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Newspaper Page TextIP Weather - OREGON Cloudv and un SALEM The most desirable' home : city Jn' the; northwest. Business streets 99 feet wide. Roses' blooming" 10 months In the year. There are many homes and building sites listed in he classified columns of this paper. Own. Your Own Homo, ' ,-. - - . I l ' T i i t Tr settled with local rains and moderate tempera- ireion Bonmeriy winaa Max. ta; Min. 43; tiTer 2.8. stationary: Rainfall .10: Atmosnhpre ,0 I partially cloudy; Wind southwest. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 31, 1925 - BALLOTS FAIL i! CHOICE FOR First Voting for President Leaves Situation in Doubt; P ohtical Significance 'mg - DR. JARRES FAILS TO GET COMMANDING VOTE Attitude of People in Final Election Cannot be Pre- determined 11 ii ft r Van I pERLIX, March 30 Post elec 1 tion mathematicians . reach vary- I inf conclusions In respect to the I political significance of Satur I day's Initial ballotine for a Ger- n president. i , i Pf (While' It is erident that partisan consideration 1 largely influenced I the conflicting editorial verdicts, i there is an underlying conviction that, the composition -of the" vote J polled by Dr. Karl Jarres, the con d i t ion of the combined nationalist aad conservative bourgeois part ie and the candidates of the three rijublican parties, affords no se ffqre basis for- estimating its re gion to the atitude of the votes fiftXii'a final election of April 26. I Jarres Held Defeated I Some of the more outspoken champions of an anti-republican bloc frankly admit that Dr. Jar x rs, although he led all other con testants, failed to measure up to expectations and they are openly demandinr his retirement from k tie final race. , t j While Minister or defense Gess f ler is beingproposed as a substi- : lute, mere is a siruus mueuii;ui ? to bring out the German chancel 16r, Dr. Hans Luther, as the stan dard bearer for the nationalist rpnservative-bourgeois bloc. It is ;1jw , realised that in view of the strong combined jfotes of , socials, Tlfts, centrists and v democrats,, chancellor Luther ls-i the only available man possesed of the ' necessary ability and magnetism to help the bourgeois bloc to ul timate victory. Xot a Desert Post The objection of Luther to en ter the race is founded upon the ! conviction that his removal from ' th"klnistry of defense would acipitate a heated parliament- liry fight for a succesor In tha ftlnet post, which it is asserted; should be held by a democrat. j Another reason urged in favo of the elimination of Dr. Jarres is supplied In the attitude- of the; camoiic uu n which notified his campaign com mittee that it would not suport him in the coming -election be cause be U espoused only by the ingeletical league. Better to Pass Up Arrest Than Violate Law Just to Apprehend, He Says ry 'Prohibition ta t h e greatest oney making scheme the Amerl f people have ever, hit upon," ared State Prohibition Com missioner Levens in a speech be fore" the Chamber of " Commerce Monday noon. "The bank presi lents, railroad operators and oth ers knew that it was a . paying latter. Even the old time saloon eep knew It was a paying thing nd hired bar-tenders', who were rr. These early men knew pro- ibition was coming long before it ;t the pre-Volstead ' days. I feel that it' is preferable to t a. man get away who is com- tting a mlsdemeaor rather than. violate the' law in order to ap pend him," declared the Bpeak- whose-words were greeted with -avy round of applause. Respect of the officials of the imunlty by the ; law abiding en is absolutely necessary for enforcement of the laws of the i 5 n. It Is Just' as much" your ity to stop . the , violators . of the v as it is-the duty of the sheritr. The first duty of, an American , v.:,. u to otey the law himself; v econd duty Is to see that the i obey the law," declared the ;er. lf this was; put ' Into I practice, ;yoit would- see a rful change in the very 3 of this country. There 1 . LfflS SPEAKS 0 PROHIBITS t 5 Ligl itning! Hits Prison and Damages Generator of Local ' dPowera Plant At least two bolts of lightning struck in Salem daring. the severe storm Monday noon. Nerves of both guards and Inmates wore set on edge at the penitentiary white approximately $500.0 damage is re ported from the Salem plant of the Portland Electric Power com- pany. : ! Striking a tree back; of. the guards' quarters at the prison, the bolt