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I Wpntlir Oregon . y V Ci tllLyJ. f Unsettled, prob ably local rain; fo change In temperature; light variable winds-Max. 56: Min. 38 ;T River 2.6, falling; Haif fall 5; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind southwest. The Statesman Classified Ad orfrs you the r' most possible value froni your expenditure, i pages"6 and. 7. today. You will find here m:; offerings of' interest as well as many wants. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY! MORNING, APRIL 1, 1925 price five cr:rrs SEVENTYrFOURTH YEAR LU ,fCv. .'tA i i 1 j i. I i f ; ' : .- . I ' ; :l v .:.,-.- - - - I r 1 1 ! ? COilLlTI! OF INTERESTS IS II URGED y Measure Is i Drawn Up to unite Hit rcu mmy iiuci - estsin Support of Agncul tural Relief DICKENSJN MEASURE IS PUT BEFORE! MEETING Farm Organizations to Pass on Bill; Advisory Coun- j cil to Act I WASHING TQtf. March 31. A plan to unite fall of, the various farming, interests In the eountry in support of -an jagricultnral relief program for enactment at the next session of congress was announced today by Representative Dickin son, republican): Iowa, one of the farm bloc" leaders in the bouse. -Mr. Dickinson has drafted a bill which he said would be submitted to all .agricultural organizations. It embodies, in j a modified form, he explained, many of. the princi ples contained in the old MeNary Haugeri export bill and the meas ure enacted by jthe house last ses sion 'designed tb benefit coopera tive organizations. ;'-'..; j The proposal Would create a fed eral farni advisory council to be ; composed of 3G members, three 'from each of the twelve federal land bank districts and representa tives oot bona fide farm organ iza- . tlODS. - ; ; - ; j ''; ;' j , This council would in turn re commend 18 members to the pres ident, who would appoint six of - these w.ith the Consent of the sen ate to a federal farm commission of which the secretary of agri culture also- Would be: a mem her. r' :ii!i-;.C - .j . This commission would be given wide powers In dealing with agri cultural problems. It would ad vise and assist; cooperative , asso ciations and other agricultural or ganizations and would be author ized to represent cooperative asso ciations in opposing trade dis criminations, boycotts and such practices, and ;0 act in their be jhalf before any! court or admlnis ytrative agency, ji; .. . : I No-Decision Debater Held at M'Minnville The affirmative Willamette un iversity men's "debate team met Linfield College j in k no-decision debate la3t night at McMinnville. The question jjjwas-'.Resolved: That i congress 'j Should have the power j to re-enact federal legisla tion declared unconstitutional by the. supreme court." ;t " . The Willamette representatives were James Mcplintock and Raw son Chapin. : !' j -'' : ' These men have engaged in two no-decision debates this season as preparation for the dual debate with the College of Puget Sound in which they Will uphold the af firmative against the C. P. S. neg ative here, while the traveling team, Charles Redding and Joel Berreman, willjmeet the C. P. S. I affirmative there; J WfALTH Y .jWOMAX IMES KINGSVILLrf, Texas, March 3 U ;Mrs. Ileiiry KingJ one of the richest women in thej United States and owner pf the world's largest ranch, died 'at her. homa here to night at the age of 93. .. -'. ; TED CONTRACTS 1'ET- lEICI'ED School Boarcl Takes Action on Salem Teachers for 1 1925-26S Last Night Ten contracts to teachers in the public schools were deferred last night because of . the action of the school board In! passing upon the teachers for the scorning year., With this exception, the list of teachers will remain tlje same as last year; There were few changes, and the few that were inade were due to the . extension of the school pro gram to include teachers in new departments. i,Iowever, some o the ten contracts which were de ferred will be 'acted upon at a later time. j - ; , . , 5 j . Ilollla Hunt'.rigton, who is now la the east with: the Salem basket- Governor Reproved His Attitude State Law In an opinion written by I. IL Van! Winkle in response to an in quiry front ;Governor ! Pierce, the latter la lightly chided for his 'at titude regarding law enforcement. The governor sought to restore the -drivers license of the first man prosecuted under" the new law that automatically revokes the li cense of a person guilty of driving an autopiobile while intoxicated. "The onlyj thing you could-do would be to Issue a complete' par don and you will pardon me If: I suggest that I do not see how you could do thisj and expect the law to be observed and enforced," the opinion read. ' Governor ; Pierce has been ab sent from the city for afew days while speaklhg -upon general law enforcement In eastern Oregon. He is'expected to' return some time to-day;- .;v.i - , j --. The case- involved j is that of Paul Shallenberger, Portland man ufacturer who plead guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 100 iii Hood River county. The new law automatically re vokes ihe license for one year. In his letter to the attorney gen ATE POSTS BEING SHIFTED Ambassador to Spain An nounces Resignation; Chinese Problem Up WASHINGTON, March 30. A prospect of another shift among major posts in the diplomatic serv ice developed today when it was revealed that Alex P. Moore, am bassador to Spain since 1923, has laid his resignation before Presi dent Coolidge. " j - Thus far the .resignation haa not been accepted bat there are indica tions that Mr. Moore's definite re tirement from the service sobn may be announced and a successor appointed. . j .. p At the same time a probability developed today that the post of minister to China made vacant by the ' promotion of Jacob Gould Schurman to be ambassador to Gerznany would be subject to much, delay. j i Mr, Moore, a Pittsburgh; pub lisher, recently spent several weeks In this country and con ferred "several times with Presi dent Coolidge. He is said to have expressed a desire to s go out of office March 4. with the ending of av certain duty to which he was appointed. The president asked that he remain in office at least until a successor, could be chosen. Should a vacancy actually occur at Madrid it is uncertain whether the rule of making; promotions within the diplomatic service itself can be applied in selecting a new ambassador. ; Several names are before the president Including that of W. A., Kinsley. Maccomber of Connecticut who was recommend ed by the senators from that state. BAPTIST CHURCH Annual Meeting Indicates Exceptional Year Pass led; Name Officers Reports and the election of offi cers were the outstanding feat ures of the annual meeting of the First Baptist church last night. The reports showed a marked growth and increase in every de partment of the church during the past year. The total gain in membership for the fiscal year was 166. while the Bible school has shown the largest net gain with, an enrollment of over 500, and an average attendance" of about 400 for the year. , The Woman's society has had a very successful year, as also the BTP union and the Baptist Broth erhood. ,.., All officers of the church made excellent reports, including the re port of, the pastor, which showed 124 sermons during the year, 15 special addresses, 78 meetings conducted besides the above, 2 1 funerals and 16 marriages. The treasurer's report showed all bills paid and a balance in the treas ury. 1 The following officers were K MEMBE Regarding Enforcement eral, Governor Pierce points out that the revocation works an in convenience upon Mr. Shallenberg er, who operates a manufacturing plant in East ' Portland about eight or 10 miles from his home. As he is unable to drive his own machine his wife is forced to act as his chauffeur. The governor asked if some' way could not be found to restore the license, j Before replying to the governor Attorney General Van Winkle went into' the" case and came to the conclusion, from evidence, that Shallenberger would have driven bis machine over an embankment had it not been for a collision with another vehicle, driven by j a careful driver. Upon; investigat ing the accident a traffic officer. smelted liguor and found some in a bottle In the Shallenberger. ma chine. Governor Pierce pofnts out thatShellenberger is not a drink ing man, gut admits taking an oc casional drink.'.",?? :, Provisions of? the statute are clearly mandatory, the attorney general held in conclusion, and the issuance of ' a' 2ardon is the only way out of the situation. '. I R TELLS LIFE HISTORY Confessed Murdered Grants Newspapermen Interview at Penitentiary Reiterating previous: statements regarding the murder of a strang er near Seattle almost a year ago, A. C. Dorner, one of the two self confessed -murderers, Tuesday gave newspapermen a long epistle -covering his career from early childhood until his incarceration at the penitentiary. He was insis tent that his story was true and no( made in the light of heroics and the hope of publicity. j Hoping to be believed, Dorner told his Interviewers that the stickpin stolen from the slain man had been sold to a salesman em ployed by' the Mason 'Cord com pany and that this man might be. located. . i - j j No word was received yesterday by Warden A. M. Dalrymple from authorities at Chehalis ,who were notified