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DEFEASE LOSE
IB M TESTS
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Officers Admit Defeat in
Demonstrations ADnroxi
mating Battle Conditions;
nanes victors
M L 0 1 1 II f I rft( r I ruin
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TARGETS; LIGHTS FAIL
Illumination Devices Unable
to Pick Up Planes Within
. J Their Range
FORTRESS MONROE. Va.. Mar.
I 6. -Officer nf thn anM.nfrornrt
. I I defenses here' admitted defeat to
ll night in teats participated In' by
$ Langley field aviators to demon
1 t strate- the effectiveness of their
weapons. -The demonstration wag
I ctiia.u&rru ujr iud war ueyarimeui
as an outgrowth of the recent air
1 power controversy at Washington
1 when, witnesses told the house air
I craft investigating committee thai
I onti-aircraft guns had given avi-
I ators during, the war little cause
for apprehension.
; Argument Is Ended
4 I i u tests were wuuciteu uy
Y"fV members of congress and high
A, XN array and navy officials and offi
tSiera including Brir. Gen. Mitchell.
assistant chief of the army air
service whose; open and vigorous
disagreement with' aviation poli
cies of the two I departments gave
, rise to the recent controvery and
found a sequel in the announce
ment at Washington that Lieut.
Col. James E. Fechet would suc
ceed, him in his present position
April 27, when his term of office
expires. ,
During the tests today anti
aircraft three-inch guns failed to
score a single actual hit on sleeve
targets towed by army airplanes
and tonight anti-aircraft illumin-
ation devices failed to pick up any
the aircraft flying in. the dark
ness overhead until the machines
had revealed their , positions by
dropping burning flares. ' ; .
' Defeat Admitted
Officers of the aTitl-alrcTaft de
fenses conceded frankly that the
airplanes ' all ' were " within the
range of the searchlights when
finally picked out by the lights,
and also , that the targets were
within range of the three-inch
Viuns when the firing test took
place.
In the night problem, five pow
erful searchlights were switched
on at full power, sufficient to send
a beam of light 19,000 feet into
the 'air, but were unable to find
the aircraft as they flew at ranges
less than half that distance.
Genera) Mitchell was on hand
throughout the tests to cheer on
the fliers. He appeared enthusi
astic over the selection of. Lieut.
Col. Fechet, declaring "they could
not have selected a better man Jor
the job.". f-.':iKV. "
"As for me;": he : added, "of
course, I shall carryon. Ihope
to be assigned to duty with head
quarters in Chicago,' hut am will
ing to go wherever I may be or
dered." j ? . ; I -'.
D EARLY HUG
'f;G. L. Snook Arrested;' Dep
uty Sheriff and Fire .
' A man giving the name of G. L
Snook was arrested this morning
at about 3 o'clock while he was
prowling around a house at 1230
' N. Rjimmer street. Paul Dutrls
and another man "saw him, 'and
before he could get away, covered
him with' guns, and notified the
policej ',-,"
According to the police. Snook
' had been at Salem for about two
years, and lUtes at 1370 .N. Cot
tage street. He is said to be a
jrojectionist at a local theater.
Two large bunches of keys of all
descriptions were found
togetner -with a deputy sheriffs
baU-efroni Clackamas county. A
f ircman's! badge from the Oregon
City fire fdepartmenrwas lso in
' his pocket, w - v -''). ""-
Tne police describe the man as
tumlne their opinion
, tie fact ma a-
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Parachutes Save Lives 1
of Two Aviators When
Ships
Crash
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March
6. For the first time in the his
tory of aviation, according to lo
cal army aviators, parachutes to
day saved the lives of two fliers,
who crashed in mid-air. The pilots
were Lieutenant C. D. McAllister
and Cadet . Charles A. Undberg,
students of the advanced flying
school at Kelly field.
The student pilots were flying
In a nine-ship formation' at the
time of the accident. . ?
The pursuit formation was gain
ing battle experience by attacking
a DH-4B observation plane flown
by First Lieutenant , Russel L.
