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: '&omr,.$?-M.y ,Ctnozv Vldat OqBguts -Bb msvy hmd B grow Sing a f ft ; I A business and. professional di rectory f Salem will be found on page 5 of today's paper. This di latory is alphabetically arraigned for your quick reference It will assise you when time Is valuable. TODAY TEN PAGES 6 ( 1 t P CBVENFOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THUKSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS G i s MORS JEWELS Sister of Ex-Pugilist Turns Over 55000 Worth o Gems Taken By Brother the Night of the Murder STORY OF FORMER WIFE IS SCOUTED BY POLICE ale of Heavy Set Man Thought Faked as a Help for the Defense LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20. Two hard blows landed today on the fTpfonoa aMTM UhPav' .w n..ntlli ) Indicted yesterday for the murder V here August 12 , of Mrs. Theresa Mors, the" woman" with whom he I was living. s j McCoy's sister Tdrs. Jenny JTho- maa, delivered one of them. The ) police were responsible for r the I other. I Mrs. Thomas . turned ..over to r investigators &,uuu worm ox jew els which she said McCoy gave her after the death of Mrs. Mors, and which Albert A Mors, divor ced husband, of the "dead woman, V declares were1 stolen from her ('body.- ..A-.. - :, Story Proved Fake . Police Investigators announced that they had torn to shreds the story of Dagmar Dahlgren, dancer. and eight (divorced) wife of the ex-fighter who earlier in the day V volunteered a statement that tend- ) ed to absolve her former, husband of Mrs. Mors' death. r t The dancer said she had -been spying on McCoy and Mrs. Mors, ) caw McCoy , leave the Mors apart- "ment the night I the woman died with a. bullet in her head, Baw I Mrs. Mors turn off her light, then eaw a heavy set man enter, heard an argument, then a shot ' and finally the hasty departure, of the heavy set man. ' Officers working on the case. after investigating, asserted that ) they could find no corroboration I of the Dahlgren story and that It apparently was an effort on 'her - T t X. 1 1 J 1. V. noA baste In fact. ) Eight Charges Blade The J day ; also marked the ar raignment of McCoy on the charge of murder, three charges of as- sault with Intent to commit mur der and four-charges of robbery. I i'-"' ponement of the plea , until next Monday, but before they could be heard. McCoy, in reply to the ! reading of the murder charge, shouted: , "I did not" J I The seven jesser charges a- ' gainst the former ; prize ring at traction were the outgrowth of a shooting affray staged by him the tmornmg luuowing airs. mors 'death, when he invaded the West jlake shopping district held up a number of persons and wounded 'three. - . - ; S . McCoy fashion plate Lothario jof eight matrimonial adventures and prince of the squared circle .was a subdued copy of his former self as he" appeared for arraign ment today. s f Head down, hands clasped in , front of him, he faced Superior I Judge Charles S. Crail as the in dictment was read. The only flash of his fighting spirit came 'with the reading of 'the murder charge when he shouted his -denial. . r s 'j Xo Slows Antics ) Yesterday and; untft then since ils arrest he has had a cell to , himself in the city Jail. Last .light, following ' the indictment ' ind until his trial his quarters are In the county, jail "tank" which he' shares with a score and a half of other prisoners. ' 1 Since his removal to the "tank" there has ben no recurrence of the antics that brought alienists hurrying to his cell yesterday and resulted In ' their statement that (Contain on pars 5) THE WEATHER OREGON--Cloudy west por tion; ?falr east portion Thurs day; slight change in tempera tare; light westerly winds. 5 LOCAL WEATHER ' - ' v. (Wednesday) : ' ;!Iaxirium temperature. 74. ; .'-Minimum temperature, 51. i River, ts.2,: rising: '"'" ;!i Haiafall, none. , ! AtTun:pbere, part clpudy. "., north-.