that Dorner and his part ner. J. M. Mack, had confessed to killing the man whose skeleton was found nearly 3 0 miles east of Chehalis a week ago Sunday. , I According to the story Dorner told yesterday he was born in Minneapolis, April 1, 1897, mov ing to North Dakota and later to Montana, where he was sent to an orphans' home at j Twin Bridges. He claims that he was adopted (Cantlnnad on pace 2) EUiSAUBLE II Coolidge Withdraws Ban on Appropriations; 48 Drills Planned ; WASHINGTON, March 31. President Coolidge partially re moved today the ban he imposed last week on the : employment -of deficiency appropriations . not in cluded in budget recommendations for apyments of national guards men for attendance at armory drills authorized by federal law. - At tha president's; direction Secretary Weeks and his military advisers ' took steps at once to make funds available for a total of 48, drills for each guard unit during the current fiscal year. The original-war department plan up set by rejection in the budget bureau of a request for . a de ficiency allowance i of 11,332,000 to supplement the current appro priation of $10,200,000; cabled for 52 drills on the average. ' , . The president's action was taken after he bad gone over with Mr. Weeks a carefully prepared estimate of what the denial of the deficiency appropriation to the guard would - mean.' It was dis closed that because of increase in personnel In the guard during the year and the greater Interest fn their work manifested by unex pectedly large drill " turnouts In many states it would not be pos sible for the guard units to do the minimum amount of drill required by the law under the approved appropriation. HI FOR CUD OILS oREcusra LEW Gfill FISHER SHOWS Increase of Nearly $2,500, 000 Over Previous Year Given in Report of Tax Commissioner STATE FUNCTIONS ARE NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE Many Special LocaL Improve merits Are Higher for 1925 ! Than in 1924 '. : Oregon's tax levy for 1925; is approximately $2,500,000 more than it was in 1924, according to figures made public Tuesday by Earl Fisher, state tax commission er. The levy this year is $4 2,584, a9.50 against $40,155,083.20; exclusive of fire patrol levies. The fire .patrol levy for this year is $lli. 342.15 against $09,608.11 ln'1924. The levies are made on, the tax rolls of the preceding year. The figures are for state, county and local purposes. j State functions alone are not responsible for the increase, i the commissioner's report fehows, as special local levies for improve ment purposes are higher this year than In previous years. j : , Marion county has an increase of approximately $200,X)00 i over the previous year while Polk coun ty shows about $11,000 greater. 'The 1 tax levy for the , entire state, divided into - the various classes, Is as follows: State. $7,492,761.47; county, $3,836,298.26; county school and school library, $3,015,585.82; high school tuition, $793,118.62; (Oontinuad on pas ilTE-PH BUST i Preliminary Work (Will be ; btarted in Polk County I his bummer L. N. Gooding of Corvallis, as sistant . pathologist in charge of the- white pine blister rust cam paign, and D. K. Melis, junior pathologist, of Spokane, were vis tors ; In the state house Tuesday securing: information from the state (forester's office' relative to the losation and the 'stand of White pine in the state, ilr. Good ing states that a number of men will be placed in the field in Polk county: this summer to make a reconnaisance of the white pine Iftandjin that section ' and to- de termine the extentj of the black currant growing there. The cur rant is a host plant of the blister, rust, and the, eradication of the plant is a necessary step in the control of the disease. 'The work of the eradication of the plant will probably be Undertaken at a later date. Mr. Melis will be in chargef a crew of about 20 men who will undertake some experimental work this summer in the vicinity (Continncd on paga 2) Fox Hunting Quartette Are Rejoicing ; Over Results of; Their Recent Trip Lively chaso ended wheri one of buhters, captures the quarry in 1 novel manneit after Four local sportsmen returned from a fox hunt Sunday evening with the assertion " that they not only had. a splendid hunt, but that they also discovered i a novel ; way of capturing "Sly Reynard" alive. Their method consists of a plan jvery similar to the man's who proposed that salt be placed on jthe bird's tail, and probably in most instances would - result) !in about the same success. How ever, the fox was brought back to the citjr as proof of their asser tions, so it must be a true story that they telL ' ; It seems that