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Tile Weather OREGON EIGHT; PAGES TODAY The Oregon ' Statesman will be Issued as usual Thursday and Friday Mornings in order to give its many readers the news, Thursday's paper will carry many Greetings from merchants to their patrons and friends. Fair and continued cold; - moderate northeast -winds. .Tuesday Max., 33; Min. 11; River 2.2 falling; wow 4 ; Atmosphere clear; Wind north. ,r S i t -4 ! .. .t w; SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS l;f ft. 4 li t I'M i I I i I V i v. t S SALEM IS HIT BY GOLD II FROM WORTH I King Winter Continues to Hold' Throne; Weather Man Unable to Promise Fairer Weather I TWO DEGREES BELOW IS REGISTERED AT EUGENE Ice in Willamette River at Portland Still Impedes Navigation i , . Portland weather mored south Tuesday and Salem was swept by a "penetrating cold north wind that chilled the very uvues, drift ed lq around the , crevices , aud made things more or less, miser able for those who werj forced to be out in the open r - For tbe first time In 10 days the thermometer rose above the freezing point, when a tempera ture of; 33 degrees was recorded. Early Tuesday morning the mer cury registered 11 degrees. Even though It was two degrees below L ' zero .at Eugene.," : " " . Tree., that-, hare been used in decorating the streets were blown over and many persons were forc ed to cast dignity, aside and; Pur sue flying headgear. The wind wasjno.respecterof sex and men and women were treated alike. With the rise In temperature, thawing occurred during the day In spite of the cold wind. Streets that are heavily, traveled now L show, the pavement where the wheels of the "vehicles wore through ' the snow. The streets Christmas Fund Is Nearly $200; Will End Tomorrow Work Will Not Bo Duplicated ; No Other Charity I . -v; terfered Wtth- - " , ,- .. ' ,. i '. . The . Statesman Christmas fund is being expended by, the committee. ' , I Thoje who know of families not coming under the regular classification of needy' are re quested to send same to either The Statesman office or to Mrs. F. A. Elliott, phone 1505, to day. The object of this fund Is purely neighborly kindness. It does not Interfere with the As sociated Charities, with the Elks, Salvation Army or any other fund. It heartily endors es every one of them. It Is just a little fund of its own for the purpose of enabling neigh bors , to . assist less fortunate neighbors In the good cheer of Christmas. . , K' v There were a few contribu tions today and , tomorrow will see the end. However, if you know of any deserving families who will be without a Christ mas, please get in touch with The Statesman or Mrs. Elliott at once as the fund is being ad ministered now and it is desir able to know Just how fafpt Will go., r D. A. White $ 5.00 Henry Jaquet ........ . 6.00 I. L. McAdams ........ 1.00 Edls Belle Matheson . . 2.00 Ida Mary Matheson .... 2.00 Daniel J. Fry 6.00 Francis Hollow ....... 6.00 Royal Neighbors of Am. 6.00 J. I. Ingrey 2.00 A Friend 2.00 Mrs. J. R. Chapman .... 6.00 A Friend ............. 6.00 Tom Kay. .......... .. 10.00 A Friend 1.00 Elmo S. White ........ 25.00 E. A. Rhoten, ......... 5.00 A Friend .... ........ 6.00 W.H.Henderson . 6.00 H. C. Conner ........ 6.00 Edw. T. Barber . . . . . 5.00 Mrs.- P. H. Strand ...... 2.00 Salem Women of KKK. . 5.00 A Friend. 1.00 Theo. Sampson 3.00 F. A. Doerfler 3.00 Misc. 5.00 Mother Hubbard ...... 5.00 Misc. . . : . . . . . ...... 1.00 W. B. Morse .'. ...... 20.00 Employes Cashiers office , of. Accident Com'n... 5.00 Elizabeth A. Downing. . 5.00 Walter F. Downing.... 5.00 William Johnson, Jr. . . . 1.00 A, M. Dalrymple ...... 5.00 Roy K. Fukuda 3.00 Cash ................ .31 John P. Mitchell ...... 6.00 Wm. H. McCauley ..... 5.00 A Friend . . V 5.00 W.B.Cyrus ......... . 5.00 Cash .... ... ........ 1.00 F. R. Reddaway ...... 2.50 Total ....