StiV.&m I-f 'it tit -s It'AK' SALEM OREGON,SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1925 ... IS lEUTEIIEDT 0 YEfiH TEOi.1 '. - - former Teller in State Trea - surer's Office Pleads ' , Guilty to Charge of Di Yen- s ;mg Funds PAROLE IS REVOKED BY JUDGE; TERM STARTED Arsenic Found, Leads to coTcrinif of Train of C; r ctnnstances Clarence W. Thompson, former teller In the state treasurer's of fice, illmpaed hU last view ok the business and residence -section of Salem about 4 o'clock, Satirdy afternoon as: b jvas. taken t the stafte peoitentfary to begin serving the nine year sentence Imposed upok him at 40 o'clock Saturday morning by Judge Percy K. Kelly 1 tor larceny of approximately"! 4.-' , 000 of state funds. He was'dress- 4 in avd given No. 9282.. ' I i Conner "Vot Present Thompson appeared in court at J escorted' by Sheriff Oscar Lower. ; He was unshaken and ap peared to be on the verge o collapse.- lie entered a plea of giiility and i waived the two-day period be tween arraignment and imposition of sentence Tuesday. "If; I hare to go 'out the're-1 Want ho' i delay- so' I can bars' some attention for I have peon Bick since , Tuesday," Thonipson said. "I had hoped to be sttrlated so I fcoulcT pay -back the . money." I Parole Revoked - ' I ' - Jirdge .Kelly ' first reydke the two-year parole he had bestowed upon Thompson when he first ap peared fa court and pleaded guilty to, the misappropriation:: of :93t. An additional seven years were added for the second oMense, in volving approximately $3000i The two sentences do not run concur rently. ( - Unless executive clemency is extended in his behalf.- Thompson mtfst serve foor and a half years before he is. eligible- for a- parole. .. fw Mis-Appropriation Charged ' ''"(, 'n commenting upon the case, k V . deluding the matter of parole , T frfrlrich was received ' with- much , f;unfavorabfe crillcismJudge Kelly I said. In' sentencing the prisoner: j This case first appealed to! the court as that of a young man jwith ant invalid f wife who had taken about $1000 of state funds. He aid he, had intended to repay it', and showing was made-that hie had repaid In that amlouat. "The (CenUausd a pic i) i'- Successor to Herriot Hot Se I lectdtf; Result of Crisis i j in Doubt PARIS, April 11. (By the As sisted Press), The successor to a departing premier, M. Herriott, mains in (he greatest doubt at ie end of the' first day', of the ministerial crisis. President Dou lnergue; appears' to, have exhausted parliamentary sources of advice but he went to bed to sleep on the question without giving an inkling of 'bis conclusions to any of his numerous callers' whd, from jVln cent Aurlol, socialist president of the finance committee ofjj the chamber, to Louis Merin of the : nationalist i, bloc, represented all shades of the situation. "- 'Most conspicuous leaders : con sulted. M. Brland, Loucheur and Palnleve, said that President Dou meTgue received their advice with avidity but kept his own counsel. Leaders of the moderate groups Insisted a ! national union of par ties, such as outlined In the senate resolution that . caused Premier f lerriott's downfall, was the -only possible means of restoring confi - ynce, ; 1 i ' " The socialists, Aurlol and Bon- our, said that maintenance of the adicaj coalition in power was an uperatlvo necessity and that M. lerriott ought to be glren another ha nee, with new associates taken rom the groups of the coalition. They warned PresIJ-.;:t "Dou- .lergua the' proposed Briand com aunication would drive the so- jalljtj 3t3'th oppositt::, j mm ge IS1 STILL; OPEN LD NEWSPAPERS DISPLAYED; REBEL ; SENTIMENT SHOWN Papw' Published Daring Civil War Gives Keen Insight of Spirt t of Times IsILVERTON, Ore., April li; (Special Three -newspapers one date on Saturday, January ' 4, 1800, a second lorfe dated August 9, lg62f- and ahfrd tone' Jufy'2. 1863, are oh display at the'Cool idge anf McClafne' bank at Sllrer ton. 1 The 6 West of the three Is a reproduced J copy, the 'other two are the originals. All three pa pers are in a remarkably will pre served condition:. - The copy,1 from fS 00' contains four i pages; j two inner ot which are bordered rn black, fn mourn ing tor George Washington With; whose" death it ideals. 