Maughan, j several ; hundred feet
above the clouds at an altitude of
5000 feet. .j ,'. ,
The pursuit fliers came down
from above in diving attack, three
ships attacking in V-shaped for
ELEBCIPS
IDE 10 Pill
First Week of Camp Ground
Season Finds Many Re
turning From South
Eleven motorists made use of
the Salem auto camp during the
first week of the 1925 season.
Most of them were returning home
from California where they had
been spending the winter. :
The first night when the camp
was opened two automobile par
ties were registered, while the
second, night one party was regis
tered. However,! the succeeding
night six autos were accommodat
ed, while last night four parties
were cared for.' One man has sig
nified his , Intention or remaining
in Salem for a week and has en
gaged temporary quarters. , -
- Many applications fer quarters
have been made, but due to the
lack of stoves in the tents, the
campers did mot decide to, move in. ,
. Practically everything is getting
fixed up for the rush of tourists'
later in - the season. The camp
grounds have been whipped into
shape, the stoves repaired, the
fences repaired, the tents stretched
and many other details necessary
for the care of the camp grounds
have been performed.:
? At this time, however, nothing
has been done on the proposed
community house. Construction
plans are to be decided later. Thi
house will be used to display the
products of the Willamette valley,
to house an information booth and
other affairs. I
1IUGIIEH IS FETED
WASHINGTON, March 6. A
surprise farewell party was given
Charles Evans. Hughes , as he
boarded a train late today to leave
Washington, where he has served
tour years as secretary of state.
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Nationally Known Warden's
Testimony Closes Civil
Service Hearing ... , .
COLORADO 1 SPRINGS. .Colo..
March 6. (By the AP.T- The
testimony of Thomas J. Tynan.
nationally known road building
warden of the'Colorado peniten
tiary, on his trial of malfeasance
in office, brought by former Gov
ernor Sweet and the abrupt with
drawal from the Inquiry of the
complainant and his 'counsel, to
day virtually brought to a close
the bearing before the state civil
service' commission ; that had been
in progress for a month.
When Warden tTynan took the
witness stand in his own defense
he faced? an. empty table-: that,
until today had been occupied by
Sweet and his two. attorneys. F.
S. Caldwell and Ernest ,MorrIs.
The charges against Tynan were
based on a-survey of the prison by
Thomas Mott ; Osborne, formed
Sing Sing warden; v j
At the opening of today's ses
sion the complainant withdrew
from the trial, refusal by the com
mission to hear . his statement re
garding its action Thursday In
excluding Morris from further par
ticipation in the proceedings.
In his statement, given to the
press,- Sweet declared that the
commission had; not given bis
charges a fair hearing and that
Assistant Attorney General. Nagle,
who is advising the commission,
had 'been prejudicial and errone
ous ra many f his rulings.
in Clouds
mation. The first and second for
mations had pulled away and the
third formation with Cadet P. R
Love in the lead, dived for the at
tack. As Cadet Love pulled away
from the slower observation ship,
Cadet Lin d berg passed almost di
rectly beneath while Lieutenant
McAllister attacked from the west
side at the same time. The ships
came together as the pilots began
to regain altitude approximately
200 yards in front of Lietuenant
Maughan's Diane. Cadet Lindberg
was the first to clear, the falling
ships. The pilots fell for several
hundred feet before they pulled
the rip cords of their parachutes.
The chutes opened out and a mo
ment later the wrecked ships shot
by them. Upon reaching the
ground the planes burst into
flames and were destroyed.
BUYS FJEWSITE
High Tension Switching Sta
tion Will Be Installed in
West Salem Soon ;
A piece of property in West
Salem has been purchased by the
Portland Electric Power company
and will be used for the installa
tion of a high tension switching
station, according to the an
nouncement of W. M. Hamilton,
manager of the Salem department.
With the proposed changes and
the installation of the big trans
formers to convert power over In
West Salem for the city use of
Salem, instead of using the sub
station of the main power line.