tore down a wire net back stop to the tennis court, and then Jumped to the main building, trav eling by a direct line in a north-, easterly direction. I . The lightning evidently entered ,the main building by breaking a winaow in tne, matron's .quarters. It broke several windows in one of the cell tiers and entered the chapel by way,(of the huge iron lever that locks the cells. ,; ; Crossing the floor to the chapel. the bolt followed an iron pipe to the roof, tearing another hole as it made its.exjtv. Memory of the brilliant flash and the; smell of smoke remained. j Jumping over the power plant, the bolt then tore off the corner of one of the wooden sheds cover ing the flax. A watcnman is re ported to have .been 1. knocked down. " '-' '"-: ; j : ; . There were no disorders among the prisoners. The Institution's 0PDR.P0LII Better to be Scared From Going Than Not to Es i cape Hot Place "The man who serves God simply and ttonly because he Is afraid of God's eternal " wrath, .serves God from an entirely wrong motive, Evangelists are accused of having as their trump cardfo 3 scare 3eo- pie Into the' kingdom of God," said Rev. Charles Poling last night at the First Presbyterian ' church as he Introduced his message on the subject, "Hell." t v "Men had better be scared from going to hell than not td escape at all from the hell the Bible de scribes as the inevitable destiny of the impernitent and unbeliev ing," further declared Mr. Poling. "But no man can continue to serve God on a basis of fear. When a man comes to know God he can only love Him ." ' ! ! Mr. Poling's audience was mad! up chiefly hf Christians. I ' To such the speaker declared he preferred to speak on such a serious and awful theme. If church people are aware of the serious conse quences of sin, they will be better Christians and more earnest soul winners for Christ, is "the opinion of Mr. Poling; ?; ' . ": : j L ..' ;' "God sends no nan to hell! Every man by his own! volition, if he rejects Jesus Christ as his own saviour, consigns himself to the regions of the lost. On the con trary God professes so much love for us that He gave His only be gotten Son of God that whosoever belleveth In Him shall not perrlsh. (CoBtlSMd oa vS S) PROSPECTS 6001 FOR SUGAR MILL Seed and Information to be ' Sent to Salem, Railroad Man Declares Steps for a sugar mill at Salem are underway, according to C. A. Gerkin, traveling: freight agent for the Great Northern railway. Ar rangements have been made with officials' of the sugar refining plant at Bellingham, - Wash-, to send seed and; information here relative to the planting of sugar beets. - - -' ' "' , Through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce enough seed to plant 15 to 20 plots have been promised, and these- will be distributed to farmers in the var ious parts' of the valley. - When the proper ; time comes officials of the sugar industry are to send inspectors here to report on the showing of the- plantings made. Later a test on the sugar content, and- other data will be gathered to be used in the reports to the officials, of the sugar com pany, in an-ef fort to get them to move a mill to this district. HELL SUBJECT telephone-service was put out of commission while the total dam age to property-was very nominal. One of the bolts of lightning struck the , 11, 000 volt line that runs between the power house at Mill and Liberty to the substation on: Highland,- burning out the windings of a 3500 horsepower generator. The windings must be obtained in the east and the gen erator will be out of commission for nearly six weeks. Lightning was also reported to have entered the Highland substation and an other on the Turner road. The generator hit yesterday is steam driven and maintained pri marily to furnish service , in case of accident to the transmission line from the water power plant It is regularly used during the day and early at night to "boost" the voltage. ; i ' The power company reports that the accident occurred at the be ginning of summer and there Is less liklihood of needing this gen erator now than at any other time of the year. y ., It was hot known Monday whether the lightning did any damage to the system other than in Salem. ' " Hall was reported from several districts near Salem, though hone fell in the city. i BEINGIiSED Construction of Railways in Oregon Said to Meet no Opposition r ( ; SPOKANE, March 30. "Good progress" has been made in rais ing funds