'The' name of the" paper Is the-? 'Ulster County Oaxette," and its publishers were Samuel Freer' & Son. ' - "The Rebel."' which was being published 62 years later" at Chat tanooga, Tennessee',: Was "all that its name implies. - One of Its headings reads that there is ''No Union Sentiment in the Rebel Army." ; The paper contains y&n explanation of t the f conscription law. and ' on its f rbnt page is an advertisement reading. "For Sale or Exchange, One Negro Woman for a Boy." . ' " Perhaps the most interesting of of group is that from July'2,v 1863. It is - printed - on the back ; of a piece of Walt paper. This, '"The Daily, Citizen.' ?waa published by J. U. Swards tft Vicksburg, Miss. Conspicuous headlines ate, "Gen. Il.olJ't E.i Lee Again,; arid "The Recent3 Federal Losses, at Vicks burg."t It pictures some of the hardships 61 the Civil War,' among which was a notice telling of the eating of mulo flesh. The papers ' belong to . Melvin Chandler, a Silverton mail carrier. Thirteenth Annual C.onfer- - ence Will be Held. April . 17 to 19 Inclusive 'Salem will be lost' to the Thir teenth annual Older Girls' con ference, April 17, 18 and 19, under the arusplces of Oregon Council of Religious education; The confer ence will be composed of girls and young women from 15 to 24 years of age, and' is a delegated body consisting Of not more than two representatives frOm each organ ized Sunday school class of young women. About 500 delegates are; expected. Miss Susie Church, of Salem, president;" Katharyn Seelye of Eu gene,' vice president; Eleanor East man ?of Portland, secretary-treasurer,! are to handle the conference while it is in Salem. Kiss Oril Elsie Henthorne, min ister's assistant of First Presbyter ian church of Portland, has charge of devotions;, Miss Alta. Lewis Stevens, state" lecturer for the So cial Hygiene society, will give a series of lectures to the younger girls and another series to the old er girls attending the conference, . j Misg Ruth E. Ross, Willamette university student will make a spe cial report, of the conference held at Genera iast year. Miss Bernlce Cofer of Portland, a student at Lin field college will also make a report of the same conference. Entertainment of the delegates whil in Salem will be handled by the YWCA board here. A special train is to bring many of the del egates from Portland to Salem. RETinED- mm CALLED Br DEATH Funeral Services for Rev, j-Richard Hocking Will be. h ., Held Monday ( . -f Rev. Richard Hocking, . 66, rrer tired Methodist minister, died at hitf home at 1020 Cottage about 10:30 o'clock Saturday, morning following an Illness of nearly two months. ; 'Funeral services1 will be held'Tfroni the Jason -Lee 'Metho dist church at 3 .o'clock Monday, afternoon with interment in the Lee Mission cemetery. Rev. Mr. Acheson will have charge, assist ed by other Methodist ministers of the city. . Rev. Mr. Hocking ..entered ttie ministry In Dakota in 1888.' later having charges in California' and Nevada. He became- affiliated with' the Oregon conference in 1910 and occupied pulpits at Jef ferson. Staylon',, ' Junction City, Gardner,- Yoncalla - and Marquam. He retired from active service In O OLDER GIRLS - GilTHER HERE llESTIGilII ' OE DEATHS TO THOHIZED Womarr is Held by Officials, Suspected of Poisoning Five Members of Family; Orre Row III INSURANCE COLLECTED OVER TWO THOUSAND Prisoner Near Collapse as Cir cuit Judge KeTIy Pro- . nonnces Sentence CHICAGO, April 11. -Mra; Anna Cunningham, 49, of -Gary, Ind- fainted tonight : when ques tioned concerning the five deaths' in" her family during the last six years, and the condition of her son, David, who is -in a critical condition in a Chicago, hospital from poisoning. Indiana and Il linois authorities are investigat ing: the1 deaths .of Mrs. Cunning ham's husband, one daughter and three sons. - . ' . , j - ! Suspicion Aroused -t . - Arsenic was found In her home at Gary and Mrs. Cunningham late today admitted she had bought a quart of arsenic about six months ago which she said she used to