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MM Wnof 1W OREGON Yf CllliW-L Unsettled, probabjy occa sional rain; 'moderate 1 temperature; moderate northeast winds. Friday Max.. 55; mln.. .4 4; riTer, .18; rainfall. 2.4,! stationary;; atmoephere, cloudy; wind, southwest. j i 4 ?rn w r Easter Sunday April 12. See Sunday's Statesman for special Easter offerings. Advertisement: found here will assist yon in your. selection ct Easter wearing apparel. . j v ; ; - SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS if. . 1 . ';;-- '. V,J X 0 VICTORIOUS IN COURT BATTLE - - - t Government Sustains; Crush ing Defeat in Prosecution v of Oil Lease Scandal; TriaLEscarjed FALL, SINCLAIR, Aft D DOHErJY CASE IS ENDED Indictments Dismissed By Su preme Court; Case Be Appealed May . WASHINGTON, April 3. The government suffered a reverse to day in its criminal prosecutions growing out of the oil scandal. " InJlctments returned last j June against the central figures in the farao js senate investigation of Al bert B. Fair, former interior sec retary, and Harry P. Sinclair, Ed ward L. Doheny and his 'son, Ed ward I. Doheny, Jr., independent oil operator, were dismissed in the District of Columblajsupreme court because of the presence in X.'.Lfie grand jury room of an assist- ' ant to the attorney general. t Appeal to be Made j Through District Attorney jGor- in the case, it was announced that an appeal would be taken to the District of Columbia cout of ap peals. Should the government finally lose in this fight the way still would be open for bresenta i tion to a new grand jui"V of the conspiracy charges in connection with the lease of Teapot Dome naval reserve to Sinclair and of California "oil reserves tb; Doheny. Whether a " hew grand I jury could consider the bribers charges against Fall and the Dobenys is not so clear, counsel fori Sinclair contend that the three-ypar jstat-. nte of limitation will bejrome ef-i tective next Tuesday, butj govern-; ment; counsel are not epnvlnced that the special act of congress in 1922,' extending the limitations to six years in certain case's would not be applicable in this Instance. Bribery Case Reviewed! The bribery charge grejw out of the delivery to Fall here while he A'as interior secretary oft' $100, f 000 in cash. The fundlwa ad- vanced by the elder Dohenyi and v. .. t-1. i - r x Itr i , S- uiuugiiL iiere iruui isvw i ur uy " his son in the now celebrated little black satchel. Fall gavle his personal note 'for the amdunt and Doheny In disclosing tha he1 had advanced the money,: saift" it was a loan! to a friend and had noth ing to do with the leases. The indictments returned here and ordered 'dismissed by Chief Justice McCoy are wholly apart from civil suits which hare been brought by the government in (Continne4 on pf J Defendant in Sensational Alienation case is not l m 1 . Present at mai BOLUS IS DEFAULTED : , 11 J f V Celia Bollman, f ormef private i W . . ... J . y secretary. io governor tqerce ana aeienaant in tne yiv.uuu aliena tion suit brought by iirs. j Alice Bozell, will default her case, it was announced yesterday- I The case came up for trial at 9 o'clock, Friday . morning, j with neither Miss . Bollman nor a Repre senting attorney . present. The case proceeded as usual, however, with counsel for Mrs. Bozell plead ing his case before a . Jury' with as much -care as if an j attorney was present for the defendant. Judge Kelly'a-court rponi was packed with an audience w<ing ot hear the details of tie sensa tional trial. J Testimony tending, to proVe the statement? that Miss Bollman and Fred Boxell. Mrs. Alice! Boaell's husband, had registered j together in a Centralis hotel as man and W Oa-ife on several occasions j -'was -"offered. Details of clandestine meetings were given. Frequent automobile ; trips to nearjby I cities were alleged. " ' j ' j The case was adjourned until Monday! afternoon at 4! o'clock, pending the arrival of a sritness for the plaintiff. i ' - Boys' Training School General Contract Goes to Portland Contractor Contracts amounting to $216,- 939 for the construction of a boys' training school a mile and a half north of Woodburn by j the state board of control 1 Friday. ., j The building will be of frame construc tion. Only boys who are not con sidered ; incorrigible will ! be trans ferred to this school when com pleted. Construction is expected to begin in about a month. : Settergren 1 Bros! of Portland, ith !a bid of $129,670, was awarded the general contract in a field of nine bidders.: The orig iial bid was