This substation will be transferred
to the new location and the space
used - by additions to the steam
plant. ; ,
The . 60-cycIe, 600,000 volt
trangnt iasiaa JinealeadiBginto
Salem, including one from the hy
dro-electric plant at Oregon City
and one at.Estacada, one from the
Portland steam plants and one
from the 2500 kilowatt 1 steam
plant in Salem. All of the arter
ies will head up at the West Salem
station in the near future.
In addition the company is to
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FLEGTRIC 1
What Hath God roug-ht"
Making Possible of
Four years ago when President
Harding was Inaugurated it was
five days before the Pacific north
west had pictures of ' the great
event. When President Wilson
for the second time took the oath
of office it was seven days before
a photograph reached this section.
The inauguration photographs
from which the cuts herewith were
made were transmitted from
Washington to San Francisco by
wire. iMatrices were at ouce made
there and. .these-were dispatched
to Salem by the first mail. -Except
for some kind of a fumble,
they.', would have ' arrived - here
Thursday night, and appeared in
yesterday's paper. Such arrange
ments had been made. The Port
land OTegonian did' get .Its copies
Thursday, night, and had the cuts
in their paper of yesterday, j -
By the time of the next inaugu
. rVio 'Tnefifo Tiff nf'ministpriric th nath rif office to"
toi: oa llarch 4. s.The ph6to?raph was transnutted over the
STOKES TRIfiL
BRUJCS CLASH
OF ATTORNEYS
Trial Judge Launches Bitter
Attack on State Prosecu
1 tor for Line of Cross Ex
; amination
STATE HAS DESTROYED
CASE, JUDGE DECLARES
W. E. D. Stokes, Aged Mil
' lionaire, Undergoes Caus
tic Questioning
CHICAGO. March C. Less than
two hours after it had begun its
cross examination : of W. E. D.
Stokes, wealthy New York apart
ment hotel owner, charged with
conspiracy to defame his wife, the
prosecution was warned by Judge
W. X. Gemmill that: it probably
had destroyed its case.
The court was so emphatic in
his denunciation of the methods
of , Milton D. Smith, assistant
state's attorney, that after warn
ing the prosecutor that a court
review would probably throw out
a conviction of Mr. Stokes, he ad
ded he was not certain but that
the trend of the cross examina
tion transgressed so far he him
self would have to reverse a jury
verdict against the aged million
aire.. .-
Questions Are Fired
. Without producing the postal
cards for the trial records, Mr.
Smith in a roaring voice demand
ed '- Mr. Stokes give a "yes" or
"no" answer as to whether he had
sent missives to Mrs. Stokes, the
Stokes children, Muriel and Jim
my, and Mr3. Arthur Scott Miller,
Mrs. Stokes mother, denouncing
his wife for alleged association
with negro men
' With hands clenching the arms
of the witness eland. Mr. Stokes
Strained forward ; and' "hurled an
equally wrathful "I never did as
Mr. Smith read each postal. Judge
Gemmill stopped the reading,
terming it "very Improper."
! A few minutes later Mr. Smith
asked:
3 "Didn't notorious ..woman visit
your apartment at the Ansonia
hotel and was not that why Mrs.
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ration it is likely that this sys
tem will have been extended so
that newspapers in Portland and
Salem and other northwest coast
cities will be able to print the in
auguration pictures the day of the
event. -
How It Is Done
; : (The telephone people have
furnished the following matter on
the "Transmission of Pictures
Over Telephone Lines:")
i The purpose of the present test
is to demonstrate the capabilities
over transcontinental distances of
a new system or-electrically trans
mitting pictures devised iy the
Bell Telephone engineers. Four
cities are connected, together,. for
the purposes of this test, the ar
rangements being such that. pic
tures will be sent from! Washing
ton, D. C, to New. York, Chicago
and San Francisco simultaneously.