$197.81 LEG IS BROKEN BUT GIRL DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT Esther Neurons Injures Utnb Sun day, Break Found Tuettday; , , Others j Injured Although the accident occurred Sunday, Miss Esther Neurens of Liberty did not discover that her leg was broken until Tuesday,' ac cording to reports: received, i Miss Neurens. a (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Neurens, stepped from the porch to the ground, twisting her left ankle and causing her to fall to the ground. The broken bone was not dis covered until yesterday on account of the pain caused by the strained ligaments of the ankle. Yesterday, however, she was brought to spe cialists and the broken bone was set. "' --: i '! . Alex Staen. aged 27. an em ployee of the Hillman Fuel com pany, suffered a broken foot yes terday when he slipped on a stair way while carrying a heavy load. At the time of the aceident It was thought that he Bartered from torn ligaments In his ankle and foot, but an examination by spe cialists disclosed two broken bones. He is confined to bis home at 1220 E for a few days, j Lois Gorsline,! a student of the Salem high school, suffered a sprained right hand when she fell en the ice while skating near the Kiser school. Miss Gorsline lives on route 1. I : SIX ARRESTED FOR ROBBER! Former Seattle Detective Charged With Compli city in $42,000 Holdup SEATTLE, Dec. 23. Ross C. Watson, former Seattle police de tective arrested! here last night with five others in connection with a 142,000 holdup of a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada at Nanalmo, B. C, December 12, was at home the day of the holdup, Mrs. Watson told the police today. Two license numbers - on an autcoJW!eucbased here 'the day after the robbery,' by police auth orities, led to the arrest of the six men it related. 1 One ' of the licenses was found to have been registered by a man by the name of Bagely. The same signature was found on a Bellingham hotel register and the writing was ident ical, police said. It, was found that R. C. Jordan occupied the same room with Bagely ahd the Jordan signature and that of Wat son, the police charged, showed similarity. j i t Deputies of Sheriff Starwich were searching a ranch today near Montesano, Wash.., belonging to Clarence H. Shively, for the money taken from the bank. A deputy United States marshal was sent from Seattle to Montesano today to take Shively, t a former Seattle patrolman, to McNeil Island peni tentiary, south of Tacoma, to be gin serving a two year sentence under conviction of conspiracy a gainst the national, prohibition . ' ii - i . (Continual on pg 2 nenop Order for Exhumation of Body Follows Long Con ference With Judge , CHICAGO, Dee. 23 An investi gation Into the death of William McClintock, known as "the mil lionaire orphan," j who died three weeks ago while his childhood sweetheart stood by his bedside with a marriage license which was never used, was started today at the instigation of Chief Justice Harry Olson of j the " municipal court. , j i : : ; ' Judge Olson, a friend of the Mc Clintock family,4 summoned Rob ert E. Crowe, state's, attorney, to his office and after a long con ference, Mr. Crowe said that his assistants will i appear before Judge Jacob Hopkins, chief jus tice" of the criminal court tomor row morning and ask i an order for exhumation : of McClintock's body. The prosecutor i said that specialists including Ludwlg Hec toen, a specialist in contagious diseases, would examine the body. According to the death' certifi cate, McClintock died of typhiod fever at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Shepherd, with , whom he had lived since the death of his mother- when he was four- years old. P05TALIISE Representatives of Publish ers and Periodicals on Hand; Written Protest Is Presented NEW DEFENDS MAIL RATE RAISE BEFORE BOARDS Fight Centers Around Pro posed Increase of News paper Mailing Rate WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Mall rate increases recommended . by Postmaster General .New. to take care of salary ; raises for postal employes were explained and de fended by Mr. New and other of ficials of the postoffice depart ment today before a joint senate and house committee at the open ing of hearings . on the adminis tration measure embodying the two classes of advances. ; With the chief fight centering on the suggested 10, 009,000 in crease in the rates on newspapers and periodicals, representatives of publishers organisations and individual publications . were on hand in considerable number but they will not be heard until later in the week. - f l Protest Presented 1 ' The American newspaper pub lishers' association, through John Stewart Bryan of Richmond, Vir., the vice president, presented a written protest that; the time , al lowed the publishers to study the post office department's cost as certainment report was too short, but Chairman Moses announced that the subcommittee was acting under direction of the full com mittee to present a report as speedily a