SEVENTT-FOURTH YEAR ' SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS ( r 1 GOSH HERO ) Washington Man Is Big Fac- tor; in His Club's Seven to our Victory Over New York Giants ? THREE PITCHERS USED , -BY NATIONAL-PLAYERS Over Fifty Thousand People Witness Classic Event at - Polo Grounds4 NEW YORK, Oct.' 7J4-(By the Associated Press!) The "goose" hangs high in Washington tonight for Leon Goslin, slugging pride of the Senators and .favorite of their N fans, clubbed the New York Giants i Into defeat today, almost single handed 'and put; the 1! American i league champion back n tb V thick of one of baseball's greatest championship battles. ; . . Anotnef record -breaking crowd, exceeding 50,000 all toldj stormed the' Polo grounds mad cheered the V Senators as! they .".pulled tnem- . w" lusciUgter iu epiLts pi. m ma Atr- shift Infield paused "by tie loss of y Pecklnpaugn,, battered three Giant Pitchers and captured the fourth? game of the 39Jr6ria serlerty; - a score of V to 4.' the most 'de i v cislre yerdlcf-of ahyrganrtf'so'far. ' sisrtetfr-Tledifjj - .-'-.1 -A. The series' now stands at two , all, and the I fifth, game; which is likely to wljtness' a 'repetition" of ' the opening struggle between' Wat- ter Johnson, jthe Senators' wonder i ful right haaS' veteran; and 'Art J iNehf. brilliant Giant eouthpawV wllV be played tomorrow at the Polo grounds. The battleground twill shift back to Washington on Thursday for a sixth game is now assured, with a likelihood that the i series wm go the limit or seven ji iyb oi ise oenaiors runs 10 day. alone enough to clinch the game, . were' accounted . for by Goose' ' Goslin who hammered out four hits in as many times at bat; Including his second, home run of: the 'series which "scored" two runs ahead of him in the third In ning and gate Washington a' lead I which it never relinquished. ) asuomi xjeagum -unecaea While the! slow southpaw curves of George Mogr Id ge and the relief i pitching of Fred (Firpo) Marberry again successful in his favorite role, kept the Giants In check, the Senators bunched their , attack In three innings and Goslin was the dominating figure each time. Each of the innings of Virgil Barnes, who retired after being j bombard ed for flTe innings and Wayland Dean, who finished the game af ter Howard; Baldwin ! had got through two innings Unscathed, VkWvcif nai4lAlerfw ' - wAllaVifi or sauce' for (Goslin. In addition I to his homer, a terrific drive that , sailed on a tine far Into, the right 1 field stands,! the "goosel brought Harris across In the fifth after a Cwfld pitch had let In McNeeley and - started another two-run rally in l,the ! eighth with his fourth hit. scoring ; ahead of Joe Judge on V the game. 1 f 'Gooses"1 spectacular slugging made him not! only the hero of the day but also the Idol of the crowd; Which, after a circuit clout, gare hira' an oration scarcely less to t'ciferous than) that. of his own fol lowers after his ' first homer, a potent factor in Washington's tii jcnph on Sunday. The! crowd as yesterday was"wlth' the fight Ang J Senators and : their: youthful 'pilot. Stanley Harris, who also was V scintillating1 figure- at bat and , at field today.' The Giants came In for their share of cheering, par ticularly when in a fashion which ,'his become ! typical to the series, they rallied in the closing innings. bat 'the crowd's noisiest applause , w a with Washington and Goslin. , There was 'more cheering for gooa" when he came put to the j fUld after his home run and dJs l played his "versatility by; making a , "! (CatlBnd a pass 4) the Weather OREGON: Partly cloudy i mod erate temperature i moderate westerly winds. 1 j LOCAL WEATHER Maximiini temperattird,' 64. Minimum temperature, 46. Rlrer, 1.6; falling. Rainfall, .03. 5 Atmosphere, cloudy. I ' Wind, south. , I RELATIONS OF U. S. AND IRISH STATE STARTED Tim Srhiddy ' Presents Creden tials to President Coolidge at Washington WASHINGTON,' Oct. 7. Diplo matic relations with another na tion were established by the Irish Free State today for the first time whett Timothy, W, Smiddy, newly appointed minister ' of that state to this country, presented his cre dentials to President Coolidge at the White House.! It was announced today also that the American consulate at Dublin had been raised to the grade of consulate general. At formal ceremonies, custom ary to such occasions, Mr. Smiddy. presenting his credentials to Mr. Coolidge, declared it was "of spe cial gratification'' that the first enToy designated to represent