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For First Time in Two Years
! Republicans Able to Swing
; Working Majority in Sen
ate DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION
DECLARED ONLY NOMINAL
Bourbons Decide in Con
3 f erence Not to Use Ob
structive Tactics
WASHINGTON. March 6. The
republicans, commanding a work
ing majority in the senate for the
first time in two years, proceeded
today to reorganize that body with
precision and dispatch.
I They were given the support of
re of the four senators they
fejtve dismissed from their coun
cils, and had only nominal oppo
sition from the democrats who. in
a, conference earlier in the day.
decided against the employment
of any obstructive tactics.
I ' Assignments Held Over
i ? Although action on the assign
ments of senators to the standing
committees went over until to
morrow through an agreement be
tween the republicans and demo
crats, senate approval was given
tf a, resolution creating an extra
place on committees so that reg
ular republicans can be appointed
toMhe places made vacant by the
removal of the insurgents; from
their Dresent committee ranks.
jOpposition to the enlargement
off the committees was voiced by
Senator Norris, , republican, Ne
braska, and there is prospect that
the determination of the majority
organization to remove Senators
La Follette, Wisconsin, and Ladd
ot North Dakota from their com
m t tee chairmanships, and Sena-
108 Fra2lerandBrookTiart"from
their committee rank will become
the subject of some debate.
Program Is Secure
Administration leaders say, and
those in opposition agree, that the
program will! go through, since
the democrats have no desire that
the question of committee chair
manships shall become the sub-
C Contlnned on pge C)
in the
New; Miracle
The length of the' telephone line
between Washington and San
Francisco via New York is about
3600. miles, the greatest distance
over which pictures have ever been
transmitted electrically and the
transmission time is only seven
minutes.
This system of transmitting pic
tures electrically was first pub
licly tested in essentially its pres
ent form in May, 1924. The pres
ent demonstration is in anticipa
tion of the opening of a trans
continental picture transmission
service shortly to be announced by
the American . Telephone and Tel
egraph company.
The system is a development of
the ...elrgineers of the American
TeleiAoae and Telegraph company
and the Bell, Telephone Labora-
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President Coolidze at the Capi-
telephone lines.
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UPPER
HOUSE
Path of Black Gold
Sweeps Entire Town;
Everything Must Go
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. March 6.
The town of Lavoye was literally
wiped oft the map of Wyoming
today and its 1500 residents de
prived of their homes by a ruling
of Federal Judge T. Blake Ken
nedy who ordered that the entire
village and its populace must be
movd in order to make a clear
path for a giant of Industry pe
troleum.' ; -
Public buildings, business hous
es, horaea -everything -must go,
for Judge Kennedy decreed that
the Ohio Oil company, which leas
ed the land on which the town ia
located from the government for
oil development is entitled to full
possession within 60 days from to
day. On April '21.. 1924, he held
that the town had been establish
ed without legal basis but did not
provide For enforcement of a re
moval order. -
Today's decision means that if
any sign of the town is. left in 60
days those responsible will be sub
ject to ' citation for contempt of
court. :
Lavoye is a modern incarna
tion of the typical boom mining
SEPJATE TO ACT
Debate on Confirmation of
Charles B. Warren Is
Now Expected
WASHINGTON, March ft. En
dorsed for a second time by the
judiciary committee, the nomina
tion of Charles B. Warren of
Michigan to be attorney genenral,
wilV be called up tomorrow in the
senate with every prospect that it
will be confirmed after some de
bate.: . .
The first move of opponents
will be to force consideration in
open, execntiTe- seeaioiv.but they
were dubious tonight of success.
Called in special session, the ju
diciary committee today ordered a
favorable report on the nomina
tion which was re-submitted to
the senate yesterday by President
Coolidge. Only one democrat.
Overman, North - Carolina, was
present and on the previous occa
sion be voted for a favorable re
port. ' . '
This report was submitted to
the senate laer in executive ses
sion and Chairman. Cummins ask
ed unanimous 'consent that the
nominatlo be made the unfinished
busiess of the senate and that it
be held on the calendar without
Interruption until disposed of, Sen
ators Reed, democrat, Missouri,
Walsh, democrat, Montana, and
others opposing confirmation, said
they bad no intention of unneces
sarily delaying action, and as a
result therequest was. withdraw.
