SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1924 j'
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ALOVEAFFAIR
Rejected Suitor Slays !Two
Other Men and Sweet
heart, Then Turns Pistol
on Himself
AFFAIrt HAPPENS AT
REARDIN, WASHINGTON
No Definite Reason Yet Dis
covered Why Men Were f
Shot to Death
; HEARD AN, Wash., Oct. 28.
Velma Beeman. 19; Dow Lathrom,
17. and J. S. Dueber, 30, all of
this city, were Shot and killed this
afternoon by Ray Speery, 45, a
woodsman, who also took his own
life. The girl was said to j have
rejected Sperry's attentions,- .No
theories have been advanced as
to why he; killed the two men.
Stephen Lathrom, father of Dow
Lathrom, was slightly injured by
the ballet which pierced his son's
heart.
- Sperry who had lived here for
many years, had been keeping
company with Miss Beeman for
about a year until recently, it
was . said. He returned a few
days ago. from a logging camp
where he had been working and
tonight walked to the t Charles
Travis home, where Miss Beeman
was. working.1 When she opened
the door to his knock, he shot her
in the head with a small caliber
pistol.
From the Travis home he went
to the residence of Steven Lath
rom a few blocks away, shot Dow
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STUDENTS H
Petition to School Board
Grows Out of Negotiations
With Willamette
- Edgar Tibbetts, representing the
Student Council of the Salemririgh
school, presented a petition to the
school board last night asking that
the athletic field used by Salem
high school be improved. - This
action came about after negotio
tions had been under way between
the high school and the physical
training department of Willam
ette university.
During the campaign to raise
funds for the construction of the
first unit of the stadium on , the
Willamette field, the Salem high
associated student body was offer
ed the use of the field during the
next five years, if they would
pledge $1000 towards the erection
of the first unit.
This plan was not agreeable,
however, fer the student council
did not want to pledge! such a
sum, but desired to use University
field and grandstand, by offering
a percentage of the gate receipts.
The resolution offered to the
school board last night asked for
their cooperation in : helping re
pair the ground near the J. L. Par
rlsh junior high school. The chair
man was instructed to act with the
students in repairing the field, j
; The application of the Amewic
club for a moving picture booth in
thef high school was laid on the
table for the next meeting.
. The group intelligence tests
which have been given in the Sa
lem school were verified by the
Stanford revision tests and reports
from the i Parrish and McKinley
junior high schools showed that
75 pupils from the j two schools
tested 75 and therefore were rec
comended : for the ' opportunity
classes. However, no definite ac
tion' was taken - on the establish
ment of the classes at the present
time.
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Rain; no change in
temperature; fresh to strong
southerly gales along coast.
local Weather
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.Maximum temperature, 58.
Minimum temperature, 47.
River, , .8; rising.
Rainfall, 1.77.
Atmosphere, cloudy.
Wind, south.
FOR Oil FIELD
BASEBALL DOES
NOT FIND FAVOR
WITH IRISHMEN
Giants and Sox Have Crowd
of Less Than Twenty
Spectators in Dublin
j DUBLIN.1 Octi 28. After play
ing an exhibition game Sunday at
Coke Park! before fewer than 20
spectators the New York Giants
and the Chicago White Sox can
celled today's game and departed
for London. Thej newspapers com
mented on ! the lack of publicity
given the exhibition game and the
fact that it was played when most
people were at church. The Sox
won 8 to 4, Sunday's game, t
TOXGMEYt VKPORTED
KOGALES, Sonora, Mexico,
Oct. 28. Deportation "of more
than a score of alleged Chinese
tongmen, arrested in connection
with recent street disorders at
Guaymas, was j begun yesterday
when 12 of the, men were taken
from that cjity to Mazatlan, where
they will j be placed aboard a
steamer bound for China.
Total of 1 .77 Inches Record
ed at 7 O'clock; Accom
panied by Wind
i During the 24-hour period end
ing at 7 o'clock last night, "1.77
inches or rain fell in Salem, ac
cording to jthe report of Clarence
Oliver, official weather observer.
This period constituted the heav
iest rainfall, though rain contin
ued through the greater portion
of the night, probably sufficient
to bring the total to two inches.
For once! the rain did not. fall
In . its customary manner that is
so welcomed by native Oregoni
ans, but came down driven by
heavy wind from the south. .
There was little 'damage done
by either jhe rain or : the high
wind, though it was reported a
skylight at Commercial and Ferry
was destroyed. Leaves and branch
es were etrewnj over the pave
ment. I j ' : ! ' ' ,! .-
One fatality occurred last night
as a direct result of the storm.