his state should be received by this country td which Ireland Is bound by ties of -kinship" and to wards which it entertains the full est sentiments' of gratitude; and regard.'; ; ' - 1 V Republican Flgures.Reaching A'hite- House Indicate . J Lack'ofltoney WASHINGT6n, Oct'7. Repub- Hcan -party -effotta should be di rected in the opinion of President Coolidge, toward getting out the Vote at this election: He has told party - leaders - that; organization should be directed to this end that the true sentiment 'of the nation tnay be xegistered in Nbyember. Reperts reaching- the White House today indicated a shortage of funds, it was said, but the Pres ident expressed satisfaction oyer the trend of the campaign. Turning his attention to govern ment business almost exclusively today,' Mr.' Coolidge directed "the tariff commission: to prepare ad ditional data In regard to ita re port favoring a" cut In- the sugar duty and submit figures comparing the cost of sugar production in Cuba and this country.' 1 The president made it clear that In reaching a decision on the su gar1 duty he would insist on pro tecting . the sugar beet industry of this country from any combi nations which might arise in Cu ba or elsewhere with the purpose of controlling sugar prices. 1 BET Career of Citizen Active in Many Ways Until Halted By Illness i Funeral services ' for the late William Paul Babcock will be held from the Webb & Clough funeral parlors at 2 o'clock this after noon, a portion of the services to be conducted by Pacific lodge No. 50, AP ft AM, of "which he was a member.. He was also a member of Multnomah RAM No. 1, and of Chad wick chapter No. 37, OES. Mr. Babcock died early Tuesday morning at a-local hospital after an Illness of many years. Mr. Babcock was born In Salem on January; 17, 1876, and was 48 years, eight months and 19 days old at the time of his death. He was " educated in the public schools,' Willamette' (university, and the Capital Business college. He later became secretary of the YMCA. While in college he was one of the first football players in Salem. For the last 21 yean he had been connected with the Salem Flouring mills'; During his teiin of office on-the school board the present high school building was erected,' in addition to the Garfield school.' j ; J . Mr. Babcock is survived by his wife. Rose' .Woodruff Babcock whom1 he married Oct. 20. 1897; two daughters, Amelia and Bertha and' his mother, rfrs. Ida M. Bab cock;. and two sisters, Grace N. Babcock of Salem and Mrs. C. A." Manldfng of Portland,' all of whom1 were with him at .the time of his death. He was the son of the late F. J. Babcock. - ,; -. - I ! R. R. PRESIDENT DIES WASHINGTON.! Oct. 7. Edwin M. Shaw, president of the south ern Railway "company, died sud denly here tonight of apaplexy while attending a dinner given' In honor of colleagues. REPORT SAYSi 111 FIOfPEACE Two Generals Who Once Op posed Each Other on the Western Front Both Speak Against Warfare PERSONAL; EXPERIENCE! DECLARED CONVINCING Frenchman and ' German; Commanders of Large Units, Now Pacifists BERLIN; Oct. 7.- (By The As sociated Press. ) Today's session of the world peace congress was thrilled by the ' presence on the speakers' platform 1 of two gen erals who opposed each other at the front In , the world war but who now entertain the same ideas regarding ' peace. Both generals told the congress that their per sonal experiences of war horrods had made - them - convinced pacifi cists. - . The two "peaceful warriors" were General Verraux of France, commander of the sixth army di vision during the hostilities, and nOw professor in a French military academy; and General Von Schoe- nach of Germany, who was active on the Roumanian front during the war and "who now is head of the republican guards. . They told the congress that par tial, gradual disarmament was Im practical and declared that only complete . general disarmament could save the world. ; "Wars : today are a matter - of technique and machinery," assert ed General Verraux,- "not of ar mies or of military, drill. There fore, a little army is quite as dan gerous as a big one because It can handle technical war equipment quite as ' efficiently. The league of nations scheme for partial, gradual disarmament is not going far enough.' The scheme for neu tral zones ts impracticable techni cally. Future "war with gas and germs,' will wipe out '. European civilizations if permitted to break out." ..... In closing, General Verraux urg ed a general strike