for $154,500, but the bpard of control decided to elim inate! a." concrete stack estimated ajt $3030, and five fire places at $1800.:; . -1 The electrical contract went to State Sanitary Board Re : fuses to Modify Restric tions Against Calif. i There will be no immediate modification of the quarantine against importation of California cattle, sheep' and swine into Ore- gqn, ! according to ' a j decision reached Friday at a special- meet tng of the state livestock sanitary board. . : - '' j ; L i '1 ! ) Reports were submitted by R; N. Wilson, representing Governor Richardson, of California, show ing that there had been no cases of hoof and mouth disease! in thai state j among domestic j animals since October! He admitted that & largo number of deer on the ranges bad been infected j but said that nearly all of these had been exterminated.; . ''j I Governor Pierce said yesterday that he was opposed to any action that might expose Orego nlive- stock to the disease and intimated that in addition to protecting Ore gon livestock, the quarantine niight improve the Portland cattle market.;' ; '''.;'"-T .':;7j; i : Oregon placed a quarantine on importation bjFCalif ornla livestock ajt yean ago. In his efforts to have the ban lifted, Mr. Wilson pointed oat that Oregon was one of the few tates that had ; not lifted the quarantine. ! I r At present1 California livestock can be shipped into1 this state only after a certificate has been issued by the secretary of the state sani-f tary board, j : j Members of the senttary board here a for the meeting Friday In cluded Harry West, Scappoose; Walter K. Taylor, Corvallls; Dr B. T. Sims. Corvallis; M. ; Ri Biggs, Prineville and J. R. Cole Mollala. Dr.l H. Lytle, state veternarian, acted as chairman of the meeting Chemistry teacher Slams t : -Athletics" in Colleges I COLUMBUS, ': Ohio 'April 3.) Prof. E. G. Mahin of Purdue uni versity caustically denonnced in tercollegiate atheltics at the din ner of the Ohio College associa tion here tonight. I i j 1 Intercollegiate sport, he said, is now on a preferential basis and the home coming football games of colleges and universities, he declared, 'were made the occasions of liquor drinking debauches. Professor Mahin' charged that the' present! system of college football "Is a detriment to the- health of many- players and even to their lives.? '- ' J i Professor Mahin is a teacher of analytical chemistry -at the nni- versity. He has not been active as a member of the athletic gov erning body of the school. Reed Takes Two Best Out Of Three Falls at Albany Robin Reed, lightweight wres tler and winner of the" cOlympl title in his weight, defeated Mauf us by securing two out of three straight! talli at the Moose gym nasium in Albany Friday night: j i The j San j Francisco wrestler, Maurus; took the first fall In 34 minutes when - he ' floored Reed with a head ( hold. In the return meet, Reed secured a reverse scis sors hold and tossed his contender to the center of the mat, flat on his back. . In the third fall Reed put a wrist; lock on the visitor and threw him with ease, - . ; One of the biggest crowds ever assembled in Albany for a wrestl ins meet packed the hall. 4 LIVESTOCK BI; IS NOT LIFTED the Morrison Electric company of Portland, for $10,049, seven oth ers bidding. . Fox & Co.: of Port land obtained the plumbing work with a bid of $29,673, and the heating- contract for $21,665. I Contracts for two steel water tanks and towers were also let by the board, the PittsburghDes Moines Steel company getting the tank at the bdys' training school for $5882, and the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works the new tank at the state hospital for $7820. I When completed the boys' train ing school will have four cottages, a main administration and school building. ! a kitchen and coin mis sary, boiler house and water tank and tower. ' I. r IS LOCKED UP Trial Judge Declares Four Possible Verdicts ftpr .Notorious Criminal HARTFORD, Conn.. April 3. (By the Associated Press). The jury trying Gerald J Chapman for murder was ordered locked up for the night at 9:40 tonight. ' ; Instructed by the court that it could, under the law, return one of four verdicts, guilty of murder in the first degree, second degree, manslaughter Or acquittal the jury, before it had deliberated four hours, had returned to court twice for additional "instructions. In both instances the requests indicated that they were going over ' with minute care the alibi testimony introduced by a number ot defense ; witnesses, l For the first