might be after the Christmas recess of congress. It is the present purpose to re port the" 'administration "bill fav orably before the senate Cakes up on January 5 the president's veto of the salary raise bill passed at the last session. Confident that they have sufficient votes in the senate to sustain the president. (Continued ea pagw SI : Rl United States Railway Labor Board Will Not Grant Committee Bequest CHICAGO. Dec. 23. The Unit ed. States railway labor board to night refused the request of the conference committee of the man agers of western railways that the board suspend the operation of an agreement between the Southern Pacific company and the brother hood of locomotive engineers and the brotherhood of locomotive firemen ana engmemen. The committee of managers had asked the board to act in setting aside the agreement under a pro vision of the transportation act allowing -the board to set aside an agreement if a wage or salary In crease is likely to rates of the carrier. increase the POISON CANDY IS Attempted Murder Charged Woman; Girl Is Seriously III From. Sweets f OLEAN, N. Y., Dec. 23. A warrant was -issued; here .today, charging attempted murder in the case of Miss Harriet Mosier, who Is in a critical condition because of having eaten poisoned ' candy sent In the malls. jThe warrant charges Mrs. Hilma Ensmlnger of Columbia, Miss., with the crime. Police Chief John CjDempsey to-r night wired the sheriff of Marion county. Miss., asking him to make the -arrest.'; .... . -. I A : . ; The warrant was Issued by po lice and the county prosecutor.' Hilma Ensmlnger' Is -the second wife of George E.' Ensmlnger, a professional golfer. Ensminger's first wif 6, Marjorie, from : whom he 1 was divorced last June, lives' E RECEIVED 1 (Conttnmrf en ptrt t) - SANTA CLAUS TO T ENJOY WEATHER IN MIDDLEWEST Snow Is Reported Right for Rein t deer Traffic; New Cold . Wave Develops : CHICAGO. Dec. 23. Plenty of snow for Saint Nick's reindeers and weather just cold enough to make him feel at home today was predicted for Christmas . eve throughout the upper "Mississippi valley and the far northwest. The weather man said that the snow would not be heavy but probably would fall all day tomorrow. The temperature would be near 'the zero mark before Christmas morn ing, he warned. This new cold ware which prob ably will not be as severe as that of last week, developed in Alas ka, and tonight was pushing south east across the Canadian Rockies1 and plateau regions, ' it will bWentaI attended by winds of Increasing velocity which should become strong by tomorrow evening. Naval Air Ambulance Is Swamped Following Nose; Dive; Propellors Kill ! NORFOLD, "Va.. Dec. 3. Three navy men and a civilian met death here today . when a naval ambulance seaplane returning from off the North Carolina coast with a hospital patient which swamped at the Hampton Roads naval air station landing. - i The dead are E. M. Keyser and A. S. Manwaring. chief petty of ficers; P. S. Gavin, a hospital apprentice, and Gandrew Williams Jr., of Buxton, N. C. , William was being brought to a Norfolk hospital for treatment for pneu monia.. : A motor boat which was waiting at a pier to assist in landing the sick man and the crew sped to the scene of the accident and rescued the four men who managed to dive clear of the propellers. -U. B. Williams, Sr., father of the civilian victim of hewreckil and a retired naval enlisted man; Lieut. W. B. Gwin, pilot, and a radio operator and a mechanic, escaped. The wreck was attribut ed to the ; probable existence of a hole in the bow of the plane, which allowed the water to rush into the forward part when it glided into the water., Two of the navy men were struck by the pro pellers and killed. The other vic tims were drowned. , ' Manwaring and Keyser lived in Norfolk and. Gavin's home was Schenectady, N. Y. The bodies of the four men were recovered. . , ' The accident was the first of serious consequence since the aerial hospital service for the iso lated regions of the Virginia and North Carolina coasts was inaugu rated at the Hampton Roads air station more than a year ago. Many patients from coast guard stations and villages near Cape Hatteras ' have . been brought to Norfolk hospitals in that time by naval seaplanes. i The plane's nose-dive was wit nessed from the shore. STEAMER GOES AGROUND SEATTLE, Dec. 23. The Unit ed American line freighter Eagle, plying between Seattle and Atlan tic coast ports, went aground