for construction of ex tensions of Oregon, California and Eastern railway in central Ore gon, a permit for which has-been asked of the Interstate commerce commission, Robert E. Strahorh, president of the road, declared in a newspaper interview here today. " "Since my road got to Sprague River I have had no difficulty in raising any funds I desire to further my plans," Mr. Strahorn said. "Sprague River Is the heart of a beautiful and rich valley. It is the center of more than 15, 000,000.000 feet of pine timber." Mr. Strahorn declared :hat he still owns "every share" Vof his original stock. ''Whether ' the Southern Pacific or any other rail road is buying the outside stock in the'' Oregon, California v and Eastern' railway is o no interest to me except as it may strengthen my already attractive position," he added., Proposed extensions of the railroad would total 143 miles and cost $4,500,000, according to estimates. PORTLAND YOOTH Desire to See Girl and Race Shasta Costs' $50 and Loss of License Hearing the call of the roaring road, and evidently determined to do something big, Martin L. And rus, age 17 left Portland; Sunday morning, with the avowed pur pose of beating the Shasta Limited to Salem. He did; but he won't do it again until next year, when perhaps, his drivers license will be returned to him. , 1 ; ; Although Andrus won against a strong field, the spoils of victory were divided between the justice court and the police court. Braz ier C. Small, justice of the peace, collected $30. with the city police coming a close second, with $20. Besides the fines. Andrus license was' revoked for a year. ' " ' With a lead-soled shoe holding the 1 floor-throttle against, the board,' Andrus whirled out of Portland" and" onto; the Pacific Highway, lit a mad endeavor to overtake the Shasta at Its next stop. He had missed a friend, who had departed on the train, aad" he ardently desired to hold'a conver-sation-with : her.- , A few miles north of Salem, state officers' endeavored to pull their car alongside that of Andrus. The Portland boy gave his car the last notch- and maintained the lead. -The 'race: continued; down the Fairgrounds' road, over North Capitol and up to the state house; where- he -was overtaken by- State Officer Nichols and Houston, 8 FUND GOINO AST PERUVIANS TO I T LI TO DELEGATES Southern Government Takes Advantage of President Coolidge's Award; Settle ment Desired TERMS TOO DRASTIC, PERU EMBASSY STATES Tacna-Arica Arbitration Holds Attention of US Depart ment WASHINGTON, March 30. Suggestions the Peruvian govern ment, may have for amplification of I safeguards provided under President Coolidges award to sur round the Tacna-Arica plebiscite were being put into final shape to night for presentation to the arbi trator through the state depart ment. It has been indicated that the communication, described as a memorandum and a note would be presented in the course of the day but it did not materialize at the department. Instead a formal statement was issued at the Peru vian embassy saying that the work of considering the award had not been completed. Modification Wanted The embassy statement was prompted by publication of asser tions that Peru officially had noti fied the Washington government that terms of the award were un acceptable without drastic modifi cation v ' ' "So -memorial or communica tion of any kind has been trans mitted to the president or the state department respecting ,the terms of Jhe plebiscite or the award'in the Tacna-Arica arbitra tion," the embassy statement said. "Any such publication on this sub ject is unauthorized and unauthen tic. Work-Xot Completed -;"The government of Peru, the Peruvian embassy, the commission and the counsel still are engaged in considering the opinion and the award of the arbitrator and have not completed the work." " Ambassador Velarde secluded himself in the embassy' through out the day, refusing to see press representatives who sought in formation as to the nature of the contemplated Peruvian- communi cation. It was said at the em bassy tonight that he was in con ference with Colon Polo, head of the special Peruvian arbitral com mission and lawyers who - have aided in the preparation of the Peruvian case. Surgeons Say Condition j !jf of Darling Is Critical ir - I DES MOINES, Iowa, -March 20. A physician's bulletin early to night said' that the condition- of J. N.i Darling, the cartoonist, was "critical." Earlier In the day a report said Mr. Darling ' suffered "suchi a relapse over the' week end that recovery practically has been abandoned." He submitted to a minor operation today to relieve a local Unfection.) 