request was for a time tabl of trains running out of Spring field, Mass., for New York on Sat urday, October 1 1; ' 192 4"j- The second request was that the testi mony! of the two Meriden witness es for the prosecution be read to them.: A'' I ; . I -I Chapman was taken back to the state j prison at Wethersfield tor the night. He had spent the more than nine hours during which the JUry deliberated in the basement of the court house, surrouhded by guards :i : i I ' ! i As i the hours dragged on with no sign coming from the j Jury room, Chapman, who' had been calmly seated smoking most of the- day, began, walking; up and down. Although his face never lost Its gambler's mask, his nerv ous strides betrayed his perturba tion. I !;; i'V I JEGUGEK SEDS PEOPLE TO HELL Sinlessly Perfect Man. Never Lived Declared . Dr. n Charles Poling "There is something radically wrong, with, the man who .claims to be sinlessly perfect. Nobody ever lived absolutely sinless ex cept the Man who walkea by the Gaiiieau Sea 'centuries 'ago. That was Jesus Christ, who lived and died to save me." With these words Rev. Charles S. Poling In troduced his sermon last night at the Presbyterian church, i "We all like sheep have gone astray and he hath laid on him the iniqui ties of us all' served as the basis for Mr. Poling's message. - "Most triea. are selfish and bi gotted,". continued the speaker. "You are not complimented when you are told the facts of your moral condition. God says every man has broken itli law afid is sinful before Him. You feel in sultd to be called a sinner, but the fact is, we all like sheep have gone astray! "A lost dog finds its way back home. A. lost sheep never1 gets back home alone. It goes with the flock. Its idle curiosity gets it In to trouble. We are like sheep we have all gone astray. Jesus came to seek, and to save that which is lost. He gave his life to save yon and me.: Then, 1 am saved? You ask?. No sir! Not unless you make Jesus Christ your Lord and Saviour.' "What are you going to do about it?" challenged Mr. Poling. "A new good moral . life . won't save you! fcven to make Je"sus ChrLst " your example, IS not (OoaUaavA ob Vf I) IM GIRL'S Slim OOESTIfllDftT 1UDDEST1U Alienist Declares Dorothy Eliingson, Slayer of Moth er, Suffers From "De mentia Praecox" LACK OF EMOTION IS DECLARED UNNATURAL uiri smiles as Witness for Says She High , Prosecution Rates i ' SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. Dorothy , Ellingsbn, the 17-year old "jazz girl- who killed her mother last January, was termed in medical testimony given at her sanity hearing before a. jury in superior court here today a vie urn or .dementia praecox, a person lacking emotional balance, who all her life .has acted without nor mai deliberation! and Judgment. At 5:35 p. m. Jl udge Louderback adjourned 'court until Monday morning. The prosecution which is resisting the efforts of the de- fense to prove the girl insane, brought out on cross examination of the defense alienists that since her arrest she has acted in an ap parently rational manner except for irrational j , spells of fainting and fits of anger, that she an swered questionsj intelligently and evidently comprehended all that went on around jher. : Alienist Takes Stand ' Dr. Frd P. Clark, medical sup erintendent! of the state hospital for the insane a t Stockton, defin ing the type of dementia praecox, from which he iiaid she suffered, said there was "a , defect In the organization." ! : Dr. Clark said he based his be lief in her insai ity on her entire lack of any emotion. He explained his talk With her about her moth er's death, whicl she had brought about without ruasn except for a trifling quarrel ver the mather's advice that the girl quit the night life and get a jot). He said Doro thy had displayed no remorse and had told him she slept well in Jail. . ! ; ! I "She was dead as far as any higher appeal wj.s concerned," the alienist testified ' j - Sham Unveiled Dr. Clark was reminded that the girl had wept at times since her imprisonment, that at other times she had smiled and display ed pleasure. ' : 'j i "I would say," he replied, "that when she wept t .was put on a hysterical manifestation. Insane persons, if not extremely dement ed, know enough to do that. But she displayed s n utter lack of moral emotion." He defined that as a sense of right. i He was asked Whether 'normal persons did not have deep emotions and suppress them. Some could, he believed. While the glaring searchlight of science was turned on all; the intimate details