against' war; including' even a strike of gener als. :; i i .p. General Von SChbenauch accus ed the officers of the old 'regime wh6 still cling to the old. militaris tic Ideas as being "either fools or cowards'" and criticized the Ger man government for not opposing; the nationalists enough. ACTION STARTED t Libel Proceedings Begun in j Case of British Steam i Trawler Fred B t NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Libel pro ceedings were instituted today against the 370-ton British steam trawler Fred ; S,' captured as ' a wholesale rum runner lasf Satur day, after, federal officials had asked the' state: department at Washington to take steps for the arrest and extradition' of. the Tes sel's owher, a Canadian. ' United ' States Distrtct Attorney Hay ward Instituted the libel pro ceedings after R. W. Merrick, dis trict dry chief, had made his re quest for state department air. . AEAiri STEMER Washington Club Feels 1 Jubilant Over Victory; Johnson1 Is Rarin' !to Go NEW YORK. Oct. 7. (By The Associated Press.- In the Wash Ington clubhouse after today's victory over the Giants Tthe Sen ators - bubbled" over like - college football players after a great vic tory. "Goose" Goslin and "Fir po" Marberry were ; the particu lar heroes. The spirit of depres sion which hovered over the group after the Giants had riddled their pitchers in the second defeat Mon day was completely, driven out by the boiling optimism. With Wal ter Johnson ready and anxious to pitch tomorrow, the American league champions feel that their fortunes have taken a decided tip- MEAGER SUMS DOLED OUT TO BALL PLAYERS Fund of $248,319.38 Will Be . Divided Among' Members j . of Both Clubs i NEW YORK, Oct 7.U-(By the AP.) Washington and tiew York players will divide a fund of $248, 319.38. it was ' announced today after the fourth world series game the last from whicft the players receive' a "share ' of the receipts." The winners will ge $ 138.991.63 and the losers S99.&27.75. : The Giants have 26 eligible men and the Senators nqly 23. Exact figures for each : man cannot be computed now because of the prac tice of donating lum sums to cer tain Ineligible placers and at taches, but the approximate shares follow: ' ' -:;j.:;-v;! j Each ' Washington- player "' will receive about $647it Ift'the- team wins the series, but 'only $4319 if It loses. If the Giants win, each player will be entitled to about $5731, but the amount will be cut to $3821 If McGraW's team fails, f Brooklyn and New York, second place clubs in the twb leauges will each receive $24,831.21 to be divided among its eligible players. Detroit and Pittsburg, finishing third, will each receive $16,554.62 to split. The total players' fund was $331,092.51. Immediate Investigation De manded of Republican 1 Campaign Funds SCRANTON, Penn., Oct. 7. Senator Robert M. Lia Follette an nounced in an addfess here to night that he had Remanded an Immediate and searching investi gation by the senatelcampalgn ex penditures committee to 1 determ ine whether the- republican na tional ' committee is raising an "enormous slush' fund" to be ex pended In "buying the election in doubtful states." , i In a - telegram ; sent - today to Senator Borah,-republican,' Idaho, chairman of the cominltteerthe In dependent ' presidential candidate said he had ordered; him to issue subpoenas for William B. Butler, the republican national Committee man; Wi A." Mellon; frother of the secretary of the treasury, Edwin A.' Stotesbury, a business partner of J. P. Morgan; Joseph R. Gundy, president of the Pennsylvania manufacturers' asaoeiatlon; Sam uel M.. Vauclalne ot the Baldwin Locomotive works, and S. D. War riner, a Pennsylvania anthracite operator. : Senator La Follette I told the senate'1 committee' chairman that he had reason to believe, "a slush fund" of four or five million dol lars was being sough and that the campaign to raise' the money was based "on the circulation of ma licidua slander and libel." bodlidge-Dawes Tour Itinerary Is Changed i Paul F: Burrls, .chairman of the Marlon county. Republican committee; was informed by tele graph yesterday ' that condltons have made necessary a change In the itinerary of 4 tlie Coolidge Dawes caravan tour lover the Lin coln highway. The caravan will leave San Franclscof ' October 2 3. It" will arrive at Ashland' on the morning - of Octobe 29, Grants Pass the evening - t that day, Eugene the' eVtning f October 30, Portland the evening of ' October 31,' Centralis the evening - of No vember 1 and Seattle the evtning of November 3. i 1 ward swing. "We still have that even chance," was all Manager Harris would say. 