Accidents were kept at a mini
mum by careful driving and the
fact that only those who were
compelled to do so, drove out into
the storm. I !
Official i reports Indicate that
Just 15 other times since January
1, 1903, has the rainfall in Salem
been a3 heavy as yesterday. On
December 6 of last year 2.11 Inch
es of rain fell, j In 1921 a record
was1 made by Jupiter Pluvius that
probably will not ; bebeatcn for a
long time. On November 20 and
21 of that year a total of 4.58
inches of rain came down, 2.3 the
first day and 2.21 the second.
DECISION MADE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S. At
torney General Stone ruled in an
opinion today that the navy de
partment could lease to American
manufacturers s certain German
patents fori the manufacture of
radio parts held by the depart
ment since the war. i
DANK IS KOI1I1ED
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28. -Two
masked men held up a branch of
the Interstate Bank and Trust
company here in a suburban dis
trict this afternoon and escaped
with $12,000. I
RECORD 111
iS REPORTED
Sen Reed Enters The
Political Arena I After ,
An Extended Sickness
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 28. (By
The Associated j Tress.) Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, who
for everal months has been out
of the political arena because of
protracted Illness, tonight took
the platform at Convention hall
here tonight in his first public ad
dress since prior to the democratic
national convention and pledge his
alleghiance r to the national state
democratic tickets.
Still showing! the effects of his
illness, but with much of his old
time characteristic fighting spirit,
the senator fired political broad
sides at both La Follette and Cool
lidge, denounced the 1 republican
administration for what he term
ed Its "reactionary policies," then
launched into a lengthy analysis
of issues. Including farm relief
tariff, the Mellon tax plan, imml
gration and tho Ku Klux Klan.
"I have been as silent as Cool
dgee" Senator. Reed sald early in
COOLIE HAS 1
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01 ELECT
Republican Candidate For
United States President
Has No Plans for Continu
ation of Campaign
CHOICE OF PEOPLE
ASSURED, IS BELIEF
Stand Has Been. Defined on
All Phases of Adminis
tration Is Claim
WASHINGTON', Oct. 28. Con
fident of the outcome of the elec
tion. President Coolidge has no
further plans for active participa
tion in the campaign.
. He. told j friends today he had
defined his. attitude on all import
ant phases of government adminis
tration in his speech of accept
ance of the nomination and the
address he I delivered here last
week before the eastern division of
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, and did not consider
specific replies necessary to any
charges j which may , be s made
against either himself or the vari
ous departments of the govern
ment in the last week of the cam
paign. Meanwhile Mr. Coolidge made
it known he was making all ; his.
plans in accordance with indica
tions to him that the republican
national ticket would be elected.
Information reaching the White
House can lead to no other ex
pectation he told visitors.
The president has not taken up
the question of the vacancy in the
cabinet caused j by the death of
Sec'y Wallace of the department
of agriculture and will not do so,
it was said at the White House,
before burial services have been
held for the secretary tomorrow.
Some persons with whom he de
sires to confer in regard to the
vacancyare out of the city, it was
said, and no - appointment ic ex
pected before election day.
After a busy morning , at the
executive office Mr. Coolidge left
the White House this afternoon
for a short jstroll, going down one
of the main downtown streets for
a little "wiridow shopping."
IlKilFOR
MURDERING HORSES
Peculiar Derangement Dis
covered in Alexander Nor
vath, of Nebraska ,
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Oct. 28.
:The arrest and confession of
Alexander iNorvath, 40, here to
day, has 'cieared up the mystery
of the i; intermittent killing, of
thoroughbred horses in this vicin
ity for the jlast two years, county
authorities j announced. ;
Kicked in the bead when a
child by a mare, there was treated
in Norvath a hatred for horses.
Sheriff Palmer said. From time
to time, hejeontinued, the choicest
horse in a j field was found J dead,
shot in exactly the same spot in
the head, j Suspicion finally was
directed: toward Norvath, who, af
ter repeatedly denying the kill
ings, confessed. His mentality
will be examined, i
his address, "but for a better
reason." i He said he. was com
pelled i to speak at this time be
cause of a "solemn sense of duty
even at personal hazard."
Characterizing Calvin Coolidge
as the "Napoleon of about twenty
legislative Waterloos," he declared
the president has harkened to the
reactionary element of the repu
blican party has represented the
stand-patism of capitalism."
Senator La Follette independent
candidate for president, was al
luded to as "a republican red.'