a farmer living but a short, way from Salem be came annoyed at the continued and frequent visits being made at his chicken . pen by Mr. Reynard, and determined to.' be rid once and for all of his unwelcome vis itor, he called on the phone R. X. O'Leary, a local sportsman, and requested that he and ' his dogs come out to the scene of Mr. Rey nard's depredations. ! Is a very short time pick O' IRIi BOARD j CLASH OVER SHIPPING SALE Five Boats Sold for $5,625,- 000 to Dollar Steamship nterests; Members of Board Overruled: SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE AGAINST BOARD Long Fight Staged by Three Commissioners; Move Pass - !, ed by One Vote WA SIHNGTON. March 3 tr Oyer the protest of three commis sioners and by "a majority of one, the! shipping board today voted to. sell its five1 ships In the San Francisco-Orient , service to. the Dollar Steamship interests for $5, 025,000. Chairman O'Conner and Commissioners Lissner, Haney and Hil voted for the sale, while vicel uuairman fiummer ana commisH f loners Thomas and Benson voted against .it and ineerporated in the board's minutes a protest that ,the ship Were being sold for $25, OOiXOOO - less! than their original cos and $15,000,000 less than it world; cost to build them at this time... . :'. : -.; ji :. - .1. .1 Fight Is Hard -The sale came as the climax to a long fight and a series of con ferences and a hearing punctu ate with1 sensational charges. Thejre wefe intimations that the Pacific Mail ji Steamship! company, which has been operating the ships for j the board as the California Orient line-and I had bid fof their purchase, might takej steps, oppos ing'consummation ofj the deal and possibly bring the maiter before congress at the wintir session. Through the Isalej, which dis poses, oj.. the complete California Orient line service,) the' pacific Mail would find itself restricted (Continued on pga 2) OFFICERS LEAVE Covell and Peare to be Sen fenced to; Death at Co ll miillp Tni; Mnrnino Vjuuiv a w i v v Deputy Sheriff F. B. Osmund of Coos county, : accompanied by Joe Weaver, a. guard at the peniten tiary, left at : 10; 45- o'clock last nigljit for ' Coquille with Arthur Covjell, self-styled astrologer and paralytic, and W. Peare, who will be re-sentenced to death upon the gallows by Judge Kendall at 10 jo'clock this i morning. The prisoners and officers are expected back in Salem late Thursday afternoon."-' J: ! . Cpvell and Peare were convicted of murder about two years ago and were both sentenced to Hang. Both appealed, their 'cases to the supreme court,' which upheld the verdict of the lower court. The death sentence must be car ried out within 9 0 days, making the execution .come some time prior to July 1. 1 ' climbing up big tree Leary and three . f rlends "Doc" Gehin'an1, Arch Lond and F." N. Woodry, together with, their, com bined packs, were on their way to the (farmer's;, place. The dose easily picked up, ' the trail of the fox and then followed, what: must hav been a th.rilllng chase. The dogs treed , the fox three times befbre he was : finally captured. On the. first two. occasions he was shaken from his perch by the sportsman, who were unwilling to end'such an exciting chase in such a short time. Fjinallj; however, when the fox leaped into a tree for the third time the hunters were more than willing to call; It enough." They proceeded jto formulate a plan whereby they might take their prize alive. It. was decided that the only thing to do was for one of them to climb out on the limb on which Mr, Fox was perched and, it possible, grab the unsus pecting victim by the tall. What i . (Continued en pS S . WITH MU S Codification of Laws for International Use Designed in Articles WASHING'TONY March 31. Thirty draft conventions for codi fication of American international law,; designed ;f or J discussion by the international' commission of jurists which is to meet some time this year in Rio de Janeiro, were made public today by the Pan-American, union. Change from a proposal out law wars of conquest among Am erican republics to the writing of an admiralty- code for commer cial navigation of the air. Taken together, and assuming 'ratifica tion of all 20 treaties, they repre sent a sweeping scheme to estab lish the solidarity of those repub lics In a "community of nations on a legal basis that begins, with fa bill of rights of nations' and in cludes complete and intricate ma chiery for the pacific settlement of disputes. - One project contemplates expan sion of" the Monroe doctrine into a covenanted agreement foreclos ing the territory of the republics to acquisition or occupation or any terms by a non-American power Another defines the measures of repression that may be taken to "avtoid resort to arms" in settle LDTDECLAREI Rev. Poling Says Bible Char acter Ch6se Road Lead ing to Wealth f "When a man lives selfishly sooner or later he is sure to come to grief. Lot was this kind of a man. He had a very poor sense of fair play. God hates the sin of selfishness. These, were the open ing words of the Rev. Charles SJ Poling last night at' the First Presbyterian "churcV On ' the sub-! ject, "Lot." ,: ' VLot was 'very modern.