at 10 o'clock tonight near Huckle berry Island, one mile north of Anacortee, said a message received by the Seattle Merchants' ex change. DEN PLANE CRASH Safety First Lessons Upon Highway Traffic Will Be Given Pupils Children of the J. L. Parrish Junior high school -are to be In structed' In the matter of traffic rules and regulations, according to the action taken by the Salem school board last night. A resolution was passed in structing the principals of the dif ferent schools to teach pupils in the best way and manner of cross ing the streets. They are to be given special instructions in or der that they may be educated to cooperate with the Salem citizens in eliminating the traffic accidents in the city. Of times, it was point ed out, the child Is to blame for the accident. Utter, disregard of the rights of others, often lead to personal injury. . I The method 1 of - instructing the children is to be handled by the principals of the Salem schools. They are to cooperate with George W. Hug, superintendent of schools. TAILOR FOUND HAIGI1G DEAD I HIS GARAGE 1 dd Adsitt, Age 54 Discov ered By Wife at 312 North Twelfth; Late Tuesday Afternoon ILL HEALTH THOUGHT TO HAVE CAUSED ACT Derangement Held Responsible; Son, Daugh 1 ter, Widow Survive While suffering from a mental derangement caused by ill-health, Edd Adsitt,! aged C4, committed suicide late Tuesday afternoon by hanging himself by the neck to the rafters of a garage at 312 North Twelfth. He had been missed from the house a few minutes before his wife became alarmed and insti gated a search tor him.! He was found in the garage swinging by a hemp rope. In his preparations to kill himself, Adsitt had taken the rope and tied 1t to the rafters of the garage. lh then had ob tained a box and : standing upon this, tied the rope around his neck. By kicking the box away he was left suspended in the air. Adsitt had been in ill health for some time and because of thia he had suffered mentally. . He was not despondent, it was said, and no particular attention bad been paid except the care that was required for him. ; Mr. Adsitt and his wife have been conducting' a ladles' tailoring and dressmaking establishment, and part of the work was being car ried on at the time of the death. Mr, Adsitt was a tailor by trade. A son, E. A. Adsitt, and daugh ter, Melissa, besides the widow, survive. . f The remains are at the Rlgdon Son mortuary. Funeral ar rangements are to be announced later. Renner Establishment in : North Salem Is Badly Damaged By Blaze "Renner the Cleaner" suffered a fire Tuesday afternoon at his cleaning plant at Fifth and High land which completely gutted the interior of the establishment. By the time the fire department ar rived on the scene flames were shooting out of every Window and had consumed the roof of the building. ' j ! . The cleaning establishment was housed in a frame building, which was easily and quickly burned. With the wind which was whip ping the city, it took only 40 min- ntes to burn out the entire place. It la not known whether the building contained clothing which was damaged by the water and fire. At a late hour Mr. Renner could not be located. ' But it Is er pected that some damage to the clothing was sustained.' FIRE GUTS FRflmE MT The principals have a perfect right to carry on this form of training the children, it was de clared. General assemblies, spec ial talks and discourses, instruc tions to teachers and addresses by prominent men end authorities on traffic rules were outlined as some of ( the methods to be used in educating the children. The resolution followed the dis cusion of a Vstop" ordinance, now before the city council. It was deemed best to spread safety-first propoganda among the . students, instead of throwing ", the whole matter upon the general public. Considerable' trouble would be ex perienced by the Salem police in enforcing the ordinance, if it passes the city council, it .was pointed out. At the present time the city does not have sufficient policemen to cope with the sltua- tifth.. . s r ' : .... . . Kid McCoy, Former Star of Prize Ring, on Trial for Life, and Sister, Mrs. Jennie Thomas V -i-. V.V.'. v.-.v, v. .: f,V.V,VjA - V(.4XVft - -'hi f :-i ..' -::.:. .: .i- . 