Raising the question of the Ku
Klux Klan; the senator said that
Davis, La Follette and even Dawes
have spoken but "Coolidge is si
lent because he wants the votes of
the Ku Klux Klan." He charged
that Coolidge is silent on the klan
Issue because he places his own
election over the vindication of
the American people,
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HORRORS t GOBS
NOW ALLOWED
TO TAKE DRINK
Secretary Wilbur Issues Order
Revoking Daniels' Pet
. Regulation
WASHINGTON, I Oct. 28. Sec
retary Daniels' famous "pre-pro-
hibitlon bone dry, navy is to be
modified by. Secretary Wilbur
hut only to an extent which will
permit thirsty gobs to partake of
soda pop aboard ship.
Mr. Daniel3 included bottled
soda, water in his order against
drinks on navy vessels, taking the
view that Bhip storekeepers had no
sufficient storage space to make
the carrying of soft drinks prac
ticable. - -
Bottling concerns have been ex
erting pressure for a revision of
the Daniels' order:; and after re
ceiving assurance i from govern-
ment'exprets that the health of the
navy will not be jeopardized by
the change, Mr. Wilbur has decidd
to lift the soda water ban.
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GHES IIS
AGAINST BOB
Third Party Platform Said
to Constitute a Menace
to Government
CHICAGO, Oct. 28. (By the A.
P.) Secretary of S State Charles
E. Hughes, in a campaign speech
tonight in behalf of the republican
national ticket, told a large audi
ence that "the best assurance of
prosperity in this country Is to
secure on November 4 the election
of Calvin Coolidge." t
Secretary Hughes,; devoting a
large part of his address to a con
sideration of proposals of the La
Follette-Wheeler independent plat
form, placed emphasis upon "the
most dangerous aim of the third
party Its attempt; to destroy our
system of government by its as
saults upon the Jurisdiction of the
supreme court in the interpreta
tion of the constitution."
j "The question, then," he said in
summing up to the point, "is
whether we desire to maintain our
system of government, whether
we -wish to have any constitutional
limitations." U !
Coolidge Praised
j Secretary Hughes lauded the ac
complishment of the present ad
ministration in fiscal affairs, in
the relm of foreign relationships,
and for its determined attack upon
the cost of government."
"Most important of all under
takings of the republican adminis
tration." he said, "has been its
determined attack on the cost of
government."
Roth Senator La Follette and
John W; Davis, the democratic
presidential nominee, were an
swered in Secretary Hughs dis
cussion of foreign affairs.
"Senator La Follette says that
Our diplomacy is secret and im
perialistic. It is neither. We have
no secret diplomacy In this coun
try or in the ordinary sense of the
term, as treaties must be submit
ted to the senate. ; :
No SctrotR, Claim
"The department of state is al
ways ready to give information to
any senator who ! will take the
trouble to come to the department
to get it. .
! i "It is charged this government
is engaged In negotiating conces
sions for our citizens. This is un
true. We maintain the people of
the open door or equality of com
mercial opportunity to the end that
our citizens shall not suffer- unjpst
discriminations, but shall have the
fair opportunities f to , which they
are entitled. - With' this opportun
ity they make their own contracts
on their own terms. I
"Senator La Follette has said
two or three times lately that he
would take our ; troops out of
Santo Domingo. !
"Our troops have been taken
out of Santo Domingo. This has
been publicly announced."
;L Taking cognizance of Mr. Davis'
attacks upon republican foreign
policy secretary ssiugnes asKca
what the democratic party 'propos
ed in regard to the league of na
tions. )
"When the question arose at
the democratic iconvention, the
democratic party ran to cover," he
said. . . ; . H. . L '
Decker Will Speak on
' La Follette Tomorrow
' H. C. Decker will address a La
Follette meeting in the Salem ar
mory tomorrow night. Mr. Decker
la a Portland man, and is said to
be prominent as ft socioligist and
writer. The meeting will begin at
8:00 p. m.
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GEKERALFEWG
BETTOGETHER
Christian Leader Who Seized
Peking and Became Dic
tator Over President Is
Denounced .
WU PEI-FU GETS
STRONG SUPPORT
Many ! Governors bnd Most
of Fleet Now Arrayed
Against "Traitor"
SHANGHAI, Oct. 28. (By The
Associated Press.) In a procla
mation issued . i today. Marshal
Shieh-Yuan military governor of
Kiangsi, announced that the mil
itary governors of Kiangsu, Kiang
si, Anhui, Cheklng Fukien and
virtually the entire Chinese fleet
have, decided to support General
Wu Pei-Fu. ! '
The proclamation denounced
General Feng Yu-Hsiane. the
Christian general" l and former
governor of Honan province, as a
traitor
WASHINGTON, 1 Oct. 28. The
diplomatic corps! ! in Peking ' has
decided to address identic com
munication both! to Wu Pei-Fu
and to the Chinese foreign office
invoking the protocol of 1901 re
garding rail communication j be
tween Peking and Tientsin and
protesting against any destruction
of rolling stock cir permanent way.