- He did just what men are doing now. He: chose the road that leads to world-. ly wealth. He put aside the reli gious training of his children till he should become a rich man. Perhaps he thought he would look after his children' in due- time. But iwhen he. came to look after them he found It was all too late. He had lost air his influence with them. They couldn't believe him when fie told them God's message: How imany men are living just like (this pitiable man! Parents get troubled about their children and their religious improvement just after it is too late," declared Mr. Poling. "When Lot got stirred up and became' awakened to G.od's judg ment on toe people of his wicked city, he began to talk to his boys and - girls about religion. The (Continue on pale 8) WUIBflY Nomination for Queen to be f Held Friday. With Elec ; tion ion Monday Under the direction of Francis Ellis j manager, plans and program for the annual May day exercises to be held at Willamette univers ity are May 8 and 9, are now well under way. The May Queen will be selected from the girls of the; senior class Monday. Nomina tions! will be made Friday and the three y girls receiving the highest number of votes will be balloted upon again Monday. The one receiving the highest number of votes will be chosen , as the queen and the other, two will be the maids of honor. j -ZT' ti ;' i A,. ! number ot the committees have I been appointed and are at work, although all committees will not be complete till after the elec'ion of the queenr to ; be held Monday. .. ,'- '-. ;, , ..' .', -J ; t A Very complete program is be ing arranged by the committees and Mr. Ellis so that at no time during the two days will the spec--tators. be without entertainment. A musical entertainment, "Hia-; watha's Wedding Feast." will be given May 9. The Junior . play will be given during the week- end. ! - V--- v - j A large number of athletic, con-j tests are expected to be scheduled for the two days, to include a track meet, tennis match, and two basebaU games, - , . , , T0H00EBM ment of disputes among the re publics themselves, j '-Still! another writes into law the petition that each nation shall have sole control over its immi gration policy.,; ; j The draft conventions were for mulated on invitation of the gov erning' board of the- union and have already been distributed through the unionrto the foreign offices ot all the nations concern ed, j They were drawn by a com mittee of the American institute of "international law "headed by James Brown Scott. The proposal to outlaw wars f conquest is probably the most un precedented, . as it is almost the briefest1 of the draft conventions It declares that-future acquisitions of territory "by means of war or under the menace, of war, or in presence , of ! an, armed force,, to the detriment of " any American republic shall not he lawful." . , Further, the -convention will declare Uhat title lo territory thus obtained would be "null in fact an,d in law." . This proposal is preceded by a. (Continued pn pace 2) deKself Jurist Takes Witness Stand in Owri Defense: Ad missions Are Made . ST. LOUIS, Mo , March 31. (By the Associated Press). Fed eral Judge George Washington English spent today in the witness chair defending himself against accusations of official, misconduct on which a plea for his lmpeach men$)ls based.;; J.:.;3,; . . -t He denied'few things, explained and justified many and . pleaded ignorance .when the prosecutor "and members, of the' congressional committee charged with Investigat ing him plied him constantly with questions throughout his seven hours on the witness stand. His .testimony was not' completed at adjournment, z I "I am older now and have had more experience' than I ever have had, in my life," Judge English said near the end of his day of answering questions when Repre sentative Hersey of Maine, asked if he would conduct himself again in the manner he had Iwhen dis barring, Thomas Webb, a promi nent attorney. -V ojv "So this hearing, ; has been of b'enefit to you?" asked Mr. Her sey "I hope so."' emphatically responded the judge. Judge' English denied that he used major profanity while on the bench but