of her life, Doro thy .Eliingson si it, obviously agi tated, but with a firm grip on herself. For the second successive day she did lio t faint. She sat twisting her handkerchief, but not as violently as in the first part of the trial when she was swooning several times daily. She smiled faintly when Dr. George Ordahl, clinical psycholo gist, testified that the tests he had applied to her bad revealed' that she was "not feeble minded or a mdrbn, but had Intelligence." ja high average of L MAY BE CLOSED Dissolution o Union School Asked in mitted Petition Sub- ito Board The dissolution of the Gervais Union, school district is sought by six of the seven; districts compris according to pe ing the Union, titions presented ; calling for an election to consider the matter. Action is desired at the regular annual meeting; of -the districts, on June 1$. . '. : A : The district has been In opera tion for three years, with a total valuation of $1,783,134, and a tax rate of, 3.8 mills for the district, " (CenUnnl a pg 4 I 0 SIIIPPIOBSILE S CLOCKED BV COURT fiCTlDFJ Sale to Dollar Steamship In terests Is Brought to Halt By Pacific Mail j Com pany's Order j! i . 1 'j -' 1 ; ' ! S SUPREME COURT GRANTS TEMPORARY INJUNCTION Provision of i Merchant Marine ; ; Act of 1920 Must Be j Acted Upon WASHIVP.TnTsT n C. Anril a onclusion !to the sale to Dol-i 1 n . . ' .flL irll 1 Steamship company's!; California Orient line was blocked tempor arily today In, the District of Co lumbia supreme court. ' ; . Granting a petition! of the Pa cific Mail. Justice Hitz issued a temporay injunction against the shipping : board and set April 13 forja hearing on making the or der, permanent, 'v. n i ' Cas To Be Continued ; Extended litigation is in pros pect1 regardless of this hearing with the probability the supreme J court of the United States Will have to pass upon provisions of the merchant, marine act of1920. Meanwhile he PaciHc Mail will continue to operate the five snip ing board vessels at stake in the service from San Francisco to Manila unless the board should take action to terminate the op erating contract entered intq more than four years ago.f j Chairman O'Conner of the board declared today he personally would be in favor of terminating that contract if the injunction was made per manent. ! Chamberlain 1m Silent Commenting upon ;that state- ment, former Senator!! George E. Chamberlain of Oregon r counsel for the i Pacific Mail 1 1 interpreted it as a willingness to drive the Pacific Mail out of business in any case. He legal steps if if the board course. -: The action would not say what any might be laken should add such a of . the - Pacific! Mall in resorting to court proceedings was -taken, following the authori zation of the jsale of ships to the Dollar interests by a four to three vote of the bpard. s Cargoes Are Made j The controversy has Involevd questions of government shipping policy and a jfight beihg compet ing shipping tlnteresta an4 has been charactprized with Sensa tional charges that k monopoly was being developed on. the Pa cific coast. '" I ! The reverberations of the ; fight reached such a point it was sug I the White House led Upon to take a gested that might be cal hand, but this became a remote possibility forj the decision rested entirely with J the board. I He assume the board ha4 act ed as it best saw fit and has taken no part in th matterj j I Willamette From Debaters Win College of Idaho The Willamette university men's debate team rill meet the College of Puggt Sound in a dual debate tonight. The; traveling team will meet the CPS affirmative there, while the Willamette -affirmative will meet the! CPS negative in the Waller hall chapel at 7i 30 o'clock. rThe questicjn will be, "Itesolved, That congTessj should be given the power to re-enact legislation de clared unconsjtitutionali by the supreme-conrt. : - -;i !; . s The Willamette affirmative to speak here will be Jaines McClin tock and iUwson Chapin, and they will be liiet by Hester Biesen and Allison jWetmore) who '; will Uphold the negative ot CPsJ This Is next to tbe'final debate to be held on the local floor this year and is the last debate of the year for the two men! to' speak for Willamette, ftawson Chapin, senior of Salem, will close his for ensic Work fpr ( the . universityin this debate sis he, is o graduate this -year.;. '.A,'. : ; - IN--' -. j The final debate Will : be be tween the tra veling team, Charles Redding and Joel Berreman,! and the representatives of (Lawrence college, to be held here April; 8. TEIXIXG TTtUTIJ 3PA1I SEATTLE, April 3.U4Margaret Allman was acquitted on-a charge of possessing! narcotics by a fed eral court query here - today; for telling the trnth. Baron Ago von Maltzan, New Ambassador from Germany, Arrives with His Wife and Daughter i ' v - - ' r r i i, I f ; I . j - ! : , $ s -r ' s i 8 k :;:::.