----. - . ENGLISH MAKE RFST HUSBANDS AVERS WRITER Woman Novelist Thinks That American Men Spoil Wives; British are Pals I NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -English men make better husbands than Americans, because I they "treat their wives as eomanions and not as American husbands, treat theirs as dolls, spoiling them with pres ents. furs and jewels', says Mary llorden, the novelist, who hate re turned to the United States for a visit 'after an absence of, 11 "years She is the wife of General E. L. Spears, who has been a member of parliament for three years. "English husbands don't nag continued Mrs. Spears. "A wife to an Englishman is a pal and their life is more xiormal than over here. The English women do everything the men do and so they do not have so much time for bridge and clothes. Conse quently they are not as good dressers as American women." Lick Observatory Takes Pic- " tures at Nearest Point Signals Attempted SAN JOSE, Cal., Augj 20. The first photographs of Mars at its closest point to the I earth were taken at Lick observatory on Mt Hamilton, 26 miles east of here. last night, according to announce ment today by Dr. Robert X Alt ken. associate director of tne ob servatory. f-What additional Infor mat!onthe photographic plates will give the world of the planet and its possible vegeable and ani mal life will not be- determined for some time. for. according to Dr. , Aitken they will require con siderable study, ' comparison with other photographs yet to be made, and comparison with "photographs taken when the perihelion oppo sition of Mars occurred previous August 23, when the planet is at its nearest point to the earth, is not necessarily the' most favor able time for observations; accord lng to Dr. Aitken. who pointed out that Mars and the earth are trav ellng along nearly parallel paths and that the distance between them will not vary much for a number of" weeks, during which operations will be continued at ; i : - 1 (Continued on page 3) San Fraucisco 1906 Fire Losses are to Be Paid t SAN FRANCISCQ, Aug. 20,-r- Some 900 property owners in San Francisco who auffered losses in the 19d6 tire for which German and Austrian insurance companies refused to recognize claims, will be reimbursed to the lull amount of their policies with an additional per cent it. was said here to night. The claims amount to more than 15,000,000. I Payment of the policies was made possible by the seizure L of assets of the foreign companies valued at $25,000,000 which the government took over when it-entered the war and since has re fused to restore on the ground that insurance claims had not been paid.' i ; . . zira GOES TO SPOKANE Salem Man Accepts Post as Assistant Boy Scout Executive 1 i. Howard ' Zinzer, who for two and one-half years has been en gaged in Boy Scout work in Salem and scout executive, has. resigned his position and accepted a posi tion in Spokane as assistant exe cutive.; Mr. Zinzer will leave for his sew field of work in a few days. ; He received final instruc tions yesterday from J.'B. Varner, the, Spokane executive,1 to report as soon as possible. j Mr. Zinzer has been one of the most energetic scout officials, who have ever worked 1 in the local field. . Salem is his' home town, which, he says, - has 1 helped to make the work here partieularly pleasant. ; but : tn Spokane he will have a; bigger field and larger op portunity. ' Spokane ' has " nearly 100 troops '6f COUtss ,: IIieSs HOWARD liG0FFIE:- Further Delay May Weces sitate Refueling of Patrol Vessels Operating Along the Greenland Coast REPAIRS ARE HASTENED ON BOTH ARMY PLANES Lieutenant Smith and Com panions are Chafing .Un- ... der Repeated Delays ON BOARD tJ. S. S. CRUISER RICHMOND, Reykjavik, Iceland, Aue. 20. (By the Associated Press.) The fortnight's delay in the American army aviators' world flight, due to uncertainty regard ing ice conditions in Greenland and several mishaps, has brought about a fuel shortage in the naval patrol, which is further compli cating the flight situation. Rear Admiral ' Thomas P. Ma- cruder admitted this when his flagship, lhe Richmond, put into Reykjavik today with spare parts for the planes of Lieuts. Smith and Nelson. A further delay In the flight, owing to weather pr other causes, would necessitate refueling the patrol vessels. Flight commander Leighton, who returned to Reykajvik on the Richmond, after having made an air - reconnaissance along the Greenland coast in one of the planes of the.: cruiser Raleigh, re ported to Admiral Magruder that the entire coast In the vicinity of Angmagsalik is unsuitable ' for landing purposes, owing to the ice. He said that in the event of forced;", landings the planes could find no shelter. According to flight commander Leighton, another aviator- who flew over the region reached the same conclusion as" he did. The harbor 20 miles north of Angmag salik, reported last week by Lieu tenant Sbultz, was found to be Im practicable, as motor boats would have been unable to enter it and deliver gas and