'jSeven games are 1 easily possible f before this thing- is- decided." The- Giants were general In praise of the hit ting of Goslin and the fielding of Manager Harris, but fare undoubt edly confident that (hey will win the series in the next two games. Nehf and Bentley are ready to work toiriorrow. J Walter Johnson ts apparently not a bugaboo to tb Giants who evidently prefer a -fait ball to the slow twister which jiZachary and Mogridge- served so! successfully Sunday and today; J : - SBbe KICK-OFF IN yicioiE ISTDHT Campaign to Raise $200,- 000 fop Building Purposes , Starts With Bang This ! Evening : i : EVERYONE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO AID Luncheon to Be Served Every Day at Noon, and Progress Reported Opening thls evening with a bang, the big Salem YMCA build ing campaign promises to run at midsummer heat ' until it la suc cessfully ended with $200,000 in the treasury, and with everybody so glad of the big new civic ceriter that there won't be any peace of mind until the building is built and occupied to the brim. The program starts with the kick-off dinner tonight at the old Y gymnasium.- All the campaign ers are to be there, more than 200 In all- generals, captains, lieutenants, non-coms and privates In the . ranks It will be a verit able army, a volunteer army that is all set to get the money and quit in the shortest possible time. The, dinner will be served by the ladies' auxiliary, with Mrs. F. A. Elliott in charge and all the churches of the city cooperating. : After this one evening luncheon. a dinner is - to be served every noon at the Yt for all the workers. A full report will be made of their progress, and' this will be tabu lajted and made public as soon as pessible. The big announcement clock at Liberty and State streets will be made to show the figures each day, within a few minutes after dinner - ' I ' i While the canvassers expect to visit every man " and woman In town, there is a chance that some might be missed. It; Is urgently revested, that no one wait to be hunted up, but that those who can shall send in their subscriptions and make, them large enough! The Y isn't on a par with a picnic or fair or any little enterprise. It is a character builder, that takes million-dollar boys off the streets aad sets them In the way of clean. capable manhood. It's an Invest ment in character, in good citizen ship,' in cities without jails or policemen ' or T crooks. In j better homes and higher Ideals of every kind. It needs support on this basis, and not as a glm-crack show that will fold its tents and slip .away next week.- I ! Salem has paid less than one dollar per capita for its YMCA accommodation, besides the an nual maintenance of about 56 cents per capita. " In the little campaign booklet Issued by the Y committee, a large number of Cities are' listed that have spent all the way from' 9 to more than Z0 per capita for their Y build ings.' Everett, Washj. with about 16.000 inhabitants, invested 200 00, or 8 apiece. 'The Salem (Contlnaad B pas 2) Inquest Results in Decision That Mrs. Davies Was Slain By Another j SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 7. At the inquest "held tonight over the bodies or Fern Cotnpton Davies and her husband, Howard Davtes In Daly City near here, a verdict of murder in' the. ease of Fern Davies was returned and ' that of suicide in the case of Howard Da vies " by the coroner's Jury. Dr. W. A; Broke, the coroner and Dr. A; H.' Rankin'; the autopsy sur geon; said that ' the woman un doubtedly died from a stab' wound in her back.' ' Their bodies were discovered two ays ago, In a cot tage. Davies was shot and the body of his wife'wai discovered stuffed in a trunk ' in the cot tage :,. i ; ; TRUCE PROCLAIMED JERUSALEM, Oct. 7. Jewish Telegraph Agency.) The Wahabl forces, following the conclusion of the trnce: with " All, newly pro claimed king of the Hedjas, have withdrawn from the district of Mecca, towards Taif. MURDER. SUICIDE, : THE JURY DECIDES SHUFFLE ALONG SHUFFLES ALONG IN FIRST PLACE Horse Owned By A.s C. Bost wick Defeats Field and Wins Prize of $5,000 f LApREL, Md Oct. 7, A. C, Bostwick's Shuffle Along beat a field of crack sprinters to win the ISOOO'capUal handicap ' feature of today's races here. ; Half a length behind was J. K. . L. Ross' New Hampshire. Will Land was third. The winner was shuffled back at the break but Jockey Scoble had him In third