-: 'itim. " ;.::':.::::':': ' v s " - ; crvv 1 t - 1 i i ii hr " x - ' 1 rf"s :,' . ? II , v..- ! s t K - "iJbM ' Li v.: . -. . . "v .v. -.'.l." ".'."V -. ...... ww.w.vjAa' This photograph waw taken wen Baron "von Malttan, who succeeds Otto Weldffldt as Ambassador at "Washington, arrfved in New Tork with .Baroness von MaJtzan and their daughter Edith, aix years old. The Baron, who Is about 66, years (ILLE AUTQ 5ISH0P Monitor Man Is Instantly Killed When Machine Is Hit By Train Another blind corner took a toll of death yesterday morning when A. N. Moshberger, station agent, at Monitor for the " Willamette Valley Southern, was instantly killed when ( his machine was struck by an Oregon Electric train at Parker's crossing, near West Wodburn. His wife was seriousfy injured, although their 3-year-old child escaped uninjured. L C The! accident occurred shortly after 9 o'clock Friday morning. The car which crashed into the automobile is operated on a short line, and connects West Woodburn with the terminal at Woodburn. The crossing at which the accident occurred is clear of all obstruction except for a small garage, bunt a short distance from, the tracks. This, it is declared, cut off the view of both the driver of the car and the motorman until both were within 30 feet of the cross ing. When the crash came the car was overturned and dragged about 60 feet. Moshberger and his wife were thrown clear of the wreck and about 45 feet from the cross ing. The man was killed instant ly, and Mrs: Moshberger was be lieved to be suffering from a brok en "back, although it is now be lieved that 8he will recover. The baby, although escaping unhurt, was pinned in the wreck, and (Continued on page 4) rnmnnnr PUG SYSTEM Local Conditions Warrant .No Change in Present Method Clubmen Hold The special committee of the Lions club for the investigation of traffic conditions in the city re ported on three of the dominant traffic ' problems of the day. The. committee favored the pres ent - parking plan because of .the local conditions. A change, would work a hardship upon the mer chants of the city. If the parking system be changed. As a result the committee recommended that the parking places be changed from nine feet to seven feet. The matter of making the Pa cific highway an arterial within the city meets with favor of the city officials. However, ! the en forcement of this regulation would depend upon the individual, be cause 'the city has no funds with which to employ a special officer. . The matter ot the safety zone in the vicinity of the Parrish school does hot meet with the approval ot the school officials. The city officials are to ; erect warning signs near the approaches to the school la order to warn the mo torist. Consequently,- the commit tee - recommended that ' the club endorse the plan advocated by the officials. IN i innm LIU f . v ; y -v.. :- w ..... . 7: old. speaks Kngllsh fluently and,' is fond, of athletic e ports. . For the last two years h: bas been Sec retary cf State tor Germany. Tha Baroness la a painter and likes to dance, . i COURT FIGHTS FOR H!G Efforts Being Made to Block Proposed Referendum Sought By Firms In Vjorder to offset the. -plan of the trucking companies to secure a referendum against the gross earnings tax, passed by the legis lature", the county. spurt. is discus sing a means to - prevent such action, in cooperation with the statis highway commission. . ' The! trucking companies, the county ourt declares, have en tered referendum proceedings, not becaufe heyj believe that the law will be defated in the election, but in order to save the sum of ap proximately $500,000 which would be collected In taxes by the etate between now and the time the elec tion will take! place. "''he trucks have been using our highways, and have been de stroying then,, to a certain extent, without returning Just compensa tion for the damage they , have done ,'1 the county commissioners statedj "The law, as passed by the legislature . is Just, and the people! will uphold it in the elec tion but with the referendum in sigh ted :, the state will not be permit to collect those taxes until after the election. Ti e plan which the county court has evolved, jand which they will take up