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4- OREGON
I i i Cloudy .with
The Statesman Classified Ad of fers- you the ut
most possible value fr.on your Expenditure, Sea.
pages 6 and 7' today. You wlir find here many
offerings of Interest 'as well as many wants.
occasional rain; moderate temperature; Increasing-
south-west winds, becoming strong along the
coast.-r Max. 62; MIn. 140; RlTer falling;
Rainfall none; Atmosphere clear ; Wind southeast
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAE
SALEMj OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 3. 1925
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Federal Judge Orders Abrupt
Hu t nf Trial niirinn Tpc-
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timony; Duell I Declared
Perjurer
ATTORNEY NOW HE
LD
ON BOND OF $10,000
Jurist Declares Case Is "Most
Outrageous" He Mas
Ever Tried s
NEW 'YORK, April 2 .-Federal
Judge Mack today put1 a dramatic
finish to the trial of a suit to com
pel Lillian Gish' to make! movies
only for the company headed j by
Charles II. Duell. ;; ; ! .
The court abruptly j halted the
testimony of a witness, dismissed
t the suit, ordered grand jury pro-
ceedings aiming at Duell'S Indict
:; ment for perjury and j further
t3-. rorfimmenrted that steDs be taken
to disbar him from practice as an
''' attorney.--' ! , . :
V i Bond Placed
I 7 Duell was ordered held dn $10,
I , 000 bail for grand Jury action on
the court's charge of perjury, but
later was released in custody of
his brother. I j
Federal Attorney Buckher an
nounced he would present the
charge to a grand jury net week.
Th court said with, one or two
exceptions be never had judged a
case of "more flagrant,) outra
geous breach of. trust arid" over
reaching' or one involving "more
downright perjury" than had been
shown bv Duell.. - ! ! r
. e Insanity Ridiculed; --: i
"The. only possible doubt that
the court ever entertained as to
the wilfulness of the perjury arose
yesterday," said Judge Mack.
"The doubt engendered wis; as to
" the possltae santtyot - any ' man
who thought or could think he
would get away with the tissues
' of .- falsehoods attempted I to be
perpetrated on this court in the
affidavits and in the testimony.
That,doubt as to sanuy nas noc,
however, become a convidtion of
the court. The witness (DUell) in
other- proceedings may : endeavor
to establish that insanity is a de--'
fns'e." A - -1 - ! - '
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f uueu. inc., a mouuu yicturo
I pany- He was head of Inspiration
Gish signed her contract, before
it went, into liquidation last fall,
Duell filed a summons aid com
plaint in federal court on Jinnarf
30v seeking to enjoin Mis Gish
-from making, moving pictrfres for
any one but Inspiration Pictures,
Inc., of which Duell was president.
This company later was liquidated
and Duell formed Charges H.
Duell, Inc.. also a motion -picture
concern.
EftTi
NAW1ED BY PIERCE
Members 'Will Encourage
1 Physical Education and
erve I Without Pay
Appointment of a state recrear
1 lion commission was, made Thurs
.Uay by Governor Pierce. The pur
lAse of the commission is i to en
courage recreation ; projects and
hysical education in the! state.
AH members serve without jpay.
Members" of the board, wflo met
in Salem, for the first meeting
yesterday, are John C. Henderson,
director of the Portland cojnmun
ity service; W. A. Kearns, athletic
director, OAC; Dean John F.
Uovard.r University of OregiDn; O.
A.! Kratk, city manager, Astoria;
Fred Klddle.s former . state; com
mander, American vlegiqn, ilsland
City; Miss Carin Degermarkj, Port
land, and Macshall Dana, Pdrtland
newspaperman. j 1
Willamette Nominates! 1
May Queen Candidates
Nomination f or i May ; Queen at
Willamette I f University will be
tiiade.this morning iat the regular
hapel hour. . Three girl receiv
ing taei highest nUimberiofi votes
win be balloted upott again Friday
and the' one receiving the highest
vote will be chosen is jaueen. The
ther? two will be the maids of
honor. f . ; . r. ; i !N":
1K)PK CACHR FOUND
SEATTLE, April 2. Discovery
of !2,five-tael tins of h'arcotiCB by
a park superintendent here today
in a city park; led federal narcotic
agents to investigate rumors that
narcotic ' smuggler were ( using
public parks to hide their caches.