position when the stretch was, reached and sent him out ahead in the drive for home. The time for the six furlongs was 1:12.1 First Day of Coast to Coast Flight Passed Under ; I Good Conditions ABOARD SHENANDOAH, 9 p. m., Oct. 7. Ideal sailing weather prevailed through: the. first 12 hours of the 9,000-mile, voyage of the great gas ship Shenandoah, en route from the Atlantic to the Pacifjc coast. Winds which are not felt on the surface were met in the upper level of the sky be tween 1,000 and 3,000 feet. At 8 o'clock the ship was driving 40 miles? an hour straight into a 12- mile an hour wind with all five motors going; the 'Immense gas- filled jj, tube with Its cabin ; and power gondolas riding as smooth ly as 4t in a. bed of feathers.- The ship, at that time, had crossed the James river at Lynchburg. Lights burned in the .houses beneath and in th-distance along the horizon could be seen the glow of cities and villages. 1 Aboard the big ship, limited as to quarters and 'with everything stripped down to the minimum of weight,' the routine went on like on any naval ship at sea: Green lights! hung on poTt and her star- board' lights glowed through, the open windows of the control cabin forwarcTand from the five motors cabin f along the side, the hum of the motors ' went out toward the shadowed surface of fields, : hills and forests beneath, while the sil ver tube slipped through the moon light with its lights of white, red and green, seen the ship's crew assumed by those awakened by the strange note of nocturnal droning from jthe sky. , ' HUSK FEW Sma Proportion of Veterans Ehtitled! to Benefits ij Have Asked', i WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Only 1,300;000 applications out of a possible 4,500.000 have been re ecived for the soldiers' bonus and veterans who Intend' to apply for the adjusted compensation were urged I to do so without delay by Major; General Robert T. Davis, adjutant general of the army, In a statement today. i Of the applications received; 850.0e0 'have been- examined and about 400,000 have been passed and - certificates for' the amounts due forwarded - to the veterans' bureau which will make payments or otherwise compensate the vet erans I as the adjusted compensa tion law provides.' v ' "It is imperative from the stand point ;of economy in administra tion," said General Davis, who-is In charge of the machinery for handling the applications, "that those veterans who intend to avail themselves eventually of the benefits conferred by the act should make i their applications now. To extend the work over a period running up to January 1, 1928, .the time limit in which ap plications can be made; can re sult only in a , material increase in the ipost of administration which the war department Is endeavoring to hold to a minimum. The! war t department is" now ready,! ho added, to receive, veri fy and certify an average of 30, 000 ot more ; applications daily, whereas applications are now com ing in at the rate of about 10,000 a day;' '. Applications require only the signature of the veteran or the relative or other person-applying under '. his name and his finger prints In case of living veterans.' SHIIDOi FDDES'H ,wyers p mimmm id Attorneys Do Not Line Organized ; Labor Asks Pierce to Appoint f Him JudgedPublic Interest IntenseExcc- utive Again Defers Action No public question for years has aroused the interest in Salem equal to that aroused over the pending; appointment of a circuit judge by Governor Pierce to take the place left vacant by the death of Judge George G. Bingham. The gov ernor was expected to make the appointment late yesterday upon his return, after an absence from the city, but aain deferred the matter,! saying he probably would appoint today or tomorrow. ' . I . ! ;Two candidates now appear to be leadings H. Mcllahan is; making a strong fight for -the appointment, and also has announced that he will be a candidate in the November elec tion. It is understood that McMahan has the labor union eridorsement and that members of the iState Federation of Labor from Portland have interceded with the governor in his behalf. ; i - V " ." j The other main candidate is William H. Trindle, "another Salem lawyer; A petition in TrindleV behalf was presented td the governor yesterday signed by nearly all the attorneys in Salem. Only the names of four or five did not appear on the petition, and one of these is himself in a receptive mood for the appointment, while another is a possibility. The latter : are respectively John Bayne and C. N. Inman. V E. M. Page was' mentioned yesterday as a candidate, but Page's name appears on Trindle's petition, and he is not " a candidate for the appointment. However,: should Pierce net appoint " Trindle, it is probable that Page would become a candidate for the election in November. i It is said the pledge which candidates for party, nomina tions take, that if nominated they will not withdraw, is not an obstacle to McMahan's.becoming a candidate. Sam A. Kczcr, secretary of state, said last 'night that there is an opinion ' of the attorney general that this pledge is not binding.