spray house plants-. - As . a result of finding- the . poison and the curious circumstances surrounding the deaths of other members of. Che fanTily.Indiawa . and "Illinois authorities -are cooperating in the Investigation. . j ; , Insurance ! Collected 1 r ; Under ' questioning Mrs. Cunn ingham admitted that-all member's Of her family who have died were insured in amounts ranging frOm a few hundred to more. than, $2, 000 arid that ' she collected the insurance after each death. She denied vehemently, however, that ' ehe -had poisoned1 any mem bers'of her ''family arid attributed their deaths to varying causes, including stomach trouble ' and tonsllltis. - . , Woman Faints During questioning tonight Mrs. Cunningham fell to the floor in a faint. . Doctors worked over Mrs. Cunningham for" more than half an hour before sh recovered con sciousness. She was then . taken to' the county hospital, wherei a policeman was detailed to guard her. Doctors said fhe'y believed Mrs. Cunningham 'had collapsed as' the result of hysteria. She will be turned over Co Gary auth orities.' . s ."'.-' GARY, Ind., April 1 1 .Coroner ca'ro. tonight obtained orders fronl Dr. A. IS. Dobbiris of Valparaiso, Porter county , coroner, to exhume the bodies of the four children arid I the husband of Mrs. Anna Cunningham, who is held Jin Chi cago, ! while' their deaths, and the illness of another son from poison ing are being investigated. ' The bodies will be disinterredlMonday. The vital organs will be "taken ; to Chicago for analysis , by 'W. i D. McNally. coroner's chewst,. and Dr. Joseph Springer,' 'j coroner's physician.' Dil. BMrvJlll . BETU1 y 9111 President of Willamette Uni . versity Regains Health in Last Year ' Announcement was made Sat urday by Dr. B. L.steeves, presk detit of the board of trustees of Willamette, university." that. Dr. Carl Gregg Doneyy president of Willamette university, who has been 6n a year's leave of absence in the east, would return to Salem on or about May 9, and assume the active presidency of the insti tution. A letter from Dr. Doney.'Was read at a meeting of the trustees in Portland yesterday,; stating that the writer had regained his lieiaith to a great extent and was nearly ready to return-to this city. During Dr. Doney'a absence. Dean George H. Alden has been acting as president of the institu tion in addition to a special fac ulty committee, of which he was chairman.. . ' " siccov soyv IS PRISON SAN QUENTIN, Cal., April 11. f'Kid" McCoy, once dapper beau bmmmel of the prize ring:, known to few by his real n.LU3.lZaxmaa fifilbv is tonicht convict No. 40.- 7X6, He Ije?arae a trl:.;;ct Jodayiljjm allf Jrj fact, ng gne oujhl SHEPHERD HAS STfiTE PROBE Old Friend of Allegeri Poison er of Millionaire Ward; Appears! Before: Court in Deposition. GERM (DISEASES AND POISONS DISCUSSED New Interest is Iifjected in "Case by 'testimony of : . Architect CHICAGO,' April 41.4 Another witness againstj. .William D.f Shep herd. indicted for . the .murder of his millionaire j ward. William N. MeClintock, ."appeared ' - today, as' Cjilef Justice! Olson . of , the mu nicipal court; prepared . to asTc a second Indictment. Germs Dtscnssed : The latest accuser. of Shepherd was William I Jones, an architect, who has known the Shepherd for a long time, and who told Judge Olson that h& knew Shepherd was "interested in po!s6ns" before the death of MeClintock. "We talked of such matters 'and of germ- dis ease's arid theft effect and detec tion," Jones said. The architect's statements in jected new Interest into the forth coming report jof the coroner's' chemist as toj what tilled Dr. Os car Olsons "brother of the, Judge", who instigated 'the5; investigation into the deaths of MeClintock, his mother. .Mrs Emma .Kelson .Me Clintock, and Olson. . ' Assistant State's Attorney . Jos. Savage announced today that tMrs. Shepherd would be" questioned again. , ' v'l L " ;: Cases Confused . Because the Cook county author mes, are. myestigaung so many poison cases',; theyi, became , con fused tonight; and' erroneously re ported that poison had been found in the vital organs; of Dr. Oscar Olson, brother! of I Judge Harrjr Olson, instigator of the invest!