5 The artist, whose "J. N. Bing" cartoons are known- throughout the world, was stricken with peri tonitis March 12. Although some progress was noted last week, his condition has, given; physicians growing concern. Letter Readies Statesman Office After ' ' k Beingr Mailed in East -Nine Years 'Ago '" " " ' . . : . ,' .. Bulletin Gives Latest Dope on Texas Onion CropDelay Explained t r by letter Front Washington PostraastCT,--. ey- -fin : -; t. Even when mail. was. .brought to the Pacific coast from the east by ship and around the horn, nine years was considered an ' except tidnally long time to make the trip and much would have elapsed' between the writing and tb read ing of the letter. But this time was consumed In a letter received ! by The Statesman, dated tMay.; , 1916, containing a bulletin- from the bureau of crop estimates' and dealing with the Texas Bermuda, onion crop. . ; ' '-. : ' - The latest dope upon' the onion situation is that reports and tele grama received, by the bureau of crop estimates indicate: that the total production of onions in Texas will be about 650 carloads of 480 bushels each--that iff, the latest dope nine years ago; i Explaining the long- delay,- W. M. Mooney, postmaster-' at J Wash PROCRAMLAID OUT FOR II SIBLEY Cabinet Members Discuss Attitude to be Taken by American Delegation to Geneva on May 4 MANUFACTURE OF ARMS TO BE GENERAL TOPIC Conference Is" Outgrowth of the Original St. Germain Treaty L WASHINGTON, March 30 The attitude to be taken by the Ameri can delegation to the forthcoming international arms conference in Geneva was discussed today by Secretary Kellogg at a meeting with Secretaries Wilbur," Weeks and Hoover. The cabinet members met in Mr. Kellogg's office. ' Will Meet in May The conference will be held May 4 at Geneva under the auspices of the league of nations and accept ance by the United States of the invitation to participate following extensive correspondence in which it was pointed out that the Wash ington government -was; under ceiv tain constitutional limitations as to its powers over the manufacture of arms within its jurisdiction and could join only in the negotiation of conventions to restrict arms traffic. Program Prepared . The meeting today was held, in preparation for the appointment by the president of the American delegation after a series- of mior mal inquiries had been made at various capitals by the state de partment to learn what other gov ernments expected to discuss at the conference. i- The arms traffic conference is an -.outgrowth of the original treaty, of St. Germain, drawn up in 1&19. under the terms of the treaty of Versailles. The Washington government found it impossible to accept the treaty of St. Germain because it involved conflicts with American constitutional provisions and also because, it would have prevented the . sale of. arms to friendly powers. ; j , Liauor Aircraft Is Taken by Coast Guard Officials NEW YORK, March 30 Coast guardsmen reported tonight the seizure atsea near Rum Row of a liquor J carrying airplane and crew. Patrol boats were said to be towing, the plane and! its crew to the custom house here. The prisoners have been detain ed aboard the coast guard de stroyer Mojave, whose officers seized tne seaplane and will be sent . to Jth barge officers tomor. row morning. - i The destroyer was believed to have been cruising in the vicinity of Fire Island at the- time of the seizure. . According to members of the coast guard seizure, the prisoners said r they , were in- distress when nntnrnrf. ! ; ? TAX-ESTIMATK EXACT WASHINGTON. March 30. Federal tax collections . totaled $423,700,000 at the close of busi ness Saturday acting? Secretary Winston announced "today" and' on the basis of these receipts he pre dicted that the treasury's estimate of $430,000,000 for vMarch ' would De norne oui. ington, under the date of: March 26, fidvises the news editor of the Pacific "Homestead as follows: " "Tie ."enclosed letteiriaddressed tor'ycxk was found at this office to day under one of the belt convey ors," where It had accidentally be come lodged. The! delay: is re gretted." - There Is a great difference in the; onion situation, according .to the ! latest report available on Texas. This is for 1923 and gives 4629: carloads of 500 bushels each as the total crop for that year. While the carloads remain , appro ximately the same, the increase in thei number of bushels to the car load Is such as to almost' double the figures. The bushel produc tion for, 1916 was 1,339,000 in comparison with. 2,314,500 tor 1923.