The retail s value of i tb narcotics
was ?3,000. ' fl .
Gerald Chapman, Most 7
; Notorious Criminal in
.! America, Takes Stand
IIARTFORD, Conn.. April 2.
(By tlva AP.) Gerald Chapman
brought his defense against the
charge of having murdered a Xew
Britain policeman last October 12,
to a climax today when he took
the stand himself and matched his
wits with the state's prosecutor,
Hugh M. Alcorn.
The notorious prisoner spoke in
low, even, unhurried tones. His
eyes were fixed on his questioner
most; of the time but occasionally
he would look directly at the jury.
Walter tE. ' Shean. his accuser,
was a! criminal and an assistant of
criminals from, all parts lot the
country, , jhe asserted, j Shean,
Chapman j said, conducted; in the
storeroom; of his Springfield,
Mass.; advertising concern", a de
pot for stolen goods. j ;
Shean accused Chapman of hav
ing been his companion the night
two safes ! were looted in j a Xew
Britain department store and
Patrplminl James Skelly was fatal
ly Wounded;. j. ; i1' i j, , ' 'j
Shean has' testified that Chap
SUSTEilf 101 OF
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Motion Picture League of
Oregon Seeks to Uphold1
ii Portland Censors
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PORTLAND, April 2. The Ore
gon' motion picture league today
made formal request of the Film
Board of Trade to maintain elim
inations and 'decisions of the Port
land censors I In all film, plays dis
tributed for exhibition in the state.
The action is the outgrowth of
promises made- at the last, session
of the legislature by motion 'pic
ture interests that this step would
be) taken if the measure designed
to create a state board were de-
feate;:" :;r" 'T' :: v't ;; i
The Oregon motion picture
league is j composed of Portland
exhibitors,! as well as the mana
gers of the branch film exchanges,
and unanimous endorsement of
the proposal by this organization
practically assures the compliance
withi the request by "the Film
Board of Trade. The latter group
is ! composed exclusively of mana
gers I of branch houses and film
exchanges hfere, and their decis
ions are! usually compiled with by
producers; whom they represent.
Not, only.1 will the eliminations
ordered; by the Portland (censors
be sustained jin all films gong out
to the state, but the decisions of
the bqrd ini refusing permission
,of some pictures to be shown here
will! be binding for the entire
state
State of i Washington Is De
j dared to Have Largest
: ! ! Number Per Car .
WASHINGTON, April 2. Al
though past studies of automobile
accidents for the country as a
whole indicated that while there
were more automobiles there were
fewer j accidents, this condition
does pot hold true i Washington
state; the bureau of public roads
disclosed today in making public
a statistical j review of highway
mishaps in Washington, Oregon
and Montana.
Washington with more regis
tered H automobiles than either
Montana or Oregon, had more ac
cidents per 1,000 cars. Montana
had the smallest ratio of acci
dents. ;-';(.
: The bureau, using newspaper ac
counts, of accidents, listed 1,606 in
the three states. Faulty operation
by drivers was given as the cause
.in 102 0 cases: faulty highway
conditions In 214 cases, ana faults
of others than drivers in 191 cases.
Oregon Debate Team Loses
To Washington University
ErfiE'E. dr.. Aorll 2. The
University of Washington nega
tive and i affirms tive teams were
victorious over the University of
Oregon affirmative and negative
teams h a two to one decision in
the women's , debate held tonight
on the Oregon campus and tnree
to nothing 'in the contest at Se
attle, 1 -r.' i ? '
AHnc Buster and Frances Cher
ry, representing Oregon, debated
here against Adeline Burrus and
Dorothy Thomas Thomas George
Of .Washington on th question,
"Resolved That the proposed hild
labor amendment should be made
a parrot tbt federal .constKutioa,"
flillfl C DENTS
TABULATED
man; was the policeraan'a slayer.
Chapman denied ever having been
in New Britain; admitted he had
four! times been convicted of crime
and said he had "left" the federal
prison at Atlanta "about March
26, 1923." - ; .
-On cross examination, Alcorn
quizzed him about the VI, 400,000
New York mail robbery for which
he was sent to Atlanta prison.