ATM
Political Circles Stirred at
the Difficulties Confront
ing Premier
PARIS. March 6. (By the As
sociated Press). Premier Herriot
was regarded inr political circles
here tonight . as ' confronting the
most difficult crisis of his career
as head of the! government. He is
facing., the all important question
of a security, pact and the entire
nation is awaiting him. V
-Foreign Minister Skrzynsky of
Poland, in a talk with the. premier
today, said Poland would not con
sent to. a revision of the treaty of
Versailles, v In addition," Foreign
Secretary- Chamberlain of Jreat
"Britain, who- arrived - here this
afternoon, presents another, prob
lem. It Is assumed Mr. Chamber
lain .will advocate a favorable con
sideration Of the German plao for
a gnaranteedTpact which, will ex
pressly "Exclude, the lattefs, fron
tier with Poland from the security
it. Is supposed to. provideV.- Secre
tary,, Cbamberlain, in the. opinion
of the Paris press Is going to tln-
eva to give the- finishing blow to
the-league protocol which was. M.
Herriot's greatest hope,
snOB THDSF SKXTKXCED
YAKIMA, March 6. After
pleading guilty to stealing 209
pairs' of shoes from -a shoe store
here, Neraon Reynolds, negro, was
today sentenced to 18 months in
prison.
Oil fill!
CRISIS OFlTIOfl
town of the old west: - Prosperity
has been general since the town
was established in 1920 and the
hundreds of men employed In the
breathless rush,; for oil spent, as
freely as they earned.'
Lavoye is located in the heart
of the big Salt creek oil field. It
puffed up between patches of alka
li and Sage brush almost over
night, 4 0 miles north of Casper
when oil drilling demanded hun
dreds of men in that vicinity.
In 1922 it took on another spurt
of growing which continued, until
1923, and it still Is the same bustl
ing village, having one large mer
cantile establishment, three week
ly newspapers, numerous moving
picture theaters, automobile agen
cies and other institutions of .work
and play which fortune seekers de
mand. r ..,.,.. .;:. .vv
Like the mushroom town that
it is, its buildings are flimsy
hastily thrown together shacks for
the most part and can be easily
demolished. It, is expected that
the business interests of the town
will .be transferred mostly to Salt
creek, a neighboring oil town. , ,
ACTION IS 01
Legal Steps Finally Taken in
Oil Scandal. After Many
Postponements
CHEYENNE, , Wyo., March 6.
Steps to take- the legal measure
ments of the Teapot Dome scan
dal actually got under way here
today after a delay of more than
five months,, during which there
were repeated postponements be
cause of the failure of the govern
ment to round up its witnesses
and depositions.
The first material step was
made when-O wen sJ. " Rdberts rnd
Atlee Pomerene, special govern
ment counsel, . received ' advices
from El Paso, Texas, that a sub
poena had been served there on
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of
the interior,. who was held respon
sible for leasing the great naval
oil, reserve in , Salt. Creek, Wyo.,
to the Mammoth oil company, one
of the Harry F. Sinclair interests.
The subpoena served on Fall
makes- it mandatory for him to
appear, as a witness, counsel said.
The government's lineup on wit
nesses was further settled with an
announcement from Paris that II.
M. Blackmer and James E. O'Neil,
American oil men, whose testi
mony the government sought in
its effort to prove fraud 'in ex
ecution of the Teapot lease, had
refused to. testify when called be
fore a French tribunal. This was
taken to mean that the trial here
will be without evidence of any
kind from Blackmer and O'Neil.
The : government now has 47
witnesses on its list. Harry F.
Sinclair, head nt the Mammoth
company, will arrive here tonight.