The decision was reached the
state department: was advised
from Peking today after a letter
from Wu Pei-Fu was received by
the dean of the diplomatic corps
in Peking in which the General
after condemning-.General Feng
jYu-Hsiang the Christian general,
as a 'traitor said" that hn would
o to Tientsin to: reestablish or
der. Wu stated that he would take
this course of action under special
instruction from the , president,
who, he said, was coerced by Feng.
After saying he soon would have
collected- over 190,000 troops "to
rid the country of j Feng and I
hope, to restore general peace and
order," Wu added that he would
guarantee absolute law and order
upon his entrance into Peking and
that no disturbance to foreign
lives or property would result
from his operation.
, The dispatch further says that
both Peking and Tientsin are
quiet and that communications be
tween the two cities apparently
have been re-established.
ARE COMPLETE
Final Arrangements Made
by Republican Com
mittee Last Night
Plans for the entertainment of
the Coolidge-Dawes caravan which
will arrive ; here Thursday noon
were completed last night by the
committee on arrangements. Mem
bers of this committee are Mrs
F. B. Southwick, Mrs. C. P. Bish
op and Paul F.;Burris, chairman
of the Marion county republican
central committee. The chief
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SIMMS
Hot Political pght
Reaches Its Climax
In English Election
LONDON, Oct, 28- ,(By The
Associated Press,) - The people of
Great Britain will provide them
selves tomorrow! with their third
parIiamentT"witiin two years.
What kind of a parliament it will
be after the votes of the nation
are counted no prominent politi
cian or political observer has been
audacious enough to predict pub
licly. That (the labor government
will go the way of all governments
seems, however, to! be the opinion
held almost every where but some
of the, laborites still appear confi
dent that their party will be given
a mandate to remain in office.
Whether the conservatives can
recoup their losses of a year Kgo
and return to the f; house of com
mons with a majority over all par
ties and thereby put themselves
into ofllce without the assistance
BRITISH LABOR LEADER WHO TODAY
l FACES CRITICAL POINT IN CAREER
A.
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The recent political campaign in
England, though short, has been
very strenuous, and marked by
considerable ' bitterness on all
sides. The laborites, taken out
of power by the liberals and con
servatives who, together, held a
majority in the house of commons,
hatr beeri ; attempting to j win in
creased support of the people and
come back to parliament stronger
than ever. The election being held
today will determine to what ex
DRIVER KILLED
George Wolfbrandt Victim of
Storm While Returning
Home From His Work
George R. Wolfbrandt, about 60
years old,; was a victim of the
storm last night in an automobile
accident which; caused his death.
The": accident occurred about j6
o'clock a half-niile east of j Salem
on the Sifvertoji i road. Mr. Wolf
brandt lived tin Route 7. j
, Apparently the- light automobile
skidded ' on the wet pavement,
plunged into al ditch and up the
bank into a tree where it turned
over. When discovered a? short
time after the accident -Wolf
brandt was found still i behind the
steering wheel and dead. A severe
gash over one eye and internal
injuries contributed to his death.
Kf forts, to ascertain where he
worked were : unavailing last
night. He had a lunch pail in the
machine and it. was presumed he
wasj returning from work. He was
not employed" at either the paper
mill or at Spauldings.
When his body "was discovered
a telephone call to the police sta
tion was; relayed to Lloyd Itigdon,
county coroner,' who took charge
of the remains. si
Wolfbrandt is survived by his
widow. ' Li
f WILIAHD FARM SOLD
TOPEKA, Kans., Oct: 28. Joss
Wiljard's 640 -acre farm near here
was sold at public auction today
to It. F. HodgLns of Topeka,: for
$151,650.
of the others, is a question no one
hasiny means of determining, or
even , reaBonably ( forecasting until
the 'returns come-in.
