G. D. Wahlberg, former private
secretary to Sinclair, who was . to
be questioned about it, committee
men learned, had been ordered to
Havana, Cuba, by his physician,
because of ill health. .
A subpoena for Will H. Hays has
been issued by the committee and
he is expected to be here Satur
day. Carnri A. Thempson of Cleve
land, Ohio, also is summoned for
that day ,to tell what he knows,
if anything, about rumors of oil
"deals" at the republican national
convention at Chicago in 1920.
Jennings Summoned
In connection with .the Chicago
gossip, the committee today is
sued a subpoena .for A- Jennings.
at Los Angeles, once famous train
robber of Oklahoma.
Information reported to Senator
Walsh of Montana, the commit
tee "prosecutor" is that Jennings
was a close friend of Jake Ha-
mon, former republican nationa
committeeman of Oklahoma, who
was alleged to have offered his
support to Major General Leonard
Wood at Chicago in return for ap
pointment as secretary of the in
terior.
Former Representative Thomas
Jefferson Ryan of New York, ap
peared voluntary to deny under
oath that he ever had dealt in any
oil stocks. The committee s aud
itor, Louis F. Bond read Into the!
record a detailed account of the
11 stock transactions of Jess W
Smith, confidant of Attorney uen
eral Daugherty, which were car
ried on under the entry of "W. W,
Spaid No. 3." Spaid Is a member
of the Spaid firm.
This account showed a pur
chase of 1700 shares of Sinclair
and other, oil stocks in 1922. the
saie of 800 shares at a profit of
$1531 and 900 shares remaining
"long" in the account at the end
of 1922.
Gift in Question
Aside from questioning Sinclair
about the rumors of a gift of se
curities to make up the republican
national committee deficit, the oil
investigators are prepared to ques
tion him specifically about three
or four major subjects in the in
vestigation.
The committee wants to know
particularly about his loan of $25,
000 to Albert B. Fall within fou
months after the latter left the
cabinet; the agreement to pay $1,
000.000 to J. Leo Stack and Fred
erick G. Bonfils for alleged claims
in Teapot Dome; and the paymen
of $1,000,000 to the Pioneer and
Belco oil companies for their
claims in the Wyoming naval re
erve.
Another new line of investiga
Hon may be gone into next week as
a result of developments yester
day in a magistrate's court In Phil
adelphia, Subpoenas for the prin
cipals in the court matter were
Issued today and will be dispatch
ed to Philadelphia tomorrow. They
will request .the appearance
Martin Powers, a lawyer and
Charles E. Oelschlager, an archi
tcct.
Knd in Sight
According to information reach
Ing Senator Walsh, , Oelschlager
swore in an affidavit" that "Powers
had told him that through his
Continued ps page 2 f 4
THURSDAY IN
WASHINGTON
Plans for a naval base at Ala
meda. Cal., were disapproved by
the house naval committee.
Harry F. Sinclair was summon
ed to appear tomorrow .before the
senate oil committee which held
only a brief session today.
A resolution calling upon Sec
retary Weeks for full information
about sale of arms to Mexico was
adopted by the senate.
.
Charges of dishonesty in the in
ternal revenue bureau were in
quired into by the senate commit
tee investigating the bureau.
.
President Coolidge made plans
to confer with bouse republican
leaders tomorrow night in his
drive to speed up legislation.
Representatives of western
states concluded their argument
before the interstate commerce
commission for lower grain freight
rates.
The senate adopted a resolution
asking the shipping board whether
it was a member of the north At
lantic and United Kingdom steam
ship conference.
Senator Watson, republican, In
diana, a member of the finance
committee, predicted the soldier
bonus bill would be given priority
over the tax measure.
The senate finance committee
approved changes in the revenue
law advocated by treasury officials
to tighten provisions for tax col
lections on gains from sales and
exchanges by corporations.
Tex Rlckard told the Daugherty
committee he had been "bunked"
when he arranged with Jap Muma,
Will A. Orr and "Ike" Martin to
exhibit motion pictures of the Car
pentier-Dempsey fight with im
munity from prosecution.
Thomas Spellacy was called to
verify some of the testimony of
G. O. Holdridge, former, epart;
ment of justice agent.'
Wife of Justice Burnett-of
Supreme Court Yields to
Illness
Mrs. George H. Burnett, one of
Salem's nioneer daughters and
wife of Justice George H. Burnett,
of the Oregon supreme court,
passed away at their home here
at 5:30 p. m. yesterday after
lingering illness. She was born
April 6, 1856, and was the daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Belt.
On December 31, 1879, she became
the wife of George H: Burnett
Three years later they established
a residence at 385 North High
where she lived until her death
Mrs. Burnett was the first ma
tron of Chadwick Chapter 37, Or
der of Eastern Star, which will
have full charge of the funeral
services from the Webb funeral
parlors Saturday morning, at
10:30 o'clock. The remains will
be sent to the Portland crema
torium for cremation.