He has reserved 40 rooms in the
leading hotel: in , Cheyenne ,to
quarter his entourage. :
WHEAT SUFFERS
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Most Violent Decline Since
Last Summer Is Record
ed; Selling Is Fast ,
CHICAGO, March 6. Wheat
suffered its most violent setback
in price today since last summer
when 2 a bushel and above be
gan to dazzle the speculative
world. An extreme break of 12fcc
today to $1.80 for the May deliv
ery accompanied selling reaching
far Into million sof bushels that
many traders regarded as the end
of the scare opinions about; a
dearth of bread material this
season.. - r, -
. Notwithstanding such end of
the season opinions, denials were
issued, this evening that any -- of
the wheat held by some of the
largest American owners had been
Jhrown overboard In the semi
panic which today followed reports
of - unusually heavy shipments ; of
wheat- from the southern hemis
phere. The market effect of these
reports had. been dramatically em
phasized by word - of widespread
rains over the drought stricken
crops of India and by forecasts of
rain and snow for the dry por
tions of the winter wheat belt! in
this country;
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BilSEEO
Assistant Chief of Army Air
Service to Leave Office cn
April 27 When His Term
Expires r
JAMES E. FECHET TO
RECEIVE APPOINTMENT
Mitchell Loses itank tof Briga
dier General; Change
Was Expected
WASHINGTON, Match 6.
Brigadier General WHHam Mitch
ell, center of the recent contro
versy over air power, will be suc
ceeded -as assistant chief of the
army air service by Lieutenant
Colonel James E. Fechet on April
27, when his term of office ex
pires. The assignment, announc
ed today and bearing out expecta
tions that such a change would
be effected, carries 'With it the
rank of Brigadier General and
General Mitchell will revert to hia
own rank as colonel after that
date. ." , .
Statement Made ,
Commenting on the appointment
at Norfolk where he had gone to
witness an anti-aircraft gun de
monstration near Fortress Monroe
arranged by the war department
as an outgrowth of the aircraft
controversy, General Mitchell as
serted; v
"He is a good . man. I shall
abide by the department's orders."
Immediately after the nomina
tion had been announced earlier
in the day. General Mitchell's, of
fice here had made public a state
ment he had prepared in advance,
reiterating . his position with re
spect to unified control of the
government's air services and
other points on which he has beea
is 'open-disagreement with hlf
superiors. "
" Recommendation Made
The war secretary's, statement
announcing that he had recom
mended Lieutenant Colonel Fechet
for the appointment to the presi
dent which was regarded as prac
tically the same as an actual order
of- assignment, although senato
confirmation is required, made so
other comment, saying that Gen
eral Mitchell's future assignment
had not been determined..
.: Lieutenant Colonel Fechet, like
General, Mitchell, rose from tho
ranks. He served many years In
the cavalry before he was. trans
ferred : to the aviation service of
the signal corps, In 1917 after the
outbreak of the world war, when
he became a qualified pilot. :. He is
now in command of the air service)
advance flying school, Kelly field,
Texas.. -
.Lieutenant Colonel. Fechet has
something of a reputation in army
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FRIDAY
IN WASHINGTON :
President Coolidge met .with"
his reconstructed cabinet for the
first time. -
'
Senator RoMnson of Arkansas
was again named democratic lead
er of the senate.
Navy department announced
yards where authorized naval
building will take place. !
The new senate was organized
with Senator Moses, New Hamp
shire, as president pro tempore.
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Republican senate leaders adont-
ed a plan to deprive La Follette
senators of the committee rank.
William' Burgess.' tariff com
mission memter of Pennsylvania.
advised the president he- wished
to retire. . : . -
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Lieutenant Colonel James E.
Fecht was nominated as assistant
chief of the army air service to
succeed Brigadier General Mitch
ell.- - - " -
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, Alfred P. Dennll. Marylan ? '
was nominated as a member of
the tariff commission to succeed
David J. Lewis of Maryland.
. President Coolidsre and nthcr
high government officials attended
memorial services for the iat
President Ebert of Germany.
t . . . m. -
' Another faydrabla report on thi
nomination of Charles D. Warren
as attorney general was crderej
by the'senate jn3ieiary tcr .lit??