The pre-election political situ
ation has been made utterly un
certain by the eleventh hour burst
ing of the "Russian bomb shell"
with an effect on the country that
cannot be gauged at all. s Until
this" "red letter" gave the cam
paign orators a real live wire top
ic to talk about, the electorate
wore an apathetic air and it was
the rather general expectation
that the. three parties would re
turn to Westminster in the same
relay vc positions they held araj
rrically when the last parliament's
life ended-the conservatives
first; labor second and the liber
als third with the conservatives
lacking atliU majority. - ' t
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success. ; j
The bitterness of feeling; In
creased by the unexpected publica
tion of a note from an" alleged
Russian source, mounted to such
a height that in some cases It be
came necessary to call out the
police In order to maintain order
at political gatherings. j
i This photograph shows, former
Premier MacDonald on the streets
of London, glancing up towards
VBig Ben" to note thehour.
Fighting Presidential Candi
date Assails Wall Street
in Address
NEW YORK, Oct. 2 8. --Appealing
to the voters of New' York to
support his candidacy for the pres
idency, Senator Robert if. Lai Fol
lette devoted an address tonight
in Brooklyn almost entirely to an
attack' on "Wall street," which he
declared controls the economic
and political life of the nation.
: ; "I shall speak tonight of Wall
street," he said at the outset of
his prepared" address. 1 "I shall
speak of two groups-r one, J. P.
Morgan, which rules through
gold; the other, the Standard Oil
company, which rules, through oil.
"The two . groups are iWall
street.; Their will rules industry
and finance. It rules banks,
great railroad. systems and insur
ance companies. It , rules other
monopolies. J
"Not content withi the control
of America, American gold and
American oil are reaching out for
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Woman Political Speaker to
Appear at Salern Armory;
: Kay on Programs
The republicans of Salem are
fortunate in being able to secure
Eleanor Barker of Indianapolis to
make an address at ! the armory
Friday night. Miss Barker is one
of the strongest speakers in the
campaign and fier i services are
very much in demand. She was
assigned to . Salem because no
large political meeting had been
held here this year,
Tom B. Kay will speak for half
an hour at .the opening of the
meeting, stating , his position on
public questions and paying his
respects especiallyto those t who
have been so insistent that the ir
reducible school fund had been
mismanaged. , Mr. Kay has clear,
straightforward answers to every
question that has been raised,
without vituperation without mal
ice, but in the interest of iruth
about the proper administration of
this Important law. i , : i
The Junior Rotary glee club will
make its first appearance in the
city tiuce it has been appearing
at the meetings in various parts
Of the county. This club has had
a very important place in the cam
paign and has acquitted itself
well. -
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LA FOLLETTE ;
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FRIDAY
flOUFHSSEE
OPPOSITION BY
KO KLUX Kill
Leaders of democratic na
tional Campaign Decern 2
Agitated at Apparent
Movement by Society i
WILL "CUT" NOMINEES,
IS REPORT CIRCULATED
Klan Article Said to Accuse
Davis of Appealing to
flegro Vote
ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 28. Of
ficials directing the presidential
campaign in behalf r of Davis and
Bryan Tuesday were considerably
exercised at what appears to be a
movement of the Ku Klux Klan
to lead the vote away from the
democratic party nominees," tho
Atlanta ' Constitution says in a
story that will appear in Its Issue
tomorrow morning. ; 1
"It has been rumored for some
time," the Constitution's story
says, "that 'word'; had been sent
to klan leaders of various counties
to 'cut the democratic presiden
tial nominees and. that there , la
some basis for the report appears
to be substantiated by receipt this
week of clippings from last Eat
nrday's Searchlight, official organ
of the Ku Klux Klan, being sent
from all parts of the State, Indi
cating that the paper has been
broadcast on the eve of the elec
tion with a View of Injuring the
democratic nominee.
Negro Made Issue
"This issue of the paper con
tains co&spictiously on the , front
page a heavy headlined article
charging in a recent aaaress at In
dianapolis that John W. Davis, in
appealing to the negro vote of that
state, declared for 'complete equal
ity, regardless of race or creed..' "
. Major John S. Cohen, demo
cratio national committeeman End
Ifn XT A ir a- llaTinifur itAmncntli'
national committee woman from
Georgia, . Issued the following
statement:
"Our attention has been called
to a publication of Saturday, Oct.
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BUDGET COMMITTEE
iETSffiXTiM
Requirements for Schools to
be Considered by Board
November Fifth
The school budget committee
was appointed last night at the
regular meeting of the school
board and are to act on Wednes
day, November B, when the School
board meets with the citizens'
budget committee. i !
Members elected last night were
W. H. Dancy, U. O. Shipley,
Frank Perrv. Ed. Schunke. and
Frank Neer. i
The budget Is about ready to
go into the hands of the commit
tee, and will he close, to tha 6
per cent limitation figure. The
estimates will j b6 based on the
growth of the schools and the
probable requirements " of the
schools for 1925-26.
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