oil to the planes had they gone there. When the Richmond came to anchor here a gale was raging and Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant Nel son and Lieutenant Crumrine of the air service had difficulty in boarding her for a conference with Admiral Magruder. - The admiral presented to the aviators the difficulties of the sit uation from the naval viewpoint, laying stress on the fuel scarcity. Lieutenant Smith earnestly point ed' out that it was possible for himself and Lieutenant Nelson to make the remainder of the flight without delay, barring accidents, and with a little rest between the hops to Labrador. , Lieutenant Lo catelll, the Italian aviator, ' came aboard the Richmond during the (Continued on paga 4) Spreading Enthusiasm In Statesman's Contest Showing Hourly Votes The home, the office and ; the club now making The Statesman's great contest a chief topic of con versationthe way to reach the goal outlined success awaiting Deep Sea Fishing those who make an early resolu tion to be winners. i At your morning's meal when you reach for the two accustomed lumps of sugar for your coffee, each loaf should be delivered to the -cup with the resolutions of de termination and effort resolve that this day I will "do things," and try to be foremost in the cony test. YYoung ' lady, - help 'yourself. Others seeing. your determination to win oat, will help you and ask theif friends to Join them in an 209 FILIPINOS ARE TRIED FOR MUTINY CHARGE Scouts Blame Non-Commis- sioned Officers for Con , flicting Orders -'. MANILA. Aug. 20. (By Asso ciated Press.) i-A court martial trying 209 fllipino scouts on charges of mutiny growing' out of their refusal to obey orders, today concluded the taking of evidence and took the case under advise ment. . S.'r ' During the trial some of the de fendants testified that they didn't obey: orders because non-eommia-sioned officers j gave conflicting and Irregular commands. The ac cused scouts', when called as wit nesses showed ap apparent lack ff knowledge of English. $;V GAME CASE IS Judge Bingham Takes Mat ter Under Advisement Until Friday No ; decision on the petition of W. C- Wlnsiow, representing Ore gon sportsmen to enjoin state of ficers from enforcing the procla mation of Governor Pierce closing the : deer hunting season' until September 20 is: to be expected un til Friday, according to : . Judge George G. Bingham who took the matter under advisement follow ing a hearing yesterday. The at tack .of the plaintiff centered around the alleged unconstitution ality of the law in spite of the fact that the court! indicated rthat it would not pass upon that phase of the question. I " Wlnsiow declared that the law under which the governor's proc lamation was issued was unconsti tutional since it delegated legislative-authority to an executive. He further contended that the gov ernor I overstepped his delegated authority in closing the deer sea son j:-':- . ; i . 1 . ; '" Judge Bingham indicated a re luctance to deal with the consti tutionality of the law. 'The crit ical point is whether the order was; premature, he said. ,. "The court ' Will not pass upon constitu tionality unless forced to do so." v Fire points formed the basis of the plaintiff's case; that the law delegated authority to the gover nor was abrogated by the game code: of 1921, that the proclamation-abrogated; the right -of con tract to those who had purchased hunting licenses, that the gover nor had assumed legislative pow er, that its effect would be to take property " without due process of law and that it was a discrimin ation between those who hunt deer and those who hunt other ani mals. - ! The: counsel for the governor re plied that the proclamation was an exercise of the pollco power of the state. , effort to put you to the "goal." i In a contest of this kind there is positively no way of telling who will be the winner until -the last vote has been counted. ; Boat at Newport Beulah Roberts hag again taken the lead, with j Violet Snyder run ning second. Mabel Macy third. Luella Waldespel and Mrs. W. G. Thompson have also made sub stantial gains today. EVEN mm Newport's Great Lares Editor Statesman: Another paragraph for your va cation voting contest column: ' Swimming, hiking; fishing, golf ing, motoring, beach parties v fCoatiauea a pM 4). . TR1BNDT TO FIX CHOICE Circulars Sent Out Repudi ates Idea of Endorsing Any of Three Leading Presidential Nominees REAFFIRMS POLICY OF HANDS OFF POLITICS