- SHENANDOAH Navy a Dirigible Creates Ex- ,citement as iti Stars . i np io racuic i, ATLANTA, Ga..-Oct. !7. Cities, towns and villages of the south east tonight were agog' over the coming of the Shenandoah.- Aa the giant navy dirigible swung dorn the Virginia valley bearing her name, which is said to be the "dalghter of stars," southern folk were on the watch for : ter, com puting the probable time she would float oTer them.: : It was a night of nights for the amateur radio enthusiast, as most of them were arranging to "pick up" her messages as she sailed steadily into Dixie. Throughout the route over which the. Shenan doah was to pass, ideal weather Was reported. . )" f ' Plans for the reception of the dirigible varied In cities, accord ing to the probable hour of her arrival at each. ; i L ; ' ! Army officials here have esti mated that she will reach Atlanta about 5:30 o'clock tomorrow mor ning.'' i ' s Charges Of Corruption in Government are Broad- ! j casting Over Radio : PORTLAND. Or. Oct. 7 Twice in the course of Portland speeches tonight. Senator Wheel er. ' Independent Tlce presidential candidate repeated' his allegations as to the existence of secret rate division contracts oh the govern ment's Alaska railroad, and re cited bis account of. banking trans actions in state funds when Pres ident Coolidge was governor of Massachusetts. "One of ' the ad dresses, though A before an audi ence, was simultaneously broad- casted for radio ' receivers on the Pacific slope. ' j j Itinerary changes in the candi date's stumping "tour wlilch' have been under consideration were presented today; adding three new states to the list in which he will appear. After an address In Roa- burg, Or., he will ba tnrn over td the California La Follette or ganization for dates in that state concluding. October 14. IKES STIR WHEELER REPEATS IfJDIGI MEfJTS mm: ' up for McMahan, , Lu I Haiti GET TUTU: Injury-to Hand F.!ay Frcv ... f : Star Giant Huricr Fin ishing Series NEW YORK, Oct.5-T. Artaut Nehf, Giant southpaw, who wot over Walter Johnson in the open ing game ot - the world's series ' may not be able to pitch any more . daring the series' because' of an -injured hand,' Manager McGraw announced- tonight. "Nehf's hand was hurt when ha -stopped a liner in the first game,". McGraw said.' Twill use him to morrow if he is able to pitch but he could not 'have worked today and I have no strong hopes of hia playing tomorrow. Bentley or. John Watson will be sent against Johnson if Nehf is unable to hurl.". OFFICIAL DEOIES flES Vice President of. Steamship . Firm Declares Statements- Were False SEATTLE, Oct. 7. Charges of Senator Burton K. Wheeler; Inde pendent ; vice presidential jcandl date. In an address delivered in Seattle and ! another in Portland' that a secret r freight rate pact1 exists between the government owned Alaska railroad and the Alaska - Steamship : company, a ' Morgan corporation, were branded ' by E. T. Stannard, vice president of the steamship firm here today as "partly misstatement and part ly deliberate falsehood."; . "There is nothing new in the general misstatement of facts," declared Mr. Stannard in a lengtay statement given out at the request' of his New York office. "It la presumed that Senator Wheeler has been misled by John E. Bal laine (La Folletti state campaign manager) into publicly makias these charges." - . "The Alaska railroad, having no -permanent outbound tonnage, and being eager to develop some along: its line, solicited the haul of ttij Mayo ore from the White Pas and Yakon railroad, - a Canadla a corporation. It requested thft. movement for the benefit of te new railroad. A new arrangement was put in effect whereby, tha White Pass and j Yukon rout! would haul it to Tanana, which ii located on the Yukon river, an ! there- the "Alaska railroad, witi. Its own tugs, would haul it up tt Tanana river' from Tanana u Nenana.- IVIIEELER C