"I do not want to get? into an
argument with: you about whether
or not I wag guilty of the holdup."
Chapman answered. "It has noth
ing to do, with this case." f
Asked if he, had shot at a police
officer at the time he was arrested
in Munice, he replied: t ;
"I shot at someone, not know
ing he was a policeman. He came
up and jabbed a gun under my
heart. I had something like $4,
700 in my pocket, and he wasn't
a- very prepossessing character."
Various articles, including safe
cracker's tools, ascribed to ; his
ownership by the prosecution, he
said, were owned by his associates.
DODGE ESTATE
TAXIS LARGE
Heirs to ; Motor Company
Must Pay Over Twelve
Million. Dollars V
i DETROIT, Mich., April 2
Heirs of Horace E. and John F.
Dodge will owe the United States
about $12,000,000 in taxes, 'the
Detroit Free Press ; in discussing
the amount the government may
secure from the sale Of the auto
moble plant to interests represent
ed by Dillon, Read & Co., New
York
bankers.
In
arriving at the amount of
the tax, the sale price Is placed at
$12,p00,000 and the valueof tbo
property when the heirs became
owneirs of it in 1920 at $54,000,
000. j The paper states it is con
firmed by revenue collectors that
the present owners are responsi
ble for the tax only from the time
the property came into their pos
session. The tax is 124 per cent,
which figured roughly on $98,
000,000 amounts to twelve and a
half million dollars. The paper
also states that the agreement pro
viding for the transfer has been
signed and that the payment will
be in cash. ; j . i
SHEPHERD LOSES
Attempt to Obtain ! Release
Defeated; Defense Ob
jections Are Strong
CHICAGO, April ; 2. William
D. Shepherd, foster father of Wil
liam. Nelson McCIintock, million
aire orphan, and under indictment
for murder in connection with Mc
Clintock's death, today lost two
more efforts to gain his. release on
bond.1
Decisively defeated in an effort
to get their client out of jail on
an order by Chief Justice Jacob
Hopkins of the criminal court.
Shepherd's attorneys made an
other attempt to gain his release
later in the day by shifting the
fight to another court and missed
again.
After Judge Hopkins had re
fused to release Shepherd follow
ing the presentation - by defense
attorneys of a number of affi
davits, William., Scott Stewart,
chief of counsel for Shepherd, sent
a notice to George E. Gorman, as
sistant state's attorney, that he
would go before Judge .William
Brothers tomorrow and renew-his
demand for bail. Mr. Gorman,
however, refused to. accept serv
ice, maintaining that the chief
justice had charge oi all the ar
rangements in the case, unless
that official assigned it to another
judge. , ' ' .
Silverton Dog Mistakes
1 Poison for Drinking Water
SmVERTO.V, April 2. (Special
t The Statesman.)-Curiosity is
not confined to the cat family en
tirely. It very nearly proved fatal
to Patsy, the spaniel belonging to
George Hauge. 4
Patsy, while investigating the
hen house discovered poison which
had not been placed there for ner.
However she tasted it and made
at once for the water. When Mra.
Esther Weaver, a sister of . Mr.
Hauge, saw the dog drinking she
at once thought of the rat poison.
By quick work, the dog wss saved.
Patsy came , into prominence
at Silverton last year when she
gave birth to 13 bob-tailed pup
Pies. .. .
DA L FIGHTS
RU-GH
TOEIffiSIS
CocTidge Completes Report
On Tacna-Anca Arbitra
tion; Message Sent to
State Department I
CONTENTS OF MEMORIAL
ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC
Copies of Paper Are Delivered
to Peruvian and Chilean
Legates . i
WASHINGTON, April 2 The
expected Peruvian communication
relating to the Tacna-Arica, arbi
tration award, by President Cool
idge was delivered late today at
the state department.' No1 state-,
ment was forthcoming either at
the department or the Peruvian
embassy as to Us - contents ex
cept the admission that it did have
to do with the awar.