Organization to Take Stand Only Against Enemies Records Good CLEVELAND, Aug. 20. (By Tlie Associated Press.) In a cir cular mailed! today to the 180,000 members ofj the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, advice is given regarding political action, which will be repeated in the September issue of the brotherhood's official organ, in which President W. G. Lee says he! "has taken the posi tion that our organization should not endorse jeither Coolidge, Davis or La Follette for president of the United States." ! i; Stood Against Politics Under the slogan of "Endorse. ment of Candidates," the circular reads: 1 ' "The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen through its conventions has declared that it would not ally itself with any political party but believed in following the policy of rewarding labor's friends and de feating labor's enenlies. "The Toronto 1922 convention reaffirmed its belief in this policy. A resolution covering the ques tion of political action was pre sented to the convention. , Labor Records Good "Adoption of this recommenda tion-recommitted the organization to independent political action. In keeping with this resolution the (Continued on pisa 6) BL IS HALT TQ LABOR Orders for Prune Pickers are Suddenly Cancelled at Local Bureau Because bf the appearance of blue mould! all orders for prune pickers thai were in the United States Employment bureau at the YMCA were cancelled yesterday and as a result of the sudden stop ping of the labor demand, surplus labor piled UP in short order. An advertisement in a Portland paper Tuesday brought nearly 50 box makers to Salem in the morning. These found themselves1 jobless. Conditions appear to be sim ilar through the district. An ex service man applied for work Tuesday and was told to report early Wednesday. He obtained a "stripper" fjor his use from a local merchant and found the tool use less. The i merchant refused tp take it bac:, even when a reduc tion was suggested. The same young man, with a partner, called up MCMinnyille and were prom ised work. j By the time they had arrived aa Jiour or so later, they found all work called off. iDenney ; j& Co.; the principal operators in the green fruit deal, suddenly called a halt to all buy ing and : packing without any ex planation ) upon receiving j instruc tions 'from; headquarters. . Mr. Hogue, who Is handling the deal, was out of j town Wednesday and could not be reached. Blue mould appearing? in the fruit was assign ed' the reason for orders to cease baying and! shipping. .Just what extent the blue mould has Appeared is not known. Tor-several hther fruit buyers said: they had not noticed it and would continue to; pack prunes as usual. J6hn Young of Young ftWells of Spokane, the Ryan Fruit company and ' the : Pacific Fruit & I Produce company ;are still operating, thoath all expressed the opinion that the season would be short, as the fruit is ripening fast. Four cars were shipped' from . Young & WeMs yesterday and two from the Ryan Fruit company warehouse. It is estimated that the Denney company operations will be cut from 500 to 150 carloads. Several reports have I reached Salem that prunes have cracked as a result lot the recent rain. Tuo reports come from points many miles apart, : . MIO 11LES CONyiNC SPINNING FEASIBLE B. C. Miles writes to : his son, Ross Miles; that he has become convinced of the feasibility of building a factory at Salem, for spinning (lax fiber and making twines and cloth. ' I He has borne to th'is conclusion after visiting England, Scotland and t Ireland, and having Oregon flax: fiber tried out in a number of the mills there. Mr. Miles is accompanied by Mrs- Miles and their daughter, Eva, and by Mr. and Mra. Robert Dann, his son-in-law and daugh ter. ;;:.: ' ::: It is the purpose . of Mr. and Mrs. - Miles and Miss Eva Miles to take the first available boat home, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Dann in Belfast, where Mr. Dann will Service I Men's State Aid Commission Names New Appraisers The ex-Bervice . men's state - aid commission after its regular ses sion yesterday announced that Robert Johnson, H. C. Herron and J. F. Porter had been appointed as a new board of appraisers un der the bonus and loan act for Benton county to succeed W. H Savage, C. L. Heckart and J. F Yates. While the - board intim ated that .the old board hSd been removed it refused to divulge the reasons., ..." .u. The commission is composed of Governor