-: gation. and whose being investigated death Is also in connection with the ; case. , Coroner t Oscar Wolff went to) Valparaiso to in-i' vestigate the deaths of several members of the family of Mrs. Anna Cunningham, leaving' his chemist, Dr. j W. D. McNally to work on the ! analysis of Dr. 01 son's body.- j -l ' i .; :i Dr. McNally.i however, went .to work in . analysis ojt fluids taken from the body jof David Cunning ham. Mrs. Cunnlrigtiam's son, who is ill from poisoning in a hospital here. Overthe telephone he re- ported to Coroner Wolff that he had found poison in this investi gation. ? The j coroner thought he referred to the Olson analysis and announced that arsenic had been found in Dr. Olson's . body, not Hading his error until, he had re4 turned t to Chicago. s IJUSTBir Gill New Relationship Between Workers and Manufact urers Seen by Speaker NEW YORK.! April 1L A def initely new .relationship ' In the whole setting , of industry Is in prospect, Herbert Hoover, secre tary of commerce told, the nation al civic ' federation at its first industrial round table conference here today. ,: : Ownership of the ' utilities and large manufacture, said Mr. Hoov er, had- been largely divorced from management in being dif fused among millions, of stock holders, none able to dictate pol icy. .. The.1 terms "owner" and 'iContlaaaa a pajn SI n BIGGEST THING FOR S Salem is going to put over the proposition for a second linen mil! for this city : And that will be the biggest thills' ever do tie f6r Salerno And the quicker the bigger, '.''' That is, if the news can be broadcasted (that Salem re sponded to the call at once and aU but unanimously, it. will be all the greater victory; all the'greater credit toj her e'nt'erpfisd and good judgment and willingness to measure up fo'nar oi iwrtumties. So make it snappy. There is no such word as "- ."And lid man or woman with a particle of interest ill Sa lem. even the interest of a II lt OREGDft GETS WAR TROPHIES First Steps taken Looking Forward to !40 Tons of Captured German Stores -.'- "V " L , j . ". : ' , ; , A First teps towrfrd securing Ore gon's share" of 'captured German cannon and other war trophies, recently allotted ito the Btates by congress, was" taken Saturday by Governor Pierce! la designating Brigadier' General Geo. A. White ... . - -V . i ..!).'.... ay3representatlvej of. the Btate for this, purpose. The .federal law be comes, operative j this month - and each state ' wishing? to participate in the distribution of captured ord nance Is required to name a rep resentative to arrange for the se lection and distribution.. of the ma terials, according to announce- ment received by Approximately G oyer nor Pierce. 40 tons of cap makes up Ore tu red materia la gon's share, the governor waa ad vised by the hief ot ordnance at Washington. Regulations cov ering the distribution to the state will be issued byj the government this month. Governor Pierce and General White decided at a con ference to secure ) all of the troph ies for which counties,;: cities and institutions entitled to trophies make application. It was esti mated that the . cost of transport ing the entire allottraent would be $ 3200, and the cost of freight will have to be paid, by those se curing the' trophies, it was de cided, since there is no state ap propriation for this purpose. Gov ernor Pierce Indicated, that, he would seek somj" way of, having two of the camouflaged large can non .added to the exhibitions in the state house grounds. . Regulations covering the distri bution within the state and the details of local distribution win bo prepared by General White as soon as the federal regulations are -received. The state is given' one year , In which to claim its allot- ,mentw r after' which! it loses its rights, under the' allocation .law. It. was said that quite; a number of requests for trophies have been received .already ifrom cities and schools, including .Portland, .Ore gon. Agricultural I college and the University of Oregon. It was held probable that when all requests ' ' CConUnad a ; pa , '-, fail" job. should be