1 ' .' i i , !' Norman Semy, better, xnown as Kid McCoy, is seen here vith his sister as they appeared in court in Los Angeles, Cal., when he; was on trial for the murder of Mrt. Ther- SEPARATION OF E Coolidge Is Supported In Set tlement of-Emergency Fleet-Question WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. In line with the desire of President Coolidge, separation of the ship ping board and the emergency fleet corporation, operation of which have been in conflict, has been put under way. '.!- A resolution adopted j by the board yesterday produced .the im mediate result of relieving fric tion described recently in the tes timony f -President Palmer of the fleet corporation and others be fore the house committee investi gating the board, and, in the opin ion of Mr. Palmer, probably will carry out the wishes of the. presi dent until legislation can be en acted to separate the two! bodies completely by law. f Adoption of the resolut on will bring no let-down in efforts to obtain this legislation, Caairman Jones of the senate commerce committee having announced his intention of drafting a bill to carry out the president's jdeas. COOLIDGE WILL Secretary of ; Agriculture Will 3 Be Appointed Prioir to March 4 WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. President Coolidge in naming the one cabinet change he now con templates, the selection of a new secretary of agriculture, hopes to make his choice before March 4, so the prospective appointee may serve for a time as assistant sec retary under the retiring fdepart- ment head, Howard M. Gore of West Virginia. With this unique experiment in cabinet making in mind, Mr. Cool- idee has decided not to) fill at present the vacancy in tlie agri cultural department resulting from the elevation two j months ago of Mr. Gore from assistant secretary, to cabinet rank. Ser vice for a time .as assistant sec retary, Mr. Coolidge believes, would be valuable training for the man chosen to succeed Mr. Gore, who will be compelled to retire March 4 to assume the West Vir ginia governorship. ConsiSeration is being given by the president to a dozen or more suggestions for the agricultural secretaryship but he has made no decision. Mean while, indications have increased that no other cabinet changes are In prospect when Mr. Coolidge be gins the term of office to which he was elected last November. DR. WHITING DIES PORTLAND. Ore.. DeL 23. Dr. Sanford Whiting, prominent Portland physician, dropped dead at his office here today.' ' Heart disease was the cause o aeath. Dr. Whiting was 55 years old, a native of Minnesota and a veteran of the Spanish-American and World .wars. L i u ID i .v.. - .v..v. - ' - . - I ..; . ...... ... . ... : o - esa Mors. With a record of eighty victories in the ring and of having been married eight times, McCoy faced the hardest battle of his tem pestuous career. - His defense was that Mrs. Mors committed suicide. Instruction to Jury Will Be Made on Friday; Ad . iourned for Holidays LOS ANGELES. Dec. 23. The prosecution) of Kid McCoy," ex- prize fighter, charged with the murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors, August 12, last, closed the case In court here late today by de mands tnat the jury return a ver diet of first degree murder pun ishable by death. Court adjourned over the Christmas holidays and Judge Charles .S- Cratt- will read - fchr in structions to the jury early next Friday. Deputy District Attorney C. W. Ostrom closed the arguments for the state, declaring that "McCoy, inflamed by liquor, fired the shot that killed Mrs. Mors because he wanted to live on her money, and with her changing attitude saw his meal ticket slipping away." Ostrom held to the prosecu tion's theory ' that McCoy shot Mrs. Mors "as a part of a defin ite plan." The defense in final arguments maintained that the death was suicide prompted by a triangular motive involving smuggled gems belonging to her which had been seized by federal agents, the ac tions of her divorced husband, Albert A. Mors, and brooding over her relations with McCoy, with whom' she lived. "McCoy's actions do not indi cate murder," Defense Attorney H. L. Geisler contended. "Had he maintained silence another man would have been on trial for the murder today.". "Albert A. Mors," Geisler con tinued, "had .threatened her life, had beaten her and In a property settlement four days before re ceived but 314,500 as his share. By her death he, received many,' many times more." The defense . closed by asking for Van acquittal on justice and not a conviction on prejudice," of McCoy's former ring career, alleg ed immorality - or the , insanity which tainted his - blood, accord ing to the evidence. Christmas