Pierce, Secretary of State Olcott, Adjutant General White, Ed Bailey 'of Lane county and W. C. Culbertson bf Mult nomah county. The commission administers the state bonus and loan act. The duty of the boards of. appraisers is to pass- on the val uation of lands i offered by ex- service men as security for loans from the state. " Dundee Relinquishes His i Title Is Over Weight j. : NEW YORK, Aug. 20 After holding the world's featherweight title for 13 months, Johnny Dun dee, veteran Italian battler, today notified the state athletic com mission he has decided to relin quish It, as he cannot make the 126 pound limit. After igrantins his request that it take temporary charge of the ; crown, the commision. an nounced jit would authorize a tournment to determine a new featherweight king. r i , - i NEWS BRIEFS I . . "Dead" Man Returns. MENASHA, Wis.. Aug. 20. Reported dead in the World' war and listed ae buried -on the battle field of Chateau Thierry, Lrber BefKeron.l shell shocked and bat tle scarred veteran of the World war who returned to hisf home three times and was not recog nized today is back at the home fireside while! his family rejoices at his return.-: Sets lOO ilrcs. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. A self- styled "Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde" an unassuming youth of 26 blandly confeesed to the police to day that he bad caused over 100 incendiary fires on Manhattan is land in the last few months "Just to see the fire engines in action. j - Montana Han Snow. BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 20. ; A very light snow fell in a few sections of the Gallatin valley to night. The temperature Is 50 de grees above zero. v.; I' - ! " .1 Bank Is Robbed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20: Three unmasked bandits today held up the Corn Exchange bank here and escaped with approxi mately $15,000. i Nut Sale Causes Fine. SEATTLE. Aug. 20. F. N. Miller, sroceryman charged in jus tice court here today with selling o an inspector a package of wal nuts that was1 short in weight, answered that an error occurred because a tall clerk had an oblique view of a scale beam. Miller was fined i50. ' - - -i. BENTON BHD IS BOUNCED ED ' MILL IS IN SALEM taice in tbe linen institute and look after the interests at that end, preparatory - to buying and shipping .machinery. - Mr. Miles expects to go to work at once on his arrival home, or ganizing a company to put In a splning and weaving plant here This information j he gives to his son, Rosa Miles, in a letter just at hand. , Mr. Aiwes nas Deen making a very tho'rough investigation of every phase of the proposed fac tory. He has spent several months of time, and a good deal of money, and his conclusion is that a mill built here, in a small way at first, and carefully ex panded. will prove a very profit able enterprise. SUIT REIVED TO U. S. T Action By Vicks to Get $292,250 From Ford in Federal Hands Removal of the suit of Vick Brothers against the Ford motor company for the sum of $292,250 damages to the United States dis trict court was yesterday ordered by Judge George G. Bingham of the Marion county circuit court. The removal was at the instigation of the defendants who posted a $500 bond which will be forfeited In event the case Is adjudged to have been Improperly removed. . .The basis . for the petition to place the case under the jurisdic tion of the United States district court was that the Vick Brothers is: an Oregon firm and the Ford Motor company Is a Delaware cor poration doing business under the laws of Michigan. J The suit is to collect damages for an alleged breach of contract on the part of the Ford Motor com pany in changing, the state agency of the ,Fordson tractors. Argentine Flier Will Continue On World Trip SHANGHAI, Aug. 20. (By The Associated Press. ) -A Del Carell, the Argentine consul designate, expresses . the belief that Major Hendro Zanni, the Argentine round-the-world flier, whose air plane overturned when he was tak ing off at llano, 'French Indo China, for Canton, ' will continue his flight after receiving a new plane from Japan. : Patrick Mur phy, Zanni's pathfinder, who has been at Tien Tsin awaiting the aviator's arrival, is proceeding to Japan. ; H, W. Harding of Portland Meets. Death When Car Runs Off Road H. W. : Harding. 