' Protection is Aim j
I From other sources it was
learned that the communication,
which is in' the form of a memorial
addressed to the arbitrator, makes
several requests looking to greater
protection and extension of . the
rights of Peruvian nationals to
vote in the plebiscite which is to
determine sovereignty of the two
provinces under the award, j
j. duplicate copy of the; award
was provided for transmission to
the Chilean government and it is
understood to be at least intimat
ed In the communication tnat un
less these additional safeguards
are provided, the Peruvian govern
ment would find it difficult if not
L impossible to participate in the
plebiscite. j
! Troops May Be Asked
Among the steps the president
is asked to take is the replace
ment of Chilean military and po
lice authorities in Tacna-Arice,
preferably with American j troops
or marines.. Should this. action be
undesirable the American govern
ment, however, the way is left
open for establishment of a native
constabulary in the two provinces
to supplant the Chilean troops and,
police forces. H i
Another point taken up ' is the
question of the right of. Peruvians
not now resident in the two terri
tories to cast their ballots In the
blepiscite. The award makes only
those nationals of either Peru or
Chile who are now resident: in the
disputed territory or who are na
tives of that territory eligible for
registration for the plebiscite. The
Peruvian government contends
that Peruvians who resided in the
territory for a period of five years
and were.subsequently expelled by
the Chilean authorities should be
granted the right to vote in the
plebiscite.
High School Team Wins
From Nevada By Score
29 to 18; Game Fast
CHICAGO, April 2. A Wichi
ta, Kan., highj school basketball
team was the favorite when half
of the third round in the national
interschoolastic! championship bas
ketball tournament has been play
ed late this afternoon. The Kan
sas Victory over Yankton, S. D.,
last year's runner-up, put them In
the front ranks of the contenders
in the tournament being conduct
ed by the University of Chicago. -
Louisville, Ky , also was, re
garded by many as a champion
probability The Laramie, Wyo
team was defeated,' Durham, N. C
meets the Wichita team (in the
fourth round tomorrow. I '
Consolation games, although
not counting in championship pro
vided good basketball today with
Franklin high school of Portland.
Ore., the best team, surviving two
rounds, first defeating Salem, S. D.
and then Rupert, Idaho. Salem,
Oregon, defeated Tonapa, Nev., by
a score of 29 to 18, in a fast game
In which the Salem boys starred.
Chemawa Indians Play
Franklin High Today
The - Chemawa Indians are to
travel to Portland this afternoon
to meet the Franklin high! school
in a baseball contest, which
promises to be a live one. Last
week - the Portland players- were
at. Chemawa, but due to a heavy
thunder and rain Btorm the game
was called during the third inning.-
-The score stood even, and
indications were that the Indians
would have scored a victory.
SALEM HIGH WINS
I, SECOi GAME
GIRLTESTIFIES
11 Bill OF
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Details! of Early Morninq
Party Following Killing of
; Mother Told By Dorothy's
.... Friend
DEFENSE PAVE WAY FOR
ALIENIST'S TESTIMONY
Dorothy
EUingsort .Listens
Stoically to Recital of
Witnesses
SAN, FRA!
CISCO. April 2.
The "Dance Macabre" with which
If -year-old Dorothy EHIngson
whiled away the night after she
had shot her mother last January
13, was detailed in superior court
here tb's afternoon by Catherine
Mossman, tesltifying at the sanity
hearing of the child matricide, j
Miss Mossman told of the party
that she and Dorothy Ellingson
and other girls and young men at
tended.j They danced far Into the
night, recalled the witness; there
was whiskey )and revelry.
"Dorothy was gay," she added.
' Friends! Are Witnesses j
The girl on trial j watched nar
rowly her old playmate at Jazz
parties ' and occasionally whisper
ed some comment to the jail ma
tron. Rut j throughout" today's
sessions, which included the testi
mony of ,nerj father and that of
police into the circumstances sur
rounding the death of her mother
the girl Hsteied. stoically. It was
the first day iince hir trial started
March 2 3 that she! got through
without fainting. Several times
she was. agitated and the matron
leaned over her with; smelling salts
but for, everjf recess si, left the
court room without assistance.1
Alienist to. Testify
The defense built up today most
of the ! preliminary
testimony on
which It will base
alienists, expected
questions jto
to testify to
morrowj. Dnfingthe day the de
fense, using witnesses whom the
prosecution had called for the in
terrupted mufder trial established
a chainj of circumstances indicat
ing that the-l girl had killed hier
mother,) as charged. Furthermore
her signed confession to the police
was 'placed, in evidence. Defense
counsel, explained to the court that
this was pari of the evidence of.
the defendant's insanity. ',
Corporal of Detectives McDap
iel3 dascribedj his interrogation of
the girl when she j was arrested
two days afte her mother's deoth
He said they! had ! talked for a
time and finally she burst out: ;
"I could shoot him!"