There are no children.
E
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65 From School Home Eco
nomics Take Over Mult
nomah Dining Room
PORTLAND, Or., March 20.-
Young Women ' students of the
school of home economics, Oregon
Agricultural college, Corvallis, to
night cooked and served a dinner
to 500 guests at the Multnomah
hotel.
About 65 girls participated in
the work, and the hotel kitchen
and dining room were completely
turned over to them for the oc
casion. In connection with the
event 40 other girls from the col
lege gave a style show, exhibiting
on living models gowns and hats
made by themselves at the college,
FRENCH CANDIDATE
SPOKANE, March 20. Edward
L. French, director of the state
department of agriculture today
onounced that he will be a candi
date for ' the .republican nomina
tion as governor. He is here re
presenting the farmers of the
state aj, a bearing on grain rates
lyORilT
PASSES AWAY
N SERVE
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TELLOFFIBHT
HUMS "DEALS
19
Daugherty Issues - Nightly
btatement. Claiming Tes
timony Exonerated Him
Rtckard Testifies
"WAS BUNKED" CLAIMS
WELL KNOWN PROMOTER
Jesse Smith-Roxie; Stinson
Telegrams Corroborate
Part of Story ;
WASHINGTON, March 20..
More reels of the famous fhrht
film -"deal" - were -run off -today
before the Daugherty investigat
ing.. committee by Tex Rickard,
promoter, and Thomas G. . Spell
acy, a. former department of Jus-"
tice agent. ' , .
Their testimony partly corrobo
rated and partly conflicted with
previous stories told , the commit
tee. In his nightly statement sum
ming up , the day's .developments.
Attorney General Daugherty de
clared that Rlckard had ."exoner
ated" him from failure to prose
cute film exhibitions and that Spel
lacy s testimony mainly was
'hearsay."
Made Little Money .
Rlckard, ,ln two lively hours on
the stand, told of his part, in the
contract for widespread exhibition
of the Dempsey-rCarpehtier fight
films in 1921. but said he had
been "bunked? by his associates,
had made little money and had '
been twice fined ' for his part in
the exhibition. - " . r
Spellacy confirmed . generally,
the statement of Gerald O. Hol
dridge, another former department
of Justice agent, regarding l the
story told them by Jap Mama and
its Involvement of Mr. Daugherty,
Edward B. McLean, the Washing
ton publisher and others, i He
quoted Muma as -saying Daugh
erty suggested that Mdma should
get a "cut" In the profits of the
exhibitions, but disclaimed Hold
ridge's version, that- the attorney
general suggested a 50 per 'cent
cut. Muma became an even more
interesting figure tonight through
futile efforts of the committee to
locate him. He .failed to respond
today when his name was called, :
although Senator Wheeler, demo
crat, Montana, in ; charge of .the
testimony said Mama's" lawyer had
promised his appearance. '-Process
servers are now on a fresh hunt
for him, and Senator Wheeler ex
pects him before the committee -shortly.
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' Law Promised -, r
Rlckard said that Muma, 'tell
ing of "influence" in Washington
suggested exhibition of the fight
films upon assurances that a law
would be passed forthwith making
their display legal. v This action
could be secured in- two weeks.
Rickard said he was assured,' but
said that on this, as well as other
promises, he was "bunked.
Rlckard said he had nothing to
do, except receive his share of the
profits, with the film exhibitions
outside of New York rand Illinois,
where he was fined $1000 and
$500 respectively. He denied any
"conspiracy" in the agreement,
but presented two contracts cor
roborating the agreement pre
viously agreed to. ' He and Fred
C. Quimby, New York film pro
ducer, were the parties on' ono
side, with Muma, ike M. Martin
and Will A. Orr on the other,
each group receiving 60 per cent
of the proceeds. , 1 . ' .
Subpoenas recalling Orr and
Quimby were issued tonight but
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
TODAY . .
Salem will be .honored to
day by the - presence , of - Dr.
Boynton and Hamilton Holt,
who are traveling over the
country trying to arouse pub
lic sentiment In .favor of the
'world courts v These men have,
a real message. America is
standing aloof ' while the
European world trlee In vain
to get on its feet. Thero must
be help sent there. .The re
sponsibility Is too heavy for
us to selfishly go on our way
and let tho vest. of tho world
go by. 'Wo must help. "Amer
ica was not given Its strength
to use self ishly, under GoI we
were given, ,tho "bpportunit jr to
serve nd we ought to ' meet
the challenge of this hour.
. ' Be sure and hear these two
distinguished speaker at the
Presbyterian church this even
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