overlookedv Get to hay to e ask?d, j r ' hi " r? E is ris&hv He is risen; TeSJ He "has- burst His prison; . . - Let the whole rejoice: Death has. conquered man is -free, . - L Christ has: won -the victory. - ' - -1 - s BLOSSOM DJy IS WAITI NG VISITORS Everything Ready for Annual Event According fo King Bing Perry "Everything is ready for Blos som day, the roads are placarded and the : state t'raffic department has promised to be on hand to hetp'; handle the" crowds," declared King , Birig. rerry fn cominentlng on the big day of the Ch'e'r.rians. Even - nature is doing her best to make the day an extraordinary one With the quality of the blooms. From all accounts, this year' it out standing; in the quality of blos soms that,' have been produced. The opinion of experts state that this year is the best one of the past 10 years', arid visitors will have a welcome sight. The Oak! Grove and the Liberty Rosed ale districts are the. two that have been given special distinction by the Cherrians. Routes have been formed to these centers and everything is in readiness for .the event. .':. . Local Boy Scouts are to.' be on hand to assist by directing traffic at intersections and at the differ ent turns. ML ' i I'. 5T- BOUSE- ?M UTTEWS COOP Nomination of . Vori; Hinden burg Said to Presage Re vival of Interest BERLIN, Afc-flf If. "-(By the Associated Press ).-r-Cpunt Fred erich Von Loebell, chairman of the nationalist bourgeois bloc said in an" Interview today that the no mination' of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg for . the presidency must be vjewed as Initiating a concerted movement to' restore a bourgeoise regime In Germany. It wprild thereb, be paid, "eliminate the powerful socialist party from decisive ' future participation . In government affairs and, incidenx tally, prevent the further perpetui ation of coalitions Comprising so cialists, democrats and centrists. "The" construction of a. national bourgeoise bloc was originally conceived for the purpose of neu tralising conflicting antis; ajd cur-t rents, among .non-socialistic par Hes," her saidV "as I w'aarconvinced that such coordina tion of .our yari-; oua political organization's was the first pre-requlsite for .the healthy reconstruction of our' internal af? fa fa and the subsequent prosecu tion' of a' firm but nbt aggressive foreign policj." ' . STANFORD. ST ADITJM,. Cal., April 1L' Stanford TOmped away with Its' track and field meet with the University of Oregon today, SlSSlag 92& t2 38.j. : - Ji . - l 1 it out with joyful voice: ree day's wide earth HIGHEST COURT TO HEAR CASE Senate to Clash' With Cool idge jOver Appointment . ! of Officiars WASHINGTON; April -II. An other contest of authority between the' president and senate is at hand and will be heard before' the supreme court Monday. -. Havirig recently asserted'" In 'ltijj rejectlorildf Charles' B , Warren1 ib bp attorney general,, .the claim .to the tighi , nnder. the f constitution 6f refuslhg io confirm these se lected foj office by the president, the .senate will now ,, appear through icounse before the";bigh est court; to extend that co-jgross has the' jconsiitutionst right to prescribe the coridltlbns" f under which the jjresid erit may remove those he has appointed to offices it-baa preated. - ;.;','.;; The. cMtrpyersy; between , the executive and; legislative branched of the goverririient reached the Judicial brarieh.i or . adjustment lnj a. case from Oregon brought by Frank S. Myers, who was appoint ed master at Portland by President Wilsons Ho was removed by Mr. Wilson s Januaf-y, 1920. .and the nomination, of his' successor was not sent to the senate until July, 1921, when .his four-year terni expired. I Norl did tho president fOohtlm-.ed oil r-s s MiSDISiSSEP W- A. l)en Proposes Amend ment' to Constitutioh to . Bah Western Wars PORTLAND, Or... April 11 Oregon electors may take. the first step' toward amending the federar constitution sp that the United States can prevent future war in the western nemispnere. c Decape known here today. Trio proposed' amend nlerit was dratted by W. A- U'RenJ of Portland, and In the opinion', f Mr. U'Ren and, those With whom be ha's consulted,- the amendment Would oe an effective har nrairiRt- war.