- ' - rJ. G. Schurman Named Ambassador to Germany; . New Assistant to Hoover and Chief of Militia - -v ' ' A if -i: :-M At the left' is shown Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, ' Minister to China, who was nominated and confirmed by the Senate to suc ceed Ambassador Houghton, whom President Coolidge transferred from Berlin to London. Dr. Schur man went to China, in June, 1921. He resigned as president of Cor nell University when President Harding asked him to take the Bodies of Dr. Olson and Mrs. McClintock Examined by Chemist CHICAGO, March 30 Dr. James P. SLmonda, professor 1 of pathology at northwestern uni versity who examined the bodies of DrOscar Olson' and Mrs. Emi ly McClintock today said that both showed- "marked chronic disease of the heart." The doctor made, his examina tion at the request of William D. Shepherd, foster-father of Wil liam McClintock, millionaire or phan. Shepherd is under indict ment for the murder of McClin tock and the bodies of the youth's mother and of Dr. Olson, brother of Judge Harry Olson, who in stigated the ' investigation and asked that the other bodieby ex humed, are. now, being examined by a corner's chemist for traces of poison. "Both of these bodies," Dr. Simonds said, "showed marked chronic disease of the heart. Per sons suffering from a similar di sease may live for a considerable period of time, but It is Just as (Con tinned on pie 2) IS FACING DEATH Notorious Mail Robber and Highwayman on Trial for : Killing Policeman ' HARTFORD, Conn., March 30. (By the Associated Press). Six of eleven witnesses' who took the stand for the prosecution today wove innumerable strands of tes timony intended to bind' Gerald Chapman, mail robber and federal jail breaker, close to the. murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain last October 12. " -One of them. Patrolman Alfred Ei Atwater of New Britain,-, testi fied that he had seen Chapman fire; the death dealing shots. An other, Walter E. Shean, the Springfield, Mass., man long since advertised as the state's principal witness, told a glib story, putting the jshooting directly up to the debonair prisoner, j ,, : The four remaining witnesses, residents of New Britain, positive ly identified Chapman as a' man they had seen fleeing from - the scene of the crime a few minutes after its commission.::; .-...j r So great was the crowd Who sought to jam Into the court room today the judge had to order po lice; to clear, them away. I Chapman, In the face of all the testimony against- him, remained unperturbed, lounging In his chair as usual the greater part of- the time, - "" ' v .. POIS . . I IT Chinese post. At the right' (above), is Creed C. Hammond of Oregon who is to be the new chi?fof the National Malitia Bureau. Ilelow is former Congressman James H. Mclifferry of California, -fcho has been named by President Coolldge as Assistant Secretary ' of Com merce. Secretary Hoover person ally. maAe..ih" selection JUICE English -to be Jailed in His 0w Behalf in Impeach ment Charges . ST. LOUIS, March 30. (By the Associated ... Press). Presentation of evidence on which was based the plea for impeachment of Fed eral Judge George Washington English . ended late today. The accused judge probably will be the first witness in his own behalf to morrow morning. The congressional commission, which has spent a week hearing testimony of tyrannical and op pressive conduct while on the bench and irregularities in handl ing of finance and of bankruptcy cases, piled up against the judge, received in finality today the re port of the department of justice examiners who investigated C. B. Thomas, referee in bankruptcy under Judge English. In thai report, publication of parts of which was left to the committee's later decision, it was set out that an order dated June 7, 1919, virtually turned the pow ers of Judge English's court, so far as they related in bankruptcy, over to Referee Thomas and gave him permission to use them as he pleased. - Faris English, one ef the judge's sons who was named as the pilot followed from bank to bank by bankruptcy funds and who receiv ed three per