63, a former Silverton j man, was killed in an automobile accident this -side of Hubbard at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when, : the machine he was driving collided with a tele phone pole. His wife and son were driving in another automo bile just ahead. : . (: j - ; Harding and has family had been over near Independence and were on their way home to Port land, according" to Lloyd RIgdon. county corOner, who was called to investigate the accident. Hardiig was driving a Ford with a specUl body, loaded with camping equip ment. He had attempted to pass a huge Willamette Valley Trans fer company van and drove off the pavement. In going back to tne pavement he crossed ahead of the big truck and drove off the op posite side of .the highway into the pole.) The accident was due to his inexperience as an automo bile driver and no Inquest will 'be held. Coroner Rigdon said last night. H t The - remains ' were taken to Woodburn 1 and will be sent to Silverton. where the funeral serv ices will be held. MI IS KILLED NEAR LEOPOLD, LOEB DEIUIED1 Youths Face Scatching Re marks of state's Attor neys Without Perceptible Show of Emotion NUIHINU IN MIIIUAIIUrj SHOWN SAYS MARSHALL m a m m m 'a m a ' mm m mmm m a Ability to Distinguish Be , tween Right and Wrong Is Only Defense CHICAGO, Aug. 20. (By the A P.) Nathan F. Leopold, r- Jf-. and Richard Loeb today, without a perceptible quiver, heard; them-, selves denounced as Vfiend" and "dastardly cowards'l by assistant state's .-attorneys who ;wero sum ming up before Judge John R. caverly the law and circumstances of their kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks, (They were outwardly unmoved. death upon the gallows as the only fit punishment for their acts. Once after Joseph Savage, who devoted himself to the facts in the case, pointed directly at Loeb ' and ijacu uuu iujc iicuu, tuts young- er of the i youthful defendants turned to Leopold and. arched his eyebrows quizzically. j , Mitigation Not Justified Mr. 'Marshall consumed! all ex cept 45 minutes. of the-court ses sion. . Having discussed yesterday the legal aspect of mental respoa- Hon and turpitude. v Mitigation, he argued, was ap plicable to the offense rather than ' the punishment. . He declared tha ueieustj aaa oiierea noining in they had attempted to draw th court from the letter of the law into a consideration of mental con- ditions not recognized by eithel statutes or ; decisions as effective 1 t h. ' lit..! -11 Y.I . fit uiuuujriug ina peuanies oi a crime. . -.:' Ability to distinguish 'between right and wrong as the only legal 'i barrier asainst nunishment for criminal acts was the theme of Mr. Marshall on this point. Turpitude Alwajs Present Turpitude was presented to the conrt as a characteristic of all crimes, modified by circumstances. It could not rightfully be linked with mental responsibility, accord lng to Mr. Marshall's reasoning, and he challenged the defense to Bhow otherwise. r He challenged Mr. Darrow. and his assistants to reveal to the court any crimes In the history . of Illinois of "such a degree of vllnnpso an ihia " nnA fn hid nornr. ation declared it the mpst dastard ly to be found in the law books. ; Both Mr. Marshall and Mr.' Sav age 'dwelt j upon the care with which the crime was planned, the former using it as a basis for ar gument on the effect of premedi tation and 'the latter as circum stance which showed "cruelty and viclousness." . t Death Penalty Asked "In the lighjt of all these cir cumstances, death alone can expi ate this awful crime; to impose a lesser penalty would make a mockery of the law," declared Mr. Marshall. ! : "I know your honor will be just as merciful to these two fiends as ' they were to manly little Bobby ; Franks," was Mr. Savage's version i ; of the tame idea, Mr. Savage became dramatic as he told"of the manner with which the defendants had planned and executed the kidnaping and mur der. :' j "Bobby, wag struck four times on the" head, he declaimed, and that many : smacks of his fist in palm cracked startingly In the court room. ,1 '"My God. judge," he ; shouted. : "you would not strike a dog four times on the head without' giving . him some chance. . - J i "Bobby was given no chance at all. ' He was weak, weighed only 80 pounds, and was 14 years old. But like every man and every J other boy he would have fought it : Continaed on pus 1 If You Are in Doubt ASK anyone who has used them what sort of results the Statesman classified advertise ments bring. ; Then use one yourself. r ; .';.'.;. Telephone 23 or 582 : and your ad will receive prompt attention. i