He asked b,er whom she meant,
and she said "Jimmy Lamare, a
hop-head." - ;
"He killed my mother," the de
tective quote4 her as saying. He
added-thatJhey sent a man to an
address she nimed and they failed
to find "Jimmy." She confessed
that it was jshe who killed her
mother. J 1 ' j
The defendant's father, Joseph
Ellingson, described the girl's life,
touching on fordid features that
he learned of I when she was at an
early age. lie said that shortly
before her birth her mother came
into hi rooni and tried to choke
him and ha4 been in a serious
state of hysteria. ! .
' He said he! considered the girl
insane basing his belief on her
deed and her jactjons since.' On a
recent occasion when he and" her
attorneys visited her he testified
"she went into a raving fit and
was a mad person. ;
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MAY BE LIFTED
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Board to Discuss Matter To
day; California Repre
sentative Is Here ;
Discussion of the removal of
the hoof and mouth disease quar
antine.
imposed about a year ago
on livestock shipments from Ca!lr
f ornla, will be ! feature of the
state livestock sanitary board to
day. , , . :l! . '
Requests that the quarantine be
li feted has been made of Governor
Pierce, fw. H, Lytle, state;, veter
narian and C A- Park, president
of the state board of horticulture,
by R. N. tVilsonJ representing
Governor Richardson of Califor
nia. : ' ,. ; i: -.;;. ;.- ;; f-
There has been no appearance
of the disease among domestic ani
mals since last ' October, accord
ing to Mr. Wilson.- ; The diBease
has been practically eliminated
among I the deer and, other states
have lifted the quarantine.
The livestock board adopted a
resolution about a week ago ask
ing the governor not to lilt the
LIVESTOCK Bi'i
Gen eral Stimulus Is
Felt in Agriculture;
Outlook MucK Brighter
WASHINGTON, April 2.-This
is the "first spring in five years
with i any evidence " of general
stimulus in agriculture." the bur
eau of agricultural economics de
clared today in a report on the
situation.
"There are no big agricultural
surpluses except in cattle," the
report said, "and judging from
the lessened population movement,
an increased number of farmers
apparently feel it financially safe
tostay on the farms this spring.
'Returning strength In livestock
prices is the most impressive ; of
a.it the general signs," it declared.
"Except for the cattle industry,
wherein the numbers on feed have
fb two years tended to obscure
the liquidation in actual breeding
stock,- agriculture has obviously
emptied its su'rplusses of the ma
jor crops. and animals.
'Over the country as a whole,
reports indicate that farmers have
Poling Holds American Home
Responsible for Moral Con
j dittos of Society
j"The American home must be
held responsible for the moral
condition of society What's
wrong with human society? "But
the world is badly off, we all well
know; Some lay this to a wrong
kind of politics; some to an inade
quate system of education, ancf
others to the church delinquent in
Its duty. But. above all other in
stitutions, the homes of . human
society are most responsible." r
1 These were the remarks of Rev.
Charles" Poling last night at the
First Presbyterian church . in his
sermon on "Home."
"Come home with me and re
fresh thyself," from I Kings, 13:7,
were the words of Mr. Poling's
text. . '
'"Bull pups and long-whiskered
torn cats are more . welcome
around some apartment bouses
houses than prattling and playing
children," said the speaker. 'And
heaven have mercy upon us that
we have come to this!"
The! regular 3 o'clock meeting
at th First Evangelical church
will not be held today. Rev. Mr.
Poling , will speak, at 7:30 p. m.
at thej First Presbyterian church.