cent Interest On such funds from one bank, also will be a witness, said the defense attor neys, but probably not tomorrow. , ---- - 6E1MTM Membership' in League Of Nations Asked Before' : Settlement Is'Reached : PARIS," March' 30 (By Asso ciated Press. ) -Germany will be required to join the league of. na tions without special favors or ex-? emptions and announce clearly her Intentions concerning the I ron tier of ; Poland and- Czeeho-Slova-kia before the- French government will sign with the reich a Euro pean security pianjt This wiu.be' the substance-of , the renchreply to the recent security offer. ... Premier Herrlot, after taking counsel with members of his cabi net and leaders of parliament to day gave instructions to the politK cal department; of the foreign of fice to draff a note to-that effect. The document U calculated to draw fnna the Berlitt'gorernsieht a reply that? will 'enable the allies to decide whether the German'of- fer for a security pact is likely to ftorm a basis fox useful negotla tiona. t I eiiiGii PJSiE; TRIAL TO BE HALTED Judge Dismisses Present , Jury; New One Will be Im panneled to Hear Cason Insanity Plea MENTAL CONDITION OF ELLINGS0NG1RLISL0VY Jurist Declares Mental Incom petence Sufficient for Jury. Trial, ' - - SAN FRANCISCO. MaTch 30 Judge Harold . Louderback In superior court here this afternoon halted the, murder f trial of .Doro thy 'Ellingson,: the, ls year, old "child of Jazz" charged with kill ing her mother in the bedroom' of their home , last January after a Quarrel over the daughter's con duct. V The court announced that the jury would be dismissed tomor row morning and a new. jury im panelled to determine whether; the girl is insane at present. Girjpjs Tens ' The girl foirnd no comfort In the turn her case had taken. Dur ing the discussion of her sanity this morning- and this afternoon, she sat with a white, drawn face. As she went out- for the noon re cess she wept. This evening at the close of court she staggered from her seat and fell out of "the grasp of the matron,' striking-her-shoulders , sharply against the clerk's ' desk. Unconscious she was carried out and revived. It was one more of the many times' she has fainted since her trial be gan a week ago.' ; i " v '. A motion by the defense to Iff--terrupt the murder trial until the meatal jcondiUoit-jaJLJUieirV- had been ' decided was granted after the court "had" excluded the jury and heard the testimony of Dr." Jau Don" Ball a specialist in-mental diseases. Doctor State Cas" Dr. Ball . pronounced the girl suffering from a psychosis. Her form of insanity, he explained, was '"medical and not legal." Judge "Louderback held that; the showing, of mental Incompetence was sufficient to Justify a jury trial. The psychiatrist said his opin ion was based on an examination of Dorothy Ellingson yesterday, taken In conjunction with previous . visits to the girl and his knowl edge of" bier history, i What of this girl's ancestry?" inquired the. prosecutor. ' There: is' the alcholic father," recalled the witness. "A very de finite trend; There is the mental conditienof the mothet ;! Iuflunce Suggested " He explained that there might have"-been prenatal influence ex erted by- the reported fact that Irs.' Ellingson was "out of her mfnd at- times," shortly before the birth of Dorothy. ; "What of her past life? "Her behavior as a child must be considered. There are patho- (Contlnned on page S) TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON r Wilder SJietcaU of Kansas ac oeptedi commtssionership of pen sions' about" which he had once de clined. v ' ". - Brigadier. General Mitchell, re tiring assistant-army air chief, was assigned to duty, at f San Antonio, Texas. . ' c ' - "' ...i ;:.; .-. - ' The Couxens- secatet committee investigation of the internal rev enue, bureau, concluded its hear ings. .' ' . Secretary Week's decided to ask for" bids for- purchase- of hydro electric ' power' &V Witaon dam, Muscle- ShoaiAi - , --i ... ,i; , SectetaTy-'' Kellogg conferred with.: Secretaries i iVeeks. Wilbu r and Hoover on the forthcoming Geeva-artB traffic conference. -Postmaster Geeral New restored tt dutywfth detidtloiiv six postal officials who had'bcea suspendc I irf conTJectidn'with'fclforu to pasa the postal pay bill. y 'fi r . " 'It. wis Indicated that Theodcro Brenta!&qrf resiiation to IIuTrarv would be accepted, but that Albert If. -Washburn would be retained aa nsiaister to Austria.