Baskets Being ; Made Up By Army Workers The Salvation Army is making up 110 baskets to be distributed among the poor of the city, it was announced last night. In everyc case, where food and clothing is to be given, investigation has been made, and in each instance, the people have been found really in need. Tuesday the proceeds from the kettles amounted to $108.15, and the workers expect a larger sum for today. The Christmas baskets are only a part of the aid given to the destitute families of Salem ,and the work will be con tinued all through the winter.! TO PROBE MERGER - WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 The department of justice has been conducting an investigation into the legality of the recently com pleted baking merger involving properties capitalized at 115,000, 000. Attorney General Stone, in regard to the merger today de clined to "say how far the depart ment had gone in Its inquiry. i A f f f A . 1 ;h , J X V I GDi CASE IS CLOSED FIIL CHECK OIELECTJD IS CORtTED Coolidge Receives Largest Plurality Ever Given a Presidential Candidate, Reports State OVER FIFTY PER CENT OF TOTAL IS RECEIVED La Follette Polls More Votea in New York Than in Home State WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 3. ( By the Associated Press). President Coolidge polled more, votes in the November election than his two principal competitors combined and had a popular , plurality of 7,339,827 the largest ever given a presidential candidate. Complete of fici.l returns show the yote for Mr. Coolidge was 15, 718,789, compared to 8.378,962 for John W. Davis, and 4,822,219 for Robert M. " La Follette.'4 ' Tha total popular vote for the threa leading candidates was 28,92 0, 070. In 1920, .for all candidates it was 26,711.183. Despite the, record breaking plurality for Coolidge,, which was 334,980 more than given' Warren G. Harding four years - ago, the Coolidge total was 433,411 less than that of Harding due to the presence in the field of a third powerful ticket. Harding's total was 16,152,200. Davis received a smaller vote by 768,391 than did James M. Cox in 1920, the total for. Cox belag 9.147,353. -. La Follette's vote exceeded by 696,29 the 4,126.020 given Theo dore Roosevelt in 1912 when he headed a third ticket, but the La Follette strength was so distribut ed as to make a negligible. LowI:-. rti the" electoral college whereas ia the 1912 electoral vote Roosevelt ranked second to Woodrow Wil son and far ahead of William li Taft. In 12 states La Follette pollei more votes than Mr. Davis. I New York he was given more votef than in his home state of Wiscon sin the only state credited to him in the electoral college. Analysis of the returns showed that Cool idge received 54.4 per cent of the total vote of the three leading can didates. Davis had 29.0 er cent, and La Follette 16.6 per cent. In 1920 Hardlhg had 61.6 per cent and Cox 34.9 per cent of all votes cast. In 1912 Taft had 25.1 per cent, Wilson 45.2 and Roose velt 29.6 per cent. Coolidge lost Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wiscon sin, which were carried by Hard ing in 1920, but won Kentucky which Harding lost. More votes were polled for Coolidge than for Harding In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, M a i n e. Massachusetts. Michigan Jsrew Hampshire, New . (Continnad os ptp 4) TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON Congress was . in recess.. A senate committee began hear ings on the postal rate bill. - . ; Hearings on the Boulder .Can yon dam bill were concluded by the senate reclamation committee. The shipping board voted a de cree of separation for the board and the emergency fleet corpor ation. ' ' .-' President Coolidge completed a statement announcing his decis ion on the sugar tariff but the nature of which was' not dis closed, i Appointment of a new secretary of agriculture Is expected to ba made before March. 4, so that te may serve for a time as assistant secretary. - . Complete election; returns gava President Coolidge 15,718,789; John W. : Davis 8 .3 7 8 ,9 6 2, an d Robert M. La Follette 4,822.319 Investigation by the justice de partment into charges that a sen ate, committee employee accepted money to influence legislation dis-: closed that no law was violated.' . It was made known that Presi dent Coolidge feel3 the American' government can take no official notice :of Ambassador Jusserand's speech suggesting a moratorium for payment of French debts.