--'' ', '" ' -i The proposal' in. brief limits the United States to defensive war tare. The offensive weapon is to be the boycott, an official boycott against the offending foreign na tion. I Easter Baby Arrives in Salem For Bio::cinTuy Born on Easter morning and on Blossom day, "Elgin Eugen Baldinger, Jr.i was the first new arrival in the city of Calem. Ilia parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elln E. Daldinger, live at 1156 South EIEDITIOi! EAST STiiiiTty BY nUDSEUEL'i: Theodore and Kermlt Sail cn, Long Tnp to Orient in Searcfrof Rare Specimens of Fauna SCEfiE OF KlPLlflG'S POEMS TO BE SOUGHT Cixrtk PAflsi 1 nrtrit Rf ntml nth . Goat is prime Object of Journey ' j. NEW YORK, April 11. Theo dore Roosevelt and Permit Roose velt sailed on the Leviathan today prepared to make trouble for the ovfa poll and his fellows of the far flung Tian Chan mcrantilns'in east Turkcs'tan which KIplirig has call ed the "world"" white roof tree, where the mfjes stand on end." Tour; to l Lengthy j The two sods' of a famous' father were bound Southampton ward to night to the threshold of a door leading, in'toi a .six months' adven- ture of; hardships, cold, fatrgurf and possible glory. "A' fine Jaunt.' Kermit said of Jt! rather nonchal antly while hia elder brother, the second1 Theodore". Roosevelt of bf,t ganie fame, i.f lashed a broad gria and jibaracterized the trip as "air excellent holiday for a business weary' man." ', Science Is behind thefr Journdy' Into these cragged lands' of weird tales,' through wildernesses ex plored by only a small handful of white men since the Venetian ad venturer,; Marco Polo, first broker" the trail nidre than 650 years ago. ".'I 'ltfosWm nocks Trip '1' It is in the Interests of the Field museum 6f Chlcigo that the littlt party Is to risk llfo and tiff.f hardships, that the world's stora of knowledge ;concrnfsg :.-i t sj strange .self may be, enlarged. While the ovil polls a 250 pouncj mountain sheep named after Polo, its discoverer is to be the main object of the expedition, the Roose Tetts hope to, return out. of tb bleak mountain fastnesses with large collection of other beagf native to the little known Jandf, These IncludS the tnarkor, lbor4 goat, goltered gazelle, acharpooi Thibetan" gazelle,. Jeran antelope, Yarkan stag red deer and barrel, . ; Arsenal Prorlded To the guns a veritable arsen al was shipped with the Roose velts have been , added motion picture cameras, that a poctorial record may be made of the fast disappearing animal life of that part of Asia. A festal send-off was' accorded the voyagers with the broad boat deck of, this Leviathan Jammed with people to wish the hunter f TV. -noon Milt a RooseveRs four ot Ihem Tteo-' dore's and the remainder Kermit's -f-twlned ; themselves' about their resnectlve fathers so ' tightly that they fairly had to be pried Joosa when sailing time came. Archie Roosevelt wag there, as were the hunt era wives, who will soon sallfpr fndia to hunt tigers until their husbands come Out of the' mountains, with the Himalayan winter at their heels. "V Frorri, Southa"mpton th4 Roo ?- veltswm go to I'aris wnere iney will bid adieu to therr mother and then proceed to Karachi on' tt northwest coast, of India ori tha Arabian sea. .Through 8inl en J the Punjab, through Rafal Pladl and the rich valley of Kashnilr the will push' through to Sriaf;r where'.they will meet their" 'fellow adventurer,. Dr.. Charles It. Chef rle, a 60 year bid veteran of ZH ex'pedltfOhsV Who' sallcsT a wcclc ago. . - . ...... i . .v..gAtondAY.: IN'WASKIliaTOII Easter visitors swarmeJ about the White House. A heavy earthquake was re,-;i3 tered tft Georgetown university. "Secretary' ! Weeks held an Infor mal reception la his sick room on. his 65th birthday. . .Ay-ither t ' , : "Ura yr :U I an ideal Laster otr a lart-n fc: tion of the country. .CccrdLTf JarJ;:s took bd!';' advisement the prcr"!f'I Arnoi. r Morris packln-j rrrr. Former ; ' " - . ; South Dakota v . t . . . : I- tecrctary cf V. - . will plan thi 2! i - : VVf 'hiB'tO'l'l !' :' . v.