RAIDED BY POLICE
Five Men and Girl Held for
Murders in Western
States; Guns Found
r
PHILADELPHIA. April 2 Five
men. and. al girl, arrested here to
day as alleged highway robbers,
were held without bail tonight,
charged with the murder of a fed
eral agent in Seattle, Wash:, In a
fight over bootleg rum, on war
rants sworn out by the govern
ment.; The prisoners, who gave their
names as John Bricker, Thomas
H. j Miller, Joseph Curry, Harry
Green, Jacob Diamond' and May
Vaughan, were taken in a. raid on
a house described by the police as
a' "bandit's arsenal."
In the place the authorities said
they found' sawed-off shotguns,
pistols of all sizes and calibers,
and hundreds of rounds of am
munition.
Police said they found letters in
May Vaughan's possession linking
the prisoner with the Seattle kill
ing and also with other crimes on
the Pacific coast.. When .Director
of -iPublie Safety Butler learned
that an effort was being made to
obtain their release on writs of
habeas corpus he notified the de-
partmont of Justico in Washing
ton who In turn notified the local
federal authorities to swear out
warrant charging, them with the
west coast murder.
Olympic Wrestling Champ
On Mat at Albany Tonight
. Robin Reed, world. Olympic
champion, who has never lost a
match, will tangle with Johnny
Maarus of -San. Francisco in a
wrestling match at Albany tonight
for! tho best two out of three falls.
Reed has been unable- to secure
any matches in the Pacjfic north
west because of the. lack of con
tenders to meet him. ; Maurua has
been wrestling instructor at the
Olympic Club In the Bay city and
has never been defeated The
match Is being sponsored by the
Babcock Post of the American
LejlQB.
ILL PUPS IT ITALIAN SEiTE
BABIES WANTED STAGES UPROAR
BANDITS' ISEW
not gone into action so hopefully
in five years."!
Reviewing its recent intentions.-to-plaat
report, which indicated
that 'farmers contemplated in
creased acreages of . important
crops, I the ' bureau repeated Its
warning that "it seems doubtful
if the general expansion of produc
tion jcontemplated by farmers
would j be to their best interests.
"The indicated" purchasing pow
er of the important crops tended
higher in ' February," the - report
stated "The key livestock prod
ucts practically stood still except
in cass of eggs and butter which
lost gk-ound. under the rapid ad
vance of grain prices,, though; -the
winter left certain livestock prod
ucts in relatively weak position
as to purchasing power. This- has
been especially true of dairy -and
poultry products having reached a
pointllsuch as to discourage pro
duction of the latter, although re
cent developments indicate. an up
ward ; trend.
Pugilistic Tendency Culmi-
nates in Duel: Events
Moving Rapidjy
ROME, 'April 2 (By The As
sociated Presj) Important events
departed almost simultaneously in
both nouses of the Italian parlia
ment today a pugilistic Incident
in, thej chamber afterward culmin
ating jin a challenge to a duel, and
postponement by the senate vote
on WAr Minister general Di Gior
gfo's jjtrmy reform bill. The suc
cessful passage of the army bill
appeared threatened by strong
criticisms from Italy's most promin
ent military leaders and postpone
ment lot the vote was'had on re
quest Jof Premier Mussolini.
The, uproar in the chamber was
caused by the charge made by: De
puty Viola that the government
had concentrated black shirts on
the occasion of the recent election
in the caaerta commune for the
purpose of intimidating, voters op
posed i to the fascist! candidates.
Ths charge led to an exchage of
blows between Viola and the fas
cist deputy, Bottai, and . Bottai
thereupon challenged Viola, to a
duel, i
Numerous other deputies, in
cluding Farlnacci, secretary gen
eral -of the fascist party and some
of the communists, and the ser
geant at arms bad trouble In sep
arating the combatants.
1000 lS IS
GOAL OF LEGION
Capital Post Offers Free Trip
to State Convention as
i Big Prize
Capital' Post No. 9 of the Am
erican Legion have set their mem
bership mark at 1000 and plan to
reach it by their next campaign,
according to reports made - by
Charlesj Goodwin adjutant, ; ;
As an incentive to the recruiting
Legionalrs, the first five men who
bring in the greatest number of
new members will be given a free
trip, ta the state convention of the
American Legion at Prineville
next summer. "
Already interest is running high
and from all indications this cam
paign will ; place the Salem post
well towards the top In the mat
ter of; membership. Only one
other post in the district is far
ahead of them, but the local post
nas the best record in the matter
of percentage credits. The ;-.. post
meets Monday night.