with the state highway commission, i would regulate the weight' of loads that could be car ried by the ) companies, and if pushed to its! extent, would event ually force them out of business. This plan Will be followed out, th e county judge declared, if the trusters proceed with their refer enda m proceedings. CONTEST BEGINS Thrjee Candidates Seek Hon rs; Election Will Be Held (Next Week nal selection! for May queen at Willamette university now lies between Miss Lucia Card, Miss Elizibeth. McClure and Mis3 Jen hell Varidevort, as a result- of the nominations made at the reg- ular chapel hour yesterday. The final election will be held next weejc, the one receiving- the high est inmber of votes will be chosen as queen and the other two will be the maids of honor. Mjiss Card is from Dallas, Is a meniber of the Delta Phi sorority and the PhUodoslan literary soci ety.j ! j; : j Miss McClure, who ia from Port land, 'is a member of the Cbresto matheah literary society ahd tihe Lausanne Hall club. J - M!iss ) Vandevort, who Is frdim Salem, is a member of the Delta Chi j sorority and the Adelaite literary society, ' i r Ah plana for May daV are now about complete and the ueen will be assured of a full program dur ing jthe two days of hep reign. I fffl DAY QUEEN nnnQfiimPTn UUIrfliyil I I LL 1 u FIX DATE FOfi FLMEElli Committee Will Complete Final Plans at Special Meeting to Be Held This Morning PROPOSED PLANT WILL COST OVER $300,000 Portion of Funds Pledged; Polk County Developing I Flax Growing Salem's flax committee of the Chamber of CommerceJlast night completed preliminary plans for a big general mass meeting, the date to be Bet by the Committee today. I At a meeting held Friday after noon the committee "set the goal for a flax manmacturlng: plant at $300,000, of which amount S. M. Sanson, of Toronto, Canada, flax expert and linen manufacturer. nas promised.. to contribute $50,, 000, while Silverton and Albany have promised to contribute simi lar sums. . The remainder of the will be raised locally. Hanson Recommended After Mr. Sanson's first appear ance in the city a committee was appointed to satisfy themselvea that the manufacturer's character deliability and financial standing; were all they were . supposed to be. This committee last night placed their official endorsement upbn Mr. Sanson in making a re port. !. I , in addition to this report, a number, ot Salem business men will go oh record in the near fu ture -to show that they approve of the linen milL" project- Alt of these reports will be submitted at the general mass meeting to be held later. . . Recognizing Mr. Sanson's abili ty and experience, he will be asked to supervise the erection of th linen manufacturing plant and supervise operations until the mill is a going concern. I Interest Is Cirowing I When Mr. Sanson first come to Salem and explained the var ious goods that ! could be manu factured, he stated that no effort would be made, should 'e decide to invest in a plant here, to man ufacture any of the fancy grades of cloth but would confine hi activities , to what Is known to the trade as "bread and butter" stuff, consisting of some of the simpler grades.! Interest in the linen manufac turing industry la spreading throughout the entire Willamette alley, which is particularly ad opted to the , growing of flax. T. B. Kay, state treasurer and woolen mill manufacturer who is also interested .in thlg industry, has appeared In rarious towns in the district and has been enthus iasticolly received. Polk county is becoming more than interested in the flax grow ing Industry and funds have been voted by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce to test the flax culture ana to promote the flax and linen industry In Polk county. As a result of this move flaxTseed will be planted in a score of plots In a score of plots in various parts of the country. Tolk Planting Flax I (Continued on paga 3) " FRIDAY IN WASHINGTON John Van A. McMurray, assist ant secretary of Etate. was se lected jaa minister, to China. &,a.lilAt.l " H J . ' '.. Aicoiucuh v-uuiiuge, it was an nounced, expects to attend tha Norse-American celebration at St. Paul June 8. - Secretary Weeks suffered a mild throrabosial stroke,, and re ports were revived that he eooa would retire from the cabinet. -' A paraphrase of the Feruvim, memorial on Tacna-Arica bcca:ao available, containing aysursat that the arbital award will be ao- cepted. ... , Short line railroads were av?i orlzed by the Interstate tonne rr i proposed Xi.Vel Flate i :iroi mergir hearlus.