admitted that he used mild profanity and ; even .quoted profanity .he had used from the bench. . ! . ' . He denied also that he was armed the 'day he - disbarred Charles Karch and he denied that he ever had divided with" C. B. Thomas, referee in bankruptcy, a fat roll of bills brought in by two strangers or that he ever - had split fees with Thomas or anybody else. !". eis EET'TTEIlTIOi Physical Education. Program In bchools biven boost by Board , The physical education program of the Salem junior high schools was ' given a boost last night at thej special meeting of the-school board. Due to the excessive de mands placed upon the physical directors; at the two schools it was voted to place an additional instructor; whose time was to he divided between the Parrlsh and McKinley. schools. This, will care for; the additional physical train ing that will be given to the;girl students of the schools. Stricter, health" methods are to be employed by the Salem school board, during the coming year, it wag disclosed at the meeting. In order that; teachers will not rer turn? to theii work too early, a physical examination Is to be re quired. The exact working out of the method of Inserting1 the clause in the contract has pot (Continued en 1 THREE!: Ul.iili oo OEii jo;:: Move to- Determino f.lcntcl Competence of Dcrclhy Ellingson, Confessed Mat ricide Is On COURT IS STARTLED BY GIRL'S SHRILL SCREAf r t New Name Mentioned in Cus?; Judge Adjourns Court TiU 2 O'CIock ' SAN FRANFISCO. March 31. A jury;vof nine men and thrtn women was selected at 6 o'clock tonight to determine the mental competence of Dorothy Ellingson.. Judge Louderback then adjourcfj. court until 2 o'clock, tomorrow aft ernoon when testimony will Login. v Cry. Startles Court Just after( court adjourned, tho girl collapsing for the second time within an hour, was caught in tho arms of; her father; who stretched her on the floor of the court room. As she regained consciousness, &hn screamed piercingly; "Jimmie At the timef her arrest last Jan uary she (said at first that a mys terious T'Jimniy" had plain her mother. 1 Later she admitted tho deed. - v The sinister, course which thi life of Dorothy Ellingson has run in. a few months veered today, and , the 10-y.ear-old girl was turned from contemplation of tho penitentiary to face the madhouse. Case Itevlcwel 'On January 13 her mother war found shot to death, in the bed room of. their home. here. Th J girl was missing. Tvo days later she was' arrested and confesso I that she killed her mother becaur ) her mother, had objected. to 11 round of-jazz parties Dorothy pur sued and ordered her to staj' home.; Eight days ago the 1rl wag placed on trial for murder. Today her attorneys having inter rupted the murder trial, had start ed the new jury trial in an effort tofprove her Insane. ; The inquiry int" the girl's san ity was launched this afternoon. It followed a morning of. rumor that attorneys on both sides had reached some sort of agreement that might end the entire case. Judge Louderback, however, ex cused the murder Jury until April 6, and directed that the sanity jury be Impaneled. Defense coun sel have subpoenatd most of tbo witnesses whom the state sum moned to, testify in tho murder trial. Mental Condition S,ressel It. was admitted that in deciding the girl's mental condition th) circumstances surrounding tin "death of Mrs. Ellingson and sub sequent developments would have to be examined. Police and others who grilled the girl after her ar rest were called in support of th--contention by tho defense that li; girl had become Insane. The afternoon session began at 1 o'clock and lasted, except for 15 .minutes recess until six, At.-tSo (Continued oa 2) The resignation of Alex I. Moore, ambassador to Spain, wa i made known. , .It Was revealed that the admin istration policy toward Russia h i not been altered by recent event . - Secretary Hoover declared V- business outlook is good dc r: adverse symptoms on the i'.-: . and commodity exchanges. President Coolidge authorU i the war. department to rr iu armory drills of the national cxvir I during the present fiscal year Xrr: , 52 to 48. J - : - .. .: . . . i The Couxeos committee toe'e i again its inquiry into prchiT.it; enforcement, hearing I.Irs. : : . Walker Willebrandt, asslr-tant ; -torney general. , The Pan-American put'.; ' " drafts of 30 proposed treat; apfeements which would re- international law as arr5ii' ,! ' 5 the. two Am ri as. '.The shipping beard ar.:.o-.: n -' acceptance. of the i bid cf the ;;1r 1:T. f. r f. Prc;.!Jent t. " -; r ty ti.0 r : . , - TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON Continued tin pag 2) Continue a pi 2)