Judge Ben Lindsey's Lead
In Race for Bencli Reduced
DENVER, Colo.. April S ,
Jadgej Ben B. LIndsey. Denver's
nationally known juvenile jurist,
tonight j sits unsecurely upon the
bench seat he has occupied bore
than 20, years as a result of a
partial Recount of the vote cast in
the elections last November. :
When court closed tonight.
Judge Lindsey's original majority
of 117 votes by. which he was re
turned jto office over Royal' B.
Graham, republican and acknowl
edged klansman, had been re
duced to a bare ten votes..
A recount in certain precincts
was ordered after witnesses testi
fied to fraud, which is alleged in
Graham's contesting suit.
The. "kiddies judge" toatgU is
sued a statement again charging
the Kn Klux Klan with macIiiEa
tiong aimecf at bi3 le?ai ca"?.
DEBTPAlEfJT
AG A I iI ASSURED
US BY FRlii.'GE
Large Increase in Circula
tion of Paper Money De
clared yBy Governmenl
Not Due to Inflation
FINANCE MINISTER SAYS
WAR DEBT WILL BE PAID
'Old'Fraternity of Arms" Is
Not; Forgotten, Clemen
ter States
i PARIS, April 2 (By The As
sociated Press) The upper house
bl the French parliament was of
ficially informed this afternoon of
the impending increase in the cir
culation of paper money, an in
crease which the government in
sistently declares is not inflation.
Finance minister Clementel ex
plaining the government program
for the solution of the French
financial difficulties touches only
vaguely upon the" different pro
jects in view and In this ispect
the senate was visibly disappoint
ed.. . -
Stand Is Erplained
However he made It clear thai
the government realizes the, neces
sity of an early funding of war
debts. Once again he declared
that France will pay.
"Americans know we mean, to
pay," he said. "We have so as
sured Mr. Hughes and Secretary
of State Kellogg. We have found
in considering the matter wita
them that he old fraternity, ot
arms has- not been forgotten and
we axe on the road to a satisfac
tory arrangement."
The explanation for his lack, of
precision regarding the financial
program was found during the afv
ternoon, however, when it be
came known the socialist wing of
Premier Herrlot's majority had
set a delegation- to the premier
this morning to express dissatis
faction of the group with the pro
jects as announced in yesterdaj
evening's official communication.
Socialists Against Tax
The socialists demanded that
the government substitute a
capital levy for the Increased tax
ation project outlined. The group
did not veto Increased circulation
but declared that it could not vote
for it, or vote for an amendment
budget., when it comes back from
the senate, anlees the social re
forms . incorporated in it by .the
chamber, were left virtually in
tact, and unless the new propos
ed taxation was replaced by a
capital levy.
Consequently M. Clementel was
obliged to tack around these dan
gerous point3 involved in the gov
ernment program. '
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Driver of Stage Probably
Fatally Injured When
" Horses Leave Roaci
BAKER, Ore., April 2. A wom
an was killed, a man In in re -!.
probably fatally, and two little
gins oaaiy bruised whea tte
horses of the. Half Way-Corno-
copla stage ran away at appoint-"
about 40 miles northeast of Baker
today. j
The- horses became frightened
and broke away. Bruce Cameron,
the driver, was hurled beneath, the
wheels of the stags which passed
over bis body. Mrs. Clara Cana
han, postmistress of Carson, Ore.,
was thrown upon , the brake rod,
which penetrated her thigh. She
was dragged for a considerable
distance and died shortly after
wards. ; ,
THUHSDAY
iNWASHn:aTc:i
An effort to postpone consum
mation of the sale cf the fire pres
identships was Mocked in a skip
ping board meeting.
Agitation was revived for actien
by. the United ' States to hasf f n
fundingof remaining war debts,
particularly that of France.
The treasury announced i
March tax payments totaled $ 132.-000,000-withirv
one-half ct e
per. cent of preliminary estimat -
; : '
The National Geographic sock
announced plans' for a fiv-
study of solar heat with a vie- t
long range weather forecast!-; .
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The navy department c: '
that the return here r? r
niral Ciar!: : :". ;
significance i-i -.. .
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